MediaWiki talk:Tag-repeating characters

what is the purpose of this tag? There are certainly uses for 'oo', 'ss' etc. Puzzled Jasy jatere (talk) 10:31, 25 May 2009 (UTC) And uses for "..." 秋ねこ-AutumnCat-秋ねこ (talk) 21:27, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * ye - I got tagged with this for this edit. Might need to change how it works. 188.221.79.22 (talk) 20:19, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 22 December 2015
Delete the page, there is no useful content on it except for "repeating characters", and everyone obviously knows what exactly it is.

&#60;&#60;&#60; SOME GADGET GEEK &#62;&#62;&#62; (talk) 22:03, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: If I have understood how the software works correctly, the contents of this page is used every time Special:AbuseFilter/135 is triggered when an edit is saved, and there is no default message, as the filter is defined locally on this wiki. So deleting the page would effectively hide the tag's output in the page history and in recent changes, etc. If the tag suddenly became invisible, I imagine it might hinder recent-changes patrollers and others who use it as a quick indicator of whether an edit is likely to be vandalism. At the least, removing it would require wider discussion. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)