Steward requests/Archive 36

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Free Editing Wiki

Status:  Not done
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)
@Tali64³: 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)
@Tali64³: 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)
@Raidarr: 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)
@Agent Isai: 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)
@Raidarr and Tali64³: 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)
@Raidarr: 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)
@Raidarr: 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)
@Raidarr: 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)
@Raidarr: 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  Not done 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)
@Raidarr: 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)
@Tali64³: Oh. I didn't see for some reason. Bbbtest (talk | contribs | e-mail | please vote on my adminship) 18:38, 9 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)
@Reception123: 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)
@Reception123: 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 @Szczypak2005: 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 SELECT * FROM topics 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)

岐阜県民

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  • 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)

広告でよく見るゲーム

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  • 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)

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)

w: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)
Drawn Feet Wiki was due to copyright violations, not inappropriate content. Collei (talk) 17:52, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Username

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Sockpuppet of 岐阜県民. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 03:43, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 Locked Agent Isai Talk to me! 04:00, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Equestria at War Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Bureaucrats have agreed to move to a new wiki site and this one is now redundant, and another agreement has been made to shut this site down as well. Big Saij (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Starspeaker Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I was a bit overenthusiastic when requesting for the wiki to be created. The project hadn't even left the planning phase, and even then, what I had was difficult to extend into Wiki pages. I might recreate the wiki once this project has more stable footing, but for now, it's simply unmaintainable. Qrtrx4 (talk) 13:35, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Let us know If you need anything else. Agent Isai Talk to me! 05:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Infinity Cup wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Our wiki fits the criteria "Wikis made for time-based gatherings, i.e. wikis used to plan bi-yearly or yearly events." As evident on the wiki, the Infinity Cup is an event that runs yearly, and requires little activity when not running or preparing for an upcoming event. Grassstains (talk) 22:50, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 Granted indefinitely. Let us know if anything further is needed. Agent Isai Talk to me! 05:05, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

BrandonWM Wiki

Status:  Not done
  • Reason(s): It's a personal wiki used for cataloging internal documents. It may go for stretches of time with no editing, and brief periods of time with massive bursts. A personal wiki and I am a volunteer for Miraheze. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 06:46, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Degrassi Preservation Wiki

Status:  Not done
  • Reason(s): I'm requesting an exemption from the Dormancy Policy because this wiki is going to be a large source of information about this particular television show and eventually won't be edited as frequently, and thus I believe it falls under "Wikis made to be read, where a lot of information is already on wiki and doesn't need to be actively edited". BelowTheDot (talk) 01:31, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
Once the wiki reaches a sizable growth, we can consider an exemption. Until then, we unfortunately cannot grant one out. Agent Isai Talk to me! 01:33, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Robbiescott@rlifewiki

Status:  Done
@Robbiescott: 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)
@Robbiescott: 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)

Heroku@deepwokenwiki

Status:  Not done

The local election has not yet been run, this post doubles as an announcement to the stewards. There are no members of the wiki's community and it has never been used.

Heroku (talk) 15:07, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

くうてつふぁん200・ハイブリッドカー85・特急ひだ・あいの風ライナー・北越急行特急はくたか・飛騨の民

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  • Cross-wiki abuse and sockpuppet of 岐阜県民,who was locked user. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 02:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)added new accout.by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 03:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Lionkingfan

Status:  Done
According to the ListUsers for lionking.miraheze.org, you are the only bureaucrat on the wiki, locking out your account will prevent you from logging in and leave your wiki without ANY administrator or bureaucrat users.
Please confirm that you understand that locking this account will leave your wiki without anyone able to update protected pages (like the homepage) on the wiki, no ability to assign new permissions, and no ability to enable extensions.
THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF A NEW WIKI PROJECT.
If you are fine with proceeding given all of the above concerns, please reply accordingly and I will proceed with locking the account.
--NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 03:02, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Can you proceed Lionkingfan (talk) 12:39, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Please procced with this request Lionkingfan (talk) 12:46, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 Done --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 14:14, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Charactapedia

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): This reboot of the Charactapedia Wikis never went anywhere, so I'm considering that this wiki should be deleted. ShawnTehLogoBoi (talk) 14:55, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Kayla Marie Lee Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I want this Wiki deleted because I never use this Wiki as much and it is mostly inactive NachelForever (talk) 22:17, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

GTA Variants and others

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): 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)
To make the prossess faster, please put it in the Wiki (un)deletion section. Hope this helps, Commetiaa (talk) 21:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
Moved and  Done. Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

UnAnyting Wiki

Status:  Not done
  • Reason(s): The wiki is unanyting.miraheze.org and it is deleted and I want it back. The wiki rules are rules, and I made it for myself. Please give it back, or at the very least give me a database dump TheCoolStranger45 (talk) 04:14, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Request it here if wiki was deleted within a year. by Buehl106·Talk·e-mail 06:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
The wiki was deleted for Content Policy violations so it will not be reopened. Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

El wiki de Emilio

Status:  Done
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 00:31, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Please @Agent Isai:, can you enable ExternalData extension too? I need to retrieve info from Wikidata and other machine-readable open data sources. Thanks. Emijrp (talk) 18:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

dmlwiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): We know this is experimental extension (that may be removed/revoked at any time), we're fine with that, we'd like it explicitly to test/experiment with SMW, please, thanks, and cheers! CrystalClear (talk) 01:13, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 19:10, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! | -- FrozenPlum (Talk / Email) 19:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Deviantart Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Although I don't want to take over the Wiki, (since I'm not a Bureaucrat) I would like to have the "Cosmos" Skin available. It makes it 100X easier to edit and navigate around for me. I AM IN YOUR CLOSET HAHA (SECRETS OF THE WIKIS) 16:32, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
As the local bureaucrat has been inactive for a few months now,  Done, per this reasonable request Agent Isai Talk to me! 19:48, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Dream Logos Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I would like the MP4 format enabled on the wiki so I can add videos without the trouble of uploading them to YouTube Charlie Fiddlesticks (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Seeing that the local bureaucrats are inactive,  Done, per this reasonable request Agent Isai Talk to me! 19:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Meowtropolis

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): We need External Data to use the MediaWiki data API with Lua scripting. I'm using it to make a random page grabber, among other things. I haven't found another way to implement one other than using the API. Asynkitty (talk) 15:34, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 12:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Bluepages

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I'd like to test out SMW as a potential replacement for Cargo. Reschultzed (talk) 23:03, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done Reception123 (talk) (C) 19:36, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

devwiki

Status:  Done
 Done. The extension was indeed disabled already and was only "enabled" in name only in ManageWiki but through a config change, it was disabled on all wikis but anyhow, done. Agent Isai Talk to me! 16:11, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Charlie Fiddlesticks@dreamlogoswiki

Status:  Done

Seeing as there is no active bureaucrat on this wiki I have decided to step up to the role of bureaucrat on the wiki. I have also discussed my reasoning on my local election featured on the talk of the main page of the wiki. Charlie Fiddlesticks (talk) 22:21, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Congratulations and happy editing! Agent Isai Talk to me! 21:45, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Daemhain Wolf@ashandillusionswiki

Status:  Done

Accidentally deleted the Bureaucrats role, looking to have it re-integrated or the Administrator role giving similar permissions if possible. User:Daemhain Wolf 18:12, 5 April 2023 (UTC) (Note: 4 tildes not working in edit/edit source coding; cause unknown.)

I've given administrator managewiki rights so you can make the changes yourself via Special:ManageWiki/permissions. Reception123 (talk) (C) 12:10, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

NotAracham@lionkingwiki

Status:  Done

User erroneously added me as bureaucrat/admin to their wiki, I have no need for either set of rights and will not be participating there. NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 14:19, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:24, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

あそこが巨大化してしまいました

Status:  Done
 Locked. Reception123 (talk) (C) 12:08, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

OG Network Wiki

Status:  Done
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 19:08, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Rippaverse Wiki

Status:  Done

New page for RfC Drafts

Could we make a page for the Draft RfCs instead of putting them on the Community Noticeboard? (CN) I know that the CN is a good place to put something you want people to see, and to give feedback on, but it is taking up a lot of space. It is starting to get crowded and hard to find topics that I could possibly help with. It also slows my computer down, so I can't find those topics fast. So could I (or someone else) make a page for all the RfC Drafts and move them there? Thank you, Commetiaa (talk) 18:08, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

You can place draft RfCs as a Requests for Comment subpages (for example, if you wanted to make an RfC mandating that everyone likes apples, you can perfectly draft is at Requests for Comment/Order apple supremacy). Once you make a draft, just add it to the drafts section of the Requests for Comment page. Agent Isai Talk to me! 05:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
I'm talking about the voting and what seems to be RfC drafts already on the CN. The ones I'm talking about are: (these are the topic numbers) 3, 8 (and 8.2), 18, 19 and 20. Commetiaa (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
(re-replying) I'm talking about the voting and what seems to be RfC drafts already on the CN. The ones I'm talking about are: (these are the topic numbers) 1, 2, 6 (and 6.2), 16, 17 and 18. It is really starting to bug out my computer. So could I please do so? Commetiaa (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
The issue here seems to be is multiple requests for an obscure permission (IRC group contact) and minor or not quite global discussions about issues. There aren't 'draft rfcs' on it. MacFan has posted an RfC on electing group contacts where you can stake your position and possibly get them off the Community Noticeboard in the future. I agree it's not really the best place for them, though for obscure informal roles the CN the best place to start until a better process is in place. The other discussions are an influx of uniquely involved conversations that should not be placed elsewhere, although I would rather see the minor items like the Content Policy adjustments take place through the RfC process anyway and only be advertised on the CN. That would take its own discussion to do and cannot be arbitrarily enforced even if Agent were to agree with you on this.
Overall despite there being room to improve procedurally, the amount of content on the page is unusual and much of it will soon disappear because most of the topics have already been closed or they're already winding down. The computer problem seems like weak hardware or connection. Valid to consider but obscure. The items that have already been closed could be archived manually without issue. I would not advise altering things that have not yet been closed. --Raidarr (talk) 13:48, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Okay, that makes more sense. The thing with my computer is that it just needed restarted. Could I (when the discussions are closed and/or resolved) archive them? Since they are unneeded in the CN, and they are just taking up space. Or do I have to become a Sysop/Admin? Commetiaa (talk) 16:39, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Archival happens automatically, usually about two weeks after the discussion has tapered off completely/been closed. It would probably be fine to archive the ones that are currently closed now. I wouldn't archive more than that unless automatic archival isn't working right in which case anyone can do it in that timeframe. --Raidarr (talk) 18:50, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Okay, where do I archive them? Commetiaa (talk) 22:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
They are typically in collapsibles on the right hand side just below the header, let me know if you don't find the box. Archived sections are added chronologically to the latest archive. The latest archive for the CN is Archive 36 and it will continue until the page gets too long (you can get a gist of what that is through previous archives). As long as you follow the chronology you should be fine. If not, it'll be fixed, so don't worry too much. For the most part archives do happen automatically and this should only be done rarely/when the automated system is down. --Raidarr (talk) 13:03, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Okay, thank you! I have started Achieving old and closed topics. I am going to do that if the CN gets full again. Commetiaa (talk) 21:14, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

A vandal needs to be globalled

Hi. There's a vandal/troll on Incredible Characters Wiki called "NinetyRightyFourNineteen" who not only vandalized several pages, but also harrassed a few users on that wiki, so I think they need to be globally locked from Miraheze as a whole right now. Thanks.


Here's the evidence of the trouble they've caused: https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/NinteenRightyFourNinteenhttps://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:SinisterSyndicate757728

https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Topic:Xfry37vkzg6rjukr&topic_showPostId=xfry37vkzk4tryiz#flow-post-xfry37vkzk4tryiz SuperStreetKombat (talk) 01:53, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

The user's edits vaguely remind me of a long-term vandal/troll, but I'm not sure which one. Collei (talk) 03:53, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
You mean Black Darness (A.K.A. Ducker)? I remember that user last year on the Reception Wikis where he used sockpuppets like Scoredskull and Dream Blazer to leave such horrific comments and edit summaries that were full of profanity and threats against other users. SuperStreetKombat (talk) 06:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
That might be it. Collei (talk) (contribs) 06:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Whatever else they may be as I do not have the direct evidence to say, NinteenRightyFourNinteen is clearly vandalism only in nature and has been  locked as such. --Raidarr (talk) 08:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. SuperStreetKombat (talk) 18:37, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

DJS Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I would like to show the contributors of a page on the footer. Thank you -- Bukkit[cetacean needed] 22:07, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 12:13, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

The Deck

Status:  Not done
@Synonym: What exactly do you request? That it be disabled? If you ask for it to be enabled then read the notice at the top of all wiki pages on your wiki where it states that Cargo was disabled because of a security vulnerability. Agent Isai Talk to me! 02:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
I don't see that notification. Is there something specifically wrong with how we are using it or is it no longer available? Synonym (talk) 03:17, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Perhaps you have disabled global notices which is why you don't see that. Please see Tech:SRE noticeboard#Cargo disabled for more info. We hope to have it back soon. Agent Isai Talk to me! 03:18, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for filling me in. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please go ahead and mark this as done or denied whichever suits the disposition best. Synonym (talk) 03:22, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Twisted Wonderland Unofficial English Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): With Cargo disabled indefinitely till further notice, we are considering using Semantic MediaWiki as a workaround to get some of our tables functioning Xnotyuki (talk) 06:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:18, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

sagan4alpha and sagan4beta

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): We're tired of Cargo and have lost confidence in it due to repeated security concerns. As a project with a small team of artists (not programmers) expected to still be around a decade from now, we also think that a decade down the line, we're probably more likely to have people who can learn SMW because it's a natural extension of familiar wiki markup, whereas Cargo is quite literally inline SQL. Disgustedorite (talk) 13:55, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:14, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

comprehensibleinputwiki

Status:  In progress
  • Reason(s): I'm requesting a dormancy policy exemption for my wiki to prevent closure in case of no edits. I think its content is substantial, and it receives about 700 unique visitors per month. Dimpizzy (talk) 14:09, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
@Dimpizzy: Is there a real chance that there will be a period of no edits in the future? We usually don't exempt wikis that are currently being actively edited (exceptions can be made if needed however). Reception123 (talk) (C) 19:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Oh I'm not sure if it will stop being edited, this was kind of as a just in case, but I can just request this again if the need actually arises. Dimpizzy (talk) 21:46, 31 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)
I think that the wiki itself should be deleted, like all those other reception wikis. Buzzfan120 (talk) 22:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Qualitipedia in its original form (the eight reception wikis covering four different subjects) was closed following a community vote (it was revived as New Qualitipedia); just because those wikis closed doesn't mean that the other reception wikis should close. Tali64³ (talk) 00:58, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
Strictly speaking, 'negative content' is not disallowed. That's a Fandom thing. Tali is correct that a) this is not a 'code of conduct' issue and b) the basis for requesting deletion of the wiki is not correct.
I have a line of contact with the wiki operator. I'm not a fan of intervening formally here unless the issue is more pronounced, but I'll bring it up with them and my colleagues to see what should be done informally (escalating if it goes unresolved). There is a good case here that this article runs afoul of provision 3 in the CP, specifically 'unsubstantiated rumors' (not necessarily insult imo). With this and the below issue, please ping me if there is no progress within a week. --Raidarr (talk) 09:01, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Valiant Cinematic Universe Wiki

Status:  Done

Commetia@deviantartwiki

Status:  Not done

Never mind, I am stepping down, due to lack of inactivity on this Wiki. Thank you. Commetia/Kazakhar (talk/Contact) 15:33, 17 April 2023 (UTC) I know, I know, when I requested for the Cosmos Skin to be enabled, I said I did not want to take over the Wiki, but when I took more time on it, I have found that it needs some major help. Also, most of the pages don't have anything on them. This Wiki needs help! The Bureaucrat has only made 17 edits, and there has been no activity for over 45 days. (There was the "Inactive Wiki" banner) I AM IN YOUR CLOSET HAHA (Secrets of all WIKISS) 22:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@Commetia: Please add your requests to the bottom of the section or else we won't see them. Requests on the top are assumed to be completed. Now, I'm guessing you seek administrator on this wiki, right? If so, please follow the Local elections guideline. Agent Isai Talk to me! 13:30, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
(Sorry for the late reply) Either one will do. I have put up an election for Admin, but since the Bureaucrat only has 17 edits, I'll take Bureaucrat permissions if it is necessary. Commetia/Kazakhar (talk/Contact) 22:01, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


Szczypak64

Status:  Done

I'm calling a stewards: @Agent Isai: @Reception123:

So the day has finally arrived, today I am officially announcing my departure from Miraheze after one year and three months on this farm. I remember I used to have a lot of fun creating and editing pages here, but this farm has deteriorated significantly and started to set rules that I didn't like at all and also lost interest because I feel like I don't have much to do here anymore . For this reason, I am severing all ties with this farm and my era of operation here has just come to an end.

It's hard to believe, but this is where I started all my editing activities, which I've been doing for over a year, but speaking of history, I first joined Crappy Games Wiki on January 7 last year as a totally inexperienced user who made poor edits just like everyone else and created tiny pages, but with time I started to work better and created a Qualitipedia version of this farm at the end of existence and even became a moderator on CGW and AGW and an administrator on TNRW, so I achieved great success and managed to create 2 wikis here, all of which are closed.

Thank you all for being with me all this time together, but I have decided to finally end it, and I have one request for the stewards, could you globally ban this account and delete all pages related to this account? I have no intention of returning here at least in the near future, if not at all, because I no longer feel satisfied here. I will still be active on Telepedia so you can still contact me there. Szczypak64 (talk) 11:08, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

 Locked Agent Isai Talk to me! 14:33, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

TheMisterEpic@ogsmpwiki

Status:  Done

As the prior bureaucrat went innactive on the wiki leading it to close months ago, I stepped up and reopened it, and now need to have the ability to moderate it. My minecraft server has hundreds of players, and has been vandalised many times over the past few days by players who have been banned from the server. We have had a vote in the wikis discussion page, with a clear outcome, so I would like to be promoted to bureaucrat and the prior innactive bureaucrat (Yeeterwtf) be demoted, as they were also banned from the community due to threats of doxxing months ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMisterEpic (talk • contribs) 03:09, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

@TheMisterEpic: Thank you for alerting us to this local election. Once the 7 day voting period is done, we'll check in on this election. As stated previously on Discord, you don't need people to vote in your election anyhow so most of the votes from new users are procedurally invalid and won't be taken into account so please don't try to get people from your Discord or MC server to vote if they're not wiki editors, it should be smooth sailing for the most part and this is really just a formality. Agent Isai Talk to me! 03:09, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Everyone who edits the wiki is from my discord, thats how they found out about it because I told them there. There is not a single wiki editor or user that is not from my servers discord, and like I mentioned to you in the miraheze discord, my players don't know what an election is or where to vote, so I had to tell them in the discord how it works. TheMisterEpic (talk) 03:13, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi, it has been about 7 days now, are there any updates? TheMisterEpic (talk) 05:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 Appointed. Congratulations and happy editing! Agent Isai Talk to me! 17:51, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

BenficaWiki@BenficaWiki

Status:  Done

"I accidentally deleted the bureaucrats group and I want to regain access. Thanks

@Benficawiki:  Fixed. --Raidarr (talk) 20:21, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Icupanon@infinitycupwiki

Status:  Done

Since the main bureaucrat is not as active anymore and I am a semi-regular active user I would like to request an administrator role to make changes to the wiki as necessary. Icupanon (talk) 21:43, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

I am Grassstains, the only active administrator on the infinitycup wiki, and I would like to request Icupanon be given bureaucrat role, so that they can assign other roles to important maintainers as required. Grassstains (talk) 00:30, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
(Non-steward comment) To be promoted, there usually has to be a local election. Has any election taken place? Globe (talk) 22:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
@Globe: A local election would typically/previously be necessary. However, following a recently passed RfC, a provision officially exists to allow appointment in cases where a community is not present. In this case there is exactly one other member of the community who can comment (with any recent activity), a strongly established local sysop. In this circumstance I believe it is fair to give Icupanon full administrator and bureaucrat access outright to maintain the wiki with the understanding that the wiki's scope as requested will continue. I have now  done so. --Raidarr (talk) 02:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Makes sense. Thanks for informing me @Raidarr. Globe (talk) 14:56, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeeterwtf@ogsmp

Status:  Done

This was the original creator of the wiki, prior to it becoming deleted. This user was permanently banned from the minecraft server due to threats of doxxing, and is no longer part of the community. As such, I would like to request that this user has the bureaucrat role taken away from them, as they are also no longer active.

Also, I think I may have accidentally messed up the removal instructions, I apologise for that I tried to fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMisterEpic (talk • contribs)

I've fixed your request for you. When filling in the request template, make sure to remove the markup notating comments (<!-- -->) whenever appropriate. Additionally, whenever you sign with four tildes (~~~~), go into the source editor and make sure there aren't (<nowiki>) tags surrounding them. You can switch editors by clicking the pencil icon in the top-right corner of the editor. Tali64³ (talk) 11:00, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Please see Local elections, since this user is the local bureaucrat there would probably have to be someone to take their place. Reception123 (talk) (C) 12:11, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done given the rationale and other context subsequent to the requestor's successful local election. --Raidarr (talk) 20:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Chace1204@dreamlogoswiki

Status:  Done

I only temp ranked him to change the wiki's stuff like skins and such, but recently, he started ranking random members including indef blocking and ranking a steward-blocked user to bureaucrat. I have no idea what his intent was but I know I can't have it on the wiki. Please rank all ranked users in the scenario back to their original user ranks (as well as changing the blocked user back to his original block expiration). Update: the list of people who still have their rights from the incident are as follows: KirbyYesSaltCoverNo (who I suspect could be an alt, might have to run a checkuser)

Ham119910dreamlogos

Muhammad Alfarezal the 20th Century Fox

DipperGoodspeed1994

Logofan2005

Reception123 (who was already Steward so idk why he got ranked to admin)

Drive

and Celobu (who is probably an alt of Drive)

Charlie Fiddlesticks (talk) 03:18, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done, as requested, as the local appointment was evidently temporary and as you had only promoted them to bureaucrat, no interface-admin or sysop. Please be careful when granting bureaucrat. Agent Isai Talk to me! 04:15, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
I will Charlie Fiddlesticks (talk) 11:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

JonOS Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I want to delete this wiki as well, because, again, not only it is inactive (already), but because I wasn't meant to do it. LaniP (talk) 21:46, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@LaniP:  deleted. --Raidarr (talk) 23:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

TekhniOS

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): I want to delete this wiki, because not only it is inactive (already), but because I wasn't meant to do it. LaniP (talk) 21:46, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@LaniP:  deleted. --Raidarr (talk) 23:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

American Rails Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Unfortunately I've run into some licensing issues with the media I wanted to use for this site (the copyright holders aren't willing to grant permission for reuse in a wiki environment), so I'm going to have to pull the plug on this idea. I'm thinking I may step back into the community volunteer role sooner rather than later instead. – AmandaCath (talk) 01:39, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
    @Amanda Catherine:  Done, as requested Agent Isai Talk to me! 01:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Liberty Center School

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Owner request Globe (talk) 19:30, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 Deleted --Raidarr (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sekaipedia

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): Due to Cargo's security issue, I'd like to have SMW replace some of its functionality. chaotic (talk) 21:35, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done. Reception123 (talk) (C) 19:08, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
Moving status back to in progress since it seems like the SMW setup script wasn't run, causing 503s. chaotic (talk) 14:25, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
Remarked as done per confirmation on Discord that the script was run. Agent Isai Talk to me! 01:54, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Tali64's Wiki

Status:  Not done
  • Reason(s): This is my personal wiki that I don't regularly edit, and I don't want it to be closed whenever I go a long time without editing it. I'm also planning to make it publicly viewable whenever it reaches 50 pages, so I'd like to know whether a Dormancy Policy exemption is possible in that case. Tali64³ (talk) 17:25, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello Tali64³, after looking at this request I am reluctant to authorize an exemption. There's three main paths an exemption is justified; it has a distinct audience ("the wiki is read"), it is fairly content-complete, and/or it is subject to distinct seasonal editing. This is a rephrased version of what the Dormancy Policy indicates. The trouble (and I say this without compromising the privacy of your wiki, part of why I started this in DM first) is that I don't think any of these persuasively apply. The wiki has no audience as it is private; it is not at all content-complete as it has many stubs or otherwise short pages (some interesting stuff don't get me wrong, but weak to justify from a content basis) and it doesn't seem there is an immediate need or real chance that the wiki will be neglected in the near future. What I'd suggest is holding off on this until a more distinct need arises, ie, a temporary exemption based on circumstances that will take you away longer than the ~2 month period before closure. Let me know if you want to hold off, to avoid requesting for now, or if you want me to solicit another Steward to comment (the standard is not unified though it arguably should be). I could review a different pitch but as presented I don't feel the basis of need is met.--Raidarr (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
After thinking about it some more, I'd like to withdraw this request. The concerns you present are reasonable, though a majority of pages on the wiki are over 1,000 bytes, so it's not exactly full of stubs. The only issue remaining now is whether it's acceptable for me to make the wiki public once it reaches 50 pages (I'd initially intended for the wiki to be publicly accessible, but a wiki creator approved it as a private wiki); it could be considered a scope change, which requires approval from Stewards to be able to be performed (although it's a minor change, so it'd probably be fine). Tali64³ (talk) 21:55, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
As a Steward I have no issue with your wiki being publicly visible and I approve such a change in advance. Otherwise,  Not done per discussion and withdrawal. --Raidarr (talk) 23:09, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Lostech Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): This wiki already had the dormant policy exception. it was approved, you can use meta search. The exception was "revoked" only by the error in which the database cluster failure deleted the wiki (as all in that particular server), and thus, when restored, the wiki options were reset to default (unchecked). The exception is because this is a read-only wiki about a corporate game lore and rules which stay basically unchanged for decades, thus remains in reference even without "new content". See https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard/Archive_23 NimoStar (talk) 04:06, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 17:49, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Twisted Wonderland Wiki

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): We earlier requested for Semantic MediaWiki to be added to the Wiki as we had heard that it can perform similar functions to Cargo when it was down. After some experimenting, we found that it's a hassle to get Semantic MediaWiki to work. Now that Cargo has been reenabled we would like to have it back. We apologise for the inconvenience this decision might have caused and thank you. Xnotyuki (talk) 00:13, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 17:45, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Violations of Mirahaze policy regarding unsubstantiated insult, hate or rumours against a person or group of people (PixelPlace Wiki)

Hello stewards! Today I came across a wiki called the PixelPlace Wiki, which generally seems to be filled with spam pages, lots of insults and even in some cases sexual content:

Examples:

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/LVintageNerd

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Thaek

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/LadySmile

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Ifyou

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Kelzod

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Fredrico11

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Hot_booty_sex_.png

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Juponi4n

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/CHILLYGLOCK

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Category_talk:Users

https://pixelplace.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:SPQR/@comment-46855013-20200911002124 Henix55 (talk) 19:52, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

The content policy does not forbid sexual content, though it does place regulations on it. The Terms of Use also forbid child pornography. However, I feel that it is very likely that the others could be a violation (though I am not a Steward). Did you get in touch with the wiki's local administration? Collei (talk) (contribs) 19:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
@Henix55: You may not have seen my reply, so I am pinging you. Collei (talk) (contribs) 03:20, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
I have warned this wiki's bureaucrat and will check-in in 3 days to verify these pages were removed. Agent Isai Talk to me! 18:10, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
@Agent Isai The pages have been  removed. Globe (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Wiki repair request

Hi, Meta admins! I'd like to start this request with the stuff that happened on the Mushimoon wiki. I tried to make a new design for the wiki, I accidentally made an oddity. My wiki no longer has the Desktop button and does not go to make the changes properly. I have two buttons, the login, the menu is different. I ask you to repair it and bring it to its original state on April 7, 2023 the day my wiki was created. I can't fix it because I don't have the experience and I think you guys will do better than I do as you are more here. Thank you! Best20 (talk) 12:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Procedural note, this appears to have been raised and is in progress on Phabricator. --Raidarr (talk) 20:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

I can't log in to my The Super MarioBobFan Bros. Movie account.

I changed my password after way long failed attempts of trying to long in today. I changed my password but I can't log in on my computer and yet I managed to log in on my phone. What can I do? I need to fix. 107.146.224.187 21:07, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Try the following: clear your browser's cookies, login using an incognito window, logout in that window, close it, and then log in normally. -- Void Whispers 23:12, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Local roles

I'm having trouble assigning myself custom roles on my wiki Look at your ceiling 01:49, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

It sounds like you need to set up who can grant the custom roles. Tp give those rights to a role you already have, navigate the Special:ManageWiki/permissions page for your wiki and select the role that should be able to grant your custom roles. Switch to the 'Group Assignments' tab, and ensure that the 'can add to others' box is checked for each of the custom roles you want to be able to grant. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 20:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
I tried that and it didn't work Look at your ceiling 22:06, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Admin and bureaucrat rights for Podpedia

Hello, I am CoolieCoolster but on my new account CoolieCoolster1. For context, I used to be an administrator on Podpedia (a wiki about podcasts) on my old account, I've lost interest on the wiki a few years ago, but now I am back. I am unable to recover my old account, and Podpedia currently has no active administrator, so what I would like to do is adopt the wiki, which is basically retrieving bureacrat and admin rights on an inactive wiki with no active admins or bureaucrats. The wiki is also generally inactive and has most of its recent changes being user account creations/welcome messages, so nothing much. I hope I could adopt the wiki, and thanks!

