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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | When a new web service starts, such as a forum, a social media server or an email portal, the people who sign up get to choose their username on the service, which, in most cases, blocks future users from using those usernames. Common names such as "john" are likely to be taken quickly. This is analogous to the way that | + | When a new web service starts, such as a forum, a social media server or an email portal, the people who sign up get to choose their username on the service, which, in most cases, blocks future users from using those usernames. Common names such as "john" are likely to be taken quickly. This is analogous to the way that land was distributed in America, with the first to claim able to choose the best land. |
This comic is a list of usernames [[Randall]] suggests should be used if they are available. | This comic is a list of usernames [[Randall]] suggests should be used if they are available. | ||
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|Facebook | |Facebook | ||
− | | | + | |Similiar to Google above. |
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|Bitcoin | |Bitcoin | ||
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|Obama | |Obama | ||
− | |Impersonating | + | |Impersonating a president, supposedly to send messages as them to make them seem bad (or not). |
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|Canada | |Canada | ||
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|<Name of person who runs the service> | |<Name of person who runs the service> | ||
− | |Impersonating the site owner can | + | |Impersonating the site owner can get you the trust of users. |
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!colspan=3|Causing Trouble (Usernames that might cause errors when mixed with the service's back-end code) | !colspan=3|Causing Trouble (Usernames that might cause errors when mixed with the service's back-end code) | ||
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|Account | |Account | ||
− | |The opposite of "Guest" (someone without an account). However, for someone with an account, their username will usually be displayed | + | |The opposite of "Guest" (someone without an account). However, for someone with an account, their username will usually be displayed. |
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!colspan=2|Causing More Trouble | !colspan=2|Causing More Trouble | ||
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|<Name of service> | |<Name of service> | ||
− | |Pretending to be the official account of the service | + | |Pretending to be the official account of the service. |
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|Help | |Help | ||
− | |Pretending to be the help account. This could | + | |Pretending to be the help account. This could led to many questions from new users. |
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|Error | |Error | ||
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|Hyphen-Emdash | |Hyphen-Emdash | ||
− | |Could be read "Hyphen hyphen Em dash" or "Hyphen dash em dash". | + | |Could be read "Hyphen hyphen Em dash" or "Hyphen dash em dash". |
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|Dash-8hyphen-8 | |Dash-8hyphen-8 | ||
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|<nowiki>– - _ /</nowiki> | |<nowiki>– - _ /</nowiki> | ||
− | |Includes both the em-dash and the hyphen, which are easily confused and are highly unusual for user names. The forward slash is also the path delimeter for URLs; if user profiles are located at e.g. | + | |Includes both the em-dash and the hyphen, which are easily confused and are highly unusual for user names. The forward slash is also the path delimeter for URLs; if user profiles are located at e.g. http://example.com/user/the_username, this can cause obvious issues. |
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|<Any emoji> | |<Any emoji> | ||
− | |Current databases are not set up to store emojis as characters. | + | |Current databases are not set up to store emojis as characters. |
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|"," | |"," | ||
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|<nowiki>&NBSP</nowiki>; | |<nowiki>&NBSP</nowiki>; | ||
− | |The special entity in HTML (web page language) for a non-breaking space, or a space that prevents an automatic line-break at its position. When rendered as part of an HTML page without sanitization, this would only display a space | + | |The special entity in HTML (web page language) for a non-breaking space, or a space that prevents an automatic line-break at its position. When rendered as part of an HTML page without sanitization, this would only display a space. |
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|<nowiki></HTML></nowiki> | |<nowiki></HTML></nowiki> | ||
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|</HTML> | |</HTML> | ||
− | |& | + | |< and > are special character entities in HTML that represent < and >, repectively. So all together, when rendered as part of an HTML document, this would print "<nowiki></HTML></nowiki>" Although this would look similar to the previous <nowiki></HTML></nowiki> entry, it would be unlikely to cause problems as the symbols are not interpreted if encoded as special entities. |
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|OkThisIsKindOfConfusingButIt's <LessThan\ForwardSlashHTML GreaterThanActualGreaterThan Symbol>Yes,ThatWasAllPartOfThe Name,ButSoIs...Ok,LetMeStartOver” | |OkThisIsKindOfConfusingButIt's <LessThan\ForwardSlashHTML GreaterThanActualGreaterThan Symbol>Yes,ThatWasAllPartOfThe Name,ButSoIs...Ok,LetMeStartOver” | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Layout not standard (eg. indentation) and a short description at the beginning about what is shown should be given.}} | ||
'''Namespace Land Rush Cheat Sheet''' | '''Namespace Land Rush Cheat Sheet''' | ||
(Note: if an item is "quoted", it is meant literally, otherwise the reader is supposed to substitute their own information for words in <angle brackets>) | (Note: if an item is "quoted", it is meant literally, otherwise the reader is supposed to substitute their own information for words in <angle brackets>) | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:iOS]] | [[Category:iOS]] | ||
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