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岐阜県民

 * This account has been trolling on 2 wikis.(chizunet,chizunetseries)This user makes community tired.For example,edits made by was almost reverted especially on chizunet. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 10:09, 11 March 2023 (UTC) Formatting correction. --1108-Kiju /Talk 10:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Also,I was harassed by this user. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 10:12, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Agent. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 13:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

広告でよく見るゲーム

 * Cross-wiki abuse mainly on kidswiki by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 09:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Currently, there seems to be only one wiki that has been vandalized by this user. However, this account is clearly dedicated to vandalism. I have no opposition to locking it. --1108-Kiju /Talk 09:26, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Agent. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 13:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

= Permissions =

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Ghost Taker@motorhoaxwiki
Per this removal diff, user deleted all local roles and needs rebuild of roles + reassignment of bureaucrat/admin rights. NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 14:05, 26 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Pinging @Agent Isai and @Reception123 when they have a moment, as I think this one got lost in the shuffle.
 * --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 17:20, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Leaving an edit so this is not archived as it is an ongoing case. --Raidarr (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Really sorry for the delay! Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:47, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I cant seem to do anything in the wiki anymore. Cant edit pages, cant add pages, cant do anything. Ghost Taker (talk) 18:19, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Reception123, looks like the permission groups were not fully re-established, so while Ghost Taker has roles they have no associated rights and can't re-open the wiki...
 * --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 19:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Reece2o19@reece2oo9wiki
Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 19:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry this has been missed for so long, but this has now been done. -- Void  Whispers 20:26, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Buddha@atwmcwiki
Ran a Bureaucrat election, the current Bureaucrat for the wiki is inactive not only on the wiki but also inactive within the community. Need a Steward to certify election and assign rights. Buddha (talk) 01:03, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Leaving an edit so this is not archived as it is an ongoing case. --Raidarr (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ and appointed permanently. Congratulations and happy editing! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:35, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Robbiescott@rlifewiki

 * I have moved your request here for Stewards to investigate. Please review this to ensure I have the form correct. From here since your wiki is private, only a Steward can look into it. --Raidarr (talk) 15:17, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've reopened the wiki, but I'm not seeing any reason as to why you would be unable to edit due to permissions problems. If you are getting any specific error message, please post it here so I can help. Cheers -- Void  Whispers 20:35, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This was fixed a few days ago but I forgot to comment. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

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Maison Forte

 * This wiki has been permanently deleted and therefore can't be undeleted by a Steward. Please open a request on Phabricator for a restore and indicate when approximately it last had activity. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Oyana

 * ❌ No particular reason to bypass the Dormancy Policy unless the user also had requested the wiki be deleted when their account was locked. -- Void  Whispers 20:06, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * While the creator didn't explicitly request that their wiki be deleted, their lock request heavily implied so. Bbbtest (talk) 04:36, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Frostworld Wiki

 * ✅. Best of luck with your project! -- Void  Whispers 20:15, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

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Starfleet Logistics

 * 500 is a little too high of a burden on our servers. Would 150 be okay? Per what I see, Wikipedia templates should not be using more expensive parser functions than that. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:48, 2 March 2023

Genshin Impact Wiki

 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 20:19, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Macwrenchwiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:52, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Free Editing Wiki

