Hi, First sorry for my poor english. I'm running Mediawiki 1.13.0 on a production web site for children and noticed a (big) problem on users pages whose names contain a "+". Here is an example with user P6++ When I access : I'm redirected to : I've just created a similar account on Wikipedia fort testing purposes. When I access : I get the page : Actually the problem seems to be specific to the "+" sign. For example, http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:!!!$$zOuzOu$$!!! is working fine! This problem is really annoying as the http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++ page shows an empty page even if there is some content on it! Could someone help? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HTACCESS info: In the root, I have an htaccess file with the following content: RewriteEngine on Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] Options -Indexes In the fr folder, I have another htaccess file with the following content: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your help! Laurent

Hi, Thank you for your answer. I do not have root access to the server for the moment. A temporary solution could be to avoid the use of this special character (+) in the username. Is that possible? Laurent 2008/12/4 Daniel Friesen &lt;dan_the_man(a)telus.net&gt; > This is because the + sign is treated as a space in queries and you are > rewriting paths to queries. > > This is a known issue with using rewrite rules (which are basically a > poor hack) to manage short urls. The best way to do short urls is with a > Alias line which can only be done if you have root access to the webserver. > > Though, I also have an even better method for nginx users. > > ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) > ~Profile/Portfolio: http://nadir-seen-fire.com > -The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com) > --It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com) > --The ElectronicMe project (http://electronic-me.org) > -Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG) > --Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com) > --Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com) > > Wikimini wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> First sorry for my poor english. >> >> I'm running Mediawiki 1.13.0 on a production web site for children and >> noticed a (big) problem on users pages whose names contain a "+". >> >> Here is an example with user P6++ >> >> When I access : >> > http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++, >> I'm redirected to : >> >> >>> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6 (without ++) !!! >>> >>> >> I've just created a similar account on Wikipedia fort testing purposes. >> >> When I access : >> >> >>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++ >>> >>> >> I get the page : >> >> >>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Z6++ (with ++) !!! >>> >>> >> Actually the problem seems to be specific to the "+" sign. For example, >> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:!!!$$zOuzOu$$!<http://fr.wikimin…21>!! >> > is working fine! > >> This problem is really annoying as the >> http://fr.wikimini.org/wiki/Utilisateur:P6++ page shows an empty page >> > even > >> if there is some content on it! >> >> Could someone help? >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> HTACCESS info: >> >> In the root, I have an htaccess file with the following content: >> >> RewriteEngine on >> Options +FollowSymlinks >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d >> RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] >> Options -Indexes >> >> In the fr folder, I have another htaccess file with the following >> > content: > >> RewriteEngine on >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d >> RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Thank you for your help! >> >> Laurent >> >> > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >

I think I will use http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Username_Blacklist to avoid the use of "+" in usernames. Is there a better solution?