Charlotte Webb wrote:
> Does this work for blocking too? Apparently the colon ":" also causes
> problems, see logs:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WP:ANI
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:WPANI
>
> That's how this unblockable user was able to do page-move vandalism
> continuously for over 30 minutes.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=WPANI&limit=500
>
> I'd argue that usernames containing deprecated characters should be
> automatically renamed or locked out pending a rename.
>
> —C.W.
I don't think it was the colon, but that it contained a namespace name
("WP:"). Probably intruduced by Bug 5280.
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