 * Agent Isai responded in a thread above that 500 is too high of a limit and could potentially cause strain on Miraheze's servers. As the sole bureaucrat and administrator on the wiki in question, I don't think that asking Stewards to raise the parser function limit for that wiki in particular would be very useful, given its nature. Tali64³ (talk) 15:19, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe 250 could suffice? Several pages and templates have issues relating to the expensive parser limit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:22, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Agent recommended a 150 function limit in the mentioned thread. That's generally the most that Wikipedia templates use. Tali64³ (talk) 15:24, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The pages that were exceeding limit both had about 210 expensive calls, so 300 would probably be appropriate. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * For a wiki like freeediting I would concur that 150 should be the starting point and no more unless strictly necessary. I'd even suggest reducing the templates themselves if they really keep hitting upper bounds - the road works both ways. Perhaps we can look at the pages in question and optimize them. --Raidarr (talk) 15:41, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Correction: the calls were actually 333 and 150 respectively. The templates with the most calls are: ping, reddit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * How many people did you ping? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:44, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Only the same few people, but the calls add up. Every user pinged seems to use 3 expensive calls. Maybe if the variables extension was enabled, the expensive calls could be reused. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The variables extension would be nice to have for a lot other reasons too, but it still won't completely solve the expensive parser function issue. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 15:58, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * For ping in particular I'll reiterate my advice elsewhere; if a lot of expensive pings are involved then some more efficient form of contact should be considered because I'm not sure what the need is for all those calls if pings make up a significant portion of 300+ calls at 3 calls apiece. --Raidarr (talk) 15:58, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Here's the source code: https://freeediting.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Ping&action=edit Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:01, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ...I'm very skeptical of the need to add that many additional elements to the ping. It's an expensive enough function where its overuse is discouraged including mass pinging of so many prospective people, at which point a more economic announcement would be preferred since you'd obviously be notifying a great deal of the wiki's population (in this case several times the amount of active users). --Raidarr (talk) 16:04, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I did fifty as that's what the docs say is the ping limit. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:06, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical limits of the software can often exceed limits of what is practical. That's what I'm trying to impress. --Raidarr (talk) 16:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't think it really matters though. The expensive parser function count count is proportional to the amount of users pinged, so reducing the amount of arguments wouldn't help. One thing I'm unsure of is where an expensive function is actually called. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 16:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This circles back to what I said originally, which is essentially: why do you need to do all of that on one page in the first place? --Raidarr (talk) 16:52, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Do what? Ping users? Why would I do that across multiple pages? I'm not mass pinging, it's just the cumulative EPFs from the same few users ping each other. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 17:02, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've marked as by proxy on two counts besides the line of questioning above on need; for one this was never technically valid because the requestor is not a bureaucrat, and for two the bureaucrat in recognition of the wiki's deeper issues has decided on closing it, meaning this can serve no purpose. --Raidarr (talk) 18:26, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The wiki is also closed now. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 18:27, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Raidarr already mentioned that. Tali64³ (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh. I didn't see for some reason. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship ) 18:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Infinity Cup wiki
= Wiki reports =

Severe Content Policy Violations On Drawn Fanon Feet Wiki
To start off, this is one of the most disgusting wikis I have ever had to visit. The amount of content policy violations on this wiki is innumerable, the wiki itself should never have been approved. But I'll go ahead and list a few violations here. '''Please be warned, some or all of the links contain sensitive content. You visit these links at your own risk.''' There are countless NSFW and fetish violations on the wiki, and the wiki's content will likely be seen as disturbing. The wiki has violations of Article I, Section VI and Article II of the Content Policy. This would be systemic violations (Article III, Section II).


 * Sierra/Purple Dog: The dog illustrated in the header image is uncomfortably young, users on Discord have shared that sentiment. Additional images on the page suggest youth, specifically this file. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.
 * Charles/Avocado Cat: The cat illustrated in the header image is again uncomfortably young, and this file again displays it. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.
 * Mikey/Orange Bird: The bird illustrated in the header image yet again displays a supposedly young animal. Another relevant file is located here. This is a direct violation of Article I, Section VI of the Content Policy.

I highly recommend Stewards take a look at this wiki and take appropriate action as soon as possible. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 04:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Coroners and Justice Act 2009 comes to mind. Collei (talk) 05:20, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your report. Initially, I thought no action would be approriate for this wiki as I didn't believe this wiki violated any clause however, upon re-reading the 6th clause of the Content Policy and conferring with a fellow Steward, I have decided to review it further and will be looking into this more. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:38, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * As you can see here, a wiki called Drawn Feet Wiki has been deleted, but the wiki mentioned above, Drawn Fanon Feet Wiki, still needs to be deleted. Buzzfan120 (talk) 21:41, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Possible CoC violation?
Good evening Miraheze stewards. I am here to report a page on the Horrible Music Wiki about their page on "Toxic fandoms and hatedoms" and as far as I'm aware, Miraheze doesn't allow any (negative) content related to various groups on the internet (including Fandoms and Hatedoms). If this page is a violation, then I request to delete it but if it's not, then leave it be. Snorunt (talk) 23:18, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * While negative content related to internet groups have caused problems in the past (in fact, several wikis focusing entirely on such content were closed a couple of years ago), that doesn't mean that the concept of such content is prohibited. However, the page linked only has 4 references for many claims, which seems like a Content Policy violation (the several policies regarding user conduct, most notably the Global Conduct Policy, formerly just the Code of Conduct, concern user behavior, not wiki content). Tali64³ (talk) 01:51, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

= Discussion closure =

= Miscellaneous =

Issue with the AMYTW staff
On mh:amazingyoutubers:Amazing YouTubers Wiki, the staff are, in my opinion, rather lacking in competence and are not very reasonable. To be specific on this story, when Qualitipedia was on the verge of closing, DuchesstheSponge, a bureaucrat who had not contributed to the wiki in a year, attempted to close the wiki. After two failed attempts, he, for whatever reason, decided to abandon his plan to shut down the wiki and started legitimately contributing to it - however, I can't say the moderating has been particularly legitimate. Not long after returning to contributing, he edited the SMG4 page and removed "War of the Fat Italians 2021" from the list of good episodes and moved it to the list of bad episodes without any good explanation - he just said "fuck WOTFI 2021". When a user reverted this, he reverted them and gave no further reasoning to his actions. In addition to this, he also created a page on the SML video "Jeffy's 18th Birthday," which I put up for deletion because I felt it would fit better on Terrible SML Videos Wiki. However, Duchess reverted my edit with no explanation. I then created a topic on his talk page, questioning these two edits along with his apparent rule about the necessity of plainlinks, but he ignored me for a while, before eventually deleting the topic because it was "making him uncomfortable," which, to me, is just pure ignorance.

Meanwhile, thePCGamer, an administrator, is another staff member who has shown a lack of competence. Before DuchesstheSponge even closed the thread mentioned above, they marked the thread as resolved before Duchess could even answer, even though it was not their concern what was going on. Although I cannot prove exactly what they said due to Duchess deleting the topic, I believe their reasoning for closing the thread was that I was "annoying everyone," even though I was asking Duchess questions I believe are important. When I added a second topic about Duchess' behaviour due to his previous complete ignorance, thePCGamer again closed it, questioning why I had to keep asking questions when Duchess doesn't want to reply, and my reasoning why I have to do that is because there is no good reason he doesn't want to reply - it is realistically laziness. After a while, they blocked me because I am asking questions that "nobody seems to care about". When another user questioned this, they claimed that I stalked someone with no evidence, and also used many of the same lazy excuses they and Duchess constantly use. Raidarr and other users thankfully defended me, though thePCGamer has not yet ended their tactics, as they have again closed a thread unrelated to them since.

Pacsonic9000, the owner of AMYTW, although not as bad as Duchess and thePCGamer, still has their issues. They added me to the admin blacklist because I was "annoying" and thought that links and images don't qualify as evidence (which I have reasons for, also I never said links don't qualify as evidence), and also later said I had stalked Duchess (which again, there is no evidence of) and "made him uncomfortable" (which is quite pathetic) and also criticised me for adding Duchess' rant to the New Reception Wiki, which proves that they cannot handle people criticising Duchess, and also called me out on trying to revive Qualitipedia even though the RFC did not directly prevent people from doing that, nor did it necessarily attempt to do so. They also deleted a topic on their talk page questioning their actions, and marked a thread as resolved because I was "annoying," even though the thread was months ago anyway.

