Error for name field on team/project creation is vague

Bug #494801 reported by Matt Jones
20
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Fix Released
Low
Steve Kowalik

Bug Description

When trying to create a new team at: https://launchpad.net/people/+newteam, I get an error for the name field. The error does not explain what is wrong. It simply says "The name 'rootintootin-developers' has been blocked by the Launchpad administrators."

This does not explain why it is blocked.

Related branches

Revision history for this message
Diogo Matsubara (matsubara) wrote :

It's blocked because of the root in the name, I believe. I agree the error message could be more user friendly.

affects: launchpad → launchpad-registry
Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Jonathan Lange (jml) wrote :

It's not just a question of being friendly. The error message must provide a way forward. It could do this by explaining why the name is blocked, or by telling you about someone who you could talk to. As it is, it's a dead end.

Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: teams
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: doc trivial
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
summary: - Error for name field on team creation is vague
+ Error for name field on team/project creation is vague
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: nobody → Steve Kowalik (stevenk)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad QA Bot (lpqabot) wrote :
tags: added: qa-needstesting
Changed in launchpad:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Steve Kowalik (stevenk)
tags: added: qa-ok
removed: qa-needstesting
William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in launchpad:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: disclosure
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Duplicates of this bug

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.