Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 0

= Wiki unlock =

Cricket Wiki (Status: )

 * Wiki Name: CricketWiki
 * URL: cricket.orain.org.
 * Locked?: Yes
 * Do you wish to adopt?: I asked it to create but due to some other works I couldn't give this wiki much time. I request a steward to unlock this wiki.
 * Requester: Pratyya Ghosh
 * Local Rights: Admin and Crat
 * Remove rights? No
 * Action taken: ✅. John (talk) 19:07, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Buswiki (Status: )
Also I want to ask can I rename. where I should ask? --DangSunM (talk) 23:03, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Wiki Name: Buswiki
 * URL: bus.orain.org
 * Locked?: yes
 * Do you wish to adopt?: no
 * Requester: DangSunM
 * Local Rights: admin & crat
 * Remove rights?
 * Action taken:
 * Just ask here and I'll unlock it during renaming. John (talk) 23:17, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * new wikiname is DangSunSNS wiki and dangsunsns.orain.org. Thanks--DangSunM (talk) 22:10, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sorry for missing the S off, but speak to Revi and he'll talk to you through why I didn't fix it. :) John (talk) 12:13, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

crimebodge (Status: )

 * Wiki Name: crimebodgewiki
 * URL: crimebodge.orain.org.
 * Locked?: Yes
 * Do you wish to adopt?: Yes
 * Requester: Kiko4564
 * Local Rights: B'crat, admin
 * Remove rights? No
 * Action taken: ✅ John (talk) 07:54, 11 June 2014 (BST)

VerkeersWiki (Status: )

 * Wiki Name: VerkeersWiki
 * URL: verkeer.orain.org
 * Locked?: Yes
 * Do you wish to adopt?: Yes
 * Requester: Stef99
 * Local Rights: Bureacrat, sysop
 * Remove rights? No
 * Action taken: ✅ John (talk) 15:40, 18 August 2014 (BST)

IRC Wiki (Status: )

 * Wiki Name: IRC Wiki
 * URL: irc.orain.org
 * Locked?: unsure
 * Do you wish to adopt?: Yes
 * Requester: Agent Isai
 * Local Rights: Bureaucrat and Admin
 * Remove rights? To the founder of the wiki
 * Action taken: ✅ D u s t i *Let's talk!* 17:34, 6 September 2014 (BST)


 * FYI, this action is being discussed at User talk:Dusti. &mdash; ReviComplaint?  02:52, 7 September 2014 (BST)

Zoincailla Wiki (Status: )

 * Wiki Name: ZoincaillaWiki
 * URL: entanmaproject.orain.org
 * Locked?: Yes
 * Do you wish to adopt?: Yes
 * Requester: ICB-Penguin
 * Local Rights: Bureaucrat and Sysop
 * Remove rights?
 * Action taken: Unlocked and control remains the same.
 * NOTICE: This is Kaiveran, a local Bureaucrat/Admin on the Entanma Project Wiki. I was not aware of the activity deadline, had a lot of things distracting me at the end of the year, and things got hectic for me after the holiday season due to school and family trouble; I thought the usual cadre of users would have still been around but it appears they dropped out as well (and a spambot attack took place in the meantime). That is not the issue though. The issue is that the user attempting to adopt the wiki (ICB-Penguin) is NOT registered locally at the wiki and thus cannot possibly have the rights described here, so I fear this adoption may be taking place under false pretenses. I would like a staff member to contact me (via my talk page preferably) so this may be resolved. Kaiveran (talk) 04:38, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * Hi . If you're wishing to have the wiki unlocked, as the adoption hasn't taken place yet, I'm willing to unlock it and both you and can continue working on it. It would be up to you if ICB received rights or not, as that would be a local issue. D u s t i *Let's talk!* 04:51, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * Hi there Thanks for the prompt reply. I am a bit worried because the circumstances of this adoption appear suspect. But then again, there's always the chance that ICB-Penguin is just a well-meaning outsider who simply thought the project was worth saving. So I'll wait to hear from him before I do anything stupid. In any case, this is a resounding YES to having the wiki unlocked. Kaiveran (talk) 04:56, 28 January 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ I'll unlock the wiki and control remains the same - it's up to you what happens locally on the wiki :) D u s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 04:59, 28 January 2015 (GMT)

