Thread:Mark Otaris/@comment-4360159-20161207052958/@comment-4812386-20161208060928

Maybe we should establish some guidelines on AbuseFilter usage. For example:


 * dangerous actions (blocking, removing groups) must not be used at all;
 * filters must be discussed before being created;
 * filters must be documented and tested;
 * filters that disallow actions must not have false positives.

Reasons we want to use the abuse filter extension:


 * warn users who create pages that do not follow the policies;
 * prevent moving pages across namespaces in a nonsensical way (carefully, and only for new users);
 * disallow clear vandalism (from new users);
 * warn on manual addition of categories that are meant to be added by templates;