CoolieCoolster1 (talk) 08:40, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

 Rejected as as impersonation and usurpation attempt. --Raidarr (talk) 09:26, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Steward

Status:  Done
  • Steward (talk • contribs • block • CA • lwcheckuser)
    I created the account as an alternate account for testing. I then realized it is a blatant violation of our username policy. Globe (talk) 19:23, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 Addressed, thank you for your candor. It's not the worst name (the word does have valid general use) but it can obviously be quite misleading on Miraheze... --Raidarr (talk) 22:49, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Starfleet Logistics Wiki

Status:  In progress
  • Reason(s): The default limit for expensive parser function calls on my wiki Starfleet Logistics, is set to 99, and altering the $wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit in the “Manage this wiki's additional settings” page(s) requires: Permissions - managewiki-restricted. Is there any way I could get the limit on my wiki raised to over 500 or higher? A couple of the templates and Lua modules in some of the templates I have ported over from Wikipedia are currently returning "too many expensive function calls." errors. Thanks in advance. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 23:14, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
  • 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
    If 150 will resolve the issue, that might be worth trying. When I ported over some of these same templates form Wikipedia into my other wiki, I had to have the parser function limit increased to 200, and some still errored out. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 23:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
    @Mitchell Gore: What templates are you using, if I may ask? Agent Isai Talk to me! 02:02, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
    It is some of the progress functionality within the “Template:Clean-up categories from year”, as well as “Template:Clean-up categories progress”, “Template:Category as of”, “Template:Backlog status”, “Template:Articles needing cleanup progress”, “Template:Articles containing potentially dated statements progress”, “Template:Navseasoncats”, “Template:Merge progress”, “Template:Progress box” and “Template:Weasel progress”.
    They all return a “Lua error: too many expensive function calls.” error, and are direct porting over of those templates from Wikipedia. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 03:23, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Username@snapwikiwiki

Status:  Done
List of users
JuliannJess75 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
Roxie88M7832 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
IUDTandy685 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
AshtonWdb6266094 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
UnaMcBryde98602 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
Amos5694859 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
ArturoMenkens89 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
VelmaHendricks6 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
FrankS33393 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
HolleyBaumgardne (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
Thanks for the report. While I will be running checkusers as well, due to the persistent nature of spambots, there is generally no need to create individual checkuser requests on SN as if everyone were to do so it this page would probably be 20 times larger. We have taken some measures to address the spambot issue but unfortunately it is very difficult to do so. Reception123 (talk) (C) 11:06, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
To @Redmin: Maybe you might consider giving the Moderation extension a try at some point. Two of Miraheze's largest outlets (AVID and All the Tropes) have recently begun to swear by it. --Routhwick (talk) 11:22, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
@Reception123: Thank you for looking into this. I totally agree with you that local admins flooding this page with CU requests is far from ideal but with the recent uptick, it might just help the global community if it led to enough IP ranges being globally blocked. What alternative do you have in mind?
@Routhwick: I did try using the Moderation extension when some edits had managed to go through the abuse filters previously but it led to a lot of confusion among community members. The alternative, albeit imperfect, is creating local abuse filters for edits that do not get picked up by the global ones, which is what we have been doing for some time. Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 16:24, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
@Reception123: Please respond. Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 17:14, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
As I indicated before, spambots tripping abuse filters and actually editing is extremely rare. As such, while it can be useful to CU and block spambot IPs it's not urgent or a priority. I will try to get to it when time allows. Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:17, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
What would be the correct venue for requests like this though? Also, I thought you already completed this? Redmin Contributions CentralAuth (talk) 16:45, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Daniewwwwwwaaaa4@loathsomecharacterswiki

Status:  Locally handled
List of users
Daniewwwwwwaaaa4 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
DodgeRamFan06 (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
  • CheckUser log
  • Reason(s): I believe they are alts by JimFrank, as they share the same editing style, and they tend to use emojis in their edit summaries and when they talk. They tend to edit on the Incredible Characters Wiki, and I am not sure if they are actually JimFrank or not. BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 12:02, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Additionally they are blocked on the Loathsome Characters wiki for being alts of JimFrank, so the accounts are trying to confirm themselves on the sister wiki to possibly bypass the ban of JimFrank (If he ends up blocked in the future) BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 18:46, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Any updates? BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 19:51, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
? BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 19:06, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
It would be helpful to include links to similar edits, as I'm not really familiar with JimFrank. Reception123 (talk) (C) 08:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
JimFrank: https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Xduqf8sf1aqm7u65
Daniewwwwwwaaaa4:https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Xf2hxkkqjcykzeo5
Notice the same emoji, and all caps titles. BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 12:25, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Forgot about DodgeRamFan06, in which shows the same emoji and all caps revision: https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Blaze_the_Monster_Machine&oldid=66085 BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 14:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Update? BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 18:02, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
? BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 12:12, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
I can't promise immediate progress on this but I will say that depending on the conclusion of my RfS or the availability of a current Steward, this will (soon) be addressed as it's on radar. There's just nobody with the appropriate access who's had a spare moment for this yet. It will/should be considered alongside the request made for Incredible Characters Wiki. --Raidarr (talk) 22:52, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
Alright, but I am wondering if there's an update now. BlastoiseTheWikiEditor (talk) 18:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
I have looked into this following the completion of my RfS, and it's pretty dang clear without even CU that Daniewwwwwwaaaa4 and DodgeRamFan06 are indeed JimFrank. It's a strange case because Jim is not blocked so there is no evasion, and while his overuse of all caps is unconstructive it is not a global issue. In other words I do not see the abuse, aside from what could be characterized as a deceptive attempt to secure multiple confirmed accounts for no good reason. I am inclined to take no action here and just make a note of it, though the wiki is at liberty to block these alts as unconstructive. I encourage reporting if these or other accounts are made to circumvent a block going forward. I've inquired about these accounts to him locally. --Raidarr (talk) 19:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sockpuppet alert on Incredible Characters Wiki

For the past week or so, the Incredible Characters Wiki (of which I am an admin), has been intermittently met with vandalism from this user. https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User:NinteenRightyFourNinteen This seems to be the main account, after they were blocked they made sock accounts by the names of https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Everythingismupitsyours, https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Everythingiswrong,Everythingisup, and https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User:WEDON%27TCAREWHENWEDID. I assume they all have the same IP address, and as such, said IP address should be blocked. CrazySpruiker2001 (talk) 21:22, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Geez, when will this vandalizer leave this wiki alone?! They need to get a life. ShawnTehLogoBoi (talk) 21:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
He struck again, this time as https://greatcharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/User:THISNEEDSTOSTOPRIGHTNOW. CrazySpruiker2001 (talk) 23:09, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
That is just great. We need the stewards to lock these accounts! ShawnTehLogoBoi (talk) 02:15, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
What's needed is a CU dive to root these accounts out a little more lastingly. The connection is obvious and needs to be 'salted'. I've honestly deferred on this issue until that can be done or I get the means to do so myself again. --Raidarr (talk) 08:29, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
I can make you an admin again if you like. CrazySpruiker2001 (talk) 11:39, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
I've created an abuse filter that should hopefully stop this vandal from doing any more damage. Tali64³ (talk) 12:08, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
The only extra right needed in this case is CheckUser, to investigate the origins and deal with them. If Tali's abuse filter is effective however, it would only be a supplement. I'd thought that an abuse filter could be a nice way to further handle it considering the predictable nature of the vandalism, thanks Tali for pursuing it. --Raidarr (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 Taken care of, on top of Tali's abuse filter. --Raidarr (talk) 19:55, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Worm OCs

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): No longer in use Paiges (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@Paiges:  deleted. --Raidarr (talk) 00:10, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Violation of miraheze policy? (Wikiyri)

Hello stewards! I just noticed that Wikiyri is asking money to create a new article on their site. Is it within the miraheze scope?

Moreover, these sites are using to spread hate. See this page. Translation– "Charles Darwin was a self-proclaimed ape-child and mentally retarded." Yahya (talk) 05:34, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

This is likely a Content Policy violation if anything. Firstly, re the hate comments, it could theoretically fall under Article III of the CP, but it's borderline and the whole "self-proclaimed" bit makes it harder. As for the money aspect, this could theoretically apply to Article I if a) it's permanent and b) it's mandatory in order to create a page. It's borderline in my opinion, but the $ for pages is likely a violation in my eyes. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 05:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
That unfunny and somewhat offensive (using "mentally retarded" as an insult) article about Charles Darwin also doesn't match up with the comment they left at the wiki request: "Articles should have an encyclopedic style with a formal tone instead of essay-like, argumentative, promotional or opinionated writing". So much for that. OrangeStar (talk) 09:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
In that case, it is very much a violation. Recommend Stewards take action. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 14:24, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
This wiki does not violate Article I, even in the spirit that Brandon suggests. I think asking for money to make pages is against the spirit of the platform, but it's not explicitly disallowed. However the content linked does not represent the wiki scope the requestor went into length about, and the wiki request sets off red flags for me on its own. I'll put it on my list and either handle it myself later if possible or present conclusions to a Steward, but I'll need to review with a translator. --Raidarr (talk) 08:44, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
Using Miraheze for commerce is a violation of our policies and these wikis have been removed. Thank you for your report. Agent Isai Talk to me! 18:11, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
@Yahya You are doing a good job. But be careful, it's impossible for a mosquito like you to try to deprivation the YRI's projects. ARYAN CHOWDHURY (talk) 07:49, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@SORIF B. MAHMUD, Zamil, and Rita Ora Syra: this is the discussion that prompted wiki closure. I have undeleted the wikis temporarily so the contents may be recovered. Please discuss the closure here, if you wish. --Raidarr (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@SORIF B. MAHMUD, He passed away. Currently I am the CEO of Wikiyri.
@Zamil & @Rita Ora Syra, We apologize for their bad behavior. We will be eternally grateful for that you gave us an opportunity to collect DataDump backups. Know that Muslims are not ungrateful.
You can refuse to provide backups of DataDumps if you want, but you don't. It was your greatness. But unfortunately you didn't believe us. It is disrespectful to us. We never accept payment for our services. Still, he slandered us a lot. Shame! Shame! Shame! Please check these links and Translate and read. Thank You. ARYAN CHOWDHURY (talk) 07:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Why we can't added the link? ARYAN CHOWDHURY (talk) 07:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
I'm not really sure what the request is here, but you are now able to collect your backups. I would also caution against calling anyone a mosquito, as in the incorrect context could be a violation of the Global Conduct Policy. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 15:01, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
@Raidarr & @BrandonWM, We do not agree to collect backups, where we are being discredited. Close the wiki permanently. We don't want to implement the wiki project at your mercy. Rest assured we will not implement this project again. Thanks. ARYAN CHOWDHURY (talk) 04:12, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
Very well, the wikis are now removed. My apologies for the circumstances. --Raidarr (talk) 09:41, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure what the request is, though based on the initial link above it is quite evident that page creation was being sold. If you are having trouble getting the datadumps, I can link them directly for you. --Raidarr (talk) 18:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Vanish Request

Status:  Done
  • name hidden (talk • contribs • block • CA • lwcheckuser)
    I'm not active in Miraheze and I don't plan to be active anytime soon. I like Miraheze itself, but it's not for me since I wasn't publishing content on Miraheze. I would like to have my account vanished. Jool the planet (talk) 03:59, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Sahp Tsal@Wikilouco

Status:  Done
List of users
Sahp Tsal (contribs · deleted · block · log · block log · CentralAuth · check · x-wiki check)
Vandal is  locked and mopped. This seems to be one-off but let us know if the issue is recurring. --Raidarr (talk) 15:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

ILikeTasks

Status:  Done

Inappropriate Username

Status:  Not done
  • name hidden (talk • contribs • block • CA • lwcheckuser)
    Egregiously inappropriate username, for reasons that I hope are obvious. – AmandaCath (talk) 01:36, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
    While we may personally dislike the username I don't feel like it meets the threshold of the Username Policy, especially if not accompanied by any edits that may indicate trolling or inappropriate behavior. --Reception123 (talk) (C) 14:32, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
    @Reception123: You do realize that this is slandering a living person, right? Genuine question, as I do recognize large numbers of folks here are from Europe so may not fully understand the connotations. Equating w:Barack Obama with w:Osama bin Laden, as this is clearly doing, is pretty much a textbook definition of racism and libel. – AmandaCath (talk) 23:47, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
    racism
    How?
    libel
    A comparison of Obama to Osama Bin Laden is offensive (and, in my opinion, incorrect), yes, but not a statement of fact, so it's not libel. Collei (talk) (contribs) 04:35, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Scrhater

Status:  Done
  • scrhater (talk • contribs • block • CA • lwcheckuser)
    I am planning to never edit any wikis again including fandom wiki and only use wiki platform for reading and will never create a new wiki account ever again.
    Locked per implied intention based on templates used... --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 16:27, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Iheartparamount

Status:  Done
Please go to https://reports.miraheze.org to request vanishing. Collei (talk) (contribs) 04:36, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Collei, the SN is the correct place to request (reversible) vanishes, please do not redirect users in this way unless they're specifically requesting a permanent vanish. --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 19:44, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Shinoone@openuniversewiki

Status:  Done

I created the wiki and I'm pretty sure I'm the only user, but despite this I do not have any kind of rights aside from being in the Users groups. It probably complicates things that I put off filling out the wiki until later due to health issues, and when I came back I found it locked. As such, I haven't made any actual edits yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shinoone (talk • contribs) 08:42, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

@Shinoone:  Done -- Void Whispers 02:59, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Money12123@wretchedyoutubevideoswiki

Status:  Not done

Could I please become bureaucrat on this wiki? I am already an administrator, so I'm not sure if I still have to hold a local election or what. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 01:48, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Money12123: Yes, a new local election would be required. Agent Isai Talk to me! 02:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
@Agent Isai: Okay, I've started a local election. Money12123 (contribs | CentralAuth) 01:33, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Tali64³@amazingyoutuberswiki

Status:  Done

After Amazing YouTubers Wiki was placed under conservatorship due to issues with the previous administration, I started a local election to gain bureaucrat rights. It has now been 5 days since then, and I'm requesting that a Steward assess the election. Tali64³ (talk) 01:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

I don't see much more input coming in and both you and Bukkit appear to be uncontroversial candidates, as well as have an idea of where to go forward and avoid the issues that lead to the conservatorship. Both local elections are now  complete. --Raidarr (talk) 15:21, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Dasing47@dasing47wiki

Status:  Done

Accidentaly removed own permissions/bureaucrat rights, kindly requesting re-addition, thank you. Dasing47 (talk) 18:04, 5 May 2023‎ (UTC)

@Dasing47:  group restored. Remember to have managewiki in another group you're in if you want to trim the bureaucrat function. --Raidarr (talk) 21:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Sebbog@slomewiki

Status:  Not done

Someone did actually make a wiki for the game ages ago, idk who. Then it got closed due to being inactive and then i wanted to get the subdomain, and access to it but it was taken even tho it was closed, so i reopened it but no one is active on it, and has mostly auto generated pages so i want permissions for the wiki. Sebbog (talk) 04:02, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Please setup the election and ping us in 5-7 days. Thanks. Agent Isai Talk to me! 04:13, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
thought this was the election Sebbog (talk) 15:51, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
@Sebbog: an election is posted local to the wiki, see this article. Posting here would be notifying us that it started/exists, and we can check again to see where it's at in the 5-7 days Agent mentioned. Feel free to inquire if a step in this is unclear, I can also set up a sitenotice for visiblity. --Raidarr (talk) 23:00, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
If I may, there is no community to approve/deny this user. The only edits in the last 30 days are from @Sebbog. Globe - (Talk • Contributions • CA) 23:04, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
yeah thats what i thought about too so cant really get permissions i guess Sebbog (talk) 02:39, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
A local election is a formality to ensure nobody has concerns who may be interested. That said, if no community exists, I can see if the circumstances are uncontroversial enough to perform an appointment until a community is formed. --Raidarr (talk) 20:45, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
okay then just delete the wiki because no community is gonna form Sebbog (talk) 20:57, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
I was saying that you would be appointed to the permissions in a way that would be valid until your position there is stronger or you are able to make them permanent once a community does form, not that one has to form before this arrangement is made. The trick here is that platform policy only provides me to appoint you on a 'temporary until a community forms and ratifies you' basis, but that doesn't mean I can't give you rights in a way that will hold unless issues came up. It's already archived, but this arrangement has been made before in this section. --Raidarr (talk) 15:34, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
yeah idk Sebbog (talk) 23:13, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
As an election has not been started and the user who requested the wiki to be re-opened now requests it to be deleted, I think this request can be marked as not done. Globe - (Talk • Contributions • CA) 12:09, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Cotote@riptowiki

Status:  Done

A past member of our community, Cotote, has been banned due to manipulating underage people into doing his biddings as well as encouraging racism and other forms of hate speech. He has a bureaucrat role on our wiki and myself and TK would like to request a unbureaucrat proccess so we can remove him from the wiki. Me and TK did an election on the community server where people there voted for us to let him be or let us take the wiki entirely and request his removal from the wiki as you can see in an above posted link. As you can see, the results were in our favor and people are more than happy for us to request the unbureaucrat proccess of Cotote I should also mention that User:TK and myself already have the bureaucrat role and I am the owner of this community. Apart from him doing all those horrible stuff, we are also scared that he may alter with the wiki in a way that we don't find acceptable.

After looking into this including the local wiki and tightly connected Discord community, with the falling out having taken place on multiple platforms, this has been  Done as Cotote has clearly detached himself from the community and is not able to represent the wiki as a bureaucrat. I factor inactivity into this as well. --Raidarr (talk) 14:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Sinden light gun

Status:  Done
 Done Agent Isai Talk to me! 03:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Multiple wikis by 17ademoladav

Status:  Done

confedlib.miraheze.org acps.miraheze.org eusimlibrary.miraheze.org mylailearning.miraheze.org

17ademoladav (talk) 20:57, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

I have fixed your request and moved it to its correct placement. Tali64³ (talk) 19:36, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
@17ademoladav:  Done. --Raidarr (talk) 21:59, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Sekaipedia (part 2)

Status:  Done
  • Reason(s): 2 weeks ago, we requested to enable SMW since Cargo was disabled. (This is separate request in order to not change that original one.) We were able to replicate some of the functionality, but lacked some data display customization that Cargo allowed. We'd like to return to Cargo now that's it's enabled again since it worked out better for us. Apologies for any inconvenience. chaotic (talk) 22:51, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done Reception123 (talk) (C) 14:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Does Miraheze support WP forks?

Would Miraheze support a partial fork of Wikipedia, with all of the licensing requirements etc properly fulfilled? I'm not certain that I'd go ahead with it, but I'm tinkering with the idea of creating a partial WP fork that would only host Wikipedia's Good and Featured articles, and not much else (besides for project space stuff)... in other words, a version of WP that only focuses on the good stuff, and none of the mediocre/bad stuff, and none of the internal project drama. I'd be moving pages with Special:Export/Special:Import, which preserves the entire history for attribution; cut-and-paste moves would not be permitted. Asking here since this relates to Miraheze global policy, at least somewhat. – AmandaCath (talk) 19:13, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

