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Bug 3501 - "Exclamation mark %" usernames on enwiki causing some kind of trouble
"Exclamation mark %" usernames on enwiki causing some kind of trouble
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 3507
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
General/Unknown (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal normal (vote)
: ---
Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2005-09-18 18:26 UTC by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Modified: 2007-09-18 14:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 2005-09-18 18:26:31 UTC
If you go to the user list at 

*
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Listusers&limit=100&offset=124500

and click on any of the following usernames:

mysql> SELECT user_id,user_name FROM user WHERE user_name LIKE "Exclamation mark %";
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| user_id | user_name                                                          
             |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  152544 | Exclamation mark  !                                                
             |
|  311041 | Exclamation mark  ! !                                              
             |
|  406881 | Exclamation mark  ! ! ! Redwolf24 will blow you for a dollar       
             |
|  403954 | Exclamation mark  ! ! ! Willy on Wheels is communism ! ! ! ! !     
             |
|  403942 | Exclamation mark  ! ! I HAVE HOT SEX WITH TRAFFIC CONES ! ! !      
             |
|  392283 | Exclamation mark  ! !FUCKREDWOLF24! ! !                            
             |
|  405784 | Exclamation mark  ! !WhyisLinuxbeaksoverygay?Noonecansay,except
helikestoeat hay |
|  405779 | Exclamation mark  !WhyisLinuxbeaksoverygay?Noonecansay,except
helikes to eat hay |
|  406878 | Exclamation mark  FreplySpang loves steven r. smith all nite long  
             |
|  287371 | Exclamation mark  SERGEJ.MAKSIMOV from Latvia                      
             |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)

you a "show contributions" and "e-mail this user" links will now show up.
Comment 1 mark_sweep 2005-09-18 18:29:44 UTC
I believe those entries may be duplicates or misplaced entries for accounts that
actually start with the string "! !" in place of "Exclamation mark".
Comment 2 Brion Vibber 2005-09-18 21:41:30 UTC
They appear to have double spaces in the names; title normalization will always tuck the two to one, 
so you won't get a match back.
Comment 3 mark_sweep 2005-10-17 18:53:49 UTC
See also [[WP:ANI#Something odd: contributions by non-existent user, database
inconsistency??]] (note: link will disappear when WP:ANI gets archived).
Comment 5 Casey Brown 2007-09-18 01:58:50 UTC
Assuming fixed or obsolete.
Comment 6 Jelte (WebBoy) 2007-09-18 06:05:39 UTC
Not fixed.
Comment 7 Brion Vibber 2007-09-18 14:46:58 UTC
Duping to bug 3507 to combine all invalid-usernames issues.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3507 ***

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