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`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	31,006 changes
`wikieditor`	(hidden)	Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)	Defined by the software	Yes	9,975 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	6,299 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	1,362 changes
`mw-reverted`	Reverted	Edits that were later reverted by a different edit	Defined by the software	Yes	1,087 changes
`mw-manual-revert`	Manual revert	Edits that manually restore the page to an exact previous state	Defined by the software	Yes	853 changes
`mobile web edit`	mobile web edit		No longer in use	No	809 changes
`mobile edit`	mobile edit		No longer in use	No	809 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	298 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	206 changes
`advanced mobile edit`	advanced mobile edit		No longer in use	No	164 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	126 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	107 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	80 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	43 changes
`mw-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	25 changes
`moderation-merged`	merged edit of another user	Another user's edit (moderator just resolved an edit conflict in it).	Defined by the software	No	1 change
`mw-server-side-upload`	Server-side upload	Media files that were uploaded via a maintenance script	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`contenttranslation`	ContentTranslation	The content was translated from another language using the Content Translation tool.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`contenttranslation-v2`	ContentTranslation2	The content was translated from another language using the version 2 of Content Translation tool.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`sectiontranslation`	SectionTranslation	The content was translated from a section in another language using the Section Translation feature of the Content Translation tool.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`cx2-outreach`	cx2-outreach		Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`visualeditor-wikitext`	2017 source edit	Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor	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	Edit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`moderation-spam`	(hidden)	If AbuseFilter adds this tag to an edit, and Moderation intercepts that edit, then Moderation will place it into the Spam folder.	Defined by the software	No	0 changes