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= CheckUser = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request that a Steward do a CheckUser on a user/group of users who are suspected of sockpuppetry. 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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岐阜県民

 * This account has been trolling on 2 wikis.(chizunet,chizunetseries)This user makes community tired.For example,edits made by was almost reverted especially on chizunet. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 10:09, 11 March 2023 (UTC) Formatting correction. --1108-Kiju /Talk 10:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Also,I was harassed by this user. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 10:12, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Agent. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 13:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

広告でよく見るゲーム

 * Cross-wiki abuse mainly on kidswiki by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 09:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Currently, there seems to be only one wiki that has been vandalized by this user. However, this account is clearly dedicated to vandalism. I have no opposition to locking it. --1108-Kiju /Talk 09:26, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Agent. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 13:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Username

 * Sockpuppet of 岐阜県民. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 03:43, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:00, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

くうてつふぁん200

 * Cross-wiki abuse and sockpuppet of 岐阜県民,who was locked user. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 02:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

= Permissions =

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Robbiescott@rlifewiki

 * I have moved your request here for Stewards to investigate. Please review this to ensure I have the form correct. From here since your wiki is private, only a Steward can look into it. --Raidarr (talk) 15:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've reopened the wiki, but I'm not seeing any reason as to why you would be unable to edit due to permissions problems. If you are getting any specific error message, please post it here so I can help. Cheers -- Void  Whispers 20:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This was fixed a few days ago but I forgot to comment. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

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Maison Forte

 * This wiki has been permanently deleted and therefore can't be undeleted by a Steward. Please open a request on Phabricator for a restore and indicate when approximately it last had activity. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Starspeaker Wiki

 * ✅. Let us know If you need anything else. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Charactapedia
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Macwrenchwiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:52, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Free Editing Wiki

 * Agent Isai responded in a thread above that 500 is too high of a limit and could potentially cause strain on Miraheze's servers. As the sole bureaucrat and administrator on the wiki in question, I don't think that asking Stewards to raise the parser function limit for that wiki in particular would be very useful, given its nature. Tali64³ (talk) 15:19, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe 250 could suffice? Several pages and templates have issues relating to the expensive parser limit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:22, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Agent recommended a 150 function limit in the mentioned thread. That's generally the most that Wikipedia templates use. Tali64³ (talk) 15:24, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The pages that were exceeding limit both had about 210 expensive calls, so 300 would probably be appropriate. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * For a wiki like freeediting I would concur that 150 should be the starting point and no more unless strictly necessary. I'd even suggest reducing the templates themselves if they really keep hitting upper bounds - the road works both ways. Perhaps we can look at the pages in question and optimize them. --Raidarr (talk) 15:41, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Correction: the calls were actually 333 and 150 respectively. The templates with the most calls are: ping, reddit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * How many people did you ping? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:44, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Only the same few people, but the calls add up. Every user pinged seems to use 3 expensive calls. Maybe if the variables extension was enabled, the expensive calls could be reused. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The variables extension would be nice to have for a lot other reasons too, but it still won't completely solve the expensive parser function issue. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:58, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * For ping in particular I'll reiterate my advice elsewhere; if a lot of expensive pings are involved then some more efficient form of contact should be considered because I'm not sure what the need is for all those calls if pings make up a significant portion of 300+ calls at 3 calls apiece. --Raidarr (talk) 15:58, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Here's the source code: https://freeediting.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ping&action=edit Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:01, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ...I'm very skeptical of the need to add that many additional elements to the ping. It's an expensive enough function where its overuse is discouraged including mass pinging of so many prospective people, at which point a more economic announcement would be preferred since you'd obviously be notifying a great deal of the wiki's population (in this case several times the amount of active users). --Raidarr (talk) 16:04, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I did fifty as that's what the docs say is the ping limit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:06, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical limits of the software can often exceed limits of what is practical. That's what I'm trying to impress. --Raidarr (talk) 16:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't think it really matters though. The expensive parser function count count is proportional to the amount of users pinged, so reducing the amount of arguments wouldn't help. One thing I'm unsure of is where an expensive function is actually called. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This circles back to what I said originally, which is essentially: why do you need to do all of that on one page in the first place? --Raidarr (talk) 16:52, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Do what? Ping users? Why would I do that across multiple pages? I'm not mass pinging, it's just the cumulative EPFs from the same few users ping each other. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 17:02, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've marked as by proxy on two counts besides the line of questioning above on need; for one this was never technically valid because the requestor is not a bureaucrat, and for two the bureaucrat in recognition of the wiki's deeper issues has decided on closing it, meaning this can serve no purpose. --Raidarr (talk) 18:26, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The wiki is also closed now. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 18:27, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Raidarr already mentioned that. Tali64³ (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh. I didn't see for some reason. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 18:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Infinity Cup wiki

