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Requesting bureaucrat rights removal of DuchessTheSponge
Hello, per his statement of disinterest in continuing to participate as an admin/bureaucrat on the fanfiction.miraheze wiki; after I adopted it due to inactivity; could you please remove DuchessTheSponge's bureaucrat rights there, thank you. Freighttrain (talk) 17:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I am monitoring this request, and will relist it as required, to prevent it from being archived. A steward should get to it eventually. As a procedural matter, the steward will likely remove the  flag on Meta with Special:UserRights/DuchessTheSponge@fanfictionwiki. It won't show in your wiki's user rights log, but will show on Meta's user rights log. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 17:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ John (talk) 17:43, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Vandalizing ruffian on multiple wikis:
This guy is not only a vandal, but also has an inappropriate username Evidence #1, Evidence #2 (Although it got deleted by me), and Evidence #3. (The blog post on #3 has also been deleted as well.) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 23:59, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * That user can be locked as a Username Policy violation alone. If all or most of the edits across multiple wikis are blatant vandalism, then it is a vandalism only account. I haven't assessed it yet on that latter basis, but definitely it meets the criteria for a bad faith Username Policy violation. Dmehus (talk) 00:10, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I am happy to say that the account has ✅ by . Cheers! DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 01:14, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * He's back again. But this time, he's just flat-out insulting the admins. This is the revision before it was given the deletion tag DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:50, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * So, yes, this is vandalism, but FaketyFackFackFack has made only one edit on one wiki, for which they are ✅. So, I'm not seeing a need yet for global action by stewards or Global Sysops. If you believe the user is related to Spain is so strange, well, you would need to supply roughly 2-3 of the best diffs from that user's previous accounts, in order to justify a CheckUser. Please note this evidence cannot simply be generic, simple vandalism, such as page blanking, that is common amongst all vandalism only accounts. There has to be obvious behavioural evidence patterns which clearly show the user accounts are connected to the same person. Otherwise, for locking as a vandalism only account, the evidence needs to be occurring on more than one wiki, and it needs to be continuing whereby a lock mitigates further damage. Dmehus (talk) 16:44, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Minor point: This is a separate report of vandalism, so really should've been reported as a separate thread or, ideally, just reported on  on IRC or   on Discord. No need to change it now, but just a point for the future. Dmehus (talk) 16:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Great, I have something I need to report to you guys on there DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 19:53, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Obvious vandalism-only account spotted on Best TV Shows Wiki
Mrkepo 2nd Account might also be an impersonation account out of Mrkepo, with evidence: Evidence #1 Evidence #2 Evidence #3 Evidence #4Evidence #5 Evidence #6 Evidence #7 Evidence #8 Evidence #9 Evidence #10 Evidence #11 Evidence #12 Evidence #13 Evidence #14 Evidence #15

Notice how this guy is acting like a vandalizing ruffian on all those edits that I gave the links to, and should be looked more into. Also, can you guys see if the Mrkepo account is related to the Mrkepo 2nd Account? I'm not exactly sure if they are the same or not. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 17:23, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * While I won't comment on whether the two users may be related based on their contributions, I will say I just deleted obvious vandalism by Mrkepo on Meta yesterday in fact. Dmehus (talk) 17:38, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * So they might be related? If so, they should be checked if the 2nd account in question is in fact being used by the same user. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 17:41, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's possible, yes, but I haven't examined the second account's contributions to see if that would be warranted. I just wanted to provide a comment on the first Mrkepo. It's possible, or even likely, they may both be vandalism only accounts, and one or both could be locked on that basis, making a CheckUser investigation moot and unnecessary. Dmehus (talk) 17:47, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's alright. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 17:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Have our wikis been closed?
Greetings, I noticed that multiple wikis like Crappy Games Wiki were closed. However I noticed there was no ManageWiki log. Was this a glitch or were they closed without a warning? Paprika (talk) 12:22, 16 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I told the Miraheze staff about the same issues. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 12:39, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * One of our wikis have now been re-opened. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:11, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Me too :(. Wiki like 자유반달위키 was blocked from editing and creating documents. ;( --거미몬 (talk) 12:35, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t know what happened. Jah99 (talk) 12:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you at least keep some of the wikis open such as Best TV Shows Wiki/Terrible TV Shows Wiki, Greatest Movies Wiki/Awful Movies Wiki, Awesome Games Wiki/Crappy Games Wiki? I’ll miss these wikis if you do close them down. (User:Jah99) 6:38, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, your wiki has probably closed because we actually have a bug with something who close wiki with activity (Phab ticket: #T6403). I will left a message to sysadmin for look about this
 * PS: Will cleanup all around for centralize discussion, thanks HeartsDo (Talk || Global || Wiki Creator) 12:49, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for clearing it all up. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 12:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Will you reopen them? Jah99 (talk) 13:11, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * They may need time to look into the bug before reopening to prevent it from happening again. Paprika (talk) 13:14, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I noticed the same issue as well. Being a bureaucrat on Different History Wiki and the Larry Wiki, I unchecked the Delete box on Special:ManageWiki. Also, thanks. Trevor807 (talk) 12:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think can easily fix these issues as well. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:06, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * To @Geoshea, ChuckFan Media and GoYT, unfortunately Ficreation was closed, so I missed the wikis if you have to close down the site and I understand that I will do a good job at creating fanmade material. Duc4Wikmedia (talk) 13:16, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's actually due to a glitch. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:17, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * @Duc4Wikmedia I unticked the closed button on managewiki, so there's no need to cry, duc. kbos (talk) 13:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

