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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

I think the issue here is it's hard to distinguish nonsense from valid words/sentences; factor in other languages, and it's impossible. Rusty Cat (mobile) (talk) 03:19, 30 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

Maze Runner Survivor

Username: Maze Runner Survivor (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to add stunt matrix as it was missing something
Date and time: 18:11, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
Comments

~2026-43925-80

Username: ~2026-43925-80 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of LGBTQ characters in soap operas (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Trying to make changes and edits~2026-43925-80 (talk) 13:37, 10 August 2026 (UTC)reply
Date and time: 13:37, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Comments

~2026-44095-64

Username: ~2026-44095-64 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Draft:Ron Wilkerson Freestyle Legend (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I am trying to published factual data on Ron Wilkerson. there is no incorrect data in this submission
Date and time: 23:27, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented here, but no changes to the filter were made. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:43, 10 August 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-39639-68

Username: ~2026-39639-68 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Symbolic Systems Program (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Wanted to add American author Tony Tulathimutte to the list of notable graduates. He is a widely acclaimed author reviewed by publications like the New York Times and he already has a Wikipedia page himself. I see no reason why this edit would be removed, let alone by a filter.
Date and time: 01:59, 11 August 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. Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 02:25, 11 August 2026 (UTC)reply

~2026-43990-24

Username: ~2026-43990-24 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of people claimed to be Jesus (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a section on Chris-Chan to the list of people who belived themselves to be jesus. Is this a "Battle For Dream Island" situation?
Date and time: 02:17, 11 August 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) 04:45, 11 August 2026 (UTC)reply