diff --git a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/members.py b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/members.py
index 63778f8..c832b09 100644
--- a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/members.py
+++ b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/members.py
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ from foxnouns.db import Member
 from foxnouns.db.aio import async_session
 from foxnouns.db.util import user_from_ref, is_self
 from foxnouns.exceptions import NotFoundError, ErrorCode
-from foxnouns.models import BasePatchModel
-from foxnouns.models.member import FullMemberModel
-from foxnouns.models.fields import ProfileField, FieldEntry, PronounEntry
+from foxnouns.models.member import FullMemberModel, MemberPatchModel
 from foxnouns.settings import BASE_DOMAIN
 
 bp = Blueprint("members_v2", __name__)
@@ -27,20 +25,19 @@ async def get_members(user_ref: str):
         return [FullMemberModel.model_validate(m) for m in user.members]
 
 
-class MemberPostData(BasePatchModel):
-    name: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=100)  # TODO: validate member names more
-    bio: str | None = Field(max_length=1024, default=None)
-
-    names: list[FieldEntry] = Field(default=[])
-    pronouns: list[PronounEntry] = Field(default=[])
-    fields: list[ProfileField] = Field(default=[])
+class MemberCreateModel(MemberPatchModel):
+    name: str = Field(
+        min_length=1,
+        max_length=100,
+        pattern=r"^[^@\?!#\/\\\[\]\"\{\}'$%&()+<=>^|~`,\*]{1,100}$",
+    )
 
 
 @bp.post("/api/v2/members", host=BASE_DOMAIN)
 @require_auth(scope="member.create")
-@validate_request(MemberPostData)
+@validate_request(MemberCreateModel)
 @validate_response(FullMemberModel, 200)
-async def create_member(data: MemberPostData):
+async def create_member(data: MemberCreateModel):
     async with async_session() as session:
         member = Member(
             user_id=g.user.id,
diff --git a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
index 5ceb50f..a86c594 100644
--- a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
+++ b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from sqlalchemy import select
 from foxnouns.auth import require_auth
 from foxnouns.db import User
 from foxnouns.db.aio import async_session
-from foxnouns.db.util import user_from_ref, is_self
+from foxnouns.db.snowflake import Snowflake
+from foxnouns.db.util import user_from_ref, is_self, create_token, generate_token
 from foxnouns.exceptions import NotFoundError, ErrorCode
 from foxnouns.models import BasePatchModel
 from foxnouns.models.user import UserModel, SelfUserModel, check_username
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ class EditUserRequest(BasePatchModel):
 @validate_request(EditUserRequest)
 @validate_response(SelfUserModel, 200)
 async def edit_user(data: EditUserRequest):
+    """Updates the current user."""
+
     async with async_session() as session:
         user = await session.scalar(select(User).where(User.id == g.user.id))
 
@@ -61,3 +64,32 @@ async def edit_user(data: EditUserRequest):
         await session.commit()
 
         return SelfUserModel.model_validate(user)
+
+
+class DebugUserData(BasePatchModel):
+    username: str
+
+
+class DebugUserResponse(SelfUserModel):
+    token: str
+
+
+@bp.post("/api/v2/users/debug", host=BASE_DOMAIN)
+@validate_request(DebugUserData)
+@validate_response(DebugUserResponse, 200)
+async def debug_create_user(data: DebugUserData):
+    """Creates a user from just a username, and returns it along with a token.
+    FIXME: this must be removed **BEFORE** deploying to production (or even public testing)
+    """
+
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        user = User(id=Snowflake.generate_int(), username=data.username)
+        await session.commit()
+
+        session.add(user)
+        token = await create_token(session, user, ["*"])
+        await session.commit()
+        await user.awaitable_attrs.members
+
+        user.token = generate_token(token)
+        return DebugUserResponse.model_validate(user)
diff --git a/foxnouns/models/member.py b/foxnouns/models/member.py
index cfb0354..1ab7162 100644
--- a/foxnouns/models/member.py
+++ b/foxnouns/models/member.py
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
-from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic import Field, field_validator
 
+from . import BasePatchModel
+from .fields import FieldEntry, ProfileField, PronounEntry
 from .user import BaseMemberModel, BaseUserModel
 
 
 class FullMemberModel(BaseMemberModel):
     user: BaseUserModel
+
+
+class MemberPatchModel(BasePatchModel):
+    name: str | None = Field(
+        min_length=1,
+        max_length=100,
+        default=None,
+        pattern=r"^[^@\?!#\/\\\[\]\"\{\}'$%&()+<=>^|~`,\*]{1,100}$",
+    )
+    bio: str | None = Field(max_length=1024, default=None)
+
+    names: list[FieldEntry] = Field(default=[])
+    pronouns: list[PronounEntry] = Field(default=[])
+    fields: list[ProfileField] = Field(default=[])
+
+    @field_validator("name")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_name(cls, value):
+        if value in [".", "..", "edit"]:
+            raise ValueError("Name is not allowed")
+        return value