Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Archive 92
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134.181.108.229
- Username
- 134.181.108.229 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Stephen M. Engel (filter log)
- Description
- Adding a source under his published works. It included an article with the word "Fucking" which is perhaps why it was flagged but indeed he published such an article in 2017 with that word in his title. The full source would be : Engel, Stephen & Lyle, Timothy. 2017. "Fucking With Dignity: Public Sex, Queer Intimate Kinship, and How the AIDS Epidemic Bathhouse Closures Constituted a Dignity Taking." Chicago-Kent Law Review.
- Date and time
- 02:01, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done EggRoll97 (talk) 11:25, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
PoepSa
- Username
- PoepSa (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- William "Bill" Rice (filter log)
- Description
- I am trying to add a film Bill starred in under his Filmography. "Her Name Is Lisa" from 1987
- Date and time
- 20:22, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @PoepSa:
Done. I've made the edit, but with only three (now four) uses of "Kerdouche" in nearly six million articles, the filter can probably remain unchanged. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 02:35, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Anas Blouch
- Username
- Anas Blouch (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Bilal Saeed (filter log)
- Description
- Iam going to add content
- Date and time
- 17:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Anas Blouch:
Already done. It looks like your account became autoconfirmed right after you made this post, and you made the edit already. If you are wondering, it was the string "Blah Blah Blah" that tripped the filter. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 03:11, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
202.80.213.225
- Username
- 202.80.213.225 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- High Hopes (Panic! at the Disco song)
- Date and time
- 02:55, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done. I've made the edit. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 02:50, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- @MusikAnimal and Oshwah: Perhaps adding a
!(old_wikitext contains "Panic! at the Disco")
or changing the!(norm(removed_lines) irlike match_words)
to!(norm(old_wikitext) irlike match_words)
would reduce some of the FPs. Or are there too many idiots adding RR nonsense even to Panic!-related articles? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 03:05, 11 November 2018 (UTC)- @Suffusion of Yellow: I've added the check for "Panic! at the Disco". I don't know if there's the other RR vandalism on Panic! articles, but it seems this vandalism trend has started to die down anyway, so we wouldn't be allowing much more to get through. Thanks! — MusikAnimal talk 03:21, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- @MusikAnimal and Oshwah: Perhaps adding a
162.249.234.19
- Username
- 162.249.234.19 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 16:24, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Working as intended. LynxTufts (talk) 14:33, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Mohitlal1
- Username
- Mohitlal1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- I wa TRying to move the page " Chandan Saxena " i am not able to move the page to main article . it s saying ask for the help from administrative. please help to publish it
- Description
- Date and time
- 06:31, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- You cannot move your own draft to the main article namespace. To submit it for review to someone who can, add the {{subst:submit}} template to your draft. LynxTufts (talk) 14:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
173.44.85.2
- Username
- 173.44.85.2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous (filter log)
- Description
- tried to post a question but it was throttled
- Date and time
- 00:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
220.239.226.229
- Username
- 220.239.226.229 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Mario Fenech (filter log)
- Description
- Australia has a Prime Minister, not a president.
- Date and time
- 15:26, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- Remove the profanity from your summary and you can complete the edit. LynxTufts (talk) 16:24, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
Geolodus
- Username
- Geolodus (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Johnson (disambiguation) (filter log)
- Description
- Added entry as a slang for the human penis.
- Date and time
- 20:04, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done. Thanks for reporting!--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 20:19, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
Hypnotic28
- Username
- Hypnotic28 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- MuthBusters (2016 season) (filter log)
- Description
- I have no experience editing like this. I just was correcting a typo on the mythbusters page. I grew up watching the show and it said they debunk old wives tales and thats not the saying its OLD WISE TALES. Thank you.
- Date and time
- 04:42, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Hypnotic28: The filter is perhaps being a bit overly strict but you've misheard the phrase. There's a reason we have an article Old wives' tale but not Old wise tale. Wiktionary likewise affirms that it's "old wives' tale. Here is a Grammarist article and a university site explaining the error as well. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:54, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
2A02:C7D:DE77:D300:DD91:42E7:6A7F:C373
- Username
- 2A02:C7D:DE77:D300:DD91:42E7:6A7F:C373 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 08:55, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
I EDIT IN THE HARD UNDENIABLE FACTS OVER THE LIES HERE IT'S NOT DECONSTRUCTIVE.
