Tags

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

Tag name	Appearance on change lists	Full description of meaning	Source	Active?	Tagged changes
`translate-translation-pages`	(hidden)	Automatic edits to translation pages by Translate extension	Defined by the software	Yes	1,814,602 changes
`wikieditor`	(hidden)	Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)	Defined by the software	Yes	1,051,437 changes
`discussiontools-added-comment`	(hidden)	A talk page comment was added in this edit	Defined by the software	Yes	699,969 changes
`mobile edit`	Mobile edit	Edit made from mobile (web or app)	Defined by the software	Yes	543,016 changes
`mobile web edit`	Mobile web edit	Edit made from mobile website	Defined by the software	Yes	542,510 changes
`mw-reverted`	Reverted	Edits that were later reverted by a different edit	Defined by the software	Yes	398,580 changes
`massmessage-delivery`	MassMessage delivery	Message delivery using Extension:MassMessage	Defined by the software	Yes	260,872 changes
`mw-manual-revert`	Manual revert	Edits that manually restore the page to an exact previous state	Defined by the software	Yes	207,770 changes
`visualeditor-wikitext`	2017 source edit	Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor	Defined by the software	Yes	171,976 changes
`visualeditor`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	166,701 changes
`discussiontools`	(hidden)	Edit made using DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	136,382 changes
`advanced mobile edit`	Advanced mobile edit	Edit made by user with Advanced mode	Defined by the software	Yes	122,822 changes
`discussiontools-source`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in source mode	Defined by the software	Yes	121,995 changes
`discussiontools-source-enhanced`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in enhanced source mode with the toolbar	Defined by the software	Yes	119,055 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	106,077 changes
`centralnotice`	Central Notice	Edit created via the CentralNotice Admin UI	Defined by the software	Yes	105,645 changes
`discussiontools-reply`	Reply	User replied to a comment with DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	83,552 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	68,530 changes
`AWB`	AutoWikiBrowser	Edits made with AutoWikiBrowser	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	64,748 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	58,607 changes
`discussiontools-newtopic`	New topic	User added a new topic to the page with DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	52,830 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	33,584 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	32,753 changes
`nuke`	Nuke	Deletions performed with the Nuke extension	Defined by the software	Yes	20,740 changes
`New article without categories or templates`	New article without categories or templates		Defined by the software	Yes	19,575 changes
`centralnotice translation`	Central Notice Translation	Edit of CentralNotice content created via the Translate extension	Defined by the software	Yes	18,889 changes
`WPCleaner`	WPCleaner	Edits made using the WPCleaner tool.	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	16,047 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	15,985 changes
`OAuth CID: 6365`	SWViewer [1.6]	App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewer	Defined by the software	Yes	15,891 changes
`discussiontools-visual`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in visual mode	Defined by the software	Yes	14,387 changes
`visualeditor-switched`	Visual edit: Switched	User started to edit using the visual editor, then changed to the wikitext editor.	Defined by the software	Yes	13,329 changes
`OAuth CID: 1805`	SWViewer [1.4]	App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewer	Defined by the software	Yes	13,277 changes
`convenient-discussions`	CD	Edit made using Convenient Discussions	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	11,745 changes
`OAuth CID: 317`	WAM [1.0.1]	Tool for Wikipedia Asian Month judging process. This tool will provide interface to accept or reject for counting the eligible articles of each user created in Wikipedia Asian Month. This is necessary because there is a reward given for the users who passes certain number of eligible article.	Defined by the software	Yes	9,008 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	8,705 changes
`mw-recreated`	Recreated	Edits which create pages that have been previously deleted	Defined by the software	Yes	8,651 changes
`very short new page`	very short new page		Defined by the software	Yes	6,860 changes
`community-wishlist`	Community Wishlist	Edits and actions made using the software that powers the Community Wishlits.	Defined by the software Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	5,039 changes
`OAuth CID: 1352`	SWViewer [1.3]	App to monitor the recent changes of a wiki's in real-time. For more details, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWViewer	Defined by the software	No	4,545 changes
`translation with only definition`	translation with only definition		Defined by the software	No	4,185 changes
`newbie external link`	newbie external link		No longer in use	No	3,184 changes
`possible vandalism`	possible vandalism		No longer in use	No	2,291 changes
`deletion template removed`	deletion template removed		No longer in use	No	1,772 changes
`blanking`	blanking		Defined by the software	Yes	1,695 changes
`OAuth CID: 429`	PAWS [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 software	No	1,539 changes
`OAuth CID: 4664`	paws [2.2]	granting access for paws users. Giving additional "Edit protected pages" grant as requested in T338023	Defined by the software	Yes	1,216 changes
`fileimporter-remote`	Modified by FileImporter	Edits made by the FileImporter extension after successfully importing a file from this wiki.	Defined by the software	Yes	1,109 changes
`new-user-srg`	New user editing SRG	Used by filter 353	Defined by the software	Yes	1,094 changes
`abusefilter-condition-limit`	condition limit reached	Edits or other events that couldn't be checked by all active abuse filters (help).	Defined by the software	Yes	665 changes
`emoji`	Emoji	Used by filters 110 and 114.	Defined by the software	Yes	657 changes
`disambiguator-link-added`	Disambiguation links	Edits that add links to disambiguation pages	Defined by the software	Yes	581 changes
