User talk:Universal Omega

IP block
Hello Universal Omega. This web server is configured incorrectly and uses Amazon IPs instead of user's actual IPs. This means that by blocking IPs with account creation off, you are shutting out anywhere from a fraction of users to everyone. Also, could you possibly change the protection level on Donate? The page is not done and still needs more info. I was in the middle of working on it but it was fully protected due to vandalism Q (talk) 07:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Universal Omega, can you please look into this? Q (talk) 22:22, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, while I can't speak for Universal Omega I'll attempt to answer. Regarding the Amazon IP issue, looking at Special:BlockList those IPs don't look like Amazon IPs so I'm not sure where you are getting that information? As for the Donate page it would probably be better if you proposed a changed one by creating it in your userspace first. As you can understand, the page is quite sensitive and as such even a temporary lowering of protection could risk someone changing the link to something else. Reception123 (talk) 14:24, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
 * 130.176.149.93 is an Amazon IP address, but it looks like the original issue of the web server choosing an Amazon IP and not your own (for example on Special:MyPage) seems to have been fixed now.
 * Regarding the donate page, I was the original creator of that page. So if I were to a propose a changed one in my userspace, I think it would make sense for that page to be moved to user space, or possibly to project space. I don't see why I should have to fork a page that I made. Q (talk) 17:13, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It also looks like the monobook skin has been removed. Please put it back, I was using it. Q (talk) 17:13, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You may have created the original page but the concept of a wiki is collaborative, just because someone created a page that doesn't mean that they "own" it. The page's history credits every user's contribution. I mean no offence and don't refer to you personally but I think you can understand that not everyone can be trusted on the internet and if the page was unprotected it would be easy to change the link and cause donations to be sent to the wrong account. As for the skin being removed I'm not sure why that was the case so I'll let Universal Omega answer that when he's got time. Reception123 (talk) 13:28, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, sorry, for some reason I missed this, the original issue with the webserver should be fixed now, and as for MonoBook, I did not remove the skin, all skins, except for Vector and Vector-2022 have been removed as global skins, and are now in ManageWikiExtensions.php, I will enable them here on this wiki. Apologies for that inconvenience. As for the Donate page, I think it can have its protection lowered for now, but it was initially protected I believe due to that high volume of vandalism. I can not say it will be forever unprotected, but for the time being I have no issue lowering protection to autoconfirmed as well. Again, I apologise for the issues you have encountered. Universal Omega (talk) 16:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Could Extension：FlaggedRevs(Pending Changes) be a solution? In my experience, though, it is sometime buggy and complex to use. But editors can feel free to edit and protection still remains. Lens0021 (talk) 23:28, 20 May 2023 (UTC)