Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 6

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Rename username
Hi. I'd like my username to be renamed to Esteban. Thank you. Cyborg (talk) 04:20, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 20:22, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Abuse Report: Attack site to delete
https://navaverse.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page is an attack site, dedicated specifically to hatefully attacking my person and work, created by a long-term cross-site harasser. Please delete it and terminate its creator account immediately. DummyDummyAccountContact (talk) 15:02, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * if possible, could you send an email to staff@miraheze.org (or stewards@miraheze.org) with more information? Currently, it is difficult to determine exactly what is being targeted by the contents of the wiki. Any additional information you could provide us that would help to identify the issue would be appreciated. (Any information you provide to those emails will be kept confidential unless you request otherwise). -- Void  Whispers 18:18, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Email sent, please tend to it ASAP. DummyDummyAccountContact (talk) 18:36, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Staff may see the response here -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Permision for tmr.miraheze.org
Hello.

after creation of tmr.miraheze.org I havent granted to access. Error is displayed after I am logged too.

Please, help me.

Thanks

Tomas


 * Are you sure you are signed in correctly? I have checked and the account 'Tmr' does have administrator and bureaucrat rights on the wiki. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:03, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I used bad link

https://tmr.miraheze.org/wiki

this link is correct ... :-)

https://tmr.miraheze.org/wiki/Hlavn%C3%AD_strana

Bye

Tomas
 * Great! Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:17, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Hide fake user accounts?
Although abuse filter works fine, user accounts are still added to the wiki by spambots. It bugs me to see the wiki user list including fake names. On shared hosting I would merge and delete spambot created users. Extension UserMerge is declined on Miraheze for incompatibility with CentralAuth. Apparently CentralAuth does have lock and hide. Please can wikis have (obviously spambot created) fake users hidden? Rob Kam (talk) 10:30, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Block the user. Then use IRC and send a list for the users to be locked to the stewards since account actions are global. Thanks Sau226 (talk) 07:40, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Not to be locked, they only ever use the account once anyway but to be hidden so that in the User list fake spambot users don't outnumber the real contributing users. --Rob Kam (talk) 11:02, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Here's a list from SDIY wiki of the spambot created fake one-time user IDs. These have all triggered the abuse filter. Please can they be removed from the list of users? --Rob Kam (talk) 12:47, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * NYCJanina08
 * IanGibbs82
 * RobbyDevine45
 * RheaDoan845965
 * BethanyStang6
 * ColemanCaldwell
 * DanaWesley23231
 * FannieChinnery
 * BrendaJamieson
 * JefferyMill871
 * CaseyCorones7
 * JedCarney07
 * BettinaHirsch27
 * ConsueloVansickl
 * DeandreLammon‎
 * YISJordan0028696‎
 * AnitraRains669
 * I think the use of hideuser may do unless they are used for cross wiki spam. Very useful for blocks that can not be removed except by oversighters --Sau226 (talk) 09:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Asked at T2583. --Rob Kam (talk) 11:37, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * and declined. --Rob Kam (talk) 15:18, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Up to steward discretion, but imo this doesn’t warrant a hideuser. OS states we generally do not make an exception and I don’t think this deserves an exception. &mdash; revi  18:38, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've locked all accounts listed (at one point or another), but I don't think hiding the accounts is warranted. -- Void  Whispers 01:50, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * On Wikia Uncyclopedia, the problem was that new accounts "aged" in 72 hours and became able to upload images and move pages (until the latter was shut down to all but ; a shell game of page-moves took hours to sort out and undo).  So there may be a strategy to plant one-shot accounts and abuse them later.  Nevertheless, this behavior is common over wikis from Wikia to Wikifur, either with 0 edits, or 1 edit being an "introduction" with gaping inconsistencies.  Rob, if you are "bugged" by fake users in the list, your reaction is the problem to overcome; showing an open interface, we will not be able to do anything about it, and disinfecting after them is a waste of time.   03:52 9-Jan-2018
 * Rob just let this drop. These users are all locked and hey a wiki is meant to be a community project. On miraheze, any vandal can create an account and show up in your user list before spamming. The most you can probably do is turn on and lock some features for a week or so if there is a big influx of spam users. If you're not online when the spam usually happens I suggest you go and give someone else access to protect the site on your behalf. I used to be a steward on a wiki farm but for various reasons left. During my tenure we had a lot of spam users but we never had any need to oversight them (we just locked them and deleted their spam). Many other wiki farms like wikipedia don't use oversight unless absolutely necessary since any abuse could have wide lasting effects --Sau226 (talk) 05:51, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay I accept there is nothing going to remedy this. --Rob Kam (talk) 12:43, 10 January 2018 (UTC)