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= CheckUser = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request that a Steward do a CheckUser on a user/group of users who are suspected of sockpuppetry. If you suspect sockpuppetry, please compile evidence for this. Include as many links to similar behavior as possible such as overlaps in editing styles, grammar, edit summaries, or even SocialProfile data. Failure to do this may result in delays or a decline.

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5 usernames@Librepediawiki

 * ✅. I commend your patience in dealing with this user; UAK appears to be the origin for all reported accounts + one other. I elected to go for the maximum route because of the vandalism-only nature of contributing and credible connection to long term abuse on Wikimedia as you suggest indicate to me there is little point to escalating warnings, although reaching out to stewards@ by email for reasonable discourse is still an option. There is room for abusefilters to be tailored in this case but I honestly just don't have time or competence to do that right now: another Steward, GS or interested party is free to make suggestions/enact additional measures based on this. --Raidarr (talk) 15:59, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

= Requests for (un)(b)locks = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Please use this section to request global locks (including self-locks), global IP blocks, or for either of these to be removed. If reporting vandalism-only accounts, make sure they fit the global standard definition for vandalism only accounts: there must be no or almost no constructive editing behaviour and, additionally, this behaviour should be occurring on multiple wikis.

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Various users

 * These accounts are sockpuppets of 岐阜県民 who was locked.They told me that they'll kill us.This is so big problem.I'd like stewards to lock these accounts to prevent issues from them. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 08:48, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. There are quite a few more accounts than this which I will subsequently address. --Raidarr (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * These accounts are sockpuppets of 岐阜県民 who was locked.They told me that they'll kill us.This is so big problem.I'd like stewards to lock these accounts to prevent issues from them. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 08:48, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. There are quite a few more accounts than this which I will subsequently address. --Raidarr (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. There are quite a few more accounts than this which I will subsequently address. --Raidarr (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Mayfair

 * I couldn't figure out the template but I would like to have this account locked since I don't think I'll be active here. --Mayfair (talk) 21:44, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Very well, this is ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 16:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Very well, this is ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 16:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

= Permissions =

Administrator/Bureaucrat access
{{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards grant you administrator or bureaucrat rights on a wiki without any active bureaucrats (or unwilling bureaucrats if they refuse to certify a successful vote) following a local election. We normally don't grant permissions without a local election for advanced rights like this so you'll need to make a local election unless you accidentally demoted yourself.

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Corviraptor@ultrakillwiki
Hi! I ran a local election a little while back, and would like it closed so I can start working on things that require local bureaucrat and administrator rights on the wiki, and so that I can work on getting more bureaucrats to help, as I'm very busy these days!

Corviraptor (talk) 22:57, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Clerically noted as ✅ by Agent. --Raidarr (talk) 21:16, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Artubass@celestewiki
I would like a temporary appointment to sysop as the only active contributor. The reason I need this permission is to edit the protected Main Page, which is currently under construction. Artubass (talk) 11:08, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Have you tried to contact Celeste first? I would recommend trying that and waiting a few days before requesting this. If it's also just for a specific page only that could potentially be unprotected temporarily rather than an appointment just for that. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:20, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have tried contacting Celeste via Discord. Sure, unprotecting the Main page will be sufficient. How can I request that? Thank you. Artubass (talk) 12:15, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Other access
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Removal
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Lackbfun@erawiki
Per inactive and security concerns, the community of this wiki enacted a consensus to remove all permissions from user:Lackbfun. Howard (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed on removing user:Lackbfun's permissions due to inactivity and security concerns. Asck1116 (talk) 15:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Confirm.Agreed on removing user:Lackbfun's permissions due to inactivity and security concerns. Awk-DSPR (talk) 17:13, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree. Lackbfun has been inactive for almost 3 months. CK Rainbow (talk) 01:26, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Permissions removed per consensus above. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Lackbfun@erawikisourcewiki
Per same reasons. Howard (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed per same reason. Asck1116 (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed per same reason. Awk-DSPR (talk) 17:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed per same reason. CK Rainbow (talk) 01:30, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Removed per consensus. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

= Wiki (un)deletion = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards undelete a wiki if it was deleted for inactivity (not if it's 'closed' [i.e. uneditable but still online] in which case you must use Requests for reopening wikis).

To request a wiki deletion, if your wiki has multiple contributors, you must hold a local discussion beforehand and consensus must be in favor of the wiki closing. If your wiki is a small/personal one where you are the sole contributor, no discussion is needed.

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Terrapedia

 * Wiki has been fixed so deletion is no longer necessary. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:59, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

PoorMemes Wiki

 * Qualitipedia, the administrative entity was shut down - this wiki is not a part of it and so that rationale does not apply. I have reached out to your cofounder on Discord to see what he thinks of this as he is still reachable elsewhere and I'd like his 2c before proceeding. If he agrees I can do this outright. --Raidarr (talk) 16:26, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. Commetia/Kazakhar (talk/Contact) 20:53, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Carl did not object, and so this is ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 19:16, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Drawutha

 * The original request was a private wiki created by and  is not its requestor nor appears to have been a member. If Gool wishes to contribute to the original wiki then Drawuthia needs to be involved, or the wiki needs to be dropped and then the request can proceed as normal, or a new domain should be chosen - I'd lean this last one since Drawutha is an unusual name and it's odd that they'd overlap this way unless Gool knows the original requestor and can perhaps get in contact or elaborate here if there's a connection. If Gool does not know about this then it would be simpler to pick a different name. If we're going with a drop, I defer to a steward-sre colleague. --Raidarr (talk) 20:51, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Dear all, Gool speaking, I am sorry to create such confusion. I assume that I was requesting this request through a different account few months ago that I simply forgot about. My apologies. changing the name is absolutely possible if it is the easiest solution in our hands. Regards 2A01:E0A:AAF:B2B0:5DD5:72E:2960:28E3 21:29, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * So I take that as meaning that Drawutha was an old account of yours that you no longer have access to? Tali64³ (talk) 22:22, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

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Cradley Links Wiki

 * apologies for the inconvenience, from what I can tell the flag was reset because of the db141 issue you mention. It is restored. --Raidarr (talk) 21:26, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Wiesepedia

 * ✅ --Raidarr (talk) 16:11, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

szk.miraheze.org

 * ✅ --Raidarr (talk) 20:36, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

= Wiki reports =

Copyright Violation at bngyaanipediawiki
Over 500 pages on bngyaanipediawiki have been imported from the Bengali Wikipedia without proper attribution (the page history contains only the latest revision when the import was carried out and uses the wrong interwiki prefix) by a globally locked user. The wiki has other examples of improper attribution as well were the pages were manually copied over from BN Wikipedia. Furthermore, it appears that a number of copyrighted pages copied entirely from Banglapedia (the list can be found here), which were believed to have been cleaned up nearly two years ago by Steward request following a user report appear to have survived the purge (for example, these pages) as well. The last time a Steward (Dmehus) tried to contact the wiki bureaucrat who imported these pages, he received no response. I request you to delete the pages copied from Banglapedia and decide what to do for the rest where, at least in theory, the wiki could be given a chance to either go back and correctly import the pages or add attribution templates. Personally though, I do not see what purpose the wiki serves if almost all the pages (main page included!) are just copied over from external sites but ultimately, it is obviously your decision and I am just adding my two cents. Thank you. Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 23:38, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Courtesy ping: Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 23:41, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your report! This wiki is part of the Gyaanipedia network which was shutdown due to egregious copyright violations so I am equally closing this wiki too. Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 18:01, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * If the Gyaanipedia network was shut down then please get rid of these leftovers as well: zhgyaanipediawiki, commonsgyaanipediawiki, degyaanipediawiki, esgyaanipediawiki. Thanks. Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 08:38, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

= Discussion closure =

= Miscellaneous =

Help with importing a dump file
Hello, I am trying to import a dump file from a Fandom wiki on my wiki Poofesure Wiki, but it wants the interwiki prefix, and I don't know what that is. I also tried using wikia:poofesure as the interwiki prefix, and there were no comments about that, but they said that the document was empty. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 00:30, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Just put a space there. It'll work either way. Tali64³ (talk) 19:38, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Put a space where? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 22:14, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * In the interwiki prefix field. I probably should've been more specific. Tali64³ (talk) 22:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It still says it's empty. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 22:36, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm...the last time I tried that, it imported with no issues. Maybe it's something to do with a new MediaWiki update, but I don't see anything related to that on MediaWiki.org's home page. Tali64³ (talk) 23:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC)