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
`visualeditor-wikitext`	2017 source edit	Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor	Defined by the software	Yes	3,747 changes
`visualeditor`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	939 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	790 changes
`wikieditor`	(hidden)	Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)	Defined by the software	Yes	456 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	400 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	129 changes
`mw-reverted`	Reverted	Edits that were later reverted by a different edit	Defined by the software	Yes	110 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	93 changes
`mw-manual-revert`	Manual revert	Edits that manually restore the page to an exact previous state	Defined by the software	Yes	63 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	56 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	32 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	26 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	21 changes
`discussiontools`	(hidden)	Edit made using DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`discussiontools-source`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in source mode	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`discussiontools-source-enhanced`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in enhanced source mode with the toolbar	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`discussiontools-newtopic`	New topic	User added a new topic to the page with DiscussionTools	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`discussiontools-added-comment`	(hidden)	A talk page comment was added in this edit	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`mw-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mw-server-side-upload`	Server-side upload	Media files that were uploaded via a maintenance script	Defined by the software	Yes	0 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	0 changes
`discussiontools-reply`	Reply	User replied to a comment with DiscussionTools	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
`discussiontools-visual`	(hidden)	DiscussionTools was in visual mode	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-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-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-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
`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	0 changes