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= General requests =

My account is lost
Can you please move my original account's (TheGreatSpring) subpages onto my userspace as I can't move pages. Can you please also restore my old user rights? TheGreatFall (talk) 23:31, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * To the admin giving this request attention: Please restore the same user rights to TheGreatFall that TheGreatSpring had. His edits are showing up in lists of unpatrolled edits, and they shouldn't be. Amatulic (talk) 07:25, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How did you lost your account? 105.186.117.183 10:59, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Closed my account and accidentally did not reactivated it. TheGreatFall (talk) 11:38, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Why did you close your account in the first place? If you wanted to have a new username you could have just used the user rename tool. James Haydon (talk) 20:16, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems like they closed it for an April Fools' joke, but they were actually still able to edit during the 30 day grace period and probably did not see the notice when you log in during the grace period (probably some glitch between Fandom and Gamepedia), which is probably why it gone unnoticed until it was permanently closed on May 1st, exactly 30 days later. – Unavailablehoax (talk) 22:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Can’t an admin restore it? VillagerCraftMC (talk | contribs | cheeseburger)  /give @a emerald  22:11, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Why would they do that for April fools though? Pretty risky if you ask me. James Haydon (talk) 22:13, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You really shouldn't blame them, if you look at their logs and contribs, they were still able to do everything a regular account can during the waiting period. It's probably a bug with UCP that doesn't show the notice on Gamepedia (closing your account is a Fandom feature). – Unavailablehoax (talk) 22:26, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So there is supposed to be a notice that your account only has 30 days until it's closed? James Haydon (talk) 22:28, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That is not an April Fool's Joke closing. That is a serious closing. TheGreatFall (talk) 00:09, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So I guess you didn't really want to use that account anymore. James Haydon (talk) 00:11, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm confused, did you close it on purpose or on accident (since you said you accidentally did not reactivate it.Humiebeetalk contribs 00:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh I meant accidentally. Sorry. TheGreatFall (talk) 00:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay so did you have to log back in after you accidentally closed it? Did it give you any instruction on how to un-close it? If you go on the account closing page it says that upon logging back in, it gives you instructions on how to un-close it. James Haydon (talk) 00:25, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Can't you request to restore your old account on Zendesk?Humiebeetalk contribs 22:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No you can't. On the account closing page it says that it cannot be undone, so they can't do anything other than move the contribs and wikipoints to his new account. James Haydon (talk) 00:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Bump. TheGreatFall (talk | contribs) (Tagalog translation) 00:08, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Sfx_mob_enchanterHurt-003_soundWave.ogg
This sound file is glitched so that it only plays once. However, when I tried to reupload it again to fix it, it wouldn't let me because it sounds exactly like the current sound. Can an admin maybe delete this file so it can be uploaded fresh again? James Haydon (talk) 07:29, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Well that's odd. When I played the file, it played numerous times without any issues. I have Microsoft Edge as my browser, so maybe that has something to do with it. 199.243.89.130 23:10, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, It's buggy. Why you should help this file right now? 49.228.136.56 10:13, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Because it's on the enchanter page and having a buggy file isn't that good considering that the sounds sections are usually meant to be played repeatedly. Can't upload over it because it doesn't let you upload the same sound effect over itself, so deletion will be needed.James Haydon (talk) 20:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I will fix this issue for this file soon. Thanks. 49.228.136.56 02:43, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Untitled
When i undo the vandalism, why do i get internal error? 105.225.91.157 12:22, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Request for an anti-vandalism edit filter
This might be hard, but if a page starting with "Java Edition" is created, there should automatically be semi-protection for 24 - 48 hours (due to vandalism frequently appearing in new snapshot pages/new version pages) right after it is released/announced (like Java Edition 1.17, Java Edition 1.16.4, and Java Edition 21w15a). Humiebeetalk contribs 22:50, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Creating the filter isn't hard, but auto-protection isn't available as an action. The filter would be something like:
 * The actions available to a filter are: logging the filter hit, warning the user, throttling the activity that triggered the filter, disallowing the activity, revoking the user from being auto-promoted to various groups, blocking the user, removing the user from privileged groups, range-blocking an IP address range, or tagging the edit. Protecting the article doesn't seem to be available according to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter/Actions . I'd say throttling and tagging would be the best options. Initial page creations can be tagged for review and if too many of them occur during a period of time, they are simply disallowed.
 * I'm not an edit filter manager here on this wiki so I can't tell if a new filter is needed or an existing one needs a modification. Amatulic (talk) 18:53, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not an edit filter manager here on this wiki so I can't tell if a new filter is needed or an existing one needs a modification. Amatulic (talk) 18:53, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Future of Fandom
What if disallow never exited? 105.225.210.9 09:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Please discuss! 105.225.210.9 13:28, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What kind of disallow are you talking about? James Haydon (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * removing sections as an ip, remove things as an ip, bad words disallows 105.225.210.9 08:45, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to edit filters that detect possibly disruptive edits and block them from happening? That is standard on the English Wikipedia but I don't know what is being used here.
 * I'll also take this opportunity to say that if you're the same person who used to be (both are from the same South African internet provider), I want to publicly recognize you for the excellent vandal-fighting work you've done here. Thank you. Amatulic (talk) 15:48, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How did you now about South African? 105.225.210.9 16:17, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Any IP address can be looked up in a 'whois' service to get information about who owns it. For example, your IP address belongs to Telkom Internet Broadband in Cape Town. I find it odd that the wiki software refers to IP addresses as "anonymous" IP addresses. You're actually more anonymous if you create an account, then you can reveal or withhold any information you want. My user profile says I'm in California, but that's only because I chose to reveal that. Amatulic (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * wait are you a hacker? 105.225.210.9 16:35, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * if you don't want to discuss, just remove the section... 105.225.210.9 16:44, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * but i don't think this is needed 105.225.210.9 17:12, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * To be clear: I am not a hacker. IP address information is public information, that's all. I brought it up only because I wanted to thank you a few days ago for your anti-vandal efforts, and then I noticed your edits coming from a new IP address.
 * I encourage you to create an account. You're a good editor here.
 * Back to the topic: Are you referring to an edit filter? Are your edits being disallowed? I noticed you were able to remove this section (which someone else restored) without any problem. Amatulic (talk) 17:26, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, software like ipinfo.io can be used for stuff like this. It doesn't require any hackling experience of any sort. James Haydon (talk) 02:10, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism on Trading
Can someone please undo Special:Diff/1938473. I can't because an automated filter won't let me remove a section. Perseus54 (talk) 18:30, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Goro488. Perseus54 (talk) 18:34, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * No problem Goro488 (talk) 18:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)