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Q&A Add a validation checker for website field

Background One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles. Issue But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field does...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by Andreas from the dark caverns‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar Andreas from the dark caverns‭ · 2024-02-15T02:31:28Z (3 months ago)
Remove fluff
Add a validation checker for website field
  • Background
  • -
  • One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles.
  • Issue
  • -
  • But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field doesn't pose any problems and shows up.
  • I think that such gibberish as a "website" doesn't really prove to be useful.
  • Solution
  • -
  • So, I am suggesting that the team should add at least a simple "tld" checker to ensure that the website URLs entered are valid.
  • There may be some special websites (like I saw http://ai/ somewhere) for which some exceptions may be made.
  • **What does the community think?**
  • Background
  • -
  • One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles.
  • Issue
  • -
  • But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field doesn't pose any problems and shows up.
  • I think that such gibberish as a "website" doesn't really prove to be useful.
  • Solution
  • -
  • So, I am suggesting that the team should add at least a simple "tld" checker to ensure that the website URLs entered are valid.
  • There may be some special websites (like I saw http://ai/ somewhere) for which some exceptions may be made.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Andreas from the dark caverns‭ · 2024-02-14T04:22:13Z (3 months ago)
Add relevant tags
Add a validation checker for website field
Background
-
One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles.

Issue
-
But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field doesn't pose any problems and shows up.

I think that such gibberish as a "website" doesn't really prove to be useful.

Solution
-
So, I am suggesting that the team should add at least a simple "tld" checker to ensure that the website URLs entered are valid.

There may be some special websites (like I saw http://ai/ somewhere) for which some exceptions may be made.

**What does the community think?**
#1: Initial revision by user avatar meta user‭ · 2024-02-14T04:02:57Z (3 months ago)
Add a validation checker for website field
Background
-
One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles.

Issue
-
But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field doesn't pose any problems and shows up.

I think that such gibberish as a "website" doesn't really prove to be useful.

Solution
-
So, I am suggesting that the team should add at least a simple "tld" checker to ensure that the website URLs entered are valid.

There may be some special websites (like I saw http://ai/ somewhere) for which some exceptions may be made.

**What does the community think?**