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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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Current issues

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Block requests

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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)

Protection requests

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General requests

About File:Zombie pigman angry1.ogg

Can someone please reupload this file to sound like Adult zombified piglin? Shagufta Arai (talk) 12:00, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Reupload it now! Shagufta Arai (talk) 10:31, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

About <code>

In FandomDesktop, the styles of <code></code> and <samp><samp> is the same now and indistinct, could someone please change the style of <code> to make them readable.--Chixvv (talk) 10:25, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Try using {{samp}} which changes the color to gray. Fadyblok240 (talk) 19:09, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

I think the best solution would be making a tweak on the css to restore the old <code> behavior. Thejoaqui777 (talk) 03:26, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

The code's style also needs to be changed. For example:

(Allowed characters: -, ., :, _, a-z.)

Some sentences like this are used in some command pages, which could be read and understood easily before, but it is confusing now because it's difficult to distinguish between codes and commas.--Chixvv (talk) 16:12, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

And some pages like Commands/particle also become difficult to read because of this.--Chixvv (talk) 16:23, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Try placing this in Mediawiki:Common.css:

code {
	background-color: #ffffff;
}

Fadyblok240 (talk) 02:30, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Placing this in Mediawiki:Common.css should work:

.page-content code {
    background-color: var(--theme-page-background-color--secondary);
    border: 1px solid var(--theme-border-color);
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding: 1px 4px;
}

--Chixvv (talk) 15:26, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

It's really worse on some devices where monospace font is almost the same with normal font. Hope you can fix it as soon as possible.--Chixvv (talk) 15:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

@AttemptToCallNil, could you fix it please? it is important for some readers.--Chixvv (talk) 07:52, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Code implemented, also pings don't work anymore. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 09:47, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

The list is not alphabetical

Can you please make the admin list alphabetical? TheGreatSpring (talk | contribs) (Tagalog translation) 00:11, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Obligatory nightmare mode

I think you will create the Obligatory nightmare mode redirect that redirects to Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34 § Obligatory nightmare mode, why? 49.228.179.158 06:39, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 21:26, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

MCW:Patroller requests

Why does it even exist anymore? No one uses it and it is quite tedious to make a request. Also, patrollers can decide for themselves. To me, the page should either be linked to the sidebar, be deleted, or be converted to MCW:Requests for patroller or MCW:Requests for user rights as there is not really a way for a user to request themselves to have a user right, only for someone else to request it like Amatulic requesting active users for autopatrol right or an admin occasionally giving users rights. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 21:26, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

I would support redesigning it, but making it a request for roles page isn't a good idea. People should get roles as rewards from contributions, because people believe on them, not because they request them. I would just delete that page anyway, as patrollers can mostly decide by themselves. Thejoaqui777 (talk) 23:31, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Should the page just be archived or outright deleted? Humiebee^{talk contribs} 19:05, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

First thing you should all do is to complete those unfinished ones. --TreeIsLife (talk) 19:38, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

 Strong Support archiving it. I will archive the closed ones to Archive 3 and put a banner that it is not used anymore. There is already an alternative on the MCW Discord. Otherwise, talk pages (or AN) will be enough. --TreeIsLife (talk) 19:38, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Archived 1 section. If nobody will oppose me in next 24 hours, I will put a notice for people to stop making patroller requests on July 28 (it will just be notice, no protections or moving pages) and alternatives for that. --TreeIsLife (talk) 20:05, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Update: Nobody opposed me in 24 hours, so I put the banner. The banner is up now. --TreeIsLife (talk) 16:19, 27 July 2021 (UTC), updated 20:05, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Good news. I checked all 6 ones. Most of them were just check few pages and that's it. I will put all of them to archive, but what with the page?

Humiebee and Thejoaqui777 What should we do with the page? I prefer archiving it, but I can't do it myself. --TreeIsLife (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Well, I  Support archiving it (also the ping template doesn't work, I think, or maybe yes? I don't know, maybe I should ask). Thejoaqui777 (talk) 06:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I think it should be archived as well and left untouched as an ancient page. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 18:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

 Archived --TreeIsLife (talk) 18:44, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Request for page for important bugs

This would be things like how on certain Linux systems, dropdowns in the launcher don't work at all, making creating new installations impossible. – Unsigned comment added by 70.142.45.182 (talk) at 22:52, 25 July 2021‎ (UTC). Sign comments with ~~~~

Bugs go on the bug tracker only.  Nixinova   T   C   07:48, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

About the speedy deletion template and delete when template

When previewing a page/editing a page with the {{sd}} or {{delete when}} template,it shows This page has been tagged for (speedy) deletion.^{[[https://minecraft.fandom.com/PageName/SubPage?action=delete delete]][links]} with a missing "|" between the "?action=delete" and "delete]]".

