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=Vandal reports= Misleading edit summaries on vandalism edits —ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 13:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 15:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Not really a vandal, but I’m suspecting an advertizing account —ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 17:01, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 17:35, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism (first edit was on January 1, then continued to vandalize today). —ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 19:35, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

"Edit war" on Night's Edge over the damage value, carried on by multiple IPs with misleading edit comments. I don't know what the proper value should be, but the shenanigans here are clearly out of line. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 13:37, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The damage from the source code is indeed 42. If the value is changed again, I would recommend putting in the edit summary that the editor should make sure they have removed all their damage boosting gear before updating the damage. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 14:13, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Not really a vandal. However he/she has been ignoring the invisible notes and edit summaries of multiple users and has added many current-gen params to exclusive templates, removing the exclusive2s. Any suggestions on how to proceed? —ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 01:38, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Has created duplicate pages for the Necromantic Scroll, Paladin's Hammer, and Possessed Hatchet, but this is most likely just a new user's mistake. Not sure what course of action to take, but I have marked the duplicates for deletion. — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 00:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Has made some good contributions, but vandalizes every so often. Have reverted about 5 edits so far, the most recent about a minute ago — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 22:48, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I mixed him up with another guy, this is most likely a hit-and-run. — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 22:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * We do have some vandalism. With the migration, some of the ip addresses have gotten messed up; we can't block any ips that begin with 172.31, as these appear to be shared ip addresses. Gamepedia staff will straighten it out after the migration is complete. Until then, all we can do is revert and undo. – Ferretwings (talk ) 23:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I judge this to be a hit-and-run, but regardless of if it is, this is taking up a user space that could be used by new registering users. Mainspace edits of him/her included infobox value vandalism and “Kendall is Awesome!”. — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 19:51, 29 October 2017 (UTC))
 * This seems to just be a case of one-off vandalism by a younger user, as they show some helpful intent in their other two edits. I'll issue a warning if they continue, of course, but I don't think any action is needed at the moment. Either way, deleting accounts to make room for other uses isn't something that generally happens, and is definitely not something that non-Curse staff can do. – KM100 (talk) 22:27, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tips/info. I’ll keep an eye out — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 13:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

I just reverted all three edits he made on three pages. One is wrong information, "Red is epic" on the second, and one random link vandalism. 79.180.111.102 23:51, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

I have so far reverted four of their vandalism edits. ReedemtheD3ad (talk) 02:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. – Ferretwings (talk ) 04:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems (looking back on this user's contribs) that this was a hit and run, is there any rules against deleting their account so that new users can take the name? — ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 19:54, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Keeps Vandalizing Pages. Have reverted them so far. Shadowjared24 (talk) 20:10, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Now keeps vandalizing my Comments Section on my Profile. Also created a page that needs to be deleted. Shadowjared24 (talk) 20:19, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 20:28, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. That was getting a little irritating. Shadowjared24 (talk) 20:37, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

This user has altered the Delete template to be a cat page. I will see if I revert if they change back. |Talk page|Contribs|User info (Myfinalettempt) 19:23, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Two vandal edits on the Plantera page, overwriting a few infobox fields. All changes reverted. 122.108.249.158 02:05, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * With only two edits within a short time, it's likely another hit and run vandal. A block shouldn't be needed unless they come back for more. – KM100 (talk) 04:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Vandalized one page which I reverted and then proceeded to vandalize another. Shadowjared24 (talk) 20:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 22:22, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Overwriting with random letters. Only one vandal edit until now. --Leonord curse「talk」 20:55, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It could be a "hit and run". If he does more damage I'll block him. – Ferretwings (talk ) 21:00, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Heavy vandalism of the pumking moon page. Probably same person. --Leonord curse「talk」 20:36, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Couldn't tell if it's the same person, could be friends. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 20:45, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

He deleted the whole portal gun page, made stupid comments on random articles, changed info to wrong values and likes adding superfluous "information". --Leonord curse「talk」 17:46, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. – KM100 (talk) 18:19, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