'''We are aware of wikis still being closed in error. We are still in the process of investigating, and then working on a solution. In the mean time, go to Special:ManageWiki and uncheck the closed box, however, if you are unable to do, then contact a system administrator.''' Zppix (Meta &#124; Sysadmin &#124; talk to me) 14:09, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi all! I've reopened the two wikis listed above. We think we've fixed the problem. Please let us know if you continue to have the issue. Paladox (talk) 14:09, 16 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much . DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:15, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The Awful Movies Wiki, Best TV Shows Wiki, Terrible TV Shows Wiki, amongst the other mainline reception wikis need to be re-opened as well. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:22, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * All issues have been resolved by the sysops of our wikis. Thank you all for your patience. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:20, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Please bring all the Miraheze wikis to make way for our upcoming pages
Hi, I'm Footsies, sorry to bother you, but I noticed that all of the Miraheze wikis got closed today for mundane reasons. Can you please bring back all of the Miraheze wikis so we can make way for our upcoming pages? Footsies (talk) 13:18, 16 November 2020 (UTC)


 * It's actually a glitch, as the logs didn't say that they were closed, nor did they even appear at all. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:20, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but most of the wikis like Awful Movies Wiki, Terrible TV Shows Wiki, Crappy Games Wiki, Greatest Movies Wiki, and other wikis have been closed for very strange and mundane reasons. Can you please ask any steward or bureaucrat to bring back most of the wikis? Footsies (talk) 13:29, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't jump to conclusions. There hasn't been a single log stating it was closed. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:31, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't know why Best TV Shows closed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kekzuna (talk • contribs) 13:33, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * As stated previously, it hasn't even been closed. There hasn't been any violations in any way, shape or form. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:37, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Please follow along on Phabricator, as there will be one or more ticket(s) on which you can follow and receive updates, as this is a technical issue outside of the scope of stewards. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 15:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

nonciclopedia.org suddenly closed
Hi, today I noticed nonciclopedia.org wiki was suddenly closed, and I (and others) cannot edit any more. However, wiki was kinda active (even if there was not very much editing). Most recent change there is actually from 2 hours ago...--Sacro Riglionese Impero (talk) 14:33, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a technical issue, and will be resolved. Please follow along on Phabricator. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 15:25, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Gyaanipedia wikis suddenly closed
I'm Shaunak Chakraborty, the founder of Gyaanipedia. Today when I landed to its English site https://en.gyaanipedia.co.in I saw something unexpected, it was showing Closed Wiki box on its top, in my knowledge this box automatically appears when a wiki has been not edited for 60 days but this wiki is last edited few hours ago and the most active wiki in the Gyaanipedia projects. Then I found others Gyaanipedia wikis also which is hosted on Miraheze has been closed, which is totally weird. I immediately unchecked the closed box in every wiki and now my wikis are open. All these wikis has been last edited few hours or days ago. I just want to know that is this a planned act or a mistake/bug. Please look at this case and kindly let me know that now my wikis are safe or now. There are a lots of hard work of years in this wikis. Thanking you with due respect. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk) 14:40, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, we have encountered the same problem - wiki was marked as closed at 1400 CET today. It's resolved now by our admin. cyberlaw.miraheze.org Uncleistvan1BBB (talk) 15:18, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a technical issue, outside the scope of stewards, and will be resolved by system administrators. Please follow the task(s) on Phabricator. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 15:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Check User request
Hello, I need to check if Special:CentralAuth/Tuononnosedutoincarriola is actually Special:CentralAuth/Er Bestione, who was temporarily blocked for minor vandalisms. Thanks. Wedhro (talk) 16:44, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * They appear to be unrelated. -- Void  Whispers 17:11, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Lock ThePackagingViewer for cross-wiki vandalism
This user has been vandalizing multiple wikis and should be locked with these revisions as evidence: Diff #1 Diff #2 Diff #3 Diff #4 Diff #4 Diff #5 Diff #6Diff #7 DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:41, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears that the account has been ✅ by . DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 15:51, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Restore inactivity exemption for UcroniasWiki
Hello, at the request of Reception123 at Phabricator. I request that my wiki be added again as exempt from the inactivity policy, you can see that this was added previously but due to a request to reset my wiki, it has to be added again. The content of the wiki would be the same as last time. Greetings. Hispano76 (talk) 20:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Request the elimination of wikis HispanoWiki and InterucroniasWiki
At the request of Reception123 on Phabricator. I request here the removal of my HispanoWiki and InterucroniasWiki wikis. You can see more information here. Hispano76 (talk) 20:12, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Import another wiki
I am the founder of Gyaanipedia https://en.gyaanipedia.co.in I also have a fandom site https://gyaanipedia.fandom.com which have 93k articles. Now I want to make a copy of this fandom wiki and want to import it to the Miraheze wiki. As we know that Special:Import/Export is very time consuming so is there any other way to do that? Please help me Shaunak Chakraborty (talk) 06:35, 19 November 2020 (UTC)


 * 93,000 pages/articles is a lot, but should be doable, especially if there is not 93,000 images that need uploading as well. For these imports, though, this really will need you to go to Special:Statistics on your Fandom wiki, request a dump (as a ), and then create a Phabricator task for system administrators as this is completely out of scope of stewards. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:00, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Take a look at Moving a wiki to Miraheze. &mdash; revi  14:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Please perform a CheckUser for these 2 accounts
Son Goto ThePackagingViewer

I have a reason to believe that those 2 accounts are related because the former confirmed his identity on a closed wiki, and while the latter confirmed it via a link to his YouTube channel.

The about page explains everything. And the link to his YouTube channel directly links him to the same person, and pretty much admits that it is a sock of Son Goto. Does this type of evidence seem good to you? Or does it require more? Feel free to let me know, and I will provide you with more if necessary. The former is inactive and while the latter has been locked recently. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm personally not seeing a massive need here, nevermind the fact you've only linked to one edit diff. I would say it's honestly easier just to monitor this user's contributions across wikis, and if it becomes clear the account is engaging solely or largely in blatant vandalism, then it can be locked as such. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:56, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds good. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:58, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism-only accounts acting like ruffians on Best TV Shows Wiki
Thomas The Tank Engine has been vandalizing multiple pages on the Best TV Shows Wiki. Here's proof: https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thomas_The_Tank_Engine Also, there's another one who is doing the exact same thing: https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kikoriki Please look at their edits and stop them. https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Inanimate_Insanity&oldid=54293 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Kikoriki&oldid=54292 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Esme_%26_Roy&oldid=54290 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Robot_and_Monster&oldid=54288 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=W%C5%82atcy_m%C3%B3ch&oldid=54287 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Kikoriki&oldid=54286 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Kikoriki&oldid=54283 https://besttvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Apple_%26_Onion&oldid=54280 I have a feeling that those 2 accounts are being used by the same user considering their disruptive edits. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:45, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's been handled locally and requires no further global intervention unless it becomes cross-wiki. As for the potential abuse of multiple accounts, Stewards can CU if they think that is necessary. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 14:55, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright. Guess I'll keep an eye on them in case they come back for more. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 15:04, 22 November 2020 (UTC)