Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Archive 7

98.235.173.180

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 17:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 17:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

WHat were you trying to do? The page shows a large deletion from the article and no edit summary. Was this a mistake?  — Soap  —  19:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * It seems like this is a test edit, and there actually is a "#REDIRECTעוד מישהו Od Mishehu 10:28, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

5280mystic

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 5280 Mystic


 * Description
 * Saying its an autobiography and wont go thru edit filter. I'm a Representative of Trakaholikz Music Group and trying to place 3 published and released songs to wikipedia for artist 5280 mystic


 * Date and time
 * 21:26, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * That edit filter tags and warns (does not actually stop) you from editing in subject areas you have a conflict of interest in. The filter is working correctly. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

208.76.104.133

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Reference desk/Humanities


 * Description
 * Adding a response citing the Federalist Papers at Project Gutenberg and inaugural addresses at Bartleby.com. Final draft had no URLs in it in any form (Bartleby.com was a wikilink) but still tripped the filter.  Will next try wikilinking to Bartleby without the .com


 * Date and time
 * 05:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Im not sure what the problem is here ... it seems that the filter is triggering on any wikilink ending in .com (based on a comparison of edits you made that didn't get through versus the one that did). If this is an intentional effect I will see if it's possible to create a workaround; if not I'll get it fixed as quickly as possible. Thanks for reporting this.  — Soap  —  10:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * This is a fun one. Someone deserves to be trouted in that thread because he/she posted a link to tinyurl intentionally avoiding the spam filter instead of fixing the inherent problem that tinyurl should not be linked in the first place. It was the presence of this old tinyurl link that was being detected.
 * However, it is supposed to check for old links so that this error does not pop up. The problem ends up being that I checked the wrong variable on the old revision, so the old link was not detected, and the filter assumed you added it. I don't want to go into the technical details of what's going wrong because this is a private filter, but I have determined that there is a bug in the abuse filter system and have contacted the developers accordingly. In the meantime, I'm going to remove the tinyurl links from the old post and ask the user not to do that, as well as look for a workaround that I can use. This bug should only pop up when a transcluded page includes an old URL shortener link, which should be between extremely rare to never (preferably the latter). I sincerely apologize that you were hit by this, and wish I had more for you. In a few minutes you should be able to make the edit. Thank you for reporting this. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 11:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing that, Shirik. The person who submitted this report already did make the edit, just without the .com on the end of his one link.  So you're sure that it has nothing to do with the link to bartleby.com?  —  Soap  —  11:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 100% sure. I've clearly pinned down the root cause of the issue, and I'll be happy to let you know what's going on via offline means. I have a flight soon so I may not be able to get to you until tonight, though. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 11:40, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

207.237.230.164

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Jeff_Stryker


 * Description
 * I was editing the "Legal battles" section of this page. Removed long-unsourced information, clarified other info.   Removed dead links and links that did not include information related to the article.


 * Date and time
 * 20:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

"Kulak" was on the filter and it really shouldnt have been, as it's a fairly common word in certain subject areas. Apologies for the inconvenience. This filter is designed to track a particular vandal and thus sometimes contains strange entries, things that may not seem to be offensive but help in keeping track of this person and his many sock accounts. But again, "kulak" is really going to do more harm than good, and so I've removed it.  — Soap  —  20:53, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Thanks, Soapy! I'll place the edit in now.  207.237.230.164 (talk) 21:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, still getting the same error! 207.237.230.164 (talk) 21:08, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I must have forgotten to hit Save, or maybe it just timed out. Apologies.  I should add by the way that there's also a tag for "removing references", which will still appear, but it's only a tag, and won't stop you from sending the edit through.     —  Soap  —  21:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Done and completed. Thanks again for your assistance! 207.237.230.164 (talk) 22:18, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Afghanbound

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Azeezaly Jaffer


 * Description
 * correcting errors


 * Date and time
 * 02:05, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Thank you for your corrections. Please be careful not to remove the remainder of the content of the page when you make an edit. The filter was detecting that you removed all categories (located at the bottom) from the page (as well as quite a bit of other content). Categories help to sort pages to help them be found more easily. If the categories were left in, you would have no issues. Thanks for the report, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

98.253.19.166

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * African_Renaissance_Monument


 * Description
 * I simply added in the estimate of the cost from Yahoo! news, which was "over US$20million. here is my source:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100403/wl_afp/senegalpoliticsoppositionanniversaryart_20100403190607


 * Date and time
 * 23:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Sorry you got hit by this. This filter is meant to track down a particularly problematic user and you got detected accidentally due to a fault in our implementation of that check. I believe I have corrected the issue. Please feel free to make your change now. Thanks for the report, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 00:36, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

149.159.18.64

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Oy (Dark Tower)


 * Description
 * There is an instance where the character Oy yells the word "fuck" in one of the books; the person who wrote the page originally wrote the word as "f*ck" and I was merely making it more accurate.


 * Date and time
 * 10:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. This particular filter actually used to be more strict, but now at least when it has false positives, it still lets the edit go through.  — Soap  —  11:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Brookelm

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Strategic Arms Limitation Talks


 * Description
 * Directly above the first paragraph of the SALT page was a completely random expletive--"f*** you"--which I simply deleted. I described my edit action in the summary box, but I think the computer probably flagged me because I spelled out the f bomb instead of censoring it.  Now I know!


 * Date and time
 * 18:24, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * This was detected due to the comment in your edit summary. Please don't feel like you are being labeled a vandal here. This is just to tag edits for further review to make sure everything's OK. Thanks for removing the vandalism. (Also, please don't feel the need to censor anything, as Wikipedia is not censored.) -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 18:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

StandingShadows

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Standing Shadows


 * Description
 * i was trying to add a wiki page for my band 'standing shadows'. i had several links in my biography, and was hoping to keep them there.  The wiki page also kept asking me if it was a 'biography' i was doing, and i said no.  i kept hitting the save button, then it said the page would be deleted/cancelled.

thank you david david@standingshadows.com
 * Date and time
 * 21:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Well there are a few issues here: the filter is detecting that youre creating an article that contains your username, which is correct ... I recommend changing your username to something that represents you as opposed to the band, because Wikipedia account policy discourages shared accounts. This will help you get past those filters. The other thing is that the article needs a bit of work, specifically it should meet our verifiability standards so that people reading the article know that what theyre reading is true. Ideally you should find third-party sources that verify the information, rather than publications created by the band or any affiliated groups. This will also help you satisfy the last requirement, "notability". This is a tricky one, and I dont really know if your band would pass the standard as it isnt really related to the edit filter (which is just a computer program), so I would recommend working on the article in your userspace until you feel it's ready to go live and it can pass the standards laid out above.  — Soap  —  21:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

74.193.87.155

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:DGG


 * Description
 * Add a new discussion within the users talk page.


 * Date and time
 * 07:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * I'm still trying to figure out exactly what got you caught on that filter, but regardless, I've added the comment to DGG's talk page on your behalf. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I cant figure it out either, although I do know that the reason you were able to post the message on my talk page but not on his is because my talk page isnt watched by the filter and his is. I promise to take a deeper look at this after I get home tonight, since it could be a persistent problem. Thanks for reporting this.   —  Soap  —  11:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems that the problem is the last line of code in the filter. If all but the last line is removed, all edits by all users to DGG's talk page trigger the filter and thus cannot edit.  I don't know why this is.  I suppose I will have to remove the last line and tell the person who created the filter about the problem.  —  Soap  —  21:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I see now that I was searching on a truncated version of the page and therefore couldn't find the text that was triggering the filter (and it's there). Nevertheless, this filter shouldn't cause any problems like this in the future.   —  Soap  —  21:41, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

ScrapperInBlack

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name


 * Description
 * Immediately upon attempting creation of the "Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name" wiki page, got the message saying that my work may be considered vandalism.


 * Date and time
 * 04:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I missed this one earlier. It was because of the "fag" in the page, and note that this filter only warns, and does not disallow. However it seems that this page was recently created and deleted; if you want to go ahead with the page, the edit filter won't stop you, but if the page is in the same state it was when it was deleted before, it will likely be deleted again.  — Soap  —  16:20, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Musicapopolare

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Scuola di Musica popolare di Forlimpopoli


 * Description
 * The page talk about a 24 years old istitution that works about folk music in italy, can you explain me what's wrong?


 * Date and time
 * 10:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Well there are a few issues here: the filter is detecting that youre creating an article that contains your username, which is correct ... I recommend changing your username to something that represents you as opposed to the band, because Wikipedia account policy discourages shared accounts. This will help you get past those filters. The other thing is that the article needs a bit of work, specifically it should meet our verifiability standards so that people reading the article know that what theyre reading is true. Ideally you should find third-party sources that verify the information, rather than just links to the website. This will also help you satisfy the last requirement, "notability". This is a tricky one, and I dont really know if your article would pass the standard as it isnt really related to the edit filter (which is just a computer program), so I would recommend working on the article in your userspace until you feel it's ready to go live and it can pass the standards laid out above.  — Soap  —  13:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

66.65.62.138

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Kundalini yoga


 * Description
 * Attempting to archive the top portions of discussion into an "Archive 2" page using the cut and paste method. Pages Archive 1 exists and Archive 2 already created - but won't let me save the new main page with the archived info cut out.


 * Date and time
 * 13:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if it's time to consider disabling this filter, as it seems to have a lot of problems. It is of a type that really can only be either Disallow or nothing, since it tracks a kind of vandalism that moves very quickly. The reason it triggered on you is because archiving a page, by necessity, means deleting most of it, and that is something vandals also often do. But we have other filters that do similar things. I will look for outside opinions on the question of whether this filter is still needed. Thank you for reporting this; I'll go archive the talk page now.  — Soap  —  14:02, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Cdjflip

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Nazi salute


 * Description
 * Tried to change the section titles from "HEIL HITLER,MOTHERFUCKERS" and "NASSE AND PROUD >:)" to "Use of the Salute" and "History"


 * Date and time
 * 18:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Thanks for reporting this. The message was a warning, nothing more. If you were to click "save page" again the edit would have gone through. Still, I will look into adapting the filter to account for this pattern of removing vandalism. (The filter detected the words in you edit summary as potentially problematic, not realizing they came from the original section title which you were correcting). Sorry you got hit by this, and thanks again. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 06:08, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Phanganfilmfestival

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Cinema of Thailand


 * Description
 * added 2 sentences at the end of 2nd paragraph


 * Date and time
 * 14:51, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Please make sure you're not accidentally removing content when you make an edit. The filter shows you reducing the article down to just two paragraphs, and I've never known it to be wrong. It's easy to accidentally select text and then type over it without realizing what you're doing; nobody's holding that against you.  — Soap  —  16:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Unitedstrongly

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * List of company name etymologies


 * Description
 * I don't understand because plenty of people make pages on famous organizations and you guys allow those, but you don't allow organizations that developed and famous to certain people


 * Date and time
 * 16:31, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, this isn't a false positive; the edit filter is designed to detect whenever an editor creates a page that contains their username somewhere in the text. This in itself doesn't mean much; if I were to create an article about soap I think people would understand that it is not indicative of promotional activity; it just may need to be looked at by others. Note that the filter is not preventing you from creating the article; only warning you. However, in this case, I would say if you were to go on to create the article, it is very likely that it would be deleted, due to its apparent lack of reliable sources and in fact any sources at all other than the website, and the fact that according to the article the organization in question isn't yet in operation. If you want to go ahead, it is not my job to stop you, but I strongly suspect that your article will be deleted.  — Soap  —  16:52, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

75.175.218.177

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Mojo Nixon


 * Description
 * Tried to change "Jello Biafra" to "Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys"


 * Date and time
 * 18:04, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * This filter should really check if the a phrase is present in the removed lines. Ruslik_ Zero 18:15, 10 April 2010 (UTC) Added. Ruslik_ Zero  18:21, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

76.226.236.230

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Scarian


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 00:21, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 00:21, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Please make sure youre not inadvertently blanking someone else's talk page when you write a message to them; this is what the filter shows you doing. As an aside, the user youre trying to contact has not been an administrator for almost a year, and rarely edits nowadays, and he would not be able to restore the page for you. However there is nothing wrong with talking to him even so.  — Soap  —  00:26, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

175.100.58.151

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Requests for undeletion


 * Description
 * Wrote a request for UNdeletion, it asks for details. I put them. I also am still a little upset, so I put some humour at the end, something to lighten up, as I do not need to take my own upset that seriously, others don't so why should I.  Put it back you ... wikipedians!


 * Date and time
 * 11:56, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * You tried to write: "Yes I think wikipedia sucks. So do a lot of others, who could not find any thing, all is removed, even the title is banned. Hammer to crush a microbe. Censorship. Suppression of new truth. Blah blah blah. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I give up." The phrases "wikipedia sucks" and "zzzzzzzzzzz" tripped filters.  These are not false positives, and this board is not the appropriate place to request undeletion of an article.  NawlinWiki (talk) 12:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

74.108.91.197

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Love Ne Milla Di Jodi


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 20:53, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, this is not a false positive; blanking large amounts of content from a page is often an indication of vandalism. If you're sure that you're right, you can go ahead and remove that section, but be aware that you might be quickly reverted (plot summaries are allowed, even in some cases if they are unreferenced except for references to the events of the book/film/show itself).  — Soap  —  00:26, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

180.180.108.170

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Tw3435


 * Description
 * I was trying to help him, but it is considered unconstructive, I removed most content, but he said he don't want anymore


 * Date and time
 * 23:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, it's not a false positive, as it is generally forbidden to remove large amounts of content from another user's talk page. I can't comment on the situation that brought this up as it's difficult to understand without prior knowledge.  — Soap  —  00:22, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Underfireband

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * UnderFire


 * Description
 * I was trying to make a wiki page for my band!


 * Date and time
 * 00:09, 12 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * That is not a false positive; the filter was doing exactly what it was supposed to do — warn you that Wikipedia is not for advertising. Stifle (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

94.221.131.139

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Personal lubricant


 * Description
 * Tried to change the sentence "... for a more comfortable experience." to "... for an experience some may consider more comfortable." as per WP:NPOV.


 * Date and time
 * 00:44, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

I've added that edit in for you; thanks for reporting it. False positives on this filter should be rare, but Im going to look up the logs and see if there have been problems in the past that people just have chosen not to report.  — Soap  —  12:41, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * It was a new addition, I've removed it. NawlinWiki (talk) 03:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Venthemiux

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Venthemiux


 * Description

It keeps saying my page is an autobiography, "Which it's NOT!". It keeps telling me to click save again, so I did what it told me. When I hit save again the autobiography thing popped back up. So I did it over and over again in an infinite loop of annoyance. So then it filtered me. HELP!


 * Date and time
 * 01:49, 13 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The filter stops not just autobiographies, but any subject with which you are closely associated, as evidenced by your username. Regardless, the article you tried to create would have been immediately deleted for failure to establish the notability of the subject. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:34, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Snickerdoodle22

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Brendan_Loy


 * Description
 * I attempted to undo vandalism to the above-referenced page. The most recent edit reinstates several dead links and unverified material.


 * Date and time
 * 19:40, 13 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * My apologies that you got hit by this. I have corrected the filter, which contained a condition that was far too generic. You should be able to make the edit now, however I encourage you to verify that the edit wasn't in good faith. Declarations of vandalism should be indisputable and obvious. As this isn't obvious, you should describe why you are undoing the change in the edit summary. Thanks, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:53, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

62.31.242.11

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Adidas


 * Description
 * Trying to remove vandalised entries, but can't - someone needs to do it and I can't be bothered to try and help any more since it keeps getting blocked.


 * Date and time
 * 20:40, 13 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * What the edit filter detected was vandalism. If this was unintentional, then double check that you're editing the correct version of the page (you will be warned when you are on an old version while editing) as this may cause content that wasn't added by you to be added as if it were you. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:58, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Polar Bears TV movie

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Polar Bears (TV movie)

I was adding a cite news reference, the first one for the article to which, when I saved, a warning sign came up saying that I am submitting my personal email address to Wikipedia, which I am not. Can someone please help assist me to fix my error??
 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 5:57 pm, Today (UTC−4)
 * This filter catches anything matching the pattern (string)@(domain name).(TLD) because this is what an email address looks like. Since there are a lot of other things that fit this pattern, this particular filter has a lot of false positives.  They are safe to ignore; please dont feel youre being classified as a problem account or a vandal; a lot of long time editors accumulate edit filter hits like this during their time on Wikipedia.   —  Soap  —  22:02, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

71.41.210.146

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Mjrenwick


 * Description
 * Replace broken with
 * I omitted the article parameter, and tried to re-subst, and the filter tripped. I instead edited the article name in place (which avoided changing some of the extra date information), and it got past the filter.


 * Date and time
 * 03:45, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The filter that caught you detected the abrubt drop in size of the talk page, since it compares the previous revision with the unsubsted attempted revision. It would take a developer to change this, and they probably wouldn't. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ there is no reason not to add an exception for something like this. Thanks for reporting this. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 00:37, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh, sorry for speaking to soon. It didn't cross my mind to do something that simple. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Feria.Ghanbari

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Feria ghanbari


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 15:30, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you're pasting your reśumé as a new article, and the filter is correctly detecting that. I don't think there's any chance that such an article would be allowed on Wikipedia. You could try putting it on your userpage and be safe from the filters, but even there I cant guarantee that the content would be allowed to stay.  — Soap  —  15:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

71.168.215.89

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * ABC Kids (US)


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 23:52, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

i saw that somebody made the schedule incorrect so i tried to fix it however when correcting it i deleted alot of the page by acciendt i'm make schedule the same as the one on abckids.com but fix the ok but i just want to tell you that mighty morphin power rangers is at 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm
 * As long as you make sure you arent inadvertently deleting content, this should never be a problem.  No comment on the validity of content you added; that's not really the edit filter's job to judge.   —  Soap  —  01:07, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

173.16.252.154

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * John Crowe Ransom


 * Description
 * The Oxford course in the Greek and Latin Classics is called "Greats", not "The Greats." I was trying to delete the erroneous "The".


 * Date and time
 * 12:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. This is a particularly annoying filter, which we are doing our best to fix. I apologize for the inconvenience.  — Soap  —  19:55, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

74.73.191.40

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Raffle


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 13:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Was this a mistake? The edit filter shows you deleting a large amount of content from the page, and it was reverted.  — Soap  —  00:24, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Henrybircher

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Sunday_(Australian_TV_program)


 * Description
 * Most other individuals listed in this paragraph have their titles/roles attached. I'm simply trying to add the title/role for Stephen Rice, excutive producer of the program for 10 years.  Source: http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/meettheteam/264630/stephen-rice


 * Date and time
 * 13:42, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. This is a particularly annoying filter, which we are doing our best to fix. I apologize for the inconvenience. (yes, this is the same problem as the section above.)  —  Soap  —  19:57, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

General Magnaplate

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * General Magnaplate


 * Description
 * Trying to add the company General Magnaplate to Wikipedia, without promoting the company


 * Date and time
 * 14:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, this isn't a false positive; the edit filter is designed to detect whenever an editor creates a page that contains their username somewhere in the text. This in itself doesn't mean much; if I were to create an article about soap I think people would understand that it is not indicative of promotional activity; it just may need to be looked at by others. Note that the filter is not preventing you from creating the article; only warning you. However, I suggest you change to a different username, as our username policy prohibits the use of usernames that represent an organization or group of people as opposed to a single individual (a result of the fact that we also don't allow shared accounts).  — Soap  —  00:23, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

MedPix

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Idiopathic intracranial hypertension


 * Description
 * I was adding a link to show images of the medical condition "Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension". The link points to a free online, non-commercial, no advertising, website, certified by the HON code group.

