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More Moderators Needed In Forums
As I browse throughout the forums everyday, looking at texture packs and mods and everything under mapping and modding... I still see flaming, cussing, advertising, and more or less abusive and/or offensive comments. I (Neko_Elethia), have been playing for some time now, maybe more than a year or so? I have broken no rules (I do believe I haven't, in any records), nor have I ever made abusive comments/posts towards anyone from what I do believe. I personally vote myself as a forum Moderator, not for any benefits, or something to hang over someones head, but to patrol the forums. Well I already do the patrolling, just I'm out and about with no "badge." If this recommendation isn't approved, then it will have no negative or positive affect on me, however it will become a large negative effect on the forums. This is PhusedGirl (Neko_Elethia in forums and ingame). Forum profile | PhusedGirl 20:54, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What exactly does the logo in the top-left corner say again?--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  21:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * This is Minecraft Wiki, not Minecraft Forums. So, if you're not going to contribute to the wiki or look up something, stay on the forums where you belong. Drenay 21:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I've never used the forums until now :P so sorry for contributing and trying to support something, I didn't know admins could be... no Iprobably shouldn't say it even if it's true. :P PhusedGirl 03:32, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Calm down everyone... PhusedGirl, this is an issue for the forums, not the wiki, but don't let the neandrathals scare you away. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  03:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Template:Blast Resistance Values
This template only needs to be updated in the event new blocks are added or the values on existing blocks are changed - i.e., only when Minecraft updates are released. The rest of the time, the only edits the template gets are either vandalism or people who think Bedrock's value is infinity. I'm hesitant to ask for full protection, but semiprotection would definitely help some. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 02:25, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Granted. You will have to ask for it to be unprotected when it needs updates, or ask an admin to update it. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:58, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Mac Heart 300
He vandalizing the wiki and putting useless info.

Potential problem
I was looking into sugar cane, and was redirected to a page very closely resembling a Windows hardware scan showing five viruses, asking you to download some sort of virus scanner deal. I closed down the internet and it was gone. I tried to replicate this happening, and failed. Still, I thought this would be worth mentioning. --Latrans105 22:13, 4 April 2011
 * I don't see anything on the Sugar cane page that would cause anything like that. I would suggest you scan your computer with whatever anti-malware software you have available. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I did, twice, with no results. I'll yell again if it grabs me.  Thanks for the speed.  --Latrans105 02:27, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Could've been a rouge advert. Do you happen to be using IE? Or Firefox/Chrome without Adblock installed? – ultradude25 ( T at 02:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You may have accidentally clicked on one of the ads at the top middle?  A NNOYING  11:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ultra, I am on IE. lol  Annoying, if I did, it took enough time to load for me to scroll to the bottom of the page.  Latrans105 12:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Not a good idea, IE isn't secure at all. If the wiki does happen to have a rogue ad, you're going to be screwed over by it. Also, IE doesn't really work properly with the wiki (or most webpages as a matter of fact) as it doesn't really support basic CSS functions like every other browser does. You'll find all the navbox templates are broken in IE as it doesn't understand how nowrap works. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, were this my machine, I'd have that remedied in a heartbeat. Sadly, not so. Latrans105 17:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * tl;dr: Get Chrome/Firefox. Better yet, try each out for a week and see which works better for you.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  10:59, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Uploading photos
I have tried to upload a photo, but the wiki gives me an error message saying: "You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason: You do not have permission to create new pages." Do I need some sort of permission to upload images? Thanks! Fwyrl 22:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Upcoming features (orphan) page
Would someone take a look at this and determine if it should be either: a) tossed onto the main page under the Updates, News and Events section, b) tossed under some other related section, c) fed to squirrels and deleted, or d) ignored and left on the orphans page. -Wulfenbach (not on fire for once) 11:09, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Why don't you provide an actual link that we can follow? duh! –The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wynthyst (Talk . Please sign your posts with !
 * Because it was an orphaned page, and by linking it, takes it off the page without anyone potentially dealing with it. This would defeat the purpose of me reporting it, ne?  Wynthyst, your wiki-fu disappoints me.  :D -Wulfenbach (not on fire for once) 11:31, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Who cares -.- it's more important that it gets noticed than having it stay on the specialpage.  A NNOYING  22:39, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hence my original request? Not giving a link did have a purpose, that's all I'm saying. ^.^ -Wulfenbach (not on fire for once) 00:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Xvox
Keeps on putting little pointless things on pages. Can someone please warn him?(P.S. Keeps on violating rules #7 and #19)Drenay 16:08, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

User:MartyMcfly777
User:MartyMcfly777 vandalized several pages. I think it's all been undone now. Ban? Anyhow, thanks. --31stCenturyMatt 01:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Please ban him, he insulted France, my country, also the project I'm working on. Drenay 01:39, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Needs a block Skuld 01:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png|19px ]] talk  01:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * He's back under the name Lol1337: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Lol1337 --Flippeh 23:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Marvin and ItemslistV110.png
Marvin keeps putting a link to his site on the image, and while he did make the image, this is a wiki and not a place to advertise his site.
 * Has been warned, link removed, from both image and file page. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png|19px ]] talk  02:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Cejj99
He is a spammer and has put sexually oriented text on this wiki. Drenay 03:01, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Dealt with. – ultradude25 ( T at 05:20, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

