MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist

The following instructions were copied from mw:Extension:Title Blacklist.

The title blacklist is maintained as a system message MediaWiki:Titleblacklist.

This page consists of regular expressions, each on a separate line. For example:

Foo <autoconfirmed|noedit|errmsg=blacklisted-testpage> 
Bar #No one should create article about it

There is no need to use "^" at the beginning and "$" at the end; these are added automatically.

Each entry may also contain optional attributes, enclosed in <> and divided by |

• autoconfirmed — only non-autoconfirmed users are unable to create/upload/move such pages
• noedit — users are also unable to edit this page
• casesensitive — don't ignore case when checking title for being blacklisted
• errmsg — the name of the message that should be displayed instead of standard

When the action is blocked, one of the following messages is displayed together with the filter row (as $1): titleblacklist-forbidden-edit, titleblacklist-forbidden-move, titleblacklist-forbidden-new-account or titleblacklist-forbidden-upload. Generic filenames have their own custom error message, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-custom-imagename.

There is also MediaWiki:Titlewhitelist and a global title blacklist.

Only administrators, page movers and template editors can override this list on all actions. When they override this list when creating or editing a page, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-warning is displayed. Account creators can override this list on account creations only.

The username blacklist is handled at meta:Title blacklist by adding entries with the <newaccountonly> parameter.

Beaner

I have compiled a list of all the pages, existing or deleted, that contain the anti-Mexican ethnic slur beaner — specifically, matching the regex .*[Bb]eaner.* — in the title at the Quarry, using code recycled from the Ronald Merkle request above. The results consist mostly of user talk pages, many for users blocked for vandalism or offensive usernames. Aside from Beaner itself, the only mainspace pages matching the word are:

• Barney's Beanery
• Redirects to Biggby Coffee: Beaner's, Beaner's Coffee, Beaner's Gourmet Coffee, Beaners
• Beaner Lake
• Coffee Beanery
• The Beanery

Any thoughts, particularly pertaining to beanery? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:35, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Entries on the title blacklist are case-insensitive by default, which is my regex matches at Quarry always start (?i). They can be overridden to be case-sensitive, but that's usually counterproductive - most vandals determined to start a page like Draft:Why boss is a fat beaner would try Draft:WHY BOSS IS A FAT BEANER before things like Draft:Why boss is a fat b e a n e r or such. Case-sensitivity here misses BEANER'S Gourmet Coffee, User:BEANER, User talk:BEANER, User talk:BEANER101, User talk:BEANER666, User talk:BEanerWIThaBURRItOgun, and User talk:YOUNGBEANER (which we'd want it to match) and also User:Proud2BeaNerd, User talk:Proud2BeaNerd, User talk:CaribbeanErasmus, User talk:TheBeaNerd, File:BengeoBeaneRoad.jpg (which we wouldn't).

Separately, that's enough false positives in mainspace compared to the number of true positives outside userspace that I wouldn't ever consider blacklisting this myself. —Cryptic 22:27, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Edit request 29 September 2022

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114.125.164.206 (talk) 00:38, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

False positive match for title containing ayin ring

A title containing a modifier letter left half ring, used in some contexts for transliteration of Arabic, threw a false-positive match for a blacklist entry beginning with (?!(User — it is unclear which one — when I attempted to move the article Abū al‐ʿUqūl to the same title with a hyphen-minus instead of the non-ASCII hyphen. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 13:09, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

My tests have shown that. For example, attempting to move User:LaundryPizza03/Happy 'Ayin, al-Iktibar (with an apostrophe) to User:LaundryPizza03/Happy ʿAyin, al-Iktibar (with an ayin) failed. In the meantime, the article has been moved by WP:RM/TR and then I moved it to Abu al-'Uqul using the basic romanization, per WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 16:18, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 10 April 2023

Please add the following entry to the title blacklist: Special talk:.* <errmsg=Titleblacklist-custom-special-discuss>. Then add the following to the title blacklist notice MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-custom-special-discuss:

{{editnotice
|id=Titleblacklist-custom-special-discuss
|1={{Notice
|image=OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg
|text=<big>'''This is not the talk page for the special page [[{{replace|{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Special talk:|Special:|count=1}}]]!'''</big> The talk page for this special page is located at [[{{replace|{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Special talk:|Wikipedia talk:Special:|count=1}}]].<br/>{{#ifeq:{{lc:{{BASEPAGENAME:{{#ifeq:{{replace|{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Special talk:|Special:|count=1}}|}}}}}}|{{lc:Special:BlankPage}}|This special page might be used by a [[Wikipedia:Gadgets|gadget]] or a [[Wikipedia:User script|user script]] that you have installed. If so, please contact the script owner if you notice a problem with this page.|To report a bug with this special page, please submit a bug report on [[phab:|Wikimedia Phabricator]]. It is possible that a [[Wikipedia:Gadgets|gadget]] or a [[Wikipedia:User script|user script]] that you have installed is interfering with the special page.}}<br/><small>If this is the page that you are trying to {{#ifexist:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|edit|create}}, please ask for help on the [[Project:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]] or {{submit an edit request/link|display=submit an edit request}}.</small>
}}
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I believe this is an uncontroversial entry because the Special talk: namespace does not exist, and new users might be confused where to discuss special pages or report bugs for them. A new user might assume that "Special talk:ListUsers" is the talk page for "Special:ListUsers", given Wikipedia talk:About and Talk:About are talk pages. MediaWiki does not have special talk pages and showing a notice letting them know where the actual talk page is will be helpful for new users. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 17:18, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

I object. This is a solution in search of a problem. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:49, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

@Awesome Aasim do you have any evidence that this is actually a problem? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:46, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Pages with this sort of title have been deleted about a dozen times. Once even in the last decade! And I suppose there might have been moves without redirects, but those aren't as easy to look for. —Cryptic 10:07, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

No, wait, it's only the move target that's ridiculous to check. Still, the only move ever from this title pattern was this test in 2012. —Cryptic 10:13, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Removing an entry?

I don't usually mess with the blacklist, but Ticket:2023040210003924 was requesting the removal of an entry, and it seemed reasonable enough. What's the usual procedure for removing items from the blacklist? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:36, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Unless you're going to do it yourself, or want to use the admins' noticeboard, you should probably just propose it here using an edit-request template if appropriate. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)