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Unlock request for 大沼
Hello. I want the steward to unlock 大沼.

He was blocked and global locked as a LTA, but local investigations (identity verification, etc.) revealed him to be innocent.He was not LTA:KOSHIN. クールトレイン７７７ (talk) 14:45, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what "local investigations (identity verification, etc.)" would be. Additionally, I'm personally not comfortable unlocking a user based on the results of said "local investigations" by an involved or uninvolved third party. If 大沼 wishes for their account to be unlocked, please have them present their case to Stewards, via e-mail, to  for consideration. Dmehus (talk) 15:54, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have to report that the locals there are planning to allow 大沼's lock evasion with another account per this "local investigations."
 * As an ex-Steward and a community member there, I have already pointed out that 大沼 him/herself should contact Stewards and this is not something that the local community can decide.
 * However, since I currently have no additional permissions there, I don't have the power to stop this community if they actually decide to allow 大沼's comeback, and thus would like to report it on SN beforehand that the community might head to policy violations.
 * I think posting a steward's comment there can help them rethink their action, if necessary.-- 00:34, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with this matter, but I will just echo what 開拓者 ("The Pioneer") said above and just state that I think 大沼 should e-mail  to request an unlock, providing us with any pertinent background information. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 01:03, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Spam-only accounts with names like Beautywomen and Paperbags (as stated previously) are appearing cross-wiki.
Most specifically these examples with names like Beautywomen can be found as soon as you see them. When you get a chance, feel free to have a look at them. Remember the keywords, as they seem to be coming to flood the User Creation Logs on multiple wikis. My apologies if this seems to be a re-occurring theme. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:07, 31 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Spam only accounts are a persistent problem. It usually makes sense to report them in larger batches. We do periodically review the wikis with inactive local administrators and bureaucrats, and this wiki is one of those, so these should be caught when we next do the review. Dmehus (talk) 17:41, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it really does make a lot of sense, as most of them appear to be attempting to flood those inactive wikis with unnecessary advertisements. I also think you should send another fellow Steward to investigate this wiki too. Thanks for responding ASAP, and I'll bet I know what will become of those spam-only accounts. In fact, those types of accounts are very predictable in terms of how many try to flood our wikis. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:49, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Global lock
Naleksuh (talk) 18:29, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * LesliCoungeau8
 * AntonSedgwick
 * DYBJonelle


 * ✅. I'll try and review them later today to see whether there are additional open proxies/web hosts that need to be globally soft blocked. Thanks for your report. Dmehus (talk) 18:34, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Please globally lock me.
I have decided to retire. I am sure I want this account to be locked. due to the fact I have retired this account doesn't have much worth anymore. And if I do return, I can always give an unlock request through email. ACoolBlaze5 (talk) 23:44, 31 January 2021 (UTC)


 * ACoolBlaze5 ✅. We're sorry to see you go. Should you return, please ensure you have a confirmed e-mail address associated to your account, so you can recover your password, should you forget it. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 23:55, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Request to close four wikis I was temporarily hosting on Miraheze
I requested several wikis to be made in January for temporary hosting on Mirahesze. Three of which I was taking independent from Fandom / Gamepedia and one which was a language variant of my independent wiki. I've since obtained the URLs and set the wikis up on my personal server (links below if proof is needed) so I no longer need to host them on Miraheze.
 * vampirehuntresslegendserieswiki
 * crimsonmoonwiki
 * mysterydungeonzhwiki
 * izunawiki

Now hosted under:
 * https://mysterydungeonwikizh.com/wiki/不可思議迷宮系列百科
 * https://zh.mysterydungeonwiki.com/wiki/不可思議迷宮系列百科
 * https://vampire-huntres.com/wiki/Vampire_Huntress_Legend_Series_Wiki
 * https://crimsonmoonnovels.com/wiki/L.A._Banks%27_Crimson_Moon_Series_Wiki
 * https://izunawiki.com/wiki/Izuna:_Legend_of_the_Unemployed_Ninja_Wiki

