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104.6.20.226

Username SigmaRaquesh

104.6.20.226 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

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Lou M. Taylor (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Added Sean "Diddy" Combs as one of her clients, which is well documented. Included a cite from a 2019 article.

Date and time

17:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Comments

Not done though a change to the filter may be needed. Courtesy ping MusikAnimal. This is certainly a false positive, but I cannot implement your edit because it is a copyright violation. Please see WP:COPYVIO and WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. If you would like to try again, consider suggesting an edit on the article's talk page. Thank you. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 17:37, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given how the filter works I don't think there's a safe way to fix this without letting a considerable amount of vandalism through. Nobody (talk) 18:02, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Going to just go ahead and echo this. Probably not the best idea to mess around with it too much, given there's a considerable amount of diddy-related vandalism as far as I was aware still. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 03:02, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not quite sure how I got under this filter. I did not make this edit. But there was a false positive on me. How can I fix this situation? Thanks in advance. LeonStudying (talk) 00:12, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LeonStudying: I think you posted in the wrong thread, you don't have any edit filter hits related to this report. I did look at your filter log though and saw that you were trying to edit Huallanca mountain range. I don't know why your edit was blocked, but I have added it for you. If this happens again and you need to report a false positive, please use the "Click here to report a false positive" link at the top of the page, and follow the instructions. I'm going to create a report for this now so that someone who knows what they're doing can take a look at the filter, in case it needs to be tweaked. Thanks. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 21:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RC2k50

Username: RC2k50 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Andhrapradesh Population Column 2011 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: The Oldest (before Nov 9 data is accurate), since the new edits haven't accounted split of one state into two state and he is also somewhat accurate due to some data of government
Date and time: 06:11, 9 November 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) 06:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

72.66.118.174

Username: 72.66.118.174 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 6 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was attempting to fix numerous grammatical and spelling errors. The errors were plentiful enough that I was having trouble understanding some of the sentences on this page.
Date and time: 01:17, 10 November 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) 01:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The.aughts

Username: The.aughts (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[1]] (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Richard Garfield's name was listed as 'Dick Garfield' in the Infobox, leading to a non-existent wiki entry, I was correcting it back to Richard.
Date and time: 05:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented here, however no changes to the filter were made. Ternera (talk) 05:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nojir Vlog

Username: Nojir Vlog (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:Nojir Vlog (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 05:36, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Ternera (talk) 05:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TheChopTops

Username: TheChopTops (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Chop Tops (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: We, the band The Chop Tops, were simply adding a link to a documentary we had three songs in under the film section and were rejected. Here is the code we were adding to the section:

Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin' (2010)^[1]

Please allow this add as it is legitimate and a cool highlight of the films we were involved in!

Date and time: 06:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
Comments

^ "Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin' on the Internet Movie Database". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[1] "Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin' on the Internet Movie Database". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

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