Requested edit filters
This page can be used to request edit filters, or changes to existing filters. Edit filters are primarily used to address common patterns of harmful editing.
Private filters should not be discussed in detail. If you wish to discuss creating an LTA filter, or changing an existing one, please instead email details to wikipedia-en-editfilters
lists.wikimedia.org.
Otherwise, please add a new section at the bottom using the following format:
== Brief description of filter ==
* '''Task''': What is the filter supposed to do? To what pages and editors does it apply?
* '''Reason''': Why is the filter needed?
* '''Diffs''': Diffs of sample edits/cases. If the diffs are revdelled, consider emailing their contents to the mailing list.
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Please note the following:
- Edit filters are used primarily to prevent abuse. Contributors are not expected to have read all 200+ policies, guidelines and style pages before editing. Trivial formatting mistakes and edits that at first glance look fine but go against some obscure style guideline or arbitration ruling are not suitable candidates for an edit filter.
- Filters are applied to all edits on all pages. Problematic changes that apply to a single page are likely not suitable for an edit filter. Page protection may be more appropriate in such cases.
- Non-essential tasks or those that require access to complex criteria, especially information that the filter does not have access to, may be more appropriate for a bot task or external software.
- To prevent the creation of pages with certain names, the title blacklist is usually a better way to handle the problem - see MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist for details.
- To prevent the addition of problematic external links, please make your request at the spam blacklist.
- To prevent the registration of accounts with certain names, please make your request at the global title blacklist.
- To prevent the registration of accounts with certain email addresses, please make your request at the email blacklist.