= Other Issues =

Problem uploading images.
Hi, Im having some problems uploading/updating images. I was uploading these two to use in an upcoming edit:

https://terraria.gamepedia.com/File:Vita_icon.png https://terraria.gamepedia.com/File:Ps_icon.png

I forgot to remove the background so then I tried to "Upload a new version of this file" but the "current" image is always the one with the white background. "revert" did not help either. I'μ not sure if I'm doing somethign wrong or Curse servers are the problem because I was getting gateway errors. I just want to keep the ones without background. --Leonord curse「talk」 14:08, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * There do seem to be some server issues this morning, but the image thing is separate. Images at Gamepedia operate on a separate cache system that takes a while to update when uploading new versions. Usually 10-15 minutes or so, but I've seen it take hours or even days. I haven't found any real way around this; but it only occurs when uploading new versions of images, so if you're anxious to work on something and you need the updated images, you can upload them as new images to different filenames, and those should display immediately. Equazcion  ( talk ) 14:26, 8 Jan 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the explanation. It has now chosen the correct one. You can delete the old one if you want to.--Leonord curse「talk」 13:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

New bureaucrat request
Hello! I'm an admin of Chinese Terraria Wiki. Actually, there's only two native sysops. We do need a bureaucrat in order to edit some settings and to give rights to new operators. Please give bureaucrat rights to either Edsnybet Noyastray bureaucrat in Chinese Terraria Wiki, thanks a lot! --Noyastary (talk) 09:31, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Equazcion Please! We have waited for this for a long time!.--Ff98sha (talk) 07:24, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Game widow, could you assist with this? – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings  (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 19:06, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, I've been occupied with real-life stuff. I've now given bureaucrat rights to Edsnybet and Noyastray. Equazcion  ( talk ) 01:21, 19 Jan 2017 (UTC)

Filter issue
I donít edit Gamepedia much, but I am attempting to add a reference for some unsaid information. I get this warning. I dunno how this helps permit vandalism, but eh. Help? --Chapsteck4yurlipis (talk) 05:25, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems you tripped a common pattern for spam, but it only affects newly registered users. Once you've been here for a short while and made a few edits this type of filter won't trigger. In the meantime, I found the edit you were trying to save and have done it for you, as it looks alright to me. Sorry for the inconvenience. Equazcion  ( talk ) 05:39, 13 Feb 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Chapsteck4yurlipis (talk) 06:22, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

File deletion requests
I have added some old files and such to the delete request. Please have them deleted or discus why we need them. Thank you. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) at 12:37, 2 June 2017

History merging
I wanted to merge the history of some pages.

After running into a technical issue, I decided to make a list of the pages I was comparing, to see what exactly should be merged.

Here is a summary of what I found:

Jungle armor ( [ history page] )
 * May 18, 2011 Page creation (page created as Cobalt Armor)
 * The armor was re-named and re-sprited, but retained the old stats, so the page was moved to Jungle armor.
 * This history page appears complete.

Ancient Cobalt armor ( [ history page] )
 * No history listed prior to Oct 6, 2013
 * Oct 3, 2013 Page creation (found at Ancient Cobalt Armor - histories should be merged).

Cobalt armor ( [ history page] )
 * This is a new hardmode armor with a "previously used" name. It shares no stats with its old namesake.
 * Oct 6, 2013 Page move from Cobalt Armor (this is the earliest entry - need to move some history over from Cobalt Armor beginning at Dec 1, 2011, when the hardmode armor was introduced).

[ Jungle Armor history page]
 * Page move.

[ Ancient Cobalt Armor history page]
 * Contains history from Oct 3 - Oct 8, 2013 (needs to be merged with Ancient Cobalt armor).

[ Cobalt Armor history page]
 * The earlier edits listed on the history page are aimed at creating an "old game content" page.
 * Dec 1, 2011 and later refer to the hardmode Cobalt armor (needs to be merged with Cobalt armor).

