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Can you exempt Food Dye Studios Wiki from Deletion?
This is because, my wiki is almost finished and I don't want my wiki being erased. I want people to able to go to this wiki for visiting information about Super T from the comic book series called, "The Building Showdown". Knowing information about this show and anything that's similar to it. It has some information about the website. Detailing things about what an FDS Account is, its apps and so much more. Kew1119 (talk) 15:47, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Kew1119
 * Kew1119, thank you for your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy. I will aim to review your request later today, but to ensure there's no misunderstanding, most wikis do not need an exemption. This is because they have at least some level of regular activity. You should, therefore, note that wikis are only marked as "closed" after 60 days of complete inactivity (excluding user names and CentralAuth automatically attaching users to your wiki upon their visitation). Wikis are only marked as deleted after 180 days of complete inactivity (excluding the same as above and no log actions, no edits, nothing). They are still restorable at this stage by Stewards upon request of an existing contributor. As well, it's important to note that wiki databases are not dropped when they are marked for deletion; it can be anywhere from a minimum of two weeks after being marked for deletion and indefinitely; the decision is based on SRE's needs. Finally, for public wikis, one of our SRE volunteers regularly uploads XML dumps of all public wikis, usually at least semi-annually. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

change my name
change it to “that guy in the corner” Poop fart748 (talk) 15:47, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Poop fart748, thank you for requesting a global rename. That username is overly generic and  seems to be a meme used by cross-wiki vandalism only accounts. Therefore, if I might ask you to pick a sufficiently specific username to identify yourself, one which doesn't violate our Username Policy, of course. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 15:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * How about king of grass Poop fart748 (talk) 18:05, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Poop fart748, King of grass should be fine, yes. Will you plan to keep that name for at least the next 12-24 months, if not longer? Dmehus (talk) 18:12, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah Poop fart748 (talk) 18:16, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * WAIT QUEEN OF GRASS NOT KING Poop fart748 (talk) 18:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Poop fart748, locked in, final choice? Dmehus (talk) 18:33, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes Poop fart748 (talk) 18:36, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Poop fart748, thank you. While you may have locked in your choice in name. Unfortunately, recent events have superceded that, and your account is now ✅ back up in their sock drawer. Please see also User talk:Octahedron foundation. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 01:46, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Enabling SemanticMediaWiki for Conworlds
On behalf of the Constructed Worlds Wiki, I am requesting the SemanticMediaWiki extension to be enabled on the wiki. Thank you! &#32;  centrist16 |  |   &#32; 02:02, 19 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Centrist16, this has been ✅. Please note that this is an experimental feature, may be disabled at a moment's notice with or without warning, and that you should retain regular XML dumps of your wiki. There was an uncaught issue that did not produce itself during the testing phase on our test environment. It will require SRE being available to run a MediaWiki maintenance script after the Steward enables. We will update the documentation. Anyway, Universal Omega, has now ✅ it following the MediaWiki maintenance script being run. As well, you should know that it disabled your WikiBase Client extension, as it was incompatible. Dmehus (talk) 03:23, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Can you please globally lock my account?
I’m starting to lose some interest in these Qualitipedia wikis and feel like I did a bit of a poor job on some of them (e.g. creating lots of articles in very little time on the Shows & Episodes wikis, some were biased and nitpicky - even though it was because of the episodes being in their show articles' bad/good episode lists anyway. Although I stopped doing that in recent months). I’ll still scroll through some of these wikis at times, albeit never signed in. Connall2021 (talk) 13:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm very sorry to see you leave the platform. :( DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:41, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I share DarkMatterMan4500's thoughts and am sorry to see you leave Miraheze as a user and hope that you will one day decide to rejoin us. ✅. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:13, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Connall2021, I echo Reception123's and DarkMatterMan4500's thoughts as well, and, additionally, wish to let you know to be sure to remember your account password, should you wish to request an unlock of this account. Should you change your mind, you may e-mail Stewards at . Dmehus (talk) 05:09, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Please Delete TurtleWiki
Following this diff in which both TurtleWiki bureaucrats have agreed to delete the wiki on the pretense that it is a private wiki for personal world-building and the founder no longer wishes the content to be available online, I would like to request said expedited deletion of TurtleWiki. Additionally, if possible, I would like to have all of TurtleWiki's content & data removed from Miraheze, including its content archives (as referenced in the Miraheze ToU). Thank you for understanding, Turtle84375 (talk) 07:45, 21 April 2022 (UTC)


 * while there may be followup with addressing backups and other technical means I am less aware of (especially with the invocation of ToU), the specified wiki is ✅ by reasonable request, natural right as a more private wiki and properly gathered consent. --Raidarr (talk) 10:39, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will await said followup. Turtle84375 (talk) 19:58, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Request for OAuth2 client approval for client ID 9d641669f3adc6d56cdedb54350ea77b
"NOTE: This OAuth client approval request was from this Phabricator Maniphest task, but requested to be moved here by an sysadmin for visibility."

I would like to request for consumer client approval of the development OAuth2 client for the Verification Endpoint API Discord bot and details about how we implement it are within this wiki page on Recap Time squad Wiki.

