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Request for CVT by GOTILON

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * Closed as unsuccessful. John (talk) 18:00, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, once again I come to the community to ask for the support (or not) of the CVT global position, with the intention of helping against the vandalism fight in the Miraheze wikis and in the same Meta, although I do not have much time in Miraheze, I have shown to fulfill my responsibilities (although minimal) of Wiki Creator, as well as autopatrolled, to see that all editions made by users do not violate any local Meta policy, or Miraheze's use policies, I await your comments GOTILON - Talk  - Contributions  18:05, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Oppose

 * i think its too soon, not to mention there is plenty active CVT already. Zppix (Meta | CVT Member | talk to me) 13:56, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Per Zppix. —AlvaroMolina (✉ - ✔ ) 02:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Questions

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

Special:CreateAccount
Hello,

I have difficulties to create new accounts to invite contributors to our wiki, I follow this to add people : https://didapro.miraheze.org/wiki/Accueil "You'll access Special:CreateAccount on your wiki, not here ( miraheze). Tick "Utiliser un mot de passe aléatoire temporaire et l’envoyer à l’adresse de courriel spécifiée". Put your colleagues username and email address. Create the account. Right after that, visit Special:UserRights on your wiki. Put their username, grant "member" to their account, save. Repeat for all of them."

Every user I had invited get an error message, some pass over it, some not, so can complete their account some not. This error message is disturbing. I think it's a real bug. When I create new temporary account for them how many time have they to complete their account ? Why some of them can not go beyond the error message and some can ? Thank you for your help https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Wikiderpdp
 * This can be helpful GOTILON - Talk  - Contributions  14:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I am in situation one REVI described :
 * If you know everyone's email, you can just create an account, and let MediaWiki generate password and email to them. And after you create an account, you can access Special:UserRights and grant   to the accounts you need. I have succeed with 6 subscribers and they get 6 error messages. But right now I am chatting with a capable person, using Chrome and she can not go over the error message  To complete I get the wiki plugin for the visual editor, also, does it create buggy answers to invitations ?
 * Wikiderpdp, can you copy and paste the error message you get (or your users get)? Without that we don't know what error is interrupting your workflow. &mdash; revi  00:00, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Wikiderpdp, can you copy and paste the error message you get (or your users get)? Without that we don't know what error is interrupting your workflow. &mdash; revi  00:00, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Undo multiple vandalism operations from same user
Hello! On my wiki zendari.miraheze.org, an user called CarlaNutcracker has blanked all of the pages that they’ve made. They have been temporarily banned, but is it possible to rollback the pages without having to do it one at a time?

Stewen (talk) 10:59, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It is bit advanced tool, but you can use PWB's revertbot.py with . &mdash;  revi</tt>  12:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Spambots?
I caught a lot of spambots on Special:AbuseLog (especially on PublicTestWiki but on other Wikis as well). I have raised this problem on PublicTestWiki but it is also important to raise this problem on Meta as the amount of abuse log hits are a lot. As an admin on PublicTestWiki, shall I block them or not? Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:14, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I just saw another AbuseLog hit on PublicTestWiki, literally moments ago after writing the above message. The extent of the problem is quite bad. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:16, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blocked and locked well over 500 accounts worth of spambots. -- Void  Whispers 21:43, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

I can't login
Hello, I have to leave this message anonimously because I can no longer login, both on my wiki and here on Meta (I'm Wedhro); the system keeps giving me the error "No active login attempt is in progress for your session." I heard it might be some issue with CentralAuth, but I don't really know. --94.160.172.133 16:03, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

P.S. the page giving me the error is Special:CentralLogin/complete --94.160.172.133 16:05, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Try returning to the previous page and trying again. If that doesn't work, clear your cookies and try again. -- Void  Whispers 16:15, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I already tried multiple times and I cleared my cache twice, to no avail.--94.160.172.133 16:34, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The cache isn't what's gonna get ya, it's the cookies. If that still doesn't cut it, I'll open a phabricator task for you. -- Void  Whispers 16:38, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops, I actually meant I cleared cookies, my mistake.--94.166.29.248 17:24, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello i am one of the ops looking into this. When you deleted your cookie which site did you do? was it miraheze.org? which wiki are you having problems on? Paladox (talk) 17:39, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * In the logs it showed that account as last successfully logging in at 16:01:13 today on metawiki. Could you try resetting your password? Paladox (talk) 17:43, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I couldn't login both on https://nonciclopedia.miraheze.org and here on Meta. I changed my password and now I'm logged in, but I wonder the reason why I couldn't before.--Wedhro (talk) 18:13, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

It's me again. After logging out I could no longer log in, same error as above. I deleted all cookies and tried 4 different browser but nothing. I could log in only by changing my password again, which is getting quite unconvenient. I wish I could give you some technical detail but I really have no idea what's happening.--Wedhro (talk) 09:48, 3 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello, we fixed the problem, could you try relogging in and deleting your cookies for those wiki's please? Paladox (talk) 23:00, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

bureaucrat authority
The state that the bureaucrat is absent continues. I am the only sysop that is active. Can you give me the bureaucrat authority in the home wiki? Thank you. 賢者タイム (talk) 19:12, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi. Is it possible for you to get consensus from the other users on the wiki for you to become a bureaucrat? For example, create a page on your wiki requesting bureaucrat rights, and get users to comment and vote (support/oppose) etc. Please link that page and the result here. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 10:37, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I agreed. So this time I will choose a method that will not be BC. Please give administrator authority to User:ゆきひかり who is trusted as an administrator candidate. Please handle the operation due to absence of BC. Thank you. 賢者タイム (talk) 01:03, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I also participate in jawp2ch.miraheze and an in sympathy with promotion ひきひかり to sysop. But sole formerly-active bureaucrat has disappeared. For your information, there is no voting system or policy for assigning rights in our wiki, decides by discussion or bureaucrat' arbitrary decision. Please deputize our wiki's bureaucrat operation. Living Deadman (talk) 12:27, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * This is 2ch post by Waiesu0, our wiki bureaucrat. You can find that s/he has allowed user to become an administrator. Living Deadman (talk) 14:37, 6 June 2018 (UTC)


 * If the current bureaucrat is active, why is it not possible for them to grant bureaucrat directly? Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 18:33, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
 * jawp2ch has 4 bureaucrats and of three have been inactive since 2017. Waiesu0, remaining bureaucrat, had been active until 2018-04-07 and s/he is no longer active. The idea that Yuki-Hikari would be promoted to administrator was occurred at 2018-05-02. At that time, there was no bureaucrat in active in jawp2ch. Living Deadman (talk) 08:59, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ (promoted ゆきひかり to administrator). -- Void  Whispers 16:16, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User right request:editinterwiki for sysops on my local wiki
Hi, I'm the bureaucrat/sysop on Piowiki, and I'd like to ask a Steward to add editinterwiki rights for sysops so that I can edit local interwiki links suitable for a wiki in Japanese. I also want to test interwiki links as other languages (since my wiki is mainly for testing before moving Usopedia on miraheze, and Usopedia is a candidate sister wiki of Illogicopedia), so please enable it in addition.

Thank you for your help.--開拓者 (talk)
 * Hi please tell us what you need us to add, and we will do it for you. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 22:47, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, as a Japanese wiki, I'd like to add the following links as for now.
 * Group 1: Japanese local wikis
 * usp - https://usopedia.aioilight.space/$1 (Usopedia)
 * ep - https://enpedia.rxy.jp/wiki/$1 (Enpedia)
 * yp - https://ja.yourpedia.org/wiki/$1 (Yourpedia)
 * cw - https://wiki.chakuriki.net/index.php/$1 (Chakuwiki)
 * Group 2: The Japanese versions of global wikis, to avoid double redirect
 * jawp - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 (Wikipedia, Japanese)
 * jaucp - https://ja.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1 (Uncyclopedia, Japanese)
 * As for lanugage interwiki links, I don't have it yet, but I might notify you after creating another wiki.--開拓者 (talk) 13:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

User right request:editinterwiki for sysops on Nonsensopedia and Nonciclopedia
Hi. I see that Nonsensopedia has moved here and the various interlanguage links from it to other Uncyclopedia languages are now broken. The language codes on http://uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Special:Interwiki will need to be created for any of the Uncyclopedia-related projects (including Nonsensopedia) and the bureaucrats on the respective projects given 'editinterwiki' in order to maintain this list. As each Uncyclopedia language is an independent project and free to be hosted separately (I have some, Wikia has some, some are independent...) these tend to be awkward to keep up to date, hence the need to give the individual wiki bureaucrats access to make changes.

I also see that $wgLogo isn't currently pointing to the Uncyclopedia project's logo - the usual convention on both Uncyclopedia and Wikia appears to have been to routinely set $wgLogo to images/b/bc/Wiki.png on each local project, so https://nonsensopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Plik:Wiki.png should display as that wiki's $wgLogo. Can this be done here? Carlb (talk) 02:57, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * As for the logo, go to Special:ManageWiki on your wiki, enter the URL (starting with, note that you need to remove the "https:" part) of the image (which is,   for nonsensopedia, for example), and save it. Then it will work properly within a few minutes or so.-- 10:19, 14 June 2018 (UTC)modded.-- 10:41, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

What happened to my pages? Kpiq
Folks

Yesterday, June 5, 2018, out of nowhere my pages and my login dissappeared. I couldn't login nor could I see my pages. That was posted into the Admin's noticeboard and somebody transferred it and resolved it in the Community noticeboard.

I say "resolved" because I can login again. But today my pages are still nowhere to be found. I did a search by User and looked for my pages. Here's what I see where I would expect to see my user.

User:Kevjonesin User:Kgv User:Khep User:Kidgrifter User:Kiko4564 User:Kimtuna11 User:Kin Ele Tic User:Kitheara User:Kivandopulus User:Kjh010206 User:KniznyKlub User:Kourouklides User:LCARS47 User:Labster

Can somebody restore my pages as they were when last updated, June 5 near noon time?

Regards

Pedro Serrano

p.s. here's my user's creation date. I started creating pages soon after that. 2018-04-13T05:13:47 User account Kpiq (talk | contribs) was created

Folks

My previous request for help for data loss that happened on June 5 has gone unsolved for almost two weeks now. Is it possible you may recover the data lost on that day? All of my pages are gone. An estimate on the recovery would be welcome.

Regards

Pedro Serrano
 * Hi, I've taken a look into the wiki, and I have found no indication that the pages existed. I'll take a closer look soon, but this may require sysadmin involvement. -- Void  Whispers 18:16, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Could missing pages get redirected?
Before I moved the sdiywiki to Miraheze the tidied URL was with /w/. So that now following old links on the web, (e.g. old posts in forums or Facebook) get a 404 page not found.Please could https://sdiy.info/w/* be made to redirect to https://sdiy.info/wiki/*? --Rob Kam (talk) 10:40, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Request on the Localization Wiki
Excuse me, would it possible to change my user group to bureaucrat on the Localization Wiki? I have no permission to create translations. --Angrydog001 (talk) 15:32, 15 June 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ I've given you full access, and restored the wiki to the condition you requested it in, as there is not any case that we need to hold the wiki for any reason. Apologies for any inconvenience. -- Void  Whispers 18:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Oversight access on cmgwiki
Hi, Thank very much for services, and I very glad in here. Btw, I would requests oversight access in mywiki cmg.miraheze.org, and before I've experience about it. Thanks :-) Cmg (talk) 07:03, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Unless the stewards can be proven to not be able to handle requests in a fast manner and unless the community then approves a user via vote the short answer is no. Oversight access on any wiki lets you see sensitive information that may have been hidden for legal reasons --Sau226 (talk) 09:10, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I hope if only in mywiki cmgwiki, it's not a serious problem, because there a local problem, so no effect for global. And I think no reason to oppose. Cmg (talk) 11:48, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Delete wikirlevip.miraheze.org
Hello. I tried using Miraheze, but actually I would like to use Wikia to run Wikirlevip. So, could you delete wikirlevip.miraheze.org please? All the datas in wikirlevip.miraheze.org are just copies from wikirlevip.wikia.com, so I don't mind deleting wikirlevip.miraheze.org completely. Best regards. --Fuji kyosuke (talk) 15:40, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * First, you can make your wiki "closed" via Special:ManageWiki of your wiki. Then, ask for deletion on Phabricator. You can find a similar case here.-- 12:21, 19 June 2018 (UTC)