On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Charlotte Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:56 PM, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Michael Rosenthal >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Isn't there a workaround to change the userrights without hacking >>> MediaWiki? I think I read about a method in which the @ is replaced by >>> something on bugzilla but unfortunatly I can't find it again. >> Using a "#<USERIDNUMBER>" in the username field iirc. > > Does this work for blocking too? Apparently the colon ":" also causes > problems, see logs: > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WP:ANI > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WPANI > > That's how this unblockable user was able to do page-move vandalism > continuously for over 30 minutes. > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=WPANI&limit=500 > > I'd argue that usernames containing deprecated characters should be > automatically renamed or locked out pending a rename. > > —C.W. No idea, but i was telling people to try it when the issue came up but no one decided to listen/try so i have no idea.
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