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mBallethist_2

Username
mBallethist_2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Western Stereotype of the Male Ballet Dancer (filter log)
Description
Adding info
Date and time
12:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Chowdertheshow

Username
Chowdertheshow (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Mashup (video) (filter log)
Description
There is a type of mashup called a "YouTube Poop" and I was trying to add it as such, but apparently, calling that type of mashup by its proper name of "YouTube Poop" is considered vandalism. Chowdertheshow (talk) 23:09, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
23:09, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Yes, we had the same problem on this same page a few days ago. This particular filter only triggers on users who aren't autoconfirmed, so if you were to edit for four days and make at least 10 edits in that time, you would be free to talk about YouTube Poop or any other kind of poop without worrying about the filter. I apologize that it has to be this way, as this filter has triggered three false positives just today, but on the other hand it has also caught hundreds of true positives. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 23:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and added the edit for now, though as I've said twice before, there's no reliable source for it; the best I can do is Wikia YouTube. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 23:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

X-N2O

Username
X-N2O (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Advanced_Encryption_Standard (filter log)
Description
Contributing to external links with ORIGINAL LICENSED content X-N2O (talk) 15:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
15:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

It's because the link you were adding contains "x-n2o", which is the same as your username. A silly little rule, but it actually helps us stop spam more often than not. Since you've been here for a year I'm going to assume you're not intent on spamming us, or you would have done it a long time ago. This particular filter triggers until you have 100 edits so in this case I can't say "make a few more edits and you'll be OK". -- Soap Talk/Contributions 16:02, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, it looks like your edit went through, although it was "flagged" as suspicious. Thanks for reporting it. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 16:07, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Every single one of this user's edits is adding a site with his own username in the domain name. Today he has been repeatedly adding a blog post written yesterday. The tagging is completely fair. Haakon (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. He's edit-warring to try and keep a link in the Advanced Encryption Standard article which three editors (so far) have removed. I wouldn’t have caught this without the tag. I just gave him a 3rr warning. Samboy (talk) 19:07, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

davidkelliher

Username
davidkelliher (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
EMMA_(accelerator) (filter log)
Description
Clarifying the type of accelerator from non-scaling FFAG to linear non-scaling FFAG
Date and time
15:45, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

Even though you didn't actually type FAG, the way the MediaWiki software handles diffs means that inserting a word on a line means that anything after it on the same line is treated as "new" text. I don't know if there's any way to fix this problem currently, but thank you for reporting it. This particular filter will stop bothering you as soon as you reach 10 edits (right now you have 7). -- Soap Talk/Contributions 15:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone on to make the edit for you. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 16:07, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

cm0n3y34

Username
cm0n3y34 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This? (filter log)
Description
Adding the list of episodes to the page.
Date and time
23:04, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

It's because one of the episodes contained the word "poop". I would add the edit, but I don't think the article really needs a list of 180 episodes, particularly since it's up for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Is it a good idea to microwave this. However, if it survives its deletion attempt, you should be able to add the episode list in a few days, because you will have achieved autoconfirmed status. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 01:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

98.21.188.187

Username
98.21.188.187 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
page (filter log)
Description
Adding info
Date and time
21:01, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I was editing Solon High School as all references to Anthony Sanson is all incorrect. I went to the high school and know that the mascot is not a ribeye steak. I am trying to clean up the site.

The edit was denied because you wrote "is gay" in the alma mater section. If this was a mistake, please be more careful next time. I've gone ahead and reverted the vandal edits that you were trying to clean up. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 21:12, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sirakhwiki

Username
Sirakhwiki (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Marc Swanson (filter log)
Description
The Wikipedia entry for Marc Swanson is out-of-date, inaccurate, and missing vital information. I was adding more information (all properly documented and footnoted) and correcting the various errors found in the entry. Not sure what I could have done to trigger the autofilter. Please help! I want this entry to be good. Sirakhwiki (talk) 17:57, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
17:57, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I don't see any hits on the Edit filter from your name. Were you editing while logged out? -- Soap Talk/Contributions 18:02, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you are 68.254.203.190 (talk · contribs), I think the filter triggered because you added the word "gay" to the article, even though it was a legitimate. There is currently no way to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate uses of this word. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 21:17, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paspche

