Abuse filter management

Welcome to the Abuse Filter management interface. The Abuse Filter is an automated software mechanism of applying automatic heuristics to all actions. This interface shows a list of defined filters, and allows them to be modified.

Of the last 21 actions, 0 (0%) have reached the condition limit of 1,000, and 0 (0%) have matched at least one of the filters currently enabled.

All filters

Filter ID	Public description	Consequences	Status	Last modified	Visibility	Hit count
1	Prevent the creation of spam pages by sockpuppets of ThePBSArchive2020	Tag	Disabled	10:57, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Public	0 hits
3	Prevent abusive page blanking	Block, Disallow	Enabled	11:06, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Public	0 hits
5	catch attacks by new users	Disallow	Enabled	11:08, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Public	0 hits
6	Prevent new users from page blanking	Disallow	Disabled	11:10, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Public	0 hits
8	disruptive blanking	Disallow	Enabled	11:12, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Public	1 hit
37	No Colored Text or Custom Fonts	Disallow, Tag	Enabled, High rate of matches	16:25, 17 August 2024 by Compooper (talk \| contribs)	Public	268 hits
38	Please sign your RFCs	Disallow	Enabled	16:18, 30 August 2024 by Compooper (talk \| contribs)	Public	17 hits
2	Prevent users editing user pages other than their own	Disallow	Enabled	11:04, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Private
4	Catch abusive usernames	Block, Disallow	Enabled	03:11, 31 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
7	Catch vandalism by Noah sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Disabled	11:12, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Private
9	Catch vandalism by PBSArchive socks	Block, Disallow	Enabled	20:44, 10 October 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
10	Catch Chuck sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Disabled	03:13, 9 August 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
11	NSFW spammer filter	Block	Enabled	11:16, 24 June 2023 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Private
12	Catch FijiAxe3AndADog sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	03:17, 9 August 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
13	Catch 09limbua sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Disabled	06:11, 20 November 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
14	Catch Jacob Mills sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	03:19, 9 August 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
15	Catch Kpepits sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	03:19, 9 August 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
16	Prevent the addition of blank sections in mainspace	Tag, Warn	Enabled	07:39, 1 June 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
17	Check for Technique section misuse	Tag, Warn	Enabled	21:03, 24 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
18	Prevent premature removal of Draft notice	Disallow	Enabled	05:52, 5 February 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
19	Prevent submitting a draft if a description is blank	Disallow	Enabled	07:34, 18 June 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
20	Catch Damien L sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	00:56, 20 January 2024 by Hb1290 (talk \| contribs)	Private
21	Catch example-less Availability sections	Warn	Disabled	15:54, 11 October 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
22	Check if a file name does not follow file naming guidelines	Tag, Warn	Enabled	16:26, 17 August 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
23	Catch Kyrongenius sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	01:23, 31 August 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
24	Catch Tanner sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Enabled	19:19, 5 September 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
25	Prevent submission of blank form entries	Disallow	Disabled	16:24, 22 September 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
26	Stop Soby socks	Block, Disallow	Enabled	03:50, 2 October 2023 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
27	Catch Paxton Jordan socks	Block, Disallow	Disabled	14:43, 30 October 2023 by Logoarto (talk \| contribs)	Private
28	Catch Caidin Johnson socks	Block, Disallow	Enabled	19:29, 31 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
29	Catch Ryan for Adults socks	Block, Disallow	Enabled	17:30, 27 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
30	Check for a blank/redirect Legacy	Tag, Warn	Enabled	19:46, 24 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
31	Check for any usage of discontinued description sections	Tag, Warn	Enabled	19:48, 24 January 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
32	Check for Availability tier usage	Tag, Warn	Enabled	06:12, 4 August 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
33	Check for POV phrases	Tag, Warn	Enabled	06:21, 2 September 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
34	Catch Gina sockpuppets	Block, Disallow	Disabled	08:23, 1 March 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
35	Prevent non-staff proposers from opening RFC proposals	Disallow	Enabled	01:27, 3 April 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private
36	Prevent users from voting on drafted RFCs	Disallow	Enabled	01:32, 3 April 2024 by Camenati (talk \| contribs)	Private