Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard

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.

Before posting an issue here, consider the following:
 * As this is a noticeboard and not a talk page, please refrain from discussing.
 * Post only issues that require administrative action, i.e. blocking vandals, protecting pages, restoring deleted pages etc.
 * Do not post deletion requests here. Deletion requests should be made by adding  to the top of the target page, which will then automatically mark the page as a candidate for deletion.
 * Do not post issues regarding content disputes. Try making a request for comments instead.
 * Mediation requests between users should only be made if a resolution could not be reached between users.

In case of vandalism, posting about it here is low priority. Revert it first, anyone can do so. If the vandal created a new page, tag it for deletion. Assume good faith and consider leaving a message on that user's talk page to explain the reason. Post here only if the user has made several disruptive edits and/or persists despite a warning. Always avoid a revert war with the vandal; it is far better to wait until an admin has a chance to intervene.

Current issues

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The Boom Master
Persistant vandalism. Anoymous712 02:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Broken User Page
My user page has gon beserk! Can you fix it? Link here: User:1234567890Number --1234567890Number 22:56, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed, sorry for the delay. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:11, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

No need to worry now: my user page has been fixed. --1234567890Number 00:44, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

The CSS is broken for me
I think you screwed up on the CSS a bit.

(shows the 'glass panes' page with adblocker, and without adblocker in the second image in the album)

If you are wondering, I am using Google Chrome 22.0 (stable), windows XP, and the screen resolution is 1024x768. I tested this in firefox, too, and still had the problem. I haven't tried it in IE yet, due to my laziness vs the slowness of IE.

I will test this later on my higher resolution monitor (much), with windows 8, and chrome 23.0(dev channel).

-Phillips1012 18:16, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I have no problem with this windows 7 crome 23.0 (dev channel) even with my badd connection -bluecraney

Tried to access "Issues" - was told to report problem here
The page is http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Known_bugs/Version_1.3.2. It won't load.
 * The page is down again. -- KADC - &#34;Be unreasonable.&#34; 16:41, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

The error message is "Issues cannot be accessed. This is usually caused by a corruption in the latest version of the page and requires the page to be deleted and undeleted to fix it."

I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5, Safari 6.0.1. No other problems.

Shep
 * I found two more bugs, went to the known bugs page to see if anyone else had reported them and received the same error message as above. If the page still isn't working tomorrow I will attempt to revert it to the previous revision. -- KADC - &#34;Be unreasonable.&#34; 03:41, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't bother trying to revert - this sort of page corruption needs an admin to fix. -- Orthotope 04:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I tried to "undo" the last revision and got the "conflicting edit" error just before your reply. If an admin is unable to fix the page, the redirect from "known bugs" to "issues" could be removed and the content pasted from the history in "issues" back to "known bugs" until the page is repaired. -- KADC - &#34;Be unreasonable.&#34; 04:33, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This is an ongoing issue we are experiencing on highly edited, large pages. It can only be fixed by an admin (which it has been now). Please do not move/remove content to place elsewhere as it won't fix the problem, and will only mess up the page histories. If it happens again to this page, or if you find this error on any other page on the wiki, simply report it here, and it will be dealt with as quickly as there is an admin available to do so. Thanks! -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  09:37, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The issue with the issue page is back it seems. Pokechu22 23:19, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Any update on the issue?Jrtc27 09:32, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Updating Bug Page to 1.4 dev stream (currently 12w42...a or b?) -- Featherwinglove 01:21, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Tried to access "issues" latest bugs page
same problem as one above The page is at: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Known_bugs/latest

Constantly pretending to be an official member of 4J and adding fake release dates and other false information to the Xbox 360 upcoming features page. --Moxxy 19:35, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This was a sockpuppet of, who was permablocked already. See Archive 9.  14:20, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism on Pig, Pocket Edition, and Enderman. 14:19, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I find all of those moves highly unnecessary. Feel free to remove this section if those changes are fine with the admins. 12:43, 6 October 2012 (UTC)


 * A problem is that he created 150 double redirects... -- Hower64 13:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Weekly issues 12w40a needs locking
Some people are still editing it, possibly thinking it's the latest weekly page. Pls. take out my temp warning header before lock. Tx. --Simons Mith[82.69.54.207] 15:13, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Issues pages are kept open since people still play them and find bugs. In this case, not much usually changes in lettered versions of the same weekly. Think of 12w30a-e. Just leave the old ones alone.  16:48, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That's funny, I thought they were usually locked. Never mind, then. Even more important that I corrected that misleading header, tho'.--82.69.54.207 16:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Really old ones are locked, e.g. weeklies prior to 1.3.1, but anything a part of the next version's development is kept open until that major release.  17:42, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalizing pages with roblox links. 18:21, 8 October 2012 (UTC) Continuously vandalizing pages. TheEpicMinecraftersX

