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~2026-51099-41

Username: ~2026-51099-41 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: [[:the phrase cooler than the other side of pillow, comes from a line in the movie “ The guns of tbe magnificent seven” which was a western movie made in the 1960”s^[1]]] (filter log) (user filter log)
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↑ the ten guns of the magnificent seven “~~~~

Date and time: 00:09, 22 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: No filters triggered recently. – Chess enjoyer (talk) 00:13, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-46122-26

Username: ~2026-46122-26 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of people from County Kilkenny (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Adding a section for Comedy/Comedians (the list is inconsistent in use of agent and abstract nouns), as the initial addition of the comedian Mike Rice was added to artists. It would be better placed in a new section.
Date and time: 09:52, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done and a change to the filter may be needed. Clearly a constructive edit, seems to be a risk of false positives if edits like these are getting disallowed. Entranced98 (talk) 10:00, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-51319-50

Username: ~2026-51319-50 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Gerina Dunwich (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a new book to Gerina's bibliography.
Date and time: 17:30, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done and a change to the filter may be needed. Edit was constructive; not sure why one usage of "bitches" was enough to trigger the filter. – Jdcomix (talk) 17:32, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply

I mean, "bitch" is very much used in a vulgar context. Makes sense why it would be counted as a "bad word". Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 22:52, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply

True but still a false positive in this case. Filter change probably isn't needed though. Jdcomix (talk) 14:04, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-48129-70

Username: ~2026-48129-70 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of Google Easter eggs (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was just correcting punctuation and grammar in some of the easter eggs, but not vandalizing in any way.
Date and time: 19:46, 24 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done and a change to the filter may be needed. Another constructive edit caught by this filter; it might be a bit overbroad. – Jdcomix (talk) 20:03, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Triggered by infinit[ey] by the looks of things. Seems a little aggressive... Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 22:49, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply

No. It got hit for the addition of my name is lewis. Not sure though if that was a target phrase when @Daniel Quinlan added \b[Mm]y\s+name\s+is\s+[\da-z]+\b to the filter. Nobody (talk) 06:18, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

@Jdcomix and 1AmNobody24: The matching part of the filter has very good statistics. It triggered here because "lewis" is lowercase and this expression with a lower case name is very strongly correlated with vandalism. In prose, the name should generally be capitalized (and it should probably be "Lewis" in this article). If you'd like to see some example hits, here are the most recent 100 matches prior to this false positive for that part of the pattern: 45210215, 45210213, 45210207, 45206115, 45206113, 45199416, 45195928, 45195923, 45195917, 45195913, 45194947, 45194944, 45194941, 45190658, 45190651, 45190646, 45190640, 45186910, 45185615, 45169281, 45169278, 45169273, 45169270, 45157433, 45151612, 45151605, 45151600, 45143683, 45143676, 45143670, 45143661, 45143653, 45143639, 45139603, 45137688, 45116772, 45116768, 45116761, 45116759, 45096995, 45096990, 45096983, 45096976, 45088204, 45087016, 45081616, 45077842, 45072595, 45072586, 45072580, 45072574, 45060459, 45060454, 45060451, 45060446, 45060406, 45040784, 45026230, 45025721, 45025320, 45022345, 45018013, 45018009, 45018007, 45017622, 45017612, 45007468, 44969906, 44969898, 44967200, 44967197, 44960431, 44960428, 44959205, 44959203, 44948745, 44901734, 44901732, 44893959, 44872310, 44857694, 44851383, 44845482, 44816409, 44816407, 44794003, 44791835, 44780118, 44780114, 44780112, 44771479, 44771476, 44771473, 44770514, 44752305, 44752294, 44752240, 44752239, 44744128, 44742395.

After reviewing these, I'm strongly inclined to continue disallowing these edits, and it doesn't make sense to add the complexity of an exception at this point. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 07:50, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Agreed, way too much vandalism that an exception would make sense. Thanks for the explanation and the examples. Nobody (talk) 08:00, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Gotcha, thanks! Jdcomix (talk) 11:44, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

@UmbyUmbreon: Could you please walk us through how you determined that a match on infinit[ey] was the trigger? Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 07:59, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Note: Are you sure it wasn't the six seven stuff triggering it? If so, filter is working just fine. We don't need to cover every permuation of the searches. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 13:50, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

That was the two hits 20 days ago, not the ones yesterday. Nobody (talk) 13:54, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Auramonsterlarp

Username: Auramonsterlarp (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Verity (meme) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: i was adding a section about horror skunx as its basically more famous than the original verity at this point and its story is completely different
Date and time: 22:57, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. – SuperJames888 (Talk to me) 01:55, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

International Fujita scale

Username: International Fujita scale (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:I think someone should sexually assault Bryan Adams (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Was trying to downgrade the G10 tagging to a G3 tagging since the page wasn't blatantly an attack page in its content.
Date and time: 23:24, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
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Page is now deleted now anyways, but I am just submitting this to possibly improve the filter. International Fujita scale (talk) 23:26, 25 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Private – One or more of the filters triggered are private, and the request needs to be evaluated by an edit filter helper or manager. – SuperJames888 (Talk to me) 01:58, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Not done – The filter is working properly. G10 works just as fine as G3 for this case IMO, and I see no great need to change the filter. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 03:52, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-51829-61

Username: ~2026-51829-61 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jaboukie Young-White (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to change mentally ill to gay as queerness is not a mental illness and that is derogatory to assume so
Date and time: 23:51, 25 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Already done. This piece of vandalism was reverted by another user. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 03:56, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-51838-39

Username: ~2026-51838-39 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: What Every Woman Wants (1962 film) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: tried to remove a review of the incorrect film. same name, wrong film!
Date and time: 03:12, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Annh07 (talk) 05:32, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-51634-68

Username: ~2026-51634-68 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description: Someone is repeatedly removing false information.
Date and time: 05:16, 26 September 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Annh07 (talk) 05:28, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply; Freudian slip? Szxq (talk) 05:59, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

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