From: Brion Vibber <brion@users.mediawiki.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 07:56:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * Forbid usernames that can be interpreted as titles with namespaces, as that leads... 
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* Forbid usernames that can be interpreted as titles with namespaces, as that leads to hard-to-manage names.
---

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 8dc3a02f9e..54fd1e91b7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ fully support the editing toolbar, but was found to be too confusing.
   localizable as 'datedefault' message. Tweaked lots of languages files...
 * Added local message cache feature ($wgLocalMessageCache), to reduce bandwidth
   requirements to the memcached server.
+* Forbid usernames that can be interpreted as titles with namespaces, as that
+  leads to hard-to-manage names.
 
 === Caveats ===
 
diff --git a/includes/User.php b/includes/User.php
index 5f570f40d3..1e3809d141 100644
--- a/includes/User.php
+++ b/includes/User.php
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ class User {
 		|| strlen( $name ) > $wgMaxNameChars
 		|| $name != $wgContLang->ucfirst( $name ) )
 			return false;
+		
+		// Ensure that the name can't be misresolved as a different title,
+		// such as with extra namespace keys at the start.
+		$parsed = Title::newFromText( $name );
+		if( is_null( $parsed )
+			|| $parsed->getNamespace()
+			|| strcmp( $name, $parsed->getPrefixedText() ) )
+			return false;
 		else
 			return true;
 	}