UESPWiki:Administrator Noticeboard/Archive 17

Let me in! Let me in!

I can't log in right now! Any clue as to why? TheAlbinoOrc--70.119.232.138 06:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

: I can't too. I left a message at Daveh's page. Rigas Papadopoulos. --89.210.178.198 06:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC) 

:: Does this affect anyone else?  

:::Oh, by the way I tried logging on as TAO too. Same thing.--70.119.232.138 06:13, 4 November 2010 (UTC) 

::::I've posted a request for help on /r/oblivion (on reddit, for those unfamiliar with it). Hopefully it'll help.--70.119.232.138 06:33, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

:::::Having problems here as well -Dlarsh 75.70.101.3 06:36, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

:::::Logged in. It wouldn't let me edit. 'Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still does not work, try logging out and logging back in.' So I logged out. Then I logged back in. It wouldn't let me edit. 'Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still does not work, try logging out and logging back in.' --66.81.42.64 AKA Riddle 06:38, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

  Sorry to hear that, guys! I'll send Daveh an e-mail - hopefully he will be able to solve the problem quickly. --Krusty 06:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

:This hit me yesterday, but I thought it was just a problem on my end because I'd been playing around with the bot account, different browsers, and all kinds of different things. Yet again, I saw the behaviour where really old passwords would work (mentioned on Dave's talk page some time ago), where my current ones didn't, but even when they did, it would see me as logged in one moment, then needing to log in again when I accessed preferences, for example. Changing passwords repeatedly to the same password I was already using seemed to resolve the problem after several attempts  on each individual server, but that could've just been luck of the draw too.

:I'm now having the same problem Riddle is.

:I know Dave reenabled the Squid cache on content1 a few days ago, so maybe that's got something to do with it?  &ndash; Robin Hood    07:40, 4 November 2010 (UTC) 

::I've edited the Reddit post to reflect the new info.--70.119.232.138 08:04, 4 November 2010 (UTC) AKA TAO

:::I'm having the same problem too. I was unable get onto the site several hours ago, and since I can, I can't edit under my name. ~ Dwarfmp aka 94.224.117.215 09:06, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

::::The last time this happened it was down to a config change. I imagine it's something similar now. rpeh  09:35, 4 November 2010 (UTC) 

:::::I don't know who did what but I'm back in. How about everyone else?--  Ghurhak gro-Demril        16:11, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

:::::: I am fine, Dwarfmp is fine too. I don't know about Dlarsh, but I suppose he is fine too. --Rigas Papadopoulos  16:17, 4 November 2010 (UTC) 

:::::::Riddle should be fine also. good to hear everything's working again!--  Ghurhak gro-Demril        16:29, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

::::::::Looks like it's working for me. --Riddle 01:37, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Requesting Block of 

Please. --    22:57, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

:Done. --Timenn-  23:06, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
::Phew! Thanks Timenn. :) --    23:08, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Rename Request

:(moved from )
I know this part hasn't had a reply in a few months but I saw it was about username changing and was wondering if I could get mine changed to Lycos Devanos. Thank you --Raleka 12:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Possible New Nonsense Bot

We just had three very similar edits to  that all introduced random characters along with replacing some items with HTML expansions (replacing quotes with "&amp;quot;" for instance). I'm assuming good faith for the moment but it looks like these might signal some new kind of nonsense bot. Just thought I ought to mention it here so there's a record if more of these start to crop up. The three edits are this, this and this. rpeh  11:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

: Well there were three more edits to the same page while I was posting this. Definitely a new nonsense bot. rpeh  11:51, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

::Considering some of the edits added URLs, I think it's safe to say this was a nonsense/spam bot. A badly programmed one, I think, seeing the kind of parsing mess it made... Thanks for the initial blocks, I made them indefinite. --Timenn-  16:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Emergency block

I just blocked  for 15 minutes without prior warning. This account has been responsible for several instances of deletion just recently, in addition to other cases in the past. Please could an admin review this block. rpeh  01:25, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

:See the user's talk page.  I'm just going to let this short block expire, and assume good faith other than what appears to be retaliation for an inappropriate warning.  We'll see how it goes.  --GK  01:36, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Draco the great - copyvio

  has just posted copyrighted material for the third time despite having had one unofficial and one official warning. This time I issued a three hour block. I'm bringing it here because the Blocking Policy states this conduct should receive a one week block, which I'm not able to give within the agreed restrictions on Blockuser accounts.

