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MarkLungo Grand Poobah of Crimestrikers from Berea, Ohio, USA Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#1: Jun 21st 2014 at 12:45:53 PM

I'm trying to edit Characters.The Vikings for two reasons:

• Moving Anglo-Saxons to the Useful Notes/ namespace.
• Correct the alphabetization of A Man Is Not A Virgin.

I just tried to make those edits several times, but they always revert back instantly. What (if anything) am I doing wrong?

edited 21st Jun '14 12:46:07 PM by MarkLungo

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#2: Jun 21st 2014 at 12:53:56 PM

You mean Characters.Vikings, right? (We don't have a Characters page for The Vikings).

edited 21st Jun '14 12:54:08 PM by TotemicHero

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#3: Jun 21st 2014 at 1:34:01 PM

Seems like a similar issue to the one with the TheWorldCup.I To P page (a few threads below this one).

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MarkLungo Grand Poobah of Crimestrikers from Berea, Ohio, USA Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#4: Jun 21st 2014 at 2:07:38 PM

[up][up] Oops! You're absolutely right.

[up] Details, please?

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#5: Jun 21st 2014 at 4:51:52 PM

The thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14029457310A24359100

Fighteer, in this post: There is a problem with a filter that Eddie built to catch certain types of bad edits.

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#6: Jun 21st 2014 at 5:04:40 PM

Edit any entries that feature more than two exclamation points in a row.

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#7: Jun 21st 2014 at 11:12:13 PM

Aye, there were some multi-! marks. I took them out.

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MarkLungo Grand Poobah of Crimestrikers from Berea, Ohio, USA Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#8: Jun 22nd 2014 at 10:58:14 AM

The edits finally took. Thanks!

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TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#9: Jun 22nd 2014 at 1:24:56 PM

Quick question: Will this break pages that have triple exclamation headers?

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#10: Jun 22nd 2014 at 1:32:54 PM

If there are such pages, you can try it out yourself.

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#11: Jun 22nd 2014 at 1:59:49 PM

Tested it in the Wiki Sandbox, and it didn't cause problems, so I guess we're good. Just had to make sure though.

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