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The associated page is used by the TitleBlacklist MediaWiki extension, and lists strings of regular expressions that may not be used as page titles or usernames on any Wikimedia projects. Any Meta-Wiki administrator or steward can edit this blacklist.

For more information on what the title blacklist is for, and the processes used here, please see Title blacklist/About.

Please post comments to the appropriate section below: Proposed additions, Proposed removals, or Troubleshooting and problems, read the messageboxes at the top of each section for an explanation. Also, please check back some time after submitting, there could be questions regarding your request. In addition to that, please sign your posts with ~~~~ after your comment.

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Proposed additions

This section is for proposing that a page title be blacklisted; add new entries at the bottom of the section. Provide links demonstrating widespread creation by multiple users or IP's. Completed requests will be marked as done or denied and archived.

• Proposed usernames can be checked at toollabs:meta/gusersearch/
• Proposed Pagetitles can be checked at toollabs:global-search

Proposed removals

This section is for proposing that a title be unlisted; please add new entries at the bottom of the section. Remember to provide the specific title or regex blacklisted, links to the articles they are used in or useful to, and arguments in favour of unlisting. Completed requests will be marked as done or denied and archived. The addition or removal of a title is not a vote, please do not bold the first words in statements.

Troubleshooting and problems

This section is for comments related to problems with the blacklist (such as incorrect syntax or entries not being blocked), or problems saving a page because of a blacklisted title. This is not the section to request that an entry be unlisted (see Proposed removals above).

He licks

The rule .*\bhe licks\b has \b at the end, which has no effect, because the blacklist doesn't do partial matches by default, and the end of a username/page title counts as a word boundary, so this rule is equivalent to .*\bhe licks. I think the intention was probably .*\bhe licks\b.*, because it would be weird to have \b at the end for no reason. TTWIDEE (talk) 06:23, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

Molest

The rule .*molest[\ s].* <newaccountonly> is equivalent to .*molest[ s].* <newaccountonly>, because spaces don't need to be escaped. I'm not sure if the intention was .*molest[ s].* <newaccountonly>, matching all usernames containing either "molest " or "molests", or .*molest[\s].* <newaccountonly>, which is equivalent to .*molest\s.* <newaccountonly>, which matches all usernames containing "molest" followed by any whitespace character (such as a space, a tab, etc.). TTWIDEE (talk) 06:36, 5 February 2025 (UTC)