Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested

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-editfilterslists.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.

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Great big sockdrawer? Accounts of the form User:X is dead

Since yesterday, I've blocked 35 new accounts of the form User:X is dead (including also a few "X is deceased" and "X is no longer with us"), on the assumption that they've all been created by the same person and are intended as sleepers (?). It seems likely I've missed at least as many more, also. It's getting very boring; should I start simply ignoring these accounts (they haven't made any edits so far), or might a filter be useful? Bishonen | tålk 19:12, 30 May 2025 (UTC).

@Bishonen. Just in case you didn'tsee this. I'm not sure if this needs attention?. A lot of them were blocked but in the end it was decided not to report. Someone did suggest an edit filter on that thread. Knitsey (talk) 20:09, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

No, I didn't see it, and unfortunately I don't now, as that's not a permanent link, Knitsey. (See Wikipedia:Simple diff and link guide for how to create permanent links.) But it looks like you have provided all the info I need, so nm. Bishonen | tålk 22:00, 30 May 2025 (UTC).

sorry Knitsey (talk) 22:24, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

If this is an LTA, then further discussion should continue on the mailing list. If they aren't making edits, I don't think that this is much of a problem personally, and WP:NOSALT applies here. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Edits adding raw text maintenance tags instead of standard templates

• Task: Log edits meeting above criteria
• Reason: Editors have been adding maintenance tags in raw text instead of using the correct templates
• Diffs: Examples of fix: Special:Diff/1293287735, 74 JWB edits

I wish to log edits where editors add Wikipedia:, WP:, Help: (case insensitive) inside of <sup></sup> to check the extent to which new editors use raw text instead of actual maintenance tags, and if a bot will be required for regular maintenance of this or not. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 21:35, 31 May 2025 (UTC)