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Request to add interwiki prefixes
I've requested this before in Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 31. But now it does not seem to work. What's wrong？ Zes M Young (talk) 08:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Zes M Young Hello, what's the exact issue you're facing? --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   00:05, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Ugochimobi I could not use the interwiki prefixes added last time. See the link above.--Zes M Young (talk) 09:24, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * To follow up the issue you faced, can you give us which page are you trying to add the interwiki link, but it doesn’t work? I believe my understanding of the Chinese language may somehow help. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 03:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * https://cloudvillage.miraheze.org/wiki/%E5%9C%A8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%98%E5%83%B5%E5%B0%B8%E9%87%8C%E7%8E%A9%E6%BB%9A%E5%8A%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA
 * All the links in the page are wrong. Zes M Young (talk) 03:42, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * After I checked the Special:Interwiki and it’s corresponding logs, it seems that have only added the requested interwiki prefixes for   but not , as shown in the logs here (In a nutshell: This is not a bug but rather a forget from the interwiki admin). Please be patient to wait for any Interwiki administrators, typically  to follow up with this request. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 08:43, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   09:55, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies! I definitely forgot cloudvillagewiki. I hope it's perfectly done now.
 * Regards! --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   09:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh no. You forgot there is  in the URL of Miraheze's wikis :(
 * So  actually links to   and that is actually an invalid link! 😂
 * Could you go back again and add ? Thanks. Zes M Young (talk) 12:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

He(Ugochimobi) seems to be busy. Who else can help me... Zes M Young (talk) 06:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * 啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊 Zes M Young (talk) 04:58, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Global block for
It is a proxy used by a known mass vandal (see ). According to No open proxy policy, we must block globally. — Pixial  [Talk] 05:13, 15 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I have had a look and it doesn't seem conclusive that that IP is a proxy. The wiki mentioned isn't a Miraheze wiki so a global block for abuse would also not be appropriate in my opinion unless there's abuse on Miraheze. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:37, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This IP was used by an LTA also here on Miraheze, known as "Eariowa" here and on other wikis. The link to the wiki used served as a reference. Furthermore, this site confirms that it is a proxy. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:03, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for even more suspected sockpuppets of RickERB23

 * DemonSlayerFan58
 * JoyLucaGT
 * RounderFortheWin

I am requesting a CheckUser against these 3 accounts, as these 3 have engaged in hostile behavior, consistent with what RickERB23 does when it comes to incivility. Not to mention some overlap between the master, and these 3 suspected socks shouldn't be hard to spot. Here is a list of comparisons between the 3, the master and some older socks:

DemonSlayerFan58 vs. RadarYo47 vs. RickERB23

DemonSlayerFan58 vs. LambChop90

JoyLucaGT vs. TomBatMDO

Now let's look at the behavior that immediately caught my attention, and is free to add in more evidence if needed:

Schoolboy99 vs. DemonSlayerFan58 vs. TomBatMDO vs. TheYouTubePopStar. The behavior does appear to be quite obvious, but anybody else who is also familiar with this master may add more compiling evidence onto this thread if they wish to. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot about RounderFortheWin. This edit from this guy completely overlaps with LambChop90's edit, shown on this page on the Terrible Shows & Episodes Wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for your report. I have ✅ these accounts after confirming they were indeed sockpuppets of RickERB23 and I have globally blocked a range he abused exclusively. Thank you for your report. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:09, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

I can't access my main account.
In case you're wondering, no I didn't use this account to evade a ban; I made it because everytime I even attempt to log into my main account, I always get a database error code, rendering said account completely inaccessible, so I made this backup account in case I can't use my main one. Can this be fixed? SuperStreetKombat 2.0 (talk) 06:29, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Never mind, I got it working again. SuperStreetKombat (talk) 07:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, if you have bug issues, report here, ask someone on the Discord server or report it on Community noticeboard. It is outside the scope of this page. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:09, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Report Wikilouco users for cyberbully (continuation)
Ainda não teve um desfecho sobre esse usuário copiar os meus comentários loucos que eu comentava na Destruipedia, além desse burocrata do Wikilouco não deu um jeito naquele usuário e me baniu infinitamente nessa wiki. Teve uma pequena investigação e o próprio suposto burocrata falou sua versão, mas sem justificar o motivo dele deixar esses ataques que ocorreu a mim. Será possivel uma conclusão no caso? Tipo deletar todos esses artigos que são como deboche a mim e uma punição ao tal usuário, isso se eles quebraram alguma regra da comunidade daqui.

