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Special:AbuseFilter/388

Hello. It seems that this on french Wikipedia is a false positive. Maybe you can except fr.wikipedia ? Or if not a false positive, explain why. Thank you. Supertoff (talk) 17:28, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

The existence of this filter is based on a request from the SBL talk page: Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2025-01#c-XXBlackburnXx-20250106124800-TheSandDoctor-20250101165500. Normally, this link would have been added to the global spam blacklist.

That said, the edit itself looks fine, so let me see how I can fix the issue... XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:34, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Supertoff: I've set the filter to log-only for now and will monitor the hits. With my steward rights coming in less than 2 days, managing the abuse aspect should be a bit easier. Apologies for the inconvenience.. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:44, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Supertoff (talk) 18:35, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Spam

Beans & all, but would it be worth more aggressively disallowing spam? For instance, look at User:Terrapinelect's contribs. Cheers! JayCubby (talk) 22:39, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

For a filter? Sure! Though I have other priorities at the moment, but I'll make sure to take a look when I can. Thanks! :) XXBlackburnXx (talk) 12:58, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. No rush. JayCubby (talk) 16:15, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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Talk page

Hey there, I noticed yesterday that you deleted my talk page for G1, but I don't recall ever making in one in the first place. Was wondering what was going on with that, cheers! Sophisticatedevening ^(talk) 15:57, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Just trolls being trolls. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User+talk%3ASophisticatedevening. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 16:29, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Oh gotcha. Thanks for that, he was doing the same thing on enwiki. Sophisticatedevening ^(talk) 18:08, 8 March 2025 (UTC)