Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard

Adware report
On chrome (version 31.0.1650.48) your site seems to host adware. In the youtube embeds I get EBay ads, and my pop-up blocker lastly blocked a popup. It seems like adserver[dot]adtechnus[dot]com is hosting the malware. I've made sure it isn't one of my extensions which is causing the malware. I hope this will be solved as soon as possible, because this is an really awesome website. Greetings, Mark Vermeulen

Archives
I recently created a 17th archive for the noticeboard, can someone update the header template to support the new archive? Thanks! 1234567890Number (talk) 11:59, 27 September 2013 (UTC)


 * — Hower64 12:53, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Spam filter blacklist
Both me and Bb 20 have been unable to link to Fraps.com on hardware performance because it is triggering the spam filter. Would someone be able to fix this? Thanks! -- t  numbermaniac  c  01:19, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Adjusted the blacklist, see if it behaves itself now. -- Orthotopetalk 09:08, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It works! Thanks! -- t  numbermaniac  c  12:03, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

0x10c wiki redirect (moved out of archive because its sill a problem)
When the 0x10c was shutdown it for some reason started redirecting to 0x10c Wiki.-- 007a83 Talk 06:23, 22 September 2013 (UTC)


 * More accurately, 0x10c.gamepedia.com is being forwarded to minecraft.gamepedia.com, which definitely shouldn't be happening. Nothing we can do here, Curse will have to sort it out next week. -- Orthotopetalk 06:43, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I will get this resolved on Monday. -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  07:07, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Used files marked as unused
When multiple files are linked through semicolons (for example in grids), only the first file is displayed as used.

Example: File:White_Wool.png and File:Orange_Wool.png are both used in Template:Block in the article Wool, but only the White Wool is displayed as used. (/)

Is there a way to fix that? --eagle3000 (D ~ B) 16:49, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It will be fixed when we have lua. –Matt ᐸ Talk Contribs ⎜ 21:00, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Could u explain that to me a bit more? ETA for that? (because we're trying to delete all unused files in the german wiki, which we can't do in this situation) --eagle3000 (D ~ B) 21:10, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * The animation images are added and shown with JavaScript, so the images aren't "used" according to the wiki. When Curse updates to MediaWiki 1.21 (probably in a few months), we'll have lua and a lua version of the grid template which will create all the images, and JavaScript will just show them, so everything will work normally. –Matt ᐸ Talk Contribs ⎜ 23:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Administrator rights
Can I be an administrator in this wiki? 1234567890Number (talk) 18:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * What will becoming an administrator allow you to do that isn't being done now? -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  19:13, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Whatever. Just forget this request.1234567890Number (talk) 22:48, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Made this account for my little cousin. I caught him trying to vandalize Iron Golem. I pressed the cancel button just then and the page was safe. Put him away from the computers for a few hours was what I did, so in the time I have I am typing this message. Please block just the account, not the ip address. Thanks! 1234567890Number (talk) 01:52, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * He also unsuccessfully tried twice to vandalize Wither, but the filters caught it. He hasn't done any more than other random hit-and-run vandals so he doesn't deserve a block, yet. 03:18, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Caught him again this morning doing bad edits on Block of Gold. I was too late though, since he manged to press the Save Page botton. I'm going to undo it now, and please block this time! 1234567890Number (talk) 13:25, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a tip, Alt+F4 closes the current window on Windows. (Command+Q on Mac.) If he just pressed save page, closing the window quick enough might not save the edit. -- t  numbermaniac  c  23:15, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I recall a very similar incident just two weeks ago. You may want to think more carefully about who you create accounts for. -- Orthotopetalk 07:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I remember that too, it was with VandalMan and my little brother. I WON'T create any more accounts unless I can trust that person with it. 1234567890Number (talk) 20:53, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Filters
I feel I have been wrongfully blocked from speaking on the Talk page of Redstone. It says a unwanted word was found in my edit, but I don't cuss. I am a new user, Could that play a part?--DJDoseMinecraft (talk) 20:27, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * The filter blocks a variety of unwanted text, not just obscenities. In particular, it's used to prevent Herobrine-related spam on pages unrelated to the Herobrine article. -- Orthotopetalk 07:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I get an error saying "An automated filter has detected external links in your edit." when trying to add a section to the Talk Memory Circuit page. But its plain text, no wikitext, nothing interesting at all! What is this filter complaining about? MilkmanGB (talk) 06:10, 9 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Strange; I see no reason for your edits to have triggered the filter. Tried testing it against the filter, and it even says they don't match. A workaround would be to make a few edits to other pages; after you've made several successful edits, the filters no longer apply. -- Orthotopetalk 07:15, 9 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Are you editing the whole page or just a section? (i.e. does the content posted back contain other's external links?)


