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    The following instructions were copied from mw:Extension:Title Blacklist.

    The disallowed titles list is maintained as a system message MediaWiki:Titleblacklist.

    This page consists of regular expressions, each on a separate line. For example: 

    Foo <autoconfirmed|noedit|errmsg=blacklisted-testpage> 
Bar #No one should create article about it

    There is no need to use "^" at the beginning and "$" at the end; these are added automatically.

    Each entry may also contain optional attributes, enclosed in <> and divided by |

    • autoconfirmed — only non-autoconfirmed users are unable to create/upload/move such pages
    • noedit — users are also unable to edit this page
    • casesensitive — don't ignore case when checking title for being disallowed
    • errmsg — the name of the message that should be displayed instead of standard

    When the action is blocked, one of the following messages is displayed together with the filter row (as $1): titleblacklist-forbidden-edit, titleblacklist-forbidden-move, titleblacklist-forbidden-new-account or titleblacklist-forbidden-upload. Generic filenames have their own custom error message, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-custom-imagename.

    There is also MediaWiki:Titlewhitelist and a global title blacklist.

    Only administrators, page movers and template editors can override this list on all actions. When they override this list when creating or editing a page, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-warning is displayed. Account creators can override this list on account creations only.

    The disallowed usernames list is handled at meta:Title blacklist by adding entries with the <newaccountonly> parameter.

    Pyccᴋᴎᴎ̆

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    What about creating this? It's a Latin approximation for Русский, a Russian word. - BᴏᴅʜıHᴀᴙᴩ (talk, contributions) 04:47, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No, neither are Russian words. Русский is, and it already exists. —Cryptic 05:35, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I accidentally misspelled Русский with a Greek kappa. - BᴏᴅʜıHᴀᴙᴩ (talk, contributions) 05:56, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Protected edit request on 25 November 2025

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    Per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Joey Primiani (courtesy ping Salvio giuliano as closer), please add 

    .*\bj.*\bprimiani.*      # Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Joey Primiani

    to the "# Spam or salt evasion titles" section. Hits are at quarry:query/99297. I am involved. —Cryptic 11:40, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    BERJAYA Done I actually was close to adding that rule sua sponte after having seem your nomination at the MfD (but I happened to check the edit request queue before I noticed the discussion was closed). * Pppery * it has begun... 16:55, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Very short draft names

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    Should we preemptively exclude very short, all-ASCII draft titles like Draft:/, Draft:17, Draft:A, and Draft:Bob? These are often used for nonsense and test pages, and are unlikely to be used for constructive drafts on topics that aren't covered yet. (Non-ASCII titles are plausible targets for articles about individual characters.) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:58, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hits at quarry:query/99987, and there's indeed been more than this pattern's fair share of deletions. I took a look at a sample of the existing, non-redirect drafts in there - the first 18 of them, up to the end of the A's, out of 83 total - and fully two thirds of them were legitimate attempts at drafts of subjects that would reasonably have these titles. None were close to being acceptable, mind you, and most would have to be disambiguated before being moved into mainspace. I checked an even smaller sample of existing redirects (Draft:25KDraft:25K, Draft:4GRDraft:4GR, Draft:6B2Draft:6B2); all three had been drafts started at those titles, with those titles being not-unreasonable choices, and then accepted and moved into mainspace; albeit with the latter two being renamed afterwards. Blacklisting's likely to do more harm than good here. —Cryptic 05:56, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    What about draft titles with 2 characters or less? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Looked at samples of existing titles, six non-redirs and six redirs (like you could've done yourself), arbitrarily starting at 'O' for each. Of the non-redirs, one was nonsense, one blank, and the other four legitimate drafts; two of those four were properly titled (one would need disambiguation if mainspaced, the other has an existing article), and the other two were the subject's initials. Of the redirs, one was initials again, and redirected to a duplicate draft at the proper title by someone else; one was a properly-named draft moved into mainspace with disambiguation added (and then the draft title retargeted to the mainspace disambig); one's a legitimate draft-to-draft shortcut; two are entirely useless redirects to their mainspace titles, created like that rather than moved; and one was a legitimate accepted draft started with a nonsensical title. That last one, Draft:SV, I'd rate as worth a thousand deletions of nonsense pages. —Cryptic 06:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit request 5 January 2026

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    Description of suggested change: On the Polish Wikipedia, the User: namespace is actually Wikipedysta:, not Używacz:. Używacz is an archaic Polish word for "someone who uses", not the modern word for "computer system user", which would be Użytkownik, which the Polish Wikipedia also doesn't use.

    Diff:

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    Używacz
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    Wikipedysta

    Kreuner (talk) 11:51, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    After finding multiple other errors I decided to regenerate this list.This should include the 342 active Wikipedias, except User
    (사용자|Agar-aramat|Amseqdac|Användare|Asmras|A‌̱tyunta̱m|avan a kipakamanguanguaq|Bantfu|Benotzer|Benutser|Benutzer|Bikarhêner|Brëkòwnik|Brūcend|Bruger|Brukar|Brúkari|Bruker|Choyoołʼįįhí|cinzyuwaw|Cleachdaiche|Dalībnieks|Defnyddiwr|Devnydhyer|Dulooi|Dwumadini|Dwumadzinyi|Empduuy|Énéagwu|Ezaloci|Faidatema|Favesik|Foydalanuvchi|Geavaheaddji|Geban|Gebroeker|Gebruiker|Gebruker|Gumagamit|Gumaramit|Ilungu|Implijer|Iōng-chiá|İstifadəçi|Itilizatè|Itilizatò|jan|Jëfandikukat|Jeno|Ka notcitatc|Karber|Kasutaja|Kävutai|Ka'yataayakalü|Käyttäi|Käyttäjä|Kevttee|Kisadi|Korisnik|Kullanıcı|Lankide|Lītuotuojs|Masyin|Mea hoʻohana|Meidogger|Metmaacher|Middawaida|Midemakay|misaungayay|Modirisi|Moomomoguno|Mošomi|Mpikambana|Mtumiaji|Muna'sesetbi|Naraguna|Naudotojas|Nauduotuos|Notandi|Nutza|Ŋun su|Ojiarụ|Okoədə|Oníṣe|Òsikwaan̄|Outelizador(a)|Pagguna|Pamakai|Pamakay|Pamake|Pamaké|Pangangghuy|Pangguno|Paragamit|Paydalanıwshı|Pemaké|Penggena|Pengguna|Përdoruesi|pilno|Pruukja|Puruhára|Qullanıcı|Redaktor|Ruraq|sadasya|Sang Anganggé|Sangoguna|Sipanghasea|Suradnik|Szerkesztő|Tagagamit|Ta ohu'uwo|Thành viên|Tlatequitiltilīlli|Toma daana|Tuntuna|Tʋmtʋm|Tʋmtʋmda|Uiser|Ulanyjy|Umsebenzisi|Umukoresha|Uporabnik|Ureuëng Ngui|Usador|Úsáideoir|Usator|Usor|Usuari|Usuario|Usuário(a)|Usuariu|Usuàriu|Utensa|Utent|Utente|Utenti|Utilisader|Utilisateur|Utilisator|Utilizaire|Utilizator|Uwukoresha|Uza-na'in|Uzanto|Uzeu|Używacz|Wikipedista|Wikipedysta|Wikizantɔ|Wužiwar|Wužywaŕ|Ymmydeyr|Yusa|Yuuser|Yuza|Zinzantọ|Χρήστες|Χρήστης|Ажыглакчы|Алахәыла|Архайæг|Викиавтор|Гьуртту хьума|ГӀахьалчи|Декъашхо|Демнч|Доакъашхо|Колдонуучу|Корбар|Корисник|Користувач|Кулланучы|Къошулуучу|Кыттааччы|Қатысушы|Ҡатнашыусы|Пайдаланыше|Польꙃєватєл҄ь|Потребител|Пырысь|Сирӹшӹ|Теиця|Тиись|Туружаачы|Удзельнік|Уртах|Участник|Хаснователь|Хоснователь|Хутшăнакан|Хэрэглэгч|Хэрэглэгшэ|ЦӀыхухэт|მომხმარებელი|Մասնակից|באַניצער|משתמש|ئىشلەتكۈچى|ایشلدن|بەکارھێنەر|خدايمي|رُکُن|صارف|کاربر|کارگير|کارن|کارور|مستخدم|واپرائيندڙ|ورتنوالا|ورتݨ آلا|ܡܦܠܚܢܐ|މެމްބަރު|ߟߊߓߊ߯ߙߟߊ|ⴰⵏⵙⵙⵎⵔⵙ|መትነፈዓይ|ተጠቃሚ|አባል|अवयव|छ्येलेमि|प्रयोगकर्ता|यूजर|वापरपी|सदस्य|सदस्यः|আতাকুরা|ব্যবহারকারী|সদস্য|ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ|સભ્ય|ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ|பயனர்|వాడుకరి|ಬಳಕೆದಾರೆ|ಸದಸ್ಯ|ഉപയോക്താവ്|පරිශීලක|ꯁꯤꯖꯤꯟꯅꯔꯤꯕ|ꠛꠦꠛꠀꠞꠈꠣꠞ꠆ꠞꠣ|ผู้ใช้|ຜູ້ໃຊ້|ကေားသုင်ꩻသား|ညးလွပ်|ၽူႈၸႂ်ႉတိုဝ်း|အသုံးပြုလူ|အသုံးပြုသူ|អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់|ᥚᥧᥱ ᥕᥧᥒᥱ ᥖᥪᥰ|ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ|𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃|使用者|利用者|用戶|用户):.* Kreuner (talk) 13:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't realize that Używacz is in fact Silesian. Still, this change will add Wikipedysta. Kreuner (talk) 18:49, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    BERJAYA Done * Pppery * it has begun... 00:27, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedysta was already blacklisted, with the subpattern "Wikiped[iy]sta". From manual inspection, looks like we just unblacklisted Atuisoq, Benotser, Druvadur, Odwumanyɛni, Outelizador(a) (though we now disallow Outelizadora, with a redundant group around the a), Panganggo, Usuário(a) (while, again, disallowing Usuárioa with the final a grouped), کاریار, Ọbanife, and 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃. Any idea what projects those used to be for? And are for, at least for Outelizador(a) and Usuário(a)? —Cryptic 00:54, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Fixed the cases where gendered user namespaces resulted in redundant brackets to do the right thing. Looks like 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 is in fact still there. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:24, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Benotser might be an artifact of the combination of Benotzer, Benutser, and Benutzer into Ben[ou]t[sz]er. Not sure what I was trying to paste for 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃, but it would've been the last that I checked, so maybe I tried to search for "𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃)". —Cryptic 01:38, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Does it make any sense to retain Druvadur, Panganggo, and Ọbanife? They're still active namespace aliases in those Wikipedias. Plenty of other aliases too, for that matter. —Cryptic 01:55, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think so. Since a page will never actually display as "Druvadur:Example" - lmo:Druvadur:Example redirects to lmo:Utent:Example. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:03, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Protected edit request on 9 January 2026

