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Problem, NEED to be solved

Hello Administrators out there, the word JAYSON CESAR LORENZO BAUTISTA can't be added in an article, it was banned I think, I just wanna put the name of him because he is the current editor of movie Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law Mood segregate (talk) 00:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I solved the problem by blocking you again. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I was trying to create an article for a YouTuber Liam Parsons, which the source was supposed to be the about page of YouTube channel LiamBPars, but it wouldn’t let me, can anyone fix this or should you create the article? Techmaster2223 (talk) 07:28, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While the filter hit is a false positive I think, there's no way that youtuber meets WP:GNG or WP:ENT. Nobody (talk) 07:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed this. OhNoitsJamie Talk 12:09, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing False Positive report

Hello,

Between 19:20 to 19:44 UTC time today, 4 of my edits were disallowed, all for the same reason. I submitted a false positive report at 20:03 UTC time, and while I can see the reports of other users, I cannot see my own report, so I am not sure what the outcome of my report was.

Is there any way I can find out whether these edits were indeed false positives? As a relatively new contributor, I have done my utmost to ensure I follow the guidance when editing posts.

Thank you. Soccerfan2k24 (talk) 23:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't sure where to ask this...

I was going to ask at the noticeboard but thought I would try here first. I decided that after 2 years I should learn about responses to edit filters.

If edits were vandalism, do we use EFFP|nd (not done, filter is working properly) or declined, EFFD|v (vandalism)? Thanks in advance, Knitsey (talk) 21:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't really matter. They both have the same effect. I use |v for obvious vandalism and |nd for everything else. C F A 23:25, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank for answering @CFA, much appreciated. Knitsey (talk) 14:37, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's only partly true |v reports stay for 1.5 hours after being answered, while |nd reports stay 6 hours. So |v reports are gone faster, but that still doensn't mean all reports should be marked as |v, since not all filters target Vandalism. Nobody (talk) 15:00, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ob thats interesting. I never thought about the timing. Seems odd that there is such a big difference in the way the bot handles them. Knitsey (talk) 15:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It basically just means that it's not worth spending much time on vandalism reports. It used to be there for 3 hours but Cyberwolf did a bold edit and change it to 1.5 hours in February. Nobody (talk) 15:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks @1AmNobody24, if you think of anything else I might need to know then feel free to message me. I only plan on dealing with the obvious filters to start with, just while I get used to the codes. Knitsey (talk) 16:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You might want to check out User:Suffusion of Yellow/FilterDebugger.js and User:Suffusion of Yellow/effp-helper.js they're a real help when debugging filters or implementing edits from false positive reports. Nobody (talk) 17:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done! Knitsey (talk) 18:52, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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