Terraria Wiki:Admin noticeboard/Issues-2012

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)

Terraria's development has been discontinued.
Just an FYI: It seems like 1.1.2 will be the final version of Terraria. I've removed everything about future content. Now you know why, and if you encounter anything I've missed &mdash; slash and burn.

Since Terraria is, as it were, no longer subject to change, will there be a content archival of some description, or do we just carry on as usual? --Lunboks 20:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it's valid to state 1.1.2 is the final version. The dev blog you posted states, "However, we are still planning at least one more bug fix for Terraria." I'm referring specifically to the "Final" reference on the homepage. --Sinister Stairs 21:00, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. --Lunboks 21:07, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

There is also the possibility that the game can be picked up by someone else, though for the purpose of the wiki it would not work to advertise the possibility. Would it be better to simply archive the data for later, or just make new pages if it happens?--Ragen 00:02, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Since hardly anyone uses this page (that i know of.) should we delete this section or save it, so in about a year or two, we can say that we BELIEVE that Terraria development has been discontinued. I believe that that fact is highly unlikely, just look here All those updates prove that development is still going on. Also, when did the game come out? 2011? 2010? That is recent for a game, thus, Re-Logic (if it wants to stay in business) will not stop a huge game like this from being patched and/or updated. -Brass.Dragon 13:12, 2/23/2012
 * I'm not sure what page you are referring to... that hardly anyone uses. This page is for communication with the wiki admins, and is used by the entire community. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  21:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you read the developer post I linked? Red's saying Terraria is done, and I hope he's not throwing that around lightly because that did not go over well with a lot of people. People pointing to the upcoming features page as a blame list or proof that this is indeed not the end is part of the reason why I removed it. It's back now, and I'm not sure why, but yeah. That article is speculation based on developer posts &mdash; definitely not proof of anything. Obviously, if the developer calls it quits, then they're not going to happen. Unless someone else picks it up, which personally I don't think will happen. --Lunboks 22:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I hear there will be a mod pack coming, as well as they are also planning to release a final bugfix version. Finally, they would also be planning to publish their programming API, in which case, content would be created by the users faster than ever.
 * I think it would be a mistake to make any conclusions at this point, we and simply wait and see. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 09:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Admin nomination
With activity levels being down, I think it might be useful to have another user become an admin. I nominate Icke since he's demonstrated that he's active and willing to keep the wiki clean. --JonTheMon 13:24, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * He has my vote. happypal (talk &bull; contribs) 13:49, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I can vouch for Icke as well as JonTheMon. They have both have been extremely dedicated and helpful users of the wiki. They are both the rare breed of user that makes large amount of edits AND keeps them consistently constructive. --Moxxy 01:29, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, i think that enough time has passed and with good support, let's promote him. --JonTheMon 14:51, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Requiring constructive edits before removing sections should be removed
I say this primarily because there are only so many different ways to be constructive. If you can't be considered constructive by removing content, you can only be constructive by adding it, and there's only so much content that can be added to a wiki about a game that isn't updating anymore. Besides, this is a wiki, it's not like malicious edits can't just automatically be undone instead of having the software globally ban anything that matches vague heuristics before it can even be executed.

I bring this up because I am not allowed to do this. --24.220.133.35 06:21, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually you can't automatically undo edits, because there is no way to determine whether someone removes something useful or something useless. Hence every undo have to be done manually, which would take way too much time. Also there are more enough articles that could use more content. Also, I'm not going to tell how the filter works, but that edit would be allowed even for new users, so apparently you wanted to make a different edit than the one you're showing me. --Icke 10:23, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * This rule is preventing me from mass-reverting spam by this 'user' -24.5.242.38 07:14, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've slightly changed the rule to allow you to undo vandalism. --Icke 10:50, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Mods
I recently got a request about whether or not it was allowed to add mod info to the wiki. I won't mind if this will be added to the wiki, but I don't want to make this decision alone. Furthermore I think the best way to do this is by making a new namespace. What do you guys think about adding mod and what way of doing so would you find preferable? --Icke 08:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I realize this is old but can we get this started? Does anything need to be done technically besides creating pages that start with Mod:?  Equazcion ( talk ) 02:13, 26 Aug 2012 (UTC)
 * The wiki itself would have to be configured to recognize "Mod:" and "Mod talk:" as namespaces. I can't recall if it would be a problem to start making pages such as Mod:Modding before the namespace is official though, so if you want to start work it might be best to use your userspace for now. --timrem 02:34, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, using the userspace is best. You shouldn't create any "Mod:" or "Mod talk:" until the namespace is set up.


 * If you create any "Mod:" or "Mod talk:" pages now, they'll technically be in the main namespace. Setting up a new namespace doesn't transfer them, so you'd end up with a weird situation where a page titled "Mod:Foo" exists in the main namespace and is still in the database, but the title "Mod:Foo" now represents "Foo" in the "Mod" namespace, which is a different page. You could actually end up with two (actually, even more than two is possible) pages titled "Mod:Foo", but only one would actually be reachable at any given time.


 * Be sure to let us know if you do decide to create the namespace. Eyes 03:27, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Social popups will not go away
I keep getting popups about if I want to share my recent edits with friends. However, I can't click on any of the buttons to make it go away. If I click on them, nothing happens. So I have to continuously remove the social popup from the HTML if I want to read a page normally, and it pops up on every page too. Please fix if possible.

85.119.106.81 13:08, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * There is nothing I can do about it. However I think this is the result of cookies not working correctly. You can try delete the cookies for this website (or if you have cookies disabled, enable them for this website) and see if this fixes the problem. Clearing your browsers cache might also help. --0icke0 (talk) 13:30, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I have the same problem. If it were cookies, then it just wouldn't save the results, but still go away, no? It must be problem with handling scripts/redirects. It just adds # into address field and goes nowhere, like any other broken redirect. I can usually close it by clicking outside the box, but sometimes it wont go away for minutes regardless of page or number of reloads. Shouldn't the checkbox in misc section of profile preferences rid us of this completely? What is this script written on? Nandorianen (talk) 06:56, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


 * This is a javascript problem. You can resolve it by turning off the social popups in your preferences under the Misc tab. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]]  talk  09:55, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


 * No, you can't. And it does not seem to be Java. I've tried restarting browser, clearing cache and everything else, updating Java plugin, disabling Java completely. Only latter had any impact, and it was disabling my ability to close the damn popup even by clicking outside it. Nandorianen (talk) 10:33, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Solved it by logging in in another browser (in Opera, my main is Firefox). Buttons worked correctly there, so I clicked "never again" and now I have no popups in Firefox. Nandorianen (talk) 10:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


 * AdBlock comes in handy when stuff like this occurs. Also just to point out something, Wynthyst is right about this being a javascript problem. Firefox also does have a egregious with java. 16:33, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Spelling mistake on main page in "The Game" section
I cannot make the correction for understandable reasons. The last sentence in "The Game" window on the main page spells "coming" incorrectly. If any administrator is available, please make the change. Thanks! Yardwork88 (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed --0icke0 (talk) 09:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

This wiki site may have Trojan/Malware-downloading scripts embedded in an Ad
I closed certain pages from the Console-Only list (with a few related pages) and another tab popped up in my Chrome browser for a moment and automatically started downloading "FlashPlayer__2114_i20422763_il42840.exe". I managed to catch and cancel the download before it finished, but I don't think we want that sort of thing here. The site it links to is (See history for unbroken link.) "http://bs-self.s3.amazon***.com/1.1.1.72/Launcher.exe?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22FlashPlayer__2114_i20422763_il42840.exe%22&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIVXZLUYTJZ52OS6Q&Expires=1369459486&Signature=VLtO0isUyiFS6R86J%2B7f%2F4Z6H0M%3D" This is an automatically downloading, probable Malware/Trojan website!!! I have removed the hyperlink, because NO ONE should follow the address.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to track down this issue, or I would. I hope this information helps find it.

I'm unsure as to which of the following pages may have contained the script, but these were all the pages I opened near the time the unauthorized download began: Sharanga, Vulcan Repeater, Soul of Blight, Ocram, Cabbage, Brain, Tiphia, Honeycomb, Guinea Pig, Pet Zombie, Wolf Fang, Petri Dish, Bat, Vial of Blood, Pet Bat, Pet Slime, Dragon Skull, Arch Demon, Albino Antlion, Arch Wyvern, Sandgun, Illegal Gun Parts, Shadow Slime, Vampire Miner, Spectral Mummy, Dragon Hornet, Dragon Snatcher, Shadow Hammer, Spectral Elemental.

