User talk:Abasteraster/Archives/2024/July
Latest comment: 3 months ago by Drmies in topic Wikipedia:Edit filter
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If you look at the IP's contributions, you should be able to see a clickable link, "filter log". When you check that, you will see that they tried to insert the same BLP violation twice, and only on the third try did they succeed. If you check that before you leave a warning, you can adjust the level warning you want to give. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 03:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't know that you could do that. Thank you for taking the time to explain it to me! Abasteraster (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sure thing. There's a lot more to it--obviously there are people writing those filters; that goes well over my head. There's also an unseen entity that checks for violations, and that may show up at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, "Bot-reported". It's a bit of work to check it, clicking around and stuff, but sometimes it's helpful. Sometimes I block an editor and all you will see is one edit, and you may go "wait that was quick"--but the block may be placed after someone tried to screw something up a half dozen times. And "see filter log" is an extra half-line we can add to a block notice. Oh, if you're diving into this, if this interests you, you can have a look at what happens at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports, where the "false positives" are reported--and where vandals go if they're frustrated. See what I just did pertaining to User talk:129.126.39.67. Enjoy, Drmies (talk) 03:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it, I'll consider the filter logs when warning people from now on. Also, dealing with that false positive report page looks exhausting, haha. Huge respect for you admins for doing all of this work for free. Abasteraster (talk) 03:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, it's not just admins--everyone can check the log. It's only admins who can block, but I think you don't have to be an admin to actually work on the filters--you just have to be a geek, haha. Drmies (talk) 16:47, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it, I'll consider the filter logs when warning people from now on. Also, dealing with that false positive report page looks exhausting, haha. Huge respect for you admins for doing all of this work for free. Abasteraster (talk) 03:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sure thing. There's a lot more to it--obviously there are people writing those filters; that goes well over my head. There's also an unseen entity that checks for violations, and that may show up at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, "Bot-reported". It's a bit of work to check it, clicking around and stuff, but sometimes it's helpful. Sometimes I block an editor and all you will see is one edit, and you may go "wait that was quick"--but the block may be placed after someone tried to screw something up a half dozen times. And "see filter log" is an extra half-line we can add to a block notice. Oh, if you're diving into this, if this interests you, you can have a look at what happens at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports, where the "false positives" are reported--and where vandals go if they're frustrated. See what I just did pertaining to User talk:129.126.39.67. Enjoy, Drmies (talk) 03:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)