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This mode is enabled on the wiki to protect against ongoing vandalism which may involve multiple user accounts or IP addresses. If you are new to the site and want to make an edit and see the edit protection notice, please try your edit again later. Regular editors of the site are still able to edit the site when its in protected mode. Link for administrators: [[WikiIslam:Administrators]] (turn protection on or off)
This mode is enabled on the wiki to protect against ongoing vandalism which may involve multiple user accounts or IP addresses. If you are new to the site and want to make an edit and see the edit protection notice, please try your edit again later. Regular editors of the site are still able to edit the site when its in protected mode. Link for administrators: [[WikiIslam:Administrators]] (turn protection on or off)


==Information For Admins==
==Related Links==
''This section contains information for site admins''
The aim of the Edit Monitoring system is to monitor vandalism on the site. It does this by preventing excess activity from new accounts or IP addresses. This activity might originate from a malicious bot or a user who intends to corrupt content on the site.
 
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===Block codes===
When the EM system blocks a user action, it provides a code explaining why the action was blocked.
 
;Most frequent user action blocks:
 
* 13: Vandalism detected. The system automatically blocks usernames indefinitely and IP addresses for 3 months. This happens when a new user tries to remove a large portion of content. Block should be changed to indefinite.
* 31: Website is in protected mode and account creation is disabled.
* 15: The website is in protected mode and edits from IP addresses, or users who are not on the two safe lists are disabled. Account creation is disabled.
 
;Other activities:
 
Edits:
*10: User is not on the safe list and exceeded the number of edits allowed.
*11: Website is in lockdown mode and editing from user users is disabled
*12: Similar to the above case except only anonymous edits are disabled. Edits from all existing user names are still allowed. Account creation is disabled.
*14: New user link. This function is currently not implemented however the site has other protections against spam (Captcha on account creation, or for all edits from an IP address).
Moves:
*20: New users are not allowed to move pages to new titles.
*21: The site is in manual protected mode and pages moves are disabled for new users.
*22: Similar to above, except that unknown activity was detected and the site is in automatic protected mode.
Account creation:
*30: Excess account creation was detected.
*31: Account creation is disabled because site is in protected mode.
 
===Safe User Lists===
 
There are two safe user lists.
*[[MediaWiki:Bpl-1]]: Users who are new to the site and are still not considered completely trusted, should be on the Mediawiki:Bpl-1 list. Anyone can be added to this list without any risk.
*[[MediaWiki:Bpl-2]]: Users on the Mediawiki:Bpl-2 list are not monitored at all. Only Administrators and users who are completely trusted should be on this list.
 
In other words if a user is new to the site and it looks like they're making positive contributions, they should be put on the Mediawiki:Bpl-1 list, and the Edit Monitor Table should be cleared from time to time (see point #2 below). Only when it is certain that they can be trusted completely, they should be added to the Mediawiki:Bpl-2 list, and after that the table will not need to be cleared for their edits.
 
It would be very rare for anyone with a malicious intent to try to get on these lists and for that they would have to make some positive contributions to the site. If the account goes 'rogue' for some reason, we will revert the edits and if that's difficult, we can revert to a backup and retain their positive contributions.
 
===Clearing the Edit Monitor Table===
 
This table should be cleared in the following conditions:
# A User was a genuine editor blocked by mistake
# User is new and has made some edits but cannot yet be trusted to be put on the "MediaWiki:Bpl-1" or "MediaWiki:Bpl-2" lists. Clearing the EM table occasionally will make sure they won't be blocked by the EM system while they are editing and establishing that they can be trusted. This is usually only needed for new editors who are making a lot of edits. In any case, it should still be safe to add them to the "WikiIslam:Bpl-1" list. Users can be added on the "WikiIslam:Bpl-2" only when it is certain that they can be trusted.
# User cannot be trusted yet to be put on the MediaWiki:Bpl-2 list and is making some edits.
# There have been some valid edits from an IP address.
# Vandalism has subsided.
 
The table clears itself every now and then so it should not need to be cleared unless a user has been blocked.
 
{{plainlink|1={{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/index.php?title=Special:EditMonitorAdmin&action=cleartable '''Clear Edit Monitor Table'''}}
 
==Related links==
* [[WikiIslam:Administrators]]
* [[WikiIslam:Administrators]]
* [[Special:Log/editmonitor|Edit Monitor Log]] | [[Special:Log/autoblock|Auto Block Log]]
* [[MediaWiki:Edit Monitor Information for Admins]]
* [[Special:Log/block|Block Logs]]
The Edit Monitor log only shows the unsuccessful attempts of a user to edit or move a page. The actual blocking of the user is initiated by Edit Monitor but is shown in the regular [[Special:Log/block|block log]].
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