Translation: There has not yet been an outcome on this user copying my crazy comments that I commented on on Destroipedia, besides this crazy Wikibureaucrat didn't fix that user and banned me infinitely on this wiki. There was a small investigation and the supposed bureaucrat himself spoke his version, but without justifying why he left these attacks that occurred to me. Is a conclusion possible in the case? Like deleting all these articles that are like a mockery to me and a punishment to that user, if they broke any rules of the community here. Pérola Maniaco (talk) 19:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I endorse the above request. It's an injustice they are doing to the user, these phrases were said by the same on sister wikis and they simply created articles using them. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:10, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Removing theTopTens from the blacklist
Okay, so I'm not exactly sure where it is banned, but one way or another, the website theTopTens ( thetoptens.com ) has been blacklisted globally from Miraheze, as clearly stated in this discussion. However, I think that the site should be removed from the blacklist. Although the site is (obviously) an unreliable source of information, it can be used as a source when writing pages about the site and its content. In addition to this, toxic posts that were made a long time ago by inactive users are not a reason to blacklist it, in fact, that gives users a thing to write about. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:31, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not believe that this site has been blacklisted because it is an "unreliable source" as I do not believe it is up to Stewards to decide what the believe is reliable on what not. The reasons given were that it was repeatedly used for harassment and that it was an SEO spam website. Do you have any specific evidence that suggests that the reasons which were given at the time are no longer the case on the website? DeeM28 (talk) 11:36, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The problem is though, the "harassment" on the site is not relevant as there are many reasons why the source would be used anyway. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:53, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Request to open closed wiki to stage local election
Hi, as everyone must be aware here I'm the successor account to a founder account that was lost. I need someone to open https://geass.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page so I can start the local election process so I can regain my bureaucrat status. For how long is the wiki reopen for editing since I missed last time? Balofo2 (talk) 23:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:15, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, due to timezone differences I was sleeping while you opened it. Could you please do it again? Balofo2 (talk) 20:05, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:31, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've put up the election process page: https://geass.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
 * I can't make a wide site notice or modify the sidebar because it's locked to admins right now. Balofo2 (talk) 18:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Unblock my account hooligan23 from the tony talk wiki please?
Unblock my account hooligan23 from the Tony talk wiki, please? What I was doing on that wiki was not intended to be malicious but was to try and correct misinformation. Hooligan23 (talk) 22:36, 19 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Can you unblock me? @Agent Isai Hooligan23 (talk) 22:44, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I blocked you for a day because of your comments to the other user. I understand you meant no malice but please keep in mind to be civil. If you confirm that you've read the Code of Conduct and promise to not violate it again, I'll unblock you early. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:46, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * yes thank you i regret my actions and have read the code of conduct. Hooligan23 (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:13, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Request again
@Ugochimobi added interwiki prefixes last time but he forgot to add  (See the discussion above). I mentioned that but it seemed no one comes to solve it. Zes M Young (talk) 04:53, 20 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Zes M Young It should be properly done now. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   08:47, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Subdomain change
Hello, I made a mistake with the subdomain in wiki request ( donpolandballwiki ) and want to change it to doncountryballswiki. Thank you in advance. User:Obossum721 (talk) 7:00, 21 August 2022 (MSK)
 * Hi, please request this on Phabricator as this is handled by sysadmins, not Stewards. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 04:56, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Incredible Wikis and Users Wiki
Why exactly was Incredible Wikis and Users Wiki (incrediblewikisandusers.miraheze.org) closed and deleted? It wasn't necessarily violating the content policy or anything. I know it's been a long time but why exactly did this happen? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 04:39, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge it wasn't deleted, it would have been deleted for inactivity likely. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 04:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Could it be restored somehow? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:44, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I know this discussion is over a week old, but there's an archive of wiki backups from September 20, 2020 here. It should contain the dump for the wiki. Tali64³ (talk) 18:16, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you specify which one is the IWUW dump? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 06:09, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Digging comes with the territory of the wiki dumps I'm afraid. They are not organized or intended to be that easy. Could be interesting if future dumps have an index of contents though. --Raidarr (talk) 13:09, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, is it possible for the original wiki to be restored? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:06, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If you find the dump, yes. --Raidarr (talk) 11:14, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Where can I find the dump? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 11:19, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Since there hasn't been a reply in several days, I've gone ahead and extracted the dump. It's a little bit over 2MB, but it should be fine. After the wiki's created, you should give me administrator rights so I can import the dump. You should probably name it "Incredible Wikis Wiki", though, and ban pages about users, since having pages about them might cause problems. Tali64³ (talk) 12:34, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, except for a couple of things:

FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 01:07, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) Its new title will be Creative Wikis Wiki.
 * 2) Users should still be allowed but there will be limits, as you need significance to be on the wiki, and pages can't be too egotistical. It will still be titled CWW though since wikis will be the main subject and users will be more of a partial subject. In addition to that, most pages about reception wikis will be deleted to further prevent egotism.
 * 3) Please import the dump file with all revisions copied and all edits assigned to users if they exist locally.


