From 6991e535a11a22717509ff23e84d78d3dde8ec8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashrc <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:10:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow . within nicknames

---
 tests.py | 3 +++
 utils.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 4520073c4..100314a03 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -5238,6 +5238,9 @@ def _test_valid_nick():
     nickname = '你好'
     assert not valid_nickname(domain, nickname)
 
+    nickname = 'abc.def'
+    assert valid_nickname(domain, nickname)
+
 
 def _test_guess_tag_category() -> None:
     print('test_guess_hashtag_category')
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index bdb97181f..b3e31f502 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ def _is_valid_language(text: str) -> bool:
     for _, lang_range in natural_languages.items():
         ok_lang = True
         for char in text:
-            if char.isdigit() or char == '_':
+            if char.isdigit() or char == '_' or char == '.':
                 continue
             if ord(char) not in range(lang_range[0], lang_range[1]):
                 ok_lang = False
@@ -3311,7 +3311,7 @@ def valid_hash_tag(hashtag: str) -> bool:
     if len(hashtag) >= 32:
         return False
     # numbers are not permitted to be hashtags
-    if hashtag.isdigit():
+    if hashtag.isdigit() or '.' in hashtag:
         return False
     if set(hashtag).issubset(VALID_HASHTAG_CHARS):
         return True