diff --git a/ietf/doc/urls.py b/ietf/doc/urls.py
index 24df5944a..62f97a7fa 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/urls.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', views_search.search),
     url(r'^search/?$', views_search.search),
     url(r'^in-last-call/?$', views_search.drafts_in_last_call),
-    url(r'^ad/(?P<name>[\w.-]+)/$(?u)', views_search.docs_for_ad),
+    url(r'^ad/(?P<name>[^/]+)/?$(?u)', views_search.docs_for_ad),
     url(r'^ad2/(?P<name>[\w.-]+)/$(?u)', RedirectView.as_view(url='/doc/ad/%(name)s/', permanent=True)),
     url(r'^rfc-status-changes/?$', views_status_change.rfc_status_changes),
     url(r'^start-rfc-status-change/(?:%(name)s/)?$' % settings.URL_REGEXPS, views_status_change.start_rfc_status_change),
diff --git a/ietf/person/factories.py b/ietf/person/factories.py
index 3b2af33b9..a9c02c5fb 100644
--- a/ietf/person/factories.py
+++ b/ietf/person/factories.py
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ def random_faker():
     # extraction code, and also don't seem to match the way people with arabic
     # names romanize arabic names.  Exlude those locales from name generation
     # in order to avoid test failures.
-    # 25 Apr 2018: Also exclude nepalese.  Nepalese names can contain
-    # non-spacing marks, which don't match \w; thus there are names that
-    # won't match ^\w+$, which is problematic in some url patterns meant to
-    # match names.
-    locales = set( [ l for l in faker.config.AVAILABLE_LOCALES if not (l.startswith('ar_') or l.startswith('sg_') or l.startswith('ne_')) ] )
+    locales = set( [ l for l in faker.config.AVAILABLE_LOCALES if not (l.startswith('ar_') or l.startswith('sg_')) ] )
     return faker.Faker(random.sample(locales, 1)[0])
 
 class UserFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):