Terraria Wiki:Admin noticeboard

__NEWSECTIONLINK__ 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.
 * For technical issues that admins can't handle, please see the Curse noticeboard.

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 websites. (Does spam filter detect links without "www"?) --Icke 12:10, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I wish I could give you and answer, but spam filters are most effective when their inner workings are kept secret. Know that they are continuously evolving depending on the type of activity we are seeing though. Thanks for reporting the vandals. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 17:40, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Uses a bot that replaces "the" with "huh". --Icke 13:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Dropped the hammer --JonTheMon 15:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Was apparently inserting spam links into pages. Does the Abuse Filter pick up on spammers who have registered wiki accounts? --ChroniclerC 10:54, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked, thanks. The abuse filter mostly doesn't care about accounts; even I would get blocked for triggering a spam rule. --Lunboks 17:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Only promoting his own youtube video's (over 500!), even after warning. --Icke 15:34, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a month. Can't be bothered to actually consult the policy for each instance, but I think based on on this guy's history we can mostly rule out good faith.
 * Exclusively edits to add videos that are obviously his own
 * YouTube partner
 * Makes no effort to justify his actions, didn't respond to warning on his user talk page
 * Re-visits pages to re-add his video if they've been reverted
 * Blocked before for 24 hours for edit-warring with a bureaucrat (adding one of his videos, natch)
 * --Lunboks 15:56, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Numsies is 173.89.22.90. Same behavior, same vandalism, same spam links, same misleading edit messages (pretending to make grammar fixes when adding links to irrelevant stuff). --Gez 10:20, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 month timeout for both the account and the IP address. --Lunboks 22:53, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Random Keyboard smashing spam --Moxxy 00:31, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked for 1 week. — iLiaWneK (talk) 14:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Random spam "Porn porn porn" --Moxxy 00:33, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked for 1 week. — iLiaWneK (talk) 14:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

=Current Issues=

Protecting the templates
Well, someone noticed that some of the high-use templates aren't protected. I went ahead and [ protected some of them] just now. I guess I didn't really notice, but the potential for site defacement is&hellip; well, definitely there. Semi-protection might be possible for some of them. If we had a proper autoconfirmed status, anyway.

Any reason against keeping some of those frequently-used template locked? Should we extend the protection to the top-25-or-so templates? --Lunboks 18:23, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

New Bureaucrat
Happypal has been absent for a while, and I'm not even sure what Kane does, so I think it's about time for a new bureaucrat (bcrat) to be added to keep things running. To that end, I think Null is a good candidate for a new bcrat. What do the other admins think about this? --JonTheMon 22:15, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I suppose it would be handy to have one around. In case there are some user rights that need managing and such. If there will be a new one, I'd either look at, well, you, or Null. Really, the only candidate I'd seriously oppose is myself. --Lunboks 23:00, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with whoever you guys pick. I do have one gripe..will someone please archive some of the stuff on this page??? -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  00:12, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Definitely need one. I don't mind if I get bureaucrat or not. If we ever need another admin, I feel User:TechpriestMagos should maybe be considered. --Null  Talk  23:22, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with anyone but me. I'd personally nominate Null or JonTheMon. — iLiaWneK (talk) 17:37, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh wow, I certainly didn't expect to stumble upon my name here. That said, I don't think I have consistent enough activity here to warrant that kind of attention. Thank you for the kind regards though. -- TechpriestMagos 17:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Large Category browsing problem
When I try to view a category with more than 200 entries (for instance "Category:Entities introduced in 1.1"), a link exists for "next 200" but when I click it, the URL updates and the content stays the same; I cannot see any entry not in the first 200. I've tried Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. -- ArykAran 02:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This is an issue we are finding on multiple wikis. I will add Terraria to the list :D -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  07:48, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe this issue has now been fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  19:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Works great now; thanks! -- ArykAran 03:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

"1" glitch
There is a glitch on russian wiki - you can't "save page" if your article constains number "1".
 * I believe this issue has now been fixed. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  19:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's it, thanks. - Kel9290.

Disallow creating other user's pages?
Just a thought: Should we block users from creating (not editing) other users' pages in general, via the abuse filter? There seems to be no legit use to this. All I've seen it used for is:

--Lunboks 11:14, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Personal attacks (see my user page)
 * Spam (spam bots who follow a random red link, or try to create an account, fail due to their obvious username, and create the user page anyway)
 * Are these events done by users (spam or otherwise) or IPs? --JonTheMon 15:46, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The spam mostly comes from anonymous users. There seem to be 2 types of bot that create user pages: The one that follows random links and replaces the page content with something like "thnaks for this excellent infromation" (obviously auto-blocked if the page exists), and ones that get caught by the "Spam accounts" filter, but don't detect this and post their spam to what would have been their user page anyway. --Lunboks 13:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Collector's Edition bypass
All right, I'm a bit torn on this. Should we allow the "workaround" that allows anyone to "upgrade" to the Collector's Edition to be posted or not?

Technically it's somewhat similar to discussing the piracy of Terraria or posting cracked download links, especially if more content is added in the future (to be honest, I hope not). I'm not a big fan of exclusive content, and the information will no doubt spread elsewhere. Should we revert it or turn a blind eye? Is there an official statement along the lines of "we don't care"? --Lunboks 20:50, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It sounds to me like this is an activity that would be counter to the EULA, if that is the case, no, it has no place on the wiki. If it isn't prohibited by the EULA, and you do choose to add it to the wiki, please do so with a disclaimer that it is not something supported by Re-Logic, or endorsed by Terraria Online/Curse. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:55, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Protected files
A while back the images on the homepage changed, but those images aren't protected like the old images where. To prevent vandalism I think it would be a good idea to protect those images: Terraria tree2, copper pickaxe, green slime and NPC2. --Icke 19:49, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Done --JonTheMon 20:05, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I went ahead and actually create duplicate front-page only protected images. Internally, Green Slime and Copper Pickaxe have no reason to be protected, and users periodically update the sprite. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 08:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)