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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 speedy 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.

If a user must be reported here, do not create a new section. Instead, add * {{vandal|Example user}} Your concise reason (e.g. vandalised past 4th warning). ~~~~ in the Block requests section.

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• PeanutButterBaconator (talk • contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) Vandalism

Why do I get blocked?

Last night I was editing the parity issue list, I was adding some important things, it took me about an hour. When I was done and hit save, it didn't let me. Some network error popped up. Now I tried it again, this time I only edited one single line and hit save, it didn't work again, and I received the following warning:

Your action has been disallowed by an automated edit filter. A brief description of the matched rule(s) for your action is: [SOAP] Spam prevention

I wasn't "spamming", I was just trying to add important things that were missing from that page. I would like to know why this happens and how I can continue editing without getting this warning. Hobbylos1 (talk) 12:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Short answer: you attempted to add a link to the forked wiki, which is against the Forking Policy.

Full answer: I assume "this time I only edited one single line" is referring to the line starting with "Player's hand and held." However, in your attempted edits, you also touched the line three lines down (the one starting with "Players have an animation"). I'm guessing you copied that line, or maybe the entire General or Animations section, and pasted it on this wiki. However, for whatever reason, this changed the link in that line: it replaced the link in the reference tag (the Minecraft Feedback link) with a link to the reference tag (what happens when you click the little [feedback 1] in the article). Those URLs, by default, take the URL of the current article and append "cite_note-x" to it. Since you were copying text from the forked wiki, that URL was a link to the forked wiki. The AbuseFilter does not allow links to the forked wiki. SLScool 00:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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Error on Wild Update page.

On the Wild update page It shows the Warden and the Deep Dark biome, however they are being added in the 1.18 C&CII Update not the 1.19 Wild Update. I cannot fix this as an error shows up so I am asking someone else to do it. – Unsigned comment added by Infrasound7 (talk • contribs) at 18:57 UTC October 16 (UTC). Sign comments with ~~~~

First, please sign your comment using 4 tildas (~~~~) and the Warden is going to be added to the 1.19 Wild Update. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 20:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Edit war on Java Edition version history/Development versions

I found series of vandalism edit war on Java Edition version history/Development versions, so i think you will protect that page for a month? 49.228.176.139 05:09, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Consider that Java Edition 1.18 Pre-release 1 is not released yet until certain number of weeks.</s49.228.176.139 05:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism on Concrete Page

Someone vandalised the concrete page and replaced all the 'Concrete' with 'Dinnerbone', as well as turning Java into Fava, and Bedrock into Badrock, etc. Can someone pleace fix that? -Infrasound7

Please create a page called "Criticism of Minecraft"

Thanks! 99.19.68.61 00:46, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Why? That's what Wikipedia is for. See wikipedia:Minecraft#Reception. Wikipedia would give the topic more encyclopedic treatment. It's sort of outside the scope of the Minecraft wiki. Amatulic (talk) 05:02, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Please change a page model

Please change Module:Sandbox/GameTag/Data.json to json for storing module data.

Thank you.--Snow dash（Talk & Contributions） 15:29, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Can't type Minecraft preset (admin keeps blocking it)

I made new Minecraft preset. I tried to make a new page with the preset, but the admin keeps blocking it, as it says, it has unwanted words. But it was only Minecraft preset. I can't do anything! – Unsigned comment added by Tankazer (talk • contribs) at 13:27, 7 December 2021 (UTC). Sign comments with ~~~~

I'm not an admin and have no idea what would've triggered that abuse filter, but the page you're describing is not something that would meet this wiki's notability guidelines, which disallow pages regrading fan-made content. If that's still something you want to get posted to the wiki, it would have to be a subpage of your user page – JEC _talk @ 15:41, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

I also changed the filter a bit. I suspect it was causing an issue because of the "lapisSize" property. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 10:29, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Highlighted ref is not readable in dark mode

Please see the discussion at MediaWiki talk:Fandomdesktop.css#Highlighted ref is not readable in dark mode. —⁠andrybak (talk) 23:46, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Please delete 319 pages/files.

