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Reports

FOCCONLINE

Username
FOCCONLINE (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[ [1] ]]
Description
I was trying to add a link to a site that I felt was relevant to the Fear of Commitment. It is a site designated to help people with their fears. I do not believe this to be a violation as the rules state that it must be a valid link to that page. The link I was trying to add was www.focconline.com. This is not in an effort to spam, but to let people know that there is help out there. I would create my own Fear of Commitment wikipage, but I can't and don't think there should be another anyways, as that would defeat the purpose of this site. I did notice however that someone (and I know that person to be my roommate since I told her about me trying to add a link to a wikipage and she later admitted to trying to get me banned) has been adding the above site to other non relevant wikipages. I apologize for that, but I still believe this site to be a relevant one for this subject. Thank you in advance for your help in this matter, and taking time out of your day to help resolve it.
Date and time
07:11, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


jpsgill

Username
jpsgill (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
mullanpur
Description
I was Correcting the wrong information put forth by some people who entered the wrong information such as eliminated the information about two cities. Someone changed the information that is not correct and is politically motivated
Date and time
15:33, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments

173.51.115.6

Username
173.51.115.6 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Black raspberry
Description
I was removing </references/>, as it is not needed on disambiguation pages, and my action was a part of this page's cleanup.
Date and time
04:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


WOCCU

Username
WOCCU (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
my talk
Description
I was posting the copied text as instructed that was automatically generated so that administrators could review the block placed on my account. Here is the instruction: Blocked editor: Please paste the contents of the block infobox (screenshot) below to help administrators locate your block in the logs. Administrators should not unblock without attempting to discuss with the blocking administrator (see the blocking policy).
Date and time
21:26, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Aliza250

Username
Aliza250 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
E-mail address
Description
I added an email address @example.com to this page and got a spam-protection warning. Any spammer whose robots feed them addresses @example.com deserves what they get.
Date and time
03:37, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Your Drshok

Username
Drshok (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[2]]
Description
Trying to improve the title to include the full name of the school instead of just the abbreviation
Date and time
10:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments

209.6.223.221

Username
209.6.223.221 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Jarndyce and Jarndyce
Description
removing empty ref section (contents were linkspam)
Date and time
01:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Your edit wasn't rejected, it was merely flagged for review by other editors. Since I'm not knowledgeable in this area, I'll leave it for someone else to review. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 08:09, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Sinhat

Username
Sinhat (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Bhima_(moth)
Description
Replacing erroneous reference to category:Pandavas
Date and time
13:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments
You are only experiencing this because you are a new editor, and we often see removal of all categories by new editors. Once your account is autoconfirmed, you shouldn't experience this again. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 08:15, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Letdorf

Username
Letdorf (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Sinclair Research
Description
added a Template:cite newsgroup citation to article, the USENET news message ID was erroneously interpreted as an e-mail address.
Date and time
14:39, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Hatoulah

Username
Hatoulah (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Fuck You Heroes
Description
Performing a merge in accordance with the guidelines here Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages#How_to_merge_pages, I had copied and pasted the text to here Glen_E._Friedman#Fuck_You_Heroes and was deleting it from the source page as per instructions
Date and time
14:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


72.244.200.224

Username
72.244.200.224 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Mother's Day
Description
As noted in the edit summary, I moved text to Mother's Day (North America)
Date and time
1824, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Eric Ward

Username
DrGruene (talk · contribs) ([3])
Page you were editing
Eric Ward
Description
Updating correct information
Date and time
12:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Masterchef604

Username
Masterchef604 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
UserPage:Masterchef604/Questionable Sauce
Description
Saving a future article about a local band as a user page to save/track/preview changes. The band is a shock rock band, and song titles probably tripped the filter
Date and time
17:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


77.183.126.62

Username
77.183.126.62 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Chromosome 6 (novel)
Description
Can't revert addition of bogus content copied from I am legend
Date and time
16:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Fredvs79

Username
Fredvs79 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
anal bleaching
Description
Adding info
Date and time
10:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I'm not sure what set off the filter, I was just adding stuff. I think one of the links I inserted had the word "assh*le" in it.

No, it was the "poopreport" web site. And that's hardly a reliable source so I'm inclined to say this was a good stop. Wknight94 talk 11:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aetheling

Username (Peewee Herman)
Aetheling (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Lebesgue monotone convergence theorem
Description
I was trying to create this redirect, but I was falsely accused of trying to create a very short page.
Date and time
01:13, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Your redirect was malformed. Needs to be "#REDIRECT [[...", you left off the "#". [4] Dragons flight (talk) 01:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies! —Aetheling (talk) 01:28, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

paulbrock

Username
paulbrock (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Roy Keane
Description
undoing some old vandalism required re-adding a quote, which true to Keane's style had a fair amount of expletives; flagged when I was editing without logging in, passed when logged in. No surprise really, not sure how this sort of edit can be treated differently to coarse vandalism.Also included external link to a news site as a ref
Date and time
21:55, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Strange. Maybe I'm doing this wrong but I don't see any filters triggered for Roy Keane. Wknight94 talk 11:51, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfterFX

Username
AfterFX (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Kingsclere
Description
I removed a large amount of unencyclopedic content from the Kingsclere page. The edits were needed as the page was in incredibly poor condition, and much of the content was unsuitable for Wikipedia. For proof, please look at the diff links on the page's history.
Date and time
21:14, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Apparently I tripped Filter 30, "large deletion from article by new editors". It hasn't prevented me from making the edits, but I have been "warned" according to the abuse filter log ([5]). What exactly does this mean? Thank you in advance to anyone who answers. --AfterFX (talk) 01:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Large deletions are usually acts of vandalism (more than 95% of the time). By having a warning we find that >50% of the childish vandals will abandon the edit, which leaves less to cleanup for the rest of us. If your edit was well-intentioned, just ignore the warning. Incidentally, filters targeting childish vandalism are automatically turned off for editors once they have a certain degree of experience, so if you keep editing you are unlikely to see this issue in the future. Dragons flight (talk) 01:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Thank you for your help! --AfterFX (talk) 02:42, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

bythelake

Username
bythelake (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[6]]
Description
Editing: Copy/paste in the correct information
Date and time
22:32, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Filter working properly, please see our conflict of interest guideline. Nakon 22:55, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

deisenbe

Username
deisenbe (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Comte de Lautréamont (section)
Description
adding reference to a published encyclopedia article on him
Date and time
12:01, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Your URL includes your username. You are clearly a reputable published author but, unfortunately, you will have to expect pushback when adding references to your own publications on your own web site. We cannot programmatically distinguish between that and some teenage garage band spamming their "wicked cool" myspace page. Wknight94 talk 12:15, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Canaccord

Username
Canaccord (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Canaccord Capital
Description
writing information about the company and linking to another write-up that someone else did about another branch of the firm, Canaccord Adams. Is this possibly being flagged beacuse of user name? Thanks
Date and time
19:23, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Filter working properly, please see our conflict of interest guideline. Nakon 22:59, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

mrcolj

Username
mrcolj (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Endowment_(Latter_Day_Saints)
Description
Trying to clean up the redundancy of "the penalty section was removed in 1990." As you'd guess, this article is controversial, written by Mormons and people who hate Mormons and few else. So the latter party always sneaks in many references to the assertion that previous to 1990 the ceremony had a hand signal in it that apparently derived from the equivalent of "cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye." There's no image where I'm trying to delete.
Date and time
15:06, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

This is filter 131 and may be the same problem Kww reported immediately below--BirgitteSB 17:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kww

Username
Kww (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Temple garment
Description
Attempted to remove an external link. For some reason, it tripped the filter guarding against image removal. Log entry is "13:58, 23 April 2009: Kww (talk
Date and time
contribs) triggered filter 131, performing the action "edit" on Temple garment. Actions taken: Warn; Filter description: Removal of controversial images (details) (examine)"
Comments


Alexandru.rosu

Username
Alexandru.rosu (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII
Description
Wanted to add a list of planes present in the game, very much like that from Secret Weapons Over Normandy, but got an excessive ammounts of whitespace error
Date and time
10:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


'Roobie Breastnut is the founder of Party Porn music for B films and erotica films such as "The Gun," which the film made it to the 2003 Montreal Film Festival in Canada. From there, Roobie Breastnut's music has been reoccurring in Jim Wynorski's erotica films such as "The Lust Connection," "The Witches Of Breastwick," and most recently, "Cleavagefield," playing on HBO. Ironically enough, over twenty years prior from producing music for Jim Wynorski's films, Roobie had played a prostitute main extra in a film directed by Jim himself called, "Big Bad Mama Part 2." However during those twenty years, Roobie is well known in the Burlesque industry for re jumping the vaudeville craft. Building drivable props like "The Pooper Scooter" a drivable toilet. And a "Boob Mobile" driven at the old Exotic World out in Helendale. Roobie Breastnut is also a certified clown, trained by a master boss clown. And has streamed the first 60 minute movie ever to be played on ifilm.com'Italic text'

Patrick Giraudi

I was just writing a truthful article about Roobie Breastnut.

I am tired

serene_skies

Username
serene_skies (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
''UCF Victim Services''
Description
I am not done creating the page, so I do have "white spaces" in some places-but only necessary to separate between sections/PS How do u title a page from your own user name?
Date and time
01:50, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
[[ serene_skies ]]

I do not know

Username
I do not know (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[ Jane Eyre ]]
Description
A quote on the page misspelled "vampire." In the novel it is spelled "Vampyre" and for continuity it needs to be changed.
Date and time
10:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Unknown

Page you were editing;Ok lol i am sorry xx

Gail Riplinger
Description
I was removing false and misleading information from the Gail Riplinger post.I also added new information regarding her newest work.
Date and time
4/13/2009 1030PM

Wcp07

Username
Wcp07 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Heights of United States Presidents and presidential candidates
Description
I was moving the reference for WH Taft's height from his listed height to his name to make it consistent with how the other presidents' heights have been referenced. The abuse filter prevented me from doing this
Date and time
02:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Filter 58 was broken just now; try again and you should be able to make the edit. Hersfold (t/a/c) 02:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

JJL

Username
JJL (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waterloo Central Railway
Description
Adding the Redirect !vote that now appears there.
Date and time
02:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Icep

Username
Icep (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Congressional Black Caucus
Description
I was trying to fix some old link references with the cite_web template.
Date and time
02:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

It tripped when I fixed three links at once, but doing them one at a time seemed to work. --Icep (talk) 02:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Enigmaman

Username
Enigmaman (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
User_talk:Ohnoitsjamie
Description
I was linking to a user's contributions and asking for help with a situation
Date and time
02:10, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

65.60.213.203

Username
65.60.213.203 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Phil Cuzzi
Description
I was attempting to add a reference to the sentence "In the regular season, he was home plate umpire for the second home game at the New Yankee Stadium, a 6-5 Yankees victory ending in a controversial at bat for Mark DeRosa including two contested calls by Cuzzi." The reference is a link to the article at "http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090417&content_id=4310718&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle".
Date and time
02:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Template:Computing law

I got the erroneous error message when I attempted to add just the tag {{subst:standard}} to transclude a standard template and start a new template navbox. -Stevertigo 21:34, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William R. Buckley

William R. Buckley

Username
William R. Buckley (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
My user page
Description
Adding detail
Date and time
02:10, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Gargomon251

Username
Gargomon251 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Mixed Messages (video game)
Description
The game is based on Eat Poop You Cat, which it would not allow me to edit.
Date and time
19:35, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The logs do not show that you've tripped any abuse filters while logged in; what exactly was the message you received? Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

80.98.255.228

Username
80.98.255.228 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Knight Online
Description
I have removed a section which lists monsters and their drops, which I think is irrelevant detail for those not playing the game. Also I have removed a section on private servers, which are illegal according to Knight Online's terms of service, and a section which seems to be a review of the game and therefore doesn't belong here.
Date and time
12:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


192.168.1.1

Username
192.168.1.1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Samurai
Description
Putting in more information on the Kamakura Bakfu
Date and time
20:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Metajam

Username
beanlover (talk · contribs) title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Metajam|NAME=filter log}})

heather

Page you were editing
[[ User_talk:203.116.30.239 ]]
Description
adding a brief history of the famous Heather Daring
Date and time
03:04, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Breck

Username
Breck (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Uwe Boll
Description
Was trying to revert the page to something meaningful.
Date and time
00:46, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

UCVcreate

Username
UCVcreate (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
ElliePooPaper
Description
I was trying to create a page for the Exotic Paper Company, also known as Ellie Poo Paper just because I think they are an interesting company. They make paper out of the least likely things, like banana peel and as the name suggests, elephant dung!
Date and time
23:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Not giving out my IP address to public

Username
68.39.4.43 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
the Country Gentlemen
Description
I was deleting information that wasn't supposed to be in there and you keep denying my edits. I have sources and legal documents showing that certain information does not belong, and I want Randy Waller information taken off the page when it has no relevance to The country gentlemen and he is using this site to promote himself
Date and time
19:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • This is not a false positve. Whatever else you think of the guy, describing his actions as "douchebaggery", etc. is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. It may also help to explain your concerns at Talk:The Country Gentlemen. Dragons flight (talk) 19:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Prompted by this report and amused by the thought that "Not giving out my IP address to public" thought he could hide his IP address, I did some clean up on the article, based on a bluegrass museum source. I know this comment is only peripherally related to the purpose of this page, but I had to comment anyway. :-) 72.244.207.146 (talk) 22:09, 14 April 2009 (UTC).[reply]
  • For future reference, when you are not logged in, every edit you make is logged in the page history under your IP address. If you're concerned about people seeing your IP address, you should create an account. It took all of five seconds to find your IP address and fix the links above, which we need to help investigate your report. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Valerian456

Username
Valerian456 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Talk:Cattle
Description
I was reverting vandalism made by an anon editor.
Date and time
18:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Looking into this. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Someone's signature is formatted so that it sets off this filter. When you tried to replace the content of the page, it included that signature and assumed you were vandalising the page. Sorry about that, I've removed it from the filter for the time being. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

68.167.252.230

Username
68.167.252.230 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Description
replace <references/> placeholder with {{unreferenced}}.
Date and time
04:28, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
=== Wilko5092 ===
Username
Wilko5092 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Euan Caborn
Description
Writing the article about myself
Date and time
11:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
This was not a false positive; the filter correctly triggered, because you added an image gallery without changing any of the default values. In any event, we strongly discourage autobiographies for a long list of reasons, most notably that you have a clear conflict of interest when editing about yourself. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DetroitRebirth

Username
DetroitRebirth (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
The Detroit Project
Description
I edited the entire page in Microsoft Word and then pasted the new stuff into the page (in the process, overwritting all of the old information). This was caught by the Abuse Filter as a large deletion, but in fact I provided a net increase in information and also made the information more up-to-date/less biased
Date and time
17:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Your username

Username
MatherManicalman (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Static Shock Mutated Monsters
Description
This is a cartoon series.
Date and time
13:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


Anonymous

Username
Anonymous (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Kalri village
Description
Remove someone's resume from [7] and [8]. This edit preventor software is pretty idiotic IMHO. Not exactly the best thing for attracting contributions.
Date and time
09:05, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • Can't find anything for that username, but if you mean you weren't logged in, then it sounds like you triggered the filter for removing a lot of content. Stifle (talk) 13:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Incognito1980

Username
Incognito1980 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Abul Manzoor
Description
Iwas trying to move redirect the page
Date and time
08:51, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

--Incognito1980 08:51, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Trevor37 (talk) 22:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Username
Trevor37
Page you were editing
Cinnamon budgerigar mutation
Description
I use a template to set up the basic page structure of a series of similar pages, so there is just a single line containing the substr:template command when the page is created
Date and time
22:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

72.244.207.160

Username
72.244.207.160 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Scotch whisky
Description
Multiple changes, here's my edit summary: "add infobox, move list of types up, favor SWA over secondary sites in some places, annotate and clean up several existing refs, use columns, mark some unref'ed statements, copy-edit." Don't know which of my changes triggered 135, so it might be hard to diagnose.
Date and time
09:39, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
I disabled the filter for having too many false positives. —Wknight94 (talk) 13:38, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RamseyPalace

Username
RamseyPalace (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
What page you were editing/moving - sandbox
Description
What you were doing - I wrote -Ramsey is a town with 125 independent shops and a lovely work ethic
Date and time
08:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

smwark

Username
smwark (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Added an "About Us" page
Description
Added writen material that is 'About Us"
Date and time
18:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and thus is not a place to promote a music festival. Strictly a false positive but the edit was unconstructive anyway.MER-C 01:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Farahato

Username
Farahato (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Northern_High_School_(North_Carolina)
Description
I edited a spell check of demographics and placed a space between bandroom to be band room
Date and time
10:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments


PurpleRain666

Username
PurpleRain666 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Amorphis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphis#cite_ref-RD_0-2
Description
Tried editing "The Karelian Isthmus and Tales from the Thousand Lakes" section along with adding a legitimate reference. Most of my entry turned into italiacs and my reference along with two others (which were not in original section) are now displayed below this section instead of at the bottom.
Date and time
15:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
This was mostly appropriate. What happened is that you added a spot to list references (with a <references/> tag) even though there was already such a spot further down the page (a {{Reflist}} tag). When you tried to remove the duplicate, the abuse filter got confused. Perhaps a new rule is needed to prevent the duplication in the first place. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ApparenzA