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    Draft:Move\/.*

    Preemptive action as the space recommended for WP:ROUNDROBIN swaps. In particular, User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap uses such titles as intermediates. May require a custom editnotice. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:01, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually, I'll need to double-think about which tags to add to it. Probably, nothing is fine. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:04, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    What do you expect this to accomplish? Have people actually been manually creating "Draft:Move/XX" titles? This wouldn't do anything about incomplete round robins by page movers, which is the more common problem, since they have tboverride. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:40, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit request 6 February 2026 regarding Kuppusamy Annamalai

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    I want to move Draft:Kuppusamy Annamalai to Kuppusamy Annamalai because I have accepted the AfC draft but I am being blocked by the title blacklist. Please see my comment here and my discussion with the closer of Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2026 January 18#K. Annamalai (I.P.S).


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    (?!(wikipedia( talk)?:|talk:)).*(annamalai.*(\bk\b|kuppu)|(\bk\b|kuppu).*annamalai).* # Special:Permalink/1189541550#K. Annamalai et al, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 2#Annamalai Kuppusamy, quarry:query/78646
    		+

    Cunard (talk) 09:49, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks like Spartaz has already moved the page overriding the title blacklist entry. I'd prefer not to remove the entry entirely until Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuppusamy Annamalai closes. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:57, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The AfD has closed. TryKid [dubious – discuss] 07:22, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    BERJAYA Done * Pppery * it has begun... 07:33, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard § Request to create page "Womontown (Kansas City, Missouri)"

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    BERJAYA You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard § Request to create page "Womontown (Kansas City, Missouri)". --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    )     20:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    User 0

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    Category:User .*-0

    A type of useless user category that has been consistently and frequently deleted at CfD. While level-0 userboxes are acceptable, it is unhelpful to categorize users by the languages they don't speak.

    Let's put an end to this. Quarry results at https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/102221. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:51, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Support adding this but consider myself too involved to do so. * Pppery * it has begun... 18:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    BERJAYA Done Sohom (talk) 17:36, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Realjjfrosh

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    Suggest adding:

    • .*jjfrosh.*
    • .*Adebayo.*Temitayo.*

    Per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Realjjfrosh. Realjjfrosh was deleted following an AfD after (and before and during) which Realjjfrosh turned to socking to try to repeatedly recreate the page in mainspace and as a draft. WP:FULL protection failed to prevent the most recent creation with an "(internet personality)" postfix. All creations by this editor so far:

    Earliest creation is over a year ago, since the AfD they've recreated pages over six times and have been undeterred by normal escalating protection. The second suggested addition is the name given in the deleted pages and is provided to head off likely alternate titles. fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk) 21:51, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    BERJAYA Done * Pppery * it has begun... 18:12, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    False positive: twotino

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    (.*[^0-9'])?'{2,}.*|.*'{2,}([^'\-].*)? <errmsg=titleblacklist-forbidden-apostrophes> # Multiple consecutive apostrophes get interpreted as wiki markup, so shouldn't be used in page titles

    Please fix the filter & restore the page.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:06, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for the speedy!   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:10, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tom.Reding: What was the title that matched? Twotino couldn't have been it. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:24, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I see what you mean. I think it was actually a mis-italicized link like [[''twotino'']].   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  10:25, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Protected edit request on 18 March 2026

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    Suggest adding to the section "ATTACK TITLES AND/OR PAGE MOVE VANDALISM TARGETS":

    • .*wikipedia.*sucks.*

    Reason: To prevent socks of Rgalo10 from creating attack pages like User talk:Quebecguy/Wikipedia Sucks. I highly doubt that this phrase will ever be an acceptable title. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 23:11, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    This is going to have a lot of false(ish) positives. In addition to the existing pages at quarry:query/103364 (which uses a slightly more permissive pattern), it'd match every page in the Wikipedia: and Wikipedia talk: namespaces that contains "sucks", ranging in character from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Survivor Sucks (3rd nomination) to Wikipedia:Source assessment/JackSucksAtLife to WP:SUCKS. —Cryptic 23:35, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Oof. Any way to fix this? SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 23:36, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't see how. The false positives just from the namespaces can be worked around (with some difficulty - something like /.*(?!^Wikipedia( talk)?:)wikipedia.*sucks.*/, maybe), but excluding pages like Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of HurricaneKatrinaSUCKS really can't be. —Cryptic 23:44, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think this will stop the harassment, as the LTA seems to be shifting page titles frequently. (example from last week) quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 23:45, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cryptic: maybe User( talk)?:.?\/.*wikipedia.*sucks.* would work?
    Or maybe just adding @Quebecguy to the "protected user subspaces" by adding User talk:Quebecguy?.* # Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rgalo10? SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 23:52, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Then Quebecguy couldn't make subpages in his own userspace, and in particular talk page archives - Special:Prefixindex/User:Quebecguy/ and Special:Prefixindex/User talk:Quebecguy/ are both well-populated. —Cryptic 23:55, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    That problem would be solved by allowing autoconfirmed users to bypass the blacklist:
    User( talk)?:Quebecguy?.* <autoconfirmed|noedit|errmsg=titleblacklist-custom-userspace-semi> #Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rgalo10 SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 00:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Rgolo10 has (a) also been hitting my usertalkspace and (b) has been using autoconfirmed socks on occasion, I believe. Maybe it might be possible to hit his copy-pasted, same-thing-every-time rant with an edit filter instead? - The Bushranger One ping only 01:03, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    That seems like a better idea. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 01:06, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm willing to do this if the edit filter doesn't work out, but I doubt it'd be effective for much longer than four days. We'd just be teaching him how to make himself harder to detect. —Cryptic 01:09, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Deactivating as stale - the general consensus seems to be that the title blacklist is not the best tool and no admin has granted this for a month. * Pppery * it has begun... 06:23, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Recurring April Fools' AfD jokes

