Viewing abuse filter 26: Users creating autobiographies

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Filter ID:	26
Description: (publicly viewable)
Conditions:	page_id == 0 & user_editcount < 100 & equals_to_any ( page_namespace, 0, 118 ) & ( rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(user_name))) in rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(page_title))) \| rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(page_title)) )in rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(user_name))) ) page_id == 0 & user_editcount < 100 & equals_to_any ( page_namespace, 0, 118 ) & ( rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(user_name))) in rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(page_title))) \| rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(page_title)) )in rmwhitespace(rmspecials(lcase(user_name))) )
Notes:	make string comparison case insensitive —EncMstr Is there a reason to hide this? The title of the filter makes its purpose and function pretty obvious, after all. --Conti remove whitespace from both user name and article name - will catch User:JohnSmith creating an article "John Smith." - Evil saltine Optimized -- Shirik 21 Feb 2010 Rm spurious & character. - Ruslik Include when the user name is part of the title or the title is part of the user name. -Sole Soul Noting that Special:AbuseFilter/188 (a similar filter for autobiographies) has been deleted; and this is the only one left (10 Nov 2013) optimize parentheses per DF. RF 2015-02-22 20160213 - disabled - possible technical issue - see edit filter noticeboard - xaosflux Re-enabling with no warning, better that this gets tagged for patrollers than disabled completely. --Samwalton9, 22 Feb 2016 Cleanup/update deprecated. -G 2019-03-06 Reenable warning - apparently a "temporary" disabling - increase edit count to 100, since some editors creating autobiographies have 30-40+ edits. ("temporary" fixes always last the longest..) -G 2019-03-06 Include drafts. Tested on 953. -G 2019-03-19 rmspecials -> rmwhitespace(rmspecials) to maintain current behavior per phab:T263024 -GN 2020-10-13
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter I understand that details of this filter will be hidden from users who cannot see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules_format#Protected_variables protected variables] Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	18:41, 27 September 2021 by WikiDwarf (talk \| contribs)
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autobiography