Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Archive 6

Gerhard Khatz
Gerhard Khatz
Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force
	In office; May 1963 – November 1965
Succeeded by	W Timming
Personal details
Born	1912; Germany

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71.167.59.119

Username: 71.167.59.119 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were =filter log}})
Description: The word "penis" is blocked for some stupid reason. Thanks for blocking legitimate edits. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sperm_Wars&diff=345349698&oldid=345161285

71.167.59.119 (talk) 04:23, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 04:23, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It's not actually just the word "penis" that's blocked but a complex sequence of checks that you managed to hit because of a condition we hadn't expected. I have corrected the problem and you should be able to make the edit now. Thank you for reporting this problem, and I hope you don't have problems like this in the future. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 04:29, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it and thanks for being nice. :) You really shouldn't block edits, though. It's frustrating. You should let them go through but flag them for review.

Flagged Revisions will do that, but the implementation of it has proven troublesome. —Soap— 15:50, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I think the IP user might have been talking about "tag". --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 18:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

67.70.46.155

Username: 67.70.46.155 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Rez Sisters (filter log)
Description: Edit the page, add a synopsis to the very brief "stub" page, as well as criticism, interpretations, references, etc.

67.70.46.155 (talk) 06:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 06:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I really hate this filter. I'm sorry you got hit by it. I have added an exception for this quote, and you should be able to post the content now. Thanks for your patience and thanks for reporting this problem. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:49, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

69.156.154.157

Username: 69.156.154.157 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Rez Sisters (filter log)
Description: I am not sure what to do, it is still not letting me post. Where is the problem? 69.156.154.157 (talk) 07:09, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 07:09, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I apologize, I made a stupid typo in the correction. It should work now. I have tested it and your contribution no longer matches the filter. My apologies, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:14, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

84.177.91.203

Username: 84.177.91.203 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Middle office (filter log)
Description: I removed a wrong Interwiki from the article and got a warning. This is plainly ridiculous. There is no way to decide or even to make a useful guess whether removing an Interwiki ist helpful or disruptive. With the same reasoning, you can filter out each and every edit. --84.177.91.203 (talk) 08:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

84.177.91.203 (talk) 08:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time

08:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

But you still was able to do this. Ruslik_Zero 12:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

So? It is a pain and it is silly. As said above, why doesn't every edit trigegr the message? One will still be able to do it. Perhaps a second mesage couldn't hurt either. Plus a warning sticker, a disclaimer and a waiver. Just to make sure.

BtW, you can find me under de:Benutzer:Marinebanker --84.177.117.194 (talk) 15:40, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps the warning notice could be changed to be a bit more neutral, or even removed altogether. The vandals who remove these links aren't going to care what the wording of the notice is (on the other hand, the fact that tehre is a notice slows them down). —Soap— 15:46, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I disabled warning, because it does not make sense. Ruslik_Zero 17:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

If you are de:Benutzer:Marinebanker, why are you not using your account? Ruslik_Zero 17:55, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! As for my account, it is in the german WP. I do not have an account on the englisch WP, I do practically no editing here apart from an occasional IW. Regards --84.177.60.129 (talk) 18:12, 21 February 2010 (UTC) (de:Benutzer:Marinebanker)

You could consider getting a unified login, but of course this is not required. Just throwing out an idea! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:30, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

24.189.57.82

Username: 24.189.57.82 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): List of The Sarah Silverman Program episodes (filter log)
Description: 24.189.57.82 (talk) 18:07, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 18:07, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

A lot of times people write poop in an article in the belief that since it's considered a childish word, it will pass the filter. But such edits include vandalism. This had led to the ironic situation where sometimes poop is filtered even more strictly than shit, although both are filtered. In this case, I don't really have an opinion ... Wikipedia is not censored for younger audiences, so there's nothing really wrong with writing shit in an article, though I wouldn't recommend it either. The most common solution I've seen is to write defecate, which can apparently apply to birds, so although I find it rather out-of-place in a list of TV episodes I think it would be best to switch it to that. —Soap— 18:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

InstruMental Case

Username: InstruMental Case (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (filter log)
Description: Add a link to a recent interview with news about the artists' career. InstruMental Case (talk) 18:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 18:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Adding a link to a website containing your username is often a sign of an advertiser attempting to get their products listed on Wikipedia. I don't see any ads on your site, so I'm going to go ahead and make the link, because the edit filter would not have stopped it anyway if you had hit Save the first time. However, entirely separate from the question of advertising is whether the link is "appropriate"; other editors may remove it in the future for reasons unrelated to your username. —Soap— 18:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Bstraigh

Username: Bstraigh (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Samburu (filter log)
Description: I was adding references to the Samburu article. I am a professor and was adding a link to my educational website on the Samburu, which is based on 15 years of research. Compared to the Maasai website, the Samburu website has very few references and needs researchers to update it.

Bstraigh (talk) 23:19, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 23:19, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Don't be alarmed, or feel that you're being classified as a problem account; this filter detects instances of users adding a link containing their username because such a pattern often indicates an account who is trying to promote a service or product on Wikipedia. There is no need to worry about false positives leading people to scrutinize your edits ... and there is no realistic way for the filter to be able to tell apart the good edits from the bad. —Soap— 23:23, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Geocrimen

Username: Geocrimen (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Geographic_profiling (filter log)
Description: I wanted to add this link: *Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE)Geocrimen (talk) 01:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 01:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Don't be alarmed, or feel that you're being classified as a problem account; this filter detects instances of users adding a link containing their username because such a pattern often indicates an account who is trying to promote a service or product on Wikipedia. There is no need to worry about false positives leading people to scrutinize your edits ... and there is no realistic way for the filter to be able to tell apart the good edits from the bad. Without a full understanding of Spanish I can't really judge myself the nature of the link you're posting, and so I cannot guarantee that other users will not remove it, but if you'd like to go ahead and re-add it you should be able to. Since there's little chance of the filter being disabled, you may want to change to a new username so that people will not see the same tags on those edits, especially if you plan to make more of them. —Soap— 01:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Poffee

Username: Poffee (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Anthony Naslas (filter log)
Description: I am making a page about Anthony Naslas, and it won't let me.

Poffee (talk) 02:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 02:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please, avoid using "poop" word. Ruslik_Zero 15:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

68.4.160.246

Username: 68.4.160.246 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Ryan Seacrest (filter log)
Description: be nice

68.4.160.246 (talk) 04:08, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 04:08, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is vandalism. Ruslik_Zero 15:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

64.142.90.33

Username: 64.142.90.33 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Parakeet (filter log)
Description: 64.142.90.33 (talk) 06:36, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 06:36, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I am a regular editor, not logged in, and am simply formatting the page for consistent use of present tense, sub-heads, and other straightforward upgrades. It is extremely annoying to find that because i am not logged in i am being treated like a vandal. Please adjust your priorities. catherine yronwode, an editor here for more than three years. 64.142.90.33 (talk) 06:36, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

64.142.90.33

Username: 64.142.90.33 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Parakeet (filter log)
Description: This is stupid. The page is not semi-protected, and the robot is kicking my edits, which are totally normal edits of the kind i have made here literally thousands of times. Please fix your stupid robot. I will now log in and try again, but you are wasting my time.

64.142.90.33 (talk) 06:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 06:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but it's not possible to predictably account for legitimate uses of capitalized words like MOTHERFUCKER without disabling the filter entirely. If this is what you think should be done, it should probably be brought up at WT:Edit filter, as a major change to the filters should generally never be made without discussion. —Soap— 14:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Chirpy86

Username: Chirpy86 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Parakeet (filter log)
Description: Chirpy86 (talk) 14:17, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 14:17, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry for this problem. I have modified the filter that was causing you problems. You should now be able to make your edits. Thanks for reporting this. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 16:17, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Emanbass

Username: Emanbass (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Eman Bass (filter log)
Description: I was trying to create an entry for the agency Eman Bass - This is not a promotional page, and I only followed the basic guidelines of a post that is available on Wikipedia located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invoke_(agency). The Unilyzer will be described similarly to the online app Hootsuite located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HootSuite . I hope that you will allow our page to be published. If not, then I would have to request that pages like the ones I listed above also be removed from Wikipedia. Emanbass (talk) 20:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 20:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The edit filter isn't there to stop your edits, it's just a warning system. be aware though that an article passing the edit filter says nothing about whether it meets verifiability and notability requirements, which are necessary for the page to stay in the encyclopedia. —Soap— 22:13, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

76.252.185.24

Username: 76.252.185.24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Age of the Earth (filter log)
Description: I was attempting to edit the page on the Earth's age, by putting in bibtofimanicular carbon etimates and anthropological nesimism due to Darwin's theories of secular missionarianism. 76.252.185.24 (talk) 23:20, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 23:20, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry, but edits like this and this are simply not constructive. Please feel free to continue contributing in a non-destructive manner. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 23:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Manishearth

Username: Manishearth (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Template:Usericons (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a nested if to the template which I created and only I use, but the filter did not allow me to. ManishEarth^{Talk • Stalk} 06:04, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 06:04, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

For EFM use: retry edit --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:09, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I have forced your edit through as was last tripped by the filter. Unfortunately, this filter is a bit over-aggressive but targets a very serious problem that could block out every link on Wikipedia, including the "edit" and "rollback" buttons with which to undo malicious changes. As a result I can't reduce this filter, though we are always looking for a way to adjust it. In the meantime, by forcing the edit through you should no longer experience the problem. Please let me know if it recurs and I will look for a more permanent solution to this particular template. Sorry for the catch. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:14, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Bblood

Username: Bblood (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jennifer Reeves (filter log)
Description: create a biographical wikki page.

Bblood (talk) 18:48, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Date and time: 18:48, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You should not write in all caps. It is a bad style and triggers the filter (as possible vandalism). Ruslik_Zero 19:53, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Ashelton1997

Username: Ashelton1997 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): James T. Kirk (filter log)
Description: i was simply describing what his castmates and colleages saw him as. Ashelton1997 (talk) 21:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 21:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Do you have a source for your content? If not, it cannot be allowed, sorry. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 21:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Apanuggpak

Username: Apanuggpak (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): 1890–91_Football_League (filter log)
Description: Was trying to add a map, similar to the ones for previous years. Apanuggpak (talk) 00:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 00:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

For EFM use: redo edit --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 00:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

I apologize that you hit this filter today. Unfortunately this filter was expanded today to protect against a distributed attack. I have forced your edit through. This should help you with any further edits you are doing. If you have any further trouble please let me know and I will try to find a more permanent solution for you. Thanks for reporting this error. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 00:21, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

DuncanHill

Username: DuncanHill (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous (filter log)
Description: This form does not appear to permit reports by third parties, and should be amended. It was also extremely hard to find from the link given in the edit summary for a tagged edit. DuncanHill (talk) 00:33, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 00:33, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Signing with eight tildes instead of four will always trigger this filter, as will large un-comma'ed numbers like 1000000000000 ... this filter has a lot of false positives generally, but it is useful for catching vandalism. —Soap— 00:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Apanuggpak

Username: Apanuggpak (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): 1891–92_Football_League (filter log)
Description: Tried adding a map, the same result as with the previous season's article. Please try to fix this, as I have about the next 10 seasons done as well, not only 1st div but 2nd div as well. Appreciate your efforts. Apanuggpak (talk) 00:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 00:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I have given you a temporary exemption. Hopefully that will let you get all the pages through. Apologies again. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 00:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Stefanilievski

Username: Stefanilievski (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Keith Jardine (filter log)
Description: Stefanilievski (talk) 02:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 02:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I was trying to leave a not to the wikipedia officials that people were messing with Keith Jardine's MMA record and it should be fixed immediately, but aparently i did something wrong.

It would be better to use the article's talk page (accessible through the [talk] tab at the top of the article) if you want to point out inaccuracy. Anything you write in the mainspace will be visible immediately, so if you're removing content it's likely someone else will immediately restore it. —Soap— 03:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Kak500

Username: Kak500 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Vic Schoen (filter log)
Description: I am trying to create a detailed biography of the composer-arranger Vic Schoen. Kak500 (talk) 03:10, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 03:10, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I can't actually find anything in there that could be triggering the "disallow" filter, but it's obviously a good article, so if you have the text saved you can create the article in your userspace (at an address such as User:Kak500/Vic Schoen and then move it to mainspace with the [move] tab at the top. If not I'll check back in the morning and can create the article from the filter log, though that would mean that all automated messages relating to the article would go to me, which is why I'd prefer to give you a chance to try creating it again yourself. —Soap— 03:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

The problematic line was "The trumpets are Dick...". I have removed that trigger from the filter as it seems like it would cause way more false positives than it's worth. Thanks for reporting this. You should be able to create the article now. Happy editing. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:30, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

71.229.58.22

Username: 71.229.58.22 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jessica Lee (filter log)
Description: 71.229.58.22 (talk) 04:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 04:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Please don't delete entire sections and remove all categories without a reason. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 04:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Lisbri02

Username: Lisbri02 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Lisbri02/Safe Schools South Florida (filter log)
Description: This is my first wikipage creation. I am trying to create a page about a non profit organization that works to create Safe Schools for All Students in South Florida. I do not know why I was filtered out. Lisbri02 (talk) 08:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 08:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I've pasted the content into the page you were trying to create so you can work on it some more if you'd like (the formatting, at least, seems slightly off). Note that if you page-move directly from the subspace page to the mainspace that it will see me as the article creator, and thus all automated messages related to the maintenance of the article will go to me. So if you'd rather not have that, you can create the article again in a difference subspace page since I've removed the 'gay' filter that was causing it to be disallowed (I;m almost sure 'gay' will appear in some other filter anyway, one which is less aggressive, and therefore will not be a problem). —Soap— 12:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

64.18.44.201

Username: 64.18.44.201 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): George Clooney (filter log)
Description: 64.18.44.201 (talk) 15:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 15:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is vandalism. Ruslik_Zero 16:09, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

TheArtOfNoiseOnline

Username: TheArtOfNoiseOnline (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Gary Langan (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add an external link for Gary Langan as I run the authorised Art of Noise website http://www.theartofnoiseonline.com but it won't allow me to add it. TheArtOfNoiseOnline (talk) 16:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Date and time: 16:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: If you were to hit "save page" twice instead of moving the link around, it would have let you put it through, however I strongly advise you reconsider doing this. Because you own this site, you have a strong conflict of interest and should read that guideline before proceeding. I also note that your username represents your website, and not you as an individual, and this is against our username policy. Accordingly, placing this link into the text may be viewed as spam. Please think about whether or not this link adds encyclopedic value to the article, and keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a collection of links. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 16:42, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Missm.s

Username: Missm.s (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Muna Salad (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 17:27, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Negative unsourced content about living people cannot be permitted, and the filter detected potentially negative information. Do you have a source for this content? --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Bamonal

Username: Bamonal (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Project G radio (filter log)
Description: I'm creating a review for g radio (LGTBT LATINO COMMUNITY) PLEASE DO not eliminate LGTBT reviews dont be discriminator
Date and time: 18:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Writing in all caps tends to be a sign of vandalism, especially due to the fact that it is poor style. Please don't write terms in all caps. We do not discriminate against negative content assuming it is properly sourced, so avoiding this pattern of vandalism should allow your edit through. Thanks for reporting this error. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Ferrauria

Username: Ferrauria (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Little Rock Records (filter log)
Description: adding a release list, with some links to artists where available
Date and time: 21:46, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Please don't use all caps to refer to titles. Using standard capitalization should avoid this problem. Thanks for reporting this error. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:30, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Snickerdoodle22

Username: Snickerdoodle22 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Brendan_Loy (filter log)
Description: clean up and removal of dead links and unverified information. Article is properly formatted with working links now.
Date and time: 22:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Thanks for reporting this. I believe I have resolved the problem; the filter that blocked you was too aggressive. Please try your edit again. Happy editing, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 00:04, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Mgtm7m

Username: Mgtm7m (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): National_Institute_of_Technology_Tiruchirappalli (filter log)
Description: i was trying to change the title from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli to National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli for sake of consistency (see WP:AT) with other similarly named institute pages.(ex. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra etc.)
Date and time: 11:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

If you had done a shorter edit summary, it would have gotten through. Apologies for the bugs in this filter; I'll try to fix them as soon as possible. —Soap— 11:52, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

155.9.10.3

Username: 155.9.10.3 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series) (filter log)
Description: just trying to shed some light on her background
Date and time: 14:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter was set off by the word "GAY" in capitals; even lowercased, though, this edit will almost certainly be considered vandalism and removed. —Soap— 15:48, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Hdsteve55

Username: Hdsteve55 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Obama,Wiki and FactCheck (filter log)
Description: Make a simple post but like so many others, no bannana. Too bad, I worked hard on that post. I'll just have to go elsewhere, thanks.
Date and time: 15:26, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter was set off by the word "RACIST" in capitals; even lowercased, though, this page doesn't seem like it can stand alone as an article ... more appropriate for a single comment on a talk page if anything. —Soap— 15:48, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Phantomsteve

Username: Phantomsteve (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Special:UserLogin (filter log)
Description: I am an account creator on the ACC tool, and when I tried to create User:Ramy9900, I got "This wiki is having problems" with a message about not connecting to a server or something - I got this 3 times. When I tried again, I got the filter 279 message (at 20:26, 20:27, 20:28). I'm not sure why (I tried "Ignore spoofing checks" on the 3rd attempt, in case that was the problem). I'm not going to try again with this user (it hasn't been created yet, so I'll ask another ACC tool user to do it), but I'm not sure why it was triggered, as I was only doing what I would normally do - with the exception that I got 3 "This wiki is having problems" errors first.
Date and time: 20:40, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I apologize that you this this bug. I don't want to go into the details of the problem as it is a private filter, but I believe I have corrected the problem now. Please let me know if you have any further problems. Thanks for reporting this error, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

24.180.89.49

Username: 24.180.89.49 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Deborah Read (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 03:01, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Do you have sources for your content? If not, I'm afraid it cannot be added. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:03, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

99.23.80.217

Username: 99.23.80.217 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): 2012 Summer Olympics (filter log)
Description: i tried fixing an error but my earse key is broken and i preeses it by accdinet
Date and time: 03:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: That's ok; we know mistakes happen. Don't worry, so long as you continue to contribute constructively you have nothing to worry about. The filters are intentionally in place to stop these types of edits. Happy editing. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Mitartep

Username

Mitartep (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (filter log)

Description

I was trying to replace the partial list of scientists with a sortable table of all the scientists listed in the book. You can see the table I was trying to paste in at User:Mitartep/draft

Date and time

03:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments

If you don't use all capital letters, your edit should go through fine. While this is not what the filter is trying to target, it is true that you shouldn't use all capital letters (see WP:MOS for some more details). If you use standard casing, your edit should go through just fine. Thanks for reporting this. Let us know if you have any more trouble. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:15, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Edit worked great. Mitartep (talk) 05:09, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Armory700

Username: Armory700 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Martin "Marty" Holt (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 08:09, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

If this is a serious article, you can get it to go if you leave out the "poop". Do be aware that unreferenced biographies are often quickly deleted however. —Soap— 11:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Lawrylid

Username: Lawrylid (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Pervasive DataRush (filter log)
Description: Updating information and improving formatting
Date and time: 13:54, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: There is no indication that you have ever tripped the edit filter. Are you sure something blocked you? --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 15:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

174.3.99.176

Username: 174.3.99.176 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:MDCollins (filter log)
Description: Posted: "So then why did you revert me.174.3.99.176 (talk) 01:56, 27 February 2010 (UTC)"
Date and time: 01:56, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This is a very new filter, still in its testing stages. It still has some bugs in it, and that's why it's set to allow the edit through. I will speak with the creator of the filter to let him know of this problem; I don't see an easy fix without disabling the filter at this time but he might have a clearer idea of what to do. Thank you for reporting this. —Soap— 02:20, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Jack Merridew

Username: Jack Merridew (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Pablo X (filter log)
Description: I attempted to post a hand-crafted barnstar message to a user I know and the code used some relative and absolute positioning. The edits was disallowed as it triggered filter #139: "fixed positioning vandalism". The edit was not vandalism. I'm good with code and understand what this filter is targeting. I have not looked too deeply at the policy re this, but I would like an exemption. I'd be interested in editing the edit filters, too.
Date and time: 02:18, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The barnstar should be exempt now, but this filter is still being edited frequently, so you may want to join the discussion on Wikipedia_talk:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism/TB2#Filter_139. —Soap— 02:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) This filter was literally just changed after your hit to address this problem. It shouldn't occur anymore. Could you please try the edit again and let me know if you still have a problem? Thanks for reporting this, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Re-posted successfully.^diff Thanks. fyi, the positioning is about zooming and cropping an image; the 'barnstar' is using File:Fucking, Austria, street sign.jpg as the background. I take it I won't hit this again. I do a lot of this sort of coding; my userpage, for example. Cheers, Jack Merridew 05:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Eeyorewiki

Username: Eeyorewiki (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jane Collective (filter log)
Description: correct/add information about the group
Date and time: 02:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

If you wrote WHAT IF YOUR MOTHER in lowercase (or at least not all caps) it would go through. The filter blocks this because of the common use of YOUR MOTHER as an insult and cannot tell the difference between legitimate edits and vandalism. Sorry for the inconvenience; however, I think that the title should be spelled out in normal type in any case. —Soap— 02:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Srinualav

Username: Srinualav (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Loksatta Karnataka (filter log)
Description: i'm creating a new article and making edits
Date and time: 13:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

<big><big><big> is not allowed to be used in mainspace articles, as it (and longer chains of the same) are commonly used by vandals. To be honest, I'm not sure this article is a good idea even aside from that, since it seems to be that you're looking for help building the article and writing it even on the article itself, but that's an issue entirely aside from the Edit Filter, so I will only recommend that you consider that the page might be deleted or merged into the main Loksata article if you decide to go ahead. —Soap— 15:32, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Lawrykid

Username: Lawrykid (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Rgmadzem (filter log)
Description: Providing additional information of data processing engine that uses multicore technology to conduct analytics and data matching. References also added.
Date and time: 16:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Is User:Rgmadzem inactive? I can move the page for you, but I'd first want to be sure that the creator of the page is ready to have it go live (and do note that because he is listed as the creator, any notices related to the page will go to him). —Soap— 16:30, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Eeyorewiki

Username: Eeyorewiki (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jane Collective (filter log)
Description: I was adding information about the abortion service commonly (though incorrectly) called "the jane collective" and correcting some factual errors -- (I also added one more reference) all of this can be corroborated in/by the references that were already listed on the page
Date and time: 17:44, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please don't use all capital letters to write out the title. While this is not what the filter is targeting, it is true that our manual of style suggests that this is an inappropriate formatting. If you use standard capitalization, you should have no problem. Sorry you got hit by this, and thanks for reporting this error. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:22, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

75.22.142.115

Username: 75.22.142.115 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Corporation (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 19:12, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please don't delete content without justification. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:20, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

97.91.142.74

Username: 97.91.142.74 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Hovercraft (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 17:38, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Please help!

It's hard to tell what you were trying to do, but what would have happened if the edit filter had not stopped you is that most of the article would be deleted and it would end in the middle of a sentence. Please try again and make sure you're not accidentally deleting content. —Soap— 20:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

NuclearWarfare

Username: NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:NuclearWarfare/Archive 20 (filter log)
Description: This edit tripped abuse filter 294, and I had to add a clause to allow sysops to bypass that filter to save my edit.
Date and time: 23:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Probably tripped by pasting The High Fin Sperm Whale 's sig into the archive. I would recommend that this filter be relaxed to some extent, at least in terms of who is able to bypass the filter, because it's essentially aimed at distributed attacks from non-regular editors, and in the event that someone with a long edit history decides to join in, they'll get blocked just as surely as the others. ~~Also, I get the impression that at present, it would be impossible for HFSW to edit your page.~~ (The stopword "sperm" must have been introduced more recently than his last edit.) —Soap— 23:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Tweaked the filter a bit to fix this problem. NW (Talk) 01:52, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

24.138.31.246

Username: 24.138.31.246 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Manual transmission (filter log)
Description: REMOVE RACISTS COMMENTS !!!!
Date and time: 00:58, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thank you for your interest in reverting vandalism, however, even when removing vandalism, it is important to be civil in the edit summaries, or else the edit summary may itself be considered vandalism by the software. In this case, if you had typed in lowercase the edit would have gone through, though it is better to use a simpler summary like "reverting vandalism" or even just "rv" ... if people really want to see what the edit was, they can check. I'll keep a watch on this article as it seems to get a lot of attention. —Soap— 01:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Jordsnissannx

Username: Jordsnissannx (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Nissan Pulsar (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 10:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Two issues here: Adding a link containing your username is often a sign of a promotional account, but not always; external images cannot be linked from Wikipedia articles, so if you want to include an image you will have to upload it first. I havent had a chance to investigate the image and the external link so I cant vouch for whether or not it is a good idea to add them, but the edit filter will not stop you if you try again with the same edit. —Soap— 17:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

72.43.50.60

Username: 72.43.50.60 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Caffeine (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 14:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is vandalism. Ruslik_Zero 18:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

70.89.199.42

Username: 70.89.199.42 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Fall of Constantinople (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 16:34, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please, do not vandalize article otherwise you will be blocked. Ruslik_Zero 18:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

65.14.126.94

Username: 65.14.126.94 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Colombia (filter log)
Description: Please replace this with a description of the edit you were trying to make.
Date and time: 18:05, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Vandalism. Ruslik_Zero 18:22, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Icehouseindustries

Username: Icehouseindustries (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): ICEHOUSEINDUSTRIES (filter log)
Description: could not make entry for ICEHOUSEINDUSTRIES.
Date and time: 00:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well this is a combination of several tagworthy filters, none of which would have actually stopped you from creating the article. I remember that there was a bug in which "warn-tag-warn" was equivalent to "disallow", but this seems to be "warn-tag-tag". Does anyone know if that would also be a disallow? In any case, I don't believe your article meets the notability requirements, and thus could be deleted, though the edit filter is agnostic about that by design. If you want to get by the filters, you can recreate the article without the email and web link in it, as that is what was setting off the filters. —Soap— 02:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

71.60.10.76

Username: 71.60.10.76 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Pirate code (filter log)
Description: tell the truth
Date and time: 04:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This was probably because you removed such a last part of the article. If you want to change the introduction, please only change that part without removing the contents of the article. Cheers, Pmlineditor ∞ 06:07, 3 March 2010 (UTC) Also, if I'm being a n00b, trout me.

189.71.74.78

Username: 189.71.74.78 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Forro Dos Cumpadre (filter log)
Description: The categories of the article was wrong. Forro Dos Cumpadre is not a Pop Genre or any genre. It's a Pop BAND from Brazil trying to promote themselves. In any "Category" of musical genres you find there's this band propaganda. It's wrong.
Date and time: 15:04, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

If you want to remove a category, please remove only that one, and not all of them. I would leave all the categories be, though, as they help people find the article. (You will find other similar categories on other band articles.) —Soap— 22:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

189.71.74.78 (Just a reply, sorry..)

All the categories was wrong, that's why I remove it all.

Stopscalia

Username: Stopscalia (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Perry v. Schwarzenegger (filter log)
Description: Add an external link about the related views of Supreme Court Justice Scalia; http://stopscalia.com
Date and time: 16:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter is working properly here ... it correctly detected a link containing your username. This, in itself, is not the reason for your account being blocked, however. —Soap— 22:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Ludwigs2

Username: Ludwigs2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Template:Quote_box2/sandbox (filter log)
Description: I was trying to position a DIV (containing a quotation mark) absolutely within a surrounding div, but for some reason it is getting flagged. I can see the problem with absolute positioning as a rule, but can you allow it when the absolute positioning is within a relatively positioned containing block? that's a useful CSS trick, not vandalism.
Date and time: 23:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

For EFM use: redo edit

Unfortunately, with our limited tools, this is extremely difficult to detect. I will consider a (fairly complex) regular expression to properly take this into account, but until such time that that has been determined, I have gone ahead and forced your edit through. This should exempt your edits in the future. However, I suspect that when you've finished in the sandbox, you will likely have trouble moving it to the main template as well. Probably the best avenue is to contact an admin or EFM (using my talk page is fine) when you're ready to move to the main template to force it through again. Sorry you got hit by this, but unfortunately this filter is quite necessary. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

I understand completely, and I already gathered from the examining the filter that an admin could put it through. there's an admin involved in the discussion of the template, so I'll get him/her to help out as needed. thanks for putting it through, though.

--Ludwigs2 02:20, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

158.158.240.230

Username: 158.158.240.230 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:WiiWillieWiki (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:13, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Is WiiWIllieWiki you? if so, you should log in if you want to blank the talk page. —Soap— 02:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

65.111.120.26

Username: 65.111.120.26 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Kevin Hart (poet) (filter log)
Description: I was adding summaries of reviews of Hart's books. I couldn't get the page to save until I removed a hyperlink in the bibliography. Once I removed the hyperlink, my edit was saved. It's fine with me if there's no hyperlink, but just wanted to report the problem.
Date and time: 05:52, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The MediaWiki software contains a bug such that editing a word in any non-final position on a line or paragraph is seen by the software as deletion of the whole paragraph and replacement with the modified version. Thus, even though you only changed one word, MediaWiki assigned the whole paragraph to your edit, and since further in the paragraph there were obscenities, it was disallowed. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it was not the link that was causing the problem. I will go and fix the parts of your edit that didnt get through. —Soap— 11:56, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Eladkse

Username: Eladkse (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Campos_Meta (filter log)
Description: Have been attempting to change the name of 'Campos Meta' to 'Hispania Racing'. The name of the team has changed and this needs correcting
Date and time: 16:44, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I see you got it moved. I'm sorry you got hit by this filter, and will be sure to contact the author to see if it can't be corrected, as it seems to have quite a few false positives in addition to yours. Thanks for reporting this, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Johnathan nas

Username: Johnathan nas (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Violence (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:22, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Could you explain why you wanted to delete most of the article? Was this a mistake? —Soap— 02:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

67.180.84.239

Username: 67.180.84.239 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Two on a raft (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 06:12, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter will not stop you if you re-do that edit again, however I've undone your original redirect because I think you should discuss with the user (who is likely very new to Wikipedia) as they may assume their page has been deleted rather than simply redirected. —Soap— 16:12, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

96.224.11.24

Username: 96.224.11.24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Salwa Judum (filter log)
Description: I was changing back to the correct version, as the the discussion page

I was taking an older version from history, and replacing the current version, which has fallacies, as pointed out in the discussion page.

Date and time: 08:05, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter is set to warn-only, and will not stop you from making the edit. The filters cannot distinguish between legitimate removals and vandalism, and our administrators know this, so don't feel that by being tagged you are being automatically assumed to be a vandal. As the change you are making is very large I can't form an opinion on it, and won't involve myself in the article if a dispute should develop. —Soap— 13:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

78.32.143.113

Username: 78.32.143.113 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Audi V8 (filter log)
Description: correcting & updating information from existing citation
Date and time: 13:24, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

My apologies that you were hit by this filter. The issue was your word "tranny" in the edit summary. I've removed this because this is an obviously appropriate word that cannot be filtered. Thanks for reporting this. You should be able to make your edit now. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 13:42, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, many thanks for the prompt response. I already managed to complete my edit by using a slightly different edit summary. Thanks again. 78.32.143.113 (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

212.183.140.50

Username: 212.183.140.50 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:212.183.140.20 (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 14:53, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Generally speaking, users are not allowed to blank other users' talk pages. In the case that you have a dynamic IP, there is no clear way to associate a user with a particular IP address, so if you want to be able to have your own talk page it would be best to register a named account. —Soap— 14:56, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

ThreeDaysThreeWays

Username: ThreeDaysThreeWays (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Eventing (filter log)
Description: Add a link a blog I write with interviews and tips from the sports top riders--a great resource for anyone interested in learning more about the sport.
Date and time: 17:51, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I advise that you read over WP:COI and WP:NPOV as you seem to have a conflict of interest on this subject based on what you've said here. However, this is not the place to address that concern. With regards to the filter, there is nothing stopping you from making this edit, the warning you received was only a warning to indicate these concerns. If you still wish to go through with the edit (though I advise reading the relevant policies first) you are more than welcome to. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

98.248.41.128

Username: 98.248.41.128 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Applefang (filter log)
Description: attempting to remove spam
Date and time: 07:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for attempting to do this. Unfortunately, new and unregistered users blanking talk pages is usually a sign of vandalism, so this is an extremely rare case, and we have no way of detecting whether or not such a blanking is appropriate. In the future, should you decide not to register, you may consider marking the page for speedy deletion instead by placing {{db-spam}} or similar at the top of the page. Thanks for your concern and for attempting to do this! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:58, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Tried that. It wouldn't even accept a db-spam template. 98.248.41.128 (talk) 08:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see what happened. Because you had hit the filter that prevents you from blanking the page so many times before trying {{db-spam}}, another filter which is designed to prevent users from attempting to circumvent filters by making minor changes incorrectly caught you after that. If you had just used {{db-spam}} right away it wouldn't have blocked you. There's been a lot of discussion about this second filter lately and whether or not it should be kept around, and I'm sorry it prevented you from making an appropriate change later. We'll certainly take your issues into consideration. Thanks again! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 08:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Greenlight Search

Username: Greenlight Search (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Greenlight_(search_marketing_agency) (filter log)
Description: Simply remove the following text 'User:'
Date and time: 10:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

You have confused the system; the page should not have been created there, and now the filter believes that is another user's page that you are trying to move, which is not allowed by newer users. I will move the page to your userspace User:Greenlight Search/Greenlight (search marketing agency) however I strongly advise you to read WP:COI as you appear to have a conflict of interest. I strongly advise that you do not move the page to mainspace until you have read this policy and get a second opinion. Additionally, your username is of concern; I have left a notice on your talk page regarding that. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 11:13, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Torchiest

Username: Torchiest (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Front_242_discography (filter log)
Description: Thought I was adding an e-mail address, but it was the name of an album, Mut@ge.Mix@ge. I'm not sure if the album page name should be corrected, or if this is a legitimate usage of the at symbol, but the discography page itself has no e-mail addresses in it.
Date and time: 12:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Unfortunately, hits like this are common. The filter will hit upon pretty much anything with an @ sign and a period with no spaces in between. In the future it might be possible to hard-code all TLD's into the system and then ignore all others, which would cut down greatly on false positives, but that sort of functionality is not available yet. I apologize for the inconvenience. —Soap— 14:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

117.204.89.63

Username: 117.204.89.63 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Sujatha Mohan (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 13:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It looks like "Poovukkul" triggers the poop filter now, probably because any word beginning with poo- is assumed to be some sort of vandalism. I'll fix this now and add your edit through. —Soap— 17:13, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh wait, it was probably "Poo Pookkum Osai". Or possibly both of them. Either way, I'll try to make sure this doesnt happen in the future. Thanks for reporting this problem. —Soap— 17:14, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

FRANKBISTORY

Username: FRANKBISTORY (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Gerhard Khatz (filter log)
Description

Gerhard Kahtz was [Nigerian Air Force]]'s Chief of the Air Staff from 1963 to 1965. Colonel Gerhard Kahtz can be described as the first Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF). However, he was officially designated as the Commander of the NAF. His task was to create an Air Force for Nigeria when the agreement was signed between Nigeria and Germany in 1963.

Born on 26 November 1922 in Durlach, Germany, Colonel Kahtz was a professional architect, before his commission as an officer into the German Air Force. He served the GAF as a Luftwaffe pilot during the Second World War during which he was decorated with the prestigious Iron Cross for his courage and devotion to duty. Colonel Kahtz arrived Nigeria on 30 May 1963 as head of the German Air Force Assistance Group(GAFAG) which was charged with the responsibility of setting up the Nigeria Air Force, by recruiting troops, buying aircraft, establishing support services or training equipment on ground. By the end of his tour of duty on 23 November 1965, a functional Nigeria Air Force existed with an operational base in Kaduna and administrative headquarters in Lagos. His administration brought the first set of aircraft into the NAF inventory. Among these is the Allouette helicopter and fixed wing aircraft such as the DO-27, the

Date and time: 19:18, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry you got hit by this. The problem was the acronym "GAFAG". I have corrected the filter so that you can now make this edit. Thanks for reporting this. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

94.196.169.32

Username: 94.196.169.32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): United States – Uzbekistan relations (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 21:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Are you the "Amy Temperton" who blanked various articles? If so then this is not a false positive. Please stop vandalizing or you will get blocked. —Soap— 22:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Daviddamasta

Username: Daviddamasta (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Donte hill (filter log)
Description: Create the page Donte Hill
Date and time: 02:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Obvious vandalism, not a false positive. —Soap— 02:34, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

The White Lion

Username: The White Lion (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Calcio Napoli (filter log)
Description: I created the page User:Calcio Napoli as an user page, but my intention was to create a user box page. I'm sorry, my mistake. So, I was trying to move the page.
Date and time: 10:15, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

An administrator has already taken care of this; thanks though. —Soap— 14:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

124.168.26.122

Username: 124.168.26.122 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Talk:Afro Samurai (filter log)
Description: I tried to put into the afro suamri page that i didn't think that it was about parrot food. After three repeated times of hitting save (bad error message, not enough feedback about what ever the problem was) I got the "not constructive edits" message. (Which is phrased badly, and is slightly off putting. What's the underlying error rate of false positives?)

Anyway, the video game isn't about parrot food, and the reference says nothing like that.

Date and time: 10:38, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I don't see those error messages, although I do see an entry signifying that your edit was denied. Would you be able to try making the edit again? I cant see any reason why it wouldnt go through. —Soap— 14:16, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Danested

Username: Danested (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): St._John's_High_School,_Bangalore (filter log)
Description: I got an error saying the email id is not to be entered but that is the email id of the institution which is available at their website [1]. Since the institution is still runnign and the mail id is the official ID that is publicly presented I think that it should be allowed in the article.; Regards Danish
Date and time: 16:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Generally you should not add an email address anywhere in an article, whether it's the email of the subject of the article or the email of someone else related. If people want that information, they can go directly to the website, but it is a bad idea to put it on Wikipedia as our pages are highly visible and having an email listed in a live article could lead to problems with spamming. —Soap— 18:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

77.45.66.70

Username: 77.45.66.70 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): University of Wrocław (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 17:55, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter isnt going to stop you from making this edit, but it isnt a false positive either. I would recommend starting a discussion on the talk page before making a big change such as this to make sure that there are no objections. —Soap— 17:57, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

206.217.72.162

Username: 206.217.72.162 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): CounterPunch (filter log)
Description: clarification of a controversy surrounding the publication
Date and time: 19:04, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The edit youre making is very similar to ones which have been filtered and/or removed in the past, and I dont feel comfortable adding it in for you. There has been a history of controversial edits about Gilad Atzmon which has led to the necessity of this filter, and it seems like youve hit this filter before. If you wish to make edits about controversial subjects I would recommend registering a named account. It wont give you any additional "powers" such as the ability to make edits that cant be undone, but it will make it easier for people to find you and you will be free of some of the edit filters such as this one if you become autoconfirmed which happens after 4 days and 10 edits. —Soap— 00:43, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

193.113.57.165

Username: 193.113.57.165 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (filter log)
Description: Adding the 8 central "I'd rather you didn'ts", a core element of the aforementioned gospel.
Date and time: 00:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I took CONDOM off of the stopwords list for now, so you can go ahead and finish the edit. Is it really supposed to be capitalized? If not, I wouldnt write it as such. —Soap— 00:29, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, and yes, regrettably I believe the capitalization is required.

Elykpa

Username: Elykpa (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Sex on the Beach (musician) (filter log)
Description: Hi, I made the new page for a mash-up dj that has become popular on my college campus. It should be under Sex on the Beach (musician). I remained unbias, using the page of "Girl Talk (musician)" as a model for what kind of information should go on the page. I got an error for possibly promoting a corporation or individual, and I do not think that his page is in any way "promoting" this dj. I doubt he is going to pick up any fans from a wikipedia page.

Thank you for yor time.

Date and time: 07:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Article is about Kyle Alpern. The username consists of Kyle backwards and two of the letters from the surname, and this individual's Facebook page is called djelykpa. I suspect the edit filter was probably right in assuming a COI. I42 (talk) 07:50, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Aside from the fact that myspace links should generally not be added, the myspace link you provided contains your username. I strongly advise you read WP:COI as this type of editing is generally not a good idea. There was no false positive here. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Newhorizonspictures

Username: Newhorizonspictures (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Battle_Beyond_the_Stars (filter log)
Description: editing external links section to add official website (with theatrical trailer hosted by copyright owner) via the following code:

Official website including Theatrical Trailer at New Horizons Pictures

Date and time: 21:58, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter was determining that your username was directly related to the link you are posting. Usernames should not represent a company or organization like yours does, it should represent an individual. Furthermore, the relationship suggests that you may have a conflict of interest so you should read that guideline before going too much further; such edits are generally discouraged. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:04, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

JVerstry

Username: JVerstry (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Dieudonné_M'bala_M'bala (filter log)
Description: I don't know what triggered the filter. No information is provided.
Date and time: 00:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Ive temporarily relaxed the conditions of the filter in a way that should let your edit through; I'll contact the people who wrote the filter to try to get the false positive problem fixed. —Soap— 01:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

75.72.219.104

Username: 75.72.219.104 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Bomberman Jetters (filter log)
Description: What the flying fuck. It must be years since i've edited here, because I don't remember this useless crap that can't tell whats vandalism.

