Viewing filter 14: Userspace & talk page spamming

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Filter parameters

Filter ID:	14
Description: (publicly viewable)
Statistics:	Of the last 22 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.06 ms, and it consumes 1 condition of the condition limit.
Conditions: (documentation)	page_age == 0 & equals_to_any(page_namespace, 2, 3) & user_editcount < 10 & (length(added_links) >= 1) page_age == 0 & equals_to_any(page_namespace, 2, 3) & user_editcount < 10 & (length(added_links) >= 1)
Notes:	A new user creating a user page with external links is usually a sign of spam. 16/9/14 Extend to cover user talk pages 10/11/14 Changed description and tag 18/12/14 Improved method for detecting external links 8/1/15 Fixed bug in filter causing it to trigger on any page with an https link 3/1/18 Simplified detection of external links 4/1/20 Moved simpler tests to the front of the filter to make it faster and stop it being throttled
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	22:42, 6 October 2022 by Peter Harrison (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
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Actions to take when matched

Trigger actions only if the user trips a rate limit

Number of actions to allow:

Period of time (in seconds):

Group throttle by:

user

See the documentation on mediawiki.org.

Trigger these actions after giving the user a warning

System message to use for warning:

Page name of other message:

(without "MediaWiki:" prefix)

Prevent the user from performing the action in question

System message to use for disallowing:

Page name of other message:

(without "MediaWiki:" prefix)

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

Block duration for non-registered users:

Block duration for registered users:

Tag the edit in contributions lists and page histories

Tags to apply:

(see Festipedia:Tags for use and formatting)

(please don't rename a tag here, see link above)

(one per line, no commas, publicly visible)

userspace spam

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