Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Admin noticeboard

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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 etc.
• Do not post issues regarding content disputes. Try discussing the edit first, and if that doesn't work, request further comment by adding a link to the discussion from the community portal.
• Mediation requests between users should only be made if a resolution could not be reached between users.
• For issues regarding the use of this wiki, please see our help center.

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. 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.

Creating a new request — vandals

1. Edit the Vandal issues section.
2. At the bottom of the list, use the ;{{user|IP address or username here}} template. Provide a short and neutral summary of the issue

Creating a new request — non-vandal cases (e.g. user issues, page protection/undeletion, etc.).

1. Add a new section to the page using the "+" button at the top of the page.
2. In the subject field, enter an appropriate title, without using links or templates.
3. In the edit field, use the {{user|IP address or username here}} template to refer to users involved with the case. Provide a short and neutral summary of the issue.

As a sign of courtesy, also leave a message on the talk page of any involved user.

List of administrators
Sysops			Location	Time zone
Active	Chieftain Alex	talk • contribs • logs • email	United Kingdom	GMT (UTC)
Active	Doodleplex	talk • contribs • logs • email	United States of America	EST (UTC-5)
Active	Felix Omni	talk • contribs • logs • email	United States of America	CST (UTC-6)
Active	Kvothe	talk • contribs • logs • email	Germany	CET (UTC+1)
Bureaucrats			Location	Time zone
Active	Greener	talk • contribs • logs • email	Canada	PST (UTC-8)
Active	Poke	talk • contribs • logs • email	Germany	CET (UTC+1)
Active	Tanetris	talk • contribs • logs • email	United States of America	EST (UTC-5)

Vandal issues

Please don't report anonymous users here after only a single vandal/spam edit. There's no point to blocking an IP if they are already finished with whatever mischief they were doing.

Starting with the most recent vandals.

Boostupexpert (talk • contribs • logs • block log)

As reported by Yimo below

Also blocked by me. - Tanetris (talk) 17:23, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Spam: Overly large or inappropriate new title

I cannot create pages titled "Tyrian Alliance Report: Questions about the Astral Ward" and "Tyrian Alliance Report: Impact on Underwater Societies after Soo-Won", which are the title of books from Janthir Wilds, I get the message pointing me to this page: "This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Spam: Overly large or inappropriate new title"

And while I'm here, is it possible to create an account here and claim on it all the contributions made from this IP? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.42.192.40 (talk) at 05:36, 23 August 2024‎ (UTC).

Heya. I can fish out the edits which were automatically rejected.

I'm afraid there isn't a way to allocate your IP edits to an account once you've created it. After making 10 successful edits and waiting a couple of days this type of edit restriction is lifted on registered accounts. -Chieftain Alex 05:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Created the two pages which got blocked for you. I've also added an exception to that filter for any pages with the "object infobox" in them (it already had an exception for hearts and events as those have always had long titles). -Chieftain Alex 05:58, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Attempting to Edit Guild Chat page, but blocked for large deletion

I finished the transcription and breakdown of the Guild Chat 35 page, however because of the large amount of un-transcribed text, it's blocking me from editing it. Giving me the This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Content: Non-talk page namespaces, large removal (not autoconfirmed)

If I could get that approved, that'd be great.

Guild Chat - Episode 35 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FaisUrsine (talk) at 22:02, 7 September 2024‎ (UTC).

Heya, amazing job transcribing the whole guild chat episode. Added the content that you had submitted but been prevented from saving. -Chieftain Alex 22:25, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Spotted a spam user

User account by the name Boostupexpert recently triggered a change notification on Help_talk:Editing which I reverted, cleared the entire page and replaced it with what appears to be an SEO advert.
If this is the incorrect place to report this, please let me know; I couldn't find anything about where to put it. Yimo (talk) 03:38, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

This kinda thing goes in the #Vandal issues section above, for future reference. I've copied your report there, and also blocked the user in question, and also archived some older issues. - Tanetris (talk) 17:23, 20 September 2024 (UTC)