Ahem. I am doing a rehaul on the episode list because its crap. Whoever edited it, didn't write in the romaji and added furigana in the orignal Japanese title when I know isn't how its actually written. They seemed to have tried to do...something like write out the pronunciation on the kanji for some stupid reason. And I'm trying to rewrite the Shribom to Shribon because thats....how his name is written. Simple in thought, but TIME CONSUMING.

I am NOT doing this shit again....just fix this crap so I can go back to rehauling the thing.

Date and time

05:02, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I'm sorry you are having trouble with this filter, however I ask that you please calm down. The only reason the filter stopped you was because your edit summary was offensive and typical of vandalism. Either write a calmer edit summary or simply leave it blank. There was nothing wrong with the contents of your post. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 05:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Fine I'll add rainbows and ponies with a dash of PC-ness next time. 75.72.219.104 (talk) 05:11, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Mmceda

Username: Mmceda (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Monroe_County,_Alabama (filter log)
Description: Add external link to the County's economic development organization. Which offers additional information and links to other city and county organizations. www.mmceda.com
Date and time: 15:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Your username implies that you are affiliated with this organization. Therefore, you may have a conflict of interest. So, this is not a false positive. Ruslik_Zero 17:17, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

134.71.58.127

Username: 134.71.58.127 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Ozzy Osbourne (filter log)
Description: I dont understand why it didnt let me edit the page, i just added a statement about how he stole things. the damn filter didnt let me do it!
Date and time: 17:16, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is vandalism and, therefore, not a false positive. Ruslik_Zero 17:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Bradallenpowell

Username: Bradallenpowell (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Dr Aaij (filter log)
Description: I tried to say Hi, like all my class mates. No vandalism!
Date and time: 19:15, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I apologize for this. The sudden influx of posts on this page seems to have caused it to lock itself down. You should be able to make the edit now. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:22, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Buibjarmar

Username: Buibjarmar (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Norðurpóllinn (filter log)
Description: A large text had been saved for editing processes only. When I deleted it I got a possible vandalism message.
Date and time: 22:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It's not actually clear what you're trying to do here. If you're intending to create a new article called Norðurpóllinn but are not finished working on it yet, it would be best to start the article in your "userspace" at a page like User:buibjarmar/Norðurpóllinn. This is pretty strange stuff, and you will be asked to verify that what you're writing is actually true before bringing the article live, or else the article may be nominated for deletion. —Soap— 23:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Ben1982

Username: Ben1982 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Diffusion MRI (filter log)
Description: just tried to set the link to the fractional anisotropy entry
Date and time: 12:07, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It looks like you inadvertently deleted much of the content ... I assume this was a mistake. Try again and you should be OK. —Soap— 22:58, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

195.229.237.42

Username

195.229.237.42 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

User talk:Frank (filter log)

Description

Date and time

19:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

You blanked a user's talk page while not logged in. Is this your talk page? If so, please log in. This is to protect your page. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 23:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I would hope it's not his page, considering that Frank is an administrator. In fact it looks like he's been blanking that page in little steps: Special:Contributions/195.229.237.42 (the fact that it's oversighted is, I believe, due to someone else.) —Soap— 23:14, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Good point; I didn't look much beyond what was going on. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 23:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

173.58.71.8

Username: 173.58.71.8 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Beyblade (toy) (filter log)
Description: i was not do anything my brother came on and said those things
Date and time: 20:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Not a problem. The abuse filter exists to prevent these types of edits from being permitted. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Swagger44

Username

Swagger44 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, both versions (filter log)

Description

I was attempting to merge the pages The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series) and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010 TV series) because two pages for the same TV program is unneccesary. Leno's second tenure will be listed if these pages are allowed to be merged.

Date and time

07:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I will get someone to give you the "confirmed" user right which will exempt you from this. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I can't find one right now sadly, however if you wait a few minutes in between your moves, it should let you through. Sorry for this inconvenience. This restriction is in place due to new users that make a large quantity of inappropriate moves all at once. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 07:12, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 09:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Sfabriz

Username: Sfabriz (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Euler's_totient_function (filter log)
Description: I moved my article about a better python implementation, from the blog I own now (which is going to be closed in 2 months) to my new blog, which is free and therefore it won't be closed. The python implementation is at the end of an article I wrote about the totient function. Cheers
Date and time: 11:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please note that it's dangerous to edit in articles where you may have a stake. This is a potential conflict of interest. However, I see nothing wrong with your edits. This filter was correct in identifying the potential conflict of interest, though, as the link you provided does include your name. Thanks for reporting this. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

BlackFives

Username: BlackFives (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Pop Gates (filter log); Dolly King (filter log)
Description: Adding a link to additional articles about the subject.; Added link to articles about William "Dolly" King
Date and time: 13:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter exists to detect possible conflicts of interest. Please note that Wikipedia is not a collection of links. Additionally, you should refrain from editing articles in which you have a conflict of interest (and should read those guidelines accordingly). Additionally, your username should not represent a website as it appears to; it should represent you as an individual. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Ansariibrahim

Username: Ansariibrahim (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Nima (filter log)
Description: i did not want my user page title to be user name:nima
Date and time: 02:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It should be back to normal now; an administrator will delete the remaining redirect page later. —Soap— 02:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Immaturegrapepeople

Username: Immaturegrapepeople (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): immaturegrapefights (filter log)
Description: i was doing nothing!! and someone deleted it!
Date and time: 08:49, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Your account has been blocked for vandalism; whether the filter was working correctly here or not isnt the reason for your block, however; the edits that made it through are. (I believe that the filter was working correctly, though.) —Soap— 15:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

you all suck mens dick bitchs!!!!!

62.132.253.218

Username: 62.132.253.218 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Altamont Apparel (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 08:53, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Two separate issues here: while rewriting the article Altamont Apparel, you deleted content that is important (particularly the categories at the bottom, which help people find the article). Additionally you changed the link at the bottom to a different one, which seems to be correct, which is why this filter is set to warn only rather than actually stopping you from making the edit. Hopefully this clears up any questions you had. —Soap— 15:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

NETPOINTERS

Username: NETPOINTERS (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Netpointers (filter log)
Description: I'm new to Wikipedia and I was trying to edit/make a new page.
Date and time: 11:55, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Wikipedia username polioy prohibits usernames that seem to indicate either advertising or more than one person using the account (or both); while it may seem to trivial to focus on the name a particular editor chooses, the reasons for the policy are laid out on that page and have been generally agreed upon by a wide audience. If you would like to create this article I recommend creating a new account with a different username, in particular one that represents you as a person rather than the company you work for. —Soap— 15:17, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

OTA

Username: OTA (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Organic Trade Association (filter log)
Description: Much misinformation had been posted on the OTA wikipedia page. OTA had resolved this problem, only to find that its correction had been replaced with misinformation once again. The information OTA had attempted to post today reflects the most accurate information about what it is and does.
Date and time: 15:44, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Hello. The filter hit has nothing to do with the actual content of the page. The filter is stopping you because of your affiliation with the article. Please note that you should generally avoid writing content about articles with which you have a conflict of interest. Furthermore, your username represents an organization instead of you as an individual; your username must be unique to you. Please keep these things in mind when making future edits. I cannot comment on the content of your post as I am neither an expert on the subject nor a significant contributor; I suggest you discuss these issues on the article's talk page. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 15:47, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Sporus

Username: Sporus (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Fisherian runaway (filter log)
Description: Added an interesting reference frankly more informative than the original article.
Date and time: 17:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You shouldn't be adding links to your own website. This is considered spam. Someguy1221 (talk) 19:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Softmath

Username: Softmath (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Algebrator (filter log)
Description: I was updating information on Algebrator, and I received this trigger which I think is incorrect. I do work for Softmath, and that is why I created an account named softmath on Wikipedia. However, I am only adding information just like any other software (related, Mathematica on Wikipedia).

Let me know if there is something that I might be doing wrong.

Date and time: 18:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The trigger was correct. It is designed to catch people linking to their own websites, which is usually spam. In this case it is not, but you can bypass the filter simply by ignoring the warning and clicking on "save page" a second time. this only happens when you add a new external link. Someguy1221 (talk) 19:53, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

85.176.54.221

Username: 85.176.54.221 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Gräfe (filter log)
Description: The family name of Albrecht von Graefe is written with 'ae', not with a german 'ä'. I tried to correct that. Note that 'ae' and 'ä' is pronounced in the same way, but in that case 'ae' is correct. See Albrecht_von_Graefe
Date and time: 20:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

There is a limitation in the way the filter parses words, that sometimes causes something like this where a completely normal edit summary is seen as equivalent to a very disruptive one. Sorry. It's embarrassing that there are problems like this, but as of present, the only way to get around it would be to disable the filter. I will see if there is a better possible solution for this particular problem, though. Thank you very much for reporting it; Ive gone on to make the edit you were attempting to make. —Soap— 01:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Tre0n

Username: Tre0n (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Tre0n1 (filter log)
Description: I was quite literally just trying to create a userpage for myself. I'm not sure how it thinks I can vandalize a page that doesn't exist, let alone one of my own.
Date and time: 13:22, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter seems to have thought you were making a very large edit, which means that all of what you wrote was totaled together, and seen as a very large insertion, which is graded more harshly than small edits. It looks like you got the content you wanted by working piece by piece. I will look at disabling the size check if possible to prevent things like this; another alternative would be to add an exception for userspace. —Soap— 23:21, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

The user was actually warned by filter 9 when they tried to create own userpage. Ruslik_Zero 08:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

ICT4Peace

Username: ICT4Peace (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): ICT4Peace (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 15:05, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The username policy prohibits usernames that represent an organization or imply that more than one person is using the account. while it may seem to trivial to focus on the name a particular editor chooses, the reasons for the policy are laid out on that page and have been generally agreed upon by a wide audience. If you would like to create this article I recommend creating a new account with a different username, in particular one that represents you as a person rather than the organization you work for. —Soap— 23:12, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

AbaddonsFury

Username: AbaddonsFury (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Mobshitters (motorcycle club) (filter log)
Description: I was trying to put the history of my motorcycle club but it wont let me save it. Here is what I tried to save.

MOBSHITTERS MC AUSTRALIA

Founded in 1970 in Hurstville, Sydney, Australia. Thus named during the forming of the club, the founding members wanted to set the club apart from other outlaw clubs by deciding to do something that would "really shit the other mobs out there", and the name Mobshitter was born. The Mobshitters are the only recognised outlaw club in Australia that refuses to wear a back patch. Whose moto is "we dont have to turn our back to you, to show you who we are".

Date and time: 05:18, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, the capitalized title at the top was being seen as vandalism by the filter. Articles really dont need titles at all, so if you remove it you should be fine. Be aware though that the edit filter says nothing about whether an article meets notability and verifiability, and that without those things, an article will most likely be quickly deleted. —Soap— 13:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Pniggity

Username: Pniggity (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Transcendental_Meditation (filter log)
Description: The writer who wrote the article on Transcendental Meditation, has created a biased, and even further delusional article full of false-hoods (even opening paragraph where it is claimed that TM'ers can 'walk through walls' and become invisible' and one-sidedness.
Date and time: 07:04, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I would recommend using the talk page to propose large changes for this article; unexplained removal of content in the article itself is likely to be reversed. (You also should not use the article itself to make comments about it.) —Soap— 13:38, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

76.249.18.181

Username: 76.249.18.181 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Dead Son Rising (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 07:29, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: If you would like to play with Wikipedia or make test edits, use the sandbox → Wikipedia:Sandbox. Thank you. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Keikoreo

Username: Keikoreo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): American University Speech (filter log)
Description: I added two references to the second section where the moderator asked me to add references. It would not accept the edit.
Date and time: 11:22, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry, I think "Bundy" is much too common a word to be on the blacklist and so Ive removed it. —Soap— 12:21, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Cosier

Username: Cosier (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Richard A. Cosier (filter log)
Description: added recent news events regarding the subject. I share a surname with the subject and thus trigger the "conflict of interest" filter whenever updating this individual. I am not Richard A. Cosier, however he is an indirect relation to me. Feel free to review the changes for bias, as I have simply reported what has been announced in the local media.
Date and time: 20:50, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please don't feel that you are being labeled a vandal or such. This filter is simply designed to detect potential conflicts of interest. While generally conflicts of interest should be avoided, there is nothing wrong with your change. The filter simply adds a "tag" which marks it for further review in these types of cases. Thanks for reporting this, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

G2peee

Username: G2peee (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): A thousand splendid suns (filter log)
Description: I was trying to do a project on making a site for a book, but wikipedia is being too strict.. so i got angry >:( RAAAAWRR
Date and time: 22:45, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

OK. You're forgiven. It's not really a false positive, though, so there's nothing for us to change here. —Soap— 23:10, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

59.94.74.147

Username: 59.94.74.147 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Engineering_college_rankings_in_India (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 01:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

someone has wrongly edited this page please correct it. Engineering_college_rankings_in_India

There is no edit filter log for that page. Could you explain what is wrong? Preferably on the talk page rather than here as more people will see it there. —Soap— 01:04, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Onceonthisisland

Username: Onceonthisisland (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Onceonthisisland (filter log)
Description: Archiving my talk page, which included deleting (having moved them to a separate location)
Date and time: 03:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The log entry seems to indicate that you weren't logged in when you tried to archive the page. Unregistered users blanking your talk page is restricted to protect your talk page. If you do it while you're logged in, you should have no problem. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Bluetraker

Username: Bluetraker (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Bluetraker (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 09:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The username policy prohibits usernames that represent an organization or imply that more than one person is using the account. while it may seem to trivial to focus on the name a particular editor chooses, the reasons for the policy are laid out on that page and have been generally agreed upon by a wide audience. If you would like to create this article I recommend creating a new account with a different username, in particular one that represents you as a person rather than the organization you work for. (Additionally, it looks like the article you created has been deleted; this is not anything to do with the edit filter, however; it was deleted for what it was and for who you are.) —Soap— 15:50, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Tonybiondo7

Username: Tonybiondo7 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): How To scam for headshots (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 20:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This filter was correct in warning you that this type of content is generally inappropriate. Wikipedia is not a how-to guide, it is an encyclopedia, so articles should be formatted as such. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Wthisupwiththt

Username: Wthisupwiththt (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Queen snake (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 20:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Edits like this will probably always be denied; was there anything constructive you were trying to add? —Soap— 21:08, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Vydrogen

Username: Vydrogen (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Vydrogen (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 21:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This filter is designed to detect potential conflicts of interest and autobiographies. If you click "save page" twice in a row without changing anything, it should allow your edit through. Thanks for reporting this, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:55, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

GottaloveJ.B. :D

Username: GottaloveJ.B. :D (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Instruments of the orchestra (filter log)
Description: saying how much I " love " music.

