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Impru20

Username
Impru20 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
2019 Spanish regional elections (filter log)
Description
I've been trying to add this image to the infobox yet the abusefilter-disallowed message keeps popping up. I've made a few attempts and confirmed this just pops up with the image (other edits work fine). At Special:AbuseLog it shows up as "Filter description: Image vandalism III" (?). I do not know what is making the filter to tag this edit as such.
Date and time
11:29, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
I've added the image to the article. You should be able to perform further tweaks to that infobox as required. Bradv🍁 12:53, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Bradv: Thanks for it, but I'm attempting to move the image from place within the infobox and the error pops up again, blocking me from conducting such a change. Basically, I'm attempting to have it so that the "map" field looks like this:
| map = [[File:SpainRegionMapRegionalControl2019.png|435px]]
But it is not allowing me to do so. I do not know what is going on; this is the first time I experience something like this. Impru20talk 15:02, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I just tripped the same filter trying to perform this. Any admins here that can help? Bradv🍁 15:07, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I tried several various test edits with slight changes (a different image, changing the "file" parameter with the "image" one), with the filter popping out at every attempt. However, I got rid of the [[:File:...]] syntax, using an alternate shortcut allowed by the infobox template, and it seemingly worked. I don't know what could have been triggering the filter, though. Impru20talk 15:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you figured it out. I believe this filter restricts users adding images to infoboxes, and you got around it by avoiding brackets. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Further comments from others about whether this filter was behaving as intended are welcome. Bradv🍁 15:53, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Crow:, could you take a look at this? It probably shouldn't be doing this for ExtendedConfirmed users. [Username Needed] 09:49, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Working fine, as of now. ∯WBGconverse 12:14, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

122.54.12.155

Username
122.54.12.155 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_(U.S._season_15)
Description
Date and time
12:43, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare


ALLOW THIS!

 Not done There is a standard way of providing checkboxes on that page, and this is not it. Please discuss your suggested improvements at Talk:The Voice (U.S. season 15). Bradv🍁 18:10, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

209.249.55.204

Username
209.249.55.204 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
Date and time
18:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Filter doing its job, stop screwing around. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:11, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bassic Sax

Username
Bassic Sax (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
[[1]] (filter log)
Description
I was trying to update the link to my website. The link provided has the .ca extension, which is a re-direct. All I was trying to do was direct it to the current extension of .info I apologize if this caused a problem. I actually only created this Wiki account to update my friend's page--which is a stub at present--and I figured while I was at it, I would check to see if any of the links to my site were outdated. My bad.
Date and time
18:35, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
Blocked for WP:CORPNAME. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:39, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

77.11.90.175

Username
77.11.90.175 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Stare Rybitwy (filter log)
Description
Tried to add /| pushpin_map = Poland/ and at the same time replace the template call via redirect (Template:Infobox Settlement) with a direct call (Template:Infobox settlement)
Date and time
20:25, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

In the Edit filter log it says "20:21, 30 November 2018: 77.11.90.175 (talk) triggered an edit filter, performing the action "edit" on Stare Rybitwy. Actions taken: Disallow; Filter description: IP bot editing" - but that is misinformation, not bot involved. 77.11.90.175 (talk) 20:27, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

86.177.99.250

Username
86.177.99.250 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Dorset County Grade A list players(filter log)
Description
I was trying to add Darren McBride who played for Dorset in 1991
Date and time
11:28, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

47.227.155.210

Username
47.227.155.210 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Maitland Ward (filter log)
Description
Added edits the occupation to reflect the transition of Ward from model to pornographic actress as evidenced by content on her premium Snapchat and Patreon page. Ward gets paid by Snapchat and Patreon subscribers to create videos of her engaging in explicit sexual activity including sexual intercourse with on-camera vaginal penetration with a human penis and other phallic objects, as such her occupation fits the description of "pornographic actress". This content is also freely available on numerous websites (e.g reddit etc). including dedicated pornographic websites such as pornhub, xhamster, xvideos etc.
Date and time
13:34, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare


Mjams

Username
Mjams (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
labia (filter log)
Description
I was editing the page to be less exploitive of women. It is a page that gratuitously shows female genitalia. When viewing the page entry for penis, there are zero images of human male penises, the page on labia should be the same. This is an online encyclopedia, not a porn site.
Date and time
20:52, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done I suggest bringing your concerns to the talk page of the article and establishing consensus first. The filter is working as intended. Bradv🍁 20:59, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Goatflats

Username
Goatflats (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Penitential Rite (filter log)
Description
Fix some typos
Date and time
02:58, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
I can't view this one because it's private, so I can't tell whether it was a false positive or a bad-faith edit. However, it is likely that you didn't actually insert Daniel C. Boyer into it; "Daniel" and "Boyer" are both located on the same line due to being the authors within refs and it may be that this filter detects edits using added_lines? Of course, these are just educated guesses and I could be completely wrong. Pinging Musik Animal as someone who can access private filters and frequently helps out here.--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 03:18, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Goatflats:  Erledigt Clearly a false positive. I've made the edit; sorry for the trouble. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:56, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Cyberpower678: This looks like your filter. I went through the last 20 hits or so, and 100% of them look like FPs. I'd suggest disabling, but I seem to recall a recent ANI thread about DCB, so I guess we need something. But perhaps it can be a bit less ... aggressive? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:09, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

114.142.170.20

Username
114.142.170.20 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Kinshuk Vaidya (filter log)
Description
She was trying to type "! Year !! Show !! Role !! Channel !!" directing under where it says "==Filmography==".
Date and time
16:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

Vladanr

Username
Vladanr (talk · contribs) (filter log)
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Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (filter log)
Description
Removed passage incorrectly citing The Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini of Jerusalem as the "chief architect of the Nazi German offensive in Bosnia" (Bosnia was in fact occupied by the German forces during the invasion of Yugoslavia, then ceded to the puppet state of Independent State of Croatia) and the person having "had Serbian Cyrillic outlawed" (implicitly also in Bosnia, though the passage is unclear), which is also factually false as this was done by NDH authorities 15 days after the puppet state was formed and 2 years before al-Husseini first visited the region.
Date and time
19:17, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
@Vladanr:  Erledigt. This filter hit looks like a strange coincidence, so I made the edit. It's unlikely to give you any more problems. I'm not familiar with the subject matter, so if anyone disagrees and reverts me, please take this up at Talk:Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:09, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

24.254.82.88

Username
24.254.82.88 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
Paul R. Abramson

Simplify listed information, update format, add external links

Date and time
21:36, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare


Oscargrillo

Username
Oscargrillo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
Axe (brand)
Date and time
02:20, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
The page showed incorrect and outdated informations
Username
Oscargrillo (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Axe (brand) (filter log)
Description
Updating incorrect and outdated info
Date and time
02:22, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Youtube is not a reliable source, and the content you're trying to add likely isn't appropriate. The filter is doing its job. Bradv🍁 19:13, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

162.72.14.1

Username
162.72.14.1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
I wasa trying to describe lead poisoning
Date and time
00:10, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Stop screwing around. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:28, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alexletroll

Username
Alexletroll (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
/e/ mobile operating system (filter log)
Description
to show notability, i was trying to add a reference to a youtube video with a recording of the OS and the apps being used. The title of the youtube video [1] has a unicode character in the title
Date and time
13:27, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
I would say remove the emoji from the end but that video doesn't meet our reliable sourcing standards at any rate. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:46, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ And /e/ Goes Marching On...✌

96.84.202.109

Username
96.84.202.109 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
Date and time
16:45, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Stop screwing around. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:47, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Meganmartin3306

Username
Meganmartin3306 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
list of Scottish companies (filter log)
Description
edit the spelling of a company name
Date and time
21:00, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done @Meganmartin3306: Should I just block your account now, or would you like to grow up? Ian.thomson (talk) 21:03, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yaboiboby

Username
Yaboiboby (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Sperm Jars (filter log)
Description
I was not doing anything innapropriate. I was just adding facts I learned in colledge.
Date and time
23:22, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Filter doing its job (and not well enough). Ian.thomson (talk) 00:00, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CyclingSal

Username
CyclingSal (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Bill Ivey (filter log)
Description
I added a link to the Wikpedia page for Calumet, MI and also deleted the word "small" to describe the town as it was a subjective term not offering further details. I also provided the location of Calumet (Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula"
Date and time
23:59, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
@CyclingSal: It's a false positive but not a useless one. I think it was probably triggered because you were formatting the link wrong. See entry 1 in User:Ian.thomson/Guide#Links,_italicizing,_bolding,_green-text_quoting,_signing. See if entering the link as "Calumet" works. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:05, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ian.thomson: Actually it was a critical missing n in Peninsula. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 01:41, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah right, as critical as the space in "the pen is mightier than the sword." Ian.thomson (talk) 02:04, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

68.194.243.213

Username
68.194.243.213 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Human male sexuality (filter log)
Description
I was edited an extremely biased entry that misinterpreted scientific studies, and at times outright lied about the results. If you check the existing citations and read the studies, this will be confirmed. Additionally I removed language that was harmful to women (with no citations and riddled with grammar mistakes), promoted rape as a strategy to get more parters, and parts that misinterpreted studies to promote veiled and implied racism.
Date and time
20:18, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
Unless you were editing another article from a different address, the only filter you tripped was Filter 61, which just tags the removal of references (regardless of quality) for further review by human editors. It was Kirbanzo who reverted your (first) edit, but I see you've already started a discussion at his talk page. If anyone else reverts your (second) attempt at changing the article, a better place to discuss this is Talk:Human male sexuality. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 01:46, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Suffusion of Yellow:Thank you. My edits were reverted back, but this time it didn't tell me who did it. I did what you recommended and posted on the page's talk page.

50.100.150.13

Username
50.100.150.13 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Shoppers World Danforth (whoever put the link in put in a link to a porn site that had an almost identical url - you need to check urls' added for crying out loud) (filter log)
Description
Date and time
23:26, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 00:27, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@50.100.150.13: I've removed the link. According to the Wayback Machine, it was legit at the time it was added, but it looks like it was hijacked sometime later, perhaps between 2009 and 2013. The filter was objecting to you removing all the categories along with the link, then later adding a shouting!!! commentary. @Abelmoschus Esculentus: Why not? I didn't click on that link, but wget returns what is clearly a porn site. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 01:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2001:67C:1220:8B4:84:5E3D:4252:2B1

Username
2001:67C:1220:8B4:84:5E3D:4252:2B1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
FITkit (hardware) (filter log)
Description
Fix grammar and spelling mistakes, add relevant information and references
Date and time
11:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Erledigt I didn't see Brainfuck mentioned in the source, but its use seemed plausible enough. You may want to add more references, when you get a chance. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:01, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mathguyjohn

Username
Mathguyjohn (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Fluorocarbon (filter log)
Description
Adding line: "A study from the University of Padua has revealed that PFCs may be implicated in a reduction in penis size and male fertility.[1]

References

  1. ^ https://nypost.com/2018/12/05/nonstick-frying-pans-can-make-your-penis-smaller-study-says/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)"
Date and time
20:45, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
@Mathguyjohn: This is a false positive, but there's no way we can use a clickbait story from the NYPost as a source for medical information. The original study would be better, but not good enough; we would still need a reliable secondary source as well. See WP:MEDRS for the full details. If you think you've found a better source, try bringing it up at the article talk page. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:18, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

EighteenFiftyNine

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EighteenFiftyNine (talk · contribs) (filter log)
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NGC 7469 (filter log)
Description
Copy edit EighteenFiftyNine (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Date and time
00:30, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
@EighteenFiftyNine:  Erledigt. Sorry for the trouble. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:48, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Cyberpower678: The modified filter I emailed you a few days back does not match this edit. Thoughts? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:55, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Suffusion of Yellow, I've not seen your email until I checked my junk mail folder. You ended up in there. I will apply it.
@Cyberpower678: So our attempt to discuss the edit filter was ... stopped by a filter? Ah well. Thanks for applying the change, and sorry about the article_namespace bit; I had been testing this on a local copy of MediaWiki, and haven't upgraded to one that supports the page_ variables yet. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:34, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shanenodrunk

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Shanenodrunk (talk · contribs) (filter log)
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Page not specified
Description
Date and time
07:45, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 10:32, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2602:306:33C3:B3F0:B087:744A:FB37:A8DD

Username
2602:306:33C3:B3F0:B087:744A:FB37:A8DD (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
61st Annual Grammy Awards (filter log)
Description
Adding the Music Video/Film Categories, as they were missing from the page
Date and time
00:32, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Erledigt. It was the word "APESHIT", of course. Probably not much need to allow that in general, but I've made the edit for you, with some minor fixes. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 03:31, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

LTPHarry

Username
LTPHarry (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
DHX Media Toronto (filter log)
DiC Animation City (filter log)
DIC Animation City (filter log)
Description
Made them as redirect entries, and for some reason they triggered Filter 650, which has never happened ever when I did the same things to other pages.
Date and time
21:03, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
@LTPHarry: In the case of DHX Media Toronto, there is a stray space at the beginning of the line. In the others, there is an unneeded colon after the #REDIRECT. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:15, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I must have accidently done them when I created them. Luigitehplumber (talk) 21:22, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

74.207.117.116

Username
74.207.117.116 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Marquis de Sade (filter log)
Description
added an addendum to the introduction adding context to him being described as "sexually libertine". He would pay young girls to rape them, and he would whip poor women he kidnapped. Without the knowledge that de sade was a rapist and pedophile, the phrase "sexually libertine" is devoid of important context.
Date and time
17:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

216.165.95.146

Username
216.165.95.146 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Kang Chiao International School (filter log)
Description
I was trying to add helpful information that would help other readers get a better sense of the school.
Date and time
01:46, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done You were also trying to add vandalism, which suggests that the other changes were deliberately inaccurate. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:49, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eponine999

Username
Eponine999 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Lancashire Heeler (filter log)
Description
Trying to delete an external link to a site called Curlies which seems to be a site advertising specific breeders contravening Wikipedia guidelines.
Date and time
01:59, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
Curlie is the successor to the old DMOZ aggregator of WWW links; it is not an advertising site. What you have been doing also deleted all the categories into which the article falls. I have reverted your latest deletion. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:25, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

JN66432

Username
JN66432 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag (filter log)
Description
changing one line of the lyrics which are incorrect
Date and time
21:00, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

@Suffusion of Yellow: I don't think the filter can be expected to discriminate between archaic British slang and the more common, and commonly abused, use of the term "fag". While it is technically a FP, I think it unreasonable to expect it to do so (or to expend the programming effort for it to do so). General Ization Talk 21:21, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@General Ization: (Already sort of replied on User talk:JN66432) Yes, the filter is probably unfixable (or at least not worth fixing), but that doesn't justify removing JN66432's report. Only the blatantly bad faith reports should be removed. Newbies need not worry themselves with what's an "unreasonable" fix and what isn't; that's for us to sort out. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:40, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@General Ization: (trying to keep things in one place...) And as to your suggestion on User talk:JN66432 of checking for "Lucifer", yes, that would work, but for performance and readability reasons, there would need to be a strong justification for adding it. These seem to be the only two uses, so you are correct, it's not worth the trouble of fixing. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:52, 11 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

178.148.184.217

Username
178.148.184.217 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Merlinka_Festival (filter log)
Description
I'm trying to add the winner Documentary named Tranny Fag in English and Bixa Travesty in Portuguese.
Date and time
18:28, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Erledigt. I've made the edit, but of course most uses of that phrase will be vandalism, so I don't think the filter needs changing. Let us know if you have any more trouble. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

94.155.68.202

Username
94.155.68.202 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Talk:Origins of rock and roll (filter log)
Description
I tried to express my doubts about a claim in the article, alleging a sexual connotation of the phrase "rock and roll" in the sea shanty Johnny Bowker, in the following words:
Does the line "Oh do, my Johnny Bowker, come rock and roll me over" in the sea shanty really have a sexual connotation, as the article claims? I'm not sure that the first cited source really states this, and the second one is just the lyrics themselves. The notion that the sailors, while hoisting a sail, would routinely entreat a fictional Johnny Bowker to come and sodomise them strikes me as a bit too odd.
Date and time
22:35, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
I see you've found your way around the filter. The public description is "Talk page abuse" so perhaps you can imagine why it mistook your edit for something abusive. I've looked through the recent hits and there's some really horrible stuff in there, so I'm hesitant to suggest any weakening of this filter. If you have any more trouble, feel free make more reports here. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:35, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. For the record, I will note that I completely disagree with your overall attitude to the issue as reflected in this and other responses I see here. Just because *some* idiots are vandals, to be on the safe side, *all* users are being forced to go to some ridiculous, Victorian-style lengths to avoid triggering filters - if "sodomise", which is a matter-of-fact, formal and clinical term, is considered too dangerous a word, I expect that we'll soon be talking about "unmentionables" again. Stupid vandal scribblings haven't killed anybody and aren't worth making it impossible for everybody to use normal English. Of course, there is probably also the element of punishing IPs for being IPs, because I assume that the filter doesn't apply to registered/logged-in users. This is the first time I run into such an absurdity on Wikipedia, so I can only see it a reflection of a general current trend towards increased acceptance of censorship on the Internet and elsewhere.--94.155.68.202 (talk) 02:05, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I said I was hesitant to suggest weakening the filter, not that it should never be done. When I say "horrible" stuff, I'm talking about the kind of nasty personal attacks that tend to drive good editors away from the project. Maybe you can brush off the worst abuse from the meanest Internet Tough Guy, but we can't expect every editor to have similarly thick skin.
That said, to the best I can tell from a tiny sample, the specific word that tripped the filter here doesn't seem to correlate spectacularly well with abuse. @Zzuuzz: You mentioned a while back an interest in trimming this filter. I don't know any better way to search through old filter hits than paging through Special:ApiSandbox results and CTRL-Fing, but from what I can tell, it's a mix of good and bad. Going back to about August, there's this FP, plus another one at Special:AbuseLog/22494585. Before that, there's the questionable Special:AbuseLog/21854122, and the filter-working-as-intended Special:AbuseLog/21847634. It's possible that I missed some, but with a 50% FP rate, perhaps the word isn't needed. Thoughts? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The IP user should note that we try very hard to reduce false positive hits, and I'd suggest they underestimate the amount of severe abuse this site gets on a constant basis. If they haven't hit the filter before I think that's a good sign. That said, beyond the general I happen to know exactly what specific type of vandalism this filter entry refers to, and I'm willing to try removing it in its current form at this time. Done. -- zzuuzz (talk) 06:37, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I am quite aware of the large amount of vandalism that occurs on Wikipedia, and I do appreciate the valuable work done to counteract it, even if I don't think that a complete ban on the use of certain words is the way to do this. As for personal attacks on talk pages, I think that these should be - and generally are - penalised with blocks and bans, but should not - and cannot possibly - be precluded in advance by automatic filters. And in any case, my impression is that personal attacks involving extreme profanity or rape threats are extremely uncommon occurrences on Wikipedia talk pages, so I highly doubt that they are among the most important factors driving off good users. That said, I'm thankful that you have made some modifications with respect to the specific problem.--94.155.68.202 (talk) 04:23, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

99.231.152.222

Username
99.231.152.222 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
I was trying to change the sight to describe what happened with the Red River Rebellion!
Date and time
23:02, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done You were trying to carry out vandalism. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:08, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

69.29.254.24

Username
69.29.254.24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing
Page not specified
Description
what
Date and time
02:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare
 Not done Filter worked --DannyS712 (talk) 02:51, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

164.76.35.217

Username
164.76.35.217 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
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Carl Tanzler (filter log)
Description
I was adding a reference to Carl Tanzler from popular culture - a new music video by some artists I know who were inspired by him.
Date and time
06:17, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

73.56.44.226

Username
73.56.44.226 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
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Date and time
06:10, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
Kommentare

 Not done Filter working as intended. Use the Sandbox for tests Victor Schmidt (talk) 15:17, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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