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Remove rights from Sigilbaram
has a bunch of special rights because they were Gamepedia staff and helped transition the wiki over. However, I don't believe these rights are currently required since they are no longer Gamepedia staff, so I recommend that they be removed. -Xbony2 (talk) 13:26, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * There, I got in my admin bureaucrat action for the .  13:37, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * That's a bureaucratic action, that doesn't count, nice try though. -Xbony2 (talk) 13:41, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

SirMoogle for banhammer rights
has been part of the wiki for a while, and he's contributed a bunch, so I'd like to give him banhammer rights, which will let him ban evil vandals and whatnot. I think he is trustworthy and mature and all that, so I don't really see any reason to vote against him. Maybe it could be argued he doesn't need banhammer, but I think it could help and I highly doubt it could hurt. He appeared to accept my nomination on Discord. Anyway, there are no written or usual conventions for a banhammer vote as far as I know, so unless anyone has a problem this vote will end in seven days. -Xbony2 (talk) 21:53, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) . -Xbony2 (talk) 21:53, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) . I don't mind wielding the banhammer, although I think  and  typically get them first. --SirMoogle (talk) 23:22, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 3)  on behalf of :
 * [[File:Sokratis votes support.png]]
 * -Xbony2 (talk) 10:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Dat spelling tho. (says ImmortalPharaoh7 :), pls no hurt meh) Indestructible Pharaoh VII  15:36, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support approved -- sokratis 12GR  Staff  16:28, 18 September 2017 (UTC).
 * 1)  I have no choice in arranging the blocks under Bolshevik rules what they say goes. The rule of the game is we all are the same and my blocks must create unbroken roads. - Indestructible Pharaoh VII  13:58, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) . I don't see why not, we don't really need that (I think he's in a similiar timezone to Xbony and Santa, so not really for coverage), but it doesn't hurt and may come in handy once in a while. -- Hubry  (talk) 15:23, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmmm.... that means that I can apply for banhammer cuz I'm in a different timezone \o/ (I'm not that active atm though so I don't think it's a wise choice, also sorry for not contributing in the last editathon.... uhm... Doomfist was playable in Overwatch :D ) - Indestructible Pharaoh VII  15:36, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 1)  --  Satanic  Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 20:58, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) . In my opinion, such kind of users must have additional rights to the wiki. ~ Dentedharp90041 (talk) 11:23, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) . Failed to provide a sufficiently high quality rabbit gif.  23:00, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Decision
Glad to see the almost unanimous support (only almost due to Retep's jovial requirement). Passes. Calling on or  to promote  when they come online. -Xbony2 (talk) 11:15, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Done --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 23:35, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

DACP Appointment for Defiled Lands
I've been told by on the Discord server to make a new section here to ask to be appointed as an editor/curator for my own mod Defiled Lands, so hoping I wrote it at the correct place. Lykrast (talk) 04:29, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * . -Xbony2 (talk) 11:10, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 21:27, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure if you make the mod you can declare whoever you want to be curator for that mod without going through any sort of vote. So I guess the only thing we're voting for here is whether to make you an editor, to which I can't be bothered reading your existing contributions to make any sort of informed vote. 21:40, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It's been 3 days without anyone objecting so I made Lykrast an editor. 07:50, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * . I don't see why not. --SirMoogle (talk) 22:38, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Double trouble
They're not pros but they've been editing for a little while and doing a good job so there. I nominate and. -Xbony2 (talk) 03:25, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Since nobody was opposed and its been a while I have given them editor rights. 06:23, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Trytoonex for Editor

 * -Xbony2 (talk) 03:25, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * . -- Hubry  (talk) 11:49, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * --  Satanic Santa F T B 🎅Wiki Admin 19:28, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * --SirMoogle (talk) 22:52, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 02:46, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Xenoflot for Editor

 * -Xbony2 (talk) 03:25, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Xenoflot seems to be quite active as of late, and it'd mean I don't have to purge pages for him :P Happy to help him out if he requires it whilst I'm around. LC14199 - Curator of Reika&#39;s Mods (talk) 09:02, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * . -- Hubry  (talk) 11:49, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * --  Satanic Santa F T B 🎅Wiki Admin 19:28, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * --SirMoogle (talk) 22:52, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 02:46, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Dentedharp90041 for Editor
for Editor, since why not. Would be able to mark his own page for translation every time he updated it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Xbony2 (talk) 11:25, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I guess this passes. (My endorsement was intended to act as a vote.) -Xbony2 (talk) 16:00, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Crazierinzane for Editor
has been making a few edits here and there (well, 135 or so). He documented some of Ex Nihilo Adscensio in way back in January and then went inactive but recently came back to help with Cyclic in December and he participated in the 2017-2018 Editathon. He's new but mostly seems to know what he's doing. @: as Editor, you are not committing to anything but it is a recognition of you as a trusted and somewhat decent editor, and you gain a few rights that normal users do not have that may assist you in editing (see Special:ListGroupRights) -Xbony2 (talk) 23:37, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * . -Xbony2 (talk) 23:37, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * . I don't support anyone unless they provide me with high quality rabbit pictures or gifs that I have not seen yet. 23:40, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * , he seems to do a good job so far. -- Hubry  (talk) 23:41, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * . Haven't interacted with him at all, sorry. --Xenoflot (talk) 23:55, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * fine by me --  Satanic Santa 🎅F T B Wiki Admin 00:10, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * -- sokratis 12GR  Staff  06:34, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I like the name, and Xbony2's right about that committement, that's my first edit in months and no one is hating me :) (yet) Indestructible Pharaoh VII 08:08, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, nobody remembers what you edit because you do so little of it ;) -Xbony2 (talk) 12:31, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * . I rarely saw him and speak with him on Discord but his edits looks correct to me. -Trytoonex 10:39, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Decision
Decision: this passes with 5 supports and 3 neutrals (these votes are suppose to edit in 3 days but we are slow). Requesting or  to promote  when they are online. -Xbony2 (talk) 02:05, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I will cut you. 11:44, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Great. Your opinion is noted. -Xbony2 (talk) 14:04, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Improve first-time user experience of new wiki editors
I tried contributing to an existing page, and got the message "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." The message however contains no hyperlinks or tips on how to actually "inform an administrator". Where are editors supposed to contact the admins? When I go to the main page of the wiki and use my browser's search function to search for "admin", it highlights the Admin toolbox and the Admins' noticeboard on the sidebar menu. Is this the expected place to ask about these things? (If this is the wrong place to ask this question, it only serves to highlight the issue even further.) I also tried creating an entirely new page (about Thermal Expansion 5's Steam Dynamo) and used up several hours to edit it, and only upon submitting it I get the same message that the action was identified as harmful. I get that these filters are supposed to keep spammers from corrupting the site, but for an actual human user willing to contribute, this user experience is just awful and one would think it pushes many potential contributors away from helping out with the site. So, where do you think new people should be kindly directed to, and how? And can I actually submit my page somehow? --EspriteSylph
 * This is the right place, yes. Your article was automatically detected as a spam page. I'm actually going to disable that particular filter (#9) since bad stuff should be mostly covered by Gamepedia's global filters anyway. I'm really sorry, that's definitely a pain in the ass. Most non-malicious edits have not had trouble getting past the filters but some do. You should be able to save Steam Dynamo (Thermal Expansion 5) now (if you lost the wikitext, I can give it to you). I have just saved your other edit to Thermal Expansion 5 however. If you want quicker communication I would encourage you to join our Discord, which is linked on the left of the page. I'm going to look at the message and see if I can change it to be specific with this. -Xbony2 (talk) 14:50, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, should be a bit better in the future ^^ -Xbony2 (talk) 20:40, 21 January 2018 (UTC)