Not done Filter doing it's job. Please seek professional help. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:43, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
The british man with tea
- Username
- The british man with tea (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- 1 (filter log)
- Description
- minor changes with title and a new paragraph as it is my paper
- Date and time
- 14:51, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Wikipedia is not for theories you have made up, even if you're putting them in your sandbox.
- Either way, you shouldn't be indexing things in a sandbox, which is what triggered the filter. LynxTufts (talk) 15:09, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
2600:6C65:7680:5A:3542:37C6:9730:A707
- Username
- 2600:6C65:7680:5A:3542:37C6:9730:A707 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Adriana Mather (filter log)
- Description
- I updated her book publications and filmography as the information was nearly two years out of date.
- Date and time
- 16:39, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- Try again without removing stuff. Just add or change stuff, don't remove stuff. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:52, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Themaskedmike
- Username
- Themaskedmike (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- May 28 (filter log)
- Description
- I was attempting to put Harambe in the Deaths category. Unable to honor him, very sad.
- Date and time
- 17:10, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done @Themaskedmike: See WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Also, can you find any other pages that list the death of any non-human animals as you have tried to do for Harambe? Ian.thomson (talk) 17:15, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
45.112.176.75
- Username
- 45.112.176.75 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 20:06, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- It looks like your IP address changed between the time you attempted the edit and the time you made this report. What article were you editing? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:16, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
2600:1700:6D90:79B0:C025:F7B5:95B2:2D9A
- Username
- 2600:1700:6D90:79B0:C025:F7B5:95B2:2D9A (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Pollarding (filter log)
- Description
- I was trying to point out poor source selection in the B rated article. I expressed that the article quality was poor. I mentioned specific errors in the article. I urged better mindfulness in source selection. I'll say here that expressions indicating problems should be allowed so criticism can be direct and free of doublespeak apology for helping. The errors of source selection in the article are not minor errors. Language expressing this should be allowed. "Ridiculous" should be a perfectly acceptable term when it is accurate to describe the actions in producing an article. Not allowing direct criticism will lead this venture into territory where useless nonsense is the rule. I will express my deep disappointment at this blocking of even critique in the "talk" section here. Article quality has suffered in general. This filter does not help.
- Date and time
- 21:59, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- The word that tripped the filter was "faggots." It had nothing to do with your assessment of the article. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:03, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
72.192.245.95
- Username
- 72.192.245.95 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- The Voice (U.S. season 15) (filter log)
- Description
- I was trying to add a check mark to show that a performance got into iTunes Top 10 because that's what everyone puts when that happens. The problem is in the 'Teams' section (Section 8.2) near the bottom of the page: the table cell that's pink on the left and says 'MaKenzie Thomas'. It's in the Week 1 cell where it has a gold background and says 'Public's Vote'. I tried putting a check mark right beside 'Public's Vote' (the file is File:☑.svg|18x18px), but after publishing it showed me an error about no emojis. There had already been another check mark put in the key. Mine was constructive, so I reported it here.
- Date and time
- 03:41, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done. Made the edit for you. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:24, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
2001:4930:48:50:1C88:817B:EE06:DCDF
- Username
- 2001:4930:48:50:1C88:817B:EE06:DCDF (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 05:51, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Filter working as intended. Warning issued. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:46, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
148.253.190.216
- Username
- 148.253.190.216 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- I was adding content about the town of kirkby in a field
- Date and time
- 14:39, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Seems not. Filter working as intended. Warning issued. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:47, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
God101jack
- Username
- God101jack (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 18:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Filter doing its job, warned. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:55, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Pleriche
- Username
- Pleriche (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Bach_Choir_(disambiguation) (filter log)
- Description
- This disambiguation page lists 14 Bach Choirs in the UK, 7 of which have Wikipedia pages, but I found a doctoral thesis which lists 40. It seemed useful to include that thesis as a citation, but this triggered an automatic warning that citations are not normally allowed in disambiguation pages. I can't think of a better place within Wikipedia for that citation and so I would humbly suggest it should be allowed in this case. Or those Bach Choirs without Wikipedia pages should be removed, which would seem a shame. I have left the edit in pending judgement since the long thesis title and author's name containing accented characters was slightly tedious to enter.
