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MediaWiki:robots.txt

  2. Localisable part of robots.txt for en.wikipedia.org
  4. Edit at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Robots.txt&action=edit
  5. Don't add newlines here. All rules set here are active for every user-agent.
  7. Please check any changes using a syntax validator
  8. Enter https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt as the URL to check.
  10. 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

  2. Folks get annoyed when XfD discussions end up the number 1 google hit for
  3. their name.
  4. 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

  2. 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

  2. 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

  2. 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

  2. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T15398

Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam

Disallow: /wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Spam

  2. 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

  2. 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

  1. 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