Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports

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Tvansleeuwen

Username: Tvansleeuwen (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Tinker Brothers (filter log)
Description: Delete an unnecessary image, replace it with an artwork image
Date and time: 02:33, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
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Note: There appears to be a bug in the edit filter: if an account is renamed, then edit filter entries cannot be found either under the old user name (because the old account name doesn't exist), nor under the new one (because they are still associated with the old user name). (Both Tvansleeuwen and User 202219 are empty, even though the entry can be found at the article Tinker Brothers.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 04:21, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

8 mile soundtrack

Trying to undo the spam. 2602:306:395D:CC80:74A5:9CCC:5CC6:E955 (talk)

88.131.87.100

Username: 88.131.87.100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Modern Times Group (filter log)
Description: Updating page to reflect company's current business areas as described at mtg.com
Date and time: 14:03, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
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2605:E000:90C6:2D00:78CD:268B:50CF:5292

Username: 2605:E000:90C6:2D00:78CD:268B:50CF:5292 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Guards (band) (filter log)
Description: edit the information on the page...to provide a more in depth history
Date and time: 04:08, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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107.85.105.45

Username: 107.85.105.45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ruediger_John (filter log)
Description: adding a comment on discussion (page is relisted for comments)
Date and time: 13:23, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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107.85.105.45

Username: 107.85.105.45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ruediger_John (filter log)
Description: adding a comment on discussion (page is relisted for comments)
Date and time: 13:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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False positive - the filter effectively prevents IP addresses from a particular range from commenting at deletion discussions. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:37, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- I have checked the edits caught by the filter - all or almost all are false positives. Maybe the filter is obsolete? - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:52, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikifixxxer

Username: Wikifixxxer (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: guards (band) (filter log)
Description: trying to edit formation history
Date and time: 19:06, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: Just leave out the (unreferenced) quote from the Guardian. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:34, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

86.41.8.83

Username: 86.41.8.83 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Mike Tyson (filter log)
Description: I feel that any article where the person in question has been convicted of rape needs to have that sentence within the introductory sentence. It is an issue that needs to be highlighted. Otherwise it seems like being an athlete is more of a talking point than raping a woman.
Date and time: 22:55, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: While I understand the sentiment, a) these kinds of edits are often vandal/bogus edits and b) our policy on the matter demands a bit more discretion. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:02, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]; This log entry was a disallow, for "vandalism in all caps". Filter 189 "BLP vandalism or libel" is doing its job here, but filter 225 may be overly sensitive to all caps in edit summaries. —Guan aco 14:20, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

37.190.156.25

Username: 37.190.156.25 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: G_(disambiguation) (filter log)
Description: Saving an edit with an external link. It was hard for me to find out what G/L & G/l (as opposed to g/l & g/L) mean, so I wanted to add a word about it somewhere where many people will look. It's too little to fill an article on its own.
Date and time: 13:07, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: Seems like a good edit, but generally external links on a disambiguation page are problematic. This is a false positive, but I think the warn filter is good here. —Guan aco 14:12, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2601:2C3:880:870:51B5:F56A:31B7:8421

Username: 2601:2C3:880:870:51B5:F56A:31B7:8421 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description: Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)
Date and time: 15:00, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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worldwide sales

The Wikipedia community has determined that your source is not a reliable one. Please see Wikipedia:Record charts for more information. —Guan aco 15:24, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DublinInTheSummer

Username: DublinInTheSummer (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Walden School (filter log)
Description: The Wikipedia page for the Walden School, a music program in Dublin, NH is woefully inadequate. Many many facts are currently out of date, hence why I am deleting and rewriting them. There are also many sections of the article which are inappropriately detailed and subjective based on the experience of a student named Steve Flynn back in about 2005. My edits are designed to try and give outsiders a concise source where they can read a few paragraphs and understand all the basics of what the Walden experience is, without having to wade through endless sections of purple prose explaining all the specific names of the blessings we sing before meals, and the special dances we do.
Date and time: 21:37, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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False positive - the name "Laura Cocks" caught by the filter. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:29, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2600:1:F546:2B1E:C481:D759:7878:3A05

Username: 2600:1:F546:2B1E:C481:D759:7878:3A05 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 23:04, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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Appears to be a false positive - the regular expression "\bcrap" matches "Crape Myrtles". - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:56, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rattanni

Username: Rattanni (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Forward_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania (filter log)
Description: Local History Information
Date and time: 00:56, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: I'm not going to add it because the content is unsourced. Please see Wikipedia:Citing sources. —MRD 20 14 00:03, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

190.237.6.119

Username: 190.237.6.119 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 15:34, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
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I was correcting a grammar error and the correction was listed as unconstructive.

"Trump" to "Drumpf" is not a grammar error. Filter works fine. Acroterion (talk) 18:43, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

66.214.131.110

Username: 66.214.131.110 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Idiot (disambiguation) (filter log)
Description: Trying to add The Idiot (Batuman novel) page link to this disambiguation, but was rejected
Date and time: 17:37, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: I have added the novel to the disambiguation page. —MRD 20 14 00:02, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

80.183.11.194

Username: 80.183.11.194 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:List of European television stations (filter log)
Description: It's because someone put the wrong templates in the wrong page I am trying to remove it but the automated filter blocks me the removal help me
Date and time: 20:00, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
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I've done the edit for you. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 11:40, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

69.200.241.161

Username: 69.200.241.161 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing

Bijan "RythmiK" Williams

Description: provide relevant information on a recent arrest
Date and time: 20:22, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hello?

2601:147:C002:D83A:F070:2C25:55E7:5E45

Username: 2601:147:C002:D83A:F070:2C25:55E7:5E45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[1]] (filter log)
Description: Bela's doctor pled guilty to child pornography and is being sued for sexual battery of several child gymnasts at Bela's ranch. This has been reported in MSM and the section should be updated about the lawsuit that Bela is named in to reflect that the man he hired has now pled guilty to child pornography and in fact admits to the behavior described by the gymnasts as assaults. Only he claimed it was a medical procedure.
Date and time: 04:54, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
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84.30.187.2

Username: 84.30.187.2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 08:08, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
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I have an edit on oj but he used the word niggas (he actually used niggers but I don't want that word on the wiki) the system probably flags everything with niggas, the word not the race

In fact, the filter catches both "nigger" and "nigga". While the song apparently references the statement OJ made when he was being arrested, just being moderately popular on YouTube may not suffice for its inclusion in an article. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 11:55, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ReadyBrek007

Username: ReadyBrek007 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description: Michael Fabricant is not openly gay but is known to be in an intimate relationship with the Mayor of Birmingham (Andy Street). They share homes together. I believe this to be wholly in the public interest.
Date and time: 09:36, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: Do you have a source for that? Otherwise I won't be adding it. —MRD 20 14 13:39, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

LinneaJD

Username: LinneaJD (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Beau Dick (filter log)
Description: Artist page for Beau Dick titled "Bill Reid" (different northwest coast artist), tried to change to correct name.
Date and time: 22:33, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: Fixed. —MRD 20 14 00:19, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

47.158.6.136

Username: 47.158.6.136 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 06:24, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
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Trying to edit the macOS Sierra page to show that the sierra nevadas are located in Northern California but an automated filter has identified this as an error but it's wrong so it should be fixed

False positive. It appears that the edit has been blocked solely because the existing paragraph matches the edit filter. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:52, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

74.75.232.15

Username: 74.75.232.15 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Kombucha (filter log)
Description: Adding a consumer's perspective to what information I came to the page to look for.
Date and time: 13:19, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
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74.75.232.15

Username: 74.75.232.15 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Kombucha (filter log)
Description: Trying to add a user's perspective to the Talk page about the page. What information I'm looking for from the article, etc. I have no idea why the edits were disallowed.
Date and time: 13:36, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
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False positive - "will kill the bacteria" matches "will kill" in the filter. I'll post the comment for you. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 11:23, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Space-cadet-man

Username: Space-cadet-man (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_to_Be_Square
Description: I was editing the page "Hip to Be square", adding a small paragraph about the internet meme that is derived from the song, called "fuck bees". http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-bees
Date and time: 03:25, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
Comments: Not a false positive, please don't add meme cruft to articles. Acroterion (talk) 03:27, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

31.53.237.179

Username: 31.53.237.179 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User: - ) (filter log)
Description: I added a sockpuppet tag to - )'s userpage. And... it got blocked.
Date and time: 18:17, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
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The sockpuppet notice was originally added to the user page by vandal/sockpuppet accounts themselves. I have changed the notice on the user page, and protected it. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 05:47, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

118.189.63.127

Username: 118.189.63.127 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Janil Puthucheary (filter log)
Description: False positive. I tried to readd the content removed on 24 February 2012 under the reason non-reliable sources, as the sources have not been challenged in the courts.
Date and time: 20:38, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
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