Tags

This page lists the tags that the software may mark an edit with, and their meaning.

Tag name	Appearance on change lists	Full description of meaning	Source	Active?	Tagged changes
`visualeditor`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	11,230 changes
`apiedit`	apiedit	Edit made using the MediaWiki API	No longer in use	No	5,510 changes
`rte-source`	Rich Text Editor: source mode	Edit made using the Rich Text Editor: source mode	No longer in use	No	5,369 changes
`sourceedit`	sourceedit	Edit made using the SourceEditor	No longer in use	No	3,185 changes
`categoryselect`	categoryselect	Edit made using the Add category button	No longer in use	No	3,012 changes
`rte-wysiwyg`	Rich Text Editor: WYSIWYG mode	Edit made using the Rich Text Editor: WYSIWYG mode	No longer in use	No	2,785 changes
`visualeditor-wikitext`	2017 source edit	Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor	Defined by the software	Yes	1,204 changes
`gallery`	gallery	Edit made using the Add a photo to this gallery button	No longer in use	No	692 changes
`rollback`	rollback	Edit made using the rollback button	No longer in use	No	292 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	62 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	32 changes
`mobileedit`	mobileedit		No longer in use	No	29 changes
`mobile-edit`	Mobile edit	Edit made from mobile (web or app)	Defined by the software	Yes	14 changes
`visualeditor-needcheck`	Visual edit: Check	Edit made using the visual editor where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes.	Defined by the software	Yes	8 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	6 changes
`tor`	Made via a Tor exit node	If this tag is set, an edit was made from a Tor exit node.	No longer in use	No	4 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	1 change
`mw-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`visualeditor-switched`	Visual edit: Switched	User started to edit using the visual editor, then changed to the wikitext editor.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`maps-visual-edit`	Visual map edit	Edit made with the visual editor provided by the Maps extension	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes