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Username filter
Xaosflux: Not that I can do it here, but how could I set up a username filter? I have a problem with someone creating accounts with near-identical usernames on another wiki.--Launchballer 23:00, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Launchballer: the mw:Extension:AntiSpoof extension may be a better fix for you. But you can make a filter that triggers on
action == 'createaccount'
,accountname rlike (something)
, and set it to disallow. — xaosflux Talk 00:19, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
Would that allow usernames with changing numbers though, e.g. if I was getting abuse from consecutive users called Vote4pedro and Vote5pedro would it stop the creation of a user account called Vote6pedro?--Launchballer 12:50, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
- You could put whatever patterns you want in the (something) above. You could also use the mw:Extension:TitleBlacklist extension to have regex's of names you do not want. — xaosflux Talk 17:48, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
No filter for edits like this?
A number of IPs making edits like this [1] (admins only, rev-deleted). Given the content of the edit and the edit-summary, I was sure we had a filter that caught some of the words in it. Black Kite (talk) 02:36, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Black Kite: I think all the intentional misspellings got in the way. — xaosflux Talk 00:34, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Hijacked journals
Stop Predatory Journals maintains a list of hijacked journals. We could get domains from those and implement edit filters to make sure no one is citing the hijacked versions. Going to ping JzG (talk · contribs) on this, but others will the technical ability could do this. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:07, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
- Excellent idea, and well spotted. A filter is likely needed because there will be DOI and ISS numbers as well as domains. Guy (Help!) 01:17, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Getting more details about a filter error?
When I run WP:REFILL on [2], I get the error:
Warning: An automated filter has identified this edit as containing references to one of the following self-publishing companies: AuthorHouse, Trafford Publishing, iUniverse, Lulu.com or Xlibris. Please be aware that self-published sources may be vanity publishing and rarely meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources.
The problem is, I have no idea which particular reference it's complaining about. There's 19 references, and 5 possible companies mentioned. None of the company names appear in the text. So, I have no idea what it's complaining about. Is there some way to get the filter to tell me exactly which reference failed? -- RoySmith (talk) 17:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
- @RoySmith: the rest of that message should have directed you to Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives for follow ups. A quick text search of your edit shows you introduced new "lulu.com" text that matches the description above. — xaosflux Talk 18:15, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
- I can't reproduce the message now, but my recollection is that the bit about going to Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives said to do that only if you're convinced it was a false positive and wanted to report that an an error. My real question here is not, "how do I get somebody else to figure this out for me", but, "how do I get the tool to tell me which reference failed the filter"? -- RoySmith (talk) 18:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Discussion about bot reporting at UAA based on edit filters
See Wikipedia talk:Username policy#Utility of reports by DatBot. Any input is welcome. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:07, 17 March 2019 (UTC)