CATS

CATS (CATS Attack The Spam) is a custom global user group across all language versions of the Minecraft Wiki. Members of this group are trusted community members specializing in removing spam and vandalism across all language wikis. Notably, those rights can only be used to assist in the removal of spam and vandalism. This group came into effect on November 24, 2023, after internal discussions prompted by spam and vandalism occurring on some language wikis.

Some CATS members, known as check users, have the ability to check the IP address used by a logged-in user for the purpose of vandalism-fighting.

CATS members are responsible for:

• Reverting vandalism and spam
• Blocking cross-wiki vandals
• Maintaining global abuse filters
• Blocking accounts with unacceptable usernames

Additionally, check users are responsible for:

• Identifying and blocking suspected sockpuppetry accounts

CATS members are not responsible for:

• Judging the quality of a user's contributions on a given wiki
• Acting as administrators on local wikis

Check users must respect Weird Gloop's privacy policy and CheckUser policy. This includes not disclosing personal information unless absolutely necessary.

CATS members are given elevated user rights across all wikis, including:

• The ability to block accounts locally and globally
• The ability to edit protected pages, up to administrator-level protection and manage page protection
• The ability to delete pages, hide revisions and log entries
• The ability to quickly rollback a user's changes
• The ability to create or modify local and global abuse filters

Check users have the following additional rights across all wikis:

• The ability to use the CheckUser to view a logged-in user's IP address
• The ability to view private data in the abuse log

CATS also have access to a global edit feed to monitor and quickly revert vandalism.

Currently members of CATS can be contacted via Discord server, Zulip (meta/general > CATS reports), catsblockandquillorg, their respective talk pages, and the global noticeboard.

Members

• Dianliang233
• Frisk (check user)
• Magic
• MarkusRost (check user)

Bots

• Stabby Robotabby

Nominations for CATS take place on the Forum.

A candidate is promoted if the community forms consensus in favor. Any community member may voice concerns about a candidate to the board in private. The board will then evaluate whether they are grounded and if so, decide to veto the candidate. Per article 15 of the Articles of Association, board members who are also CATS members cannot take part in this decision since it would constitute a conflict of interest.

Only Weird Gloop staff can grant check user rights. It is only given to CATS members who demonstrate a need for the tool and meet the conditions outlined in the global policy. CheckUser right is only granted globally.

The group name is a reference to the fact that creepers are scared of cats in Minecraft, with vandals destroying the wikis being similar to creeper explosions.