Reason: is not a valid screen name

toshimaru_e · 2013-04-10T05:45:43.000Z

Thanks. I didn’t realize the forms below.

bindashsandeep · 2013-04-11T11:46:46.000Z

Funny error. First I got the same, then I came here and finally got approved.

lexiyoga · 2013-04-17T01:07:46.000Z

I also applied for Twitter Cards, and am getting the same issue -
Reason: is not a valid screen name.
I’m not sure what this means??
Does anyone know?

lexiyoga · 2013-04-17T01:17:41.000Z

Where are the extra fields that need filling in?

lexiyoga · 2013-04-17T01:18:05.000Z

Where are the extra fields that need to be filled out?

lexiyoga · 2013-04-17T01:19:15.000Z

I filled out “Website Twitter Username” and “Website Description” fields, and it still not approved. I don’t understand what I need to do?
Please help.

stripes_kr · 2013-04-17T05:29:37.000Z

Thanks to @tonykhue as I was getting the same error and didn’t notice that there were extra fields in the modal dialog (approval request form). I filled out the extra info and could successfully submit the form. I’m not sure about this but when I entered Korean character the form didn’t seem to accept it. After I change it in English it was proceeded.

nathanfriend · 2013-04-17T07:24:05.000Z

Ah yes extra fields! When in the “Request approval page” press the down arrow on your keyboard, there are more fields.

lexiyoga · 2013-04-20T05:40:22.000Z

I filled out all the fields, and it still isn’t approved:(

SlaggyWildLife · 2013-04-20T13:52:23.000Z

Oh what a dummy!! Yes now I found the extra fields and it has let me submit - I await approval. Thanks guys.

froginthevalley · 2013-04-24T23:50:32.000Z

Submitting the form, once everything validates, is just the first step. It then takes a few weeks for our team to review and approve submissions. You will get an email when your submission is approved (or rejected for a technical or policy reason).

CuponMobil · 2013-05-24T19:17:00.000Z

Hello, I am desperate, in the test page works fine but on twitter doesn,t appear nothing, and wich one is the code for images

theluxelistuk · 2013-09-04T23:30:34.000Z

Thanks, had the same issue, didn’t scroll down.

AbcLuxe · 2013-11-13T16:22:39.000Z

same for us

rchoi · 2013-11-19T18:40:50.000Z

Hi @AbcLuxe,

Let me know your URL, and I can look at the HTML for you.

Thanks!

stinque · 2013-12-26T02:30:43.000Z

I’m encountering the same problem. Our standard summary cards were approved long ago, but in filling out the form to add large-image cards, “Website Twitter Username” is both required and disabled. Thus, “Reason: is not a valid screen name”.

rchoi · 2013-12-31T19:54:56.000Z

Likewise, Let me know your URL, and I can look at the HTML for you.

stinque · 2013-12-31T20:24:00.000Z

Sample large-image post:

Stinque

Stinque » The Entangled Soul of a Posthumanist Machine

If you can’t make sense of our guest columnist, not to worry. We can’t either. In the scope of my research, a feminist programming language is to be built around a non-normative paradigm…

Thanks!

Sure2Sell · 2014-01-10T15:36:51.000Z

@stinque we have the exact same problem. Did you figure out what it was?

Ours is for ‘gallery’ type Twitter Card, but it will not allow me to enter Website Twitter Username (greyed out, but required!) - I just keep getting “Reason: is not a valid screen name”.

stinque · 2014-01-10T22:28:23.000Z

Reply to one of those @rchoi comments. He’s pretty good about follow-ups.

My completely uninformed guess is that it’s an issue resulting from adding card options — we were originally approved about a week after the original cards were announced, when “Website Twitter Name” wasn’t a required field, or didn’t even exist. Database migration problem.