2021-11-20T10:45:25  <tigerfoot> !seen darix
2021-11-20T22:06:34  *** Guest93 is now known as Linux-Is-Best
2021-11-20T22:06:49  <Linux-Is-Best> Is anyone in here?
2021-11-20T22:07:39  <cboltz> maybe ;-)
2021-11-20T22:09:38  <Linux-Is-Best> Alright, so I created an account on the OpenSUSE website and can use it everywhere except the forums. To my surprise, you do not allow user names with DASH symbols and I am using the same name I am here. Before discovering this, I noticed your "contact us" link is not acceptable for guests, so I could never reach out. But in your FAQ you list an
2021-11-20T22:09:38  <Linux-Is-Best> e-mail address. Oddly that domain expired. Someone within SUSE forgot to renew it. ... continues....
2021-11-20T22:10:20  <Linux-Is-Best> ....continued... not wanting some troll to get a hold of it and assuming this was a bad oversight, I registered the domain name. Who would I get in contact with to give this back to SUSE?
2021-11-20T22:11:36  <Linux-Is-Best> And if you do not allow DASH in user names, why does it work everyone except the forums?
2021-11-20T22:12:15  <cboltz> AFAIK it's a restriction of the forums software we use, but I don't know the details
2021-11-20T22:14:09  <Linux-Is-Best> You're using vBulletin 4.2.2 Patch Level 2, which has no such restriction. Of course, you can enable such a restriction, but it is not one design based on the software. vBulletin v3-5 allows for a dash in user names.  It seems to be an odd restriction to enable when the rest of the site works fine.
2021-11-20T22:15:47  <cboltz> malcolmlewis: do you maybe have an idea why we have that username restriction in the forums?
2021-11-20T22:16:06  <cboltz> for the domain, I'd recommend to contact our chairman Gerald Pfeifer <gp AT suse.com>
2021-11-20T22:16:57  <cboltz> just curious - which domain is it and where exactly is it mentioned?
2021-11-20T22:17:10  <Linux-Is-Best> That said, back to the domain name issue. When reading your FAQ, you have the e-mail address forums@opensuse-forums.org, but the associated domain name (opensuse-forums.org) expired. So I registered it, not wanting someone else to snatch it up on your guys.
2021-11-20T22:19:54  <cboltz> as I said (probably while you typed): I'd recommend to contact our chairman Gerald Pfeifer <gp AT suse.com> - maybe with admin AT opensuse.org in CC
2021-11-20T22:21:14  <Linux-Is-Best> Alright, give me a moment while I shoot someone an e-mail.
2021-11-20T22:21:57  <cboltz> (Note: admin AT opensuse.org ends up in a ticket system where several people have access, so please don't include any auth code etc. that would allow to transfer the domain. That's something for a separate mail to a single person with a @suse.de or @suse.com address.)
2021-11-20T22:25:07  <malcolmlewis> cboltz, I replied to an email from Linux-Is-Best ;)
2021-11-20T22:28:32  <malcolmlewis> but yes a dash in the username is the issue
2021-11-20T22:29:17  <cboltz> do you have an idea why we have this restriction?
2021-11-20T22:30:16  <malcolmlewis> nope, maybe old infrastructure rules....
2021-11-20T22:32:27  <malcolmlewis> Linux-Is-Best, I disabled the dash, try again
2021-11-20T22:33:20  <malcolmlewis> Linux-Is-Best, but make sure you can login to bugzilla etc as per my email
2021-11-20T22:36:49  <Linux-Is-Best> OK, I am playing catch-up. Sorry.   I have no problem logging into Bugzilla or SUSE's Wiki either.
2021-11-20T22:36:56  <Linux-Is-Best> It was only ever the forums
2021-11-20T22:37:24  <Linux-Is-Best> I can log anywhere that an account is required, in fact, but the forums.
2021-11-20T22:37:56  <malcolmlewis> Linux-Is-Best, and correct email, you have to clear out all the cookies etc, restart browser and try again, it may also take a login to bugzilla to kick things off
2021-11-20T22:38:28  <Linux-Is-Best> OK, I will open a new browser in private mode and test it out.... 1 moment
2021-11-20T22:38:48  <malcolmlewis> Linux-Is-Best, log into bugzilla first, then forums
2021-11-20T22:40:25  <Linux-Is-Best> That did indeed work!  Awesome.  If this works for everyone, you may wish to amend your notice on the site.
2021-11-20T22:42:54  <Linux-Is-Best> cboltz, I have sent an e-mail concerning the domains.
2021-11-20T22:43:05  <Linux-Is-Best> * domain
2021-11-20T22:43:33  <cboltz> thanks!
2021-11-20T23:00:24  <malcolmlewis> cboltz, so dash is good, also updated the FAQ's and old email in there...
2021-11-20T23:00:37  <malcolmlewis> Linux-Is-Best, ^^
2021-11-20T23:00:59  <cboltz> thanks!
2021-11-20T23:03:23  <Linux-Is-Best> YES, dash is good now. :-)    I noticed you updated the FAQ too.  I'll wait to see what the chairman wants to happen with the old domain, and hopefully, I can gift that back to SUSE.