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

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Andrew Whitehead

Username: Andrew Whitehead (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Alexander Baron (filter log) (redo)
Description: adding a reference to a new external link at http://www.andrewwhitehead.net/alexander-baron.html
Date and time: 16:39, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

There is a filter which detects users repeatedly adding links to various articles in order to limit them to a certain rate. This is true even of unquestionably legitimate edits. There is also a filter which tracks whenever a user inserts a link containing their username; however this filter will only tag the edits, not stop you from making them. —Soap— 17:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Msullivan777

Username: Msullivan777 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Alexis_Love (filter log) (redo)
Description: Hello, I am just sorting out the age question by submitting proof af her actual age. I have worked with Alexis in the past and have produced and directed a movie with her. The ID's were obtained on the date of working with Alexis. All I wanted to do is show correct age and now users are sabotaging my work. Very unnesesary!
Date and time: 18:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You cannot use external links to display images hosted at places like Photobucket, as you were trying to do. Instead, assuming you have the appropriate rights to do so, upload it here or to Commons and then link to it. Thanks! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:27, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Meretricious

Username

Meretricious (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

List_of_Legend_of_the_Seeker_episodes#Season_2_.282009.E2.80.932010.29 (filter log) (redo)

Description

Editing the episode descriptions that were marked as too detailed and lengthy, correcting spelling errors.

Date and time

20:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I agree this was a good edit on the part of Meretricious. Shouldn't have been filtered, he didn't actually remove a very large amount of actual content. Sadads (talk) 20:23, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't blocked, it was merely tagged for further review. Unfortunately, most tags are always going to have a few false positives. Please don't feel like you're being labeled a vandal of any sort, these tags are just used to help patrollers identify unusual activity (which, in your case, was the fact that you removed over 7000 characters from that article). Any patroller that sees this tag would investigate the edit, realize there's nothing wrong with it, and move on. Sorry you got hit by this, but there's really no way for the filter to detect what is a legitimate edit and what isn't when deleting large amounts of content, and that's why this filter is a "tag only" filter and not a "disallow" filter. Thanks for the report, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Technically it was warn and tag (one doesnt imply the other) ... I agree though that this filter definitely should stay on and that there is no realistic way to improve it such that it won't at least occasionally produce false positives like this. The software isnt capable of making intelligent judgments like that, or of noticing whether a particular edit is a large deletion from one section or several small deletions/insertions from many sections which all add up to a single large deletion. If it were possible to make such a distinction, we would do something like that in order to prevent people becoming unduly annoyed. —Soap— 20:50, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

82.17.222.23

Username: 82.17.222.23 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Nani (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was removing some vandal's rubbish about a "small, sweat and famous" village in India; he had deleted the entire previous article (containing links to things like Luis Nani, the Portuguese footballer, Nani in Afghanistan and Nani Roma, the Spanish rally driver. Constructive.
Date and time: 05:24, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for reporting this. The trigger that set off the filter was the "your mother" line about halfway; this is one of the false positives that I knew was going to happen when we set up this filter but it also stops so much vandalism that I dont think disabling the filter will be possible right now. Since pretty much every occurrence of "your mom" except quotes can be replaced by a paraphrase, I will change the page to read "maternal grandmother" (another alternative would simply be "mother's mother" without the possessive your). —Soap— 11:44, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MuseumBiz

Username: MuseumBiz (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (filter log) (redo)
Description: add external link
Date and time: 07:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Not a false positive. You're trying to add a myspace-page. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 07:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Percival

Username: Jason Percival (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Trent Autograss Club (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was attempting to edit the page. I am the Trent Website Manager and also a member of the Club. Please tell me why I am not able to change this page. Email trentautograss@mail.com
Date and time: 13:57, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The capitalized ASS in GRASS is what set off the filter; while this is technically a false positive, the style guidelines discourage writing anything in capitals anywhere, not just "rude words", except for acronyms. So you should create this page with those words in lowercase. Additionally the title at the top is not necessary since the MediaWiki software gives each article a title anyway. Lastly, please be aware that any article that doesnt stand up to the guidlines of verifiability and notability will be deleted, regardless of any style concerns. I believe that this article would in fact qualify for deletion for that reason. —Soap— 14:01, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

74.129.160.82

Username: 74.129.160.82 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Roger_Fouts (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to add a Pop Culture section to expand the article because there is a song Fouts on the album F*cked Up Zoo by the Hail Seizures about Roger Fouts. I tried to edit with and without the word "f*cked" and it was obviously stopping me for another reason. Many pages have references in pop culture section.
Date and time: 14:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Sorry you got hit by this, and thanks for the report. Normally "fucked" wouldn't trip the filter, you're right. Amusingly, the phrase "album fucked" contains the phrase "bum fucked" which we consider to be always bad, and that's what it was finding. I have added a "word boundary" condition to the "bum" part of that so that "album" no longer matches. You should be able to make your edit now. I do advise that you try to cite your source for this comment, though. Thanks for your contributions! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 15:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

220.233.5.154

Username: 220.233.5.154 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Bruce Willis (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 17:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Please explain what you were trying to do, as the filter shows you replacing an article with a completely blank page with no explanation and no edit summary. —Soap— 17:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

71.107.154.186

Username: 71.107.154.186 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Sierra Madera crater (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 23:00, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I put in some valuable info

Please tell us what article it was. Bramble claw x 23:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see only vandalism in your filter log; one to Sierra Madera crater and one to a user's talk page. —Soap— 23:07, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mertothe2ndpower

Username: Mertothe2ndpower (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): enriquerosas (filter log) (redo)
Description: make a page
Date and time: 06:37, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Filter's working as designed; articles filled with profane editorials and fluffery are not acceptable. See WP:General notability guideline, WP:Verifiability, WP:Biographies of living persons, WP:No original research, and WP:Vandalism. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 06:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

92.235.202.234

Username: 92.235.202.234 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Halo: Reach (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 15:27, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Not a false positive. —Soap— 16:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Johnestrada

Username: Johnestrada (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): John Estrada (filter log) (redo)
Description: Trying to forward information
Date and time: 16:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The Manual of Style does not allow linking to external sites in the header of a page, or for that matter, anywhere on the page if it's about somebody else. If you want to create an article about yourself, feel free to do so but only if you are sure that you meet the standards for notability for politicians, and that you can prove that by adding clearly reliable third party sources to establish that. Using your website would not be sufficient because it isn't a third party source. If you are not sure that you can meet these inclusion standards then I wouldnt recommend trying to create the article; we have lots of active contributors seeking to fill gaps in our coverage of politicians. —Soap— 16:47, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy2010

Username: Tommy2010 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:89.244.75.80 (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was warning a user. I blanked the page of one warning to replace it with another warning, he used the word crap in his edit and asked crap? with the NPOV warning and it triggered a filter.
Date and time: 21:53, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, the edit filter can't (at present) tell the difference between "crap" and "crap?", and it would be possible to make the distinction, but I'd rather leave the decision of whether to do so to someone else, particularly those who've been working on this particular filter. —Soap— 22:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting that the filter override cussing with the string "?." ? Vandals typically do not use ? after cussing. Tommy2010 07:26, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also surprised this happened to an autoconfirmed user. These edit filters shouldn't affect autoconfirmed users. They way I see it, if they do, then it will be very easy to see via the contribs and a block would be easy to do. Tommy2010 07:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sasquatch333

Username: Sasquatch333 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Garrett Saczawa (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to make a page about myself, but apparently thats not okay, but it is all the truth, and i would really like my life story to be on here.
Date and time: 04:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please review our policies of verifiability and notability. A page like this will be speedily deleted for several reasons. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 04:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bbrox4eva

Username: Bbrox4eva (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Victoria (Australia) (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to say that Victoria was the smallest state on the mainland of Australia in the editing part of Victoria, Australia.
Date and time: 07:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: That's not what you wrote. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

117.241.89.164

Username: 117.241.89.164 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Khasi (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 10:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, the filter was tripped because of what you wrote towards the end with all the exclamation points. As for the rest of the edit, it is good to add helpful information, but only if you can show that it is true by citing it to a reliable source such as those six that already exist in the article. Unreferenced content, even if not vandalism, is subject to being removed by other editors. —Soap— 11:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DragonRider246

Username: DragonRider246 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:DragonRider246 (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 15:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You should study WP:USER before trying again. Ruslik_Zero 17:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BrodieBruce360

Username: BrodieBruce360 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[FunnyJunk.com

I was just trying to inform people about the site and what it is like. If i need to take the bad languange out of it, i will.]] (filter log) (redo)

Description: Please replace this with a description of the edit you were trying to make.
Date and time: 23:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well yes that would be nice, though I suspect an edit like what you made would be reverted anyway as it doesn't really add anything not already in the article and is unreferenced. —Soap— 00:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

94.245.219.254

Username: 94.245.219.254 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 09:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks; I've added it in with a link to Amazon so that people can verify that the import CD does contain those tracks. Sorry that you had to get hit by this; there is unfortunately a lot of vandalism of the "your mom is a..." type that has caused us to have to put this phrase onto a list of stopwords. —Soap— 10:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tetrosyl

Username: Tetrosyl (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[1]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: Was attempting to upload an article regarding a local large employer
Date and time: 11:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter detects when a user creates a page containing their username, as this is often a sign of a conflict of interest. As the warning message suggests, you can create the page if youre sure, but be aware that it must conform to our standards of reliability and notability to stay on Wikipedia. —Soap— 01:04, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

71.251.116.21

Username: 71.251.116.21 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 13:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I believe user:NeilN has already spoken to you about this. First of all, you should not add content about a person into an article about a person with the same name; start a new article. However if you create an article that's completely unverifiable (the sources you've been adding are essentially personal experience) then it will be deleted. —Soap— 15:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mn2s

Username: Mn2s (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 14:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter detects when a user adds a link to a site containing their username, or when the title of the article is also in the username. This is often a sign of conflict of interest; whether this is a false positive or not will be determined by the outcome of the CSD nomination of the page. —Soap— 01:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

142.25.94.160

Username: 142.25.94.160 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 16:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter's working as designed. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 19:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

24.128.34.10

Username: 24.128.34.10 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 16:22, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter's working as designed. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 19:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fat&Happy

Username: Fat&Happy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Politics (filter log) (redo)
Description: revert vandalism (blanking)
Date and time: 18:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nice catch. The filter thought you were trying to add an email address to the page (because one of the urls you restored looked like one). I added a condition to the edit filter that ignores seasoned editors such as yourself. Cheers. Tim1357 ^talk 00:42, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

129.19.60.4

Username: 129.19.60.4 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 18:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter's working as designed. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 19:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

209.66.200.20

Username: 209.66.200.20 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 20:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is not a false positive. The filter that prevented you from editing acted correctly; your edits are considered vandalism. Tim1357 ^talk 23:20, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

24.212.93.47

Username: 24.212.93.47 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): British Empire (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 22:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

sorry my head hurts really bad

This edit is not a false positive, edits such as this (adding "your mamma" to an article about the British empire) are considered vandalism. Tim1357 ^talk 23:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

inveaderzim17xo Invaderzim17xo

Username: Invaderzim17xo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Riley Clifford :P (creating page)

Description

I was trying to create a page with more info on Andrew Kuklica becuz i didnt get alot of info from the other page. It just said its not constructive...but it was!!!!

Date and time

23:46, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Wikipedia is not a gossip site, and submissions similar to what the filter tripped on in this case are normally deleted anyhow. See WP:CSD#G2. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 00:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Yes, the Edit Filter kept you from making several inappropriate creations. Your many attempts at creating the page Riley Clifford :P consisted of nothing of encyclopedic value, and would have been speedily deleted anyways. Tim1357 ^talk 00:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

203.208.92.26

Username: 203.208.92.26 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 00:41, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Attempted edits like this do not give me confidence that this is a legitimate false positive report. Tim1357 ^talk 00:48, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

81.44.95.47

Username: 81.44.95.47 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:Jlsa
Date and time: 02:36, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I was wrong on a user talk page

Hi there. This filter is designed to protect the talk pages of other editors. Generally if you want to take back something you said, you should "strike it out" by putting <s> and </s> around it ~~to make text like this~~, and then add text about why you're taking it back. This ensures that if anyone read it before, they understand that you take back what you said and corrected it. Happy editing! Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 04:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shanhaijing

Username: Shanhaijing (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 08:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, it's a false positive in the "your mom" filter, which exists because people often type out "your mom" on other pages (or even their own) to aggravate other editors. But before we go on, could you tell me why you are writing content like that on your talk page? It's supposed to be used for communicating with other editors. —Soap— 10:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redrose64

Resolved

– Redrose64 (talk) 11:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Username: Redrose64 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Talk:Mark Wylde (filter log) (redo)
Description: I added |listas=Wylde, Mark to an existing {{WikiProject Emmerdale}} banner, which I then assessed for importance; I added a {{subst:unsignedIP2}} to an existing unsigned comment, and added a heading to that same comment. All of these are actions which I have done previously, many times each, without causing complaint. What's the deal this time?
Date and time: 19:33, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter sees this as vandalism because of the way the MediaWiki software operates. When you modify a paragraph, or sometimes even move a paragraph, the software sees the entire paragraph as being part of the addition, so if that paragraph contains a stopword it will be considered to have been added by you. This is true for all editors, whether they be IP's, regular accounts, or administrators. The filter strictly speaking is supposed to trigger only when someone is replacing a page with obscenities, but has been coded in such a way that small expansions such as this will also trigger it, since sometimes a vandal will repeat a phrase many times. I apologize for the disruption ... note that normal day to day editing of that page will not generally trigger that filter. Did you get what you needed done, or do you want the page to be edited still ? —Soap— 00:21, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most of it is now done, but not all. I tried doing each little bit individually (which artificially hikes my edit count and the page history now looks like I don't know what the "preview" button is for), and got most done, but it still won't let me add a {{subst:unsignedIP2|20:27, 14 January 2010|82.152.215.223}}; if you check the filter log above you'll see there are now two more entries. Any chance that you could add that template please? --Redrose64 (talk) 02:57, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies; it should work now; in the future hopefully this can be solved with a more intelligent solution but for now it will allow you to add comments like that. —Soap— 10:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

216.211.112.75

Username: 216.211.112.75 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 20:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

You really should not write commentary like that into articles; if it had survived I can assure it would have been erased by another editor. —Soap— 00:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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CRTinyDuffy

Username: CRTinyDuffy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Barden Precision Bearings (filter log) (redo)
Description: create a page for Barden Precision Bearings
Date and time: 21:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The name of the company FAG was being mistaken for vandalism by the edit filter. I've removed that for now and will restore it later on a more watchworthy filter. Do you have the text of the article saved? I would not want to create the article myself because then all edit notices regarding the article would go to me instead of you and because it's generally discouraged to take attribution for other people's work in general. —Soap— 00:24, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Miptalk

Username: Miptalk (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[2]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was adding an interview with Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett where he talk about the changes the company is going through and where it's headed. The interview can be found here - http://www.miptalk.com/?p=474
Date and time: 21:44, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Repeatedly adding links to a single website is discouraged, and even when the links are legitimate there is a limit on how many such additions you can make per hour. I dont see any "disallow" entries in your filter log, so my guess is you did not hit that limit, but if you're just wondering why you're being tagged at all, this is the reason why, and unfortunately it's not yet possible to sort out legitimate hits from spamming. —Soap— 14:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Filmmakingstuff

Username: Filmmakingstuff (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: Our filmmaking website provides resources for up and coming filmmakers. For about 1 year, my site was listed without issue. It has recently been removed. I am trying to re-add it to the external links. I am hopeful you can help me clear this up. Thanks!
Date and time: 21:55, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Hello... the filter was triggered by the similarity between your user name and the URL you were adding. I've had to block the account, because of this connection and because of Wikipedia's rules against such accounts. However, you are certainly welcome to open a new account for your personal use. As for the link, it was removed as part of our external links guideline. (FYI, as someone connected to the site, you have a conflict of interest with regard to the link in question.) Please feel free to ask if you have any further questions.) Cheers. --Ckatz^chat_spy 05:54, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

24.14.27.220

Username: 24.14.27.220 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 00:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope; filter's working as intended. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 05:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Melthebell21

Username: Melthebell21 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: i was trying to edit and fix a mistake that someone made by saying howie mandell will be on dancing with the stars, but he admitted today it was just a rumer
Date and time: 00:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry, but this type of edit will probably always be disallowed. —Soap— 19:00, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SavagePoker

Username: SavagePoker (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Matt Savage (poker) (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am trying to change my Wiki page with correct, accurate and up to date information, including my bio and articles about me.
Date and time: 04:07, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I understand you have good intents, but in re-writing the article, you also removed all of the references which help verify the information, and all of the categories which help people find the article (including that category which says that you're alive). I would not recommend such a massive re-organization of the text even aside from the removals of references and categories. If you avoid doing those things, the filter that catches adding a link with your username should not stop you from making the edit (though it will still tag). —Soap— 14:00, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SparrowDiSquare-o

Username: SparrowDiSquare-o (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Burning Skies (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was creating a new page for a popular science fiction novel by David J Williams
Date and time: 05:02, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Vandals often add the phrase "your mom" to articles, and "Your Mom's Basement" will match that. I added an exception for now, and hopefully it will get solved with a more intelligent solution in the future. You should be able to create the article now. —Soap— 10:47, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

85.27.42.125

Username: 85.27.42.125 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: moving a discussion from the page of a user (where i just copied it) to the talk page of the topic of the discussion, replacing the discussion by the following link. discussion continued here.
Date and time: 12:52, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It is discouraged for a user to remove a discussion from another user's talk page, even if it's one that you've moved elsewhere. Im sure Kintetsu understands, but it's probably better to let him remove the conversation. —Soap— 13:35, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

75.2.209.226

Username: 75.2.209.226 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): LZ 129 Hindenburg (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was simply making a factual correction. Some editor keeps insisting that there was an election for Hitler in 1936, when in fact the vote in question was a referendum on the Remilitarization of the Rhineland.
Date and time: 18:49, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
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It was your edit summary that set off the filter, not anything in the edit itself. Using capitals for things that aren't acronyms is generally considered over-reacting because edit summaries stay in the page forever and can't be undone. I would recommend try to appear calm at all times and refrain from using all-caps in edit summaries. —Soap— 18:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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You can lay off the patronizing attitude. Caps are used for emphasis in places where italics and bold are not available. Having to repeatedly remove factually incorrect information posted by a single editor requires emphasis. 75.2.209.226 (talk) 14:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm giving you general purpose advice based on what I've seen happen before; this is not something I've made up, and not something I could change if I wanted. If you want to know the specific stopword that set off the filter, it was HITLER. Not every capitalized word is going to set off the edit filter like this, but the practice of avoiding all-caps in edit summaries, even for emphasis, is something that I feel is a good idea to follow even apart of the issue of setting off the edit filter. —Soap— 15:18, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HotXRock

Username: HotXRock (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Seven dirty words (filter log) (redo)
Description: I'm trying to bring revert changes made in revision 315199690 on this page, but I was unable to do this neither by manual editing, nor by reverting the changes. The reason is that a list of information was deleted when it should have been reorganized instead, but this was a long time ago.
Date and time: 22:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
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Apologies, you probably can guess why it was being tagged as vandalism due to the subject matter. I havent disabled the filter, but rewritten it such that you should be able to continue now with no impact on the intended function of the filter. —Soap— 23:20, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

69.231.69.140

Username: 69.231.69.140 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 02:47, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I have changed the filter so that it should go through. Thanks for reporting this. Feel free to re-post here if you have any further problems. —Soap— 11:21, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chee ping

Username: Chee ping (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 04:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Not really appropriate commentary for an article; please see WP:NOTFORUM. —Soap— 11:21, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nikhilwason

Username: Nikhilwason (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[Submission_management]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: This page only addressed one aspect of submission management i.e. related to pharmaceutical regulatory submissions. However, I feel that there is much more to submission management that just this. After my edit, this page will give a more holistic view of submission management including that in the context of pharmaceuticals. I have not 'removed' all the sections of the previous revision, rather I have shifted the content of the previous revision to sub-sections in the current revision with some irrelevant and redundant content removed for the moment. I plan to re-phrase that content and bring them back into this article in future revisions. You can probably add a new clause in your automated filter that checks whether or not all the content in major sections of a previous revision was moved to sub-sections in the new proposed revision. If yes, then a warning may not be shown to the editor of a page.
Date and time: 09:54, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
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I can't tell, off the top of my head, why the "removing categories" filter was triggered; perhaps it actually considered 'orphaned articles' to be a category or perhaps it's just a bug. As for the content you added, to me it looks like you've added a lot of unreferenced content, and marked those paragraphs out with 'fact' tags'. That is really not what the purpose of fact tags is. If you know something to be true but can't prove it, you should not add it at all, except at best on the talk page of the article where you can ask someone who might have access to better sources to verify the information. —Soap— 10:10, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jnbua

Username: Jnbua (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 14:48, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter was set off by the series of exclamation points in the article. However, even apart from that, an article like this would likely be deleted, so I would not recommend creating it until you can be sure that it meets our standards for creation, particularly WP:V and WP:N. —Soap— 16:19, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

83.5.175.32

Username: 83.5.175.32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 16:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

BITChe

68.188.68.66

Username: 68.188.68.66 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 17:12, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
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117.195.2.124 - False hit on "tortured and killed"

Username: 117.195.2.124 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Rajaram Chhatrapati (filter log) (redo)
Description: This edit log entry and several similar edits attempts were blocked, apparently because the affected paragraph already contained existing text that matched the recently added "tortured and killed" match item. (Reported by Tcncv (talk · contribs).)
Date and time: 19:58, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I believe it's been fixed already by Shirik (talk · contribs). Thanks though. —Soap— 20:06, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

75.72.176.208 - False hit "rape her so"

Username: 75.72.176.208 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Hijra (South Asia) (filter log) (redo)
Description: This filter log entry yielded a false positive, apparently because the existing text contained the phrase "rape her so". (Reported by Tcncv (talk · contribs).)
Date and time: 20:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Fixed; I suggest the best solution would be to find whatever phrase it was that originally caused that to be added, and use a more complete version of that phrase so that this false positive won't come up again. —Soap— 21:58, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CoffeeMakers411

Username: CoffeeMakers411 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): bunn-o-matic (filter log) (redo)
Description: I have over the months added considerable information on many different wikipedia pages about coffee maker brands, varieties, current machines available, coffee pods. Also editing out discontinued machines, and fixing spelling errors. However when I leave an external link to one of my coffee maker consumer reviews sites, they are normally taken off a month or two later. Why is this? I never simply add a link to page that I haven't edited considerably. Please advise???
Date and time: 21:30, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I have looked at all of your edits. You have repeatedly added links to pages at http://www.singlecupcoffee411.com and http://www.coffeemakers411.com, which are totally promotional in character. Every one of these pages is determined to tell us how wonderful a particular product is. (For example, [3], [4], [5], etc.) Your user name also suggests a possible conflict of interest in linking to this site, as does your saying "when I leave an external link to one of my coffee maker consumer reviews sites" (my emphasis). You have also linked to http://www.coffee.org/, which is a page existing for the purpose of selling products. Also, although it is off the subject of link addition, this edit is full of promotional language, and not remotely suitable for an encyclopedia article. Have you read the guideline on external links to avoid? If you have you will be aware that such links are not acceptable. Points 4, 5 and 14 are all likely to be relevant to this case. I also suggest reading the policy on using Wikipedia as a means of promotion and the guideline on conflict of interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sureshatmvit

Username: Sureshatmvit (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 03:34, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The article you were attempting to create appears to have been copied directly from another website. This is considered a copyright violation, which is prohibited on Wikipedia. If you wish to write an article about a company, please write the article in your own words, and make sure to cite your sources of information. Consider reading Wikipedia:Your first article. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:09, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

66.103.108.180

Username: 66.103.108.180 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: i was tellin everyone how i crapped my self
Date and time: 23:20, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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