Tags

    This page lists the tags that the software may mark an edit with, and their meaning.

    Tag nameAppearance on change listsFull description of meaningSourceActive?Tagged changes
    visualeditorVisual editEdit made using the visual editorDefined by the softwareYes577,283 changes
    wikieditor(hidden)Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)Defined by the softwareYes544,965 changes
    mobile editMobile editEdit made from mobile (web or app)Defined by the softwareYes517,802 changes
    mobile web editMobile web editEdit made from mobile websiteDefined by the softwareYes501,525 changes
    mw-revertedRevertedEdits that were later reverted by a different editDefined by the softwareYes280,943 changes
    discussiontools-added-comment(hidden)A talk page comment was added in this editDefined by the softwareYes152,733 changes
    mw-rollbackRollbackEdits that roll back previous edits using the rollback linkDefined by the softwareYes126,520 changes
    mw-undoUndoEdits that undo previous edits using the undo linkDefined by the softwareYes112,541 changes
    mw-manual-revertManual revertEdits that manually restore the page to an exact previous stateDefined by the softwareYes80,771 changes
    visualeditor-wikitext2017 source editEdit made using the 2017 wikitext editorDefined by the softwareYes71,008 changes
    mw-new-redirectNew redirectEdits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirectDefined by the softwareYes70,362 changes
    advanced mobile editAdvanced mobile editEdit made by user with Advanced modeDefined by the softwareYes59,568 changes
    mw-blankBlankingEdits that blank a pageDefined by the softwareYes48,895 changes
    very short new articlevery short new articleA new user created a very short new article that is not a disambiguation or redirectDefined by the softwareYes48,273 changes
    discussiontools(hidden)Edit made using DiscussionToolsDefined by the softwareYes47,932 changes
    visualeditor-switchedVisual edit: SwitchedUser started to edit using the visual editor, then changed to the wikitext editor.Defined by the softwareYes39,079 changes
    discussiontools-source(hidden)DiscussionTools was in source modeDefined by the softwareYes34,795 changes
    discussiontools-source-enhanced(hidden)DiscussionTools was in enhanced source mode with the toolbarDefined by the softwareYes32,422 changes
    discussiontools-replyReplyUser replied to a comment with DiscussionToolsDefined by the softwareYes31,937 changes
    uppercase- or lowercase-only articleuppercase- or lowercase-only articleDefined by the softwareYes31,500 changes
    blankingblankingA new user removed "large parts" of an existing article.Defined by the softwareYes27,225 changes
    mw-replaceReplacedEdits that remove more than 90% of the content of a pageDefined by the softwareYes20,914 changes
    discussiontools-newtopicNew topicUser added a new topic to the page with DiscussionToolsDefined by the softwareYes15,995 changes
    mobile app editMobile app editEdits made from mobile appsDefined by the softwareYes15,319 changes
    disambiguator-link-addedDisambiguation linksEdits that add links to disambiguation pagesDefined by the softwareYes14,021 changes
    discussiontools-visual(hidden)DiscussionTools was in visual modeDefined by the softwareYes13,137 changes
    references removedreferences removedDefined by the softwareYes12,135 changes
    mw-removed-redirectRemoved redirectEdits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirectDefined by the softwareYes11,311 changes
    editcheck-references(hidden)EditCheck thinks a reference might have been neededDefined by the softwareYes11,098 changes
    OAuth CID: 1805SWViewer [1.4]App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewerDefined by the softwareYes10,897 changes
    mw-changed-redirect-targetRedirect target changedEdits that change the target of a redirectDefined by the softwareYes10,446 changes
    editcheck-newreference(hidden)A reference was added to the pageDefined by the softwareYes9,151 changes
    repeating charactersrepeating charactersDefined by the softwareYes8,504 changes
    android app editAndroid app editEdits made from mobile app for AndroidDefined by the softwareYes8,155 changes
    editcheck-newcontent(hidden)EditCheck thinks new content was added to the pageDefined by the softwareYes8,013 changes
    newcomer taskNewcomer taskEdit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes7,371 changes
    massmessage-deliveryMassMessage deliveryMessage delivery using Extension:MassMessageDefined by the softwareYes6,996 changes
