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Requesting bureaucrat rights removal of DuchessTheSponge
Hello, per his statement of disinterest in continuing to participate as an admin/bureaucrat on the fanfiction.miraheze wiki; after I adopted it due to inactivity; could you please remove DuchessTheSponge's bureaucrat rights there, thank you. Freighttrain (talk) 17:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I am monitoring this request, and will relist it as required, to prevent it from being archived. A steward should get to it eventually. As a procedural matter, the steward will likely remove the  flag on Meta with Special:UserRights/DuchessTheSponge@fanfictionwiki. It won't show in your wiki's user rights log, but will show on Meta's user rights log. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 17:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Local interwiki administrator request
Hi, I request local rights for interwiki admininstration for my wikis Lilypond Wiki · my little garden · Regionalbahn Weinviertel (although I said I would not need them, maybe this rights come in handy for some purposes), thank you very much Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 04:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for making your request for local interwiki administrator on each of your above three (3) wikis at community noticeboard. Please note that I have administratively moved it to this noticeboard, where it is now in scope. Requests for local interwiki table changes on wikis continue at community noticeboard, whereas local permissions requests which can only be granted by stewards should occur on stewards' noticeboard. A steward should attend to your request within a few days to a week, but I will make sure this is relisted, to prevent archiving, until it is actioned. As well, I thought I should also note this revision in which you noted that Manuela was your alternate account on one or more of those wiki(s), effectively making you the only local  on those wikis. Dmehus (talk) 09:23, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the wrong board and thank you for moving it to the right board. Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden )
 * No worries, and no problem. Dmehus (talk) 11:33, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 16:28, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * thank you very much! Lily (Manuela) (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 09:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Gomdoli4696@jayujandalwiki

 * mh:jayuvandal:Project:관리자 선거/Gomdoli4696 on jayuvandalwiki

Please see this page. This is my request for local adminship page. But this wiki has one bureaucrat, User:Kjh010206 is locked. Thank you. Gomdoli4696 (talk) 10:51, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your request. A steward should review your local permissions request in absence of a locally available  within the next 1-2 weeks, but I will ensure the request is relisted to prevent archiving. Dmehus (talk) 11:07, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I see. --Gomdoli4696 (talk) 11:46, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, There is no criteria for voting in this wiki. must follow the meta-wiki's voting criteria? Gomdoli4696 (talk) 13:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the reply. Yes, typically, where there are no local permissions elections rules, a best practice is to follow Meta's and our global permissions elections guidelines in terms of how long the request should remain open (typically 5-7 calendar days at minimum). Nevertheless, you can still define parameters within your election, such as the position(s) to be elected, the number of position(s) to be elected, the required minimum support ratio (if any), and what happens to requests with no votes (i.e., election by acclamation)&mdash;i.e., are those treated as successful or unsuccessful? Once that process has concluded, then you would return to this thread and link to your local election for a steward to assess. Dmehus (talk) 13:51, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

How to activate wiki
Hello I would like to ask how to activate wiki https://jeongongbible.miraheze.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%AC%B8. Few days ago, I got a message below.

This wiki has no edits or logs made within the last 45 days, therefore it is marked as inactive. "If you would like to prevent this wiki from being closed, please start showing signs of activity here. If there are no signs of this wiki being used within the next 15 days, this wiki may be closed per the Dormancy Policy. This wiki will then be eligible for adoption by another user. If not adopted and still inactive 135 days from now, this wiki will become eligible for deletion. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with Miraheze's Dormancy Policy. If there is activity on this wiki you can go to Special:ManageWiki and uncheck "inactive" yourself. If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask at Stewards' noticeboard."

I tried to follow the way how to activate wiki again.

First, I log in and edit few trivial words.

Second, I tried to visit 'Special:ManageWiki' but I can't uncheck 'inactivate' button.

So I am really confused how to solve this problem.

This wiki contain very critical information made by a lot of effort.

Therefore, it should not be deleted.

p.s. I found that warning message is not shown anymore! If the problem is solved already, how could I confirm it? REDACTED 21:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like the wiki is no longer marked as inactive in ManageWiki. Nevertheless, it seems you just need to login. I will revision delete the applicable revisions as a likely logged out user. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 22:30, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Some troll accounts
TREVOR SHOW US YOUR ANGRY FACE SO WE CAN LAUGH LOLOLOL, NO NO NO THE ANGRY PHOTO NOT THE EMOJI LOL, and JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR ANGRY FACE THEN UPLOAD LOL are all troll accounts that need to be locked. --DeciduousWater534 (talk) 21:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * This is kind of meh. There's no contributions on either wiki. They're not really Username Policy violations, other than likely troll usernames, which we typically don't like to apply in isolation unless it's a demonstrated cross-wiki vandalism only account. I would say just locally block per your wikis' local policies, warn them on their user talk page that they should request a global rename on Meta if they're here to contribute in a constructively, and also advise them of user accounts policy on Meta with respect to creating and using multiple accounts. If they continue to use the account(s) on other wikis, then yes, we'd likely want to lock the accounts. Dmehus (talk) 22:35, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * He just created a fourth account called YEAH SEND ME YOUR BLACK CATS PICTURE. —DeciduousWater534 (talk) 14:37, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That additional account may well be him or her, yes, but the reality is, these aren't really Username Policy violations. And, unless you can point to on-wiki behavioural evidence from each account which clearly suggests a likelihood of contravening user accounts policy by creating multiple accounts, a CheckUser wouldn't likely be appropriate, to be perfectly honest. It's probably best just to locally block, perhaps enact a local abuse filter that warns and/or blocks usernames that follow a certain pattern, and move on. Dmehus (talk) 15:13, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Shutting down toxic wiki

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * ❌ as Miraheze is not hosting this wiki. Best wishes to the request submitter in tracking down who is hosting the wiki. Dmehus (talk) 22:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible that either you or someone else can shut or close down a wiki that has inappropriate content and has users that's harassing and cyber bullying other users PrivateNewone (talk) 17:12, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * In order for us to investigate that wiki, you would have to give us links to the wiki and the specific pages were the alleged harassment and cyber-bullying is taking place. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:23, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's the link for the wiki (link). You can also look at the staff's pages as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PrivateNewone (talk • contribs) 22:29, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Please note that that is not sufficient for the purposes of reporting Content Policy violations with wikis or Code of Conduct violations of its users. Stewards, assisted by Global Sysops, will not do your research for you. Your report must be both thorough and evidence-based, which means linking to a fairly thorough or exhaustive set of individual revisions that clearly highlight how the wiki is violating Content Policy in a particularly egregious and systemic way. For an example of a report that meets our requirements, you should see this report, which led to several Chinese language wikis being either closed and locked or deleted. In short, the research and work must be done the reporting user(s), and such work takes time. Separately, please kindly remember to sign your posts on talk pages, user talk pages, and noticeboards with four tildes, as it's required for our bot to archive old discussions, amongst other reasons. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 22:43, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * This simply cannot be undertaken as Miraheze is not hosting this wiki. I did a bit of a digging to try and find out who is hosting this wiki for you, but could not ascertain who is hosting it. Nevertheless, as I say, it's not Miraheze, so this simply is simply ❌. Dmehus (talk) 22:55, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You can e-mail reports of Code of Conduct violations by wiki users to  and any Terms of Use violations, a much narrower user contract, to  . If you are unsure, you e-mail the one, and they will direct you to the other if needed. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 17:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


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Checkuser For Possibly accounts
Can you please run a check user for Chicken Butt and these following IP's to see if it matches this same user please and please let me know the results via Discord. Please just to make sure to keep it private thanks Cocopuff2018 (talk) 23:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

https://moviepedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/185.54.228.131 https://moviepedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/185.54.228.24 https://moviepedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/185.54.228.7 Cocopuff2018 (talk) 23:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * No. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 23:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * May I ask why? Cocopuff2018 (talk) 23:11, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Uh.. Privacy violation, against CU policies, unethical, I couldn't even ask a steward to do this as a sysadmin if I wanted to...and to be frank, I'm not sure why you believe we would do this in the first place Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 23:15, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying have a nice night Cocopuff2018 (talk) 23:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

❌ Cocopuff2018 (talk) 23:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Vandal uploading porn to RWW
This user named "Bhehehehe" has been uploading porn to Rotten Websites Wiki and has also been making pages named stuff like "Fuck", "Faggot", "Penis", etc. here's their page. https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Bhehehehe Nersh1rtXD (talk) 06:55, 24 October 2020 (UTC) Nersh1rtXD (talk) 06:55, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ HeartsDo (Talk || Global || Wiki Creator) 07:42, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Locking my Miraheze account
Hello, can lock my Miraheze account? I'm leaving Miraheze and will never active on Miraheze again. LoudLWN2020 (talk) 13:32, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * We're sorry to see you leave, but if there's something we can do to change your mind, let us know, and we may be able to help. If you ever do decide to return, you can either (a) request an unlock via e-mail or (b) start fresh with a new account, taking care to consider user accounts policy. Dmehus (talk) 13:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I join Dmehus' message in saying that we're sorry to see you leave. I've locked your account now per your request. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Vandal on Awful Movies Wiki.
Person Is Everything has vandalized an article on the Awful Movies Wiki by removing content from pages. Here's some proof: https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dolittle_(2020)&diff=prev&oldid=107726 https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dolittle_(2020)&diff=prev&oldid=107724 https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dolittle_(2020)&diff=prev&oldid=107723 https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dolittle_(2020)&diff=prev&oldid=107722 https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Dolittle_(2020)&diff=prev&oldid=107721 DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) DarkMatterMan4500 13:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅--MrJaroslavik (talk) 13:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:39, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Gomdoli4696@jayujandalwiki (2)

 * mh:Jayuvandal:자유반달위키:관리자 선거/Gomdoli4696 (jayuvandalwiki)

Six days have passed since this vote began.. So stewards, please leave comment this page and change my permission in, from   to   and. Thanks. Gomdoli4696 (talk) 10:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 16:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Vandal on various wikis
Ilikemoney has been vandalizing on multiple wikis.

Here's some evidence: diff #1, diff #2, diff #3, and diff #4 DarkMatterMan4500 14:44, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, this is a much better report. I haven't looked at all the users' contributions globally to assess whether a lock or further local blocks are required, but at least you've provided some of what you view as the best evidence of this user possibly being a vandalism only account. It is acceptable to use external links as opposed MirahezeMagic pseudo-interwiki wikilinks or interwiki wikilinks. I have made a small change to your report, by adding displayed text to the diff links, to reduce the textual bloat of the URLs. That would be my only suggestion for future reports. Your report should be reviewed in due course. Dmehus (talk) 14:53, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. I hope I hear back. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:56, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Local administrator request
Hello, as an administrator of this wiki, I would like to request the expansion of the administrator role to these users: Rod, Acronius, Valdiu, and UncleStas. (To provide additional oversight on the actions of the administration (i.e. mass Vandalism by administrators), and also wiki currently lacks a wiki owner/steward to create new admins.) Gorbatov (talk) 00:46, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. While this is no obligation, if there are no local policies, it's probably a good idea to follow Meta's election policy regarding time and leave the election open for around 5-7 in order to give everyone time to comment. Otherwise, you can define your own terms such as the percentage required for someone to become admin (if they wish to do so). Once that's done, a local bureaucrat can close the election and assign rights to whoever is successful. Alternatively, if there is no active local bureaucrat you can get a Steward to close the election and assign the rights. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 07:46, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Resignation of wikicreator and Interwiki adminstrator rights

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * per request of Universal Omega. Dmehus (talk) 04:14, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, can you please remove my wikicreator and Interwiki adminstrator rights? Thank you! 00:49, 30 October 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * Please reconsider . It would be an incredible shame to lose you. 01:49, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, and I realize this isn't any way a vote, I your resignation request. Please sleep on it, and revisit your decision in the morning. I don't want to lose you, especially as an active interwiki administrator and security reviewer (which I know you haven't mentioned in this thread and is within system administrators' purview), as you bring a lot of php coding experience there and capacity to improve our in-house extensions. Dmehus (talk) 03:03, 30 October 2020 (UTC)


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Please global User:WhiteSupremacypositivity69
His name says it all, and mass delete everything he's added if that's possible too. Trashanimal (talk) 01:57, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ clearly a vandalism-only account. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 02:06, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Why the hell did you shut down Fandoms/Hatedom!?
--Streetzbro (talk) 02:59, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Simply because that wiki, together with several others, had systemic Content Policy violations containing grossly offensive and unsourced, wholly negative and defamatory content about users. Additionally, many of those wikis' users violated the Code of Conduct with their block and edit summaries. In short, the wikis did nothing but trash talk other users. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 03:20, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Streetzbro, no need to make a topic heading that sounds overreacting or uncivil. -- H ookuai ( Talk to Nuclear Jaws ) 07:31, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You don't have to be so RUDE about it. It's just a wiki. Paprika (talk) 13:42, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * While I agree the question could've been phrased more nicely, I assume good faith that Streetzbro was reacting somewhat emotionally as a result of the loss of a wiki they frequented. It was an emotionally upsetting event, so I tend to cut people a bit of slack in that regard. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 15:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see that. -- H ookuai ( Talk to Nuclear Jaws ) 03:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

We have a vandal on a couple of wikis.
Jobtherobber has vandalized the Awful Movies Wiki and the Loathsome Characters Wiki with some proof: Revision #1 and Revision #2. While he was blocked on Awful Movies Wiki, the same thing can't be said about the Loathsome Characters Wiki as he hasn't been blocked on that wiki yet. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 12:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Nothing to worry about here. The account has ✅ on both wikis. So disregard this message here as I got a reply on Discord anyways. DarkMatterMan4500 19:22, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Request for Dormancy Policy exemption
Our wiki is meant to be a collection of information for our community members to read. Edits will not be preformed often enough to satisfy the dormancy policy without an exemption. Wiki is realisticfarmsimnetworkwiki.miraheze.org RFN (talk) 21:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your request. A steward should review it in due course, and I will relist the request if required. Dmehus (talk) 21:41, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hi, I have some vandalism on the following page: https://r2.miraheze.org/wiki/Trello. I don't know how to go back to an old version. Can you please help me with this and learn me how to go back to a certain version? Regards, Tim, Timboliu999 (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I would like to apologize for reverting an edit without even realizing that it was supposed to be there. I won't ever do something like that again, and would like to say sorry for that edit I made. DarkMatterMan4500 16:34, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's done. Interestingly enough, the last good version was ID 99999. Naleksuh (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Whether you are an administrator or not, you can simply edit the latest revision prior to said vandalism, and, when you save that revision, it will overwrite all subsequent revisions to the revision which you edited. Alternatively, if it is blatant vandalism and you have the  user right, you can simply rollback the vandalism. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * In this case, the vandalism was from multiple user accounts, and was somewhat more complex to revert. However, I have since reverted it, so this discussion is now archived. Naleksuh (talk) 16:39, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, fair enough, but even still, if all subsequent edits have been either vandalism or minor edits that can be easily restored, a restoration of the old revision could still be done. And, I did want to assist with correcting it in the future. Dmehus (talk) 16:42, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

I do highly recommend using abuse filter for vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocopuff2018 (talk • contribs) 03:12, 4 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Request for my account to be globally locked
Hello, I'm starting to lose interest in the Miraheze reception wikis, due to the negative ones involving users (including mine) being closed for "Content Policy violations", and the reasons I include for good qualities (especially on positive reception wikis) seem too generic and I can't think of any, so for these reasons, I would like for my account to be globally locked. It's also the fact that Miraheze got a little bit toxic for me, since someone trolled me back in September and wished death on my dog (I've already reported him to be globalled for trolling and unacceptable username, but still). Me hiding his topics also apparently fed the troll, even if I only said one word in my reasoning for hiding his topics, like "troll" or "trolling", instead of including an emotional sentence or valid criticism in general, and I don't feel very lucky for that reason, since no matter what I do to stop trolls, it only feeds them. I know it's only one person I was a victim of on Miraheze, but yeah. -- Perry The Chiweenie (talk) 14:10, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * We're sorry to see you go, if that's your wish. The good thing is, you're not locally blocked on any wikis, so you have nothing to worry about when you return. Note that since you've apparently been targeted by trolls, that you may also wish to consider redacting your personal information and renaming your account, which is a process that system administrators can undertake for you. Such requests will need to come from your confirmed, registered e-mail address and be sent to ; otherwise, a steward or Global Sysop can lock your account for you, if you still wish to proceed. However, if prefer just to link to specific instances of Code of Conduct violations, we can definitely look into those, delete the problematic revisions, and take other actions as required. Dmehus (talk) 15:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I still wish to proceed, and I completely understand. When I’m targeted by trolls, I just leave the websites. Perry The Chiweenie (talk) 16:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, fair enough, though my preference would be see us take appropriate action against the trolls and the offending content. Nonetheless, I respect your decision and, should you wish to ever return, you may either (a) request an unlock via e-mail to  or (b) create a new account. In addition, should you wish to have your personal information redacted from your current account, this may still be able to be done by system administrators regardless of your account's locked status. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:45, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! Perry The Chiweenie (talk) 16:49, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Vandalizing troll ruffian on Loathsome Characters Wiki
This guy has been vandalizing a couple articles on that wiki by adding nonsense/gibberish into it. Here's the diff revision ID: diff #1 diff #2 diff #3 diff #4 diff #5 and diff #6 DarkMatterMan4500 17:12, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Haven't looked at the contributions, but have you tried reaching out to a local administrator on that wiki to locally warn and/or block the user first? Global Sysops should only act if, after a reasonable period of time, vandalism has gone unremediated. If you have, then, yes, a Global Sysop can take action here. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 17:15, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried, but I haven't heard a response from them. DarkMatterMan4500 17:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, I'll ping to take a look at your diffs, which will be helpful, and locally warning and blocking for now. If they continue vandalizing other wikis, then further action can be taken. Dmehus (talk) 17:21, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. DarkMatterMan4500 17:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ummm, the vandalism is still occurring and now he's resorting to removing content from pages as shown here, here, not to mention here also, and finally, this one. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 17:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Some of these wikis still talk and lie about users/real people.
Here is some evidence...

1. https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:SJWs_In_Gaming 2. https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Companies/Developers/Designers/Publishers 3. https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Users 4. https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Homophobes 5. https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Celebtards 6. https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Companies/Studios/Channels/Producers/Executives

IvanTheGreat (talk) 18:07, 4 November 2020 (UTC)