Due to how we deploy stuff in Autocode (we use separate OAuth client ID-secret combo for production, among other secrets), I would like to approve the development OAuth client first, and then I'll request for the production one soon when start shipping features to production in the future. I would also like to remove the OAuth1.0a version of it with its client ID  since I decided to use the OAuth2 version of it instead.

The code for my OAuth2 client implementation is available for review on https://gitlab.com/RecapTime/infra/rtapp-verify-backend-autocode/-/tree/main, though its not yet production-ready so I'm currently testing it in development deploys and I'm not sure if  grant type is allowed here since I'm being thrown by some errors saying that   isn't valid during token exchange process. Andrei Jiroh (Miraheze Meta user talk or local wiki | contribs across wiki farm | send email) 15:21, 21 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I also want to request OAuth client approval for the production client too (client ID: ), since it also uses the same code, through production release processes apply. Andrei Jiroh (Miraheze Meta user talk or local wiki | contribs across wiki farm | send email) 02:54, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your request. A member of SRE will review this soon. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Andrei Jiroh, I've asked a member of the SRE team to action your reasonable request. Dmehus (talk) 15:58, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Approved, transparent and links to the source code. Paladox (talk) 16:16, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, mate, and also I'll mark this thread as resolved and archived. Andrei Jiroh (Miraheze Meta user talk or local wiki | contribs across wiki farm | send email) 03:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Crappy GachaTubers Wiki
Should this wiki be closed now? The REQC about closing it has been around for a while now. Also, mh:dreadfulrestaurantsandfoodwiki:Dreadful Restaurants and Foods Wiki is closed, however is it possible that the mh:dreadfulrestaurantsandfoodwiki:Hungry Jack's page could be imported to the Chill Place if is okay with it? I would like the page to be kept as it's about more than just the quality of the food and much rather the company overall. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 07:59, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined towards outright deletion of CGTW both by the vote and by its inherent contradiction with the content policy. That said, as an (early) voter on the matter I will defer until I've consulted with Dmehus on taking the action. --Raidarr (talk) 08:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * FatBurn0000, there are definitely some pages (at least half) which violate Content Policy, some more seriously and others in a more mild way. In terms of your local RfC, which you only were able to get started due to my disabling the Moderation extension, to allow a community voice besides just the sole bureaucrat and administrator, there is a somewhat weak consensus in favour of either deletion or closure, renaming, and rebranding into a different wiki, focusing on crappy gachatube content/videos, as opposed to chiefly crappy gachatubers/persons, as it is now, looking strictly at the nosecount of four in favour of either deletion or closure, rename, and rebrand and two opposed, including the bureaucrat/sysop, FranciscoLol2009. Ordinarily, I might normally prefer locking the wiki and making it private such cases, to allow for the wiki to be rebranded and rebuilt, but since the original wiki request lacked clarity and specificity, with former wiki creator SA 13 Bro raising concerns, presumably, with respect to Content Policy and former wiki creator Amanda Catherine feeling it was "fine" and approving it (which, as an aside, is a bit ironic since Amanda Catherine was not one of the more liberal wiki creators and SA 13 Bro tended to be, at times, based on my observations). Secondarily, since FranciscoLol2009 has made only two edits and two log actions, one of which was to reinstate the Moderation extension despite not being sufficiently active enough to appropriately moderate edits from non-automoderated users wanting to participate in the discussion, I have no confidence any needed remediation would take place. Moreover, excluding redirects in  namespace, non-Content Policy violation pages, and the local RfC, there were a grand total of less than 10 stub-class (or less) content pages. Thus, there would be no loss in content. Finally, I do feel any renamed and rebranded wiki request, from whoever wants to take it up, whether it be FatBurn0000, FranciscoLol2009, or someone else, should have to go through a more thorough vetting by wiki creators. Accordingly, this has been ✅. Dmehus (talk) 04:03, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

I request to globally lock my account
I request to globally lock my account. This account is no longer active, and I've since moved to User:ZeusDeeGoose. This is to protect it against vandalism and other malicious purposes. ZeusDeeGod (talk) 20:41, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Confirming here that this is indeed me. ZeusDeeGoose (talk) 21:02, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:44, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Request to Block Posting@取るに足らないwiki
I request to block User:障害は個性@取るに足らないWiki from posting. This user has been vandalizing pages and we are in the process of requesting a posting block from the local administrator, but the response has been delayed.Best regards. 1108-Kiju /talk 01:59, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * 1108-Kiju ✅ per your articulated rationale. Please do let me know if you see any related or potentially related suspicious behaviour from . Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 04:28, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I did a lot of reverting on the  from my recent edits on that wiki. I actually happened to notice the vandalism yesterday, and swiftly reverted the vandalism when it was in progress at the time. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:06, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus・DarkMatterMan4500:Thank you for addressing this.--1108-Kiju /talk 12:42, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Put the Crappy GachaTubers Wiki back up
Greetings, I recently noticed my wiki, Crappy GachaTubers Wiki, got taken down because I was inactive. However, I'd like for the Wiki to be back up, I'll do a few changes to it like:

Removing the Moderation

Updating the Wiki Rules

And more important changes

If the wiki can get back up, I would really appreciate it FranciscoLol2009 (talk) 09:51, 23 April 2022 (UTC)


 * It was actually taken down due to Content policy concerns, and due to the nature of what the wiki's intent was after it was set up. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:08, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not exactly or exclusively, no. Dmehus (talk) 15:56, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * FranciscoLol2009, please see above. There's nothing precluding you from re-requesting a replacement wiki, on a new subdomain, one with a clearer purpose, scope, and topic(s) for your wiki, preferably one which focuses on crappy gachatube content, episodes, or shows, rather than on the tubers, or people, themselves. With less than five or six non-Content Policy violating and non-redirect pages, it should not take you look at all to recreate it. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 15:56, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

I would like my account locked please
Because I've become obsessed with this platform and I think its time I actually quit for good. I've shared my time enough here. Ninjacleod89 (talk) 19:45, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Ninjacleod89, ✅, per your request. Please ensure you remember your account password and/or have a current, confirmed e-mail address attached to your account, should you wish to either (a) request an unlock or (b) request to be vanished in some way. Dmehus (talk) 19:49, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

ManageWiki Change Request@空想シリーズ/ふぁんシリーズWiki
Since the bureaucrat rights have been removed from this wiki, it is no longer possible to manage the wiki settings. We also request the reinstatement of the bureaucrat and the removal of the chizunet:special:ManageWiki/permissions/空鉄民(一般)#mw-section-group check, as this wiki is now able to grant itself bureaucrat rights simply by registering an account. Best regards. 1108-Kiju /talk 05:09, 24 April 2022 (UTC)


 * 1108-Kiju, as an interim measure, I have ✅ the autopromotion for that user group, due to their not apparently having been any community consensus for this major permission change. Thanks for cleaning up the inadvertently autopromoted users. This should leave one local administrator, who seems fine, given their volume of local edits. This Japanese user group isn't actually equivalent to, though, as it has no   rights. I will investigate deletion of the custom group and restoration of the   group tomorrow, but you'd still need to have a local discussion establishing requirements for bureaucrats to be elected and when it may be revoked. Dmehus (talk) 06:19, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for addressing this.I will raise a discussion about bureaucrats on the said wiki. 1108-Kiju /talk 06:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

I have a question
For some weird reason, I am not able to edit the majority of my preferences on mh:wretchedyoutubevideos:Wretched YouTube Videos Wiki. Does anyone know why? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 10:24, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Editing your preferences (the editmyoptions userright) is only granted to 'crats on that wiki. You can see this at mh:wretchedyoutubevideos:Special:UserGroupRights IAmChaos (talk) 15:15, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, well, could you fix this? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 02:40, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * FatBurn0000, this isn't something DarkMatterMan4500 can change. This is in the process of being rectified first here. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 02:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Global block request: there is a user who keeps vandalizing a wiki every one or two days.
Greetings. I am an editor for the CLG Wiki and over the past few months, there has been a user who either keeps constantly blanking pages or replacing all their content with mostly foul language. This user in particular is named DVD Haas. Of all of his alt. accounts, Wheres the brown boy, Jordanene Jordan ene 7439 7 4 3 9, Vuck You, and so much more (see here for a full list, they're all created for the sole purpose of disruptive editing and vandalism. For example, in one page, GBH Productions to be specific, he replaced everything with "Taken from arthur". Not only that, but he has created several spam pages such as one that threatens one of the admins on the CLG Wiki. If you look at the history of these articles, you can see that he vandalizes these pages to such an extent that they not only get destroyed pretty much every day, but it's also easy to trace which accounts he operates. In fact, he can create up to four accounts a day just to vandalize the site. But not just on the CLG Wiki, but also on its sister site as well; Company Bumpers Wiki:

Today, DVD Haas created three accounts, December 19 2007, You look so fat, and Oreo Cookies with the same goal in mind. I have worries that this cycle will continue with little to no measures taken to protect the CLG Wiki if this user will proceed to create multiple sockpuppets every few or so days with no end on sight. So, I am looking to see if you stewards can do anything regarding this ongoing conflict. Specifically, is it possible that a user who attacks a wiki for weeks on end be IP banned or globally blocked? --Camenati (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * We are well aware of this user constantly creating new sockpuppet accounts to circumvent local blocks and global locks by misusing multiple web hosts or open proxies, kind of like the other 2 users who's also been doing this for months, with the former doing this for nearly 10 months as of this writing, and the latter doing this since back in June 2021. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 00:08, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Camenati, it is not DVD Haas, despite some local administrators on that/those wikis claiming that it is. Any sock vandal accounts are locked on sight, so your best bet is to report them at  on IRC. As well, Stewards will typically perform a CheckUser to soft rangeblock the underlying IP address(es). Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 05:51, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy Exemption for the STARHOPPER Wiki
Hello,

I'd like to request an exemption to the dormancy policy for my wiki located at https://starhopper.miraheze.org/wiki

My reasoning:

It is a wiki meant to archive information sourced from a far more disorganized worldbuilding Discord server I operate in tandem with a friend group. The Discord is private between myself and contributors, but having the wiki allows us to share information to a public viewer base, which ultimately lets fans achieve a deeper and more cohesive understanding of Starhopper lore and artwork without the need to invite them to a disorganized Discord server hosting channels for all the various topics.

