diff --git a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex index 21d254b04e72e4bcdde771d21487b3baf1d4ac7a..be7bc281f7587ccea52934f6be6457c08a3951ab 100644 --- a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex +++ b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex @@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ old_wikitext rlike \end{verbatim} And the currently configured filter actions are: ``disallow''. -So, if a user whose status is not confirmed yet tries to edit a page in the article namespace which contains ``Featured'' or ``Good article'' and they either insert a redirect, delete 3/4 of the content or add 3/4 on top, the edit is automatically disallowed. +So, if a user whose status is not confirmed +\footnote{A confirmed user can do following five things a non-confirmed user cannot: create pages; move pages; edit semi-protected pages; upload files; vote in certain elections (a different minimum edit count can be required for certain elections). +An account can be explicitely confirmed, most accounts are autoconfirmed though. +For that they need to have been registered for at least four days and have made a minimum of ten edits~\cite{Wikipedia:About}.} +yet tries to edit a page in the article namespace which contains ``Featured'' or ``Good article'' and they either insert a redirect, delete 3/4 of the content or add 3/4 on top, the edit is automatically disallowed. Note that an edit filter editor can easily change the action of the filter. (Or the pattern, as a matter of fact.) The filter was last modified on October 23rd 2018. diff --git a/thesis/references.bib b/thesis/references.bib index a28fb376421c87b0db33284a906aa604f7b530e7..83c281d9d6ed8971be4c087a69d0e23fa48b4c28 100644 --- a/thesis/references.bib +++ b/thesis/references.bib @@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ \url{https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=About_Toolforge&oldid=1826480}} } +@misc{Wikipedia:About, + key = "Wikipedia About", + author = {}, + title = {Wikipedia: About}, + year = 2019, + note = {Retreived July 20, 2019 from + \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:About&oldid=891256910}} +} + @misc{Wikipedia:AbuseLog, key = "Wikipedia AbuseLog", author = {},