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Your Name Is Invalid!
@yournameisinvalid.bsky.social
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names of people cannot be invalid • boosting screenshots of #uxfail forms suggesting the contrary • hints/mentions appreciated

also known on Mastodon as https://mas.to/@yournameisinvalid
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johannasa.bsky.social Johanna @johannasa.bsky.social · Sep 20
Um unser "Open" weights Modell zu nutzen hatten wir gerne ihr Erstgeborenes.

Danke für ihr Verständnis.
September 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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juanlu.space
I've been fighting with Miles & More (@lufthansa.bsky.social & friends) because they won't account for miles on a flight. Reason:

The name I have in Miles & More is: Cano Rodríguez, Juan Luis (2 surnames).

The name in the LOT booking is Cano, Juan Luis.

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September 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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vimtotime.bsky.social
I don’t know where to go from here.
My name typed into a “First Name” field and a note in red saying First Name is invalid
April 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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jonsson-niedziolka.pl
Filling out a form on an Elsevier journal and apparently my name is not ”valid”.
There really must be a less patronising way to express that your form sucks, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social!

#ThereAreMoreThan26Letters
A screenshot of a form with Author name Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka and a text in red that demands "Enter a valid name". I have marked this with a red arrow. A radio button under the text is marked with Corresponding author
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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jernej--s.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Hetzner is telling me that @yournameisinvalid…
Hetzner registration form, showing "This value is not valid" under the Surname field
November 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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priyanca.bsky.social
'Please enter the English name on your selected ID.' 🤨

'Names cannot include special characters'

Fun 🙃 just trying to buy a train season ticket with my real name haha
Photo of form fields in an online form purchasing a triangle ticket of given name, then surname. Red text reads 'Please enter the English name on your selected ID. Names cannot include special characters'
October 21, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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lesemiez.bsky.social
Wenn Du bei Patreon ein Sonderzeichen im Namen hast.
Tjanun.
Mein Name aus den Credits eines von mir unterstützten Creators. Das scharfe S im Nachnamen wird mittels UTF-8-Zeichensatz dargestellt und dementsprechend durch ß ersetzt.
November 16, 2023 at 9:48 PM
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morganadalmeida.bsky.social
Friendly reminder:
Do 👏 not 👏 validate 👏 name 👏 fields 👏

I share this pet peeve with @egler.bsky.social and he just shared this amazing gem by Jan Stępień wtf-8.xn--stpie-k0a81a.com
#uxpattern #development #frontend
charset=“wtf-8”
* Mandatory field
wtf-8.xn--stpie-k0a81a.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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lukeacl.com
The way this winds me up... That's my fucking name, WITH the hyphen.
Form validation error showing my name with a hyphen in it as invalid because it "must be only letters and spaces".
November 15, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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rystorm.com
They'd love to hear from you. Unless you're called Robin-Yann Storm.
A form saying 'We'd love to hear from you'. I have filled in my name 'Robin-Yann Storm', and it says my name is invalid.
November 17, 2024 at 7:11 PM