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.*blake.*alma.* # ]: 29 deletions, 8 saltings, and 4 afds across 17 non-talk titles, most recently ]
.*blake.*alma.* # ]: 29 deletions, 8 saltings, and 4 afds across 17 non-talk titles, most recently ]
.*ipd.*tamil.* # ]
.*ipd.*tamil.* # ]
.*\bs(\b.*\b)?m\b.*hasan.* # ]
.*antony.*gordon.* <antispoof> # ]
.*miss.*inter.*continental.* # ]
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Latest revision as of 03:11, 9 December 2024
# This is a title blacklist; titles that match regex here are forbidden, and cannot be created.
# Options exist to stop editing and moves as well. See mw:Extension:Title Blacklist for documentation
# See the talk page for more information.
# Please note <newaccountonly> is no longer useful locally as accounts are created globally, these would need to be added to the global blacklist.
# This list affects only the English Misplaced Pages; refer also to the global blacklist at
# m:Title blacklist
# Please comment any additions made to the blacklist.
# Note: Internally, the pattern delimiter is '/', so be sure to escape all '/'s.
# UTF-8 mode is enabled. Do not use literal non-breaking spaces in regexes as some browsers cannot handle them.
# OBSCURE ASCII CHARACTER LOOKALIKES
.*.* <casesensitive> # Select Unicode Letterlike Symbols (excluding Kelvin, Angstrom and Ohm signs, see talk)
.*.* <casesensitive> # Circled and parenthesized Latin letters
.*.* <casesensitive | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-fullwidth> # Fullwidth Latin letters
.*.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Question mark lookalikes, used for page move vandalism
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:).*.* <casesensitive> # Phonetic extensions, almost never used in valid titles
.*.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # IPA extensions, somewhat more common, so blocking only moves for now
.*.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Select mathematical operators (excluding "−", "∞" and some other common ones)
.*.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Misc./supplemental mathematical symbols
.*.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Letter lookalikes; none of these are currently used in any mainspace title
# OTHER UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERS
.*.* <casesensitive | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-nbsp> # Non-breaking and other unusual spaces, with custom error message
.*.* <casesensitive> # BiDi overrides
.*.* <casesensitive> # "Other punctuation", with some exceptions (may need more, this is a huge character class); note that single-character titles are permitted by the title whitelist
.*\p{Cc}.* <casesensitive> # Control characters
.*\x{FEFF}.* <casesensitive> # Byte order mark
.*.* <casesensitive> # Swastikas, hammer-and-sickle, skull-and-crossbones, middle finger
.*\x{00AD}.* <casesensitive> # Soft-hyphen
.*.* <casesensitive> # Very few characters outside the Basic Multilingual Plane are useful in titles
.*.* <casesensitive> # Graphic pictures for control codes
.*’.* <errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-curly-quote> # right single quotation mark with custom error message
