Editing abuse filter

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Filter ID:	17
Description: (publicly viewable)
Statistics:	Of the last 34 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 3.75 ms, and it consumes 10.1 conditions of the condition limit.
Conditions:	!"sysop" in user_groups & ( ( user_age < 3600 & page_age != 0 & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:983:200:8DC0:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "73.101.176.68") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "67.146.11.202") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2603:3007:BB8:C000:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2A02:8109:3B40:3AC8:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:981:4402:1BC0:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:580:4500:0:0:0:0:0/48") ) \| (user_age > 0 & user_age < 345600 & user_editcount < 10 & page_age == 0 & (page_namespace == 0)) ) & ( rcount("http?:\/\/", added_lines) > rcount("http?:\/\/", removed_lines) \| rcount("https?:\/\/", added_lines) > rcount("https?:\/\/", removed_lines) ) !"sysop" in user_groups & ( ( user_age < 3600 & page_age != 0 & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:983:200:8DC0:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "73.101.176.68") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "67.146.11.202") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2603:3007:BB8:C000:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2A02:8109:3B40:3AC8:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:981:4402:1BC0:0:0:0:0/64") & !ip_in_range(user_name, "2601:580:4500:0:0:0:0:0/48") ) \| (user_age > 0 & user_age < 345600 & user_editcount < 10 & page_age == 0 & (page_namespace == 0)) ) & ( rcount("http?:\/\/", added_lines) > rcount("http?:\/\/", removed_lines) \| rcount("https?:\/\/", added_lines) > rcount("https?:\/\/", removed_lines) )
Notes:	June 25, 2024: New filter designed to check for http or https links by new users Update June 26, 2024: Checking for existing pages only as Filter 4 already covers existing ones Update October 21, 2024: Optimizing to check for new accounts creating pages with external links in mainspace Update October 22, 2024: Checking for new accounts adding links, not IP as Filter 4 already covers that Update November 7, 2024: Adding user namespace Update 2: Fixing glitch disallowing all external links Update November 16, 2024: Modifying to check if user has less than 10 edits / 4 days Update December 17, 2024: Modifying to check if IP is adding links to existing pages (exempt IPs covered under Filter 4)
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Filter last modified:	23:44, 5 February 2025 by Elevator1512 (talk \| contribs)
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Tools:	Export this filter to another wiki {"data":{"rules":"!\"sysop\" in user_groups \u0026 (\r\n(\r\nuser_age \u003C 3600 \u0026 page_age != 0\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"2601:983:200:8DC0:0:0:0:0/64\")\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"73.101.176.68\")\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"67.146.11.202\")\r\n\u0026 \r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"2603:3007:BB8:C000:0:0:0:0/64\")\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"2A02:8109:3B40:3AC8:0:0:0:0/64\")\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"2601:981:4402:1BC0:0:0:0:0/64\")\r\n\u0026\r\n!ip_in_range(user_name, \"2601:580:4500:0:0:0:0:0/48\")\r\n)\r\n\|\r\n(user_age \u003E 0 \u0026 user_age \u003C 345600 \u0026 user_editcount \u003C 10 \u0026 page_age == 0 \u0026 (page_namespace == 0))\r\n) \u0026 (\r\nrcount(\"http?:\\/\\/\", added_lines) \u003E rcount(\"http?:\\/\\/\", removed_lines) \|\r\nrcount(\"https?:\\/\\/\", added_lines) \u003E rcount(\"https?:\\/\\/\", removed_lines)\r\n)","name":"external links","comments":"June 25, 2024: New filter designed to check for http or https links by new users\r\n\r\nUpdate June 26, 2024: Checking for existing pages only as Filter 4 already covers existing ones\r\n\r\nUpdate October 21, 2024: Optimizing to check for new accounts creating pages with external links in mainspace\r\n\r\nUpdate October 22, 2024: Checking for new accounts adding links, not IP as Filter 4 already covers that\r\n\r\nUpdate November 7, 2024: Adding user namespace\r\n\r\nUpdate 2: Fixing glitch disallowing all external links\r\n\r\nUpdate November 16, 2024: Modifying to check if user has less than 10 edits / 4 days\r\n\r\nUpdate December 17, 2024: Modifying to check if IP is adding links to existing pages (exempt IPs covered under Filter 4)","group":"default","actions":{"disallow":["abusefilter-disallowed-external-links"]},"enabled":true,"deleted":false,"hidden":false,"global":false},"actions":{"disallow":["abusefilter-disallowed-external-links"]}}

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