- Date and time
- 22:52, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Pleriche: Disambiguation pages serve a different purpose from lists and generally shouldn't include items that don't have articles. Disambig pages are supposed to help readers find articles, and the items without articles will only serve to frustrate people. That said, maybe there should be a more complete List of Bach Choirs page in addition to the dab page. Or perhaps the current dab page could be moved to List of Bach Choirs and reformatted as a list. It depends on whether people searching for, say, the Aberdeen Bach Choir or the Dorset Bach Cantata Club are realistically going to just type "Bach Choir" into the search box. I don't know, maybe ask the folks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music what they think the best option is here. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:40, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow: Thank you, I wasn't aware of lists as a specific type of page and I agree that a List of Bach Choirs would be a good idea. As you suspect, if somebody simply types "bach choir" they are unlikely to be looking for a provincial Bach choir, though they may very well be looking for The (London) Bach Choir, indeed, Bach Choir (capitalised) will already redirect them there. I would suggest therefore that the contents of bach choir should be syphoned off into List of Bach Choirs and the disambiguation page be slimmed down to contain only Bach Choir and List of Bach Choirs. Does that sound sensible? Pleriche (talk) 16:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- It seems reasonable to me, but this isn't a subject with which I'm very familiar. Either be bold and create the page (WP:AFD is always a risk), or ask the people at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music what they think is best. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:39, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow: Thank you, I wasn't aware of lists as a specific type of page and I agree that a List of Bach Choirs would be a good idea. As you suspect, if somebody simply types "bach choir" they are unlikely to be looking for a provincial Bach choir, though they may very well be looking for The (London) Bach Choir, indeed, Bach Choir (capitalised) will already redirect them there. I would suggest therefore that the contents of bach choir should be syphoned off into List of Bach Choirs and the disambiguation page be slimmed down to contain only Bach Choir and List of Bach Choirs. Does that sound sensible? Pleriche (talk) 16:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Ssmith fp
- Username
- Ssmith fp (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- DeKalb County, Alabama, section "Unincorporated Communities" (filter log)
- Description
- Add crossroad communities recognized by local economic development and EMS services Map of DeKalb County's major roads and towns. I think this may be because there are separate category pages for "Cities in DeKalb County" and "Towns in DeKalb County" that are incomplete or incorrectly linked to the primary page.
- EDIT: I found where I was in error in citation/coding and have corrected the Filter Error myself.
- Date and time
- 16:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
172.78.104.92
- Username
- 172.78.104.92 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 00:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Adding unreferenced content to biographies of living people. Filter working as intended. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 02:28, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Meyersde
- Username
- Meyersde (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- [[1]] (filter log)
- Description
- Created new sandbox page, did initial data dump from Excel spreadsheet
- Date and time
- 02:19, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Meyersde: You were trying to save a 1.5 megabyte page, which might overload some users' browsers. What is the purpose of this page, and does it comply with WP:NOTWEBHOST? That is, does this page relate in any way to an article you plan on creating, or improving? If not, you can still retrieve your work from Special:AbuseFilter/examine/log/22543912 (look under
new_wikitext
) and post it elsewhere. If this really does relate in some way to a plan to improve Wikipedia, try splitting it across multiple sandboxes. If you have trouble retrieving the text, let me know, and I'll make the edit for you. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 02:47, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
81.101.95.65
- Username
- 81.101.95.65 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- 1 (filter log)
- Description
- salt
- Date and time
- 18:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done - The filters are clearly working as intended to prevent vandalism. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 19:01, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
ARationalPerson
- Username
- ARationalPerson (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Bikini_waxing (filter log)
- Description
- Attempting to replace the unnecessarily graphic pictures of zoomed-in hairy vulvas with self-created illustration. Mine is SFW and equally educational.
- Date and time
- 13:26, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done. The filter works as intended to enforce the policy that Wikipedia is not censored. Favonian (talk) 13:36, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
67.180.87.49
- Username
- 67.180.87.49 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Sonora (filter log)
- Description
- remove insulting content that translated to ‘the bitch of Chihuahua” in the notable people sectio
- Date and time
- 05:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done. Vandalism reverted. Thanks for noticing. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:34, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Leecorp1
- Username
- Leecorp1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Cicero, Consul section (filter log)
- Description
- Adding more balance in the Cataline Conspiracy. I believe the source book, The Education of Julius Caesar" in accurate and true in spite of it being a self-published book.
- Date and time
- 01:57, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
As I stated at the time of the edit, this is a self-published book but I see that it is very accurate on many things that I have verified through study over the years. In addition, this information on the Cataline Affair in Republican Rome fits other ancient sources such as those by Republican Roman soldier, politician and historian Gaius Asinius Pollio, who was actually alive at the time. Further, if you study the Cataline Affair in all available, often quoted sources, you will see that none really give concrete, verifiable evidence on evidence on actual conspiracy.
88.106.26.87
- Username
- 88.106.26.87 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 13:47, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Working as intended. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 13:48, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
69.181.23.220
- Username
- 69.181.23.220 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Harri Hursti (filter log)
- Description
- In first paragraph, I tried to fix references using {{cite web}} on:
- Brennan Center on Harri Hursti
- College of New Jersey Computer Science Department
- F-Secure press release 30 November 2005
they were identified as potentially unconstructive
SAME URLs only new {{cite web}}
- Date and time
- 23:21, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Crow, MusikAnimal, and There'sNoTime: I'm not familiar with the "Cutler Vandal" but this looks like a FP. Want to have a look? If nothing else, should there be a
page_id != 26204397
in there? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:31, 15 November 2018 (UTC)- It is due to the use of brennancenter.org as a source, which the CV uses alot. Whether an exception for this page is warranted, I can't say. We should probably check at RS/N as to whether this particular political site is considered a RS. Also of note, that link is dead anyway so I've removed it so as not to interfere with the IPs cleanup. CrowCaw 17:21, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Sam orbital
- Username
- Sam orbital (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- C2 domain
- Description
- I was trying to add more information and references on the page called "C2 domain" under the section "Lipid Selectivity". The information under this headline actually is irrelevant, however, I was just trying to add related information but I'm getting a false positive error. I wonder if that's because I tried to change the headline to Calcium and Lipid selectivity because C2 domains are selective about both and maybe because I am a new user it thought I'm messing with the article. However, I tried it again without changing the headline and it still didn't allow me to change it. Thanks!
- Date and time
- 04:53, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Sam orbital:
Done, thanks. The string "Fukuda|" caused the filter to mistake you for this vandal. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:10, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Crow and MusikAnimal: Perhaps
FU.{2,4}DAI
is a touch aggressive? I get 280 hits from Special:Search before it times out, for phrases like "successful daily", etc. And that's without theccnorm()
. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)- @Suffusion of Yellow: Sounds reasonable, but I'll leave it to Crow who added it. I'll have to be blunt, I can't help with every false positive, just don't have the time :( Most of my filter edits are just cleanup or improving performance. I know it's tedious to check the filter history, but ideally you'd ping only the person who added the responsible change. Don't let me deter you from pinging me though, just note that I may not always respond! At any rate, you've been an enormous help, Suffusion of Yellow. You might benefit from having EFM rights yourself :) — MusikAnimal talk 16:45, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- @MusikAnimal: My pingspams have not been meant to imply "All of you must get on this at once!!!" but rather "Perhaps one of you wants to look at this..." I haven't expected you, or anyone else, to always respond, and I hope haven't implied otherwise. You've been very helpful, in any case. Generally, I do try and find the user who made the change, but sometimes that person hasn't edited in weeks, or months, so I add other names. In some cases it's not clear which name to add. Perhaps we need a MAINTAINERS page?