 * ✅ indefinitely. Let us know if anything further is needed. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:05, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Degrassi Preservation Wiki

 * Once the wiki reaches a sizable growth, we can consider an exemption. Until then, we unfortunately cannot grant one out. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 01:33, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

= Wiki reports =

Severe Content Policy Violations On Drawn Fanon Feet Wiki
To start off, this is one of the most disgusting wikis I have ever had to visit. The amount of content policy violations on this wiki is innumerable, the wiki itself should never have been approved. But I'll go ahead and list a few violations here. '''Please be warned, some or all of the links contain sensitive content. You visit these links at your own risk.''' There are countless NSFW and fetish violations on the wiki, and the wiki's content will likely be seen as disturbing. The wiki has violations of Article I, Section VI and Article II of the Content Policy. This would be systemic violations (Article III, Section II).


 * Sierra/Purple Dog: The dog illustrated in the header image is uncomfortably young, users on Discord have shared that sentiment. Additional images on the page suggest youth, specifically this file. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.
 * Charles/Avocado Cat: The cat illustrated in the header image is again uncomfortably young, and this file again displays it. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.
 * Mikey/Orange Bird: The bird illustrated in the header image yet again displays a supposedly young animal. Another relevant file is located here. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.

I highly recommend Stewards take a look at this wiki and take appropriate action as soon as possible. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 04:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Coroners and Justice Act 2009 comes to mind. Collei (talk) 05:20, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your report. Initially, I thought no action would be approriate for this wiki as I didn't believe this wiki violated any clause however, upon re-reading the 6th clause of the Content Policy and conferring with a fellow Steward, I have decided to review it further and will be looking into this more. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * As you can see here, a wiki called Drawn Feet Wiki has been deleted, but the wiki mentioned above, Drawn Fanon Feet Wiki, still needs to be deleted. Buzzfan120 (talk) 21:41, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Drawn Feet Wiki was due to copyright violations, not inappropriate content. Collei (talk) 17:52, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Possible CoC violation?
Good evening Miraheze stewards. I am here to report a page on the Horrible Music Wiki about their page on "Toxic fandoms and hatedoms" and as far as I'm aware, Miraheze doesn't allow any (negative) content related to various groups on the internet (including Fandoms and Hatedoms). If this page is a violation, then I request to delete it but if it's not, then leave it be. Snorunt (talk) 23:18, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * While negative content related to internet groups have caused problems in the past (in fact, several wikis focusing entirely on such content were closed a couple of years ago), that doesn't mean that the concept of such content is prohibited. However, the page linked only has 4 references for many claims, which seems like a Content Policy violation (the several policies regarding user conduct, most notably the Global Conduct Policy, formerly just the Code of Conduct, concern user behavior, not wiki content). Tali64³ (talk) 01:51, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

= Discussion closure =

= Miscellaneous =

Requesting lifting of current user restrictions
Hi there, I'd like to request the lifting of the user restrictions imposed by Stewards as outlined here. I believe I have improved on concerns that were raised earlier by Stewards, and have shown competency in multiple fields on and around Miraheze. I am happy to answer any questions or concerns. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:22, 7 March 2023 (UTC)


