Tags
Tag name | Appearance on change lists | Description | Source | Active? | Tagged changes |
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mobile edit | Mobile edit | For edits made from a mobile device | Defined by the software | Yes | 8,325,183 changes |
mobile web edit | Mobile web edit | Edit made from mobile web site | Defined by the software | Yes | 6,970,457 changes |
visualeditor | Visual edit | Edit made using the visual editor | Defined by the software | Yes | 4,160,368 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 the software | No | 2,330,952 changes | |
mobile app edit | Mobile app edit | Edits made from mobile apps | Defined by the software | Yes | 1,131,048 changes |
Section blanking | section blanking | This edit blanked an entire section. Tagged by filter 172 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 697,103 changes |
references removed | references removed | This edit removed an in-line reference tag such as <ref>. Tagged by filter 61 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 616,475 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 the software | Yes | 584,976 changes |
huggle | Huggle | Edits made using the Huggle tool. | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 561,802 changes |
repeating characters | repeating characters | This edit contains a highly repetitive character sequence, like "!!!!!!!" or "hahahahahahaha". Tagged by filter 135 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 414,192 changes |
canned edit summary | canned edit summary | Tagged by filter 633 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 398,777 changes |
gettingstarted edit | gettingstarted edit | For edits made through Wikipedia:GettingStarted | No longer in use | No | 237,405 changes |
WPCleaner | WPCleaner | Edits made using the WPCleaner tool. | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 234,352 changes |
blanking | blanking | This edit blanked a substantial part of the article. Tagged by filter 3 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 224,930 changes |
very short new article | very short new article | Tagged by filter 98 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 189,811 changes |
massmessage-delivery | MassMessage delivery | Message delivery using Extension:MassMessage | Defined by the software | Yes | 182,118 changes |
visualeditor-switched | Visual edit: Switched | User started to edit using the visual editor, then changed to the wikitext editor. | Defined by the software | Yes | 178,158 changes |
possible vandalism | possible vandalism | This edit may be vandalism. Tagged by filters 432 (hist · log) and 491 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 172,950 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 the software | Yes | 144,226 changes |
large unwikified new article | large unwikified new article | Tagged by filter 180 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 126,486 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 the software | Yes | 114,611 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 the software | Yes | 104,378 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 the software | Yes | 98,149 changes |
OAuth CID: 542 | dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.0] | The Wiki Education Foundation dashboard, a tool for Education Program courses. For more details, see https://github.com/WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard | Defined by the software | Yes | 92,957 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 the software | Yes | 89,053 changes |
categories removed | categories removed | This edit removed all direct categories of the article. Tagged by filter 132 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 87,002 changes |
extraneous markup | extraneous markup | Edits with extraneous markup added with the Edit toolbar. Tagged by filter 631 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 71,455 changes |
Possible vandalism | Possible vandalism | Tagged by filter 279 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 70,144 changes |
bad external | Incorrectly formatted external link or image | Tagged by filter 220 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 66,298 changes |
shouting | shouting | Tagged by filter 50 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 61,101 changes |
OAuth CID: 99 | Dispenser [1.0] | Dispenser tools | Defined by the software | Yes | 56,405 changes |
coi-spam | possible conflict of interest | The user added an external link containing their username. Tagged by filter 149 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 53,502 changes |
nonsense characters | nonsense characters | Tagged by filter 231 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 47,135 changes |
Nonsense movies? | movies | Tagged by filter 129 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 43,301 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 the software | No | 41,229 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 the software | Yes | 36,130 changes |
reference list removal | reference list removal | This edit removed a references grouping tag. Tagged by filter 79 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 35,587 changes |
wikilove | wikilove | Edit made using the WikiLove tool | Defined by the software | Yes | 32,984 changes |
adding email address | adding email address | Tagged by filter 247 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 31,432 changes |
OAuth CID: 410 | Dispenser [2.4] | Dispenser's tools: Checklinks, Dab solver, Dabfix, Reflinks, and more | Defined by the software | Yes | 31,291 changes |