In Category:Pending deletion, there are 316 pages/files in the category plus 1 subcategory and 2 more in Category:Pending speedy deletion. Can all of them be deleted? Most of the pages are unused, unneeded redirects, duplicates, or other pages that have no reason not to be deleted. I know there is a right given to admins called Mass delete pages (nuke). Humiebee^{talk contribs} 19:10, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

i cant sign on with my former user names

i used to be chaskuchar. then it would not let me sign on. so i changed to chaskuchar1. now today it would no let me sign on with my microsoft account and i made a new chaskuchar2. i don't like be labeled a newbee and i can't always remember new usernames. this is depressing. thank you. Chaskuchar (talk) 14:57, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Undeleting a very old image

On the main page, alongside File:Minecraft.png there used to be another file, File:Minecraft2.png, captioned "Epic cityscapes", which has long since been deleted (and doesn't show up on the internet archive either: http://web.archive.org/web/20090621202937/http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page). Since this was one of the very first images ever added to the wiki and since its companion is still around and still being used on the classic page, I think it deserves to be undeleted so it can be seen again by the modern world. AlienAgent124 (talk) 07:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

 Done. –Sonicwave ^talk 22:05, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a ton, and while we're on the subject of undeleting old files, I noticed something else: the files File:Cavern 1.png, File:Cavern 3.png and File:AlexVMiner's Spleef Arena.png are some of the only known screenshots of the missing version 0.0.21a_01. However, the user who uploaded these images also uploaded another image on the same day as those three, File:Cavern2.png, which was deleted. This was probably also taken in the same version so it's probably also one of the few existing screenshots of this version, so it definitely ought to be undeleted too.

There's probably at least a few more old deleted screenshots on here that are of versions now lost, but it would be difficult to tell which ones without undeleting them first. AlienAgent124 (talk) 00:30, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Cavern2.png is just an extremely cropped lava texture.
Feel free to add more files here to look at undeleting.  Nixinova   T   C   05:49, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Fix false positives regarding edit filter 50

I have pointed out many false positives regarding edit filter 50, called "Tag character spam", by adding hex colors, such as #333333, #999999, etc., hence I proposed to fix the false positives to that edit filter. DeepLineMadom (talk) 07:27, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

It kicks in, however, only for users with less than 10 edits. I think that's reasonable, and unlikely to generate false positives. Amatulic (talk) 18:15, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Beetroot Seeds Usages

I just made an account to delete a section under the Beetroot Seeds#Usage. The trading part relates to Beetroot, not Beetroot seeds. Since I've not made enough edits yet I'm not allowed to perform this action. – Unsigned comment added by Codex404 (talk • contribs) at 14:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC). Sign comments with ~~~~

No — The section shouldn't be deleted, but corrected. One can buy beetroot seeds from wandering traders. I have corrected it accordingly. Amatulic (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

73.93.5.139

User:73.93.5.139 keeps editing with bed stuff end update? Pls! Just pls!98.109.176.33 14:15, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

"Keeps editing"? Where? That IP address made one edit in January and one in May. Not clear that it's the same user. Looks like drive-by one-off vandalism to me. If problems persist, see the link at the top of this page to make a proper block request. Amatulic (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

iron golem spawn volume conditions are in conflict in 2 pages for bedrock edition

For Bedrock edition,

wiki says "The golem attempts to spawn in a 16×12×16 volume around the village center defined by a bed or a bell." in https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Golem#Spawning page.

However;

wiki says "... 16×6×16 volume around the village center." in https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Golem#Spawning page.

These information are in conflict ! Which one is correct?

regards. – Unsigned comment added by 92.45.88.58 (talk) at 10:10, 17 May 2022‎ (UTC). Sign comments with ~~~~

I believe your second link was intended to link to the Tutorials/Iron golem farming, where you saw this discrepancy.

Always assume that article pages are more correct than tutorial pages. Articles contain actual technical information based on testing and code examination. Tutorials pages were originally created as a way to keep "how to" advice out of the articles, so that the articles contain only information about the game and not how to play it. Many tutorials are dumping grounds for fancruft and youtube videos, although I've tried to keep some of them clean and up to date, such as the ones about farming drowned, iron golems, axolotls, zombie villagers, and water transportation.

I missed the change for the iron golem farming article. Thanks for pointing it out.