No; direct forks of Wikimedia projects are prohibited by the Content Policy as amended in October 2022. I'd suggest finding another wiki idea that isn't based on copying content from a Wikimedia project. Tali64³ (talk) 19:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
We've had many poor experiences with large volumes of content pulled from WP - copyright issues, community/scope issues, taking too much phabricator time issues - that it has not only become a conventional taboo, but as Tali mentions it's hit directly in the Content Policy. There is room for a thought out case to be approved, to overcome this deep set skepticism. I have confidence that you'd probably execute this better than the wikis and requestors usually hit under this clause, and I'm open to hearing a little more about it.
What defines the good and bad stuff - just strictly what is currently in good/featured categories or other standards (more strict interpretation of WP policy perhaps)? How will the standards you would have for this wiki apply to new content people want to post and what measures are you thinking of to stave off inevitable copy and paste straight off Wikipedia or elsewhere (typically with poor or no attribution)? You don't want it but in my experience this will happen and must be prepared for. Wikipedia itself is an example of the difficulty in objective article creation and there are some articles and article types which permanently lend themselves to new project drama when they get attention. I'm curious how this factor would be considered as well. Also, from what I understand 'mirroring' can result in an SEO drop as well, the same content crawled multiple times. I'm asking these things to make it more clear how this wiki would be administered, and to strengthen its case from the start if/when it hits the request queue. This seems to be a very idealist fork of Wikipedia that 'avoids the problems', but these problems have decades of development and the corpses of many more individual initiatives drawn from WP scope can be found on and off Miraheze.
Food for thought, I'll likely direct other Stewards to have a peek at this to see what they think. As much as I'm skeptical of the feasibility, I'm not opposed to a curated, thought-out project that avoids many frustrating errors from past wikis that forked WP literally or in scope. --Raidarr (talk) 09:17, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
At first I would only be doing content that's already in good/featured categories. Any new content that people wanted to write from scratch (i.e. not an import of a preexisting page) would need to meet all of the criteria for a good or featured article on WP, even if there isn't currently a WP article on the subject. Additionally, all content must be sourced. Anything that's completely unsourced will be deleted, regardless of the subject. There will be little to no tolerance for "works in progress" living in the main namespace. Anything that is under construction, still a work in progress, sourced to only unreliable sources, etc. but appears to have potential will be moved to the author's userspace. Even in user space or draft space a potential article that's not being directly imported from WP must have at least one source before being published in any form. Copy-and-paste moves will also be deleted on sight - I intend to have a project page for unprivileged users to request that preexisting WP articles be imported, assuming they meet all of the criteria. Behavioral policies will also be more strictly enforced - I won't have much tolerance for vandalism, edit warring, personal attacks, incivility, or other stuff like that. WP's tendency to not take action until The Four Warnings have been issued will be thrown out the door - at most users will get one written warning before being temporarily blocked or pages being temporarily protected. – AmandaCath (talk) 15:04, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Any further comments on this? – AmandaCath (talk) 16:56, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
    In any case you will have to have an RfC to convince the community to change the current Content Policy ban. My personal opinion is that for an actual WP fork a significant community would be needed to make such a project realistic. Reception123 (talk) (C) 14:04, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
    What I heard from peers including above is that the basis must be incredibly strong (many people on board and even more fleshed defined in concept) to be approved on the basis I muse above, or the policy needs to be changed to be more permissive. --Raidarr (talk) 15:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Muffins

Status:  Done

I am not planning to return miraheze anymore nor have I any new ideas to make wiki. Muffins (talk) 14:56, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@Muffins: before proceeding with this, do you have any wishes for Web Serial Collection? A choice of new proprietor, allowing it to be adopted by interested users with any conditions, etc? Raidarr (talk) 16:38, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Someone else can maintain this wiki if they want and do whatever with it without my permission, I don't have the courage/interest to continue or add more things to the wiki anymore. Muffins (talk) 01:27, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Very well, it is  Done. --Raidarr (talk) 12:14, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

File name protection

I feel like it's only a matter of time before someone replaces File:Hello.jpg with goatse, or uploads it under another name. It would probably be a good idea to partially protect them, to stop vandals. Sheep42 (talk) 14:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

This would do nothing to stop all but the most very undetermined of vandals and as you imply 'another name' could be chosen, and it is not sensible to go on a protection spree over one of many hypothetical names for one thing. More useful would be to target the file hash itself, useful against basic reuploads though ineffective against simple editing. That path I leave to a more filter-experienced (and strong of stomach) colleague if they wish to nibble this suggestion. It's also an area where AI could help but that I leave to SRE and I don't imagine they have the manpower or means to pursue that suggestion. --Raidarr (talk) 21:21, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Naleksuh@metawiki

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
Per both the reasons stated in this thread, as well as recent conduct, I have elected to instead block Naleksuh indefinitely for repeated incidences of uncivil behavior. If the community wishes to review this action, I would not mind if a binding community endorsed decision is made at another venue (eg Requests for Comment or the Community Noticeboard). -- Void Whispers 18:44, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Status:  Done

According to the wiki creator policy, Stewards may remove a wiki creator if they have "Repeatedly violated the Global Conduct Policy, Volunteer Conduct Policy, or any other global policies". Such removals do not as far as I understand this take the form of a vote but a user or the community may request that Stewards take this action. In this thread I will provide a few examples of Naleksuh violating said policies and let Stewards decide whether this is serious enough to warrant a removal under the policy. This thread does not seek to address the actions of others and does not claim that Naleksuh is alone to blame. Some users will undoubtedly argue that these comments are minor or that they were prompted by other actions but it is my opinion that the VCP was created in order to hold volunteers to high standards. It is possible that a vicious cycle exists where violations of the policies are in themselves prompted by other users violating policies in which case that must be stopped.

In terms of the requirements to be courteous and respectful in the Volunteer Conduct Policy and more generally the Inappropriate behavior in the Global Conduct Policy:

  • User_talk:Raidarr#Off-wiki_references_and_name-calling: "only exists to villify specific targets" - this is an assumption of bad faith as the author suggests that the term "functionary" is purposefully being used to vilify users without any evidence which is able to back up such a serious claim.
  • Requests_for_Stewardship#Raidarr's_Request_for_Stewardship: "Expect a request for removal of permissions soon" - threatening a user with revocation is not courteous nor respectful. If a user wishes to open a revocation they should do so rather than use such direct threats which also do not appear to give the opportunity for the user to change their behavior. If it was framed like "If this behavior does not improve I will consider opening a revocation" that would have been acceptable in my view.
  • Requests_for_Stewardship#Reception123's_Revocation_of_Stewardship - the thread implied that Reception123 harassed Naleksuh and also appeared to contain implications that some inappropriate statements were made my Reception123 thereby falsely attributing statements to others without them having been made unless there was proof provided that Reception123 did make those statements. No evidence was provided that Reception123 has harassed Naleksuh.
  • Requests_for_Stewardship#Raidarr's_Request_for_Stewardship: "name calling other users" - there is an assumption of bad faith and the use of the term 'name calling' ascribes malice to an adjective whose use was arguably justified. There is also an implication made that other users (note plural 's') were also name called without evidence to this effect.
  • MacFan4000's request for IRC Group Contact: "I also find [MacFan4000] to be much more problematic both with being more personal and ruder." - a user is accused of being rude without evidence provided to back up this claim and accused of misconduct on another platform without evidence. For users who do not participate on IRC or do not have knowledge of the events it creates a negative image of the particular user without any evidence provided so that users can make up their own minds and impressions. This is likely to constitute a personal attack and casting aspersions.
  • A generalized use of inflammatory language and hyperbole and making accusations towards a wide variety of users in such a manner rather than attempting to show respect and be courteous (example: "justification of using advanced permissions for personal grudges"). There is a generalized use of phrases which whether intentional or not can be viewed as a way to attempt to shock other users by portraying various users in a negative light and accusing them of terrible things with the proof often not demonstrating the truth of the exaggerated accusation that is being used.

