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= CheckUser = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| 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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AkiGoto@tabemonowiki
--虎之介 (talk) 01:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I have no relation to きじゅはレスバ大将. I am absolutely innocent. I now have only one account registered. Please investigate. AkiGoto (talk) 06:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 虎之介, perhaps you should explain the meanings of the name "きじゅはレスバ大将". The name is too difficult for the people other than native Japanese. AkiGoto (talk) 06:47, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * agree because I have doubts about AKIGoto(日本語訳AKIGotoさんに疑いがあるため賛成します)--パンダ会長 (talk) 12:35, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * パンダ会長, votes of majority is not relevant to this kind of issues. But what reasons for your doubt about me? AkiGoto (talk) 19:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Averagesocdemenjoyer15@metawiki

 * This has been ✅ by Agent Isai. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:45, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like we may have yet another evasion/re-request, please see the fourth user I just added. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 00:39, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Geokita5678@metawiki

 * There is no conclusive technical evidence to link the two accounts. There is some weak evidence technically and not enough evidence behaviorally (just one wiki request) to justify a lock. Therefore at this time I don't think a lock is justifiable based on a single edit and no conclusive technical evidence. If they continue with other edits please let me know. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

= Requests for (un)(b)locks = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Please use this section to request global locks (including self-locks), blocks, or their rescindment. 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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CyanKnight201

 * Hello, this user (all these accounts are his, he is a sockpuppet) is having fun vandalizing the Hermione Granger page and replacing the files with images of toilets, here are some proofs and I took screens : https://fiction.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Hermione_Granger&action=history I am requesting an IP block. Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 22:17, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Darkrai18 (talk) 21:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Darkrai18 (talk) 08:55, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm neither a Steward nor a Global Sysop, so I can't lock accounts, nor CheckUser them, which is what I think you're requesting, rather than a lock. OrangeStar (talk) 12:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know, you seem to know how to handle it and nobody answers me, so I don't have many solutions. Darkrai18 (talk) 12:49, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * There could a be a lot of reasons, not the least is that CheckUser investigations can be very tedious and Stewards here have a lot of roles, so they may just not have gotten around to CheckUser-ing these accounts (keep in mind, before even starting the investigation they'll first run through all of these accounts' contribs for proof that a CheckUser is even warranted). They'll eventually do it, until that moment just block the sockpuppets as they appear. I also recommend that you add some more details to this report, for example direct links to the diffs were these suspected sockpuppets were vandalizing. For example:
 * Here's QTiang559 vandalizing the Hermione Granger article, with exactly the same text as blocked user CyanKnight201: mh:fiction:Special:Diff/97448/prev OrangeStar (talk) 13:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've done this before, as the vandalism is localized almost only on one page, just check the history to see it. Darkrai18 (talk) 13:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but it's better to point to specific diffs, as it speeds up the process of determining if a CheckUser is needed. OrangeStar (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I deeply apologise for the delay. I have globally locked these users and globally blocked their IPs. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:13, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And I apologize for being a little impatient and pushy. Thank you for fixing my problem. Darkrai18 (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Username

 * Vandalism across the wikis. 1108-Kiju /Talk 17:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * The name of this account very looks like Kiju's one.('きじゅ' means 'Kiju' in Japanese)Account was created only to hate to him. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 17:26, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Already blocked on some wikis,but still not locked. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 19:25, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 04:26, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 04:26, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

The Real Red Man
Please delete meThe Real Red Man (talk) 05:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there . Do you mean delete as in a global lock, or in accordance with the GDPR? Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 06:00, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * global lock please!
 * ty The Real Red Man (talk) 06:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging to assist. Would you be able to provide some reasoning for why you'd like this lock? Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 06:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:20, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Melba_Fiona

 * Sockpuppet of and used for lock evasion. AlPaD (talk) 19:32, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Users is now ✅ --The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 15:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Users is now ✅ --The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 15:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Multilock

 * Sockpuppet used for lock evasion. --富士見野男 (talk) 08:51, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've merged all your reports on a single thread for easier management. Can you elaborate on how these are sockpuppets used for lock evasion? OrangeStar (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * irrelevant page Move repeat in chakuriki.miraheze.org --富士見野男 (talk) 11:01, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, marking as not done. OrangeStar (talk) 11:13, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

UnLeashedWolfie~

 * Back in early 2021, I had requested this account to be locked as I no longer had a use for it. I now have a reason to use this account, and would like it to be unlocked. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 01:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no way to confirm that you are indeed the same person. Could you send us an email from the one you used to set up that account (if you did)? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have now sent one from the email I remember using for this account. This email is the same email linked to the Phabricator account for this MediaWiki user. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have now sent one from the email I remember using for this account. This email is the same email linked to the Phabricator account for this MediaWiki user. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Administrator/Bureaucrat access
{{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards grant you local administrator or bureaucrat on a wiki without active/any 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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Other access
{{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards grant you minor local access such as autopatrolled, confirmed, and rollbacker on wikis without active/any bureaucrats.

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Four Leaf Fics

 * The wiki in question was deleted by a Steward for violations of the Content Policy, specifically the provision prohibiting sexual content related to minors. Tali64³ (talk) 19:42, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, appears there were sweeping content policy changes in October 2022 (and specifically the addition of written fictional content to this policy) that meant this wiki can no longer be hosted here. Can you close this request? Startle Stars (talk) 22:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Marking as not done, wiki was deleted for policy violations. OrangeStar (talk) 12:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

= Restricted setting change requests = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards change a setting which is restricted and cannot be changed by bureaucrats, including extensions which require a Steward to enable them (such as Cargo, Semantic MediaWiki).

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Ucronias Wiki

 * --Hispano76 (talk) 21:13, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, this is now done. -- Void  Whispers 22:12, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi User:Void, on this topic. The Wiki was affected by error db141 ., and had to be recreated. Could you redo the extension on my wiki please. --Hispano76 (talk) 00:41, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Tri Nebula Alliance

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Enable Cargo for Metaworld Chronicles

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

EmulationWiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

YuriWiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Scratches Portal

 * Hi Funa, you should propose this at Phabricator, as this section is only to request changes that require the (managewiki-restricted) permission. Changes to the Content Security Policy go through a review at Phabricator, see T9252 for an example. OrangeStar (talk) 17:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok,Thank You. Funa-enpitu（talk/Posting Record） 22:05, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * T10161 Funa-enpitu（talk/Posting Record） 02:01, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

TimeWisely

 * note: the wiki is wiki.timewisely.net. OrangeStar (talk) 14:44, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:19, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Unreal_Neo Encyclopedia

 * Additional reasons, Content on the wiki is read by people. Thanks! Sucrose Fans Rosalina129 16:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Twisted Wonderland Wiki
= Wiki reports =

Real Life Villains Wiki Potential Content Policy Violations?
At least 95% of the pages on there, do not have a source for reference. Considering that this wiki also features Internet users, I believe the wikis need to be warned for not having references to what they did wrong (EX: News report, or Wikipedia info) and they should delete pages that do not have sources. Nidoking (talk) 19:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to wiki reports. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 20:37, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with Nidoking, there are some pages throwing the kind of accusations you don't want to throw without solid references. Some sanction is in order. OrangeStar (talk) 21:27, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you provide some examples? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:22, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * There are various pages on there that don't have any references at all, like this page for example https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Jake_Martin and https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Heather_Martin Nidoking (talk) 11:56, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Any update? Nidoking (talk) 14:41, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * All the wiki really. When it covers relatively unknown living people being accused of stuff like child abuse, murder, and all that, it shouldn't assume that these are common knowledge, they should include solid references for such claims. OrangeStar (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe at this juncture it would be ideal to raise the idea locally and see how receptive local managers are to cleaning up sources. Seeing how willing they are on this in public could give Stewards some ground to raise this topic as a priority if their intervention is required. --Raidarr (talk) 15:42, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll give that a try. OrangeStar (talk) 19:33, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Listen, what the wikis say will be heard of, and people will use that as their source much more than anything else.
 * If you're gonna go out of your way to get a wiki meant to educate people about real life villains and why people should not be them, then that means you are enabling bad people. RoboticBloxxer (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The concern raised here is that the wiki is mostly unsourced. Given that it has many articles dealing with people, this could be a potential violation of CP 3 (and anyway, ignoring whatever the policy may say, it's best to include sources for the claims in any article whenever it's dealing with real life stuff, be it living people or other things). It's not our intention to enable bad people. OrangeStar (talk) 17:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Complicated issues with Polcompball Wiki
Was browsing the wiki during my unallocated free time, and I noticed that the local admins are planning to ban those 14 and under, which prolly violates the CoC. I attempted to raise the issues with the local admins as instructed by the CoC, but creation of pages in the user talk namespace was restricted. As such, I am posting about it here. Firestar464 (talk) 10:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)


 * 13 and under is against the Terms of Service. 14 is not required under the terms of service but the code of conduct makes no mention of this. Mostly it is a privacy issue and an irrelevant and redundant rule: they have no right or means to verify this and T&S only cares one year below. So it's a bit of a dumb rule for this reason.
 * Community discussion there takes place on their discord server, which should be found on their front page. --Raidarr (talk) 14:21, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The Code of Conduct governs how users should behave. Wikis are free to restrict those under a certain age above 13. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 14:45, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

= Discussion closure =

Kindly close RfC about CP amendments
This has been kind of left alone for a few days now. Can someone kindly close the RfC? Thank you! Firestar464 (talk) 09:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

= Miscellaneous =

My wiki lost its immunity to the Dormancy Policy
Hi there, I'm the creator of the Crazybloxian Empire info wiki, which was one of my oldest worldbuilding projects. I had informed the people here many years ago that it was meant to be read and would not be updated for months, which gave it immunity to the Dormancy Policy. I recently found out when checking my mail that the immunity was revoked when I got an email saying the wiki had been closed. May I know exactly why it was revoked?

I don't use this website much, but I do wish for my wiki to remain up for archival purposes.

And yes, I did download a full data dump of the site. •• Fair0002 • Bureaucrat and Administrator of Crazybloxian Empire Wiki 07:13, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I revoked it as it was chronically inactive, empty, and unread. Please add a few more pages or show some signs of activity and we will consider regranting, thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
 * What exactly counts as "activity"? If I never add any new content but show up every few days to fix spelling and grammar does that count as enough activity for Dormancy Policy immunity? •• Fair0002 • Bureaucrat and Administrator of Crazybloxian Empire Wiki 10:39, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess so The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 16:37, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Wikis that are part of the outage
Are they lost forever, or can they be recovered somehow.

Few of the wikis I used called Trashy Vyond Videos wiki, and the Qualitipedia wiki were both targets of this and I cannot use them.

Is there a way I can use them again? Nidoking (talk) 14:49, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * The original requestor or a verifiable bureaucrat can put in a request with this process. Otherwise you must wait. --Raidarr (talk) 14:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I do believe most of the requesters who originally requested those wikis might be inactive or quit Miraheze altogether. So it's likely possible they can't. Nidoking (talk) 16:29, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Probably not, especially for reception wikis. --Raidarr (talk) 18:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Backup Restoration Request
Hello, I am the creator for the wiki with the subdomain acheronrho.miraheze.org, it also redirects using the custom URL beaconspace.unrestrictedlorefare.com. It has been affected by the db141 outage and since recreated, but I have been unable to find an XML backup to use the Special Import Request form. I would like please for the Acheron Rho Wiki to be restored to the Miraheze October 2021 backups. If this is in the wrong place I apologise. Thank you for your hard work. Turbo566 (talk) 17:52, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, that wiki seems to have been a private wiki (Special:RequestWikiQueue/13465, Special:Redirect/logid/338229). For privacy reasons, private wikis are opted-out of archive.org backups. Only public wikis have archive.org backups. It appears there may be private XML dumps in the servers (Backups), nevermind what I wrote. OrangeStar (talk) 18:41, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Is this your wiki? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:17, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It is, Thank you very much for your assistance Turbo566 (talk) 04:07, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Backup Restoration Request
Hi, I am the owner for the wiki wiki.insideearth.info (insideearth.miraheze.org). This wiki has been affected by the db141 outage and since recreated, but I have been unable to find an XML backup to use the Special Import Request form. I would like please for the insideearth Wiki to be restored to the Miraheze August 2022 backups. Thank You AlphaOmega (talk) 00:01, 11 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Is this your wiki? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi!, oh yes it looks like it is. AlphaOmega (talk) 12:13, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * When going to "Special:RequestImportDump" it says "Disabled - Import dump requests are disabled on this wiki. Please request an import dump from the central wiki." AlphaOmega (talk) 15:25, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This is the central wiki. Click on Special:RequestImportDump and fill the form. If you need help let us know. OrangeStar (talk) 15:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * logged a request here: ⚓ T10123 Wiki Restore (miraheze.org) AlphaOmega (talk) 18:52, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Affected by Database outage
Hi there,

The wiki I contribute to (darkisle.miraheze.org) was affected by the outage and I'm unable to recovery any of it through my own means outside of the landing page. I was curious if there were any internal backups of the wiki available to be reinstated on the wiki.

Thanks.

Wros (talk) 17:04, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Will wikis be marked as "inactive" after they reopen?
It's been almost 1 month since the database outage, and my wiki is still down. I last edited it on November 15th, and I'm just wondering if it takes over 60 days for the outage to be fixed will the wiki be marked as inactive? I'm also going to make frequent backups from this point onwards, just in case this happens again. Sheep42 (talk) 23:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)


 * The inactivity script has been disabled for wikis on the affected cluster. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:57, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Restore ManageWiki permissions in zhpartyball
Hey there,I am the founder of zhpartyball wiki. When I was editing in zhpartyball at 23:32 (UTC) on December 15, 2022, I accidentally deleted the Special: ManageWiki/permissions/bureaucat group. Does anyone here know how I can recover it? If an administrator can help me restore it? I would appreciate it if there were any. Thanks very much. Here is the link to delete the log: Here is the ManageWiki link of this wiki: Great Polska space agency (talk) 01:37, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Miraheze Legacy Backups request
After searching, the Chinese Polandball Wiki has no backup on archive.org, so request to import Miraheze Legacy Backups. -- 铁桶 (Talk) 15:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)