--Korra II A Royal (talk) 11:17, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Korra II A Royal Though we normally prefer to have wikis closed and deleted per Dormancy Policy, you've articulated a clear reason for deletion, are either the main or primary contributor to each of the above wikis, and some of these subdomains may be desired for future wikis, potentially, so I'm going to say this will be ✅, with the wikis marked as ✅. We're sorry to see your wikis leave us, but hope you will remain part of the Miraheze community. Regarding your Vampire Hundress Legend Series' new wiki, I wondered if  was a typo in your above domain name, or if you actually meant to register   and not  ? Dmehus (talk) 13:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Request for Dormancy Exemption for a personal wiki
I'd like to request a dormancy inactivity exemption for (U1GA Encyclopedia) and (Taznanite Codex) to prevent deletion via inactivity, I am the sole editor of the wiki and this is a personal project, it's a lot to get into but it's only for cataloging information that isn't updated very often, aside from my current edits to build and set the wiki itself up, it's character and world information that has is meant to be cataloged for others, but there's a limit on that and once I get everything in, it doesn't really update much. And in the case of the second one, it's a case of writers block where details are added very slowly, it's a lot to get into and a bit personal, but I worry about both pages randomly wiping before I can do something due to various circumstances. JuleKing2921 (talk) 22:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * JuleKing2921 Thank you for your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy; however, seeing as these two wikis were only just created between two and five days ago, I'm going to mark these as ❌ for now, only because you've only created a few pages on each wiki. One of the reasons for Dormancy Policy is because users will request wikis, and then either abandon their wikis or migrate their wikis elsewhere without telling us. At any rate, there's no imminent danger of your wikis being closed anyway, as they wouldn't be deleted until at least six months from the date of last edit/log action. They aren't even marked as inactive until the 45th or 46th day since the last edit or log action, for which you can just reopen your wiki(s) in Special:ManageWiki on your wiki(s). So, while as the only editor, you've identified a need for an exemption, I just want to see you build your wikis a bit more. So, would you please reapply for an exemption in a couple months from now? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 22:45, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Requesting interwiki for myself on celestewiki
As per interwiki administrator eligibility policies, and this discussion, I'd like to grant myself Interwiki Administrator status. locally, on Celeste Wiki. This would make me the first interwiki admin on the aforementioned wiki.

Thank you, Celeste (talk) 01:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Celeste ✅. Dmehus (talk) 01:41, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Question
Why is uploading files disabled? Just asking. Trevor807 (talk) 01:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Trevor807 We're migrating server infrastructure, which could take several days. We apologize for the inconvenience. Dmehus (talk) 01:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was about to remove it after I read the notice. Trevor807 (talk) 01:39, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Trevor807 Yeah, basically, we've selected new servers on our upstream cloud hosting provider's so-called bare metal cloud infrastructure, so we're actually migrating all of the content on our on servers (including our file server ( and  )). Hope that gives you a bit more detail. Dmehus (talk) 01:47, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Permissions broken on Connexus Wiki
Wiki:

I have deleted all the user groups and unfortunately it appears that has removed all my permissions on that wiki, it also appears that has broken a few things. I would like to request someone create a usergroup with permissions.

