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Tcr25

Username

Tcr25 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Marie Laveau (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

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….right? 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)

Comments

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]

2A02:A213:2741:3A80:4544:4886:2937:DF78

Username: 2A02:A213:2741:3A80:4544:4886:2937:DF78 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 18:17, 27 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) 18:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – The filter is working properly. --EggRoll97 ^(talk) 18:47, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2409:4056:DC8:8FD0:A014:BAFF:FE84:D101

Username: 2409:4056:DC8:8FD0:A014:BAFF:FE84:D101 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Instagram (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 20:38, 27 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) 20:38, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

99.196.128.201

Username: 99.196.128.201 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: June 2021 North American storm complex (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trying to complete a merge per talk page consensus
Date and time: 22:45, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – there needs to be a decision made on whether to merge because of the IP socks. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 23:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

70.176.69.58

Username: 70.176.69.58 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jinichi Kawakami (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: the information is based on here say and not proven by any course. Kawakami is a conman.
Date and time: 23:32, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mangup36300

Username: Mangup36300 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Mangup (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I wanted to post and share the real meaning of mangup from Balkan.
Date and time: 23:52, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2600:8807:4CC0:4D0:8052:7B9D:EA9D:56CF

Username: 2600:8807:4CC0:4D0:8052:7B9D:EA9D:56CF (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Paraphernalia (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 23:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Declined – Edits were vandalism. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]