This bug is a request to modify the output of the RC bot operating on
irc.wikimedia.org

Currently special are reported as below

<rc> [[Special:Log/block]]
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&diff=0&oldid=0 *
BorgQueen * blocked "User:68.98.203.241" with an expiry time of 24 hours: vandalism

This creates a number of problems. Firstly [[Special:Log/block]] is translated
to diferent languages and hence I cant simply look for a "Special" to check if
this is a spesific log event.

My suggestion for a fix is a single character, B for block:

<rc> [[Special:Log/block]] B
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&diff=0&oldid=0 *
BorgQueen * blocked "User:68.98.203.241" with an expiry time of 24 hours: vandalism

All rc bots reading this feed are instructed to parse by color codes. The "red"
color code (M (for minor), N (new pages)) is unused for special/log events and
using it should not affect any existing bots.

This is useful in creating a database of blocked vandals, other malicious users
as well as open proxies.

Also the current block summaries are problematic.

Example: blocked "User:68.98.203.241" with an expiry time of 24 hours: vandalism

Users can pick wierd usernames, the following is a valid username:
User:User:User:"User:User:Vandal"24 hours:User:Typehere

This makes it imposible to successfully parse all the time. Hence I propose a
more bot friendly scheme

How it is now: blocked "User:68.98.203.241" with an expiry time of 24 hours:
vandalism

What I propose: [blocked][User:68.98.203.241][24 hours][vandalism]

I personaly dont care if it is [ ] or some other character, but it is
imperative the seperating character cannot be used in usernames.

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal