Number-patterns in NewRecentChanges, that indicate different kinds of activity:
- "..., x, -x, ..." indicates a reversion to the EditCopy (e.g. if x spam was added).
- "..., x, -x, 0, ..." indicates a reversion to the EditCopy followed by a touch to remove the material from the quickDiff.
- a list consisting only of "1" sometimes indicates a completed deletion. (???)
- several pages with the same (large) positive delta => spam.
- "..., -x, x, ..." indicates a reversion to the EditCopy (e.g. if the page was deleted).
WikiGnome at work:
- several pages with deltas that are multiples of 6 may indicate someone adding SixSingleQuotes to convert WikiWords to singular form (in these cases QuickDiff seems to show nothing).
- several pages with the same small deltas (15<d<30) may indicate someone adding a category or other WikiBadge to matching pages.
- a (reverse) alphabetical sequence of pages edited in quick succession having small or zero diffs: a gnome searched for a misspelling or BrokenLink and methodically corrected it on all the found pages.
- sequences of +x, -x, +x, -x
- repeated occurrences of del and new
See also FunnyWikiProcesses
CategoryWiki, CategoryWikiMaintenance