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Request to add interwiki prefixes
I've requested this before in Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 31. But now it does not seem to work. What's wrong？ Zes M Young (talk) 08:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Zes M Young Hello, what's the exact issue you're facing? --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   00:05, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Ugochimobi I could not use the interwiki prefixes added last time. See the link above.--Zes M Young (talk) 09:24, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * To follow up the issue you faced, can you give us which page are you trying to add the interwiki link, but it doesn’t work? I believe my understanding of the Chinese language may somehow help. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 03:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * https://cloudvillage.miraheze.org/wiki/%E5%9C%A8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%98%E5%83%B5%E5%B0%B8%E9%87%8C%E7%8E%A9%E6%BB%9A%E5%8A%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA
 * All the links in the page are wrong. Zes M Young (talk) 03:42, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * After I checked the Special:Interwiki and it’s corresponding logs, it seems that have only added the requested interwiki prefixes for   but not , as shown in the logs here (In a nutshell: This is not a bug but rather a forget from the interwiki admin). Please be patient to wait for any Interwiki administrators, typically  to follow up with this request. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 08:43, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   09:55, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies! I definitely forgot cloudvillagewiki. I hope it's perfectly done now.
 * Regards! --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   09:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh no. You forgot there is  in the URL of Miraheze's wikis :(
 * So  actually links to   and that is actually an invalid link! 😂
 * Could you go back again and add ? Thanks. Zes M Young (talk) 12:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

He(Ugochimobi) seems to be busy. Who else can help me... Zes M Young (talk) 06:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * 啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊 Zes M Young (talk) 04:58, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Global block for
It is a proxy used by a known mass vandal (see ). According to No open proxy policy, we must block globally. — Pixial  [Talk] 05:13, 15 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I have had a look and it doesn't seem conclusive that that IP is a proxy. The wiki mentioned isn't a Miraheze wiki so a global block for abuse would also not be appropriate in my opinion unless there's abuse on Miraheze. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:37, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This IP was used by an LTA also here on Miraheze, known as "Eariowa" here and on other wikis. The link to the wiki used served as a reference. Furthermore, this site confirms that it is a proxy. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:03, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for even more suspected sockpuppets of RickERB23

 * DemonSlayerFan58
 * JoyLucaGT
 * RounderFortheWin

I am requesting a CheckUser against these 3 accounts, as these 3 have engaged in hostile behavior, consistent with what RickERB23 does when it comes to incivility. Not to mention some overlap between the master, and these 3 suspected socks shouldn't be hard to spot. Here is a list of comparisons between the 3, the master and some older socks:

DemonSlayerFan58 vs. RadarYo47 vs. RickERB23

DemonSlayerFan58 vs. LambChop90

JoyLucaGT vs. TomBatMDO

Now let's look at the behavior that immediately caught my attention, and is free to add in more evidence if needed:

Schoolboy99 vs. DemonSlayerFan58 vs. TomBatMDO vs. TheYouTubePopStar. The behavior does appear to be quite obvious, but anybody else who is also familiar with this master may add more compiling evidence onto this thread if they wish to. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot about RounderFortheWin. This edit from this guy completely overlaps with LambChop90's edit, shown on this page on the Terrible Shows & Episodes Wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for your report. I have ✅ these accounts after confirming they were indeed sockpuppets of RickERB23 and I have globally blocked a range he abused exclusively. Thank you for your report. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:09, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

I can't access my main account.
In case you're wondering, no I didn't use this account to evade a ban; I made it because everytime I even attempt to log into my main account, I always get a database error code, rendering said account completely inaccessible, so I made this backup account in case I can't use my main one. Can this be fixed? SuperStreetKombat 2.0 (talk) 06:29, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Never mind, I got it working again. SuperStreetKombat (talk) 07:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, if you have bug issues, report here, ask someone on the Discord server or report it on Community noticeboard. It is outside the scope of this page. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:09, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Report Wikilouco users for cyberbully (continuation)
Ainda não teve um desfecho sobre esse usuário copiar os meus comentários loucos que eu comentava na Destruipedia, além desse burocrata do Wikilouco não deu um jeito naquele usuário e me baniu infinitamente nessa wiki. Teve uma pequena investigação e o próprio suposto burocrata falou sua versão, mas sem justificar o motivo dele deixar esses ataques que ocorreu a mim. Será possivel uma conclusão no caso? Tipo deletar todos esses artigos que são como deboche a mim e uma punição ao tal usuário, isso se eles quebraram alguma regra da comunidade daqui.

Translation: There has not yet been an outcome on this user copying my crazy comments that I commented on on Destroipedia, besides this crazy Wikibureaucrat didn't fix that user and banned me infinitely on this wiki. There was a small investigation and the supposed bureaucrat himself spoke his version, but without justifying why he left these attacks that occurred to me. Is a conclusion possible in the case? Like deleting all these articles that are like a mockery to me and a punishment to that user, if they broke any rules of the community here. Pérola Maniaco (talk) 19:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I endorse the above request. It's an injustice they are doing to the user, these phrases were said by the same on sister wikis and they simply created articles using them. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:10, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Removing theTopTens from the blacklist
Okay, so I'm not exactly sure where it is banned, but one way or another, the website theTopTens ( thetoptens.com ) has been blacklisted globally from Miraheze, as clearly stated in this discussion. However, I think that the site should be removed from the blacklist. Although the site is (obviously) an unreliable source of information, it can be used as a source when writing pages about the site and its content. In addition to this, toxic posts that were made a long time ago by inactive users are not a reason to blacklist it, in fact, that gives users a thing to write about. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:31, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not believe that this site has been blacklisted because it is an "unreliable source" as I do not believe it is up to Stewards to decide what the believe is reliable on what not. The reasons given were that it was repeatedly used for harassment and that it was an SEO spam website. Do you have any specific evidence that suggests that the reasons which were given at the time are no longer the case on the website? DeeM28 (talk) 11:36, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The problem is though, the "harassment" on the site is not relevant as there are many reasons why the source would be used anyway. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:53, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Request to open closed wiki to stage local election
Hi, as everyone must be aware here I'm the successor account to a founder account that was lost. I need someone to open https://geass.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page so I can start the local election process so I can regain my bureaucrat status. For how long is the wiki reopen for editing since I missed last time? Balofo2 (talk) 23:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:15, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, due to timezone differences I was sleeping while you opened it. Could you please do it again? Balofo2 (talk) 20:05, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:31, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've put up the election process page: https://geass.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
 * I can't make a wide site notice or modify the sidebar because it's locked to admins right now. Balofo2 (talk) 18:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Unblock my account hooligan23 from the tony talk wiki please?
Unblock my account hooligan23 from the Tony talk wiki, please? What I was doing on that wiki was not intended to be malicious but was to try and correct misinformation. Hooligan23 (talk) 22:36, 19 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Can you unblock me? @Agent Isai Hooligan23 (talk) 22:44, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I blocked you for a day because of your comments to the other user. I understand you meant no malice but please keep in mind to be civil. If you confirm that you've read the Code of Conduct and promise to not violate it again, I'll unblock you early. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:46, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * yes thank you i regret my actions and have read the code of conduct. Hooligan23 (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:13, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Request again
@Ugochimobi added interwiki prefixes last time but he forgot to add  (See the discussion above). I mentioned that but it seemed no one comes to solve it. Zes M Young (talk) 04:53, 20 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Zes M Young It should be properly done now. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   08:47, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Subdomain change
Hello, I made a mistake with the subdomain in wiki request ( donpolandballwiki ) and want to change it to doncountryballswiki. Thank you in advance. User:Obossum721 (talk) 7:00, 21 August 2022 (MSK)
 * Hi, please request this on Phabricator as this is handled by sysadmins, not Stewards. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 04:56, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Incredible Wikis and Users Wiki
Why exactly was Incredible Wikis and Users Wiki (incrediblewikisandusers.miraheze.org) closed and deleted? It wasn't necessarily violating the content policy or anything. I know it's been a long time but why exactly did this happen? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 04:39, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge it wasn't deleted, it would have been deleted for inactivity likely. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 04:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Could it be restored somehow? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:44, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I know this discussion is over a week old, but there's an archive of wiki backups from September 20, 2020 here. It should contain the dump for the wiki. Tali64³ (talk) 18:16, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Undelete of encyclopedia.miraheze.org
Hello, can steward please undelete encyclopediawiki? The last activity may be in April, but we hope it remains in the database. Thanks. (I am bureaucrat) クールトレイン７７７ (talk) 12:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * On top of being deleted for inactivity, this wiki was also marked as a copyright violation for copy and pasting Japanese Wikipedia articles without proper attribution so I don't think that that wiki will be restored. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 08:24, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Not to interrupt here, but also, looking at the database name, it looks like it's a rip-off of Wikipedia. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:48, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This wiki is an archive of articles removed from Wikipedia. Everything has been imported correctly using Special:Import. We are in compliance with the license and there should be no copyright violation. Community has not been contacted about copyright and is confused--クールトレイン７７７ (talk) 14:42, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * From what we can see, many pages were just copy and pasted with no revisions imported. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:32, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Reception Wikis Wiki
What is the best way to become a bureaucrat on this wiki? I'm already an admin, but not a bureaucrat, and the wiki isn't really active enough to have a local election. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:46, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The local elections still would apply here. You're free to start a local election and perhaps give it two weeks. After that's done, we'll promote you to bureaucrat for a trial period of 3-6 months and if no one disputes that/you've made improvements to the local community, we'll evaluate whether to extend or make permanent the appointment. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm starting a local election. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 07:00, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Enabling SemanticMediaWiki for ArtMechanicum (https://wiki.artmechanicum.com/)
On behalf of the Art Mechanicum wiki (link), I am requesting the SemanticMediaWiki extension to be enabled for the wiki. I understand it is permanently "experimental" and may be removed with little to no prior notice, and will retain regular XML dumps. Thank you! Temporalis (talk) 04:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

local interwiki administrator election
Hello, 开炸弹车 and I post two threads here. I want to close our local interwiki administrator election. Thanks. --坑触可 (talk) 04:43, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Delete Wiki & Account
I would like to delete this wiki and my account, please.

WeltallBR (talk) 01:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC) WeltallBR (talk) 01:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You can chage condition of your own wiki in Special:Managewiki/core.(Please set "closed") However,for system reason we're not able to delete account. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 01:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am sure stewards will soon review your request about deleting your wiki. As for deleting your account, would you like to simply be globally locked which is easy and restricts you from logging in, and can be recovered once you changed your mind, or would you like to 'GDPR' your account according to our Terms of Use (renames your username and makes it inaccessible)? If you mean the latter option, please email Trust and Safety at, linking your user account, so that they can initiate the process to vanish your account in accordance with the Data Request Process. Note that this will take a longer time to complete, as for deleting your account, which though is technically possible, it cannot be done as for copyright attribution purposes. -Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 03:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Adding on to this, if you choose to go the Trust and Safety route, please do not email . Instead, please file a request in TSPortal instead as T&S does not accept email requests for that anymore. Additionally, deleting a user account is actually impossible within MediaWiki, it's a big caveat of the account system.  Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:43, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Lock this account as this was only a test account
Please lock this account as it is a test account. I think you guys know who this is, but do check it to be sure. ThyTestAccount (talk) 17:40, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅, as requested. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:43, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm trying to keep my Wiki from closing.
Food Dye Studios is about to be closed, due to be inactive. Can you go to Exempt from Inactivity? I can't check that because, I need a steward to do it.

https://fds.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki

That way my wiki doesn't get closed/deleted. I can't always make edits to the wiki. Kew1119 (talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Could you please give us more details about why you want an exemption? Is there a lot of content that will be read but doesn't need regular editing? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * There's content that doesn't need regular editing. There is alot of content that does need to be read. Edits to this I would like to open, every once in a while. Kew1119 (talk) 14:51, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of two wikis
Can you delete mh:delightfulmusicandsongs:Delightful Music & Songs Wiki and mh:worstmusicandsongs:Worst Music & Songs Wiki since they are copies of mh:excellentmusic:Excellent Music Wiki and mh:horriblemusic:Horrible Music Wiki, respectively, and since mh:horriblemusicandsongs:Horrible Music & Songs Wiki was also deleted, it would make sense to delete these two as well. Both DM&SW and WM&SW were made private several months ago and have been sitting dormant ever since. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 10:19, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Trashy Celebrities Wiki
Could you please restore this wiki? It wasn't necessarily violating the Content Policy, as all of the unsourced pages were up for deletion, and it was intended for criticism, not spreading rumours. I was trying to fix it to make sure it wasn't deleted, but other users kept ruining it. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:41, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the wiki has already been permanently deleted. While XML backups certainly exist there was enough time to appeal the decision to close/delete the wiki for Content Policy violations. You may argue that the content was criticism and not hateful content/rumours but very often the two merged together on wikis of this type and much of the 'criticism' was not backed up which could lead to claims of defamation. Therefore, this is as there is nothing that indicated the CP wasn't violated and there was sufficient time to argue that before deletion. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I did argue that before deletion, and as I said before, all of the pages with unsourced claims were either up for deletion or cleanup, but okay. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:21, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser requests for users who have deleted page content over a period of several days
There has been a vandal who has been deleting page content for the past few days and we are asking for an IP address inquiry for the user (see tree). しぃ (talk) 07:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Username | Vandalized page
 * Minecraft0609 |
 * 2何時 | しぃ (talk) 07:44, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Just to note, Stewards never make logged in user's IP addresses public. If the IP address match, Stewards may choose to globally block ranges if we find it necessary. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood. However, if there is a request for disclosure of sender information through a Japanese court, will Stewart comply with it? しぃ (talk) 12:26, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * That's only on an occasion where a police investigation was ongoing and stuff. But other than that, not exactly. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:26, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Add Back Bureaucrats Group
I was cleaning up some groups and I deleted the Bureaucrat group. Would it be possible to have that group added back and be a part of it again? Sorry for the inconvenience. KoalaHands (talk) 23:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Based on T9722, I'm assuming this was for echolife, and has now been done. For future reference, it would be helpful to link to the affected wiki in any such request. In any case, please be careful when reassigning permissions. You will always be able to manage your wikis setting if you can maintain yourself in a group with the managewiki permission. Just be sure that you don't give this right to everyone either. Cheers -- Void  Whispers 00:29, 2 September 2022 (UTC)