Tags
| Tag name | Appearance on change lists | Description | Tagged changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| references removed | Tag: references removed (edit) | This edit removed an in-line reference tag such as <ref>. | 529,701 changes |
| Section blanking | Tag: section blanking (edit) | This edit blanked an entire section. | 377,529 changes |
| repeating characters | Tag: repeating characters (edit) | This edit contains a highly repetitive character sequence, like "!!!!!!!" or "hahahahahahaha". | 340,812 changes |
| possible libel or vandalism | Tag: possible BLP issue or vandalism (edit) | This edit might not adhere to the biographies of living persons policy. | 253,635 changes |
| blanking | Tag: blanking (edit) | This edit blanked a substantial part of the article. | 126,554 changes |
| very short new article | Tag: very short new article (edit) | Tagged by filter 98. (edit) | 100,674 changes |
| large unwikified new article | Tag: large unwikified new article (edit) | Tagged by filter 180. (edit) | 76,737 changes |
| removal of speedy deletion templates | Tag: speedy deletion template removed (edit) | This edit removed a speedy deletion template. | 69,292 changes |
| possible vandalism | Tag: possible vandalism (edit) | This edit may be vandalism. | 50,171 changes |
| autobiography | Tag: possible autobiography or conflict of interest (edit) | The user created an article including his or her username in the title, or vice-versa. | 44,036 changes |
| categories removed | Tag: categories removed (edit) | This edit removed all direct categories of the article. | 43,855 changes |
| Nonsense movies? | Tag: movies (edit) | Tagged by filter 129. (edit) | 43,301 changes |
| shouting | Tag: shouting (edit) | Tagged by filter 50. (edit) | 34,799 changes |
| bad external | Tag: Incorrectly formatted external link or image (edit) | Tagged by filter 220. (edit) | 33,031 changes |
| coi-spam | Tag: possible conflict of interest (edit) | The user added an external link containing their username. | 31,545 changes |
| End of page text | Tag: Text added at end of page (edit) | Text added after categories and interwiki. These edits are frequently reverted.
Tagged by filter 351. (edit) | 26,980 changes |
| changing height or weight | Tag: changing height and/or weight (edit) | A new or unregistered user changed the height or weight of the subject of a biography of a living person, which may or may not be sneaky vandalism. | 22,716 changes |
| Possible self promotion in userspace | Tag: Possible self promotion in userspace (edit) | User added typical promotional text to their user or user talk page. | 20,911 changes |
| nonsense characters | Tag: nonsense characters (edit) | Tagged by filter 231. (edit) | 20,243 changes |
| reference list removal | Tag: reference list removal (edit) | This edit removed a references grouping tag. | 18,568 changes |
| Removal of interwiki link | Tag: Removal of interwiki link (edit) | Tagged by filter 270. (edit) | 18,086 changes |
| possible link spam | Tag: repeated addition of external links by non-autoconfirmed user (edit) | The user repeatedly and quickly added external links to articles. | 17,740 changes |
| test edits | Tag: possible test edits (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 17,379 changes |
| adding email address | Tag: adding email address (edit) | Tagged by filter 247. (edit) | 15,142 changes |
| excessive whitespace | Tag: excessive whitespace (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 13,887 changes |
| image template removal | Tag: image template modification (edit) | Tagged by filter 59. (edit) | 11,178 changes |
| possible cut and paste move | Tag: possible cut and paste move or recreation (edit) | Tagged by filter 164. (edit) | 10,807 changes |
| new article with no mention of title | Tag: new article with no mention of title or normal opening sentence (edit) | This new article doesn't mention its title or has no normal opening sentence. | 9,468 changes |
| reverting anti-vandal bot | Tag: reverting anti-vandal bot (edit) | Indicates that the edit appears to be a undo of one of the anti-vandalism bots like ClueBot. | 8,520 changes |
| possibly non-minor edit | Tag: possibly non-minor edit (edit) | This edit was marked as minor but may have made non-minor changes. See WP:MINOR for details. | 7,878 changes |
| removal of copyvio templates | Tag: copyright violation template removed (edit) | Tagged by filter 224. (edit) | 6,513 changes |
| Rapid reverts | Tag: Non-autoconfirmed user rapidly reverting edits (edit) | Tagged by filter 249. (edit) | 6,228 changes |
| removal of Category:Living People | Tag: removal of Category:Living People (edit) | Tagged by filter 117. (edit) | 5,967 changes |
| talk page blanking | Tag: talk page blanking (edit) | This edit of an unregistered user blanked (but not redirected) a non-user talk page. | 5,871 changes |
| New user changing redirect or redirecting | Tag: New user changing redirect or redirecting (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 5,584 changes |
| Redirect becoming article | Tag: Redirect becoming article (edit) | User has converted a redirect into an article | 5,424 changes |
| unusual redirect | Tag: unusual redirect (edit) | Tagged by filters 113, 151 and 163. (edit) | 4,409 changes |
| removal of articles for deletion template | Tag: articles for deletion template removed (edit) | Tagged by filter 174. (edit) | 4,309 changes |
| Added xx/xx/xxxx:- probably a date in unclear format | Added xx/xx/xxxx:- probably a date in unclear format (edit) | (edit) | 2,643 changes |
| ref group removal | Tag: ref group removal (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 1,763 changes |
| non-English content | Tag: non-English content (edit) | New page or large addition of which less than 10% is in English. | 1,669 changes |
| AFC | AFC template used in the mainspace (edit) | Tagged by filter 183. (edit) | 1,075 changes |
| New user creating interrogative pages | Tag: New user creating interrogative pages (edit) | Indicates that the created page was in the form of a question or a how-to guide.
Tagged by filter 289. (edit) | 1,048 changes |
| section blanking | AF: section blanking (edit) | This tag is inactive - the filter which used it (filter 172) now uses "Section blanking". (edit) | 954 changes |
| Skype toolbar formatting | Skype toolbar formatting (edit) | It appears that Skype had added its formatting code to Wikipedia's page, without the editor's knowledge. This is used by Filter 313. (edit) | 920 changes |
| User talk page blanking | User talk page blanking (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 501 changes |
| Michael Jackson vandalism | Tag: Possible Michael Jackson vandalism (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 492 changes |
| removal of references | Tag: reference removal (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 460 changes |
| email address | Tag: email address (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 437 changes |
| Extraneous formatting | Tag: automatic insertion of extraneous formatting (edit) | Tagged by filter 345. (edit) | 406 changes |
| Possible Michael Jackson vandalism | Tag: Possible Michael Jackson vandalism (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 300 changes |
| self-renaming and bad user talk moves | Tag: self-renaming or bad user talk move (edit) | A user moved their root user page to a different name or moved their root talk page into the article talk namespace. | 268 changes |
| possible conflict of interest spam | Tag: possible conflict of interest in external links (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 259 changes |
| prod removed | Tag: PROD contested or template removed (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 217 changes |
| Possible Scibaby sockpuppet | Possible Scibaby sockpuppet (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 209 changes |
| personal attack | Tag: possible civility/npa (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 203 changes |
| spam | Tag: possibly inappropriate external links (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 153 changes |
| Removal of de: interwiki link | Removal of de: interwiki link (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 115 changes |
| possible cut and paste move or recreation | possible cut and paste move or recreation (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 97 changes |
| Added xx/xx/xxxx:- probably a date in unclear format | Added xx/xx/xxxx:- probably a date in unclear format (edit) | (edit) | 85 changes |
| External link removal | External link removal (edit) | (edit) | 61 changes |
| WikiLove | Tag: WikiLove tool (edit) | (edit) | 44 changes |
| Uncyclopedia | Tag: possible Uncyclopedia content (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 27 changes |
| unflagged bot | unflagged bot (edit) | (edit) | 22 changes |
| helpme in mainspace | Tag: helpme in mainspace (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 18 changes |
| michael jackson | michael jackson (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 12 changes |
| Blanking another user's talk page | Blanking another user's talk page (edit) | (edit) | 12 changes |
| BJCP spam or Joe jobbing | BJCP spam or Joe jobbing (edit) | (edit) | 10 changes |
| "The Network" potential vandalism | "The Network" potential vandalism (edit) | (edit) | 9 changes |
| Possible vandalism | Possible vandalism (edit) | (edit) | 9 changes |
| Image abuse | Tag: Image abuse (edit) | User is replacing legit image with another one. | 6 changes |
| New user editing a template image | New user editing a template image (edit) | (edit) | 5 changes |
| changing height/weight | changing height/weight (edit) | (edit) | 5 changes |
| Possible TKE/"The Network" vandalism | Possible TKE/"The Network" vandalism (edit) | (edit) | 4 changes |
| possible movie studio tagger | possible movie studio tagger (edit) | (edit) | 4 changes |
| possible malware link | possible malware link (edit) | (edit) | 3 changes |
| link vandalism | Tag: possible link vandalism (edit) | This tag is inactive. (edit) | 2 changes |
| Serafin - talk page abuse | Serafin - talk page abuse (edit) | (edit) | 1 change |