I was trying to subscribe a page I typed!! ;-(

Since when is suck such a bad word? I have been using it my whole life!!!!!

Date and time

02:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I see no indication that you ever hit the edit filter. Are you sure you were blocked due to the filter? --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

He didnt put his actual username on this page, but it's still visible in the history. Edits like this are always going to be considered vandalism here and reporting them as false positives wont change that. Please stop or your account will be blocked. —Soap— 12:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Tantock

Username: Tantock (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jeff Stockwell (filter log)
Description: The person that this biography is based around no longer wants the article to exist. Please remove it at once.
Date and time: 04:24, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The page has since been deleted by an administrator. In general though, blanking a page isn't a good way to try to get it deleted; you should use speedy deletion or votes for deletion, depending on the age of the article and other things (detailed in the links). —Soap— 12:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Savie Kumara

Username: Savie Kumara (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:98.191.224.19 (filter log)
Description: About a week ago, under my IP address, 98.232.204.226, I attempted to remove obscene material (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:98.191.224.19&diff=348050622&oldid=348050526 for the last of the user's edits before it was removed by RobertMfromLI). The filter warned me and then disallowed my edit, and I was in fact trying to remove vandalism. I know this report is a little late, but the thought of it is still bugging me.
Date and time: 04:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

it's disallowed to blank someone else's talk page; if you have a dynamic IP, there's no way for the software to know it's really you. As such, it's better to edit from a named account whenever possible. —Soap— 12:24, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

139.30.161.186

Username: 139.30.161.186 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): piko (filter log)
Description: The article piko (or Piko) about a german toy company contains some paragraphs with strange stugg. I cannot delete.
Date and time: 11:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I pushed this edit through for you. If you are going to be fixing vandalism often, please consider making an account. A lot of the edit filters are targeted at anonymous users and newly created accounts, and they stop affecting you once you have made a couple edits a day for a week. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 12:08, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

119.237.118.190

Username: 119.237.118.190 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Kiri Te Kanawa (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 14:28, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Im not really sure what youre trying to do, but edits like this will get you blocked if you continue. —Soap— 20:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Actimize

Username: Actimize (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Actimize (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add an Actimize page, describing in an objective manner what the the company does and is known for.
Date and time: 16:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The username policy prohibits usernames that represent an organization or imply that more than one person is using the account. while it may seem to trivial to focus on the name a particular editor chooses, the reasons for the policy are laid out on that page and have been generally agreed upon by a wide audience. If you would like to create this article I recommend creating a new account with a different username, in particular one that represents you as a person rather than the company or organization you work for. —Soap— 20:43, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Suzjazz

Username: Suzjazz (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Suzanne Davis (pianist) (filter log)
Description: I was trying to add my detailed bio to Wikipedia, and NOT trying to sell anything!
Date and time: 19:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

it looks like youve gone on to create the article. Please be aware that it must pass the standards of notability and reliability to remain on Wikipedia, however. —Soap— 20:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

92.80.92.5

Username: 92.80.92.5 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer) (filter log)
Description: correct tense
Date and time: 19:45, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for reporting this; that filter can be a pain sometimes. I'll try to make sure things like this don't happen in the future; or at least that they happen as rarely as possible. I've gone on to make the edit you were trying to make (though I have to admit the content of that paragraph is strange and any time I see "you" in an article I have to wonder where the content is coming from. This article has been here for 5 years, yet it is entirely unreferenced. —Soap— 20:37, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Rubbersidown

Username: Rubbersidown (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Foot-candle (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 19:58, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I am removing an external link on the Foot Candles page that has information on it that has not been verified by a third party testing agency and is inaccurate.

The problem is that you removed all categories together with the link. Ruslik_Zero 20:18, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Dlafontaine

Username: Dlafontaine (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Where2GetIt (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 19:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Please don't feel like you're being labeled as a vandal. This warning is only designed to remind editors of proper naming conventions of pages. The filter was confused because the topic you are referring to sounds like a question (which is probably marketing's intention). However, in this case, you can safely ignore that warning. As you found, clicking the "save page" button again will allow the page to be created. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:17, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Allycatfelidae

Just adding a few links. I am NOT adding email addresses.

Username: Allycatfelidae (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Bay Area Puma Project (filter log)
Description: Just adding a few links. I am NOT adding email addresses.
Date and time: 20:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It's caused by the appearance of "@" in one of the links you added. This should be rare enough that it doesn't need a fix; all you have to do is click "save page" an extra time, which you did. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

OldEnglishRoses

Username: OldEnglishRoses (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Talk:Giles Coren (filter log)
Description: erroneously hit WRONG BUTTON and am trying to revert to original, and add comment/apology.
Date and time: 22:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Another use has corrected it. There is probably a way to improve the filter that caught you, but I'll leave that for someone else, as I'm not sure. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:10, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Cadassi

Username: Cadassi (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Cadassi (filter log)
Description: LINKING A LEGITIMATE EXTERNAL REFERENCE (FACEBOOK).

All the problem seems to be that the system of wikipedia thinks that the account of cadassi@cadassi.com is only for use of him and that's not true. We've just post a comment in the talk page. ONCE MORE, Cadassi himself IS NOT USING THIS ACCOUNT, HE IS NOT MAKING NEITHER AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOR WE ARE TRYING TO COMMERCIALIZE HIS MUSIC , NOR WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE CADASSI.

WE ARE KIND OF TYRED DEALING WITH ALL THIS IMPEDIMENTS...

If we are going to have a problem with this situation, you tell just what to do. THE SYSTEM ALWAYS THINKS THAT CADASSI PAGE IS MERELY A PROMOTIONAL TOOL FOR CADASSI. AND THAT'S NOT ALL, YOU THINK THE USER OF THE ACCOUNT IS CADASSI HIMSELF AND THAT'S ANOTHER ERROR.

PLEASE, JUST TELL US HOW TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN PUSHING CULTURE FORWARTH , NOT BACKWARDS.
Date and time: 00:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The article has been deleted now, so... Anyway, the filter is acting exactly as it is supposed to. If you don't want to get caught by it (and as you figured out, all you have to do is click "save page" twice), pick a different username. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Willbachman

Username: Willbachman (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Tate & Lyle (filter log)
Description: Added the current name of the division for Tate & Lyle to be "Food and Industrial Ingredients, Americas (formerly A.E.Staley)"
Date and time: 01:57, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks, still working on this filter - I will adjust it again and you shouldn't have any more trouble with it. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

129.21.64.232

Username: 129.21.64.232 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wikipedia:Sandbox (filter log)
Description: I was playing with the Sandbox. Apparently the edit filters don't like me pasting in large amounts of nonsensical text so that I can experiment with formatting.
Date and time: 05:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

58.167.202.173

Username: 58.167.202.173 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Rodney Rude (filter log)
Description: add a quote to the quote section
Date and time: 06:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: While this may be considered a false positive, you shouldn't be adding quotes without an explicit citation. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:05, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

FedCURE

Username: FedCURE (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): FedCURE (filter log)
Description: Trying to write this article, or something to save the page so we can post edit.

Date and time: 07:44, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Wikipedia is not a free webhost for your organization's homepage or advertisements. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:15, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Wasdell Packaging Ltd

Username: Wasdell Packaging Ltd (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wasdell Packaging Ltd (filter log)
Description: Add information on a long standing company
Date and time: 12:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Your edits were blocked for a wide variety of reasons. Firstly, phone numbers and emails rarely belong in articles. Articles are meant to provide encyclopedic information, not contact information for the company. Secondly, you appear to have a conflict of interest and the filter was warning you that generally editing in a conflict of interest is not a good idea. Finally, your username violates username policy by representing a company instead of you as an individual. The filter was trying to warn you of these things. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

66.183.138.100

Username: 66.183.138.100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Defense of Harbin (filter log)
Description: In 'Defense of Harbin' in the 'Background' section' 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence: the original read "In November 1932..." that should read: "In November 1931..."

I applied simple logic. General Ting Chao could not have organized the “Jilin Provincial Anti-Japanese Government" in November of 1932 because all organized Chinese resistance had ended by March of 1932; and before the end of March, 9132, the New state of Manchukuo had been created.

Date and time: 16:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Thank you for reporting this. You were incorrectly trapped by a filter designed for another target. I have corrected the filter and you should be able to make your edit now. My apologies that your edit was blocked. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:30, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Bfett81

Username: Bfett81 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Chiefs Planet (filter log)
Description: Trying to create a page for the most popular Chiefs forum on the internet.
Date and time: 20:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The primary reason you were blocked were due to the comments regarding discussion of "poop". Do you have any reliable sources for this commentary? Furthermore, you are going to need to show significant coverage to ensure this site meets the notability criteria, otherwise it is liable to be deleted. Remove the commentary about poop and you will be able to make the page, or if you can show me some sources I can add an exemption. Thanks for reporting this, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Sillybus

Username: Sillybus (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Silly bus (filter log)
Description: I am learning how to edit - was trying to save but because I have links had to keep entering and resubmitting when your autobiographical message kept coming up. This is about an album, much like the Laurie Berkner album page.
Date and time: 20:41, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter was stopping you to warn you about how your username appears to be related to the article content. Generally this indicates a conflict of interest, though in this particular case it doesn't appear to be so. If you click "save page" twice without changing any content after the warning, it should allow you through, but consider getting a different name to disambiguate you from the article content, either by creating a new account or through WP:CHU. Happy editing! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

SajeetSohi

Username: SajeetSohi (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): USMLE_Step_1 (filter log)
Description: I am trying to add my page Sajeet Sohi's USMLE and Medical Resources to the external links section. It is a free site, but since my name is in the title it is not allowing me to add it. I also tried a few days ago to add it under my user name SajeetSohi but same error. One of the other external links are for a for profit site, if they are allowed to be there. A free site like mine should be there, thank you. Please contact me at sajeetsohi@hotmail.com, thank you again for considering my site. My link is http://sites.google.com/site/sajeetsohi/
Date and time: 21:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter was stopping you to warn you about how your username appears to be related to the article content. Generally this indicates a conflict of interest, though in this particular case it doesn't appear to be so. If you click "save page" twice without changing any content after the warning, it should allow you through, but consider getting a different name to disambiguate you from the article content, either by creating a new account or through WP:CHU. Even if a site is free, it doesn'y mean it's allowed; all external links used as references have to me reliable and external links used for further reading should at least be providing some material that is related to the subject matter and could not be gotten from the article itself. —Soap— 20:14, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Julia Melim

Username: Julia Melim (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Julia Melim (filter log)
Description: Julia Melim
Date and time: 22:22, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It was probably the "The Devil is an Ass" part of the page; I'll paste this into your userspace now because I think the page still may need a bit of work before going live (for example, there are external links to other Wikipedia sites that don't seem to lead to articles.) —Soap— 20:17, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Note: this seems to have been created by a user Lastarpr before it was created by Julia Melim; I've asked her if they're the same person or not. —Soap— 20:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

BasisBit

Username: BasisBit (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Zeus_(trojan_horse) (filter log)
Description: I just added some information about that the developers now want money for the bot-dev-kit and that they added a copy protection to it (with 2 references)
Date and time: 05:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter was stopping you to warn you about how your username appears to be related to the article content. Generally this indicates a conflict of interest, though in this particular case it doesn't appear to be so. If you click "save page" twice without changing any content after the warning, it should allow you through, but consider getting a different name to disambiguate you from the article content, either by creating a new account or through WP:CHU. I havent had a chance to check out the link you were adding; if it has a storefront somewhere on the site, it's unlikley to be allowed even if you arent using it commercially. —Soap— 20:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

128.120.183.151

Username: 128.120.183.151 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Big C (fight song) (filter log)
Description: I added the changed lyrics for the UCD version of the song. It mentions the word "sucks" which is why I think it was blocked.
Date and time: 23:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

For filter manager use: redo

You are half right. It's the combination of the fact that it mentions "sucks" and is in all capital letters. Is this the official spelling? If it were spelled in lowercase letters you'd be fine. Additionally, do you have a source for this quotation to cite? Thanks for the report. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it is the official spelling. I don't actually have a citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.120.183.151 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 19 March 2010

I have forced your edit through. If you can find a citation, please feel free to add it in later. Thanks for the report. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Dancemaria

