diff --git a/mods/_misc/ban.lua b/mods/_misc/ban.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a810b5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/ban.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+future_ban_list = {}
+
+local file = io.open(minetest.get_worldpath().."/future_banlist.txt", "r")
+if file then
+    future_ban_list = minetest.deserialize(file:read("*all"))
+    file:close()
+    if not future_ban_list then
+        future_ban_list = {}
+    end
+end
+
+local function save_file()
+    local file = io.open(minetest.get_worldpath().."/future_banlist.txt", "w")
+    if file then
+        file:write(minetest.serialize(future_ban_list))
+        file:close()
+    end
+end
+
+minetest.register_chatcommand("future_ban", {
+    params = "<playername> | leave playername out to see the future ban list",
+    description = "The player will be banned when trying to join",
+    privs = {ban=true},
+    func = function(name, param)
+        if param == "" then
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Future ban list: " .. dump(future_ban_list))
+            return
+        end
+        if not minetest.env:get_player_by_name(param) then
+            table.insert(future_ban_list, param)
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, param .. " to future ban list added.")
+            minetest.log("action", name .. " added " .. param .. " to future ban list.")
+            save_file()
+            return
+        end
+        if not minetest.ban_player(param) then
+            table.insert(future_ban_list, param)
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, desc .. " to future ban list added.")
+            minetest.log("action", name .. " added " .. desc .. " to future ban list.")
+            save_file()
+        else
+            local desc = minetest.get_ban_description(param)
+            minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Banned " .. desc .. ".")
+            minetest.log("action", name .. " bans " .. desc .. ".")
+        end
+    end
+})
+
+minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
+    local name = player:get_player_name()
+    for i,n in ipairs(future_ban_list) do
+        if n == name then
+            if not minetest.ban_player(name) then
+                minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Failed to ban player " .. name .. " (from future ban list).")
+            else
+                local desc = minetest.get_ban_description(name)
+                minetest.log("action", desc .. " banned (from future ban list).")
+                table.remove(future_ban_list, i)
+                save_file()
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end)
diff --git a/mods/_misc/chat_offline.lua b/mods/_misc/chat_offline.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd36fb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/chat_offline.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- This allows me to chat and use basic commands without being in-game
+-- Based on the External Command mod by Menche
+
+minetest.register_globalstep(
+	function(dtime)
+		f = (io.open(minetest.get_worldpath("external_cmd").."/message", "r"))
+		if f ~= nil then
+			local message = f:read("*line")
+			f:close()
+			os.remove(minetest.get_worldpath("external_cmd").."/message")
+			if message ~= nil then
+				local cmd, param = string.match(message, "^/([^ ]+) *(.*)")
+				if not param then
+					param = ""
+				end
+				local cmd_def = minetest.chatcommands[cmd]
+				if cmd_def then
+					cmd_def.func("CraigyDavi", param)
+				else
+					minetest.chat_send_all("<CraigyDavi> "..message)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+)
diff --git a/mods/_misc/chatlog.lua b/mods/_misc/chatlog.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac5082aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/chatlog.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+local chatlog = minetest.get_worldpath().."/chatlog.txt"
+monthfirst = true -- Wheter the 1st of Feb should be 1/2/13(monthfirst = true) or 2/1/13(monthfirst = false)
+
+
+function playerspeak(name,msg)
+	f = io.open(chatlog, "a")
+	if monthfirst then
+		f:write(os.date("(%m/%d/%y %X) ["..name.."]: "..msg.."\n"))
+	else
+		f:write(os.date("(%d/%m/%y %X) ["..name.."]: "..msg.."\n"))
+	end
+	f:close()
+end
+
+minetest.register_on_chat_message(playerspeak)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/_misc/news.lua b/mods/_misc/news.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fced28d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/news.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+local news = {}
+
+news.path = minetest.get_worldpath()
+
+function news.formspec(player,article)
+	
+	if ( article == "" or article == nil ) then
+		article = "news.txt"
+	else
+		article = "news_"..article..".txt"
+	end
+	
+	local newsfile = io.open(news.path.."/"..article,"r")
+	
+	local formspec = "size[12,10]"
+	
+	if newsfile ~= nil then
+		local newscontent = newsfile:read("*a")
+		formspec = formspec.."textarea[.25,.25;12,10;news;;"..newscontent.."]"
