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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
`wikieditor`	(hidden)	Edit made using WikiEditor (2010 wikitext editor)	Defined by the software	Yes	428 changes
`visualeditor`	Visual edit	Edit made using the visual editor	Defined by the software	Yes	109 changes
`mw-reverted`	Reverted	Edits that were later reverted by a different edit	Defined by the software	Yes	41 changes
`mw-manual-revert`	Manual revert	Edits that manually restore the page to an exact previous state	Defined by the software	Yes	19 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	16 changes
`mw-new-redirect`	New redirect	Edits that create a new redirect or change a page to a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	10 changes
`mw-removed-redirect`	Removed redirect	Edits that change an existing redirect to a non-redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	6 changes
`mw-undo`	Undo	Edits that undo previous edits using the undo link	Defined by the software	Yes	6 changes
`mw-blank`	Blanking	Edits that blank a page	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	3 changes
`mw-rollback`	Rollback	Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link	Defined by the software	Yes	3 changes
`mw-changed-redirect-target`	Redirect target changed	Edits that change the target of a redirect	Defined by the software	Yes	2 changes
`mw-contentmodelchange`	content model change	Edits that change the content model of a page	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mw-server-side-upload`	Server-side upload	Media files that were uploaded via a maintenance script	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`centralnotice`	Central Notice	Edit created via the CentralNotice Admin UI	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`centralnotice translation`	Central Notice Translation	Edit of CentralNotice content created via the Translate extension	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`visualeditor-wikitext`	2017 source edit	Edit made using the 2017 wikitext editor	Defined by the software	Yes	0 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	0 changes
`mobile edit`	Mobile edit	Edit made from mobile (web or app)	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`mobile web edit`	Mobile web edit	Edit made from mobile web site	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`advanced mobile edit`	Advanced mobile edit	Edit made by user with Advanced mode	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`LTA`	LTA		Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`Creation of subaccounts by a newly registered user`	Creation of subaccounts by a newly registered user		Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`abusefilter-condition-limit`	condition limit reached	Edits or other events that couldn't be checked by all active abuse filters (help).	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes
`tor`	Made through Tor	If this tag is set, an edit was made from a Tor exit node.	Defined by the software	Yes	0 changes