Abuse filter management

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+Version from 21:54, 30 August 2023 by Rye Greenwood
-Prevent new editors (fewer than 5 edits or account created less than 7 days ago) from creating new mainspace pages. Translation project pages (any page title containing a slash) are exempt from this.
+Prevent new editors (fewer than 5 edits or account created less than 7 days ago) from creating new non-redirect mainspace pages. Translation project pages (any page title containing a slash) are exempt from this.
 New mainspace pages aren't created often, definitely not by completely new editors. A lot of spam accounts have been creating advertising pages in mainspace recently.
 This filter might have to be disabled when large content updates are released.
 /* Definition of a "new editor": */
 userage_days := 7;  /* max number of days since account creation */
 useredits := 5;  /* max number of edits */
 page_namespace == 0
 & page_age == 0
 & new_size > 0
 & (user_editcount < useredits | user_age < userage_days * 24 * 3600)
 & !"/" in page_title
+& !"#redirect" in lcase(added_lines)
 & !("delete" in user_rights | "bot" in user_groups)