I apologize if this isn't the right place for this request. Snowie (talk) 02:04, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Snowie I am in the process of trying to restore your  group, but your Special:ManageWiki/permissions page is throwing off database fatal exception errors. So, unfortunately, I need system administrators to resolve this error, then I'll restore the user group, and grant rights. This could take up to 24 hours. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 02:10, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, sorry for the trouble I might have caused. Snowie (talk) 02:12, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Snowie This should be ✅ now as I've restored your  group and granted rights, with props to Universal Omega for tracing the error and Paladox for the fix. I trust you can restore the other groups, such as  . Ensure you create your new groups first before deleting your existing groups, please. Dmehus (talk) 02:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I realized after they were deleted that I didn't make my new ones. Snowie (talk) 03:30, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Snowie Yeah, and I noticed you also deleted the  and   user groups. You can probably do without the latter, but that will preclude anonymous editing of any kind on your wiki. I did also recreate your   and   groups, as I noticed there were still user rights which can't be removed in ManageWiki listed at Special:ListGroupRights. Please let us know if any further issues. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, it appears that I require the  group to edit and add the other groups, it appears that once you grant me that group I can fix the rest. Thanks Snowie (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Snowie Okay, yeah, I've made it so  can add, but not remove, other bureaucrats (that requires, typically, a Steward, for mainly security and best practice reasons) and also add administrators. I've also added   to the   group and granted rights. Dmehus (talk) 03:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Would it be easier we reset your permissions to the default? ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  03:43, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I thought of that, but I think this should work quite well, as they may have wanted to delete most of the user groups anyway. Dmehus (talk) 03:44, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Request locking of my account
I would like to request this account (UnLeashedWolfie~) be locked as I do not use this account and primarily use the account Snowie instead of this one. Thanks. UnLeashedWolfie~ (talk) 04:30, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * UnLeashedWolfie~ for requesting this from Stewards at Stewards' noticeboard. I'm placing this request on hold pending confirmation from Snowie confirming that UnLeashedWolfie~ was indeed their prior account, so we have a confirmation on both ends. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 13:53, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, this was my indeed my old account and I do not use it anymore as I did not need to. Snowie (talk) 21:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Snowie (and UnLeashedWolfie~), . This has now been ✅. Since you've confirmed your account on both ends, any future unlock request can come from either account. Dmehus (talk) 21:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Atrocious Youtubers Wiki
Could you re open the Atrocious Youtubers Wiki? I think it is somewhat unfair that it's being closed. The wiki is simply showing the Bad Qualities of some youtubers, it's not hate. Please consider my message carefully. Thank You Tkgaynor (talk) 21:52, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Tkgaynor This wiki in question was closed, locked, and made by private by a Steward, NDKilla, for systemic, unremediated Content Policy issues, and, secondarily, for Code of Conduct-related concerns. This wiki will be deleted in due course per Dormancy Policy. While not a steward at the time, I agreed with NDKilla's decision at the time, and continue to agree with it. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Which Content Policy issues for 1, and what Code of Conduct concerns, for 2. Tkgaynor (talk) 22:19, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Nonciclopedia issues
Hello, I'm a user at this wiki, and on today, the namespaces' language was randomly changed from Italian to English, breaking countless pages. I'm pretty sure this is not the only thing that happened, but I hope that reverting the namespace change will fix everything.

Can we have a fix or at least an explanation of what happened? MrApocalisse (talk) 11:55, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi We're aware of a few issues today with internationalisation. I've not got access to check at the moment but I think I know what the issue might be. I'm trying to get another Sysadmin to look.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:04, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, good.
 * I'll be waiting for an update. MrApocalisse (talk) 13:11, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This should be fixed. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:13, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It's still acting up a bit, I'll wait a few more minutes and I'll clear my cache, the system probably needs to update MrApocalisse (talk) 15:23, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It's still intermittently bugged, at least from my side MrApocalisse (talk) 22:52, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * MrApocalisse Since this doesn't seem to have been resolved yet and is technical in nature, would you mind filing a Phabricator task for system administrators, adding the  and   projects and triaging the task as normal priority? In your task on Phabricator, be sure to link to this thread on this noticeboard. When you're finished, you can link to the Phabricator task in this thread by way of a follow up reply. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 00:52, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * We already have one. T6826 ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  07:47, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * RhinosF1 ✅! Thanks for linking to that here. MrApocalisse, you can either login to your existing Phabricator account or activate your Phabricator account by clicking the "login" button on Phabricator and selecting the "MediaWiki signin" link. Using OAuth, you will be directed to this wiki (Meta) to authorize the Phabricator application to use your Miraheze wiki credentials to sign in. Once signed in, just hit "subscribe" on the task RhinosF1 linked to, and you can follow along and add any pertinent comments to the task. Dmehus (talk) 10:55, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Recent spam-only accounts are triggering the abuse logs on the World University & School Wiki.
Just look at how many abuse filters were tripped just recently. As you can see, they have been triggered around 35 times within the past several days, and it just shocks me how those accounts weren't even locked when the abuse logs of that said wiki were triggered. Don't you think they should be locked as a result of their constant spam attempts? I think an investigation is in order here. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:22, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * DarkMatterMan4500 That's a very early wiki, and generates a fair bit of attention from the spam only accounts. I'll try to do an investigation in the next few days unless Void or John beat me to it. (If they do, please be sure to DM me to which account(s) you've checked back to.) Dmehus (talk) 19:26, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, as I didn't think saying it on Discord would be necessary. I will only use the Stewards' Noticeboard for anything to do with spam-only accounts triggering the abuse filter on here instead, so I wouldn't end up clogging up the messages on the  channel. But it's totally up to you,, or  if this action is necessary at this point. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:30, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, either channel is fine for spam only account reports. One of us should be able to take a look in a few days. Dmehus (talk) 20:30, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * A brief update on the spam only accounts in the AbuseLog of, the investigation was particularly fruitful, with ✅ and a number of longer term soft global rangeblocks being put in place, nearly all of which were for either open proxies or web hosting companies. It's a bit like shelf reading in a library in that one can only do so much of it at a time before their eyes go crossed. Nevertheless, I'll return to this wiki in the next several weeks to continue where I left off (at the  ) timestamp. Thanks for your report. Dmehus (talk) 14:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ And thanks for the update. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

