Extension:Username Blacklist
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This extension is obsolete!
It has been replaced by TitleBlacklist.
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | User identity | ||
| Description | Block the creation of user accounts matching a regular expression blacklist | ||
| Author(s) | Rob Church | ||
| Last Version | 1.7.1 (2008-02-08) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.5.8+ | ||
| License | No license specified | ||
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The Username Blacklist extension allows wiki administrators to block the creation of user accounts where the username matches one or more regular expressions.
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[edit] Requirements
The Username Blacklist extension requires MediaWiki 1.5.8 or above.
[edit] Installation
- Check out all extension files from Subversion and place them in a UsernameBlacklist subdirectory within your MediaWiki extensions directory
- Add the line
require_once( "{$IP}/extensions/UsernameBlacklist/UsernameBlacklist.php" );to your LocalSettings.php file
Installation can be verified through the Special:Version page on the wiki.
[edit] Editing the blacklist
The username blacklist is maintained as a message page called "usernameblacklist", which can be found at MediaWiki:Usernameblacklist.
The page is formatted as a bulleted list using the asterisk (*) token, where each blocked username or regular expression exists as a single list item, for example:
- Foo
- [Bb]ar
Lines without the list token will be ignored when constructing the final regular expression, which allows for adding comments or other explanation to the page.
[edit] Customising warning messages
When an attempt to create an account is blocked due to a blacklisted username, a warning message is shown to the user. This can be customised via messages:
- MediaWiki:Blacklistedusername
- Heading
- MediaWiki:Blacklistedusernametext
- Explanation
[edit] Change log
A complete log of changes to the extension code (including internationalisation updates from third parties) is available from the Subversion log, however, summarised information on changes between point releases is given below:
| Version | Release Date | Comments |
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| 1.7 | 2007-03-13 | Ignore non-list lines when generating blacklist |
| 1.6 | 2007-01-15 | Support multiple-language translations |
| 1.5 | 2006-12-16 | Don't block all usernames when the blacklist contains blank lines Use Unicode-friendly regular expressions Don't show errors when the blacklist contains only comments (above fixes from Brion Vibber) |
| 1.4 | 2006-06-19 | Fix fatal error |
| 1.3 | 2006-07-06 | Cache blacklist in memcached or similar, if available |
| 1.2 | 2006-04-25 | Performance rewrite Allow users with the uboverride permission to pass the blacklist |
| 1.1 | 2006-03-08 | Make compatible with MediaWiki 1.5.8 Allow commenting out lines with # |
| 1.0 | 2006-01-09 | Initial version |
[edit] Acknowledgements
The extension author would like to thank:
- The poster on mediawiki-l who inspired creation of the extension
- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (extension code reference)
- Brion Vibber (UTF-8 and other bug fixes)
- The volunteer MediaWiki internationalisation team, who provided dozens of translations
[edit] See also
[edit] Resources on regular expressions
- Brief Introduction to Regular Expressions
- The 30 Minute Regex. Tutorial
This extension is being used on one or more of Wikimedia's wikis. It means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high traffic websites. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki is produced by Special:Version on that wiki.
