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Can someone remove the bureaucrat status for User:Etoisle on The Backrooms wiki? They haven't made any edits and I desysopped them yesterday. Sheep42 (talk) 14:42, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Etoisle founded the wiki as an attempt to back up the Wikidot version of the backrooms. As you indicate this never actually happened, so I would be inclined to humor this request, especially since you are the primary and essentially only contributor. First though, I'd like to ask - since this would effectively transfer full foundership to you, what is your plan for this wiki creatively speaking, ? It clearly no longer resembles the original request, and if anything takes calls based on the Fandom based backrooms version. --Raidarr (talk) 13:53, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The point of the wiki is to create a wiki similar to the Wikia but with higher quality control (anyone can write a page). Sheep42 (talk) 23:20, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Sheep42, why do you need to remove them as, though? Couldn't you just leave the flag on them, and continue to work on the wiki with your flags, as they're apparently not active? In any case, if you insist, I would prefer you post a note on Etoisle's local user talk page, wait at least a week, then return here and request removal of the flag, linking to the local thread in the format of  . Dmehus (talk) 05:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for Real Life Villains Wiki
Hey, I was wondering if someone could do a user check for User:Oscargerardo, User:Juan Jose, and User:ChitoAlf on Real Life Villains Wikia. I suspect they might be the same person using multiple accounts. Both Oscargerardo and Juan Jose were banned for vandalizing articles. Juan Jose claimed to be Oscargerardo's nephew but his editing style is exactly the same. ChitoAlf claims to be Oscargerardo's father and Juan Jose's brother, but his editing style is the same too. They all could be telling the truth and actually be three separate but related people, but I want to be sure. Rangerkid51 (talk) 22:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of what Rangerkid51 is talking about here, I believe I can provide the narration for this one: He's referring to this strange behavior from ChitoAlf and Juan Jose who have both used the uncle excuse to apparently circumvent a block. I thought it was odd for the account(s) to suddenly spawn there and ask Rangerkid51 to unblock Oscar under the guise of being his "nephew" for some apparent reason. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:09, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500, thank you for the added context, as that is helpful, as Rangerkid51's request definitely needed further detail and clarification. I do think it'd be conceivable for a son to go to his father and ask him for assistance in being unblocked, but it does look odd that the apparent uncle is involved as well. In any case, in order to assess the potential credibility here, I'd need see samples of Oscargerardo's edits (specifically, talk page comments) to assess the behavioural similarity (or difference) of the users. In any case, whether they are the same user or not, the underlying request here is a user who is apparently contrite and asking for another chance to edit on the wiki without wholesale copying pages from English Wikipedia. Rangerkid51, I see that you have left Oscargerardo's user talk page open for appeals, which is good as not all  administrators do that, but would you be willing to go a step further by conditionally unblocking Oscargerardo accompanied by a firm warning not to (a) copy verbatim articles from English Wikipedia (maybe don't the word verbatim if English is not Oscargerardo's first language, though) or (b) engage in blatant vandalism (i.e., insertion of random gibberish or nonsense to pages, blank pages, etc.) and also to adhere to user accounts policy with respect to Oscargerardo's main account and the possible sockpuppet/admitted meatpuppet accounts Juan Jose and ChitoAlf and to edit on only one account? Dmehus (talk) 02:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's no problem at all. I'm just glad I could provide it, since I knew you would probably ask Rangerkid51 to provide evidence as soon as you saw this message. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:55, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm sorry it took me so long to reply to all this. A fourth account (called Oscaralfredo) has also popped up on the wikia. I don't know if unblocking Oscargerardo and giving the user one last warning would be effective, because they have ignored warnings from other admins in the past. Rangerkid51 (talk) 01:05, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and blocked both ChitoAlf and Oscaralfredo. It's obvious to me that they're all the same person. Rangerkid51 (talk) 00:16, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

What happened to this user and why was the user blocked?
https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Computer2003michael. MarioBobFan (talk) 00:58, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Per their CentralAuth, they appear to be a sockpuppet and have spammed a few wikis, as evidenced by their contributions on Greatest Movies Wiki. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:01, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I do not see any live or deleted contributions for this user on . The account had a few strange edits on a couple weeks; I probably wouldn't have locked the account, but I don't really see a compelling reason to overturn it, either. Dmehus (talk) 02:27, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I see 6 edits on the wiki, all of which are vandalism. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:30, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, I was looking at the  link that MarioBobFan had posted initially, thinking that was the link you posted. Dmehus (talk) 02:39, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * OK. MarioBobFan (talk) 05:37, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Usurp PlantyB0i
Hello there. I am PlantyB0i. I want to get back on the wikis. However, my original account PlantyB0i ( https://awesomegames.miraheze.org/wiki/User:PlantyB0i which is this account by the way) had some problems due to me deleting cookies for a school problem. When the cookies were deleted, I tried to get into my account and I can never get in. Now i made an account PlantyB0i2. Now i need to usurp my original PlantyB0i. Heck, if you want proof of my Discord, go to the Qualitipedia server on Discord and you see my name in the admin's section. I'm gonna have to do proof like this as an indication that the Discord user RareWare64 aka PlantyB0i in the Qualitipedia Discord server is me. PlantyB0i2 (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC)


 * PlantyB0i2, did you verify RareWare64 to PlantyB0i on-wiki using WikiAuthBot? If so, the usurpation request can be done straight away. Otherwise, we will need to post a note here, and wait at least a week or so, to give that user (assuming it was not you, of course) a chance to object to the usurpation request. Alternatively, let me check with my Trust and Safety supervisor, Owen, on another potential option. Dmehus (talk) 00:14, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Recently I did use the authenticated command for WikiAuthBot and it tells me "authenticated as User:PlantyB0i2". What about the usurpation for my original PlantyB0i account? PlantyB0i2 (talk) 03:06, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * PlantyB0i2, this is now . Please see the link for the timeframe for resolution. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 03:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Global lock
request global lock due to is grossly insulting user name. 1108-Kiju/talk 04:22, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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 * 1108-Kiju, I'll look to see if those accounts have edited, but given that they translate using Google Translate from the Japanese as "washing the unwashed chick(s)," I'd say that's offensive. Two of the accounts mention a person's name. How accurate of a translation is that? That being said, there's likely abuse user accounts policy here, so I may go that route. Dmehus (talk) 04:33, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * 1108-Kiju, ✅ all four, as Username Policy violations. The first two and the fourth are, behaviourally, very likely sockpuppets, possibly related to a more contemporary Japanese wiki LTA, too. The third is the most recent, which is what makes me think this is both behaviourally and technically related to a Japanese wiki LTA. Ordinarily, our Username Policy calls for warnings to be issued first, but given the very likely abuse, vandalism across all four accounts, and the egregious English translations of the Japanese usernames, I'm quite certain it is more than fair to presume bad faith here. The third and the fourth usernames mention a person's name, which is what makes them the most egregious and, thus, those two have been suppressed globally. Dmehus (talk) 05:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus,Thank you for doing Global Lock.All usernames are "[person's name/username] licking unwashed genitals" in English, which is highly inappropriate.--1108-Kiju/talk 05:28, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, 1108-Kiju. Wow, so Google Translate was quite accurate in this case. Dmehus (talk) 05:34, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dmehus. Looks like it. 1108-Kiju/talk 05:49, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Global lock request

 * ‎User:Sobokim3 - Users who post spam. 1108-Kiju/talk 07:06, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It looks like it was locked during the post.--1108-Kiju/talk 07:08, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Name Change Request
Could I please have my name changed to ApexAgunomu? Thank you! Bugambilia (talk) 11:54, 27 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Not a Steward, but you most likely will have to request this. Please correct me if I'm wrong though. Hypercane  (  talk ) 15:30, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You're right. That is the correct place to go for a rename request. Marxo Grouch (talk) 17:57, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * This was done by dmehus and in general can be processed by informal request here, but yes, (and the confirmation of Marxo Grouch) is correct that the GlobalRenameRequest page is the proper avenue. --Raidarr (talk) 08:27, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Delete my account I created by mistake
Hello, it's GreaterEspiritoSanto, I have created this account by mistake, I was thinking I would like returning to Miraheze, but then I regreted doing so, I would like if my account was deleted from Miraheze if possible. I thought I changed my mind but I didn't it. So please, disable it. GreaterEspiritoSanto (talk) 18:15, 31 March 2022 (UTC)


 * GreaterEspiritoSanto, which account(s) are you referring to, and can you please clarify whether you want one or all of them actioned? Can you also clarify whether you wish to potentially recovery your renamed and locked account in the future (i.e., requires having a recovery e-mail address and/or remembering your password), or if you want all personally identifying information stripped from your account in addition to the forgoing (i.e., irreversible)? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 14:53, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Lock and Vanish my account
I want my account to be locked and vanished. Ideally I would want it to be removed entirely, but I've heard that this is not possible. -ElliotRodger523 (talk) 19:20, 31 March 2022 (UTC)


 * ElliotRodger523, can you please clarify whether you wish to be vanished (i.e., renamed and locked), or if you wish to have any personal information removed from your account, your account renamed, and locked (not recoverable)? If the former, please do remember your password and confirm you have a recovery e-mail address attached to your account. If the latter, please confirm by way of a reply here, and I'll forward yourself to the Trust and Safety team. Dmehus (talk) 14:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

✅. Should you change your remind, you may either (a) e-mail Stewards at  to request an unlock or (b) simply create another account, taking user accounts policy into consideration, of course. Should you wish to have any personally identifying information removed from your account, you may e-mail the Trust and Safety team at, linking to the permalink for this thread as a required account ownership confirmation. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 16:20, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus I want it locked and renamed. Simple as that. -ElliotRodger523 (talk) 14:28, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ElliotRodger523, well, no, it's not that simple actually, as there are two very different implications. It's important that we clarify what you mean and want. Anyway, this has been

Would someone please delete this post?
https://loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:Complaint:_You_Need_To_Stop_MarioBobFan._(sorry_if_it_was_repost)#end. Its because it was cyberbullying me. MarioBobFan (talk) 02:20, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I already deleted the blog post, as it was pointless. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that blog post has been deleted, but this could be locally deleted. It's likely a mild Content Policy violation, but nothing that requires immediate deletion by Stewards. If local administration ignored reasonable local requests for deletion, then this could be considered. Dmehus (talk) 02:38, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes. I am not going to be blocked anytime soon. MarioBobFan (talk) 02:41, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request
So a long time ago, a user named HalJordan008 was blocked across Qualitipedia for making comments defending Adolf Hitler. Recently, an army of sockpuppets have been editing his sandboxes, which comes across as suspicious. Here's all the sockpuppets I've found: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Even more suspicious is that another suspected sockpuppet edited HalJordan's sandbox, with this suspicious user claiming that it's their sandbox. --Blazikeye535 (talk) 16:33, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Blazikeye535, while I agree that the accounts are likely related, I also see a lot of constructive editing. Moreover, except for only two users on one Qualitipedia wiki, the other users have not contributed to wikis where the another user as blocked. Please note that while Qualitipedia wikis may operate as a network of wikis, for the purposes of user accounts policy, we treat them as independent wikis. As such, local blocks, accompanied and, ideally, preceded by local warnings, must be in place on at least one of the wikis for all of the users. In other words, with cross-wiki Echo notifications, it's okay for you to warn the users on, say, one central wiki, but the warnings must still be in place for each user, and each warning must be specific to the local policy(ies) being violated by each user on separate wiki. I've also not seen any comments "defending Adolf Hitler," please note while the comments may or quite likely are in poor taste, that does not necessarily warrant a local block let alone a global lock. What matters is whether each wiki has !voted on or discussed adopting that as a local policy. Dmehus (talk) 15:03, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Is unlinking accounts possible?
When I've checked my account on CentralAuth, I've noticed my account is linked to 50 wikis when I only really use two and look on a couple of others and it's not reflective of how I use Miraheze. Many of them are linked because I looked on them once. Is unlinking accounts possible, if it is, is there some way I can do it or will a staff member have to do it for me? If it's possible I'll send more details of which I'd like unlinked. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 16:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

❌, but do feel free to share (publicly or privately to ) on your rationale for why you had wanted this done. It's quite possible, or even likely, an alternate and better approach exists. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 16:30, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Raichu's Endless Nights, unfortunately, while it's technically possible, it's also technically messy for a user's CA to have both linked and unlinked user accounts, so I'm going to mark this as


 * I thought if I got unlinked on the wikis I wasn't active on/didn't use it would make my central auth more organised and reflective of what I did use. Out of the fifty wikis I'm linked to, only eight of them are ones I'm either active on, read regularly, or are basic things for Miraheze like login, meta, template wiki etc, so only about 6%. I may be misunderstanding what central auth is for though so it's not really a problem, I was just wondering. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 17:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Unlinking an account is not possible, I'm afraid. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:26, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Raichu's Endless Nights, that's because  is enabled globally and cannot be disabled, at least not without strong local consensus on a particular wiki to do that. Looking at your CA, I don't see any unattached local user accounts. Was it possibly on a different account? Dmehus (talk) 17:53, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't think it was another account, I was just wondering if the central auth list could get shortened to just a few of the wikis but it doesn't matter then if it's a complicated thing. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 17:59, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

