Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard

Block _________.
Reopening this on the bottom because it's hard to track with the waves of discussions. (old link MCW:Admin noticeboard)---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 19:17, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe we could have an admin noticeboard subpage for requests that shouldn't be more complex than "block this person - done/not needed"? --AttemptToCallNil (report bug, view backtrace) 20:01, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I have created a new section just for block reports and the like, located just above this section. Should this section be archived or merged? Fadyblok240 (talk) 00:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I requested this in this talk page, waiting for any discussion to pop up.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 20:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Block
 * 1) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/UserProfile:VegetaGuyTheTrollerIsBack, sockpuppet
 * 2) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/UserProfile:YouCantStopVegetaTheTroller, sockpuppet, also protect Rana
 * 3) Hes quite dedicated gotta say, i think that is his 20th sockpuppet account.James Haydon (talk) 04:07, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) Specifically (including original), 14 accounts, the alexander guy has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7?---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 20:40, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/UserProfile:Alexander_ferland, sockpuppet of https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/UserProfile:Alexander344
 * 6) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Special:Contributions/105.186.90.113 they still did vandalism
 * 7) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/UserProfile:HumieBeeIsATwat, this could be a personal attack (look at name) and also they did vandalism.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 22:03, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 8) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Special:Contributions/47.28.13.251 as they do consistsnt vandalism.
 * 9)  as they are a long time vandal and have started to cause mischief agian
 * 10)  sockpuppet vandal, block them for a year to stop disruption.
 * , despite giving them warnings, they continue to add false info, reverted like 10 times.
 * 1) Note:Most likely sockpuppet of
 * , gave 5 warnings, did not listen and continues to vandalize.
 * That user is now adding hoaxes to the MCD Mob page. James Haydon (talk) 22:32, 12 November 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Special:Contributions/68.146.59.48 vandal James Haydon (talk) 17:10, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

A request for MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown
My simple request is to change the deletion reason for fan communities from rule 5/6 to just rule 5 as rule 6 is about copying from a copyrighted source but that has nothing to do with rule 6.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 22:12, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * UPDATE! Change rule 7 to rule 6, and rule 8 to rule 7 to actually match the appropriate rule. Also, can you add a reason for deleting files ((actual) rule 8)---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 22:14, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 *  Nixinova   T   C   22:16, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks!---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 23:36, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, add "Page dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" to replace "Talk page of deleted page", "Redirect to deleted page", and "Subpage of a deleted page". Fadyblok240 (talk) 05:17, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Prevent ip's from creating blank (talk) pages
I've seen 3 cases in the past week in which an ip just created a blank page, can you restirct this so that even new users can't do this as well (most likely an abuse filter that should do this)?---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 01:45, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-Protect Caves and Cliffs
THe new update –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.168.116.117 (talk) at 12:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC). Please sign your posts with
 * So? What do you want the admins to do? Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 16:50, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps semiprotect the page along with Minecraft Live 2020 Fadyblok240 (talk) 17:39, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * . --Robotkoer (talk) 20:01, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * semi-protect. There are a couple of sections on Talk:Caves & Cliffs proposing semi-protection from users who don't know to post here. The comment from one anonymous IP editor, saying that he'd rather lose access than endure the vandalism, is telling. Amatulic (talk) 20:22, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Anon user that Amatulic mentioned beforehand (I need to get an account at some point :P), would like to point out semi-protecting Caves & Cliffs page would also help with the unnecessary speculating. Some of it is fine, but this is a wiki. Also, thanks Amatulic for pointing out where I was supposed to go! 108.193.129.103 22:42, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree, as one of the main editors on the Caves & Cliffs page, it would be quite helpful to semi-protect it.-Robonate135 (T C) 18:47, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Humiebee (talk) 19:52, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , there are so many low quality edits and personal speculation, which are a hassle to go through because of how many edits are made. Semi-protection would definitely filter the spontaneous editing from many anonymous users.  – Unavailablehoax (talk) 16:33, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , also reprotect Java Edition 1.17---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 14:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Protected the Caves and Cliffs page from IP edits for 2 weeks. As for 1.17 page, that hardly seems necessary, I don't see that page pop up like at all in the recent changes whenever I look. Dhranios (talk) 14:33, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Though fairly uncommon, the only edits to the page (most) since it's unprotection have been minor, disruptive, and undo/rollback edits.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 14:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, the vandalism has increased in the past week.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 22:21, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Caves & Cliffs vandalism
There is a ton of vandalism going on the Caves & Cliffs page. --Illagercaptain (talk) 18:00, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Not surprised, its a brand new page so of course its going to happen. James Haydon (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Should it be semi-protected? It will very much help those of us who are actually trying t edit it, as well, in the future, should new update pages be semi-protected from the start?-Robonate135 (T C) 17:38, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