– <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 02:16, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Proposed change to Main page
When console first announced it would update to 1.3, I began working on the Main page, dividing the consoles. You can see my work here: Terraria Wiki/sandbox. The change would affect the boxes on the right side, and I've displayed both versions side-by-side. If it looks good, I'd like to copy it over to the Main page (just the right-side boxes)... but perhaps I should wait until console's 1.3 is actually released? – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 01:34, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understand these groupings and how they relate to the 1.3 release. Could you clarify? It does look nice though, good job there. Equazcion  ( talk ) 02:04, 30 Sep 2017 (UTC)
 * Only Xbox One and PS4 will receive the 1.3 update, the other consoles will not. That is why I propose dividing the consoles into 2 groups. I wasn't sure where to put 3DS, so I left it in the consoles section. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 03:05, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That makes sense then. I don't see any reason it can't be done now. Equazcion  ( talk ) 16:19, 30 Sep 2017 (UTC)

"Do not have access" to comments, and should.
My profile page says: "You do not have permission to add comments or reply. Please make sure you are logged in, have validated your email address, and have performed at least one edit to an article." I am indeed logged in, The link says my E-mail address was validated, and I've been making enough edits to get free PRO status. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 16:05, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Have you tried logging out and back in again? Sometimes this happens to me and doing that has helped get rid of it. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 16:07, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Doing that seems to have worked. Thanks! --MentalMouse42 (talk) 17:38, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * On second look, I was confused by landing on my Gamepedia profile after login. Going back to my Terraria profile, I'm still seeing the same message.  :( --MentalMouse42 (talk) 17:44, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Try deleting your cookies. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 18:16, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Tried that, then logged out and in. No luck.  I note that my login is being redirected through Gamepedia, but there's still a "join Terraria Wiki" button that just bounces over to Gamepedia. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 20:13, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * This is apparently a recent issue across Gamepedia, non-admins can't currently comment on profiles. They're looking into it. Equazcion  ( talk ) 20:25, 30 Sep 2017 (UTC)

Crafting section format
Before I get into an edit war, I need some opinions, because both editors involved have valid arguments. I worked with the Crafting section on the Fallen Star page to shorten it, and make it easy to understand. An editor recently divided it up between the different platforms, which is done quite often on the wiki. I feel dividing it up makes it more difficult to compare recipes between platforms (as an editor). I suppose as a wiki user, it would be more convenient to have the recipes grouped by platform. Any thoughts? Should I post this to the Community board for a vote? – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 20:43, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It's not only more convenient for the wiki editors, but for readers as well. Consider that most players are playing on a single platform, so having "their" recipes grouped together is much more convenient.  Comparing recipes between platforms is a niche situation.  Thus, I'd advise sticking with the current norm. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:40, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

History template
Back in June 2015, it was suggested to separate the Desktop, Console, and Mobile history on item pages. Better late then never, lol! AwsomeDiamonds revisited the idea (with gusto :)), and I came up with a new History template. Take a peek at the Template:History/sandbox, and Terraria Wiki:Sandbox where you can test it. For pages not using the version parameter, the information will display the same as before. I plan on implementing the template by the end of the week, so if you have any questions or concerns, please speak up! :) – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 03:41, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Wiki is a bit broken atm
When saving changes to a page, I'm shown an "Internal error" page with content like:

[61970de1390bf7fc9bb2f329] /index.php?title=Template:Test&action=submit Error from line 98 of /home/hydra/stable_public_html/extensions/GlobalWatchlist/classes/globalRevisionList.php: Call to a member function hSet on boolean

Backtrace:


 * 1) 0 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/extensions/GlobalWatchlist/GlobalWatchlist.hooks.php(173): globalRevisionList->addRevision(Revision, boolean)
 * 2) 1 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/Hooks.php(186): GlobalWatchlistHooks::onPageContentSaveComplete(WikiPage, User, WikitextContent, string, integer, NULL, NULL, integer, Revision, Status, boolean, integer)
 * 3) 2 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/page/WikiPage.php(1798): Hooks::run(string, array)
 * 4) 3 [internal function]: WikiPage->{closure}(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DatabaseMysqli, string)
 * 5) 4 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(2699): call_user_func_array(Closure, array)
 * 6) 5 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/deferred/AtomicSectionUpdate.php(35): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->doAtomicSection(string, Closure)
 * 7) 6 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/deferred/DeferredUpdates.php(257): AtomicSectionUpdate->doUpdate
 * 8) 7 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/deferred/DeferredUpdates.php(210): DeferredUpdates::runUpdate(AtomicSectionUpdate, Wikimedia\Rdbms\LBFactorySimple, string, integer)
 * 9) 8 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/deferred/DeferredUpdates.php(127): DeferredUpdates::execute(array, string, integer)
 * 10) 9 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(603): DeferredUpdates::doUpdates(string, integer)
 * 11) 10 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(572): MediaWiki::preOutputCommit(RequestContext, Closure)
 * 12) 11 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(878): MediaWiki->doPreOutputCommit(Closure)
 * 13) 12 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(523): MediaWiki->main
 * 14) 13 /home/hydra/stable_public_html/index.php(43): MediaWiki->run
 * 15) 14 {main}

Changes are still saved, and visible on page's revision history page, but Special:RecentChanges doesn't update.

Editing seems fixed now, but Special:RecentChanges is still missing a chunk of time. Would be nice if someone could rebuild it. 86.115.19.146 16:20, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Rollback Loophole?
I got a bit concerned after reading the Help:Rollback page (not because of the rollback feature itself, read on). I saw that it gives the ability to revert multiple edits by an IP or users which is awesome, except I think people without rollback can still do this by Is this a loophole which needs to be addressed, or is this intended and rollback has additional features? —<span style="color:#F5D04C;font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 21:42, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Go to the history subpage
 * 2) Check the left circle of the edit before the first edit you want to revert
 * 3) Check the right circle of the last edit you want to revert
 * 4) Click the button to see the difference between edits
 * 5) Click the undo button
 * 6) Done.
 * The Rollback tool isn't necessarily meant to be stronger than default editing, it's supposed to be faster. Going into a page's history and saving an older revision is a rather convoluted process that one-off vandals aren't going to know how to do -- and even if they do know how to do it, it's slower and less damaging than simply vandalizing the page. In contrast, rollback undoes multiple edits with a single click, making it faster and more dangerous in the wrong hands, hence why it's only given to those with permission. – KM100 (talk) 22:08, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Now that I think about it, a vandal without a rollback feature wouldn’t get too far undoing multiple edits (like you mentioned), I see why they made the feature separate from normal undoing now. Thanks for your fast response! —<span style="color:#F5D04C;font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 22:12, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, and one more thing, there’s a lot of unused (I made sure to check the other language wikis) files with old sprites in the candidates for deletion), are these being kept for project reasons? —<span style="color:#F5D04C;font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 22:12, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't believe they're being used for anything. However, deleted files can't be restored, so they need a bit more consideration than a normal page before being deleted. As a result, deletion-requested images tend to stick around for a bit until an admin gets around to deciding whether or not they should be kept. – KM100 (talk) 22:41, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Protection of File
Shouldn't File:Green Slime Front.png be protected since it is used on the front page? – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 02:12, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * User:4e696e6a6f795844 Protected it. Thank you! – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 03:00, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