But, upon going through this list again, the issue did not repeat itself, which leads me to believe the script may be embedded in an ad--which doesn't help much in finding it, because I don't pay attention to the ads. =/

Events occurred between 00:00 and 02:25 on 25 May 2013 (EST) ~ Mystil (talk) 06:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of any scripts on this site and as far as I know you can't even add scripts to pages (for obvious security reasons). So most likely the script was indeed embedded in an ad, in which case the ad company has to do something about it and there is nothing we can do. --0icke0 (talk) 10:31, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Some bugs that I've noticed in v1.1.2
1)  While standing right up against a door, sometimes, you are unable to open said door.

2)  Upon entering a world,or using alt-tab to minimize the full-screen mode, most blocks will turn invisible for a short amount of time.

3)  Upon entering a world, monsters, mainly including zombies, will either de-spawn or be moved further away from the player (me).

4)  In my world, I broke a golden chest with a Copper Hammer, and replaced it inside my house. When I tried to break it with a Silver Hammer, it wouldn't break (I just thought this was important but, I placed it right next to a door. Would that have been the source of the problem?).

5)  Occasionally, when the message "The Blood Moon is rising", which indicates the 'rising' of a blood moon, appears, the effects of a Blood Moon (i.e. Zombies being able to open doors, the change in music, the sky/moon turning red) do not come into play.

This conclude my short list of bugs in Terraria V1.1.2

Change Ice Torch and Ichor Torch pages
I added those torches to the main torch page so the following pages need to be changed to redirects, however I cannot do it myself as the wiki does not allow me.

-WelchDrew-

Pages needed editing by an admin.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ice_Torch http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ichor_Torch
 * Fixed --0icke0 (talk) 20:52, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

inventory wiki needs to display one extra item
Merchant is now selling so many items, that the wiki does not display the last one (golden dust), even though it is present in the source code. I believe some changes to the template is needed. --JanoSicek (talk) 10:56, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --0icke0 (talk) 09:34, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

SDMG
The SDMG page is being constantly reverted by a fellow who believes there is a chance of getting it from the Extractinator. We have developer confirmation from the official boards that this is not the case, and cited it in the article. Could we make that page protected? Thanks. --Theothersteve7 (talk) 04:30, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I've protected it for a 24h period. I will extend this if needed. --0icke0 (talk) 08:18, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Mobile vs Console vs PC
With the vast differences between versions would it make sense to start forking the site to be viewed for the specific platform you're playing on? Similar to how you can view pages in other languages. My concern is players on mobile may see recipes from hard mode that aren't available or from console that will see hallowed bars for their hallowed armor pieces when those bars are really a 1.2 only item. I think it makes sense to allow a user to pull up the site using their preferred platform directly and only see relevant information to that platform. Personally I play on PC primarily, Android to a lesser extent and iOS least of all. It would be nice to get accurate information for the current platform when visiting the site. Switching between the various platform versions should be simple as well. Thoughts?
 * As far as I know there is no way to add some tags or so that causes different information to be displayed when accessed through different platforms. Furthermore it would results in a lot of copy/pasting of information, while a simple icon in front of it would also solve most the problem. (Although icons for non-mobile pages are still missing.) --0icke0 (talk) 09:37, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Meteor Head Banner
I recently killed a lot of Meteor Heads, and I found a new item not mentioned on the Terraria Wiki called a Meteor Head Banner. Its only use is to be placed. I think it should be added to the wiki, and perhaps someone who knows how to break into the game files could find out if it does anything else. My Steam name is Mystik188, contact me through that if you want some screenshots of it.
 * Possibly a new item from the 1.2.0.3 update. Those will properly be added later today. --0icke0 (talk) 08:29, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Party Girl trivia/cannot remove redundant section because this is "identified as harmful"
The Party Girl article includes trivia outlining her design referencing a character in outside media. However, it's set aside in a "notes" section, which is rather unusual for a simple character reference, and agreed upon on the talk page as inappropriate. While I've added the relevant trivia to the "trivia" section where it belongs, I can't remove the redundant "notes" section. The warning that informed me that I could not perform this action suggested I seek administrator assistance, which I am doing now. EDIT: Signing, because I'm an absentminded putz and forgot. 207.228.61.183 04:05, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It is removed now. Once you work on this wiki somewhat longer you will also be able to remove content like that, but to prevent vandalism not everyone can remove a section on their first edit. --0icke0 (talk) 09:36, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

While we're at the topic of Party Girl, can that article please be protected? It's got a really irritating edit war, and I've just added a link to picture of Redigit saying that it is, in fact, a reference to Pinkie Pie. Barhandar (talk) 09:09, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Protected for 72 hours. --0icke0 (talk) 09:56, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Pirate Invasion Now Has Too Many Reward Sections
I tried to edit the Rewards section of the Pirate Invasion page and somehow duplicated that section several times. I wasn't allowed to then remove the extraneous sections. Sorry.