What can we do to prevent any more drama magnetism on the Reception Wikis? Is there something we need to address to prevent it from getting any worse?
Is there something that we could do to save our wikis and stop the rise of drama magnetism? I've tried pretty much a lot of things, but it got worse. Is there a solution to resolve any of this? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:52, 10 February 2021 (UTC)


 * DarkMatterMan4500 I would suggest you review all your articles in  namespace, in particular, and ensure that every claim is cited (usually with a footnote), either by a verified primary source (of the subject, such as a Twitter account of the subject which has been verified by Twitter or confirmed by your wikis' editors) or a reliable, independent source (i.e., generally not a blog post and certainly not other wikis, as that amounts to circular referencing). Additionally, where you have biographical articles of real people, have you received consent to post their photos, or have they posted said photos from a verified account? These are just two ideas, but they're main ones that would definitely be helpful at improving overall content quality and help to ensure Content Policy requirements are met. You would also do well to discuss and implement local content policies that supplement Content Policy, requiring such things as attribution and reliable sourcing in the drafting of articles. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:09, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That sounds good. But we should also try and prevent drama from expanding, so I think I might take some drastic measures by maybe gathering some sort of consensus from other admins. For 1, I'm thinking of maybe banning blogs that makes fun of other Reception Wiki fans from the wikis, and possibly try and save it. And 2, try to get quality control to actually work, so there won't be any terrible pages that looks like it was rushed. Even if it fails, I'm definitely not going to leave Miraheze as I've had a lot of fun here. There's a lot for me to learn, and I hopefully would want to help out with any problems that may persist. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:16, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Those sound like good ideas as well. Definitely have a more robust and rigorous content quality approval standard. I wouldn't necessarily say you'd need to ban blogs outright, as they're a reasonable outlet for users to express views, but rather just develop a local policy in terms of outlining the expected tone of posts. It's fine to express negative views, for example, but the tone of the post should have some factual basis and not be completely negative. More balanced, thoughtful opinions, for example. Dmehus (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * For the content quality controls, though, you should definitely not just consider only administrators' views, but all of your wikis' regular contributors' views, as they may have some ideas to consider. Dmehus (talk) 16:32, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That is also helpful. That way, we can save the Reception Wikis from being shut down just because of drama outright. And banning blogs completely wouldn't feel right to me. So, I'm thinking that all the contributors can get involved in the conversation directly. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:34, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Request for Dormancy Exemption for research group wiki
Please be so kind as to apply a Dormancy Exemption to https://eucxylo.miraheze.org/wiki/ - this is a wiki that my research group started building last year, with the intention of making it public when/if there is enough good-quality information in it to be useful as a public resource. We let it get inactive in the latter part of the year, but intend to try to make regular use of it going forward (the risk of our hard work being deleted is quite demoralizing!).

