You shall not publish this: Edit filters on EN Wikipedia
HCC Research Group Meeting May 2019
Lusy
Motivation
Why are there edit filters? What task do they take care of? How are they different from other existing mechanisms?
Fighting vandalism on Wikipedia
Lit review bots, semi-automated tools, ores, humans
Summary: funnel diagram (without filters) One thing is ostentatiously missing: edit filters
Data
wikipedia's pages (policies, guidelines, etc.), most prominently: ... abuse filters extention tables
Motivations for introducing the abuse filter extention
funnel diagram with filters
State of the Art on EN Wikipedia
Data analysis
Bigger picture: Upload filters
Next steps for finishing the thesis
- abuse_filter_history table (ping Aaron)
Beyond the thesis
(long list of interesting questions)