# EXCESSIVE PUNCTUATION OR REPETITION
.*{3}(?<!!!!).*
.*{2}(?<!!!).* <moveonly>
.*\s+.*
.*‽‽.* <moveonly>
.*¿¿.* <moveonly>
.*{2}.* # Disallows two adjacent "separator" characters (mostly funky spaces)
.*{6}.* # Disallows six consecutive characters that are not letters (in any script), numbers, or spaces
.*()\1{4}.* <moveonly> # Disallows four or more of the same character from page moves
.*\p{Lu}(\P{L}*\p{Lu}){9}.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Disallows moves with more than nine consecutive capital letters
(.*)?'{2,}.*|.*'{2,}(.*)? <errmsg=titleblacklist-forbidden-apostrophes> # Multiple consecutive apostrophes get interpreted as wiki markup, so shouldn't be used in page titles
# INVERTED QUESTION MARK WITH NON-LATIN TEXT
.*¿.*.*
.*.*¿.*
# ATTACK TITLES AND/OR PAGE MOVE VANDALISM TARGETS
.*bajotz.*
.*chaos.{0,7}apper.*
.*chaos.{0,7}usic.*
.*chaos.{0,7}ntert.*
.*chaos.{0,5}ashington.*
.*chaos.{0,5}iscography.*
.*chao\$.*
.*customer support (phone|number).*
.*tech support (phone|number).*
.*Huff Dall?and.*
.*Meepsheep.*
.*JEWS DID .* <casesensitive>
.* ?(|VV){2,}.* <moveonly> # Disallows moves with "on wheels" with 2 or more Es
.*on wh33ls.*
.*on whiels.*
.*on wiels.*
.*on ?hueels.*
.*BU Rob13.* <casesensitive>
.*\bwith wh?iels\b.* <moveonly>
.*on rails.* <moveonly>
.*on treads.* <moveonly>
.*BITCH.* <casesensitive>
.*COCK.* <casesensitive>
.*.*
.*.*
.*.*
.*.*
.*CUM.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*DICK.* <casesensitive>
.*giiant.*
.*giant penis.*
.*huge penis.*
.*licking my peni.*
.*creamy semen.*
.*smaller.than.average.* <moveonly>
.*have sex.* <moveonly>
.*(?:suck|his|your|my) penis.* <moveonly>
.*(?:http|https|ftp|mailto|torrent|ed2k)\:\/\/+\.+.* <errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-URL>
.*\b((is\s+an?)|are)\s+(?:dick|cunt|fag|bitch|shit|fuck|loser|ass|gay|ghey|moron|retard|stupid|slut|pa?edo).* <autoconfirmed>
.*\b((is\s+an?)|are)\s+(?:dick|cunt|fag|bitch|shit|fuck|loser|ass|gay|ghey|moron|retard|stupid|slut|pa?edo).* <moveonly>
.*.*.*
.*\bnimp\.org.*
.*JIHAD, BITCHES.* <casesensitive>
.*Vandalism is Terrorism.*
.*WANT TO HA.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*waant to h.* <moveonly>
.*Brian.*Peppers.*
.*suck my.* <moveonly>
.*GE ORGAS.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*ge orrg.* <moveonly>
.*RM, STICKY.* <casesensitive>
.*rm sticky.* <moveonly>
.*TAIN OUT OF.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*nig{2,}er.* # nigger
.*loves the.* <moveonly>
.*cking fail.*
.*Epic fail.*
.*.* <moveonly>
.*WHUT.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*What what.* <moveonly>
.*Grp.* <moveonly>
.*rwp.*
.*Rap(e|es|ing) (babies|children|kids).*
.*rplcng.* <moveonly>
.*h s.* <moveonly>
.*.* <moveonly|casesensitive>
.*ǃǃ.* <moveonly>
.*Ɩ\P{L}Ɩ.* <moveonly>
.*has.been.moved.* <moveonly>
.*was movėd.* <moveonly>
.*NEGRO.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*COON SPIC.* <casesensitive | moveonly>
.*(ph|f).* #Britfag/phag
.*\b(moral)?fag\b.* <moveonly>
.*\bNWiki\b.*
.*\b(o|w+|w)l\b.* <moveonly>
.*\b\W+\W+.* <moveonly>
.*\b\W*\W*.* <moveonly|casesensitive>
.*\s*.* <moveonly>
.*{2,5}.* <moveonly>
.*Wikipedo.*
.*An hero.* <moveonly|casesensitive>
.*\.\.\.H.* <moveonly>
.*\bfapped.* <moveonly>