Username
Paspche (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Mashup (video) (filter log)
Description
I was adding a section of text that was not vandalious in any way, shape or form. It directly stated the truthful names of the most common video mashups, techniques, and the profile names of the most well known mashup makers. Text that was used is here: "The bulk of these "mashups" are also referred to as "Youtube Poops" or YTPs. YTPs often utilize a wide range of different techniques, including the ones mentioned above, to create their "poops". Some of the most well known (and in some people's opinions, the most well liked) "Poopers" include: WalrusGuy, Deppercut, BMATF (or bigmarioandtailsfan), SSBMEXPERT, thechairman45, wikiwow, boogidyboo, captpan6, oiramapap (also known as igiulamam), Vorhias, Youtubepoop, StegBlob, MeiAIDS, IkwaylxZ, Jaklub, and IAMGOOMBA just to name a few. YTP has gone under many slogans and pictures, though most pictures incorporate the YouTube logo(often modified) and the words poop somewhere in the picture, and are often accompanied by the line "Where there's smoke, they pinch back." Also, an under-promoted news group, YTPNews, headed on the profile YTPnews1, has been on youtube for some time now, and provides sources, a "poop of the week", and often random bits of information relating to YTPs." There is nothing malicious about this block of text. The term "Youtube Poop" is commonly used on YouTube (Don't believe me? do a video search of Youtube poop and you will come up with thosands, maybe even millions, of videos that are "Youtube Poops". The rightful name of these videos should be capable of being utilized in Wikipedia, to prevent censorship. (Does the recent incident where a German murder filed a lawsuit against Wikipedia, causing Wikipedia to object, calling it censorship, ring any bells here?)
Date and time
00:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I'm familiar with YouTube Poop, yes. I'm not sure if the edit you attempted to make is verifiable enough to stand, but you can bring it up on Talk:Mashup (video) if you like, because the talk pages of articles aren't watched in the same way the articles themselves are. Also, this particular filter only triggers on users who aren't "autoconfirmed", so if you were to register an account and edit for four days with it and make at least 10 edits in that time, you would be free to talk about YouTube Poop or any other kind of poop without worrying about the filter. I apologize that it has to be this way, as this filter has triggered three false positives just today, but on the other hand it has also caught hundreds of true positives. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 01:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

206.126.170.20

Username
206.126.170.20 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Burger World (Beavis and Butt-head) (filter log)
Description
The last edit seems to be mangled, either the last editor was trying to replace or delete something, but I couldn't figure out the intent, since the article is somewhat mangled now, I tried to revert to the previous version, but was prevented from doing do. 206.126.170.20 (talk) 01:26, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
01:26, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The edit was disallowed because it contained the phrase "Dr Poop", and currently the filter is set to block the word "poop" except in certain exempt phrases such as "poop deck". I've gone ahead and reverted the other edit now so it should be OK. Thanks for reporting this here. This filter may need to be pacified a bit since it has triggered at least three false positives just today, though I'm not sure if this is typical. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 01:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]


71.121.115.243

Username
71.121.115.243 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Template:SpongeBob SquarePants (filter log)
Description
trying to revert to an ealier non-vandalized version, your bot seems to think that i am the vandal (note: this edit was added by 71.121.115.243 -- Soap Talk/Contributions
Date and time
16:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

gaw, sorry about that. It reverted you because the word "poop" was (legitimately) part of your edit. I really think "party pooper" should be an exception to this rule. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 18:45, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

JBoucher220

Username
Jboucher220 (talk · contribs)
Page you were editing(don't wikilink)
Fanboy_and_Chum_Chum ([1])
Description
Adding info to page.
Date and Time
17:05, 16 November 2009
Comments

Thanks for reporting that here. I've gone ahead and added your edit to the page, and standardized the spelling to "Poopatine". Once you make 10 edits with this account, you should be okay and not have to worry about most of the edit filters. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 02:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

channelwatcher

Username
channelwatcher (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Institute for Historical Review (filter log)
Description
Inserting a paragraph and making a link. I was unsure how to make the link and had to try several times Channelwatcher (talk) 00:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
00:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments

I think you clicked a "link" button and then forgot to remove the [[http://www.example.com link title]] code that it generated. -- Soap Talk/Contributions 22:54, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

60.240.126.92

Username
60.240.126.92 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Jessica Drake (filter log)
Description
Fixing the name of a film the actress won an award for from "FU*CK" to its uncensored title, "FUCK"
Date and time
07:19, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
I suppose that * symbol was put to avoid problems with filters. It was a bad idea to remove it. Ruslik_Zero 13:37, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Since "FUCK" apparently is the correct title, it was/would've been a good idea to remove it, per WP:NOTCENSORED. I've therefore removed the asterisk. --Conti|✉ 14:13, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ratson

