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Blue Sky Studios Fan and Rezal and his friends - Is a sockpuppet of Muhammad Alfarezal. Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 00:27, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ and ✅, as requested. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:51, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Founder account lost due to 2FA phone being lost, request bureacraut rights for successor account
Hi, I'm the successor account to the founder account of 2 wikis: https://geass.miraheze.org/ and https://gundam.miraheze.org

I had 2FA enables but unfortunately I lost the phone that had the 2FA app so that account is definitely lost, but I still have access to the email for the original account so if possible I'd like to verify it to either retrieve the original account or be granted bureaucrat rights on this successor account. I really need admin level access because I locked some vital pages to editing the other pages in both wikis. Thanks in advance!

Balofo2 (talk) 18:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, I'm sorry you lost the 2FA verification on your account. As far as I know, 2FA authentication is not removed by administrators. Just wait for our managers, they will help you.  Hey Türkiye  message? 07:31, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, Former SRE here, 2FA removals are rarely done unless there's unquestionable proof that you are the account owner via another factor. That could be a GPG key clearly linked to you, committed identity, knowing a trusted volunteer in real life or having an NDA and proving your ID. This is because of the social engineering risk. A steward may want to reopen the wikis and you proceed with a local election asking for rights which would be fine but likely take a few weeks. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  08:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * If T/S, SRE, or Stewards could verify the email address linked to both accounts, could we disable 2FA? Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contribs • global • rights) 08:08, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No, that defeats the point of 2FA. If you have an email, you can reset password. That just makes it 1FA. T&S or SRE need a 2nd factor that's undeniable and not point in time (linked discord account is not enough) ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  08:24, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to say that looking further it's just not possible to circumvent the 2fA part, which requires an extremely high confidence/burden of proof that most users tend not to have in place, nor are they in place here. If T&S or SRE can think of a way that is prominent to this case to do something different, I welcome them to point it out. Otherwise from the Steward perspective we will have to go the long way of a local election, which should just be a formality here and only take some time to meet your second request of being granted rights on the successor account. If there are things protected to autoconfirmed in the meantime or specific admin functions you'd like to be modified, we can take those requests here until it's settled. --Raidarr (talk) 11:48, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the support but both wikis are closed so I can't edit or create a new page for the local election process. Could someone please open both wikis for this? Balofo2 (talk) 17:45, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Muhammad Alfarezal the VHS guy and Muhammad Alfarezal the Selena Gomez fan
Muhammad Alfarezal the VHS guy was created on Company Bumpers and Muhammad Alfarezal the Selena Gomez fan was created on CLG Wiki. both Muhammad Alfarezal the VHS guy and Muhammad Alfarezal the Selena Gomez fan is a sockpuppet of Muhammad Alfarezal and has been blocked indefinitely. Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 08:03, 15 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there. A few notes and questions. 1) There’s no request in this note. Are you requesting a global lock of the above accounts? Also, what do you mean by sockpuppets? Are they your alternate accounts (in which case I’d highly recommend not making so many accounts), or are they impersonations of you? Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contribs • global • rights) 08:06, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Muhammad Alfarezal the VHS guy and Muhammad Alfarezal the Selena Gomez fan - is a sockpuppet of Muhammad Alfarezal. Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 08:18, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged sections and ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 11:43, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Block “ Wiki Staff 06” from the CountryHumans wiki.
Hey Miraheze, can you please block and globally lock Wiki Staff 06. They are a vandalizm only account, since they have recently vandalized some pages fromthe CountryHumans Wiki. Thank you. KumihoWolffey (talk) 23:31, 16 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your report! Normally, we only locally block the account in question and don't globally lock for petty vandalism. However, because this user is clearly in bad faith and because they violate a policy we have called the Username Policy (which prohibits you from having accounts like "Wiki Admin," "Wiki Staff," etc., I have ✅ this user. If they return, please let us know here on the Stewards' noticeboard. Thanks! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Upon further inspection based on similar vandalism that occurred on the wiki earlier today, I discovered various sockpuppets that were used to vandalize the wiki, along with sleeper accounts. I have since ✅ them all as sockpuppets of Moony2. I also ✅ the problematic IP range where this abuse came from. If you see any further vandalism, please alert us here, thanks! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 01:19, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Accidently removed ManageWiki permission
You heard it right. I was experimenting with user permissions at my wiki, and apparently when I was managing Bureaucrats but eventually decided to revert changes, I forgot to revert the ManageWiki permission and clicked "Save". So I can't manage my wiki now. I know, it’s a really silly request, but please, can I get it back? Mr. Fataled (talk) 16:13, 19 July 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅, please be careful when changing the rights of any default group such as bureaucrat, administrator, etc., or else you may lock yourself out. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Issue with an anon on Trashy Celebrities Wiki
Anonymous user 74.194.244.147 has constantly been adding content on the mh:trashycelebritieswiki:Mathieu Brunet (2016-Present) page on Trashy Celebrities Wiki stating that Brunet is "stupid," should die, and should get arrested for his actions (even though he hasn't done anything illegal). I have already told him that calling him "stupid" is potentially cyberbullying, and I don't really need to explain what's wrong with the other two. He has constantly been re-adding it despite my attempts to get him to stop it. Could a steward or global sysop please block him from the wiki temporarily? I have to ask here because all of the admins are inactive. Thanks, FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 21:34, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of the recent discussion started by Raidarr on that wiki about closure and upon the general agreement of Stewards, I have closed the wiki which technically resolves this matter. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 01:51, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Why did you do that? The discussion wasn't finished, and also, all of the pages that violated the Content Policy were a candidate for deletion. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The discussion was originally just meant to last a week or so and technically wasn't even a discussion but instead a forewarning of what was to happen. Because the wiki will always have negative topics as it's main focus, it would be hard to prevent any future pages from containing injurious claims in the future. As such, after conferring with 2 other Stewards, I actioned this topic and closed the wiki or else another Steward would have done the same this very week. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 21:40, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * "It would be hard to prevent any future pages from containing injurious claims in the future." How? If new administrators were promoted, that issue would be fixed. Also, regardless, you could say the exact same about mh:reallifevillains:Real Life Villains Wiki, and yet it's allowed to exist. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 00:59, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 21:22, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Local election proccess iniated to recover bureaucrat rights on sucessor account
Hi, as most people are already aware I'm the successor account to the founder of the https://gundam.miraheze.org/wiki/. So I created the page for the local election process here: https://gundam.miraheze.org/wiki/Admin_Election. Since there won't be any opposition I hope I can get the rights back ASAP. Thanks in advance! Balofo2 (talk) 00:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)


 * As previously noted by the SRE team members, we cannot verify that you are the successor account of Balofo, so it is already advised for you to check out the local election page for getting your rights back. Briefly, the process should take at least 4-7 days (you seemed to place this request after 10 minutes of you election), and the request should usually be placed in Talk:Main Page (your linked election page is in the mainspace, which doesn't serve the purpose to inform the users), in your case when there are no project pages for the community to discuss any issues. Please follow the procedures stated, and re-note the stewards here when the election has passed for 4-7 days, and you should been granted admin and bureaucrat rights at that time by steward discretion. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 01:43, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Matttest Done. https://gundam.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page Balofo2 (talk) 00:32, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't listen to Matttest, stewards can link the two accounts and have helped people who have got locked out of their accounts in the past. Naleksuh (talk) 04:08, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Please check out the previous discussion about this at here. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 06:25, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello
I request declining my "Rename request pending approval" as I made mistake of choosing that new username I made. Peakbread (talk) 14:34, 21 July 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:09, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Could someone approve my pending stuff?
I am not sure if this is allowed, but it would be nice if one of the stewards would approve my Rename request pending approval and my pending "Athenaeum Spaces" wiki that is currently inreview. Peakbread (talk) 00:29, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * It doesn't necessarily speed up the process, but there's nothing against leaving a message here if things have been sitting. Global rename requests are clear, yours will need to be resubmitted as it did not offer a valid reason. Wiki requests are in good part clear and I apologize for the delay in that area, nobody seems to have caught up to it for a few days. I just worked out a good section including your request and Agent has just stepped in to support; if there's anything left by morning I'll clear that as well. --Raidarr (talk) 02:16, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Do something about this wiki
After getting his/her (incorrect) page deleted on the fandom iCarly wiki for the 4th time, User NachelForever copied the whole wiki to Miraheze, with the only changes being that now pages mention the character Kayla Lee (a character who, in reality, never existed on the show and is completely fanon)

icarly.miraheze.org Gtbot2007 (talk) 15:35, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I’m currently crediting/Attribution all of that content to the Fandom Wiki -- NachelForever (talk) 19:28, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm in contact with the wiki administrator who is fixing the issue, per above. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:21, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Can you please give me rights
Basically, i managed to reopen https://lazytownencyclopediawiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page and I was an admin until I forgot my user and pass. Can you please give me (@Stingycus) back the rights? Thanks Stingycus (talk) 06:25, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * We can't give out rights liberally as we can't verify if you're really the old bureaucrat. If we did, we'd have a lot of wiki takeovers. Please read Local elections for how to make a local election to regain those rights on your new account. Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:43, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Interwiki addtional request
Hello.Would you set interwiki on japlantwiki(Private wiki)?To check result of discussion,click here please.This is re-request.Thank you. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 07:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC) add by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 07:44, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for two persistent sockpuppeteers
Over the past few weeks, the CLG Wiki has seen multiple sockpuppet accounts from two sockpuppeteers. Although one of them had been previous requested for this tool, they have made more evasions recently.

PBSArchive socks
If you take a look at their edits, you will see they mostly consist of page creations with poor grammar and the same formatting, such as this one and another article.
 * Saskatoon2003TV
 * ATV Studios
 * PBSWestern
 * ATVCentralProductions851
 * Babylove333
 * NorthSaskatoonTelevisionNetwork2003
 * SaskatoonTV2003

Ngozikal socks
If you analyze these accounts clearly, you will see that their real names listed on their profiles read "Jordan K Ene" and one of these accounts tried adding a "logo" that the original account, Ngozikal7994646464643344387654582, added images to, including recreating this particular page. Camenati (talk) 16:57, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Michelle234824
 * NinaFan5482
 * Giuliana Fan
 * Aishah837424
 * Nina Parker Fan
 * Heidi Klum Fan
 * Amanda Fan


 * I agree that it is suspicious, but hopefully the Stewards like, or  takes a good look at them soon. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:10, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there, thank you for your report! I have checked and indeed, all the accounts linked are related. I have ✅ the following accounts as confirmed sockpuppets of PBSArchive:


 * CalgaryWikiJosh
 * RetroCalgary
 * RetroCalgaryReturns
 * Raphy Movie Fan 2001
 * Teri Fikowski
 * ATVTelevisionFan1991
 * SaskatoonTV2003
 * NorthSaskatoonTelevisionNetwork2003
 * Babylove333
 * ATVCentralProductions851
 * PBSWestern
 * ATV Studios
 * VancouverMedia2003
 * Saskatoon2003TV


 * I have ✅ the following for Ngozikal:


 * Nina9342
 * NinaFan5482
 * Nina Parker Fan
 * Michelle234824
 * JoJoFan9245
 * Heidi Klum Fan
 * Green423
 * Giuliana Fan
 * Drew245
 * CynthiaFan323
 * Cynthia935
 * Amanda Fan
 * Aishah837424


 * I have also ✅ their IP ranges too so they shouldn't be able to create more accounts. If they do, please alert us here. Thanks! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:40, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Issue with Tedious Theme Parks & Attractions Wiki
mh:tediousthemeparksandattractions:Tedious Theme Parks & Attractions Wiki is a wiki I founded as a sister wiki to mh:awesomethemeparksandattractions:Awesome Theme Parks and Attractions Wiki, until I then found out one already existed. I attempted to close it multiple times, however, for some reason, I have several times now received emails saying that it has been closed, even though I thought I closed it already. Here's the ManageWiki log for reference. Does anyone know how to fix this? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:28, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Those emails were potentially queued up and sent even though the wiki was correctly closed. If you wish however, I can delete the wiki to 'fully' close it. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:58, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, since I've been trying to close it for ten months and therefore it should have been deleted four months ago, yes, I would appreciate it if you would just delete it. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 21:01, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Mass rollback of spammer
Hello, a probable spambot with username Sherexxx inserted a porn image with a QR link in thousands of pages on Nonciclopedia wiki. We manually rollbacked a few thousands of those but they're just too much, would it be possible to rollback all its edits at once?

Also, we have an abuse filter that is supposed to stop flood edits from new users, but it didn't catch this one. Could you give it a look?

Thanks. Wedhro (talk) 04:07, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * If you wish, I can run a script on my bot that mass rolls back edits made by a certain user. I'd temporarily grant my bot the  flag locally and it'd begin rolling back edits, if that's acceptable to you.  Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:57, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That would work, thanks. Wedhro (talk) 08:04, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * My bot has undone all vandal edits, let me know if anything else is needed. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 20:51, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Stale local election
I opened up a local election here. It's been 6 days and no votes so far. Can't really push the wiki foward without some rights. Any guides? MacacoKouhai (talk) 21:26, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * In the most technical of senses, this election does not meet our local election requirements as you did not publish a notice of the election taking place on either the main page or as a sitenotice. However, because you were the one who requested the wiki be reopened, are basically the only contributor and because the wiki, before your contributions, was quite literally empty, I have called the election in your favor by means of acclamation and have ✅ you to local bureaucrat and administrator. Congratulations and happy editing! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:17, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy policy exemption request
Hello! I would like to request an exemption to the dormancy policy for Fool's Gold Docs (https://foolsgold.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page). We have just finished up documenting everything in the game, and it has begun to be used by our community while playing the game. FGdev (talk) 00:50, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Could you please mention why you are requesting the exemption? The most common reason is because a wiki has a sufficient number of articles but they're mostly going to be read and not frequently edited. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:43, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's precisely it. We have approximately 400-450 articles, and they're all completed, so there does not need to be much more editing left, if any. However, we would still like the wiki to stay up past the dormancy period, so that those playing the game can still read the articles. I hope that clears it up. FGdev (talk) 16:03, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the extra information. I've exempted your wiki from the DP as requested. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

A user that may have been unrightfully locked
There is a now-locked user known as I have no idea, who is marked as a sockpuppet of I have no idea 2.0. However, there are many flaws with this lock: If there is something I'm missing then please tell me, but otherwise, I would disagree that these actions are worthy of a global lock. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 08:44, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) For one thing, I have no idea is the master account, not I have no idea 2.0, as I have no idea was created first.
 * 2) After looking at their contributions page on all wikis to which they have been shown to contribute on their CentralAuth (not checking the others where they may have commented or done something else that only appears in logs because there's a lot and it isn't worth my time, also I haven't checked GMW because I currently can't access it), they have not edited on a single wiki with I have no idea since they created I have no idea 2.0, with the exception of Miraheze Meta (where they commented for verification). Therefore, this is not really disruptive sockpuppetry.
 * 3) Despite all of this, it is stated that the use of the two accounts has somehow violated sockpuppetry rules. There is no clear proof of other abuse, other than their CentralAuth showing that they were blocked by from the game reception wikis for allegedly using an unnamed "fake Santa Claus account" and other unnamed accounts, however there is no clear proof of this, therefore this is questionable.
 * Did you forget about this confirmation that they dropped a while ago? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 09:19, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No. I saw that, and I believe it does not show nor prove any disruptive behaviour. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 10:27, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * You seemed to have forgotten something here. That user was confirmed to have abused multiple accounts back in December 2020. How many times do I have to repeat myself here? (It's bad enough when I see somebody oblivious to the fact that I have no idea was related to I have no idea 2.0, considering the fact that himself has investigated and determined I have no idea 2.0 / I have no idea was the main master, behind such accounts like Santa Claus, among such troll accounts.) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:39, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Fair enough with the Santa Claus thing, though it wasn't clear what account you were talking about in the block summaries on the GRWs. As for the I have no idea situation, I am not saying they are not the same account, just that the sockpuppetry was not necessarily disruptive. Also, the accounts' global user pages should be changed to be accurate, too. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 11:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your understanding. I know what I said above was just purely out of frustration, but keep in mind that I have no idea has outright admitted to operating the I have no idea 2.0 account prior to being globally locked. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:19, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Likely this lock was confirmed with technical evidence that has long expired and is not able to be retrieved. Locks for sockpuppetry overwhelmingly have technical confirmation which can override even vague behavioral indications that people can see looking back long after the fact. There are likely other locks or contexts in this case which are not immediately obvious. Unless the original operator of the account appeals or overwhelming third party evidence is provided, this lock will not be overridden. --Raidarr (talk) 12:05, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Regardless, the statements on the user pages should be fixed, as the I have no idea should be marked as a former account. Wikipedia has a template called former account, maybe Miraheze could create something like that. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 23:28, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Move Tech:MediaWiki appserver to Tech:MediaWiki
I want to move Tech:MediaWiki appserver to Tech:MediaWiki? Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 07:37, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not delete Tech namespace Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 08:01, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * why do you want to change it at all? If you do not have a clear reason, it's best to leave it alone. Preferably either a) you have a clear organizational reason, ie, category work, or b) you're in SRE (the group that benefits from anything in that namespace) and have practical reason to modify the setup. --Raidarr (talk) 12:16, 29 July 2022 (UTC)