After manual testing I can confirm that when getting blocked by an abuse filter, the same error message appears in OpenRefine. It's been reported before:
- 'The save has failed' error when uploading edits of wikitext
- Error message unclear when upload to Wikidata fails · Issue #4273 · OpenRefine/OpenRefine · GitHub
It looks like we'd need to make some changes to Wikidata-Toolkit for it to expose the more helpful messages that the MediaWiki API does return (in the following example, when adding a link to a blacklisted website):
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "failed-save",
"module": "wbsetclaim",
"*": "The save has failed."
},
{
"code": "spamblacklist",
"data": {
"spamblacklist": {
"matches": [
"tinyurl.com/some_link"
]
}
},
"module": "wbsetclaim",
"*": "The text you wanted to publish was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a forbidden external site. The following text is what triggered our spam filter: tinyurl.com/some_link"
},
{
"code": "failed-save",
"data": {
"messages": [
{
"name": "wikibase-api-failed-save",
"parameters": [],
"html": {
"*": "The save has failed."
}
},
{
"name": "spam-blacklisted-link",
"parameters": [
{
"list": [
"tinyurl.com/some_link"
],
"type": "text"
}
],
"html": {
"*": "The text you wanted to publish was blocked by the spam filter.\nThis is probably caused by a link to a forbidden external site.\nThe following text is what triggered our spam filter: tinyurl.com/some_link"
}
}
]
},
"module": "wbsetclaim",
"*": "The save has failed."
}
]
}
If the Abuse Filter is blocking you based on the contents of your edits, there is no point in waiting, the result should stay the same. You might solve the problem by getting higher editing rights on Wikidata (since I seem to be able to make the edits), but I am not sure which ones!