3 protection requests
---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 22:28, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Protect Java Edition 1.16.3
 * 2) It has gotten consistant vandalism since the release of Java Edition 1.16.3 Release Candidate 1
 * 3) I have requested this in the past with no response.
 * 4) It has gotten significantly less vandalism ever since the page creation of Java Edition 1.16.4
 * 5) Protect Java Edition 1.16.4.
 * 6) Ever since it's page creation, it's been flooded with vandalism.
 * 7) Protect Java Edition 1.17
 * 8) It was unprotected becuase most of the page became a transclusion.
 * 9) However it has recieved a lot of vandalism ever since Caves & Cliffs was protected.


 * The first page seems to have really died down with the vandalism, so not worth protecting at this point. The second one has a bunch of constructive IP edits and a lot of the recent vandalism is from two specific IPs who were blocked for their actions. I'll keep an eye on it, however; if it gets worse it should probably be protected for a month. The 1.17 page definitely requires protection; semi-protected it for a full three months. --Madminecrafter12 (talk) 12:57, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

More v’s
I appreciate that the launcher has versions from older times, but it’s easy to notice that you haven’t added all of them. Can someone tell Mojang that they need to add all the rest of the versions to the launcher? 75.166.68.3 23:40, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Maybe they weren't even able to because they lost them, or whatever. Anyway, the Minecraft Wiki and the immense majority of its editors don't have privileged connections with Mojang staff, so we can't really help you with this.
 * P.S: Just to clarify: as Minecraft maniacs, we would love Mojang to make older versions public if they can, but I'm afraid we can't really do anything about it. Sagessylu (discuss | edits) 12:41, 23 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Maybe they can recreate versions older than rd-132211, and for other missing versions just add new features to the previous version(or the version before that if the previous version is also missing 75.166.68.3 11:57, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well... Yes and No. No because who's going to recreate it and Yes.. at a cost because someone could recreate it but it would fall into the edited versions category and there would still be a message box at the top asking for a download link.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 17:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Problem with the timestamp in the file history
From what I've checked, the date of the second file is the same as the date of the current file, and the dates of each files thereafter are the dates of one new file. Pneuma01 (talk) 23:03, 28 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I believe this issue is known to Gamepedia staff. – Sonicwave talk   23:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Sync changes from Module:FrontPageSprite/editcopy to main module
I uploaded a new version of File:FrontPageSprite.png, which adds the gameplay sprites for for Minecraft Wiki/editcopy, but also reorders and removes old sprites. Normally, this wouldn't affect the main template, since it should get a specific version of the image, but for some reason it is getting the latest version of the image, which doesn't match Module:FrontPageSprite right now. Module:FrontPageSprite/editcopy has the updated sprite positions. – Unavailablehoax (talk) 20:18, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * by User:Magiczocker. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 20:44, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

A Weird Situation
Okay so this user named had been inactive since Jan 2019 so i replaced his user page with inactive user, and he just logged back in to undo my edit. IDK if he wanted it to be there but it says that users who are inactive for over a year should have their user pages replaced with the  template. This is a weird situation, any idea on what to do? James Haydon (talk) 03:01, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I see no reason to blank someone's userpage unless for some reason the contents of their userpage are disrupting the wiki. So basically, unless they are linking a ton of broken files/templates, there is no reason to blank anyone's userpages (and even then, I would hesitate to do it)
 * In any case, there is no policy that says userpages of inactive users must be blanked. If you want one, go propose it on the community portal. I don't support such a policy though. KnightMiner (t/c) 04:02, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, i just did it because i was in a spree of looking for inactive users. James Haydon (talk) 03:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

About Pages Damaged by IP Users
The pages End Portal and Stronghold are severely damaged (adding political contents), requesting necessary protection. --Ultim 0 (talk) 17:19, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * . These pages keep getting bombed at an insanely high rate. It is hard for me to keep up with these edits. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 17:25, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I protected both articles to autoconfirmed, as I can't see an ending in vandalism. - Magiczocker (talk) 17:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears some registered users were involved. I am putting these pages on my watchlist for any further disruptiveness. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 17:29, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * If registered users get more involved in vandalism on these 2 articles, I or the admins can protect it to admin only. - Magiczocker (talk) 17:31, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Second person on Classroom Mode page
Dunno if this is the right place to put it, but Classroom Mode has second person writing. I've managed to remove most of it, but some of it is still there. YA-HOOO! 15:27, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Update to the Did You Know edit copy
The edit copy of the Did You Know section has been updated a while ago. Can they be verified and added to the facts list? Windwend (talk) 20:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Changes synced. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 21:37, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , could you change Far Lands/Java Edition/Pre-Beta 1.8 to Java Edition Far Lands/Pre-Beta 1.8?Humiebeetalk contribs 23:45, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Sandbox Cleaning
A while back, I posted a request on Minecraft Wiki talk:Sandbox but it got no attention. Can a bot automatically restore the header and clean the sandbox? I mean the sandbox should possibly get cleaned once a day as it ususally takes 3 hrs - 2 days for it to be cleaned. Also several ips keep touching the header so restoring that would be helpful as well.Humiebeetalk contribs 23:51, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , but because this is in the admin noticeboard, I'd wait for an admin response to see if such bot is possible. already has a bot which automatically cleans the sandbox over time, and automatically refreshes the header. The best thing I could do is create this template, which basically if I replace all content in the sandbox with , it would clean the sandbox. The reason why I did not add it to the namespace is because 1) I don't know if it has already been done and 2) I should most likely wait for admin and/or community approval before I add a new template to mainspace. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 03:42, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * This could be made as a subpage of MCW:Sandbox, perhaps as MCW:Sandbox/Fsh, so using  would clean it.
 * Good idea, but I do not know if "Full sandbox heading" (Short: Fsh) is the best name for this, I was also thinking of calling it "Sandbox cleaner" (Short: Sc) because that name also works, but I went for "Full sandbox heading" because it doesn't clean the sandbox simply by inserting it in the page, I would have to clean it by replacing all content with the template (which isn't a bad thing, but I just thought that "Full sandbox heading" would be a better name) Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 17:11, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Let's call it sandbox reset, which is the name of the equivalent template on Wikipedia. Fadyblok240 (talk) 01:51, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * - At the Wikipedia sandbox, there is also an editnotice, which links to an old revision with the edit summary already filled out.

To manually clear the sandbox, click [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit&oldid=466665401&edit&summary=Clearing+sandbox&minor=yes here] and save the page.
 * – Unavailablehoax (talk) 17:37, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Block
He was adding fake playsholder sounds – Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.186.88.249 (talk) at 22:03, November 19, 2020‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Unprotect Bedrock Edition 1.16.100
The protection log said to unprotected once it released and it released a few days ago. Can you unprotect it?Humiebeetalk contribs 01:32, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Dhranios (talk) 10:24, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Block
Vandalized some pages. The Great Spring (talk) 13:08, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Protect Tutorials/Best_enchantments_guide.
Excessive editorializing by IP Addresses. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 03:25, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Looking at the edit history, semi-protection. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 18:47, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Improve the "missing signature" tag
The "missing signature" tag that MediaWiki assigns to some edits in talk and project pages is flawed. Some edits, such as archiving discussions or fixing formatting are incorrectly tagged with "missing signature". Therefore I propose two additional criteria to reduce the rate of false positives. To prevent archival edits from being tagged, edits must increase the page size in order to qualify for "missing signature". Minor edits would also be disregarded so fixing formatting won't result in the tag. It is impossible to create an edit filter to perfectly tag edits as "missing signature", but the current filter can be improved. Fadyblok240 (talk) 17:46, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Should be done.  Nixinova   T   C   18:21, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to remove the "missing signature" tag from existing edits that do not meet the new criteria? Fadyblok240 (talk) 19:28, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * . My OneClickArchiver edits keep receiving the missing signature tag. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 21:38, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Block
Distruptive editing and they wrote edit summaries like Blue ~pandy569. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 02:25, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, the edit summaries aren't as large as a problem as the edits. 2 week block enacted. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 02:37, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Bots, specifically interwiki bots.

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Should we give then the bot tag. They don't have a non-bot owner on en but do on other wikis. Examples are User:The Non Useful and User:AmigoCreeper.Humiebeetalk contribs 22:13, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think those are bots. Dhranios (talk) 22:30, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yea, what makes you think those are bots ? James Haydon (talk) 23:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The edit summaries like interwiki (pt). Similar to fusion thermonucler who IS a bot in fact.Humiebeetalk contribs 02:59, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Did you mean half-bot? The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 03:41, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * According to my research, they are not bots. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 23:45, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay but why would they assume that, like what made them seem like bots? James Haydon (talk) 23:48, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I am not a bot, actually 🙃 despites I can't solve CAPTCHA sometimes — AmigoCreeper (talk) 00:58, 30 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm not a bot. (but I am particular about editing details.) --NonUseful (talk) 06:57, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * oh sorry, you always make the exact same edit summary though, It's so bot-like.Humiebeetalk contribs 02:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yea, because most of their edits add translations, kind of the same case with . James Haydon (talk) 03:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Block
Harassing on my profile and adding speculation. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 04:06, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

to everybody that knows more than me on wiki
undo my edits on llama please.

if need more info write back please. 73.89.66.98 15:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I did it. Thank me later :) James Haydon (talk) 15:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * thank you but i meant the gallery at the bottom, i accidentally made the pics look like this Llama equipped with a carpet and chest
 * YOU DID IT!!! thank you 73.89.66.98 15:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

name change
also is there a way to change my name on wiki or do i have to log in?
 * No, you have to create an account or log in to create a custom username. James Haydon (talk) 15:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * oh, ok thanks I will log in later 73.89.66.98 20:59, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Block
Disrupting Llama. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 00:07, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , they continued disrupting Llama and Guardian after a final warning. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 18:35, 4 December 2020 (UTC)


 * for a week.--Madminecrafter12 (talk) 18:44, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Admins of this wiki
do you think i could delete some stuff on my talk page [] With out getting blocked because I have warnings on there? Could I edit it into my personal page to put stuff on and for other people to comment? Please say I don't have to be logged in or anything hard. :) from:73.89.66.98 14:30, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No. Don't remove warnings. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 23:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok. Can I keep them up there and make it a talk page for me and other editors still? or should I not do it at all? 73.89.66.98 11:58, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * In general, for talk pages, including your user talk page, do not violate MCW:TALK. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 17:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)


 * ok thanks. 73.89.66.98 22:19, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Is there a policy here about directories of youtube videos?
Over on Wikipedia, there's a policy that's fairly strictly enforced: Wikipedia is not a directory. This policy exists because 'directory' pages become spam magnets for editors to post their own links to their own content on Facebook, Youtube, their website, their github project, or whatever. And this also violates the guildeline about conflict of interest.

Do we have something similar here? There's a brief list of rules at MCW:Wiki rules but nothing detailed about directories of external links or COI.

So tell me if I was out of line here. I saw this edit by someone inserting what is obviously his own Youtube video into a tutorial article. Instinctively I reverted it, out of habit developed on Wikipedia, and then realized I have never really seen any policy or guideline about lists of external links, or conflict-of-interest editing.

I know this wiki is quite permissive about what goes into Tutorial articles, but that particular tutorial looks like more video links than actual tutorial content. Amatulic (talk) 04:15, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Video policy. The Great Spring (talk | contribs ) 04:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Minecraft Wiki:Wiki rules/Video policy pretty much allows a free-for-all on tutorial pages, saying only that "it is preferred" for the article itself to include the information in the video. And it doesn't address the issue of editing with a conflict of interest (adding your own videos to a page) other than to mention "blatant self-promotion." Does adding your own Youtube link qualify? If so, maybe a line should be added. A lot of YouTube links on this wiki seem to exist for the purpose of attracting views (revenue) for the owner of the link. At the very least, the policy should require that you propose your own video on the talk page for others to review. Amatulic (talk) 16:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I would say adding your YouTube link to the page as your only contribution would be "blatant self promotion", but revamping part of the article and including your video there may be fine, if the video is helpful (which they must be).  Nixinova </b>  T </b>  C </b></b>  19:30, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, looking at the contributions of who I reverted, adding videos to articles appears to be that user's sole purpose here. Amatulic (talk) 20:42, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Block
Sockpuppet of. The Great Spring (talk | contribs) (Tagalog translation) 12:12, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * They're not blocked on either account; creating a new account isn't against the rules when they're not blocked.  Nixinova </b>  T </b>  C </b></b>  18:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay and they are clearly marked as well, which means it isn't a rule violation. James Haydon (talk) 19:08, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Both are vandalism-only accounts. While having two accounts isn't technically a rule violation, letting an unblocked vandal create a second account for more vandalism just doesn't seem right. Amatulic (talk) 15:37, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Second-person on Legacy Console Edition tutorial/Locations page
Legacy Console Edition tutorial/Locations is infested with second-person writing. Looks like I'd need help for that one... YA-HOOO! 21:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Block
Disrupting Java Edition guides/Caves & Cliffs. The Great Spring (talk | contribs) (Tagalog translation) 00:30, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

== Does Zombie (talk • • logs • protect page) warrant semi protection? ==

I see large amounts of vandalism and disruptive editing there, mainly from IP addresses. If you are looking at the subject, no, I did not use a template, I manually typed it. Maybe create a template that does this? Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 17:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)