ShoreCrab2000

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Edit declined because of block -- page Port Isabel, Texas

Swept in from the pub

I tried to make my first edit and it was rejected. I was directed to this forum. I learned that the page has a history of vandalism and/or someone has been "stealing"(?) info. I am a life-long resident of Port Isabel and have been active in the community all my life, including tourism, science and history. The Port Isabel page needs a lot of work and the georeferencing is way off for nearly all of the points. Can I be assigned a supervisor or, better, join a group with an interest in the general area (Cameron County, far south Texas) to monitor my edits? Thanks. Don Hockaday ShoreCrab2000 (talk) 14:59, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

This page is not locked, so it is possible that there has been vandalism from your IP address. An administrator may be able to remove that block -- this may take a day or two. I'm looking forward to seeing your contributions -- welcome to Wikivoyage! Ground Zero (talk) 15:24, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, ShoreCrab2000. We've been having an unrelated problem with an editor in Australia who habitually adds various information in violation of copyright laws. We've set up a filter to block his edits, and it appears that you're a false positive that's been caught in the crossfire. Pinging User:Andrewssi2. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 15:25, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi ShoreCrab2000 . Are you sure that you were blocked and prevented from editing? We do have a filter that tagged some of your first edits to Port Isabel, but as far as I can tell no-one has been prevented from actually editing that page. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 21:56, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

I am very sorry that I am starting a new thread knowing that I should reply. However, I have given up on figuring out HOW to reply. I will be appreciative of a hint.

One of the comments on the thread (and one of the error messages I received) mentioned my ip address or server having a bad reputation. I realized I was using a VPN, so I restarted my computer and didn't use a VPN. I don't know if that helped or not. I still had problems. I found that sometimes if I hit "try again" an edit would stick, but not always. I have had to deal with it a few times since, but I have always gotten past it in a try or two. I also realized that I signed on using an email address I hardly ever check so it wasn't being confirmed. I changed the email address I used and confirmed it. In any event, the problem seems to have smoothed out and I have made edits about a dozen times since lately without a problem. I get a rejection now and then but just power through it by 'try again' or just doing it over or signing out and back in. Thanks for the concern and suggestions. Don ShoreCrab2000 (talk) 22:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

ShoreCrab2000 - To reply to a comment without starting a new thread, click on the word "edit" next to the title of the thread you want to reply to (instead of at the top of the page). That will bring up an edit screen that includes only the one thread you clicked on. Then just type your comment as normal, under the existing text.

Also, thank you for your patience as we continue to try to sort out exactly what's going on with your edits being blocked. Please be assured that the problem is on our end - your edits are absolutely welcome here!

-- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 23:03, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

We are going to need some more details. None of those Australian filters has prevented edits by ShoreCrab2000 (I know because I can see that Telstra users is frantically trying to edit Amusement_parks today to no avail). It sounds like another filter stopped ShoreCrab2000, although with the information I have at hand I can't determine which one. Also rather strange because without any intervention that I can see they are successfully editing Port Isabel Andrewssi2 (talk) 02:28, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Also Special:Log/ShoreCrab2000 suggests that they haven't been blocked here at any time Andrewssi2 (talk) 02:31, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

ShoreCrab2000 has been able to edit that page since then, so perhaps the problem, whatever it was, has been resolved. ShoreCrab, if you run into this again, could you please take a screenshot or write down the exact error message for us? It'd be really helpful. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

--- I haven't had any problems today. It may have been a glitch in my browser, router, etc. Anyway, I assume the problem is gone. Thank you all for your help and patience. Am I correct that Travelers' pub comments must always be done with "edit source"? ShoreCrab2000 (talk) 18:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm an old-schooler who disabled the Visual Editor feature on my account pretty much as soon as it was rolled out, so I can't help you on that. :) Anyway, glad to see the problem seems to have been resolved. ShoreCrab2000, please let us know if you encounter any further issues, and again welcome to Wikivoyage and thank you for your contributions. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 19:05, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

You are correct. (It's because it's a discussion page, and the visual editor wasn't designed to support things like the way we use colons to create a visual indentation to replies.)

If you like the white toolbar from the visual mode, then you could go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures and turn on the "New wikitext editor". You'll still be using wikitext ("Edit source"), but you'll have the same toolbar in both styles. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

I think that I worked it out. We have been displaying the Queensland Telstra vandal this message MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-telstra which indicated the edit was declined, even though it wasn't. I have created a new message here for this filter MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-telstra-not-declined

Apologies to ShoreCrab2000 for the original message, but to be clear your edits were not actually blocked. Andrewssi2 (talk) 00:07, 1 June 2017 (UTC)