    possible vandalismpossible vandalismDefined by the softwareYes6,732 changes
    article with links to other-language wikis?article with links to other-language wikis?Defined by the softwareYes5,736 changes
    removal of quick deletion templatesremoval of quick deletion templatesDefined by the softwareYes5,626 changes
    OAuth CID: 1352SWViewer [1.3]App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewerDefined by the softwareNo5,477 changes
    newcomer task add linkSuggested: add links"Add link" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes5,324 changes
    large unwikified new articlelarge unwikified new articleA "large" new article is created, but does not contain any wiki markup.Defined by the softwareYes5,252 changes
    emojiEmojiUsed by global abuse filter 110.Defined by the softwareYes3,454 changes
    contenttranslationContentTranslationThe content was translated from another language using the Content Translation tool.Defined by the softwareYes3,044 changes
    ios app editiOS app editEdits made from mobile app for iOSDefined by the softwareYes2,933 changes
    contenttranslation-v2ContentTranslation2The content was translated from another language using the version 2 of Content Translation tool.Defined by the softwareYes2,480 changes
    possible libel or vandalismpossible libel or vandalismDefined by the softwareYes2,416 changes
    added links to social media sitesadded links to social media sitesDefined by the softwareYes1,787 changes
    one-case-only articleone-case-only articleNo longer in useNo1,779 changes
    copy/paste from another Wikipedia?copy/paste from another Wikipedia?Tries to detect a copy paste of text from another wikipediaDefined by the softwareYes1,631 changes
    redirect page with extra textredirect page with extra textDefined by the softwareYes1,530 changes
    OAuth CID: 6365SWViewer [1.6]App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewerDefined by the softwareYes1,529 changes
    one-case only articleone-case only articleThe article only contains lowercase, or only uppercase letters (and perhaps numbers); this is almost always vandalism/graffittiNo longer in useNo1,481 changes
    Possible SpamPossible SpamDefined by the softwareYes1,384 changes
    Talk page with only talk headerTalk page with only talk headerDefined by the softwareYes1,370 changes
    New user creating interrogative pagesNew user creating interrogative pagesDefined by the softwareYes1,227 changes
    article with uppercase titlearticle with uppercase titleDefined by the softwareYes1,183 changes
    reverting anti-vandal botreverting anti-vandal botDefined by the softwareYes1,123 changes
    Spambot edit?Spambot edit?Article shows editing patterns often used by spambots. Edit likely done by such software.Defined by the softwareYes731 changes
    new user blanking Wikipedia or WP Talk pagenew user blanking Wikipedia or WP Talk pageDefined by the softwareYes671 changes
    OAuth CID: 1804IABotManagementConsole [1.2]A web interface of tools that improve the DB, articles, or queues up IABot to run on a set of articles.Defined by the softwareYes642 changes
    test edittest editDefined by the softwareYes607 changes
    newcomer task copyeditNewcomer task: copyedit"Copyedit" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes602 changes
    Likely have problemsLikely have problemsDefined by the softwareNo583 changes
    OAuth CID: 99Dispenser [1.0]Dispenser toolsDefined by the softwareYes576 changes
    possible spammingpossible spammingA new user added a lot of text to an existing article, making it noticeably bigger.Defined by the softwareYes512 changes
    OAuth CID: 1841PAWS [2.1]PAWS (PAWS: A Web Shell) allows users to run Pywikibot (and other Python / R / bash code) online without needing an ssh login. The OAuth integration allows them to do so without having to expose their passwords.Defined by the softwareYes503 changes
    deprecated sourcedeprecated sourceDefined by the softwareYes405 changes
    talk page blankingtalk page blankingDefined by the softwareYes369 changes
    Possible Vandalism - LTAPossible Vandalism - LTADefined by the software
    Applied manually by users and bots
    Yes358 changes
    meta spam idmeta spam idDefined by the softwareYes305 changes
    Text after interwiki/categoriesText after interwiki/categoriesNo longer in useNo283 changes
    end of page textend of page textDefined by the softwareYes231 changes
    gettingstarted editgettingstarted editNo longer in useNo202 changes