 * Alright, sounds reasonable. I don't know if the dump has all the revisions, though. Tali64³ (talk) 12:01, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Undelete of encyclopedia.miraheze.org
Hello, can steward please undelete encyclopediawiki? The last activity may be in April, but we hope it remains in the database. Thanks. (I am bureaucrat) クールトレイン７７７ (talk) 12:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * On top of being deleted for inactivity, this wiki was also marked as a copyright violation for copy and pasting Japanese Wikipedia articles without proper attribution so I don't think that that wiki will be restored. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 08:24, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Not to interrupt here, but also, looking at the database name, it looks like it's a rip-off of Wikipedia. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:48, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This wiki is an archive of articles removed from Wikipedia. Everything has been imported correctly using Special:Import. We are in compliance with the license and there should be no copyright violation. Community has not been contacted about copyright and is confused--クールトレイン７７７ (talk) 14:42, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * From what we can see, many pages were just copy and pasted with no revisions imported. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:32, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Reception Wikis Wiki
What is the best way to become a bureaucrat on this wiki? I'm already an admin, but not a bureaucrat, and the wiki isn't really active enough to have a local election. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 09:46, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The local elections still would apply here. You're free to start a local election and perhaps give it two weeks. After that's done, we'll promote you to bureaucrat for a trial period of 3-6 months and if no one disputes that/you've made improvements to the local community, we'll evaluate whether to extend or make permanent the appointment. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm starting a local election. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 07:00, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Enabling SemanticMediaWiki for ArtMechanicum (https://wiki.artmechanicum.com/)
On behalf of the Art Mechanicum wiki (link), I am requesting the SemanticMediaWiki extension to be enabled for the wiki. I understand it is permanently "experimental" and may be removed with little to no prior notice, and will retain regular XML dumps. Thank you! Temporalis (talk) 04:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

local interwiki administrator election
Hello, 开炸弹车 and I post two threads here. I want to close our local interwiki administrator election. Thanks. --坑触可 (talk) 04:43, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Delete Wiki & Account
I would like to delete this wiki and my account, please.

WeltallBR (talk) 01:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC) WeltallBR (talk) 01:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You can chage condition of your own wiki in Special:Managewiki/core.(Please set "closed") However,for system reason we're not able to delete account. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 01:39, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am sure stewards will soon review your request about deleting your wiki. As for deleting your account, would you like to simply be globally locked which is easy and restricts you from logging in, and can be recovered once you changed your mind, or would you like to 'GDPR' your account according to our Terms of Use (renames your username and makes it inaccessible)? If you mean the latter option, please email Trust and Safety at, linking your user account, so that they can initiate the process to vanish your account in accordance with the Data Request Process. Note that this will take a longer time to complete, as for deleting your account, which though is technically possible, it cannot be done as for copyright attribution purposes. -Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 03:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Adding on to this, if you choose to go the Trust and Safety route, please do not email . Instead, please file a request in TSPortal instead as T&S does not accept email requests for that anymore. Additionally, deleting a user account is actually impossible within MediaWiki, it's a big caveat of the account system.  Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:43, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Lock this account as this was only a test account
Please lock this account as it is a test account. I think you guys know who this is, but do check it to be sure. ThyTestAccount (talk) 17:40, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅, as requested. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:43, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm trying to keep my Wiki from closing.
Food Dye Studios is about to be closed, due to be inactive. Can you go to Exempt from Inactivity? I can't check that because, I need a steward to do it.

