Viewing abuse filter 2: Block anonymous link floods

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Filter ID:	2
Description: (publicly viewable)
Statistics:	Of the last 548 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.15 ms, and it consumes 2.4 conditions of the condition limit.
Conditions:	action == "edit" & page_namespace == 0 & !("user" in user_groups) & added_lines irlike "https?://" & rcount("https?://", added_lines) > 6
Notes:	Anonymous edits that dump many external URLs (typical spam). Logged-in editors can still add Sources / Facebook cites freely.
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter I understand that details of this filter will be hidden from users who cannot see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules_format#Protected_variables protected variables] Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	02:08, 15 September 2026 by Admin (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
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