Special:Log needs a way to show only activity from humans (Hide bots)
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	Jun 21 2009, 10:37 AM

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Some bots mass block ed open proxies, used by some trolls to abuse the Wikipedia rules. This blocks, due to their large numbers, impede read the logs to CheckUsers, which analyzes them to check IP addresses of new accounts vandals and trolls. It also prevents ordinary users or admins from exercising control and verification. Need add the feature to the Special:Log „hide bots“, as on the Special:RecentChanges.

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http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/block look at QBA-bot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/block look at ProcseeBot

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T120764 Improve Special:Log
Open	None	T21322 Special:Log needs a way to show only activity from humans (Hide bots)
Open	None	T18816 Log actions should support bot flag (e.g. to hide from Special:RecentChanges)

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:37 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Logevents.

• bzimport set Reference to bz19322.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Jun 21 2009, 10:37 AM

Bug 44549 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I'm not sure if this is even possible, since the "bot flag" is a temporary thing, only stored in the recentchanges table, and not in the logging table.

Could a column be added to the logging table to hold the bot flag info, such as in the recentchanges table? Granted that wouldn't help in past log entries, but the ones forward would be able to benefit.

Still, this is a major inconvenience when viewing Special:Log, for example, ProcseeBot's blocks clogging the local block log on enwiki.

XXN awarded a token.Nov 10 2016, 12:39 PM

matej_suchanek updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 10 2016, 4:37 PM

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XXN added a parent task: T120764: Improve Special:Log.Nov 19 2016, 10:10 AM

Gamliel_Fishkin added a subscriber: Gamliel_Fishkin.Nov 29 2016, 2:32 AM

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Miscellaneous#New_option:_Hide_bots_in_logs

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Liuxinyu970226 added a project: Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016.Jan 1 2017, 2:58 AM

Liuxinyu970226 mentioned this in T13181: Mark bot edits in histories.Jan 1 2017, 3:05 AM

Liuxinyu970226 removed a project: Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016.Jan 2 2017, 1:01 AM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T18816: Log actions should support bot flag (e.g. to hide from Special:RecentChanges).Jan 29 2018, 11:50 AM

matej_suchanek merged a task: T207191: Hide bots in 'Block log'.Jan 12 2019, 11:11 AM

matej_suchanek added subscribers: Iniquity, Aklapper.

Wow, this is old problem. Any news?

Iniquity updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 12 2019, 3:35 PM

If it is difficult to change the scheme, then I think it is quite possible to create a DB (something like MediaWiki:Admin-bots) with users which we can to hide.

In T21322#4875189, @Iniquity wrote:

If it is difficult to change the scheme, then I think it is quite possible to create a DB (something like MediaWiki:Admin-bots) with users which we can to hide.

Its not really that difficult (It adds a bit of difficultly. But on the whole not a huge amount), more that nobody is currently working on it

In T21322#4875190, @Bawolff wrote:

more that nobody is currently working on it

It is sad, these logs are really unreadable.

Krinkle renamed this task from Hide bots from Logs to Special:Log needs a way to show only activity from humans (Hide bots).Jan 25 2019, 10:00 PM

Krinkle removed a project: MediaWiki-User-management.

matej_suchanek merged a task: T155442: Be able to filter bot actions out of Special:Log.Jun 24 2019, 11:49 AM

matej_suchanek added a subscriber: Whatamidoing-WMF.

Scott merged a task: T248845: Allow filtering deletion log to only human or bot edits.Apr 14 2020, 9:58 AM

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Scott added subscribers: Scott, Umherirrender.

I think this is related in some fashion to T13181.

Iniquity awarded a token.Apr 20 2020, 5:45 PM

Umherirrender removed a subscriber: Umherirrender.Feb 27 2021, 10:16 PM

Iniquity merged a task: T277043: Exclude bot actions from action logs.Mar 11 2021, 1:18 PM

Iniquity added subscribers: MBH, Base.

In T21322#231952, @Legoktm wrote:

I'm not sure if this is even possible, since the "bot flag" is a temporary thing, only stored in the recentchanges table, and not in the logging table.

It's possible to create a flag (logical field) on every log record, that will be "true" for bot actions and "false" for human actions, and set value of this field based on current bot/non-bot status of user, who made an action.

Iniquity updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 11 2021, 1:30 PM

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