From f0f47731cc1a9c29a506496b55d0a33cc4d32b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lyudmila Vaseva <vaseva@mi.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 14:03:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add why were filters introduced

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 EN-state-of-the-art | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/EN-state-of-the-art b/EN-state-of-the-art
index a21b769..a54e1cd 100644
--- a/EN-state-of-the-art
+++ b/EN-state-of-the-art
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter
 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Edit_filter was created on 23.06.2008
 
+* Why?
+
+"The AbuseFilter extension, developed by User:Werdna, is now enabled on English Wikipedia. The extension allows all edits to be checked against automatic filters and heuristics, which can be set up to look for patterns of vandalism including page move vandalism and juvenile-type vandalism, as well as common newbie mistakes. When a match is found, the extension can take specified actions, ranging from logging the edit to be checked, giving a warning (e.g. "did you really intend to blank a page?"), to more serious actions such as blocking users."
+from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-23/Abuse_Filter
+("The Signpost is a monthly community-written and -edited online newspaper covering the English Wikipedia, its sister projects, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Wikimedia movement at large." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/About)
+
 ## What is an edit filter?
 
 * Definition
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