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    April Fools' is almost over, but I am seeing jokes that have been reused to death such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia (15th nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Among_Us_(4th_nomination). Perhaps it may be worth looking at the joke AfDs and blacklisting the ones that have been reused to death and adding them alongside the Earth nomination. Aasim (talk) 22:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Devanagari+anything else

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    Per outcome of Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_March_17#Devanagari_+_anything_else. Titles that mix Devanagari and non-Devanagari characters (except modifier letter apostrophe, which is multi-script), i.e. [^\P{Devanagari}ʼ]). Most deleted titles are multilingual, providing the same name in English and in a Devanagari language. See quarry:query/103274. Complete list of extant titles with Devanagari+anything else in mainspace:

    –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:55, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    BERJAYA Done * Pppery * it has begun... 00:19, 15 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Help?

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    Could somebody help me figure out why I think this is stopping me from moving my draft User:GreenLipstickLesbian/Drafts/Wooshkeetaan Kootéeyaa to Wooshkeetaan Kootéeyaa and Áakʼw Kootéeyaa? I believe I'm using the modified letter apostrophe, as is appropriate for Tlingit, but I think the filter still doesn't like what I'm doing. (In case it helps, it's giving me the error message because the title "Wooshkeetaan Kootéeyaa and Áakʼw Kootéeyaa" matches an entry (?!(User|Wikipedia)( talk)?:|Talk:)\P{L}*\p{Latin}.*[^\p{Latin}\P{L}ʻ].* <moveonly> # Latin + non-Latin) GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 19:00, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    I have moved the page. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pppery Thank you so much! GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 19:42, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashish Chanchlani (Actor)

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    Please see this discussion which links previous creations under variations. It's high time this was blacklisted. Thanks. Spartaz Humbug! 05:36, 24 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Added. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:34, 24 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Arabic + anything else

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    Upon analyzing all the Arabic mixed-script redirects, I have found only five that are likely to be plausible. Depending on the outcome of RfDs beginning at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_4#Arabic_diacritics_+_anything_else, a new "Arabic + anything else" rule on mixed script might be needed. I won't file a formal edit request until the RfD is done.

    However, Arabic diacritics are also flagged as Syriac, so they should be added as an exception to the "Syriac + anything else" rule. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:34, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    I also have a series of RfDs on mixed-script Hebrew redirects beginning at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_3#Comedy_ןɐɹʇuǝɔ. Results do not support a general "Hebrew + anything else" blacklist entry, but might support more specific rules such as "Niqqud + non-Hebrew" (some niqqud resemble Latin combining diacritics); or "geresh + non-Hebrew" for an apostrophe lookalike. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll take a closer look later, but if the RfD goes as the current consensus seems to be I could see myself adding a "Arabic except ﷺ + anything else" rule. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:29, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    All the Arabic and Hebrew RfDs have closed as delete except for the following:
    –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:28, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Apparent gap for a single-character username

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    Details in phab:T422903#11886182. I'm unsure what aspects might be Beans to describe here, so I'll just link that restricted-task, and ping @Pppery in the hopes that is sufficient and amenable. Much thanks, as always! Quiddity (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    I can't see the task. Could you please add me as a subscriber if you want me to look at it? * Pppery * it has begun... 18:53, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Done, and noting FTR that the problem originates in Meta-wiki's. Thanks again. Quiddity (talk) 23:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    BERJAYA Resolved

    Zero-width characters

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    I believe we need a title blacklist entry for titles that contain zero-width characters and are entirely in Latin with no combining characters. Most of these characters are intended for rendering text, such as ligatures, and none are likely to be used in all-Latin titles unless a combining character needs to be placed correctly. I just encountered Elfansojautes (talk · contribs) and their sock Gummybearsnack (talk · contribs), a WP:CT/SASG SPA associated with the Cheema clan, who moved several pages to titles that contain a zero-width non-joiner. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:54, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    That would make sense. Draft regex: ^(?=.*\p{Cf})(?=.*[a-z])[ -~\p{Cf}]+$. This excludes the entire "cf" unicode category in a title containing at least one ASCII letter and otherwise only ASCII characters. "Cf" includes some Arabic characters that aren't technically zero width but I can't imagine them belonging in an otherwise-Latin title. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:59, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    This matches the following mainspace titles: Baltimore­Washington_Parkway, Bull._​_Ann._Soc._R._Ent._Belg., Bull._​_Ann._Soc._R._Entomol._Belg., Bull_​_Ann_Soc_R_Ent_Belg, Bull_​_Ann_Soc_R_Entomol_Belg, Chargoggagogg­man­chaugg­agogg­chaubun­agungamaugg, Comprehensive_Environmental_Response,_Compen­sation,_and_Liability_Act, Comprehensive_Environmental_Response,_Compen­sation,_and_Liability_Act_of_1980, D​.​A​.​I​.​S​.​Y._rage, EL_AL_Israel_Airlines_Ltd.​, El_Horria⁩_(newspaper), Immuni­sation, India­-Myanmar_relations, James_Hudnall, Kazakh-⁠Nogai_War_(1577), Kendall,_Tay­lor_&_Com­pany, Kendall,_Tay­lor_and_Com­pany, Khiva-⁠Bukhara_War_of_1806, Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeokranioleipsano­drimhypo­trimmato­silphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichl­epikossyphophattoperisteralektryon­optekephalliokigklopeleiolagoio­siraiobaphe­traganopterygon, Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabomelito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon, Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon, Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­parao, Q:_Are_We_Not_Men?_A:_We_Are_Devo!, Sheikh_Md_Sazzat_​​Ali, Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu, U.⁠S._National_Institutes_of_Health, West_Eisenhower⁠-⁠Jackson_Memorial_Tunnel, Whip­lash_Shaken_Infant_Syndrome, ⁨⁨L'Aurore⁩⁩_(1909-1941). * Pppery * it has begun... 05:07, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd say go ahead, and I'll take everything listed here to RfD. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:08, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon and Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu aren't redirects (they contain soft hyphens). I would say the other variants of Lopado... should be kept for similar reasons. The others (as well as West Eisenhower⁠–⁠Jackson Memorial Tunnel, the en-dash version of one of the entries there which doesn't itself match because I was paranoid and only included titles consisting only of ASCII characters aside from the zero-width ones) are probably RfD candidates. * Pppery * it has begun... 05:11, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    On second thought I should also include the en dash in my regex. That changes it to ^(?=.*\p{Cf})(?=.*[a-z])[ -~\p{Cf}–]+$ and adds Kazakh–⁠Nogai_War_(1577) , Khiva–⁠Bukhara_War_of_1806 (both were previously article titles which I moved), West Eisenhower⁠–⁠Jackson Memorial Tunnel, and ⁨⁨L'Aurore⁩⁩_(1909–1941). * Pppery * it has begun... 05:21, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good to go. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:04, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd prefer to wait until the RfD closes. * Pppery * it has begun... 06:14, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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