Shout out to City of #Toronto 311 request submission form, which when asking for contact information recognizes that people might have a single name, but does not recognize that names can contain characters outside ASCII

And implies they're not "alphanumeric"

You can 100% have a legal name registered with Ontario and Canadian governments that fails this form

#YourNameIsInvalid

Enbridge:
- gets subsidies from the government to expand fossil-fuelled status quo and set forests on fire
- greenwashes
- can't validate names on their website

@yournameisinvalid #yournameisinvalid

Brian Cox and Brian Cox involved in hotel check-in mishap

The two Brians - one the actor, the other the scientist - described a mishap they were involved in when they tried to check into the same hotel. A member of staff said: "I know neither of you, I don't watch television."

https://news.sky.com/story/brian-cox-and-brian-cox-involved-in-hotel-check-in-mishap-12750308

#yournameisinvalid (well, valid, but not unique!)

Brian Cox and Brian Cox involved in hotel check-in mishap

Sky

Time for a short #introduction:

This is the https://twitter.com/yournameisvalid (”in-“ removed due to 🐦 username length limit) account that retweets screenshots of failed forms rejecting/breaking names of people. Some content can be found with full text search, some is reported by followers (thanks!).

#yournameisinvalid

Your Name Is Invalid! (@yournameisvalid) / X

names of people cannot be invalid · retweeting screenshots of #uxfail forms suggesting the contrary · hints/mentions appreciated · featured @WSJ 🦣👇

X (formerly Twitter)

“If you have a family name with non-letter characters in it (in my case, the hyphen in Prior-Jones), you will get this cryptic error message if you book with @UKEnterprise Car Hire. It turns out that renaming myself PriorJones solves the problem. This is bad.”

https://twitter.com/DrMikePJ/status/1589365670973943808

#yournameisinvalid

Mike Prior-Jones on Twitter

“If you have a family name with non-letter characters in it (in my case, the hyphen in Prior-Jones), you will get this cryptic error message if you book with @UKEnterprise Car Hire. It turns out that renaming myself PriorJones solves the problem. This is bad. @yournameisvalid”

Twitter

Names of people cannot be invalid. Even if they contain “l·l”.

https://twitter.com/galetamt/status/1588853283032268801

#yournameisinvalid

Gal·la on Twitter

“bon dia a tothom menys a mi perquè Espanya continua fent-me la vida impossible per tindre una l·l al meu nom. No puc demanar cap certificat perquè tinc un nom incorrecte🤙🏻 Realment són uns putos burros ineptes”

Twitter
Grzegorz Chrupała 🇪🇺🇺🇦 on Twitter

“Eh, @skrill, I'm pretty sure it's valid, actually. @yournameisvalid”

Twitter

Airlines need the one line from the bottom of your ID/passport. Not your name.

https://twitter.com/MxLeoNC/status/1588353695024283649

#yournameisinvalid