Username
ApparenzA (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
ApparenzA/Sandbox
Description
Trying to post a draft to a user sandbox
Date and time
13:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
I changed filter 135 to only look at the article namespace. A few other tweaks will be coming soon as well. Sorry about that. —Wknight94 (talk) 13:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ravidevulapalli

Username
Ravidevulapalli (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
N/A
Description
See here, the user couldn't create that account because of filter 102, and I can't find out why not. --Conti|✉ 13:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
13:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The name has "evula" in it - the username of a commonly-attacked administrator. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in page Vishal Krishna

sucharithan
Sucharithan (talk · contribs) (filter log)
vishal krishna
Vishal_krishna
Description
Shreya Reddy dies in thimiru (TAMIL) due to unexpected electric shock.
Date and time
19:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Shreya Reddy dies due to electric shock in the film thimiru [TAMIL]. But, i don't know about telugu.The mistake is found in CAREER column

Upstater9

Username
Upstater9 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[9]]
Description
Update publication credits and insert blurbs for new book
Date and time
12:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

margaritametzger

Username
margaritametzger
Page you were editing/moving
Logicomix
What you were doing
I deleted a <ref> but was replacing it with another <ref>, replacing the same one and adding another one. Because I deleted the one, I was not allowed to edit the page.
  • Your edits moved the references that were in the article to a position below the <references/> tag. That tag automatically collects all references that are mentioned in the article so far. By moving them to the other location you caused the tag to no longer recognize them. So the filter was right in warning you, though perhaps it should make it clearer the edit was wrong for a different reason. - Mgm|(talk) 17:48, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

204.52.215.135

Username
204.52.215.135
Page you were editing
Kinship
Description
I would like to report a false negative AND a false positive. I think filter 32 ought to have triggered on my first edit, thus disallowing the edit and saving me some embarrassment. In addition, when I deleted the nonsense edit, I triggered a filter for the removal of the bad edits! ... w00t for filter 30, I guess.
Date and time
20:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The addition wasn't large enough to trip filter 32, the threshold for the filter could probably be turned down safely, but still not to that level. The edit only added ~14,000 bytes to the article, which isn't an entirely unreasonable size change, as it only increased the article size by about 50%. On a larger article, that would barely be a blip. Mr.Z-man 13:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've got an idea of a filter that would trip in these circumstance and still leave reasonable edits alone. It's just the question whether the regex flavor we're using allows it. I'll try to build the filter shortly and report back. - Mgm|(talk) 17:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've designed filter 125 to try to avoid such edits in the future. It is now in testing. - Mgm|(talk) 08:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

32.178.157.35

Username
32.178.157.35 (talk · contribs)
Page you were editing
Brian Kelly (historian)
Description
32.178.157.35 was flagged by Filter 29 for removing a deletion tag but it was the closing admin Fritzpoll while the IP added a cat. Both actions were cosidered as one edit and attributed to the IP.[10].--Tikiwont (talk) 12:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've now also dropped a note to Werdna.--Tikiwont (talk) 20:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
12:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

64.229.58.223

Jack & Jill
Tried to improve he article but it was flagged as vandalism
Date and Time March 29 2009
Comments

Neither your IP address nor the article title appear in the filter log. Were you logged on under another name? Did you mean to point to the disambiguation page or a specific article listed there? =- Mgm|(talk) 09:17, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AUG

Username
AUG (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Big dumb idiot
Description
This isn't really a true false positive but it would be better if, in this case, an attempted save after recent delete triggers MediaWiki:Deletedwhileediting instead of the abuse filter. I was adding a db-vand (the page was still there when I was in the editing screen) but the page was already deleted after I tried to save. I know this probably isn't that big of a deal but it would be better if Deletedwhileediting is shown rather than a possible abuse message in such a situation.
Date and time
19:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

67.100.125.197

Username
67.100.125.197 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Pages you were editing
Supreme Court of the United States , Fairfax Stone
Description
Fixing problems with use of refbegin/refend/reflist
Date and time
22:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Source: replacing duplicate/similar references with a link to a named ref, it <ref>Blah blah</ref> → <ref name=foo/>. Filter needs to be modified to account for this. In the meantime, keep up the good work! Happy‑melon 23:30, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I and Dragons flight have tweaked the filter that you were tripping, so it should not trigger on the action you were performing (legitimately replacing a duplicate ref with a named ref). Let us know if you still have problems. Happy‑melon 23:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually in the logs he tripped both 61 and 79. I believe I've now also patched the other one. Our apologies. Dragons flight (talk) 00:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The code itself was fine, but it didn't consider the posibility that the article could contain duplicates to begin with. Removing duplicates is now excluded as a filter trigger. - Mgm|(talk) 09:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tungsten

Username
Tungsten (talk · contribs) (Tungsten filter log)
Page you were editing
Cock-a-leekie
Description
Trying to write Cock-a-leekie, which was filtered as "unconstructive".
Date and time
20:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Looks like you weren't logged in, so I can't find out which filter you hit. So I can't fix anything :(. Prodego talk 23:53, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like filters 9 and 97. [11] The actual article is Cock-a-leekie soup. Powers T 13:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

zborov

Username
zborov (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Criticisms of the BBC
Description
The previous reporting of the legal case about the Balen report was much out of date and needed substantial replacement. Also there was repetition concerning "the independent panel's report". The separate section headed the Balen report became superfluous and was deleted by way of clean up. I have now deleted less duplicate material and left the page therefore in need of clean up but have avoided the filter and effected my edit.
Date and time
18:06, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

192.75.48.150

Username
192.75.48.150 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Heyting algebra
Description
Date and time
18:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

OhioRuthie

Username
OhioRuthie (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Family Court With Judge Penny
Description
Trying to remove a article for specific reasons..I've been trying to contact those in charge who are helping the offender but so far they haven't contacted me. Proofreader 77 I think that's his name and EdBever. Ruthie818@neo.rr.com please contact me.
Date and time
21:41, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer's comments
Involved in edit warring and blocked. Leave as an administrative matter. Dragons flight (talk) 01:23, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alarics

