app/models/thinker.rb
class Thinker < ActiveRecord::Base
validates :name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 50}
VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
validates :email, length: { maximum: 50},
format: { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX }, allow_blank: true
acts_as_taggable_on :topics
has_many :references
end