Assuming the admins agree, I would ask for the normal block on this user, along with a post reinforcing my own - he's obviously not prepared to listen to me. rpeh  19:21, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

: Ignoring an unofficial warning is one thing; ignoring an official one is serious - I'll change the block to a week. --Krusty 19:24, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Recent Spambots

We seem to be getting a spate of spambots creating accounts: Fitzgerald599657, Barnaby131416, Brendan994140 and Gresham317705 are four that have been created in the past few hours. 

It might be worth adding the following two lines to  to stop these accounts:
 
# Prevent accounts ending in six digits from being created - spambot attack on 6 December 2010
.*\d{6}  

I don't believe this will impact too many users, and it can always be removed once the attack is over. rpeh  00:11, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

: Good idea, as it is getting old blocking those bots; I added the lines to the Titleblaclist. Hopefully, it will at least lessen the attacks and prevent further problems. Thanks! --Krusty 06:41, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

:: It's been a couple of weeks now, and I've not seen any more instances of this type of bot creation recently on other wikis I frequent. It might be an idea to turn it off (ie, delete those lines) and see what happens. The regexp can always be reinstated if the bots come back. rpeh  23:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

:::I've removed the restriction.  We'll see how it goes.  --GK  00:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

:::: Cheers, GK. I hope it doesn't cause a flood of spam. rpeh  00:23, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

::::: Not a flood, exactly, but Gale530566 shows that the pattern is still being followed. Maybe put it on again for a while longer? rpeh  22:01, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

  Got it.  --GK  22:51, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

TESV: Skyrim
 

Move Protection of 

Page linked from sidebar. --Rigas Papadopoulos  21:10, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

: Anybody? --Rigas Papadopoulos  05:57, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

::Changed move protection to full for . Seems it needed move protection from you... --Timenn-  21:18, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Semi-Protection

I think that it may be a good idea to semi-protect the page . Within the last few days there have been several edits by IPs to include "This is the setting for the upcoming game...etc." -- DKong27    23:31, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
: All done. --Krusty 23:44, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
::Thanks. -- DKong27    23:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC) 
:::If it weren't where would it be? Akavir? Oblivion again? Ergh...--  Ghurhak gro-Demril        00:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Two New News Stories

Normally I'd just bug Krusty on IRC/Email, but he seems to be in bed so please can the first admin on the scene add two new news stories to the front page:
, and

The "Game Engine" one is slightly older news despite me having created it earlier than the other one. Obviously, merge/change as required. Thanks. rpeh  00:14, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Userspace Patroller Patrollers

Whenever an admin has a moment, Corevette789 and Jplatinum16 can be removed from the list of Userspace Patrollers, as they're now full-fledged Patrollers.  &ndash; Robin Hood    05:52, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

:Wow, that was fast! :)  &ndash; Robin Hood    05:56, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

:: Haha, yeah - since the mistake is basically mine (I mistakenly clicked the UP rights and Patroller rights when I promoted them), I can be very fast! --Krusty 06:04, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

More protection

This  something is going to have to be done maybe, either deletion or protection, I can see it causing more 'trouble' over the coming months - Emoboy64 18:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

More pages with move protection

The IRC and the Community Portal are also linked from the sidebar. --Rigas Papadopoulos  23:43, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

: I did not had to move the pages this time... --Rigas Papadopoulos  17:05, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Spam bot

 

per google --Wizy   05:21, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

:Blocked for 3 hours pending permanent blocking by an Admin.  &ndash; Robin Hood    06:31, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Oblivion Roleplaying pages

I suggest to reduce the protection from full to semi. These pages are full with grammar errors, and it is annoying to have to make a request here every time some wants something changed at the pages, like rpeh does. I believe it will be better with semi protection. --Rigas Papadopoulos  14:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

:The Roleplaying pages are about to be deleted (see Community Portal discussion), so it's a moot point.  &ndash; Robin Hood    01:27, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

I can't log into an account I just created.