  • Alarics
User:Alarics
Page you were editing
Sekolah Sri Garden
Description
Removed a vast amount of POV junk. It looked as if it had all just been pasted in from the school's advertising brochure. There was also a great deal of duplication.
Date and time

21:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

There really isn't a lot we can do to address this. A new editor deletes a lot of text... most of the time that is bad and the warning is deserved. The good news is that the filter in question will turn off once your account is a few days older and you are no longer "new". Dragons flight (talk) 22:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So, do I take it that you are accepting my edit and you agree it was a false positive? Alarics (talk) 22:25, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I accept that the article was not written the way it should have been and your truncation was well intended. I haven't tried to study your changes in detail to know whether I'd agree with all of them. Dragons flight (talk) 22:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

71.41.210.146

Username
71.41.210.146 (talk · contribs) (71.41.210.146 filter log)
Page you were editing
DCF77
Description
Trying to clarify the explanation of the DCF77 phase shift keying, I replaced "A 0 chip causes a +13° phase advance, while a 1 ship causes a −13° phase lag." with "During 0 chips the carrier phase is advanced +13° phase, while during 1 chips it is retarded −13°." I suspect the word "retarded" triggered the vandalism filter, but this is the technically correct usage, from which the insult is derived. In any case, I want to emphasize that repeated 0 bits do not cause repeated phase advances, but rather the phase is held at +13° as long as the 0 bits last, then changed −26° to −13° when the next 1 bit comes along.
Date and time
04:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
71.41.210.146 (talk) 04:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The filter triggered because you used 'is retarded'. Obviously you used it correctly. I am not sure what to do about it, the easiest thing would be for you to go here and fill out the form. :). Any suggestions? Prodego talk 18:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Username
[[User:192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)|192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)]] ([[User talk:192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)|contribs]]) (192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC) }} filter log)[reply]
Page you were editing
Talk:Faggots
Description
Responding to a discussion with "Huh? I don't understand what's stupid about using "Faggots" as a redirect to "Faggot", and I don't understand this "no other meaning" stuff. Wouldn't the lack of any other meaning be a reason for the page to be a redirect to begin with? 192.12.88.7 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
02:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

81.23.56.24

Username
81.23.56.24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Category talk:Living people
Description
Reinserting accidentally deleted talk page sections. Mind you, I can't blame the filter for labelling it non-constructive, considering some of the drivel in there.
Date and time
12:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Should be fixed now. --Conti|✉ 16:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

192.12.88.7

Username
192.12.88.7 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Palindrome
Description
Pointing out "poop" was a palindrome
Date and time
21:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Yeah, I know, I'm being a smart-aleck, and I know "poop" was common anon vandalism, but I pointed out how that could be a constructive edit in some situations.
I'm unconvinced of the validity of this as a false positive. I would understand if this edit was reverted were it allowed. {{Nihiltres|talk|log}} 21:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

charmedaddict

Username
charmedaddict (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Description
Removing "Destinations by Regions" section as per WP:AIRPORTS consensus
Date and time
18:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

There are no log entries by that username (charmedaddict), did you make the edit while logged out or with another username? --Conti|✉ 16:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This flag once was red

Username
This flag once was red (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Different Beat (Michelle McManus album)
Description
Reverting two edits by SSP, recreating page as a redirect per consensus. (Added 2009-03-04 14:29 (UTC): After reading some of the reports above, I tried saving the page anyway - but was again knocked back by the filter. I suspect that the filter is being triggered by the removal of a large amount of text (I'm reverting back to a redirect). A possible solution might be for the trigger to disregard edits that include #REDIRECT?) This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 14:32, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
18:23 (UTC) approximate
Comments
"McManus" was the cause of the false positive, you can guess why. It should be fixed now, hopefully. --Conti|✉ 16:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Heh! That actually hadn't occurred to me. All looks good now: I've reverted both articles (Different Beat (Michelle McManus album) and Different Beat). Thanks for your helps! This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 16:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This flag once was red

Username
This flag once was red (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Different Beat
Description
Reverting one edit by SSP, recreating page as a redirect per consensus.
Date and time
18:27 (UTC) approximate
Comments

79.97.192.131 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Username
[[User:79.97.192.131 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)|79.97.192.131 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)]] ([[User talk:79.97.192.131 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/79.97.192.131 (talk) 23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)|contribs]]) (filter log)[reply]
Page you were editing
Ger Brennan
Description
Trying to remove vandalism but could not save due to this warning
Date and time
23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Username ZacharyKent


Description

I was trying to add a signature and by pressing this repeatedly ZacharyKent (talk) 17:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC) ZacharyKent (talk)ZacharyKent (talk) 16:37, 8 April 2009 (UTC) and a warning sign appeared.[reply]

At this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard#About_everyone.27s_user_pages.3F