I am reporting this here because I have not been able to make any negotiations with the staff, and therefore I now see the only option is reporting it here. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 00:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I should also note I opened a discussion regarding their rights (this), but that has generated little discussion, despite a topic notice being posted on PCGamer and Duchess' talk page. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 20:17, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you have any comment here? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 23:18, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite sure what you're asking us to do here. Either way, the general rule is that local communities are responsible for electing their own administrators and Stewards would only intervene in internal matters if it's serious enough. Though these seem to be separate incidents which involve discretion so I'm not sure what Stewards could do, especially not knowing the policies and conventions on that specific wiki. What I would suggest would be to try to ask the users you mention to reply to this thread and explain their side of the story/explain why they took the actions they did. Otherwise I would note that administrators are accountable to their communities and shouldn't in any case try dismiss or hide dissent just because it makes them "uncomfortable". Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:10, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt that would work. ThePCGamer constantly marks threads made my me as resolved even if it's another admin's thread and they don't request for it to be closed, and the other two are still likely to just resolve the subject with no direct response. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 00:42, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Warn them against closing threads without valid reason and tell them Stewards are aware. Should they close another thread invalidly for the sake of suppressing local legitimate feedback, raise it up in this thread and we'll send them a message. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:45, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That's reasonable, I suppose. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 23:03, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Pacsonic has banned me. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 01:22, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Agent Isai This is a bump. Collei (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 22:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * They're probably alerting Agent Isai to this thread, since it hadn't received a reply in a few days and that mentioning a user by name alerts them. It's the same principle as your posting of "Hello?" when one of your threads doesn't receive a reply in over a week. Tali64³ (talk) 23:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tali64³ is correct. Collei (talk) 00:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 23:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll ping Agent Isai about it on Discord. Collei (talk) 05:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Is anyone here? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:00, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Reply from Agent and others on Discord:
 * Agent — Today at 5:58 AM
 * I was hoping someone else would tackle that
 * NotAracham — Today at 5:59 AM
 * I think just about everything that needs to be said has been said, depending on exactly which multi-page missive from Money that's excerpted from
 * Agent — Today at 6:00 AM
 * My understanding is that Money was asking a bit too insistently about it and got blocked
 * Hypercane — Today at 6:00 AM
 * I just read something else relating to them too there.
 * NotAracham — Today at 6:01 AM
 * They have 3, possibly 4 topics going at present. All of which relate to gripes with different wiki's teams and/or intentions to revive contested wikis that were closed by their administration
 * After a certain point, an emergent pattern says something about the person as opposed to the administration...
 * Hypercane — Today at 6:03 AM
 * That's ultimately what I gathered too. There are some less than ideal administrations out there, but I don't believe this might be the case.
 * Collei (talk) 18:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey Collei? This isn't a clever thing to do, please don't do it again. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 22:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Apologies. I posted it here because the Discord is public, so I thought people would find most of the things there eventually. However, I understand. I will not post the chat logs from Discord onto here again. Collei (talk) 03:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries, much appreciated. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 03:55, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe no one is replying to this unneeded thread because it isn't a steward concern. This shouldn't have been posted. CRAB-2 (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It is indeed a Steward concern. Could you please clarify why you think it's not? I'll ping Agent about it again on Discord. Collei (talk) 05:40, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ,, , , and I don't understand the situation. So you're just giving up on this because you think I'm going to have these issues all of the time? Please re-read the discussion. The staff have constantly been ignoring me, directly resolving discussions with no clear response, and have now blocked me. This is not the same kind of situation as the PRGW one. Also, the PRGW discussion as far as I am concerned is supposed to be over. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:17, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Most of the people you've pinged are not in any position to address the issue. I think you need to be more discerning with your ping-bat, which doesn't present a good look as it seems like you are attempting to complain to as many people as possible, damn the relevance. I expect the actual functionaries here have ignored it because it is a low priority concern on a low priority wiki which is one among your numerous issues you seem to find yourself in.
 * I will say the administration has a frustrating tendency to ignore anything they don't want to deal with, which is essentially everything related to actually managing the wiki (though they're quite happy to micromanage their little name and shame list of people they don't like and don't want as admins). That might be something to deal with, but the wiki is so irrelevant and has so few people involved that it hasn't been a priority. --Raidarr (talk) 20:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I feel a similar way that the stewards have many pressing concerns, and don't want to deal with this now given how complex and also very unimportant it is. Collei (talk) 20:35, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You were given a time-limited ban that expires in ~4 days. Based on the evidence you linked and the reason stated on the ban page, your actions could reasonably be construed by local leadership as a harassment campaign against a particular member of leadership.
 * While reasons should rightly be given for reverting edits, local leadership has a fairly free hand in how they run things. When your ban expires, I'd gently suggest that you find a middle path to working with them instead of letting disputes with a particular user follow you across wikis.
 * I am not a steward, hold no roles relevant to this problem, and did not previously interact with this post. I love to help folks where I can, but please don't tag me when it's not relevant to finding a solution. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 23:17, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I will point something out: Agent Isai said to "contact them again and warn them that stewards were aware" and if they don't respond (and in this case, they straight up blocked me) bring it up in this thread and they will send them a message. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not a functionary, but this is my 2c. Let the block expire. Find middle ground. That is what has been said multiple times in this thread. Please consider the amount of threads that you have been posting lately. Continued postings with no need and topics that don't require Steward attention may have action taken by Meta administrators, including a possible block from editing the Stewards' noticeboard page. It has happened before to other users, so I highly recommend you change your attitude before Meta functionaries take that step.
 * There has been a continued pattern of behavior emerging here, which countless users have noted to you. Take some time, read the messages, and learn from the past. I highly recommend this discussion ends here. Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. Collei (talk) 04:03, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * , I've been reading your other threads here, and some of the things you posted on users' talk pages on AMYTW (note: I do not have the time to read a lot of it).
 * Okay, saving someone's comment in the Wayback Machine for no reason isn't exactly stalking, but it isn't something that people like either. It's very difficult to remove yourself from the Wayback Machine. I save things in the Wayback Machine a lot too, but not random profiles that have no public benefit in archiving. Instead, I save things that may get deleted but that people would find useful.
 * Additionally, your messages to the administrators are very, very obnoxious and repetitive. Please consider giving them a break and understand that they are human.
 * Thank you. Collei (talk) 05:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * How are my messages to the administrators "very, very obnoxious and repetitive"? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 01:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Examples:
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 * Someone does not need to explain to you why they don't want to talk to you. They do not owe you an explanation. People have the right to choose who they interact with. If someone says to stop talking to them, that doesn't mean they're abusing their rights, it means they want to be treated as a human and set boundaries.
 * Yes, this is unreasonable on the admin's part, but you're being rude as well. The threads that were closed were actually closed because you repeatedly messaged someone who told you to not message them.
 * As for the unsourced claims: If they're libel, contact Stewards about it. If they're not libel, it doesn't break any global rules, and therefore, let the wiki run as it is, or start a local election in a month once you're unblocked to get admin rights and demote the current admins. Collei (talk) 02:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * As for the unsourced claims: If they're libel, contact Stewards about it. If they're not libel, it doesn't break any global rules, and therefore, let the wiki run as it is, or start a local election in a month once you're unblocked to get admin rights and demote the current admins. Collei (talk) 02:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Not to be rude here, and I apologize if it's taken this way, but you've been obnoxious and repetitive here on the noticeboard for the better part of the past two weeks. You have taken up mine and other volunteers' (both with and without rights, to clarify, I have only patroller rights) time and energy, having basically created threads here to complain about the administrators on different wikis you associate yourself with. Countless users have told you that they only see minor issues, if any at all. You have consistently messaged here with seemingly no goal, asking questions such as "Actually, you know what? Fine, I give up." and "Why not? I just want to know why you think that." As put forth by other users, the problem seems to lie with you, not others. My suggestion to you is to take a break from Meta and Miraheze overall, specifically this noticeboard, and come back in a few days/weeks time, ready to contribute positively. I believe you have a lot to offer Miraheze, but not in the current way you're displaying yourself.
 * TL;DR: Take a few weeks, rest, recharge, and come back to Miraheze with a new mindset.
 * Again, I'm not trying to be rude, and I apologize if it's taken that way. I only want the absolute best for Miraheze and its users. This isn't an order from me, just a recommendation from a fellow Mirahezian. If you'd like to reach out to me privately, see my userpage, you're always welcome to do so. All the best, BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:54, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll follow Raidarr's advice and wait out the block. But this is still an issue, and I will still raise it again if it has to be handled this way. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 23:44, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * That response which completely ignored the problems pointed out by everyone here further convinces me that you are in the wrong. Collei (talk) 00:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It seems that this is a point where WP:CIR and WP:IDHT should be invoked, specifically the latter. Countless users have told you it’s not really an issue, yet you persist. Take a few weeks and think about your actions. A few days clearly won’t cut it. Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * and I read Collei's messages, and I disagree with them. An administrator should respond to someone. It is their job to help other users. It is also a bureaucrat's job to handle problems with administrators and other staff members with inferior positions. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 06:21, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't see how what I am doing is a "harassment campaign." I was just trying to communicate with the staff, who were ignoring me. I am sorry if I messaged them too many times but it was not my intention to harass them. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 06:26, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I have nothing further to add. Please do not ping me again on this issue, there isn't anything else I can do to help.
 * --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 17:36, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Right. I'm aware you think that. Can you tell me why you think that they can't refuse to talk to you? There are also multiple administrators there, so maybe if one refuses to talk to you, you could go to another one? Also, your response has ignored the majority of what was said, such as about finding middle ground and realizing that the reception wiki you're on is not the same as every other one.
 * Read: proof by assertion. Collei (talk) 16:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * A couple of things:

Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:57, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) It is an administrator's responsibility to manage a wiki. As a result, when a user talks to them about something that is relevant to the quality of a wiki or how people are behaving on said wiki, they should respond and deal with the situation. They should not ignore someone because they are lazy, or because they hold a grudge to someone.
 * 2) I didn't really see much else in this discussion about those things. For the record though, how have I not found "middle ground"?
 * 3) With what does this not being the same reception wiki as every other one have to do?
 * 1. You've been repeating your opinion on their motivations over and over again. You've been constantly asserting what your edits are related to without giving specific evidence. Again, saying the same thing over and over doesn't make it correct.
 * 2. Here's some messages that you've completely ignored:
 * Not to be rude here, and I apologize if it's taken this way, but you've been obnoxious and repetitive here on the noticeboard for the better part of the past two weeks. You have taken up mine and other volunteers' (both with and without rights, to clarify, I have only patroller rights) time and energy, having basically created threads here to complain about the administrators on different wikis you associate yourself with. Countless users have told you that they only see minor issues, if any at all. You have consistently messaged here with seemingly no goal, asking questions such as "Actually, you know what? Fine, I give up." and "Why not? I just want to know why you think that." As put forth by other users, the problem seems to lie with you, not others. My suggestion to you is to take a break from Meta and Miraheze overall, specifically this noticeboard, and come back in a few days/weeks time, ready to contribute positively. I believe you have a lot to offer Miraheze, but not in the current way you're displaying yourself.
 * TL;DR: Take a few weeks, rest, recharge, and come back to Miraheze with a new mindset.
 * Again, I'm not trying to be rude, and I apologize if it's taken that way. I only want the absolute best for Miraheze and its users. This isn't an order from me, just a recommendation from a fellow Mirahezian. If you'd like to reach out to me privately, see my userpage, you're always welcome to do so. All the best, BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:54, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Emphasis added for this one:
 * You were given a time-limited ban that expires in ~4 days. Based on the evidence you linked and the reason stated on the ban page, your actions could reasonably be construed by local leadership as a harassment campaign against a particular member of leadership.
 * While reasons should rightly be given for reverting edits, local leadership has a fairly free hand in how they run things. When your ban expires, I'd gently suggest that you find a middle path to working with them instead of letting disputes with a particular user follow you across wikis.
 * I am not a steward, hold no roles relevant to this problem, and did not previously interact with this post. I love to help folks where I can, but please don't tag me when it's not relevant to finding a solution.
 * And this:
 * I am not a functionary, but this is my 2c. Let the block expire. Find middle ground. That is what has been said multiple times in this thread. Please consider the amount of threads that you have been posting lately. Continued postings with no need and topics that don't require Steward attention may have action taken by Meta administrators, including a possible block from editing the Stewards' noticeboard page. It has happened before to other users, so I highly recommend you change your attitude before Meta functionaries take that step.There has been a continued pattern of behavior emerging here, which countless users have noted to you. Take some time, read the messages, and learn from the past. I highly recommend this discussion ends here. Thanks
 * 3. Many of your suggestions expect that the wiki be run the way you want. However, this wiki is not being run in the exact way that you like. Please respect that some wikis are run in different ways.
 * I also cannot tell what you want Stewards to do. As many people have explained to you before, the admins occasionally being a nuisance isn't grounds for the Stewards to demote them, so I'm unsure why you're posting this here. Collei (talk) 04:29, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see how I'm saying the same thing over and over again. Also, I read both quotes, and there are two comments I have about the first one: (a I didn't mean to harass anyone and (b I am willing to try and negotiate with the staff if they will at least listen to me. And my deal with the second quote is that I had already commented on that, and my response was to wait and let the block expire. The only other thing I had to comment on was that "middle ground" is not the write word. If you mean "negotiating with the administrators," then I'm willing to do that, but "middle ground" translates to "a position between two opposite opinions in an argument, or between two descriptions" . I am already one of those two opposite opinions. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:44, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * "I don't see how I'm saying the same thing over and over again."
 * The lack of citations in your opinions stated over and over again is how. You were told about this before with robloxreviews.miraheze.org.
 * I'm aware that you are willing to negotiate with the administrators, so let the block expire. I don't care what you meant to do, what you have done is still annoying them. They want to run the wiki in question in a particular way, and you don't understand the difference between giving an opinion on running the wiki and trying to tell them how they have to do things. Saying that people cannot take criticism, bothering them on other websites and wikis, etc. is just going to annoy them. Collei (talk) 23:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh okay. So can we end this discussion now? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah so I actually proposed that a few days ago. So why don’t we now? It’d be nice to finally get a break, this is giving me a headache. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'm done with this discussion. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 3. Many of your suggestions expect that the wiki be run the way you want. However, this wiki is not being run in the exact way that you like. Please respect that some wikis are run in different ways.
 * I also cannot tell what you want Stewards to do. As many people have explained to you before, the admins occasionally being a nuisance isn't grounds for the Stewards to demote them, so I'm unsure why you're posting this here. Collei (talk) 04:29, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see how I'm saying the same thing over and over again. Also, I read both quotes, and there are two comments I have about the first one: (a I didn't mean to harass anyone and (b I am willing to try and negotiate with the staff if they will at least listen to me. And my deal with the second quote is that I had already commented on that, and my response was to wait and let the block expire. The only other thing I had to comment on was that "middle ground" is not the write word. If you mean "negotiating with the administrators," then I'm willing to do that, but "middle ground" translates to "a position between two opposite opinions in an argument, or between two descriptions" . I am already one of those two opposite opinions. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:44, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * "I don't see how I'm saying the same thing over and over again."
 * The lack of citations in your opinions stated over and over again is how. You were told about this before with robloxreviews.miraheze.org.
 * I'm aware that you are willing to negotiate with the administrators, so let the block expire. I don't care what you meant to do, what you have done is still annoying them. They want to run the wiki in question in a particular way, and you don't understand the difference between giving an opinion on running the wiki and trying to tell them how they have to do things. Saying that people cannot take criticism, bothering them on other websites and wikis, etc. is just going to annoy them. Collei (talk) 23:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh okay. So can we end this discussion now? Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah so I actually proposed that a few days ago. So why don’t we now? It’d be nice to finally get a break, this is giving me a headache. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'm done with this discussion. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah so I actually proposed that a few days ago. So why don’t we now? It’d be nice to finally get a break, this is giving me a headache. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'm done with this discussion. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hold on, there's an issue. I left a message on Pacsonic's talk page again, and they deleted it because it was "junk." Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 20:10, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * What was the content of the message? Collei (talk) 21:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I actually managed to archive it before it was deleted: . It contained a few suggestions for Amazing YouTubers Wiki. Tali64³ (talk) 21:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that removal was really unnecessary. Collei (talk) 21:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the delay in responding. I've been rather busy. I have restored the topic on their talk page and have requested their input and their side of the story. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Pacsonic responded by stating that Money was "annoying" and banned him indefinitely. That is definitely not okay, and in fact will soon be prohibited per this RfC concerning wiki governance. Tali64³ (talk) 21:52, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with Tali64³. Collei (talk) 01:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I am here now in an attempt to calm this down. I am going to do some changes so now can we have this resolved? Pacsonic9000 (talk) 04:53, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If Money12123 agrees the issue is resolved then yes. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Imma talk with said steward who was brought and once all of this is settled, all the topics will be deleted and I will have a site notice to not bring it up again. Pacsonic9000 (talk) 16:29, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It's preferable if you left them up, but marked them as resolved for archival purposes. Additionally, having a site notice stating not to bring them up again would ironically bring them more attention (known as the Streisand effect) Tali64³ (talk) 16:33, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I am that said Steward so it might be good to discuss this here for the record instead of going back and forth between wikis. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:04, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Account Deletion Request
I would like my account to be deleted from miraheze. I am not active in Miraheze, and I also don't plan to even stay in Miraheze.

Jool the planet (talk) 22:48, 28 February 2023 (UTC)


 * use https://tsportal.miraheze.org to request that your account be deleted. Collei (talk) 23:18, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe,it's report.miraheze.org? by Buehl106 ·Talk·e-mail 02:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It is. Thanks for catching this. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:46, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * They're both not found. Jool the planet (talk) 04:13, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry.Reporting from here is avaliable. by Buehl106 ·Talk·e-mail 04:41, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I reported with my request to them to delete my account, but they still didn't delete my account. Jool the planet (talk) 17:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Be patient. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:42, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Anonymous users on HCW
Several anonymous users on Horrible Companies Wiki have been being incredibly disruptive. This started when an anonymous user edited a page that was supposed to be an archive. I attempted to revert their edit, but they continued to change the content. Although the IP address changes constantly, it's pretty obvious it's still the same user. I am sorry if I got into a bit of an edit war here, but in my defense, I did try to contact the anonymous user, but they ignored me and continued to change the content.

Another issue with an anonymous user occurred when various edits to the page mh:horriblecompanies:Mattel (2014-present), including the addition of really to the header "Why It's Useless Now" and the replacement of it with they. I did not believe that adding really was necessary and a company is an it, not a they. I again contacted them, but they also ignored me and continued to change it.

The reason why I see this as disruptive is because it is important that there is an agreement over these issues, and the anonymous users have refused to communicate with me. As there is no active staff on the wiki, I would appreciate it if stewards or global sysops could help me here. I would appreciate it if a warning or even a block from a steward could occur towards the IP addresses. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 01:50, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I have disabled anonymous editing and have blocked their ranges. If they return, I will be issuing locks and further IP rangeblocks. Thank you for your report. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Requesting lifting of current user restrictions
Hi there, I'd like to request the lifting of the user restrictions imposed by Stewards as outlined here. I believe I have improved on concerns that were raised earlier by Stewards, and have shown competency in multiple fields on and around Miraheze. I am happy to answer any questions or concerns. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:22, 7 March 2023 (UTC)


 * For the first paragraph you link, I think that what Raidarr mentions isn't a restriction and is just generally good practice. "the interest needs to be in context of what you can do so it does not for example confuse people on the SN" is valid for everyone. As a general rule, people should only reply on SN if they are relatively certain about their answer as otherwise they risk confusing users who are looking for the correct answers.
 * As for the registration restrictions, I also don't see why they would need to be removed and again believe that it's best practice for everyone to do so. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:27, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If it isn't a restriction, could you confirm then that all existing Steward restrictions have expired/been removed? There have been issues lately regarding miscommunication and confusion regarding my restrictions, with multiple users (including me) having believed that all existing restrictions had expired besides T/S. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 17:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't want to lift something that I don't know exists so what I can say is that the restrictions you mention given by Raidarr can be lifted at this stage. I must emphasize however that as I said above they are good practice anyway and therefore I wouldn't recommend straying away from them even if they're not formal 'restrictions'. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I just spoke with Raidarr via Discord and they confirmed that no further Steward restrictions are in effect, as you just terminated the last remaining ones. I still have a Meta sysop restriction (see AN) but other than that, nothing. And yeah, I know it’s still general convention. Just nice not to have it codified/restricted explicitly for me. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 00:01, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Please Rename My Account
I want to be renamed as Szczypak64 because my old username looks now cheesy and I don't want to use this username anymore. Szczypak2005 (talk) 07:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi there You can submit a global rename request at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 07:59, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Revoke Famepedia's custom domain and merge it with the countless other generic encyclopedias on Miraheze
Famepedia recently redirected its custom domain to some for-profit business or something, so now visiting famepedia.miraheze.org takes you to a completely irrelevant website. I can't even visit their main page, but you can view the wiki's recent changes page at least.

Now, we have enwiki.miraheze.org, allpedia.miraheze.org, and famepedia.miraheze.org that are both generalized encyclopedias about  with hardly any rules. They've repeatedly gotten in trouble for mass-importing Wikipedia pages and are just horribly managed. I'd say that ingen.miraheze.org is sort of a similar topic, except they don't like Wikipedia's no censorship rule, so given that it's the only encyclopedia we have here that isn't abandoned, maybe it'd be the one that the other wikis should be merged into. However, allpedia.miraheze.org appears to be more active (mostly consisting of people vandalizing it and raidarr reverting the edits), so maybe it's the one that the other wikis should be merged into, and ingen.miraheze.org could be left out of it. Collei (talk) 19:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I've unset the custom domain. I will review the wiki and confer with fellow Stewards on what to do with the wiki. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Collei (talk) 02:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Update for observers; ingen and famepedia are gone. Allpedia remains, such as it is. If you find further issue with it (ie, imported pages without attribution) I can address it in a local capacity through direct message or an update here. --Raidarr (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Wiki delete request
I would like these wikis to be deleted: gtavariants.miraheze.org, wikiopen.miraheze.org and onibus.miraheze.org. I won't use them anymore. Now I'm just focusing on one project. — Pixial  [Talk] 01:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)