We are not selling anything, and we would also like to make images available for use by WIKI authors.
 * Date and time
 * 15:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

This filter is designed to catch whenever an editor inserts a link containing their username, as this is often a sign of promotional activity. If you are sure that your edit is good, the filter won't stop you from adding the links; however, it cannot be turned off, so if you are planning to insert a large number of links with MedPix in the URL you may want to consider changing your username, as it is at best somewhat close to a violation of the username policy against usernames that signify an organization.  — Soap  —  00:21, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Mtruche10

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Deogratias


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 17:43, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

When a large number of people make edits to the same page in a very short time, this filter can activate and disallow editing to the page for about a minute. This helps prevent edit conflicts and in some cases vandalism. It looks like you went on to make the edit a few minutes later. Since the page has not been edited for a couple of hours now, it should be safe to continue editing if you wish. However please do note that every edit you make should conform to our standards for verifiability or it may be reverted (this also applies to the dozens of edits that were not stopped by the filter).  — Soap  —  19:43, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

98.172.113.231

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Lovelac7


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 18:24, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Is this your talk page? The blanking of someone else's talk page is and probably always will be disallowed, as this almost always indicates vandalism. However if it is you, you just need to log in.  — Soap  —  19:45, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

96.42.32.27

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Bluerasberry


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 22:40, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

The filter shows you blanking someone else's talk page; this will likely always be disallowed. if you want to communicate with another editor you should add your messages at the bottom of their talk page.  — Soap  —  00:09, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

LateefaBJones

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Martin Heidegger


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 16:33, 17 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

Changed word "claimed" to "stated" and got a "potentially harmful error" message.
 * Sorry, this page has been placed under a sort of semi-protection now due to a history of vandalism from various users. Having the edit filter up shows that the edit you're making is constructive and can allow us to add it in whereas normal semiprotection would simply disallow entirely. However I find this solution potentially unworkable and will try to work out a better solution with the person who created the filter. In the meantime I have gone on to make the edit for you. Thanks for reporting it here.  — Soap  —  17:06, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Noting that this user is now blocked, and so the filter was doing what it was designed for after all, and this was not a false positive. But I still see the potential for problems and have left my original message.  —  Soap  —  17:17, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

UncleBubba

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * File_Transfer_Protocol


 * Description
 * I edited the page on FTP to include a better description of the URL syntax to be used when an FTP user must specify a username and password (see RFC1738). The presence of the "@" sign—I believe—triggered the filter script. Please advise if I should have handled this in a different manner. Thanks!


 * Date and time
 * 21:14, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

This particular filter will trigger on any edit that includes something that looks like an email address. As not everything that looks like an email address actually is an email address, the filter produces a lot of false positives. This does not mean that you should try to avoid triggering the filter, as it is common for legitimate edits to occasionally produce tags like this and nobody is going to hold it against you. There have been attempts made to try to re-write this filter to be more specific in order to avoid the false positives, but even despite all the changes that have been made, new false positives keep on appearing. Personally I dont think it's possible to write the filter in such a way that it would completely avoid triggering legitimate edits, though I'm open to suggestions from anyone.  — Soap  —  21:24, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

93.97.63.22

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:94.193.217.198


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 21:17, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you were blanking another user's talk page; if this is your page, you can log in if you want to remove the content.  — Soap  —  01:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

AntwonLaCharm

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Antwon LaCharm


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 01:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

The filter is warning you about creating an article containing your username, which is correct. However, you should be able to create the article. Is it actually preventing you, or just warning? This looks like it should be able to go. Do be aware, though, that the edit filter only is completely agnostic about whether an article meets the standards of verifiability and notability, and that articles not meeting those standards may be deleted.  — Soap  —  01:48, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Robertm25

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Alcoholic beverage


 * Description
 * under beer, change the second most popular drink from coffee to tea in line with the reference.


 * Date and time
 * 21:22, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I assume this was a mistake. The filter shows you deleting the latter part of the page, starting in the middle of the word alcohol. The other part of your edit is correct. I've re-done the edit for you. Thanks for reporting this.  — Soap  —  21:30, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Derek Silver

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Pumkin Online English


 * Description
 * deleting the text


 * Date and time
 * 03:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * I'm sorry, but the filter log shows no attempt either by your account or to the page you list here. Unless you were editing under a different username, or logged out, the problem you have encountered is not filter-related. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

116.74.108.33

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Limbhoi


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 10:01, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * This is the English Wikipedia, and all contributions must be in English. If you would like to contribute in a different language, please consider contributing to another language Wikipedia. This webpage lists the available languages. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Oli75

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Bosworth battle


 * Description
 * Help people to learn history


 * Date and time
 * 13:44, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you copied content from Battle of Bosworth Field into a new article. Generally any article copied from another one will be deleted, and some of the filters are set up to detect this (though it appears that just by chance, it was various other filters that were actually triggering on this case).  — Soap  —  13:52, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

216.124.23.206

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Nintendo 64


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 14:20, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

The filter log shows you blanking the History section of the Nintendo 64 article. Was this a mistake? Deletions like that will always be reverted.  — Soap  —  22:00, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Emarkay

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_710


 * Description
 * Add link to page at: http://www.emarkay.com/Electra/


 * Date and time
 * 00:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The filter correctly warned you (but did not actually stop you) from posting a link to your own website. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Carter macdonald

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User:Carter macdonald


 * Description
 * its my page ill do waht ever the fuck i want u dumb cunt


 * Date and time
 * 14:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, a page like this will always be deleted as vandalism, so I think it is best to have a filter to stop it from being created in the first place. Even though it's your own userpage there are still policies regarding what can be put on it.  — Soap  —  15:03, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

MillyAMilly

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * St. Scholastica Computer Club


 * Description
 * I'm creating a wikipedia page for the computer club of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. I'm creating it to help students learn about it. I'm using references for all of my sources as well


 * Date and time
 * 19:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

Your page included nonsense like "The room is usually kept at a comfortable 150 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the servers nice and warmed up at all times also to prevent snowman/Eskimo attacks". No thanks. NawlinWiki (talk) 19:39, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Bogdanoff

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * fresco


 * Description
 * adding an instructional/educational video on fresco technique to external link


 * Date and time
 * 20:02, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

The edit filter's role in this is that it triggers any time someone adds a link containing their username, which in this case you have, so strictly speaking it is not a false positive. However the edit filter says nothing about whether a given link is useful or not ... I think the most important criterion when judging the usefulness of external links is whether they answer questions the reader of the article might have in a way that the article itself can't.  This may be why your previous additions of the link were reverted; however I take no position on the issue and will not remove the link myself nor add it back in if someone else removes it.  — Soap  —  20:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Rgreenfi

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 4-H


 * Description
 * The user was apparently simply trying to wikilink the word "Congress," and added two open and two close brackets, which appears to have been tagged as "repeating characters."


 * Date and time
 * 20:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Just a note, I submitted this after noticing it in my watchlist. I hope that's alright.  jæs (talk)  20:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Because of the way MediaWiki software works, a change made to the middle of a line will be seen as the removal of the whole line and the addition of the whole modified version. Thus although this user only added 4 characters, the software searches the whole line in which they edited ... and in this case that's a whole paragraph. Further up in the paragraph there is the sequence 9999999 (in a ref), which matches the Repeating Characters filter. Unfortunately there is no good way at present to prevent false positives like this, which is why this filter is set to only tag rather than warn the user or disallow the edit entirely as some of the more exact filters do.  — Soap  —  20:22, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I see, thank you for explaining. I thought I either missed something entirely, or the edit filter was able to read between lines!  Thank you, again, for clarifying.  jæs (talk)  20:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

I309842

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Boston_Latin_School


 * Description
 * Addding Template:GeoGroupTemplate, and a wikitable with a Template:coord within in the table. What is this filter doing???

I sunk a lot of work into this. Please give the user a warning that this work-killing filter is going to kick in during the "Show Preview" page instead of the "Save Page" so people can just quit doing it while they are ahead. Instead, I sunk alot of time into this only to have my work trashed at the end stage.

If this filter told me, "Hey what you're doing looks worthless." I would have just left. Instead, I spent about 20 minutes perfecting the syntax of this WikiTable.

Love, User:I309842
 * OK, Glad there is somebody behind this thing who reacts quickly. This bot should never, never be run without human intervention somewhere along the chain. This bot should only be run when an admin can respond to the auto-block within seconds of the auto-block occuring.


 * I spent 20 minutes working on this . It was not easy pulling the coordinates into table form. Please, please do not waste my time like this, especially not with a bot. It was a huge turn off.


 * Love, User:I309842


 * Date and time
 * 20:27, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the inconvenience; this exact error should not happen again to you but I've made a note on the talk page of the person who created the filter to let him know that there may be a problem worth fixing. Thanks for reporting this.  — Soap  —  20:33, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Yes, I've already modified the filter so that this shouldn't happen again. NawlinWiki (talk) 20:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * As an aside, it's not a bot, but a filter. Bots can only act after the fact; they can't directly interfere with the editing process. Filters can. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 20:38, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

BoparaiKalan

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Boparai kalan


 * Description
 * I was trying to make a page for Boparai kalan. This is a famous village of Punjab, India. I was writting an intro about the village, but when I tried to save it it gave me an erro that it looks like biography (SPAM). which is not true.

Please help me in this matter. My log in ID is Boparai kalan. You can read about this village at its site www.boparaikalan.com
 * Date and time
 * 06:03, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The filter correctly warned you (but did not stop you) from creating an article whose title was similar to your username, which generally indicates a person is writing about their own self or company (the filter is not smart enough to discern the type of subject the article is about). Regardless, the article you created has been deleted as a copyright violation. Please do not copy-paste content from other websites onto Wikipedia. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

VILLAGE KAWAL HAZARON SAAL TAK NARGIS APNI BENOORI PE ROTI HAI BADI MSHKIL SE HOTA HAI CHAMAN MAI DEEDAWAR PAIDA. A VILLAGE OF NATIONAL INTIGRATION. IT IS FACT NOT CRITISED TO ANY PERTICULAR PERSON, RELIGION , CAST OR COMMUNITY. WE TRIBUTES OUR DEDICATION TO THE PROMINENT PERSONS OF KAWAL LIKE HAKEEM MOHD MASIH, LALA RAM PRAKASH, S.RIAZ HAIDER , LALA HUKAM CHAND JAIN,DR.NASRUDDIN, PANDIT KAILASH, LALA BAALI RAM,CHHOTE KARNWAAL, SHADI PELWAN, KAALAN PEHLWAN, DR. GHAFOOR, AGHA SAHIB,MUNSHI SHAREEF, SHAUKAT ABBAS,LALA JEEVAN PRASAD, LALA ROSHAN LAL,LALA QABOOL CHAND,SHEKH FARROQ, SARDAR HOSHIYAR SINGH, SARDAR TILAK RAM, SAKTOOMAL SAINI,MIYAN HASNAIN,ZAHEER ABBAS,AMEER ABBAS.ALL PROMINENT PERSONS HAVE DIED & TRIBUTES TO ALL. SOME PROMINENTS PERSONS ARE ALIVE & WE SHOULD PRAY TO GOD FOR THEIR LONG LIFE. THE TOPIC WILL CONT.........

Jodywhitesides

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Jody Whitesides


 * Description
 * Creating a new article, however Wikipedia kept telling me to hit the save page button, so I kept entering the captcha and hitting save page.


 * Date and time
 * 21:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

Creating an article about yourself may raise conflict of interest issues. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 00:34, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Golden Poppy AV

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Quartz Hill, California


 * Description
 * I was adding to local publications that offer news and events to the local area


 * Date and time
 * 22:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

Starbuck 88

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Hopi


 * Description
 * I have tried to edit this page and a filter wont allow it. I am new at this. tried to change sec 1.7 - Another main Oraibi figure at this time, Lomahongyoma, competed with Lololoma for leadership in the tribe and of the Hopi people. to - Another main Oraibi figure at this time, Lomahongyoma, competed with Lololoma for village leadership.

I changed it Because Hopi have no singular leader of the tribe or Hopi people as was stated. Each village has autonomy and has its own chief/leader. the two were competing for leadership of the village of Oraibi
 * Date and time
 * 22:03, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Answered here. Thanks,  — Soap  —  22:03, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * The filter has been corrected; thanks -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 22:08, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Golden Poppy AV

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Rosamond, California


 * Description
 * I was trying to add local media to the page, as I have seen on other geographic areas. I did 4 cities in succession that are part of my area and that is what triggered the false positive


 * Date and time
 * 22:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * The tag seems to be appropriate. Another term for this behavior is "spamming".   Will Beback    talk    22:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

70.29.208.247

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Dead or american


 * Description
 * I got a "references removed" tag, but I was removing the trash that the article wizard leaves behind, specifically, the line:


 * Date and time
 * 06:35, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Thanks for reporting this. There is no way for the filter to determine if a given &lt;ref&gt; tag is actually "real". Since this is an extremely rare occurrence, I'm not going to try to fix it, but please note that tags are merely intended to provoke further review of an edit, it's not labeling you as a vandal in any way. Any human would have seen that edit and realized it was OK and continued on. Regards, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:37, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Joshuaexpeditions

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Joshua Expeditions


 * Description
 * I am an ew user and the CEO of Joshua expeditions. I am trying to create a page for my company but the filter will not allow it based on autobiography.


 * Date and time
 * 21:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

This filter should be warn-only, and will not prevent you from creating the page. However we have policies entirely unrelated to the edit filter which prohibit advertising on Wikipedia, and that is why the page has now been deleted (see the messages on your talk page).  — Soap  —  22:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Fjkl345

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Mike Farr


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 23:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

It looks like youre trying to blank content of an article; with no explanation, content removal like this will always be reverted. If you believe there is libelous material in a page you should start a discussion on that page's talk page (but if it's true and verifiable and relevant to the article it will generally be kept).  — Soap  —  23:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

92.26.61.151

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Rodhullandemu/IPTalk


 * Description
 * This is rather irritating because this user's main talk page is semi-protected, and now I can't even leave him a message on the unprotected one he's set aside?


