Viewing abuse filter 3: Bot Attempting to Edit Wiki Detector

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Filter ID:	3
Description: (publicly viewable)
Conditions:	( added_links > 0 \| removed_lines > 10 \| summary == "" \| new_size < (old_size * 0.1) )
Notes:	From now on, if anything automated tries to: - POST an edit - submit spam - blank a page - hit your edit endpoint with garbage - behave like a bot in any way …it will quietly appear in Special:AbuseLog. You’ll see: - timestamp - attempted action - IP - what triggered the filter It’s a perfect passive monitor.
Flags:	Warning: This filter was automatically flagged as harmful. No actions were automatically disabled, but please check whether the high rate of matches is expected. If so, you can ignore this warning. Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	23:15, 17 December 2025 by PerilM (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
Tools:	Export this filter to another wiki {"data":{"rules":"(\r\n added_links \u003E 0 \|\r\n removed_lines \u003E 10 \|\r\n summary == \"\" \|\r\n new_size \u003C (old_size * 0.1)\r\n)","name":"Bot Attempting to Edit Wiki Detector","comments":"From now on, if anything automated tries to:\r\n- POST an edit\r\n- submit spam\r\n- blank a page\r\n- hit your edit endpoint with garbage\r\n- behave like a bot in any way\r\n\u2026it will quietly appear in Special:AbuseLog.\r\nYou\u2019ll see:\r\n- timestamp\r\n- attempted action\r\n- IP\r\n- what triggered the filter\r\nIt\u2019s a perfect passive monitor.","group":"default","actions":{"tag":["Bots"]},"enabled":true,"deleted":false,"privacylevel":0,"global":false},"actions":{"tag":["Bots"]}}

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Trigger these actions after giving the user a warning

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Prevent the user from performing the action in question

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Revoke the user's autoconfirmed status

Block the user and/or IP address from editing

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

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