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More advanced password strength estimation might be an option too. If you search for "password strength estimation" on Google Scholar you'll find a load of algorithms e.g. this or this.
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Here are some really egregious examples but even the "must contain uppercase, lowercase, number and special character" rules are pretty bad. You don't add much additional security because people will just make the first character uppercase, and append 1, ! or whatever. Or worse you'll force them to write it down.
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