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| Tag name | Appearance on change lists | Description | Source | Active? | Tagged changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mobile edit | Mobile edit | For edits made from a mobile device | Defined by an extension | Yes | 4,557,528 changes |
mobile web edit | Mobile web edit | Edit made from mobile web site | Defined by an extension | Yes | 3,498,080 changes |
HHVM | Revisions made with the HipHop Virtual Machine enabled instead of the Zend PHP interpreter (expected to improve performance, tagged for debugging/analysis) | Defined by an extension | No | 2,330,952 changes | |
visualeditor | Visual edit | Edit made using the visual editor | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2,276,643 changes |
mobile app edit | Mobile app edit | Edits made from mobile apps | Defined by an extension | Yes | 700,568 changes |
Section blanking | section blanking | This edit blanked an entire section. Tagged by filter 172 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 641,718 changes |
references removed | references removed | This edit removed an in-line reference tag such as <ref>. Tagged by filter 61 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 529,701 changes |
possible libel or vandalism | possible BLP issue or vandalism | This edit might not adhere to the biographies of living persons policy. Tagged by filters 39 (hist · log), 189 (hist · log) and 339 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 505,271 changes |
repeating characters | repeating characters | This edit contains a highly repetitive character sequence, like "!!!!!!!" or "hahahahahahaha". Tagged by filter 135 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 397,238 changes |
gettingstarted edit | gettingstarted edit | For edits made through Wikipedia:GettingStarted | No longer in use | No | 237,405 changes |
blanking | blanking | This edit blanked a substantial part of the article. Tagged by filter 3 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 199,545 changes |
canned edit summary | canned edit summary | Tagged by filter 633 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 194,000 changes |
very short new article | very short new article | Tagged by filter 98 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 166,599 changes |
possible vandalism | possible vandalism | This edit may be vandalism. Tagged by filters 432 (hist · log), 491 (hist · log) and 633 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 149,716 changes |
huggle | Huggle | Edits made using the Huggle tool. | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 134,250 changes |
removal of speedy deletion templates | speedy deletion template removed | This edit removed a speedy deletion template. Tagged by filter 29 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 125,160 changes |
large unwikified new article | large unwikified new article | Tagged by filter 180 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 116,639 changes |
changing height or weight | changing height and/or weight | 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. Tagged by filter 391 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 90,202 changes |
autobiography | possible autobiography or conflict of interest | The user created an article including his or her username in the title, or vice-versa. Tagged by filter 148 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 87,196 changes |
WPCleaner | WPCleaner | Edits made using the WPCleaner tool. | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 86,561 changes |
categories removed | categories removed | This edit removed all direct categories of the article. Tagged by filter 132 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 78,942 changes |
Possible self promotion in userspace | Possible self promotion in userspace | User added typical promotional text to their user or user talk page. Tagged by filter 354 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 71,903 changes |
nowiki added | nowiki added | This edit added a nowiki to an article. Such edits are frequently a sign of corruption caused by the inappropriate use of WP:VisualEditor. Tagged by filter 550 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 63,294 changes |
visualeditor-switched | Visual edit: Switched | User started to edit using the visual editor, then changed to the wikitext editor. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 60,284 changes |
bad external | Incorrectly formatted external link or image | Tagged by filter 220 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 58,721 changes |
shouting | shouting | Tagged by filter 50 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 54,506 changes |
Possible vandalism | Possible vandalism | Tagged by filter 279 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 50,955 changes |
coi-spam | possible conflict of interest | The user added an external link containing their username. Tagged by filter 149 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 48,698 changes |
extraneous markup | extraneous markup | Edits with extraneous markup added with the Edit toolbar. Tagged by filter 631 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 45,916 changes |
Nonsense movies? | movies | Tagged by filter 129 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 43,301 changes |
nonsense characters | nonsense characters | Tagged by filter 231 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 41,325 changes |
End of page text | Text added at end of page | Text added after categories and interwiki. These edits are frequently reverted. Tagged by filter 351 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 35,469 changes |
OAuth CID: 306 | dashboard.wikiedu.org [1.2] | The Wiki Education Founation dashboard, a tool for Education Program courses. For more details, see https://github.com/WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard | Defined by an extension | Yes | 34,353 changes |
reference list removal | reference list removal | This edit removed a references grouping tag. Tagged by filter 79 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 31,831 changes |
OAuth CID: 99 | Dispenser [1.0] | Dispenser tools | Defined by an extension | Yes | 29,800 changes |
adding email address | adding email address | Tagged by filter 247 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 28,007 changes |
possible link spam | repeated addition of external links by non-autoconfirmed user | The user repeatedly and quickly added external links to articles. Tagged by filter 80 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 25,856 changes |
wikilove | wikilove | Edit made using the WikiLove tool | Defined by an extension | Yes | 24,688 changes |
Removal of interwiki link | Removal of interwiki link; Wikidata is live | Tagged by filter 270 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | No | 21,875 changes |
possible cut and paste move | possible cut and paste move or recreation | Tagged by filter 164 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 20,904 changes |
reverting anti-vandal bot | reverting anti-vandal bot | Indicates that the edit appears to be an undo of one of the anti-vandalism bots like ClueBot NG. Tagged by filter 323 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 20,355 changes |
test edits | possible test edits | This edit introduced typical test edits like File:Example.jpg. Be aware that such additions could be accidental within an otherwise good edit. Tagged by filter 479 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 17,697 changes |
image template removal | image template modification | Tagged by filter 59 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 14,026 changes |
excessive whitespace | excessive whitespace | This edit contains excessive amounts of consecutive whitespace — either spaces or newlines. Tagged by filter 65 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 13,887 changes |
removal of Category:Living People | removal of Category:Living People | Tagged by filter 117 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 12,519 changes |
removal of copyvio templates | copyright violation template removed | Tagged by filter 224 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 12,315 changes |
Addition of interwiki link | Addition of interwiki link | Tagged by filter 532 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | No | 10,849 changes |
talk page blanking | talk page blanking | This edit of an unregistered user blanked (but not redirected) a non-user talk page. Tagged by filter 33 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 9,522 changes |
new article with no mention of title | new article with no mention of title or normal opening sentence | This new article doesn't mention its title or has no normal opening sentence. Tagged by filters 96 (hist · log) and 238 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 9,468 changes |
Rapid reverts | Non-autoconfirmed user rapidly reverting edits | Tagged by filter 249 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 9,166 changes |
non-English content | non-English content | New page or large addition of which less than 10% is in English. Tagged by filter 346 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 8,455 changes |
Removal of all interwiki links | Tag: Removal of all interwiki links; Wikidata is live | Tagged by filter 531 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | No | 8,237 changes |
possibly non-minor edit | possibly non-minor edit | This edit was marked as minor but may have made non-minor changes. See WP:MINOR for details. Tagged by filter 368 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 7,878 changes |
OAuth CID: 218 | dashboard.wikiedu.org [1.0] | The Wiki Education Founation dashboard, a tool for Education Program courses. For more details, see https://github.com/WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard | Defined by an extension | Yes | 7,524 changes |
removal of articles for deletion template | articles for deletion template removed | Tagged by filter 174 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 6,794 changes |
New user changing redirect or redirecting | New user changing redirect or redirecting | New user redirected a substantial page or changed an existing redirect. Tagged by filter 28 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 5,584 changes |
Redirect becoming article | Redirect becoming article | User has converted a redirect into an article. Tagged by filter 342 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 5,424 changes |
unusual redirect | unusual redirect | Tagged by filter 113 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 5,284 changes |
de-userfying | a new user moving a page out of the userspace | A new user moving a page from his/her userspace into the mainspace. Tagged by filter 630 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 3,705 changes |
contenttranslation | ContentTranslation | The content was translated from another language using the Content Translation tool. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 3,029 changes |
visualeditor-needcheck | Visual edit: Check | Edit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2,674 changes |
Extraneous formatting | automatic insertion of extraneous formatting | Tagged by filter 345 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2,635 changes |
userspace spam | possible userspace spam | Tagged by filter 466 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2,631 changes |
discretionary sanctions alert | discretionary sanctions alert | User alerted recipient to existence of discretionary sanctions. Tagged by filter 602 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2,162 changes |
wikilinks removed | wikilinks removed | For edits in which wikilinks are removed by new users or IPs. Tagged by filter 753 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 1,799 changes |
External Link added to disambiguation page | External link added to disambiguation page | Indicates that the edit added an external link to a disambiguation page, which may indicate spam. Tagged by filter 657 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 1,475 changes |
signature added | signature added | Tagged by filter 613 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | No | 1,172 changes |
image added to template | Image added to template | An image was added to a template by a non-autoconfirmed user. Tagged by filter 600 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | No | 908 changes |
