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WATCH Recent filter changes (): Filter 1318 — Pattern modified Last changed at 15:21, 8 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 1264 (deleted) — Flags: disabled Last changed at 00:48, 8 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 384 — Pattern modified Last changed at 11:39, 7 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 1320 (new) — Actions: none; Flags: enabled,private; Pattern modified Last changed at 02:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 1319 (new) — Actions: none; Flags: enabled,private; Pattern modified Last changed at 13:15, 5 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 54 — Pattern modified Last changed at 04:25, 5 August 2024 (UTC) Filter 1120 — Actions: tag Last changed at 03:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC) This is the edit filter noticeboard, for coordination and discussion of edit filter use and management. If you wish to request an edit filter, please post at Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested. If you would like to report a false positive, please post at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives. Private filters should not be discussed in detail here; please email an edit filter manager if you have specific concerns or questions about the content of hidden filters. There are currently 332 enabled filters and 44 stale filters with no hits in the past 30 days. Filter condition use is ~1016, out of a maximum of 2000. (). See also the profiling data and edit filter graphs. Click here to start a new discussion thread

Three new user scripts

A few new user scripts that I hope will be useful for EFMs:

• filterDiff: Adds a "Show changes" button to the filter editor. Great anxiety-reducer!
• filterTest: Adds a "Test changes" button. Opens Special:AbuseFilter/test with what's currently in the edit form, not with what's saved in the database, so you don't have to copy-paste your changes.
• filterNotes: Parses filter notes as wikitext (so links are clickable), and signs and dates new comments for you.

Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:34, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

As a non-EFM, I love these scripts. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 00:40, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

@JJPMaster: Thanks! Now that you say it, I suppose filterNotes could be useful to non-EFMs. I'll try to remove the "add note" box for users who can't edit filters, when I get around to it. But what do the other scripts do for you? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: filterTest and filterDiff require EFM (and I therefore cannot use them), but filterNotes is quite useful (because I see [[]] syntax in filter notes quite often), however the add note button actually allows me to add pseudo-notes (and they actually appear in the note box) until I purge the page and they disappear. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 21:11, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@JJPMaster: Is that something you actually want to do? I'll leave it alone, then. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:13, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: if you mean adding "pseudo-notes", no, I do not actually want to do that. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 21:15, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@JJPMaster: The useless parts should be removed now. Notes are still parsed, but for users without EFM acccess, there should only be a "View source" button. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: Thank you. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 23:20, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Set filter 1134 to disallow

• 1134 (hist · log) (private)

See the mailing list. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:15, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

602 filter

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T247661

There is some problem with it please see [1]Shrike (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Shrike, so it's more a problem with the message than a problem with the filter. What user were you trying to alert when you got that message? ^{SubjectiveNotability} _{a GN franchise} (talk to the boss) 13:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

GeneralNotability, I think its happen to all the users even if I try to alert myself. Shrike (talk) 13:17, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Could be related to T247661. Badtitle/ApiErrorFormatter::getDummyTitle reads like a PHP class and method name. Probably unrelated to anything onwiki and more something related to MediaWiki. In particular, it seems like it can't read {{BASEPAGENAME}} on MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-DS. Best to file a phab ticket. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

ProcrastinatingReader, Please do because it helpful to search alerts in user history and not give unnecessary alerts Shrike (talk) 13:54, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I can confirm this; the 2017 text editor gives me the same message, but it works fine in the 2010 editor. So this is the same issue as phab:T247661; there's no need for another ticket. Something like {{#ifexpr:{{In string|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Badtitle}}|simple message|fancy message}} (untested) might make the message less ugly, at least. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

"DaBaby" vandalism

I've noticed vandals either replacing infobox names with "DaBaby" or randomly adding "DaBaby" to an article, is there already a filter that catches these edits? And if not, could one be created or modified to include this? Thanks. Deauthorized. ^(talk) 15:26, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@Deauthorized: See WP:EFR#Inappropriately inserting "dababy" into random articles?. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:06, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Spammy log-only filters

• Filter 1047 (hist · log) ("Coronavirus tracking III (BLPs)", public)
• Filter 1111 (hist · log) ("Redlinks monitor", public)
• Filter 1113 (hist · log) (""Notable people" catch-all", public)

I created all these filters, but I'm not even looking at the log anymore. Unless anyone objects I'm going to disable filters 1047 and 1113, and try to create something out of 1111 that only looks at disambiguation pages. Will anyone miss these filters? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I won't. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Filter 1148

(ping relevant admins) @Reaper Eternal, Zzuuzz, Oshwah, and EdJohnston: I've set up a filter at Special:AbuseFilter/1148 that should hopefully prevent the recent user talk disruption. I'm testing it now to make sure there aren't false positives, but if you've noticed any patterns or see edits slip through in the future, feel free to email me or the edit filter mailing list (I can't find the email or remember it, anyone who does feel free to replace this with the answer) — Wug·a·po·des​ 22:19, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Wugapodes - Sounds good, thanks for doing that! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Edit Filter Helper for Minorax

• Minorax (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs ^{(blocks · rights · moves)} · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)^{(acc · ap · ev · fm · mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te)}

Hi all, I'd like to request to have the EFH right so that I can view private filters (& logs) to aid in my effort of cleaning up vandalism/spam by certain LTAs in smaller wikis or where I have access to admin tools. I believe that having the access will actually help me to identify them more efficiently. --Minorax (talk) 13:21, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

1. Y Demonstrated need for access – Mostly interested in dealing with LTAs.
2. Y No recent blocks or relevant sanctions – Clean block log.
3. Y At least basic understanding of account security – Secure password with 2FA.
4. Y At least basic understanding of regular expressions if the intent is to assist with authoring filters – Not really applicable in this case as I'm requesting view-only access, but I do have a (very) basic understanding of regex.
5. Y Sufficient ability with the English language to understand notes and explanations for edit filters – Should be good enough.

Must also meet at least one of these criteria:

1. Y Currently-active extended confirmed editor on the English Wikipedia (i.e. has made edits or logged actions within the last 12 months)
2. Y Current administrator on another WMF project – Special:CentralAuth/Minorax
3. N Current edit filter manager on another WMF project
4. N Current WMF developer or staff member who needs access for WMF-related purposes

• Support My standard for EFH requests is that the user should state out some kind of need (and I have a broad definition of this term, recognising that need is not a ladder) and be trustworthy enough such that we know they aren't a sock and aren't going to dump the private filters. IMO, the first criterion is met by vandalism/LTA cleanup (recognising that many of our filters are private), and the second criterion is met by sysop on Commons, Wikidata and Meta. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:41, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

  BTW, wouldn't requesting global EFH be more suitable? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 13:43, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

  @ProcrastinatingReader: I primarily deal with LTAs from enwp & zhwp (I already have access there), so I don't think that there is a need for me to be able to see filters of other large wikis. --Minorax (talk) 13:47, 16 May 2021 (UTC)