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85.237.234.134

Username: 85.237.234.134 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Dr. Luke production discography (filter log)
Description: adding his official credits for Kim Petras' new EP Turn Off The Light, Vol 1.
Date and time: 22:27, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Done. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:09, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zachlogan35

Username: Zachlogan35 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Clay high school (Green Cove Springs, Florida) (filter log)
Description: The page had the old principal listed so I was updating the page to show the current principal
Date and time: 10:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Confirmed on the school website and completed the edit. LynxTufts (talk) 12:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gkblogs

Username: Gkblogs (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 03:32, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments

Not done User was blocked. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 14:51, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Abelucas

Username: Abelucas (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 13:03, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: You're trying to move a draft to the Wikipedia namespace, which is intended for information on Wikipedia policy and not articles. Drafts should not be moved to the main article space, except by reviewers when the draft has been accepted.

You removed the {{AFC submission}} template while editing your page, so I readded it. If your draft is complete, please mark it as such using the 'Submit your draft for review' button at the bottom of the box. LynxTufts (talk) 15:43, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2604:2000:1500:5574:E8EA:998F:CB0F:E607

Username: 2604:2000:1500:5574:E8EA:998F:CB0F:E607 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Lana Del Rey discography (filter log)
Description: Updating her latest released songs. One of them is called "Venice Bitch", which is what appears to have triggered a false positive.
Date and time: 01:43, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Done. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:34, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ThomasArildsen

Username: ThomasArildsen (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Java Web Start (filter log)
Description: There is a message box in the section "Notable applications" encouraging improvement of the section by adding references. I tried to do so by adding a reference to the description from JOSM on how to use it via web start.
Date and time: 08:43, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
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MStockCH

Username

MStockCH (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Comparison_of_metadata_editors (filter log)

Description

I tried to fix the syntax/formatting of the table, the (pretty new) VRmeta-entry which caused this problem does somewhat sound a bit like spam though (at least the description does), but I just tried to fix the table.

Date and time

12:24, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Comments

@MStockCH: The filter just warned you that the edit was possibly malformed. It still allowed it to go through so no further action is needed. LynxTufts (talk) 12:51, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for the reply and the explanation. I saw that my edit was successful, but was a bit surprised by the warning message. MStockCH (talk) 19:08, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant to this: Wikipedia:Edit_filter/Requested/Archive_10#Warn about broken proxies. @Zzuuzz: Is MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning really the right warning message for this filter? Seems rather WP:BITEy and confusing IMO. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:09, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Suffusion of Yellow: Unfortunately this filter remains necessary, though it could always use a little work. I've implemented a new warning: MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-malformed. Feel free to suggest changes. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 19:34, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

131.230.102.58

Username: 131.230.102.58 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Southern Illinois School of Law (filter log)
Description: I was trying to edit the SIU Law to reflect updates.
Date and time: 18:08, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: @MMEKEL: The filter only gave you a warning about not providing an edit summary because unexplained content removal tends to get reverted as vandalism. Indeed, that's exactly what happened, and two users, Kirbanzo and Ifnord have undone your changes, so it's best now if you discuss the changes at Talk:Southern Illinois University School of Law if that happens again. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:47, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2607:9880:4030:15:A5F5:27FB:7552:B6F4

Username: 2607:9880:4030:15:A5F5:27FB:7552:B6F4 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Sunni Islam (filter log)
Description: I changed quite a bit of lead that led me here. This article is filled with Shia crap right on the top which is confusing the reader as to if this article is about Sunni Islam or Shia.
Date and time: 18:58, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Filter working as intended. Try reading WP:CIVIL and rephrasing the edit summary accordingly. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pensono

Username: Pensono (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Two Feet (filter log)
Description: Adding new EP titled "A 20 Something Fuck" to the list of EPs. Intended edit:

*''A 20 Something Fuck'' (Part 1) (Republic Records, 2018)

Date and time: 04:02, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: @Pensono: Done. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:04, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado chaser

Username

Tornado chaser (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Gardasil (filter log)

Description

When I made these edits [1][2] I got a big warning message saying I was adding citations to a predatory open access journal and asking me if I was sure I wanted to proceed with the edit, this happened on both edits, It did let me make the edits, but why was it warning me not to add unreliable sources when I was removing references and not adding any? Tornado chaser (talk) 19:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Date and time

03:22 and 03:48 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Comments

@Tornado chaser: The filter isn't checking for removed_lines, and the line you were editing still contains a doi=10.4172 from another reference. @JzG: Perhaps we need a:

!(removed_lines irlike "doi[ ]*=[ ]*10.(1234|1999|2495|4018|4172|4236|5897|11648|15373|17265)")

in there? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:30, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I know nothing about the code used for edit filters, I just know that the predatory journal filter is not supposed to discourage removal of such journals. Tornado chaser (talk) 21:34, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Tornado chaser: There were two links to predatory journals on that line, and you only removed one of them. The filter should have noticed that, and not issued the warning, and the fix I suggested to JzG (ping didn't go though the first time for some reason, so trying again) should prevent any more false positives of this type. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:40, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. @Tornado Chaser:, you probably didn't recognise the name Tomljenovic, but any paper written by her is not reliable. She has no qualifications relevant to vaccines, but writes anti-vaccine papers anyway. Guy (Help!) 21:44, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@JzG: Your welcome, that name sounded vaguely familiar from something I read on respectful insolence once, thanks for reminding me who that is. (I did end up removing that too cause it was in a predatory journal). Tornado chaser (talk) 21:55, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

68.103.18.242

Username: 68.103.18.242 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 02:56, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments

Your contributions triggered edit filter warnings, i.e. "large deletion from article by new editors" and "new user removing reference grouping tags", as is intended. — Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 03:03, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Musicest

Username: Musicest (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 09:54, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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172.254.85.226

Username: 172.254.85.226 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: 2018 in Canadian music (filter log)
Description: Trying to add the album Dose Your Dreams (released Oct 5th) by the band Fucked Up; disallowed because of the band name.
Date and time: 13:35, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Done. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:03, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

106.193.7.68

Username: 106.193.7.68 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Rashmika Mandanna (filter log)
Description: Special:Diff/862891725 & Special:Diff/863083627 Addition of bad words or other vandalism
Date and time: 15:30, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: @ZI Jony: The one edit that wasn't revdelled (Special:Diff/862891725) looks like clear vandalism to me. Are you saying that the filter should have stopped those edits, but didn't? WP:Edit filter/Requested is the place for that. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:39, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

123.211.5.147

Username: 123.211.5.147 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Drones (Australian band) (filter log)
Description: Changed official band site to TFS Records page (which The Drones run) as original links to unrelated shopping blog and is no longer supported. Probably flagged due to expletive.

http://www.tropicalfuckstormrecords.com/

Date and time: 02:22, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: Done, and changed the other link in the infobox. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 03:56, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spawns96

Username: Spawns96 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: khanuma (filter log)
Description: The play is a russian play I was editing below the english in the "History" section to help portray its russian roots to add some extra credibility.
Date and time: 17:37, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Comments: This is the English Wikipedia. Articles need written to be in English, and any non-English phrases or quotes need to be translated. If you want to contribute in Russian, you can edit the Russian Wikipedia's page. LynxTufts (talk) 19:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

37.152.231.45

Username: 37.152.231.45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of Arabic star names (filter log)
Description: Quite by chance, I've discovered that including the link MOS:BOLDAVOID in an edit summary triggers an abuse filter. If links are removed from the bold face reiteration of the article title and the edit summary does not include the link, it's not flagged (eg [3]). If the edit has nothing to do with links in bold text, but the link is included in the summary, it is flagged (eg [4]). So the filter seems to be a search for that link in the edit summary and nothing more. If I see links in the bold face reiteration, I remove them, and I put a link to the relevant guideline into my edit summary. I think that this is exactly in accordance with all policies and guidelines on how articles should look, how to edit, and how to help others follow the guidelines. It seems bizarre and wrong that edit filters are being used to flag this as abuse, doesn't it?
Date and time: 19:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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 :This is the English Wikipedia.  Articles need written to be in English, and any non-English phrases or quotes need to be translated.  If you want to contribute in Russian, you can edit the [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C) Russian Wikipedia's page]. [[User:LynxTufts|LynxTufts]] ([[User talk:LynxTufts|talk]]) 19:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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+: [[User:37.152.231.45|37.152.231.45]] ([[User talk:37.152.231.45|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/37.152.231.45|contribs]]) (<span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=37.152.231.45 filter log]</span>)
+;Page you were editing
+: [[List of Arabic star names]] (<span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle=List+of+Arabic+star+names filter log]</span>)
+;Description
+: Quite by chance, I've discovered that including the link [[MOS:BOLDAVOID]] in an edit summary triggers an abuse filter. If links are removed from the bold face reiteration of the article title and the edit summary does not include the link, it's not flagged (eg [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_Monaco_Grand_Prix_Formula_Three&diff=prev&oldid=863275629]). If the edit has nothing to do with links in bold text, but the link is included in the summary, it is flagged (eg [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=G95&diff=prev&oldid=863273255]). So the filter seems to be a search for that link in the edit summary and nothing more. If I see links in the bold face reiteration, I remove them, and I put a link to the relevant guideline into my edit summary. I think that this is exactly in accordance with all policies and guidelines on how articles should look, how to edit, and how to help others follow the guidelines. It seems bizarre and wrong that edit filters are being used to flag this as abuse, doesn't it?
+;Date and time
+: 19:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
+;Comments
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