`SBHandler`	SBHandler	Edits made with SBHandler	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	395 changes
`mw-ipblock-appeal`	IP block appeal	Temporary account creations via Special:MyTalk from IP addresses blocked from account creation	Defined by the software	Yes	246 changes
`mw-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	212 changes
`JWB`	JWB		Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	212 changes
`OAuth CID: 1261`	SWViewer [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 software	No	196 changes
`OAuth CID: 4458`	masto-collab [1.0]	Collaboratively draft and approve Mastodon posts	Defined by the software	Yes	190 changes
`WhyNotResolve`	WhyNotResolve	A user script that helps users mark discussion sections as resolved more easily.	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	151 changes
`meta spam id`	meta spam id		Defined by the software	Yes	144 changes
`OAuth CID: 1841`	PAWS [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 software	Yes	135 changes
`OAuth CID: 1973`	Wikimedia CH Cronos [1.0]	Companion consumer for the Wikimedia CH Cronos project. The Cronos project is a MediaWiki calendar working without dedicated MediaWiki extensions or dedicated gadgets and without JavaScript at all. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Wikimedia_CH/Meta:Cronos A Wikimedia Toolforge Tool will use this consumer to allow users to add an Event in the Cronos calendar from an easy form.	Defined by the software	Yes	123 changes
`pattern bot`	possible pattern bot edit	This is used to tag edits probably done by a vandalbot.	No longer in use	No	112 changes
`links added`	links added		No longer in use	No	97 changes
`OAuth CID: 2843`	Operator873's Steward / Sysop Action Module [1.0]	An application for allowing direct application of Steward/Sysop actions from IRC	Defined by the software	No	73 changes
`OAuth CID: 2865`	SAM [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/SAM	Defined by the software	No	66 changes
`OAuth CID: 1188`	SWViewer [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 software	No	59 changes
`steward-elections`	steward-elections		No longer in use	No	44 changes
`mw-edited-other-users-js`	Edited other user's JS	Edits in userspace that modify JavaScript pages belonging to other users	Defined by the software	Yes	39 changes
`possible link spam`	possible link spam		No longer in use	No	38 changes
`OAuth CID: 11183`	Capacity Exchange [1.7]	The Capacity Exchange (CapX) is a project focusing on Global Approaches to Local Skills Development within and for the Wikimedia Movement. This project will deliver as its central output an interactive, online platform, backed by a database, that allows Wikimedians across the globe to publish information about themselves and their affiliates, conduct searches and (directly) connect to each other.	Defined by the software	Yes	35 changes
`SBHandler+`	SBHandler+	Edits made with SBHandler+, modernized rewrite of SBHandler	Applied manually by users and bots	Yes	27 changes
`android app edit`	Android app edit	Edits made from mobile app for Android	Defined by the software	Yes	26 changes
`mobile app edit`	Mobile app edit	Edits made from mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	26 changes
`OAuth CID: 16794`	WikiShield [1.0.2]	Anti-vandalism app	Defined by the software	Yes	15 changes
`OAuth CID: 3711`	PAWS [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 software	Yes	13 changes
`OAuth CID: 1703`	QuickCategories [1.1]	A tool to add and remove categories from pages in batches. Inspired by the QuickStatements tool for Wikidata.	Defined by the software	Yes	11 changes
`OAuth CID: 17034`	WikiMonitor [1.0]	A tool used to monitor edits by customizing abuse filters.	Defined by the software	Yes	11 changes
`OAuth CID: 42`	LCA Tools [0.1]	Tool to allow LCA (Especially CA) team to process certain time heavy tasks (such as takedowns) from a central location.	Defined by the software	No	8 changes
`app-talk-reply`	App talk reply	Talk page inline reply added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	8 changes
`visualeditor-needcheck`	Visual edit: Check	Edit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes.	Defined by the software	Yes	8 changes
`OAuth CID: 17755`	WikiShield [2.0.2]	Antivandalism app.	Defined by the software	Yes	6 changes
`OTRS permission added by non-OTRS member`	OTRS permission added by non-OTRS member		No longer in use	No	5 changes
`ASCII text added`	ASCII text added		No longer in use	No	5 changes
`OAuth CID: 1804`	IABotManagementConsole [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 software	Yes	3 changes
`OAuth CID: 462`	wm-cee-spring [1.0]	For tracking [[Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016]], using the same tool for [[Wikipedia Asian Month]].	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`app-talk-topic`	App talk topic	Talk page new topic added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`OAuth CID: 12070`	WikiAsteroids Dev [1.0]	WikiAsteroids (https://asteroids.wiki) is a classic arcade asteroids game powered by real-time edits to Wikipedia. Each edit to an article on Wikipedia spawns an asteroid. A newly created article spawns an extra life, while a newly registered user spawns a powerup. This OAuth integration is to allow a WikiAsteroids player to perform actions based on gameplay (e.g. picking up a powerup from a new user registration could place a welcome message on the new user's talk page, from the player). Any such actions will be opt-in and only performed with the user's consent, and will largely be benign (i.e. there will be no automatic reversions or edits with potential for being disruptive).	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`repeated xwiki CoI abuse`	repeated xwiki CoI abuse		Defined by the software	Yes	2 changes
`app-talk-source`	App talk source	Edit made from talk page full source editor in the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	2 changes
`OAuth CID: 8945`	Translation Dashboard mdwiki [1.0]	Translation Dashboard	Defined by the software	No	2 changes