It's because it's an external link, not a wikilink. The outer brackets are not part of the link. Fadyblok240 (talk) 12:23, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Theme changes side effect mobile browser

Not sure what new changes have been done to the css, but the text is no longer readable on mobile browsers. It was good up until a couple of hours. 09:12, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

About MediaWiki:Gadget-refTooltip.js

	var $win = $( window );
	var $body = $( '.mw-body' );
	var $content = $( '#mw-content-text' );

Since FandomDesktop has arrived, the .mw-body is no longer there, causing this gadget to fail. To fix it we simply needs to change it to like this:

	var $win = $( window );
	var $body = $( '#content' );
	var $content = $( '#mw-content-text' );

This is a pretty handy gadget, and I kinda rely on it very hard, so I hope you can fix that ASAP. Thank you! -- Lakejason0 (Talk • Contribs) 11:38, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Fix applied. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 11:58, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

About MediaWiki:Gadget-site.js

var extractList = function( $contentContainer, listClass ) {
		var $content = $contentContainer.find( '.mw-parser-output > ul > li > ul' ).children( ':not(.nbttree-inherited)' );

Since the usage of Template:nbt_inherit has been changed in 2015, the ':not(.nbttree-inherited)' is no longer needed. And it makes some special NBT inheritance impossible. Please change it to like this:

var extractList = function( $contentContainer, listClass ) {
		var $content = $contentContainer.find( '.mw-parser-output > ul > li > ul' ).children();

Thank you! --Chixvv (talk) 07:43, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Change applied. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 12:08, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Another request

It still works not well. Could you change it again? Just add some new lines:

if ( treeview ) {
      $content.children(".load-page-button").children(".jslink").each(function() {
            if ($(this).text() === i18n.hideText) this.click();
      });
      $content.detach();
} else { 
...

Thanks!--Chixvv (talk) 15:49, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Both these two requests are for a new template. It still works buggy now.--Chixvv (talk) 17:15, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Hm, can't say conclusively, but that sounds like a possible security issue or two. It's meant to expand the entire tree with a single click, right? Can it be used to link people to other pages? Can it be used to create infinite recursive trees that may crash the browsers of whoever clicks a button? --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 19:02, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

It's meant to hide the entire trees. It won't load anything and just hide expanded subtrees. And I don't think there's security issue because we can't create a link with a certain class in wiki.--Chixvv (talk) 02:05, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Added that code as well. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 06:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Fandom app needs better setup

Hi, I don't edit here but I noticed this issue when browsing the Fandom app and thought I'd mention it. The 'home page' for this wiki on there is really messy, seemingly having just used a large portion of the category tree. As readers on the app cannot edit, sections on there such as Category:Users and Category:Templates are very redundant and pages in them don't seem to be accessible anyway. Sections such as Category:Blocks probably should be there, but under a better name. As an increasing number of readers are going to be using this app, I thought I'd bring it up as it's only going to be confusing for new readers. Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500) (talk) 08:52, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Categories are still useful to editors, Category:Users does not list all users, it is more of a category to encompass user categories (like inactive editors, editable user pages, etc). Same with Category:Templates. Template names are supposed to be simple so Category:Blocks is fine. Also, we can't help you with the fandom app issue, please contact fandom through Fandom support (click Support on the bottom and then click contact us on the bottom of that page) Humiebee^{talk contribs} 12:51, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm not saying that the categories should be removed; of course Category:Templates is very useful to editors. I'm just saying the view of the wiki through the Fandom app should be simple enough for the average reader who may not even fully understand what a category is in the sense of a wiki, let alone how to use a template. The reason I asked here is because this part of the app is specific to the wiki and needs changing by an admin. Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500) (talk) 13:02, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Wait? Aren't you viewing this Minecraft Wiki? Because from my knowledge, Gamepedia ones are still not included. --TreeIsLife (talk)

Category:Pending split

This category keeps expanding with no pages being removed (due to lack of discussion). Is there a way to clean up this category, possibly make sub-topics of this section as discussion about whether the page should be split? No one will reply to a talk page post on a random indev page... Humiebee^{talk contribs} 13:09, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

There are also about a dozen categories that need to be renamed. They take much more work than other types of pages because it requires that hundreds of category links would be changed. Fadyblok240 (talk) 14:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

This should be a cleanup fast but the categories need to be named first too. Jonjinbutter (talk) (C) 18:26, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

<sup>, <sub>, and <pre> fixes

The following text should be added to the appropriate css page:

h1#firstHeading.page-header__title sup {
    vertical-align: super;
}

sub {
    vertical-align: sub;
}

.page-content sub {
    font-size: 10px;
}

.page-content pre {
    white-space: pre-wrap;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

This fixes multiple instances of the <sup>, <sub>, and <pre> tags not working as they should on FandomDesktop, such as any page that uses {{frac}}, the display title on 0x10c, and my own talk page – JEC _talk @ 20:30, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Creating bot but how?

