Expand Off Topic Channel Allowed Characters

[scragly]

https://github.com/python-discord/bot/blob/51852a19d304001c943c8f13be8f1a290bee1ce4/bot/cogs/off_topic_names.py#L41

Interrobang (‽) is a valid character also. We should look for any other unicode characters we might have missed that are allowed in channel names.

[Numerlor]

I've put together a list of non-alnum characters allowed in channel names https://paste.fuelrats.com/ibihexateq.txt . The list is most probably not complete because it wasn't done entirely programmatically but should offer some insight on which chars can and should be allowed

[MarkKoz]

Will require a change to the validator in the model too

https://github.com/python-discord/site/blob/master/pydis_site/apps/api/models/bot/off_topic_channel_name.py#L14

[HassanAbouelela]

This seems like a pretty simple fix, but I don't know about having a huge list of valid characters sitting somewhere in some file, looking ugly. Is there any way to better predict which letters are going to be valid, without hardcoding every single one? (P.S o7 cmdr)

[jb3]

Closed in 2025 review of open issues. We do not feel there is a large need for this feature.