Forum:Tag filter

What is Tag filter ?

On the recent changes page, it appear right under the namespace select box.

But what does it serve ? — TulipVorlax 22:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Does it have anything to do with this ? — TulipVorlax 23:02, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It seems so, i saw similars pages on Wikipedia and the help made my head spin... — TulipVorlax 23:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * See Special:Tags. Some edits are marked with tags when the edit performs a certain condition (such as blanking). Yes, it generally has to do with the abuse filter. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 16:00, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Tags are new in MediaWiki 1.15. AbuseFilter is the main extensions to make use of it so far, but according to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Tags "Tags are brief messages that the software automatically places next to certain edits in histories, recent changes and other special pages. Each tag name can be styled separately with CSS. The list of tags is at Special:Tags. Edits can currently be tagged by AbuseFilter and TorBlock." Hope that helps! — Catherine (talk) 19:27, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Aside from an user named Tor, what is Tor ?
 * Can this feature be used by locals admins ?
 * I'm not sure where to add tags or anything.
 * — TulipVorlax 00:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, i found Tor. — TulipVorlax 00:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * TOR, or "The Onion Router" is a global mesh proxy tunneling system, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29
 * No, not really.
 * Extensions add tags in the code, and then you can filter by them. We have something called TorBlock globally, thats why you see that "tor" tag. But at the same time, since we have TorBlock, your very unlikely to ever see edits marked with that tor tag.
 * Some config changes have been made, you wont see the tag filter stuff anymore, unless there is something on the wiki that needs it. --Uberfuzzy 00:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * True, not there anymore. Ok, no problem. I think... — TulipVorlax 01:07, 1 September 2009 (UTC)