[Mediawiki-l] username with an @

[K. Peachey]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Charlotte Webb
<charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:56 PM, K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Michael Rosenthal
>> <rosenthal3000 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Isn't there a workaround to change the userrights without hacking
>>> MediaWiki? I think I read about a method in which the @ is replaced by
>>> something on bugzilla but unfortunatly I can't find it again.
>> Using a "#<USERIDNUMBER>" in the username field iirc.
>
> 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.
No idea, but i was telling people to try it when the issue came up but
no one decided to listen/try so i have no idea.