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As described section~\ref{sec:mediawiki-ext}, a variety of different actions may occur when a filter's pattern matches.
As described section~\ref{sec:mediawiki-ext}, a variety of different actions may occur when a filter's pattern matches.
Of these, only \emph{tag}, \emph{throttle}, \emph{warn}, and \emph{disallow} seem to be used today (and \emph{log}, which is always enabled).
Of these, only \emph{tag}, \emph{throttle}, \emph{warn}, and \emph{disallow} seem to be used today (and \emph{log}, which is always enabled).
If a filter is set to \emph{warn} or \emph{disallow}, the editor is notified that they hit a filter by a warning message (see figure~\ref{fig:screenshot-warn-disallow}).
If a filter is set to \emph{warn} or \emph{disallow}, the editor is notified that they hit a filter by a warning message (see figure~\ref{fig:screenshot-warn}).
These warnings describe the problem that occurred and present the editor with possible paths of action:
These warnings describe the problem that occurred and present the editor with possible paths of action:
complain on the False Positives page~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterFalsePositives} in case of \emph{disallow} (the edit is not saved),
complain on the False Positives page~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterFalsePositives} in case of \emph{disallow} (the edit is not saved),
or, complain on the False Positives page
or, complain on the False Positives page
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and publish the change anyway in case of \emph{warn}.
and publish the change anyway in case of \emph{warn}.
(Of course, in case of a warning, the editor can modify their edit before publishing it.)
(Of course, in case of a warning, the editor can modify their edit before publishing it.)
Possible alternative paths of action an editor may wish to consult are also listed.
On the other hand, when the filter action is set to \emph{tag} or \emph{log} only, the editor doesn't really notice they tripped a filter unless they are looking more closely.
On the other hand, when the filter action is set to \emph{tag} or \emph{log} only, the editor doesn't really notice they tripped a filter unless they are looking more closely.
Tagged edits are marked as such in the page's revision history for example (see figure~\ref{fig:tags-in-history})
Tagged edits are marked as such in the page's revision history for example (see figure~\ref{fig:tags-in-history})
and all edits that trigger an edit filter are listed in the Abuse Log~\cite{Wikipedia:AbuseLog} (see figure~\ref{fig:screenshot-abuse-log}).
and all edits that trigger an edit filter are listed in the Abuse Log~\cite{Wikipedia:AbuseLog} (see figure~\ref{fig:screenshot-abuse-log}).
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\caption{Editor gets notified their edit matched multiple edit filters}~\label{fig:screenshot-warn-disallow}
\caption[Editor gets two warnings upon erasing an entire page]{Editor gets two warnings upon erasing an entire page: one for page blanking and another one for removing all categories from an article. The warnings list possible pages the editor may want to consult and actions they can take.}~\label{fig:screenshot-warn}
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\caption[EN Wikipedia: Number of editors over the years]{EN Wikipedia: Number of editors over the years (source: \url{https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/})}~\label{fig:editors-development}
\caption[EN Wikipedia: Number of editors over the years]{EN Wikipedia: Number of editors over the years (source: \url{https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/})}~\label{fig:editors-development}
\caption[EN Wikipedia: Number of edits over the years]{EN Wikipedia: Number of edits over the years (source: \url{https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/})}~\label{fig:edits-development}
\caption[EN Wikipedia: Number of edits over the years]{EN Wikipedia: Number of edits over the years (source: \url{https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2/})}~\label{fig:edits-development}
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\caption{Edit filters' role in the quality control ecosystem}~\label{fig:funnel-with-filters}
\caption[Edit filters' role in the quality control ecosystem]{Edit filters' role in the quality control ecosystem: They are the first mechanism to get active.}~\label{fig:funnel-with-filters}
\caption{There are 954 edit filters on EN Wikipedia}~\label{fig:general-stats}
\caption[Overview of active, disabled and deleted filters on EN Wikipedia]{There are 954 edit filters on EN Wikipedia: roughly 21\% of them are active, 16\% are disabled, and 63\% are deleted}~\label{fig:general-stats}
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\subsection{Public and Hidden Filters}
\subsection{Public and Hidden Filters}
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