Issues
Corrupt. -- Hower64 05:58, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Corrupt again. --84.28.152.180 09:45, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Still corrupt. -- Hower64 23:15, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Mods
Also corrupt. Looks okay now, but trying to edit or step through the history brings up an error page. -- Orthotope 06:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * And yet again. -- Orthotope 19:45, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * And again.  14:59, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Still corrupt. TheEpicMinecraftersX

Completely inaccessible from multiple computers all day --24.143.118.129 09:04, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Nov. 1st Mods Page Still down.

randomly spamming on images and other user's pages --80.134.4.219 08:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Data values is broken
The site told me to report it here. It says the latest version is corrupted and it needs to be deleted & undeleted -- N3odymium 15:21, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Data_values Same here. 65.170.235.192 21:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Same here http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Data_values 1808 hrs EST 10/11/12

Broken for me also. --68.206.60.145 12:25, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Me, too. 70.97.195.98 23:34, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

For me too - Timezone: +2.00 13/10/2012 (DD_MM_YYYY) --77.254.98.207 16:05, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I think it's safe to assume it's broken for everyone. --The Only Zac 18:10, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I'd say its safe to assume this page is broken for everyone, and hopefully it will be addressed soon. I got the same message as N3odymium when I checked it only a few moments ago. -- 10/14/12 @ 12:49am EST [GMT+5]

I also got the same error message as everyone else -xMicroNinjax 14/10/2012 @ 17:41 GMT

I got the same thing. Samdude68 18:37, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Version 12w41b
It is 12w41b already. --Minecraft5025 11:45, 12 October 2012 (UTC) Broken for me too. 16:06 EST

Wrongfully blocked:
This is me. I was blocked when I tried to set up my user page, probably too much of an information dump. I cannot contact any of you directly because even after multiple requests, I did not receive a confirmation email (the adress is valid and working, no spam issues either), so I can't use Special:E-Mail. Would be nice if someone could look into that, too. --79.221.209.82

Template:Version 12w42a
It is 12w42b already. --Minecraft5025 12:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism on Griefing, Enchanting and others. In fact all of his contributions are vandalism. — MiiNiPaaT 17:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Issues
It's corrupted! HotdogPi ⑬㊲ 19:31, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It appears so, i do not understand WHY it is corrupted, the talk page seems fine. Trigger hurt 14:11, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems fine for me. TheEpicMinecaftersX

1.4.2
The update has been officially released and distributed through the launcher now, so version numbers need updating. whizzer0 12:44, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, please: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Template:V Kingpowl~  es.Wiki Admin  (talk) 14:19, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalising Witch with a YouTube link. 22:36, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Not vandalism, just noobism, it appears. Talking to him/her seems to have fully addressed the problem. --82.69.54.207 00:16, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Painting
Needs to be deleted in order to move Paintings there. -- Orthotope 08:29, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Why hasn't someone done this already? is there some kind of major discussion going on on whether to move it or not? Trigger hurt 15:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Can't you just merge the 2 pages? TheEpicMinecraftersX
 * There is a revert war starting concerning these two pages. Request lock or deletion of Painting so a move can happen, since that's how this started is people trying to move incorrectly.  01:46, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Related discussion, which has unanimous votes so far for deletion, is here: Talk:Paintings  01:49, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Move completed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  01:54, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Mods
Visiting this page, I received the message, "Mods cannot be accessed. This is usually caused by a corruption in the latest version of the page and requires the page to be deleted and undeleted to fix it." It suggested reporting it here, so I am :)

Many thanks,

KB --87.194.22.39 20:59, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism to Compass --Minecraft5025 (MC5025) (Talk! Contributions!) 00:34, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Template:Version Lwjgl and Java
It would be useful to keep lwjgl and java versions there to get the most current version from one source. --Minecraft5025 (MC5025) (Talk! Contributions!) 01:45, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Repeated vandalism. 94.237.64.32 02:22, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I must agree, quite obviously smelting coal in a furnace with a crafting bench does not yield golden blocks. Trigger hurt 11:45, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Continued vandalism.  20:59, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Copy/paste move
Could an admin please do a history merge at Painting? Trigger hurt did a copy/paste move from Paintings, screwing up the page history. --timrem 18:19, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but i could not simply move the page, there was an error. I was unaware that i messed up the history, please fix that if you can. Trigger hurt 18:23, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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Persistent borderline-vandalism of Zombie Pigman. -- Orthotope 18:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Blatant vandalism. -- Hower64 05:49, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * agreed, he even created a page Minecraft sucks. Trigger hurt 11:22, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Potato
Corrupt. 21:17, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed --IcarusWingsOfWax 05:33, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism to several pages --8elliott 22:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Malware notice
I cleaned out the two posts that were here, hopefully preventing further ones. An ad server utilized by the Curse network has been infected and already taken care of, but not before many browsing bots, including Google, detected the bad ads. More information can be found here and here and a news post on MMO-Champion (also a Curse site) briefly explains the problem. There is currently no harm in any Curse site and any warnings you may receive can be dismissed. 18:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Then do all curse site HAVE TO display ads? --Minecraft5025 (Mclogo.svgGrass.png) (Talk! Contributions!) 21:29, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Do you know if the malware affects Macs? If so, any good antivirus/malware software for macs? 174.234.81.99 20:09, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

