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Of the last 174,113 actions, this filter has matched 72 (0.04%). On average, its run time is 0.08 ms, and it consumes 1.2 conditions of the condition limit.
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action contains "createaccount" & !(account_name rlike "^~2") & !('override-antispoof' in user_rights) & ( username_string := "BUSINESS|\bDELIVER(?:Y|IES)\b|\bSHIP(?:PING|MENT|PER)S?\b|\bOWN(?:ING|ER(?:SHIP))?S?\b|FITNESS|DIGITAL\b|MULTI[- ]?LEVEL|\bMLM\b|MARKET(?:S|ING|PLACE)|MR?KTN?G\.?|STRATEGIES|\bINC(?:\.?$|ORPORATED)|CORP(?:S?\.?$|ORATE|ORATIONS?\b)|COMPAN(?:Y|IES)|(?:(?:CO\.?|PTY\.?|PRIVATE|PVT\.?)? ?(?:LIMITED|LMTD\.?|LTD\.?))$|A(?:LL|PPL)IANCES?(?#**Alliance, Appliance**)|TECHNOLOG(?:Y|IES)|INDUSTR(?:Y|IES)|(?:IT|ONLINE)? ?SOLUTIONS?|LABORATORIES|LL[CP]\.?$|\bPLC\.?$|MANAGING ?PARTNER|\bFACTOR(?:Y|IES)\b|\bMANUFACTUR(?:ER|ING)S?\b|\bCOSMETICS\b|\bPARTNERS?\b|PRODUCT(?:IONS?|S)|(?:CREATIVE)? ?SOFTWARE|CONSULT(?:AN(?:T|CY)|ING)(?#**Consultant, Consulting, Consultancy**)|SOLICITOR|DEVELOP(?:ER|RE)S|SERVIC(ES?|ING)|CREAT(?:I(?:ONS?|V(?:E|ITY)))|APPARELS?|\bEVENTS\b|AUTOMOTIVE|\bUNIONS?\b|ENTER(?:PRISES?|TAINMENT)|HOLDINGS|COMPLIANCE|INSURANCE|\bASSET(?: ?PROTECTION)?S?\b|RESEARCH(?:ERS|ING)|PUBLI(?:SH(?:ER|ING)|CATION)S?|CATER(?:ER|ING)S?|PORTFOLIOS?|NEWS\b|MEDIA\b|STUDIOS?\b|MISSIONS|FOUNDATIONS?|RECORD(?:S$|INGS?)|EMPLOYE[ER]S?|CUSTOM(?:ERS?|\b)|\bCOMMISSION$|(?:UNIVERS|COMMUN|SECUR)IT(?:Y|IES)(?#**Universities, Communities, Securities**)|INSTITUT(?:E|ION)S?|COLLEGE|SCHOOL|CAMPUS|ACADEM(?:Y|IES)|MUSEUM|DISTRICT|DISTRIBUT(?:I(?:ON|VE)|OR)|ADMINISTRATION|FASHION|FABRICS|CLOTHING|LOGISTIC|GMBH|(?:WORK)? ?(?:(?<!BI)SHOP|GROUPS?)|MINISTR(?:Y|IES)|VIDEOGRAPHY|INFO(?:R?MATICS?|TECH)(?#**Informatics, Infomatics, Infotech**)|FELLOWSHIP|CHURCH|CONGREGATION|SUBSCRI(?:BE(?: ?TO)?|PTION)|SUB TO\b|CHANNEL|\bWEBSITES?\b|\bNETWORK(?:S|ING)?\b|\bYT\b|(?<!UN|UN-|UN |UNN|UNN-|UNN )OFFICIAL(?!S|LY)|\bDEP(?:ARTMENTS?|T\b)|AFFORDABLE|CAPITALI[SZ]ING|AFFILIATE|PURCHAS(?:E|ING)|(?:RE-?)?SELL(?:ER|ING)S?|RETAIL(?:ERS?)?|THERAPEUTIC(?:AL|S)?|MEDICAL|CAREERS|DISTILLER(?:Y|IES)|BREWER(?:Y|IES)|(?:DOT|\.)(?:CO(?:M|[-. ]?UK)|BIZ|NET|ORG|GOV|MIL|TV|EDU|CA|EU|INFO|MOBI|ONLINE|SITE|SHOP|TECH|WIKI|WEB)$(?#**dotcom, dotnet, dotgov, dotcouk, dottv, dotgov, etc**)|REAL(?:T(?:Y|OR)| ?ESTATE)(?#**Realty, Realtor, Real estate**)|TREATMENT ?CENT(?:ER|RE)|KETO\b|\bDIET\b|WEIGHT ?LOSS|INDIA$|CONFERENCE|REVENUE|CORRESPONDENCE|PROPERT(?:Y|IES)|VIDEO(?:GRAPH(?:Y|IES))?S?|PODCAST|RENTAL|TIME ?SHARE|VACATIONS?|TOURS|(?:WHOLE)?SALE(?:S|\b)|WHOLESAL(?:ERS?|ING)|INTER(?:IORS|NATIONAL(?:LY)?)|PROJECTS?$|AGENC(?:Y|IES)|AUTO ?(?:GLASS|REPAIR|HUB|DEAL)|\bDEALER(?:SHIP|S)?\b|PLUMBING|CENTER|GLOBAL\b|OFFICES?(?!R)|RELOCATION|FINANC(?:ES?|I(?:AL|NG))|\bBANK(?:ER|ING)?S?\b|L(?:OAN|END)(?:ER|ING)|MORTGAG(?:E|ING)|\bLEAS(?:E|ING)S?\b|DONATIONS?|FUNDING|HARDWARE\b|(?:GRAPHIC|DIGITAL|CLOTHING)? ?DESIGN(?:ERS?)?\b|ONLINE ?S(?:TORE|HOP(?:PING)?)|ADVERTIS(?:E(?:MENT)?|ING)|\bJEWELL?ERS?\b|ELECTRONICS|INVEST(?:OR|MENT|ING)|\bSTAFF(?:ING)?\b|\bCLUBS?\b|BLOGS?$|FURNITURE$|MAGAZINE|PODCAST|TEAM|AIRLINE|SYNERGY|\bTRA(?:IN|D)ING\b|HEALTHCARE|CAR ?WASH|CASINO|GAMBLING|TRAVELS?|DECOR$|YOU ?TUBE|FACEBOOK|\bFB\b|TIKTOK|CLASS$|MEMBERS(?:HIP)?|\bMUSIC$|\bSEO\b|SEO(?: ?EXPERT)|\bSEO$(?#**SEO, SEO Expert**)|LAW ?FIRM|ASSOCIAT(?:E|ION)S?\b|\bIOT\b|PROVIDERS|SUBSIDIAR(?:Y|IES)|PHARM(?:AC(?:Y|IES|ISTS?|EUTICALS?))|^HTTPS?|^WWW\.?|(?:(?:(?:G|HOT|PROTON|APPLE)?MAIL|ZOHO|OUTLOOK|YAHOO|ICLOUD|AOL)(?:\.|DOT)?COM|MAILBOX(?:\.|DOT)?ORG)|ORGANI(?:CS|ZATIONS?)$|BRANDS?$|FOOT[- ]?WEAR$|\b(?:B2[BCG]|CPAS?|CMS|CRM|CSR|LOB|NGO|PR|RO[AEI]|SAAS|SEO|SM[BE])\b(?#**Business initialisms and acronyms**)"; ccnorm(account_name) rlike username_string )
action contains "createaccount" & !(account_name rlike "^~2") & !('override-antispoof' in user_rights) & ( username_string := "BUSINESS|\bDELIVER(?:Y|IES)\b|\bSHIP(?:PING|MENT|PER)S?\b|\bOWN(?:ING|ER(?:SHIP))?S?\b|FITNESS|DIGITAL\b|MULTI[- ]?LEVEL|\bMLM\b|MARKET(?:S|ING|PLACE)|MR?KTN?G\.?|STRATEGIES|\bINC(?:\.?$|ORPORATED)|CORP(?:S?\.?$|ORATE|ORATIONS?\b)|COMPAN(?:Y|IES)|(?:(?:CO\.?|PTY\.?|PRIVATE|PVT\.?)? ?(?:LIMITED|LMTD\.?|LTD\.?))$|A(?:LL|PPL)IANCES?(?#**Alliance, Appliance**)|TECHNOLOG(?:Y|IES)|INDUSTR(?:Y|IES)|(?:IT|ONLINE)? ?SOLUTIONS?|LABORATORIES|LL[CP]\.?$|\bPLC\.?$|MANAGING ?PARTNER|\bFACTOR(?:Y|IES)\b|\bMANUFACTUR(?:ER|ING)S?\b|\bCOSMETICS\b|\bPARTNERS?\b|PRODUCT(?:IONS?|S)|(?:CREATIVE)? ?SOFTWARE|CONSULT(?:AN(?:T|CY)|ING)(?#**Consultant, Consulting, Consultancy**)|SOLICITOR|DEVELOP(?:ER|RE)S|SERVIC(ES?|ING)|CREAT(?:I(?:ONS?|V(?:E|ITY)))|APPARELS?|\bEVENTS\b|AUTOMOTIVE|\bUNIONS?\b|ENTER(?:PRISES?|TAINMENT)|HOLDINGS|COMPLIANCE|INSURANCE|\bASSET(?: ?PROTECTION)?S?\b|RESEARCH(?:ERS|ING)|PUBLI(?:SH(?:ER|ING)|CATION)S?|CATER(?:ER|ING)S?|PORTFOLIOS?|NEWS\b|MEDIA\b|STUDIOS?\b|MISSIONS|FOUNDATIONS?|RECORD(?:S$|INGS?)|EMPLOYE[ER]S?|CUSTOM(?:ERS?|\b)|\bCOMMISSION$|(?:UNIVERS|COMMUN|SECUR)IT(?:Y|IES)(?#**Universities, Communities, Securities**)|INSTITUT(?:E|ION)S?|COLLEGE|SCHOOL|CAMPUS|ACADEM(?:Y|IES)|MUSEUM|DISTRICT|DISTRIBUT(?:I(?:ON|VE)|OR)|ADMINISTRATION|FASHION|FABRICS|CLOTHING|LOGISTIC|GMBH|(?:WORK)? ?(?:(?<!BI)SHOP|GROUPS?)|MINISTR(?:Y|IES)|VIDEOGRAPHY|INFO(?:R?MATICS?|TECH)(?#**Informatics, Infomatics, Infotech**)|FELLOWSHIP|CHURCH|CONGREGATION|SUBSCRI(?:BE(?: ?TO)?|PTION)|SUB TO\b|CHANNEL|\bWEBSITES?\b|\bNETWORK(?:S|ING)?\b|\bYT\b|(?<!UN|UN-|UN |UNN|UNN-|UNN )OFFICIAL(?!S|LY)|\bDEP(?:ARTMENTS?|T\b)|AFFORDABLE|CAPITALI[SZ]ING|AFFILIATE|PURCHAS(?:E|ING)|(?:RE-?)?SELL(?:ER|ING)S?|RETAIL(?:ERS?)?|THERAPEUTIC(?:AL|S)?|MEDICAL|CAREERS|DISTILLER(?:Y|IES)|BREWER(?:Y|IES)|(?:DOT|\.)(?:CO(?:M|[-. ]?UK)|BIZ|NET|ORG|GOV|MIL|TV|EDU|CA|EU|INFO|MOBI|ONLINE|SITE|SHOP|TECH|WIKI|WEB)$(?#**dotcom, dotnet, dotgov, dotcouk, dottv, dotgov, etc**)|REAL(?:T(?:Y|OR)| ?ESTATE)(?#**Realty, Realtor, Real estate**)|TREATMENT ?CENT(?:ER|RE)|KETO\b|\bDIET\b|WEIGHT ?LOSS|INDIA$|CONFERENCE|REVENUE|CORRESPONDENCE|PROPERT(?:Y|IES)|VIDEO(?:GRAPH(?:Y|IES))?S?|PODCAST|RENTAL|TIME ?SHARE|VACATIONS?|TOURS|(?:WHOLE)?SALE(?:S|\b)|WHOLESAL(?:ERS?|ING)|INTER(?:IORS|NATIONAL(?:LY)?)|PROJECTS?$|AGENC(?:Y|IES)|AUTO ?(?:GLASS|REPAIR|HUB|DEAL)|\bDEALER(?:SHIP|S)?\b|PLUMBING|CENTER|GLOBAL\b|OFFICES?(?!R)|RELOCATION|FINANC(?:ES?|I(?:AL|NG))|\bBANK(?:ER|ING)?S?\b|L(?:OAN|END)(?:ER|ING)|MORTGAG(?:E|ING)|\bLEAS(?:E|ING)S?\b|DONATIONS?|FUNDING|HARDWARE\b|(?:GRAPHIC|DIGITAL|CLOTHING)? ?DESIGN(?:ERS?)?\b|ONLINE ?S(?:TORE|HOP(?:PING)?)|ADVERTIS(?:E(?:MENT)?|ING)|\bJEWELL?ERS?\b|ELECTRONICS|INVEST(?:OR|MENT|ING)|\bSTAFF(?:ING)?\b|\bCLUBS?\b|BLOGS?$|FURNITURE$|MAGAZINE|PODCAST|TEAM|AIRLINE|SYNERGY|\bTRA(?:IN|D)ING\b|HEALTHCARE|CAR ?WASH|CASINO|GAMBLING|TRAVELS?|DECOR$|YOU ?TUBE|FACEBOOK|\bFB\b|TIKTOK|CLASS$|MEMBERS(?:HIP)?|\bMUSIC$|\bSEO\b|SEO(?: ?EXPERT)|\bSEO$(?#**SEO, SEO Expert**)|LAW ?FIRM|ASSOCIAT(?:E|ION)S?\b|\bIOT\b|PROVIDERS|SUBSIDIAR(?:Y|IES)|PHARM(?:AC(?:Y|IES|ISTS?|EUTICALS?))|^HTTPS?|^WWW\.?|(?:(?:(?:G|HOT|PROTON|APPLE)?MAIL|ZOHO|OUTLOOK|YAHOO|ICLOUD|AOL)(?:\.|DOT)?COM|MAILBOX(?:\.|DOT)?ORG)|ORGANI(?:CS|ZATIONS?)$|BRANDS?$|FOOT[- ]?WEAR$|\b(?:B2[BCG]|CPAS?|CMS|CRM|CSR|LOB|NGO|PR|RO[AEI]|SAAS|SEO|SM[BE])\b(?#**Business initialisms and acronyms**)"; ccnorm(account_name) rlike username_string )
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==OSHWAH FILTER 54 UPDATE NOTES== _________________________________________________________________ LEGEND: + : The described change or condition has been newly created and added to this edit filter. - : The described change or condition has been removed from this edit filter. * : The described change or condition has been modified, updated, fixed, optimized, or improved on this edit filter, or the entry is a log comment. _________________________________________________________________ CHANGE LOGS: * Creating initial filter version for testing. * "Pvt Ltd" - Updating condition to fix an issue with the code resulting in no hits. + "Real Estate", "Vacation", "Rental", "Time Share", "Tours", "Correspondence", "Properties", "Interiors", "Projects", "Agency", "Plumbing", "Treatment Center", "Global" --Oshwah 3/16/2020 + "Office", "Relocations". --Oshwah 3/17/2020 * "Caterer" - Expanded to include more conditions and possible hits. * "Official" - Added negative look-ahead so that the word "unofficial" is not flagged as a match. * "dotcom", "dotnet", "dotgov" - Combined for easier review. + "dotorg", "Financial". * Modified regex to remove capital letters and just use irlike instead of rlike. * "Technology" - Removed extra letter. * "Office" - Added negative look-ahead so that 'officer' does not flag as a hit. + "Corporate", "funding", "hardware", "graphic design", "online store" --Oshwah 3/21/2020 * Fixed accidentally left over right brace ( "]" ) left in "subscribe to". * Optimized and reduced, fixed code. --Oshwah 12/3/2021 + "advertise", "advertising", "advertisement", "electronics", "advertise", "advertisement", "advertising", "electronics", "staff", "club", "union", "create", "creativity". * Fixed accidentally left over right brace ( "]" ) left in "media". * Fixed "limited", "lmtd", or "ltd" to no longer require "co", "pty", "private", or "pvt" to precede the string. --Oshwah 12/16/2021 + "blog". --Oshwah 12/17/2021 * Refactored code to use ccnorm(). --Oshwah 2/10/2022 * Changed parameter in "actions" from "include" to "==" in order to have this filter log only flag accounts that are created here, not automatically created on another wiki project. --Oshwah 2/10/2022 + ".co uk", "dotcouk",".co.uk", etc. --Oshwah 3/31/2022 + "magazine". --Oshwah 4/11/2022 + "podcast", "airline". --Oshwah 6/6/2022 + "healthcare". --Oshwah 6/7/2022 + "casino", "gambling". "security", "securities", "museum". * Optimized and improved code and conditions. * Modified all enclosures to no longer be capturing groups if they are not used for capture. --Oshwah 7/4/2022 + "Decor". --Oshwah 10/4/2022 Catch 'autocreateaccount' as well --DatGuy 20:13 3 Dec 2022 Rm T230256 workaround. --Suffusion of Yellow 00:23 4 Dec 2022 + "Youtube". * Updated "Subscribe" to add "subscription". --Oshwah 4/13/2022 + "Associates", "Academy". --Oshwah 12/27/2023 + "Appliance", "Campus", "Alliance", "Congregation", "Sales", "Workshop", "Workgroups", "Reality", "Realtor", "Weight loss", "Institution". * Combined regex code for similar words such as "Securities", "Universities", "Communities" into one regex condition. * Fix and added variants to negative lookbehind so that "unofficial" doesn't flag the username as a hit. * Other small fixes and improvements. --Oshwah 12/29/2023 + "Researchers", "Researching". --Oshwah 12/30/2023 + "Union", "Commission", "Association", "Public Service". * Combined words with some of the same letters into one condition. --Oshwah 1/2/2024 * Small optimizations and fixes. --Oshwah 1/3/2024 + "Music". --Oshwah 1/21/2024 + "SEO", "SEO Expert", "Invest", "Investment", "Investor". * Modified "Solutions", "IT Solutions" to also look for "Online Solutions", --Oshwah 1/22/2024 + "Law Firm", "International", "Bank". * Combined "Groups", "Workshop", "Work Groups" into one condition. * Fix "Associations" to allow singular form of the word to flag a positive hit. * Other small improvements. --Oshwah 1/27/2024 + "IoT", "Service Provider". --Oshwah 3/5/2024 * Fixed conditions so that "Create" does not trigger this filter. --Oshwah 3/26/2024 + "http", "https", "gmail.com". --Oshwah 3/26/2024 * Fixed missing \ before . in "corp" condition. * Added S? to "corp" condition to also flag "Corporations". --Oshwah 4/2/2024 + "dotedu". --Oshwah 7/6/2024 + "records". --Oshwah 7/8/2024 + "brand". * Fixed small syntax issue. --Oshwah 7/9/2024 + "staffing", "business", "travels". --Oshwah 7/10/2024 + "team". --Oshwah 7/13/2024 + "class". --Oshwah 7/17/2024 - Removed redundant condition. --Oshwah 8/5/2024 * Expanded conditions and code for common free email addresses. --Oshwah 10/15/2024 * Small changes, optimizations, and fixes to code. + "Network". --Oshwah 7/30/2025 * Updated "Brand" to include "Brands". * Updated "Bank" to include "Banks", "Banker", "Banking", etc. * Updated "Services" to include "Servicing". * Updated "Sale, Sales" to include "Wholesale, Wholesalers, Wholesaling", etc. * Made regex code optimizations to "Publisher, Publishing", etc. * Made other small code optimizations. * Condensed similar and close-duplicate conditions into one condition. + "Wholesalers". + "Delivery", "Deliveries". + "Shipping, Shipment, Shippers", etc. + "Owner, Owning, Ownership", etc. + "Websites". + "Department", "Departments". + "Purchase", "Purchasing". + "Seller", "Selling", "Reseller", "Reselling". + "Retail", "Retailer". + "Mortgage", "Mortgaging". + "Loan, Loaner, Lend, Lender, Lenders", etc. + "Lease", "Leasing". + "Donation". + "Providers". + "Synergy". + "Training". + "Subsidiary", "Subsidiaries". + "Pharmacy, Pharmacies, Pharmacist, Pharmaceuticals", etc. + "Video, Videos, Videography, Videographies", etc. + "Podcast". + "Members", "Membership". + "Multi-level" (and variants with spacing). + "MLM". + "Distribution", "Distributive", "Distributor". + "Affiliate". --Oshwah 8/14/2024 + "Facebook", "FB". + "TikTok". + "Partners". + "Compliance". + "Insurance". + "Asset", "Assets", "Asset Protection". * Added additional top-level domains to the condition that searches for them. * Added negative look-behind to "Shop, Workshop" to resolve false positive hits ("Bishop"). --Oshwah 8/16/2025 + "Organics". --Oshwah 9/15/2025 + "Footwear". * Small code optimization. --Oshwah 9/21/2025 + "Solicitor", "Logistic". --Oshwah 10/7/2025 * Updated primary conditions to look for and exclude usernames beginning with "~" so that temporary accounts can't be flagged. --Oshwah 11/5/2025 + "Jewelers", "Marketplace", "Capitalizing", "Organization", "Manufacturing", "Cosmetics", "Trading", "Car Wash", "Dealers", "Dealership", "Events", "B2B", "B2C", "B2G", "CPA", "CPAS", "CMS", "CRM", "CSR", "LOB", "NGO", "PR", "ROA", "ROE", "ROI", "SAAS", "SEO", "SMB", "SME". * Made small code optimizations. --Oshwah 11/26/2025 * 'accountname' to 'account_name' (deprecated variable). --Oshwah 1/29/2025 * Updated condition excluding temporary accounts to match the actual technical restriction (accounts starting with "~2"). --Oshwah 2/5/2026 + "Factory", "Factories", "Portfolio", "Custom", "Customer", "Customers", "Employee", "Employees", "Employer", "Employers". --Oshwah 4/29/2026
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?(?:GLASS|REPAIR|HUB|DEAL)|\\bDEALER(?:SHIP|S)?\\b|PLUMBING|CENTER|GLOBAL\\b|OFFICES?(?!R)|RELOCATION|FINANC(?:ES?|I(?:AL|NG))|\\bBANK(?:ER|ING)?S?\\b|L(?:OAN|END)(?:ER|ING)|MORTGAG(?:E|ING)|\\bLEAS(?:E|ING)S?\\b|DONATIONS?|FUNDING|HARDWARE\\b|(?:GRAPHIC|DIGITAL|CLOTHING)? ?DESIGN(?:ERS?)?\\b|ONLINE ?S(?:TORE|HOP(?:PING)?)|ADVERTIS(?:E(?:MENT)?|ING)|\\bJEWELL?ERS?\\b|ELECTRONICS|INVEST(?:OR|MENT|ING)|\\bSTAFF(?:ING)?\\b|\\bCLUBS?\\b|BLOGS?$|FURNITURE$|MAGAZINE|PODCAST|TEAM|AIRLINE|SYNERGY|\\bTRA(?:IN|D)ING\\b|HEALTHCARE|CAR ?WASH|CASINO|GAMBLING|TRAVELS?|DECOR$|YOU ?TUBE|FACEBOOK|\\bFB\\b|TIKTOK|CLASS$|MEMBERS(?:HIP)?|\\bMUSIC$|\\bSEO\\b|SEO(?: ?EXPERT)|\\bSEO$(?#**SEO, SEO Expert**)|LAW ?FIRM|ASSOCIAT(?:E|ION)S?\\b|\\bIOT\\b|PROVIDERS|SUBSIDIAR(?:Y|IES)|PHARM(?:AC(?:Y|IES|ISTS?|EUTICALS?))|^HTTPS?|^WWW\\.?|(?:(?:(?:G|HOT|PROTON|APPLE)?MAIL|ZOHO|OUTLOOK|YAHOO|ICLOUD|AOL)(?:\\.|DOT)?COM|MAILBOX(?:\\.|DOT)?ORG)|ORGANI(?:CS|ZATIONS?)$|BRANDS?$|FOOT[- ]?WEAR$|\\b(?:B2[BCG]|CPAS?|CMS|CRM|CSR|LOB|NGO|PR|RO[AEI]|SAAS|SEO|SM[BE])\\b(?#**Business initialisms and acronyms**)\";\r\n\tccnorm(account_name) rlike username_string\r\n)","name":"Promotional, group, organization, or company username creation (Oshwah)","comments":"==OSHWAH FILTER 54 UPDATE NOTES==\r\n_________________________________________________________________\r\nLEGEND:\r\n+ : The described change or condition has been newly created and added to this edit filter.\r\n- : The described change or condition has been removed from this edit filter.\r\n* : The described change or condition has been modified, updated, fixed, optimized, or improved on this edit filter, or the entry is a log comment.\r\n_________________________________________________________________\r\nCHANGE LOGS:\r\n\r\n* Creating initial filter version for testing.\r\n* \"Pvt Ltd\" - Updating condition to fix an issue with the code resulting in no hits.\r\n+ \"Real Estate\", \"Vacation\", \"Rental\", \"Time Share\", \"Tours\", \"Correspondence\", \"Properties\", \"Interiors\", \"Projects\", \"Agency\", \"Plumbing\", \"Treatment Center\", \"Global\" --Oshwah 3/16/2020\r\n\r\n+ \"Office\", \"Relocations\". --Oshwah 3/17/2020\r\n\r\n* \"Caterer\" - Expanded to include more conditions and possible hits.\r\n* \"Official\" - Added negative look-ahead so that the word \"unofficial\" is not flagged as a match.\r\n* \"dotcom\", \"dotnet\", \"dotgov\" - Combined for easier review.\r\n+ \"dotorg\", \"Financial\".\r\n* Modified regex to remove capital letters and just use irlike instead of rlike.\r\n* \"Technology\" - Removed extra letter.\r\n* \"Office\" - Added negative look-ahead so that 'officer' does not flag as a hit.\r\n+ \"Corporate\", \"funding\", \"hardware\", \"graphic design\", \"online store\" --Oshwah 3/21/2020\r\n\r\n* Fixed accidentally left over right brace ( \"]\" ) left in \"subscribe to\".\r\n* Optimized and reduced, fixed code. --Oshwah 12/3/2021\r\n\r\n+ \"advertise\", \"advertising\", \"advertisement\", \"electronics\", \"advertise\", \"advertisement\", \"advertising\", \"electronics\", \"staff\", \"club\", \"union\", \"create\", \"creativity\".\r\n* Fixed accidentally left over right brace ( \"]\" ) left in \"media\".\r\n* Fixed \"limited\", \"lmtd\", or \"ltd\" to no longer require \"co\", \"pty\", \"private\", or \"pvt\" to precede the string. --Oshwah 12/16/2021\r\n\r\n+ \"blog\". --Oshwah 12/17/2021\r\n\r\n* Refactored code to use ccnorm(). --Oshwah 2/10/2022\r\n\r\n* Changed parameter in \"actions\" from \"include\" to \"==\" in order to have this filter log only flag accounts that are created here, not automatically created on another wiki project. --Oshwah 2/10/2022\r\n\r\n+ \".co uk\", \"dotcouk\",\".co.uk\", etc. --Oshwah 3/31/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"magazine\". --Oshwah 4/11/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"podcast\", \"airline\". --Oshwah 6/6/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"healthcare\". --Oshwah 6/7/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"casino\", \"gambling\". \"security\", \"securities\", \"museum\".\r\n* Optimized and improved code and conditions.\r\n* Modified all enclosures to no longer be capturing groups if they are not used for capture. --Oshwah 7/4/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"Decor\". --Oshwah 10/4/2022\r\n\r\nCatch 'autocreateaccount' as well --DatGuy 20:13 3 Dec 2022\r\n\r\nRm T230256 workaround. --Suffusion of Yellow 00:23 4 Dec 2022\r\n\r\n+ \"Youtube\".\r\n* Updated \"Subscribe\" to add \"subscription\". --Oshwah 4/13/2022\r\n\r\n+ \"Associates\", \"Academy\". --Oshwah 12/27/2023\r\n\r\n+ \"Appliance\", \"Campus\", \"Alliance\", \"Congregation\", \"Sales\", \"Workshop\", \"Workgroups\", \"Reality\", \"Realtor\", \"Weight loss\", \"Institution\".\r\n* Combined regex code for similar words such as \"Securities\", \"Universities\", \"Communities\" into one regex condition.\r\n* Fix and added variants to negative lookbehind so that \"unofficial\" doesn't flag the username as a hit.\r\n* Other small fixes and improvements. --Oshwah 12/29/2023\r\n\r\n+ \"Researchers\", \"Researching\". --Oshwah 12/30/2023\r\n\r\n+ \"Union\", \"Commission\", \"Association\", \"Public Service\".\r\n* Combined words with some of the same letters into one condition. --Oshwah 1/2/2024\r\n\r\n* Small optimizations and fixes. --Oshwah 1/3/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"Music\". --Oshwah 1/21/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"SEO\", \"SEO Expert\", \"Invest\", \"Investment\", \"Investor\".\r\n* Modified \"Solutions\", \"IT Solutions\" to also look for \"Online Solutions\", --Oshwah 1/22/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"Law Firm\", \"International\", \"Bank\".\r\n* Combined \"Groups\", \"Workshop\", \"Work Groups\" into one condition.\r\n* Fix \"Associations\" to allow singular form of the word to flag a positive hit.\r\n* Other small improvements. --Oshwah 1/27/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"IoT\", \"Service Provider\". --Oshwah 3/5/2024\r\n\r\n* Fixed conditions so that \"Create\" does not trigger this filter. --Oshwah 3/26/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"http\", \"https\", \"gmail.com\". --Oshwah 3/26/2024\r\n\r\n* Fixed missing \\ before . in \"corp\" condition.\r\n* Added S? to \"corp\" condition to also flag \"Corporations\". --Oshwah 4/2/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"dotedu\". --Oshwah 7/6/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"records\". --Oshwah 7/8/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"brand\".\r\n* Fixed small syntax issue. --Oshwah 7/9/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"staffing\", \"business\", \"travels\". --Oshwah 7/10/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"team\". --Oshwah 7/13/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"class\". --Oshwah 7/17/2024\r\n\r\n- Removed redundant condition. --Oshwah 8/5/2024\r\n\r\n* Expanded conditions and code for common free email addresses. --Oshwah 10/15/2024\r\n\r\n* Small changes, optimizations, and fixes to code. \r\n+ \"Network\". --Oshwah 7/30/2025\r\n\r\n* Updated \"Brand\" to include \"Brands\".\r\n* Updated \"Bank\" to include \"Banks\", \"Banker\", \"Banking\", etc.\r\n* Updated \"Services\" to include \"Servicing\".\r\n* Updated \"Sale, Sales\" to include \"Wholesale, Wholesalers, Wholesaling\", etc.\r\n* Made regex code optimizations to \"Publisher, Publishing\", etc.\r\n* Made other small code optimizations.\r\n* Condensed similar and close-duplicate conditions into one condition.\r\n+ \"Wholesalers\".\r\n+ \"Delivery\", \"Deliveries\".\r\n+ \"Shipping, Shipment, Shippers\", etc.\r\n+ \"Owner, Owning, Ownership\", etc.\r\n+ \"Websites\".\r\n+ \"Department\", \"Departments\".\r\n+ \"Purchase\", \"Purchasing\".\r\n+ \"Seller\", \"Selling\", \"Reseller\", \"Reselling\".\r\n+ \"Retail\", \"Retailer\".\r\n+ \"Mortgage\", \"Mortgaging\".\r\n+ \"Loan, Loaner, Lend, Lender, Lenders\", etc.\r\n+ \"Lease\", \"Leasing\".\r\n+ \"Donation\".\r\n+ \"Providers\".\r\n+ \"Synergy\".\r\n+ \"Training\".\r\n+ \"Subsidiary\", \"Subsidiaries\".\r\n+ \"Pharmacy, Pharmacies, Pharmacist, Pharmaceuticals\", etc.\r\n+ \"Video, Videos, Videography, Videographies\", etc.\r\n+ \"Podcast\".\r\n+ \"Members\", \"Membership\".\r\n+ \"Multi-level\" (and variants with spacing).\r\n+ \"MLM\".\r\n+ \"Distribution\", \"Distributive\", \"Distributor\".\r\n+ \"Affiliate\". --Oshwah 8/14/2024\r\n\r\n+ \"Facebook\", \"FB\".\r\n+ \"TikTok\".\r\n+ \"Partners\".\r\n+ \"Compliance\".\r\n+ \"Insurance\".\r\n+ \"Asset\", \"Assets\", \"Asset Protection\".\r\n* Added additional top-level domains to the condition that searches for them.\r\n* Added negative look-behind to \"Shop, Workshop\" to resolve false positive hits (\"Bishop\"). --Oshwah 8/16/2025\r\n\r\n+ \"Organics\". --Oshwah 9/15/2025\r\n\r\n+ \"Footwear\".\r\n* Small code optimization. --Oshwah 9/21/2025\r\n\r\n+ \"Solicitor\", \"Logistic\". --Oshwah 10/7/2025\r\n\r\n* Updated primary conditions to look for and exclude usernames beginning with \"~\" so that temporary accounts can't be flagged. --Oshwah 11/5/2025\r\n\r\n+ \"Jewelers\", \"Marketplace\", \"Capitalizing\", \"Organization\", \"Manufacturing\", \"Cosmetics\", \"Trading\", \"Car Wash\", \"Dealers\", \"Dealership\", \"Events\", \"B2B\", \"B2C\", \"B2G\", \"CPA\", \"CPAS\", \"CMS\", \"CRM\", \"CSR\", \"LOB\", \"NGO\", \"PR\", \"ROA\", \"ROE\", \"ROI\", \"SAAS\", \"SEO\", \"SMB\", \"SME\".\r\n* Made small code optimizations. --Oshwah 11/26/2025\r\n\r\n* 'accountname' to 'account_name' (deprecated variable). --Oshwah 1/29/2025\r\n\r\n* Updated condition excluding temporary accounts to match the actual technical restriction (accounts starting with \"~2\"). --Oshwah 2/5/2026\r\n\r\n+ \"Factory\", \"Factories\", \"Portfolio\", \"Custom\", \"Customer\", \"Customers\", \"Employee\", \"Employees\", \"Employer\", \"Employers\". --Oshwah 4/29/2026","group":"default","actions":[],"enabled":true,"deleted":false,"privacylevel":0,"global":false},"actions":[]}
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