Thanks and best wishes. KCMartin (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * KCMartin You lucked out, as your wiki had only been marked as deleted, so I have now ✅ your wiki per this request. Please ensure you make at least one edit or log action to your wiki before this time tomorrow to prevent your wiki from being reclosed by the inactive wikis maintenance script, though if it were reclosed, you can reopen it at Special:ManageWiki. As to your Dormancy Policy exemption request, with the wiki undeleted, I will assess this request shortly, and follow up with you within several hours. Dmehus (talk) 14:21, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * KCMartin Regarding your request for a Dormancy Policy exemption, I've now reviewed your wiki, and have ✅ your wiki an indefinite, though not permanent, exemption to Dormancy Policy as your wiki clearly has documented research notes, studied by researchers, and later intended to be read by an even larger audience. On the second criterion, with few editors on your wiki, with you providing most of the contributions, as far as I can tell, and because your wiki had to be undeleted, there's a clear need. If you no longer require an exemption to Dormancy Policy because your wiki has an active editing community, please do advise us at this noticeboard. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 14:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you @Dmehus - I've made an edit as requested, and am very happy to be able to report to my group that our wiki is back in the land of the living. We decided at a meeting this week that we want to try to establish a more structured and regular approach to adding content: hopefully our longer-term goal of nucleating a useful public resource will come to fruition (and we will no longer need the Dormancy Exemption). All the best - keep well. KCMartin (talk) 15:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Undelete of joepcolerwiki
Hello, can steward please undelete joepcolerwiki per this request? Thx,--MrJaroslavik (talk) 13:04, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * MrJaroslavik, Thank you for moving this request from requests for adoption to here. The wiki has now been ✅, per this request. Dmehus (talk) 14:03, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Delete codedarmswiki
Hello, can steward please delete codedarmswiki per this wiki request? Thanks,--MrJaroslavik (talk) 13:35, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * MrJaroslavik, thank you for posting this request. As I'd already seen this, this has already been ✅. Should you or other wiki creators come across a duplicate wiki request in future, I believe that the wiki language code can be changed in Special:ManageWiki by the new wiki . Dmehus (talk) 14:08, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * But cannot change subdomain...--MrJaroslavik (talk) 14:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * True, though it's likely the requestor originally preferred the  subdomain and selected   as a second choice not knowing they could've changed their language code in ManageWiki. If they did want a new subdomain, this can actually be changed by filing a Phabricator request. Any Site Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure) can handle these requests, though in practice it's usually Reception123 who is usually very quick with these requests as he usually handles them within a few hours of requesting and almost always the same day of requesting. Dmehus (talk) 14:16, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Delete wiki please
Please can you delete my wiki: https://taerelvari.miraheze.org as I moved it to self hosting (I only had it on MH while I was waiting on a host, but now I just did it myself so the Miraheze wiki is not needed any more) TheBurningPrincess (talk) 00:32, 12 February 2021 (UTC)


 * TheBurningPrincess ✅. Dmehus (talk) 00:33, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Re Open Horrible Vyonders Wiki please
Could you please re open the Horrible Vyonders Wiki, because that wiki isn't for hate, it only shows the low qualities of Vyonders like Atrocious YouTubers Wiki, I hope you understand this message Bye FranciscoLol2009 (talk) 06:25, 13 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I am afraid that the wiki had serious Content Policy violations which had not been dealt with by the wiki administrators. The wiki will never be reopened and similar wiki requests will be declined. Thank you. 06:42, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I see, but which articles violates the Content Policy? FranciscoLol2009 (talk) 08:32, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Many of the articles violated the Content Policy, which most are not deleted.  Circley  Does Extracter    ( Circley Talk  |  Global   |  Email the Cloud )  15:14, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Global lock request for 地震
Hi,

I'd like to request 地震 to be globally locked as a vandalism-only account.

Last night (JST), several Japanese wikis were severely vandalized by him/her, whose account name is probably related to the earthquake which struck Eastern-Japan yesterday.

S/he claims on his/her userpage that he has vandalized those wikis because s/he couldn't vandalize chakuwiki, and I suppose s/he is not only a vandalism-only account but also related to recent LTAs in chakuwiki.

Therefore, I'd like to lock him/her, and have an investigation on possible further cross-wiki abuse as well.

Thanks in advance,-- 01:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Locked. Possible investigation leaving for steward,--MrJaroslavik (talk) 14:17, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Global lock for spambot
Please lock Special:CentralAuth/Mindy95C82717 globally as a spambot. Thanks. JavaHurricane (talk) 05:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)


 * JavaHurricane ✅. Thank you for your report. As a recommended best practice, if spam only accounts are flooding local wiki abuse logs, we recommend locally blocking them, at least temporarily, and then reporting spam only accounts to Stewards via this noticeboard in a batch of a half dozen or more&mdash;preferrably listing them in an unordered or ordered list. Dmehus (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2021 (UTC)