 * I was using Talk -> Add Topic, so the only text was my plain (possibly mangled!) English. 05:30, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

I got that too. I wasn't even trying to add a section, just adding to something under a header in the Slime talk page. I have added sections to other things, and this is the only time I got the message. It didn't have any links in it, unless a picture counts. (And I wasn't adding the picture, it was already there). I'll come back to it after I've edited some other things. (After trying again right now.) Dragon29 29 (talk) 12:25, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Still having left-sidebar stuff encroaching on page.
Even with the social-disease buttons disabled, now the Gamepedia givaway and Infinite Crisis notices are doing the same thing. What's more, so is the "Minecraft Wiki" logo at the top, and that usually covers half the first button on the top. On consideration, "well, you changed your text size" is not really an answer -- dealing with that is part of webpage design, and the Wiki should be able to handle folks who don't want tiny print. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 13:05, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have set the sidebar to be 160px wide rather than the default 10em. Please let me know if you still have an issue. -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  20:37, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Now most of the page content (all but header and the left sidebar itself) is getting forced below the offending buttons, making a huge gap. This is actually worse -- at first I thought the Wiki was broken, until I thought to scroll down.
 * File:MM-Sidebar-problem-3.png
 * --MentalMouse42 (talk) 21:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Your personal text settings are doing this. this is not a problem with the wiki.-- 007a83 Talk 14:34, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, but exactly how is that supposed to work? My common.css has all code commented out, and changing the text size would not (and never previously has) cause a major change in page layout like that.  I am using a standard browser, namely Firefox, updated to the Ubuntu standard.  And I am having no such problems with any other page I visit.  At this point I've got scripts completely enabled and AdBlock disabled (not that either of them has caused problems on that level before).  So, exactly what in "my text settings" is causing all text content to be forced below the left sidebar?  And just to make my previous statement more explicit, if a web page's formatting breaks whenever a viewer changes their text size, then that page's design is broken.  The buttons and logo overlapping contents were "a little broken", though worse for actually blocking links.  This new problem trades some of that minor breakage (the logo still covers some pages' corner links) for a serious presentation failure.  --MentalMouse42 (talk) 20:57, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * MentalMouse, you are the ONLY one that sees the mainpage this way. No one on our wiki team, or our dev team have been able to replicate the issue, I don't see anyone else on the wiki saying they are having this issue. The images used for the contests are 140px wide, the logo is 160px wide. FOR EVERYONE. We aren't somehow singling you out for special treatment. Looking at your screenshot I can see that for whatever reason, your content area is moved over (your links all go underneath it, while the images go above it). Since you have nothing in your personal css that is causing this, and there is nothing in the global css that is causing this (since absolutely no one else sees it) the ONLY conclusion I can draw is that you have made some change in your browser, or your display settings to change this on your machine only. You know how MediaWiki handles images, you know how it handles text. We don't have the luxury to make this do whatever we want like a standard website, we have to work within MediaWiki parameters. We also don't have the luxury of enough dev time to figure out exactly where you are breaking. Until this "problem" affects more than just you, I have to call it tabled. (I removed the hard coded width from the panel, so you should be back to the overlapping problem.) -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  00:07, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I cannot replicate this at all. I've tried changing DPI settings, overriding the font size and using zoom and none of them cause this to happen. In all cases there are no overlaps (overriding the font size doesn't scale up the images though, so they look too small, but that's the complete opposite of what you're seeing), so this is definitely some browser addon/setting or OS setting you've got that is causing this. I suspect you've got something that scales up images independently of the font size. Try setting firefox to safe mode and see if this still happens. –Matt ᐸ Talk Contribs ⎜ 01:26, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I am indeed back to the overlapping without the pushdown, and thanks for trying Wynthyst. If nobody else is seeing this, I don't know what to think, but I'll look around my browser options.  I am not doing anything odd with plugins (at least not odder than NoScript, which has been apparently exonerated by experiments).  I'm using 10 point fonts, 12 for monospace, with a minimum of 9 and default fonts of Century Schoolbook L, DejaVu Sans, and "monospace" (which I believe are all Firefox defaults).  Shifting to various zoom levels doesn't affect it either. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 02:41, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Sound clips claimed to be not supported
On the Villager page, each of the sound clips in the infobox gives the following message: Sorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player. You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. This message remains even if I tell NoScript to enable all the (many) domains wanting to serve scripts here. (As an aside, when I enabled googleadservices, the first thing I saw was a beer ad. Not child-friendly, at leastt by US standards.)  Clicking through gets to a page which says I need OGG support, which is built into Firefox -- which I'm using. And I've certainly played OGG files on other sites, nor have I seen that message here before. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 00:02, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * There's an issue with the extension now being used for ogg files; Curse is aware of this, and it's on their list of things to fix. See Minecraft Wiki:Gamepedia migration issues. -- Orthotopetalk 01:44, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Sounds like they're on the case, thanks. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 11:22, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

unnecessary panel divider + header
In the german wiki there is a panel divider and the header "Navigation" in the sidebar at the top (above "Hauptseite") which immediatly disappears when you have scripts enabled. If you disable scripts (for example with ScriptSafe in Chrome) this two things stay. I figured out that this doesn't happen in the english wiki. Any solution? --eagle3000 (D ~ B) 19:51, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix. --eagle3000 (D ~ B) 00:27, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I would like to reference a web-based tool in the Stronghold page
I was trying to add this bit to the Stronghold page:


 * http: //www.purplefrog.com/~thoth/MinecraftStronghold/stronghold.html Eye of Ender throw plotting tool&#93;

but since it's an external link and all my previous contributions have been to non-minecraft Curse wikis, this one considers me too much of a noob to let me add it. I know how the WoWpedia does external links, but could someone familiar with minecraft's style guide put this in a proper place on the Stronghold page? MutantBob (talk) 16:00, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Because it confused one person already: I know how to put a square bracket on the beginning to make it an external hyperlink. The wiki just rejects my edit when I try to save text that includes an external hyperlink (even if the text originally had that hyperlink). "An automated filter has detected external links in your edit. As a new user, your action has been disallowed." MutantBob (talk) 23:07, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I added the link under External Links. Once you have made the required number of edits successfully without adding any external links, that filter will stop blocking your edits. It's a safeguard we have in place to stop vandals from spamming inappropriate external links on the wiki. -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  23:13, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Ad redirecting me
I don't know what it is, but 3 times in the last 10 minutes I have been randomly redirected to mysearch-engine.com without being asked and without me clicking on anything. Looks like a bad ad to me. -- t  numbermaniac  c  08:00, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I have the same problem with one of my computers. Weird, isn't it? Try checking your spam or pop-up filter or run a computer scan, Numbermaniac. 1234567890Number (talk) 22:39, 6 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Not sure how to do that on an iPad, but at least I know it's not just me. -- t  numbermaniac  c  21:04, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Please update Version for TU13
Could an admin or 'crat please update the Version template to reflect the latest change to the Xbox 360 Edition, which is now using TU13. This currently incorrectly displays TU12 as being the latest version, on the Main Page of the wiki. Thanks. &mdash; Augur <font size="4" color="#723a32">&#x2710; <font size="4" color="#723a32">&#x2315; 19:54, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Orthotopetalk 20:02, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

‎
Massive vandalism and edit-warring people who try to fix it. To the vandal, a news flash: Every edit you make is showing up in the history logs. Trying to cover over reports or reverting people's reversions will not prevent the admins from seeing those entries, and you don't have access to erase them. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 22:16, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see Matt got him. Thanks! --MentalMouse42 (talk) 10:57, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

, -- modpage spamming.
Creating a swarm of pages in mainspace for various mod items/monsters, none of them meeting standard even for mod pages. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 23:01, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

New Archive please
Please make an 18th archive to this page. <sup style="font-weight:normal; color:#00E">t  1234567890Number  <sup style="color:#00E">c
 * Why? The topics here are barely a month old. -- Wynthyst  [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  01:41, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry then. <sup style="font-weight:normal; color:#00E">t  1234567890Number  <sup style="color:#00E">c

Grid failure? Spruce Wood Planks
On both the "beginning minecraft" tutorial and the Wood page, spruce wood planks are showing up as an unknown block. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 21:16, 11 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The file has disappeared. –Matt ᐸ <small style=display:inline-block;line-height:9px;vertical-align:-3px>Talk Contribs ⎜ 00:19, 12 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd thought the grid template went through BlockSprite, but apparently not. I just tried to revert it to a prior version, and that didn't seem to work.  (Also, there's no deletion in the log.)  --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:51, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Video embedding in Hay Bale has somehow been subverted.
Hay Bale/video shows the correct video, and the section of "Hay Bale" correctly reads just "", but the "Hay Bale" page itself instead shows a black box with a message "Play - Pirates: Tides of Fortune". I'm on Linux, which argues against a virus on my machine. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 00:58, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, it's link is suspicious:

http://mash.network.coull.com/activatevideo?video_provider_id=2&pid=10325&website_id=139401&width=425&height=239&embed_type=IFRAME&video_provider_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/embed/ix5P7uPc79s%3Fshowsearch%3D0%26modestbranding%3D1%26hd%3D1#


 * Seems to be on all the embedded videos, which still work fine; I'm guessing it's a Youtube advertising thing. -- Orthotopetalk 01:23, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * What type of video plugin does this Wiki use? Either the extension itself does this or a script found in the footer of the page (before body is closed) is responsible for this. There is a script linked to mash.network.coull.com/getaffiliatorjs which seems to do this. All videos on all wiki pages have this, they want me to play World of Tanks instead Minecraft. --StarWolf3000 (talk) 08:38, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Finally found out, that the ads script from Coull is creating these suspicious links. I added a filter rule to my block list and the links are gone. They were not only on the Hay Bale page, but on all pages that include videos. --StarWolf3000 (talk) 12:01, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

File:2012-02-01 17.12.21.png
Could this be given a better name and update Village as necessary? Thanks. -- <sup style="font-weight:normal; color:#00E">t  numbermaniac  <sup style="color:#00E">c  20:38, 15 October 2013 (UTC)


 * 11:03, 20 October 2013 (UTC)</tt>

Ads
File:AdsProblem.png I'm not sure that you can do anything about this, but the ads on the wiki have moved and ruined the style. The page itself is miles away from "Edit" and "History". Lennbot ( talk - contributions) 09:50, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks fine on Firefox and Chrome. Clear your cache maybe? –Matt ᐸ <small style=display:inline-block;line-height:9px;vertical-align:-3px>Talk Contribs ⎜ 11:50, 20 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm using Chrome and the 4 different ways the internet says to clear the cache ( +,  , ++ and Controls > Tools > Clear browsing data) did not work. Even running AdBlock just leaves a big empty gap. Redstone_(Dust).png Lennbot Redstone_(Dust).png ( talk - contributions) 12:03, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Request for new redirect page
I would like to request that a redirect be added at Command block minecart to Minecart with Command Block. Being newly registered, I am unable to do that myself. - Andrio Celos (talk) 10:26, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

New update
Could some admin ad the new update 1.7.2 today to the Recent Updates list on the main page? Thanks! <sup style="font-weight:normal; color:#00E">t  1234567890Number  <sup style="color:#00E">c

Block revision
Could somebody block this revision of Minecraft Wiki talk:Community portal? It contains an anon's email address.  Meeples10 t ~ c 01:46, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Repeated vandalism
Request a ban. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Blocked. -- Orthotopetalk 01:36, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

The Section Of PvP Regarding Enchantments (7)
All of the content listed there can be found on the Enchantment page. Since I already put a link to that, I believe that section 7 is redundant, while also being much less detailed then the actual Enchantment page. Even the comments regarding utilization are located elsewhere in the PvP page or are easily inferred, excluding

"Even though falling from a distance that would usually hurt you gets completely nullified by the Boots, it will still make the sound of bones cracking, and alerting those nearby to your presence," a fact that players are unlikely to need. Could you please DELETE section 7?

67.172.45.101 21:26, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

He has vandalized my user page. Please block. Lennbot ( talk - contributions) 17:53, 2 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Orthotopetalk 21:25, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Vandalized Resource pack and Skin. Please block.  Meeples10 t ~ c 16:23, 4 November 2013 (UTC)


 * 18:03, 4 November 2013 (UTC)</tt>

Filter catching edit incorrectly
I tried to post this on Chest's talk page earlier, but an automated filter thinks that there are external links in it and won't let me post. Help? --184.152.75.156 01:36, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * The filters have been behaving a bit oddly since the migration. Try again a bit later perhaps? -- <sup style="font-weight:normal; color:#00E">t  numbermaniac  <sup style="color:#00E">c  04:31, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I put a brief mention of this on the topic page, under Trivia. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 15:11, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Herobrine
Could an administrator please look at my question and request on Talk:Herobrine? I have requested this on October 25th and about two weeks later, on November 8th this still hasn't been done. Regards, DdgMC (talk) 19:42, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * 03:39, 9 November 2013 (UTC)</tt>

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Vandalism (Minecart). --GreenStone (0x54; 0x43) 15:45, 9 November 2013 (UTC)


 * . -- Orthotopetalk 19:21, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Unimplemented Features
Fish need to be removed from that list, as they were added in 1.7. TheEpicMudkip (talk) 16:49, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * More fish items were added, but fish as entities still have not been. -- Orthotopetalk 18:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Obnoxious Ads
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but I did feel I should let somebody know..

I have been using this wiki a fair bit of late and find it immensely useful. I do not generally have an issue with advertising on free sites, and understand that this is an often necessary part of supporting such resources. However, recently I have been being assaulted more and more with obnoxious ads that spontaneously start playing audio at me as soon as they're loaded (and sometimes at random other times, often looping over and over repeatedly). This is not ok, and I do not accept it.

Because of these ads I have chosen to block all advertising on minecraft.gamepedia.com, and am now recommending that everyone else I know do the same. I just thought you should know. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.221.226.11 (talk)&#32;18:30, 12 November 2013(UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * The ads are provided by Curse, so there's not much the wiki can do about them. I'd suggest contacting Curse directly about this (email support @ curse.com). -- Orthotopetalk 19:13, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

TNT Cannon Article Copy Edit
Dear Admins,

I have copy edited much of the TNT Cannon article but, due to my being new, cannot post the changes, which include:


 * Rewriting the technical naming standard
 * Replacing with direct data inputs such unnecessary calculations as subtracting from 45 and then dividing by two, which bogged down the previous naming system. A few back-of-the-envelope calculations show that this new standard will produce names that are simpler, shorter, and clearer than those of the previous one.
 * Removing duplicated values and changing values to match their names; e.g., speed is now distance over time rather than one fifth the range, which elsewhere is used.
 * Re-arranging the Common Name system to reveal the TNT Amount value, which was 'buried' in calculations
 * Removing word cruft and otherwise 'tightening' the writing in order to smooth reading
 * Correcting grammar errors and removing personal pronouns (or addresses) in order to provide a finished, encylopedic feel

If you would like to know my credentials, then they are: years of building huge, complex TNT cannons and large contribution to (or invention of, if memory serves!) TNT cannon nomenclature. I want to help new cannoneers understand their craft. Please let me! :)

-Duxwing –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Duxwing (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with

Ads???
I'm fine with ads on the side of the screen, or even at the bottom where I can close it, but every now and then a popup opens saying this: http://optimize-app.com Congratulations!!! You are today's lucky visitor, eligible to receive an Apple Product!

And I can not close out of it, so I have to click OK and go to "optimize-app.com". This is extremely annoying. And I know that the ads are provided by Curse, but can't you at least talk to them about it? Please fix this. Thank you. <font style="color:#800000">TrainsILike  <font style="color:#008080">(<font color="#008080">talk | <font color="#008080">contribs ) 07:04, 13 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Let me say this: these ads pop up on my screen every single time I open the wiki. If I open a new tab, one of the following happens:


 * tv.com: Elementary
 * tv.com: "Watch Cartoon Network"
 * tv.com: The Walking Dead
 * "Congratulations!!! You have been selected to win a copy of the latest version of Minecraft!" (under latest version, it says Beta 1.8)
 * "Congratulations!!! You have been selected to win an Apple iPad2!" (if you take their survey, tell them where you live, your full name, age, phone number, et cetera)
 * I think the last two might be illegal.  Meeples10 t ~ c 10:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC)


 * As soon as I clicked save: "Watch The Crazy Ones On Tv.Com! Just Fill Out Our Form To Win!" - that one didn't even make sense to me.  Meeples10 t ~ c 10:27, 13 November 2013 (UTC)