From b1d0a151e87167ebdebe842c110f8cc486d7edde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyudmila Vaseva <vaseva@mi.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:43:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes on filter emergence patterns --- thesis/5-Overview-EN-Wiki.tex | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/thesis/5-Overview-EN-Wiki.tex b/thesis/5-Overview-EN-Wiki.tex index d73122c..8f8bb29 100644 --- a/thesis/5-Overview-EN-Wiki.tex +++ b/thesis/5-Overview-EN-Wiki.tex @@ -481,11 +481,14 @@ Multiple filters have the comment "let's see whether this hits something", which ** some target insults in general and some contain regexes containing very specifically insults directed towards edit filter managers (see filter 12) * How do filters emerge? - ** an older filter is split? + ** an older filter is split? 79 was split out of 61, apparently; 285 is split between "380, 384, 614 and others"; 174 is split from 29 ** several older filters are merged? - ** or functionality of an older filter is took and extended in a newer one (479->631); (82->278) - ** new condition(s) are tested and then merged into existing filter : stuff from 292 was merged to 135 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/history/135/diff/prev/4408 , also from 366; following the comments from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/292 it was not conceived as a test filter though, but it was rather merged in 135 post-factum to save conditions); 440 was merged into 345 + ** or functionality of an older filter is took and extended in a newer one (479->631); (82->278); (358->633); + ** new condition(s) are tested and then merged into existing filter : stuff from 292 was merged to 135 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/history/135/diff/prev/4408 , also from 366; following the comments from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/292 it was not conceived as a test filter though, but it was rather merged in 135 post-factum to save conditions); 440 was merged into 345; apparently 912 was merged into 11 (but 11 still looks like checking for "they suck" only^^) ** an incident caught repeatedly by a filter motivates the creation of a dedicated filter (994) + ** filter is shut down, because editors notice there are 2 (or more filters) that do nearly identical checks: 344 shut down because of 3 + + ** "in addition to filter 148, let's see what we get - Cen" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/188) // this illustrates the point that edit filter managers do introduce stuff they feel like introducing just to see if it catches something * How stable is the filter maker community? ** how many new users have become part of it over time? -- GitLab