Title say it all really. Signed up, activated the account and just can not log in. I've checked the password and spelling etc many times.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My account is Esoteric Argonian.
:Try making it again, it isn't showing up in the user creation logs at least in the past month.--Pwnageincarnate 02:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC)Pwnageincarnate

Patrolling Talk:

While I was removing a forum-like topic from , I noticed that all of the topics on that page were like that. I was under the impression that the Talk pages are supposed to be about their related project page, in this case . None of the topics on that talk page are remotely related to that project page at all. --Brf 16:16, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
: Well, I suspect that this was the very first OB page ever made and it naturally became an "all-round" topic talk, because there were no other places. Why people keep talking is a mystery - nothing serious, though. --Krusty 18:46, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

More News

When an admin has a moment, may they please bless the latest fruits of my insomnia. rpeh  02:01, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Um...hi?

Hi guys!

My IP just got a warning for an edit I didn't do :'(

I love this site - it's helped me so much - and seeing as I'd never want to harm it and I'm not a twelve-year-old schoolkid (I'm a 31-year-old engineer lady haha!) I would not stoop to editing about buttse>   03:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

:::: Seriously. Can we look again at our IP blocking policy please? Especially in the light of autoblock, which I don't think was part of MW when the policy was first implemented.
:::: I suggest all IPs currently blocked indefinitely be given an amnesty and after that we have a one year max-block policy.
:::: Named Accounts should still be subject to infinite blocks after it becomes clear they have nothing to contribute. rpeh  23:06, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

:::::I wasn't aware of a real problem here.  How would your suggestion affect our policy on TOR IPs, spammers, and similar situations?  --GK  21:03, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

:::::: There may be a short problem with nonsense bots and the like, but at the moment we assume that once you're a zombie or a TOR exit note, that's always the case. In many cases, the situation was an accident, not intentional, so it's more likely that after a while, you fix the problem. There may be a few exceptions to this rule - the online anomisers like hidemyass and the like that might still merit an infinite block - but otherwise we shouldn't assume that IPs are always evil. At the very least we ought to adapt our IP warning and block messages to be more like WP, where they have prominent "if this isn't you" messages. rpeh  13:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

News tip -Technology behind Skyrim.

The tech behind Skyrim. --178.117.81.122 19:34, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

M'aiq

I would like to recommend a semi-protection on the page  due to the edits that have been coming up about his dragon mentioning. It has been reverted several times, even after the addition of a note specifically about that. -- DKong27    22:06, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

New Skyrim info
Since both page and talk page are blocked from editing, figure this is the only logic place to post this. New info from a Dutch gaming magazine, including confirmation of the return of the Dark Brotherhood and the game's start, can be found here. 

If someone with access to the page could post an update ;) --178.117.81.122 19:22, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Logging Blocks

We've previously logged every single block made by members of the Blockers user group, but is this really necessary? I ask because I just gave a 15 minute block to an IP that had been making some silly edits as a cooling off hint. Editing the log page purely so that an admin can come along and remove it again seems... silly.

I'm suggesting that instead, we log only repeat blocks or blocks of the maximum length: in other words, blocks that an admin needs to do something else about. Make sense? rpeh  20:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
: Sounds good to me, especially when we're talking 15 minute blocks; just use the log for the full 3-hour blocks. Of course, I can't speak for the other admins, but if things get really serious or you have to go somewhere, use the log - or the usual channels to contact me. :) --Krusty 20:39, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
:: Makes sense to me too. If the blocked party feels the short-term block was unwarranted or should otherwise be reviewed, they can always bring the issue here after the block has expired.  &ndash; Robin Hood    21:01, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Two new Namespaces

Please could an admin add the following two lines to  in the light of our two new namespaces?
 
Thanks. rpeh  09:23, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
: Done. --Krusty 16:33, 28 January 2011 (UTC)