Viewing abuse filter 3: Block new users creating pages with external links on User / User talk pages

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Filter ID:	3
Description: (publicly viewable)
Statistics:	Of the last 12 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.07 ms, and it consumes 3 conditions of the condition limit.
Conditions:	action == "edit" & new_wikitext rlike "(?i)https?://" & user_editcount < 5
Notes:
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter I understand that details of this filter will be hidden from users who cannot see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules_format#Protected_variables protected variables] Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	10:26, 23 January 2026 by Gironabuddies (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
Tools:	Export this filter to another wiki {"data":{"rules":"action == \"edit\"\r\n\u0026 new_wikitext rlike \"(?i)https?://\"\r\n\u0026 user_editcount \u003C 5","name":"Block new users creating pages with external links on User / User talk pages","comments":"","group":"default","actions":{"disallow":["abusefilter-disallowed"],"block":["blocktalk","indefinite","indefinite"]},"enabled":true,"deleted":false,"privacylevel":0,"global":false},"actions":{"disallow":["abusefilter-disallowed"],"block":["blocktalk","indefinite","indefinite"]}}

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Prevent the user from performing the action in question

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Revoke the user's autoconfirmed status

Block the user and/or IP address from editing

Block the user and/or IP address from editing their own talk page

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