Viewing abuse filter 5: Creating very short new article

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Filter ID:	5
Description: (publicly viewable)
Filter hits:	0 hits
Conditions:	page_id == 0 & new_size < 150 & page_namespace == 0 & !contains_any(user_groups, "extendedconfirmed", "sysop", "bot") & !added_lines irlike "{{(?:surname\|given name\|delrev\|softredirect)}}\|#redirect" & !'disambig' in lcase(new_html)
Notes:	Users creating very short articles A size of 200 was more or less chosen at random, it make sense to adjust it higher or lower to better fit user behavior. Apparently one can create correct disambigs in less than 200 characters... Added {{softredirect}}. - Ruslik Added {{db-unpatrolled}}, see bugzilla #18114 - Stifle Stubs aren't necessarily bad. I think the warning ("make your article longer") needs to be changed, we don't want to discourage good edits. -Prodego Disabled for sysops. - KoH I limited this filter to non-autoconfirmed users and decreased the size limit to 150. - Ruslik add tag "very short new article" - Cen I rearranged conditions. - Ruslik As did I, hopefully this will improve runtime. - Hersfold Nope, that made it markedly worse. - Hersfold Try this instead... - Hersfold There is nothing wrong with a short article, lets not patronize. People can work in steps. Disable - P Agree - remove warning bur re-enable because tagging them is useful - Cen Optimizing. -TS Optimized -- Shirik 21 Feb 2010 optimised 2015 --zzuuzz User user_rights instead of user_groups to turn off for sysops after recent ACPERM-inspired bump-up to extendedconfirmed from confirmed (see [[Special:Permalink/822578953#Filter 98 and ACTRIAL]]) -- Amory Updated deprecated parameters -Galo 20190115 Remove `db-unpatrolled` per [[Special:Permalink/1097882800#Regarding Filter 98]] --TNT 20220713 Format --Galobtter 21:33 7 May 2023 Check user_groups instead of user_rights, per [[Special:Permalink/1230155214#Request to change line 4 of filter 98]] --DannyS712 21 June 2024
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Filter last modified:	14:44, 22 December 2025 by Theshittinator (talk \| contribs)
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