@@ -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?
