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004bvan

Filter: 1328 (hist · log)
Log entry: 40734998
Affected user: 004bvan (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page they were editing: Jonathan Tyers (filter log)
Description: Reported by DatBot to AIV/TB2
Reporting user: 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me)
Date and time: 10:37, 8 May 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. Looks like a false positive. Nobody (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. Looks can be deceiving. Regardless, this filter is reporting too frequently to AIV and I think this specific type of match would be better done as a tag. I'm working on this. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:34, 10 May 2025 (UTC)#[reply]

Username: Wancard (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 16:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: They were trying to add legit citations to the Niobium article but one of those cites had the word "sigma" in the title and dumb kids picked that word up as dumb slang so the filter disallows it Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 17:12, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am helping

Note: Technically a false positive, but it looks like you are trying to canvas references from a single researcher. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:33, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username: 2600:387:F:7E17:0:0:0:C (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Bronson (group) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I am correcting a biography for my band. We OWN the name Bronson going back to 2003, with a commercial release on Big Lizard Records in 2004. There is a substandard group stealing our name and a fake biography here. We are currently in a lawsuit over OUR ESTABLISHED OWNERSHIP OF THE name. Do you REALLY want to be included in the lawsuit as a co-conspiriedator?
Date and time: 17:56, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. You are attempting to hijack a sourced page. If that band's name changes and your band becomes notable, changes can be made. Until then, I highly suggest you explicitly withdraw any implied legal threat; if you do not, your IP address will be blocked from editing. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 20:57, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username: PhoneyAlabamanMapping (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends episodes (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to undo vandalism on this page, but the edit filter says it was an unconstructive edit
Date and time: 20:14, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments

I have reverted the vandalism, and blocked the IP responsible. PhilKnight (talk) 20:37, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. For the bot. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 00:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username: ImjeffthekillerImjeffthekillerImjeffthekiller (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jeff the Killer (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:44, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments

I wanna change it real quick for funny then someone will fix it

Declined – Edits were vandalism. Referentis (talk) 00:45, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Username: 2601:44:180:470:9017:6300:1FAC:E9EE (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Hannibal (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:47, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments

i was trying to add his last words

Username: 2601:44:180:470:9017:6300:1FAC:E9EE (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Hannibal (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 00:49, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments