Guild Wars Wiki:Admin noticeboard/Archive 12

195.75.146.229 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Another gibberbot. Chaiyo Kaldor 00:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Got that one too, thanks -- Brains12 \ Talk 00:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

148.243.233.50 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

— ク Eloc 貢 04:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked - Bex 09:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

97.81.19.227 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

gibberbot methinks --Ryudo 07:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked - Bex 08:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Question what's a gibberbot? -- Ninja Dragon 08:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

They add random sequences of letters to the top of a page and the edit summary. - Bex 09:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

ok then ☻☺♪☼♫-- Ninja Dragon 09:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

219.136.230.60 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibberbot i think?-- Ninja Dragon 08:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked - Bex 09:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

209.62.108.194 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibberbot, so very annoying --Shadowphoenix 14:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked - Bex 14:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I put this on one here already but someone erased it and the history doesnt show --Shadowphoenix 18:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't erased. You put it at the top of the page so I moved it. - Bex 04:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

202.115.130.23 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Returning gibber. Calor 18:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 18:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

69.51.81.130 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

gibber --Shadowphoenix 18:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 18:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

213.251.132.98 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Seems to be a gibber. Chaiyo Kaldor 23:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Poke got it. Calor 23:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

213.133.102.67 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibberbot. --Valshia 10:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked - Bex 10:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

168.187.205.3 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber. Calor 22:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked -- Brains12 \ Talk 22:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

64.53.166.248 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal, go back to WoW from whence you came!--Raph Talky 16:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 16:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

TomTomNavigator (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

I see Ab.er.rant chasing this one around, so I thought I put it up while they're busy. Seems to be making false edits to the Map Piece articles. --People of Antioch talk 16:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I would assume that he/she probably just didn't realise that our "Can't be sold" doesn't mean it can't be traded to other players. -- ab.er.rant 16:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Guild:Sell Your Soul For A Cookie

I'm heading for bed. Hope someone else will keep an eye on that guild page. It seems to have attracted a "dedicated" vandal. -- ab.er.rant 18:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

It's on my watchlist. I'll look over it. --People of Antioch talk 19:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

213.172.39.18 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibberbot -- The Great Tomato 22:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked -- Brains12 \ Talk 22:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

74.142.51.95 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Bit of a minor vandal. --People of Antioch talk 23:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 01:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

62.116.168.250 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber. --People of Antioch talk 02:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Already got him ;) -- ab.er.rant 02:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

65.47.164.46 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber -- Salome 13:15, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked --Lemming 13:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

87.101.244.6 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber -- Salome 13:15, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 14:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

222.127.198.144 (talk • contribs • logs • block log), Readem (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

NPA breach at User talk:222.127.198.144, but appears to be provocated after several harsh posts (and a NPA breach) by User:222.127.198.144 on izzy's talk page, so may just need a "hush" to both users.--Fighterdoken 20:21, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked Readem given his history, warned the IP. If the IP continues to act up, I'll block him too. - Tanetris 21:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

77.98.129.168 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

NPA at User:Armond here and here. Antiarchangel 22:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Warned them both. Also looks like Lemming banned the IP. - Tanetris 23:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Aye gave a short 1 day time out ban, hopefully it will allow everyone to take a breather from that conversation. --Lemming 23:35, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

24.46.1.155 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal. --People of Antioch talk 01:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

blocked --Lemming 02:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

User_talk:Reithan#Signature

Some controversy over my signature, some sort of guidance would be appreciated. — ( ɔ \ ʇ ) uɐɥʇıǝɹ 17:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Probably want to add User:Mgrinshpon's signature to the list (displayed as —ǥrɩɳsɧƴɖɩđđɭɘş here). Maybe we will end having to ask for a change on GWW:SIGN to especifically allow "unique" signatures :/.--Fighterdoken 18:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:User-Shadowphoenix QB.jpg

As far as i can tell it violates no policy sense the image is abut me lol and I uploaded it. I have checked GWW:USER, GWW:IMAGE, and GWW:NPA. and I see no policy being broken. Please respond --Shadowphoenix 00:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

61.133.87.226 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibberbot. Kokuou 09:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked by BeXoR. -- Gordon Ecker 09:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

24.46.1.155 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Blocked by Lemming. -- Brains12 \ Talk 14:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Heorhui2 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

This seems to be a link spammer that only links on his own userpage. There have been multiple Heorhui user accounts with the same/similar content, but I'm not sure if I should block the user(s) as I would a normal link spammer, and delete the userpage under G1 (which is what I've been doing so far because it looks like simple link spam). I don't exactly want to click those links, and the addresses that show up are relatively unhelpful, so it would be helpful if anyone can read that language. -- Brains12 \ Talk 01:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Aberrant is who you want. However, with my limited ability in reading hanzi, these are just random comercial pages, with no relation to GW. Go ahead and delete. Backsword 03:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

No need for a block or userpage delete. It's done no harm. — ク Eloc 貢 04:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

He/she/it is obviously only using the wiki to advertise, not to document Guild Wars. -Smurf 04:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I have deleted the page but I will just leave a warning to the user. --Lemming 13:24, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

A new one at User:Erd... — Galil 03:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

196.217.249.190 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber -- Salome 02:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked by Lemming64. -- Gordon Ecker 02:38, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

222.82.226.145 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

— ク Eloc 貢 23:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. \o/ LordBiro 23:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

86.96.226.15 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

— ク Eloc 貢 23:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked by Biro -- Brains12 \ Talk 23:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Lion.jpg

Could someone revert the image please? --People of Antioch talk 23:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

O.o I get an internal error, something about login session. -- Brains12 \ Talk 23:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I see it fine. Anyway, a Guild:The Kinship Of The Old Gods has mistakenly put this as the "Lion" (pet). --People of Antioch talk 23:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

It'll be fine as soon as the cache catches up. - Tanetris 23:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) For some reason I'm logged in as PoA there. Normally with that glitch I'm logged in as the last uploader. PoA never uploaded that image at any point. Bizarre. Calor 23:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) I see it fine. Anyway, a Guild:The Kinship Of The Old Gods has mistakenly put this as the "Lion" (pet). Maybe an internal link will work? --People of Antioch talk 23:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

When reverting, please be patient, it takes a while for the cache to catch up, but it will do eventually. --Lemming 03:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

124.171.163.132 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

looks like another page-starting gibber. Wandering Traveler 06:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- Gordon Ecker 06:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

ThsTorturedSoul (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Keeps reverting Full heal into retardation. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 19:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Note that you are both violating Guild Wars Wiki:One-revert rule. Finish the discussion on the talk page before you revert to your preferred choice, and ThsTorturedSoul reverts to his. -- Brains12 \ Talk 19:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

What I was trying to avoid. +{{disputed}} tag. --People of Antioch talk 19:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

86.96.226.14 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Gibber. (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 21:59, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Already blocked :) poke | talk 22:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

For a second there, I was wondering why Aiiane posted a report on the noticeboard... -- Brains12 \ Talk 22:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Erd (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Linkspamming userpage, Japanese stuff that I don't care to follow. Calor 03:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted the page and User:ErdTGT too for anyone keeping an eye out. There were several linky userpages starting with "Huor" or something before, so "Erd" might be the new thing. :P - Bex 08:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Necromancer

I recently placed information about LT necromancers under the Life Stealing section on this page, it was reverted by Lytel who hadn't heard of them yet (see User talk:Lytel). When I use my necromacer the question is are you a MM, SS, or LT; although I hear this more in Elona then anywhere else. I would like to know if the information should be removed or should it stay. --Shadowphoenix 20:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

First of all, admins don't have any extra sway over content decisions, this sort of thing should just generally be opened up on the articles talk page for all. Secondly, speaking as a normal user, I've never requested or seen a request for a Life Transfer necro, so I don't really think it should be included. -- Brains12 \ Talk 20:07, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok no problem, guess they arent al that popular yet, but it has happened to me a few times. I will remove it. (oh and fyi the isn't an admin supposed to end disputes with a major decision?, i might be wrong idk @_@) --Shadowphoenix 20:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

If it comes to it, user disputes (i.e. arguments between users, disruption, that sort of thing) is for admins. Content disputes, such as this, are for everyone. -- Brains12 \ Talk 20:12, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) from myself very oddkk ^_^ --Shadowphoenix 20:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

ErdTGT6Y (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Linkspam userpage. You were right, BeX :) Calor 01:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Already deleted. Blocking now. -- ab.er.rant 02:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