- EFM? I had been thinking about asking for EFH rights soon (for access to Special:AbuseFilter/test if nothing else). Maybe I'll do that very soon as it would be a good way to gain the remaining knowledge needed for EFM. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:18, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
- Funny, I was actually about to ask you on your talk page if you'd ever thought about requesting EFH, Suffusion of Yellow. I'm surprised you don't have it already. (I know I don't have EFH, and don't want or need to have it anytime soon, but I definitely think it would be of enormous benefit to you and you are clearly trusted enough)--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 02:57, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yes that vandal has too much room for adaptability for a filter to reasonably catch, so I'll remove it. I'd also support your EFH bid SoH. CrowCaw 17:24, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Funny, I was actually about to ask you on your talk page if you'd ever thought about requesting EFH, Suffusion of Yellow. I'm surprised you don't have it already. (I know I don't have EFH, and don't want or need to have it anytime soon, but I definitely think it would be of enormous benefit to you and you are clearly trusted enough)--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 02:57, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow: Sounds reasonable, but I'll leave it to Crow who added it. I'll have to be blunt, I can't help with every false positive, just don't have the time :( Most of my filter edits are just cleanup or improving performance. I know it's tedious to check the filter history, but ideally you'd ping only the person who added the responsible change. Don't let me deter you from pinging me though, just note that I may not always respond! At any rate, you've been an enormous help, Suffusion of Yellow. You might benefit from having EFM rights yourself :) — MusikAnimal talk 16:45, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Crow and MusikAnimal: Perhaps
71.188.122.224
- Username
- 71.188.122.224 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Sam Wang (neuroscientist) (filter log)
- Description
- Extend description of Princeton Gerrymandering Project to include its current work which goes beyond statistical tests to include data and policy
- Date and time
- 17:55, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done Filter fixed. CrowCaw 18:24, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
24.77.157.232
- Username
- 24.77.157.232 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- [[Kek (mythology)]] (filter log)
- Description
- I was adding relevant information to the origin of the cult's resurgence. The use of the term "kek" had been wide-spread as a stand in for the internet slang "lol" since the early days of competitive Starcraft in South Korea (their national sport, actually), and since Blizzard adopted the term as a stand in for "lol" in their popular game, World of Warcraft. I can't help but assume that the edit itself was no flagged, but the attempt to edit the page, including mention of "Pepe the Frog," was what flagged the edit....get your politics out of Wikipedia.
- Date and time
- 18:04, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
-
- Nothing to do with politics or pepe. 99% of time, the word "lol" is vandalism. This time it was not, and you got caught up in it. CrowCaw 18:29, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
24.77.157.232
- Username
- 24.77.157.232 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Kek (mythology) (filter log)
- Description
- I just reported this false positive, got a reply which stated it was, in fact, a false positive, and found that the additions hadn't been made, and I still get a false positive when I try to make them. Please correct this issue.
- Date and time
- 18:33, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done I've restored the original "lol". Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:33, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
ArthurRead1976
- Username
- ArthurRead1976 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Bill Peet (filter log)
- Description
- I'm trying to fix three errors in the Bill Peet article; 1. The first lowercase "d" in Cock-a-doodle Dudley should be an uppercase "D"; 2. Cock-a-Doodle Dudley was published in 1990, not 1991; and 3. The link to the official Bill Peet website is a archive version from 2007 and not the current version.
- Date and time
- 03:08, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Already done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 06:33, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
49.224.167.213
- Username
- 49.224.167.213 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Idiot Flesh (filter log)
- Description
- Adding Idiot Flesh to the list of East Bay bands
- Date and time
- 13:43, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done the edit. Because of the word "Idiot", the filter thought the edit was vandalism. Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
24.5.8.227
- Username
- 24.5.8.227 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Racket (crime) (filter log)
- Description
- I was actually trying to revert someone who replaced the page with unconstructive material. The strange thing is that this edit never went through - someone else did the revert before me. Yet it is still logged on the edit filter as something I triggered.
- Date and time
- 05:55, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- Worse, the (diff) link in Special:AbuseLog/22566786 leads to an edit by Tarheel95, yet you were "blamed" for the edit. I believe this might be the same bug as reported at EFN, at EFN again, and at phab:T198651, where nothing has happened since July. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 16:43, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Or maybe not. In order for that bug to be triggered, the "pre-save transform" need to be different from the text you submitted. (i.e. the text should have a substed template, a signature, a pipe trick, or something else that causes the text to be altered after you click "publish"). I don't think that should ever happen if you just click "undo" and save the page. So maybe this is something else. Can you give any more detail as to what happened before this filter hit? You would need to have tried to save the page at least three times, unsuccessfully. What happened the first two times? Any clues would be helpful here. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Just noticed your reply now. I don't remember trying to save it three times, I only remember doing it once. Maybe this is a different bug, or maybe I'm not remembering things correctly. Thanks for the reply! 24.5.8.227 (talk) 18:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow: I know it's a bit late to do this, but trying out a ping. 24.5.8.227 (talk) 19:11, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. One more question: Do you think you might have changed anything in the edit form (such as adding whitespace, etc.) between clicking "undo" and clicking "publish changes"? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- As far as I can remember, no. I was trying to undo it quickly, as it was a clear-cut case of vandalism. 24.5.8.227 (talk) 22:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Well, I managed to reproduce this, and the pre-save transform wasn't involved at all. Looks like all you need is an edit "conflict" where your version is the same as the already-saved version, so the speculation at the original thread at EFN was correct after all. It would also seem that this filter thinks all IPs are one user, so the other three edits need to trip the rate limit came from other IPs. I'm not sure if that part is a bug or a feature. I will ask at WP:EFN. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
- As far as I can remember, no. I was trying to undo it quickly, as it was a clear-cut case of vandalism. 24.5.8.227 (talk) 22:20, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. One more question: Do you think you might have changed anything in the edit form (such as adding whitespace, etc.) between clicking "undo" and clicking "publish changes"? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
- Or maybe not. In order for that bug to be triggered, the "pre-save transform" need to be different from the text you submitted. (i.e. the text should have a substed template, a signature, a pipe trick, or something else that causes the text to be altered after you click "publish"). I don't think that should ever happen if you just click "undo" and save the page. So maybe this is something else. Can you give any more detail as to what happened before this filter hit? You would need to have tried to save the page at least three times, unsuccessfully. What happened the first two times? Any clues would be helpful here. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
Cn5900
- Username
- Cn5900 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Bến Cát District (filter log)
- Description
- This page name is no longer correct. I'm trying to move it
- Date and time
- 13:54, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Already done. It looks like you successfully moved the page anyway. Sorry for the trouble. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
CannibleCorpsefan666
- Username
- CannibleCorpsefan666 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Tomb of the mutilated
- Description
- Date and time
- 21:30, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done the edit. "Necropedophile" is the problematic word. Ideally needs sources, so I've CN'ed it, but definitely an edit filter false positive. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 02:02, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
FilledWithNoise
- Username
- FilledWithNoise (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Talk:Pedophilia (filter log)
- Description
- Add a comment responding to a suggestion that a section be added to the page, and potential contents of that section.
- Date and time
- 00:08, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @FilledWithNoise:
Done. I've made the edit, but as the discussion has moved along, I put it in its own section to avoid confusing people. Sorry about the delay. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:47, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
TNF 13
- Username
- TNF 13 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Talk:Pedophilia#Non-offending_pedophilia_section (filter log)
- Description
- Adding to the discussion about a potential section, and concerns about neutrality within the article's sources.
- Date and time
- 19:25, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @TNF 13:
Done. As above, I've made the edit, but as the discussion has moved along, I put it in its own section to avoid confusing people. Sorry about the delay. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 05:52, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
ReineIsa
- Username
- ReineIsa (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth (filter log)
- Description
- I wanted to change her name from Lul to Lol as she asked me to do so, because that’s how you spell her name correctly.
- Date and time
- 04:00, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- Although this is a false positive, you need to provide WP:RS for that. Also, Gatkuoth appears to be a male, so why do you said that "she" asked you to do so? Therefore I mark this as
Not done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 12:36, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
2409:4064:385:32F6:0:0:2880:8AD
- Username
- 2409:4064:385:32F6:0:0:2880:8AD (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 12:21, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
State bank customer care helpline number
State bank customer care helpline number
Not done We do not provide telephone numbers. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 12:38, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
76.187.211.251
- Username
- 76.187.211.251 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- European Americans (filter log)
- Description
- On the section, Presidents’ heritage, was trying to add the original family name of Donald Trump.
- Date and time
- 03:39, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- The "Drumpf" name is actually in dispute. See Frederick Trump#Surname and Donald_Trump_(Last_Week_Tonight)#Name_change_timing_dispute. While there's no question that Frederick Trump was German-American, just listing "Donald Trump (Drumpf)" in that article would be an oversimplification, I think. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:57, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
2600:1:F191:3BBE:3947:C6DC:8930:5C88
- Username
- 2600:1:F191:3BBE:3947:C6DC:8930:5C88 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 22:59, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- Sorry, but Wikipedia is not the place for this kind of thing. We can only publish what's been reported in reliable sources. So that kind of claim can only be in the article if it's already been reported widely in the media. Otherwise, any anonymous person on the Internet could make any claim about anybody they don't like, and indeed, that happens so often that we have filters to stop it. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:28, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Mikekatama
- Username
- Mikekatama (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Blue Team (bridge) (filter log)
- Description
- the emoji filter thought suit symbols were inappropriate, but of course they are descriptive of hand holdings in the card game bridge
- Date and time
- 03:29, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Markivist
- Username
- Markivist (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis (filter log)
- Description
- Change the description for the Field House, previously described as being "home of civil rights lawyer Eugene Field" to that of "home of civil rights lawyer Roswell Field." Eugene Field, who lived in the house and was Roswell's son, was a satirist and writer. Roswell Field was the civil rights lawyer for Dred and Harriett Scott
- Date and time
- 01:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Done. Not quite sure what caused it, but I've changed it now.--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 01:56, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- Weird, pinging Nihlus. ∯WBGconverse 19:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- @SkyGazer 512 and Winged Blades of Godric: It's the URL in the edit summary.
ccnorm("article_046cf236-ff0e-5fa6-91a3-b308119729ea.html") == "ARTICLE_OAGCF2EG-FFOE-SFAG-9IAE-BEO8II9729EA.HTML"
, which matchesfag\b
. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:15, 24 November 2018 (UTC)- Thanks for finding that; good to know. That is not something I could have figured out myself.--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 20:22, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- @SkyGazer 512 and Winged Blades of Godric: It's the URL in the edit summary.
- Weird, pinging Nihlus. ∯WBGconverse 19:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
35.3.35.160
- Username
- 35.3.35.160 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 02:32, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 02:33, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Dcattell
- Username
- Dcattell (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 05:54, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Fixed @Dcattell: Sorry about that. There is a major wave of abuse going on right now and you got caught in the mix. If you reattempt your edit it will save. — MusikAnimal talk 06:06, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. I just wanted to add an image to an article and some bot told me I was being "unconstructive" and I could report a false positive through a clumsy interface and get "scrutinized" and "be prepared to answer questions left by reviewing editors". A little heavy, but major waves of abuse should be curtailed. Cheers! Dcattell (talk) 06:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Veikk0.ma
- Username
- Veikk0.ma (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Safety razor (filter log)
- Description
- Used two books published on Lulu.com as a source. While self-published, these seem reliable.
- Date and time
- 22:37, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Veikk0.ma: The filter is there to warn people who don't realize that lulu.com is a self-publishing house. If you are confident in the source, it's fine to ignore the warning. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:03, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Tornado chaser
- Username
- Tornado chaser (talk · contribs) reporting on behalf of User:JzG
- Page he was editing.
- Christopher Shaw (neuroscientist) (filter log)
- Description
- While patrolling the edit filter logs, I saw this edit[2] get flagged as citing a predatory journal, despite the fact that it added no citations (it was talking about a predatory journal, but the edit didn't touch any citations). Then this capitalization fix[3] was similarly flagged. Tornado chaser (talk) 00:46, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @JzG: Pinging you since you made the edits. Tornado chaser (talk) 00:46, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- The alert is valid, not a false positive: Shaw's paper is in a predatory journal. This report is not on my behalf, I found the content through my routine trawling of known predatory journals, and it's pretty much my filter. I don't think we need to reference the primary paper, actually, since RetractionWatch is secondary. Guy (Help!) 00:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- I thought the filter was only supposed to go off if you added a source, sorry if this was an unnecessary report. Tornado chaser (talk) 01:33, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @JzG: I'm inclined to agree with Tornado chaser here. Any time a filter has a
(added_lines irlike "foo")
, there should generally also be a!(removed_lines irlike "foo")
. Otherwise anyone doing almost anything to a line that already matches the pattern will get the warning, which is bound to be confusing if all they were doing is fixing a typo on another part of the line. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 03:17, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @JzG: I'm inclined to agree with Tornado chaser here. Any time a filter has a
- I thought the filter was only supposed to go off if you added a source, sorry if this was an unnecessary report. Tornado chaser (talk) 01:33, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- The alert is valid, not a false positive: Shaw's paper is in a predatory journal. This report is not on my behalf, I found the content through my routine trawling of known predatory journals, and it's pretty much my filter. I don't think we need to reference the primary paper, actually, since RetractionWatch is secondary. Guy (Help!) 00:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Jxyouese
- Username
- Jxyouese (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Genital piercings (filter log)
- Description
- Edited language to be gender neutral, following MOS:GNL
- Date and time
- 03:20, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Note: The conversion to gender neutral language mostly consisted of replace variations of male/female with penile/vaginal, to be neutral about who has what genitalia. --DannyS712 (talk) 03:27, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Tholme
- Username
- Tholme (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Mercury_(planet) (filter log)
- Description
- Tried to remove some hardcoded image sizes to use default image size and also change a single {multiple image} to standard image format.
- Date and time
- 21:22, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
- @Tholme: Clearly a false positive, but the filter won't let me make the edit either. @MusikAnimal: What next? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:59, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe this time I can spell MusikAnimal's name correctly. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow, Tholme, and Rolypolyman: Sorry! This filter as constructed was bound to have false positives. I took a risk anyway, and while it was effective in stopping what it was designed for, y'all got caught in the mix too. My apologies. You should now be able to save your edits. When I get a moment I'll make them on your behalf, if you haven't done so by then. — MusikAnimal talk 04:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Done Tholme's, at least. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @MusikAnimal: And Rolypolyman saved a better version anyway. Looking at the other hits, I wouldn't object to re-enabling the filter. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Suffusion of Yellow, Tholme, and Rolypolyman: Sorry! This filter as constructed was bound to have false positives. I took a risk anyway, and while it was effective in stopping what it was designed for, y'all got caught in the mix too. My apologies. You should now be able to save your edits. When I get a moment I'll make them on your behalf, if you haven't done so by then. — MusikAnimal talk 04:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe this time I can spell MusikAnimal's name correctly. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Tinopolisgroup1
- Username
- Tinopolisgroup1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Tinopolis (filter log)
- Description
- There was a lot of outdated information on the page, so we have updated this and presented everything in a clearer way with a table of all companies part of the group with the latest information. Links to each company are included for users to access further information.
- Date and time
- 15:08, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done. Please learn the difference between promotional and encyclopedic language. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 17:59, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
DaVinciKids
- Username
- DaVinciKids (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 14:08, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Comment:--Doing.Edit is expected to be correct and the filter is working, as intended. Editor has a COI, though.∯WBGconverse 14:15, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Not done--Promotional spamming must not be aided and I missed that aspect. ∯WBGconverse 10:26, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Pokliop
- Username
- Pokliop (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 08:57, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- Comments
Not done Not a false positive. These edits are not productive, and the ones that got through have been reverted. Bradv🍁 12:47, 29 November 2018 (UTC)