Instructions

For Admins: If there is no objections to code change requests below, please implement them and mark it as no objection if it's an edit request. Other administrators should also feel free to revert such changes without explanation. Admins can also edit the list at their own convenience. Requests should be able to match the format so they can be easily changed, if they are not, automatically decline them.

For Template editors: Right now, this group's editing privileges are being tested. While you are able to edit the page, you must propose changes here first for a period of:

24 hours, requiring 1 support and no objections
72 hours, with no objections
72 hours, if there are more than 3 comments, with a majority supporting

If you are not proposing an entry, you may make any modification that meets the above criteria, and where your opinion would count.

For Non-admins/template editors: Please propose your additions or removals in this manner (changing anything in bold):

;YOUR REGEX/STRING:FLAGS

Only insert the colon if you are invoking a flag
Separate each flag with a comma
TEXT cannot contain colons or semicolons
Possible flags:

WAIT_TILL_EDIT - Waits till the user edits to file the report
SOCK_PUPPET(USER) - Directs patrollers to file an SPI about the user.
LABEL(TEXT) - Overrides placing "Target: {{REGEX}}" with "Target: {{YOUR TEXT}}"
NOTE(TEXT) - Adds a note with the text appended.
LOW_CONFIDENCE - Adds a note that the filter is not considered to be highly effective
NO_SIM_MATCH - Do not use the similar characters to match any obfuscation (This is rarely needed to be used)

Example: ;piss:LOW_CONFIDENCE,WAIT_TILL_EDIT,NO_SIM_MATCH

If you need regex help: Please ping AmandaNP (talk · contribs) or The Anome (talk · contribs) in your request.

-- Amanda (she/her) 11:19, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Babcock

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Can an admin add "babcock" to the name section to prevent false positives? Thanks. ^Avic _ennasis @ 02:31, 1 Sivan 5771 / 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:37, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 22 November 2012

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Please add "parachute" to the list - otherwise the bot will take it as the "Hindi for fuck". jfd34 (talk) 04:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 08:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is this thing on?

"Pizza" is in the whitelist, but the bot still reports it as a variation of "piss". Can somebody fix this please? And do we even need the bot to report "pizz" usernames? I would bet that the number of blockable usernames that it manages to snare is probably miniscule. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I still cant figure out why that's happening. I was about to add it but I realized it's already there. —Soap— 19:15, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Soap and Bongwarrior: I have found a critical flaw in the logic of the program and how it was written. When it hits something on the similar test, it doesn't whitelist check the new result. I'll be working on a patch and hopefully have it live for tomorrow night. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 23:35, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK thank you. I assume it's working now as I haven't seen any pizza~-related names on the list lately, despite at least one such name (Pizza-galaxy (talk · contribs)) having been created today. —Soap— 18:48, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We could still perhapos consider removing the similarity check even so, though. Fudgepop1521 (talk · contribs) was reported today. —Soap— 00:31, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Penistone

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Add Penistone. 2Awwsome^{Tell me where I screwed up.}_{See where I screwed up.} 10:18, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Redrose64 (talk) 15:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cox

Although I see how this could be used as an offensive plural, it is too common a name or a part of a name. Putting "Wilcox" is a good idea. Whitelisting the whole thing seems questionable. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 01:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC) appears Wilcox has already been done. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 12:17, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pernic

Could someone whitelist this string, it has been flagged as penis. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 18:12, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An issue?

@Zzuuzz: Is there an issue going on? -- Amanda (aka DQ) 22:02, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DQ. I'm not sure I'd call it an issue as such, but OutreachDashboardBot (an actual bot) was being repeatedly reported,[1] and then removed,[2] by the bot at UAA/BOT. I've whitelisted it now, which I hope will work, but it seems this behaviour might not be in the bot's design. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:18, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzuuzz: Holy shit, 36 times in 500 edits. Ok, I need to look into something, but if the whitelist works for now, I'll wait to go digging. I've also flagged it as a bug. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 04:27, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, is this bot creating accounts? If so, that explains every bit of it. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 04:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. So if it's some ancient bug related to account creators then that's relatively fine for the time being. The whitelist seems to have worked, and it's probably a super rare set of circumstances. And I got to learn that regex doesn't work in this list. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 04:51, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ya I don't think I've setup regex for this page, but i'll see if that's something I can do. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 05:26, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To note, that bot is supposed to create accounts, they are human approved using the Program and Events Dashboard and specifically will make larger numbers of accounts in bursts. However, if inappropriately named accounts are getting created, they may still warrant looking in to. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request

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Please add "Distinct" and "Empty". They recently triggered two FPs which can be found here and here. ^{[Username Needed]} 12:43, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done (via immediate edit request process) - can be handled via the normal request and review process for this page. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:02, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux: What exactly is that "review process"? Just curious. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 16:20, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Well you are requesting it here . but ultimately this is @DeltaQuad:'s personal userspace, so it is up to her how she wants to process it, or let others process it; but it doesn't need to stand out in the admin-queue. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:52, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux: Should be handled similarly to the blacklist instructions. I try and avoid involvement in these pages as it's really a community bot. So the edit request is appropriate. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 17:05, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Done Thanks for the note @DeltaQuad:, @Username Needed: added. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:12, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

False positive DQB username flag

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Moved from my talk. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 20:53, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:02, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 12 January 2023

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The word "Cicero" should be added to the whitelist since it's a legitimate word and if anyone uses the word "Cicero" in their username, they will get flagged by WP:UAA/BOT for trying to bypass "kike", a derogatory ethnic slur for Jews. AKK700 12:25, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Primefac (talk) 08:40, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 31 January 2023

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"copernic", "pumpernic", and "gizmo" should be added to the list. If usernames contain the string, they will be flagged for trying to bypass "penis" and "gism" (semen). + "ensminger" contains the substring "minge". AKK700 03:21, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add Instinct

Add "instinct" to the white list. It matched a false positive on WP:UAA. 104.219.187.240 (talk) 16:12, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Whitelist

Add "Captain Underpants" and "CaptainUnderpants" to the whitelist; they currently trigger under "derp". Mseingth2133444 (talk/contribs) 17:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]