https://fds.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki

That way my wiki doesn't get closed/deleted. I can't always make edits to the wiki. Kew1119 (talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Could you please give us more details about why you want an exemption? Is there a lot of content that will be read but doesn't need regular editing? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * There's content that doesn't need regular editing. There is alot of content that does need to be read. Edits to this I would like to open, every once in a while. Kew1119 (talk) 14:51, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added the exemption for your wiki. -- Void  Whispers 20:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of two wikis
Can you delete mh:delightfulmusicandsongs:Delightful Music & Songs Wiki and mh:worstmusicandsongs:Worst Music & Songs Wiki since they are copies of mh:excellentmusic:Excellent Music Wiki and mh:horriblemusic:Horrible Music Wiki, respectively, and since mh:horriblemusicandsongs:Horrible Music & Songs Wiki was also deleted, it would make sense to delete these two as well. Both DM&SW and WM&SW were made private several months ago and have been sitting dormant ever since. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 10:19, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Trashy Celebrities Wiki
Could you please restore this wiki? It wasn't necessarily violating the Content Policy, as all of the unsourced pages were up for deletion, and it was intended for criticism, not spreading rumours. I was trying to fix it to make sure it wasn't deleted, but other users kept ruining it. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:41, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the wiki has already been permanently deleted. While XML backups certainly exist there was enough time to appeal the decision to close/delete the wiki for Content Policy violations. You may argue that the content was criticism and not hateful content/rumours but very often the two merged together on wikis of this type and much of the 'criticism' was not backed up which could lead to claims of defamation. Therefore, this is as there is nothing that indicated the CP wasn't violated and there was sufficient time to argue that before deletion. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I did argue that before deletion, and as I said before, all of the pages with unsourced claims were either up for deletion or cleanup, but okay. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:21, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:12, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note that there is no need to say this after a conversation is getting stale. Maybe Reception123 doesn't want to respond for whatever reason. ZeusDeeGoose (talk) 02:18, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser requests for users who have deleted page content over a period of several days
There has been a vandal who has been deleting page content for the past few days and we are asking for an IP address inquiry for the user (see tree). しぃ (talk) 07:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Username | Vandalized page
 * Minecraft0609 |
 * 2何時 | しぃ (talk) 07:44, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Just to note, Stewards never make logged in user's IP addresses public. If the IP address match, Stewards may choose to globally block ranges if we find it necessary. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood. However, if there is a request for disclosure of sender information through a Japanese court, will Stewart comply with it? しぃ (talk) 12:26, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * That's only on an occasion where a police investigation was ongoing and stuff. But other than that, not exactly. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:26, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This is something outside the authority of stewards, as this is related to legal stuffs. Quoting part of the Privacy Policy which may be useful for your question: “We may share User Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a court order; to comply with applicable law; to comply with a subpoena from a third party... ” Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 07:05, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Add Back Bureaucrats Group
I was cleaning up some groups and I deleted the Bureaucrat group. Would it be possible to have that group added back and be a part of it again? Sorry for the inconvenience. KoalaHands (talk) 23:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Based on T9722, I'm assuming this was for echolife, and has now been done. For future reference, it would be helpful to link to the affected wiki in any such request. In any case, please be careful when reassigning permissions. You will always be able to manage your wikis setting if you can maintain yourself in a group with the managewiki permission. Just be sure that you don't give this right to everyone either. Cheers -- Void  Whispers 00:29, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was for echolife and thank you. I am new to this and apologize for messing with something I didn't understand... off to read before I do anything else. KoalaHands (talk) 13:56, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Addition of the LinkTitles extension for sadutandawiki
I'd like to request that the parser hook extension LinkTitles be added to sadutandawiki in order to lessen the workload of linking pages as they're created. Florian87 (talk) 19:02, 2 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, does your wiki plan to have more than 2,500 content pages? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:02, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * @Reception123 It does indeed plan to have more than 2 500 pages, but I don't think that's gonna happen any time soon. I think it's best if no action is taken for the time being to add the extension. Thank you for your time. Florian87 (talk) 15:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request
On nonciclopedia.org I had to ban multiple vandalism-only accounts sharing the same modus operandi. I protected the site so that new accounts could only be created by existing users and more vandalism accounts were created after that. I suspect there's an otherwise ok user that is creating accounts to vandalize without tainting his/her main account(s), so a checkuser might be in order. Also, I just saw a new account being created after the protection (AmandaH0223187) but that should be impossible, is a sysop doing this? Wedhro (talk) 23:24, 2 September 2022 (UTC) Update: I had to set the wiki to private in order to stop new accounts from being created but it didn't work, one more account was created after that ( Valerioss ).Wedhro (talk) 02:28, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * In order to stop account creations, you would need to revoke the right to createaccounts in (everyone) and Users. Simply making the wiki private does not solve this issue. ZeusDeeGoose (talk) 03:25, 3 September 2022 (UTC) (Minor edit 03:28, 3 September 2022 (UTC))
 * You are right on, it was an established user who did the vandalism. I will be issuing them a final User accounts policy warning as technical data links them 101% to the recent vandalism. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 01:15, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I have issued a warning to Darth Plagueis (who is behind this). I have locked all of their sockpuppets too. If you see another sock, do let me know please. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 01:39, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * There's a recurrent troll creating dozen of sockpuppets that yesterday left a solidarity message in Darth Plagueis' talk page, I wonder if it's actually the same person complimenting himself; the following are his more recent sockpuppets:
 * Special:CentralAuth/Bob Kelso 30 cm (e tutti ne ittù chiulo)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Siete dei Baldracchi Puteolenti Luridi
 * Special:CentralAuth/Siete Gabbicessi Sopratutto agent Fogna
 * Special:CentralAuth/Siete Lekkapalle Sopratutto agent Fogna
 * Special:CentralAuth/Siete Vomito Putrefatto
 * Special:CentralAuth/Siete degli Slappagabbicessi Intasati
 * Also, I wonder it all those fake accounts can be traced back to an older user, I mean, much older than Darth Plagueis, because he seems to be aware of obscure things happened on the wiki many years ago and that's very suspicious. Thanks. Wedhro (talk) 08:35, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That user is just the standard LTA who always attacks your wiki (I don't know if you have a name for him, we just refer to him as the "Nonciclopedia LTA"). Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:34, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * So, it's two different people, right? Would you do a check user on the LTA vandal just in case it's an old user, for the reasons I explained above? Wedhro (talk) 18:51, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I did do a check which confirmed it was a different user, the "Nonciclopedia LTA". They extensively abuse Telecom Italia ranges and if we were to block their IPs, we'd be blocking all of Telecom Italia. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 18:54, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request
Would you check IP of the account below?
 * by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 12:13, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Above accounts were created by Long-term abuse. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 12:21, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hopefully either or another Steward takes a look into this at some point. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:41, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm waiting for reply from or other stewards. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 12:57, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Based on my investigation, 2208-gomi is confirmed to "富士山の頂上で絶頂", "富士山の頂上でオナニーして絶頂", and "富士山の頂上はバ力". The account is also a possible/likely match to "いちいち監視しながらブロックすんな きょう殺すぞ", but I can't be 100% certain. I did not check the third account, as the results from the first two checks indicated that the results would not be any more useful than checking the behavior for identifying other sockpuppets. The range(s) involved are too large for a check or global block to be effective. -- Void  Whispers 21:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm waiting for reply from or other stewards. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 12:57, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Based on my investigation, 2208-gomi is confirmed to "富士山の頂上で絶頂", "富士山の頂上でオナニーして絶頂", and "富士山の頂上はバ力". The account is also a possible/likely match to "いちいち監視しながらブロックすんな きょう殺すぞ", but I can't be 100% certain. I did not check the third account, as the results from the first two checks indicated that the results would not be any more useful than checking the behavior for identifying other sockpuppets. The range(s) involved are too large for a check or global block to be effective. -- Void  Whispers 21:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Is it okay if a steward closes an RfC on our wikis?
So almost a week ago an RfC was made on Qualitipedia regarding closing the wikis. Despite not being open for a week, it has close to one hundred votes, which should be more than enough to come to a conclusion and close it. However, considering what the RfC is about, its current mixed state, and the involvement of QP's staff, me and the other staff members agreed to have a steward close the RfC. It's best that we get an uninvolved and professional party to have a fair and unbiased closure for this RfC. --Blazikeye535 (talk) 17:39, 4 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Because of the magnitude of the Request for Comment, Stewards would be willing to close the RfC and execute the will of the community but I will note that because of the far reach of the RfC, it would be best if the RfC remained open for a few more weeks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 18:37, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for two sockpuppeteers
There are two sockpuppeteers with a long history of sockpuppetry on the CLG Wiki. The first of which is Jackson: Most of them clearly has the name "Jack" or "Jackson" in the username and their contributions usually consist of creating articles, all of which are around 1000 bytes are under.
 * JackBoy2
 * NotASockPup
 * Jackson 3
 * Jack Jackson (already globally locked)
 * Jackson Man