What was the name of the malware? Pokechu22 00:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Main page still has this problem I think, auto-redirect to Panda Cloud security (because THAT's not suspicious(!)) 83.70.170.48 09:21, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Theres some more malware links in the transport section of this wiki in the boats or minecarts i got some stupid popup from some program pretending to be an antivirus program. so theres still some issues that need to be resolved!--86.146.93.85 19:34, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Please add new music disc Grid_Wait_Disc.png to Template:Grid
I have been adding the new disc wait from the 1.4.3pre to the music disc pages and the last thing I need to do is update the grid containing images of all the discs. Please add this to the template so the new music disc is there. RibShark 18:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * To be honest, i would if i could, but i do not know how. Trigger hurt 20:16, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah, so we need an admin to do so. Well i guess i should have figured that out already, since it is on the admin noticeboard... try asking around some of the admins, see if they will do it. #trigger_hurt(I 19:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No? User:Minecraft5025 already added it a while ago. You only need to edit Template:Grid/Available images which contains the images. -- Hower64 11:32, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Crafting/Blocks
Corrupt. Can view, but trying to edit or access latest diff brings up error. -- Hower64 07:03, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Still? corrupt--193.173.63.50 14:08, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Corrupted, not viewable this time. Why do pages even go corrupt? What exactly makes them corrupt? Trigger hurt 14:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Multiple spam pages. -- Orthotope 00:09, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Spam, vandalism. -- Hower64 02:25, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

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Spammer. May also be. -- Orthotope 10:10, 18 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Still spamming. -- Orthotope 20:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

sock puppet of Kurtulus

Repeated vandalism --#trigger_hurt (I 21:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Corrupt Talk Page
My talk page says "it cannot be accessed". It told me to post here for help. Could you fix it?Mcpantsonfire 16:39, 24 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Fixed. -- Orthotope 07:06, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Corrupted again, reading works fine but trying to see the latest revision brings up the corruption error. #trigger_hurt (I 12:28, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Fixed. -- Hower64 12:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * That was fast, thanks. #trigger_hurt (I 12:33, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism on Enderman
A user, Herobrine-is-REAL, has been constantly vandalizing Enderman in a short period of time. Does this issue need any action by the admins? Hillcrest98 22:10, 24 November 2012 (UTC)


 * He has already been blocked. -- Hower64 22:20, 24 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for notifying. Hope he doesn't cause the same problem anonymously... Hillcrest98 03:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * He vandalized Ghast too, after getting unblocked. He's indef blocked now. Hillcrest98 02:28, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Vandalized 2 pages; the Witch page and the Armor page. The witch page was the biggest one. Should something be done or should we wait to see if he does anything else? #trigger_hurt (I 18:07, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Chain Armor vandalism
This page has been vandalized frequently, people changing the crafting recipes to bones,flowers,etc. Extreme 21:27, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * IP vandalism is common and twice in the time span of two weeks is nothing special. Both offending edits were reverted already. Please do not add warnings to pages which have been vandalized; you can easily revert the vandalism yourself. -- Hower64 00:51, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Section removal wanted on Nether Portal
The "Fast Building" section of the Nether Portal page should probably be removed. It doesn't have good grammar or spelling, just reminds the player that covering lava sources with water makes obsidian rather than actually telling you how to make the portal, and the information it (tries) to give is already in the Trivia section. I tried deleting it, but the system stopped me automatically. Konork 01:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Instead of deleting it, how about fixing it? Just change out the information it has with the information it's missing :D Once you have a few edits under your belt, the filter will stop disallowing you from removing it. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  01:43, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Copy and paste
I use a Mac, and I can't copy and paste or cut and paste from one part of the edit box to another. This requires a change of the website. Can you please fix that? HotdogPi ⑬㊲ 01:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * This doesn't seem to be a problem in all Mac browsers; which one (and version) are you using? -- Orthotope 05:58, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Laptop, 10.6.5 Also, it worked when I joined, but it doesn't now. HotdogPi ⑬㊲ 19:32, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

"Measuring Distance" page probably shouldn't be a tutorial
The page Tutorials/Measuring Distance is not very big, but it's what you get if you search for Distance, and it does define some basic terms. However, it's not really a tutorial. Perhaps it should be moved to the main topic space, perhaps as Distance? --Mental Mouse 21:12, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Spam on User Page User:Berrgiu56
This User recently registered and placed Spam on his User Page. Sfan5 16:33, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done'd! --Kizzycocoa 16:49, 10 December 2012 (UTC)