List of Administrators
I was looking at the List of Admins and noticed that User:Gerzein hasn't made an edit in about a year. Also, User:Flisch42 hasn't made an edit in 7 months. Should they be moved to the inactive section? – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 02:10, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes; thanks for pointing that out. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 18:52, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Wiki page formatting is broken
Most pages have no top bar, formatting, etc, though some of the links from the sidebare are present as text. This page has a formatted sidebar, but no background. Clearly something dire has happened to the default page formatting. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 03:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Holy moly, I see it. I'll try to figure out what's going on.– <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 15:59, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thank you Alianin :) – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings  (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 17:05, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Out of curiosity, what happened? --MentalMouse42 (talk) 22:21, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Page-save errors are back....
Trying to edit "Guide:Making Money" gets a "Unknown error, HTTP status 500" on save. Trying to review my changes twiddles for a bit, then gets an undersized box with no diffs. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:43, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm getting errors as well, it's quite frustrating. They said they are working on it. They're migrating some wikis, and I'm guessing it's slowing down all the gamepedia wikis. I've gotten 500, 504, 525, and "website offline" errors. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 02:25, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Getting the same (that is, "500 Internal Server Error") on trying to save Wall of Flesh. Particularly annoying since it's just been vandalized with misinformation. (ETA: Deadly Sphere too.)  --MentalMouse42 (talk) 23:17, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Fixed now, at least I managed to save both pages. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:30, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

"Guide:Making Money" is erroring on save again. "Error loading data from server: Could not connect to the server. Would you like to retry? "OK" repeats, "Cancel" goes to source-editing mode. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:41, 7 December 2017 (UTC) The "Lava" page is failing to save with "Unknown error, HTTP status 500" again. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 13:02, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've reported it. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 13:31, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, seems to be fixed. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 14:09, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

And again, "Bubble" gets status 500. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 15:15, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears that the fix they made yesterday doesn't always work. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. They're still working on it.– <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 16:16, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Now, "Liquids", again status 500. Is it still useful to report these? --MentalMouse42 (talk) 15:06, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a site-wide problem affecting seemingly random pages. However, platform team won't be able to continue to work on the errors until they come in on Monday. A ton of pages have been reported already including those from other wikis so I think they have enough to find the root cause now. Thank you for reporting this issue. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 18:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, for the info. But fie on the delay, I've got an edit wedged for Liquids that (ihho) would let us delete Guide:Liquids as redundant. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 19:38, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ETA: "Bubble" is also acting up again. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 22:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ETA2: Hmm.  Both pages just let me save.  Someone working the holiday, or does this come and go for individual pages? --MentalMouse42 (talk) 16:46, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There was indeed a fix put in place, but a minor one that doesn't solve all of the problems (namely image uploading still buggy) – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 16:52, 1 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Sigh. "Thrown Powder" and "Shadow Orb", status 500.  I'm not seeing great odds of being able to save a given edit.  Rah Rah techies, stomp those bugs!  ;-) --MentalMouse42 (talk) 11:28, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Desktop Version Template
In the desktop version template, it uses the template. This is deprecated and needs to be changed to. However, the template is protected against editing except to administrators. Could one of you please fix this? Thank you. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 22:36, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Changed. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 00:27, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you! That was a very quick response. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 00:53, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Urgent script error fix needed
When I was using see also, I stumbled across an error:

It appears that the “Labelled list hatnote” module was removed or corrupted. Just sending this as a heads up for coders. —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 18:58, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Edit: it appears User:Pcj fixed it. Thanks for looking into it guys! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 20:09, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Npc infobox
To fix version errors (e.g. console/mobile variant rather than console/mobile/3ds variant) and have it automatically update as versions receive 1.3, would anyone be able to make “variant = yes” fill out versions as “ ? Thanks for looking into it! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 04:46, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Dire thumbnail errors
Multiple pages are showing "Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination" instead of banner or table icons. Seen offhand on the Community Noticeboard "Forums Page" Section, and the "Sextant" page both in the "desktop only" banner and the crafting recipes. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 21:05, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * A few minutes later, the icons are back. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 21:12, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Dragon, Titan, and Spectral armor pages
Is an admin able to add Item IDs (at Part 7) for these, since it’s protected? (Find them at the page) —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 23:19, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I can edit them just fine, I am not blocked by any protection. Also, we do not know what their Item Ids are as we do not have the source code for Console, Mobile, or 3DS. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 23:32, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, didn’t clarify I meant that their /Stats pages were protected (where the IDs go) —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 19:29, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Only the Dragon armor's stat page was protected. I've edited it to be more consistent with the other two pages. – KM100 (talk) 22:12, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Terra Blade/Stats
This page needs its console-mobile icon to be converted to and its desktop icon to. Are there any admins who can do this? Thanks for your help! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial"> ϟ Awesome_Diamonds  ϟ  「talk」 21:38, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Got it taken care of, thanks. – KM100 (talk) 22:12, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks KM100! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 02:52, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry to bother you again so quickly, but I made an edit to the Titan armor page and Spectral armor page; the IDs were misinterpereted, which wasn’t your fault in any way, it’s just that the Item IDs page is a little confusing. And finally, the Terra Blade/Stats page has categories, is this intentional? Thanks again! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 02:57, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The categories for the Terra Blade show on it's stats page because the infobox adds them - this is fine.
 * When the exclusive armor was first introduced, the ids given them by the devs were sequential beginning with #1867 (the Dragon Mask). Unfortunately, when mobile finally received the Christmas update (1.2.11212), the numbers needed to be re-assigned (Candy Cane has id #1867), so all the exclusives got re-numbered beginning with #5001. The devs were hoping desktop never went above id #5000. I am guessing at the timing of the re-numbering, but it does seem logical that they didn't renumber the items until they had to. I suppose we should add the re-numbering to the history section of those exclusives. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 06:42, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I could be wrong. It seemed logical, but looking at the list is very confusing. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 06:49, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Chaos Elemental and impending edit war
If the IP undoes my most recent edit at the Chaos Elemental page, are there any suggestions on how to proceed? —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 12:47, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've been watching them warily myself, as they had multiple low-value edits, even before trying to edit-war with a named regular.  That said, the IP comes off as just a kid who doesn't quite "get the scene".  So, I wouldn't want be be too harsh.  Do the admins here think warnings on an IP page are worthwhile?  Failing that... If I was an admin here (which I'm not), I might give a short ban to the IP (say 1-3 days) just to get their attention.  If possible, without "account creation disabled", as them getting a name would be a step forward into the community.   --MentalMouse42 (talk) 14:15, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * For use of Admins in case of any edit wars, I created Dispute. It should prove useful by showing that neither side is being endorsed and so encouragement can be given to reach a consensus. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 18:28, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for creating that, looks great! —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 17:27, 30 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Many editors have added similar trivia to the various Elemental pages, and it always gets reverted - simply saying "[this] is not an element" isn't exactly noteworthy :). Hopefully my trivia rewrite will appease all those editors. – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 05:53, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

User rights change request
<-- requesting User rights to Bot rights (congrats User:ReedemtheD3ad on getting a bot!) —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 00:11, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I already requested this change to Equazcion as only Gamepedia Staff members can change user rights. Thanks. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 00:15, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for requesting ahead of time, I know many other bots which got requested way later in their services than this one... —<span style="font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial;color:#F5D04C">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ  「talk」 15:26, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Protection requests
Since these are pretty complex, important templates/pages, can they be protected? (below) —<span style="color:#F5D04C;font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial">ϟ Awesome_Diamonds ϟ 「talk」 14:27, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Module:Redirect
 * Module:Redirect hatnote
 * Template:Flexbox
 * Template:Flexstart
 * Template:Flexend
 * Module:Labelled list hatnote
 * Module:Hatnote
 * Template:Verify

My whole page looks like this
It's super basic looking and i cant sort anything by what i want it to and pictures wont load 99% of the time. https://i.imgur.com/y1ju2Fr.png —<span style="color:#F5D04C;font:bold 15px Papyrus, Arial">ϟ XtremeGaming7000 ϟ 「talk」 20:29, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That looks like the mobile view. There should be a link at the bottom of the page to switch to desktop view. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 21:36, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Duplicate items in the CargoExport
Hi, I'm writing a item browsing tool and using the Cargo Export tool on this wiki for source data. So far it's wokrking well.. however I've noticed a lot of items come up twice... See:

https://terraria.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Special:CargoExport&tables=Items&fields=itemid,name,hammerpower,damage&order%20by=itemid&limit=10&format=json&where=itemid=7

If you expand that fields list to include more data, you'll see that its not only hammerpower and damage that are unpopulated in the 2nd entry.