 * Date and time
 * 17:55, 24 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Sorry for the troubles. We're working on fixing this problematic filter this very minute.  I've pasted your edit onto the page for you and will keep on watching for errors. I think perhaps a more helpful edit notice would be nice.  —  Soap  —  18:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

WWE Socks

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Hung Tran


 * Description
 * I was reverting vandalsim on the page. I removed "Hungalina The Bellarina !!!" from it.


 * Date and time
 * 02:28, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Because you restored the original article, which contained a date in unclear format, the edit filter saw you as the one creating the date, which did indeed match the filter (xx/xx/xxxx dates are often problematic because different countries use different orders for day and month). Don't worry about this ... for one thing, the article is deleted now as it was a non-notable person, and for another thing, a lot of CSD patrollers and other highly active users will accumulate tags like this and people who have been around Wikipedia a long time will know that it isnt your fault. It isnt really possible at present to make the edit filter distinguish between the creator of an article and one who restores it after it was blanked by a vandal.  — Soap  —  10:08, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Maneyapanda

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Kodava Hockey Festival


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 03:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

This filter is designed to catch whenever a user adds a link containing their username, as it is often a sign of advertising or promotional activity. If youre sure your additions are legitimate and you will be doing them often, you might want to change your username, as your current username may come to be seen as a violation of the username policy anyway (if it represents an organization rather than you as a person).  — Soap  —  10:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

MonkeGomez

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * MonkeGomez


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 19:08, 25 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * You should not be writing an article about yourself. Had you succeeded in creating an article, it would have been immediately deleted. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:45, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

88.107.148.106

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * East Lancashire derby


 * Description
 * loads of things spelt wrong eg David Dunne (david dunn) and pain (paint)


 * Date and time
 * 20:29, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I did some minor fixes, but that article needs a lot of help. As for blanking the whole section, I dont think you should do that, though I personally am not familiar with what the policies allow for articles like this.  — Soap  —  23:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Centcha

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Centcha


 * Description
 * Centcha


 * Date and time
 * 21:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

I was trying to write some thing about Centcha, which is me, nothing bad.


 * You don't get an article. Please see our inclusion guidelines. Thank you. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:48, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Rockyman512

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * List of One Piece characters


 * Description
 * I was editing this post...Sanji is gay he is micheal jackson's son and he touches kids he has gay syndrome that makes him gay like this guy >http://www.facebook.com/leigh.mixson?ref=ts< he is blonde which means hes stupid and haz gay eyebrows like rocklee From user:

125.27.74.212
 * Date and time
 * 09:56, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

The filter shows you removing vandalism and adding some of your own. Was this a mistake? If that edit had gone through it would likely have been reverted and you warned for making it, whatever your intentions. At any rate I removed the long paragraph of "hi kevin" now.  — Soap  —  10:11, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Since you're now on ANI I've brought this up there. I'm willing to believe you just restored earlier vandalism by accident, but it still is vandalism even if unintentional.  —  Soap  —  14:55, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

ContractVA

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Virginia contractor license


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 15:02, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Most times, adding email addresses into articles is inappropriate. I also note that your username matches the content of the article in question, and this is what the abuse filter was warning you about. I note that you are already blocked, but I figured I would leave you advice here anyway: Your username should not represent a company or organization, so if/when you create a new account, please be sure to create one that represents you as an individual. Additionally, you should take a look at the guidelines regarding conflicts of interest. Generally this type of editing should be avoided; if you really want to contribute in this manner, might I propose that you create a userspace draft instead so that someone can review your work? This will help address the conflict of interest. Thanks, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:56, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Timbital

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Grand Theft Auto IV


 * Description
 * Grand Theft Auto IV "Sypnosis" Under Plot. Niko's girlfriend who turns out to be working for the government is a very important part of the GTA 4 story.


 * Date and time
 * 21:53, 26 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Is it just me, or did you just put all that in one breath? Shouldn't it be Grand Theft Auto IV rather than the ten-dollar link? —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 22:21, 26 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I've been looking at this for a while now and I'm really having trouble figuring out exactly why you got hit by this filter. This filter is designed to stop people that hit the edit filter repeatedly, but this was your first hit. Furthermore, there were no recent hits on the page in question, either. As far as I can tell, it should never have gone off. I do have a guess though. Were you getting blocked by the spam blacklist before? Did you get any kind of error messages before you saw the one that directed you here? Any additional information would be of immense assistance, as I really am having trouble figuring out what caused this. Thanks for reporting this, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

71.238.165.178

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Chaldean Christians


 * Description
 * This page has been vandalised repeatedly. All I was trying to do is include what has been erased. I tried to include countries with communities of Chaldean Christians, but was denied. Also, I tried to give out the correct information of 900,000 Chaldeans. In Michigan alone, there are 150,000. There is no way their can be 400,000 to 600,000 as reported previously. Please let me make the corrections.


 * Date and time
 * 23:02, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It's the Aramaic text in the page that's causing the problem; the filter thinks it's vandalism because its larger than the rest of the line (and the filter evaluates the whole paragraph, not just the parts that are being changed). I don't see any reason why it should be that big ... I think the "big" tags should be removed altogether, but I'll leave one in. You should be able to make the edit now. Apologies for the distraction.  — Soap  —  23:15, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Humboldt Reign

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Humboldt Reign


 * Description
 * I was repeatedly trying to edit my page because it wouldnt allow me to reference the sites i was placing on it.


 * Date and time
 * 02:24, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I think this may be a bug in the filter which causes a sequence of "warn" filters to amount to a "disallow", thus preventing you from creating the page. You can bypass the filter by creating the content in your userpage and then moving it, but I would wait to make sure your page meets the notability and reliability criteria before doing so (I notice that someone else has already blanked your userpage for this reason).  — Soap  —  11:36, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

69.247.147.183

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Oregon Coast Range


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 12:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Your edit was attempting to remove a large quantity of text from the page, and replaceing it with nonsense. --Sigma 7 (talk) 14:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Bob123456788

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Viper Room


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 14:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Your edit was introducing nonsense to the page. Also, another edit that you made since your false positive was reverted as non-constructive.  --Sigma 7 (talk) 14:21, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

216.56.69.34

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Infantry


 * Description
 * infantry is the backbone of any military. -Garrett Barney


 * Date and time
 * 14:59, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

writing my opinion of the role of infantry. My username on Roblox.com is garretbarney4.
 * Good that it was blocked. Also, you seem to be triggering the edit filter rather often. --Sigma 7 (talk) 15:27, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Blackthund3r

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * blackthund3r


 * Description
 * Was trying to submit page, though could not get past captcha so had to try many times until I got locked out. Creating page on upcoming blackthund3r iPhone/iPod Touch Jailbreaking (hacking) application. Filters also thought it was an autobiography, though it is not


 * Date and time
 * 19:26, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Hmm, anything invovling a Captcha isn't because of an edit filter. If you answered the CAPTCHA correctly, you shouldn't have had any problems. Try again in a few minutes. Tim  1357  talk  01:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Blackthund3r