+	else		
+		formspec = formspec.."label[.25,.25;Article does not exist]"
+	end		
+	formspec = formspec.."button_exit[.25,9;2,1;exit;Fermer"
+	if ( newsfile ~= nil ) then
+		newsfile:close()
+	end
+	return formspec
+end
+
+function news.show_formspec(player)
+	local name = player:get_player_name()
+	minetest.show_formspec(name,"news",news.formspec(player))
+	minetest.log('action','Showing formspec to '..name)
+end
+
+
+minetest.register_chatcommand("news",{
+	params = "<article>",
+	description="Montre les news du serveur",
+	func = function (name,params)
+		local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
+		minetest.show_formspec(name,"news",news.formspec(player,params))	
+	end,
+})
+
+minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function (player)
+	minetest.after(5,news.show_formspec,player)
+end)
diff --git a/mods/_misc/nodename_hud.lua b/mods/_misc/nodename_hud.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d6ef3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/nodename_hud.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+local wield={}
+local huds={}
+local dtimes={}
+local dlimit=60
+local airhudmod = minetest.get_modpath("4air")
+
+local function get_desc(item)
+	if minetest.registered_nodes[item] then return minetest.registered_nodes[item]["description"] end
+	if minetest.registered_items[item] then return minetest.registered_items[item]["description"] end
+	if minetest.registered_craftitems[item] then return minetest.registered_craftitems[item]["description"] end
+	if minetest.registered_tools[item] then return minetest.registered_tools[item]["description"] end
+	return ""
+end
+
+minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
+local players = minetest.get_connected_players()
+for i,player in ipairs(players) do
+	local pll = player:get_player_name()
+	local wstack = player:get_wielded_item():get_name()
+	local shift = player:get_player_control()['sneak']
+	local meta = player:get_wielded_item():get_metadata()
+	local desc
+	if not shift then
+		desc = wstack
+	else
+		desc = wstack
+	end
+	if dtimes[pll] then dtimes[pll]=dtimes[pll]+dtime else dtimes[pll]=0 end
+	if dtimes[pll]>dlimit then
+		if huds[pll] then player:hud_remove(huds[pll]) end
+		dtimes[pll]=dlimit+1
+	end
+	if wstack ~= wield[pll] then
+		wield[pll]=wstack
+		dtimes[pll]=0
+		if huds[pll]
+		then
+				player:hud_remove(huds[pll])
+		end
+		local off = {x=0, y=-70}
+		if airhudmod then off.y=off.y-20 end
+		huds[pll] = player:hud_add({
+										hud_elem_type = "text",
+										position = {x=0.5, y=1},
+										offset = off,
+										alignment = {x=0, y=0},
+										number = 0xFFFFFF ,
+										text = desc,
+										})
+	end
+
+end
+end)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/_misc/seen.lua b/mods/_misc/seen.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47615b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/seen.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+seendebug = true
+local last_time = os.time()
+local save_interval = 60
+
+if minetest.setting_get("seen.save_interval") ~= nil then
+	local save_int = minetest.setting_get("seen.save_interval")
+	if tonumber(save_int) > 20 then
+		save_interval = save_int
+	end
+end
+
+local function save_data(sett, data)
+	if sett ~= nil then
+		data_ser = minetest.serialize(data)
+		sett:set("data", data_ser)
+		sett:write()
+	else
+		minetest.chat_send_all("Seen Mod: Saving data failed. Please shout at the server admin!")
+	end
+end
+
+local function load_data(sett, field)
+	local loaded = sett:get("data")
+	local def = sett:get("default")
+	if loaded ~= nil then
+		local data = minetest.deserialize(loaded)
+	else
+		local data = {}
+	end
+end
+
+local function relative_time (time)
+	local diff = os.time() - time
+	if diff == 0 then
+		return "now"
+	elseif diff > 0 then
+		local day_diff = math.floor(diff/86400)
+		if day_diff == 0 then
+			if diff < 60 then
+				return "a few seconds ago"
+			end
+			if diff < 120 then
+				return "1 minute ago."
