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Freeing up Version template
For: ... I'm going to make copied versions: ... to free up that whole thing from its cascade restriction – the same idea as previously with ItemSprite, discussed in this topic.
 * Module:Version/Numbers, Module:Version and Version
 * Module:Version front page/Numbers, Module:Version front page and Version front page

It won't solve the issue with people clamoring for someone to update the front page, but it will help for updating Minecraft, Pocket Edition, Console Edition and Minecraft launcher (and probably a few others). – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:19, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * As an alternative to having two near-identical templates that have to be kept in sync, we could change the main page to directors-only protection. -- Orthotopetalk 17:59, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * We could do that. We could also eliminate the front-page-template entirely by embedding the respective variables in the front page, I think. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 19:16, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Because the front page was late being updated, I was researching how it worked when I ran across your updated Template:Version doc saying it wasn't used on the front page...yet it very clearly was in use there. Color me confused! I almost put a note on Majr's talk page in case it was by accident. So I'm guessing I caught it while you were in the middle of coordinated changes. If so, could you please leave a note here to say when you've completed it? Thanks! – Auldrick (talk &middot; contribs) 18:41, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I forgot to mention: The front page still shows 1.1 in the Planned Versions table. I'm not sure who needs to update that. – Auldrick (talk &middot; contribs) 18:44, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh my, sorry for the confusion. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 19:16, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure adding a separate template for that is a good idea given it is for the most part only used on the front page, and the other few places tend to be fine waiting a bit for the update. The front page gets the most questions waiting for the update anyways.
 * I think removing the cascading protection is a decent option, though an extra close watch on main page templates would have to be kept. – KnightMiner  · (t) 22:06, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Directly on the page are: Version, FrontPageLink, Minecraft Wiki/edition and Minecraft Wiki/style.
 * Protection cascades further to: Module:Version, Module:Version/Numbers, Module:FrontPageSprite, Module:FrontPageSprite/IDs.
 * If cascade was removed, we could heighten permission on Template:FrontPageLink, module:FrontPageSprite and /IDs, and /edition and /style, and I think that's all. Then only other thing to keep track of would be Template:Version, Module:Version and Module:Version/Numbers. –  Sealbudsman talk/contr 22:29, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Would a good idea be semi-protecting the remainder? From what I've seen so far here anonymous users don't make good edits to templates often, if they even get to them. --Hubry (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I doubt that creating a duplicate template for the front page will solve anything because most users who complain about updating the version numbers complain only because the version numbers on the front page aren't updated. And Module:Version front page/Numbers still would need to be edited by admins. | violine1101(Talk) 08:30, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Ideas so far:

To allow more people to update the versions on the front page, we could:
 * change the protection to directors.

And if we want to free up the Version template, instead of using a duplicate template, we could do one of two things:
 * remove cascade from the main page, raise the protections on other transcludes and semi-protect the version template, or
 * hard-code the variables in the page. (rendering the Version template mostly redundant)

Any thoughts? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:48, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * We could have an edit copy for the template, which would be semi-protected and used on the edit copy for the main page. The BlobsPaper.png 03:27, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, the only place where the current version numbers are actually used are the Edition pages (Minecraft, Pocket Edition, Console Edition etc). Using hard-coded variables would make the template pretty much redundant, wouldn't it? | violine1101(Talk) 09:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Bump. | violine1101(Talk) 18:32, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe you are right about that. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 18:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

hmu on twitter @kopshtik if you believe in white power
Some guy is going around different computers and replacing pages with hmu on twitter @kopshtik if you believe in white power. Can someone please block this message from passing submission filters? – Nixinova •   • 05:59, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

CPU-intensive ads
Can we do something about the ads on the Wiki? Currently, the Minecraft Wiki imposes a heavier processor load than the Minecraft game itself! 108.254.144.254 20:15, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Try contacting Curse; admins do not control the advertising. The BlobsPaper.png 01:11, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --Qwerty6811 (talk) 17:46, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

1.12
Someone needs to change the current version on the main page to 1.12, because it came out today. I don't have admin privileges so I can't.

Oakstar519 12:27, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Rule 2. --Pepijn (talk) 14:24, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The user has been doing vandalism even after multiple blocks. An indefinite block should probably be used. The BlobsPaper.png 23:16, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Handled by Orthotope. --Pepijn (talk) 23:47, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blobs2, please remember that indefblocking an IP address is considered a bad tone because this action, if the address is not static (which means the user isn't switching addresses after each connection), may cause other innocent people to be under the block. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to predict which IP address will be used by a malicious user next time. &mdash; NickTheRed37 (talk) 12:57, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Beam > Mixer
The "Links" section on the left side of this wiki has the Beam account of Minecraft listed. Recently Beam was renamed to Mixer, so it should probably be updated. --Pepijn (talk) 20:59, 9 June 2017 (UTC)


 * . 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 17:24, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Excessive vandalism. --Pepijn (talk) 16:41, 13 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Handled by Orthotope. --Pepijn (talk) 20:24, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Abuse Filter Issue
I attempted to edit Tutorials/Setting up a server to remove information on and the section relating to Evolve (the VPN), as Evolve ceased operations on June 1, 2017, according to their website EvolveHQ. However, I was blocked from removing the section by an edit filter barring new users from removing a section. Seeing that I am not allowed, could one of you remove the information please? Thank you. 1234Iloveguns (talk) 20:17, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * . --Pepijn (talk) 20:22, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Image cacheing
Can anything be done about the image caching taking the better part of a day to refresh? It seems to me that when you upload a new version of a file, that should be propagated out to all caches, but this doesn't happen. Is the length of time we wait totally necessary? Thanks for consideration, – Sealbudsman talk/contr 21:04, 23 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Or maybe there a way to purge an image's cache, that I am missing? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 21:25, 23 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Does mw:Manual:Purge work? -- Orthotopetalk 22:35, 23 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, no. They work in virtually every situation I can think of apart from this, though. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:47, 24 June 2017 (UTC)


 * It's cached by cloudflare, so we're stuck with it. –Majr ᐸ Talk Contribs 04:24, 24 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmph. Ok, I'm reading about it more, and the situation is acknowledged in MediaWiki's CloudFlare manual at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CloudFlare#HTTP_purge, and reported at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64356: MediaWiki cannot purge single assets cached in CloudFlare. Booooo. –  Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:47, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I wonder if Curse would be willing to throw resources behind getting T64356 straightened out and getting single-file-purge working for cloudflare. It's an open source project after all? And it affects all of Gamepedia. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:56, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Please protect cake
Excessive vandalism, particularly people always adding some meme where it's made of diamonds – Sealbudsman talk/contr 14:35, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it's safe now to go ahead and remove the protection... Could you please do so? VeenM64 (talk) 23:22, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The page has been vandalized at least 10 separate times just this year, counting just those vandalisms that meme about diamonds and bedrock and emeralds, alone... The page is a target. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 01:05, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

and also blocked because of block on user
You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by Orthotope. The reason given is:

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Noobsonlyforyou".

The reason given for Noobsonlyforyou's block is "Rule #2: Vandalism"

Start of block: 13:54, 5 July 2017

Expiration of block: 13:54, 6 July 2017

Intended blockee: 54.87.181.129

You may contact or one of the other administrators to discuss the block.

Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a valid email address registered in your user preferences and you have not been blocked from using it.

Your current IP address is 54.87.181.129, and the block ID is #17120. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

– Sealbudsman <span style="transform: rotate(-16deg); display: inline-block; top: -1px; position: relative;">talk/contr 17:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Sun Cat wanted me to pass this along. It was surprising that blocking one editor would block another as well? – Sealbudsman <span style="transform: rotate(-16deg); display: inline-block; top: -1px; position: relative;">talk/contr 17:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I've had that issue too earlier. It was really weird because my IP address is completely different and I'm in a completely different part of the world than what IP lookup sites give me.
 * Anyways, tell him to log out of Gamepedia and delete all Gamepedia cookies (MCW cookies might be enough, but I've cleared all of them) - I've done that and that fixed it for me. --Hubry(talk) 18:42, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * In their case, it didn't work : ( thanks though – Sealbudsman <span style="transform: rotate(-16deg); display: inline-block; top: -1px; position: relative;">talk/contr 18:53, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Some users are sent over an Amazon proxy to reduce page load time, which also changes their ip adress to that proxy. This should only happen for mobile users though, but it sometimes also happens for desktop users. (See also Minecraft Wiki talk:Community portal) | violine1101(Talk) 20:22, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that, wasn't expecting the autoblock to hit other users as well. Should be fixed now. -- Orthotopetalk 20:28, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Sun Cat (talk) 20:35, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Very nice thanks. One last question: the above message says the block expires July 6. Yet the user was given a 1 month block on July 5? Weird? – Sealbudsman <span style="transform: rotate(-16deg); display: inline-block; top: -1px; position: relative;">talk/contr 20:36, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Autoblocks only last 24 hours; this is to minimize the chances of affecting other users if the originally blocked user is on a dynamic IP address. -- Orthotopetalk 21:03, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Restore Fern.png
A few days ago File:Fern.png was deleted under the premise of it being an unused file. You may not have known, but that image was the only static image available for ferns. Therefore I kindly request that you restore that unfortunate file. VeenM64 (talk) 23:39, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Orthotopetalk 00:01, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Bots not showing as bots
Bots such as are not showing up as bots in edit logs and Special:RecentChanges, aka b is not showing next to the edit which means "Show/hide bots" does nothing at all. Can someone tag bots as bots? – Nixinova   04:27, 6 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Bots don't get flagged as such automatically, and if no one requests a bot flag for them, chances are they'll go without. I've flagged Ffbot; if there are others which need the flag, please list them here and I'll flag them as well (this goes for the future as well). 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 05:22, 6 July 2017 (UTC)


 * (Also note that the bot flag doesn't apply retroactively: while future edits will be flagged as bot edits, edits which were made before the flag was added are still considered non-bot edits.) 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 05:23, 6 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Actually I have applied for the bot tag, while Majr rejected that.-- Ff98sha (talk) 05:53, 6 July 2017 (UTC)


 * While he can (and should) correct me if I'm misinterpreting his intent, my reading of your request and the subsequent discussion was that the refusal was about having your bot do extra tasks, rather than having it flagged as a bot. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 08:39, 6 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Also, if the request was rejected to get the bot right, the correct thing to do would be to not make contributions using the bot instead of making them without the tag. I cannot imagine any reason why he would want your bot to operate without the bot tag.
 * What exactly is the bots purpose anyways? Most of the contributions I have seen are useless whitespace changes or other tweaks that do not affect the final rendered page. Both of these things are normally fine to do as general fixes while performing other actions but are rather pointless on their own. – KnightMiner  · (t) 00:02, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

https: removal
Okay, what the heck is happening? Why are all the https:'s getting removed? – Nixinova   19:40, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * See here, here and here. | violine1101(Talk) 21:19, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Translation redirect cleanup
A lot of translation redirects need deletion. See here. – Nixinova   04:35, 11 July 2017 (UTC)


 * . –Majr ᐸ <small style=display:inline-block;line-height:9px;vertical-align:-3px>Talk Contribs 06:10, 11 July 2017 (UTC)