Am I doing something wrong/stupid with the CargoExport query or is there something funky with the source data? Overall, I see ~920 duplicate rows across the entire dataset...

Fetching Items... Got 4781 items... Parsing... Parsing done. Saving 3858 items. Done!


 * Hi, I am the one who set up Cargo on this Wiki. The Cargo tables pull data from Infoboxes and whatnot, but unfortunately, not all the data is stored for each entry in one place and as such, the table needs multiple entries to obtain the complete data. When the data is needed, all of the values that are needed are pulled which may come from multiple entries. I can try to see if it is possible to merge the entries, but keep in mind that the primary purpose is for use on the wiki which is working fine, not for creating browsing tools. Perhaps what you want is rather to do a cargo query and save that information rather than exporting the raw data. See how Item IDs and List of weapons are done, and you may be able to achieve the result you want. Please experiment in your own userspace as to not disturb the mainspace of the wiki. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 06:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

The new design sucks
Whoever thought it would be be a good idea to make 60% of the page whitespace should be banished to the shadow realm. I'm sick of devs forcing mobile layouts onto desktop users.
 * Mobile view is an option that can be toggled at the bottom of any page on the site. There should be a link that says "Desktop" that will take you back to the Desktop view. If this is not the case, please provide a screenshot so we may have a better idea of what you are seeing. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 02:34, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

GamePedia Ad Blocks Content
Lately I've been having a problem with the GamePedia advertisement on the right hand side of the page blocking text in the wiki, and even more irritating, blocking the columns of tables. Is there an easy way to get rid of the ad, or is this something that must be addressed in the formatting of the pages? 99.248.209.160 00:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you take a screenshot, so we can see what it looks like? – <span style="color:#00755E; font:bold 15px Comic Sans MS,Arial">Ferretwings (<span style="color:#800020; font:bold 13px Comic Sans MS,Arial">talk ) 01:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The Sidebar ads can be really annoying, but if tables are "covered", there should be a scroll bar at the bottom. It is inconvenient though. If you have a Twitch Account, I recommend logging in. Logged in users do not see the sidebar ads. If there are any other places where content is covered, or the scroll bar is not present, please let us know. – ReedemtheD3ad!  ( talk ) 23:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Easy way to get rid of ads... adblock (ublockorigin) --Leonord curse「talk」 00:11, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Although this is true, we do want to support the platform. I for one disable ad blockers for Gamepedia, even though I have had PRO for ages. Ads only at the bottom of the page (and in the sidebar, like they already do, those do not do anything with the page width/height etc anyways) would be a better and more permanent solution than having ads to the side, as ads at the bottom do not push any content away.--Tymon80 (talk) 01:45, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure how to add a screen shot. I found the scroll bar at the bottom of the tables, and you are right, it is very inconvenient. For example, if I look at the Hardmode Armour table, I scroll all the way to the bottom of the table, then scroll the table to the right so I can see the right hand column, then scroll up to look at the armour set I am interested in, and cannot find it as the armour type names are now scrolled out of view on the left. It would be less inconvenient for shorter tables of course. Another place where this appears is on the Walkthrough page - the coloured boxed sections about the specific biomes will have items listed that are covered by the advertisement, and the text explaining how to deal with the biome will be cut off on the right. One thing I have found is to decrease the zoom level in my browser, which will make the tables smaller and pull them out from under the advertisement. I will consider signing up for an account, but changing browser zoom level down to 75% or signing up for an account is a workaround. Thanks for your ideas. 99.248.209.160 14:46, 26 August 2018 (UTC)