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===vpope77=== |
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: {{user|vpope77}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Your vpope77}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[HMS Zephyr]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:adding service history and list of commanding officers from navy archives}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: adding service history and list of commanding officers from navy archives. |
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: 16:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC) |
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=== Peracles === |
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: {{user| Peracles }} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode: Peracles }}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[ Road Safety Authority]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode: Road Safety Authority}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: Replacing content which made allegations of sexism, was biased and far from neutral. I placed factual unbiased information in its place |
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: 14:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC) |
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I appreciate that you're trying to improve the article, but the edit you were making is exactly the type that these edit filters were designed to catch. Had it gone through, it would likely have been reverted quickly. It seems that you were attempting to remove most of the article and replace it with information you had written yourself from scratch. Which in itself is not necessarily wrong, but in doing so you were removing [[WP:REF|referenced]] content and replacing it with unreferenced content which for the most part does not provide the reader the same information as what had been there before and reads like a brochure. Moreover, you also added an email address at the bottom of the page, which makes the article look as if it were written by one person, and you also removed the categories at the bottom of the page which are used to aid navigation between pages. If you would like to see the paragraphs about sexism removed, please start a discussion on the article's [[Talk:Road Safety Authority|talk page]] so that other people can see your side of the argument. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 14:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC) |
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===Proofreader77=== |
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: {{user|Proofreader77}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Proofreader77}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[Roman Polanski]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:Roman Polanski}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: This may not be a false positive but rather an inadvertent error: I used the xx/xx/xxxx date format in a cite template not knowing not to do that. |
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: 00:09, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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See below; if someone writes 04/03/2009 it could either be March 4th or April 3. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 03:32, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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::Do you mean everyone isn't American? :-) Many thanks. [[User:Proofreader77|Proofreader77]] ([[User talk:Proofreader77|talk]]) 04:47, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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===Proofreader77=== |
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: {{user|Proofreader77}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Proofreader77}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[User:Proofreader77/SarahPalinTalk54]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:User:Proofreader77/SarahPalinTalk54}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: I copied an article talk discussion to a subpage of my user space to analyze. There was apparently a comment mentioning "Michael Jackson" in a neutral way: re his staying power as an artist. |
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: 00:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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Yeah, there's really no way for the filter to be able to tell legitimate edits from libel, so we have it set up to tag everything and leave the task of sorting the good from the bad to those people who sort the Recent Changes by tags. Hopefully the Michael Jackson vandalism is starting to tail off now and maybe the filter will be disabled soon. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 03:30, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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:I guess my only surprise is that the filter is paying attention to User space. (Hadn't thought that would matter ... but surely no one should do anything inappropriate in their own space either.:) Cheers, and happy holidays. [[User:Proofreader77|Proofreader77]] ([[User talk:Proofreader77|talk]]) 04:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
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===Unknown User=== |
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I have forgotten my username (I believe it was along the lines of Temarilover something like that). I tried to add some basic info on the live performance of Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day when I tried to save and the change was ruled unconstructive and dissallowed. The change is in fact true and rather constructive. |
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:Well, it was because your edit included "FUCK" in all capitals. I ''think'' (can't be sure) that it would go through if it had been lowercase, but I can't really guarantee that other editors would like that (even if it is true). The [[Wikipedia:Profanity|profanity manual of style]] recommends descriptive language rather than direct quotes for things like this, although it is not a binding policy either. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 15:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC) |
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::(Note: the above edit was added by [[Special:Contributions/99.141.4.16|99.141.4.16]]. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 15:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC) |
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=== gudemadp === |
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: {{user| gudemadp }} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode: gudemadp }}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[ Metastasis suppressor ]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode: Metastasis suppressor }}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: I was attempting to extend off of the current stub, but when I went to cite my refferences it kept kicking to this false positive thing I don't know what that means. I am not a frequent wikipedia user I have to do this for a class project it needs to be turned in asap how to I fix this? [[User:Gudemadp|Gudemadp]] ([[User talk:Gudemadp|talk]]) 23:55, 6 December 2009 (UTC) |
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: 23:55, 6 December 2009 (UTC) |
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Your edit looks great; just make sure you don't remove the ==References== and {{tl|reflist}} lines from the original. That's what you were doing, and that's what was causing the filter to trigger. As an aside, the references you were attempting to add weren't formatted correctly either (you used one big [ref] ... [/ref] sequence when they're supposed to be individual, and you put them all at the end when (ideally at least) they should be tacked on as footnotes after each statement they refer to), but that can be fixed once you make the edit. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 00:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC) |
