Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports

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

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Rockboxzy

Username: Rockboxzy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh (filter log)
Description: Editing early history of chamba. but it reported error.

You were attempting to add large amount of information without any sources. Black Kite (talk) 17:29, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eric abiog

Username: Eric abiog (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 01:03, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

The Italian chart you tried to include is not a reliable source, and is thus disallowed. Black Kite (talk) 17:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

82.19.13.93

Username: 82.19.13.93 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Kesha videography (filter log)
Description: I was trying to edit a page, when it said I used an archive.is source, or something, and I didn't
Date and time: 17:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Your edit did indeed include an archive.is reference. Black Kite (talk) 17:25, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FreeRangeFrog

Username: FreeRangeFrog (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jared Leto (filter log)
Description: Attempting to revert removal of sourced information. See diff.
Date and time: 04:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

It seems the problem was that the material I was restoring included a link to archive.is... but that particular warning only came up in my third attempt. Not sure if that's relevant here - the original issue only showed up as a warning about the filter, but no information about which filter or why. Not very helpful. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 04:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

82.125.147.188

Username: 82.125.147.188 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Brad Wilk (filter log)
Description: Updating the "Discography" part with other records and changing the columns to a simple list.
Date and time: 08:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Why is this unconstructive?

Quebec99

Username

Quebec99 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Hurricane: Category 5 (filter log)

Description

Added punctuation at end-of-line "ultimately demolished in March 2007"
added title and tried to add a url to the only reference on the page, blocked as not a valid archiving service"
Attempted to just comment out the offending url, and got this "unconstructive" notice

Date and time

18:05, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Comments

163.41.109.143

Username: 163.41.109.143 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Muslim World (filter log)
Description: Put in helpful, needed information that was not included in the article
Date and time: 21:58, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Mailing list false positive

72.89.172.80

Username: 72.89.172.80 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[1]] (filter log)
Description: Adding the following link as reference:

http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography @ metzdowd.com/msg09997.html (I had to put spaces around the at symbol, because it is blocking me the link EVEN HERE)

Date and time: 22:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

2607:F140:400:B007:3136:F0F6:8361:6F95

Username: 2607:F140:400:B007:3136:F0F6:8361:6F95 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Ethical Culture Fieldston School (filter log)
Description: Added Lisa Jervis, founding editor and publisher of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture (with link to the magazine's wikipedia page), to the notable alumni section
Date and time: 23:14, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Cortana should be a disambiguation page instead of the AI character, but the bot gives false alarm.

Corti45

Username: Corti45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Cortana (filter log)
Description

Look up Cortana or cortana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Cortana may refer to:

Virtual Assistant Program

Microsoft Cortana, virtual personal assistant program from Microsoft

VG Character

Cortana (AI character) , artificially intelligent (AI) character in the Halo video game series

Gastropoda

Cortana (gastropod), the fossil gastropod genus

Ceremonial Sword

Curtana, the ceremonial sword

Date and time: 23:16, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Alaa ubo

Username: Alaa ubo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Tartous (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add the website of Tartous City to the articles of Tartous
Date and time: 00:19, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

199.219.138.234

Username: 199.219.138.234 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: campus (filter log)
Description: buildings on campus

building plans have changed, so I am updating info. In fact, I'm updating a lot of information on the City Tech page that is outdated or inaccurate

Date and time: 21:29, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

108.227.207.108

Username: 108.227.207.108 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 11:18, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

2010== juin ==2014

90.25.21.187

Username: 90.25.21.187 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 13:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Kiesha93

Username: Kiesha93 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 06:41, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

I am Ian Singer one of the persons identified in this article. The original version was nothing close to factual. I would like to have the truth posted if my name is to be on it. I've had people from work and else where reference this document. Allow my edit or do remove the entire thing please.

106.66.155.32

Username: 106.66.155.32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 07:01, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments: I've tagged the page you're trying to blank (User:Futureindiaconstructions) for deletion (spam). —Bruce1ee^talk 07:08, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

74.192.84.101

Username: 74.192.84.101 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User_talk:Schvan (filter log)
Description: added list of sources earlier today. while I adjusted the formatting, the other person commented inline, hence, e/c when I tried to save. I force-overrode their one-line change with my 100 changes, but the abuseFilter prevented this. Change the abuse-filter setting from 'deny' to be 'warn', please, so others are not similarly forced to do out-of-browser workarounds.
Date and time: 18:38, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Unfortunately, as part of your changes you were removing some material from the page; the filter does not allow unregistered editors to do that to other user's talk pages. Black Kite (talk) 00:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Right. That part is clear. And, the backlog in dealing with all these false-poz reports about abuseFilters is also clear. Which is why I redid my 100 changes, manually, already. But the problem of over-aggressive abuseFilters remains, for myself in the future, and for anybody else bitten by them. See above, where the anon was trying to get rid of WP:NOTPROMOTION, and was prevented by the abuseFilter. See my own abuseFilter log, where I'm trying to help new users, who often have very little clue on how our idiosyncratic talkpages work. This particular abuseFilter has never bothered me before the last few weeks, so it is either a new abuseFilter, or a new wrinkle in the regex of an existing abuseFilter. It is set to deny-with-no-useful-message-and-no-workaround, just like many other abuseFilters (see elsewhere on this page for people that are trying to revert vandalism, but because archive.dot.eye.ess happened to be in the vandalism-reversion-content, get bitten by the abuseFilter). Is there any point in reporting false-poz, with the recommendation that the level of abuseFilter-aggressiveness be changed, to warn-not-deny? Or are we so short on editor-count, that cleaning up the warn-alerts, would overwhelm the guardian-resources we have? You are pointing out that the abuseFilter (aka the editors who write and maintain the regex of this particular abuseFilter) does not allow me to edit, as and when needed. Black Kite, I'm asking why the abuseFilters are set to not-allow, as oppose to warn-n-flag. HTH. p.s. And no, please don't remind me that the dreaded WP:FLOW is coming, which will make editing talkpages effectively impossible in general; I fail to view that as a "solution" of any stripe. ;-) — 74.192.84.101 (talk) 02:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hirasol

Username: Hirasol (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Features of Skype (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a lead, since I saw on top of the page that it might need one.
Date and time: 02:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is undoubtedly a false positive, but your changes were so extensive that it is difficult to determine where the issue lies. I would suggest adding the sections one at a time and reporting back. Black Kite (talk) 00:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TTKK

Username: TTKK (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Architecture of Finland (filter log)
Description: I have been doing some major additions to this page over the past month or two - including references and pictures. I am genuinely puzzled what in the present addition infringes any rules. Do please let me know. Thanks!
Date and time: 07:22, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

You were adding a link to archive.is, which is disallowed. Please try to find an alternative source. Black Kite (talk) 00:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nageshbhardwaj1

Username: Nageshbhardwaj1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 12:32, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

You were trying to add an invalid image to the page. However, since the page is obvious spam, I have deleted it. Black Kite (talk) 00:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Getting error, "possible unconstructive" and cannot edit a page.

NaturaTek

Username: NaturaTek (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[2]] (filter log)
Description: This page has a sexual harassment section. It is applicable and documented with sources. A user 'Rjmail' removed the entire section and claimed it sounded tabloid like, "he said/she said." It is not tabloid. She has written an article in a reputable science magazine that sent damaging waves. Sources are documented. I can't undo the edit that the 'Rjmail' user did, which was removing the entire section. I get an error that states my undoing of his/her edit is possibly unconstructive due to an automated filter and disallowed. Someone kindly undo that edit. Thanks.
Date and time: 05:47, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Melonkelon

Username: Melonkelon (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Sia Furler (filter log)
Description: I was changing date formats to dmy, but it said I was attempting to add material from anonymous blogs.
Date and time: 23:13, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is a false positive with Filter 554 and I have informed the filter manager. Black Kite (talk) 11:51, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Momoneymoproblemz

Username: Momoneymoproblemz (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Ball State University (filter log)
Description: Worked for quite a few hours to improve the article's history section with more recent information (most info verifiable with citations), added a photo within this section of the university's first president, cleared the listing of colleges under the academics section (this is probably why my edit's being reported), but instead, chose to alphabetically list the different schools and colleges into a table with all the founding dates I could find (so far). From my reading on other university wikipages, I noticed this practice as fairly common and gives the page a more encyclopedic feel. I also added various bits of information about the academic programs with citations and added other missing info, or just general improvements to other sections of the page. I should also note that I tried saving two times prior to this latest edit, all three of which I was blocked. The latest edit has the most extensive improvements.
Date and time: 06:40, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

See the report below this. Same issue. Black Kite (talk) 11:46, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ADHZ07111989

Username: ADHZ07111989 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[3]] (filter log)
Description: /* China, Hong Kong and Macau */ Table's fixation. Major fix from lastest revison, with data re-checks already done with current good datas.
Date and time: 08:37, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is a false positive. I have passed it over to the filter editor concerned. Black Kite (talk) 11:45, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{ziad jreij

Username: [[User:{ziad jreij|{ziad jreij]] ([[User talk:{ziad jreij|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/{ziad jreij|contribs]]) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified (filter log)
Description: Please replace this with a description of the edit you were trying to make.
Date and time: 17:13, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

| page = | description =

}}

Wikipedia is not a place to write an autobiography or talk about what you are like. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:54, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Swaller67

Username: Swaller67 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Dwight Schrute (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add "Mr. Poop" to his list of nicknames/aliases/what have you, because in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" (S2E18), Meredith's son repeatedly calls Dwight "Mr. Poop", but it kept telling me the edit was bad. Is it only because it said "poop"?
Date and time: 19:58, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments: New editors are not allowed to say "poop" in an article. I'd recommend you go to the article's talk page and ask someone else to add it. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:52, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accused of "ASCII art" (but there's not enough information to know how to fix the problem)

72.244.204.73

Username: 72.244.204.73 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Daniil Kharms (filter log)
Description: copy-edit and regroup into sections; mark some issues with missing refs
Date and time: 21:04, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments: This has been fixed. Thank you for reporting the error. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:51, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2602:306:3676:69D0:6572:45B8:68A4:9F0C

Username: 2602:306:3676:69D0:6572:45B8:68A4:9F0C (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Michael Miller (Musician) (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a page for musician / record producer Michael Miller but the automated system said the article was "potentially unconstructive".
Date and time: 21:10, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments: The filter has been fixed. Thank you for reporting the problem. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:51, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shyxcx

Username: Shyxcx (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of songs recorded by Marina and the Diamonds (filter log)
Description: Adding more informations such as songs that were recorded but not released and album appearances, and remove fake songs and unsourced content
Date and time: 03:37, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

You were attempting to add either archive.is entries, or sources that included blog charts, which are unreliable. Black Kite (talk) 15:09, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

KaterinaKaterina9013

Username: KaterinaKaterina9013 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Andreas Pantzis (filter log)
Description: I tried to create a page about the film director from Cyprus Andreas Pantzis, upon his will.
Date and time: 15:46, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Writing in all capitals is the problem here. Write in the correct case and the edit will be accepted. Black Kite (talk) 15:08, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

84.40.67.47

Username: 84.40.67.47 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Voice UK (series 3) (filter log)
Description: I was trying to update information about tonight's episode of the knock out rounds as it has been officially released by the BBC.
Date and time: 12:13, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is a false positive - sorry. You may enter all the information except the "Take Your Mama" item; you could ask a registered editor to do this on the talk page. Black Kite (talk) 15:07, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mirkwoodian

Username: Mirkwoodian (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:C.Fred (filter log)
Description: Add the updated correct information
Date and time: 14:43, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

I'll leave others to review his attempts to vandalize my user page. —C.Fred (talk) 14:47, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked indef. Black Kite (talk) 15:04, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

68.2.66.165

Username: 68.2.66.165 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: east cree (filter log)
Description: I am trying to add information to the space, time, and modality. I put some tables in but it does not allow me to save to the page
Date and time: 22:17, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Prajwala Info

Username: Prajwala Info (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Prajwala (filter log)
Description: I added over 70 references and completely updated the information with new format and layout.
Date and time: 10:29, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Craig Melville

123.243.130.202

Username: 123.243.130.202 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Craig Melville (filter log)
Description: I was adding in Craig Melville's credits that he directed the music video for Tism's "I Might be a Cunt, But I'm Not a Fucking Cunt" which he directed in 1998.
Date and time: 11:53, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Suggest this edit at the article's talk page; someone will make it for you if it's valid. Black Kite (talk) 18:50, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

71.224.44.15

Username: 71.224.44.15 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Moreau Catholic High School (filter log)
Description: Re-added the names of deceased staff members credibly accused of sexually molesting students (as documented in the citations). Someone saw fit to "protect" the public from this information by deleting it.
Date and time: 15:13, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

While it's fine to state that there was an issue at the school, if you're going to name people individually you need to source each one credibly; you didn't. Black Kite (talk) 18:48, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

50.59.198.162

Username: 50.59.198.162 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: 41st Academy Awards (filter log)
Description: I am editing the introductory passage for this article. For some reason it was flagged as potentially "unconstructive," probably because I did make several changes and deleted a couple of full sentences. Regardless, have a look, and you'll see that it is not vandalism or any kind of bad faith editing.
Date and time: 18:43, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

This is a false positive, but the filter is only set to warn, so your edit should be accepted. Black Kite (talk) 18:47, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

181.46.65.223

Username: 181.46.65.223 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Alfie Stewart (filter log)
Description: I am trying to creating this article. For some reason it was flagged as potentially "unconstructive", and i think that this message is in error. Please, have a look, and you'll see that it is not vandalism or contain a link to the archiving service archive.is.
Date and time: 19:20, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

75.109.214.207

Username: 75.109.214.207 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description: mariya ocher

the name of the patti smith song covered is "rock & roll nigger" and not "rock & roll" - but the filter wouldn't let me correct that!

Date and time: 03:39, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

OI-13-jaizpurua

Username: OI-13-jaizpurua (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Evaristo Paramos (filter log)
Description: I was trying to create the article about Evaristo Paramos. Evaristo is one of the most important artists among the basque culture. This article is completly verifiable.Please, fix this error. I would like to finish my article.
Date and time: 10:11, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

OI-13-jaizpurua

Username: OI-13-jaizpurua (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Evaristo Páramos (filter log)
Description: Creating an article about Evaristo Páramos. WHY IS THIS UNCONSTRUCTIVE?
Date and time: 16:27, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Viraatinn

Username: Viraatinn (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 02:51, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Unable to update page content

ERAU WIKI

Username: ERAU WIKI (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (filter log)
Description: I was trying to update and add content information about the university. It would not allow me to update the page. All of the information is verifiable through the University website and is constructive for the page.
Date and time: 18:29, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

pooru oombi

117.241.56.23

Username: 117.241.56.23 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[]] (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 11:02, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

Revering vandalism

Josve05a

Username: Josve05a (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[Typhoon Haiyan]] (filter log)
Description: I was trying to revert to this rev. due to vandalism.
Date and time: 12:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments

147.69.137.58

Username: 147.69.137.58 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[Talk:Rollercoaster (song)]] (filter log)
Description: Attempted to archive talk page Talk:Rollercoaster (song) to Talk:Rollercoaster (song)/Archive 1 and succeeded, but cannot clear the main talk page now.
Date and time: 14:49, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Comments