https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64541
Bug ID: 64541
Summary: regex expressions starting with caret (^) not
functioning as per instructions say
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Spam Blacklist
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
I am not sure whether this is a case of the instructions being wrong, or
something is broken, or that it doesn't work on meta's implementation of a
global blacklist.
Instructions at [[mw:Extension:SpamBlacklist#Blacklist syntax]] state that a
caret can be used to match the start of a blacklist regex
<quote>
"The '^' and '$' anchors match the beginning and end of the domain name, not
the beginning and end of the URL."
</quote>
Recently this methodology was used at meta[1] in an attempt to lessen the
collateral damage of a block on t.co" urls (which are routinely used to spam).
[[m:User:COIBot/XWiki/t.co]]. However, it has been found that the "^t\.co\b" as
tehregex has ot been effective and t.co domains have been able to be added.
It would be useful if we could work out which of the three scenarios that we
have so the proper fix can be requested. Thanks.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spam_blacklist&diff=7630728&oldid=7593377&diffonly=yes
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