I am trying to Jonjinbutter (talk) (C) 15:22, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Remove overwriting a page from non-autopatrol users

Similar to suppressredirect, it is basically like deleting a page and several recent moves (such as one from Coral reef to Coral Reef) have been allowed due to this right. Can an admin please remove it? Also, please keep it for autopatrol and patrollers to be consistant with suppressredirect and to be able to revert such moves. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 14:55, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

1. The ability to overwrite a page when moving is also granted by the suppressredirect permission. Without the delete permission, it only allows overwriting a page if, when moving A to B, B has only one revision, which is a redirect to A. This permission cannot be used in any other circumstances, and so does not present a security issue.
2. suppressredirect is intentionally granted to all autoconfirmed (not just autopatrol) users because without this permission fixing move vandalism is even harder. If a vandal moves Pagename to Bad Pagename, it would be impossible to revert such a move without suppressredirect or admin permissions.
3. Admins cannot adjust group permissions. That has to be done by either the associated wiki representative (not sure about that) or Fandom staff. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 04:32, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

@AttemptToCallNil:, wasn't suppressredirect removed in the UCP migration? See MCT:Community portal/Archive 31#suppressredirect permission, UCP, and autopatrolled users. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 23:19, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

It was initially removed, later it was restored following internal Fandom discussion and user feedback. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 04:25, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

I don't recall ever being able to move a page over an existing page name, although I have seen other non-admins seemingly able to do it. It's an ability I have on the English Wikipedia and have needed here occasionally. Amatulic (talk) 15:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Try it out, make a user subpage called User:Amatulic/Random subpage, move it to User:Amatulic/Another Random subpage, and then move it back to User:Amatulic/Random subpage. Make sure you do NOT edit the redirect page or else overwriting will not be possible. Humiebee^{talk contribs} 21:36, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

The fact remains that I am often unable to move a page when I need to do so. Amatulic (talk) 18:38, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

@Humiebee: I tried it just now. I inadvertently created a tutorial under the wrong name Tutorials/Axolotl farm and was unable to move it to Tutorials/Axolotl farming, which I didn't realize existed until I tried to move it. Amatulic (talk) 04:14, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Sounds Problem Again

Yet again, in the desktop, there sounds that show only one, why is this happening? Shagufta Arai (talk) 08:18, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

IDK Jonjinbutter (talk) (C) 01:35, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

How do I change my FANDOM name?

I can’t figure out how VillagerCraftMC (talk | contribs | cheeseburger) /give @a emerald 11:36, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Also, will it remove my badge?

Fandom allows one name change per account, self-served on Special:UserRenameTool on Community Central. Not sure about the PRO badge, you may want to contact Fandom staff if it goes away. --AttemptToCallNil (talk) 12:12, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Ok thanks! VillagerCraftMC (talk | contribs | cheeseburger) /give @a emerald 14:26, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

You need to add a tutorial page for farming each of the new 1.17 + 1.18 blocks and items

(such as dripstone, moss blocks, dripleaf, glow berries, amethyst, axolotls, glow squids, screaming goats and goat horns, etc.)

Hi Minecraft Wiki, I'm a farm designer who reads 2 hours a day on this wiki and it is really special for me. I recently noticed that most of the 1.17 blocks and items do not have tutorial item farming pages. I do not have permission to create new pages so can you please do it for me?

I will work on the articles.

Yours sincerely, 5.67.193.31 19:05, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

I think (though not 100% sure) you can create pages if you have an account - you could try making an account and seeing if you can make them. Lolad1089 (talk) 20:18, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks im signed in now and it worked! I created the amethyst, potion, axolotl, lava and dripstone tutorial pages Vwoot (talk) 06:49, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

No, we don't "need" to add these tutorial pages. Tutorial pages aren't needed for everything in Minecraft. In my opinion, there is too much tutorial advice that consists of youtube videos about thought experiments that are impractical to implement in an actual survival game. Also, if you are making a tutorial just to showcase your youtube videos, it's best that you don't. Sorry to be negative, but the tutorial subpage area was created to keep fancruft out of the articles. There are some good tutorials, but there is a lot of junk also, and we don't need more junk. If you can write something of quality that is actually useful for playing the game, without self-promotion, then create an account and go for it. Amatulic (talk) 18:35, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Grant autopatrol to Drour1234

Drour1234 (talk • contribs • logs • block log) is a prolific editor in the Minecraft Dungeons space. I have seen this editor's work improve to the point where I no longer need to see Drour1234 come up in my watchlist of unpatrolled edits. Please grant the "autopatrolled" right. Amatulic (talk) 18:11, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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. 49.228.176.139 05:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)