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Redirect organic traffic from Special:Unblock to Special:Block
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Description

Because we want to avoid use cases where an admin could "bulk unblock," and because we eventually want to deprecate the special:unblock page, we will direct all organic traffic to special block:

Story
Given that I have navigated to Special:Unblock without a specified target in the URL, then I should be redirected to Special:Block, where I can search for a target and unblock any active blocks.

Example redirect URL:
https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock/

Example valid URL (no redirect)
https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock?username
https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock?001.203.44
https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock?username?blockID12234

Design:
https://www.figma.com/design/3PthdmimQ8FiuhGIsLhmZi/Multiblock?node-id=2952-20341&t=4hJHWDPLU2BHAGeL-1

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectRepoBranchLines +/-
SpecialUnblock: Redirect some uses to SpecialBlockmediawiki/coremaster+39 -6
Customize query in gerrit

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• JWheeler-WMF created this task.Dec 19 2024, 8:23 PM
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KSiebert subscribed.Jan 2 2025, 10:29 AM

You can/should use task templates going forward and assign parent relationships ideally when creating tickets, they make it quicker to remember what's required.

TheresNoTime claimed this task.Jan 7 2025, 10:27 AM
TheresNoTime moved this task from Ready for dev to In development on the Community-Tech (Jackal (not a fox) Fox) board.Jan 7 2025, 10:53 AM
TheresNoTime added a comment.Jan 7 2025, 10:59 AM

Clarification of URLs which won't redirect:

(noting that logic for linking to an unblock by ID doesn't seem to be implemented, i.e. https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock/#1 or https://test.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Unblock?blockid=1)

TheresNoTime added a comment.Jan 7 2025, 11:07 AM

Suggestion: iff a user has visited Special:Unblock and been redirected to Special:Block, we could initially show a message on Special:Block explaining why they were redirected.

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gerritbot added a comment.Jan 7 2025, 11:10 AM

Change #1108727 had a related patch set uploaded (by Samtar; author: Samtar):

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialUnblock: Redirect some uses to SpecialBlock

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1108727

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 7 2025, 11:10 AM
TheresNoTime added a comment.EditedJan 8 2025, 12:09 PM

From the comment on the patch: "Does this need to check whether Codex Special:Block is enabled first?"

Spoken with the team, yes — will modify

JSengupta-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 8 2025, 12:42 PM
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Updated the design in the description. @TheresNoTime

TheresNoTime moved this task from In development to Feedback and review on the Community-Tech (Jackal (not a fox) Fox) board.Jan 9 2025, 4:34 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 15 2025, 1:09 AM

Change #1108727 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialUnblock: Redirect some uses to SpecialBlock

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1108727

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I see that the below get redirected to Special:Block:

And the message says You were redirected from Special:Unblock to Special:Block, where administrators can create, edit, and remove blocks for any given target.

The below do not get redirected:

I believe this is consistent with the requirements.

Samwilson mentioned this in T380189: SpecialBlock: update the "remove" menu item in Active Blocks.Feb 5 2025, 2:19 AM
• JWheeler-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Feb 10 2025, 5:23 PM
MusikAnimal mentioned this in T387499: Special:Unblock is unusable for targets with multiple blocks.Feb 27 2025, 4:58 PM
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