User talk:King V

Userpage: what if there's an underscore in my username?
I'm a bit confused about how a userpage is created or determined to exist.

I have never created one for myself yet, so if I go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:King_V, I get a page that says an article with this exact name doesn't exist, and would I like to start it, etc.

However, given that the underscore seems to be used as a substitution for whitespace in the URLs, and when I go to that page, it says "User:King V" rather than "User:King_V", I am just wondering if it's going to be problematic for me to create the page, or problematic in other ways because of the underscore in the username.

Basically, I just want to make sure I don't break anything.

Any advice?

Thanks.


 * Click on your username at the top of the screen. If you don't have a user page yet, your name should be red.  Once that page is created, try the URL again and let me know what happens.  --Go for it! 22:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I did a little experiment, and tried to create an account called Go_for_it! It said that username was already taken.  So I searched for that user's name, and it took me to my user page.  So then I logged out and tried logging in as Go_for_it! and it worked.  Therefore, the program treats spaces and unscores as the same character.  Don't worry, you won't break anything.  --Go for it! 23:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It works correctly.  My name shows up in blue when I'm logged in now, instead of red, and the page is there with no apparent ill effects.--King V 23:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

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