MediaWiki:Titleblacklist, the disallowed titles list, is used to prevent uploads, page moves, or creations/edits to certain pages. Depending on the entry in the disallowed titles list, some page titles can be edited by autoconfirmed users as well. This interface message or skin may also be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net. The page forms part of the MediaWiki interface, and can only be edited by administrators and interface editors. To request a change to the page, add {{edit fully-protected}} to this page, followed by a description of your request. Consider announcing discussions you add here at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) to bring more people to the discussion. |
The disallowed titles list is maintained as a system message MediaWiki:Titleblacklist.
This page consists of regular expressions, each on a separate line. For example:
Foo <autoconfirmed|noedit|errmsg=blacklisted-testpage> Bar #No one should create article about it
There is no need to use "^" at the beginning and "$" at the end; these are added automatically.
Each entry may also contain optional attributes, enclosed in <>
and divided by |
When the action is blocked, one of the following messages is displayed together with the filter row (as $1): titleblacklist-forbidden-edit, titleblacklist-forbidden-move, titleblacklist-forbidden-new-account or titleblacklist-forbidden-upload. Generic filenames have their own custom error message, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-custom-imagename.
There is also MediaWiki:Titlewhitelist and a global title blacklist.
Only administrators, page movers and template editors can override this list on all actions. When they override this list when creating or editing a page, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-warning is displayed. Account creators can override this list on account creations only.
The disallowed usernames list is handled at meta:Title blacklist by adding entries with the <newaccountonly> parameter.
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Hello, I am new to writing Wikipedia pages but I am not completely sure that this it the right page. I attempted to upload an image of the boyflux flag, which was named "boyflux.png" I was trying to upload this in my sandbox, however I just ended up with this message instead: "The file name you were trying to upload has been blacklisted because it is very common, uninformative, or spelled in ALLCAPS. Please go back and choose a better file name. When uploading files to Wikimedia Commons, please use a file name that describes the content of the image or media file you're uploading and is sufficiently distinctive that no-one else is likely to pick the same name by accident." I tried to change it's name to "boyfluxgenderidentity.png" but got the same message. I also do understand that I do have a past of vandalism however I've stopped doing that to wikipedia pages, and now will only edit them if I see errors, or would like to cite sources that are missing from them. Mrsimonst9969666 (talk) 18:08, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
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Description of suggested change: the .*sssniperwolf.*
entry doesn't seem to serve a purpose anymore because SSSniperWolf. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 22:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
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Description of suggested change: Could you please add the terms "super mario wiki" and "mariowiki" to the blacklist? There's been multiple attempts to get an article about the fan-run Super Mario wiki, despite not being notable (See Special:Diff/1186343919). — Davest3r08 >:) (talk) 16:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
(Sorry everyone, my first request here, don't know how the system works; hope this informal approach will suffice.)
I'm requesting blacklisting of the string *annamalai*, either alone or in any combination with any other character(s), to prevent new page creation in the main and draft spaces.
Please see this ANI discussion: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#K._Annamalai_et_al. Countless drafts and articles have been created, and in all probability will continue to be created, for a politician described in eg. this draft Draft:K. Annamalai (politician), using never-ending variations of the title. Please help plug this time-sink.
Thank you, --DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:31, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
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Should we auto semi-protect Deaths in ... pages because of vandalism by IPs during the New Year's Eve, when it's not protected?
Deaths in 20\d{2,3} <noedit|errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-deathpages|autoconfirmed>
Just a random Wikipedian(talk) 13:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
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I request to make an image that is a screenshot of Hobartville from Google Maps, as it says the page needs more images on the Community portal. I want to do this to become more experienced and trusted as an editor. Oo-rah! the marines are here (talk) 17:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
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Description of suggested change: I'm not sure exactly how this would be done, but could someone edit this to make it so that the filter .*\p{Lu}(\P{L}*\p{Lu}){9}.* <casesensitive | moveonly> # Disallows moves with more than nine consecutive capital letters allows moves in userspace that include someone's username if it matches that filter? I can't move my user subpages anywhere because I (foolishly) chose a username with all capital letters. LOOKSQUARE (👤️·🗨️) talk 21:35, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
Per MOS:CURLY, we should almost always use straight quotes in titles. There are currently ~20 articles with curly quotes in the title, and for a while I was moving one every few days to use the proper symbol, indicating that the rule is being rampantly ignored. I suggest we enforce it by adding ’
(which seems to be much more common than the other characters) to the title blacklist, with a custom error message and possibly with restrictions on namespace. Thoughts? * Pppery * it has begun... 04:43, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
.*’. <errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-curly-quote
. Does this seem reasonable to anyone else here? * Pppery * it has begun... 02:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC)The topic is notable, but why is it on the blacklist? Toadette (Let's talk together!) 21:58, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
I can't help but notice that some of the blacklisted terms are either quite obscure or pretty much outdated as of 2024. I get why topics like BFDI and [blatantly offensive terms] are blacklisted. However, I don't fully understand how seemingly random and not-so-obvious terms like .*chaos.{0,5}ashington.*
and .*,,+.* <moveonly>
(and their variations) get blacklisted, especially those lacking any rationale. What are the rationales behind a lot of the "obscure" and unusual blacklisted terms (such as those already mentioned) and whether some of them should remain blacklisted at this moment? AlphaBeta135talk 15:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)