Abuse filter management

NOTES SECTION:

WHAT THE RULE DOES:

This rule controls who can add links in user pages (not user talk pages)

It checks three things:

Is the editor a trusted user (bot, sysop, or autoconfirmed)?

Are they editing a user page?

It only applies to users who are NOT in the trusted groups

For those users, it triggers if they try to add links to a user page while having less than 50 edits

Trusted users can add links freely regardless of their edit count

HOW IT WORKS:

First, it checks if the editor is NOT in any trusted groups (using the ! symbol)

Then it checks three conditions that ALL must be true:

The edit is happening in the user namespace (namespace 3)

The edit adds at least one link

The editor has made less than 50 edits

If ALL these conditions are true, the rule triggers

If ANY condition is false (including being in a trusted group), the rule doesn't trigger

HOW TO EDIT THE RULE:

TO CHANGE WHICH GROUPS ARE TRUSTED:

Look in the first section between !( and )

Find the lines with 'bot', 'sysop', and 'autoconfirmed'

Each group must be in single quotes like 'groupname'

Groups are separated by the | symbol

To add a new trusted group, add a new line like:

'newgroupname' in user_groups |

The last group should not have a | after it

Example to add 'moderator': 'moderator' in user_groups

TO CHANGE WHICH PAGES ARE AFFECTED:

Find: page_namespace == 3

The number 3 means user pages

You can use these numbers instead:

0 = main/article pages

1 = talk pages

2 = user talk pages

3 = user pages

4 = project pages

TO CHANGE THE MINIMUM EDIT COUNT:

Find: user_editcount < 50

Change 50 to any number you want

Examples:

user_editcount < 100    (less than 100 edits)

user_editcount <= 75    (75 or fewer edits)

user_editcount > 25    (more than 25 edits)

user_editcount >= 40    (40 or more edits)

user_editcount == 60    (exactly 60 edits)

TO CHANGE THE LINK LIMIT:

Find: added_links > 0

Change 0 to any number

Examples:

added_links > 3    (more than 3 links)

added_links == 1    (exactly 1 link)

added_links >= 5    (5 or more links)

IMPORTANT SYMBOLS:

! = not (reverses what comes after it)

& = and (both conditions must be true)

| = or (either condition can be true)

== = equals exactly

= greater than

= = greater than or equal to

< = less than

<= = less than or equal to

Remember: The & symbol means ALL conditions must be true. The | symbol means ANY condition can be true. When changing values, make sure to keep all the parentheses () in their original places to maintain the rule's structure.