Regex blacklist for new user
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	• bzimport
	Dec 15 2006, 8:20 PM

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Author: marco

Description:
With my patch it is possible to define a Mediawiki: message filled up with
regexps. When any of the regexps matches the username of a user who is
registering a account, it blocks.
I designed this thing for stopping a massive new-account-creation vandal on
de.wikipedia (search userlist for "*vandalismus*"...afaik over 2000 hits :-()

Version: 1.9.x
Severity: normal
OS: Windows XP
Platform: PC

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Reference: bz8273

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 9:31 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-User-login-and-signup.

• bzimport set Reference to bz8273.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Dec 15 2006, 8:20 PM

marco wrote:

The hack

Attached:

8273.txt1 KBDownload

ayg wrote:

This sounds identical to the Username Blacklist extension in SVN. It's kind of
pointless to use it for vandal-stopping, since the vandal will just start
picking different names.

marco wrote:

There already exists one?! is it live on dewiki?

ayg wrote:

It isn't enabled on any WMF sites.

dotkorg wrote:

(In reply to comment #3)

There already exists one?! is it live on dewiki?

Brion enabled this extension:
https://wikitech.leuksman.com/index.php?title=Server_admin_log&diff=prev&oldid=10667

	F3531: 8273.txt
	Nov 21 2014, 9:31 PM

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