Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives

Please describe what you were doing when you were directed to this page by copying the following template, clicking [edit] on the section below, pasting in the report at the top of the section and filling it out

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fuck you

99.150.255.75

Username

99.150.255.75 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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User talk:99.150.255.75 (filter log)

Description

I was trying to get add a happy box - I can't demonstrate because I get the unconstructive message 99.150.255.75 (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

05:37, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

It lets me put the happy box 125px|left But it does not let me put the other stuff: See {{User:Mixwell/scrolling}} - how come I can't make my own scrolling happy face?

99.150.255.75 (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Also - the directions above say: "and paste it just below the == Reports == header line." but the directions below say:

Sorry if this is incomprehensible to you - but the template suggested was incomprehensible to me.

One of them should be changed.

Complaints: 1) Template is incomprehensible 2) Directions confusing: - Does text go immediately under Reports line, or does text go under the "place text below this line" comment 3) I could not post here the text that was giving the error because the Edit filter was rejecting it.

Reply

99.150.255.75 (talk) 03:59, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Try again now ... I;ve changed it to (I hope) allow people to decorate their talkpages as well as their userpages. —Soap— 04:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - but no go. It does let me put the template {{User:Mixwell/scrolling}} and that works, but if

I copy the contents at User:Mixwell/scrolling to my talk page and try to save I get the Edit filter rejecting it ::although it does work for preview. I want to copy the contents so I can experiment and change size and position.

I can save the image portion, but not the part in the <div > block.

Thanks,

99.150.255.75 (talk) 04:13, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Would you be willing to register an account? That's the only thing I can think of ... "user name" might not work when applied to IP's. But it does work for users, even with low edit counts, as I've shown here where I used an alternate account with 35 edits and was able to add the code without being tagged. —Soap— 04:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help - I'll look into maybe registering to add the text. 99.150.255.75 (talk) 04:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

lanigerum

Username

lanigerum (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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none (filter log)

Description

Trying to create an account

Date and time

19:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I agree, that filter needs to be pared down. Fixed. —Soap— 19:55, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

124.185.224.59

Username

124.185.224.59 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Plutarch (filter log)

Description

hello I am trying to write about my country, is telling that I cant... 124.185.224.59 (talk) 22:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

22:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Your edits did not appear to be constructive and were thus denied. Please do not blank the article and replace it with content unrelated to the article. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:55, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Gayindy

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Gayindy (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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List_of_LGBT_community_centers (filter log)

Description

Adding the site www.gayindy.com Indianapolis does not have a physical center, this site features local resources and national resources including support, religion,news,politics,advice. Gayindy (talk) 16:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

16:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Hi there. The warning was caused by a potential conflict of interest you may have because your name matches the link you were adding. Please also note that our username policy states that your username should represent you as an individual, not an organization. The filter did not block your edit and it has no way of knowing which edits are inappropriate and which aren't, the filter exists primarily to let you know of policies which may impact you and to tag the edit for further review. You may wish to change your username to make it represent you instead of the organization. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

194.95.184.90

Username

194.95.184.90 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Neck ring (filter log)

Description

Removing german interwiki, as it refers to horses. This autoblock-"feature" sucks. 194.95.184.90 (talk) 11:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

11:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

This (279) is one of the most annoying filters, and I apologize that you got caught in it. Since this is one of the most effective filters at detecting true vandalism that is not caught by other filters, I dont really believe it should be disabled and would not disable it without agreement by other people who are familiar with the inner workings of the edit filter. If it were possible, I would modify it so that it can distinguish between "nearly certain" vandalism and ones like what you were doing which are false-positive 95%+ of the time and never set to 'disallow' even in the other 5% of cases. Your edit would actually have gone through if you'd saved it the first time, when the message was only a very mild 'warning' type. However because you tried to re-submit several times, the filter believed that you were tryign to work around it and stepped up the action to 'disallow'. Note that you can still make the edit now; the disallow condition only lasts for a short time. As for the validity of the interwiki link, I'm really agnostic about it ... it's true that it's about horses, but it's still literally translated the same. (Note for example that there is an article at sv:Halsring as well.) However, to save you the trouble, I'll go remove both links now (both sides of the ocnnection have to be removed, or else a bot will come and "repair" it). -- —Soap— 12:53, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

For reference, here is the message:

MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-repeated

EvilFaerieNon

Username

EvilFaerieNon (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Jillys Rockworld (filter log)

Description

Trying to create a page for Jillys Rockworld but got an error saying the page is not constructive but I cannot see why

Never mind, got it to publish now EvilFaerieNon (talk) 19:58, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

19:58, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

daverac11

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daverac11 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

The New Deal (band) (filter log)

Description

Adding a legitimate link to a site that promotes the band Daverac11 (talk) 17:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

17:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

You can call it a false positive, but this filter is behaving as it should. Not everyone who adds many links to a site is a spammer, but some are. Please dont feel you're being judged on the basis of the edit filter alone; this is just an indication that your edits may need to be reviewed by others. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 18:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

WiJG?

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WiJG? (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Template:Japan football clubs map 2010 (filter log)

Description

Creating the template with a map of Japanese professional football clubs, similar to the templates in this category. The filter prohibits the placement of marks on the image —WiJG? 20:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

20:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

This filter intentionally inhibits any use of the "position:absolute" CSS style. Even if it's what you really wanted to do, it's probably incorrect because it is extremely unlikely that this will be consistent across browsers. Is there a particular reason you're trying to do this? There may be a better way to do it. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:12, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

This is really strange, because during last half-year or so I have created a lot of templates that use absolute positioning — see the category I have pointed at, or the {{A-League 2010- map}}, or almost every labelled map because the widely used {{Location map marker}} template is also based on "position:absolute" style, it was actually the source where I learned how to label maps. Honestly, I am really surprised to hear it may cause any trouble because this template was created way back in 2006 and I may only wonder the number of articles it is used in. BTW, I have seen my J. League templates in Safari, Chrome, FF, Opera, IE 7 and IE 8 and no problem has ever appeared. —WiJG? 06:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

The filter was recently changed to handle "position:absolute"; previously it had only handled "position:fixed", but was always meant to handle both. That's probably why it worked before. Anyway, I have forced through this particular change. I'm worried about relaxing this filter because the damage it prevents is actually quite severe and difficult to undo. Will this be a recurring need? If so I can discuss it with the other filter managers to see what can be done; I can't see any good ideas off the top of my head. However, for the time being, you can use {{editprotected}} on the talk page to ask an administrator to post it (filter managers and sysops are exempt from this filter, so they should be able to post it). --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 12:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I was thinking about the solution for my football map templates — what if I ask you to create a template with a following code:
<includeonly><div style="position:absolute;left: {{{left}}}px; top: {{top}}px">[[Image:{{{img}}}|{{{size}}}px]]</div></includeonly>
so when I'll use it in on the map, the edit itself won't contain "position:absolute" and it will pass the filter. If I have got it correctly, that's how the {{Location map marker}} template works. —WiJG? 10:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Onore Baka Sama

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Onore Baka Sama (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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U.S. Route 50 in Maryland (filter log)

Description

Adding a picture, "2006 01 06 - US50@US13.JPG". The picture should be renamed; I'm sure it was triggered because of the at-sign in the name.

Date and time

17:54, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I thought I had already added an exception for this. One moment while I verify it. Thanks for reporting this! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:07, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I added an exception for all JPG files. The reason the exception was not catching before this was because of the space in front of the name. Unfortunately, I do not see a way to improve this exception's negative lookbehind because PHP does not allow for the use of negative lookbehind with variable lengths. So, instead, I added an exception for all JPG files. Thanks for reporting this! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:16, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

dmarms

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dmarms (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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shocker (hand gesture) (filter log)

Description

I was editing the page to include relevant information.

Date and time

03:04, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Such negative information without a provided reliable source violates our policy on disparaging comments about living people. I can add an exception for this comment, but could you please provide a source first? Thanks. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:37, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

76.102.12.35

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76.102.12.35 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

User talk:Jacobf4417 (filter log)

Description

What you were doing 76.102.12.35 (talk) 09:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

09:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

User talk:Jacobf4417

The filter triggered because you replaced the talk page with a warning instead of just adding it. It looks like you got through after doing it by adding so I'll assume this is resolved. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 11:42, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

92.30.30.244

92.30.30.244 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Michael Fuller (filter log)

Description

What you were doing 92.30.30.244 (talk) 23:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

23:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

You should never delete a whole article; nevertheless, as below, this filter is set to "warn" mode, which means it will not actually prevent you from deleting text, only make sure that it is tagged for further attention. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 23:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Mrgoogfan

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mrgoogfan (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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anolis, Polychrotidae, Carolina anole, Brown Anole, Knight Anole (filter log)

Description

I was re-adding the anole care links. People have, may, and still do use them to learn more about anoles and many have contacted me asking for further help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by mrgoogfan (talk • contribs)

Date and time

23:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Posting a link that contains your username often indicates a conflict of interest or non-professional source. it's not always a bad thing ... I've posted links with my username in it too... but do be aware that the reliability of your links may be questioned and the links removed by other editors. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 14:58, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Doppler Effect5000

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Doppler Effect5000 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Hector Plasm (filter log)

Description

Adding a quote about origin of comic character

Date and time

20:46, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I dont really have a strong opinion on whether these kind of edits are good for the article or not, but as far as the Edit Filter cares you should be OK now. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 00:04, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

24.16.96.51

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{{user| 24.16.96.51 } (filter log)

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Flip Skateboards (filter log)

Description

removing vandalism 24.16.96.51 (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

18:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Large deletions will probably always trigger at least a warning of some sort. This filter is not set to disallow, so if you find yourself in a situation like this one where you're sure the edit you're making is good, I would go ahead and complete the edit. In this case, someone else got there shortly after you and removed the vandalism. Thanks for your attention and willingness to help. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 18:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

99.88.78.94

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99.88.78.94 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Disturbia (film) (filter log)

Description

I'm trying to edit Disturbia (film) but it's not letting because it's unconstructive. I'm just putting extra info that took place in the movie.

Date and time

04:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

If you drop the word "poop" from the your text, the edit will pass through the filter. Ruslik_Zero 19:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Katimpe

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Katimpe (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Queen's peace (filter log)

Description

I was removing an interlanguage link to German de:Königsfrieden, which deals with a completely different subject (and correctly links to its English version Peace of Antalcidas). Possibly the filter was activated because it was the only interlanguage link in the article. Katimpe (talk) 00:30, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

00:30, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Thanks for reporting that; I'll keep watching the article to make sure it doesn't get added back (interwiki bots can be quirky sometimes). -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 00:34, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Cloud Dino

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Cloud Dino (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Paper townsite (filter log)

Description

The article was a mess grammatically and it wasn't cited properly. I redid the article to make it more useful, and credited the appropriate sources.

Date and time

23:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Well strictly speaking, it isn't a false positive, because it correctly detected that you'd removed the references at the bottom of the page and removed the categories the article was in, even though you replaced them with some others. I agree your version of the article is better than what it was before, but it still could be improved a lot and I would recommend at least adding Category:Town back in. Categories help people find articles that have few other articles linking to them. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 23:36, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Aubziez

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Aubziez (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Grand Canyon (filter log)

Description

I was writing about what i believe and what people should know about our world today

Date and time

22:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I dont see any hits on the edit filter for this article, but so far all of your mainspace edits have been vandalism, so I suggest you stop before you get blocked. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 22:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

67.101.5.246

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67.101.5.246 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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List of Super Bowl halftime shows (filter log)

Description

Rewrote an unref'ed intro to simply summarise trends in half-time productions as listed; add two columns to table (making it sortable by several criteria), move referenced details to a new section. The lovely filter system was worried about the 6K loss in article size 67.101.5.246 (talk) 08:07, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

08:07, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Check out the diff. BTW, rejecting cookies was the reason for the multiple false positives...by the time I re-enabled them it considered me a menace.... 67.101.5.246 (talk) 08:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry it turned out this way, really, and please don't think its detection of your "repeated vandalism attempts" is against you directly. The first half, as you probably guessed, was because you removed a significant amount of content. There is no way for the filter to determine if a removal of content is appropriate or not, so it was detecting that and tagging it for review. However, because it took you 4 tries to actually post the content (which, I believe, you claimed was due to a cookie problem), another filter started picking you up which is designed to detect problematic users (I can't say more than that to protect the purpose of that filter, sorry). Suffice to say, by the time you read this, the problem will probably have calmed down and you should be able to post. I will contact the creator of that second filter to see if there isn't anything we can do to relax its restrictions, and I'm really sorry it hit you and stopped you from posting. Thanks for reporting this problem, and I hope you don't have too much trouble in the future. Regards, --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 08:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Leaving cookies enabled (as opposed to repeatedly submitting the changes with them disabled) meant I only got the Special:AbuseFilter/30 warning this time. Hopefully someone will take a look at the super-secret Special:AbuseFilter/279 and check to see if it had been excessively concerned in this sort of scenario. I continue to think that Special:AbuseFilter/30 is not subtle enough in its assessment. Smaller articles can be improvements in cases where (for example) unreferenced details are removed. 67.100.127.131 (talk) 22:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC).

elmodude5

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elmodude5 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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How Jake R Stole Christmas! (filter log)

Description

I created a page for the How Jake R Stole Christmas! book series when it was triggered as abuse. There are ISBNs if they need checking and everything else should be in order. Elmodude5 (talk) 06:37, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

06:37, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Hi there, and welcome. The problem was caused by the content "Everybody Poops... but Jake" which is one of the books in your added content. The filter incorrectly believed this was what we call "poop vandalism". I have added an exemption for this content; you should be able to perform your edit now. Thanks for reporting this error! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

This appears to be a hoax ... he went on to create the article and then it was deleted as G3. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 17:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Removed the exemption as above. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

zzrbiker

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zzrbiker (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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New South Wales C36 class locomotive (filter log)

Description

I moved an existing link to an image that has the name 3630@WellingtonStation.jpg, which seemed to trigger the email alert. - Zzrbiker (talk) 04:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

04:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Hi there, and welcome. The image name you used resembled an email address and that is why your edit was tagged. I see, however, that the post went through after the warning so you have nothing to worry about. Thanks for reporting this error, though; I will see what I can do to get the filter to ignore images. Thanks again, --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:08, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I could immediately see the way that the something at something dot something structure of that filename would pass most tests for email address formatting. The only thing I'd suggest is that perhaps Wikipedia should reject attempts to upload files with @ signs in the filename for this reason. - Zzrbiker (talk) 08:27, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Technical note: It looks like there was an attempt to resolve this in the past. There was a negative lookbehind that was supposed to check for namespacing, but it was improperly designed. I have added negative lookbehind to handle links to files and images, which should present this from occurring again. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:03, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Plaganegra

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Plaganegra (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Necroholocaust (filter log)

Description

I was saving a new page and it said it was Unconstructive, I don't understand why. This was in the web page for the Stephen King compilation HEARTS IN ATLANTIS.

Date and time

10:18, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Note: this report was added by 68.226.29.225. To answer: the trigger was the capitalized "FUCK JOHNSON" and the filter could be prevented by re-wording or leaving this part out. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 17:41, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Droll

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Droll (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Template:Infobox protected area/superimpose (filter log)

Description

This was to be a sub template for code I'm working on at Template:Infobox protected area/sandbox The code is tailored for this template and Template:Superimpose will not work although the functionality is similar.

Date and time

16:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

This is the second time this has happened today and I'm not happy about being entered in an abuse log. –droll [chat] 16:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I see the offense was "Fixed position vandalism". In this template using a fixed position is necessary. See Template:Superimpose for similar code. Also, see here for the proposed code. –droll [chat] 16:58, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I've dropped the protection down a notch so you can work on it, but in doing so, I'm thinking that the possibilities for the type of expolits that 'fixed-position' has been used for in the past might require the filter to be increased even to a stricter level than it was before. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 18:08, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

So its done. Thanks. I don't think I'll have to create another template like that but if I do I know where to come first. –droll [chat] 19:51, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I significantly simplified this filter. Ruslik_Zero 13:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thewomenandthegenerals

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Thewomenandthegenerals (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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30 September Movement (filter log)

Description

trying to link up to our page with historic info Thewomenandthegenerals (talk) 14:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

14:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Adding a link containing your username will usually set off this filter; I recommend changing your username if you want to post links to the website of this film (though I'll tell you beforehand that since it's a commercial film those links may well be removed no matter what your username is; see Wikipedia:BFAQ.) -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 15:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Plaganegra

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Plaganegra (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Necroholocaust (filter log)

Description

I was saving a new page and it said it was Unconstructive, I don't understand why

Date and time

16:10, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

If you de-capitalize the album names you shouldn't have such trouble. Writing obscenities isn't forbidden, but writing them in capitals often is. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:11, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

70.29.210.242

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70.29.210.242 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Durissy, Haiti (filter log)

Description

fixing references - changed a ref to a ref+group tag, since it wasn't a ref, it was a note 70.29.210.242 (talk) 12:56, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

12:56, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I added an exception to the filter for replacements of <ref> with <ref group . Ruslik_Zero 13:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

70.29.210.242

Username

70.29.210.242 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Keisha (filter log)

Description

adding a hatnote 70.29.210.242 (talk) 12:52, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

12:52, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Hmm, well it seems "porn" is a watch word, surprisingly enough. My first thought is that that is a bit hyperactive, but then it seems that this filter is tag only, and catches a lot of other things which are also not likely to be vandal edits, but may be libelous. So, I would say that you shouldn't feel that you're being classified as a vandal or a problem editor, because a lot of constructive editors will get tagged with things like this from time to time. The tag system just makes it easier for other people to find the edits that are problematic. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:17, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Soul Therapy

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Soul Therapy (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Soul Therapy (filter log)

Description

Wow, how many times do I have to click 'save again' and report error???

Date and time

21:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

This filter is currently set to disallow, which means clicking "save again" isn't going to let it get through. I a pologize for that, but the warning notice isnt something I personally can change, so I will talk to someone who can. As for the problem itself, replacing a page with a completely different page, like this, will always be disallowed; if you want to create a new article you should use a different page title, such as Soul therapy (with a lowercase 't'). Please note that the edit filter is completely ambivalent about policies such as verifiability and conflict of interest, which all new articles must satisfy in order to stay on the wiki. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:35, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Soul Therapy

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Soul Therapy (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Soul Therapy (filter log)

Description

Soul Therapy is a registered trademark. I removed the business using this page illegally, and replaced the info with the 2 legal owners and businesses called Soul Therapy (registered in The USA and the EU)

Date and time

20:55, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

It's also the name of an album; as far as I know there is no type of trademark which someone in an entirely different industry can use to prevent a music artist from using a phrase as the title of album cover. I could be wrong about that, but as I stated above, the edit filter is agnostic about issues like that; if you believe there is a trademark infringement you should email Open Ticket Response Team. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 21:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

adi5500

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adi5500 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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COREX (filter log)

Description

I was putting a link for reference on COREX Process Adi5500 (talk) 16:43, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

16:43, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

The warning was triggered because you posted a link which contained your username. There is no way for the filter to detect what is and is not a conflict of interest, so don't take this personally. It implies no wrongdoing on your part, it just is meant to trigger a more prompt, second, human review. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

panacea123

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panacea123 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Bed of nails (filter log)

Description

Please replace this with a description of the edit you were trying to make.

Date and time

16:08, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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The warning was triggered because you removed interwiki links and categories. They were restored, so everything's ok, but take a second or two and make sure you're not mistakingly deleting content from pages when adding content. Other than that, everything looks stable, so thanks for taking the time to report this and happy editing. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 16:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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I was editing prahlad friedman (whose birthday is web cited as both 1978 and 1979 btw.... I added: "Friedman is a legend in online poker, often credited for inspiring many online players to adopt a more creative, more loose aggressive style. Playing under the screen names "Spirit Rock" on Full Tilt Poker, "Mahatma" on Ultimate Bet, "Zweig" on Prima Network, and "Poopers" on PokerStars, he is known for overbetting the river (the last card) with bluffs and with the best hand possible."

This is a big reason why he is famous... the other stuff written here cam later. Perhaps the word "poopers" is causing the flag?

I've added a cut down version of what you were trying to write; it has the "poopers" in it, but not the claims about him being an online legend because I dont know anything about online poker and couldnt find any RS for that. You should be able to edit the article now, but I suggest creating an account so you wont have to worry about this particular filter. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 13:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Kartik Subbarao

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Kartik Subbarao (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Sankethi people (filter log)

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I updated a URL pointing to the Sankethi Family Tree Charter Kartik Subbarao (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

01:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

it was because you added a link containing your username, which is often (though not always) the sign of an account dedicated solely to advertising a product. In this case, the page is not very heavily trafficked, so I took a look at your edits to the page, and I don't see any sign that it is a promotional link in even the most distant way. However, that page needs a lot of work. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 13:09, 1 February 2010 (UTC)