https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32216
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Bug #: 32216
Summary: AbuseFilter should use the APIEditBeforeSave hook
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: AbuseFilter
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: b-jor...@alum.northwestern.edu
CC: agarr...@wikimedia.org
Classification: Unclassified
When an API edit is blocked by an AbuseFilter, the response received is
particularly unhelpful:
<?xml version="1.0"?><api><error code="hookaborted" info="The modification
you tried to make was aborted by an extension hook" /></api>
No indication that it was even due to the abuse filter.
The abuse filter should be modified to use the APIEditBeforeSave to return
appropriate information for API edits (see how SpamBlacklist does it, for
example). This would probably also require adjusting EditPage to give access
the edit summary stored in there.
Or I suppose EditPage could be modified to report the responsible extension
whenever a hook aborts an edit, but that seems like it might be harder.
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