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José Miguel mendez Romero

Filter

1241 (hist · log)

Log entry

44618698

Affected user

José Miguel mendez Romero (talk · contribs) (filter log)

Page they were editing

User talk:Jolielover (filter log)

Description

Reported by DatBot to AIV/TB2. Just seems like a standard mentorship question, albeit in Spanish.

Reporting user

ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!}

Date and time

06:34, 10 July 2026 (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) 06:34, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Checking with the edit filter managers to see if changes need to be made. We probably should warn users who try to submit non-English text in any namespace, but absent some specific reason that I'm not thinking of I don't see why this should be disallowed outright. – Taking Out The Trash (talk) 15:27, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ignoring the private filter part of this it seems to be working normally. 1233 is designed to catch Long string of characters with no punctuation or markup, and things like 44618742 are indeed what the filter is trying to catch. If an EFM or EFH says the private filter is working correctly, this can probably be closed. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 19:40, 14 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Except that it's not a "long string of characters containing no punctuation or markup"... it's a message written in Spanish. The filter should only be looking for and catching long strings of random characters containing no punctuation or markup (i.e. gibberish). Good-faith but non-English text != gibberish. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 23:58, 14 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Based on a quick skim of the filter I see nothing to determine whether the text is English or not; if I wrote a long run-on sentence in English, it would likely be a filter hit too. Rusty Cat (mobile) (talk) 01:35, 18 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

...Which is not a good thing. If we want to have a filter to detect run-on sentences, that should be a separate filter and should be warn-only. A disallow filter like this one should only be looking for strings of random characters that don't actually make any comprehensible words. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 18:12, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pinned – This thread has been pinned and will not be archived until this template has been removed. – Taking Out The Trash (talk) 15:27, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at this, but I'm not confident it needs to be revised. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 14:58, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Every Good Boy Deserves Favor

Username: Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:John David Norman (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was asking if an externally linked article meets Wikipedia standards, and pointing out that the linked article contains inaccurate, even easily proven false, statements about the cases it discusses. And furthermore, the article appears to be simply repeating statements contained in another linked article. I wish to know, if the linked article meets Wikipedia standards. I'm not claiming that it doesn't, I'm only asking if it does.
Date and time: 06:39, 26 July 2026 (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) 07:28, 26 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2026-39947-37

Username: ~2026-39947-37 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Safety Town (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: two things. suggest "stranger danger" is a common topic covered and suggest safetytowns need to keep up with the times. I believe your automatic censorship is profoundly flawed. But that's your problem. I'm done.
Date and time: 17:36, 27 July 2026 (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. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 18:45, 27 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – The filter is working properly. — 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:44, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2026-41646-00

Username: ~2026-41646-00 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Mary Melfi (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was just adding new performances of her play and interviews .
Date and time: 18:18, 27 July 2026 (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. – 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 18:45, 27 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2026-41749-13

Username: ~2026-41749-13 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: 72 Hours (2026 film) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 02:13, 28 July 2026 (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. Jfire (talk) 02:52, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Paimon52

Username: Paimon52 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Historiography of the massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I wanted to provide more context so that the reader would better understand this event.
Date and time: 02:40, 28 July 2026 (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. Jfire (talk) 02:51, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]; Consider requesting on the article's talk page; please provide the necessary references. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 12:35, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2026-41929-48

Username: ~2026-41929-48 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Team Shanghai Alice (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I would like to remove all talk page banners and replace them with {{merged-to}}. I've already moved the banners to the destination page as per WP:Merging#Procedure.
Date and time: 14:58, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 15:19, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Moses20051

Username: Moses20051 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Talk:Quora (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 16:15, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Note: Please stop! This is not a networking service‎ — B.J (talk) 16:17, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – The filter is working properly.‎ — B.J (talk) 16:51, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

CTRL Z + CTRL Y

Username: CTRL Z + CTRL Y (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Draft:You Are An Idiot (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I am a editor trying to fix missing citations on Draft:You Are An Idiot. The edit filter is giving a false positive, but I am adding reliable sources (PCWorld and academic malware textbooks).
Date and time: 17:19, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Comments

ST Skellyington

Username: ST Skellyington (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: User:ST Skelly (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 18:30, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. Wikipedia is not free webhosting. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 19:20, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

YinnToTheYang

Username: YinnToTheYang (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Carbondale, Pennsylvania (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was attempting to add EliGE to a list of notable people from this town and it got flagged for lacking notability, even though in my entry i directly reference his wikipedia article. if there is an error in my formatting please let me know.

Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski, born 1997, professional gamer

Date and time: 20:37, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. OhNoitsJamie ^talk 20:41, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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