new blank article | new blank article | This edit created a blank article. Tagged by filter 632 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 681 changes |
self-renaming and bad user talk moves | self-renaming or bad user talk move | A user moved their root user page to a different name or moved their root talk page into the article talk namespace. Tagged by filter 5 (hist · log) | Defined by an extension | Yes | 604 changes |
OAuth CID: 263 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB4 [1.0] | Development instance of the WikiEduDashboard | Defined by an extension | No | 296 changes |
OAuth CID: 212 | dashboard-testing.wikiedu.org [1.0] | The staging instance Wiki Education Founation dashboard, a tool for Education Program courses. For more details, see https://github.com/WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard | Defined by an extension | Yes | 253 changes |
OAuth CID: 151 | wikiedu.org Assignment Design Wizard [1.0.2] | This will be a tool for instructors who want to design Wikipedia assignments for their courses. They will log in via OAuth, and then go through a wizard to set up their own course plan. At the end, the application will post the course plan to Wikipedia using the instructor's account. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 225 changes |
OAuth CID: 85 | Snuggle (English Wikipedia) [1.0.0] | Snuggle is an intelligent user interface that is designed to help Wikipedians identify desirable new Wikipedia editors. The interface lists all accounts registered in the last 30 days along with contributions and talk page messages. Snuggle has two primary functions:
Note that categorizing users also provides input to the intelligent algorithm used to sort newcomers by their "desirability". | Defined by an extension | Yes | 203 changes |
OAuth CID: 251 | WINTR Wikiedu Dashboard Local Test 3 [1.0] | Test app for dashboard additions for Wikiedu FOundation | Defined by an extension | No | 174 changes |
OAuth CID: 252 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB3 [1.0] | Dev implementation of WikiEdu Dashboard | Defined by an extension | No | 129 changes |
OAuth CID: 159 | wikiedu Assignment Wizard 2.0 Teting [1.0] | YET ANOTHER testing app for wikiedu. | Defined by an extension | No | 67 changes |
OAuth CID: 150 | WINTR Wikiedu Wizard Local Test [1.0] | Last one didn't work. Making a new one. | Defined by an extension | No | 48 changes |
OAuth CID: 154 | wikiedu.org Assignment Design Wizard (testing) [0.99] | The staging instance for updates to the wikiedu.org Assignment Design Wizard | Defined by an extension | Yes | 45 changes |
OAuth CID: 64 | CropTool [1.2] | Tool to crop images | Defined by an extension | Yes | 44 changes |
OAuth CID: 236 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.2] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 36 changes |
OAuth CID: 67 | OAuth Uploader [1.0] | Upload files to Commons via OAuth. Maybe some limited editing, later. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 21 changes |
OAuth CID: 278 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.5] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 19 changes |
OAuth CID: 144 | wikiedu.org Assignment Design Wizard [1.0.1] | This will be a tool for instructors who want to design Wikipedia assignments for their courses. They will log in via OAuth, and then go through a wizard to set up their own course plan. At the end, the application will post the course plan to Wikipedia using the instructor's account. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 18 changes |
OAuth CID: 206 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB [1.2] | MediaWiki login for the WikiEduDashboard. Local development. | Defined by an extension | No | 16 changes |
OAuth CID: 285 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB5 [1.0] | Nate Bailey's local machine | Defined by an extension | No | 12 changes |
OAuth CID: 261 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.4] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 11 changes |
OAuth CID: 142 | wikiedu Assignment Wizard [1.0] | Client App in support of an course assignment creation wizard for wikiedu initiatives. | Defined by an extension | No | 8 changes |
OAuth CID: 274 | Education Dashboard development - awight [1.0] | Working on the Wiki Ed Foundation's dashboard. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 7 changes |
OAuth CID: 259 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.3] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 5 changes |
OAuth CID: 76 | LCA Tools [1.5] | Tool to allow LCA (Especially CA) team to process certain time heavy tasks (such as takedowns) from a central location. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 4 changes |
OAuth CID: 376 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.11] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | Yes | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 239 | TorProxy [0.1] | Test, please don't approve! | Defined by an extension | No | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 194 | WikiEduWizard NTDB [1.2] | Local installation of WikiEduWizard for developpment purposes | Defined by an extension | No | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 211 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4] | dev for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 320 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.8] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 115 | User Analysis Tool [1.0] | The User Analysis Tool is an edit counter undergoing developments and enhancements. It is a subcomponent of xtools. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 21 | Barnsworth [1.0] | A tool for a sending barnstars. | Defined by an extension | Yes | 1 change |
OAuth CID: 314 | TorProxy [0.2] | Test, please don't approve yet! | Defined by an extension | No | 1 change |
OAuth CID: 60 | LCA Tools [1.0] | Tool to allow LCA (Especially CA) team to process certain time heavy tasks (such as takedowns) from a central location. | Defined by an extension | No | 1 change |
OAuth CID: 297 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.7] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by an extension | No | 1 change |
ContentTranslation | ContentTranslation | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 0 changes |
