diff --git a/config/services.yml b/config/services.yml
index 1ede67a..00dd88d 100644
--- a/config/services.yml
+++ b/config/services.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ services:
             - '@user'
             - '%tables.wiki.article%'
             - '@phpbbmodders.wiki.files'
+            - '@request'
     phpbbmodders.wiki.view:
         class: phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\view
         arguments:
diff --git a/tests/unit/confirm_article_test.php b/tests/unit/confirm_article_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2889e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/confirm_article_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ *
+ * Wiki extension for the phpBB Forum Software package
+ *
+ * @copyright (c) 2026, phpBB Modders, https://www.phpbbmodders.com/
+ * @license GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace phpbbmodders\wiki\tests\unit;
+
+use phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\functions;
+
+/**
+ * The article name used once a confirm box has been answered.
+ */
+class confirm_article_test extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+	private function request(?string $posted): \phpbb\request\request_interface
+	{
+		$request = $this->createMock(\phpbb\request\request_interface::class);
+		$request->method('variable')->willReturnCallback(function ($name, $default, $multibyte) use ($posted) {
+			$this->assertSame('article', $name);
+			$this->assertTrue($multibyte, 'names can hold any character');
+
+			return $posted ?? $default;
+		});
+
+		return $request;
+	}
+
+	public function test_the_name_the_box_carried_wins_over_the_double_encoded_route_name()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('Some Article', functions::confirmed_article($this->request('Some Article'), 'Some%20Article'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_before_the_box_the_route_name_is_used()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('Some Article', functions::confirmed_article($this->request(null), 'Some Article'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_the_html_escaping_of_the_posted_value_is_undone()
+	{
+		// request->variable() escapes what it returns; article names are stored as typed
+		$this->assertSame('Tom & "Jerry"', functions::confirmed_article($this->request('Tom &amp; &quot;Jerry&quot;'), 'x'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_unicode_names_survive()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('Übersicht ✓', functions::confirmed_article($this->request('Übersicht ✓'), 'x'));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/wiki/delete.php b/wiki/delete.php
index f76dfb4..b6a6b14 100644
--- a/wiki/delete.php
+++ b/wiki/delete.php
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class delete extends \phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\functions
 	/** @var \phpbb\controller\helper */
 	protected $helper;
 
+	/** @var \phpbb\request\request */
+	protected $request;
+
 	/** @var \parse_message */
 	protected $message_parser;
 
@@ -44,10 +47,12 @@ class delete extends \phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\functions
 	* @param \phpbb\user							$user					User object
 	* @param string									$article_table
 	* @param \phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\files				$files					Uploaded files
+	* @param \phpbb\request\request				$request				Request object
 	*/
-	public function __construct(\phpbb\auth\auth $auth, \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \phpbb\controller\helper $helper, \phpbb\user $user, $article_table, \phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\files $files)
+	public function __construct(\phpbb\auth\auth $auth, \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \phpbb\controller\helper $helper, \phpbb\user $user, $article_table, \phpbbmodders\wiki\wiki\files $files, \phpbb\request\request $request)
 	{
 		$this->files = $files;
+		$this->request = $request;
 		$this->auth = $auth;
 		$this->db = $db;
 		$this->helper = $helper;
@@ -112,6 +117,8 @@ public function article($article)
 
 		if (confirm_box(true))
 		{
+			$article = self::confirmed_article($this->request, $article);
+
 			$sql = 'DELETE FROM ' . $this->article_table . "
 				WHERE article_url = '" . $this->db->sql_escape($article) . "'";
 			$this->db->sql_query($sql);
diff --git a/wiki/edit.php b/wiki/edit.php
index 55efca8..0850f29 100644
--- a/wiki/edit.php
+++ b/wiki/edit.php
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ public function deactivate($article)
 
 		if (confirm_box(true))
 		{
+			$article = self::confirmed_article($this->request, $article);
+
 			// Set all versions to not approved
 			$sql = 'UPDATE ' . $this->article_table . "
 				SET article_approved = 0
diff --git a/wiki/files.php b/wiki/files.php
index 64470a0..9289ba8 100644
--- a/wiki/files.php
+++ b/wiki/files.php
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ public function serve($article_url, $file_id)
 	 */
 	public function delete($article_url, $file_id)
 	{
+		// confirm_box(true) can only be asked once per request
+		$confirmed = confirm_box(true);
+		if ($confirmed)
+		{
+			$article_url = functions::confirmed_article($this->request, $article_url);
+		}
+
 		$file = $this->get_file($article_url, $file_id);
 		if (!$file)
 		{
@@ -504,7 +511,7 @@ public function delete($article_url, $file_id)
 
 		$back = $this->helper->route('phpbbmodders_wiki_article', array('article' => $article_url));
 
-		if (confirm_box(true))
+		if ($confirmed)
 		{
 			$this->remove_files(array($file));
 			trigger_error($this->user->lang('WIKI_FILE_DELETED', $file['file_name']) . '<br /><br /><a href="' . $back . '">' . $this->user->lang('BACK_TO_ARTICLE') . '</a>');
diff --git a/wiki/functions.php b/wiki/functions.php
index 7b1e70a..62ecde3 100644
--- a/wiki/functions.php
+++ b/wiki/functions.php
@@ -60,6 +60,24 @@ protected function setup_parser()
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The article name to act on once a confirm box has been answered.
+	 *
+	 * confirm_box() posts back to a page address whose path is encoded a second
+	 * time, so "Some Article" comes back from the route as "Some%20Article" and
+	 * matches nothing. The name the box carried in a hidden field is the real one;
+	 * on the first request, before the box, there is no such field and the route's
+	 * name is used.
+	 *
+	 * @param \phpbb\request\request_interface $request
+	 * @param string                             $article Name from the route
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function confirmed_article(\phpbb\request\request_interface $request, $article)
+	{
+		return htmlspecialchars_decode($request->variable('article', $article, true), ENT_COMPAT);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 *
 	 * @param	int		$id		Version ID