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Stnh1206
- Filter
- 1297 (hist · log)
- Log entry
- 37941572
- Affected user
- Stnh1206 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page they were editing
- Foot in Mouth (EP) (filter log)
- Description
- This user was adding a personnel section about the band who performed this EP on that article, and they were warned with the standard warning message and tagged as possible vandalism as they submitted the edit after the warning. This appears to be a legitimate user and not a vandal, and this was triggered on the word
Cool
when adding Tré Cool - drums. - Reporting user
- Codename Noreste 🤔 La Suma
- Date and time
- 05:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comments
- I don't think we can do anything about this. Since
category:.*(?:films|shows|books|series|studios|episodes|bands|musical[ ]groups|albums|songs)
is already excluded. Nobody (talk) 07:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC) - Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:17, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Mhusek
- Username
- Mhusek (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- Date and time
- 10:54, 8 June 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) 10:54, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Ohnoitsjamie also looks like a false positive, maybe we should check for the removed lines too, since the offending text was already present in the article? --DannyS712 (talk) 06:20, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
85.108.198.26
- Username
- 85.108.198.26 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Kadıköy Anatolian High School (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- Murat Tekalp is the best in image processing area in the world. In electrical engineering and computer science area, every successful person knows him. Please add it to support also our engineering popularity.
- Date and time
- 14:51, 9 June 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 14:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Bringitround
- Username
- Bringitround (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Catherine Hayes (murderer) (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- False positive for the word 'faggot' in this case it is clearly referring to a bundle of sticks used in the burning not any slur (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faggot). The change to 'maggots' does not make sense in the this context and is unjustified.
- Date and time
- 19:29, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comments
- Consider requesting on the article's talk page; please provide the necessary references. Rusty4321 talk contribs 19:38, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- The edit was a revision back to the original text which is already referenced. Bringitround (talk) 19:52, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Done – The edit for this report has been implemented here, however no changes to the filter were made. The use of the term is directly supported by the given reference. --Kinu t/c 04:18, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
47.247.221.72
- Username
- 47.247.221.72 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Page not specified
- Description
- Date and time
- 04:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comments
- No filters triggered recently. Rusty4321 talk contribs 04:33, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
2401:D800:2161:C288:218B:AFB1:1673:4CD8
- Username
- 2401:D800:2161:C288:218B:AFB1:1673:4CD8 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- User:Adam Cuerden (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- Date and time
- 06:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comments
- Not done – The filter is working properly. Nobody (talk) 06:22, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
203.82.54.22
- Username
- 203.82.54.22 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Javaid GigaKhel (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- Javaid GigaKhel (from Badar Vellay SWTDU) is a graduate from the *Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)* the United Kingdom & is a *political activist* and *youth leader* , currently serving Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf as "Provincial Deputy Information Secretary of the Insaf Youth Wing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)", Pakistan. As a political activist and youth leader, he is likely involved in promoting the party's agenda and mobilizing young people to participate in the political process.
- Date and time
- 06:21, 11 June 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. Nobody (talk) 06:23, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
2605:59C8:992:9410:2D37:6C2:54C1:B61F
- Username
- 2605:59C8:992:9410:2D37:6C2:54C1:B61F (talk · contribs) (filter log)
- Page you were editing
- Skippy (peanut butter) (filter log) (user filter log)
- Description
- Date and time
- 09:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comments
IT IS WITERAWY TRUE. ITS NICE TO PUT MY MEAT IN, OBAMA.