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Improve client nickname syntax description #208

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List channel membership prefixes in the nickname as prohibited, and a…
tommyrot May 7, 2023
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Merge the MUST NOT lines related to prefixes together
tommyrot May 7, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ Nicknames are non-empty strings with the following restrictions:

- They MUST NOT contain any of the following characters: space `(' ', 0x20)`, comma `(',', 0x2C)`, asterisk `('*', 0x2A)`, question mark `('?', 0x3F)`, exclamation mark `('!', 0x21)`, at sign `('@', 0x40)`.
- They MUST NOT start with any of the following characters: dollar `('$', 0x24)`, colon `(':', 0x3A)`.
- They MUST NOT start with a character listed as a [channel type](#channel-types) prefix.
- They MUST NOT start with a character listed as a [channel type](#channel-types), [channel membership prefix](#channel-membership-prefixes), or prefix listed in the IRCv3 [`multi-prefix` Extension](https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/multi-prefix).
- They SHOULD NOT contain any dot character `('.', 0x2E)`.
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This line should probably be merged into "They MUST NOT contain any of the following characters..."


Servers MAY have additional implementation-specific nickname restrictions.
Servers MAY have additional implementation-specific nickname restrictions and SHOULD avoid the use of nicknames which are ambiguous with commands or command parameters where this could lead to confusion or error.

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