This thread does not make the claim that Naleksuh is wrong. It makes the claim that the manner in which he/she attempt to argue their case is inconsistent with the policies that the Miraheze community voted in favour of and is unbecomming of a wiki creator who in a way represents the Miraheze community and may be the first person with whom a user has a meaningful interaction with. DeeM28 (talk) 09:53, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I do agree a pattern of troubling conduct does exist which has been exasperated as of late and that's really unfortunate. The user has previously called another user an 'asshole' on IRC and BITEy comments like this made to new users aren't the most appropriate. They are currently blocked from #miraheze for this and other troubling behavior. Additionally, they were involved in a long standing edit war which took place over several weeks on the Miraheze Volunteers page over whether specific users Discord handles should be added, something quite petty. It's sad to see that this request exists but I believe this behavior must be addressed. Now, I make my comments in my capacity as community member. As Steward, I recuse myself from this specific request. Agent Isai Talk to me! 13:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
I would also endorse this request as a community member. Naleksuh has shown repeated conduct issues across the Miraheze platform, none of which have even come close to being rectified. They are rude and hostile to users, up until recently when they were blocked for one month on #miraheze connect. They have shown conduct unbecoming of a wiki creator and interface administrator. DeeM28's examples above are just on-wiki, and if we were to delve into Miraheze Spaces, we would find a list triple this current size. I wish this outcome could've been avoided, but there have no attempts to correct behavior. Sadly, this is necessary. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 16:38, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
It seems that the thread creator decided not to notify me of this discussion or list it anywhere. Another user notified me that this discussion was secretly going on without my knowledge.
I am curious to see at what point we can expect to see volunteers held to high standards, as so far the opposite has happened: anyone who is a sufficiently liked volunteer has been able to simply ignore policies and do whatever they want regardless of them.
Let's read this request.
"only exists to villify specific targets" - this is an assumption of bad faith as the author suggests that the term "functionary" is purposefully being used to vilify users
No, that is not what I said. What I said was that claiming I randomly started a discussion on functionaries was to villify targets-- which is true, it was. Since that was not what happened, but was made to look like it did.
"Expect a request for removal of permissions soon" - threatening a user with revocation is not courteous nor respectful.
That's not a threat, that's a notice. A threat would be "If you do not do X, I will request removal of permissions". And if it is a threat, what is this request?
appeared to contain implications that some inappropriate statements were made my Reception123
Nowhere in that request did I state they were made by Reception123. I stated that those statements were part of a larger problem being done by a group of people. Despite never having said that those statements were by Reception123, that didn't stop other people from acting like I did say they were by Reception123.
"I also find [MacFan4000] to be much more problematic both with being more personal and ruder." - a user is accused of being rude without evidence provided to back up this claim and accused of misconduct on another platform without evidence.
This is my observation of that person as a whole, it's not a specific incident. It is not "accused of misconduct". If doing that is not allowed, then just about every volunteer has broken that rule, such as the people who have helpfully shared their very negative opinions on me without any basis for that conclusion. Even in this discussion "the most willfully ornery user on the platform" is fine because it was said by someone on the social whitelist, while "more personal and ruder" is not fine because it was said by someone on the social blacklist.
On March 27th I was contacted by T&S stating that they were investigating Zppix mistreating me and asked me to hand over private data including IRC messages and emails with Zppix; with threat of action against me if I did not. I replied stating that the mistreatment issue involved multiple people, not just Zppix, and (truthfully) said that I have never messaged Zppix over IRC PM or email. So far, nothing has happened, and I have no idea if any action will be taken against the abuser(s). But, if the end goal is to punish users going against a specific goal (as has been done before), nothing I can do to stop that.
In the words of Collei: Try to pay a bit more attention from now on before slandering volunteers.
Naleksuh (talk) 17:54, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
I do not think it is at all fair to claim that a post made on Stewards' noticeboard is a secret discussion. This page is a public and highly prominent page - it is not as if I opened this discussion on an obscure page which no one checks or has on their watch list. In the future however I would have no issue to notify you via your talkpage or preferred means about any discussions which relate to you.
Your response further demonstrates the behavior I describe including accusing me of "slander" and generally attempting to justify the behavior by casting blame upon others. Even if they are to blame every user must be held individually to account.
In relation to your accusation that this request is a threat - it is not - it is simply a request that Stewards consider revocation for the reasons given. DeeM28 (talk) 19:52, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
I have not used the word slander, that was a comment which someone else wrote in direction to me, which signifies my role as the target. I also did not justify the behavior by casting blame upon others, I explained why your accusations about me were untrue. That's not justifying the behavior, because there was no behavior to justify- I did not say that Reception123 wrote those messages, I did not write threats,etc... I can't justify doing something that I never did. Naleksuh (talk) 20:05, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
I would agree with this request based on the behavioral pattern I have already noted. Unsurprisingly my assessment has been proven correct after its posting. I won't bother to get into a pedantic exchange because that is where Naleksuh becomes particularly disruptive: he muddies an issue beyond recognition and dealing with him drains disproportionate time and patience from volunteers and other community members. I hope for the presiding steward to cut through the nonsense and let his history prove itself. Given 2 out of 3 stewards have been 'involved' the only one who could fairly preside now is Void.
There has indeed been bias in enforcing the VCP. It's overwhelmingly been in favor of leniency given Naleksuh's ability to spawn incidents virtually every time he appears without repercussion; especially on Meta, regularly on IRC and incidentally elsewhere. He's made himself the VIP of the 'whitelist' he is going on about while crying victim and doing his damndest to convince people he is without fault. To mention my role: I do acknowledge (and already have) that calling a user 'ornery' isn't an ideal choice of words even if the shoe fits. It's not how I usually operate and it was a moment of weakness born of frustration. The difference here is that I can acknowledge this. I do not go to lengths to minimize people seeing my mistakes. I defend my position but grant fair points. Naleksuh likes to cling to that statement to fulfill his fantasy of an old boy's club and downplay or ignore recognition of his own issues. Requesting to revoke Reception123 over a broad incident that didn't necessarily focus on or even include Reception123 is rather silly. Either Naleksuh was accusing him of misconduct, the only misconduct being mentioned being messages from Zppix, or he simply didn't have anything at all and he was just doing it to ruffle Reception's feathers instead of discussing a general subject in a general area. He's going on about how he wants to revoke me but the request to revoke he did make for someone else had little relevance to the person it was for.
I've seen evidence in public channels that Nale has left a negative impression on members with no volunteering rights whatsoever. This is not the sort of person we need on the front line of requesting wikis. Frankly this isn't a person we need in any position of authority at all and that includes touching the meta interface or bureaucracy on Test Wiki. There's no point replying to Naleksuh when he replies to this, he will simply cherry pick, ignore bits and pieces or try to spin in his favor as he usually does and has already done above. I'll reply to someone uninvolved who disagrees with this assessment if such a person would like to comment. --Raidarr (talk) 21:18, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
Just for the record here, I believe the rights being requested for removal by DeeM28 are interface administrator, wiki creator, and patroller. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 00:26, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
The requested group is only wiki creator. It doesn't really matter though, since everything in it is entirely wrong. Naleksuh (talk) 00:52, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Another issue that I see here is that Naleksuh doesn't seem capable of acknowledging that they made any mistakes. For example, where they claim that they didn't say "Try to pay a bit more attention from now on before slandering volunteers." because Collei said that, the use of that quote in this context is clearly directed towards DeeM28. The fact that quite a few users have commented on this thread and agree that there are conduct issues surely must mean that it can't be said that you did nothing.
Another frequent response does in fact seem to be accusing other volunteers of similar things to what you've been accused of. In the example with MacFan, there doesn't seem to be any real justification of calling another user rude. The justification is that it's an "observation of that person as a whole" but making observations like that without providing any proof that the user is actually rude is clearly inappropriate. The other part of the response seems to be deflecting and accusing other volunteers of doing the same or doing worse as a sort of justification. Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:03, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
I do acknowledge when I make mistakes for example here. But there's no reason to acknowledge things that make sense, nor can I take responsibility for things that I haven't done. For example, OP claims I claimed you wrote the things Zppix wrote, but I didn't. It wouldn't make sense for me to "take responsibility for" saying that, since I never did say that. The other concerning problem is users saying to me "other people have violated VCP to you but it doesn't excuse yours!" while also using things I have allegedly said and done to excuse others actions. It is not fair that this only goes one way. Either all users involved should be held accountable for VCP violations, or none. But not only me.
Regarding proof of being rude, you can't 'prove' something which is subjective. Do you mean something else? Let me know where I can find this proof you are looking for, and I will do my best to get it to you. Naleksuh (talk) 06:17, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Another outside observer here. I've seen Naleksuh mostly trough Discord (just in case, I'm asking to not reveal my username over there, thanks) and frankly - the way he acted/talked made me want to avoid interaction w/ him as much as I can. As was noted above, such behaviour patterns from a Meta volunteer really have high risk of giving bad rep to Miraheze, especially in the eyes of new users and beginner wiki admins. On top of that I don't remember seeing him helping/giving support to users, it's always arguments over bureaucratic things related to Meta/Test wiki/Miraheze/IRC. Then a hell break through w/ that drama – it's sad it blew up this way, but what's more sad is that Naklesuh clearly either can't or refuse to see issues in how he interacts w/ other users. It's not a secret that people are getting tired of these arguments too, another hit to Miraheze's reputation. KatozzKita (talk) 06:20, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Few comments from me:
Is it really necessary to bully (yes, i know what word i used) Naleksuh? When I joined, Miraheze was a friendly place. After one unnamed user became bacame a functionary, everything has changed and remained in that state until now. If it is true that Naleksuh was not informed of this request, it is alarming.
"Expect a request for removal of permissions soon" - this is not good, but it's not good reason to ask for revocation
If you're going to punish/ask for revocation of every inconvenient user, it is not good. Please, think about it.
Please read wp:Salami slicing tactics: This post feels like a possible start of that against Naleksuh.
Also it is interesting that the same users who defended unnamed user until the last moment, now suddenly want to punish Naleksuh.
I see you saying that you don't saying that Naleksuh is wrong. Okay, but why you're creating thread about him and not about general issue? --MrJaroslavik (talk) 09:50, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
I don't think it's fair to say that a user is being "bullied" simply because another user feels like their behavior violates global policies. Calling such threads bullying is likely to make other users afraid to open threads in the future if they feel like certain behavior is in violation of policies.
If there are concerns about a general issue or other users as well I think it's perfectly normal for those to be mentioned publicly as well, as Naleksuh did regarding Raidarr below. Reception123 (talk) (C) 11:12, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
I have a WP page recommendation too: w:WP:DEADHORSE. Who still cares about this? OrangeStar (talk) 11:29, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
The general issue is always instigated by the named user, which is why I firmly believe the named user is an issue and that this is necessary. It has been allowed to happen again and again and has caused substantial burnout among people who've needed to deal with it. With respect MrJaroslavik, this place typically is quite friendly. There are only a handful of users/groups where this becomes an issue and huge noticeboard threads spawn about it. LTAs, offshoots of reception wiki drama, and incidents usually started by or inflamed by Naleksuh. I know you have no quarrel with him. I ask that you read through the conversations as posted and exchanges in general before painting this as petty bullying. See how the tone tends to change. This is not everyone else suddenly changing their behavior because of him. There is a single common denominator in these interactions. The EN Wikipedia figured it out in 2022. We're late to realizing the same. --Raidarr (talk) 12:34, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
I have read the replies by Naleksuh and concur with the counters made against them. I do not have more to add besides stating that there is no requirement under policy to notify Naleksuh of demotion proceedings.
