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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <abusefilters>
      <filter id="1" description="Large deletion from article by new editors" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; new_size &gt;= 50&#13;&#10;&amp; article_namespace == 0&#13;&#10;&amp; edit_delta &lt; -5000&#13;&#10;&amp; !user_name in article_recent_contributors &#13;&#10;&amp; !&quot;#redirect&quot; in lcase(added_lines)&#13;&#10;&amp; !(lcase(summary) rlike &quot;\bcop(y|ied)|und(id|o)|\brv[vt]?\b|revert|vandal|remov|clean|delet|\brmv?\b|\brepea?t&quot;)&#13;&#10;&amp; !(length(summary) &gt; 60)&#13;&#10;&amp; action != &#039;feedback&#039;" />
      <filter id="2" description="Handbag Spam" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; ((lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;vuitton&quot;)&#13;&#10;| ((lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;chanel|hermes&quot;)&#13;&#10;&amp; (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;handbag&quot;))&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;outlet(.store)?&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;online store&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;lacroix&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;free.*shipping&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;wrist.watches&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;abercrombie&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;ralph.lauren&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;lingerie&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;tory.burch&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;wedding&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;oakley&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (new_text rlike &quot;SEO&quot;))" />
      <filter id="3" description="Ban the word &quot;Cheap&quot;" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; ((lcase(summary) rlike &quot;/.*cheap.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;/.*cheap.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;/.*free.*/&quot;))" />
      <filter id="4" description="Medication spam" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; ((lcase(summary) rlike &quot;/.*(5|50|200|600|500|400|100)mg.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;/.*cialis.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;/.*(5|50|200|600|500|400|100)mg.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;/.*weight loss.*/&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (new_wikitext rlike &quot;\[.+ &lt;nowiki&gt;.+&lt;\/nowiki&gt;\]&quot;))" />
      <filter id="5" description="Hilarious loan spam" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;cash today&quot;)" />
      <filter id="6" description="Sports spam(ok this is entering the realm of absurdity)" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; ((lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;Super Bowl&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (new_text rlike &quot;NFL|NBA|NHL|Adidas|adidas&quot;)&#13;&#10;| (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;zhuolu&quot;))" />
      <filter id="7" description="Banner spam" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;banner printing&quot;)" />
      <filter id="8" description="Shoe Spam" pattern="!&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups&#13;&#10;&amp; (lcase(new_text) rlike &quot;nike&quot;)" />
      <filter id="9" description="Bots Use HTML" pattern="!(&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups) &amp; &#13;&#10;((count(&quot;&lt;ul&quot;, string(added_lines)) &gt; count(&quot;&lt;ul&quot;, string(removed_lines)))&#13;&#10;|(count(&quot;&lt;h1&quot;, string(added_lines)) &gt; count(&quot;&lt;h1&quot;, string(removed_lines)))&#13;&#10;|(count(&quot;&lt;a href&quot;, string(added_lines)) &gt; count(&quot;&lt;a href&quot;, string(removed_lines))))" />
      <filter id="10" description="Bots Use HTML 2" pattern="!(&quot;autoconfirmed&quot; in user_groups)&#13;&#10;&amp; (count(&quot;&lt;p&quot;, string(added_lines)) &gt; count(&quot;&lt;p&quot;, string(removed_lines)))" />
    </abusefilters>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <abusefilters abfstartid="11" />
  </query-continue>
</api>