= Username changes =

Yena@Global
Please rename my username to Revi on all registered wikis. Thank you. -- 레비 Revi D C M 09:25, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ on wikis with existing edits. If I missed any with edits, please tell me. John (talk) 15:42, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you :D -- 레비 Revi D C M 03:44, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

LooneyToons@Global
Please change my username to "Looney Toons" (with a space in the middle); I am currently active only on the AllTheTropes wiki. Thank you. --LooneyToons (talk) 17:35, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. Please make sure to use your new username. John (talk) 17:40, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * A belated thank you for your prompt response; it hadn't been an hour since my request when I found it had been taken care of. --Looney Toons (talk) 18:38, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Lieutenant S. Reznov@Global
Please change my username to Lieutenant S. Reznov. Inquisitor Sasha (talk) 10:25, 18 May 2014 (EDT)
 * This has been done. Please login with you new username. Thanks, John (talk) 11:53, 18 May 2014 (EDT)

Yago.casasnovas@global
Please change my username yago.casasnovas to niacuadala.niacuadala. Thanks.
 * ✅ John (talk) 17:28, 2 November 2014 (GMT)

Riftyful@global
Please change my username to "Tirifto", quotes not included. Thank you. Riftyful (talk) 00:47, 6 January 2015 (GMT) ✅ Your username has been changed and the global account deleted. You'll need to re-create your global account by going to Special:MergeAccount once logged in. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 00:50, 6 January 2015 (GMT)

Rename on right.orain.org
Can you give me user rename right to right.orain.org? Fiala1 (talk) 10:31, 28 January 2015 (GMT)
 * This will likely not happen because it will too many technical complications.— cyberpower <sup style="color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Chat<sub style="margin-left:-4.4ex;color:olive;font-family:arnprior">Online 14:21, 28 January 2015 (GMT)
 * Because we use SUL and CA - renames need to be done globally by Stewards. If you, or anyone else, need to be renamed - they can request the rename locally (if they don't know how to navigate to Meta) or they can request it here. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 14:55, 28 January 2015 (GMT)

OK, thanks. Could you please rename user "Julius A" to "Atlantid" in right.orain.org? This is a blocked user, who registered with the name of a well known other user, with other words, impersonated the other one. Thanks in advance. Fiala1 (talk) 16:43, 28 January 2015 (GMT)
 * The job has been started - shouldn't take too long for the rename to take place. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 16:52, 28 January 2015 (GMT)

-maelstr0m@Global
Please add a "-" in front of my username, as I forgot to do this during account creation. New username should be maelstr0m Maelstr0m (talk) 01:18, 6 February 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 07:48, 6 February 2015 (GMT)

= CheckUser =

DaniellStutchbu@test.orain.org

 * ✅ - by John. Southparkfan (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2014 (BST)

BerryX22my@meta.orain.org

 * ✅ - by John. Southparkfan (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2014 (BST)

MohammeVallery@verkeer.orain.org

 * ✅ - by John. Southparkfan (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2014 (BST)

multi-spambots@allthetropes.orain.org

 * ✅ - by John. Southparkfan (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2014 (BST)

Awfireworks@meta.orain.org

 * I was already doing this before I saw this (well had the intention if this before my logs) but ✅ John (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2014 (BST)

= Permissions =

Lieutenant S. Reznov@meta

 * ❌ - administrator access should be requested here. Southparkfan (talk) 14:45, 3 November 2014 (GMT)

Lalo5555@szkwiki

 * - this user is founder of szkwiki. Dusti created this wiki a while ago, but the founder user was never created due to issues in the CreateWiki extension which are now solved. Southparkfan (talk) 15:58, 9 October 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ - rights assigned locally. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 02:49, 11 October 2014 (BST)

Stryn@meta

 * Please remove my wiki creator rights. I'm not interested of contributing on here anymore. Thanks and good luck. --Stryn (talk) 20:42, 21 January 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ - thanks for your service. Southparkfan (talk) 21:32, 21 January 2015 (GMT)

