Wikivoyage:Abuse filters Voyage Tips and guide

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Wikivoyage is a transparent project: we don't deny that we use abuse filters to prevent some classes of non-constructive user actions. Unfortunately the filters sometimes stop constructive edits, and some may be outright misconfigured. If you feel that a filter is not compliant with our policies, please start a discussion on the talk page or the travellers' pub.

If your edit was disallowed for no good reason, try to contact an administrator or ask on the travellers' pub. An edit on your user talk page, with full sentences and without any URL or heated language, might have the best prospect of getting through, if there is a draconian filter in place (probably by misconfiguration). Give an edit summary that states that you want attention from an admin.

Not all abuse filters are in place to prevent abuse – some filters simply exist to highlight any potential style issues (if any) – don't worry too much if one of your edits was tagged as such.