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Close the ban appeal
Can a steward please official close the ban appeal and implement proposal 5A? The RFC has been open for almost a month now, and, while I acknowledge that proposal 5A does not have overwhelming support, it has the greatest support of the relevant proposals (the proposal for me to “just go away” is irrelevant). I won’t be able to edit frequently over coming days as I have friends in the US that I’m visiting for Thanksgiving, but I’m tired of this just hanging over my head. As noted in the proposal, after one month the issue can be re-visited if I find that the conditions of the proposal are not working. Thank you for your consideration. Amanda123 (talk) 14:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * More accurately, proposal 5A does not even have majority support, as noted on the page — despite the arrival of a brand-new user whose only contribution was to vote on the page, not to vouch for OP but to endorse her current half-measure. Fishy.  OP is not entitled to be given the benefit of the doubt, especially based on a promise that her future conduct will not resemble her past conduct.  But, yes, it is time to dismiss this issue; also, OP.  So sorry that OP has all the drama hanging over her head — despite being the origin of nearly all of it.   15:00 20-Nov-2017
 * So you are yet to provide a specific example of how my past conduct was inappropriate. I came to Miraheze to help manage LP’s wiki in December 2016 when she was in the hospital. After that, I returned to Miraheze in April 2017. Between April and May 2017, I created WikiCanada as my personal wiki, and was also involved with the global and community affairs of Miraheze to some extent. This was before you even joined the community, so you can’t really be a judge of that. If you think that within either the first month in December or within the second month in April I engaged in conduct that was inappropriate enough to ban me, you need to provide specific evidence and diffs. Additionally, while I agree that the semi-support vote of a brand-new user is somewhat unusual, the assumption of good faith is still essential. Amanda123 (talk) 15:14, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * IMO a proposal is closed and passed only when there are more support votes than oppose. In this case, the proposal clearly failed. MacFan4000 (talk) 15:46, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * As noted by John, this is a discussion, not an outright yes or no vote. As such, the actual arguments matter more than the number of votes. For proposal 5A, the majority of the opposition is “oppose — go away we don’t like you” and/or “strong oppose but I don’t want to provide a rationale”. Neither of these are valid arguments in my opinion - whereas the support for proposal 5A actually has valid arguments by multiple users. Amanda123 (talk) 15:51, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * IMO the outcome really is decided by a steward and not you. If they think it fails then it fails. If they think it passes then it passes. MacFan4000 Talk Contribs 16:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I do not think that it is appropriate to pressure stewards into making a decision, especially suggesting that they choose one proposal over the others. A Steward will close the RfC when they deem that it is necessary. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand. MacFan4000 Talk Contribs 18:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Closed anyway, but CU is deserved to block the range used by the account. &mdash; revi  12:15, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 20:39, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

valentinaproject request
Just a reminder to myself/other stewards to look into this request on valentinaprojectwiki. -- Void  Whispers 03:36, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ by SPF. Voidwalker (talk) 15:25, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Permissions fix
I made my alternate account on Used Car Guide wiki a bureaucrat and sysop but can't remove the bureaucrat permissions, please can a steward remove them? Thanks, --Walkden1986 (talk) 21:42, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 22:04, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Didn't realize you couldn't remove bureaucrat permissions here. --Walkden1986 (talk) 22:07, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You can request that that be changed, and either allow bureacurats to remove other bureaucrats, or create another usergroup that can do so. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:04, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Namespace
Hello Sir, I am Wikipedian but hare I want to create an WIKI. And already I have do it https://edu.miraheze.org/. This is bangla wiki education site. But my site name is in English. When I create, I have write in English Unfortunately. But Now I want to change my site name and related Namespace. Please change my Site name from "Education" to "শিক্ষা বাতায়ন". And change the namespace from "Education" to "শিক্ষা". Thanks.-Shahadat (talk) 05:51, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have change my site name but need help to change the namespace from "Education" to "শিক্ষা" . Thanks-Shahadat (talk) 05:58, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Please request at Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:05, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Change username?
Hi Stewards! I need to change my username from Beba to GERES Afghanistan. Could you please help me? Thank you! Beba (talk) 06:21, 28 November 2017 (UTC)Beba
 * In progress. Sorry if you are unable to use your account right now, the JobQueue is taking longer than usual to handle this. -- Void  Whispers 23:59, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ (by Void) -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 03:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy on my wiki
Hola estimados Stewards. Quiero pedir que mi wiki unionnorteamericana.miraheze.org tenga una excepción para evitar su borrado. Esto porque quiero poner atención a otros proyectos que tengo y pueden hacer que no edite en mi wiki por algunos días e incluso semanas. Por tanto solicito que mi wiki esté exenta de borrado al menos hasta 2019. Seguiré editando pero como nunca se sabe, prefiero solicitar una exención de antemano. Wiki1776 (talk) 16:29, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ (Note: this doesn't have to be done by stewards necessarily). Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:39, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Requests for adoption
Just a note for myself and other stewards that there are two requests on the Requests for adoption archive page that are still marked as open. Those should be reviewed, as well as any currently in progress request currently on the page. Voidwalker (talk) 15:24, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Handled, for the most part, the in-progress requests that got archived had no active maintenance from the user who requested adoption. They can make another request if they need anything. -- Void  Whispers 20:26, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Problem with accessing Miraheze Phabricator
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask help with this problem (please redirect me if it's not), but I'm having trouble accessing phabricator.miraheze.org site. I've logged in through my Miraheze account, but when Phabricator asks me to check my Email for a confirmation, I don't receive any new Email on my account. I've confirmed that the Email address I've given is in fact correct and I've tried pressing the "Send Another Email" button to no avail. CapitalistContributor (talk) 17:15, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a good place to ask that question, and stewards will be able to tell you if there is a failure on the Miraheze end. The last time something like this happened to me, the failure was on my end, so if you are using a user agent like Thunderbird, be sure it's polling your provider to check for new email, or even goose it manually.  Good luck!   17:34 4-Dec-2017
 * Did you check your spam? MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 18:10, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Good catch, Mac. Emails that are obviously machine-generated, such as those from Phabricator, often wind up in Spam or Junk folders.   19:05 4-Dec-2017