User:Pengmunk
Insists on posting an uninformative video on Rain despite a warning not to and multiple reversions. --Gnu32 22:26, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Repeat incident; on his youtube comments it's quite clear he's trolling. --Gnu32 14:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Dealt with. – ultradude25  ( T at 14:52, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Iamtheman
Vandalizes different pages by replacing all links with the same one to his youtube video or put the same link and a link to his subscribtion all over the place. (See his contributions, or the history of Crafting) --Flippeh 00:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC) (pardon, forgot to sign :)


 * He's been warned. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png|19px ]] talk  00:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't think a warning is appropriate, it's obvious he's only here to spam his link so there's no reason to let him continue. – ultradude25  ( T at 02:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Bots

 * User:TownJacquot5b9 and User:JaroszMccuistionj64
 * Look like bots. Page deletions, bans, and maybe some checkuser action? --JonTheMon 13:48, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Confirmed, TownJacquot5b9, JaroszMccuistionj64 and WhisenhuntMartirk1k are all sharing the same IP along with identical edits. Thrown a permanent block on them and I'm writing the BBC a mail if they have anything to do with this. Case closed.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  20:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I doubt it's actually them. Instead, you could add that website to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist to keep them from continuing. --JonTheMon 21:10, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Bot account
I intend to use User:Gnu64 as a bot account for use with AutoWikiBrowser. I've created this account per suggestion and established its roles as per IRC discussion. Could an admin please mark it as a bot account? Cheers, --Gnu32 20:47, 28 January 2011 (UTC)


 * So is someone going to do something about this? I'd like to see this bot in action. – ultradude25 ( T at 05:20, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Bump, quite eager to do some mass categorization and reformat changes I have planned. --Gnu32 13:38, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Bot account
I've set up User:Overwatch AI to be my bot account. If a bureau could change set the permissions that'd be appreciated. – ultradude25 ( T at 09:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

ICraft/Team
This double-redirect is edit-protected. Can an admin solve, please? (And there's probably no reason for it to be protected anymore, since it's just a redirect.) D0sboots 05:46, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed and unprotected. – ultradude25 ( T at 06:35, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Template:OS/switch
I'd like to add an icon for web-based applications, but the template mentioned above is also edit-protected, due to its inclusion in Custom servers/ICraft. --Barracuda 12:04, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Be sure to put this in current issues not solved issues next time though. – ultradude25 ( T at 12:41, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Itgamer
User:Itgamer (contribs) has blanked the Gate page and moved it to "DIE", and they're not showing signs of stopping. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 21:08, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. 2 Week block.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  21:18, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Neomaster95t
User:Neomaster95t made this edit which changes the redeem-gift-code link, with a misleading edit summary. This is not just vandalism but presumably an attempt to steal gift codes (I haven't looked at the linked site). —KPReid 14:17, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Kjahgskj,dhasd
This person looks like a spammer, hence the random characters of his username. He has also made a spam edit to the Creeper page. Drenay 15:54, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

User:KillingToaster
This person has blanked the List of administrators page. Drenay 17:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Doctapee
I notice him vandalizing the Creeper Page (calling them Cactus men and etc.) He also been vandalizing a couple other pages too. Please keep a close eye on him WiiMaster890 14:14, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Notpeva
Caught him vandalizing the Version History Page. Replaced all the 1.4 patch note with "shit". Ban? Atraius 22:26, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Dealt with.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  23:24, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Steve Co. Supply Crate
I've found a "Steve Co. Supply Crate" by wandering around (on the surface); I can't find anything listed in the wiki for it.

I suspect it's an easter egg (April Fools?!?); it leads the user to a webstore on minecraft.net, and when you try to checkout, there's an animation on a velociraptor sliding across the screen (with an appropriate sound effect).

My user talk page has some details & screenshot links, since I can neither create new pages nor add upload screenshots. Pariah Zero.
 * Locked Chest. – ultradude25 ( T at 03:41, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Minepedia (Contribs)
Vandalism. --JonTheMon 17:11, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

=== User:Account001 (contribs) and User:Plemith (contribs) and User:Pezzzzani (contribs)=== Both vandalism. I reverted the vandalism on Creeper page, someone did for Crafting. Calinou 19:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Uploading Images
I'm very sorry if this isn't the appropriate place for this, but I didn't see where it should go. My problem is that I can no longer upload images to the wiki, though I was able to maybe a week ago. I'm not sure if we changed the permissions or something in the mean time, but if this is the case, I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I can get/apply for more advanced permissions so I can continue to upload skins. Thank you. Aryst0krat 20:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Answered on user's talk page. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Image regarding reeds
I have stumbled upon a floating reed in my map there isn't a block underneath it because i can place a block there.can someone show me what i should do so my picture gets on the reed page ? and the way you post things is really complex to all you admin's you should have like a "post here" or something like that.


 * Actually using the wiki is stupidly easy. It's only templates that can be difficult. YOU are the one that needs to look up how to use a wiki, all wikis are mostly the same in terms of basic functionality. Also, floating sugar cane is an old bug and it doesn't need an image. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Aznkidkevin7
He vandalized the crafting table and lantern pages. (Check contribs) JesusChrist666 01:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)