diff --git a/article/proceedings.tex b/article/proceedings.tex index 94997a5a7b70ab0d7335caf905f2f79c1733c955..c953942eb114e5b0027b769207dc244708c6a5b7 100644 --- a/article/proceedings.tex +++ b/article/proceedings.tex @@ -506,13 +506,11 @@ If such an account is compromised, it loses its edit filter manager rights and g \subsection{Urgent situations} -\begin{comment} -\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter} -"Except in urgent situations, new edit filters should generally be tested without any actions specified (simply enabled) until a good number of edits have been logged and checked before being implemented in "warn" or "disallow" modes. If the filter is receiving more than a very small percentage of false positives it should usually not be placed in 'disallow' mode." - -Exemptions for "urgent situation" -- what/how are these defined? -Discussions may happen postfactum here and filter may be applied before having been thoroughly tested; in this case the corresponding editor is responsible for checking the logs regularly and making sure the filter acts as desired -\end{comment} +There are several provisions for urgent situations (which I think should be scrutinised extra carefully since ``urgent situations'' have historically always been an excuse for cuts in civil liberties). +For instance, generally, every new filter should be tested extensively in logging mode only (without any further actions) until a sufficient number of edits has demonstrated that it does indeed filter what it was intended to and there aren't too many false positives. +Only then the filter should have ``warn'' or ``disallow'' actions enabled~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilter}. +In ``urgent situations'' however (how are these defined? who determines they are urgent?), discussions about a filter may happen after it was already implemented and set to warn/disallow edits whithout thorough testing. +Here, the filter editor responsible should monitor the filter and the logs in order to make sure the filter does what it was supposed to~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilter}. \subsection{Alternatives}