`OAuth CID: 1133`	Wikisource Upload 2 [1.0]	Wikisource upload tool	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`OAuth CID: 2126`	OAuth testing app [2.0]	Creating an app to test the OAuth 2.0 flow locally. Not for authorization by any other users.	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 1436`	Wikifile Transfer [1.0]	A Non-Free Image Transfer Tool For Wiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Wikifile-transfer	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 17725`	WikiShield [2.0.1]	Antivandalism app	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 2021`	WikiImporter (local) [1.1]	WikiImporter is a tool that lets new wiki importers to easily import new wikis from Incubator. Localhost testing.	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`OAuth CID: 60`	LCA Tools [1.0]	Tool to allow LCA (Especially CA) team to process certain time heavy tasks (such as takedowns) from a central location.	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`OAuth CID: 17361`	WikiShield [2.0.0]	Anti-vandalism app	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 308`	WAM [1.0]	For Wikipedia Asian Month tool development	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`OAuth CID: 1784`	CropTool [1.5]	Tool for cropping images	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`app-rollback`	App rollback	Rollback actions made from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 1277`	QuickCategories [1.0]	A tool to add and remove categories from pages in batches. Inspired by the QuickStatements tool for Wikidata.	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`community configuration`	Community Configuration	Edits that change the local wiki configuration of a feature using the Community Configuration extension.	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`OAuth CID: 76`	LCA Tools [1.5]	Tool to allow LCA (Especially CA) team to process certain time heavy tasks (such as takedowns) from a central location.	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`mw-server-side-upload`	Server-side upload	Media files that were uploaded via a maintenance script	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mw-edited-other-users-css`	Edited other user's CSS	Edits in userspace that modify CSS pages belonging to other users	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`T144167`	T144167		Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-references`	(hidden)	EditCheck thinks a reference might have been needed	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-references-shown`	Edit Check (references) shown	EditCheck thinks a reference might have been needed, and the UI was shown	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-newcontent`	(hidden)	EditCheck thinks new content was added to the page	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-newreference`	(hidden)	A reference was added to the page	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-tone`	(hidden)	EditCheck detected a potential issue with the tone of some added content	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-tone-shown`	Edit Check (tone) shown	EditCheck thinks an adjustment to the tone in some content might have been needed, and the UI was shown	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-paste-shown`	Edit Check (paste) shown	EditCheck asked for clarification about content the editor pasted, which was then either removed or affirmed to be permissible	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editsuggestion-seen`	Edit Suggestion seen	At least one edit suggestion was likely seen by the user	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editsuggestion-used`	Edit Suggestion used	At least one edit suggestion was acted upon by the user	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-references-activated`	Edit Check (references) activated	EditCheck thinks a reference might have been needed, and the UI was shown	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-reference-decline-common-knowledge`	Edit Check (references) declined (common knowledge)	EditCheck reference was declined as common knowledge	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-reference-decline-irrelevant`	Edit Check (references) declined (irrelevant)	EditCheck reference was declined as irrelevant	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-reference-decline-uncertain`	Edit Check (references) declined (uncertain)	EditCheck reference was declined as being uncertain	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`editcheck-reference-decline-other`	Edit Check (references) declined (other)	EditCheck reference was declined for an unlisted reason	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`ios app edit`	iOS app edit	Edits made from mobile app for iOS	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-suggestededit`	App suggested edit	Edits made with the Suggested Edits feature in the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-undo`	App undo	Undo actions made from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-description-add`	App description add	Short descriptions added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-description-change`	App description change	Short descriptions modified from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-description-translate`	App description translate	Short description translations added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-section-source`	App section source	Edit made from article section source editor in the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-full-source`	App full source	Edit made from article full source editor in the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-select-source`	App select source	Edit made from selecting an article word in the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-image-caption-add`	App image caption add	Image captions added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-image-caption-translate`	App image caption translate	Image caption translations added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-image-tag-add`	App image tag add	Image tags added from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-image-add-top`	App image add top	Image added to the top of the article from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-image-add-infobox`	App image add infobox	Image added to the infobox from the mobile apps	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`app-ai-assist`	App AI assist	Edits from the mobile apps that were machine assisted	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`discussiontools-edit`	Edited comment	User edited an existing comment with DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`parsermigration-visual-bug`	Report Visual Bug	A report of a visual bug created using the ParserMigration extension	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes