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/^((http:|https:){0,1}\/\/.*\.wikipedia\.org){0,1}(\/wiki\/|\/w\/){1}(index\.php\?title=){0,1}(?!User:|Wikipedia:|WP:|Project:|File:|Image:|MediaWiki:|MW:|Template:|Help:|Category:|Portal:|Draft:|TimedText:|Module:|Gadget:|Gadget definition:|Topic:|Education Program:|Book:|WT:|Special:|Wikipedia Talk:|Talk:|H:|CAT:|User talk:|Image Talk:|MOS:|P:|T:|Main_Page)(?<ARTICLENAME>(?!index\.php\?title=)[^&|?|\n]*)[&|?]?.*$/miugJavaScript+13 years ago✓ Pre-loaded

About this regex

Matches Wikipedia article URLs (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title or /w/index.php?title=Title) and extracts the article title into the named capture group ARTICLENAME. The protocol and domain are optional, so both absolute URLs and relative wiki paths work. A negative lookahead excludes non-article namespaces such as User:, File:, Template:, Talk:, Special:, and Main_Page, ensuring only actual encyclopedia articles match. Useful for URL validation, link parsing, and web scraping tasks.

wikipedia url validation named-group article-title

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wikipedia url validation named-group article-title

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