editfilter idea i originally posted this to triplestop but he suggested i ask you i've been looking at the edit filter documentation and i would like to contribute a possible candidate to look for new editors changing birthdates a fairly common and sneaky problem i'm not looking for full edit filter rights but i would like to help develop the appropriate filter if you don't have the time to deal with this right now let me know and i'll engage someone else i am new to the syntax but here's my general format right now user editcount article namespace lcase added lines rlike dateofbirth birth da te y born b lcase added lines rlike lcase removed lines rlike where i have is the birthday searching regex i've been working on below is what i've developed so far i haven't tested it extensively but i've thrown it against a few blps and it works fairly well it finds the usual ways that birthdays are presented either in template or in lead for example b january here's the regex date of birth b dash born birth da te y jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec birth i don't know how to check for what specifically was edited as in if a numerical value was changed is edit filter able to do this sort of thing i welcome any other ideas you have i assume this will require more work but please let me know how to push this along