Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Anti-harassment/Add watchers variable to AbuseFilter

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Add watchers variable to AbuseFilter

Problem: Some pages are not well-watched. It can lead to unwanted vandalism for a long time (in particular the Template and Module namespaces). Being able to tag some actions on these pages could help prevent vandalism.
Proposed solution: Add a variable to AbuseFilter the gives the number of watchers to the page. This should be the same number currently shown in Page information.
Who would benefit: Everyone
More comments:
Phabricator tickets:
Proposer: LD (talk) 20:38, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

In my opinion, the variable should ideally be "Active watchers". Let's think of an article about 2012 Olympics, for example. It may have accumulated 100s of watchers in 2012, but a large number of them probably left the project by now. Once 2012 has passed, it hasn't really attracted newer watchers. So, even with a large watcher number, vandalism may pile up. But, if we consider "Active watchers", we'd have a better idea of what articles are more prone to unattended vandalism. —‍(ping on reply)—‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 21:49, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support. — Jules* ^talk 18:25, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support LD (talk) 22:29, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 00:30, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hehua (talk) 02:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support * Pppery * _{it has begun} 03:41, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Libcub (talk) 05:31, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jurbop (talk) 07:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support CaféBuzz (talk) 10:01, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Golmote (talk) 13:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is useful for the wiki. Thingofme (talk) 14:49, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Novak Watchmen (talk) 18:52, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Airtransat236 (talk) 16:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support ドラみそ (talk) 03:00, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support cyrfaw (talk) 11:35, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support مهدی بهرامی مطلق (talk) 09:25, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 04:57, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —‍(ping on reply)—‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 21:44, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dankowski (talk) 22:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yining Chen (Talk) 10:06, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Johannnes89 (talk) 11:48, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Trimton (talk) 15:15, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Packerfan386 (talk) 09:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cmarsch (talk) 06:21, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Omegatron (talk) 16:17, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —מקף⁻ණ (Hyphen) 23:06, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kcat37 (talk) 13:42, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support 星海子 (talk) 16:36, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support XRozuRozu (talk) 17:14, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 02:11, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yaw tuba (talk) 00:10, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]