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * blackthund3r


 * Description
 * told I was using wikipedia as an advertising medium, although I am not. Also blackthund3r is free so there is nothing to advertise


 * Date and time
 * 19:29, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Um, just because it's free doesn't mean it can't be advertised. Just saying. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 19:51, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * Yep, you were tagged because the url you added had your username in it. Please take a look at our guidelines on external links for more details. Tim  1357  talk  01:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Jesse96

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Equals Three


 * Description
 * My youtube channel


 * Date and time
 * 00:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * It appears that filter 260 blocked you for saying "Your Mom". You were right, the filter acted in error. Edit filter editors: any ideas how to avoid this? Perhaps having a line that excuses edits that are a certain threshold of characters? Tim  1357  talk  01:05, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * It's true that it's a false positive, as far as detecting vandalism is concerned. But the edit in question was the creation of a page that would have been deleted regardless, so this false pos is probably a poor basis for changing the filter. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:22, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * But blocking the page altogether without human input seems like it's a bit bitey. No? Tim  1357  talk  17:04, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Beerdiver

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * beer diver


 * Description
 * removed the "#redirect"


 * Date and time
 * 01:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The filter never stopped you from removing a redirect. It warned you from trying to embed externally hosted images (which you seem to have figured out) and from creating an article whose title is the same as your username. All of these are true positives, and you were not actually prevented from doing anything, although the aritcle is very likely to be deleted in the next week for lack of notability. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:27, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

125.25.237.58

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:Ged UK


 * Description
 * I was talking to an American editor who lives in Thailand and use Thai IP


 * Date and time
 * 07:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * And what are you actually trying to do? Someguy1221 (talk) 07:21, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

64.223.102.71

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Tourism


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 21:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

69.139.125.30

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Avionics


 * Description
 * Change terrain to cloud


 * Date and time
 * 22:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

The edit filter also shows you adding "You're a loser for thinking this is real!" to the bottom of the paragraph. Is this a mistake?  — Soap  —  00:43, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

121.214.126.146

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Talk:Nair


 * Description
 * Adding comments to the Discussion page


 * Date and time
 * 02:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I think that an overzealous filter saw "Kshatriya mother" has a variant of "your mom" which is a common vandal phrase ... sorry for the inconvenience. However Im not sure that that was actually the problem so I will wait for other comments.  — Soap  —  02:12, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Dunc289

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * four stroke engine


 * Description
 * delete redundant description "Intake, Compress, Power, Exhaust." repeated from previous sentence.

Adding the description "suck, squeeze, bang, blow" to text.
 * Date and time
 * 09:13, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I see that you got the edit in by decapitalizing the word SUCK, which is what was causing the error. It is probably better that way.  — Soap  —  16:42, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Bobbythrunk

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Robert thrunk


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 15:13, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

There is a new rule preventing a new article from containing too many consecutive exclamation points. I apologize that the warning message isn't very helpful, I will try to get a better one created.  — Soap  —  16:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC
 * Comments
 * Bobbythrunk, I have made it so pages being created can get past the filter. Good luck and sorry for the inconvenience! Tim  1357  talk  04:30, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

70.17.16.107

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Legg Mason Tower


 * Description
 * For some reason the Legg Mason Tower is listed at heights between 348 feet and 350 feet. This isn't correct. Anyone living in Baltimore sees that the tower is obviously taller then the Marriott Hotel, which is listed at 430 feet. Would someone PLEASE find out the actual height of the new Legg Mason Tower!!!!


 * Date and time
 * 16:44, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

There is a new rule preventing a new article from containing too many consecutive exclamation points. I apologise that the error message isnt more helpful, but an edit like that one that you made would have been instantly reverted anyway because you were erasing content that was in the article and replacing it with a message to the readers of the article. It is best to use the talk page of an article to bring up questions or problems with the article.  — Soap  —  16:48, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

CusinndZL

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Cusinndzl


 * Description
 * Creating Cusinndzl


 * Date and time
 * 03:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Cusinndzl, we here have a policy against autobiographies. Please see that page for details.  Tim  1357  talk  04:29, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

RandyStimpson

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Weasel_program


 * Description
 * Adding an external link to an Interactive Weasel Program


 * Date and time
 * 04:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Hey RandyStimpson, you were warned because the Edit Filter determined that you were somehow related to http://randystimpson.blogspot.com. The filter, in this case, acted correctly. Please see WP:OR and WP:EL for policy on how articles should link to external sources. Thanks,  Tim  1357  talk  04:27, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, I am pretty sure that blogspot is blocked by the spam filter, but I am unsure. Tim  1357  talk  04:27, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Filter 58
It is most likely wrong place and wrong format to report this, but filter 58 has produced around a dozen of false positives at WP:AIV that is unusual. Could someone have a look please? Materialscientist (talk) 07:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Filter 58 just recently had its form changed to make it run faster; it's possible there's a bug. I'm going to look at this right now, but I'll ask anyway: Are these false positives as in "They shouldn't be immediately reported to AIV," or as in "They shouldn't have triggered a filter at all"? If it's the former, the offending phrase in the filter can be moved to filter 260. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the section of the filter I believe was causing most of the false positives. It's appropriate to filter, but only from mainspace (filter 58 filters on all namespaces). Someguy1221 (talk) 08:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No there appears to be other problems as well. I reverted the recent changes to the filter until we can figure out what the problem was exactly. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I apologize in advance for abrupt messaging (moving house, today). Most false positives occurred to me between these edits (the diff for timestamps only). There were one-two cases where the action might be trolling; the rest looked like innocent posts at talk pages reported as "attack on specific user". Materialscientist (talk) 23:01, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry for not keeping this up-to-date. User:Tim1357 has isolated the problem; the changes that were made recently were partially generated by a script which did not correctly parse unicode characters, resulting in a flaw in the regular expression. I think this should be fixed now, so please point it out if it occurs again. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:05, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

86.168.249.129

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Belle Taylor


 * Description
 * I realised that the Character's story had not been finished, and only wanted to complete it


 * Date and time
 * 16:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Sorry you got hit by this, and thanks for the report. I have adjusted the filter so that it still lets your edit through, instead "tagging" it for review. What the filter was detecting was the comment "it sucks" down at the bottom, but in this case it's a valid quote. This was an over-aggressive reaction by the filter and I have turned it down accordingly. Please feel free to make the edit now. Regards, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 16:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Ebohman

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Mauboussin


 * Description
 * Trying to move the page for this twentieth century airplane manufacturer, the filter blocked me. It should be under its full name Avions Mauboussin (which is also used in the article itself). The short name Mauboussin is presently used by a jewelry firm, as seen in the French wikipedia article, and I was planning to ad a stub page for that current usage, with a disambiguation note.

