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Please address
Someone needs to have a talk and figure out what to do about User:Ninclow's edits ( & ) as these are way out of line. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 07:14, December 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * I totally agree. Vicious, uncalled-for rubbish like that, and the user hasn't been blocked yet? To say nothing of the fact that, unless it's to correct spam or vandalism, users below admin level have no call to be editing other users' pages, so Ninclow was out of line even if he had been polite and friendly. — RobertATfm (talk) 18:16, December 23, 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 19:20, December 23, 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to create a new header, but the House-Elf page has been moved to "Slave-Elf" which appears to be vandalism to me. I tried undoing and renaming but I don't have permission as I'm not an admin. ~
 * When entering posts on talk pages, be careful not to use a spurious &lt;nowiki> container, as it breaks things such as signatures. I wonder if this is (yet) a(nother) bug in the visual editor? — RobertATfm (talk) 03:40, January 4, 2017 (UTC)

Something also needs to be done about User:Daddystalin, who from the name and sole "contribution" so far, is here only to push his(?) crackpot ideas about Stalin; no interest in the Harry Potter universe. — RobertATfm (talk) 03:49, January 4, 2017 (UTC)
 * Page deleted, user warned. ProfessorTofty (talk) 05:29, January 4, 2017 (UTC)

Rename Minaka Takahashi -> Minaka Hirakata
Can someone please rename Minaka Takahashi (the redirect is preventing me from doing so). I can confirm from - NDS version that the Japanese Beater's name is in fact Minaka Hirakata (see this image) Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 19:51, January 4, 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 20:59, January 8, 2017 (UTC)

Olaf Andersen image
Can someone please rename File:Olaf Andersen.jpeg to Peter Hansen? They are both Nordic chasers but it's clear who is who when you compare the FWCs for Olaf and Peter. --Ironyak1 (talk) 20:51, January 8, 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 20:59, January 8, 2017 (UTC)


 * Something seems to have gone sideways on this. The file seems to be named "Peter Andersen" now instead of Peter Hansen? Did Olaf Andersen and Peter have a child? ;) --Ironyak1 (talk) 02:41, January 9, 2017 (UTC)


 * Nevermind that. Fixed (or is it?) --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 03:16, January 9, 2017 (UTC)


 * Looks good - thanks! I fired up and for the Nordic Team chasers it's clear that Peter Hansen has the glasses, Olaf Andersen has the goggles, and Lorre Gustafson has the hat. So at least these are consistent with their  (NDS) Chocolate Frog Cards. I'll have to take a closer look at Japan apparently as some of the cards images may not align with the character models... Thoughts on which source is "more right" if there are disagreements? Cheers --Ironyak1 (talk) 04:55, January 9, 2017 (UTC)

New Vote created for Harry Potter page
I started a new vote for the main image on the Harry Potter page just now. If one of the admins would care to supervise the vote, I'd be most appreciative. -  JMAS  Hey, it's me! 04:01, January 10, 2017 (UTC)

Unlock Percival Graves please
It's been 6 weeks so hopefully things have died down ;) I'd like to remove the mother-of-pearl nonsense from the wand description. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 02:49, January 11, 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Cubs Fan (Talk to me)  03:54, January 11, 2017 (UTC)

Deleting/Merging Page
There's a page on here, linked on all the Bowtruckles pages, called Jeremy. However, Jeremy is not a Bowtruckle. I'm not sure where this name came from. The sixth Bowtruckle is Poppy, and it appears that someone has made a Poppy (Bowtruckle) page, but the Jeremy page should be erased or merged with it, and the listed names on the Bowtruckle pages should rename Jeremy to Poppy. If anyone needs a source, I own the screenplay, which lists the names of the six Bowtruckles. User:Lucis absentia


 * Jeremy came from the USA Today article that came out before the film & screenplay. I agree that Jeremy is not in but that Poppy (Bowtruckle) is. --Ironyak1 (talk) 04:01, January 19, 2017 (UTC)

Gellert Grindelwald Main Image Vote
Can an administrator please authenticate? - 14:50, January 19, 2017 (UTC)

Grindelwald new pic suggestion
Well, I open a new vote for Gellert Grindelwald's main pic (here). If someone could take care of it, please? ^^ Lady Junky 09:33, February 26, 2017 (UTC)

Talk Page Policy
Can an admin clarify if this edit does or does not align with the Talk Page Policy and how best to resolve the situation. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 17:24, April 3, 2017 (UTC)
 * Bump - page has been locked but issue not resolved. Perhaps include the discussion but archive it? --Ironyak1 (talk) 16:00, April 5, 2017 (UTC)


 * I've decided to restore the talk page as it was previous to the edit war: the Talk Page Policy advises against removing any comments from talk pages unless they're spam or vandalism -- and, misguided or not, that discussion was neither. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 16:31, April 5, 2017 (UTC)

Vandal user
RedDragon4 has so far only made vandal edits (including one to a user page, which is never justified). I think action is needed. — RobertATfm (talk) 03:50, April 6, 2017 (UTC)

Rename Mrs._Finnigan back to Seamus Finnigan's mother
Can someone please take care of this fix? General users (e.g. me) cannot undo a rename. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 23:06, April 11, 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Cubs Fan (Talk to me)  23:30, April 11, 2017 (UTC)

Change the colour of small text in MediaWiki:Infoboxes.css
Currently the colour of small text is white, which is completely obscured against the pages on this wiki, as the page backgrounds are white. Could an admin please change the colour of the small text to something other than white. Thanks! :D ― C.Syde ( talk  |  contribs ) 12:32, April 13, 2017 (UTC)
 * This problem affects the Unsigned template as well. It currently comes up as "The preceding comment was made by [blank] ([blank] &middot; [blank])". It can be resolved temporarily by highlighting the text, changing it to [highlight text colour] on [highlight background colour], but this shouldn't be necessary and it's a bit annoying. — RobertATfm (talk) 06:22, April 18, 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I didn't make it very clear but that was my intention. For the unsigned template to be affected by it since you can't see it against white backgrounds which is annoying. ― C.Syde  ( talk  |  contribs ) 12:55, April 26, 2017 (UTC)

Harry Potter Wiki:Community Portal
This page has been vandalised twice in as many months: in February by a spammer, and today by an egomaniac idiot. As this is a high-visibility, high-traffic page, and there is no earthly reason why ordinary users should edit it, surely it should be protected? — RobertATfm (talk) 13:36, April 17, 2017 (UTC)

User:Tvurta
This user insists on adding Fanon information to First Wizarding War and several other pages despite many requests to stop. Can an admin please step-in and address this ongoing issue. Many thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 18:27, April 21, 2017 (UTC)

Anonymous Editing
Can an admin please look into why anonymous users are able to edit all of sudden? Unfortunately, it is allowing a large number of low-quality edits that is causing lot of work to review and often undo. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 21:31, April 30, 2017 (UTC)


 * I second that. The past few days has been hard work! We need to disable anonymous editing again as soon as we can. --Kates39 (talk) 22:57, April 30, 2017 (UTC)


 * I second that as well. There's been a lot of vandals lately which is why we need to disable anonymous editing so that we'll only have to deal with registered vandals once again. ― C.Syde  ( talk  |  contribs ) 04:07, May 1, 2017 (UTC)

I contacted Staff to see if they had any insight. Here is their reply: Brandon Rhea, May 1, 4:57 PM UTC:

Hi Ironyak1,

Thanks for contacting Fandom. There were some backend setting changes resulting from a review of wikis that were marked as being targeted towards children. As a result, anonymous editing was re-enabled.

Admins have the option of disabling anonymous editing, though, so if the admins of the wiki want to disable it again then they can do so via the Wiki Features section of the Admin Dashboard.

Feel free to let us know if you need anything else.

Best regards,

Brandon Rhea

Senior Manager, Fan Engagement and Support

I would say that as all the the movies are PG-13 or less, and as the books are often read in elementary and early middle school, children make up a very large portion of the fan base and likely users of the wiki. As the majority of the recent Anonymous edits have been non-productive, and many of them graphic in their vandalism, I propose that disabling Anonymous Editing is the proper choice for the wiki. Thoughts? --Ironyak1 (talk) 17:18, May 1, 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, if what I'm reading is correct and followed the steps correctly, I think I've disabled anonymous editing. Guess we'll have to wait and see. -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="white">(Talk to me)  17:31, May 1, 2017 (UTC)

Ban needed
User:67.141.86.201 needs to be banned - all edits have been graphic vandalism. Thanks --Ironyak1 (talk) 22:48, April 30, 2017 (UTC)

Add User:68.38.111.160 this to the list as well for consideration based on [|this] --Ironyak1 (talk) 03:06, May 1, 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ on both counts. -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="white">(Talk to me)  03:43, May 1, 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks - any insight as to why Anonymous Editing is suddenly enabled? (see above) --Ironyak1 (talk) 03:48, May 1, 2017 (UTC)