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A problem over at Great Characters Wiki
https://greatcharacterswiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:V5se88lch6zd42he

Angrybirdsfan2005: It appears that someone can't write a blog due to a problem.

Vandal
There's a user called "MrPissShitHead Did Nothing wrong just like Hitler" vandalizing. Please lock his/her account ASAP. --Seewater514 (talk)

Now there's another user called "IHateIAmEiji" vandalizing. Please also lock his/her account ASAP. --Seewater514 (talk)

Now there's a third vandal called "IHateShitters (Rev 1)". Please lock that user's account as well. --Seewater514 (talk)

Ban this user TheFunnyVandalizer on Awful Movies Wiki
Reason: Vandal ruffian

Signed by - Stephenfisher2001

Math error
Hi there,I would like advice on the following errors.Entering \relax will cause an error.please see　.On other wikis, it looks like there are no errors.please see .Thank you.--松 (talk) 14:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi there,since the code is difficult to see, we will present the link again.Please　see .Also, meta does not seem to have such an error.(e.g. $$\relax$$).Sorry I forgot to write this, but the wiki where this error is occurring is '数の神秘1729'.Thank you.--松 (talk) 00:05, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like \relax is not part in Extension:Math. See this page for the full list of available formulas.-- 05:44, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply.The fact that errors do not occur using \ relax may be just a coincidence, as you can see from the description of Extension: Math.(i.e.It is not an error that \ relax cannot be used.)I was wondering if I could consult Phabricator, but if it's not a bug, this time it seems different.Thank you.--松 (talk) 10:25, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Closing horriblemusicandsongs.miraheze.org
So i wanted to adopt the wiki, but it wasn't eligable because it wasn't closed. So i'm asking to be closed because the only bureaucrat/admin doesn't have any contributions and for adoption. --Hendicted (talk) 14:48, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * You can / should simply wait until it's ready.-- 05:45, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

CheckUser request
The Constructed Worlds (Altverse) Wiki is requesting a CheckUser steward to determine if there is any connection between User:Emalia and User:Neesym. The wiki administration has suspicions that the former account is a sockpuppet of the latter due to Discord-related drama. &#32;  centrist16 |  |   &#32; 22:45, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Neesym is too stale for there to be any CheckUser data. -- Void  Whispers 01:55, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

ReplaceText Extension Not working properly
For some reason, whenever I try to use the ReplaceText extension on Toxic Fandom & Hatedoms Wiki, I get this error message:

"Error:text replacements cannot be run if $wgCompressRevisions is set to true."

Is there any way to resolve this issue? TheChisatoFan (talk)
 * Unfortunately, due to the large size of your wiki we had to compress revisions, meaning that the usual "ReplaceText" feature will no longer work on your wiki. As an alternative, I can suggest that you try "MassEditRegex". Sorry for the inconvenience. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:06, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Another suspected sock -_-
There's a user known as FlyingMan98 on Awful Movies Wiki. He's likely a sockpuppet of a user known as WG8686. Could you please check the IP addresses of them to see if they're the same person?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 16:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

UPDATE: Flyingman98 is getting worse! He's causing more trouble than before! and please, Ban Flyingman98 as well as his old account WG8686. -_-

Signed by: Stephenfisher2001

The reason for his behaviour is because of his drama. He also made a tasteless tweet on Twitter defaming us as well as calling us "idiots" and is defending a banned troll. He must globally blocked. WageTheGoblin12 (talk) 19:53, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I have confirmed that these two accounts are part of abused multiple accounts, and have locked them.-- 05:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Some trolls that are still not locked.
There's these two users who are acting like trolls, their names are "Monkeypartner" and "SonicClub 2". I reported them before and they're still not blocked. Please lock their accounts when one of you guys have the chance. --Seewater514 (talk) 00:23, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 00:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Wiki deletion request
https://reptilemanarchives.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Don’t really need it anymore—ΒΕΜΩΝΧΞΣ (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 03:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Delete request (https://soratako.miraheze.org)
Please delete soratako.miraheze.org. This wiki has only contributions by me (or my sub-accounts). And I have announced about deletion using Sitenotice. Furthermore, there are no plans to use it in the future. --そらたこ (talk) 12:38, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 03:46, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Smile.svg Thank you!! --そらたこ (talk) 05:33, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Vandal
A user named "Kuun" vandalized Crappy Games Wiki and All The Tropes. Please lock their account when one of you have the chance. --Seewater514 (talk) 20:26, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 20:49, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

AntiFortnite1
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/611333234311168000/684398515795132424/Screenshot_20200303-205426_Chrome.jpg

He has been spamming foe requests to ramadhan1a on every wiki he has been, and calling him racial slurs. --Hendicted (talk) 13:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Some more trolls
Here's some more vandalism-only accounts that need locking: Ching chong you have the coronavirus, LiberalsSuk, and LiberalsSukkk. --Seewater514 (talk) 18:48, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Unwanted User Account Creations - Please stop them!
As instructed in https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T5300 that was pronounced invalid, I'm moving the issue here.

RhinosF1 was kind enough to answer some questions, but some remain.

He said these bogus account creations were Miraheze users, probably using spambots and that there was no way to block them but "we take action once we catch them to try and prevent them." So, how can Miraheze be more effective catching an preventing them? Is there anything I can do to help?

I use email verification and reCAPTCHA for account creation. I assumed those two processes would prevent this problem. Why not? Did I do it wrong?

I asked if we would have this problem on a private server instead of a wiki farm. RhinosF1 said it happens to any wiki or public site. But these bogus users are all Miraheze users. Do farm sites enable this misbehavior? Please explain.

Thanks, Mike*V (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Before Miraheze, over the years the Synth DIY Wiki has been on multiple shared hosting servers and has always had the problem of bot registrations. It happens to all wikis. The bots do not originate from Miraheze. If you don't have users confirm email address before they can edit then the bots will also create junk pages, mostly on their own user pages, just to add a spam link. It's pointless doing this because most wikis use nofollow to tell search engines to ignore their links in the rankings. Unfortunately there is no practical fix for this AFAIK. --Rob Kam (talk) 16:46, 5 March 2020 (UTC)