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?action=edit&redlink=1 redirect triggers autoblock
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Description

List of steps to reproduce (step by step, including full links if applicable):

  • Be blocked with autoblock
  • Click a link with ?action=edit&redlink=1

What happens?:
You don't try to edit the page, instead view it, but autoblock is placed

What should have happened instead?:

No autoblock as no edit attempt

Software version (if not a Wikimedia wiki), browser information, screenshots, other information, etc.:

Event Timeline

Ammarpad subscribed.

This seems to be working as intended. Navigating to ?action=edit signifies clear intention to edit, irrespective of what follows that.