23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

User
various, e.g. User:Sanalameda
Page edited
various, e.g. User talk:Melromero
Description
Date and time
23:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Filter 63, "abusive unblock denials"; the inner workings of which are unknown to us mere mortals. :) What is an "abusive unblock denial", anyway? Abusive unblock request, I could understand, get plenty of those here. But things like this, while unconstructive, don't seem to have anything to do with "unblock denial", abusive or otherwise. Is it simply looking for any new comment added to a user talk page with a denied unblock request on it? If so, that is somewhat silly as it is quite possible for said comment to be entirely unrelated ot the unblock -- 86.164.203.7 (talk) 22:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 29, 22:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Filter 29, "new user removing deletion templates". I see no evidence of deletion template removal in this edit. It could be an error in the diff generation for the abuse log, but as I am not permitted to see what the actual text of the revision is, I can't tell. Gurch (talk) 22:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No actions taken ("Actions taken: none"), editor should not have noticed the filter here, just a log for others to look at. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A log that is next to useless if it's full of things that have nothing to do with deletion template removal. Can someone verify whether the user's edit actually removed the template, so we know whether the error is in the filter or if the abuse log is showing the wrong diffs? Gurch (talk) 20:23, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I looked at the history and the diff (which sysops can view here) was indeed a removal of a deletion template. I am not sure why [12] didn't have the removed text. Stifle (talk) 13:58, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 144, 17:38, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Filter 144, "hiding content of pages". I am not permitted to see the details of this filter, but I assume from what it has matched that it is looking for use of "display:none" and/or "visibility:hidden" in pages. However, there are many legitimate uses of these that are matching this filter, including user stylesheets, such as this edit, and templates, as seen in this edit. The second of these didn't even add the text -- it was already present in the template. This filter should be limited to articles only, or at the very least exclude templates and user stylesheets. I also see absolutely no reason why it should be private. Gurch (talk) 17:38, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No actions taken ("Actions taken: none"), editor will not have noticed the abuse filter, just a log of edits for further attention. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've been keeping track of this filter (I'm the one who wrote it) and I was aware of the false positives it generated in the first ten hits. I've modified the filter since then to try and remove these cases from occurring, specifically setting it to not trigger within one's own userspace or .css pages. Hersfold (t/a/c)<;/sup> 18:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And it is private because...? Gurch (talk) 19:09, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
... people who can read the filter can adapt their modus operandi to it to escape the filter? --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:25, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stop being so paranoid. And for that matter, stop using phrases like "modus operandi". People who want to mess up pages will always find some way to. It is obvious what the filter is trying to do, making it private doesn't stop that. What it does stop is contributors seeing exactly what it does, and thus being able to figure out what is wrong with it and how it can be fixed. Has it escaped your attention that this is a wiki? Gurch (talk) 19:57, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Has it escaped your attention that this wiki is under constant attack by vandals like Grawp, who have demonstrated that they will adapt their methods (since you don't like modus operandi) as soon as they know for certain what we're looking for? If you have an issue with the setup of Abuse Filter, this is not the place to bring it up. This page is for reporting false positives only. We appreciate that you've brought those false positives to our attention; we are aware of them and have taken steps to improve the filter. Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify, this filter in particular is designed to combat a particularly sneaky type of vandalism that the vandal bots do not look for. Outside of .css pages, there is almost no rationale for making this sort of edit, hence the filter's existence. The vandal who has started using this in his attacks has already tried to make his edits less obvious; a private filter then is needed to ensure we are able to stay ahead of him so he does not continue to disrupt the site. Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:09, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You and I both know that the only reason this filter system exists in the first place is the project's little arms race with Grawp. Now it's here, though, I'm going to do my level best to limit the damage it causes. Gurch (talk) 20:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Again, this is not the place to discuss this. Please take your grandstanding elsewhere. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 65, 20:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Filter 65, "Excessive whitespace". Nothing wrong with looking for that, but I don't agree with preventing edits like this one; yes, it would cause his message to render in monospace text rather than being indented the normal way but really, who cares? Let him do that and see the result for himself, if he cares to fix the error he'll do so. The edit cannot in any way be called "abuse". Gurch (talk) 20:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That filter is getting a lot of hits which might not be high-quality. Although it is log-only. Stifle (talk) 13:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jayron32

Username
Jayron32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not
Description
Continuing a conversation with another editor about changing some wording at WP:NOT, specifically WP:IINFO. Seriously, though, shouldn't admins be exempt from all Abuse Filters? I don't even know what set this one off.--Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:11, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
02:11, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

My mistake, fixed already, sorry. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Arxiloxos

Username
Arxiloxos (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Description
Attempting to undo an unsourced, unexplained change (possible vandalism) of a date, which prior IP editor 128.205.134.38 had changed from 1846 to 1999.
Date and time
02:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
I'd go out on a limb to suggest that that's the same problem as the one immediately above this and was caused by an error. Stifle (talk) 14:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nameless23

Username
Nameless23 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Sharman Networks
Description
Wanted to fix formatting and code mistakes. See also: Talk:Sharman_Networks

19:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments


carondelet

Username
carondelet (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Penelope_Trunk
Description
Wanted to add Controversy section with external link references to her own blog as well as to her own Twitter account and a third party blog.
Comments

NICusa

Username
NICusa (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[e-democracy]
Description
Want to add sections that provide more in depth information about e-democracy - forms of e-democracy, tools, citizen's roles, divided benefits and disadvantages section for easier formatting, added in benefits and provided additional external links.
Comments

itzCarlin

Username
itzCarlin (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
April_17
Description
Trying to add "Poop For Peace" day for events. I am working on an article also. ref: http://www.poopreport.com/Peace
Date and time
22:53, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Can't find anything matching this in the abuse log, but if you were trying to add "poop" to an article, then it is working properly. Stifle (talk) 14:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Launchballer

Username
Launchballer (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
User talk:Launchballer
Description
Adding an email address, unsure why I'm not supposed to add it. Additionally, the filter thinks I made two edits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special%3AAbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Launchballer&wpSearchFilter=&wpSearchTitle= Also whats filter 58?
Date and time
15:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Not an error, just a suggestion that adding your email address might attract huge volumes of spam. There are two entries because you attempted the edit twice, just got a warning first time.
Filter 58 is a filter to prevent personal attacks. Stifle (talk) 14:05, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that. Is it okay for me to add this to the list of reviewed reports?--Launchballer (talk) 14:51, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed reports

62.133.26.134

Username
62.133.26.134 (talk · contribs) (62.133.26.134 filter log)
Page you were editing
Conficker
Description
Trying to correct the amount of Microsoft's bounty (It's $250,000, whilst the article listed $2,500. The original references stated the correct amount.
Date and time
12:51, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • This is an old hit. Please see the notice at the top of the page. The filter has been confirmed as bugged during the time you tried this edit. It should be corrected now. - Mgm|(talk) 20:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

