From 75c53c84962adfbd92f8727c15ba77eb926649a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashrc <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:02:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid duplication in character checks

---
 utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 5445c0697..aa2d80f95 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@ def valid_nickname(domain: str, nickname: str) -> bool:
         return False
     if not _is_valid_language(nickname):
         return False
-    forbidden_chars = ('.', ' ', '/', '?', ':', ';', '@', '#', '!')
+    forbidden_chars = ('.', ' ', '/', ':', '@')
     for char in forbidden_chars:
         if char in nickname:
             return False