Viewing abuse filter 5: Obvious SEO (search engine optimization) spam

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Filter ID:	5
Description: (publicly viewable)
Statistics:	Of the last 38 actions, this filter has matched 0 (0%). On average, its run time is 0.19 ms, and it consumes 2.5 conditions of the condition limit.
Conditions:	(action == "edit") & (page_namespace == 0) & (page_id == 0) & (lcase(new_wikitext) rlike "(whats ?app\|wa\\.me\|telegram\|t\\.me\|contact\\s+me\|call\\s+now\|promo\\scode\|buy\\s+now\|order\\s+now\|essay\\s+writing\|seo\\s+services\|guest\\spost\|casino\|gambling\|loan\\b\|forex\|crypto\\s+investment\|backlinks?)" \| new_wikitext rlike "\\+?\\d[\\d\\s().-]{7,}\\d") (action == "edit") & (page_namespace == 0) & (page_id == 0) & (lcase(new_wikitext) rlike "(whats ?app\|wa\\.me\|telegram\|t\\.me\|contact\\s+me\|call\\s+now\|promo\\scode\|buy\\s+now\|order\\s+now\|essay\\s+writing\|seo\\s+services\|guest\\spost\|casino\|gambling\|loan\\b\|forex\|crypto\\s+investment\|backlinks?)" \| new_wikitext rlike "\\+?\\d[\\d\\s().-]{7,}\\d")
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Filter last modified:	02:45, 11 September 2025 by Gavinandresen (talk \| contribs)
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rg-seo-spam

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