62.178.80.242

Username
62.178.80.242
Page you were editing
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GOM_Player&oldid=279556328
Description
Fix buggy wikilink
Date and time
10:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • This is an old hit. Please see the notice at the top of the page. The filter has been confirmed as bugged during the time you tried this edit. It should be corrected now. - Mgm|(talk) 20:10, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ayiew

Username
ayiew (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
bete noir
Description
Add information about the history of the term literal translations and connotation
Date and time
15:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Cvillarro

Username
Cvillarro (talk · contribs) (Cvillarro filter log)
Page you were editing
Monitoring and Measurement in the Next Generation Technologies
Description
My goal is to change the format of this page as it contains warning messages, which indicate that the page needs to be cleaned and which contains material not suitable for an encyclopedia.
Date and time
09:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

219.105.64.14 (reported by LtPowers)

  • Username
User:219.105.64.14
Page in question
Come Back to Me (Hikaru Utada song)
Description
IP tried to remove what appears to be an extraneous <ref> tag, but a filter that is designed to prevent new users from removing references triggered.
Date and time
08:47, 19 March 2009
Reported by
User:LtPowers

Geez, I'm fine -a girl who is a friend of wikipedia

Discussion

Are you sure that the IP was prevented from making that edit? The filter is currently set to log, and take no action. --Conti|✉ 13:23, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was confused at first. The IP was not prevented from making the edit. Still learning how the filter works. =) Powers T 13:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, me too. ;) --Conti|✉ 13:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not resolved, we ought to work on fixing this. BTW we need to use something better then changing the *title* for resolved... changing the title breaks links made by right clicking on the TOC. —— nixeagleemail me 00:35, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should we? In all the trips I've seen yesterday, this was the only case of a lone tag being removed which had no paired closing tag. Unless this shows up more often, I don't think hashing out some complicated regx to figure out of the removed tag has a brother/sister is workable. - Mgm|(talk) 08:32, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

208.81.184.4 (reported by MacGyverMagic)

Resolved

151.190.254.108

  • Username

151.190.254.108 (talk) 20:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Page you were editing
Humanism
Description
There's a tendentious editor who deletes any sourced facts that disagrees with his POV, and claims it's "restoring NPOV." I deleted a large block of text he added that completely reversed the positions of several historians already cited in the article and explained on the talk page that we needed to be more fair: we can't just add facts that supports his favorite POV while he continuously acts as a disruptive editor, removing cited facts that are inconvenient to his viewpoint. There was already wording that attributed the contentious viewpoint to a third source, which he always alters to present as fact without citation. I'm sure we can revert to the less NPOV wording when he ceases his disruptive editing.
Date and time
When it happened

20:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

    • You hit filter 30. Filter 30 is advisory only, it will hit some good edits. The point of it is to give people who may be confused the correct thing to do, rather than just removing content. It does not block you from making your edit. Prodego talk 02:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

70.17.170.171

  • 70.17.170.171
User:70.17.170.171
Page you were editing
Irina Slutskaya
Description
Made the article comply with standards used in every other skating article
Date and time
When it happened
01:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

This is really disturbing. Why not outright ban anon editing? This is just a backdoor way of doing it.

You hit filter 30. Filter 30 is advisory only, it will hit some good edits. The point of it is to give people who may be confused the correct thing to do, rather than just removing content. It does not block you from making your edit. Prodego talk 02:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

register98765

User
Register98765 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Bill Guttentag
Description
Editing filmography to add internal wiki links
Date and time
21:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer's comments

This doesn't appear to be a false positive: In this edit you added [[File:[[File:Example.jpg]]]] to the bottom of the article, which set off the filter. If you accidentally hit a toolbar button in the future and get this warning, just be sure to remove the stuff the toolbar stuck in. 130.85.236.136 (talk) 06:35, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LethalCorpse

Username
LethalCorpse (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Talk:Schadenfreude
Description
Add comments on the validity of "lulz" as a synonym for schadenfreude
Date and time
12:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

122.55.166.254

Username
122.55.166.254 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Tau Gamma Phi
Description
I just had a look at the hits of filter 9 and found this false positive. --Conti|✉ 12:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
12:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

There have been a few other technical false positives on "gay" so far but I have yet to find any practical false positives (the above edit in question was inappropriate, when listing in a members section you give their occupation not sexual orientation). BJTalk 11:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed "gay" is now warn only. BJTalk 09:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P22g

Username
P22g (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS)
Description
Cleaning up the article and removing the advertisement nature/part of the text.
Date and time
09:08, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • This is not a false positive. The filter is designed to find blankings of large portions of articles by new users. You did in fact delete a large portion of the text. The filter warned you to make sure it was intention and then logged your edit for review by a human to make sure it was in fact a productive edit as a preventive measure to ensure article quality. Everything was working exactly as designed. An entry on the log won't be held against you. - Mgm|(talk) 10:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

aezagorski12

Username
aezagorski12 (talk · contribs) (aezagorski12 filter log)
Page you were editing
editing my space sensor gallery
Description
addding text for the site.
Date and time
14:48, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • This is not a false positive. You were adding verbatim text from an external website, which is a copyright violation. Since you persisted after numerous warnings, you have been temporarily blocked. Acroterion (talk) 14:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

supernatura85

Username
supernatura85 (talk · contribs) (supernatura85 filter log)
Page you were editing
Block 815
Description
I was trying to delete the article because it was totally false, there is no such thing as a television show called Block 815
Date and time
15:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

If you feel an article should be deleted, please follow the instructions for WP:AFD, WP:PROD, or WP:CSD fahadsadah (talk,contribs) 16:20, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

207.237.223.118

Username
207.237.223.118 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Denis Leary
Description
IMDb an open wiki disallowed as reference source; anyone can add anything to news/bios/cast section, with only cursory oversight
Date and time
18:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

IMDb can be used as a reference, but it's not usually considered to be a reliable source. With other sources backing it up, it's fine to use, though. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • IMDB is not a wiki. And whether it is a good source depends on what it is supposed to reference. If it covers someone's filmography, it tends to be reliable, less so for biographical data. Your edit triggered filter 61 which merely logs edits for further review and warns users of the potential problems with such edits. You do have a point about wikis. I'll make sure those are included in the list of acceptable removals. - Mgm|(talk) 09:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

67.171.33.138

Username
67.171.33.138 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Interstate 5 in Washington
Description
Summary of changes
Date and time
21:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

The only thing I can think of that I did was name a reference that didn't have a name so I could use it again later in the paragraph.