Regrettably, I must support these demotion proceedings. I am the user who Naleksuh called an asshole, and it was one of my first interactions with him. Nearly every interaction I had with him on IRC and Discord since then was unpleasant up until the point that he was banned from IRC. The only time that he has recently used his wiki creation privileges was to mass-approve wiki requests that he was told not to, and then falsely accuse users of demanding that he approve them (I've gone over this before on the CN and it isn't what I will focus on now). This is not beating a dead horse or digging up old evidence, these behavioral issues have occurred both recently and in the past. Collei (talk) 04:54, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I sadly must agree with my fellow users that @Naleksuh's rights should be removed. In addition to the unacceptable conduct explained above, they make generally rude and bitey comments on Public Test Wiki. They also seem to generally hold unwarranted grudges against users per the information above. I see a definite violation of the Wiki Creator policy and a lack of appropriate conduct.
For all of these reasons, I  Support the removal of @Naleksuh's permissions. LC Developer (talk) 19:10, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
This is not a vote, and not something you can support or oppose. This is a request to stewards based on a set of (wrong) complaints targetted at one victim. The entirety of OP's complaints have already been disproven as either misleading or just outright false, so this thread does not really have much purpose. There is no "unacceptable conduct explained above", there are claims above, but that's all. It's very dangerous when users get to just say things and have it turned true; or have it be known to be false but still actioned anyway (yes, this really happens). I have been the victim of this in the past at a level at a much larger level than this; this was something which affected multiple of my presences and even the real world which got so bad the police had to get involved. I hope that doesn't happen again. Part of the reason why this issue on Miraheze has gotten as large as it has is either pile-on attacks or because anyone who doesn't agree with the One Opinion will be argued with until they give up or bullied into fully retiring. One user who exposed issues with harassment in a private venue had people not only going after them the whistleblower, but only the whistleblower, ignoring the actions of the user doing the abusive conduct. It got so bad they ended up retiring, writing: Miraheze is becoming an environment where those in power feel an ability to hijack and get rid of people who disagree with them or threaten their own resignations to get a power play to get their own way.. I couldn't agree more. It looks like you are relatively new to Miraheze, so I recommend you look at the links yourself and draw your own conclusions before getting sucked into this problem. Simply repeating what others are saying are how things like this are formed in the first place! Naleksuh (talk) 01:51, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, repeating what others are saying can definitely contribute to the problem if it's misinformation. No arguments there, I completely agree. But I also think that the volume of users saying the same thing suggests that it's not all just repeating. I know many of the users have looked at the information and drawn their own conclusions, and I think you need to take that into consideration. You feel targeted, but the actions of most others here on this platform suggest the exact opposite. If this many of users support removal, you should at least consider why instead of dismissing the allegations as "wrong complaints targeted at one victim." I can keep on saying this and there is a large likelihood that nothing will change, but I might as well try anyway. CCing Void for both this and the raidarr removal close as the only uninvolved Steward. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 02:22, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I am treating things from uninvolved users more seriously, which is why I replied to LC Developer to explain the situation instead of ignoring them, as I have done with Raidarr and such. Void already commented here and is also doing something that I cannot say publicly. Also re the volume of users saying the same thing suggests that it's not all just repeating isn't "saying the same thing" the definition of repeating? What is the difference? Naleksuh (talk) 03:05, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Doing something you cannot say publicly? You are not a Steward, SRE, Trust and Safety responder, or Board member. I would ask how you know such things. I would also add that uninvolved users' comments are preferred for sure, but the fact that two Stewards have commented on this request, a role which acts as the overseer of Miraheze and is generally neutral in these types of matters, is extraordinary. And, I will note that this request was originally filed by an uninvolved user. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:10, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Let's say I call for removal of your permissions:
"BrandonWM should have patroller removed because they vandalized the MediaWiki page!" -- Naleksuh
"Uh no, that doesn't have me vandalizing the MediaWiki page, it has me reverting vandalism." -- BrandonWM
Support, they vandalized the MediaWiki page -- User1
Again, that didn't happen. I reverted vandalism. And this is not a vote. -- BrandonWM
Support, vandalism is not OK -- User2
Support, they vandalized that page and vandalism calls for removal of permissions -- User3
I regretfully support per the vandalism explained above -- User4
Will you be like "Yeah OK, I guess I did vandalize the page then"? I would not say that. I have thought like that in the past, and it's not a healthy thing to do. I've been taught to believe a bunch of nasty stuff both in real life and over the internet, including accusations of crimes that no-one but me has cared about. That's why I need to draw clear boundaries. I also don't think two of the most active users commenting in a subject that they're both active about is extraordinary. Naleksuh (talk) 03:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Well, we both know that this situation doesn't equate to this. And I think the best solution would be to wait for @Void: to settle this with his decision. Until them, this will all be pointless arguing. The cases have been made. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 03:42, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
But it does equate to that. This is the same thing you complained about at Rfs: It's been rebutted by many volunteers and you haven't really said anything other than "per above". It would be nice if you could clarify.. I already disproved OP's complaints, and no-one has addressed any of it, yet people continue to say "per that" without any reason. You yourself explained it. Naleksuh (talk) 03:47, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Sorry to interrupt since I have very little information about this situation and am not involved directly, but I noticed this argument going on while I was waiting for a reply to a request I made elsewhere on the noticeboard and I feel the need to note that from an outside perspective, Naleksuh, with zero context for what you did (or are accused of doing), the sample script of calling for BrandonWM's removal looks like the kind of thing a kid who got banned for spamming in general chat would write up to say that actually, the mod who banned them should be banned instead because they replied to someone with an emoji at some point. The roleplay of users who probably don't exist also makes me think either you genuinely believe you have an army of supporters, or you are attempting to intimidate other people into thinking you do in order to keep your status as a wiki creator. Your own words gave me all the context I needed to be instantly convinced to support your removal. Disgustedorite (talk) 05:35, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
The behavior I have seen to date of Naleksuh, as a neutral observer I might add, has appeared quite inflammatory and frankly, as though they're actively seeking to pick problems with others, where no problems need to exist. Generally, I'm observing this user go after innocuous and well-meaning actions by others, who are trying to do good, and/or move on from the nonsense (for lack of a better term), and instead of attempting to do the same, this user appears to be picking the most minor things apart and attacking others with it. This has been directed at multiple users, forcing them on their heels to defend themselves, and then I see a turnabout by this user, to insist it's all directed at them. This seems quite transparent to me. I humbly ask that Naleksuh examines their continued behavior, in the context of what most people think is reasonable, as perhaps the user has lost perspective on this. This is the second time I'm making such a comment, this community needs a definitive end to this. I'm judging by ongoing actions and behavior, as actions give away true intent, and they also speak louder than words...
... So, I  Support removal of Naleksuh, the user that appears to be actively instigating ongoing issues (that should have ended LONG before now). | -- FrozenPlum 05:59, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I never said I have an "army of supporters". Actually the truth is the opposite; the number of people who support me is very low because when someone does support me they get bullied into either keeping quiet or retiring. This can make people either afraid or too tired. In addition, lots of issues have happened with things specific to me for example an entire RFC on how to archive my talk page. Not how to archive talk pages, how to archive only my talk page, which the closer noted that it bordered on harassment. There have been several issues similar to that, though that's the best example for anyone not familiar. I agree that if I did say I had an army of supporters that would not be good, but that's not the case, the truth is almost the exact opposite of that sadly as I know everything I say will be triple looked at by the Squad, including things in response to other users. That's part of the reason for a call regarding other users, and the issue of the private club in general. There are also two ongoing private issues regarding harassment in private and abuse of CU/OS tools. I'm sorry if I seem disingenuious to you, but it's not the case! Naleksuh (talk) 05:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
For the record, I have always supported you, publicly and privately, and never cared what everyone else thought of it. However your recent actions, and your own comments here also makes me loose that faith, and I support this removal request as well. Universal Omega (talk) 06:38, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
For anyone curious on the tally here, there have been 13 users that have agreed with concerns regarding the conduct of Naleksuh in this thread and the one started by them below. Only 2 users (including Naleksuh themself) have stated that there are no conduct issues and that Naleksuh is being targeted. I have said this before and will say it again. I would invite Naleksuh to take a closer look at their conduct recently. I am of the understanding that it's believed by them that there are no issues, but clearly that's not a belief that is shared by the majority of users here.. BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 01:51, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Per below the count is now 14 users in support of removal and 2 in opposition (including Naleksuh). While I support the removal of rights now, I think that after a month or two with good interactions with other users and no conduct issues they could be restored. Globe (talk) 11:49, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
While this isn't necessarily a vote, I feel it prudent to offer up my own  Support of this request. Naleksuh's own replies to this thread back-up my support, in addition it is clear of severe violations of the VCP going back since it was first instituted. I have always mostly supported Naleksuh, and did so publicly and privately without caring who else was opposed to my support of Naleksuh (and while it is claimed all supporters of Naleksuh are bullied into retirement is not true at all from own experience as well), his own actions have violated my trust and support and I can no longer stand by or condone their blatant disregard for our conduct policies. Universal Omega (talk) 05:01, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
I'm really disappointed to hear that. While I do often feel at times the subject of antagonizing and pile-on attacks, and feel many of these comments are based on misinformation Universal Omega is someone I trust to feel differently about and who I can take more seriously. Naleksuh (talk) 05:58, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Then I guess we are both disappointed in how this played out. You were one of the people I trusted most at Miraheze regardless of what others said, I never let others opinions sway me, and am not doing so now. I am basing this off my own observations, and it is really hurtful to me to see how this is all played out. You were one of about 5 people at Miraheze I had full trust in. I really hope things can move past this eventually, but it doesn't seem you have an interest in correcting this, instead your own comments on this thread made this situation far worse. I really am sorry how things played out, but I could no longer offer my support of you after how things have played lately. Universal Omega (talk) 06:09, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
So basically where we are at is: this request has been going on for over a week with nothing productive happening besides a bunch of people trying to out-edge each other. The only uninvolved steward have clearly seen it, but decided not to act on it. In theory, this means my wiki creator right is safe. However, this is not something that is really fair of me to do, nor is it something I would be OK with if it was someone else being talked about. I have long though the community should be able to revoke wiki creator permission; both because they can add it btu not remove it and it shouldn't be in the power of individuals to do so. However, many comments here are based on misinformation and claims that I already disproved. I feel that these people may have thought differrently if they knew about this. I recognize that uninvolved people including people that I trust see an issue and call for action, and I can't do nothing about that. But I am concerned about the future both because of the claims that I disproved in my initial reply, and I do sometimes feel that I am the subject of double standards or selective issues. Someone once told a new user that their wiki had failed not because of a software error, but because I had used that software after being told not to. The worst part was that I was not even told not to. This person later did apologize for saying that, but it still hurt.
Because of these two issues I am opening an RFC to discuss how the community may handle the wiki creator permission, including the ability to vote to remove it in the future. But I will ask that someone doesn't immediately start one against me the second this process goes into effect. I never wanted to start any problems or cause some huge ruckus, and this entire thing has been a bunch of people throwing shit at each other. Even people other than me agree I am not the only person who has violated the VCP, and regardless of the future of wiki creator I just want this to be over. Even though OP's request has not been granted and I still have the wiki creator permission I still feel hurt by this entire thread more than anything. I have left more constructive comments and intend to continue doing so.
Please stop ;( Naleksuh (talk) 06:15, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
For what it is worth it was not my intention to cause any additional drama or more violations of global policies by any sides even if I admit that this has in effect happened. My intention was for a Steward to weigh the facts and make a determination as to whether they believe that the policy was violated and that this violation was serious enough for a removal. I apologize to everyone that this thread may have harmed. DeeM28 (talk) 13:09, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
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