.*Krimpet.* <moveonly>
.*,,+.* <moveonly>
.*;;+.* <moveonly>
.*(\pP{2,}\PP){4}.* <moveonly|errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-pagemove> #Antigrawp, works by blocking titles with overused punctuation (eg H..A..G..G..E..R)
.*{2,5}.* #nonstandard A66
.*Faggot.* <moveonly>
.*Deletionis.* <moveonly>
.*'H'.* <moveonly>
.*\*h.* <moveonly>
.*H'A.* <casesensitive|moveonly>
.*piece of sh.* <moveonly>
.*moved by.* <moveonly>
.*\s*\s*\s*\s*\s*.* <moveonly>
.*\s*\s*\s*\s*.* <moveonly>
.*c..* <moveonly>
.*.t..* <moveonly>
.*\?\s*\(.{55,200}\).* <moveonly> # long Hagger parentheticals
.*fuċking.*
.*cuntmonkey.*
.*\(.{95,200}.* <moveonly>
.*{1,3}{1,3}{1,3}{1,3}.{1,3}{1,3}.{50,200}.* <moveonly>
.*..{50,200}.* <moveonly>
.*pawns.wiki.* <moveonly>
.*nimp.org.*
.*Tewapack.* <moveonly>
.*Colonel.Sanders.* <moveonly>
.*kzm\.pas.* #used to create malicious user talk subpages
.*zilog\s*head.* <autoconfirmed> # Prolific sock GEORGIEGIBBONS
.*on\s*wheels.*edition.* <autoconfirmed>
.*shakur green.* #Recreation under different titles; see Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Shakur Green
.* shitt?ing in .* mouth #A specific page which needs to be SALTed and redacted
.* fucking bastard.* #A specific page which needs to be SALTed and redacted
.* first male to female transsexuall #A specific page which needs to be SALTed and redacted
.*Wimbo Jales .* #Probably will never be used except to insult Jimbo Wales
.*Ñ!gG3r.* #A specific page which needs to be SALTed and redacted
.* is gay
.*inside ?(his|her|its|their) ?anus.*
.*exchanges? bodily fluids.*
.*\b(eat(s|ing)?|ate)\b.*\bshit\b.*
.*f(ú|u)cked up piece of shit.* #A specific page which needs to be SALTed and redacted
.*get cocks shoved up (his|her|its|their) ass.*
.*Flint Diao.* #Serial spamming
.*\bMental.*problem.* #Repeated creation of vandalism pages, e.g. "so and so has mental problems"
.*Bikini Beach.* #Persistent disruption
.*(Lucas|Luke) Ullrich.* #Persistent disruption
Eolgi.* <autoconfirmed> #Persistent disruption
.*eolgi.*highway.*system <autoconfirmed> #Persistent disruption
.*Junior5a.* #pages created with outing information
.*wo(o)?mo(o)?.* <autoconfirmed> #attack pages created by LTA
.*mo(o)?wo(o)?.* <autoconfirmed> # same as above
.*should have died.*
.*HoIocaust.* #Trying to outsmart our automated detection using an uppercase I in stead of a lowercase l in the word "Holocaust"
# DISALLOW CREATION OF USER OR USER TALK PAGES FOR A SPECIFIC IP RANGE BY NON-AUTOCONFIRMED USERS
User( talk)?:71\.107\.(1(2|\d)|2(\d|5))\.(?\d\d?|2(5|\d)) <autoconfirmed>
User( talk)?:75\.47\.(1(2|\d)|2(\d|5))\.(?\d\d?|2(5|\d)) <autoconfirmed>
# PAGE MOVE TARGETS
Misplaced Pages( talk)?:(*(?-i:).*|(.*\W)?+(\W|\W.*\W)?(((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)++|((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+Y+)(\W.*)?) <moveonly> # No haggery in project space, please. (Only ASCII/Latin1 characters needed in this regexp.)
(Help|Portal)( talk)?:(.*(?-i:).*|(.*\W)?+(\W|\W.*\W)?(((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)++|((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+((\W|\W.*\W)?)+Y+)(\W.*)?) <moveonly> # ..nor in help or portal spaces either. (Only ASCII/Latin1 characters needed in this regexp.)