This user is ignoring me because he thinks I am doing stuff to get attention when I am not.
In the comments section of my blog post, (https://loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:A_list_of_The_Fairly_OddParents_(Seasons_9_%26_10)_good_episodes#comment-7576) ShawnTehLogoBoi thought that I was doing that to get attention when I am not, and he said he's going to ignore me. Can someone please delete his comment? MarioBobFan (talk) 23:41, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Please note that the Stewards are not some kind of local admin who you can go to all the time for local disputes. As said many times before, please go to the local administrators first before coming to the Stewards' noticeboard. I highly doubt that the local administrators would ignore any question or concern of yours and if they do, depending on the administrator, they might have a good reason to do so. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:44, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This report was made after you argued with two prominent local users on the wiki, in relation to a block which appears to have been validly created, after you made a list to push suggested changes with zero backup except referencing 'point of view' and were called out on it in the comments. The principle issue appears to be adding points without any reference to support them or ability to support them when called out. In light of this, it is no surprise why individual users would become frustrated and make comments as such within the same section, though I'd expect a local administrator to try and tone down the exchange. If I were to intervene, I would lock down the blog entirely as it seems the issues regarding you on local wikis, for which I've received many direct reports, seem to be ongoing. In other words, this is a waste of time, and I advise you to tread carefully and follow the advisory posted by Dmehus on your talk page. --Raidarr (talk) 13:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Delete Colorpedia
The wiki Colorpedia is old (no contributions for the past 180 days) and per Dormancy Policy, can the wiki creators delete this wiki? Silicona (talk) 19:03, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Silicona, is TheCubee your alternate account, looking at the wiki request? If so, can you login and request this? Dmehus (talk) 19:09, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Silicona, assuming not, having looked into this a bit further, I can confirm the wiki is indeed eligible to be marked for deletion. The only reason it was not was a January 2022 SRE technical reset of all wikis' last RC activity dates. Therefore, in cases like this, Dormancy Policy does allow for manual deletion by Stewards. The reason I'm not sure this would be the best solution, though, is two-fold. Firstly, as an identified  interface language user, why not request  ? That should be available. Secondly, manually deleting the wiki would not make it available immediately (it's still restorable). You'd still have to wait a minimum of two (2) weeks before it could be dropped by SRE. That's if SRE ran the script to backup and drop deleted wikis in two weeks. It's their discretion when they run that script. So I'd prefer the first option. Dmehus (talk) 19:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No, TheCubee is not my alternate account. Silicona (talk) 19:43, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Silicona, thanks. Let me know how you wish to proceed. Dmehus (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Silicona, it looks like that's been decided for you. MarioBonFan requested  be reopened. Thus, you can either (a) hold a local election there requesting bureaucrat and sysop permissions and stating how you plan to revamp the wiki or (b) use Special:RequestWiki to request , defining a clear purpose and scope for your wiki. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 01:51, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Can stewards go to mh:colorpedia:User:Silicona/Local election in Colorpedia? Silicona (talk) 18:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Can someone please reopen Colorpedia?
I want this wiki to be reopened (https://colorpedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) because there are still a handful of stuff to edit. MarioBobFan (talk) 01:28, 4 April 2022 (UTC)


 * MarioBobFan, though you haven't contributed to this wiki, this seems like a reasonable request, so this has been ✅. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 01:46, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Your welcome. MarioBobFan (talk) 02:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

mh:wage10:Wage's World
This wiki was manually closed 1 year, 5 months, 20 days and I won't count how many hours or minutes ago (also I'm not sure if my math is right) and still hasn't been deleted. Does anyone know why, and furthermore, whether or not it could be deleted now? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 05:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Problem with account
Hi!

I'm having problems in logging in with my account GuidaStudenteFilosofia; it has an exception error and is not solved yet. So I'd like to remove the wiki GuidaStudenteFilosofia.miraheze.org from this account.

Moreover, I created another account MarcoV2097 which correctly can login everywhere (even on phabricator); I'll request again the same wiki from the new account.

Or, if it is possible, the property of the wiki could be transferred to the new account without deleting and re-creating the wiki.

Thanks

GuidaStudenteFilosofia (talk) 07:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * While we cannot merge and delete your local user account(s) any longer, your best bet, as the closest thing to deletion, would be to e-mail the Trust and Safety team and request your account be renamed, anonymized, locked, and have any personally identifying information associated with the account stripped from the account. They will need proof of account ownership, but having created this thread, you can link to a permalink. As well, they typically ask you to provide your country of residence for legal and regulatory compliance purposes. You can request this via e-mail to . I'll look for it my Trust and Safety capacity tomorrow evening. Thanks.
 * Separately, there does seem to be a long-standing technical issue with users creating two user accounts right after each other, and would be worth SRE looking into why that's happening, as it seems unique to Miraheze. Dmehus (talk) 05:22, 6 April 2022 (UTC)