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Delete my wiki
Hi! Can you delete my wiki? It's been dead for quite a while but I think minor edits made to the homepage have kept it alive for longer than the 6 months dormancy policy. Thank you so much! --Narissa 02:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Narissa Apologies for the delay in responding to your request. Looking at RC on your wiki, I'm seeing the last edit or logged action was 5 November 2020, which means that your wiki should be automatically marked as deleted on or around 5 May 2021. So, I will instead place this request, if it's alright with you, until 6 May 2021 (which, incidentally, is also my birthday). If your wiki has not be marked automatically for deletion on that date, I will manually delete it for you per your request. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 23:47, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Narissa It seems another bureaucrat on this wiki has reopened the wiki, only days before its scheduled deletion date. So, unfortunately, it won't be automatically deleted per Dormancy Policy now. If you still want to have the wiki deleted, please have a discussion on your wiki among your wiki's bureaucrats and any recently active significant contributors agreeing that deletion is preferred. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 14:08, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Do these usernames violate the Username Policy?

 * Wedhroeesagonononcapiteuncazzo
 * Wedhro il Puppatarzanelli di Oranghi
 * Wedhro Merdaccia
 * Wedhro il Puliculi di Rinoceronti
 * Wedhro Merda
 * Wedhro lo Slappacacatoni di Tucani
 * MANDIAMO WEDHRO A PULIRE I CESSI
 * Fantinaikosmerda

While yes, they are indeed old, but should they be locked on account of them being Username policy violations? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:23, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Yes, all ✅ as Username Policy violations and long-term abuse. These were likely just missed as that LTA has been quite prolific at creating vandalism only accounts. Did you find these from searching the nonciclopediawiki's Special:ListUsers list, or from typing similar usernames into Special:CentralAuth? Dmehus (talk) 20:37, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The latter, of course. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Oh okay, I was just curious, and actually thought you were going to say the former. Dmehus (talk) 20:40, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah almost forgot one:
 * Wedhroseiunpezzodimerdafigliodiputtana DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:41, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. ✅ also. Dmehus (talk) 20:43, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Almost forgot these ones as well: Wedhro il Degustanerchie di Muli Wedhro il Degustanerchie di Muli DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:27, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ too. Dmehus (talk) 23:29, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You forgot to lock the second one I've linked to as well. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:30, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The second one you linked is the same as the first one, unless that was a typographical error? If so, what's the second one? Dmehus (talk) 23:31, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * This one. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:32, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * And this will be my last one on Username policy violations for the rest of today. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:34, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Both now ✅ as well. Dmehus (talk) 23:35, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Hopefully, that should be it on those LTAs for now. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:41, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I found more: Wedhromerda2, Fantinaikosfattiicazzituoi, Wedhrolezzo, Mi eccito sessualmente vandalizzando Ninjaclopedia. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:17, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 . While the first and third are definitely bad-faith Username Policy violations, the other two may not be. In any case, they're all long-term abuse, so have been ✅. Dmehus (talk) 14:34, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, looks like I missed this account as well. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:57, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. ✅ too. Dmehus (talk) 17:01, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Found some more that I also missed:
 * .lezzi.come.wedhro.il.merdone.
 * .lezzo.wedhro.merdaccia.
 * AMO PUZZA CAZZI DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 17:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:30, 5 May 2021 (UTC) Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:30, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Dormancy policy exemption
Hi!

I would like to request for a permanent dormancy policy exemption for waldenses.miraheze.org as I do not expect anyone to edit it as much (even at all). It covers a topic that has received little attention for centuries, and that wiki serves as one of a few pockets of the Waldenses. I intend to include the entirety of the English translation of La Nobla Leyczon and maybe some background about Peter Waldo and the tradition’s history leading to the modern age, but I don’t see myself editing the wiki beyond that or even writing all of that one after another so there may be no edits for months on end.

