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# Localisable part of robots.txt for en.wikipedia.org
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# Edit at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Robots.txt&action=edit
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# Please check any changes using a syntax validator
# Enter https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt as the URL to check.
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16075
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki%3ASpam-blacklist
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist
Disallow: /wiki/MediaWiki_talk%3ASpam-blacklist
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam
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# Folks get annoyed when XfD discussions end up the number 1 google hit for
# their name. 
# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16075
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AVotes_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3APages_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMiscellany_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellaneous_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMiscellaneous_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ACategories_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ATemplates_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARedirects_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ADeletion_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Deletion_sorting
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AFiles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AFiles_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3APossibly_unfree_files
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T12288
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArticles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Votes_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AVotes_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Pages_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3APages_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Miscellany_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AMiscellany_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Miscellaneous_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AMiscellaneous_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Templates_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ATemplates_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ACategories_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ADeletion_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject_Deletion_sorting
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Files_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AFiles_for_deletion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Files_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AFiles_for_discussion
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Possibly_unfree_files
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3APossibly_unfree_files
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ACopyright_problems
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_problems
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ACopyright_problems
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_copyright_violations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ASuspected_copyright_violations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Suspected_copyright_violations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ASuspected_copyright_violations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AContributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AContributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Contributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AContributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Contributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AContributor_copyright_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_titles
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AProtected_titles
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Protected_titles
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AProtected_titles
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_creation
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArticles_for_creation
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_wizard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArticle_wizard
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T13261
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_comment
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_comment
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_adminship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_adminship
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T14111
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_checkuser
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_checkuser
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_checkuser
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T15398
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Spam
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# https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T16793
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AChanging_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AChanging_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Changing_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AChanging_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Changing_username
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AChanging_username
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ACommunity_sanction_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Community_sanction_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ACommunity_sanction_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ABureaucrats%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ABureaucrats%27_noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ASockpuppet_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ASockpuppet_investigations
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ANeutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ANeutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research/noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ANo_original_research/noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:No_original_research/noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ANo_original_research/noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AFringe_theories/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AFringe_theories/Noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AConflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AConflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ALong-term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Long-term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ALong-term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ALong_term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Long_term_abuse
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ALong_term_abuse
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiquette_assistance
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Abuse_reports
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAbuse_reports
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Abuse_reports
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAbuse_reports
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Abuse_response
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAbuse_response
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Abuse_response
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAbuse_response
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AReliable_sources/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AReliable_sources/Noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ASuspected_sock_puppets
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Suspected_sock_puppets
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ASuspected_sock_puppets
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ABiographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ABiographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons%2FNoticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ABiographies_of_living_persons%2FNoticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Biographies_of_living_persons%2FNoticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ABiographies_of_living_persons%2FNoticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Content_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AContent_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Content_noticeboard
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AContent_noticeboard
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Disallow: /wiki/Template:Editnotices
Disallow: /wiki/Template%3AEditnotices
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration_Committee
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee_Elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration_Committee_Elections
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMediation_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Mediation_Committee
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AMediation_Committee
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMediation_Cabal/Cases
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_bureaucratship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_bureaucratship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_bureaucratship
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ARequests_for_bureaucratship
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAdministrator_review
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AEditor_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Editor_review
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AEditor_review
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Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Incubator
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArticle_Incubator
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_Incubator
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArticle_Incubator
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Disallow: /wiki/Category:Noindexed_pages
Disallow: /wiki/Category%3ANoindexed_pages
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# User sandboxes for modules and Template Styles are placed in these subpages for testing
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Disallow: /wiki/Module:Sandbox
Disallow: /wiki/Module%3ASandbox
Disallow: /wiki/Template:TemplateStyles_sandbox
Disallow: /wiki/Template%3ATemplateStyles_sandbox
# Adminship and arbitration discussions are blocked from search engines, so blocking newer adminship processes (as of 2024) as well
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_recall
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_recall
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_recall
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAdministrator_recall
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_elections
Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAdministrator_elections