Transcribing information from the Discord server currently is an arduous process, and even when the bulk is finished, the Discord server hosts fairly irregular discussion over details in the setting, and whenever some facet of lore is fully established, it is deemed fit to put up onto the wiki and made accessible to others.

My concern is that there may be periods where the project is shelved for some time, potentially exceeding the dormancy policy standards.

I understand that storage space is a premium, and the content I and my friends create is purely for entertainment, but if there is at all a possibility I may have the wiki permanently active, or at least amended to have a far greater lifespan before being considered for deletion, I would be very grateful.

Thank you for your time and patience. EXOBIOTA (talk) 07:03, 26 April 2022 (UTC)


 * EXOBIOTA, before considering this request, when did you create this wiki, and are you aware that wikis will be unaffected by Dormancy Policy so long as there is at least one logged action or minor edit every sixty (60) days? Furthermore, wikis as such can be reopened by any local bureaucrat, or by a Steward upon request of an existing wiki contributor/editor, via stewards' noticeboard or requests for reopening wikis. Finally, if there's been no edits or logged actions in more than 180 calendar days, they're merely marked for deletion, but still restorable by Stewards under the same conditions. Dmehus (talk) 05:54, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

how do you adopt a page
how do i adopted a page to keep from getting deleted Pantaouma (talk) 16:06, 26 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Can you explain what you mean by this? Do you mean “adopt a wiki”? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 16:18, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * To simply ask to open a wiki so it can be edited, there is this request board. To adopt it in the traditional sense, I made a page (a blog, really) about it. --Raidarr (talk) 12:15, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Request to Block Posting@MWペディア
I request to block User:Eye dont no@MWペディア from posting. This user has been vandalizing pages and we are in the process of requesting a posting block from the local administrator, but the response has been delayed.Best regards. 1108-Kiju /talk 11:18, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Followup edit that this appears to have been locally managed. --Raidarr (talk) 12:13, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Can you delete the following wikis and my account?
Could you delete both the New England (ne.miraheze.org) and Sahrawi Mock Election (sadr.miraheze.org) wikis? I plan to do another wiki with another account too, so maybe consider disabling this one too. Thanks! BenIsEditing (talk) 12:29, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Both wikis are now ✅, you being the founder/only contributor on them. I must ask though - is account disabling (a lock) necessary? You'd be set with a name change here if you wanted to restart. --Raidarr (talk) 16:35, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

I request the deletion of the following wikis
Hello everyone. I apologize in advance. I request the removal of the following wikis for several reasons and the main one is for some errors made that prevent the wiki from progressing and others that are for tasks in Phabricator but I prefer the removal: Thanks. Hispano76 (talk) 20:47, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ucronias.miraheze.org
 * ucroniasalt.miraheze.org
 * hispano76.miraheze.org
 * hispano67.miraheze.org
 * to be honest I'm not sure what you mean with your rationale, but as you are the founder/only contributor and there isn't much on them in any case, this has been ✅ for all four. --Raidarr (talk) 16:48, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Can anyone tell to Rangerkid51 that I want to talk to him please
Oscargerardo (talk) 00:25, 30 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Please can I talk to Rangerkid51 please, I want to tell him that I regret for what I did, I am now more mature and I change my attitude, I am so sorry for everything, I can speak Spanish and English,@Rangerkid51 I am so sorry for everything, my problem was that I exaggerate the crimes with many villains and in many cases the villains never committed that crimes I know that, I learned my lesson@Rangerkid51, I know that this is my second time that I am banned, I ask you to forgive me, I am with shame for what I did I swear to everybody, I there is something that I can do to be reemded for you and for all this community I will do, I am so try and I regret everything for what I done, I like story and I want to study internationals relations for the next year, forgive me for everything, I understand the situation, I speak and understand the English and Spanish, if you give me a second chance it won't happen again I swear to you and to everybody in this community, this is my only account, I don't have more accounts, Oscargerardo is the only one, good night and have a great day Oscargerardo (talk) 00:49, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Then it's best if you reached out to him on his talk page here on Meta, seeing as he has effectively disabled your ability to edit your own talk page. :) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:24, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ok thank you Oscargerardo (talk) 01:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * but this is my question, how can I find him in this page and talk to him, thank you so much for your time and patience Oscargerardo (talk) 01:52, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan's link is the right page. While it does not exist, will still be notified if he checks Meta and/or has global notifications on. If you leave a message and don't have a reply in a week, feel free to follow up here and I'll notify him locally. --Raidarr (talk) 16:37, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Oscargerardo, since Rangerkid51 has an apparent local blocking practice of revoking user talk page access without there having been misuse of user talk pages, as you've made a clear apology here and here, and since he may not have cross-wiki Echo notifications enabled or may not check them regularly, locally engaged with Rangerkid51 and requested he unblock you, with some additional advice. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 09:01, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have change and I am a new man, I promise to all of you Oscargerardo (talk) 21:36, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much Oscargerardo (talk) 21:29, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I really appreciate that Oscargerardo (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * You won't regret this decition, I promise Oscargerardo (talk) 21:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Enable Hit Counters and increase Expensive Parser Function Limit
On behalf of the Constructed Worlds Wiki, I am submitting two requests: 1) to enable the Hit Counters extension and 2) to increase the expensive parser function limit there to 250. &#32;  centrist16 |  |   &#32; 16:55, 30 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Centrist16, ✅ (#1 and #2). With regard to, I've increased it to 200 for now, as I'd prefer to take a "wait and see" approach before increasing further. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 08:29, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Please allow HitCounters extension for obeymewiki
I would please like my wiki - www.obeymewiki.com - to be allowed to use the HitCounters extension. Clarasiir 02:15, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Clarasiir, ✅. Dmehus (talk) 08:46, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! Clarasiir 10:09, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Clarasiir, no problem. :) Dmehus (talk) 10:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Can someone please delete these blog posts?
https://loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:Sheldon_J._Plankton_(SpongeBob_SquarePants,_Seasons_6-8) https://loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:Squidward_Tentacles_(SpongeBob_SquarePants,_Seasons_6-8) MarioBobFan (talk) 02:26, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll handle those, as there wasn't really a need to bring this up on the Stewards' noticeboard. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:35, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please delete this? https://loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org/wiki/Blog:Sheldon_J._Plankton_(SpongeBob_SquarePants,_Seasons_6-8,_repost) MarioBobFan (talk) 02:51, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * OK. MarioBobFan (talk) 02:36, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Can and should I become an admin?

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * per Reception's reply. I must reiterate that general inquiries of 'should I become an admin' strictly local to wikis that do not require Steward involvement (have an active, stable enough community/bureaucracy) should be presented locally. Exceptions can apply, but not in this case. --Raidarr (talk) 13:52, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

It is also time and why I should be a admin? First of all, I also have a handful of good or decent edits everywhere (especially the character wikis). Second, a lot of people also seem to like me and think I am a good or decent user, with the best offender being Neat Structure, and most people thought it on Fandom. Third, also because I have WANTED AND NEEDED TO. MarioBobFan (talk) 04:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Please make your adminship request on the specific wiki where you want to request admin, not here. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:07, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section

Requesting to increase $wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit
Hello, I'm a bureaucrat on "https://grayravens.com" (database name: "pgrwiki"). We would like to request to increase the Expensive Parser Function Limit ($wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit) on our wiki from 99 to at least 200 (250 if possible?). The reason behind this is because we have some pages where we use plenty of Expensive Parser Functions and 99 is simply not enough for some pages. Increasing it to at least 200 would help a lot and we shouldn't run into more issues for quite some time if it's increased. Spectrazzz (talk) 09:33, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * after conferring with SRE, I've ✅ and raised your EPFL to 200. I would say, try it out for a while and see how it affects page performance, and feel free to follow up on the 250 if it's unsatisfactory. In that case we can take a closer look at the pages that are still causing trouble. --Raidarr (talk) 17:39, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Repuest for new extension
Hello.Can you introduce mw:special:mylanguage/extension:createdpagelist?Thank you. Rigany (talk) 14:53, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi. You can enable it yourself via Special:ManageWiki/extensions. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 16:41, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * (Sorry for being late!)Thank you for replying.Is it possible to implement this on all wikis? by Rigany ·Talk·Wikimail 13:18, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Rigany in the interest of providing as much of a 'blank slate' for users as possible, Miraheze is very conservative about adding extensions to wikis 'by default'. It's not impossible, but something you may need to make a discussion here for a wider range of input. I do see the utility in this. --Raidarr (talk) 12:12, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much.I will request this another time. by Rigany ·Talk·Wikimail 15:09, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Is a local election necessary here?
I requested reopening eldenring.miraheze.org recently after it was abandoned last September. There were basically no edits before the closure anyway, so I'm more or less salvaging the domain as its now sole contributing user. I set up a local election to get bureaucrat/administrator permissions, per what I've read from the site policies, but given there are no other active users I'm wondering if it's necessary? Feels a bit silly to wait for a week for an election that will most likely have no contest, especially when it's been running for a few days already. Sorry if I'm jumping the gun here, not sure how strictly the policies are enforced. — praske talk 15:25, 1 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Given that you are the only active user (and indeed, you're the only other contributor aside from the founder), your apparent commitment to the wiki's concept and apparent effort to understand Miraheze operation, I am comfortable going ahead and ✅ in your favor with authorization to do whatever needs to be done for the wiki's continued development. --Raidarr (talk) 17:58, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Lock Netherite
This is a legacy sockpuppet of mine, please lock the account. -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 01:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅, this is Bukkit's legacy sock account. Netherite (talk) 01:17, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Bukkit, with thanks for the confirmation edit, this has now been ✅; however, I have seen this account before and, at no time, did I suspect it to be your alternate account. Indeed, it was even globally renamed from SkepticRaids to Netherite here. In that request, you simply stated your reasoning for requesting a global rename was "[t]he name sounds pretty good. I use this name on phabricator," not mentioning that you also had existing existing wiki user accounts and even Phabricator accounts. You even requested a wiki and asked a question of DarkMatterMan4500 via his user talk page, despite, I'm pretty sure, you and DarkMatterMan4500 having had interactions under your main account. Can you see now how this can be deceptive, particularly after my having refused further global rename requests of your main account? While it's good you've proactively self-requested this lock, I am nonetheless now even more reluctant to amend or make your global user restriction less restrictive. I would be happy to discuss my reasons why privately, if you'd like, but won't be until Monday or Tuesday evening. Additionally, do you have any other sleeper socks to self-disclose? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 06:46, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Your user has been indefinitely blocked due to abuse of multiple accounts
Hello, since this user has been indefinitely blocked on the CLG Wiki, Your user has been indefinitely blocked on CLG Wiki Dream Logos by Poocian but not edited. Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 05:43, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Muhammad Alfarezal, thank for this request. As I'm not seeing where you have been clearly warned first, ideally multiple times, I've locally engaged with the CLG blocking administrator requesting they unblock you. Separately, I've done similarly with the Dream Logos blocking administrator. Dmehus (talk) 08:19, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Delete empty global account
Hello, Sysop 123 is an empty global account, can you delete it? Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 13:15, 2 May 2022 (UTC)


 * We don't normally delete accounts but this is a strange case. This is probably something that needs SRE to watch though so please ping us before touching anything. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:28, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ I have deleted the empty global account. John (talk) 15:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 16:27, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Diego Ledezma
Hello, and Diego Ledezma uploading a Disney Channel logos and 20th Century Studios logos, but Diego Ledezma got reported on User Reports on CLG Wiki, but indefinitely blocked due to adding fake logos. Muhammad Alfarezal (talk) 23:23, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Re-open K-pop Wiki
Months ago I gave my previous account called Black Mamba to a friend via IRC because I didn't plan to use it anymore, but when I wanted to edit on the wiki I had created I realized that I had forgotten that I had administrator and bureaucrat permissions on that wiki and now I can't re-open it for that reason. Is there any way to solve that? Thanks. Yuji (talk) 03:11, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * My friend solved it in time. Yuji (talk) 04:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, K-pop wiki isn't closed. AlPaD (talk) 11:23, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * For future reference, what you (well, your friend) need here is to use Special:UserRights on the wiki to grant both you and your friend's account access to administrator and bureaucrat, which would make you joint operators of the wiki and allow you to return/reopen when needed, eliminating the many issues that come with sharing accounts in this way. Even just Bureaucrat for yourself is all that's needed to reopen the wiki. Best of luck with it, in any case. --Raidarr (talk) 12:09, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Could I please hold a bureaucrat election for my wiki?
Hello, My friend/co-manager of my contest contacted a member of your team earlier today in request of changing bureaucrat of my song contest. I believe I have followed the right method on how to follow the election process you told us to follow. The wiki page is Majestic Song Contest with the talk page we created for the notice provided in the link below: https://majesticsongcontest.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page

Any help or further guidance would be amazing, Thank you in advance. Benjamin Hardie (talk) 21:27, 24 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Benjamin Hardie, who is seeking election as a bureaucrat on that wiki, and where is the local election? If you're just looking to have the election locally advertised, I can definitely add a local sitenotice for you on that wiki. Dmehus (talk) 21:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I am looking to become the bureaucrat on the wiki, taking over from one of the previous managers (the current bureaucrat).
 * I added the information onto the link I sent you which will serve as the page where individuals will be able to voice their objections towards me being made bureaucrat. I will promote the wikipedia page on our facebook group (for the contest) so individuals are made aware of it.
 * It would be perfect if you could add a local sidenote onto the wiki. Benjamin Hardie (talk) 22:02, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Benjamin Hardie, ✅. I'll follow up with your local election request next weekend. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 09:10, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Benjamin Hardie, ✅, please do see my closing commentary. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 02:43, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Enable Semantic MediaWiki
On behalf on RTS I am requesting that Semantic MediaWiki is enabled please. Thanks, BlackHawk (talk) 15:38, 25 April 2022 (UTC)


 * BlackHawk, this LGTM, but I'll need to check and make sure an SRE team member is around prior to enabling this. Dmehus (talk) 05:58, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dmehus Thanks, I appreciate it. BlackHawk (talk) 09:32, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * This is . I'll update you when all done. Dmehus (talk) 09:22, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  09:42, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Administrative/procedural note: the above done indicates that the SRE volunteer completed the required running of the MediaWiki maintenance script following the Steward enabling of Semantic MediaWiki on your wiki. RhinosF1 is thanked for his prompt response in running this script. Dmehus (talk) 10:29, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * BlackHawk, ✅. Dmehus (talk) 09:59, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus Thanks! Would it be possible to also add Semantic Scribunto to work along side SMW please? This would be a huge help! BlackHawk (talk) 14:07, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Wipe my wiki off existence, please, oh and my account too, thanks,
Oh, I have to write this too? I honestly have no idea how any of this work, I just wanna get rid of my wiki since I'm moving to fandom, since it's better so far I don't have much stuff in it, just a bunch of empty pages and categories, and i'm the only one in it, that's pretty much it Pedru (talk) 10:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry to see you go. Hope you come back someday. :( DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 12:22, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The wiki is now ✅ by request, per the details you've given.
 * Accounts on Miraheze are not deleted; only locked (preventing login/use) or 'vanished' to a maximum extent (renamed, stripped of user info and made inaccessible). The latter would be handled by Trust and Safety and take a bit of time, while a lock can be done immediately. I'd consider either option overkill since the account can just be abandoned normally, but it's up to you. --Raidarr (talk) 14:00, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Please allow HitCounters extension for szk.miraheze.org
I would please like my wiki - szk.miraheze.org - to be allowed to use the HitCounters extension. Lalo5555 (talk) 16:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * as your wiki is very small ('hits' wise), this is ✅ without scruple. I mention this because HitCounters is a bit experimental on Miraheze and is being tried out for performance, so there is a chance it may disappear if it causes a problem. --Raidarr (talk) 08:32, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Lalo5555 (talk) 09:34, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy Exemption Policy
Hi, I wrote back in mid March to see if I could get an exemption to dormancy checkmark on my page, someone responded but I never heard anything further. Is this something I can get please? Thank you, Ellohyin My previous post with steward response is pasted below. Exemption from Dormancy Policy ''I would like to ask that My Wiki have the check box for Exemption from Dormancy Policy ticked. The wiki is a private, personal project/co-op with one other. The wiki is strictly for information to do with the project and will only be sporadically added to at this point. We have outlined the majority of the information that has been and will be added. Thank you. Ellohyin (talk) 01:31, 16 March 2022 (UTC)'' ''I'll aim to review your request this weekend, as this needs more time. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 05:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)'' Ellohyin (talk) 10:17, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Just putting a pin on this post to avoid it being prematurely archived; I have heard that Dmehus intends to catch up on these things within the week, though I admit the timeline may not be reassuring considering initial archiving and I'll be looking at catchup soon if this timeline is no longer feasible. --Raidarr (talk) 19:25, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request
Good morning. Based on edit patterns and virtually identical excuses for style and rule violations, the All The Tropes staff believes that "Iloveicecream", a user banned both locally and globally for ban evasion four months ago, has resurfaced at All The Tropes under several accounts created over the last few weeks. We would like to request a Checkuser against Iloveicecream and new users Crazymonkey, ObstinateOwlbear0, Happybirthday, and Troper1 to determine if this is indeed the case. (In the latter case more because of the account name's similarity to Iloveicecream's banned sockpuppet Thistroperz than for any edits; the user has made no significant edits but due to the proximity of its creation to edits by Crazymonkey we suspect it may be a sockpuppet being held in reserve on the expectation of the other account(s) being banned.)

Thank you. Looney Toons (talk) 13:06, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Additionally, the editing styles of Crazymonkey, ObstinateOwlbear0, and Happybirthday are so similar that they appear to be sockpuppets of each other even if they aren't connected to Iloveicecream. --Robkelk (talk) 13:31, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Looney Toons and Robkelk, firstly, you should know that in accordance with the Miraheze Privacy Policy, CheckUser data is not retained longer than ninety (90) calendar days since the user last edited, performed a log action, or otherwise logged in on a given wiki. As such, there would be no technical data Thistroperz and Iloveicecream. There may exist very limited data within the CheckUser log, as described and illustrated here; however, given the limited number of diffs that were, in my view and likely raidarr's as well, suggestive of possible account abuse here (whether sockpuppetry or coordinated meatpuppetry), I would not be comfortable using that as a basis for any sort of global action. Moreover, while the three more contemporary users may well be technically similar, the behavioural evidence is too weak, in my view, to warrant anything more than a friendly advisory to the user of user accounts policy, to follow it, and how to disclose any alternate accounts they may or may not have, as it's equally possible the user accounts just merely share a similar geographic location or some other reason (such as meatpuppetry, or legitimate uses of an alternate account, which could include desktop versus mobile accounts). In other words, I would suggest more firmly, but in still a friendly manner, pointing the user to user accounts policy, to the AllTheTropes' relevant local policies, and then just monitoring for similar accounts behaving in an even more similar fashion. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 04:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I do recommend the UAP advisory, as I did find technical links between two out of the three (too little for me to go on with Obstinate) and I could see at least some editing resemblance, but in my own scan there was indeed not enough to go on between backreading of suspects (iloveicecream, thistroperz) and technical evidence to a) link them, either all of them or all three that Rob narrows down or b) consider the discovered links too egregious. I have next to nothing to go on for Troper1 particularly. But in CU investigation I am the junior partner and must agree that I'm working on fumes for this. --Raidarr (talk) 08:51, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you both for your efforts and response. We'll do as you advise. Looney Toons (talk) 13:32, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Unblock me in 1 wiki
Please can you unblock me in loathsome characters wiki because portrock1566 unfairly blocked me for my misbehavior but one year passed which means that i will ready for my best to change better behavior. Sadly portrock1566 has been inactive now rendering me impossible to lift my ban. I want to be a changing from nobody to an ordinary better user due to learning what i was done. Four tildes QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 05:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC) QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 05:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I am sure that portrock1566 is not the only existing administrator on this wiki and as such any other local administrator can consider your appeal and proceed to unblock you if they think that is the correct action to be taken. I do not think that Stewards should interfere with local blocks except in exceptional circumstances as local wikis should make their own rules depending on the local circumstances. If I am incorrect and there are really no other active administrators on this wiki I think electing a new administrator would be better in any case than Stewards taking over and only if that is not possible should Stewards intervene in my opinion. --DeeM28 (talk) 07:37, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * and appealing to local administrators is indeed preferred, and the wiki does have a number of admins (almost completely new from the time of the block). Unfortunately I'm aware of those wikis having an incredibly awful administration issue right now - there's been an initiative to replace an administration that was 'grandfathered in' from similar wikis and has next to no interest administrating that one, but the bureaucrats involved have one way or another failed to make it happen (one straight up retired before getting it done). I'm seriously considering an intervention as a Steward to resolve that problem so there are actually locally active admins to process anything, let alone deal with appeals. I'm skeptical of it ever having a good balance, but suffice to say it's a bit broken on both related character wikis.
 * But there is a chance here to get remediation from as the current sole bureaucrat of that wiki, both to process the appeal and facilitate an active and locally invested administration.
 * Aside from that I've seen Dmehus locally intervene with blocks he feels were unwarranted ranging from inquiring to overriding, citing CoC. But, above crisis nonwithstanding I don't believe that is necessary here yet. If there really were zero admins I believe it would be grounds to both elect locally invested parties and bring matters to Steward or even GS inquiry until the dust has settled. --Raidarr (talk) 08:21, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Not to worry though. I will be unblocking QwertyMan'65 at some point today. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:10, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello excuse me this is qwertyman'65. i want talk with darkmatterman4500, why you still not unblock me despite your promise? it's someday but yet you did not unblock me now on loathsome characters wiki and still shows the bold text "Your username or IP address has been blocked." means you lied to me, please unblock me now! I want to evovle my behavior in the future for better! QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 10:44, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I have ✅ on that wiki just a few minutes ago. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:52, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy exemption swests.org
Hi! I would like to add a dormancy policy exemption for swests.miraheze.org. This Wiki is meant for young researchers not yet familiar with the research field of STS. It will be updated very sporadically, and is meant as an editable and permanent signpost for STS in Sweden. FrancisLee (talk) 12:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Dormancy Policy exemptions are generally only handed out to established "wikis made to be read, where a lot of information is already on wiki and doesn't need to be actively edited", "wikis made for time-based gatherings, i.e. wikis used to plan bi-yearly or yearly events" and a few others. Based on all of that, it would seem that your newly created wiki would be ineligible for such an exemption. Once your wiki has more content then you should return to the Stewards' noticeboard to request an exemption if you require one. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:55, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi! Thanks for the information. The Wiki is now in a more presentable state, and I hope you can revisit your decision.
 * We are a collection of about 500 researchers who are loosely affiliated. But we need a web presence for new PhD students to find our departments, our mailing list, and our conferences. (see our sister network in denmark https://www.dasts.dk/ )
 * Our Swedish community's problem is that we don't have a central web presence, and we don't have a central organizing committee. This is a problem for newcomers to our field of research, and it can be solved with a Wiki.
 * I organized our national conference last week, where we discussed this problem. (see here: https://swests.org/wiki/STS_Dagarna ). I have added information about the bi yearly conferences (and their programs) that is not available elsewhere. So this will also be the used as a repository for conferences that happen only once.
 * At the conference last week we decided we needed a wiki for newcomers to the field. To help them get in touch, to help them find our email list, the departments that are active, etc.
 * You can see our google group/mailing list has run from 2006. https://groups.google.com/g/sts_sverige . So we have a continuous interest in our research field, but we need also a continuous, stable, and editable presence for our field of research.
 * So the solution is a wiki where members can edit when there is a need. These edits are expected to happen very infrequently, as we mainly communicate on our mailing list. But we do need a wiki webpresence that isn't updated a lot. But we DO need specifically need a wiki that is updated very infrequently to allow different people to collaborate on the content as it changes.
 * In essence, I don't foreseee that the Wiki will be updated a lot. But it is a really important starting point for our field of research. So it would be great if we based on these needs could get an exemption from the policy.
 * Pretty please! FrancisLee (talk) 09:53, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This request was initiated and is currently taking place with Stewards by email. --Raidarr (talk) 12:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy exemption for wiki.zymonic.com
Please could we have the dormancy exemption for our Wiki, it is aimed as a reference for developers using the Zymonic framework and only changes when we add new how-to guides or functionality is changed.

Many thanks,

Alex Masidlover Amasidlover (talk) 07:28, 10 May 2022 (UTC)


 * given the wiki is thoroughly developed, has a viable readership, and has a clear need in light of irregular updates, this is now ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 12:56, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Dormancy exemption for 2 wikis
& . Content on both wikis is encyclopedic and read by people. Both of them are actually still active but for some reason keep going inactive every week or so. Ora &#38; D (talk) 13:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)