Username
ratson (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
External links (filter log)
Description
add external link to http://www.ratson.com for adding more information about landing craft
Date and time
02:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The filter correctly warned you for adding a link to your own website. This is considered spam. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

cubbiegirl14

Username
cubbiegirl14 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Fixer Chao (filter log)
Description
Created literary page
Date and time
20:03, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
It caught the description of William Paulinha's sexual orientation. Too many new users of Wikipedia vandalize pages with possibly defamatory comments related to a living person's sexual orientation. Wikipedia takes defamation of living people very seriously, and this edit filter errs on the side of safety. If you spend a week editing unrelated pages before writing about sexual orientations, the filter will assume you are serious about improving the encyclopedia. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 22:26, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

69.247.170.20

Username
69.247.170.20 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
St. James Academy (filter log)
Description
Adding info
Date and time
16:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
I was just adding info about our state championships when I received the error.
I do not see any false positives in logs. Ruslik_Zero 14:33, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bezoar

I've changed ox to ox. The edit was not accepted... 01:20, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I changed the filter so that shouldn't happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience. Wknight94 talk 02:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

65.92.126.95

Username
65.92.126.95 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (filter log)
Description
There was actually a chapter that was called "Mr. Poop" in that story, but the abuse filter caught that even though my edit was constructive.
Date and time
22:27, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The filter was triggered by "Mr. Poop". Ruslik_Zero 09:00, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Town9

Username
Town9 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Town Nine Times (filter log)
Description
Town9 (talk) 13:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
13:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
When you create an article directly in the mainspace you do not need to use {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} template. Ruslik_Zero 08:55, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hooligandrift

Username
Hooligandrift (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Driftboarding (filter log)
Description
What you were doing Hooligandrift (talk) 20:17, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
20:17, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
Your edit was blocked because it contained the word "poop". While this may have been a false positive, the article would have been deleted anyway for being on a non-notable topic. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Theuniverseisfalling

Username
Theuniverseisfalling (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Theuniverseisfalling (filter log)
Description
trying to create a new page. it said it was potentially unconstructive. it was small yes but so?!?
Date and time
06:36, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
You were creating an article about yourself. Not only is this strongly discouraged, the article would have been immediately deleted anyway as non-notable. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

98.113.187.11

Username
98.113.187.11 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
Sex toy (filter log)
Description
General copyedit/cleanup 98.113.187.11 (talk) 10:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
10:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
It is dangerous to edit articles about sex. Ruslik_Zero 09:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yet it is entirely appropriate around here, even for anons. The filter "just" warned, but it didn't disallow, as far as I can see. I'm not sure if it'll be possible for such edits not to hit the usual profanity filters. --Conti|✉ 14:15, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By "dangerous" I meant that it triggered three filters simultaneously , one of which (9) would have disallowed the edit if the user attempted to save it. Anyway, due to a known bug the "warn->tag->warn" sequence is an equivalent of "disallow". Ruslik_Zero 14:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I didn't know that. Filter 9 should probably be modified accordingly, then. Maybe so it excludes articles in Category:Human sexuality or something. --Conti|✉ 14:45, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
whatever the problem, the edits i attempted were all, i believe, constructive and...while they might perhaps trigger a warning filter (it is rather difficult to edit article ABOUT sex without using sexual terms)...should not have been disallowed when i hit "save" again. if anything, it should have hit a pending hopper whereby a registered user could review and approve or disapprove of pending edits. (i had not looked at this "false positive" page for some days following the "it is dangerous to to edit articles about sex" rather dismissive response.)--98.113.187.11 (talk) 10:35, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kbdixon

Username
Kbdixon (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
User:Chalant (Musician) (filter log)
Description
Adding info
Date and time
09:06, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The page I was moving was constructive because I was trying to remove the "user" out of the title, from "User:Chalant (Musician)" to "Chalant (Musician)".
The page promotional and was deleted. In any case you are not supposed to move userpages of other users. Ruslik_Zero 09:01, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

202.61.210.15

Username
202.61.210.15 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
User_talk:Sandbox for user warnings (filter log)
Description
Adding {{defwarn}} to page.
Date and time
01:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Comments
The filter only caught it because you were blanking the rest of the page. I checked, and this seems to be the first false positive caused by that page in the 3000+ edits the filter has disallowed. But I'm adding it as an exception, anyway. Anyone can feel free to reverse my change. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
( They wouldn't let me wirte a review.
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