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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]

94.252.74.17

Username: 94.252.74.17 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Tobias Thyberg (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: False positive. Please disable this block.
Date and time: 10:39, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Done and a change to the filter may be needed. Aydo h8^{[what have I done now?]} 13:16, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not much we can do here to reduce these types of FPs. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 23:59, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aydoh8: Unfortunately, there are Scunthorpe problem issues with these regular expressions. Given that we're trying to stop users who try to outsmart these filters, they can't always be fixed without reducing the filters' effectiveness. The only solution is to have false positives reported here, where humans will judge them on a case-by-case basis. Animal lover |666| 07:03, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

206.188.229.106

Username: 206.188.229.106 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Draft:Low taper fade (meme) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: The previous page read "a stupid trend that is still going on because of 5 year olds on their mommy's phone." This is nonsense and immature, unconstructive to Wikipedia's mission. I attempted to add a real description that can be improved.
Date and time: 14:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Article has been deleted and no sources were cited. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:50, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

73.108.26.197

Username: 73.108.26.197 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Philip Proctor (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 19:48, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Consider requesting on the article's talk page; please provide the necessary references. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:49, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

82.67.95.239

Username: 82.67.95.239 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User talk:Pbritti (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to add something to a talkpage of a user to tell him to not revert what i wrote for the reasons i had put out there
Date and time: 20:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Try to use period and capitalization and your edit will go through. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 20:22, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2601:19B:4083:5CE0:B168:9D1A:36E7:EC8

Username: 2601:19B:4083:5CE0:B168:9D1A:36E7:EC8 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 21:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments

People are cheating and get reported and you guys do nothing about it!!! People exploit the game and you guys are more worried about making money than having a fair game!! You guys you creaters are a disappointment to the game to the whole franchise!! We can't even get a damn fair game anymore because you guys are worried more about cash.. this is how franchises lose there customers

Not done – The filter is working properly. WP is not the owner of this game. quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 22:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AxolotlFridge

Username: AxolotlFridge (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Pee pee twp (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: tried to create article to redirect to "Pee Pee Township, Ohio".
Date and time: 21:30, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments

@AxolotlFridge: Could you explain the necessity of this redirect? It dosen't appear plausible to me. quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 22:14, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, I just made it because I tried to find the page by searching "pee pee twp" and it didn't even show up in the search results, so I figure if someone else does the same they might erroneously draw the conclusion that there isn't a pee pee township article. It's not "necessary", I just figured it wouldn't hurt anything AxolotlFridge (talk) 22:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ReclaimEC1

Username: ReclaimEC1 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Guild of Young Freemen (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trying to create a box to list things like the master, founding year etc...
Date and time: 23:13, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. EggRoll97 ^(talk)23:46, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]