--Twizel-- 01:43 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It's fixed now. --0icke0 (talk) 10:57, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

There are edit wars going on
The Turtle page is in the middle of an edit war. I've posted in that talk page that it should be sorted out there, but one of the more recent edits asked that it be locked for now. There was also this edit war I found over the trivia on Mourning Wood's name. --72.83.33.87 00:45, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just coming here to say the same thing. I was part of those two pages. My rule of thumb is undo twice then report the third time. So far there hasn't been a third edit on either page but I have a feeling it's coming. The turtle page has had a large fight over the trivia. One person seems really fed up and has (most likely) started lying to get their point across saying it was "proven" without providing a source. I removed the Mourning Wood trivia as per the consensus on the Golden Shower talk page for... less than PG references. --71.55.136.208 01:01, 26 October 2013 (UTC) (Moxxy)
 * I think it's bit silly that this edit should be disputed over, but community rules, I got it. I reverted the MLP reference, but I did not include the comment saying it should be avoided. As it's a comment, it's not visible in the article and mostly discourages people from trying to add that it's a MLP reference, while not affecting the readers. The trivia sections have gotten out of hand in my opinion. It's a turtle. There are other pages that the same set of users have been trying to include MLP "references" into, and it lowers the quality of the articles, I think. It's a turtle. Just my thoughts though. I guess I would vote for no trivia section, and the comment can either stay or go. 74.69.40.245 02:52, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have protected the Turtle page for now and will keep a look on the Mourning Wood page. Considering many young users also play this game I guess it's indeed better to remove the trivia. --0icke0 (talk) 09:53, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Best way to create images for vanity sets?
Not sure if this is the right place to be asking this, so I'll apologize in advance if it isn't. I'd like to start adding images for the new vanity sets, but I'm unsure what the best way to do that is. Is there an external model viewer that people typically use to get a high quality image (like what appears on Hero's clothes)? I'm reluctant to use in-game screenshots, because of the variety in character appearances and lighting. --Tiwuno (talk)
 * You can use the xnb exporter for this. --0icke0 (talk) 11:13, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Tiwuno (talk)

Marshm(e/a)llow
1.2.1.1 fixed the names, requesting renames of respective files and pages: Marshmellow, Marshmellow on a Stick, Cooked Marshmellow. Barhandar (talk) 14:26, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --0icke0 (talk) 23:33, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Broken File Picture Type
I tried using the bmp type of picture, and it said it was permitted. I uploaded it, thinking it would work and it sorta did, but with an issue. When I look at the file, it says Error creating thumbnail: file type not supported. I can look at it in the full resolution btw. Can anyone fix this either way: by deleting premitted files bmp or changing it so that it works???
 * Hmmm, weird. Maybe this happened in a recent software update. But as almost no-one uses bmp images I guess the easiest thing to do is to just wait for the next software update to fix this. --0icke0 (talk) 09:35, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Search filter must be improved
The search filter only gives you results when you spell the full word correctly. For example when searching for the "headless horseman" it does not find anything if you search for head, headles, headless or horseman.
 * There is (hopefully) someone working on, but it is taking quite long apparently. (See User_talk:Wynthyst.) --0icke0 (talk) 11:33, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

rope and wire
I think if connecting wire to the rope you use like for a hellavator would make it so the players wouldn't have to hold down the up and down key

mobile pet
Description there is a new pet that is not mentioned on the page for mobile called elfa and it's item is also called elfa and it is recieved by cutting down snow covered trees User: Death3789 please could add this pet to the page it was added on the recent update for the mobile terraria game

Please protect the Upcoming Features page from uncited information.
Context: http://terraria.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Upcoming_features&action=history I initially posted on the related talk page that I would be removing any information on the page that was not included in the provided sources. After three days of inaction, I removed them. Apparently someone saw it fit to insult me and begin an edit war. I again removed uncited information. I also provided a quote from the page header that my removal was justified as per the wiki rules. I propose protecting this page before any more edit and flame wars are started.
 * It seems to be solved now, but I'll keep an eye on that page for any further problems. --0icke0 (talk) 11:05, 18 December 2013 (UTC)