Revi@Meta
Please remove my sysop and wikicreator status on Meta. Thank you, &mdash; ReviComplaint?  04:56, 23 January 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 16:44, 26 January 2015 (GMT)

JianhuiBot@Meta
Please remove bot flag from this account.  Jianhui67 talk 04:45, 4 March 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ --FastLizard4 (talk) 09:31, 5 March 2015 (GMT)

right.orain.org

 * Wiki: right.orain.org
 * Special:export exports to xml, however Special:Import gives only transwiki import page, and not xml import page. Fiala1 (talk) 16:35, 31 December 2014 (GMT)
 * A steward will grant you the importer right soon. Southparkfan (talk) 16:39, 31 December 2014 (GMT)
 * ✅ by <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 22:35, 31 December 2014 (GMT)
 * ✅ by <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 22:35, 31 December 2014 (GMT)

= Miscellaneous =

Not able to log in
I am not able to log in. Message is: Login error Orain Meta uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies disabled. Please enable them and try again.

I have cookies enabled in the browser.
 * Hi! Please try again now!  ·addshore·  talk to me! 13:17, 1 April 2015 (BST)

= Global permissions =

Jasper Deng@global
Most of my antivandalism experience comes from Wikimedia. I don't have global rollback here yet, but I'm requesting global sysop in order to deal with the flood of spam the wiki receives in the hours from 04:00:00 to about 09:00:00 UTC, when no other global sysops appear to be active. I am well-aware of the policies regarding global sysops however: global sysops may not action in lieu of local administrators unless the local community explicitly requests it. Usually it is not reverts I see needing to be done, but rather blocks and deletions of spambots and spam (respectively).--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:58, 2 November 2014 (GMT)


 * - While I have to notice that Jasper's activity is low (I don't count edits on ircwiki as they are not related to "general Orain things"), I guess we could use him. Global Sysop TBloemink looks inactive, and so far only Revi and me are actually dealing with the massive spam attacks we have. We can use a third spam fighter, so I support this request. (Also, global rollback is already included in this request.) Southparkfan (talk) 15:03, 3 November 2014 (GMT)
 * ✅ John (talk) 20:02, 8 November 2014 (GMT)

Tau Ceti@global
The main reason I would appreciate your response is that I can help deal with spam; Arcane has already given me admin rights on MediaWiki Testers Wiki to fight off the spam that comes to that wiki; I could simply delete spam pages and block the spammer users as appropriate. I do that on not only Orain, but some other websites (such as EditThis.info), the trouble being that some of these wikis are too inactive so I can't get sysop attention. I have to remember to not act on a local wiki unless it is requested as such by the local community. (Note: If Arcane has asked me to fight spam on the wiki, is that a legit request, or does that mean I have to stop my spam-fighting activity on MWT just because they haven't said they need global sysop attention?) Thank you for your attention! Tau Ceti (talk) 22:09, 14 January 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ - use the tools wisely. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 04:58, 23 January 2015 (GMT)

Cyberpower678@global
Hi everyone. This is the first time that I've nominated someone for global rights. Cyberpower678 has been around Orain for quite some time and while he's mainly been a helper here and there, he's maintained an edit counter on behalf of Orain and has read access to our DB's for that bot. I'm nominating him for global sysop access to help the other global sysops keep up with the spam issues that we've been having. I see no reason to not trust him any further than we already trust him, and I think that he'd be a great asset to the global sysop group. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 20:28, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * I graciously accept.— cyberpower <sup style="color:red;font-family:arnprior">Chat<sub style="margin-left:-4.4ex;color:red;font-family:arnprior">Offline 20:30, 27 January 2015 (GMT)


 * As nominator. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 20:35, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * This is a competent user and a logical nomination. —  21:38, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * I believe Cyberpower678 will make a great addition to the team. GethN7 (talk) 03:38, 28 January 2015 (GMT)

Addshore@global
I already have the technical ability to do everything the steward flag offers me see here, and have also had the permissions onwiki to do these in the past and have made good use of them.. (see my global contribs)  ·addshore·  talk to me! 11:57, 6 February 2015 (GMT)


 * because... bacon. No, seriously - addshore already does Steward tasks and has been nothing but a net asset to Orain and myself. I appreciate everything he does and he works hard to ensure that our end users are well taken care of. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 22:35, 6 February 2015 (GMT)


 * Quick question, what is your favorite kind of pi? :p Seriously though, since this is only a technicalllity,  —   23:43, 6 February 2015 (GMT)
 * Because of the above I feel like saying bacon, but any meat would do..!  ·addshore·  talk to me! 13:40, 8 February 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ - Thank you for offering your help. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 04:25, 17 February 2015 (GMT)

Revi@global
Please remove GS/GR from my account. Thanks, &mdash; ReviComplaint?  04:54, 23 January 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ with sadness. Thank you for your service. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 04:57, 23 January 2015 (GMT)

Jianhui67@global
Please remove global rollback from my account. I do not have much time to devote myself to Orain as I am very busy in WMF wikis and real life too. Thank you.  Jianhui67 talk 16:56, 3 March 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ - Thank you for your service to Orain. We hope to see you back again in the future.  --FastLizard4 (talk) 09:28, 5 March 2015 (GMT)

tanner@global
I just don't have the time or will to be involved with yet another project. I have a lot on my plate as-is. I'm confident you can handle the tech side of things yourself. Tanner (talk) 22:59, 6 March 2015 (GMT)
 * ✅ - thank you for your service. Southparkfan (talk) 00:11, 7 March 2015 (GMT)

= Global =

Requests for global (un)block

 * 198.50.161.251 - Spam at espiralwiki. Southparkfan (talk) 22:56, 8 July 2014 (BST)
 * 200.222.91.130 - Spam at espiralwiki. Southparkfan (talk) 22:59, 8 July 2014 (BST)
 * 172.245.240.186 - Spam at espiralwiki. Southparkfan (talk) 22:59, 8 July 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ all three. John (talk) 07:11, 9 July 2014 (BST)

= Steward requests/Permissions/Archive 1 =

Cmach7@Cmach7Wiki

 * Hi, What permission do you need? (Though I am not stewards.)-- 레비 Revi D C M 03:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 07:20, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Southparkfan@global
Please remove my global rollback access. Southparkfan (talk) 16:00, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 22:54, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Example@testwiki
I set bureaucrat flags on User:Example for a test, thinking the Abuse Filter will remove it, but it didn't. So can a steward please remove it? Thanks.  Jianhui67 talk 13:30, 4 June 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ - I've created an AbuseFilter that removed all rights (and after it was done I've deleted it). Southparkfan (talk) 14:07, 4 June 2014 (BST)

Southparkfan@jossewiki
Please remove my sysop rights. Southparkfan (talk) 16:38, 5 June 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ 16:40, 5 June 2014 (BST)

Andrés@testwiki
Please remove bureaucrat flag to the user Andrés. He's my brother and said that only wanted the flag one time. You can see the evidence here (in Spanish). Dragneel (talk) 01:12, 28 June 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ John (talk) 09:43, 28 June 2014 (BST)

PatrollerBOT@metawiki
The bot will be inactive since today. Please remove the bot flag. Dragneel (talk) 00:03, 24 July 2014 (BST)
 * ✅ as a bureaucrat. John (talk) 00:23, 24 July 2014 (BST)

Arcane@mediawikitesters
I requested and received permanent local importer rights to the MediaWiki Testers Wiki from John after a discussion about this on IRC. The reasons I gave were for the purposes of uploading gadgets and public domain help pages from other wikis for testing user scripts and providing support for MediaWiki code. Arcane (talk) 19:57, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Obviously done and as I stated permanent. I asked Arcane to post here for the simple purpose of ensuring these requests are logged and if we grant temp rights, we know when to remove. Therefore, ✅. John (talk) 20:00, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Pratyya Ghosh@cricketwiki
Per SN request. Importer, ✅ John (talk) 12:00, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Removed by Joe. John (talk) 13:55, 29 December 2013 (UTC)