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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<abusefilters>
<filter id="1" description="Blanking articles" pattern="!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups) & new_size < 50 & old_size > 500 & (article_namespace == 0 | article_namespace == 100 | article_namespace == 102 | article_namespace == 104 | article_namespace == 106 | article_namespace == 108) & !(user_name in article_recent_contributors) & !contains_any(lcase(added_lines),"#redirect")" />
<filter id="2" description="Removal of article content" pattern="!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups) & (new_size >= 50) & (article_namespace == 0 | article_namespace == 100 | article_namespace == 102 | article_namespace == 104 | article_namespace == 106 | article_namespace == 108 | article_namespace == 110) & (edit_delta < -5000) & !(user_name in article_recent_contributors) & !("#redirect" in lcase(added_lines))" />
<filter id="3" description="Skype Toolbar Formatting" pattern="!("bot" in user_groups) & ("begin_of_the_skype_highlighting" in added_lines) & !(contains_any (article_articleid, "26813105", "26204397"))" />
<filter id="4" description="Replica watch spam" />
<filter id="5" description="Protect Maratrean's user page from trolls" pattern="article_prefixedtext == "User:Maratrean" & user_name != "Maratrean" & !("moderator" in user_groups)" />
<filter id="6" description="Grawp" />
<filter id="7" description="Deautoconfirm Ponder Stibbons" pattern="user_name == "Ponder Stibbons"" />
<filter id="8" description="Prevent Blue from editing specific namespaces" pattern="!(article_namespace == 0 | article_namespace == 1 | article_namespace == 14 | article_namespace == 15 | article_namespace == 90 | article_namespace == 110 | article_namespace == 5 | article_namespace == 8 | article_namespace == 10 | article_namespace == 6 | article_namespace == 12 | article_namespace == 15 | article_namespace == 92 | article_namespace == 100 | article_namespace == 108 | article_namespace == 109 | article_namespace == 7) & user_name == "Blue" & action == "edit"" />
<filter id="9" description="Plan B" />
<filter id="10" description="Troll-B-gone" />
</abusefilters>
</query>
<query-continue>
<abusefilters abfstartid="11" />
</query-continue>
</api>