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New AbuseFilter: Distant translations

I've seen some edits to translation pages that are obviously not translations because they are very distant in size, and have warned the users. I think this would be better prevented by an abuse filter. This filter would prevent edits where the total length of the replaced lines is less than 75% or more than 150% of what it replaced, which is what the edits I warned users about had in common.

Example edits: Special:Diff/28565369 Special:Diff/28564157

Faster than Thunder (talk) 01:08, 18 April 2025 (UTC) (edited)

Please provide some example diffs of what you think the AF should stop. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:19, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Provided! If you find any more edits, feel free to add them to my original message. Faster than Thunder (talk) 01:34, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Report concerning User:DB-Aurhor

DB-Aurhor (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Spam-only account, see abuse filter log. XReport --Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 05:38, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Done – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 05:44, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:115.79.228.94

115.79.228.94 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --MathXplore (talk) 13:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Done Blocked for 31 hours. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 14:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:41.113.79.65

41.113.79.65 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --MathXplore (talk) 14:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 14:44, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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Submission Request: Unable to Publish Profile for Farhan Kaskar

Dear Wikitia Editorial Team,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am reaching out to request your assistance in publishing a biographical article about myself titled **"Farhan Kaskar"**. I attempted to submit the article through the editor interface, but my edits were repeatedly blocked by the spam filter, despite multiple revisions to ensure neutrality and compliance.

Below is the full article I wish to publish. I would be grateful if your editorial team could review and assist in publishing it on Wikitia. Please let me know if any changes are needed or if there’s an alternate method for submission.

Thank you in advance for your help and consideration.

Sincerely, Farhan Kaskar

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Farhannkaskar (talk) 19:51, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

• (Note: completely out of scope material removed above) As it should be. See Meta:Inclusion policy, and any more attempts to do so will earn you a block here just like you got on mediawikiwiki. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:2405:6E00:421:21F3:3D5B:63E0:680B:8342

2405:6E00:421:21F3:3D5B:63E0:680B:8342 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --MathXplore (talk) 06:57, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Done --M/ (talk) 06:58, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:126.162.157.9

126.162.157.9 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Pretend as translating en-ja, but just copy&paste AI/MT raw output. Omotecho (talk) 14:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting. Blocking isn‘t needed, because the IP didn‘t edit for days, but we can discuss how to deal with their edits. TenWhile6 16:01, 22 April 2025 (UTC)