Viewing abuse filter 4: HTML external links usage

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Filter ID:	4
Description: (publicly viewable)
Filter hits:	0 hits
Conditions:	added_lines rlike '<a[^>]href\s=\s["\'][^"\']http[^"\']["\'][^>]>' & !('sysop' in user_groups) added_lines rlike '<a[^>]href\s=\s["\'][^"\']http[^"\']["\'][^>]>' & !('sysop' in user_groups)
Notes:	Prevents adding external links in HTML format instead of wiki syntax
Flags:	Hide details of this filter from public view Enable this filter Mark as deleted
Filter last modified:	05:05, 30 December 2025 by Ivan (talk \| contribs)
History:	View this filter's history
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