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=== Hamac === |
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: {{user|Hamac}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Hamac}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[Hamac (Adeyeye Muyiwa)]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:Hamac (Adeyeye Muyiwa)}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: What you were doing [[User:Hamac|Hamac]] ([[User talk:Hamac|talk]]) 04:20, 6 December 2009 (UTC) |
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: 04:20, 6 December 2009 (UTC) |
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You can put that content on your [[User:Hamac|userpage]] if you want to, but as an article, I don't think it would stand up to the [[WP:N|notability]] and [[WP:V|verifiability]] requirements for autobiographies. The reason your edit was disallowed was because "mainspace" articles are watched for things like this; however, userspace is much more free. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 04:24, 6 December 2009 (UTC) |
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===Exernial=== |
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: {{user|Exernial}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Exernial}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[User:Exernial]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:User:Exernial}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: On my userpage??? My userpage???! I was adding some about me stuff, no offensive material at all or anything, unless I've made some mistakes I didn't realize? |
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;Date and time |
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: 19:35, 5 December 2009 (UTC) |
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I'm afraid <nowiki>[big][big][big]</nowiki> has been disallowed because too many people use it to vandalize (even on (other people's) userpages). As soon as you get [[WP:autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed]] (4 days and ten edits) you'll be considered "trusted enough" to be able to use that particular HTML tag. Also, the BIG tag doesn't always render properly on some browsers; you might want to consider using <nowiki>[span style="font-size: 40px;"]</nowiki> or something similar since you can be sure everyone will see it properly. Or type <nowiki>[big][big][b][/b][big]</nowiki>; it will work more or less the same. (Note: all [ ] brackets in the above should be replaced with < >.)-- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 19:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC) |
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:<small>(Note: this filter is a private filter, but I felt it was OK to explain exactly what triggered it because what you wrote was exactly the same as one of the things it was designed to catch, so no new "secret" information has been let out.) -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 20:10, 5 December 2009 (UTC)</small> |
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:: I excluded User namespace from this filter. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]]_[[User Talk:Ruslik0|<span style="color:red">Zero</span>]] 20:39, 5 December 2009 (UTC) |
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=== 96.251.85.72 === |
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: {{user| 96.251.85.72 }} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode: 96.251.85.72 }}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[ Talk:John_Forbes_Nash,_Jr.#.22Fuck_You_Buddy.22 ]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode: Talk:John_Forbes_Nash,_Jr.#.22Fuck_You_Buddy.22 }}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: Adding a comment to the Talk page to raise some (hopefully ''constructive)'' questions about the associated article. Certainly I was not engaged in vandalism-- note that I did not attempt to edit the article itself, but instead left it to those more involved with Wikipedia to decide. [[Special:Contributions/96.251.85.72|96.251.85.72]] ([[User talk:96.251.85.72|talk]]) 17:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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: 17:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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: It is because of "Fuck You Buddy" in the edit summary. If you do not use such an edit summary, you will not receive a warning the next time. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]]_[[User Talk:Ruslik0|<span style="color:red">Zero</span>]] 19:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC) |
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=== 98.248.61.157 === |
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: {{user|98.248.61.157}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode: 98.248.61.157}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[Storm Chasers (TV series)]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode: Storm Chasers (TV series)}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: I wanted the episodes separate from the main article, so I've created the article [[List of Storm Chasers episodes]] [[Special:Contributions/98.248.61.157|98.248.61.157]] ([[User talk:98.248.61.157|talk]]) 04:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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: 04:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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There is no way for the filter to be able to tell the difference between legitimate removals and vandalism. Please don't feel as if you're being classified as a vandal; tags are just a convenient way for us to alert ourselves to various actions that could be acts of vandalism. You can go ahead and make the edit if you like; however, your edit may be reversed if the current state of the article is one that has been decided on by previous editors; if so I recommend going to [[Talk:Storm Chasers (TV series)|the talk page]] and explaining what you want to do and why. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 14:09, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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===Buggie111=== |
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: {{user|Buggie111}} ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser={{urlencode:Buggie111}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: [[Bronnitsy]] ({{plainlinks|URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle={{urlencode:Bronnitsy}}|NAME=filter log}}) |
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: Killed off red category link |
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: 20:26, 1 December 2009 (UTC) |
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There is no way for the filter to be able to tell the difference between legitimate removals and vandalism. Please don't feel as if you're being classified as a vandal; tags are just a convenient way for us to alert ourselves to various actions that ''could'' be acts of vandalism. Your edit was reverted, though for a different reason than the tag would suggest: the category you removed was misspelled, and that's why it appeared that it didn't exist. -- ''<B>[[User:Soap|Soap]]</B>'' <sup>[[User talk:Soap|Talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Soap|Contributions]]</sub> 02:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 16:49, 10 December 2009
Please describe what you were doing when you were directed to this page by copying the following template, clicking [edit] on the section below, pasting in the report at the top of the section and filling it out
{{subst:Falsepositive|Your Username|Page you were trying to edit|Any additional info}}
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