Username: Dancemaria (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Dance maria (filter log)
Description: I was trying to make a band page for Dance Maria
Date and time: 00:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter is detecting a possible conflict of interest. Please read that guideline. You are still welcome to make your page, but please double check that it meets the appropriate notability criteria or it is liable to be deleted. To get past the warning, all you have to do is press "save page" twice in a row without changing any of the contents. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 01:37, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Extra999

Username: Extra999 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Peninsula Hotels (filter log)
Description: I was trying to upload a much better picture on the article but still I got an abuse report. You may see here.
Date and time: 02:17, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Sorry you got hit by this. The filter incorrectly detected an email address. I have added ".png" to the list of exempted extensions. Thanks for the report. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:20, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Then, what should I do now ?? --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:52, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, you can now make the edit without being hit by the filter, but I see you've already made the edit. There's nothing further to do. I hope you don't think this is labeling you as a vandal or something; this is most certainly not the case. This will not be held against you in any way. It's just a means of bringing attention to a potentially bad edit so it can be reviewed further, which, in your case, was not a bad edit. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 02:54, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

OK. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Plusthegray

Username: Plusthegray (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Dil Pickles (filter log)
Description: Was rewriting a section that was previously poorly written. I was trying to add "He would often shout "Poopy!" whenever he had a bowel movement."
Date and time: 12:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Tobyross

Username: Tobyross (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Toby Ross (filter log)
Description: I am TOBY ROSS who made this amendment to my page. If you need to conract me -tobyross@hotmail.com
Date and time: 17:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: If you keep the title in normal case, rather than all uppercase letters, the edit will be allowed through. However, please be careful as you may have a conflict of interest. It may be better to propose these changes on the article's talk page instead. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:48, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

70.71.166.239

Username: 70.71.166.239 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jim Armstrong (curler) (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 20:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: It may not have been your intention, but you removed all the categories when you made your edit. Please don't do that, as categories are necessary to help keep Wikipedia organized. If you leave the categories in-tact, your edit should work fine. Regards, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 23:04, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

PUPS

Username: PUPS (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Darius I of Persia (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 23:03, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, your username is that of a commercial publisher, and the link you were inserting is to their web site. This would probably be in violation of the username policy and possibly in violation of the external link policy as well. However, I wouldnt be willing to make a judgment like that just based on the one edit you've made; I'd encourage you to change your username to something that represents you as a person rather than the company you work for (if indeed that's what it is), in order to avoid being tagged by this filter in the future. —Soap— 23:10, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Ingersollian

Username: Ingersollian (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Reconciliation Act of 2010 (filter log) (redo)
Description: Attempted move to full name (Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010) triggered Filter 10.
Date and time: 00:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Did you want the final title to have an ampersand (&) or "and"? I cant find the full title in the link in the page. —Soap— 01:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Im not sure if there's an established policy regarding whether long or short names of US Congress bills should be used. The only ones Im familiar with are the Patriot Act, which is listed as USA PATRIOT Act, and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (but only because I followed the link from the reconciliation bill page). —Soap— 01:30, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Soap: the official bill appears to use an ampersand. I was going along with the format of the legislation listed at 111th United States Congress#Major legislation. Thanks! Ingersollian (talk) 01:35, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Ive done it, though it may be moved back if there's a policy Im unaware of that encourages using short names. (The WP:MOS suggests using short names "when they're in common use", so I dont really know which way to go here). —Soap— 01:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

75.178.75.194

Username: 75.178.75.194 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Doors of Perception (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to change a reference, since the page changed.
Date and time: 04:34, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please try to be a bit calmer in your edit summary. The only reason the edit was blocked was due to your edit summary. The edit itself was fine. Thanks for this report, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:10, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Archistrage

Username

Archistrage (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Ohio class submarine (filter log) (redo)

Description

I was trying to include how the USS Nebraska was involved in a book series. I think it might have stopped be because i didn't list any sources, but then no one else in that section cited anything, so I didn't feel the need to do so.

Date and time

08:44, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Sorry you got hit by this. The problem was caused by the abbreviation "ASS" which triggered the filter. I will ask an administrator to give you the "confirmed" user right which will exempt you from this filter, and then you can make the edit. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:15, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

You should be able to make this edit now. Thanks for the report. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Woodruff

Username: Woodruff (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): William Woodruff (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am the registered user and was correcting a link to the UCLAN site
Date and time: 16:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This filter was identifying that you may have a potential conflict of interest due to your username's connection to the link. Clicking "save page" twice in a row without changing any contents will still let the edit through, though I advise that you be careful about editing articles with which you have a strong connection. Thanks for the report, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 18:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Phototherapy

Username: Phototherapy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): photo psychology (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to add hat others are doing globally in the field and related fields, I have never contributed before and chose as my username the name of the field "Phototherapy" and I suspect this is what triggered the filter. I have not included the url of any website connected with me (just the site of a North American colleague with whom I have no business connection) and have nothing to gain commercially as I am a salaried employee of the British NHS where I practice the techniques described.
Date and time: 12:51, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

As above, the fact that you created a link with your username in it is not a false positive, so if youre sure there is no conflict of interest involved, you can go on and make the edit. As for the "external images" tag, it's because you made a link using the HTML "a href" type of code, which is not necessary and can cause problems. Please use square brackets like [[ ]] to link to other Wikipedia pages. —Soap— 23:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Whitehorse1

Username: Whitehorse1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Newbie (filter log) (redo)
Description: Was performing cleanup, including populating citation template parameters. A main parameter of the {{cite newsgroup}} template is the id field. The IDs are in the form of numberatsigndomain. Some error trapping should really be built in to check for that, including manual references that also include a string corresponding to newsgroup name format, so false positives aren't permalogged on editor's log histories.
Date and time: 09:39, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry but it isnt really possible to write a filter like that, as the string (numbers)@(domain name).(TLD) could indeed be an email address. Please dont feel youre being classified as a problem account or a vandal; a lot of long time editors accumulate tags over time. —Soap— 02:57, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

It could be, but in some cases it isn't. URIs and newsgroup IDs are examples. The predecessor filter (more below) mentions computer‑address data as well. Taking your first point though, if it really isn't possible then that's that of course.

It's not the end of the world, but it's still a permanent log; and, notwithstanding the name change in some though not other places, is an abuse filter. It exists to detect and flag not great edits to give hugs to editors, but problem edits to prevent editors from inserting them or flag the edit for manual review by another editor.

I had a look around the filter page today. Mainly from there, I have some feedback.

The Notes field isn't up to date. It still states the filter purely tags though may be turned to warn/disallow in the future. The checked actions are flag and warn.
The system message assigned is abusefilter-warning-email. When previewed, it says the message is in use only on Special:AbuseFilter/76.
That's marked deleted, and was also for e-mail address addition. It was disabled because some computer addresses aren't e-mails at all (!); plus, slowness. This (#247) was created 2 weeks after the first one was disabled.
The original one seems to contain usergroup exemptions e.g., sysop. Filter #247 already has arguments to exclude those that're part of URIs (.htm*). Is it possible to similarly exclude those using {{cite news}} syntax , where foo is alphanumericatdomain?
So, something like:
(?!\.\|[Ii][Dd]=)
Or on strings using syntax news:foo, which the template renders for an external link according to the filter log entry, something like:
(?![Nn][e][w][s]:)
That will only work on the template and literal news:foo links, but is some improvement. Somebody familiar with filter writing would need to write the actual code of course.
It's easy to imagine others will consider a small amount of tags merits no consideration. As the list grows though, it becomes more likely to raise an eyebrow.
There are earlier filter log entries on my account, though none for almost a year. The first four, from a since deleted filter, were for date delinking. I was going through a category doing general cleanup. A moratorium was in place on semi/automated bulk delinking at the time, though in my view the edits were insufficient to hit any sensible rate limit plus were part of other necessary cleanup changes made in the same edits. The next of the eight was for adding a userspace link in mainspace. It's fair enough as it is unusual. The edit placed a copyvio template with a see also link to a sysop's talkpage where it was being discussed. The next was for a pleasant enough edit, flagged by Prodego's test filter; again not really an issue.

The description on the final two is "adding emails in articles". It's an action very characteristic of somebody either too new to know what they're doing or, for a more long time contributor, possibly a moron. In this case, the filter added two log entries, 2 minutes apart. A probable impression on seeing one is the editor made a basic error; we all make mistakes. With another moments later, it does have that hint of "For goodness sake, the dozy so & so's done it again!"
As the first message ("If you still wish to continue with your edit, you may hit "Save page" again below, and it will be submitted as is.") essentially says "you appear to be trying to add an e-mail address, click confirm if you're sure that's intentional", two log entries for what amounts to the same edit--after the editor confirms seems too many. The first action is 'warn', the second 'tag'. I think it would be better to have just one log entry added.
An epilogue to this is subsequently a vandal blanked the page. User:Eraserhead1 restored the content, and obviously fell foul of the filter again. It's now the only entry in his filter log. It looks like anybody restoring such content would experience the same. On being warned it seems he removed the id-value, so now one of the cite params is absent. I don't blame him, and it's a small thing of course. The page was later semi-protected, which'll limit driveby vandalism. I'm disinclined to add it back, given it'd add two more log entries to my account.
The preloader to submit false positives doesn't allow an edit summary to be added. It seems a shame to have edit summary usage drop a percent. I figured out where to submit it directly in the end, but others may not. I don't know if it's possible with those templates, but even a predefined one would be something.

That's about it. Thanks! –Whitehorse1 13:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I added an exception for |id=. Ruslik_Zero 19:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I just tried re-adding the post id, and it's now given me another warning & inserted a new entry against my log. :-/ –Whitehorse1 16:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

The exception was added incorrectly. I have corrected it and tested it. While this will handle the cases you are doing, please note that it is not perfect and I see ways around the exception. Fact of the matter is that there are limits to what we can do, and it is impossible to make this exception perfect. Your filter log is not going to be held against you, it is there to help us manage the filters and deal with users that are hitting them in bad faith. You do not qualify for the latter. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:28, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Buysellsignals

Username: Buysellsignals (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Buysellsignals (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 02:49, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

It looks to me like your article isnt ready to go live. You havent included any references, for example. Also Im not familiar with the articles for creation process, at least not how it looks from your end, but it seems that you must have skipped a step somewhere in that youre bringing the article live before it has been reviewed by another editor. —Soap— 02:54, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

A Silence Between

Username: A Silence Between (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): A Silence Between (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 15:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This filter was warning you because you appear to have a conflict of interest as you are writing an article with the same name as your username. Additionally your username should represent you, not a group as it appears to represent. Regardless, if you were to press "save page" twice without making any changes in between, the edit would be permitted. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

69.151.8.207

Username: 69.151.8.207 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to develop on the plot of an episode of South Park, but it was filtered. I believe this was because there was a book in the episode called 'The Poop that Took a Pee,' and maybe your filters automatically restricted that for some reason.
Date and time: 02:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Correct. You'll have to register an account and wait four days (and ten edits to any page, including random test edits to the sandbox) before you can use the word "poop". You can request an edit on the article's talk page by using the text "{{editsemiprotected}}" followed by a description of the edit. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Suburban Beast

Username: Suburban Beast (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Suburban Beast (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to create the page. It kept being stopped because it says it is an autobiography. It is not, Suburban Beast is a not-for-profit theatre company in Toronto in which I am the procer.
Date and time: 03:29, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter applies to edits involving a general conflict of interest, not simply writing about your own self. You should not be using Wikipedia to advertise your organization. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:04, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Vetinari83

Username: Vetinari83 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): NC_581 (filter log) (redo)
Description: Change title from "NC 581" to "North Carolina Highway 581" to match title formatting of similar articles.
Date and time: 04:37, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for reporting this; I've moved it for you (it was a bug in the filter). —Soap— 15:30, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Bht2010

Username: Bht2010 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Encopresis (filter log) (redo)
Description: added Internet Treatment section, references, and external link to encopresis clinical trial.
Date and time: 22:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

A lot of times vandals will write poop in an article in the belief that since it's considered a childish word, it will pass the filter. Thus we have been forced to add a filter for it, and quite a strict one in fact. This means that sometimes legitimate edits are screened out. Ive added an exception to the filter to allow this website through. Apologies for the inconvenience. —Soap— 01:57, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

86.142.177.30

Username: 86.142.177.30 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Damiaen Joan van Doorninck (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am Damiaen Joan van Doornincks' grandaughter, The page linking to the family tree as I see it is totally false.
Date and time: 02:55, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter was triggered because you removed all of the categories that the article was in. Please dont do this, as they help people navigate Wikipedia (and will probably be added back in anyway). —Soap— 15:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Jtobler7

Username: Jtobler7 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Delta-Theta (symbol) (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 09:39, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

There is an Internet meme that involves typing out "triforce" symbols in various places, and this filter saw your page about delta to be a Triforce. I apologize for this; the filter should be more intelligent now. —Soap— 15:17, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

98.244.142.142

Username: 98.244.142.142 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): List of programs broadcast by Disney XD (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 12:46, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter was triggered because you deleted the references section of the article. Please dont do this, as it produces an error message for those reading the article and will in all cases be quickly reverted. —Soap— 15:18, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Studiolamystique

Username: Studiolamystique (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): studiolamystique (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to make changes to the studiolamystique page when I was told I had a possible autobiography within the page. I do not believe that I had included an autobiography. Then as per the instructions on the autobiography warning I tried clicking the save button again (if I believed that I had this message in error) and got blacklisted? Please help. Thank you in advance, and regards.
Date and time: 05:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

"Autobiography" includes pages advertising your business. Those aren't allowed on Wikipedia, see WP:SPAM. NawlinWiki (talk) 10:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Exchangepost

Username: Exchangepost (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Exchange Post (filter log) (redo)
Description: Trying to create a page about a web file hosting service
Date and time: 14:06, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter was warning you because you appear to have a conflict of interest as you are writing an article with the same name as your username. Additionally your username should represent you, not a group as it appears to represent. If youre sure there is no conflict of interest involved, you can go on and make the edit, but be aware that all articles must meet our standards of notability and verifiability in order to stay on Wikipedia. —Soap— 21:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

DigitalWalli

Username: DigitalWalli (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Digitalwalli (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 16:38, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This filter was warning you because you appear to have a conflict of interest as you are writing an article with the same name as your username. Additionally your username should represent you, not a group as it appears to represent. If youre sure there is no conflict of interest involved, you can go on and make the edit, but be aware that all articles must meet our standards of notability and verifiability in order to stay on Wikipedia. —Soap— 21:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Spitfire

Username

Spitfire (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The fucking redeemer (filter log) (redo)

Description

Trying to archive the page (i.e. removing all the content except the first two lines)

Date and time

16:42, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

Sorry about that. I have exempted WP:SPI from the filter. You should be able to make the edit now. Thanks for the report. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 16:47, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks a lot Shirik, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 16:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

75.1.196.40

Username: 75.1.196.40 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Phil LaMarr (filter log) (redo)
Description: Just adding in some information about his latest work.
Date and time: 19:39, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Was this a test edit? The filter log shows a large deletion with no visible addition of content. In any case, please make sure when you add content that you are not inadvertently deleting other content. —Soap— 21:22, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

90.215.172.173

Username: 90.215.172.173 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:NuclearWarfare (filter log) (redo)
Description: [2]
Date and time: 20:22, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for reporting this; I think this filter was overly aggressive in looking for stopwords, and I've pared it down somewhat now. —Soap— 21:18, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

72.200.144.130

Username: 72.200.144.130 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Muckraker (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 21:36, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

According to the filter log, you deleted most of the article and replaced it with a sentence about something related but different. This will always be disallowed. Please make sure when you add content that you are not inadvertently deleting other content (unless it is untrue or irrelevant to the article). —Soap— 21:39, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

165.228.166.205

Username: 165.228.166.205 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Complex regional pain syndrome (filter log) (redo)
Description: just fixed spelling of OCCUPATIONAL
Date and time: 03:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Hi there, and thanks for the report. Your edit was blocked because, along with the spelling change, you also happened to delete a very large portion of the edit. If you leave the content in while correcting the spelling, you should have no problems. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 20:21, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

WalesLive

Username: WalesLive (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wales Live (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am trying to make the profile page on Wales Live go live - but it wont work for it... can you advise?

Thanks, Sarah from Wales Live

Date and time: 12:22, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter is detecting a possible conflict of interest. This is not the reason why your account was blocked, however; you were blocked because your username doesnt meet the username policy. Usernames should represent you as an indi idual rather than a group you are affiliated with. —Soap— 22:27, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

PCB Universe

Username: PCB Universe (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Printed circuit board (filter log) (redo)
Description: Important Resource Removed from Circuit Board page

I am writing to inform you that an important resource was removed from the circuit board page (Circuit_boards). It has served as an important resource for the printed circuit board industry on Wikipedia for the past two and 1/2 years. I built that to serve as a resource and it has continued to be posted as resource on Wikipedia for over 2 years. Please review the historical records and you will see how far back that listing has been posted.

Suddenly, it was removed and I've tried several times to add it again but it doesn't appear to stay up. I sent an original request here: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing where I received the following reply from a different editor:

It seems that an edit war is taking place. User:HumphreyW is removing the link because it is a commercial site; this seems like an invalid reason to remove the link; WP:EL does not forbid commercial sites anyway. However, the appropriate place to address this issue is the article talk page. Nimur (talk) 21:25, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The only reason I can think of for it to be removed is that the web site was updated and the page was pointing to the old site. Or it was recommended by a searcher that I add (Printed Circuit Boards) after PCB to make it clearer as to what the glossary was describing.

I'm bummed because the listing has been up for so long and I've since done research on your content guidelines and I guess this was not the right thing to do. I hope you consider adding this listing back to the page as it was before. Here is where it was listed (and what it said).

You was warned by a filter because you seems to have a conflict of interest—your user name coincides with the name of the company. The reason for the removal of the link was probably the same. Ruslik_Zero 18:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Others

PCB Glossary of Terms

and here is what I updated the listing to:

Others2

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Glossary of Terms

If this truly is determined as advertising content, then it was not my intention and please post the link back up as it was. Regardless, I'm just wanting to make sure that the link is reinstated.

Please feel free to contact me via my account if you need to further discuss. I will make it a point to review the information before making any changes or updates.

Date and time: 12:44, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

While I understand your frustration, this isnt really a problem with the edit filter and I think discussion should continue on the talk page of the article(s) in question, as that is where people who best understand the situation can be found. —Soap— 22:24, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

208.180.207.174

Username: 208.180.207.174 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Scattered Alliance (filter log) (redo)
Description: A page dedicated to a fandubbing group on Youtube
Date and time: 05:13, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I was trying to copy and paste what I had written in Microsoft Word, with external/outside lines at the bottom. It told me it was a biography, and because it had external links, had to type in a "spam" code every time. After five times, I received an error message. What I am trying to post is NOT a biography that has already been made, or of a single individual.

It looks like you created the article at Fandub Scattered Alliance Team, which is okay as far as the edit filter is concerned, because those filters are warn-only, not "disallow" type. However the page is currently up for deletion because it does not indicate why the organization is notable and may not be ready to go live (I notice there are no references and there is a notice at the bottom stating more information will be added later). In adittion, your account has been blocked, though only because of its username, which denotes the organization youre affiliated with, rather than you as an individual. You are welcome to try again to create the article with a new username, but I would recommend making sure it meets our page creation criteria, or it will likely be deleted once again. —Soap— 13:09, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

INASP

Username: INASP (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (filter log) (redo)
Description: the information about this organisation is a stub. I was trying to rewrite it and add updated links. It wouldn't let me.
Date and time: 15:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The edit filter was detecting that you may have a conflict of interest with your subject. You should read that guideline for details on how to approach potential conflicts of interest on Wikipedia. Additionally, your username should represent you as an individual, not a company or organization. For reference, see our username policy. Thanks, (ʞןɐʇ) ʞıɹıɥs 14:22, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

kartton

Username: kartton (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Jay Ballard (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 18:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Thank you for your report. This filter is designed to detect phrases that are typically vandalism. One of the entries was inappropriate and I have thus removed it from the filter. You should be able to make your edit now. However, please note that it is likely that your page will be deleted under speedy deletion criterion A7. Please be sure to include an assertion of why the subject is notable. All subjects on Wikipedia must be notable, that is, fit for inclusion in an encyclopedia. However, as this filter is not designed to detect notability, it is designed to detect malicious edits, I have adjusted the filter accordingly. Thanks, (ʞןɐʇ) ʞıɹıɥs 14:28, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Kilo4alpha

Username: Kilo4alpha (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User:Kilo5alpha (filter log) (redo)
Description: I created a page to represent IngentaConnect, which is a leading service for publishing scholarly journals. The draft page was created with a title of my user-name. I attempted to move the page to a title 'IngentaConnect' and received an automated filter error preventing me from moving the page.
Date and time: 17:15, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You created a page called User:Kilo5alpha, which was different from your username. The filter disallowed the move because it was not your page. I moved it to User:Kilo4alpha. However, the page is written like an advert. You should rewrite it in a more encyclopedic style before moving, otherwise it will be deleted. Ruslik_Zero 18:49, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Rofl123321

Username: Rofl123321 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Milf Crew (filter log) (redo)
Description: i was creating the page for the internet comedians, TheMilfCrew, for information for everyone who wants to know more about them. adding this claimed to be non-constructive. i was merely trying to add this group of people to the internet.
Date and time: 19:19, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Givnen the fact that you added the word "LOL" 66 times at the bottom of the page kind of makes it seem unlikely that this page was contributed in good faith. The phrase "BAD ASS NAN" just strengthens this point. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:58, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Asianslave

Username: Asianslave (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Philip DeFranco (filter log) (redo)
Description: This filter log entry appears to be a false hit. I cannot see anything obviously wrong with the edit and suspect that something in the existing paragraph text triggered the filter. The same edit was attempted anonymously with the same results (here). (Reported by Tcncv (talk · contribs).
Date and time: 23:21, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

VioletWhite

Username: VioletWhite (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Margery Wilson (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am adding content and details of her life and career. Please help!
Date and time: 00:07, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This is another false positive attributable to the "Your mom" part of the filter. Thanks for the heads up and we are working to resolve this issue. Tim 1357 ^talk 03:45, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Clover212

Username: Clover212 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 02:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Your edits were not constructive (aka vandalism, therefore this was not a false positive. Tim 1357 ^talk 03:14, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

76.95.106.59

Username: 76.95.106.59 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): History of Canada (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 02:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

wow u guys are stupid that needs to be deleted for certan reasons. da

Why? Someguy1221 (talk) 05:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Alexiscrossingworlds

Username: Alexiscrossingworlds (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 18:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Vandalism. Ruslik_Zero 18:50, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

140.32.107.150

Username: 140.32.107.150 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): 2009_U.S._state_dinner_security_breaches (filter log) (redo)
Description: Moved around lots of text but only yanked a paragraph at most...
Date and time: 18:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter seems to have erred here, but you also appear to be placing too much emphasis on one aspect of the article (specifically, the crashers) in your edit and so you share some of the blame. Please review Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:28, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

94.194.109.219

Username: 94.194.109.219 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 19:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. In addition, you've been edit-warring on that article. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

70.233.85.177

Username: 70.233.85.177 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 19:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Debamoore

Username: Debamoore (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: My user name is debamoore - I am not SPAMING your pages I am adding my website for the lower laguna madre for additional information regarding topics of interest on certain web pages. Thanks
Date and time: 20:00, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

You linked[3][4][5] to a website that sells charter fishing tours on multiple WP articles. The captain is Todd Moore...sounds a litte similar to your user name. Also sounds like spamming. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 20:05, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

83.142.143.84

Username: 83.142.143.84 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Category:Warsaw_Stock_Exchange (filter log) (redo)
Description: I tried to remove irrelevent content - someone vandalized the page with unsolicited links to commertial websites.
Date and time: 22:57, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks; I think the way this filter is coded would make it hard to fix vandalism like that, but I've gone ahead and completed the edit for you. —Soap— 23:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

65.100.151.50

Username: 65.100.151.50 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 23:01, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikiwizard912

Username: Wikiwizard912 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 23:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. As an aside, I've removed the remaining fluff and drek from that article. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Wimmer137

Username: Wimmer137 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 23:57, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. Reporter blocked. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:11, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

66.191.209.204

Username: 66.191.209.204 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Lenoir North Carolina (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was putting in some information about the all american city award because i was their to actually see it.
Date and time: 00:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, the filters were doing their jobs. As an aside, Wikipedia abhors an editorial. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 02:14, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

201.248.229.100

Username: 201.248.229.100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album) (filter log) (redo)
Description: This filter report appears to be a false hit. Possibly a pattern matching existing paragraph text, but I was unable to identify the matching text. (Reported by Tcncv (talk · contribs).)
Date and time: 00:37, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: fixed. Thanks for that find! Tim 1357 ^talk 04:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Gbourdages

Username: Gbourdages (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 05:24, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: While this was technically a false positive, Wikipedia does not publish how-two guides, and that includes instructions on preparing tea. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

72.178.142.131

Username: 72.178.142.131 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 06:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: An exception has been added to the filter to prevent this from happening again. Thank you for brining this to our attention. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Katanesdyr

Username: Katanesdyr (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Reitir fasteignafélag (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to explain why the page I created should not be deleted.
Date and time: 11:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

130.83.46.39

Username: 130.83.46.39 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Courtney Love (filter log) (redo)
Description: Trying to remove 'Plus she's a money grabbing whore'.
Date and time: 11:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Levibreederland

Username: Levibreederland (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Bizarro (comic strip) (filter log) (redo)
Description: Corrected names of his daughters, based on a recent post on his personal blog.
Date and time: 11:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

18.223.1.51

Username: 18.223.1.51 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): The Roots (filter log) (redo)
Description: Fixing link to their newest album, right now it goes to a similarly titled article with a redirect link at the top of the page, however, changing the link to go directly to the album (How I Got Over -> How I Got Over (album)) triggers the filter.
Date and time: 11:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

90.214.94.112

Username: 90.214.94.112 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): George Knight (footballer) (filter log) (redo)
Description: Add information on George Knight
Date and time: 11:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Superlou33

Username: Superlou33 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): List_of_ethnic_slurs (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am adding the word "illegal" as an ethnic slur that is backed up by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Date and time: 11:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

220.101.28.25

Username: 220.101.28.25 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Talk:Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 (filter log) (redo)
Description: Making a comment enquiring whether temperature conversions should be added to a METAR report as per wp:MOS. I also had a modified text section for pasting in if required.
Date and time: 11:11, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

93.173.48.73

Username: 93.173.48.73 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): 1 (filter log) (redo)
Description: Attempted (unsuccessfully) to remove the title 'Sir', which Wiesel, as the recipient of an honorary knighthood, and not being a national of the British realm, is not entitled to use. He is entitled to use the post-nominal 'KBE'. Please insert this correction. Thank you.
Date and time: 11:11, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Filter error, now fixed. Please try your edit again. NawlinWiki (talk) 11:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

בן גרשון

Username: בן גרשון (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Template talk:Infobox Jews (filter log) (redo)
Description: I tried to add the following, constructive text to a discussion page: "I added Judeo-Arabic to the languages section. Yiddish was historically the main language of Ashkenazi Jews, Ladino of Sephardic Jews, and Judeo-Arabic of Mizrahi Jews. It surely has a place among the main languages of the Jewish people. I guess it wasn't there beacuse people tend to confuse Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews."
Date and time: 11:38, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

There was a temporary bug that lasted a few minutes where this filter caught all edits. It has since been corrected. Sorry you got hit by this; you should be able to make your edit now. (You may find the "redo" button above useful.) --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 11:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

