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This page lists all of the current outstanding false positive reports.

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Jo Gabrielo

Username: Jo Gabrielo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jo Gabrielo (filter log)
Description

Don't write an article about yourself. If you're notable, someone else will. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 12:49, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

179.210.86.1

Username: 179.210.86.1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[User:Explicit]] (filter log)
Description: User inactive, last edit was on February 17th of 2013, went to blank entire page and replace with {{Retired}} but then I couldn't save because of the crap abuse filter
Date and time: 12:05, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: There is probably no need to mark it as such. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 12:51, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

68.83.19.34

Username: 68.83.19.34 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Deer Isle, Maine (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 14:26, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

i was fixing the name beacause it was speled wrong

Not a false positive. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

EdConley

Username: EdConley (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: In_the_End (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a cover version of this song that exists - I emulated the code already published, and added my bit - see the bit starting "Also in 2012"

Date and time

14:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Comments

Please don't add links to YouTube. Many items on YouTube are copyright violations, and we don't link to them - see Wikipedia:External links#Restrictions on linking #1. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:33, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

101.109.234.32

Username: 101.109.234.32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Leader of the Opposition (Thailand) (filter log)
Description: Trying to revert soapboxing/spam/irrelevant content
Date and time: 20:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

There is unfortunately no easy way to prevent this sort of false positive, but someone else has made the edit on your behalf. Thank you for reporting the issue. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:19, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I take that back. The filter is supposed to permit you to do this once an hour. Will investigate why you couldn't do that much. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:20, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

74.192.84.101

Username: 74.192.84.101 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jazz on the Square (filter log)
Description: adding previously-non-existent refs & massive cleanup & will somebody please put these aggressive filters on warn-not-disallow? :-)
Date and time: 22:07, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Clarification... first time I submitted I used archive dot eye ess with http at the front, and got the "correct" message (albeit a pretty rude one).

Second time I submitted, I had removed the http from the front, which then gave me the generic 'you are bad' message, with no indication that the problem was *still* archive dot eye ess.

Checking my filter-log here, showed that it was still the archive dot eye ess filter that was tripping... just with the generic, rather than the indicative-of-the-problem, errmsg.

Please fix the regex, so that *all* triggers of the anti-archive-dot-eye-ess abuseFilter, actually print the errmsg which *says* what the problem is. Danke. p.s. Also, checking for SGML comments might be nice. :-) — 74.192.84.101 (talk) 22:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, due to the way the filter system works, this is how "warn+disallow" work - they first display the warning (which can be set for individual filters), then the generic "disallow" warning on the second try. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:18, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Od Mishehu: MediaWiki:Abusefilter-disallowed‎ is the warning that is given when an edit is disallowed (even after a warning). You could modify that and add a parser function to detect which filter is being triggered ($1 is the description, $2 is the filter ID, so you probably want to use $2). 88.113.145.84 (talk) 18:05, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Louis Leo111

Username: Louis Leo111 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Leónidas_Lamborghini (filter log)
Description: The guy Twsx is blocked from editing this page.. Tell your guys not to block..You guys may probably don't know about me..Tell your lazy staff that I am a trillionaire...Next time I will mean to death of your staff
Date and time: 14:55, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: I would say both the "description" of your report as well as the edits reported to AIV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) speak for themselves. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | ~ 15:01, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]; User has been blocked indef. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | ~ 15:12, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

95.68.71.79

Username: 95.68.71.79 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Empty Hearse (filter log)
Description: Have tried to add one more review and the reference to it. Haven't been been able to save even after I had deleted the reference.
Date and time: 17:29, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Edit blocked by filter 16 -- Alexf^(talk) 17:58, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've refered the issue to a user who knows this filter. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:59, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is a false positive - however, it appears that the edit was done already. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:56, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

103.251.188.73

Username: 103.251.188.73 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 17:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

False positive. I have made the edit for you. Black Kite (talk) 18:37, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shah manthan

Username: Shah manthan (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 05:30, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

If you are trying to create a new article, please see WP:AFC. However, your proposed article does not look notable. Black Kite (talk) 11:52, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

122.161.228.215

Username: 122.161.228.215 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[1]] (filter log)
Description: Promotional content.
Date and time: 11:43, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Instead of blanking the page, you needed to add the speedy deletion template (which I see you have now done). I have deleted the page. Black Kite (talk) 11:50, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Raresugar

Username

Raresugar (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Allulose (filter log)

Description

Tried to add "Allulose" article as "Allulose" should come before "Psicose" as "Psicose" used be "Allulose" and "Psicose" is over writting "Allulose" by redirect. OR change "Psicose" to "Allulose(Psicose)".

Date and time

02:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Comments

The filter you ran into is a "warn" filter, not a "disallow" filter. If you had simply hit 'savepage' a second time the edit would have gone through. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:01, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

However, this looks like a "copy&paste" move. We do have a page moving feature - see Wikipedia:Moving a page. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:52, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

79.7.47.229

Username: 79.7.47.229 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Raul Pantaleo (filter log)
Description: I tried to add some new informations about the author with links about his new pubblications.
Date and time: 15:35, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: Don't type in ALL CAPS – that's what's tripping the edit filter. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:39, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Casualtyfan2014

Username: Casualtyfan2014 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of Casualty characters (filter log)
Description: I was trying to reference a change I tried to make which was changing s character's surname to the correct name. I also tried to reference another change I tried to do which was change the date of the characters arrival. The reference was the URL of BBC Casualty's website.
Date and time: 23:11, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: You're right- this is a false positive. I did the edit for you. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:29, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

67.85.29.23

Username: 67.85.29.23 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Kenya (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: Not a false positive. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:30, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Macs pizza

Username: Macs pizza (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:OMEB (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 04:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: Clearly vandalism. User warned. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:33, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

76.107.171.90

Username: 76.107.171.90 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Little Bo Peep (filter log)
Description: Someone had censored a quote; I was trying to restore its original vulgarity.
Date and time: 21:31, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Yeah, unsurprisingly the filter blocks that, I've fixed it. Black Kite (talk) 21:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

72.213.186.12

Username: 72.213.186.12 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Log (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 04:00, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: The edit appears to be vandalism. Can you give some source for that use of the word? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:01, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

66.87.128.162

Username: 66.87.128.162 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 22:20, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

I see no relevant edit filter hits here. Can you give me more details? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:23, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pheartheceal

Username: Pheartheceal (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:Pheartheceal (filter log)
Description: I was just trying to add some userboxes and text to my user page.
Date and time: 20:39, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

I guess the "ASCII art" filter was objecting to the "( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)" string. (Is it necessary for the filter to be active in user space?) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 20:31, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

אסף רזון

Username: אסף רזון (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:אסף רזון/Checkmarx (filter log)
Description: Trying, on a private draft page for now, to create a new article about Checkmarx.
Date and time: 15:46, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: I see that there actually was an article about Checkmarx, but it was deleted. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:15, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

105.228.5.187

Username: 105.228.5.187 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:Coomaad online (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 22:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

If you are Coomaad online, feel free to log in and do it. Otherwise, please leave the page alone. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That said, I have deleted the user pages as editing experiments. (Instead of blanking the user page, you could mark it with {{db-test}} or any other appropriate speedy deletion criterion.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 18:05, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

72.138.246.238

Username: 72.138.246.238 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Alternative rock (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 23:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: Obvious vandalism. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:18, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:AleksandraAndzic

Username: 184.89.236.155 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:AleksandraAndzic (filter log)
Description: This woman is claiming to be Russian royalty, which is false.
Date and time: 20:58, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Page deleted, per WP:FAKEARTICLE. Black Kite (talk) 08:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

184.244.38.188

Username: 184.244.38.188 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of unincorporated communities in Virginia (filter log)
Description: Trying to add "Fagg, Virginia" to list. It has its own Wikipedia page and is a real place: Fagg, Virginia
Date and time: 21:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Yes, false positive, I see the edit has already been made. Black Kite (talk) 08:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- It should be obvious, though, why the filter caught that. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 17:23, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

24.183.174.153

Username: 24.183.174.153 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Diamond Ranch Academy (filter log)
Description: Modify certain sentences to sound more neutral (removing things like "somewhat tarry") and remove redundancy (alleged ... possible corruption). It now sounds less like it was written by employees of Diamond Ranch Academy trying to do damage control.
Date and time: 23:04, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Edit already made. Black Kite (talk) 08:48, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

86.143.217.31

Username: 86.143.217.31 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Liza Pulman (filter log)
Description: update 2010-2013 performance credits
Date and time: 12:35, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is a false positive, but as it is only a warning note the edit went through OK. Black Kite (talk) 08:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ben stas

Username: Ben stas (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Together Festival (filter log)
Description: adding and updating information about the festival, which I work for.
Date and time: 19:36, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

The problem is "SLUTTT". Leave that out and the edit should go through fine. You can leave an edit-request on the talk page to have that added, if it is correct and sourced. Black Kite (talk) 08:50, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

64.235.69.80

Username: 64.235.69.80 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Aziz Ansari (filter log)
Description: Canned ravioli causes horrible bouts of diarrhea!!!
Date and time: 02:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

I hope you aren't serious. Even if what you said is factual at face value (which it is more silly than factual), deleting the entire article and replacing it with the word "diarrhea" is most definitely vandalism. —Josh3580_talk/hist 02:16, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2605:E000:4C40:EA00:E6CE:8FFF:FE1B:7CB0

Username: 2605:E000:4C40:EA00:E6CE:8FFF:FE1B:7CB0 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 06:04, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

You cannot make that edit as an unregistered user. That edit should be made by the editor whose userpage it is, or another registered user following policy. The article has been blanked as a WP:FAKEARTICLE. Black Kite (talk) 08:52, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

71.125.224.160

Username: 71.125.224.160 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of airlines of the United States (filter log)
Description: added data and dates into the table as shown below and I removed two air lines since (Arctic Circle Air Service & Arctic Transportation Services) one was no longer operational and one is operating under a different name.
Date and time: 05:39, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Not a false positive, although your edit was not vandalism. The trigger was your addition of "Huff Daland Dusters" to the Delta entry. We have a very persistent vandal who continually tries to change all references to Delta on Wikipedia to "Huff Daland". So please try your edit without that change, and it should go through. Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 15:51, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DomCooper123

Username: DomCooper123 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Evaporation (filter log)
Description: Give an example, to the appealing male. BTW ADD ME ON FB< Dom Cooper, have a safe pp&you should like it:)
Date and time: 18:36, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments: Clearly vandalism. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:35, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

71.105.105.132

Username: 71.105.105.132 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Lloyd's of London (filter log)
Description: Tried to update page to include the insurance on a pornstars penis. was not allowed http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/wanderlust/porn-star-insures-penis-1-million
Date and time: 07:30, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

The best course of action here is to suggest this change on the article's talkpage. Black Kite (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cloudchased

Username: Cloudchased (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User talk:Cloudchased/Sandbox/Cyclone Winifred (filter log)
Description: I was attempting to add sources to my article sandbox, User talk:Cloudchased/Sandbox/Cyclone Winifred, and somehow tripped the filter. Note that I am under editing restrictions by the Ban Appeals Subcommittee, but it seems strange that I'm the one tripping filter 602. Looking at it, it seems a lot of recent edits have.
Date and time: 23:04, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Given this and the report below I'll raise this issue at the filter discussion page. Black Kite (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. AGK [•] 23:48, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Neko-chan

Username: Neko-chan (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User_talk:Neko-chan (filter log)
Description: Discussing vandalism with another user on my talk. It popped the arbitration discretionary sanctions box up. What.
Date and time: 23:07, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

See above report. Black Kite (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed: this was due to an error in the filter. AGK [•] 23:48, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Alexandraandzic

Username: Miss Rosetta (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:Alexandraandzic (filter log)
Description: This woman is claiming to be royalty, which is NOT true
Date and time: 20:20, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

The page has now been deleted. Black Kite (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bernard Hughes

Username: Bernard Hughes (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Michael Portillo (filter log)
Description: I corrected a quote from a cite article, which had been given as "excrement", to "shit", which was the actual word used in the article. While this corrected the quote, I can see why it hit an automated block.
Date and time: 00:43, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Made the edit for you. Black Kite (talk) 23:33, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

71.181.24.73

Username: 71.181.24.73 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict

Your stupid filter on the talk page of Depopulated Arab villages in Israel blocked this comment I was trying to make in reply to someone who made a ludicrous request to delete an article:

Bwhahahahaha! So basically your argument is that because it's controversial we should pretend it didn't happen at all. Yeah good luck with that. Doubt you'll be able to convince enough of even the most douchebag Wikipedia editors that we should be deleting articles that are subject to controversy, on that basis alone.

Apparently it was because I used the word "douchebag." Profanity in and of itself should not result in an entire comment being considered "unconstructive" nor should we be required to write like academics or bureaucrats or "polite society" in the Talk section simply because that is some peoples' preference. These stupid bots do more harm than good, and, are, in effect, a perfunctory and somewhat arbitrary censorship device based on language style rather than meaningful content. You Wikicrats who create and maintain these things are some truly sorry people.

Date and time: 19:33, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Wikipedia is not censored, but that doesn't mean be civil isn't a policy. Given your clearly considerable linguistic skills, it should not be a major task to fashion a talk page response that doesn't involve the word that tripped the filter. Black Kite (talk) 23:37, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jeep dude89

Username: Jeep dude89 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 05:57, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Page deleted. Black Kite (talk) 23:18, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hjjarrett

Username: Hjjarrett (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 23:02, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

That's almost certainly a false positive, though you probably shouldn't be trying to create an article on your user page anyway. See WP:AFC. Black Kite (talk) 23:18, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

213.246.85.251

Username: 213.246.85.251 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Corona (disambiguation) (filter log)
Description: Attempted to edit the "Medicine" section of this page thus:

===Medicine===
* [[Coronavirus]], a virus which, under the microscope, resembles a solar corona.
* [[Corona of glans penis|Corona of ''glans penis'']], a feature of the ''glans penis'' that resembles a corona.

Date and time

15:00, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Comments

I've added it for you – the filter interpreted it as vandalism. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:09, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I suddenly realized why the edit had been rejected. Whither real AI... 213.246.85.251 (talk) 17:50, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jcollomosse

Username: Jcollomosse (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Dave Rowntree (filter log)
Description: Fixing dead links to computer graphics papers authored by this individual.
Date and time: 15:03, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

VIRUS CDEF

Username: VIRUS CDEF (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description: I WAS NOT DOING VANDALISM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date and time: 21:17, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Comments

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+: {{user|VIRUS CDEF}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:VIRUS CDEF}}|NAME=filter log}})
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+: {{#ifexist: {{page}}| [[{{page}}]]| [[]] }} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:}}|NAME=filter log}})
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+: I WAS NOT DOING VANDALISM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+: 21:17, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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