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004bvan

Filter: 1328 (hist · log)
Log entry: 40734998
Affected user: 004bvan (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page they were editing: Jonathan Tyers (filter log)
Description: Reported by DatBot to AIV/TB2
Reporting user: 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me)
Date and time: 10:37, 8 May 2025 (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. Looks like a false positive. Nobody (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. Looks can be deceiving. Regardless, this filter is reporting too frequently to AIV and I think this specific type of match would be better done as a tag. I'm working on this. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:34, 10 May 2025 (UTC)#[reply]

Wancard

Username: Wancard (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 16:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: They were trying to add legit citations to the Niobium article but one of those cites had the word "sigma" in the title and dumb kids picked that word up as dumb slang so the filter disallows it Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 17:12, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am helping

Note: Technically a false positive, but it looks like you are trying to canvas references from a single researcher. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:33, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

159.196.212.204

Username: 159.196.212.204 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Whitney Wright (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: added note about her original name
Date and time: 00:53, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: This was filter 260 ("common vandal phrases"), and was triggered by the substring "porn-star". However, this term was within a URL, which in turn was within a ref tag, so I think this hit is a genuine false positive. Duckmather (talk) 18:11, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

LaureMvl

Username: LaureMvl (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Special:MovePage (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 11:47, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
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Ykulvaarlck

Username: Ykulvaarlck (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Code 39 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: i have been trying to use unicode block characters in the main table, so it is readable and not confusing like it was.

this edit was blocked to my dismay

Date and time: 12:38, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Consider requesting on the article's talk page; please provide the necessary references. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 16:35, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2600:1009:B05C:5B81:B082:51FF:FE8E:E89A

Username: 2600:1009:B05C:5B81:B082:51FF:FE8E:E89A (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Wilmington, Ohio (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Remove information about a college whose campus in Wilmington, Ohio, has been closed
Date and time: 21:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:17, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Canute Saint

Username

Canute Saint (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

User talk:Sodacan/Requests (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

I was trying to revert vandalism (blanking of a talk page), but a bot claimed that I tried to add email addresses and then that I had an 'ongoing pattern of abuse.' This unintelligent design should be disabled until these flaws have been rectified. Nonetheless, until further, I need help with restoring the talk page to its pre-vandalism version. Canute Saint (talk) 00:44, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Date and time

00:44, 1 June 2025 (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. Referentis (talk) 00:53, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Canute Saint I don't really understand what you were trying to do. Why would you blank the page? Why not check the history to see which version should be reverted to? Drmies (talk) 00:57, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wait--that is what you were trying, but the only edits that stuck were two undos. Maybe if you simply tried "restore this version" the filter wouldn't have been tripped. Drmies (talk) 01:01, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

174.138.213.2

Username: 174.138.213.2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 June 1 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Following step III of WP:CFD#HOWTO, I pasted the example and it somehow said I was shouting.
Date and time: 01:00, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
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WikiBallGuy

Username: WikiBallGuy (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of flags of the United States (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 01:16, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Comments