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103.213.37.17

Username: 103.213.37.17 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Girish Chandra Roy (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: correct spelling of name
Date and time: 18:59, 31 July 2025 (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. Lynch 44 19:00, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

83.254.219.57

Username: 83.254.219.57 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Tobias Island (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Add template "to whom?" with date ("^{[to whom?]}").
Date and time: 19:17, 31 July 2025 (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. Lynch 44 19:18, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

220.245.213.139

Username: 220.245.213.139 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Woomera, South Australia (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: RE Woomera, South Australia. The caravan park/campground is now permanently closed.
Date and time: 19:25, 31 July 2025 (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. Lynch 44 19:25, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

171.48.99.52

Username: 171.48.99.52 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Info Edge (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was just updating the numbers in the infobox, but my valid edit was denied.
Date and time: 19:46, 31 July 2025 (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. Lynch 44 19:46, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

122.106.5.91

Username: 122.106.5.91 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Roger Oakley (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: add link
Date and time: 01:17, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 01:17, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

73.168.131.214

Username: 73.168.131.214 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: List of Dexter characters (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: The edit was flagged because of a vulgar term quoted from the show. The previous wording, "a nasty slur," was replaced with the actual word to be more neutral and concise.
Date and time: 06:28, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. Lynch 44 12:41, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Arunprasad ambalamukku

Username: Arunprasad ambalamukku (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Mammootty filmography (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 07:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Comment: This user is likely tripping filters because the following line is being added with their edit: 1996 Hitler Industry Hit. I ran the attempted edit against the edit filter that I built and maintain (filter #53), and verified that this is the line that caused it to trigger a positive hit and flag it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:02, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]; Not done – Filter 1233 is working as intended, as you have not added punctuation. Codename Noreste (talk) 21:02, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

92.14.80.76

Username: 92.14.80.76 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Jay Brown (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: The character is not leaving, there is no sources to say they are.
Date and time: 11:06, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 11:15, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

140.109.216.97

Username: 140.109.216.97 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: EdDSA (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was trying to add a link to Bo-Yin Yang, one of the proposers of this signature scheme.

There were existing links to Daniel J Bernstein and Tanja Lange, other proposers.

Date and time: 12:28, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 12:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

185.182.70.16

Username: 185.182.70.16 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: University of Salford (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: the page wiki/University_of_Salford#Student_body reports a claim made by a group without commenting on the evidence provided. attempted to edit by adding the words 'in absence of provided evidence' rendering the sentence 'The students' union believe that the' to 'The students' union believe, in absence of provided evidence, that the'

but the edit was blocked

Date and time: 16:30, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 17:09, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

72.74.52.220

Username: 72.74.52.220 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: St. Johnsbury Academy (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: David Hale is in Wikipedia as "David Hale" (economist) with reference to his alma mat, this edit added him to the alma mater, this edit added him to the St Johnsbury list of notables.
Date and time: 17:04, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Done – The edit for this report has been implemented, but no changes to the filter were made. Lynch 44 17:11, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

79.45.141.149

Username: 79.45.141.149 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Giordano Riccati (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 18:43, 1 August 2025 (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. – – DreamRimmer ■ 18:45, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

79.95.86.83

Username: 79.95.86.83 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: The Subway (song) (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was changing the release date, which was incorrect.
Date and time: 19:53, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 19:54, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Theanikbd

Username: Theanikbd (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: M Sharfuddin Anik (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 21:02, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – The filter is working properly. If you created the page, do not remove the CSD tag. Lynch 44 21:04, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

131.150.163.32

Username: 131.150.163.32 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Roky Ericson (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 21:27, 1 August 2025 (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. Lynch 44 21:34, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

187.252.203.140

Username: 187.252.203.140 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 21:33, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: No filters triggered recently. Lynch 44 21:34, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Darkspectre46

Username: Darkspectre46 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: Added that Helldivers 2 had added the town’s name to the game in the ‘In Popular Culture’ section.
Date and time: 21:45, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: No filters triggered recently. Lynch 44 21:46, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

85.237.234.192

Username: 85.237.234.192 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Page not specified
Description
Date and time: 23:08, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: No filters triggered recently. Annh07 (talk) 23:17, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

143.238.80.3

Username: 143.238.80.3 (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Extreme ironing (filter log) (user filter log)
Description
Date and time: 23:10, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments

from around the world

Not done – The filter is working properly. Annh07 (talk) 23:17, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2409:40E4:2058:3169:4414:99FF:FE1D:939A

Username: 2409:40E4:2058:3169:4414:99FF:FE1D:939A (talk · contribs) (filter log)
Page you were editing: Gaya, India (filter log) (user filter log)
Description: I was adding the name of famous poets 'Anjum Manpuri' to the Notable People section

Anjum Manpuri was a towering literary figure, poet and satirical writer who hailed from the Manpur locality of Gaya and thus, was called Manpuri. Refer to Rekhta where his biography is available.

Date and time: 00:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Comments: Not done – In general, "notable people" lists and similar are only meant for people who already have articles about them. If you think this person meets our notability guidelines, please see Help:Your first article. If you think an exception should be made here, please discuss the matter on the article's talk page. Lynch 44 00:39, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]