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Items marked with ✅ are suggested to be '''allowed for anonymous users''' rather than blocked.

== Allow List of SpecialPages ==

Items marked with ✅ are suggested to be '''allowed for anonymous users''' rather than blocked. Since 2011 "Special:PasswordReset", "Special:UserLogin" and "Special:ChangePassword" are always allow-listed in core. Note: due to aliases, some entries may appear to be duplicate. See also: [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:$wgWhitelistRead|Manual:$wgWhitelistRead]] and [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Whitelist_Pages|Extension:Whitelist Pages]]

# AbuseFilter

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# ChangeCredentials

# ChangeEmail

# ChangePassword

# ✅ ChangePassword

# CheckUser

# CheckUserLog

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# WithoutInterwiki

~~Assuming~~ '''CrawlerProtection''' ~~is updated with [https://github.com/mywikis/CrawlerProtection/pull/12 my PR],~~ you ~~can just configure that extension with the list above~~.

You can configure the '''[[mw:Extension:CrawlerProtection|CrawlerProtection]]''' extension to block anonymous read of SpecialPages as you see fit.

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-Items marked with ✅ are suggested to be '''allowed for anonymous users''' rather than blocked.
+== Allow List of SpecialPages ==
+Items marked with ✅ are suggested to be '''allowed for anonymous users''' rather than blocked. Since 2011 "Special:PasswordReset", "Special:UserLogin" and "Special:ChangePassword" are always allow-listed in core. Note: due to aliases, some entries may appear to be duplicate.  See also: [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:$wgWhitelistRead|Manual:$wgWhitelistRead]] and [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Whitelist_Pages|Extension:Whitelist Pages]]
 # AbuseFilter
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 # ChangeCredentials
 # ChangeEmail
-# ChangePassword
+# ✅ ChangePassword
 # CheckUser
 # CheckUserLog
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 # WithoutInterwiki
-Assuming '''CrawlerProtection''' is updated with [https://github.com/mywikis/CrawlerProtection/pull/12 my PR], you can just configure that extension with the list above.
+You can configure the '''[[mw:Extension:CrawlerProtection|CrawlerProtection]]''' extension to block anonymous read of SpecialPages as you see fit.
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 |visible_text=You can achieve this restriction using the Lockdown extension with this configuration: