King V

Userpage: what if there's an underscore in my username?

I'm a bit confused about how a userpage is created or determined to exist.

I have never created one for myself yet, so if I go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:King_V, I get a page that says an article with this exact name doesn't exist, and would I like to start it, etc.

However, given that the underscore seems to be used as a substitution for whitespace in the URLs, and when I go to that page, it says "User:King V" rather than "User:King_V", I am just wondering if it's going to be problematic for me to create the page, or problematic in other ways because of the underscore in the username.

Basically, I just want to make sure I don't break anything.

Any advice?

Thanks.

Click on your username at the top of the screen. If you don't have a user page yet, your name should be red. Once that page is created, try the URL again and let me know what happens. --Go for it! 22:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I did a little experiment, and tried to create an account called Go_for_it! It said that username was already taken. So I searched for that user's name, and it took me to my user page. So then I logged out and tried logging in as Go_for_it! and it worked. Therefore, the program treats spaces and unscores as the same character. Don't worry, you won't break anything. --Go for it! 23:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! It works correctly. My name shows up in blue when I'm logged in now, instead of red, and the page is there with no apparent ill effects.--King V 23:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

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