That does appear to be a false alert. I'll take a look at it in a moment to see why it tripped. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully this is fixed now - we had a >= check instead of a <= check, so your edit tripped the filter when it shouldn't have. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • This was indeed a bug. The filter tripped because you named an unnamed reference. I had intended to include it in the code, but the code I used was faulty. It has now been corrected. - Mgm|(talk) 09:48, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

71.183.238.134

Username
11:55, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
rather arcane method for reporting false positives.
false positive claims "removing reference" didn't touch a reference

129.98.197.40

Username
129.98.197.40 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Log in / Create an account
Description
trying to create a username, and it tripped a filter
Date and time
15:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Someone messed up and effectively blocked nearly all account creation for 20 minutes. This has now been fixed. We're sorry about that. Dragons flight (talk) 17:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to create an account

Username
Trying to create an account (talk · contribs) (to create an account filter log)
Page you were editing
The page you were trying to edit
Description
I was trying to create an account.
Date and time
15:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Someone messed up and effectively blocked nearly all account creation for 20 minutes. This has now been fixed. We're sorry about that. Dragons flight (talk) 17:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Testaccount1729

Username
Testaccount1729 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
User:Testaccount1729/monobook.js
Description
In an attempt to investigate a possibly buggy interaction between IE and User:AzaToth/morebits.js, I pasted the entire code into my own .js and tweaked it slightly
Date and time
22:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Should be fixed now. Dragons flight (talk) 22:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

192.91.147.34

Username
192.91.147.34 (talk · contribs) (192.91.147.34 filter log)
Page you were editing
Nathu La
Description
The cite given didn't support the statement in its present form even if it wasn't a dead link, so I replaced it with a fact tag.
Date and time
00:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • Edits like the one you made (replacing a reference with a fact tag) are caught on purpose because they are often abused by people who first tag something with a {{fact}} tag, then delete it later for being unreferenced, when they were the ones to remove the reference in the first place. You gave a proper explanation of your actions which allows other editors to check its accuracy, so tripping the filter will not be held against you. I know tripping a filter is annoying, but it is necessary to ensure the quality of the articles. -- Mgm|(talk) 10:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SWBVDM

Username
SWBVDM (talk · contribs) (SWBVDM filter log)
Page you were editing
Jeremy Cruchtley
Description
CREATING IT!
Date and time
20:08, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
  • You triggered two filters: filter 76 which logs any edit that tries to add an email address to an article (but takes no further action) and filter 97 which warns people from including personal attacks in an article and tags any further edits for human review. It probably triggered because of the name Woodcock, but the warning is just that. You can still make the article if there are no intentional obscenities in there. Your edit would merely be tagged for review by another editor to make sure it is okay. - Mgm|(talk) 09:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

87.69.177.35

Username
87.69.177.35 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Richard Simmons
Description
I was reinstating the popular culture section, since it was removed without any reason given in the edit summary. I've been blocked by the "potentially unconstructive" filter several times.
Date and time
03:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments
 Fixed you still may get a warning but the edit will be allowed now. BJTalk 14:28, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

168.105.121.125

Username
168.105.121.125 (talk · contribs) (Anon }} filter log)
Page you were editing
Dodge SRT-4
Description
Adding a fact tag to the 'over 1000 horsepower' claim
Date and time
19:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

128.174.237.100

Username
128.174.237.100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Tara Correa-McMullen
Description
Merging two repeated refs into a single ref using the <ref name="latimes" /> tag. It would be great if this filter could check to see if the URL in the ref still exists in the article and/or if the ref is being replaced with a <ref name="foo" /> tag which refers to an existing ref.
Date and time
19:55, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Comments

58.8.13.227

Username
58.8.13.227 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Talk:List of people who have mysteriously disappeared/Archive 2
Description
Archiving inactive talk page discussions
Date and time
14:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I modified the filter so that this kind of false positive hopefully won't happen again in the future. --Conti|✉ 19:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, appreciated. Keep up the good work! 58.8.3.66 (talk) 20:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC) (previously 58.8.13.227 (talk · contribs))[reply]

Kam725

Username
Kam725 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Goole
Description
I direct the page to let someone know that Macao is good for us to visit, as Macao is a very safe place, Macao is the famous cooked food and food, Macao is a place, you may purchase nearly all things.
Date and time
22:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Resolved

Not a false positive, edit was inappropriate. --Conti|✉ 16:01, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cathleen242

Username
Cathleen242 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Talk:Chocolate#Chocolate and Acne
Description
I tried to submit a Request for Edit on the discussion page and received a message that said there was a repeated sequence of characters. I am not sure what the problem is.
Date and time
20:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

tromb08chase

Username
tromb08chase (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
The Bearded Ones
Description
I was creating a page for the band my friends and I started. It is not vandalism, just trying to get our names out there.
Date and time
20:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place to promote your band. MER-C 12:59, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mjroots

Username
Mjroots (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Fossarina
Description
Create a shipindex page, use of {a condom should fuck your mom and u wouldn't come iut} should mean that the warning isn't triggered
Date and time
19:45, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Virgin Killer talk page

TechOutsider

Username
TechOutsider (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Virgin Killer
Description
Removing extra set of "
Date and time
02:28, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Comments

" that were showing.}}

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