Display username on confirm screen on new accounts, to catch typos

[cesy]

Title:
Display username on confirm screen on new accounts, to catch typos

Area:
account creation

Summary:
Display the username before creating new accounts, to catch typos in names.

Description:
http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/362229.html discusses confirming usernames before creating accounts, to reduce the number of people who typo their username and then have to open a Support request to get it fixed.

On the wiki, someone suggests implementing by displaying the username and email address before creating (i.e. adding it to one of the existing screens) rather than asking for confirmation of account name in a separate step, which sounds like a good solution to catch typos without annoying users who checked their typing in the first place.

Poll #1048 Display username on confirm screen on new accounts, to catch typos

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41

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Should be implemented as-is.
34 (82.9%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
4 (9.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (2.4%)

(I have no opinion)
2 (4.9%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[yvi]

Might also cut down on people trying to create an account with a wrong birthdate (under 13) and then having their IP blocked from account creation, if we show all details entered.

[kyrielle]

...wait, a birthday under 13 blocks the ip? Forever or for a short while? That seems rough on public computer users and people who get their ip from a pool, unless it's very short term.....

[yvi]

Worded that wrong. It sets a cookie and blocks user creation with that. Clearing the cookies makes account creation possible again.

[kyrielle]

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!

[zvi]

+1 to also displaying DOB

[archangelbeth]

Plus two for displaying, well, all data before it's finalized. (DoB, name, etc.)

[sally_maria]

I like the "display all data for checking" option as well.