User:Abuse filter - Revision history

Old Dickens at 05:31, 29 January 2025

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	::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
			::I found your list of terms; I'll try to add likely phrases. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 05:30, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Guybrush at 05:02, 29 January 2025

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	:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
	::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 02:13, 29 January 2025

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	I'm assuming this is legit?[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 17:46, 18 June 2013 (GMT)		I'm assuming this is legit?[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 17:46, 18 June 2013 (GMT)
	:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
	::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:12, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Old Dickens at 02:12, 29 January 2025

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	I'm assuming this is legit?[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 17:46, 18 June 2013 (GMT)		I'm assuming this is legit?[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 17:46, 18 June 2013 (GMT)
	:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
			::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:12, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Guybrush at 00:31, 29 January 2025

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			:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

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I'm assuming this is legit?[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 17:46, 18 June 2013 (GMT)

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	::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
			::I found your list of terms; I'll try to add likely phrases. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 05:30, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

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	:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		:In case anyone comes looking now it's more active - yes, this is the account used by the AbuseFilter extension. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 00:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
	::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)		::I've always wondered what the abuse filter was supposed to do. Now that it seems to have done something, I still wonder how. [[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::It uses a user-defined set of rules to check user actions and respond. It didn't do anything until now because it had no rules to follow; the one I've imported and modified for us checks for certain keywords (the sort that make it likely they're adding spam links) when a new user makes their first edit (including creation of a new page), and unless they also have certain other keywords (things that suggest they actually know what kind of wiki they're editing), prevents that edit and blocks them. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)