visualeditor-wikitext | 2017 source edit | Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor | Defined by the software | Yes | 30,399 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 the software | Yes | 27,716 changes |
possible cut and paste move | possible cut and paste move or recreation | Tagged by filter 164 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 23,634 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 the software | Yes | 23,499 changes |
Removal of interwiki link | Removal of interwiki link; Wikidata is live | Tagged by filter 270 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | No | 21,875 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 |
wikilinks removed | wikilinks removed | For edits in which wikilinks are removed by new users or IPs. Tagged by filter 753 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 15,089 changes |
removal of Category:Living People | removal of Category:Living People | Tagged by filter 117 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 14,768 changes |
image template removal | image template modification | Tagged by filter 59 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 14,527 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 |
Newer user possibly adding unreferenced or improperly referenced material | Newer user possibly adding unreferenced or improperly referenced material | Defined by the software | No | 13,098 changes | |
removal of copyvio templates | copyright violation template removed | Tagged by filter 224 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 12,505 changes |
Addition of interwiki link | Addition of interwiki link | Tagged by filter 532 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 10,849 changes |
Rapid reverts | Non-autoconfirmed user rapidly reverting edits | Tagged by filter 249 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 10,844 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 the software | Yes | 10,615 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 the software | Yes | 10,355 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 |
removal of articles for deletion template | articles for deletion template removed | Tagged by filter 174 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 8,688 changes |
Removal of all interwiki links | Tag: Removal of all interwiki links; Wikidata is live | Tagged by filter 531 (hist · log) | No longer in use | 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 the software | No | 7,524 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 the software | Yes | 6,186 changes |
contenttranslation | ContentTranslation | The content was translated from another language using the Content Translation tool. | Defined by the software | Yes | 6,043 changes |
ProveIt edit | ProveIt edit | For edits made with the ProveIt gadget. | Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 5,933 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 |
unusual redirect | unusual redirect | Tagged by filter 113 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 5,542 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 |
discretionary sanctions alert | discretionary sanctions alert | User alerted recipient to existence of discretionary sanctions. Tagged by filter 602 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 3,620 changes |
large plot addition | large plot addition | Tagged by filter 655 (hist · log) | Defined by the software Applied manually by users and bots | Yes | 3,451 changes |
userspace spam | possible userspace spam | Tagged by filter 466 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 3,242 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 the software | Yes | 3,045 changes |
Extraneous formatting | automatic insertion of extraneous formatting | Tagged by filter 345 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 2,686 changes |
visualeditor-needcheck | Visual edit: Check | Edit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes. | Defined by the software | Yes | 2,674 changes |
Possible disruption | review edit | This is to identify edits from an IP range used by multiple LTAs for obvious reasons. Tagged by filter 846 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 1,880 changes |
signature added | signature added | Tagged by filter 613 (hist · log) | No longer in use | No | 1,172 changes |
new blank article | new blank article | This edit created a blank article. Tagged by filter 632 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 1,166 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 the software | No | 908 changes |
OAuth CID: 651 | Fountain [0.1.3] | An application that greatly assists at edit-a-thons by collecting the submitted articles, showing the marks, and helping the jury. | Defined by the software | Yes | 774 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 the software | Yes | 676 changes |
OAuth CID: 678 | IABotManagementConsole [1.1] | A web interface of tools that improve the DB, articles, or queues up IABot to run on a set of articles. | Defined by the software | Yes | 566 changes |
contenttranslation-needcheck | contenttranslation-needcheck | Tagged by filter 765 (hist · log) | Defined by the software | Yes | 538 changes |
OAuth CID: 263 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB4 [1.0] | Development instance of the WikiEduDashboard | Defined by the software | No | 296 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 the software | Yes | 294 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 the software | No | 253 changes |
