Editing abuse filter

Filter parameters

Filter ID:	76
Description: (publicly viewable)
Filter group:
Filter hits:	6 hits
Statistics:	Of the last 17 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.18 ms, and it consumes 1 condition of the condition limit.
Conditions:	user_editcount < 3 & page_namespace == 0 & "<br><br>" in lcase(added_lines) user_editcount < 3 & page_namespace == 0 & "<br><br>" in lcase(added_lines)
Notes:	New filter created to stop spambots (and even anonymous users) from spamming pages in the mainspace, after the spambot accounts attempt to create their user page but were disallowed by a global filter. – Caimántriste (3/8/24) Replaced some of the conditions with something simpler (the last two lines were retained), and renamed the filter to be more specific. – Caimántriste (3/12/24) Made public. Spammers aren't going to look at this filter to fix their bots when their spam has the most obvious pattern ever + the spam might not even be targeted at MediaWiki given that it often doesn't have a CTA and has things that don't make sense with wikitext. It could help other wikis to be able to reference this filter. - Collei (3/15/24) Changed to edit count under 3, can't find any spammers that had any previous edits that tried to post this kind of spam, so this should lower potential false positives - Collei (3/17/24) Removed the condition that only targets registered users, and switched from disallow to warn the user if they trip this filter, and tag when the edit is submitted. – Caimántriste (3/23/24)
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	22:53, 23 March 2024 by Codename Noreste (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
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Actions to take when matched

Block the user and/or IP address from editing

Block the user and/or IP address from editing their own talk page

Block duration for non-registered users:

Block duration for registered users:

Revoke the user's autoconfirmed status

Remove the user from all privileged groups

Prevent the user from performing the action in question

System message to use for disallowing:

Page name of other message:

(without "MediaWiki:" prefix)

Tag the edit for further review

Tags to apply:

Possible spam

Trigger actions only if the user trips a rate limit

Number of actions to allow:

Period of time (in seconds):

Group throttle by:

user

See the documentation on mediawiki.org.

Trigger these actions after giving the user a warning

System message to use for warning:

Page name of other message:

(without "MediaWiki:" prefix)