The following examples forExtension:AbuseFilter have proven useful in combating automated spam.Please change "your phrase or wiki markup" to something you see fit.The reason for not providing a standard phrase is to make it impossible for bot-creators to adapt to this filter (if a large number of wikis use the same filter, spammers can program their bots accordingly).

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups)& action == "edit"& (page_id == 0|length(added_links) >= 1)& !("your phrase" in summary | "your phrase or wiki markup" in new_wikitext)

This example will block anonymous edits (and those from user without the "autoconfirmed" status) if they are trying to create a new page or add a new link, but do not provide "your phrase" in the edit-summary or "your phrase or wiki markup" in the text they try to save.

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups)& action == "edit"& page_id == 0& length(added_links) >= 1& (contains_any( page_title , "Http", "@@@", "0" , "1" , "2" , "3" , "4" , "5" , "6" , "7" , "8" , "9" ) | length(page_title) > 50 )

This example will not allow users without"autoconfirmed" status to create a new article with a name that either contains a number or"http", or is longer than 50 characters.

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups)& action == "edit"& ( "REDIRECT" in removed_lines | "redirect" in removed_lines )& edit_delta >= 100

In this example users without"autoconfirmed" status will be unable to change redirect-pages into articles.

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups)& action == "edit"& removed_lines irlike "redirect"& !(added_lines irlike "redirect")

In this example users without"autoconfirmed" status will be unable to remove the phrase "redirect" from a page.

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