레인용2 and Nimto (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Language barrier 4TW!. Obviously not vandalism, but is hard to decide where to move, and is even harder to keep the tags in place.--Fighterdoken 05:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I should just move that page and overwrite the one in his user space? Since the one is the main namespace has a longer history. -- ab.er.rant 08:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

58.168.129.153 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

vandalism to Guild:The_Imperium_Of_Lazy_Nation guild page -- Salome 06:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess this was a one off, so I've not done anything. LordBiro 08:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay the same IP just vandalised the same page again and abberant had to revert. Please could you block this IP, as I dont wanna have to keep reverting his pointless and ill-informed attacks on my guild. Like I was with you before Biro thinking it was a one off attack, but now he/she has done it 3 times, so I think perhaps a more proactive response might be in order now please. EDIT: Also im not sure if this is possible, but is their anyway to semi-protect the page to prevent edits by unregistered accounts? I've been put in charge of updating the wikipage for LaZy and so as it stands I can tell you that no unregistered accounts should be touching that page. -- Salome 03:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I have 1 b and 2 r's in my nick :P anyway, when you first posted it, like Biro, I ignored it as well because it was a one-off thing. We ignore one-off vandalisms because usually these minor vandals just mess around once and then leave, so it's usually pointless to leave them a message or block them. We only react when the vandal edits more than once or vandalizes more than one page, which is I reverted and put on a short block. I prefer not to protect pages unless it's becomes really necessary. -- ab.er.rant 09:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the mispelling, it was almost 4am my time and i was suffering from a nice wee bout of insomnia. I myself agreed with Lord Biro at the time too, i was just bringing it to your attention that it was a repeat offense. As per my request, i only requested semi-protection for two reason, firstly as one of the few people authorised by the LaZy leadership to adapt those pages for lazy, I know that no unregistered people should be touching that page; secondly, the page has been vandalised 8-ish times since last June which means that its averaging out at about once a month so just thought thats pretty high for a guild page but its not a big deal as I can keep an eye on it in the future so no one plays with it. Cheers guys. -- Salome 12:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Guild:The Sword Of Hearts

Doesn't look like a guild-page to me, more of a storage-page for build templates. I don't know japanese though, and I guess there would be no way of knowing wether or not this guild exist. :S Maybe someone else who knows japanese would look at it? — Galil 17:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

You can always tag it for standard deletion, that should spark some discussion if anyone disagrees with it. --Lemming 17:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Same as I hate editing user pages, I hate editing guild pages and try to avoid it if I'm not sure I should edit them. :P — Galil 17:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

That's correct. It's 2 guild members listing their builds. The bit's you can't read is mainly build names. Backsword 14:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

86.133.246.134 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandalism. — Galil 18:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Posted a note on the talk page, since it seems to be a single occasion. - anja 18:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

67.159.44.138 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Long time vandal, now at Guild:United In Battle.--Fighterdoken 20:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- Brains12 \ Talk 21:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Shard (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

NPA offense over at Izzy's talk page. --Xeeron 13:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for a day. - anja 13:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

User 24.141.45.72 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

NPA violation here? I'm not really sure if it is or not... Wandering Traveler 22:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't call it an NPA violation, as it is not directed at an individual or specific group of individuals, but rather at a game change, which is acceptable (even if the language is more extreme). Please note that GWW:NPA is specifically No Personal Attacks, and not "No Swearing". (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 23:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

well, I learned something new then. apologies. Wandering Traveler 23:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What about [1]? XemnasX (talk • contribs • logs • block log) -elviondale (tahlk) 17:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

151.49.120.139 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

NPA violation at User_talk:Isaiah_Cartwright/Update20080306#Mending_Refrain. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Nicky Silverstar (talk).

Warned. -- Brains12 \ Talk 22:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

scam

Hey Wiki Staff, today I was in the German District 2 in Lion´s Arch when someone offered to buy gold and green items (espacially for players with few er money (later i realized that that should attract "noobs")). Since I had some I talked to him and he told me that he was not interested in buying my items, but that he was a Guild Wiki Staff member and that Guild Wiki wanted to make pictures of every green and gold item. He told me that I just had to give him my stuff, he would make pictures and give them back to me and pay me 2p for every item afterwards. Of course I realized that that was a total fake and just a new way to steal items. I just wanted to let you know that, so you could warn others that might not realize this faked offer and so the name of this great site is not connected to any crime. I also took screens of the conversation so if you want them to report this incident to arena net or something like that you can just contact me. -Rob Bubble

Hi there, thanks for your concern, but there's nothing really we can do about it. People just need to be on the lookout, and hopefully some scams will be unsuccessful. Also, just to note, the wiki would never ask people in-game to give them items to use for screenshots, so if someone does, they aren't from this wiki - we get the screenshots by getting the item genuinely :) -- Brains12 \ Talk 23:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

If a user did so the file would be loaded into GW.Dat, the person would only ask to see it in the trade window. Calor 23:14, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

And mostly the people who own the item add the image here themselves.. Normally the admins don't go around and ask for stuff they could add here :P poke | talk 00:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I have in the past asked to see items in the trade window to catch it in my dat for the inventory icon (miniatures) but anyone asking to take your item is clearly scamming. --Lemming 00:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

But you probably would never connect that interest of adding content with your adminship then ;) poke | talk 00:09, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh no, I think I mentioned it was for the wiki, but never flaunted my position! that is for the bedroom only ;) --Lemming 00:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

That was terrible but I still can't stop laughing -- Brains12 \ Talk 00:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

You don't need to trade or ask for the items at all. You can expand the gw.dat to is largest size (almost 4GB) with this in the run menu "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image (or any other place gw.exe is). ;) 68.151.27.108 00:22, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Not really true. I always use -image, but not until I went ingame and actually looked at some icons at the crafting window could I find them in my dat. Of course, I didn't scan exactly all of the images, only ATEXDXT3 or something, but if they didn't suddenly change type so I could find them they weren't in there before I saw them in game - anja 00:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

-Image only loads files into the .Dat that have already been seen. And Lemming, that was horrible (but good at the same time, I must admit :)). Calor

Well then....that removes the purpose of -image doesn't it...-DominatorMatrix- 00:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

It nerfs it ;). -Image is mainly used, AFAIK, to download all the files you've previously used before playing in order to minimize lag in real time. Calor 00:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

-image gets maps and big stuff, icons are so small they don't matter, I guess. - anja 00:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I used -image when I got a new hard drive. VERY useful. As for the scammingness, don't forget, OP, that there aren't actually "staff" here. We're all volunteers, actual players like yourself, who edit this wiki. It's just those guys /\ do more than the rest of us. MiraLantis 00:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, don't forget that there really could be such a GuildWiki user or a GWW user doing that. But if you suspect a scam, and since you nicely took screenshots, I'd recommend that send a support ticket to ArenaNet and let them deal with it. -- ab.er.rant 05:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Just a slight correction: -image does get all the files in the Gw.dat, but they're not actually uncompressed until you see them in-game, and the Gw.dat browser fluctuating the internet can't read compressed data. — Galil 15:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion: Use Bad Behavior to stop bots and spam

There seem to be a lot of complaints/bans about bots and spammers on here, so I figured offer this easy to implement suggestion.

Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and comparing them to profiles from known spambots. It goes far beyond User-Agent and Referer, however. Bad Behavior is available for several PHP-based software packages, and also can be integrated in seconds into any PHP script.

You can download Bad Behavior (which works with MediaWiki) here. -- Tarun 20:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

74.56.126.146 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal. Chaiyo Kaldor talk contribs 03:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked.. -- Brains12 \ Talk 12:02, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

71.164.38.78 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal? 68.151.27.108 23:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Only one edit, which could've been an editing mistake. -- Gordon Ecker 03:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

98.222.251.26 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal. -- Salome 00:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. -- ab.er.rant 00:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

65.190.222.105 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal. -- Salome 00:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Ignore the one-edit vandals. -- ab.er.rant 00:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

68.122.10.215 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Vandal. -- Salome 00:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Ignore the one-edit vandals. -- ab.er.rant 00:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

69.49.46.74 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Repeated vandalism. — Galil 03:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Also on the GW2 wiki after Galil's warnings. --Aspectacle 04:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked by Tanetris. -- Brains12 \ Talk 15:40, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

137.163.16.66 (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

Repeating vandal.--Ryudo 09:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

On second thought...its really hard to tell if hes a vandal or not...--Ryudo 09:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)