SmashWiki:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 3

Archive 1

The Admin Noticeboard is intended to be a page to quickly alert administrators to issues that need their attention.

To make a request, statement, create a new section and provide a neutral, precise summary of events with thought-out reasoning, and, if possible, links to any pages with relevant discussions. It is also a good idea to notify any users involved with the request with a link to the section on this page. Make sure to add new sections to the bottom.

Report vandals in the section labeled for such reports. Be sure to include a link to the user or IP address's contributions list.

Vandal reports

This IP removed enormous chunks from mainspace articles, putting offensive messages both in the pages they vandalised and in their edit summaries. Sorry it stayed for so long - I was away from keyboard and America was (and still is) asleep. PenguinofDeath 10:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Yet another anonymous user. This one vandalised MarioGalaxy's userpage, then, when I undid the edit, he undid my undo. He has now undone my undo three times on that page. They haven't vandalised namespace pages, so I'm not asking for a ban, but a warning of some kind should do the trick. Thanks, PenguinofDeath 06:29, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

This anonymous user has made umpteen changes in the last half hour. Cleanup help and a ban would be much appreciated. PenguinofDeath (talk) 12:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup complete. I would just like to remind you all of something Semicolon said last time this IP vandalised and was duly banned:

"[...] when you come back on this IP and vandalize when your block expires, I will block you for 11 million years. Semicolon (talk) 16:49, 9 May 2009 (UTC)"

If you could do that, I would be very grateful. PenguinofDeath (talk) 12:33, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

The article Weight is reverted to not remove a copy content Firewario (talk) 17:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Another hater for me. Is it not apparent enough why he's banworthy?L33t Silvie ^{I see wat u did thar...} 00:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Banned. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 00:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Vandal. Another guy who thinks he's being funny.--Bek (talk) 16:28, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

The Administrators' noticeboard is for vandals that are currently attacking the wiki. You don't need to report IPs that made one bad edit nearly a month ago. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 20:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

151.199.133.61 (Talk) decides to continue with the stupid vandalism, I think he should be banned infinitely. Firewario (talk) 20:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Blocked. – Defiant Elements +talk 20:51, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

75.74.71.249 has written unacceptable content about Mew2king. Firewario (talk) 21:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Blocked by SC. – Defiant Elements +talk 03:03, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

64.180.78.87, 67.165.4.172 (this one is really unacceptable), 76.103.79.163. Firewario (talk) 09:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

They've all been blocked now. Thank you for your help. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 12:29, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

151.199.135.35, the multiple IP person, striking again. Stop him please. Firewario (talk) 10:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Blocked. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 12:50, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

69.19.14.18‎ removing images, which is more harm than benefit. Firewario (talk) 22:38, 21 June 2009 (UTC) Another IP removing images from nothing but this time it's using swearing words and clear vandalism. There are too many vandals in this wiki which it's hard to understand. Firewario (talk) 22:47, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

The image removal thing is a mystery right now (see bottom of this page); don't assume it was malicious. Toomai Glittershine The Table Designer cntrbs 00:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

MarioGalaxy's "friend" is back. He hasn't done anything major yet, just created the usual "Testing...--~~~~" user talk page, and put the "I want to Brawl you this weekend!" message back on MG's talk page. PenguinofDeath 11:47, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Exactly the same as my above report, except this time they've got a new IP. PenguinofDeath 10:07, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/141.152.168.226. Hasn't actually done any vandalism yet, but his editing pattern thus far has been EXACTLY like those annoying people/sockpuppets who put things like "I like him!" on character pages, in that he always starts by posting "Testing...~~~~. I think that this guy should receive a preemptive ban.--Bek (talk) 16:10, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Wait a minute... yeah, he already did his thing on MarioGalaxy's userpage. Ban.--Bek (talk) 16:12, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Spam-based vandal. Toomai Glittershine The Table Designer cntrbs 19:58, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Again, MarioGalaxy's "friend". As if that wasn't enough, this IP created an obscene vandalism page. PenguinofDeath 10:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Both banned by Pikamander. – Defiant Elements +talk 16:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Koopas