    OAuth CID: 651Fountain [0.1.3]An application that greatly assists at edit-a-thons by collecting the submitted articles, showing the marks, and helping the jury.Defined by the softwareYes176 changes
    new LGBT rights articlenew LGBT rights articleNew LGBT rights in country article, likely to be an unattributed copy/paste from the English WikipediaDefined by the softwareYes173 changes
    OAuth CID: 1261SWViewer [1.2]App to view recent changes on small wikis for SWMT. Diffs, whitelist, quick reverts, etc.See [[ru:User:Iluvatar/SWViewer]].Defined by the softwareNo160 changes
    newcomer task expandNewcomer task: expand"Expand" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes146 changes
    Text after interwiki or categoriestext after interwiki/categoriesText was added "at the end" of an article, that is, after interwikis or categoriesNo longer in useNo133 changes
    abusefilter-condition-limitcondition limit reachedEdits or other events that couldn't be checked by all active abuse filters (help).Defined by the softwareYes127 changes
    new user posting sexually-explicit imagesnew user posting sexually-explicit imagesDefined by the softwareYes119 changes
    newcomer task referencesNewcomer task: references"References" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes107 changes
    OAuth CID: 1188SWViewer [1.0]SPA (but auth process in php) for viewing queue of edits on small wikis for SWMT. Diffs, whitelist, reverts. Will be hosted on Labs. Desktop version [[ru:user:Iluvatar/SWViewer]].Defined by the softwareNo107 changes
    OAuth CID: 4664paws [2.2]granting access for paws users. Giving additional "Edit protected pages" grant as requested in T338023Defined by the softwareYes103 changes
    repeated xwiki CoI abuserepeated xwiki CoI abuseDefined by the softwareYes92 changes
    new tehsil articlenew tehsil articleDefined by the softwareNo83 changes
    newcomer task updateNewcomer task: update"Update" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes73 changes
    OAuth CID: 3711PAWS [2.1]PAWS (PAWS: A Web Shell) allows users to run Pywikibot (and other Python / R / bash code) online without needing an ssh login. The OAuth integration allows them to do so without having to expose their passwords.Defined by the softwareYes73 changes
    OAuth CID: 5481IABotManagementConsole [1.3]A web interface of tools that improve the DB, articles, or queues up IABot to run on a set of articles.Defined by the softwareYes72 changes
    Specific attack page?Specific attack page?Defined by the softwareYes55 changes
    contenttranslation-high-unmodified-mt-textContentTranslation: High unmodified machine translation usageTranslation published using ContentTranslation has high percentage of unmodified machine translationDefined by the softwareYes49 changes
    short 'X is a city in Y' articleshort 'X is a city in Y' articleDefined by the softwareNo48 changes
    adding email addressadding email addressAn email address is added to an article; this is a possible case for oversight.No longer in useNo37 changes
    T144167T144167Defined by the softwareYes26 changes
    newcomer task linksNewcomer task: links"Links" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes24 changes
    visualeditor-needcheckVisual edit: CheckEdit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes.Defined by the softwareYes24 changes
    disneynewdisneynewDefined by the softwareYes21 changes
    specific vandalism?specific vandalism?Defined by the softwareYes17 changes
    OAuth CID: 2865SAM [1.0]Steward/Sysop Action Module (SAM) is a Sopel IRC Bot module which supports Wikimedia sysops, global sysops, checkusers, and stewards by allowing block and lock actions from IRC. https://github.com/Operator873/SAMDefined by the softwareNo16 changes
    mentor list changementor list changeDefined by the softwareYes16 changes
    Possible VandalismPossible VandalismNo longer in useNo9 changes
    OAuth CID: 2843Operator873's Steward / Sysop Action Module [1.0]An application for allowing direct application of Steward/Sysop actions from IRCDefined by the softwareNo9 changes
    mw-contentmodelchangecontent model changeEdits that change the content model of a pageDefined by the softwareYes8 changes
    OAuth CID: 7584dabfix-local-test-oauth1.0a [1.0]Local testing of experimental oauth1.0 implementation of a dabfix prototype for the wishathon.Defined by the softwareYes7 changes
    Ukraine-Russia-related vandalismUkraine-Russia-related vandalismDefined by the softwareYes5 changes
    Spam ResearchSpam ResearchNo longer in useNo5 changes