+			end
+			if diff < 3600 then
+				 return tostring(math.floor(diff/60)).." minutes ago"
+			end
+			if diff < 7200 then
+				return "1 hour ago"
+			end
+			if diff < 86400 then
+				return tostring(math.floor(diff/3600)).." hours ago"
+			end
+		end
+		if day_diff == 1 then
+			return "yesterday"
+		end
+		if day_diff < 7 then
+			return tostring(day_diff).." days ago"
+		end
+		if day_diff < 31 then
+			return tostring(math.ceil(day_diff/7)).." weeks ago"
+		end
+		if day_diff < 60 then
+			return "last month"
+		end
+		return os.date("%B %Y", time)
+	else
+		local diff = math.abs(diff)
+		local day_diff = math.floor(diff/86400)
+		if day_diff == 0 then
+			if diff < 120 then
+				return "in a minute"
+			end
+			if diff < 3600 then
+				return "in "..tostring(math.floor(diff/60)).." minutes"
+			end
+			if diff < 7200 then
+				return "in an hour"
+			end
+			if diff < 86400 then
+				return "in "..tostring(math.floor(diff/3600)).." hours"
+			end
+		end
+		if day_diff == 1 then
+			return "tomorrow"
+		end
+		if day_diff < 4 then
+			return os.date("%A", time)
+		end
+		if day_diff < 7 + (7 - tonumber(os.date("%w"))) then
+			return "next week"
+		end
+		if math.ceil (day_diff / 7) < 4 then
+			return "in "..tostring(math.ceil(day_diff/7)).." weeks"
+		end
+		if tonumber(os.date("%m", time)) == tonumber(os.date("%m")) + 1 then
+			return "next month"
+		end
+		return os.date("%B %Y", time);
+	end
+end
+
+local function print_r(tab,com)
+	if seendebug == true then
+		print("DEBUG: "..com)
+		table.foreach(tab, print)
+		print("-----")
+		return true
+	else
+		return false
+	end
+end
+
+local function debug(var, com)
+	if seendebug == true then
+		print("DEBUG: "..com)
+		print(var)
+		minetest.chat_send_all("DEBUG: "..var.."// "..com)
+		print("-----")
+		return true
+	else
+		return false
+	end
+end
+
+local config_file = minetest.get_worldpath().."/seen.txt"
+--in case of not existant config file, it
+--will create it
+local file_desc = io.open(config_file, "a")
+file_desc:close()
+
+--create config instance
+local config = Settings(config_file)
+local data
+local seens = {}
+
+data = config:get("data")
+if data ~= nil then
+	seens = minetest.deserialize(data)
+	for _, player in pairs( minetest.get_connected_players() ) do
+		name = player:get_player_name()
+		seens[name] = os.time()
+	end
+else
+	seens = {}
+	for _, player in pairs( minetest.get_connected_players() ) do
+		name = player:get_player_name()
+		seens[name] = os.time()
+	end
+end
+save_data(config, seens)
+
+minetest.register_on_newplayer(function(player)
+	name = player:get_player_name()
+	seens[name] = os.time()
+	save_data(config, seens)
+	return true
+end)
+
+minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
+	name = player:get_player_name()
+	seens[name] = os.time()
+	save_data(config, seens)
+	return true
+end)
+
+minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
+	name = player:get_player_name()
+	seens[name] = os.time()
+	save_data(config, seens)
+	return true
+end)
+
+minetest.register_on_shutdown(function()
+	for _, player in pairs( minetest.get_connected_players() ) do
+		name = player:get_player_name()
+		seens[name] = os.time()
+	end
+	save_data(config, seens)
+	return true
+end)
+
+minetest.register_globalstep(function ( dtime )
+	if os.time() >= last_time then
+		last_time = os.time() + save_interval
+		for _, player in pairs( minetest.get_connected_players() ) do
+			name = player:get_player_name()
+			seens[name] = os.time()
+		end
+		save_data(config, seens)
+	end
+end);
+
+minetest.register_chatcommand("seen", {
+	params = "<name>",
+	description = "Recherche quand un joueur etait en ligne pour la derniere fois.",
+	func = function(name, param)
+		local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(name)
+		if not player then
+			return
+		end
+		if param ~= nil and param ~= "" then
+			if seens[param] ~= nil then
+				minetest.chat_send_player(name, param.." etait en ligne pour la derniere fois "..relative_time(seens[param]))
+			else
+				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Il n'y a aucune donnees sur "..param..". Peut-etre que l'identifiant n'est pas correcte ?")
+			end
+		end
+	end,
+})
diff --git a/mods/_misc/username_filter.lua b/mods/_misc/username_filter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56c24eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/_misc/username_filter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+-- By VanessaE, sfan5, and kaeza.
+
+local disallowed = {
+	["guest"]				=	"Les comptes Guest/invités sont désactivés sur ce serveur.  "..
+								"S'il vous plaît, choisissez un nom d'utilisateur correcte et réessayez.",
+	["^[0-9]+$"]			=	"Les identifiants contenant uniquement des chiffres sont désactivés sur ce serveur. "..
+								"S'il vous plaît, choisissez un nom d'utilisateur correcte et réessayez.",
+	["[0-9].-[0-9].-[0-9].-[0-9].-[0-9]"]	=	"Trop de chiffres dans votre identifiant. "..
+						"S'il vous plaît, réessayez avec moins de 5 chiffres dans votre identifiant.",
+	["[4a]dm[1il]n"]		=	"Ce nom d'utilisateur est désactivé pour des raisons évidentes. "..
+								"Merci de choisir un autre nom d'utilisateur."
+}
+
+
+
+minetest.register_on_prejoinplayer(function(name, ip)
+	local lname = name:lower()
+	for re, reason in pairs(disallowed) do
+		if lname:find(re) then
+			return reason
+		end
+	end
+
+	if #name < 2 then
+		return "Identifiant trop court. "..
+				"S'il vous plaît, choisissez un identifiant avec au moins 2 lettres et réessayez."
+	end
+	
+	if #name > 18 then
+      return "Identifiant trop long. "..
+            "S'il vous plaît, choisissez un identifiant avec moins de 18 caractères."
+	end
+
+end)