I hope my request gets accepted. Thank you. Poor Man (talk) 18:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Poor Man Thank you for your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy for your, which I've now assessed. Indeed, you, Nyl, and Matttest have provided all of the contributions to the wiki, so the wiki is indeed edited by few editors and, as you say, when it's complete, will not require frequent editing. Thus, in terms of that aspect, I do see a need for an indefinite exemption to Dormancy Policy. However, it is only six (6) pages, each of which are not particularly long. This in and of itself is not necessarily a problem, as there can always be  exception cases. You do note that you plan to include the "entirety of the English translation of La Nobla Leyczon" and "maybe some background Peter Waldo and the tradition's history leading to the modern age," would you be able to complete at least the entirety of the English translation and the background page(s) about Peter Waldo first, then re-request this exemption? Also, separately from this exemption request, the concern I have is that I noticed you have revision deleted the contributions other contributor(s) to this wiki, and it's unclear why as there are no log summaries stating the reason. While I do see your wiki's content is in the public domain, that doesn't necessarily mean that users' contributions have to be hidden. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * @Nyl is a friend but due to that alias being used in other instances as well we decided to just hide his edit history in wikis which he has started but I have picked up. I don’t wish to go into details but he should be able to explain it further if need be.
 * Thank you for your response. I’ll try to finish the aforementioned pages, but all in all they would probably number no more than 20 or 30 pages as the text I mentioned is quite short and the only tangible piece of early Waldensian literature that we have. Poor Man (talk) 19:35, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Poor Man Ah, okay, that's fine then regarding the reason for the revision deletion of Nyl's contributions. If they requested it, that's totally fine. I just wanted to make sure that, say, if I helped by contributing to that wiki, my contributions wouldn't be revision deleted (unless I requested it, of course). 20-30 pages would be fine. So what I will say is this, when you have about 20-30 pages, just come back here and either add to this thread (if it's not been archived) or start a new thread (if it has been). Dmehus (talk) 19:47, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Locked out of my wiki...
That awkward moment when you forget about that "joke" Abuse Filter that you made a while back, and then you go to make an edit with the word "tortoise" in it, and the filter strips you of all of your permissions, including bureaucrat, and then blocks you indefinitely after removing your autoconfirmed status... looks like I made it a little too over-powered. It's a private wiki too, nobody else has bureaucrat there, and my alt account's administrator privileges don't have block/unblock abilities. Strange, the filter didn't work like it was supposed to, it was supposed to not affect me. Anyway, could someone please restore my bureaucrat status on TurtleWiki? Thanks! Turtle84375 (talk) 00:35, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Turtle84375 . Dmehus (talk) 00:37, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Turtle84375 ✅. I'd recommend also disabling that abuse filter. As well, I'm not sure if it will be possible for you to regain your  implicit user group (though I suspect probably not, or not easily anyway). Dmehus (talk) 00:43, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Filter disabled, further crises averted, phew! It's actually easy to restore implicit autoconfirmed, in the Abuse Filter management, under the "Debugging tools" tab, there's an option at the bottom of the page to "restore autoconfirmed" for specific users. I'll try not to kick myself out again :) Turtle84375 (talk) 00:49, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Turtle84375 Oh that's interesting that the  user group can be restored through the AbuseFilter's "debugging tools," as I thought I'd read, or perhaps another Consul on TestWiki told me, that it could not be restored. Anyway, yeah, in your case, because you were blocked on a private wiki to which no one else held local rights, only Stewards could unblock you. Dmehus (talk) 01:15, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I alternatively could have unblocked myself with the bureaucrat rights (they allow "unblock self"), I just needed someone to restore them for me :) Thanks for doing that, though! Turtle84375 (talk) 04:03, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Turtle84375 Oh, yeah, that's true to. It's good that you have the ability to unblock one's self as part of your  group. Dmehus (talk) 13:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

More spambots to globally lock:

 * Hatending
 * JudithStillings
 * WilmaMaxted1363
 * JDFMargret
 * Phuvcer
 * Gharadorm
 * JDFMargret
 * Tunlor
 * Quaidusk
 * Gareming

All of these ones are spam-bots, including those 6 user accounts that I've actively blocked on the Crappy Games Wiki, and if you look at all 6 of their user pages, it's obvious that the spam-bots are repeating the same thing by using external links. So, feel free to lock them at any time. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 12:35, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * And another spambot to add to this list. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:40, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Blog posts repeating themselves
On the Awesome Games Wiki, whenever I try to post a blog post, I write a title and post the page, only to be given an error that a page of that name already exists. I keep trying to post it, changing the name, but I'm still given the error message. Eventually, I give up and come back to the "New Blog Posts" section to find all of the times I tried to post a page with the different titles show up, despite being told I can't use the title. I'm not the only one who has this problem either. I'm also not sure if this is a problem on the other wikis or just Awesome Games Wiki, but it's becoming a problem. Please help! TigerBlazer (talk) 13:04, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, we have a similar report on Phabricator. So this is known and you can follow the advancement there. HeartsDo (Talk / Global / Wiki Creator) 13:51, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Delete my wiki please
Hi, I started a wiki recently but am now in very poor health. I won't be able to work on it as planned for quite some time and have my content saved for when I will be able to. Can you please close my wiki? (tiltedcerebrum.miraheze.org). Thank you! TiltedCerebrum (talk) 01:37, 25 April 2021 (UTC)


 * TiltedCerebrum I'm terribly sorry to hear about the change in your health, and hope things improve for you. Before I process your wiki deletion request, have you exported backups of your wiki's XML and image files using Special:DataDump? Dmehus (talk) 01:41, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Dmehus, yes I have. Thanks for deleting, I most likely will be back when things level out again :) TiltedCerebrum (talk) 15:21, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * TiltedCerebrum No problem, though I hadn't actually deleted it yet as I was waiting for your confirmation that you have all the exports of your wiki. Per your above request's stated reasoning, I have now ✅ your personal wiki to which only you have contributed. Best wishes for an improvement to your health condition, and look forward to having you back here soon! :) Dmehus (talk) 15:45, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Can someone lock my account?
I want to leave Miraheze because someone was harassing me over a fanmade TV channel. I seriously don't want to talk about the backstory so I just want to lock it and that's all. Fomantisboy35 (talk) 05:15, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Fomantisboy35 Firstly, harassment isn't acceptable, so this is of interest to Stewards to investigate. If you'd prefer to share concerns privately, please e-mail, by privately identifying the parties involved, timelines of harassment, permalinks to relevant diffs, and background on your complaint. Secondly, regarding your request for a lock, to ensure that this is something with which you wish to proceed, please confirm by way of a reply to this thread that this is the course of action you wish to take, and it will be honoured. Dmehus (talk) 13:34, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I would like to proceed. Fomantisboy35 (talk) 16:19, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Fomantisboy35 Very well, we're sorry to see you go. Should you wish to return to Miraheze, you can either (a) e-mail Stewards to request an unlock or (b) create a new account, taking care to not edit on any wikis where Fomantisboy35 was still blocked. Dmehus (talk) 16:39, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

InputBox
Can you add the InputBox extension to mywikipedia.miraheze.org? Iron Sword 22 (talk) 18:18, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Iron Sword 22 You should be able to enable this in Special:ManageWiki/extensions on your wiki as, to my knowledge, it requires no special permissions. It's under the "parser hooks" tab. I do agree, rather strongly, that extensions are not organized in the best manner, and a single alphabetically arranged Special:ManageWiki/extensions was easier to find an extension. Dmehus (talk) 18:20, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Is it possible for you to globally block my account?
Hello. I thought really long and hard about this, but I've finally made my decision. I don't want this account anymore. I don't wanna be associated with the reception wikis anymore. I know theres more to here then the reception wikis, but thats mostly what its known for. I don't like this place, and I wanna focus on other things. Theres a bunch of pointless vendetta here anyways. So, please, since there isn't an option to delete an account, I would like my account to be globally blocked. Anonymy (talk) 14:36, 29 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Anonymy I do agree with some of the sentiments expressed regarding the Reception/Qualitipedia wikis. We're sorry to see you leave, but this is ✅ per your request. If you ever do wish to return, feel free to e-mail  to request an unlock, or just create a new account, following user accounts policy of course, and create a new identity to focus on wikis other than the Reception/Qualitipedia wikis. Dmehus (talk) 14:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Hoole History & Heritage Society: Exemption from Dormancy Policy
Hi,

Our wiki http://hoolehistoryheritagesociety.miraheze.org/ has now been migrated from our old site. As such, we may not be updating information as frequently going forward. The society intends to contribute new articles approximately monthly, however, due to the small number of members, limited resources and potential for the unforeseen, this may not happen reliably, as such a single missed article could arguably put us in jeopardy of breaching the 60 day rule. We would therefore appreciate it if we could be exempt from the dormancy policy or the timeframes be increased significantly in our case.

Many thanks for your previous assistance,

Michael & Peter. HooleHistory (talk) 23:12, 29 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Michael & Peter, thank you for your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy for your  wiki and for moving it to stewards' noticeboard, which you originally requested on Phabricator in #T7220. I have now assessed your request. In terms of need, as both the only contributor to your heritage society's organization coordination wiki, at least as far as the Miraheze version is concerned, and because your wiki is both (a) complete or nearly complete and (b) a historical archive for the social, genealogical, and cultural elements of the Hoole geographic area of the United Kingdom, this is easily met. In terms of sufficient content intended to be read and, in this case, preserved, with nearly 200 content pages in your wiki's   namespace together with nearly as many media files in your wiki's   namespace, this, too, is easily met. Thus, I'm ✅ your wiki the requested exemption indefinitely as such. Please note that this is an indefinite exemption, not a permanent exemption, and should your needs change or your wiki no longer requires it, please do let us know via this noticeboard. . Dmehus (talk) 04:43, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * A minor correction, though, to clarify a potential misunderstanding re: Dormancy Policy, though. Note that wikis are not deleted per Dormancy Policy after 60 days. Rather, they're merely closed, but can be reopened at any time up to a further 135 days from the time of closure by any  or by a Steward following a request at requests for adoption. Nonetheless, as an exempted wiki, this will not apply to your wiki, but I did want to clarify this. Dmehus (talk) 04:45, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Name change
Hi, I sent a request to change my username from EijiZeBoi to EijiDoesThings. I'd like you to cancel that request as I actually like the username I have now and don't want to change it.

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 02:45, 30 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Eiji for reaching out. I was actually about to reach out to you regarding your recent global rename request, as the proposed rename was quite a minor change and I did note you've had quite a few global renames in the past year or so, usually with each with some variation of "Eiji." I also noticed that after some of your prior renames, either you registered alternate accounts or someone else registered impersonation accounts on your old usernames. Plus, you do have nearly 15,000 global edits, so that does make multiple global renames problematic. At any rate, I'm glad that you have decided to cancel your global rename request, as what I was going to suggest to you instead is to register EijiDoesThings, or some other similar username, as an alternate account. As long as you don't use your alternate account in a deceptive manner or on wikis where your main account is currently locally blocked, there's nothing wrong with that. As a recommended practice, you can also list any alternate accounts you own on either your Meta user page or your global user page. Dmehus (talk) 04:17, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for dormancy exemption
Hello. I wanted to request a dormancy exemption for SocDemWiki, if possible. I am currently hospitalized and I can't guarantee that I will be able to edit regularly. GR (talk) 21:24, 30 April 2021 (UTC)


 * GR Firstly, I'm sorry to hear about your hospitalization, and hope you recover soon. Secondly, thank you for your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy, which I've now assessed. Content wise, your wiki definitely has sufficient content, much of it original content, intended to be read by real people. In terms of need, while your wiki is fairly active, looking at Special:ListUsers on your wiki, it looks like most of the contributions to your wiki have indeed come from you, with Benzix and TheDLCguy in second and third, respectively. A few others have made a handful of edits, but generally speaking, roughly 98% of the edits to your wiki have been by the three of you. On that basis, and assuming your activity level on the wiki stays diminished, I think we can justify an indefinite exemption; it's just when you're back, you are indeed very active. As well, keep in mind that there only needs to be one recent change (edit or log action) on your wiki every 45 days to prevent it from becoming inactive. Would a one year exemption to Dormancy Policy be sufficient, or would you prefer an indefinite exemption, subject to review later if your wiki's activity levels change materially? Dmehus (talk) 21:50, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Doug. A 1 year exemption would be fine. Thanks for the help. GR (talk) 07:18, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * GR Thanks for the quick response. Exemption to Dormancy Policy ✅ for one year per your stated reason above and because you expect a limited number of your wiki's regular editors to have greatly diminished activity levels for the foreseeable future on a wiki with content intended to be read by real people. This can be extended beyond this timeframe, including indefinitely, as required. Dmehus (talk) 08:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