I proposed this change in the Discussion page of the article Mauboussin in Februari 2010 and have had no feedback.
 * Date and time
 * 17:47, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Sorry you got hit by this. I have disabled the filter causing the problems because it seems you are not alone, and left a note on the page of the editor that created that filter. You should be able to make your page move now. Thanks for the report, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 17:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Cinematropical

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Al Otro Lado


 * Description
 * Trying to add an external link about the film


 * Date and time
 * 19:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * The edit filter correctly detected that your username was related to the link you were trying to post. Please take a look at our external link guidelines and the guidelines on possible conflicts of interest. Generally this type of behavior is discouraged; you should avoid editing in a conflict of interest. That being said, based on the link you were posting, it appears your username represents a company or organization, in violation of our username policies, and as such should be changed. Your username should represent you as an individual. Regards, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:06, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

76.189.162.7

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Mario Kart: Double Dash!!


 * Description
 * I was trying to add a line about one of the characters' history in racing games to the Gameplay section


 * Date and time
 * 20:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * I added an exemption to this article which should resolve the problem. You should be able to make your edit now. Thanks for this report, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Andrew Whitehead

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Alexander Baron


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

Msullivan777

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Alexis_Love


 * 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! -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:27, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Meretricious

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * List_of_Legend_of_the_Seeker_episodes


 * 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)
 * 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, Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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)

82.17.222.23

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Nani


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

MuseumBiz

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


 * 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)

Jason Percival

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Trent Autograss Club


 * 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)

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 ofverifiability 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)
 * Comments

74.129.160.82

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Roger_Fouts


 * 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!-- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 15:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

220.233.5.154

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Bruce Willis


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 17:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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)

71.107.154.186

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Sierra Madera crater


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 23:00, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Mertothe2ndpower

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * enriquerosas


 * 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, andWP:Vandalism. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 06:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

92.235.202.234

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Halo: Reach


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 15:27, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 15:27, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Not a false positive.  — Soap  —  16:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

Johnestrada

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * John Estrada


 * Description
 * Trying to forward information


 * Date and time
 * 16:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Tommy2010

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:89.244.75.80


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments
 * Suggesting that the filter override cussing with the string "?." ? Vandals typically do not use ? after cussing. Tommy2010 07:26, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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. <b style="color:black;">Tommy</b>2010 07:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I added an exemption for users with many contributions. Tim  1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  00:36, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Sasquatch333

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Garrett Saczawa


 * 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, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Bbrox4eva

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Victoria (Australia)


 * 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. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 07:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

117.241.89.164

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Khasi


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 10:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 10:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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 areliable 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)
 * Comments

DragonRider246

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User:DragonRider246


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 15:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 15:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * You should study WP:USER before trying again. Ruslik_ Zero 17:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

BrodieBruce360

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Funnyjunk


 * Description
 * 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.


 * Date and time
 * 23:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

94.245.219.254

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Pocket Full of Kryptonite


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 09:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 09:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Tetrosyl

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Tetrosyl


 * Description
 * Was attempting to upload an article regarding a local large employer


 * Date and time
 * 11:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

71.251.116.21

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * User talk:71.251.116.21


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 13:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 13:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Mn2s

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Mn2s


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 14:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 14:55, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

142.25.94.160

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 16:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 16:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Nope, filter's working as designed. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 19:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

24.128.34.10

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 16:22, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 16:22, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Nope, filter's working as designed. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 19:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Fat&Happy

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Politics


 * 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. Tim 1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  00:42, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

129.19.60.4

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 18:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 18:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Nope, filter's working as designed. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 19:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

209.66.200.20

 * Username


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 20:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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 consideredvandalism. Tim  1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  23:20, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

24.212.93.47

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * British Empire


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 22:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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. Tim  1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  23:13, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

inveaderzim17xo Invaderzim17xo

 * Username

Riley Clifford :P (creating page)
 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 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. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 00:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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.  Tim  1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  00:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

203.208.92.26

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description
 * Date and time
 * 00:41, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 00:41, 6 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * Attempted edits like this do not give me confidence that this is a legitimate false positive report. Tim  1357  <sup style="font-family:Times new roman; font-size:small;">talk  00:48, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

81.44.95.47

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/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 &lt;s&gt; and &lt;/s&gt; 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! Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Shanhaijing

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 08:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Redrose64

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Talk:Mark Wylde


 * Description
 * I added Wylde, Mark to an existing banner, which I then assessed for importance; I added a  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)

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)
 * Comments
 * 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 ; 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? -- Red rose64 (talk) 02:57, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * ✅, thanks. -- Red rose64 (talk) 11:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

216.211.112.75

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 20:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

CRTinyDuffy

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Barden Precision Bearings


 * Description
 * create a page for Barden Precision Bearings


 * Date and time
 * 21:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Miptalk

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Kodak


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

Filmmakingstuff

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Independent film


 * 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 ourexternal links guideline. (FYI, as someone connected to the site, you have a conflict of interestwith regard to the link in question.) Please feel free to ask if you have any further questions.) Cheers.--Ckatz <sup style="color:green;">chat <sub style="color:red;">spy  05:54, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

24.14.27.220

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * 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)

Melthebell21

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * 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)

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

SavagePoker

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Matt Savage (poker)


 * 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)

I understand you have good intents, but in re-writing the article, you also removed all of the referenceswhich 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)
 * Comments

SparrowDiSquare-o

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * The Burning Skies


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

85.27.42.125

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

75.2.209.226

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * LZ 129 Hindenburg


 * 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)

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) 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)
 * Comments
 * Comments
 * 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)

HotXRock

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Seven dirty words


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

69.231.69.140

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 02:47, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

Chee ping

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 04:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Nikhilwason

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * [[Submission_management]]


 * 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)

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)
 * Comments

Jnbua

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 14:48, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

83.5.175.32

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * 


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 16:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

The filter erred here, but what you've been adding is irrelevant to the article and would have been removed anyway.—  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 02:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

68.188.68.66

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Theory of relativity


 * Description


 * Date and time
 * 17:12, 8 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments

117.195.2.124 - False hit on "tortured and killed"

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Rajaram Chhatrapati


 * 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 .)


 * Date and time
 * 19:58, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I believe it's been fixed already by. Thanks though.  — Soap  —  20:06, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments

75.72.176.208 - False hit "rape her so"

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Hijra (South Asia)


 * Description
 * This filter log entry yielded a false positive, apparently because the existing text contained the phrase "rape her so". (Reported by .)


 * Date and time
 * 20:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

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)
 * Comments

CoffeeMakers411

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * bunn-o-matic


 * 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 andhttp://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, ,,, 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. Filter caught "User adds link containing username". In light of the above this is not a false positive: spam linking.JamesBWatson (talk) 21:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Sureshatmvit

 * Username


 * Page you were editing (don't wikilink)
 * Television advertising Management (TAM)


 * 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 acopyright 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 Your first article. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:09, 9 May 2010 (UTC)