The next sockpuppeteer is Tanner: His usernames has his name, Tanner, or 2003 in them. Considering the patterns in the usernames he chooses, they are very likely linked to him.
 * Tanner's Media Archive
 * MrTannerEberhardt2003 EDCP
 * MrTDavid2003 EDCP
 * Tanner D Wiggles Fan EST 2003 EDCP

For a full list of the listed sockpuppeteers, visit here for Jackson and here for Tanner. Thank you. Camenati (talk) 01:24, 5 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I've done some locks and blocks for Jackson, however Tanner is too stale for CheckUser results to be viable. -- Void  Whispers 20:44, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Request for exemption to dormancy policy
Hi, i have a wiki https://cradleylinks.miraheze.org/wiki this contains over 200 of information about the Local History of Cradley. The contents on this wiki are of great use to historians and local people and although going forward new articles will be added from time to time it is more of a useful read only resource. Please can you consider a dormancy exemption. Thank you very much for your time. Coxs (talk) 10:46, 5 September 2022 (UTC) Coxs (talk) 10:46, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Coxs (talk) 21:14, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Exemption from the Dormancy Policy
I would like to apply for the exemption, as our wiki is pretty much full and there is simply not enough information that we would add to this wiki. Our wiki is used I would say if not daily then every second day by our community of players from Czech Ultima Online server Kelevar.cz even if we are not adding more content (because most of it is already there). https://kelevar.miraheze.org LaboTec (talk) 05:38, 6 September 2022 (UTC) LaboTec (talk) 05:38, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Question
What should be done with blogs made by a GPDR account? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 04:56, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Nothing. Just like edits and pages made by GPDR'd accounts, blogs can remain there. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:24, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * What username should be used in the blog category? Like "articles by user [what?]" FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 07:49, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Articles by MirahezeGDPR xxx would be best or you could even say "Articles by Vanished User 1" or something, just as long as you don't use their old username. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:08, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * What if their account was GPDR'd but they returned with the same username before they were GPDR'd. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 04:47, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Terrible abuse
Hello Stewards. I consulted with DarkMatterMan about LTA. How can we take action to prevent this abuse?We'd like to have your opinion.Thank you. On behalf of another ysmwiki's admin. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 12:08, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there, I would suggest you enable StopForumSpam on your wiki which should block most proxies. I'd suggest that you request more CheckUsers for socks instead of playing whack-a-mole with them by just blocking them. When you do request CheckUsers, please link us proof that helps us be certain that one user is a sock of another or try to tell us some of the socks usual behaviors that help us verify that certain behavior belongs to a sock. Please report more often what you see on here as we Stewards can't read East Asian languages so we are left in the dark and can't help you. Is there anything at the moment we can do to help you and your wiki? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:12, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello.Now I'm discussioning about it with community.(Link)I'd like you to comment there. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 08:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet of ApexAgunomu

 * Special:CentralAuth/Vista Valkyrie

They are blocked in Qualitipedia for the same reason and have been behaviouring the same way like Apex does. -Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 23:36, 7 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I did a check on them a few hours ago but that yielded nothing. They were blocked by DarkMatterMan4500 from Qualtipedia Meta not due to local behavior but rather something observed here on Meta so that's not enough proof of socking for now. If you see anything further that suggests they are a sock, do feel free to report back. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:39, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just noting here for the record that the user appears to have been locked in the end. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for some suspected sockpuppets of Anti villain/Gigdsclasp
I have noticed these 3 accounts were acting strangely in a similar fashion to that of Anti villain/Gigdsclasp. The Piyá account in particular sounds like a duck to me, considering that the username is similar to Pol Piyá and Pol Piyá Cm. Here are some examples of the 3 accounts editing in such a similar fashion to Anti villain/Gigdsclasp: Piyá vs. Freedom of Miraeze
 * Ejoyett
 * Freedom of Miraeze
 * Piyá

2 out of the 3 accounts here would resort to insults or hostile/aggressive behavior like the prior socks have done that are remarkably similar to the prior socks: Piyá vs. Ejoyett vs. PwanDonetskRussia vs. Idependient journalist

Also, all 3 accounts overlap on the following article(s): Akhmad Kadyrov Denis Pushilin

Behavioral-wise, it's obvious that the 2 accounts are related to each other, and I suspect the 3rd one is as well (Posting it here on the Stewards' noticeboard for the record by the way). DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:10, 8 September 2022 (UTC)


