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~2025-36701-02

Filter

391 (hist · log)

Log entry

42832260

Affected user

~2025-36701-02 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page they were editing

Dell Palomata (filter log)

Description

A change was made outside of the height/weight. The edit looks constructive, but was incorrectly tagged as changing the height or weight. Supposedly there is already a check for a reference that happens to be on the same line, but it doesn't seem to be working in this instance.

Reporting user

- Umby 🌕🐶 (talk)

Date and time

00:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Edit was not disallowed though a change to the filter may be needed. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 00:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. – --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 00:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously, this is a false positive, but is there actually a way to prevent the filter from triggering when the infobox properties are on the same line? I can't say I know of one, but I am frankly still a little rusty. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 02:25, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Illusion Flame: Perhaps we want to check for a pipe after the height/weight? The regex would need to consider the usage of {{convert}} (see Template:Infobox sportsperson#height) though, so it can quickly get complicated ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:29, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ajsanzacr83

Ajsanzacr83 (talk) 14:51, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username

Ajsanzacr83 (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page you were editing

Special:MovePage (filter log) (user filter log)

Description

Date and time

14:51, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Comments

Not done though a change to the filter may be needed. Your article was also previously deleted in draftspace. That said, draftspace moves shouldn't be blocked by this filter. – HurricaneZeta^C 14:53, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(pin removed) – HurricaneZeta^C 14:53, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I may be missing something, but it appears that the attempted move was to the project space, which is intended. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 15:02, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This move is to draftspace HurricaneZeta^C 15:12, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I missed that one, thank you, - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 15:42, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HurricaneZeta: I think this is probably one of those that is a true positive. Moving to Draft:Ajsanzacr83 is certainly disruptive and unnecessary, and the page title would most likely be Draft:(whatever their draft is about), rather than their username. No filter change applied. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 23:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, true. Though in some cases moves to draftspace are legitimate and also encouraged by the AfC template. HurricaneZeta^C 23:34, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done – The filter is working properly. For the bot. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 23:23, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-40550-70

Filter: 735 (hist · log)
Log entry: 42980979
Affected user: ~2025-40550-70 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page they were editing: Birmingham Phoenix (filter log)
Description: This edit was tagged as "possible vandalism", even though it doesn't look like it is. It just appears to be changing a comma into a <br/> markup. This also happened with the London Spirit and Manchester Originals pages, with the log IDs being 42980949, and 42980952, albiet with the former having more changes. Nonetheless, all of these edits seem constructive.
Reporting user: NotJamestack (✉️|📝)
Date and time: 02:34, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Edit was not disallowed and the filter appears to be working properly. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 23:21, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stew.au

Username: Stew.au (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Comparison of mobile operating systems (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I removed a superfluous column delimiter which was causing undesired css code to inadvertently appear in a table cell.
Date and time: 06:28, 17 December 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.‎ ‎ B⠄Jayden ^(talk) 06:35, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. – - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 11:43, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Unrelated to the actual false-positive but this kind of error is called a lint error, and more specifically in your case, a fostered content error (the CSS code spilling over into a table cell). If you want you can fix some more of them by going to Special:LintErrors where there is sometimes a listed backlog. -- ~2025-41379-42 (talk) 17:36, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-39984-45

Username: ~2025-39984-45 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Draft:Kingmakers (film) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trouble making this draft. Already made a pre-set of it but it’s not summiting through.
Date and time: 17:00, 17 December 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) 17:04, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. – - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 17:11, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Florimaroni2

Username: Florimaroni2 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Draft:Abyssocladia falkor (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I want to publish my sandbox version. For this, I wanted to create this draft. But I cannot publish.
Date and time: 17:45, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done though a change to the filter may be needed. @Florimaroni2: Please try adding {{subst:submit}} to the top of User:Florimaroni2/sandbox. When it is reviewed, it will be moved to the Draft: namespace as appropriate. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:00, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tbrewst

Username: Tbrewst (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 20:09, 17 December 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. – --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 20:11, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Let me know if I need to do anything else. Thank you. Tbrewst (talk) 20:17, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:43, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-41488-75

Username: ~2025-41488-75 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of people with absolute pitch (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 22:41, 17 December 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. Don't change the section name. – --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 22:48, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – The filter is working properly. The filter is working as intended. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:48, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-41103-94

Username: ~2025-41103-94 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Thomas Portes (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 23:46, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. We write in English here.‎ ‎ B⠄Jayden ^(talk) 00:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-41107-24

Username: ~2025-41107-24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Weston McKennie (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:01, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. "Good player" you say, heh! Check out neutral point of view.‎ ‎ B⠄Jayden ^(talk) 00:44, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EzSwag$n1p3r

Username: EzSwag$n1p3r (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Amar'e Oba (filter log) (user filter log)
Description

Speedy deletion concern

I am the creator of this article and I would like to contest the speedy deletion tag.

The subject meets Wikipedia’s notability guidelines for athletes through:

Coverage by multiple independent recruiting and scouting outlets
Documented high school statistics on MaxPreps
A verified NCAA Division I commitment (Missouri State University)

I am actively adding reliable third-party sources and improving citations. I respectfully request that the speedy deletion tag be reviewed.

Thank you.

Date and time: 03:54, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
Comments: No filters triggered recently. (automated comment) — MajavahBot (talk · contributions) 03:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]