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Tcr25

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Tcr25 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Marie Laveau (filter log) (user filter log)

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Reverting a series of edits that blanked most all sources for the article. It's possible an old proxy source was among those, but there is a need to restore this to the previous (sourced) state. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 21:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I checked and there was an Ebscohost link in there, so not a false positive. It would have been helpful, however, if there was a way to manage within the revert process. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 21:47, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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21:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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Note: If this is truly a FP, only sysops can implement the edit since the filter only excludes sysops and bots. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 22:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. @Tcr25: You can get around any filter (and the WP:SBL) using WP:ROLLBACK (not Twinkle). That said, maybe this filter should exclude Twinkle reverts too. I'll look at it. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Suffusion of Yellow: Something like &!(summary irlike "^(?:revert|rv|undid|restored)") might also work for now (checked against the last 5000 filter hits, looked good). Nobody (talk) 05:33, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would probably also reduce it to warn and/or lower sysop to a less privileged group - disallowing for everyone except sysops seems excessive. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made one small change, removing an use of rmwhitespace() that was sweeping up unrelated links together. That would have at least prevented this filter hit. There were previous objections to excluding reverts at Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard/Archive 9#"Unreliable source" filters; while I'm still of the opinion that people reverting page-blanking vandals shouldn't be required to fix existing problems, I got some push back to that suggestion there. The point would be moot if all of these links were removed; then a disallowing filter would be no worse than the WP:SBL. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

41.113.149.203

Username: 41.113.149.203 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Distribution of wealth (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Why because the system said I've rights to sign my talk pages but dinied and unsigned .
Date and time: 18:05, 17 April 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) 18:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – The filter is working properly. Please sign your talk pages with four tildes (~~~~), which will automatically leave your IP/username and timestamp, not your email address or anything else. Thanks! Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 22:24, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

31.22.136.226

Username: 31.22.136.226 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: White Coup (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Sogno is a surname, and therefore needs to be capitalised.

Quotations in English Wikipedia should use quotation marks ("") and not French-style guillemets.

Date and time: 21:18, 26 April 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. Annh07 (talk) 21:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]; Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, however no changes to the filter were made. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 01:14, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Syed Muhammad Zill E Hasnain

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Username: Syed Muhammad Zill E Hasnain (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:ZH Studio (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Zill E Hasnain is a Pakistani citizen , student and personal Bloggers

Zill e Hasnain was born on the 10th of October, 2024, in a Syed family.His family is also know as Kazmi Syed . He completes matriculation from Govt High school Hasola. After matriculation, he completes Faculty of Science (Pre-Engineering) from PGC. Currently, he is pursuing LLB at QAU Islamabad.

Date and time: 22:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Do not edit other peoples' pages? – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 23:21, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2600:1016:B017:7C8B:886D:C553:C1BB:69AB

Username: 2600:1016:B017:7C8B:886D:C553:C1BB:69AB (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Edinboro, Pennsylvania (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:00, 27 April 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} 00:21, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RajanD100

Username: RajanD100 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: 2015 Chicago White Sox–Baltimore Orioles crowdless game (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I think I triggered Special:AbuseFilter/667, which pertains to an LTA case, while rephrasing a sentence on December 20, 2020.

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Date and time: 00:39, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Edit was not disallowed and the filter appears to be working properly. --EggRoll97 ^(talk) 02:21, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]