 * You might want to see this report. I have already notified a couple of stewards in regards to these 3 suspected sockpuppets. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:20, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for locking the 2nd one. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:26, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Abuse of power on CLG Wiki
One of our bureaucrats on CLG Wiki, User:MatthewLMayfield has started to misuse his power. He has demoted admins User:ENunn, User:TheUsername15 and User:HibiscusCrown20. Said demotions were on extremely thin grounds. Username15 was demoted for inactivity, which I could get had he not just promoted User:CuriousGeorge60 to Bureaucrat status despite them having hardly edited in two years and never previously used their admin tools. ENunn was demoted for no discernable reason at all other than some vague mention of private discussions that I understand ENunn himself was not even aware of. HibiscusCrown was demoted purely because she was promoted in his absence with the tacit approval of a steward. He has made a menacing forum post (https://closinglogosgroup.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Forum:There_are_going_to_be_new_changes_here) in which he suggested blocks and further demotions may occur. As I have been writing this, he has removed the link to our discord server without any discussion of discontinuing it. and has deleted our RfA page with no discussion whatsoever. courtesy ping as they're in our Discord server and aware of what's been happening. Hb1290 (talk) 01:10, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That's terrible. Almost like corruption is occurring on the . There's no way we're letting this slide. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 01:16, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Things have evolved considerably. He has now demoted me and is wheel-warring with a steward Hb1290 (talk) 01:57, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just adding a public update for onlookers but this was referred to the local community for remediation and the user in question has resigned. The future of wiki bureaucrats is being discussed by the local community as of now. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

User rename request
I would like to have my username changed to Friendly Mountain12 since it’ll match with my Fandom username. The only hesitation I have is whether or not that’s something that should be done by me or someone else. Thanks for the answer to this question. Paramount1106 (talk) 01:35, 10 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Please see Special:GlobalRenameRequest instead. ZeusDeeGoose (talk) 03:43, 10 September 2022 (UTC) (edit 03:44, 10 September 2022 (UTC))
 * In this case, is correct here. To request a global rename of your account, go to this page to request your new username. Hope that helps. :) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I already did that, however I didn’t receive any answer about whether or not the request was approved or rejected. I contacted @Agent Isai about it on their talk page to see if there was an update with it. Paramount1106 (talk) 14:04, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Local Interwiki Administrator election
Based on local elections, grant me interwiki admin rights on. Thank you. 1108-Kiju /▶talk 06:56, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Requesting Hit Counters Extension for Farthest Frontier wiki
Requesting that the Hit Counters extension (requires managewiki-restricted permissions) be enabled for the Farthest Frontier wiki.

Wiki link: https://farthestfrontier.miraheze.org/

Please let me know if this request needs to be submitted via Phabricator instead. NotAracham (talk) 20:50, 10 September 2022 (UTC)


 * HitCounters is currently broken and turning it on would break your wiki. It is slated for removal. Apologies. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:02, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, this request can be closed. NotAracham (talk) 02:29, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Enable Extension:Cargo on https://www.puzzles.wiki/
Miraheze wiki URL: https://www.puzzles.wiki/

Now that T9477 has been resolved, we would like to use Cargo on our wiki. We plan to use a new Data namespace and put a couple tables of size 50K rows or less. And to query that data across templates on various content pages.

According to Special:Statistics, our total number of pages is 1100, and we plan to not hit the 50K page limit.

Overall, the extension would be hugely helpful for sorting through the data we have generated, and querying it accordingly, so requesting enabling the extension.

Thanks!

Soni (talk) 02:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅, as requested. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

(User:Soni)

Request for exemption to dormancy policy
Hi, I would like to apply for the dormancy exemption for my wiki https://mandaepedia.miraheze.org/wiki It is an encyclopedia for a religion and is meant to be read only. It is basically complete, but I may add an article from time to time or minor edits. Thank you Mandaepedia001 (talk) 03:40, 12 September 2022 (UTC) Mandaepedia001 (talk) 03:40, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your request. I reviewed your wiki and do note that it is impressive that you have amassed over a thousand articles in three months. However, upon closer inspection, I see most (if not all) of your articles are straight imports from Wikipedia. Seeing that this wiki is essentially a Wikipedia mirror, minus any articles not related to the topic, I am ❌ this request. Thank you for your understanding. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:01, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, regarding being a Wikipedia mirror, the encyclopedia is rather adapted from Wikipedia using only sources from scholars that specialize in Mandaeism and Mandaean religious texts and leaders which differs from Wikipedia. You will notice, for example, from the main articles such as Mandaeism which includes sections not found in the Wikipedia article (prohibitions, similarities with Abrahamic religions, correct prophets) and Sabians which includes quotes from scholars not found in the Wikipedia article. I have gone through all the articles to make sure the sources are from specialists and Mandaean religious texts which is not the case on Wikipedia. I would be grateful if the exemption request can be reconsidered. Mandaepedia001 (talk) 15:55, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request on Nonciclopedia
I would like to request a check on L’Igienista and L'Imbottigliascorregge, thanks in advance. --Executive2 (talk) 11:35, 12 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a duck to me. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:57, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks DarkMatterMan4500 ;)--Executive2 (talk) 12:05, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I have confirmed that those two accounts are related and have ✅ them. I also completely ✅ their IP ranges (they exclusively abused Telecom Italia Retail) so they shouldn't be back in a long time. Let us know if you see them again, thanks! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:29, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks ;)--Executive2 (talk) 08:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Move wiki subdomain, archive and create new wiki on old subdomain
I would like to request the Soulforged Wiki be moved to a new miraheze subdomain (soulforged0, or alternatively soulforgedprelude). I would also like to request an exception from the dormancy policy for that wiki. After the wiki has been moved, I want to create a new wiki using the old subdomain.

