User talk:Agent Isai/Archive 3

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Account rename request update
@Agent Isai I requested an account rename and haven’t seen any progress, I apologize if this seems like I’m rushing you on it and unnecessarily pinging you for an answer to the request that is still within processing. Thanks Paramount1106 (talk) 03:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Will content policy RfCs affect wikis I run
Hi Agent, I was just wondering if any of the RfCs for Content Policy will affect any of the wikis that I run, particularly ones regarding the scope, as I like to include as much relevant content within wikis as possible while keeping it on topic to a certain degree. (e.g. my Donkey Kong wiki also allows for related franchises like Banjo and Conker & I believe that was stated in the Special:RequestWiki). Then there's the Mario titles from Square Enix and Sega on their respective wikis. Bawitdaba (talk) 10:22, 13 September 2022 (UTC)


 * There's not really anything that changes if the RfC is successful regarding the scope except that it can't be completely and radically changed from the one that was requested without Steward approval. There's no strict scope requirements or anything like that, so you should be fine if that's what you're worried about. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:25, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok this is understandable -- thank you for explaining to me :) Bawitdaba (talk) 11:48, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

A user adding false information on the CLG Wiki
Since blocking privileges for admins on said wiki has been disabled, as well as inactivity on the Discord server where Hibiscus and my reports are issued, I want to direct this report to your talk page:

There is a user on the wiki named ChildishDadFanatic2000 who is a sockpuppet of AngryGrandpaFan2001. He has continuously inserted false information into the Mohawk Productions page. Also from HibiscusCrown20 on the Discord server, she reported his edit "contain false information regarding the logo's lifespan (both edits have changed it to September 1, 1991 when it's actually been in use since March 14, 1994) and claim the company worked on a series called "Childish Dad", which is actually a series of GoAnimate/Vyond videos that Mohawk Productions has zero involvement in, and both accounts have the name "Jeffrey" in the Real name field on their social profile". He has also repeatedly edit warred on that and a few other articles. Camenati (talk) 19:55, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Uploadtext
By default, MediaWiki:Uploadtext has in it, although not all wikis use that template, so was wondering if can be changed to like Note:. Bawitdaba (talk) 21:48, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for catching that, I'll make a PR to change that. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:15, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Also, I asked about fair dealing to Reception123 & am hoping it won't drastically affect the wikis that I run. I remember I already added U.S. fair use templates on the wikis, but if it helps, I manually added the notice into wikis I run, as most I've already customized the MediaWiki:Uploadtext (e.g. Sega Wiki, as shown in the link here). Bawitdaba (talk) 23:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

About the wiki I'm planning
Previously I made a request to open the Programas Brilhantes da TV Brasileira, a wiki which will feature only well-received Brazilian TV shows from my country Brazil, due to the closure of Best Shows & Episodes Wiki and Qualitipedia as a whole, but was rejected, friends of mine wants the wiki be open and edit there, given the Brazilian television has a lot of well-received shows and the wiki will not have any relation with the now-defunct Qualitipedia, since it is separated MariaJúlia1718 (talk) 20:10, 27 September 2022 (UTC)


 * That sounds like a fork of Best Shows & Episodes Wiki, which is not allowed by the Content Policy (Agent correct me if this is wrong). Marxo Grouch (talk) 22:05, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It won't be a rip-off of the now-defunct BS&EW, since it won't include shows from other countries, to avoid to be a complete rip-off from the already mentioned wiki, and also the wiki will be apolitical, with no mention of SJWs MariaJúlia1718 (talk) 11:03, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Please lock this RfC

 * Requests for Comment/Allowing blog posts to be made here

This was an RfC created back in July that you closed on the day it was created, yet when I revisited it I noticed that despite being closed the RfC is still editable. Can you please fix this? Marxo Grouch (talk) 13:48, 29 September 2022 (UTC)


 * We generally don't protect pages unless disruption occurs, that includes all Requests for Comment. If someone edits the page, we'll ask them not to and if they repeatedly don't listen, we block them. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 13:50, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

The New Reception Wiki
Why is this wiki closed? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 03:09, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry, I didn't realise it had been closed by a steward, but why didn't it appear on the logs, why was I allowed to reopen it, and why was it closed? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 03:11, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

LovingHaydeL (talk) 17:11, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) You don't have any logs that say recent changes.
 * 2) Dunno, but it is now locked.
 * 3) to quote Reception123: "Vast majority of content is direct fork from other wikis which is not allowed by the Content Policy. The RfC in favor of allowing such a practice for QP wikis was not successful."
 * Well I was going to remove the imported pages. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 00:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ok LovingHaydeL (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

So reception wikis are now banned for "Miraheze does not host wikis with the sole purpose to spread unsubstantiated insult, hate or rumors against a person or group of people."
And requesting one will be declined. So they are fully banned off of the site, this includes CGW, AMW, TTV, and many others Nidoking (talk) 16:35, 3 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Yet Terrible SML Videos is allowed, and that wiki also criticizes user's videos Nidoking (talk) 16:48, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * This is false. Reception wikis are not banned. The type of reception wiki you requested is banned. The Goose Named Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|uploads|email) 17:06, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Then explain why Terrible SML Videos and Trashy Vyond Videos are allowed, when those wikis also criticizes user's videos. Nidoking (talk) 17:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * So? Will the wikis be removed or not? Considering I made a statement in the wiki request if it gets declined those 2 wikis may get closed for having similar content in it (In which criticizes user's videos) Nidoking (talk) 22:59, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Badminton
Your profile says you play badminton. I rarely hear of it here in America, though it is present on Mario & Sonic Olympics 2012 (London) and 2016 (Rio) games (i played the 3DS ones in particular). have you played badminton on the Olympic-sponsored Mario & Sonic titles?

(sorry if this sounded random -- I realized badminton was on those olympic titles & it reminded me of your profile for some reason) Bawitdaba (talk) 02:57, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I have not sadly. I've always only owned 'Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games' but never the standard, normal summer Olympics edition of the game neither on the DS nor the Wii. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:25, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

I have a question
Do you like Dhar Mann's content? And you don't want me to criticize it? Nidoking (talk) 12:04, 4 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I wasn't able to post this yesterday but I will get to the bottom of your issue here now. We've covered it on discord at length but I will summarize, and it is up to you to take it or leave it and preferably not take it personally. But I can't stop you if you do I suppose.
 * This has nothing to do with all reception wikis being topic banned, and it is absolutely disingenuous to assert that Agent is personally trying to protect Dhar Mann by rejecting the request. It would be rejected for the same reason a wiki would be rejected about any living person: Miraheze as a platform, as per Content Policy wants to avoid at all costs having wikis which direct negative attention to individual people by scope. Just because videos on wikis like 'Vyond Videos' were made by people doesn't mean that the wiki has a topic specifically addressed to that person, it's just a platform. Your request specifically singles out Dhar Mann and it is absurdly easy for that to extend to unacceptably bashing him via a wiki on the service. This wouldn't be accepted at any time no matter who you name as a person.
 * This is not the reception wiki world where decisions are made on a personal basis or for basically no reason whatsoever: there is precedence, background and caution in the decisions that are made here, especially by a Steward in accepting wikis. Mistakes happen but this is a mistake the platform has already made (scopes like yours) and doesn't plan to make again. So please, consider that there may be a sincere reason behind the rejection; spare me attempting to lawyer out of the basic point of targeting an individual by scope; and try not to insinuate basic bad practice and instead try to find the actual, policy based reason why the decision was made.
 * Finally to address the above topic: you are making a false equivalence. The reason above does not apply to the two wikis you're trying to glue into this. If they have violations of the content policy (not, as you stated in the request, 'code of conduct' which is unrelated) then they should be reported on their own merits and you will get reasons why that is accepted or denied at that point. --Raidarr (talk) 12:20, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Doesn't Terrible SML Videos also have it's wiki addressed to one person? Nidoking (talk) 12:27, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * we are not criticizing celebs again. I mean, I could make a review wiki where I hate on an artist work and praise another, but that DOES NOT MEAN I hate the artist, I just don't like that music in particular. LovingHaydeL (talk) 14:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * SML is allowed because it is a web series. Money12123 (contribs | sandbox | CentralAuth) 03:43, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Dhar Mann is also a web-series too Nidoking (talk) 15:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * That may have not been clear. Money12123 (contribs | sandbox | CentralAuth) 21:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

On-hold
So, other than me you were the person who talked about the on-hold status the most, but now you're not using it? Please don't decline wiki requests while asking for more info, instead declining requests that should be declined. On hold status exists for a reason! Naleksuh (talk) 03:03, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The on hold feature is broken at the moment which prevents users from being able to edit wiki requests unless the request is declined hence why I do that. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:21, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Universal Omega confirmed it is the other way around, that declined requests cannot be edited. Which is the way it is supposed to be. Naleksuh (talk) 03:25, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * From my testing, you can't edit a wiki request unless it's been declined, even if a request is in review. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I was pretty sure on hold requests was the only ones that could be edited, not even pending or declined. But, I could be wrong on the logic of it. If that is the case, my apologies for the confusion here as well. Universal Omega (talk) 21:06, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

If you are saying "Please look for a new wiki host."
That means you don't want the reception wikis on here anymore, and they should be locked and deleted. It's like you are banning them from being created when you say this. Nidoking (talk) 15:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


 * "PlEaSe LoOk FoR a NeW wIkI hOsT" aka we don't want QP wikis here anymore. We have stated numerous times NONE of the reception wikis assoicated with QP are closing (associated: CGW, AGW, GMV, AMV, BTVASW, WTVASW, DLW, MLW, TNRW) Please touch grass. LovingHaydeL (talk) 17:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Touches some grass* There I did it. Also I meant new reception wikis Nidoking (talk) 19:43, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. I dare you to request kpop music review wiki LovingHaydeL (talk) 19:54, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * There is already Excellent Music Wiki and Horrible Music Wiki. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 20:01, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * AntiQuals trying not to say "touch grass" challenge (99% fail) -- Bukkit  [ cetacean needed ] 00:26, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-victor-spongebob-movie-the-thug-tug-gif-18020103 LovingHaydeL (talk) 00:42, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It was rejected because it was going to be the exact same topic as several closed wikis. Allowing it, imported pages or not, completely disregards the RFC to close them. They aren't completely banning them, it was the decision of the community, please stop blaming Miraheze staff for things they aren't doing. They've had enough of that when the wikis were open. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 19:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


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Stop reverting my edits

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * A case of fat fingers turns into this unsightly near-brawl like condition. As evidenced by the patrol log, it seems I clicked "Rollback" rather than "Mark as patrolled" for your edit. Now, if users wish to contest the proposed changes to the GoW, they are always free to do so. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Why are you reverting my edits on Gazeteer of wikis? I removed where it said that they are Miraheze's most popular wikis (even though they are). I don't want to get into an edit war. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 19:53, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I removed where it said that they are Miraheze's most popular wikis (even though they are). This is false. There are several other wikis that are more popular than Qualitipedia. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 20:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I still removed that part though. Also that is not false. Why else would people confuse Miraheze with the Reception Wikis? GoAnimate/Vyond will forever be known for grounded videos, Reddit will forever be known for memes, and Miraheze will forever be known for the Reception Wikis. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 20:21, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know the statistics, but I heard it mentioned that the Polandball wikis are actually the most popular. But you'll just make up another definition for what you mean as soon as your statement is disproven. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 21:11, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I agree with you. I think the Polandball Wiki is more popular than the Reception Wikis, as someone who has been on the PB Wiki since the FANDOM era.  CameralTea or KumihoWolffey  (talk) 22:14, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * On top of that, there's Closing Logos, recently rebranded to AVID, All The Tropes, and more, all of which are way more popular than Qualitipedia. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 22:20, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I found this website that tracks the largest wikis on Miraheze, and yeah, there are basically no Qualitipedia Wikis here. (Be forewarned this site is extremely slow) --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 22:26, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * That list that you linked is sorted by the number of pages, not the amount of active users. If you sort by the active users, the main 6 Qualitipedia wikis and the Character reception wikis are some of the most active, along with the Polandball wikis, AVID, and Real Life Villains Wiki. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 22:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ALL THE TROPES IS NOT POPULARǃǃǃ It only has 53 active users, as opposed to Qualitipedia, Polandball Wiki, and AVID wihch have a few hundred. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * In terms of active users we are among the largest. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 22:29, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Given the topic is already de-facto an edit war it would probably be best to have this as a subject on the Gazetteer's talk page. And for that matter I thought there was a movement to abolish that page anyway since its usefulness is very limited and made obsolete by WikiDiscover. --Raidarr (talk) 22:25, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Damn Mr. Isai

 * It looked like you got a very ugly argument on your talk page. LovingHaydeL (talk to me uwu!) 16:19, 6 October 2022 (PST)

Some question
Is there any way to add the trending pages part on categories like the ones on Fandom? Also, other than that, how can I find all wikis I edited/visited on? Icantthinkofanamexd (talk) 23:54, 6 October 2022 (UTC)


 * 1. I don't think there is.
 * 2. Use Special:CentralAuth. Tali64³ (talk) 17:15, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

The New Reception Wiki (2)
Question: If I delete all of the imported pages, can this wiki be reopened? Money12123 (contribs | sandbox | CentralAuth) 03:45, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * This would require a reset in essence as Nidoking's imports has caused this wiki to be 99% fork. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:46, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The wiki did state the pages need to be imported rather than being copied/pasted. Nidoking (talk) 16:08, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The wiki was evidently wrong and needs to change its approach. --Raidarr (talk) 19:34, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * So what exactly do I need to do? Money12123 (contribs | sandbox | CentralAuth) 21:01, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:17, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Question
Why did you remove the comments and blog posts (at least on AMW) from the Qualitipedia wikis before closing it? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 06:03, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * actually a few days after the shut down some people found out on TTSAEW that they can still make blog posts The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 19:38, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I know, I'm talking about AMW. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * What log entries indicate he did so? --Raidarr (talk) 03:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * When you try to find a blog on AMW, it does not exist, and seeing the blog creator's contributions page shows that the blog is under the namespace Special:Badtitle. TSEW no longer has a comments log and the comments do not appear. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 08:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * If you have no log entries of actual deletions and what you describe resembles an error, then you're probably dealing with a technical glitch and it is inappropriate to ask Agent why he specifically deleted them when he has absolutely no reason to do so. --Raidarr (talk) 13:02, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It seems disabling SocialProfile broke the namespace as they weren't real pages on the namespace it seems but rather 'psuedo' pages which relied on BlogPage? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * If you still want to read them, they're still in the dump as it was made before they were disabled. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 12:13, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * So should I ask Phabricator or... Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:15, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You could, especially if Agent doesn't know about this off the top of his head. From my experience there is nothing in a Steward or even SRE member's toolkit that leaves that kind of trail so I expect it's some weird bug that happened at the time of closure. I'd be as descriptive as possible and leave any error codes found in the report. --Raidarr (talk) 23:41, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * "Closing" a wiki doesn't disable any SocialProfile features such as comments or blog posts so I disabled that on all wikis. Additionally, it seems most wikis had an awful amount of spam on their SocialProfile anyhow. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Why does it matter now that it's closed though? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 00:55, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * How can a wiki be "closed" when people can still edit? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:58, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * What I mean is, when a wiki is closed, it can't be edited regardless. For some reason you can still create blogs on some wikis, but still. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 04:06, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

is it ok to request custom domain switch for a wiki
I know I made a Phabricator request for that, but I just wanted to make sure that it's okay I did Bawitdaba (talk) 18:42, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's allowed. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Great to know, thank you! Bawitdaba (talk) 00:54, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Taiwanese
Hi, please miraheze have provide taiwanese can use?like to this ,thanks.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 04:47, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * We support all the languages MediaWiki supports. It does seem however that MediaWiki doesn't support that yet. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:30, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ok,thanks.--Msnhinet8 (talk) 03:26, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

What should I do?
I noticed that the content policy reform is complete. However, as I mentioned on the RFC, I had previously changed a wiki's entire scope despite the new rules saying you cannot do that. As a result, what do I have to do about my wiki? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:06, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Just tell us about the new scope and we'll approve this change or ask you to revert. In the future though, try to request a new wiki if you do want to change scopes. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 20:08, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Basically, I had this wiki known as Lyric Meaning Translate Wiki, but then rebranded it to TackyG Wiki. TackyG Wiki is a wiki documenting information about and criticism against rapper, singer, and social media personality JackG, along with his music. It is not intended to be hate in any way, it is intended to be criticism, and its focus is somewhat similar to wikis such as ScumBob Wiki and Terrible SML Videos Wiki. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 22:58, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello Deiner Ernent (talk) 15:19, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello
Hola bine por que quiero hacer una nueva wiki y esa wiki se va a llamar Wiki Polandball Internacional ¿la puedo hacer?. in einglish, Hello bine because I want to make a new wiki and that wiki is going to be called International Polandball Wiki, can I do it?--
 * There is already a Polandball Wiki, you can go here: https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Polandball_Wiki --The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 15:31, 21 October 2022 (UTC)


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Can you adopt the Jezykpolskikula Wiki?
I'm not very good at managing wikis, by the way. I should let you adopt the wiki since you have way more potential to improve the wiki than me. Tanawat2002 (talk) 02:04, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
i love kittens me too :DD

River2380 is halal (talk) 14:07, 23 October 2022 (UTC) 

Translation
I know Spanish, so I wouldn't mind doing some translation stuff on Meta. How does this work? Looks like this wiki uses some extension I don't know about, is there a guide somewhere on how to make translations? OrangeStar (talk) 16:53, 24 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm super happy to hear that! There is a translation guide on MediaWiki.org which may help. Generally however, it's not hard to translate. If you see a page you want to translate (for example, say Disabling an account), just click "Translate this page" on the top. When you click that, it might complain that you can't translate to English so just click the button at the top right of the page that says "Translate to English" and change that to Spanish and from there, the UI should be self-explanatory. If you don't know what to translate, just head over to Special:Translate which shows you everything that's not translated so far on Meta. Thanks for the help! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:01, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Investigate sockpuppet abuse
I made this report a week ago and got no response from stewards like you. From the list I have compiled, can you please investigate sockpuppet abuse on the AVID wiki? Thanks. Camenati (talk) 19:38, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Requests on Miraheze Login Wiki
Could you please do the following on Miraheze Login Wiki: I can't do it because every time I try to edit "someone else's" (really just my previous usernames' redirects) user page, it prevents me from doing so. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 02:27, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) Change the redirect target of mh:login:User:Musicismylife to mh:login:User:Money12123
 * 2) Redirect mh:login:User:FatBurn0000 to mh:login:User:Money12123


 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:08, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Delete a userpage on Login
I would like to request deletion of User:Toad4707's page on Meta as it belongs to a locked user. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 00:23, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * *Login --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 00:23, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Dumps for Fresh Websites and Rotten Websites Wikis
Considering they were a part of Qualitipedia, I believe these wikis should have their wiki dumps provided as well. Nidoking (talk) 13:20, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Already ✅ by Raidarr, check the logs. Ask him to upload it. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 13:34, 27 October 2022 (UTC)]

Mass Vandalism done by IP address 165.155.163.80
They have repedeatley vandalized Steward's noticeboard, GOING AS FAR AS TO BLANK THE ENTIRE PAGE. Can you block the account, please? --The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 16:15, 2 November 2022 (UTC)


 * See Special:RecentChanges Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:16, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * it seems as though the IP is now blocked. Thank you. The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 17:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

IP blocked but im a new user?
IP address is 81.106.73.141 is blocked, and the block ID is #123619

I am a brand new user and have just made an account today to help a friend with their private wiki, but I am blocked from editing? Please can you let me know whats happened as im genuinely confused? Epicguy012 (talk) 21:42, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Does this stop you from editing? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 21:43, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi
 * When landing on the sign in page i am greeted with:
 * Your username and/or IP address has/have been blocked from editing.
 * This block, which affects 81.106.0.0/16, was made by ‪Agent Isai‬ at 05:43, 30 August 2022.
 * The reason given is:
 * Crosswiki abuse. Contact cvt[at]miraheze.org if affected
 * This block will be set to expire at: 05:43, 30 August 2023.
 * Even when blocked, you can still edit your talk page. You can discuss this block by requesting an unblock request at your talk page or by contacting ‪Agent Isai‬ or another administrator to discuss the block. You can use the "Email this user" feature if a valid email address is specified in your preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 81.106.73.141, and the block ID is #123619. Please include all above details in any queries you make.
 * Just want to find out why. Epicguy012 (talk) 21:45, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * was there any other users on the IP adress? The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 19:02, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Just want to find out why. Epicguy012 (talk) 21:45, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * was there any other users on the IP adress? The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 19:02, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Help
Please take a look at Administrators' noticeboard. I've tested it and that does fix the CheckUser article, however the page is protected so I can't edit it. OrangeStar (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 18:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Spanish Wiki
Hey, since looks like the Spanish Country Humans Wiki is really underdeveloped, I would like to become (one of, or the) bureaucrat OF THE wiki. I have already asked the current bureau of the wiki, and they said that they can't grant bureaucrat-ship. So when I was asking Kumiho Wolffey about different matters (which I think you can help on too) I saw that you granted her the Bureaucrat-ship for the English Country Humans Wiki, I thought that you could do so on the Spanish version for me. The thing I was talking to Kumiho about was that for some reason I can't get on to the State Humans Wiki. It shows that I have asked to reach a page that only members of ", " groups could reach; wen I am one of the main contributors. ( I would also like to become the bureaucrat for that wiki too, if that is possible. (But I have not gotten an answer from her about either question.) Thanks, I hope to hear from you soon! Commetia (talk) 02:26, 8 November 2022 (UTC)


 * It looked to me like you were told that you can't be bureaucrat, not so much they can't grant it (yes, they can technically speaking). Considering it was brought up that you were new to the wiki I think it was more because you are a new person with little background looking for the most advanced permissions on the wiki. If the local bureaucrat said no, is active and is getting on fine then Agent Isai has no right to override it with a yes. You should be more established before seeking a very advanced permission even on these smaller wikis, and the wiki will not develop simply by having more bureaucrats or even sysops (which you are). It needs people who are just plain willing to sit down and put content on pages. --Raidarr (talk) 12:50, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * What the current Bureaucrat was talking about is that I have some things to do on the Wiki, like adding templates and infoboxes etc. I was talking to another Bureaucrat about the Wiki too and they were giving me tips about working on the Wiki. I just find it dumb how if I have the most edits and am the most contributing person. (I made almost all the pages) That the Bureau is someone with half as many edits as I do, that they should be the Bureau.  They don't really do anything. (no offence) I am willing to sit down and edit the pages.  And also when I found the Wiki,the first thing on the main page is that they wanted  to give the rights of a Bureau to a willing person; so I jumped in and asked, because I was/still am wanting to become a Bureau. I am also wanting to become that Bureau of another Wiki, but I am having some trouble getting on to the pages. (And I have no idea why, there are only two users on it; which are my friend  and I) But I am a new person (halfway, I have been on the WIki for a while) but I think that I have edited the pages enough, like I said before that I should be "ranked up". The bureau for the Spanish Wiki said they are only allowed to grant Admin-ship, so why would you say they can't? Commetia (talk) 13:43, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Another thing is: what do you mean by background? Do you mean that I have to go through a background check, like a life story?( Because if you want it,you'll probably be crying by the end of it. And I am kind of fine if you want to know...) Another thing that I don't really like about how the Bureaucrat-wship works is that there are Bureaus on one of the Wikis I'm on, that have made two or three edits. I have made almost 300 on the Wiki. Commetia (talk) 14:00, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately bureaucrat is a first come first serve role: the person who requests the wiki becomes it, and the bar for anyone else to become one is higher or depends on what the founding bureaucrat does. It's not always fair but that is what it is. In order to become one you must persuade current bureaucrats to make you a bureaucrat, or follow the local rules to become a bureaucrat (if they exist), or if there are no rules and no current bureaucrats, convince the community that exists to support making you one. I don't see any policy on the wiki about how this works, otherwise the wiki might already require you to go through the community to become a bureaucrat. A Steward may intervene if there are no rules, no bureaucrats and no community or if there is severe drama requiring outside intervention, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Therefore it is inappropriate to appeal to stewards to give you a role in this case. They simply cannot do it unless there are more factors that would require them to intervene.
 * The role of bureaucrat is administrative: it is not quite the same as editing and one does not 'rank up' simply by adding content. In other words, contributing =/= being bureaucrat, though the bureaucrat should be present and responsible. Adding content does show commitment that should make you a candidate. If I were in the situation I would also make you an admin, see how you do with specific admin things and writing pages, and if you do well at both consider you for bureaucrat. But that is not a hard rule on the platform and it is up to local management. The main page says they are offering admin, not bureaucrat to volunteers - admin is all that is needed as long as the bureaucrat is present, unless you intend to change the technical structure of the wiki and have a game plan for administering it. You should clarify this and see how willing the original bureaucrat is before making it a global Steward issue. Right now, again, there is not enough to justify a Steward to intervene. --Raidarr (talk) 14:28, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * The current Bureau did grant me Admin-ship, and I am using it well. I don't get why on one of the WIkis I'm on, there are multiple Bureaus, but only one is active. I think that (all, if there are multiple) the Bureau(s) should be active, but the only time there should be an 'inactive' Bureau is when a previous Bureau has retired (from making major edits), but still wants to work on WIki, just not as often. If that is the case, then there shouldn't be two inactive Bureaus. But, when I checked the Wiki, it was down, I don't know why. I didn't know that it was first-come-first-serve. Commetia (talk) 22:14, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Inactivity among managers is sadly common and an issue with how the management system works on local wikis. There is no automatic removal when bureaucrats fall inactive, although the Code of Conduct does mention stepping down if they cannot operate the wiki. I think you have the right idea of what should be standard process. Unfortunately it is possible for someone to request a wiki, be its founding bureaucrat and then dip out without having done much work. It is tricky to replace them, let alone remove them unless there is an explicit policy set up for it. For example, an inactivity policy that was put in at the wiki's founding or approved by community vote. This is a hole in how Miraheze works; not a fatal one and with time it can be worked around, but still takes effort to do. But any recommendation should be tailored to the exact wikis you are referring to. --Raidarr (talk) 00:33, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to steer around it? I think I'll focus on maybe convincing the current Bureau to maybe make me one. If I need anything else or if this gets solved, then I will be back on. Thank you for answering me and giving advice!  Commetia (talk) 13:12, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Is there any reason you want to be bureaucrat? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 14:21, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I would advise working with the current bureaucrat unless they are particularly uncooperative, but feel free to follow Agent's line of thought above as it may help to make a more coherent request later (ie, pitching what you will do with that role specifically). --Raidarr (talk) 14:53, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, why I want to become the Bureau is because I think that I will be active enough and am willing to become the Bureaucrat. The current Bureau isn't uncooperative, they just don't make as many edits as I do, and I think that the most active and willing person should be Bureau. I have been pitching in a lot on the Wiki. The problem is that the stuff I'm working on (Templates), they won't work,they just show like it's a broken link. Commetia (talk) 13:11, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Fontpedia
Can you view the wiki request (Fontpedia, #27924) I created several minutes ago and accept it? Silicona (talk) 18:22, 9 November 2022 (UTC)


 * A wiki creator will take a look at it shortly, please be patient. OrangeStar (talk) 18:49, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I've addressed it; the request had good timing and I had did not have issues with the scope. --Raidarr (talk) 19:05, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Polandball Wiki Image Descriptions
Hello Agent Isai, as if you know, the description of the files of the Polandball Wiki's imported images from Fandom are deleted via a Phabricator request. This also caused the entire history of these images to be gone. However, I don't like this move as some of the imported images with deleted descriptions contained the original artists' names and probably even the links on the descriptions. Although most Polandball/Countryball artwork are obviously not copyrighted, there are some that are copyrighted, and it is important to credit to original artists. Not to mention that one countryball artist named Nagika Komatsu/Michael got upset that a Polandball Wiki user uploaded their image, made it the infobox image and forget to credit them, and we can't risk having a similar situation on the wiki, because it may also have a chance that the Polandball Wiki may also close down because of such crediting the artist (copyright infringement)/similar Nagika/Michael issue. Not to mention that many of the art are uncredited on the descriptions. So, can you please restore the files' descriptions? It'll be much appreciated.

Also, speaking of which, Ballmedia Commons is down. Is there anyway to fix that? Icantthinkofanamexd (talk) 16:20, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Translation policy
Hello,Agent Isai.Reception123 told me that I shouldn't mark a page that is archived for translation.Are there any policies for translation we should refer to?Thank you. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 09:45, 16 November 2022 (UTC) changed. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 11:55, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Mariopedia
The wiki has been down for nearly ten days, so I started a discussion with the community asking if they wanted to branch out to make a spinoff Yoshipedia and Wariopedia as somewhat of a "recovery" plan forward (so rebuilding on same wiki, let's say if data were erased).

I just wanted to make clear (and I talked with, who can confirm here if he'd like) that I didn't go back on my word about Crash & Spyro Wiki and Sega Wiki being my last two creation requests. I'm just trying to help my two friends from Mariopedia on a plan forward in response to how Mariopedia has been down for so long, as I can imagine it's been very inconvenient for them. Mariopedia is affiliated with a couple of wikis I directly run, though it is HannahMontanaFan who is in charge of Mariopedia.

So this idea is on the Mariopedia community. I actually was reconsidering how involved I'd be seeing as they're invested in discussions (like Mario Portal / SMB Encyclopedia being a large thing) that I myself wasn't so invested in. I hope this all makes sense.

See links below:

https://mario.fandom.com/wiki/Message_Wall:NewSuperMarioBrosFan?threadId=4400000000000279594 (NewSuperMarioBrosFan is the same person as HannahMontanaFan, founder of Mariopedia)

https://segawiki.com/wiki/User_talk:MontyMoleLoreMaster (Yoshipedia and Wariopedia section) Bawitdaba (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * What Bawitdaba is getting at is that each time we try to get onto the Mariopedia wiki for Miraheze, it would always say that the wiki is currently unavailable, and we need help getting it back up. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:42, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * DMM & Isai: I made a database dump of Mariopedia back in July, I think, and should be somewhere on the servers.
 * Main idea was that: I brought MMLoreMaster over to Miraheze, and actually am embarrassed because there was a few months worth of Monty Mole-related research on his end. Yoshipedia and Wariopedia becoming spinoff wikis was an idea I had to help make light from an unfortunate situation (again, that's on them -- I suggested the idea). Bawitdaba (talk) 19:49, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * db141 issue is your main concern. Once that issue is fixed, you should be good to go. The user who loves human heads on alien/animal bodies in cartoons for no reason (talk to me uwu!) 16:54, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * It sounds like splitting off in two oddly specific directions would only confuse things especially if Mariopedia is recoverable. --Raidarr (talk) 11:54, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * True -- i suppose it's like how I have DKpedia (Donkey kong Wiki) and DMM has luigi mansion wiki. Mario is one of the largest gaming franchises, and has several series and franchises. It can be fun writing articles from a different perspective. But yeah, on Mariopedia itself, Yoshipedia and Wariopedia are "mini-wikis" (i.e. they have their own dedicated namespace). Bawitdaba (talk) 13:24, 27 November 2022 (UTC)


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Backup of wiki
Hi my wiki is one of those affected (Cradley Links).

I have an up to date backup. Is there any way i can upload it to get my wiki back online? Coxs (talk) 20:31, 28 November 2022 (UTC)


 * See Tech:Wiki recreations. OrangeStar (talk) 11:15, 3 December 2022 (UTC)