Limit/Forbid specific user names

[andreoda]

To prevent mix ups and for proper moderation.

User names:

• Admin
• Administrator
• Support
• Manager
• Owner
• Founder
• System
• Moderator
• Mod
• Developer
• Dev
• Staff
  etc.

Perhaps, this list could also include some other names like those related to profanity.
Feedback is wanted.

Related: #1712 & #1391

[FinnRG]

@andreoda This isn't difficult to implement, but I would like to point out that filters like these can usually be bypassed very easily (especially if the list is hardcoded, and VocaDB is open source) and can block normal usernames (i. e. blocking "Dev" could also block one of the many normal names starting with "Dev").

I personally think that manual moderation would be more effective. Why don't we create a guideline that misleading names are forbidden and rename the users who create these accounts?

This also applies to filtering profanities (I very much recommend this video by Tom Scott about content blocking: https://youtu.be/CcZdwX4noCE).

But I'm open to other suggestions/feedback regarding this.

[andreoda]

That sounds like a good idea. Maybe we could also use a bot to check for forbidden usernames when they register or when they rename themselves to such.
I would like to know @Shiroizu s opinion on this issue as well.