User talk:Pkbwcgs/Archive/November 2018


Abuse log false positives

Why is my abuse log showing false positives of filter 856 when I didn't remove any revdel template. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:57, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

It's not really a FP, the filter is set to identify any non-admin changes to revdel templates. Praxidicae (talk) 17:10, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
@Praxidicae: The filter says "Non-admin removing revdel templates" so it is tracking non-admins removing revdel templates so I still think it is a false positive. Pkbwcgs (talk) 17:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
It's not a false positive in the sense that adding "Billy Jack Bitch" would generate a fp for a new user adding it to the Prince article. Praxidicae (talk) 17:14, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
@Praxidicae: I can't continue to add revdel templates to articles if it continues to trigger the abuse filter. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:39, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Pkbwcgs Why? It doesn't disallow you from doing so... Praxidicae (talk) 19:41, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
@Praxidicae: It will continue to trigger the abuse filter. The purpose of filter 856 is to filter edits from non-admins that are removing the revdel template from an article. I think the filter should be amended so that it only filters non-admins removing the revdel template. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:50, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
The filter is working as it's intended though. Just because the name says one thing doesn't mean much but if you feel that way, the complaint board is thataway. Praxidicae (talk) 19:53, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Template:New unreviewed article

I am curious why some users still newly use this deleted template Hhkohh (talk) 08:01, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

@Hhkohh: I am look into this. It could have been added by default by ArticleWizard when going through that process to create a draft. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:15, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Can you disable it? Hhkohh (talk) 20:01, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

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Stale Drafts

No need to bring these to MfD. Most you can U5, G11, or Redirect (like the train article). See Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Drafts for guidence. Feel free to ask me any questions as I have a lot of experience on those lists. Legacypac (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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