diff --git a/signup/signup-handler.php b/signup/signup-handler.php
index 32c6738..2b8313c 100644
--- a/signup/signup-handler.php
+++ b/signup/signup-handler.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST["username"]) && isset($_REQUEST["email"])) {
     if (strlen($name) > 32)
         $message .= "<li>username too long (32 character max)</li>";
 
-    if (!preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9]{1,30}$/', $name))
+    if (!preg_match('/^[a-z][a-z0-9]{1,31}$/', $name))
         $message .= "<li>username contains invalid characters (lowercase only, must start with a letter)</li>";
 
     if ($_REQUEST["sshkey"] == "" || mb_substr($_REQUEST["sshkey"], 0, 4) !== "ssh-")
diff --git a/wiki/faq.html b/wiki/faq.html
index 9a64423..4e80023 100644
--- a/wiki/faq.html
+++ b/wiki/faq.html
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ div.column{display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 50%;}
             ||----w |
             ||     ||</code></pre>
 <h2 id="looking-to-join-we-cant-wait-to-meet-you">Looking to join? We can't wait to meet you!</h2>
-<p><a href="http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html">Several alternate sites have sprouted up</a> and they have no waiting list. Feel free to join one and we can start working on ways to get everyone connected into one happy hyperlinked network of shared interests. <a href="http://tilde.club/~ford/index.html#journal-2014-12-03">Here is a &quot;where we are at now&quot; statement</a> that explains some things.</p>
+<p>Sign-ups will be re-launching on September 20th, 2019. Can’t wait to meet you all!</p>
+<p><a href="http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html">Several alternate sites have sprouted up</a></p>
 <h2 id="how-did-this-accidentally-awesome-thing-get-started">How did this accidentally awesome thing get started?</h2>
 <p><a href="https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf">Paul wrote an explanation on Medium</a> and you can follow along with his thinking <a href="http://tilde.club/~ford/">on his tilde blog</a>.</p>
 <h2 id="im-on-tilde-now-what">I'm on Tilde, now what?</h2>
diff --git a/wiki/source/faq.md b/wiki/source/faq.md
index cd60ec5..5a36299 100644
--- a/wiki/source/faq.md
+++ b/wiki/source/faq.md
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ author: ford
 Looking to join? We can\'t wait to meet you!
 --------------------------------------------
 
+Sign-ups will be re-launching on September 20th, 2019.  Can't wait to meet you all!
+
 [Several alternate sites have sprouted
-up](http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html) and they have no
-waiting list. Feel free to join one and we can start working on ways to
-get everyone connected into one happy hyperlinked network of shared
-interests. [Here is a \"where we are at now\"
-statement](http://tilde.club/~ford/index.html#journal-2014-12-03) that
-explains some things.
+up](http://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html)
 
 How did this accidentally awesome thing get started?
 ----------------------------------------------------