[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3965: nicenames corrupted if users -user- and user are registered

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#3965: nicenames corrupted if users -user- and user are registered
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 Reporter:  janit                                       |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect                                      |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal                                      |    Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  General                                     |      Version:  2.2      
 Severity:  normal                                      |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment (by rob1n):

 Replying to [comment:5 charleshooper]:
 > I'm having a hard time understanding why this isn't a dupe of #1626
 >
 > Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what's written here, can someone please
 clarify for me why this is different?

 The user_nicename is what is the "display name," and thus it shouldn't be
 sanitized this drastically.

 This is different from, say the login name, which has to be A-Za-z0-9 or
 whatever.

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