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Filter

1325 (hist · log)

Log entry

42021134

Affected user

FloridaArmy (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page they were editing

Draft:Roof collapse (filter log)

Description

Edit made using WP:REFILL incorrectly marked as AI-generated prose

Reporting user

OutsideNormality (talk)

Date and time

20:02, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Edit was not disallowed though a change to the filter may be needed. False positive caused by citation containing the phrase “rich history”. Would it be possible to exclude the contents of ref tags from this filter? – jlwoodwa (talk) 02:00, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. – jlwoodwa (talk) 02:00, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The exclusion addition would be <\/?ref (to add in cite_exemption_pattern). Also, I am pinging Ahecht as the recent maintainer of filter 1325. Codename Noreste (talk) 20:47, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My only contributions to that filter were the lines to detect emojis. Pinging Queen of Hearts. —Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 23:52, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could an exclusion also be added for cases where an emoji appears in the title of a citation? See 41821254 for example. Ptrnext (talk) 06:15, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

W00zles (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Njalla (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Wanted to add Onion url

Date and time

23:46, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 23:58, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if this needs a edit filter fix. Sohom (talk) 00:33, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I could see a possible edit filter fix being useful here. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 02:09, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Suffusion of Yellow:, you are the most recent person to have changed this filter. Would adding an exception for Onion links be possible? 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 02:16, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Suffusion of Yellow, @45dogs I’ve been WP:BOLD and added a exception for the {{Onion URL}} template in the filter. (Feel free to revert if inappropriate!) Sohom (talk) 13:32, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. Pinning this for now, will ask the edit filter managers if a change is neccesary or possible. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 02:12, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to wait until this is resolved to add more URLs, as it seems a waste of time to constantly be pinging someone to get around the filter.

I would say changes are needed as Template:Onion URL exists and is used on other articles for good reason. W00zles (talk) 02:52, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filter

614 (hist · log)

Log entry

42211512

Affected user

ProfLSC (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page they were editing

Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Denver/TikTok and Social Media (Fall 2025) (filter log)

Description

Reported by DatBot to AIV/TB2. This is a course instructor who was trying to add some student Wikipedia accounts to the list of students on their Wiki Ed course page. I went and made the change for them and let them know. Adding false positive report for tracking purposes; there may be no change to the filter that’s required or that can be done to resolve future false positive hits like this one. I’ll take a look at the filter after submitting this report. See the user’s filter log, which has many more filter log IDs of them attempting to do the same thing.

Reporting user

~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)}

Date and time

02:55, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Username

Gregory “Greg” Heffley (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Template:The Com (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

I am trying to submit this template, it is not working.

Date and time

19:47, 15 September 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. Annh07 (talk) 19:50, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

220.255.242.109 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Dhaula Kuan (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

I have tried to improve this badly-written scattered-text article by co-locating the related text, rephrasing the section headings as per wikipedia convention, adding/expanding the text etc. My goodfaith edits have generated false-positive trigger/alert. Please accept and apply my edits to this article. Thanks. 220.255.242.109 (talk) 10:50, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Date and time

10:50, 16 September 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. Lynch44 10:50, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

GreenGirlAnime (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Draft:Ray Chase filmography (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

I want a draft to create for the filmography of Ray Chase. I spent a lot of time creating this with good sources.

Date and time

01:04, 17 September 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. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 01:05, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two different filters were being triggered. It’s hard to tell why; likely a string in the draft set them off. In any case the article Ray Chase (voice actor) already has an extensive filmography section. There is no need to create a draft that duplicates it. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:29, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Consider requesting on the article’s talk page; please provide the necessary references. I’ve created the draft for you; please don’t move it into mainspace unless it’s accepted via the WP:AFC processes.OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:34, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Engrashidul (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

User:Engrashidul/sandbox (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Date and time

07:35, 17 September 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. Lynch44 09:48, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done – The edit for this report has been implemented here, but no changes to the filter were made. Will leave note for user. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:43, 17 September 2025 (UTC).[reply]
13:43, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Username

Main parameter (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Talk:Niederaussem Power Station (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

I tried updating one of the images but got this error.

I wanted to replace the top image with the bottom image. Top image is currently featured on the English Wikipedia article and the bottom is featured on the German one.

Date and time

10:23, 17 September 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. Lynch44 11:14, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:33, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Cgg2222 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Sage International School (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Update the information about the school. I am a student and noticed it was quite lacking.

Date and time

17:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. Nubzor [T][C] 18:15, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

73.56.155.234 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Hollywood, Florida (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Date and time

21:13, 17 September 2025 (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. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:30, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

2601:581:4600:8950:E4A9:7F51:4581:4036 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Frigg (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Date and time

23:47, 17 September 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. Nubzor [T][C] 23:48, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2409:4085:3E81:D8D3:0:0:3C8B:F906

Username

2409:4085:3E81:D8D3:0:0:3C8B:F906 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Creative work (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Date and time

00:45, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Comments