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Hello Wynthyst, issues about Wiki articles.
Hi, Wynthyst. I'm the Bureaucrat of Chinese Minecraft Wiki. Lately we've noticed that some other Chinese private "Game Wiki"s are directly copying our(The Chinese Minecraft Wiki and the English site as well) articles to their "Minecraft" section. Should we tell them not to do so? Or is it allowed? Craft Lawrence 21:15, 2 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Provide me the links to those sites, and we will get take down notices issued. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  17:27, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Alright, here's the site (it's in Chinese though)

http://games.uuvvuu.com/index.php/%E6%B8%B8%E6%88%8F%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91

and here are some evidences : http://games.uuvvuu.com/index.php/Minecraft-%E7%9F%B3%E5%A4%B4 (created on Sep 22nd 2011) http://zh.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%A4%B4 (same content first created on Aug 20th 2011, final translated version on Aug 27th 2011)
 * "Stone" article on their wiki:
 * "Stone" article on Chinese Minecraft Wiki:

http://games.uuvvuu.com/index.php/Minecraft-%E6%B3%A5%E5%9C%9F (final version created on Nov 5th2011) http://zh.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/%E6%B3%A5%E5%9C%9F (same content, first created on Aug 29th 2011)
 * "Dirt" page on their wiki:
 * "Dirt" page on Chinese Minecraft Wiki:

(There are some other articles that are coarsely translated from English Minecraft wiki)

Not only that they're copying our articles, but they're also using misleading translations. I myself contributed and conducted the translation of the official game, they're using very irritating and irresponsible translations like "Black gay（黑基佬）"for Enderman. They call it being "player friendly" (because many Chinese players use it as a nickname). I'm very much concerned about this, please tell them to come up with their own Minecraft related contents and stop copying our work while using inappropriate translations, thanks.

-- Craft Lawrence 03:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Minor request
Could you change $wgLogo to point to /images/b/bc/Wiki.png instead of overwriting what it is set to in common.css? This would fix an issue with the skin where the logo shows up wrong when previewing. And is just generally tidier. – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 17:37, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  06:23, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice
The MediaWiki:Sitenotice doesn't seems to work properly on Chinese Wiki, the message itself is not centered on the page and the "dismiss" button is garbled. ---Powup333  ZH Admin  14:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

A suggestion
One of the users on the Chinese wiki suggests that set the [Manual:$wgUsePrivateIPs] MediaWiki not trusting the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) to reduce the amount of Wiki-attacks, what do you think about this, would this help?---Powup333  ZH Admin  15:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Tree/video page being deleted
Hi, I put the tree video on the offical tree page. I want you to delete the tree/video page.

If you say no I will delete the tree video from the offical tree page. Thank you.


 * Sorry, but official videos from Curse are required to be posted on the item page. They are placed on subpages so that they can not be changed by anyone but admins. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  07:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

SVG images
It looks like svg images are being sent with, which causes some browsers to display the raw xml instead of rendering it as an image. It should be sent with  instead. -- Orthotope 11:15, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh! My god just look at Chinese Minecraft Wiki!
All magic words are working incorrectly! Please check it out and fix it!!! --- Hzy980512( T &#124; C )  04:13, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * This has been reported, and is on the top of the list to get fixed after the holiday weekend. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  06:36, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:11, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

I can't edit Directors page
Hi, i'm admin of korean wiki, and i can't edit directors page. Please fix it if you have time. --Alswo9628 KOR Admin 10:05, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Sorry about that! -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  15:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Spanish Wiki administrators
Hello, Wynthyst!

Kizzycocoa told me that I must talk to you about this:

" I noticed that the Spanish version of Minecraft Wiki doesn't have any administrator/bureaucrat... I'm Spanish, so if you need some staff for the Spanish Wiki, I'm available for it "

(text sent to Kizzycocoa)

Well, I saw your announcement here, on this User Talk, and I think I can help in the Spanish Wiki as a bureaucrat, administrator or a similar power for delete spam, block bad users, or protect pages.

If you agree, then I'll do my best to collaborate on Spanish Wiki.

