From 5899548fb93d632d8d4ca45a201cfe9a72ec35b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lyudmila Vaseva <vaseva@mi.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:50:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Rephrase filter def
---
article/literature.bib | 9 +++++++++
article/proceedings.tex | 15 +++++++--------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/article/literature.bib b/article/literature.bib
index 4867e52..4bb0678 100644
--- a/article/literature.bib
+++ b/article/literature.bib
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-23/Abuse_Filter}}
}
+@misc{WikipediaEditFilter,
+ key = "Wikipedia Edit Filter",
+ author = {},
+ title = {},
+ year = 2019,
+ note = {Retreived February 25, 2019 from
+ \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter}}
+}
+
@Misc{CHINOSAUR:venue,
author = {@\_CHINOSAUR},
key = {_CHINOSAUR},
diff --git a/article/proceedings.tex b/article/proceedings.tex
index 2dd945f..e8ba7b3 100644
--- a/article/proceedings.tex
+++ b/article/proceedings.tex
@@ -269,21 +269,20 @@ A fourth table appears to have existed (\emph{abuse\_filter\_history}, quote!),
\textbf{Definition}
According to EN Wikipedia's own definition, an edit filter is ``a tool that allows editors in the edit filter manager group to set controls mainly[1] to address common patterns of harmful editing.
-[1] Edit filters can and have been used to track or tag certain non-harmful edits, for example addition of WikiLove.'' (\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter}).
+[1] Edit filters can and have been used to track or tag certain non-harmful edits, for example addition of WikiLove.''~\cite{WikipediaEditFilter}.
+%TODO how to quote an excerpt containing a footnote?
-Interestingly,
+Interestingly, at its introduction, the mechanism was called ``Abuse Filter'' and was later renamed to ``edit filter''.
+We can observe the legacy name in the name of the MediaWiki extention for instance.
+The new name (``edit filter'') is ``currently used for user-facing elements of the filter as some of the edits it flags are not harmful''~\cite{WikipediaEditFilter}.
+%TODO what was the motivation behind the rename? signaling it's not only targeting vandals but also intending to assist good faith editors?
-\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter}
-"The edit filter is a tool that allows editors in the edit filter manager group to set controls mainly[1] to address common patterns of harmful editing.
-[1] Edit filters can and have been used to track or tag certain non-harmful edits, for example addition of WikiLove."
+%TODO: rephrase this as a second paragraph
"A filter automatically compares every edit made to Wikipedia against a defined set of conditions. If an edit matches the conditions of a filter, that filter will respond by logging the edit. It may also tag the edit summary, warn the editor, revoke his/her autoconfirmed status, and/or disallow the edit entirely.[2]"
Footnote 2: "The extension also allows for temporary blocking, but these features are disabled on the English Wikipedia." <-- TODO: Is there wikipedia on which it isn't disallowed?
// do the users notice the logging? or only "bigger" actions such as warnings/being blocked, etc.?
-* Has the definition changed over time (Abuse filters --> edit filters)
-"The term "edit filter" rather than "abuse filter" is currently used for user-facing elements of the filter as some of the edits it flags are not harmful;[1] the terms are otherwise synonymous."
-\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter}
\textbf{Example of a filter}
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