When setting up (or editing) a Personal Profile, you’ll likely have noticed a list of “Exclusion Filters” available to you.  This series of checkboxes allows you to refine your results by excluding specific types of content.  These are preset “Not” clauses that we run for you behind the scenes.

The Exclusion Filters typically involve excluding content where certain words match in any of the Section, Title (headline), or the Story Type (“stotype”) fields of any document.  This can be challenging when papers use unusual nomenclature for section names, or if the Story Type field is not provided by certain publications.  We’ve recently identified some additional patterns to add to our filter logic which should make these work more precisely.

These exclusion filters are shown on the Edit Profile page.

Ever wondered what was REALLY being excluded when you checked those boxes?  Here is the exact logic we are using for each of the exclusion filters, complete with the updates we’ve added this week.

Editorials

section:(“COMMENT” or “INSIGHT” or “VOICES” or “EDITORIAL*” or “OP-ED” or “OPINION” or “LETTER*” ) or stotype:(“OP-ED” or “OPINION” or “LETTER*” )

Letters to the Editor

section:”LETTER*” or stotype:”LETTER*”

Sports

section:”SPORT*”

Arts, Life, Homes, Food, Autos

section:(“ARTS” or “ENTERTAINMENT” or equals(“GO”) or “MOVIE” or “MOVIES” or “CINEMA” or “FILM” or “GLOBE REVIEW” or “TV” or “TELEVISION”

or “LIFE” or equals(“LIVING”)

or “HOME” or “HOMES” or “REAL ESTATE” or “CONDO*”

or “FOOD”

or “WHEELS” or “MEGAWHEELS” or “DRIVING” or “DRIVE” or “AUTOS” )

News Briefs

stotype:”BRIEF*” or stotype:”TEASER” or column:”BRIEF*”

or title:(“INDEX” and “ADVISORIES”) or section:”ADVISORY” or title:”GENERAL BRIEFS”

Stock Market Summaries

lead:(“STOCK SYMBOL*”) or title:”STOCK MARKET SUMMAR*” or title:”MOST ACTIVE STOCKS”

Caption Only

title:(“WILD ART” or “CAPTION ONLY”) or length:”0″

CP Wire in papers

source:(“CANADIAN PRESS” or “CP”) or byline:(“CANADIAN PRESS” or “CP”)

Obituaries

section:(“OBITUARY” or “OBITUARIES” or “OBITS” ) or title:(“OBITUARY” or “OBITUARIES” or “OBITS” or “DEATH NOTICES” ) or stotype:(“OBITUARY”)