Last modified: 2013-08-19 14:21:33 UTC
Regarding the list output at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?wpSearchUser=&wpSearchFilter=575&wpSearchTitle= This should search the log for filter ID 575. This is useful to aid confirmed editors in identifying behavior patterns of a particularly prolific PR firm that has created hundreds of sockpuppets. Indeed it works as it should -- but only for admins. For everyone else, the URL above results in a list that includes all filter IDs, not just 575. I'm an admin, so I experimented while logged off. I discovered that: 1. I can search the log by User. 2. I can search the log by Filter ID 550 only. 3. Oddly, I cannot search the log for any other filter ID. 4. I can search the log by Title. I don't see any reason why non-admins should be unable to search the list by filter ID (and why only ID 550 seems to work is strange).
Not a bug, actually a feature. 575 is set as a private filter, so only users with the correct permissions (for enwiki this is sysop or abusefilter groups) can search for it. 550 on the other hand is public so anyone can look at it.
Good to know. Thanks. As a sysop, I will say that the permission has been misapplied here. 575 should be public or available to confirmed accounts, not just sysops. It would benefit those who participate at WP:SPI.
