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`	Source edit	Edit made using the source mode of the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	1,489 changes
`visualeditor`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	549 changes
`sourceedit`	sourceedit		No longer in use	No	307 changes
`apiedit`	apiedit		No longer in use	No	257 changes
`categoryselect`	categoryselect		No longer in use	No	192 changes
`rte-source`	rte-source		No longer in use	No	161 changes
`mobile web edit`	Mobile web edit	Edit made from mobile website	Defined by the software	Yes	101 changes
`mobile edit`	Mobile edit	Edit made from mobile (web or app)	Defined by the software	Yes	101 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	97 changes
`rte-wysiwyg`	rte-wysiwyg		No longer in use	No	34 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	33 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	30 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	17 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	9 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	8 changes
`mw-reverted`	Reverted	Edits that were later reverted by a different edit	Defined by the software	Yes	5 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	4 changes
`wikieditor`	(hidden)	Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`gallery`	gallery		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210608233356`	20210608233356		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210608233358`	20210608233358		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210628214314`	20210628214314		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210713234029`	20210713234029		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210713234403`	20210713234403		No longer in use	No	1 change
`20210811000313`	20210811000313		No longer in use	No	1 change
`mw-manual-revert`	Manual revert	Edits that manually restore the page to an exact previous state	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
`Nuke`	Nuke		Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`disambiguator-link-added`	Disambiguation links	Edits that add links to disambiguation pages	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
`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
`advanced mobile edit`	Advanced mobile edit	Edit made by user with Advanced mode	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`maps-visual-edit`	Visual map edit	Edit made with the visual editor provided by the Maps extension	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes