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AkiGoto@tabemonowiki
--虎之介 (talk) 01:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I have no relation to きじゅはレスバ大将. I am absolutely innocent. I now have only one account registered. Please investigate. AkiGoto (talk) 06:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 虎之介, perhaps you should explain the meanings of the name "きじゅはレスバ大将". The name is too difficult for the people other than native Japanese. AkiGoto (talk) 06:47, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * agree because I have doubts about AKIGoto(日本語訳AKIGotoさんに疑いがあるため賛成します)--パンダ会長 (talk) 12:35, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * パンダ会長, votes of majority is not relevant to this kind of issues. But what reasons for your doubt about me? AkiGoto (talk) 19:43, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This user(AkiGoto) seems like Vandal. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 14:41, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Buel, if you want to demonize me, try spawning dedicated topics. This topic is whether me and きじゅはレスバ大将 are related or not. Not directly related to whether I am vandal or not. --AkiGoto (talk) 23:48, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Do you understand why 虎之介 mada a request for checkuser?You told us that you're not related to きじゅはレスバ大将.You don't have to oppose about this CU request if so. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 07:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I do understand what have been said. I do not know what have not been said. --AkiGoto (talk) 00:05, 27 December 2022 (UTC)


 * (back)I assure English-speaking people that "きじゅはレスバ大将" is a derogatory name for a particular user. If you translate it into plain English,「 Kiju is a guy who always many replies(I don't like)」.
 * It may be translated to "Kiju is the disputer king". --AkiGoto (talk) 00:45, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

I doubt the relationship between the two accounts that were active late at night when most Japanese were not active. In this case, the parties' counterarguments are irrelevant.Please check user. If there is nothing to do with the two accounts, there is no problem at all.--虎之介 (talk) 05:30, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Good. --AkiGoto (talk) 00:07, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Geokita5678@metawiki

 * There is no conclusive technical evidence to link the two accounts. There is some weak evidence technically and not enough evidence behaviorally (just one wiki request) to justify a lock. Therefore at this time I don't think a lock is justifiable based on a single edit and no conclusive technical evidence. If they continue with other edits please let me know. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

= Requests for (un)(b)locks = {{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Please use this section to request global locks (including self-locks), blocks, or their rescindment. If reporting vandalism-only accounts, make sure they fit the global standard definition for vandalism only accounts: there must be no or almost no constructive editing behaviour and, additionally, this behaviour should be occurring on multiple wikis.

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CyanKnight201

 * Hello, this user (all these accounts are his, he is a sockpuppet) is having fun vandalizing the Hermione Granger page and replacing the files with images of toilets, here are some proofs and I took screens : https://fiction.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Hermione_Granger&action=history I am requesting an IP block. Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 22:17, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Darkrai18 (talk) 21:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Darkrai18 (talk) 08:55, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm neither a Steward nor a Global Sysop, so I can't lock accounts, nor CheckUser them, which is what I think you're requesting, rather than a lock. OrangeStar (talk) 12:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know, you seem to know how to handle it and nobody answers me, so I don't have many solutions. Darkrai18 (talk) 12:49, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * There could a be a lot of reasons, not the least is that CheckUser investigations can be very tedious and Stewards here have a lot of roles, so they may just not have gotten around to CheckUser-ing these accounts (keep in mind, before even starting the investigation they'll first run through all of these accounts' contribs for proof that a CheckUser is even warranted). They'll eventually do it, until that moment just block the sockpuppets as they appear. I also recommend that you add some more details to this report, for example direct links to the diffs were these suspected sockpuppets were vandalizing. For example:
 * Here's QTiang559 vandalizing the Hermione Granger article, with exactly the same text as blocked user CyanKnight201: mh:fiction:Special:Diff/97448/prev OrangeStar (talk) 13:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've done this before, as the vandalism is localized almost only on one page, just check the history to see it. Darkrai18 (talk) 13:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but it's better to point to specific diffs, as it speeds up the process of determining if a CheckUser is needed. OrangeStar (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I deeply apologise for the delay. I have globally locked these users and globally blocked their IPs. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:13, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And I apologize for being a little impatient and pushy. Thank you for fixing my problem. Darkrai18 (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

きじゅはレスバ大将

 * Vandalism across the wikis. 1108-Kiju /Talk 17:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * The name of this account very looks like Kiju's one.('きじゅ' means 'Kiju' in Japanese)Account was created only to hate to him. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 17:26, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Already blocked on some wikis,but still not locked. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 19:25, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 04:26, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, apologies for the delay. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, apologies for the delay. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

UnLeashedWolfie~

 * Back in early 2021, I had requested this account to be locked as I no longer had a use for it. I now have a reason to use this account, and would like it to be unlocked. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 01:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no way to confirm that you are indeed the same person. Could you send us an email from the one you used to set up that account (if you did)? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have now sent one from the email I remember using for this account. This email is the same email linked to the Phabricator account for this MediaWiki user. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have now sent one from the email I remember using for this account. This email is the same email linked to the Phabricator account for this MediaWiki user. RemovedEDMWiki (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

とぅさーつじゃないから恥じゃないもん

 * Vandalism across the wikis. 1108-Kiju /Talk 10:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, apologies for the delay. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

関越斗宇沙津街道

 * Vandalism across the wikis.
 * This account was created in June 2021, and after vandalizing the newusopediawiki, it stopped contributing, but has now returned and has been spamming multiple wikis. 1108-Kiju /Talk 10:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, apologies for the delay. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

= Permissions =

Administrator/Bureaucrat access
{{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards grant you local administrator or bureaucrat on a wiki without active/any bureaucrats (or unwilling bureaucrats if they refuse to certify a successful vote) following a local election. We normally don't grant permissions without a local election for advanced rights like this so you'll need to make a local election unless you accidentally demoted yourself.

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Yaakiyu.jp@pythonjawiki
I'm the owner of this wiki but I don't have any permissions on it. Maybe that's because of wiki recreation for db141 issue. So I request myself to add Bureaucrat permission.Yaakiyu.jp (talk) 12:50, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the issue. I have ✅ you to administrator and bureaucrat. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

WkbsCMH@wkbscmhwiki
I initially posted this concern as a task to phabricator.miraheze.org/T10214, but they closed it with "You should request this to Miraheze Stewards instead, at Meta's Stewards' noticeboard." My initial description was "wkbscmh.miraheze.org was just restored after the db141 ordeal, but I have no user rights and so cannot work properly with my newly restored wiki. Please see what you can do, or tell me what I can do. Thanks." So, here I am, asking you what's next. Thanks again. WkbsCMH (talk) 16:57, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:29, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

KumihoWolffey@flipaclipguidewiki
My wiki, FlipaClip Guide Wiki was recreated due to the db141 issue, however I do not have my bureaucrat and administrator rights and I cannot access to my wiki since it is private. I would like to have my bureaucrat and administrator rights please. Thank you. Switzerland (talk༆) 23:19, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:29, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Farmer Cars@spartaremixwikiwiki
The requester lost their rights after the wiki was created. They requested them back here. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 22:18, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:29, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

PandaWarlord@vyrtarwiki
I created a private wiki on the 12th of December. After the restoration of the wiki on 12/30/22 I am no longer able to edit or view the wiki. The wiki in question is vyrtar.miraheze.org and I am the sole contributor. PandaWarlord (talk) 02:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:41, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Jeffers@catflappowiki
Hi there - my recently-created wiki (11 Dec) titled catflappowiki was recently recovered, like many others. But sadly I appear to have lost permissions.

I get "Permission error. You do not have permission to read this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Members, Administrators." As it was a private wiki I created, that was so new (still setting up before bringing other members on board) I should be the sole member and the Administrator :)

Other people have apparently had similar issues, and one thread on Phabricator said to 'Please make a request on the Stewards noticeboard on Meta asking that your rights be restored.' (Agent_Isai)

If I may, I also have a related question, just seeking confirmation that the recovery of catflappowiki itself was step one (as it has no pages recovered yet) and that backups would be sorted out in some way as a step two, to bring back the small number of pages that were there. I got this impression from Void (who very kindly helped me) saying "There is currently a script running that will recreate all other missing wikis at a blank slate, and we will later move to import the backups we have." ... just making sure I interpreted that correctly - or am I off the mark and this is a different thing altogether?

Summary: seeking permissions / rights to be restored on catflappowiki (https://catflappo.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) and asking about recovery of pages.

Many thanks Jeffers (talk) 05:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:18, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you @Agent Isai much appreciated. Champion. Jeffers (talk) 05:56, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

パンダ会長@inakawiki
I'm the founder, but I'm not granted any rights（日本語訳:創設者なのに権限が付与されてません） --パンダ会長 (talk) 08:49, 31 December 2022 (UTC)


 * What permission would you like to be granted?Please show it.Thank you. by Buel ·Talk·e-mail 09:12, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:18, 31 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you（日本語訳:ありがとうございます）--パンダ会長 (talk) 16:52, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

APH6000@californiawiki
I haven't been granted any permissions even though I founded the wiki APH6000 (talk) 00:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ as this wiki was deleted for wildly deviating off it's scope. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:43, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Transcodex@transcodexwiki
I had just started on my wiki when the db141 breakdown happened. Now I see the site is back up, but I have no permissions. Can you restore? I was the only user of said wiki, and its administrator/bureaucrat. Transcodex (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:58, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Other access
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Removal
{{Hidden|Instructions/Read before making a request| Use this section to request Stewards remove rights from a user (such as bureaucrat) following a local revocation or resignation. You can also use this section to request bureaucrats remove your own rights on a wiki or on all wikis.

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Pérola Maniaco@destriupediawiki
Bem, um amigo meu me deu status Burocrata na Destruipedia, mas eu não desejo ter uma responsabilidade tão alta assim, apesar que eu ainda possa ser sysop apenas para moderação f&%$k. Infelizmente não consigo remover eu mesmo o status de burocrata, algum staff global poderia remover isso para mim?

Translation: Well, a friend of mine gave me Bureaucrat status in Destruipedia, but I don't want to have such a high responsibility, although i can still be sysop just for f&%$k moderation. Unfortunately I can't remove the bureaucrat status myself, could some global staff remove it for me? Pérola Maniaco (talk) 23:23, 21 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm still waiting for a response from someone. Pérola Maniaco (talk) 13:11, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to the Stewards noticeboard. AN is reserved for activities on Meta. This page (Stewards' noticeboard) typically is for things that require Steward intervention. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 16:48, 23 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I did not know that. Thank you very much for the move and the warning. Now it's just waiting for a response, but I feel that it will be easy to solve my case, since I'm only asking for the removal of my "tool". Pérola Maniaco (talk) 14:17, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

'''Where are the Staff to judge my request? Are you on vacation by any chance?''' Pérola Maniaco (talk) 12:40, 27 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Probably, granted it's around the holidays. Rest assured, they will eventually tackle this request. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 15:02, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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Tri Nebula Alliance

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Enable Cargo for Metaworld Chronicles

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

EmulationWiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

YuriWiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Scratches Portal

 * Hi Funa, you should propose this at Phabricator, as this section is only to request changes that require the (managewiki-restricted) permission. Changes to the Content Security Policy go through a review at Phabricator, see T9252 for an example. OrangeStar (talk) 17:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok,Thank You. Funa-enpitu（talk/Posting Record） 22:05, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * T10161 Funa-enpitu（talk/Posting Record） 02:01, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Unreal_Neo Encyclopedia

 * Additional reasons, Content on the wiki is read by people. Thanks! Sucrose Fans Rosalina129 16:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Wiki brought back from original db141 so closing as moot. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:23, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Twisted Wonderland Wiki

 * This wiki was restored from db141 so closing as moot. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:23, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Lhmnwiki

 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:10, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

chakurikiwiki
= Wiki reports =

Real Life Villains Wiki Potential Content Policy Violations?
At least 95% of the pages on there, do not have a source for reference. Considering that this wiki also features Internet users, I believe the wikis need to be warned for not having references to what they did wrong (EX: News report, or Wikipedia info) and they should delete pages that do not have sources. Nidoking (talk) 19:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to wiki reports. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 20:37, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with Nidoking, there are some pages throwing the kind of accusations you don't want to throw without solid references. Some sanction is in order. OrangeStar (talk) 21:27, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you provide some examples? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:22, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * There are various pages on there that don't have any references at all, like this page for example https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Jake_Martin and https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Heather_Martin Nidoking (talk) 11:56, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Any update? Nidoking (talk) 14:41, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * All the wiki really. When it covers relatively unknown living people being accused of stuff like child abuse, murder, and all that, it shouldn't assume that these are common knowledge, they should include solid references for such claims. OrangeStar (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe at this juncture it would be ideal to raise the idea locally and see how receptive local managers are to cleaning up sources. Seeing how willing they are on this in public could give Stewards some ground to raise this topic as a priority if their intervention is required. --Raidarr (talk) 15:42, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll give that a try. OrangeStar (talk) 19:33, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Listen, what the wikis say will be heard of, and people will use that as their source much more than anything else.
 * If you're gonna go out of your way to get a wiki meant to educate people about real life villains and why people should not be them, then that means you are enabling bad people. RoboticBloxxer (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The concern raised here is that the wiki is mostly unsourced. Given that it has many articles dealing with people, this could be a potential violation of CP 3 (and anyway, ignoring whatever the policy may say, it's best to include sources for the claims in any article whenever it's dealing with real life stuff, be it living people or other things). It's not our intention to enable bad people. OrangeStar (talk) 17:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * To be honest it looks like you missed a few words and that muddles the point you were making but I assume you are implying that people trying to hold the wiki accountable are enabling bad people.
 * The problem with 'what the wikis say will be heard of' is that 'heard of' is literally hearsay. I can make up whatever crap I want and put it on the wiki. As long as it's obscure or I can whip out minority arguments/political buzzwords to support it, it's good and with the right timing it probably won't be challenged. If there wasn't a wide internet with thorough and better backed up information that demonstrates why people are 'bad' (between more objective sources as Wikipedia with a deliberate neutral tone, and blogs/journalism going into the nasty details), perhaps your implication of social benefit would hold more value. But it doesn't. The wiki brings little overall benefit and even less so if it's too lazy to back itself up and it's a sludge of what people think or remember. Your post enables and excuses lazy writing that can just as well enable harassment. That is the concern involved here.
 * If 'look just google it' is what you are implying as the reason to sustain the wiki then you've failed to even demonstrate why the wiki should exist. If arbitrary 'oh I heard about it' is good enough to sustain the wiki content then it might as well be closed now. I'd rethink this approach.
 * I'm probably going to be gone by the time you reply, so this is my final 2c on the matter. I don't even think the wiki is quite that much of a problem to warrant closure or direct intervention but your "defense" here does a disservice. --Raidarr (talk) 13:09, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * That wiki must be closed due to lack of management. Also I did see there is more problems to that wiki. Nirmanyu9 (talk) 05:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

= Discussion closure =

= Miscellaneous =

Bureaucrats permission issue
Hello, when i started to tweak and edit my wiki, i removed the bureaucrats cuz i thought it was a decoration/example group rather than actually being a group that gave me almost every permission on my wiki which i deleted in my wiki and i can't modify proprely anymore.

Is it possible to revert this action or to restore to default settings in my wiki please?

My wiki Minecraft Inescapable Prison Community ( i barely started it and im new so...)

https://mipc.miraheze.org

Thanks - TheArchitect 23:45, 26 December 2022 (UTC)TheArchitectMC


 * I'm not sure why you thought bureaucrat was an example group. It is one of the default groups of MediaWiki, and it gives you access to ManageWiki. If you do decide to delete the bureaucrat group in the future, make sure you create another group with  rights and assign yourself to that group first. Tali64³ (talk) 23:50, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Agent Isai. --Blad  (talk • contribs • global) 14:57, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

A Little Help
So my Tamagotchi Fanon Wiki had everything deleted ever since it got dropped from the db141 outage despite not originally being on that disk so why is everything gone all of a sudden? I'm just wondering. Snorunt (talk) 21:35, 30 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Please see Tech:SRE_noticeboard for more details.--NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 00:38, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay. Thanks! Snorunt (talk) 06:37, 1 January 2023 (UTC)