# DISALLOW PAGE MOVES TO MIXED-SCRIPT TITLES
# Okinas are allowed in Latin + non-Latin rules per Special:PermaLink/882837938#ʻOkina again
# Intentionally move-only due to false positives
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*\p{Latin}.*.* <moveonly> # Latin + non-Latin
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*.*\p{Latin}.* <moveonly> # Latin + non-Latin
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*\p{Greek}.*.* <moveonly> # Greek + non-Greek
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*.*\p{Greek}.* <moveonly> # Greek + non-Greek
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*\p{Cyrillic}.*.* <moveonly> # Cyrillic + non-Cyrillic
(?!(User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*.*\p{Cyrillic}.* <moveonly> # Cyrillic + non-Cyrillic
# Slightly different regexp for user/project/talk pages, to allow e.g. Latin subpages of Cyrillic usernames:
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}*\p{Latin}*.* <moveonly> # Latin + non-Latin
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}**\p{Latin}.* <moveonly> # Latin + non-Latin
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}*\p{Greek}*.* <moveonly> # Greek + non-Greek
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}**\p{Greek}.* <moveonly> # Greek + non-Greek
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}*\p{Cyrillic}*.* <moveonly> # Cyrillic + non-Cyrillic
((User|Misplaced Pages)( talk)?:|Talk:)(.*\/)?\P{L}**\p{Cyrillic}.* <moveonly> # Cyrillic + non-Cyrillic
.*(\P{L}*){4}.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Non-Latin all caps
# GENERIC IMAGE FILE NAMES (with custom error message)
# at most three letters of potentially meaningful text:
File:\P{L}*((Ima?ge?|Pict?(ure)?|Media|Photo)\P{L}+)?(\p{L}\P{L}*){0,3}((orig|copy|thumb|small)\P{L}*)?\.+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename>
# no more than two contiguous letters (raising to three would be tempting, but needs more testing):
File:\P{L}*((Ima?ge?|Pict?(ure)?|Media|Photo)\P{L}*)?((\p{L}\p{M}*){1,2}\P{L}*)*((orig|copy|thumb|small)\P{L}*|(\p{L}\p{M}*){1,2})?\.+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename>
# month name followed by no more than two contiguous letters, JPEG suffix (be careful if you edit this, easy to trigger false positives):
File:\P{L}*(January|Jan|February|Febr?|March|Mar|April|Apr|May|June?|July?|August|Aug|September|Sept?|October|Oct|November|Nov|December|Dec)(\P{L}+\p{L}{1,2})*\P{L}*\.JPE?G <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename>
# Common digital cameral file names, based on list at http://diddly.com/random/about.html
# See also MediaWiki:Filename-prefix-blacklist, used to generate a warning on the upload form
File:DCP\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Kodak
File:DSC.\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Design rule for Camera File system (Nikon, Fuji, Polaroid)
File:MVC-?\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Sony Mavica
File:P\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Olympus, Kodak
File:I?MG?\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Canon, Pentax
File:1\d+-\d+(_IMG)?\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Canon
File:(IM|EX)\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # HP Photosmart
File:DC\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Kodak
File:P?\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Minolta
File:PANA\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Panasonic
File:DUW\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # some mobile phones
File:CIMG\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Casio
File:JD\d+\.JPG <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Jenoptik
# Other common patterns
File:\d{9}{6}_{2}\P{L}*\.\w+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # some image hosting site?
File:\d+_+(_)?\P{L}*\.\w+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Flickr; see http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.urls.html
# File:(\d{9,10})+?\.\w+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # yet another image hosting site? (redundant to "no more than two contiguous letters")
File:({8}-)?{4}-{4}-{4}-?{12}.* <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # UUID (with some variations included)
