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Error message is unclear when using special characters in alias on account creation #6956

@PierreMesure

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@PierreMesure

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What the title says, it seems like you can't use special characters (like Swedish or Spanish accentuated characters) in your alias but this is not mentioned around this field and when trying to Sign Up, the error message is not explicit.

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  1. Go to the Sign Up page
  2. Fill in the form, use a word with special characters for alias (see examples below)
  3. Click on Sign Up
  4. See error

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We should have a short description of what can and can't be used in this field. Something like Your username can only contain letters, numbers and '_', that Twitter is using.

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It could be present on the page from the beginning or just appear in red when a special character is detected.

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