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Timeline
\begin{longtable}{ r | p{.8\textwidth}}
Oct 2001 & automatically import entries from Easton’s Bible Dictionary by a script \\
29 Mar 2002 & First version of \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism} (WP Vandalism is published) \\
Oct 2002 & RamBot \\
2006 & BAG was first formed \\
13 Mar 2006 & 1st version of Bots/Requests for approval is published: some basic requirements (also valid today) are recorded \\
28 Jul 2006 & VoABot II ("In the case were banned users continue to use sockpuppet accounts/IPs to add edits clearly rejected by consensus to the point were long term protection is required, VoABot may be programmed to watch those pages and revert those edits instead. Such edits are considered blacklisted. IP ranges can also be blacklisted. This is reserved only for special cases.") \\
21 Jan 2007 & Twinkle Page is first published (empty), filled with a basic description by beginings of Feb 2007 \\
24 Jul 2007 & Request for Approval of original ClueBot \\
16 Jan 2008 & Huggle Page is first published (empty) \\
18 Jan 2008 & Huggle Page is first filled with content \\
23 Jun 2008 & 1st version of Edit Filter page is published: User:Werdna announces they're currently developing the extention \\
2 Oct 2008 &\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter} was first archived; its last topic was the voting for/against the extention which seemed to have ended end of Sep 2008 \\
Jun 2010 & STiki initial release \\
20 Oct 2010 & ClueBot NG page is created \\
11 Jan 2015 & 1st commit to github ORES repository \\
30 Nov 2015 & ORES paper is published
\end{longtable}
* look at Timeline: the time span in which vandal fighting bots/semi-automated tools and then edit filters were introduced, fits logically into the process after the exponential growth of Wikipedia took off and it was no more the small group that could handle things but suddenly had to face a huge workload which wasn't feasible without technical support.
* in consecuence, edits of a lot of newcomers from that time were reverted stricter than before (with the help of the automated tools) which drove a lot of them away
\chapter{Descriptive overview of Edit Filters on the English Wikipedia}
\chapter{Descriptive overview of Edit Filters on the English Wikipedia}
\label{chap:overview-en-wiki}
\label{chap:overview-en-wiki}
Timeline
\begin{longtable}{ r | p{.8\textwidth}}
Oct 2001 & automatically import entries from Easton’s Bible Dictionary by a script \\
29 Mar 2002 & First version of \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism} (WP Vandalism is published) \\
Oct 2002 & RamBot \\
2006 & BAG was first formed \\
13 Mar 2006 & 1st version of Bots/Requests for approval is published: some basic requirements (also valid today) are recorded \\
28 Jul 2006 & VoABot II ("In the case were banned users continue to use sockpuppet accounts/IPs to add edits clearly rejected by consensus to the point were long term protection is required, VoABot may be programmed to watch those pages and revert those edits instead. Such edits are considered blacklisted. IP ranges can also be blacklisted. This is reserved only for special cases.") \\
21 Jan 2007 & Twinkle Page is first published (empty), filled with a basic description by beginings of Feb 2007 \\
24 Jul 2007 & Request for Approval of original ClueBot \\
16 Jan 2008 & Huggle Page is first published (empty) \\
18 Jan 2008 & Huggle Page is first filled with content \\
23 Jun 2008 & 1st version of Edit Filter page is published: User:Werdna announces they're currently developing the extention \\
2 Oct 2008 &\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter} was first archived; its last topic was the voting for/against the extention which seemed to have ended end of Sep 2008 \\
Jun 2010 & STiki initial release \\
20 Oct 2010 & ClueBot NG page is created \\
11 Jan 2015 & 1st commit to github ORES repository \\
30 Nov 2015 & ORES paper is published
\end{longtable}
* look at Timeline: the time span in which vandal fighting bots/semi-automated tools and then edit filters were introduced, fits logically into the process after the exponential growth of Wikipedia took off and it was no more the small group that could handle things but suddenly had to face a huge workload which wasn't feasible without technical support.
* in consecuence, edits of a lot of newcomers from that time were reverted stricter than before (with the help of the automated tools) which drove a lot of them away
