# Somewhere in your application: from registration.forms import RegistrationForm from django.forms import ValidationError from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve, Resolver404 from urlparse import urlparse class NewRegistrationForm(RegistrationForm): # Ensures than any usernames added will not # conflict with existing commands. def clean_username(self): username = super(NewRegistrationForm, self).clean_username() try: resolve(urlparse('/' + username + '/')[2]) except Resolver404, e: return username raise ValidationError( (u'This username does not create ' u'a valid URL. Please choose ' u'another')) # in urls.py: url(r'^accounts/register/$', 'registration.views.register', { 'form_class': NewRegistrationForm }, name = 'registration_register')