The spawn volume changed after 1.17.30. I have fixed the tutorial page so now they both agree. Amatulic (talk) 17:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Error with loot chests

All locations where there would be a table of a loot chest normally instead have this text: "Lua error in Module:LootChest at line 3817: attempt to index field 'rolls' (a nil value)." Not sure what all of that means but I think it needs administrator attention. I have not posted before so please forgive any mistakes in my formatting. HardlyHunter (talk) 00:38, 10 June 2022 (UTC)HardlyHunter

User:AttemptToCallNil made a bunch of edits to the module in the past two days. It may have been the result of that. I left a note on their talk page. Amatulic (talk) 14:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

The error was introduced in edit 2136652, I actually fixed it. Because of that edit, several upcoming pool lists became part of ordinary pool lists (they were supposed to be sibling nodes) and were interpreted by the module as one of the pools. Since the upcoming lists ended up empty after the edit, the module crashed due to absence of some critical fields that all pools are expected to have. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 06:47, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Navigation popups gadget no longer working

Since the recent wiki software update that finished earlier today, the 'navigation popups' gadget (see user preferences / gadgets) has stopped working. I rely on this gadget heavily to preview diffs in my watchlist and in recent changes, and also for patrolling edits.

It would be nice if the {{ping}} template started working with this new update. Testing pinging BDJP007301: Did you get notified of that ping? Amatulic (talk) 16:38, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

I submitted an updated version of the popups gadget for JS review. It worked for me in test mode. As for pings, I'm not sure, but I think the issue is with the custom notification system used, which won't work no matter how much MediaWiki is updated. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 17:06, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Navigation popups is now working again for me.

It's a pity about the pings. That is an incredibly useful feature for those of us who 2000 pages on our watch list. Amatulic (talk) 00:17, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

I take that back. Navigation popups appears, but the "mark as patrolled" option is no longer there under the top heading. Amatulic (talk) 00:19, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

That's most likely an upstream change, so if this option is necessary, it will have to be re-implemented by local admins, which is a non-trivial task. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 03:15, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Well, the navigation popups gadget had to be implemented by someone in the first place, and it was done originally at my request after I tested it by pulling it in from MediaWiki. That conversation is at Minecraft Wiki:Admin noticeboard/Archive 33#Woohoo! It works. User:Madminecrafter12 originally imported it and made it available in user preferences. The gadget did need some tweaking before it started working really well, particularly with patrolling. User:Majr fixed up that feature. User:Jack McKalling also participated. I guess it needs to be looked at again. Amatulic (talk) 23:43, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Inappropriate username

There is a user named Minecraft Wiki Administrator which is misleading because the user is definitely not an admin. Is it preferable to rename the account, or should the user just create another account? Fadyblok240 (talk) 02:52, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. BDJP ^(t|c) 03:06, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Is it a soft block or a hard block? If the username is the only problem with the account, then a hard block may not be justified. Sure, the edit made by the user isn't constructive, but we may not know whether the user is editing with malicious intent without letting the user make more edits. Fadyblok240 (talk) 03:10, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

In this case, because the user had "Admin" or "Adminstrator" in their name, it generally falls under a hard block. Some accounts with that word in their username haven’t even edited (or their contributions were deleted) before being blocked. BDJP ^(t|c) 03:28, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

DELETE

File:Chorus.png DELETE THIS FILE, ITS NOT MINECRAFT. ZaLink700 23:40, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

In case you didn't notice the follow-up reply to your comment in my profile one or two days ago, the admins of this wiki can't do anything about that image since it's hosted on the Fandom Commons Wiki and not here – JEC _talk @ 01:49, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Important question

Is the official Technoblade easter egg on the Minecraft Launcher allowed on this wiki? (It is an official easter egg from Mojang.) I am having a dispute with another user about this. Minermatt122514 (talk) 21:09, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

I think that you are correct on the matter. Technoblade's crown is a feature built into the game that is important to address in the article, and disallowing it because it's "advertising a youtuber" just seems a bit silly to me. A note to both of you, however (pinging Minermatt122514 and ZaLink700), repeatedly reverting each other's edits over and over, especially spamming ALL CAPS in the edit summaries, is never a way to solve a dispute, and risks being blocked over. Next time, if something like this happens, I'd recommend starting a discussion somewhere to solve the issue, either on that page's talk page or just here (which I'm glad you did do eventually). --Madminecrafter12 (talk) 04:38, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

I sure wish the {{ping}} feature actually did something on this wiki. Amatulic (talk) 15:16, 3 July 2022 (UTC)