From dbd1ebe0e29478f1bd614dd0a7e36ed4c5cce9d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lyudmila Vaseva <vaseva@mi.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:53:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a footnote on confirmed users
---
thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex | 6 +++++-
thesis/references.bib | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex
index 21d254b..be7bc28 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 a28fb37..83c281d 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 = {},
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