Could figure out the issue.
I made a rule specifically to prevent new users from making unconstructive edits, but it flags when any new account is created with an email address specifically.
(user_editcount <3 &
((edit_delta < -1000)&(
added_links))
) | (user_editcount <1 &(
edit_delta < -3000)
)How would you write the rule for it to work as intended?
It depends on the definition of "new users" and "unconstructive edits", this way is a bit too vague. The code above seems sensible to me. If you want to exlude users with a verified email address, you should check that user_emailconfirm === null.
Ah, I understand now. For account creations, you have edit_delta === null, and as in PHP, null is smaller than any number, so edit_delta < -3000 is true. So you have to check that action === 'edit'.
When someone tries to make an account with an email it still trips the abuse filter.
action === 'edit' & (user_editcount <3 &
((edit_delta < -1000)&(
added_links))
) | (user_editcount <1 &(
edit_delta < -3000)
) | (user_editcount <1 &(
added_links))
There are missing parentheses. Right now what you have is equivalent to action === 'edit' & cond1 | cond2 | cond3. In the AbuseFilter language, like in many other programming languages (e.g. PHP, JavaScript, C), logical AND has higher precedence than OR, so that code is equivalent to (action === 'edit' & cond1 ) | cond2 | cond3, which means the action check is only applied to cond1. Instead, what you want is action === 'edit' & ( <conds here> ). I should also note that this filter will catch edits by registered users, unsure if this is what you want. If not, you also need to check that action === 'edit' & user_groups contains "user" & ( <the rest> ).
The name of the rule is "New user removes text and adds links", so it is to prevent spam on my wiki. Thanks for the help!