https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17878
Summary: User names starting in WP: are unblockable
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Blocking
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
A vandal discovered today that if your username starts with "WP:", as in
"User:WP:ANI" then attempting to block the account results in a block against
User:ANI instead of User:WP:ANI.
I'm not sure what part of the WP: magic is triggering this problem, but it
could become a significant nuisance if more people pick up on it.
The workaround is to rename the account first and then block it.
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