    article with links to other-language wikisarticle with links to other-language wikisNo longer in useNo4 changes
    non-notable CV type article?non-notable CV type article?Defined by the softwareYes4 changes
    OAuth CID: 1365Citation bot [1.1.0]Expands, maintains and formats citations on en.wikipedia.New consumer required to allow OAuth user authentication.Defined by the softwareYes3 changes
    OAuth CID: 429PAWS [1.2]PAWS (Pywikibot: A Web Shell) allows users to run Pywikibot (and other python code) online via a Jupyterhub instance, at https://tools.wmflabs.org/paws. OAuth integration allows people to edit / run automated processes without having to expose their passwords. This will make the consumer_secret and consumer_id public, until https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120469 is fixed. I have talked to Chris Steipp about this and it is ok for the short term.Defined by the softwareNo3 changes
    ntsamr (global)ntsamr (global)No longer in useNo1 change
    goji spam testgoji spam testNo longer in useNo1 change
    only-infoboxonly-infoboxDefined by the softwareYes1 change
    mw-server-side-uploadServer-side uploadMedia files that were uploaded via a maintenance scriptDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    centralnoticeCentral NoticeEdit created via the CentralNotice Admin UIDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    centralnotice translationCentral Notice TranslationEdit of CentralNotice content created via the Translate extensionDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    blanking project pagesblanking project pagesDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    Mixing-sailors spambot?Mixing-sailors spambot?Defined by the softwareNo0 changes
    Possible IPv4 spamPossible IPv4 spamDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    OTRS permission added by non-OTRS memberOTRS permission added by non-OTRS memberDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    editcheck-references-activatedEdit Check (references) activatedEditCheck thinks a reference might have been needed, and the UI was shownDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    editcheck-reference-decline-common-knowledgeEdit Check (references) declined (common knowledge)EditCheck reference was declined as common knowledgeDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    editcheck-reference-decline-irrelevantEdit Check (references) declined (irrelevant)EditCheck reference was declined as irrelevantDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    editcheck-reference-decline-uncertainEdit Check (references) declined (uncertain)EditCheck reference was declined as being uncertainDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    editcheck-reference-decline-otherEdit Check (references) declined (other)EditCheck reference was declined for an unlisted reasonDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    discussiontools-editEdited commentUser edited an existing comment with DiscussionToolsDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    fileimporter-remoteModified by FileImporterEdits made by the FileImporter extension after successfully importing a file from this wiki.Defined by the softwareYes0 changes
    sectiontranslationSectionTranslationThe content was translated from a section in another language using the Section Translation feature of the Content Translation tool.Defined by the softwareYes0 changes
    campaign-external-machine-translationcampaign-external-machine-translationDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    help panel questionHelp panel questionEdit made from the help panel's post a question featureDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    help module questionHelp module questionEdit made from the homepage help module's "Ask a question" featureDefined by the softwareNo0 changes
    mentorship module questionMentorship module questionEdit made from the homepage mentorship module's "Ask your mentor" featureDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    mentorship panel questionMentorship panel questionEdit made from the help panel's "Ask your mentor" featureDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    newcomer task image suggestionSuggested: add images"Add images" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes0 changes
    newcomer task section image suggestionSuggested: add images to sections"Add images to sections" task edit suggested by the suggested edits module of the newcomer homepageDefined by the softwareYes0 changes