Good luck! ^^ - Kingpowl 15:24, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Confusion
Since you know this wiki stuff, can you tell me what the green or red +32 or -8 things in recent changes are.--Pig is dead o - talk + contribs 22:15, 10 May 2012 (UTC)


 * The change in the total amount of characters on the page. +32 means there are 32 more characters on the page than before the edit, -8 means there are 8 characters less on the page than before the edit.
 * It'll be bold if there is a large change in characters (greater than 500). – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 02:28, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I remember I had this exact same question when I started editing on wikis too, but isn't it for the number of bytes that are different? Also I noticed this some time ago and never asked about it due to inconvenience, but since this is in topic: why are the page histories for pages no longer showing these differences (with the red or green numbers)? Now only the Recent changes page shows this. Is there a reason why it disappeared/was removed, and can it be re-implemented again? It's pretty useful for determining removal or addition of content. - Asterick6 05:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Go ask the MediaWiki developers. The history shows you the total size of the page after each edit, maybe they are hoping you can do the math. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  05:17, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Then is Minecraft Wiki using a different version of MediaWiki? Wikipedia still has the numbers. Sometimes people don't like doing the math; they are pretty useful for quickly seeing the type of change in the edit (removal or addition). - Asterick6 01:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is always on a different version to us, since they use experimental builds, whereas we only use stable release builds (and even then it takes ages until an update to them happens, since all of Curse's wikis have to be done at the same time). – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 02:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh I see. Thanks for answering my questions thoroughly. - Asterick6 02:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Spanish Wiki errors
Hello again, Wynthyst.

What is happening on Spanish Wiki? The main page seems like... broken. And some buttons in the 'history' pages are broken too.

I hope you can fix it soon.

Good luck! Kingpowl 15:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Fixed -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  05:32, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

mods page broken
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mods

yeah..it's not there.....


 * Fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  00:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

What?
Why did you make it so users cant edit the items template till 19:45, 29 May 2012 (UTC)? --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:09, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Because we are experiencing some server load issues, and those templates are widely used on the wiki, and every change negatively affects server performance while the change is being parsed out. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:11, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok but the Chain armor and bottle "o" enchanting are in the wrong place. They need to be in planed --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * It's not going to cause catastrophic failure of the wiki for them to be in the wrong section for 24hrs, and I don't see an actual consensus on the talk page of where they should be located anyway. Those templates should NOT be randomly edited EVER, only after everyone agrees on the changes that need to be made. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:20, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry I just like to make sheer the wiki is in tip top shape. --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * O and here is the info on the talk page. --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * As I said, there is no consensus, only you refuting another user's opinion. That does not make consensus. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:31, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * =/ --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * look --007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Error 503
The Chinese Wiki seems to be getting a lot of "Error 503 Service Unavailable" recently, is there anyway you can solve this problem? —Powup333  ZH Admin  14:12, 10 June 2012 (UTC)


 * The Chinese Wiki has been under attack by many scrapers (means you guys are doing a good job), unfortunately it impacts the performance of the servers. We also had a minor network hardware problem late friday, which has left some residual problems that will be addressed on Monday. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  00:29, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Adding link to side bar
Wynthyst, can you add the Minecraft Wiki:Welcome page and the Frequently Asked Questions page to the links in the sidebar? This may be more helpful for new users who might not see the box at the bottom of the main page. Thanks - Asterick6 (talk) 20:37, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * There's already a link to Help:Contents which has links to both those pages in it. –ultradude25 (T&#124;C) at 20:54, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Redirect from ru-section
Hello, Wynthyst, there is strange problem on Russian section: wiki tryes to redirect any requests to minecraftforum.net, so  turns into   (certainly, page shows forum content). However, the wiki content occasionally becomes available, but with wrong theme. We are looking for answer and fix to this issue, if you can help. Norrius -  Ru Admin  20:56, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Please link me where this is happening, I don't really understand. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  22:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Now it seems to be ok. Too bad I can't explain that. And I can't give you a link, it was just something like change of URI then I tried to open page on wiki. Redirect from ru.minecraftwiki.net to minecraftforum.net (I've checked other language sections and found nothing unusial). Anyway, since this trouble spontaneously disappeeared, the question may be considered closed. Norrius -  Ru Admin  23:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Our tech team is doing some hardware upgrades and reconfigs. It may have caused some temporary anomalies. I always want to know about these things, so keep reporting them if they occur. I'm glad it resolved itself :D -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  00:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the problem reappeared. Most of the pages are available, but some pages (Main page, Recent Changes) still redirect to minecraftforum.net HEKP0H -  ru.Wiki Admin  06:29, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It appears to be fine now. I will let the guys know it's still an issue. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  13:57, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Extensions request
Could you ask the technical team to install in the Russian wiki two extensions already installed in the English wiki (Loops and OggHandler)? HEKP0H -  ru.Wiki Admin  08:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Requested -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  08:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Minecraft Forum
Minecraft forum won't let me create an account when I've followed all the account making rules!

