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Bug 37884 - Do not allow usernames which look like IPv6 addresses
Do not allow usernames which look like IPv6 addresses
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
User login and signup (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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: Unprioritized normal (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2012-06-23 21:11 UTC by とある白い猫
Modified: 2012-06-23 22:39 UTC (History)
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Description とある白い猫 2012-06-23 21:11:52 UTC 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/200:0DB8:0016:0005:0ACE:0BD1:07BE

Above is a registered user that looks like an IPv6 address. It is actually invalid:

http://ipduh.com/ipv6/whois/?200:0DB8:0016:0005:0ACE:0BD1:07BE

Perhaps mediawiki should prevent such username creations. Restricting the use of ":" in usernames may be one simple solution.
Comment 1 Platonides 2012-06-23 21:21:02 UTC 
Fixed at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/12782
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