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AbuseFilter changes

So, since only admins can see the filters themselves, I'm bringing this here. Our filters seem to be working, and since the vandal bots have moved on recently, not a whole lot is happening on that front. However, one of the filters we have is getting a few mis-fires and is causing some issues with good-faith edits: Filter 8 aka Section removal (not autoconfirmed) (log). Right now it's preventing IPs and new users from removing a section, which can frustrate new users, but can also prevent bots from replacing a section as well.

One option that I'd like to consider is having questionable section removals be flagged in RC rather than straight-out prevented. I'm torn about such a move because on one hand it would make editing by new users easier, but on the other hand it would allow bot edits through, with only a warning in RC (not that even now we need that, since RC is checked a lot). What are the thoughts on this? (addendum). Leaving the filter as is does stymie many bot edits, and it also often prevents vandals from removing a section and replacing it with vandalism. --JonTheMon 21:23, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Looks like the only edits you'd really want to keep in that log are the ones in the Guild and User namespaces (kind of silly to block one from removing sections on one's own user page, and guild pages are edited by IPs all the time), if you can get to that level of granularity with the filters. -- FreedomBound 01:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

That's an easy change and AbuseFilter can have rules for any combination of namespaces. ~FarloTalk 03:38, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

FYI Block evasions (suspected)

Shouldn't the block duration also be extended on the two IPs to match the duration of the account? Since once the block on either of the IPs has ended, the IP can be used to edit before the block on the account has ended, which would result in evading the block again. --Silver Edge 04:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

What is: "Confirmed via CheckUser"? Yoshida Keiji talk 12:41, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=check+user -Auron 13:44, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

LOL that animation is awesome (you could teach me how to do it). I am surprised, I wasn't aware such tool existed. I have read many corners (pages) of wiki in my attempt to fast learn/understand but I never saw a page describing it. After your direction, I went to see GWW:RfA but it is not even mentioned there. Yoshida Keiji talk 14:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Did you just call Auron a tool? Wouldn't be the first time ^_^ --snograt 15:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Support

Following on from GWW:NOTICE#Request to lock "Ask an account question":

I'm not sure that the support link should be in the sidebar under the "Support" heading, since that section is for wiki support rather than game support. It's important to distinguish between wiki and ANet/game, and I think having that link there conflates the two a bit. (It should also be called something other than "support", but I'm talking more about what the link is about than what it says.) pling 21:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)