Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard

de:Minecraft Wiki:Admin Pinnwand The Admin noticeboard is one way through which users can notify administrators of issues needing administrative attention. While users are welcome to directly contact specific administrators (especially if they are seen to be active), posting here can be an easier and quicker way of ensuring that at least one admin will notice an issue and respond to it promptly. Remember to sign when posting an issue.

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Vandalizing and blanking pages. --JonTheMon 19:52, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Solved.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  20:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

His last 3 edits modified existing links to create rickrolls. I created a wiki account purely to revert his changes from the Mods page. Xtremeqg 22:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Solved Thanks for reverting his changes!--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  22:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

He has only 2 wiki edits, in which he just reverted his own edit and all the rest are in his userspace. He also kept reverting animal pictures to poor quality versions (which were fixed). I have warned him and told him to start editing properly, but he just continued editing his page. He's been blocked before by Wynthyst for a week. I suggest an indefinite ban if he continues. --R ocĸetor talk  07:35, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Template useless due to restrictions
Hi, i created a cool (imo) template, namely Template:BlockGrid, but it is currently unusable, since the loop limit (see below) is set to 100.

Many proper diagrams use more than 100 tiles, since images are two-dimensional (10×10 is not a very big area), and the limit is per page, so we would need several times the amount necessary for a single image.

An admin can configure the necessary parameter to allow as much looping as the software manages (which is far more than is needed for a single diagram) or a fixed value.

I would recommend setting the parameter to -1 (as mentioned here). I’m sure normal uses via the template wouldn’t stress the server too much (I would know, I’m a programmer). If somebody abuses it (by creating useless giant loops), he can be banned, but it would be very nice to be able to use my template more than ½ time ;)

To ease the decision: i could alter the template to circumvent this, since template argument loops are not affected by this, but that would involve a “|” after EVERY tile (as opposed to “after every row”) and use equal or more performance.

– Flying sheep 11:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks useless. Just use a table and the already existing template. – ultradude25 ( T at 12:35, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * discussion moved to talk page

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Are vandalizing pages. Reverendpaqo 08:31, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Solved. – ultradude25 ( T at 08:47, 5 May 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)


 * Moving to solved as this page is linked on version history and the main page, and it much more popular and looked after. – ultradude25 ( T at 08:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit war at Mobs and Template:Mobs
I think that at the very least there needs to be some page protections or check-user runs. --JonTheMon 19:36, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Mobs has been protected, if it starts up again, the template will get protected too. It'll be un-protected once a solid agreement is come to on the talk pages. – ultradude25 ( T at 08:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Images in other languages
I uploaded a version of this image http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/File:PercentOfOreByHeight.png in english. Then someone translated it to german on http://de.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Datei:PercentOfOreByHeight.png, which replaced my original version. Then someone translated it back on the english version, replacing the original german one on the german site. Seems like the file is shared between the two sites, but the history is unique.

Vandalism --JonTheMon 16:31, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

User pages?
Do users need permissions to create their own user pages? I've looked around for a solution but can't see why I can edit most article pages but not my own! St Lucretia 09:03, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You have to be a member of the Autoconfirmed Users group before you can create pages. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Kept adding his video to the Creeper page (and was quite vocal that he wasn't going to follow the rules), then vandalized my user page. --Warlock 22:36, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 4 week vacation for him. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:01, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this really counts as a problem, but Weightlosspills user talk page is essentially a advertisement for just that. Thanks for looking into it. Timberdoodle 12:02, 18 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Perma'd and deleted. – ultradude25 ( T at 12:21, 18 May 2011 (UTC)