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# # Localisable part of robots.txt for en.wikipedia.org # # Edit at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Robots.txt&action=edit # Don't add newlines here. All rules set here are active for every user-agent. # # Please check any changes using a syntax validator # Enter https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt as the URL to check. # # 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 # # 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 # # 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 # 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 # # 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 # # 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 # # https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T15398 Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Spam # # 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 # 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 # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3ASockpuppet_investigations Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Sockpuppet_investigations Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3ASockpuppet_investigations # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiquette_assistance # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Content_noticeboard Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AContent_noticeboard Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Content_noticeboard Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AContent_noticeboard # Disallow: /wiki/Template:Editnotices Disallow: /wiki/Template%3AEditnotices # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArbitration Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration_Committee # 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 # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMediation_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Mediation_Committee Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AMediation_Committee # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AMediation_Cabal/Cases # 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 # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AAdministrator_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AAdministrator_review # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AEditor_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Editor_review Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AEditor_review # Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Incubator Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AArticle_Incubator Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_Incubator Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia_talk%3AArticle_Incubator # Disallow: /wiki/Category:Noindexed_pages Disallow: /wiki/Category%3ANoindexed_pages # # User sandboxes for modules and Template Styles are placed in these subpages for testing # 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