diff --git a/src/components/lists/NewList.vue b/src/components/lists/NewList.vue
index c0537ddf2..6935dacbf 100644
--- a/src/components/lists/NewList.vue
+++ b/src/components/lists/NewList.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 					@keyup.enter="newList()"/>
 			</p>
 			<p class="control">
-				<button class="button is-success noshadow" @click="newList()" :disabled="list.title.length < 3">
+				<button class="button is-success noshadow" @click="newList()" :disabled="list.title === ''">
 						<span class="icon is-small">
 							<icon icon="plus"/>
 						</span>
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 				</button>
 			</p>
 		</div>
-		<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && list.title.length < 3">
-			Please specify at least three characters.
+		<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && list.title === ''">
+			Please specify a title.
 		</p>
 	</div>
 </template>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		},
 		methods: {
 			newList() {
-				if (this.list.title.length < 3) {
+				if (this.list.title === '') {
 					this.showError = true
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/src/components/lists/views/Kanban.vue b/src/components/lists/views/Kanban.vue
index 406cfb911..ebd26b5ff 100644
--- a/src/components/lists/views/Kanban.vue
+++ b/src/components/lists/views/Kanban.vue
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
 								:class="{'is-loading': taskService.loading}"
 						/>
 					</div>
-					<p class="help is-danger" v-if="newTaskError[bucket.id] && newTaskText.length < 3">
-						Please specify at least three characters.
+					<p class="help is-danger" v-if="newTaskError[bucket.id] && newTaskText === ''">
+						Please specify a title.
 					</p>
 				</div>
 				<a
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 			},
 			addTaskToBucket(bucketId) {
 
-				if (this.newTaskText.length < 3) {
+				if (this.newTaskText === '') {
 					this.$set(this.newTaskError, bucketId, true)
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/src/components/lists/views/List.vue b/src/components/lists/views/List.vue
index dc0737955..65abb33c0 100644
--- a/src/components/lists/views/List.vue
+++ b/src/components/lists/views/List.vue
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
 					</button>
 				</p>
 			</div>
-			<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && newTaskText.length < 3">
-				Please specify at least three characters.
+			<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && newTaskText === ''">
+				Please specify a list title.
 			</p>
 		</div>
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 				this.loadTasks(page, search)
 			},
 			addTask() {
-				if (this.newTaskText.length < 3) {
+				if (this.newTaskText === '') {
 					this.showError = true
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/src/components/namespaces/NewNamespace.vue b/src/components/namespaces/NewNamespace.vue
index 5290bc930..37a1da937 100644
--- a/src/components/namespaces/NewNamespace.vue
+++ b/src/components/namespaces/NewNamespace.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 					placeholder="The namespace's name goes here..."/>
 			</p>
 			<p class="control">
-				<button class="button is-success noshadow" @click="newNamespace()" :disabled="namespace.title.length <= 5">
+				<button class="button is-success noshadow" @click="newNamespace()" :disabled="namespace.title === ''">
 						<span class="icon is-small">
 							<icon icon="plus"/>
 						</span>
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 				</button>
 			</p>
 		</div>
-		<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && namespace.title.length <= 5">
-			Please specify at least five characters.
+		<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && namespace.title === ''">
+			Please specify a title.
 		</p>
 		<p class="small" v-tooltip.bottom="'A namespace is a collection of lists you can share and use to organize your lists with.<br/>In fact, every list belongs to a namepace.'">
 			What's a namespace?</p>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		},
 		methods: {
 			newNamespace() {
-				if (this.namespace.title.length <= 4) {
+				if (this.namespace.title === '') {
 					this.showError = true
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/src/components/teams/EditTeam.vue b/src/components/teams/EditTeam.vue
index 2c00b9bb4..a6f0d4868 100644
--- a/src/components/teams/EditTeam.vue
+++ b/src/components/teams/EditTeam.vue
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 										v-model="team.name"/>
 							</div>
 						</div>
-						<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && team.name.length <= 5">
-							Please specify at least five characters.
+						<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && team.name === ''">
+							Please specify a name.
 						</p>
 						<div class="field">
 							<label class="label" for="teamdescription">Description</label>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 					})
 			},
 			submit() {
-				if (this.team.name.length <= 4) {
+				if (this.team.name === '') {
 					this.showError = true
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/src/components/teams/NewTeam.vue b/src/components/teams/NewTeam.vue
index 9e161f8cb..5f18af56a 100644
--- a/src/components/teams/NewTeam.vue
+++ b/src/components/teams/NewTeam.vue
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 					</button>
 				</p>
 			</div>
-			<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && team.name.length <= 5">
-				Please specify at least five characters.
+			<p class="help is-danger" v-if="showError && team.name === ''">
+				Please specify a name.
 			</p>
 		</form>
 	</div>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	import {IS_FULLPAGE} from '../../store/mutation-types'
 
 	export default {
-		name: "NewTeam",
+		name: 'NewTeam',
 		data() {
 			return {
 				teamService: TeamService,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		methods: {
 			newTeam() {
 
-				if (this.team.name.length <= 4) {
+				if (this.team.name === '') {
 					this.showError = true
 					return
 				}