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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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.

More Moderators Needed In Forums
As I browse throughout the forums everyday, looking at texture packs and mods and everything under mapping and modding... I still see flaming, cussing, advertising, and more or less abusive and/or offensive comments. I (Neko_Elethia), have been playing for some time now, maybe more than a year or so? I have broken no rules (I do believe I haven't, in any records), nor have I ever made abusive comments/posts towards anyone from what I do believe. I personally vote myself as a forum Moderator, not for any benefits, or something to hang over someones head, but to patrol the forums. Well I already do the patrolling, just I'm out and about with no "badge." If this recommendation isn't approved, then it will have no negative or positive affect on me, however it will become a large negative effect on the forums. This is PhusedGirl (Neko_Elethia in forums and ingame). Forum profile | PhusedGirl 20:54, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What exactly does the logo in the top-left corner say again?--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  21:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * This is Minecraft Wiki, not Minecraft Forums. So, if you're not going to contribute to the wiki or look up something, stay on the forums where you belong. Drenay 21:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I've never used the forums until now :P so sorry for contributing and trying to support something, I didn't know admins could be... no Iprobably shouldn't say it even if it's true. :P PhusedGirl 03:32, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Calm down everyone... PhusedGirl, this is an issue for the forums, not the wiki, but don't let the neandrathals scare you away. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  03:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Template:Blast Resistance Values
This template only needs to be updated in the event new blocks are added or the values on existing blocks are changed - i.e., only when Minecraft updates are released. The rest of the time, the only edits the template gets are either vandalism or people who think Bedrock's value is infinity. I'm hesitant to ask for full protection, but semiprotection would definitely help some. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 02:25, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Granted. You will have to ask for it to be unprotected when it needs updates, or ask an admin to update it. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:58, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

He vandalizing the wiki and putting useless info.

Potential problem
I was looking into sugar cane, and was redirected to a page very closely resembling a Windows hardware scan showing five viruses, asking you to download some sort of virus scanner deal. I closed down the internet and it was gone. I tried to replicate this happening, and failed. Still, I thought this would be worth mentioning. --Latrans105 22:13, 4 April 2011
 * I don't see anything on the Sugar cane page that would cause anything like that. I would suggest you scan your computer with whatever anti-malware software you have available. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I did, twice, with no results. I'll yell again if it grabs me.  Thanks for the speed.  --Latrans105 02:27, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Could've been a rouge advert. Do you happen to be using IE? Or Firefox/Chrome without Adblock installed? – ultradude25 ( T at 02:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You may have accidentally clicked on one of the ads at the top middle?  A NNOYING  11:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ultra, I am on IE. lol  Annoying, if I did, it took enough time to load for me to scroll to the bottom of the page.  Latrans105 12:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Not a good idea, IE isn't secure at all. If the wiki does happen to have a rogue ad, you're going to be screwed over by it. Also, IE doesn't really work properly with the wiki (or most webpages as a matter of fact) as it doesn't really support basic CSS functions like every other browser does. You'll find all the navbox templates are broken in IE as it doesn't understand how nowrap works. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, were this my machine, I'd have that remedied in a heartbeat. Sadly, not so. Latrans105 17:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * tl;dr: Get Chrome/Firefox. Better yet, try each out for a week and see which works better for you.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  10:59, 9 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Except that he just said that he has no control over what browser he uses on that computer. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 16:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Woops, didn't catch that one. Latrans105, do you have an USB-stick? If you do, http://portableapps.com/ is your friend. This site provides a lot of applications in a portable form which only requires you to unpack it to a location, and from there you can run it without writing any data at all to the machine you're working on. I've been doing this for years over at school, so I could run Firefox and a few other programs.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  17:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Uploading photos
I have tried to upload a photo, but the wiki gives me an error message saying: "You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason: You do not have permission to create new pages." Do I need some sort of permission to upload images? Thanks! Fwyrl 22:19, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

You need to confirm your email. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 19:27, 9 April 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)

Vandalism. --zeeZ 09:10, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Done.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  10:41, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

He vandalized the crafting table and lantern pages. (Check contribs) JesusChrist666 01:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Dealt with.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  21:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Caught him vandalizing the Version History Page. Replaced all the 1.4 patch note with "shit". Ban? Atraius 22:26, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Dealt with.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  23:24, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Steve Co. Supply Crate
I've found a "Steve Co. Supply Crate" by wandering around (on the surface); I can't find anything listed in the wiki for it.

I suspect it's an easter egg (April Fools?!?); it leads the user to a webstore on minecraft.net, and when you try to checkout, there's an animation on a velociraptor sliding across the screen (with an appropriate sound effect).

My user talk page has some details & screenshot links, since I can neither create new pages nor add upload screenshots. Pariah Zero.
 * Locked Chest. – ultradude25 ( T at 03:41, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism. --JonTheMon 17:11, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Vandals
and  and

Both vandalism. I reverted the vandalism on Creeper page, someone did for Crafting. Calinou 19:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Uploading Images
I'm very sorry if this isn't the appropriate place for this, but I didn't see where it should go. My problem is that I can no longer upload images to the wiki, though I was able to maybe a week ago. I'm not sure if we changed the permissions or something in the mean time, but if this is the case, I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I can get/apply for more advanced permissions so I can continue to upload skins. Thank you. Aryst0krat 20:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Answered on user's talk page. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:12, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Image regarding reeds
I have stumbled upon a floating reed in my map there isn't a block underneath it because i can place a block there.can someone show me what i should do so my picture gets on the reed page ? and the way you post things is really complex to all you admin's you should have like a "post here" or something like that.


 * Actually using the wiki is stupidly easy. It's only templates that can be difficult. YOU are the one that needs to look up how to use a wiki, all wikis are mostly the same in terms of basic functionality. Also, floating sugar cane is an old bug and it doesn't need an image. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:48, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Header bars

 * Moved from Minecraft Wiki talk:Community portal

added header bars on some pages (see his contribs), I find them really intrusive. Is it ok if I remove them ? – Scaler (t) 08:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Go for it, he's a spammer who I just blocked, anyways.--Quatroking -  MCWiki Administrator  10:45, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Trollface troll is troll; shoot on sight. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 17:10, 10 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)


 * Look at the following examples (which i made quickly from existing small ASCII diagrams)
 * Tutorials/Nomadic Experience
 * Tutorials/Safe Home
 * Tutorials/Airlock
 * Tutorials/List of things to do to your shelter
 * You can see how much easier to use it is by the fact that nobody did what you suggested. This is because using is both tiresome and confusing. Also it would produce padding around the tiles. I can’t see any reason not to use a simple template instead of having to do a huge amount of work to get the same done in another way or producing ugly ASCII art which akes only ~10 keystrokes less than my template. – Flying sheep 13:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)