diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/forms.py b/common/djangoapps/student/forms.py
index 4a6f236b0d6bad250ea4cab4d644957ad134e8e7..4d96fdabb686de600e9dd0785213f84740428003 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/forms.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/forms.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class AccountCreationForm(forms.Form):
"""
_EMAIL_INVALID_MSG = _("A properly formatted e-mail is required")
- _NAME_TOO_SHORT_MSG = _("Your legal name must be a minimum of two characters long")
+ _NAME_TOO_SHORT_MSG = _("Your legal name must be a minimum of one character long")
# TODO: Resolve repetition
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
index 3c0db1003b394467fe41ab2b823c46126b05ae25..411213227223f666432f912b7ca59492b7b862d0 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class AccountSettingsPageTest(AccountSettingsTestMixin, AcceptanceTest):
u'name',
u'Full Name',
self.full_name,
- u'@',
+ u' ',
[u'<h1>another name<h1>', u'<script>'],
'Full Name cannot contain the following characters: < >',
False
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
index 319554e963de98d10e17707fb5d3c8ac4b6285f6..8e3717f7ca1f6561a7db1aa6ae28fb05b063ea75 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1549,10 +1549,10 @@ class TestSubmitPhotosForVerification(TestCase):
response = self._submit_photos(
face_image=self.IMAGE_DATA,
photo_id_image=self.IMAGE_DATA,
- full_name="a",
+ full_name="",
expected_status_code=400
)
- self.assertEqual(response.content, "Name must be at least 2 characters long.")
+ self.assertEqual(response.content, "Name must be at least 1 character long.")
def test_missing_required_param(self):
# Missing face image parameter
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
index abf08aadc14df12ae38436ff692ba6c8ae32a3cd..d194fb3f241505a30da7cd046ada2f737605e4cf 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/verify_student/views.py
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ class SubmitPhotosView(View):
return HttpResponseBadRequest(_("No profile found for user"))
except AccountValidationError:
msg = _(
- u"Name must be at least {min_length} characters long."
+ u"Name must be at least {min_length} character long."
).format(min_length=NAME_MIN_LENGTH)
return HttpResponseBadRequest(msg)
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/__init__.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/__init__.py
index 54ee6c2c655f0b3c4a60a538d66fb81703b602f0..864daf45d32c2631ea92cadbb429da8693701b88 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/__init__.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
BIO_MAX_LENGTH = 300
# The minimum and maximum length for the name ("full name") account field
-NAME_MIN_LENGTH = 2
+NAME_MIN_LENGTH = 1
NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 255
# The minimum and maximum length for the username account field
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/serializers.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/serializers.py
index 8e7f7e80995e998b23dd41e01021b97e7e828932..c4072f1324d569495745ded51ddd4dd84e21c87f 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/serializers.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/serializers.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class AccountLegacyProfileSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer, Rea
""" Enforce minimum length for name. """
if len(new_name) < NAME_MIN_LENGTH:
raise serializers.ValidationError(
- u"The name field must be at least {} characters long.".format(NAME_MIN_LENGTH)
+ u"The name field must be at least {} character long.".format(NAME_MIN_LENGTH)
)
return new_name
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
index 11ed48343144f65d4190704f33e19c68d8d1e616..b4d2d7dd6db7f89ff33ff05d06ebb12172f4b30c 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class TestAccountsAPI(CacheIsolationTestCase, UserAPITestCase):
("country", "GB", "XY", u'"XY" is not a valid choice.'),
("year_of_birth", 2009, "not_an_int", u"A valid integer is required."),
("name", "bob", "z" * 256, u"Ensure this value has at most 255 characters (it has 256)."),
- ("name", u"ȻħȺÉłɇs", "z ", u"The name field must be at least 2 characters long."),
+ ("name", u"ȻħȺÉłɇs", " ", u"The name field must be at least 1 character long."),
("goals", "Smell the roses"),
("mailing_address", "Sesame Street"),
# Note that we store the raw data, so it is up to client to escape the HTML.
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
index 273d0d1ef986d9cd8e3c4c1134c3846d060394e5..94f71b1abe9a7ba3c41ee1202bae1629e832515b 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_authn/views/tests/test_register.py
@@ -658,12 +658,11 @@ class TestCreateAccountValidation(TestCase):
# Missing
del params["name"]
- assert_name_error("Your legal name must be a minimum of two characters long")
+ assert_name_error("Your legal name must be a minimum of one character long")
# Empty, too short
- for name in ["", "a"]:
- params["name"] = name
- assert_name_error("Your legal name must be a minimum of two characters long")
+ params["name"] = ""
+ assert_name_error("Your legal name must be a minimum of one character long")
def test_honor_code(self):
params = dict(self.minimal_params)