Terraria Wiki:Admin noticeboard

The Admin noticeboard is one way through which users can notify administrators of issues needing administrative attention. While users are welcome to directly contact specific administrators (especially if they are seen to be active), posting here can be an easier and quicker way of ensuring that at least one admin will notice an issue and respond to it promptly. Remember to sign when posting an issue.

Before posting an issue here, consider the following:
 * As this is a noticeboard and not a talk page, please refrain from discussing.
 * Post only issues that require administrative action, i.e. blocking vandals, protecting pages, restoring deleted pages etc.
 * Do not post deletion requests here. Deletion requests should be made by adding  to the top of the target page, which will then automatically mark the page as a candidate for deletion.
 * Do not post issues regarding content disputes. Try making a request for comments instead.
 * Mediation requests between users should only be made if a resolution could not be reached between users.

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 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.

As a sign of courtesy, also leave a message on the talk page of any involved user.
 * Creating a new request &mdash; vandals
 * 1) Edit the Vandal issues section
 * 2) At the top of the list, use the   template. Provide a short and neutral summary of the issue
 * Creating a new request &mdash; non-vandal cases (e.g. user issues, page protection/undeletion, etc.)
 * 1) Add [ a new section (+)] to the page and enter an appropriate title (without using templates or links) in the subject field.
 * 2) In the edit field, enter a short and neutral summary of the issue. Use the   template to refer to users involved with the case and provide links to important pages or edits.

Vandal issues
Advertising bot Thoorium 14:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Spambot --The dnmr 20:44, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Vandalized Skeletron and Hellforge pages

advertising bot --N aut 22:14, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --JonTheMon 22:28, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

link spamming bot --JonTheMon 20:50, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  20:53, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

advertising bot --JonTheMon 16:19, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  16:21, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Vandalized the skeletron page.
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  11:13, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Writing funnies
 * Blocked. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 20:19, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Replacing pages with "SHIT" message Ctrl+C 17:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:55, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Adding junk to pages. -- Michael 03:08, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  03:10, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Removing valid video from Zombie page, in an attempt to gain views rather than help the community -- Continue 00:18 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and reverted. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  22:39, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Adding junk to pages. -- Michael 00:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Spamming new pages with links. -- Michael 16:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked (perma) -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks like vandalism to me. -- Michael 16:44, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Vandalizing various pages. -- Michael 12:43, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Wall of text on Eye of Cthulhu. -- Michael 21:59, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  22:10, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Spamming to external websites. Happypal 10:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

has been vandalizing pages. -- Michael 01:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Another vandal; correct me if there is a better method of reporting people. -- Michael 05:16, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  07:08, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

. Desecration of Rotten Chunk. Only one edit for now. Happypal 06:55, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  07:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Dungion wall troll. Ju ze  17:53, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 17:59, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Made a duplicate of Jungle Grass Seeds and put trololo as the only text. ChaosEternal 21:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Changed to redirect. Too long ago to warrant a block now.

Cuss words on Dungeon page. ~Null • Talk • Contribs 17:08, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 2h Block. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 17:12, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Current Issues
It is bothersome to have links to wiki pages in other languages. What I mean is that if I'm on the English wiki for terrariaonline, it doesn't make any sense to link to broken french pages, when the correct English pages exist. I saw that there is a completely separate website for Russian, and this should be done for all the languages that are being added - this intermixing is highly disorganized.(Not certain whether or not this belongs here, but I'll put it anyway)


 * Those are all part of the translation projects (Terraria_Wiki:Projects) and will eventually become sub-domains like the russian version. However, where are these links to translation pages from the main english pages? --JonTheMon 16:45, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

i made 3 acounts and all of theam i made a new hotmail but when i put the .com it had another dot on all 3! at the end messing it up

The Monsters List on the main page has Meteor Head linked twice. 66.30.131.110 22:21, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  01:45, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Image uploads
I can not for the life of me figure out how to upload an image. I've searched it, looked in Help, no luck. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.19.202.134 (talk).


 * You have to be a registered user and logged in to be able to upload images. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  23:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I've been attempting to upload an image to replace another, but I keep getting an error that the file could not be renamed. Are the images protected or something? -- Michael 17:36, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you read the site notice? -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:39, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

PvP page
Hey I created the PvP page and was planning on adding to it, I can't now, which I understand. If there is something I need to do to enable me to add more to the PvP page let me know.

Thanatos 2:30PM Pascific, May 20
 * Unprotected. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Navigation bar needs update
I've created a Curse noticeboard which will come in very handy sometimes. I think some bureau/sysop should add this to the left side navigation bar, right under Admin noticeboard. Ju ze  10:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Currently there is no need for this page as this Admin noticeboard serves the same purpose. Considering I am the only active administrator currently on this wiki, there really is little need for the separation. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Redirect on File:
Redirects do not work on files, see File:Bug.png. Ju ze  10:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a known issue. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  02:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmation Email
I get this error whenever I try to send the confirmation email:

"Terraria Wiki could not send your confirmation mail. Please check your e-mail address for invalid characters. Mailer returned: Failed to connect to localhost:25 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection refused (code: -1, response: )] "

My email contains no invalid characters (from what I can tell) but that doesn't seem the problem here. --Pluckerpluck 00:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I will have the IT team take a look. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  00:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * +1, I had this issue too. Ju ze User_Juze_sig_icon.jpg 15:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This should be fixed now. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  19:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Article deletion requests
Category:Candidates for deletion is starting to build up and isn't cleaned regularly, sadly. :( Ju ze  15:15, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Starting to build up? There are 4 pages in it.... relax. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  18:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Pages are always kept for a few days before deletion, for several reasons. A minimal ammount of pages in the category is normal, and not neccessarilly a "build up". Happypal 16:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Awful Markup
Hi. could someone take the time to change the class “wikitable” so that tables, table headers, ~ rows and ~ cells look like the manually styled tables used all over the place (e.g. on Recipes)? this way, we can remove the headache-inducing manual styling everywhere.

thanks – Flying sheep 18:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Our "wikitables" are called "terraria" here. And they are used by the tables on the Recipes page (so by definition, they match). So yeah, the terraria class is ready for use for your tables. Are there any pages in particular which are bothering you? Happypal 16:40, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * ah, ok. i’ll remove all the repetitive style-tags, background colors, … then – Flying sheep 23:07, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * /e: now that everything on Recipes is cleaned, the lines between the table rows are gone. maybe you’ll want to add some back
 * Unfortunately, you can't do that, as it removes the borders between sections items, so I have undone your changes. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  23:24, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I know. Just add them to the “terraria” class. – Flying sheep 23:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Doesn't work that way with compound tables. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  23:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Please re-revert the changes which didn’t remove borders (background colors, padding, …)
 * How about adding it by default and removing it by override (i.e. a  class)? This way, much less code litters that page. –Flying sheep 23:34, 31 May 2011 (UTC)