OAuth CID: 563 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [2.1] | development instance of dashboard.wikiedu.org application | Defined by the software | Yes | 231 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 the software | No | 225 changes |
OAuth CID: 64 | CropTool [1.2] | Tool to crop images | Defined by the software | Yes | 212 changes |
OAuth CID: 251 | WINTR Wikiedu Dashboard Local Test 3 [1.0] | Test app for dashboard additions for Wikiedu FOundation | Defined by the software | No | 174 changes |
OAuth CID: 252 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB3 [1.0] | Dev implementation of WikiEdu Dashboard | Defined by the software | No | 129 changes |
OAuth CID: 628 | Weekipedia v3 [1.0] | Wikipedia mobile site built in React.js with a few additional whistles. | Defined by the software | Yes | 87 changes |
OAuth CID: 159 | wikiedu Assignment Wizard 2.0 Teting [1.0] | YET ANOTHER testing app for wikiedu. | Defined by the software | No | 67 changes |
OAuth CID: 429 | PAWS [1.2] | PAWS (Pywikibot: A Web Shell) allows users to run Pywikibot (and other python code) online via a Jupyterhub instance, at https://tools.wmflabs.org/paws. OAuth integration allows people to edit / run automated processes without having to expose their passwords. This will make the consumer_secret and consumer_id public, until https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120469 is fixed. I have talked to Chris Steipp about this and it is ok for the short term. | Defined by the software | Yes | 66 changes |
OAuth CID: 612 | Weekipedia2 [1.0] | Wikipedia mobile site built in React.js | Defined by the software | Yes | 61 changes |
OAuth CID: 593 | CropTool [1.4] | Tool for cropping images | Defined by the software | Yes | 60 changes |
mw-contentmodelchange | content model change | Edits that change the content model of a page | Defined by the software | Yes | 56 changes |
OAuth CID: 150 | WINTR Wikiedu Wizard Local Test [1.0] | Last one didn't work. Making a new one. | Defined by the software | 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 the software | Yes | 45 changes |
OAuth CID: 236 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.2] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | No | 36 changes |
OAuth CID: 67 | OAuth Uploader [1.0] | Upload files to Commons via OAuth. Maybe some limited editing, later. | Defined by the software | Yes | 29 changes |
OAuth CID: 278 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.5] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | 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 the software | No | 18 changes |
OAuth CID: 206 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB [1.2] | MediaWiki login for the WikiEduDashboard. Local development. | Defined by the software | No | 16 changes |
OAuth CID: 473 | Jonathan_at_WINTR_7 [1.0] | Jonathan's local machine | Defined by the software | No | 16 changes |
OAuth CID: 285 | WikiEduDashboard NTDB5 [1.0] | Nate Bailey's local machine | Defined by the software | No | 12 changes |
OAuth CID: 543 | dashboard-testing.wikiedu.org [2.0] | The staging instance Wiki Education Foundation dashboard, a tool for Education Program courses. For more details, see https://github.com/WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard | Defined by the software | Yes | 11 changes |
OAuth CID: 261 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.4] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | 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 the software | No | 8 changes |
OAuth CID: 274 | Education Dashboard development - awight [1.0] | Working on the Wiki Ed Foundation's dashboard. | Defined by the software | Yes | 7 changes |
OAuth CID: 259 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.3] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | 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 the software | Yes | 4 changes |
OAuth CID: 376 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.11] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | Yes | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 239 | TorProxy [0.1] | Test, please don't approve! | Defined by the software | No | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 194 | WikiEduWizard NTDB [1.2] | Local installation of WikiEduWizard for developpment purposes | Defined by the software | No | 3 changes |
OAuth CID: 211 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4] | dev for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | No | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 320 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.8] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | No | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 670 | Fountain Test [1.1] | A copy of the Fountain tool for testing purposes | Defined by the software | No | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 679 | Suggestor [0.0.1] | Approve suggested edits. | Defined by the software | Yes | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 540 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [2.0] | development instance of dashboard.wikiedu.org application | Defined by the software | 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 the software | Yes | 2 changes |
OAuth CID: 21 | Barnsworth [1.0] | A tool for a sending barnstars. | Defined by the software | Yes | 1 change |
OAuth CID: 314 | TorProxy [0.2] | Test, please don't approve yet! | Defined by the software | 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 the software | No | 1 change |
OAuth CID: 297 | dashboard.wikiedu.org dev [0.4.7] | dev consumer for dashboard.wikiedu.org | Defined by the software | No | 1 change |