DuncanHill

Resolved

– 01:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: DuncanHill (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Third Way (centrism)

I wasn't the one editing, but saw this reported at AIV as "long term abuse" [6]]] (filter log) (redo)

Description: To report an inoccuous edit like this to AIV with no apparent reason is disruptive.
Date and time: 15:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Fixed I dont know why, but someone had a regex in there to match !<!--. Weird. Tim 1357 ^talk 01:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

75.228.236.96

Resolved

– 00:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: 75.228.236.96 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Siberian Husky (filter log) (redo)

Description
Date and time: 16:13, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This edit was vandalism and would have been reverted. Tim 1357 ^talk 00:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

193.62.88.221

Resolved

– 00:54, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: 193.62.88.221 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Donald Duck (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 17:01, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This edit was vandalism and was appropriately disallowed. Tim 1357 ^talk 00:54, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

92.40.48.167

Resolved

– 00:52, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: 92.40.48.167 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Template:X4 (filter log) (redo)
Description: Hey, I thought it was sandbox.
Date and time: 19:38, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This was fixed position vandalism. Not a false positive. Tim 1357 ^talk 00:52, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

24.35.84.69

Resolved

– 00:40, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: 24.35.84.69 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Description
Date and time: 20:58, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

This is not a false positive. This edit is vandalism and would have been reverted. Tim 1357 ^talk 00:40, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Kendarious beasley

Username: Kendarious beasley (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Lonzo Bullie (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 01:52, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

this mchine is telling me that im liqistically incorrect when i double check it mi self and it wont tel me whats exactly whats wrong

Nope, the filter is working as intended - that is indeed vandalism. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 01:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

98.23.141.153

Username: 98.23.141.153 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Adrenal gland disorder (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 02:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, that one is correct. Why are you trying to delete most of the article? Someguy1221 (talk) 03:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Keyboardbrains

Resolved

– 03:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Username: Keyboardbrains (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): times square (filter log) (redo)
Description: adding a link to a new mobile resource covering services on times square. will also read external links section to ensure i haven't done anything wrong.
Date and time: 16:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

The filter acted correctly. http://www.times.square.tel/ is not appropriate for the article (see WP:SPAM). Tim 1357 ^talk 03:41, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

24.126.69.92

Username: 24.126.69.92 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Liberal democracy (filter log) (redo)
Description: Removing vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberal_democracy&oldid=362034746
Date and time: 05:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks; I dont really know if it's possible to write the filter in such a way that removal of huge numbers of repeated lines like that would be exempt; however it was only a "warn" filter and since an edit like that will be almost instantly reverted anyway via an automated process such as ClueBot it probably isn't going to be a problem very often. —Soap— 18:18, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

213.114.146.16

Username: 213.114.146.16 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Talk:Introduction_to_genetics (filter log) (redo)
Description: Explained the genes coding for eye colours in a certain family in a repetive way which might have been mistaken for insults.
Date and time: 17:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

I added the edit in for you; it was another false positive on the "your mom" filter, which I think should maybe be pared down a bit. —Soap— 18:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

129.8.37.213

Username: 129.8.37.213 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Agrippina the Younger (filter log) (redo)
Description: ON THIS PAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_the_Younger

I reported a bad link to her brother Nero which takes you to this Nero; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero

Which is WRONG this would make his sister his mother. I in addition supplied the CORRECT link to the CORRECT Nero; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_(son_of_Germanicus)

and the person monitoring this page whom reverted it FAILED to READ!!!!!!!!!!! Why should I bother pointing out mistakes if the monitors them selves will not even correct the problems but instead BAD ME!

Not right... NOT RIGHT! - They should embrace people like me taking the time out of their day

Date and time: 21:05, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Thanks for reporting this; you are right. However in the future if someone removes content that you feel is correct I would recommend going to their talk page to let them know of the error rather than write about it in the article itself as it will generally be quickly removed, and may be mistaken for generic vandalism. —Soap— 21:28, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

ShredderKing

Username: ShredderKing (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): bloodbath in paradise (filter log) (redo)
Description: trying to start a page... what a joke. wikipedia has really lost it.
Date and time: 22:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

An exception has been added to the filter to allow what you were trying to do. However, an article about an individual song is likely to be redirected to the article on its parent album unless it can be shown to be independently notable. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:56, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

64.222.106.70

Username: 64.222.106.70 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:NawlinWiki (filter log) (redo)
Description: posting a notice on User's talk page
Date and time: 01:01, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Im not really sure what set off the filter because that filter is set to private, but Ive added your edit for you. —Soap— 01:10, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

A word from the previous message triggered this filter. I removed some variants from it, so this will not happen again. Ruslik_Zero 17:41, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

65.87.190.176

Username: 65.87.190.176 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 06:08, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: From the looks of it, the filter was doing its job in your case and failing in another's. I've rolled back the edits, but as for you, the problem lies with your demeanor, not the filter. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 06:13, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Konyarf

Username: Konyarf (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wikipedia:Sandbox (filter log) (redo)
Description: I attempted to edit the previous "bigfoot is fat." I tried to give a grammatically correct insult to one's parent, but it triggered the filter. Please explain to me how the former is more sensible than my edit. The sandbox shouldn't have any filters. Thank you.
Date and time: 16:43, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This is not a false positive and is an inappropriate use of the sandbox. Ruslik_Zero 17:30, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

72.218.248.213

Username: 72.218.248.213 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: I am so sorry I did that by accident!
Date and time: 17:43, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Don't worry about it; that's why the filter's there ... to prevent accidental blankings of content like that. —Soap— 17:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

F.cioni

Username: F.cioni (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Mister Leather Europe (filter log) (redo)
Description: I added the Mister 2001 and 2002 (find by my memory and by web)
Date and time: 18:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Just avoid writing "Gay" in all-caps, and you'll be fine. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:02, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

ThreeTrickHorse

Username: ThreeTrickHorse (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): I was making a page about a band that I love. (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was making the page.
Date and time: 18:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: You were ultimately blocked from creating the article because its title is the same as your username. Regardless, the article would have been immediately deleted for failure to establish the notability of the band. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:05, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

86.21.103.180

Username

86.21.103.180 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

a talk/comments page i dont know the users name (filter log) (redo)

Description

i was trying to make a comment and saw a strange error that said that my edit may be 'not constructive'

Date and time

20:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments

This IP user is talking about this invalid edit where he removed referenced content. Please ignore this report.--Matt57 ^{(talk•contribs)} 21: 35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Columbusguy

Username: Columbusguy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[7]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: deleted "shut out the REpublicans" added "was elected."
Date and time: 23:38, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Eyrunsa

Username: Eyrunsa (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): i was trying to editing my page Ice-spottiger, that i made about my friends pet. (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was editing the Ice spottiger page, which is about my friends pet, i just wanted to explain to people what kind of a pet he is.
Date and time: 02:11, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The article you attempted to write is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

174.117.182.98

Username: 174.117.182.98 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 03:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please refer to the warnings left on your talk page. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

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SnappleTop

Username: SnappleTop (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Snapple Top Collection Services (filter log) (redo)
Description: I want to create an article about this website and I triggered an edit filter but I do not believe i am breaking a rule.
Date and time: 07:20, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The edit filter does not allow new users to create articles on subjects that are contained in their very own username, as is the case here. If you would like to submit to articles for creation instead, please make sure to not remove the "Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/" prefix from the box that asks for the title of your submission. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:22, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Icareus

Username: Icareus (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[8]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: The link which I added to Icareus' MHP solution web page is totally in line with 5/12 links in the list which are also directing to some MHP solutions web pages.
Date and time: 08:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The edit filter does not allow new users to add external links to their own websites, in order to prevent spamming. The filter assumes this to be the case due to your username matching the URL of the link. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

150.101.220.15

Username: 150.101.220.15 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[9]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: Edited citations and references, added bibliography and additional biographical information.
Date and time: 08:33, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The edit has been made on your behalf, and the filter has been modified so this specific error should not happen again. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:39, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

<! - Сразу выше этой линии, то опишите, что вы пытаетесь сделать. Пожалуйста, не знаком. Написать в остальной части этой страницы нетронутыми -->}}

67.136.62.58

Username: 67.136.62.58 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 17:20, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter was doing what it was designed to do. Filer blocked 12h. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 17:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

WhatamIdoing

Username

WhatamIdoing (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing (don't wikilink)

Compliance (medicine) (filter log) (redo)

Description

Another user correctly named and merged multiple duplicate footnotes per WP:REFNAME, like this and this, but filter 61 tags the refs as having been removed rather than merged. Is it possible to make the filter a little smarter about this common and desirable behavior?

Date and time

18:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments

I think the reason none of us edit filter managers have taken this up is because it is so hard to filter for. I, personally, can think of no good way of excusing these edits from the filter. Of course, the worst thing that can happen is some edits get wrongly tagged, which is in my eyes, not all that bad. They are, in the end, still being allowed. Tim 1357 ^talk 23:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

That's what I was guessing, but I'm not familiar with how the filters work. I fully agree that the occasional false positive is acceptable. Thanks for your reply. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:15, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

119.155.15.169

Username: 119.155.15.169 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 07:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter was doing what it's designed to do. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 07:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

78.34.109.94

Username: 78.34.109.94 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): User talk:Reyk (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was trying to revert myself in an attempt to avoid unnecessary drama. Yeah, yeah, should have used preview button instead. Still. It should be possible to revert oneself and retract bad comments if necessary in their entirety.
Date and time: 07:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Normally it's advised that you strike comments you wish to rescind, but since you added a new section it's reasonable to do this. I've thus redone the edit for you. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 07:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

75.166.179.110

Username: 75.166.179.110 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[10]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: I asked a reasonable question about the neutrality of this editor. Wikipedia guidelines call for Editors to be disinterested parties (not employees of an article subject).

So I was asking a fair question about adherence to Wikipedia guidelines.

Date and time: 17:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

You shouldn't remove comments from another user's talk page, especially if they're not things you wrote to begin with. I'm not familiar with the background that led to this conversation but if you want to get through you should only add to, not take away from, the talk page. —Soap— 18:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yamenu13

Username: Yamenu13 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 18:49, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

it had Vulgar n it and i deleted it

Was this a mistake? The filter shows you as the one vandalizing the page, not cleaning it up. —Soap— 18:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

PrometheusWoW

Username: PrometheusWoW (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 22:27, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Sorry, but that page is the very definition of what our anti-advertisement policy is meant to prevent, and I honestly don't see any way that it could be cleaned up. —Soap— 22:44, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

67.180.128.232

Username: 67.180.128.232 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Wikipedia:Sandbox (filter log) (redo)
Description: I wanted to do a <big>.... test, but the filter wouldn't allow me to do so, so I reedited the page. The new revision added 'aaa' to the bottom. This time, the filter was passed. If this is a mistake, please reply on my talk page.
Date and time: 01:51, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: I changed the filter so it won't watch the sandbox anymore. Thanks for letting us know. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:38, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

81.229.151.53

Username: 81.229.151.53 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 13:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments

Well, there's really no way for us to know that that account is yours since you're not logged in; besides the matter of the filter preventing your edits, an unblock request for what appears to be someone else's account will almost certainly be denied. Could you log in to the account and then post the unblock request? —Soap— 13:16, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Keaneshine

Username: Keaneshine (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Keane (band) (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was adding a link to the fansite sections. I was not able to read the catchpa clearly and I must have triggered the edit filter.
Date and time: 14:15, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: He was trying to add another spamlink to his fansite called, guess what, keanshine! --Orange Mike | Talk 14:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

CaliSwagDistrict

Username: CaliSwagDistrict (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: Trying to create the artist page for Cali Swag District and Wikipedia is flagging our edits.
Date and time: 00:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: The filter is designed specifically to stop editors from creating articles whose titles match their usernames, primarily due to such articles being promotional pieces. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 20:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

4nzkiwi

Username: 4nzkiwi (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Conquistador (filter log) (redo)
Description: Editing what happens to Conquistadors.
Date and time: 15:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter was working as designed. Filer blocked as a VOA based on filter log. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 20:22, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Chingfish

Username: Chingfish (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): baskin robbins (filter log) (redo)
Description: fix the false information you fuck holes
Date and time: 17:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter is working as designed. Filer blocked as a VOA. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 20:20, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Kieran carter

Username: Kieran carter (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description: you gays
Date and time: 00:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Nope, filter was doing what it was designed to do. Filer blocked as a VOA. —Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Dittobori)} 00:58, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

76.102.27.141

Username: 76.102.27.141 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): Antihero Begins (filter log) (redo); Sweet Mess EP (filter log) (redo)

Description: Once again, the filter rejects a legitimate attempt to redirect a non-notable album to the band article.
Date and time: 16:49, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: This doesn't make sense to me. Maybe someone else can enlighten me. Shouldn't the very first line of that filter cause it to ignore these edits? Someguy1221 (talk) 08:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

And I've encountered it twice more since filing this initial report. 76.102.27.141 (talk) 16:41, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Anybody? I don't want this to be archived and ignored. 76.102.27.141 (talk) 14:58, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

There is now a section at Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter#False_positives about this report, and hopefully it will attract more attention. I think the people who watch this page, including me, are accustomed to looking only at the very bottom of the page since 99% of the time, the reports are answered quickly and thus forgotten. —Soap— 01:31, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Tullieandrocky

Username: Tullieandrocky (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): [[]] (filter log) (redo)
Description
Date and time: 07:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:No original research. Wikipedia does not publish the personal opinions of its editors. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

220.239.48.61

Username: 220.239.48.61 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing (don't wikilink): i was trying to edit Morne Steyn (filter log) (redo)
Description: I was entering a highly accurate historical fact
Date and time: 09:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Comments: No, you really didn't. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)