 * For the first paragraph you link, I think that what Raidarr mentions isn't a restriction and is just generally good practice. "the interest needs to be in context of what you can do so it does not for example confuse people on the SN" is valid for everyone. As a general rule, people should only reply on SN if they are relatively certain about their answer as otherwise they risk confusing users who are looking for the correct answers.
 * As for the registration restrictions, I also don't see why they would need to be removed and again believe that it's best practice for everyone to do so. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:27, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If it isn't a restriction, could you confirm then that all existing Steward restrictions have expired/been removed? There have been issues lately regarding miscommunication and confusion regarding my restrictions, with multiple users (including me) having believed that all existing restrictions had expired besides T/S. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 17:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't want to lift something that I don't know exists so what I can say is that the restrictions you mention given by Raidarr can be lifted at this stage. I must emphasize however that as I said above they are good practice anyway and therefore I wouldn't recommend straying away from them even if they're not formal 'restrictions'. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I just spoke with Raidarr via Discord and they confirmed that no further Steward restrictions are in effect, as you just terminated the last remaining ones. I still have a Meta sysop restriction (see AN) but other than that, nothing. And yeah, I know it’s still general convention. Just nice not to have it codified/restricted explicitly for me. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 00:01, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Please Rename My Account
I want to be renamed as Szczypak64 because my old username looks now cheesy and I don't want to use this username anymore. Szczypak2005 (talk) 07:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi there You can submit a global rename request at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 07:59, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Revoke Famepedia's custom domain and merge it with the countless other generic encyclopedias on Miraheze
Famepedia recently redirected its custom domain to some for-profit business or something, so now visiting famepedia.miraheze.org takes you to a completely irrelevant website. I can't even visit their main page, but you can view the wiki's recent changes page at least.

Now, we have enwiki.miraheze.org, allpedia.miraheze.org, and famepedia.miraheze.org that are both generalized encyclopedias about  with hardly any rules. They've repeatedly gotten in trouble for mass-importing Wikipedia pages and are just horribly managed. I'd say that ingen.miraheze.org is sort of a similar topic, except they don't like Wikipedia's no censorship rule, so given that it's the only encyclopedia we have here that isn't abandoned, maybe it'd be the one that the other wikis should be merged into. However, allpedia.miraheze.org appears to be more active (mostly consisting of people vandalizing it and raidarr reverting the edits), so maybe it's the one that the other wikis should be merged into, and ingen.miraheze.org could be left out of it. Collei (talk) 19:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I've unset the custom domain. I will review the wiki and confer with fellow Stewards on what to do with the wiki. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Collei (talk) 02:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Update for observers; ingen and famepedia are gone. Allpedia remains, such as it is. If you find further issue with it (ie, imported pages without attribution) I can address it in a local capacity through direct message or an update here. --Raidarr (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Wiki delete request
I would like these wikis to be deleted: gtavariants.miraheze.org, wikiopen.miraheze.org and onibus.miraheze.org. I won't use them anymore. Now I'm just focusing on one project. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * To make the prossess faster, please put it in the Wiki (un)deletion section. Hope this helps, Commetiaa (talk) 21:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

New page for RfC Drafts
Could we make a page for the Draft RfCs instead of putting them on the Community Noticeboard? (CN) I know that the CN is a good place to put something you want people to see, and to give feedback on, but it is taking up a lot of space. It is starting to get crowded and hard to find topics that I could possibly help with. It also slows my computer down, so I can't find those topics fast. So could I (or someone else) make a page for all the RfC Drafts and move them there? Thank you, Commetiaa (talk) 18:08, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * You can place draft RfCs as a Requests for Comment subpages (for example, if you wanted to make an RfC mandating that everyone likes apples, you can perfectly draft is at Requests for Comment/Order apple supremacy). Once you make a draft, just add it to the drafts section of the Requests for Comment page. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about the voting and what seems to be RfC drafts already on the CN. The ones I'm talking about are: (these are the topic numbers) 3, 8 (and 8.2), 18, 19 and 20. Commetiaa (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Request for account anonymization & global lock
Good evening. Due to inactivity, lack of interest, and privacy, I would like for this account to be anonymized (renamed to something random or unrelated to the current username) and globally locked. I would prefer for the account to be hidden, but the last time I requested something of the sort for this account, it was rejected for questionable reasons, so I'm not sure if such a request will be taken seriously even after a year and a half. Additionally, I would like my global userpage to be deleted, I blanked it but it has not been deleted and thus the revision history is still public. Thank you for respecting my online privacy, feel free to ask for all necessary clarifications. Turtle84375 (talk) 22:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)