Edit filter configuration

Edit filter management
Tags management

Welcome to the Edit Filter management interface. Using the Edit Filter, authorized users can configure a wide range of tests, which may help identify and prevent potentially harmful edits and other activities before they are added to the wiki, and the automatic actions to be taken.

Important:

Make sure you're familiar with the guideline before creating or modifying filters.
PLEASE be careful. This is potent stuff. Unless it's urgent, always test your filters with no actions enabled first.
The examine and test interfaces are awesome for learning the ropes. They let you look at specific edits and filters in detail, without risk of disrupting the encyclopedia.
Keep an eye on the log.
For guidance on how to use tags, see Wikipedia:Tags. Don't forget to define their appearance and description.
There is a bot reporting users tripping certain filters at WP:AIV; you can specify the filters here.

Please be careful when creating or modifying a filter. Even a single typo can potentially disrupt the editing of thousands of legitimate contributors. It is strongly recommended that you test your filters first before you enable any actions. If you are not sure about something, please ask for help.

If you cause problems, you may have your edit filter manager permission revoked.

Discuss this feature at Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard

Of the last 197,613 actions, 0 (0%) have reached the condition limit of 2,000, and 34,962 (17.69%) have matched one of the filters currently enabled.

There are currently 369 enabled filters .

All filters

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Filter ID	Public description	Actions	Status	Last modified	Visibility	Hit count
1	General test filter	Disabled	19:30, 7 August 2024 by Xaosflux ep (talk \| contribs)	Public	48,780 hits
2	Private index to help searches	Disabled	21:17, 31 July 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
3	New user blanking articles	Disallow	Enabled	23:03, 15 August 2022 by Suffusion of Yellow (talk \| contribs)	Public	1,181,701 hits
4	Addition or removal of the request for comment discussion template	Tag	Enabled	20:46, 28 April 2026 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Public	874 hits
5	User self-renaming or moving user talk pages into article talk space	Warn, Tag	Enabled	19:48, 18 October 2018 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Public	7,418 hits
8	Private test filter	Enabled	20:58, 3 November 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private, Protected
9	Personal attacks by unregistered or new user	Disabled	19:48, 18 October 2018 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Public	41,354 hits
11	Warn and tag vandalism	Warn, Tag	Enabled	18:13, 20 March 2021 by ProcrastinatingReader (talk \| contribs)	Public	139,646 hits
12	Replacing a page with obscenities	Disallow	Enabled	15:56, 30 October 2025 by Ahecht (talk \| contribs)	Public	151,624 hits
29	New user removing speedy deletion templates	Tag	Enabled	14:58, 28 May 2020 by ToBeFree (talk \| contribs)	Public	225,468 hits
30	Large deletion from article by new editors	Warn, Tag	Enabled	23:42, 18 October 2018 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Public	1,135,347 hits
31	ASCII art	Disallow	Enabled	02:28, 7 May 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Public	41,370 hits
33	Talk page blanking by unregistered/new user	Warn, Tag	Enabled	22:46, 23 October 2022 by Suffusion of Yellow (talk \| contribs)	Public	87,215 hits
34	New or unregistered user blanking someone else's user talk page	Disallow	Enabled	14:09, 26 May 2025 by Zzuuzz (talk \| contribs)	Private
39	School libel and vandalism	Warn, Tag	Enabled	03:10, 20 May 2025 by EggRoll97 (talk \| contribs)	Public	186,015 hits
46	"Poop" vandalism	Disallow	Enabled	17:55, 11 December 2025 by Ahecht (talk \| contribs)	Public	451,962 hits
50	Shouting	Warn, Tag	Enabled	17:43, 4 November 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Public	607,620 hits
51	LTA username pattern hit (Oshwah)	Enabled	05:31, 27 July 2026 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Private
52	Edit summary vandalism II	Disallow	Enabled	13:57, 24 June 2024 by EggRoll97 (talk \| contribs)	Private
53	LTA edit summary or editing pattern hit (Oshwah)	Enabled	13:17, 26 July 2026 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Private
54	Promotional, group, organization, or company username creation (Oshwah)	Enabled	18:23, 26 July 2026 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Public	198,124 hits
56	Inappropriate CSS code in article space	Disallow	Disabled	06:24, 16 March 2020 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Private
58	Long-term pattern abuse	Disallow	Enabled	00:45, 12 April 2025 by EggRoll97 (talk \| contribs)	Private
59	New user removing templates on image description	Tag	Enabled	23:54, 18 October 2018 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Public	23,451 hits
61	New user removing references	Tag	Enabled	03:00, 10 March 2019 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Public	3,150,191 hits
68	Pagemove throttle for new users	Throttle, Disallow	Enabled	04:17, 23 May 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
79	New user removing reference grouping tags	Warn, Tag	Enabled	02:22, 10 November 2025 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Public	256,201 hits
80	Link spamming	Throttle, Warn, Tag	Enabled	21:05, 3 November 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
98	Creating very short new article	Tag	Enabled	00:56, 21 June 2024 by DannyS712 (talk \| contribs)	Public	362,165 hits
102	LTA or abusive account username creation	Disallow	Enabled	21:36, 27 July 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
110	Test filter	Disabled	14:47, 25 January 2026 by Primefac (talk \| contribs)	Public	2,006 hits
113	Misplaced or malformed #redirect in articles	Warn, Tag	Enabled	20:52, 19 May 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Public	32,528 hits
117	removal of Category:Living people	Tag	Enabled	13:25, 13 November 2019 by Zzuuzz (talk \| contribs)	Public	66,286 hits
123	New users moving other users' pages	Disabled	21:22, 31 August 2019 by Suffusion of Yellow (talk \| contribs)	Private
126	Youtube links	Enabled	00:19, 15 May 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
132	Removal of all categories	Warn, Tag	Enabled	10:19, 12 November 2019 by Zzuuzz (talk \| contribs)	Public	510,368 hits
135	Repeating characters	Disallow	Enabled	00:56, 21 April 2026 by EggRoll97 (talk \| contribs)	Public	1,687,780 hits
139	Fixed position vandalism	Disallow	Enabled	02:28, 30 May 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
147	Users creating autobiographies (logging)	Enabled	01:08, 6 May 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Public	33,543 hits
148	Users creating autobiographies	Warn, Tag	Enabled	07:42, 6 May 2025 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Public	403,147 hits
149	User adds link containing username	Warn, Tag	Enabled	01:37, 12 August 2025 by EggRoll97 (talk \| contribs)	Public	259,307 hits
164	Possible cut and paste moves	Tag	Enabled	20:51, 10 July 2022 by Oshwah (talk \| contribs)	Public	38,917 hits
172	Section blanking	Tag	Enabled	10:24, 12 November 2019 by Zzuuzz (talk \| contribs)	Public	1,324,103 hits
174	New user removing XfD template	Disallow	Enabled	19:29, 1 December 2024 by Queen of Hearts (talk \| contribs)	Public	32,531 hits
180	Large unwikified new article	Tag	Enabled	10:25, 12 November 2019 by Zzuuzz (talk \| contribs)	Public	178,386 hits
183	AFC submissions in wrong namespace	Warn	Disabled	18:29, 12 February 2015 by Cenarium (talk \| contribs)	Public	6,545 hits
189	BLP vandalism or libel	Tag	Enabled	23:01, 24 April 2026 by Daniel Quinlan (talk \| contribs)	Private
201	KoH test filter	Disabled	23:17, 18 October 2022 by King of Hearts (talk \| contribs)	Public	1,863 hits
213	Saban troll	Disallow	Disabled	17:20, 3 December 2014 by MusikAnimal (talk \| contribs)	Private
220	Adding external images/links	Warn, Tag	Enabled	13:16, 7 June 2019 by Galobtter (talk \| contribs)	Public	372,740 hits

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