File:(|\d+)_{10,}(-\d+-|_?(\w\w?|full))?\.+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # L_9173c67eae58edc35ba7f2df08a7d5c6.jpg, 1_bf38bcd9c5512a5ab99ca2219a4b1e2f_full.gif, etc.
File:\P{L}*No\P{L}*name\P{L}*\.+ <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # Noname2.jpg
File:ATAAA+\.jpg <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename> # see commons:Commons:Village pump/Archive/2009/01#File ATgAAA...
#Pict or Picture followed by numbers
File:Pict(ure)??\d*\..* <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename>
# Only numbers in the filename
File:\d+\.\w+ <reupload|errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-imagename>
# Prevent accidental creation of files with double extensions or unconventional spacing
File:.*(\,|\.)(png|gif|jpe?g|tiff?|xcf|pdf|mid|ogg|ogv|svg|djvu|oga|flac|opus|wav|webm|webp)(\ |\,)?\.(png|gif|jpe?g|tiff?|xcf|pdf|mid|ogg|ogv|svg|djvu|oga|flac|opus|wav|webm|webp) <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-file-extension>
File:.*(\ |\,)\.(png|gif|jpe?g|tiff?|xcf|pdf|mid|ogg|ogv|svg|djvu|oga|flac|opus|wav|webm|webp) <reupload | errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-file-extension>
# Prevent creation of personal categories for users
Category:User:.* <errmsg=titleblacklist-personal-category>
# multiple article re-creation under various titles by sockpuppet accounts
.*oogle *oys.*
# Prevent creation of articles beginning with foreign language equivalents of User: as they aren't recognized on enwiki. (User: works on every wiki)
(Agar-aramat|Amseqdac|Användare|Atuisoq|Aжыглакчы|Benter|Bikarhêner|Bru(?:ge|ka|ke)r|Brëkòwnik|Brúkari|Brūcend|Choyoołʼįįhí|Cleachdaiche|Dalībnieks|Defnyddiwr|Devnydhyer|Druvadur|Dulooi|Foydalanuvchi|Geavaheaddji|Geban|Gebr(?:oe|u|ui)ker|Gumagamit|Gumaramit|Implijer|Itilizatè|Iōng-chiá|Jeno|Jëfandikukat|Ka notcitatc|Karber|Kasutaja|Kisadi|Korisnik|Kullanıcı|Kävutai|Käyttäi|Käyttäjä|Lankide|Lītuotuojs|Masyin|Mea hoʻohana|Meidogger|Metmaacher|Middawaida|Mošomi|Mpikambana|Mtumiaji|Muna'sesetbi|Naudotojas|Nauduotuos|Notandi|Nutza|Odwumanyɛni|Oníṣe|Outelizador\(a\)|Pamakai|Pamaké|Panganggo|Pangguno|Paragamit|Paydalanıwshı|Pengguna|Pruukja|Puruhára|Përdoruesi|Qullanıcı|Redaktor|Ruraq|Suradnik|Szerkesztő|Ta ohu'uwo|Tagagamit|Thành viên|Tlatequitiltilīlli|Uiser|Ulanyjy|Uporabnik|Ureuëng Ngui|Usaor|Usor|Usuari?|Usuàriu|Usuário\(a\)|Utent?|Utilisa(?:de|teu|to)r|Utilizaire|Utilizator|Uza-na'in|Uzanto|Uzeu|Używacz|Wikipedsta|Wužiwar|Wužywaŕ|Ymmydeyr|Yusa|Yuuser|pilno|sadasya|Úsáideoir|İstifadəçi|Χρήστες|Алахәыла|Архайæг|Викиавтор|Гьуртту хьума|Декъашхо|Демнч|Доакъашхо|Колдонуучу|Корбар|Корисник|Користувач|Кулланучы|Къошулуучу|Кыттааччы|Пайдаланыше|Польꙃєватєл҄ь|Потребител|Пырысь|Сирӹшӹ|Теиця|Тиись|Удзельнік|Уртах|Участник|Χρήστης|Хоснователь|Хутшăнакан|Хэрэглэг(?:ч|шэ)|ЦӀыхухэт|Қатысушы|Ҡатнашыусы|Մասնակից|באַניצער|משתמש|ئىشلەتكۈچى|ایشلدن|بەکارھێنەر|رُکُن|صارف|مستخدم|واپرائيندڙ|ورتنوالا|کاربر|کارن|کارور|کارگير|کاریار|ܡܦܠܚܢܐ|މެމްބަރު|अवयव|छ्येलेमि|प्रयोगकर्ता|वापरपी|सदस्य|सदस्यः|আতাকুরা|ব্যবহারকারী|সদস্য|ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ|સભ્ય|ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ|பயனர்|వాడుకరి|ಬಳಕೆದಾರೆ|ಸದಸ್ಯ|ഉപയോക്താവ്|පරිශීලක|ผู้ใช้|ຜູ້ໃຊ້|ၽူႈၸႂ်ႉတိုဝ်း|მომხმარებელი|አባል|អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់|ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ|Ọbanife|利用者|用戶|用户|사용자|𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃):.* <errmsg=titleblacklist-non-English-userpage>
# Creation of Articles for creation submissions in the wrong place
Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation\/.* <errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-AfC-wrong-place>
# Prevent non-autoconfirmed users from creating Portal pages per the RfC at w.wiki/3em
Portal:.* <errmsg=Titleblacklist-nonconfirmed portal creation|autoconfirmed>
# These namespaces have been uninstalled
Education Program( talk)?:.* <errmsg=Titleblacklist-Education-Program-namespace>
Gadget( definition)? talk:.* #
Book( talk)?:.* <errmsg=Titleblacklist-forbidden-book>
# Political party templates, deprecated since September 2021
Template:.*\/meta\/(shortname|color|abbrev|abbr) <noedit|errmsg=titleblacklist-political-party-templates>
# Stop accidental creation of WikiProjects in article space
WikiProject:.*
#Repeatedly recreated attack page across pretty much any namespace going. See Special:Log/Xawp as an example and creation history of all pages listed there
.*Jie*Shen*Li.*