Viewing abuse filter 2: Observation: bulk external links from a non-autoconfirmed account

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Filter ID:

2

Description:

(publicly viewable)

Statistics:

Of the last 4 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.18 ms, and it consumes 1 condition of the condition limit.

Conditions:

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups) & !("bot" in user_groups) & count(added_links) >= 5

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups) & !("bot" in user_groups) & count(added_links) >= 5

Notes:

Log-only, does not block. Flags a single edit that adds 5+ external links from an account that is not yet autoconfirmed -- a common spam pattern (link-flooding from disposable/new accounts). Legitimate contributors adding a handful of citations in one edit will very rarely hit 5 in a single edit; if this turns out too sensitive once EDFM has more real edit traffic, raise the threshold rather than disable it. 2026-08-18 hardening pass.

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Filter last modified:

03:19, 18 August 2026 by EDFM Site Maintenance (talk | contribs)

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Actions to take when matched

Trigger actions only if the user trips a rate limit

Number of actions to allow:

Period of time (in seconds):

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Trigger these actions after giving the user a warning

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Prevent the user from performing the action in question

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Revoke the user's autoconfirmed status

Block the user and/or IP address from editing

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possible-linkspam

Viewing abuse filter 2: Observation: bulk external links from a non-autoconfirmed account

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