https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73518
Bug ID: 73518
Summary: Equal sign (=) is not considered a prohibited
character when creating an account
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: User login and signup
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
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When creating an account, we disallow most MediaWiki characters ( "|", "}", "{"
), but we do not disallow "=". As a result, any user with an equal sign in
their name will break any template you attempt to wrap their name in. While
we've touched on equal sign interaction with templates before
(https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14235), the proposed resolution
doesn't work in this case.
Example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_intervention_against_vandalism%2FTB2&diff=634243837&oldid=634241466
It was suggested that I just patch the repository to disallow equal sign usage
in usernames, but I'm not comfortable enough with git to do so.
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