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Stnh1206

Filter: 1297 (hist · log)
Log entry: 37941572
Affected user: Stnh1206 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page they were editing: Foot in Mouth (EP) (filter log)
Description: This user was adding a personnel section about the band who performed this EP on that article, and they were warned with the standard warning message and tagged as possible vandalism as they submitted the edit after the warning. This appears to be a legitimate user and not a vandal, and this was triggered on the word Cool when adding Tré Cool - drums.
Reporting user: Codename Noreste 🤔 La Suma
Date and time: 05:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: I don't think we can do anything about this. Since category:.*(?:films|shows|books|series|studios|episodes|bands|musical[ ]groups|albums|songs) is already excluded. Nobody (talk) 07:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]; Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:17, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

24.115.255.37

Username

24.115.255.37 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Isotopes of meitnerium (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

In 2018 and again in 2022, the article Isotopes of meitnerium had the mathematical error "250+27=275". When ComplexRational fixed it in 2018, it triggered an edit filter, which took no action, but it did claim the edit had something to do with "magic/astrology spambots." The exact same thing happened when the error popped back up again later in a different place in the article and I fixed it in 2022. The edit filter log for Isotopes of meitnerium: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchTitle=Isotopes+of+meitnerium

Date and time

16:42, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments

Note: an edit filter helper/manager or admin will have to take a look at this if the magic/astrology spambot filter works as intended. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 23:50, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think a change is needed. Nobody (talk) 08:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nobody Why? It flagged an edit which literally changed a single number from 5 to 7 24.115.255.37 (talk) 21:51, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In 2022... why does it even matter now? The filter could have changed in that time. Also it's a tracking filter, it helps track these types of spam, it doesn't need to be perfect. – 2804:F1...AE:B631 (talk) 22:40, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kevinpakhrin12

Username: Kevinpakhrin12 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Template:Backpack item (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 14:50, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 14:50, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]; Note: Seems to be triggering the fixed position vandalism filter on creation of a template. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 21:11, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CalmonTellechea

Username: CalmonTellechea (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Into the Pandemonium (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I'm trying to add this phrase to the Into the Pandemonium article:

Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt found Into the Pandemonium "interesting" and Celtic Frost "quite musical".^[1]

When I try to publish the changes, I keep getting an error message, and warned that, if I insist, I will be blocked from editing. Perhaps Wikipedia interprets the author's last name "Dick" (full name: Chris Dick) as foul language.

References

^ Dick 2009, page 252.

Date and time: 10:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments

Mhusek

Username: Mhusek (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 10:54, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 10:54, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ohnoitsjamie also looks like a false positive, maybe we should check for the removed lines too, since the offending text was already present in the article? --DannyS712 (talk) 06:20, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fluxjupyter

Username: Fluxjupyter (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Rhinoliparus (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trying to add page for this genus. Not quite sure what could be triggering the filter except that I've been adding some other stubs related to Theridiidae and may be throttled?
Date and time: 19:45, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 19:45, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ohnoitsjamie looks like a false positive but I'm not sure --DannyS712 (talk) 06:18, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, however no changes to the filter were made. A false positive, but I'm traveling and don't have time to investigate at the moment; in the meantime, I've made the edit. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 12:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Airbus A320-100

Username: Airbus A320-100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of preserved Boeing aircraft (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trying to close the AFD but it won't let me. I'm closing the AFD as a keep.
Date and time: 06:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 06:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

71.182.158.214

Username: 71.182.158.214 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Daz Dillinger (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: This artist has a stage name that may be offensive to some (variation of n-word), but is a statement of fact and not used as an adjective or in a demeaning way.
Date and time: 14:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Consider requesting on the article's talk page; please provide the necessary references. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

85.108.198.26

Username: 85.108.198.26 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Kadıköy Anatolian High School (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Murat Tekalp is the best in image processing area in the world. In electrical engineering and computer science area, every successful person knows him. Please add it to support also our engineering popularity.
Date and time: 14:51, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – In general, "notable people" lists and similar are only meant for people who already have articles about them. If you think this person meets our notability guidelines, please see Help:Your first article. If you think an exception should be made here, please discuss the matter on the article's talk page. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 14:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Boymellowstinks edit

Username: Boymellowstinks (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Barneys New York (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 15:15, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Annh07 (talk) 15:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Lee Radd

Username: Ray Lee Radd (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Practical Joke (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was adding information about the rise of rickrolling as a practical joke. I don't know why that's bad.
Date and time: 16:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 16:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Dick252-1] Dick 2009, page 252.

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