Reasoning being that the game the wiki was made for has ended and does not have any activity anymore, but is still useful as a reference on occasion. Now a successor is out which is also named just "Soulforged" with no subtitle, whereas the previous game has received the moniker "zero", "0" or "prelude" to differentiate it. I want people to be able to find information about the currently online game using the simpler name with ideally less confusion.

I am the sole administrator of said wiki. Zap (talk) 03:55, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Please request the former on Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The old wiki has now been moved. Can you set the dormancy exception on soulforgedprelude.miraheze please? Can you also create the new wiki under subdomain soulforged or should I go through the normal wiki request process? Zap (talk) 23:50, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * For the new wiki on that subdomain, you can go through the normal wiki request process. Universal Omega (talk) 23:53, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

I want my GreenGreen account fully globalized
I'm now done with Miraheze and have decided to move on from it since I've begin to grow out of it and want to move onto other things on different websites, and I would like it if you globalized my GreenGreen account please since I'm done for now and will never come back on these sites again.

So I would now like to say goodbye and far well to all of my friends on Miraheze. GreenGreen (talk) 15:42, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry to see you go, this is now ✅. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Account ready for closure.
I am planning to retire my active Miraheze account, because a new account is coming soon. Please lock this active account. Your best friend, Scj323347. Scj323347 (talk) 16:01, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry to see you go, this is now ✅. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Requesting exemption from dormancy policy
Hello, I'd like to request an exemption to the dormancy policy for my Leaf Geometry Wiki. It contains reference information on a series of games that is essentially complete as of now. There will be edits in the future, but few and far between as we wait for other games to be released or translated. We have a small community relying on the wiki so this would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time! Nekonchu (talk) 02:50, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! Nekonchu (talk) 15:47, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Account Vanish Request
I created this account by accident a while back and do not need it. My primary account (User:Soni) is connected to everything on Miraheze that I need. Can this account please be vanished? Not just locked, I would prefer a permanent vanish thank you

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:05, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Please file a request here, thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:20, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

mh:wretchedyoutubevideos:Wretched YouTube Videos Wiki
I am an administrator on this wiki, but closed the wiki because he thought that DarkMatterMan4500 (a bureaucrat on the wiki) had closed the wiki and made a new wiki. While this did indeed happen, as closed the wiki on June 1, 2021 and created a new wiki. However, DarkMatterMan reopened the wiki on November 14, 2021, and later imported pages from the wiki. As a result, I feel this closure should be undone. I have tried contacting Duchess about this but they have not yet responded so I will post this to see if I can get it done faster. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 10:44, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * See also this topic for reference. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 00:04, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 is also a local bureaucrat, why not ask him to reopen? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:08, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I already contacted him a few days ago about reopening some other wikis and he still hasn't replied, so I doubt that would work. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 06:54, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I think you should be patient. It doesn't seem appropriate for Stewards to rush to reopen a wiki that was closed for a reason by a local bureaucrat. I am pinging DarkMatterMan4500 for a response here. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:47, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Global Ban Request
It's Grust I only returned to vote in favor of closing Qualitipedia. But with my large game collection I have little reason to stay so once Qualitipedia is closed down, feel free to globally ban me once more. ElementalHeroes (talk) 01:45, 16 September 2022 (UTC)ElementalHeroes ElementalHeroes (talk) 01:45, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * {{{NACC|steward}}You have to request at Requests for Comment.Thanky you. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 04:10, 16 September 2022 (UTC) added and fixed. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 06:16, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Self-requested locks should not be requested at Requests for Comment, that has nothing to do with them. Please note that self-requested locks shouldn't be undermined by creating new accounts. Could you confirm that if you are locked now you don't plan on coming back (with this account or another). If there's a chance you want to come back it would be best to keep your account unlocked. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 10:24, 16 September 2022 (UTC)