Idea help
I just came across the idea of removing any outdated posts on talk pages, i.e. posts about bugs that are already fixed, or posts that dont have a comment from, lets say, a year ago at least. It would reduce lag and space usage for 3-ds' or slow and old computers. MaryTheTiger 20:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Outdated talk page posts can be archived, but should not just be removed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Filters request
Could you import filters 3—18 from English wiki to Russian wiki? P. S. Thank you for your help with extensions. HEKP0H -  ru.Wiki Admin  20:01, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Missing article on Hungarian Wiki
Hi, I'm Hungarian Wiki admin Icguy. I have a problem, there's the Crafting page on the Hungarian wiki (link), which disappeared without a trace. When clicking on the link an error message shows up saying (rough translation):

"The page "Crafting" could not be found in the database. In most cases the reason is that you clicked on a link that points to a page that has been deleted. If not so, it's possible that you've found a bug in the software. Plesae notify the admins by giving them the URL."

Now there's no sign in the Recent Changes that it has been deleted. Could you take a look at it? Many thanks!

Icguy 11:51, 28 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  11:53, 28 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks :) Icguy 11:48, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Broken file
I found the file and was able to delete it. It was File:Mcmapmapped.jpg and would break any page that tried to show a thumbnail of it (the full image worked fine), including special pages such as Special:NewFiles and Special:FileList and its own file page.

I can only guess that the reason it broke everything was because of how large it was (6,040px × 4,776px, 2.6MB). Is there a way to block images that are over a certain dimension from being uploaded? (Or at least disable thumbnailing for them.) –ultradude25 (T&#124;C) at 07:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll ask Tim. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  15:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Some questions (pl.MCWiki)
Hi! Last month I wrote an email to Donovan Duncan, but he not answered. He is on holidays? Can you tell him to check messages from me? Thanks in advance!  Lewandowski pl.Wiki Admin   talk  13:15, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Any inquiries about the wikis should be forwarded to me. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  10:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion on fixing corruption in crafting page
I think the main issue with the page is the shear amount of animated sections. Anything that uses wood, wooden planks or is a wood product has to have 4 animations EACH. Wool cycles through a whopping 16 different colors whenever it shows up. The amount of scripts would be reduced to a fraction of what its currently using if we just use the standard wood color for anything involving wood and just have a small note on the page mentioning the other variations. The same could be done for beds or paintings with wool. --Moxxy 05:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Mods corrupts just as much, and doesn't have any grid templates at all. The animations are actually really simple, it's just layered images and the JavaScript cycles their visibility (and since JS is client-side, no affect on the server).
 * The only complicated template mods has is the version (and subsequently verlink) template, both of which are used on many pages (and those pages don't seem to have corruption issues). –ultradude25 (T&#124;C) at 06:13, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * A far more likely possibility in my mind is the number of revisions: Mods has over 4000 revisions in its history. Of course, this doesn't explain why other pages with lots of revisions don't seem to get corrupted in a similar fashion... 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 07:01, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Talk:Crafting Let's keep the discussions on the normal talk pages rather than buried on mine. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  10:43, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Question about HTMLTidy
Is it planned to enable HTMLTidy in the Russian wiki? HEKP0H -  ru.Wiki Admin  02:28, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Only if you ask for it. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  03:45, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * In this case, please enable it, because otherwise it is impossible to implement many improvements in the templates. HEKP0H -  ru.Wiki Admin  13:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)