I think that merging all Koopa-related pages together would be a good idea (which isn't too surprising, it being my idea). Describe everything in terms of Green Koopas, then explain the differences between the Green and Red versions for each form. Have one section on each of the forms of Koopa-kind: Shell; Koopa Troopa; Koopa Paratroopa. Describe how jumping on / attacking a Koopa Paratroopa turns it into a Koopa Troopa, how jumping on / attacking a Koopa Troopa turns it into a Shell for a period of time, and how these shells cannot take damage, but can be thrown to do damage, and can be destroyed by throwing them off the screen. Have two pictures of each of the forms, one of each colour, and a picture of each of the relevant trophies. Currently there are at least eight pages on Koopa-kind - there need only be one or two.
I'm not sure if the Green Shell (Item) and Red Shell (Item) pages could be incorporated into the one page, as there is quite a lot to say about them (e.g. damage lists) but even if they couldn't be part of the main Koopa page, they could be made into one Shell (Item) page, removing all references to the shells found in the Subspace Emissary in Brawl. The following are the Koopa pages that would be affected by the move:

• Green Koopa Troopa
• Red Koopa Troopa
• Green Shell
• Red Shell
• Koopa Paratroopa
• Red Koopa Paratroopa
• Green shell glitch (which doesn't even have an appropriate name)
• Red Shell Glitch (which is the same glitch as the above)

PenguinofDeath (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Aside from keeping the items Green Shell and Red Shell separate, I concur. Miles (talk) 20:27, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Would you put everything Koopa-related all on the one page? Wouldn't that make it horribly long? Also, if the above Koopa plan is viable, I think a similar thing should be done about the members of the R.O.B. Squad, just because having a page for each member leaves the pages very short, but with a lot of repetition between them. In other news, is my signature okay? I seem to be the only person to have used the <big> coding...

PenguinofDeath 21:38, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

A long article isn't bad by default; rather, a complete one is desirable. On second thought, though, Koopa Troopas (both colors) should be one page and Koopa Paratroopas should be another.

And for sig rules, read on. Miles (talk) 21:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Damn... I knew there was a reason why that code was never used. About the Koopa Paratroopas, is there really enough to say about them to justify their own page? And is there so little to say about Shells as items that their own page is not justified? I'd have thought that the Koopa Paratroopas were the least important of all Koopa-kind (I'm determined to make that a real phrase). I don't mind. So long as some sort of cleanup occurs, I'll be happy. Just point me (or whoever you want to do it) in the right direction, and I'll write the relevant pages. PenguinofDeath 22:26, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

R.O.B. Squad

After the above discussion with Miles, I reworked all R.O.B. enemy pages into one R.O.B. Squad page. What do you think?
I haven't moved the original pages, and it's all one edit, so just undo it if you don't think it's appropriate. PenguinofDeath 11:09, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd use that article to describe the R.O.B. Squad as a whole, and do a quick summary of each kind of R.O.B. enemy. However, I'd keep the other three articles separate from this one. Miles (talk) 12:59, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Image removal

It seems that multiple users, including Sonic64 and various IPs, cannot save the Palette swap (SSBB) page without all the images getting deleted. What the heck is going on? Toomai Glittershine The Table Designer cntrbs 22:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Correction: it seems that some users cannot edit any pages without the images being removed somehow. The problem seems to be unique to new users. Toomai Glittershine The Table Designer cntrbs 22:24, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I tried editing a page with a new account and without being logged it, but I couldn't reproduce it. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 23:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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The answer is the new rich text editor (RTE) which I'm sure most older users disabled. It causes problems like:

• Removing page content (images in particular).
• Breaking tables.
• Breaks formatting by eliminating linebreaks near <br> tags.

(for a more complete list see here)

Do we want to disable this RTE for all editors? --Shadowcrest 17:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Auto Disable it, and if people want it enough, they can turn it on for themselves. New users won't be able to understand most likely.Smoreking^(T) _(c) 17:50, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

It might be a good idea to make an announcement. Something like "It has been discovered that Wikia's new Rich Text Editor causes problems such as image removal. Please disable it in your preferences." Toomai Glittershine The Stats Guy cntrbs 18:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

We can auto-disable it for all users on the wiki, who can re-enable it in their preferences if they wish. Imo that's a much easier solution that putting it in sitenotice, which most people ignore anyway. Shadowcrest 18:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Shadowcrest. Miles (talk) 18:56, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

IP users (the ones who seem the worst affected) couldn't change it in their preferences, as they don't have an account, and even if they could, it would be unfair to rely on them to change their preferences themselves, so putting out a notice wouldn't work. Auto-disabling the Rich Text Editor is the only option. PenguinofDeath 19:57, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

What Penguin said. --Posted by Pikamander2 (Talk) at 20:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)