Hello tech ambassadors! *TL;DR* The Collaboration team is going to launch a new Beta feature on wikis, . This Beta feature is an improvement of the current ORES Beta feature <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures> available on certain wikis. This deployment would happen by phases <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146972>, starting on Tuesday March 28 on Mediawikiwiki, Portuguese Wikipedia and Polish Wikipedia. *What is this new feature?* This feature improves Special:RecentChanges <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges> and Special:RecentChangesLinked <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked> by adding new useful features that will ease vandalism tracking and support of newcomers: - *Filtering <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Filtering>* - filter recent changes with easy-to-use and powerful filters combinations. - *Highlighting* <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Highlighting_function> - add a colored background to the different changes you are monitoring, to quickly identify the ones that matter to you. - *Quality and Intent Filters* <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Quality_and_Intent_Filters> - user ORES predictions to identify real vandalism or good faith intent contributions that need assistance. You can watch a video <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ANew-feature_demo%E2%80%94smart_Recent_Changes_filtering_with_ORES.webm> which explains the principle of filtering and highlighting, based on the prototype. *What will happen?* At the moment, the ORES beta feature is available in Beta preferences <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures> on certain wikis. For those wikis, when the deployment will be done: - Users who have enabled the ORES beta feature will then use the New filters for Recent Changes Beta feature (no action needed, unless if you want to opt-out). - ORES predictions highlighting <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ORES_review_tool> will be activated by default for all users (not in Beta anymore, unless if you opt-out - see below). - ORES redirections are symbolized by a "r" red (in English at least) in the RecentChanges pages, for all users. - Users who want to change the accuracy level of ORES predictions or opt-out will be able to do so in their preferences <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal> . - Users who want to opt-out will be able to do so in their preferences <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal> as well. If your wiki doesn't have ORES predictions highlighting <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ORES_review_tool>, the filters will work anyway. However, the predictions filters will not be available until the process to enable ORES predictions is completed for your wiki. The deployment is not scheduled <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158335>at the moment for wikis without ORES predictions but will happen soon. *How to prepare this change?* You can discover the purpose of this project by visiting the quick tour help page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Quick_tour> . Inform your community about this change will be really helpful. Please ping me - [[user:Trizek (WMF)]] - if you do so! I'll be very happy to answer all your questions. Also, please check the documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review> (and help to translate it). Please also have a look at the translations of the interface on translatewiki.net. The messages are prefixed as rcfilters-and ores-rcfilters-. *For developers* We have created a hook that allow extensions to register filters for pages inheriting from ChangesListSpecialPage (in core: RecentChanges, RecentChangesLinked, and Watchlist) and will allow developers to set up filters for the new system. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ChangesListSpecialPageStructure… <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review> The feedback page is open <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review> to your comments. Please ping me if you have any questions. On behalf of the Collaboration team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Collaboration>, Benoît -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation