User talk:Fictia

Could you dig deeper into your blocking reason against wiki users for free (they made 0 edits). In MH, when visiting a wiki, the account is created automatically just for visiting (unified). See your own CentralAuth for example. And remember that it's not spambots or anything like that, because it hasn't been possible for months due to the new CAPTCHA. --YellowFrogger (Talk — ✐) 20:54, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, I would like to note that blocking users on private wikis is pointless in my honest opinion. They still cannot read anything except the Main Page of it (if I remember correctly). Ultimately it is up to the local administrator to make their own decisions to a somewhat decent degree. But I hope we can help these newer admins become more experienced at these things. Hypercane  (  talk ) 21:05, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * In addition to what's been said above, I will just note that I plan to continue to engage with local wikis proactively and advise them that their wikis are part of a network of hosted wikis, using the CentralAuth extension, so local blocks should not only be consistent with the local wiki's established policies, but those policies should be based on a combination of generally accepted best practices, common sense, and, of course, the Code of Conduct. I assume this was a case of Fictia not realizing that either (a) users without the  group locally could not see their wiki and/or (b) that accounts were attached automatically, so I would definitely encourage a more friendly sort of engagement in this regard. Dmehus (talk) 21:14, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The wiki is public. Therefore, it is edited by administrators only and the site is fully protected. --YellowFrogger  (Talk — ✐) 22:43, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I just realized this page actually existed, so I want to apologize for the blocks. When that specific wiki was created, none of us had knowledge of core Miraheze or any of its core policies, although I've read up on them since then. Since we're purposefully keeping our subdomain as a public wiki, albeit one restricted to fandom and lore for a group on an external website, the specific policy we had at the time was for unrecognized users to be banned and I was the one charged with enforcing the blocks. I convinced my fellow bureaucrats to end the unnecessary blocks after changing global user rights on our wiki though, so that's over now. I'm sorry that we did that for a while. If you don't mind me asking, since I'm still generally inexperienced, do any of you know how I could appeal a Miraheze-wide IP ban for a user? They wanted to join the specific CCRP wiki but got blocked for cross-wiki abuse after they made an account, which appears to have been a mistake since they've never used Miraheze before. Thanks if you choose to reply. --Fictia (talk) 01:56, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Fictia, no problem, and thank you for your reply and for amending the local blocks. If a user is affected by a global block, they can e-mail Stewards, at, but note that nearly all global blocks are soft blocks, meaning they would be unaffected if logged in. If needing to create an account, they can e-mail us, specifying the wiki they're trying to edit, the specific global block message they're receiving, and any other details. If using a VPN or web host to try and create an account, have them disable such, create the account, then turn it back on after logging in. Dmehus (talk) 02:01, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus, thanks. As far as I've heard so far, this user can't even log into the account they briefly had access to under their global block. I'll alert them to e-mail Miraheze to work out getting unbanned. --Fictia (talk) 02:20, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, that sounds good. If they had an account, please ensure they link to  where   is their username, as we'd need that information as well. Dmehus (talk) 02:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, I've instructed them to send an email and link their account as specified. Thank you so much for willing to help. --Fictia (talk) 02:37, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'll keep a close eye on the e-mail. Dmehus (talk) 02:39, 22 February 2022 (UTC)