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	15,237 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
`visualeditor-wikitext`	Source edit	Edit made using the source mode of the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	4,979 changes
`mobile web edit`	Mobile web edit	Edit made from mobile web site	Defined by the software	Yes	437 changes
`mobile edit`	Mobile edit	Edit made from mobile (web or app)	Defined by the software	Yes	437 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	417 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	216 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edit made using the rollback button	Defined by the software	Yes	117 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	49 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	Defined by the software	Yes	40 changes
`mw-replace`	Replaced	Edits that remove more than 90% of the content of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	27 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	15 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-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	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
`advanced mobile edit`	Advanced mobile edit	Edit made by user with Advanced Mobile Contributions mode	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