Stewards' noticeboard

Archives:
 * Archive 1 (12 August - 19 November 2015)
 * Archive 2 (16 November 2015 - 14 May 2016)
 * Archive 3 (15 May 2016 - 20 July 2016)
 * Archive 4 (20 July 2016 - 5 April 2017)
 * Archive 5 (26 April 2017 - )

How do I request a wiki extension?
Extension:YouTube

 Additional Request

Hello. This is a Shortwiki(쇼트위키) manager. Ask the short list to add additional YouTube functionality. Thank you very much.

Dormancy policy exemption for sdiy.miraheze.org
I'd like to request an exception to the dormancy policy for sdiy.miraheze.org please. The wiki is a reference and used for research.
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Language of my wiki
I hope I am contacting the right people here. My issue is quite unusual, I think: I'm running a German-language wiki (Picard-Wiki) on Miraheze since September. I never had any bigger problems with Miraheze, but now the language of the wiki suddenly changed from German to English. I have already checked my preferences and the Special:ManageWiki, but both are saying they're on German. I have no idea how to solve this. I hope you can help me out. Thanks to everyone trying to help in advance. The Picardian (talk) 21:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * confirmo que también a mi me pasa. Cambió de Español a Inglés en mi wiki y en Meta (donde he visto) --Wiki1776 (talk) 21:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The localisation cache has been rebuilt. Sorry for the inconveniences caused by this error. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:50, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks a lot.The Picardian (talk) 06:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Incorrect inactivity notice on biu.miraheze.org
We keep seeing the dormancy warning at the top of our wiki at biu.miraheze.org even though it has recent activity.

I've tried removing it but it keeps coming back. Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug?
 * Remove the text from MediaWiki:Sitenotice and it should go away. MacFan4000 (talk) 11:58, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The reason it comes back is because, as it says, the wiki is inactive. If you need an exemption from the policy please tell me. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:42, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The wiki has had some recent edits. They have not touched MediaWiki:Sitenotice at all though. MacFan4000 Talk Contribs 18:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)