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Filter 881 — Flags: disabled

Last changed at 14:39, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

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Last changed at 12:25, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

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Last changed at 06:53, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

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Last changed at 00:40, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

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Last changed at 22:59, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

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Last changed at 16:58, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

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If you wish to request an edit filter or changes to existing filters, please post at Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested. If you would like to report a false positive, please post at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives.

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There are currently 350 enabled filters and 48 stale filters with no hits in the past 30 days. Filter condition use is ~1030, out of a maximum of 2000. ().

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Tasnim

Requesting an edit filter for WP:TASNIMNEWSAGENCY, which although previously deprecated, is still used by unsuspecting or malicious editors thanks to the lack of a warning filter like in similar deprecated sources. Borgenland (talk) 07:53, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Instead of making a new filter, we could just add tasnimnews to the .com section of 869 (hist · log). – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 15:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done charlotte ^👸♥ 16:15, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

More slang for the filters?

I believe the word 'lolcow' should be added to at least one edit filter to warn/disallow for IPs and new accounts. It has very few legitimate uses on Wikipedia articles and holds a risk of being used for BLP violations, for example this vandalism that didn't trip any filters. Since this is Internet slang, could it go in filter 614, or in filter 1,296 and 1,297 if warning would be better at this stage? Entranced98 (talk) 13:01, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Is this vandalism really all that common to warrant being added to a filter, as we don't want use filter conditions for no reason? If so, could we see some more diffs of this type of vandalism? – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 22:46, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

In agreement with the above, I'd like to see at least another diff or two demonstrating more widespread vandal usage. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 03:44, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the input - while I have seen a couple more instances of this term's use for vandalism while trawling recent changes, I'll admit I can't quite remember the pages it happened on, silly me! I'll provide additional diffs if I catch some more incidents while patrolling though, and fresher vandalism will help to show if this is becoming an active trend. Happy to shelve this in the meantime. Entranced98 (talk) 14:38, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

IPReputation variables

A couple days ago the IPReputation AbuseFilter integration was enabled. This adds a number of variables (id.) to Special:AbuseFilter, which could be useful for Special:AbuseFilter/1362 and the like. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 10:33, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't like that those are all protected variables. Nobody (talk) 11:03, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Courtesy ping to @Daniel Quinlan:. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 15:49, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

EFMs also may want to create a test IPReputation filter where they expirement with these variables and see how they work before adding them to any actual filter. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 15:52, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Potentially unneeded filters??

All the filters listed below are private; please avoid revealing details of them in public.

• 718 (hist · log): No hits since August 2024, and before that only sporadic hits from 2020 to 2024.
• 797 (hist · log): No real hits since 2019
• 881 (hist · log): No hits since September 2021
• 980 (hist · log): No hits since April 2024
• 1022 (hist · log): No hits since 2021
• 1175 (hist · log): No hits since February 2024
• 1240 (hist · log): No hits since 2023
• 1259 (hist · log): No hits since January 2024
• 1265 (hist · log)??: No hits since October 2024
• 1278 (hist · log): No hits since 2023
• 1286 (hist · log): No hits since August 2024

Thanks – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 21:29, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

I added LTA filter 881 as well. Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 22:08, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

It's probably worth pinging the primary authors (see Chesterton's Fence). I'll disable 1022. Per the filter notes, this LTA was active in late 2022; TBH I wouldn't be surprised if they return or are still around somewhere, but we can address that when it's identified. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:58, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Courtesy pings to @Darkwind, MusikAnimal, Cyp, Galobtter, ToBeFree, Tamzin, DatGuy, Ingenuity, Daniel Quinlan, and Lustiger seth: – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 23:10, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

I've deleted 1265 and 1259. —Ingenuity (t • c) 23:14, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping! 1175 is indeed not needed anymore. Disabled and deleted. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:19, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

I've disabled 1278. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 00:41, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for notification. I've deleted #1286 now. -- seth (talk) 06:54, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

disabled 797. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:25, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

• 881 seems like OK to disable, AF target was replaced with a rangeblock already. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:29, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

No objections to disabling #881 — disabled now. Cyp   14:40, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

The remaining filters are 718, 980, and 1240. Out of those, I don't see any that are serving much of a point keeping around anymore, given the lack of really many hits at all from any of them. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 18:21, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I would wait a few more days to see if the authors turn up, but if they don't, it's probably safe to disable. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 18:27, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't intend to disable unless the authors aren't particularly around. All I'm saying is it shouldn't harm anything to disable from what I see. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 18:52, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@EggRoll97: It's been a reasonable amount of time since I first made this post; I think it's safe to disable the remaining three filters. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 21:39, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Deprecate _The Debrief_

thedebrief.org was deprecated (RSP entry), so hopefully someone can add it to 869 (hist · log). Aaron Liu (talk) 14:59, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

We could add thedebrief to the .org section of the filter. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 20:08, 29 June 2025 (UTC)