MrJaroslavik's permissions
Hello Stewards, Please remove my wiki creator and global sysop permissions. Also i don't want have this done by DM, please respect that, thanks for understanding.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 09:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I apologize in advance if the reason for this resignation is an obvious one but as you have noticed I am not always around and active. If it is not too much would you be willing to express the reason of your departure? I find it very unfortunate that a helpful Global Sysop has suddenly decided to leave the project without an explation. DeeM28 (talk) 13:29, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello I think you know reason for this step. I didn't mentioned it because i don't want create more conflicts. But where i said i leaving project? I will definitely come back in few months if things and atmosphere will be better. I really don't want be active on project where is hostile atmosphere only because one user that ignore all raised concerns and taking more and more power (or hats if you want). That is all i can say, thank you.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I, too, would like you to stay because you have been a big part of Miraheze. However, I can’t decide for you, and if you decide to leave, then you’re always welcome back. --Anton (talk) 13:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your message,--MrJaroslavik (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I understand. I confess that I did have a suspicion that this was the reason but I did not want to speculate and preferred to make sure that my suspicion was correct. I still think it is unfortunate that you are resigning your global sysop permissions because that will only hurt the community itself and not the user who you are in conflict with. I have attempted to propose solutions to this dispute which centers on different working methods and different strong perceptions. I doubt looking at it this way can make things better but it seems to me that the community would be able to judge if someone was maliciously trying to collect hats and would stop such a person by not electing them. If the community chooses to elect a person it is sure that the community sees something good in that person.


 * As for solution to the conflict I have proposed one: to create a guide on Meta. It appears that it was not very liked but I do not understand how it is possible to proceed otherwise? The conflict arises from different views and unless the community as a whole decides which view is the one they want to accept why should one view prevail? Here is an example: User 1 thinks strongly that users who edit with their IP address logged out should be Oversighted without request and sees this as common sense. User 2 thinks the users need to request before oversight and also sees this as common sense. The only way to decide on a rule is for the community to vote on it. The notion of common sense is not helpful because it is relative and not absolute. I wished that everyone involved would be willing to find a common solution and guide rather than insist on a specific view and call it the "common sense" or insist that it is the correct and only view. I am sad to see you resign from your global rights and hope you decide to return. DeeM28 (talk) 11:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't this involve enforcing policies that haven't been enforced for quite a while, or no? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 12:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello I see is that he ignores all concerns.  I also see that he is not willing to change anything.  I don't want hurt that user, i want to be inactive on project where - you saw that in my reply above. Also i am one user, it's not such a blow to the project, right?  It may be selfish, but I gave reasons for this step.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 12:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for your time contributing in these roles. John (talk) 20:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Please Remove My (R4356th) Rights
It has been great cooperating with other Wiki Creators and Interwiki Administrators over the months in our respective duties but with some users continuously harassing me, I have decided to resign my IW Admin and WC rights. Please remove them (if you are not Dmehus). Thank you. 10:06, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I am sorry to hear that you have been experincing harassment here. With the risk of sounding insensitive, why not report the people who have been harassing you and get them to leave rather than allowing them to win and to get you to resign? I would imagine you mean off-wiki and off-Meta harassment. I cannot help to notice the timing of this resignation and am doubtful that it has nothing to do with MrJaroslavik's resignation and is a coincidence but I am puzzled and disappointed at the news of these very sudden resignations. It is a great misfortune for this project to be losing two volunteers and I wish that this can be resolved in another way rather than a resignation with no explanation. DeeM28 (talk) 13:29, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly, the reason should be crystal clear to anyone familiar with the matter. I cannot find any logical reason for hanging around somewhere your voice is not heard. The Board promised to take the good standing of T&S Responders but did not follow through (see the minutes from the last Board meeting) and the appointed T&S Responder is still busy acting on his personal grievances towards me and possibly even some others. 12:47, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The Board did take into account the good standing of all candidates - deciding not to progress on one who was not readily and clearly established in a strong community position at the time. As the said person is now actively involved in a position led by the company, this opens up a neutral method for you to ensure appropriate action occurs namely through the use of complaints procedure, particularly if the things you are mentioning are true. These problems were not apparent in the recent discussions where the community expressed there was still a case of the user being in good standing for the community, and neither is it noted that any complaint regarding the appointment has been raised with the Board until I came across this public comment. Owen (talk) 13:19, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry you're leaving here too. You have also been important here in the community. Hopefully we’ll be back someday sometime. --Anton (talk) 13:43, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I wish you good luck in your future life. DuchessTheSponge (talk) 14:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for your time contributing in these roles. John (talk) 20:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * With MrJaroslavik's resignation of Global Sysop, who's going to replace him anyways? (That is, if I'm allowed to ask at all.) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There are no upper or lower limits on members of Global Sysop. Any community member can nominate themselves at any time, either before the rights were removed. If no one nominates themselves and passes a request successfully, then no one would in theory 'replace' them. John (talk) 20:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So I guess there's no limit to that, is there? I mean, just having Reception123 as a global sysop just doesn't sound fair to me. While he's absolutely the most active Global Sysop, don't you think there needs to be more than just 1 though? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I do think there needs to be more. John (talk) 00:24, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for removing them. 22:35, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Listing of spambots from Celeste Wiki
Hey all. I'm suffering from a recent spam invasion on Celeste Wiki. Would it be possible to CU-/16 and g-lock them, and if possible, block any IP ranges which are spamming? Thanks!


 * Special:CentralAuth/DebraCarrell858
 * Special:CentralAuth/RossWheatly72
 * Special:CentralAuth/AlbaBell94549599
 * Special:CentralAuth/GonzaloMcKillop
 * Special:CentralAuth/ValerieClogstoun

I've requested an NDA for the purposes of hopefully eventually being able to get local checkuser so I no longer have to ask here (or ask on the Miraheze discord). Anyways, that is all... for now. Thanks! Celeste (talk) 21:38, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Celeste Yeah, I've noticed, and I've ✅ the second through fourth ones, but haven't had a chance to reply to you on Discord. I've just noticed the last one, and missed the first one, so will do that as well. Dmehus (talk) 21:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Alrighty. Sorry for the doubleping! I'm just exhausted from the extensive amount of spam that has been coming in, and I feel helpless when it comes to purging them. Celeste (talk) 21:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Celeste No problem (and the final accounts are now locked, and global rangeblocks implemented). Yeah...the spam only accounts are a problem. I have a couple ideas, one is an abuse filter that prevents account creation, which I'm testing on TestWiki. Another is enabling StopForumSpam as either a global or default extension on Miraheze, but likely requires having Site Reliability Engineering set up a cron (weekly, perhaps?) to have the blacklisted IP list downloaded and updated on Miraheze servers. A final one is further refinement of our existing global spam filters, which I'm going to discuss with Void and John about improvements that can be made. Dmehus (talk) 21:55, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I also wonder whether a bunch of Leaseweb global blocks expired. Perhaps John or Void wouldn't mind putting together a mass global block and nuking the Leaseweb ASN(s)? Dmehus (talk) 21:56, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Personally, I am only really skilled at spam countering via IP rangeblocks (which I generally put on for five years) and abuse filters. Feel free to consult me considering the latter; an improved anti-spam filter could be as simple as a three-strikes-and-you-are-out system. Celeste (talk) 21:59, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Please delete Dreadful Books Wiki
Hi. I'm the creator and former owner of dreadfulbooks.miraheze.org. I'd really want you to delete the wiki as I completely regret ever creating it due to them being part of the Reception Wikis/Qualitipedia. Don't just close it. Remove it completely.

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 23:14, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Eiji While you may have founded that wiki, as it's an active wiki with a fairly active community, you'd need to establish consensus of that wiki's community to request that it be deleted. If negative actions were taken against you for starting that discussion, then that would be something Stewards could be requested to help mediate. However, as of right now, absent serious Content Policy problems on the wiki which local administrators have not remediated, there's nothing for Stewards to do here. Dmehus (talk) 23:23, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Spambots from ahinfoboxeswiki
Got a couple of spambots:
 * AnnetteGormansto (abuse log)
 * AmyPond680924 (abuse log)

— Arcversintalk 23:54, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Arcversin Yes, and I did notice a third one from your  as part of locking some other ones. Anyway, those two are now ✅, with applicable global block(s) effected as well. Dmehus (talk) 00:10, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Spam-bots on their user pages from Crappy Games Wiki to lock:

 * Kuskelcer
 * Ghageim
 * Gareming
 * Gharadorm
 * Phuvcer
 * Tunlor
 * Hatending
 * Quaidusk
 * Phaperqua
 * Ondancha
 * Inadray

Their profile on their user pages are very identical to each other, and has similar external links. Should they be locked? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:50, 4 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Whoops, forgot this one:
 * Sauvril. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:10, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Ah, yes, the sneakier type of spam only account&mdash;the ones that use their social profiles. Anyway, ✅ and effected applicable global blocks. You may want to consider using Special:EditProfile to blank out their spammy link description section, then deleting their social profile. Dmehus (talk) 15:29, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Problem is, we don't have that on our Special Pages page on Crappy Games Wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Oh, you probably need to add the  user right to your wiki's   group, though you may want to have a discussion with the Crappy Games Wiki community first (maybe at Talk:Crappy Games Wiki, perhaps?) to see (a) if they're okay with administrators having this right and, if so, (b) to defining the conditions where it may be used (i.e., only to remove spam weblinks, serious verbal attack comments towards another user, etc.) Dmehus (talk) 15:37, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Why didn't I think of doing that before? I'm referring to your reply above. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bother you, but someone else reported on Discord that they too, were flooded with spam-bots on of their wikis triggering the abuse logs in recent days. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:32, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Spambots at Wage's Sus
Hey. We here at Wage's Sus are having a huge problem with constant account creation leading me to believe we're having a spambot infestation. Can you help us out? SpangusSus (talk) 13:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that's an issue that the whole farm is having. Thankfully, the vast majority (about 99% I'd say even) actually get caught by the AbuseFilters and therefore don't cause any harm other than filling up Special:Listusers. While not an ideal solution, or even proven to work, another user (Rob Kam) has added another create account button on his wiki to try to trick the spambots. You can try that by adding this to your MediaWiki:Common.js file. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:47, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

I lost sysop and bc by my wiki(https://minecraft2b2t.miraheze.org/)
I lost sysop and bc (https://minecraft2b2t.miraheze.org/)

Help me!--ロープTA (Please call me &#34;RPT&#34;) (talk) 14:36, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Please grant me sysop and bc!--ロープTA (Please call me &#34;RPT&#34;) (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ロープTA ✅. I've also modified the problematic abuse filter that revoked your user groups and blocked you. I'd encourage you to test the filter rigorously before setting it to revoke rights and block. Dmehus (talk) 15:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you!--ロープTA (Please call me &#34;RPT&#34;) (talk) 22:48, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) Dmehus (talk) 22:50, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Adding wordmark to Meta
Could a Steward please add this wordmark to Meta ($wgWordmark) so that it can work with some skins including Modern Vector? So that it can work the width should be set to 127 and the height to 63. Thanks! Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Good idea, from me! --Anton (talk) 08:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 12:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The guidelines indicate the small logo should be $wgIcon and the name $wgWordmark, is there any reason these weren't followed? ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Correction: just icon/wordmark. The wg's were created by us on top of wgLogos ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * RhinosF1 I'm not sure how you mean, but keep in mind that Legacy Vector will be the default configuration setting after MediaWiki 1.36 is implemented, and we're also not on MediaWiki 1.36 yet, too, so that's likely another reason. It seems like John has done everything correctly. Dmehus (talk) 15:51, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * John's followed the request. The creation of the logo doesn't use the right setup. 'Wordmark' should only be words. Then 'icon' is a small version of the logo. There's also a tagline but I'm not sure what we'd have for that yet. It's linked to on the task for ensuring these get done. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:56, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Right, but my concern is that replacing  before we're on MediaWiki 1.36 will shrink the size of the logo. I'd rather delay changing anything until MediaWiki 1.36 is live. Dmehus (talk) 15:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * $wgIcon isn't available in ManageWiki, I was following a request which seemed reasonable. If this is wrong, my advice is SRE make the 'guidelines' possible to implement and then Stewards can implement it, rather than questioning why a Steward who doesn't have access to add new variables to ManageWiki themselves hasn't followed the guidelines that were not linked. John (talk) 16:02, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Please delete my wiki
https://iafictionalreceptionwiki.miraheze.org/ I felt like I don't need it. Thank you. InspecterAbdel (NLW) 13:36, 7 May 2021 (UTC)