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Journal Citation Templates from Wikipedia
I tried importing and using the Template:Cite Journal templates from Wikipedia to allow inline citing of journal articles, but I cannot get it to work.

Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

I have imported other citation templates from Wikipedia and they work without any problems. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks,

Intp (talk) 13:10, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm familiar with the issues, and can provide a fix. Can you link me to a page with the issue? -- Void  Whispers 20:44, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Sure, the template documentation page ( https://taswin.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal ) does not render the citations due to the error. However, any page where the citation journal template is used also produces the error.

Intp (talk) 07:14, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, -- Void  Whispers. The problem seems to be fixed. Seems that there's a bug in the citation template. It wasn't checking if the wikibase was installed before calling it, which was producing the error. -- Void  Whispers added a conditional statement to first check that wikibase was installed before calling it. On small wikis, Wikibase is probably not necessary.

Intp (talk) 08:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

HELP! I have a Error 500!!!
I'll get to the point: I was doing a CSS update of my wiki, but it seems that I've failed somewhere in the code and now I have my web totally blank (Error 500). Could a Miraheze staff member help me reverse my mistake? By the way, do you have any wiki that I can use for my "experiments with CSS"? I know you have a wiki where all are administrators, but I do not remember which one. Try to reverse this, please: https://giantess.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css If you were wondering what I was trying to do, I was copying the code from https://playstationallstars.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css because I wanted to reverse engineer it (I admit I like the configuration he gave to his wiki). PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 23:25, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
 * VE was required to be installed and it wasn't. I've enabled it now for you. John (talk) 23:32, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, so it was not a CSS error? Can I continue editing the CSS without fear of the Error 500 happening again? PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 23:36, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Generate Site Map for Wiki
Hi, does anyone on here know how to generate a sitemap for a wiki for search engine optimization purposes, or if one is already created, or if I need to request features to have some kind of special extension installed?
 * Thanks, intp (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

How much storage space does Miraheze have?
Well, My wiki, Crazybloxian Empire, could get large pretty soon. How much storage space does the wiki-hosting service have? is the first Google result, but  isn't on the first 5 results pages at all. Psephomancy (talk) 22:45, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe making the old wiki a redirect to the new wiki will work. Though it could take some time.-- 01:31, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * As The Pioneer says, it does take some time, but you can try to make it quicker by doing what is described here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:13, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Reception123, I added it to SearchConsole and it says the pages are excluded from Google: "Duplicate, submitted URL not selected as canonical Status: Excluded". Not sure what that means, and it doesn't list what it thinks the canonical URL is.  It says it will scan the site within a few days so I guess I will find out then. Psephomancy (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

I've posted more details here: https://electowiki.org/wiki/Electowiki:The_caucus#Search_Engine_Optimization Psephomancy (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will ask the other sysadmins what they think as well. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:24, 5 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, User:Reception123, I posted more on https://electowiki.org/wiki/Electowiki:The_caucus#Search_Engine_Optimization I'm not sure if it notified you. Psephomancy (talk) 17:42, 13 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Google will display the older site higher up for some time, and none of what you are doing is likely to have any effect. The best way to change that would be to simply shut down the old site, set the server to HTTP redirect 301 (permanent redirect) to the new domain, and fill out Google's change of address form. The 301 redirects must stay in place for around 2-3 weeks while Google updates, and then the new domain will appear in Google results as the previous domain did. You can then do whatever you like with the old domain, it won't appear on Google search anymore. Dysklyver (talk) 01:24, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Template Navbox show/hide won't appear
I know this has been discussed before, but I cannot see to make Template:Navbox work on my wiki. I've copied so many Lua files, Common.js and Common.css, and reloaded the cache til I'm blue in the face. Would anyone being willing to take a look? Unlike previous users' problems, I can't seem to get it to get started at all: the show/hide box has never appeared for me. I am willing to scrap everything and reimport anything you say! --Aquatiki (talk) 03:01, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Template:Navbox is based on collapsible tables. I've added the JS to your Common.js that handles allows such tables to function. -- Void  Whispers 21:29, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I am filled with undying love and admiration!!!! 😍🙌🏽🤓👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨💓👍 Thank you!!!  --Aquatiki (talk) 02:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)  P.S.  Where did you get it from?

Wiki's logo (File:Wiki.png) won't update
I always have a hard time adding a new version of the nonciclopedia's logo; even if the upload is successful and the new version appears in the history, the file stays on the previous version for days or forever. Purging the page won't help. Attempting to reupload the file fails, I'm told that version already exist, and checking the options to ignore system errors and such fails too.

If you check the you'll see there's a few differences between the 21 dic 2018 and 2 gen 2019 versions (the title doesn't overlap with the logo and the wiki-sphere is slightly different) and you can see those differences in the history thumbnails, but if you click on the last version you're taken to the previous version. Also, in Special:ManageWikiSettings I can't link to the newest version for the same reason: the link to the new version is https://static.miraheze.org/nonciclopediawiki/b/bc/Wiki.png, exactly the same as the link I previously set, and it leads to the old version. There's maybe an issue with caching? --Wedhro (talk) 03:49, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, is this still an issue? It could just be your local browser cache not updating as well. -- Void  Whispers 22:04, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * After 3-4 days the issue if finally gone. Today I uploaded a new version of a different files and, again, it was stuck on the previous version, this time only for a dozen hours. This never happens on Fandom using the same browser, so it's probably on Miraheze's servers.--Wedhro (talk) 22:35, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Looking to hire someone to customize Miraheze main page
Would anyone here be interested in some *paid* work to customize the main page of my Miraheze wiki? I’m hoping for a three column layout with three icons which are links.

Here is a diagram showing what I want (assuming it's possible):. Link to site:

You can contact me at librarylexique@gmail.com.

Here are examples of two Miraheze wikis with two column layouts. I couldn’t find one with three columns.

https://maiasongcontest.miraheze.org/wiki/Home https://thelonsdalebattalion.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page


 * Hello. I will very happily do it (it is possible) but first I would like to ask how much you'd be willing to pay and how you would be willing to pay it. You can have a look at mh:sofw:Swords_of_Wrath_Wiki which I styled using CSS.
 * El Komodos Drago (talk) 16:51, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S. How would you like me to submit it? I could place it directly on to the main page.


 * The job has been done and well done to whoever did it, they did a much better job than I would've.
 * 16:23, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Global Interwiki feature
Hi folks, you can now link to any wiki on Miraheze by using a link in the format of mh : wiki : Page. This will generate a link to wiki .miraheze.org/wiki/ Page. For example: mh:test:Test will display as mh:test:Test, and mh:login:User:Void will show mh:login:User:Void. There are a couple of caveats to this however, as these links only work on a page. You cannot use the prefix to search for a page on another wiki (which is possible with standard interwiki prefixes). These links will override any existing interwiki link that uses mh as its prefix. If this is a problem for you, please let us know so we can adjust it for you. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please leave them below! -- Void  Whispers 22:00, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Extra CSS background image
Hey there people from Miraheze which I need a special request or help for the extra background image in my common.css of the PlayStation All-Stars Database which I was making the image for User header at the top right, here is what it look like. (this was created in Paint.NET for the concept)

I've tried to combined and shared the image with body CSS along with the background, but it wasn't work. Here's the code of this that you could help me for added another background image.

-Official-PSASD (talk) 01:31, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks like it's working fine. Sometimes it may take a while before your css will actually work, and all you have to do is to wait.-- 06:41, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Request for deleting a translation
Please delete Donate/zh-cn since Donate/zh already exists and MediaWiki is able to transform it to different Chinese variants (zh-cn, zh-tw, zh-hk, zh-sg, etc.)

A further proposal is to disable translations to variants of Chinese and direct users to contribute their translation in "zh". --Tiger (talk) 07:35, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, since it's a machine translation, it could sometimes be inaccurate, and I don't think we need to delete pages that have been already created because manual translations could be more accurate.-- 08:53, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Both Donate/zh-cn and Donate/zh were translated by human I think. And /zh is good enough. In other words, /zh-cn is totally a redundant translation.--Tiger (talk) 09:52, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * What I meant is about the automatically generated variants (such as this). While I do think the all the variants are understandable (as even I, being a Japanese and share some characters in common, can understand them), I'm not sure whether they are all accurate enough.-- 11:34, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In most cases, MediaWiki just change Chinese characters between simplified and traditional form and does not cause problems. However, some of differences between variants can't be fixed in this way (very rare under circumstance of a site like meta). In Chinese Wikipedia, they use  for those complicated cases, but they don't deal with a translation system. meta.wikimedia.org forces users not to use variants. I'd better figure out how meta.wikimedia solve this problem (maybe they just ignore it since native Chinese are usually able to read other variants).--Tiger (talk) 12:52, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

meta.wikimedia.org uses only basic word conversion function provided by MediaWiki and I see little complaints on inaccuracy of the conversion. One shortcoming of allowing translation to variants of Chinese is that content of variants can be not exactly the same (caused by outdated content and differences between translators). I'm not quite sure about what negative effects will appear if this proposal is realized. Just put it here for discussion.---Tiger (talk) 11:45, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, I may want others opinions on this topic. For now, I'll ping and, as I know they use Chinese.-- 13:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I agree what Tiger said. Some pages include many Chinese variant translations (Such as Miraheze page) and more variants may be added in the future. Once the page is updated, we'll have to spend more time updating multiple Chinese pages. But I think we can remain zh-hans (or probably just zh) and zh-hant (translatewiki.net separate zh-hans and zh-hant, but they disable other Chinese variants) ? Unlike Chinese Wikipedia, in Miraheze Meta, the variants of Chinese cannot be automatically changed on the basis of users' preferred Chinese variant. People who use Chinese-Traditional may be hard to adapt Chinese-Simplified. But it's just my initial opinion. 我同意Tiger的看法，有些像是Miraheze的頁面存在不同中文變體的翻譯頁面，以後可能更多. 一旦頁面更新，我們就必須花費更多時間更新它們. 但也許我們可以統一將頁面翻譯成簡體中文和繁體中文兩個部分（translatewiki.net是區分簡體和繁體翻譯，但不翻譯其它變體）？中文維基百科可以根據用戶的偏好設定自動轉換變體，但是Miraheze Meta無法這樣做. 不過這只是我一開始的想法，因為我身邊使用繁體中文的人，其實不一定能完全理解簡體中文.  📞Laundry Machine  15:01, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, the default variant chosen when you visit a "zh" translation is "No conversion" which shows original text the translator wrote. You need to select one in the menu. Is it possible to fix this technically?--Tiger (talk) 01:32, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it's something technical, and thus should be posted on .-- 04:10, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I posted it on T4029.--Tiger (talk) 04:49, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Math expressions do not show
Hello. I have a problem using the Math extension. When I enter a valid LaTeX expression between tags, nothing is displayed. I can write anything, the extension considers that my equation contains errors. Thus, all my pages that contain mathematical expressions are in the category "Pages with math errors". This problem has appeared recently. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sydiorn (talk • contribs) 08:27, 15 January 2019‎ (UTC)
 * This should have just been fixed, let us know if you encounter any other issues with the extension. -- Void  Whispers 18:11, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

What is the best way of adding a scratch project to a wiki?
I would like to add a scratch project I have made to my wiki. What is the best way of doing that? Some kind of iFrame (scratch is now 100% W3C technologies)? the scratch extension even though it hasn't been updated since days of yore? something else? is it even possible?

Thank you for your reply in advance.

El Komodos Drago (talk) 09:18, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm, do you think this could be done using a widget? -- Void  Whispers 18:12, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I am getting an error saying "Requests to the server have been blocked by an extension." I think it was mentioned elsewhere that this was because of security measures put in place by miraheze and the domain would have to be added to some whitelist.
 * El Komodos Drago (talk) 00:35, 16 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Do you think anyone could help me with this?
 * 09:15, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Replacing Wikimedia SiteLinks on item page with internal article links
Is it possible to create sitelinks to articles on my wiki (ffgxv.miraheze.org) from items (using Wikibase) to other articles on the same wiki? As it stands, my only options for sitelinks are to wikimedia wikis (i.e. Wikipedia, etc...)

ThutmosisV (talk) 09:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Can you explain it to us in detail? I don't see what you mean by sitelinks.-- 04:28, 17 January 2019 (UTC)


 * On wikibase item pages you have 6 sitelink fields (wikipedia, wikinews, wikiquote, wikisource, wikivoyage and other wikimedia sites) that you can edit (or at least I could, but now all I do when pressing edit is that I get a save and cancel button) by entering the linked article name and site id (e.g. enwiki). Is there a way to replace these sitelink fields with one or more fields that link to an article internally? Basically I want to use wikibase to hold data on specific entities that can be accessed throughout the wiki (and, potentially, other wikis) ThutmosisV (talk) 10:03, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm not sure. Maybe you can file a request on Phab to find out whether it's possible.-- 12:36, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Censored by Miraheze staff?
Going about my usual editing, I noticed a couple pages on my wiki blanked out and replaced with the text "Censored by Miraheze Staff." The edit log shows it was vandalized, but a staff member moved it back to its correct location without reverting the page.

So what I'm trying to figure out is does Miraheze actually censor pages this way? Or was this just some vandalism that the staff forgot to fix? Want to be sure before I fix it. MZD (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Miraheze Staff do not censor pages in the way you have described, we don't censor at all - we take down content in response to legal or technical challenges usually in a way which most contributors will never see and won't be visible on the wiki (as you describe). Any such take downs will be followed by communication from the staff member who has done so through email or on wiki providing valid reasons, the situation that caused the response and relevant appeal/contest processes as appropriate. It should further be known that the user who revert the vandalism is not a staff member of Miraheze but a volunteer like yourself just with extended access granted by the global community. John (talk) 13:11, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Problem adding Math extension
Hi,

I try to install the Math extension, but that does not work. Here's my wiki extension page: https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWikiExtensions

Usually, after selecting an extension and after pressing the Submit button, I got the message The settings have been successfully changed. But noting happens with the Math extension.

Do I have to edit manually LocalSettings.php file and if so, how ?

Thanks,

François


 * Hi, thanks for reporting! We have found the problem and have now fixed it! Paladox (talk) 19:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Not receiving Phabricator confirmation email.
Hello. I just created my Miraheze account this afternoon and took steps to register for Phabricator, however, I have not received the confirmation email in either my inbox or junk folder, even after nearly a dozen clicks of the "send another email" button. Can you help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itami Suzuka (talk • contribs) 05:36, 20 January 2019‎ (UTC)


 * Hi, i resent it. Did you receive it? Paladox (talk) 18:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Unable to use PDFBook extension
Hi,

Thanks for the wiki, really appreciated !

I activated the PDFBook extension but I am unable to make it work.

I followed the instruction at this place: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfBook#Usage

So I try the following two URL on my wiki:

https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/index.php?title=Catégorie:Dictionnaire&action=pdfbook https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/index.php?title=Accueil&action=pdfbook&format=html

It returns an error message "Unknown action" and "The specified action in the URL is invalid."

My site is in french. So instead of "Main_Page" I have "Accueil" and instead of "Category" I have "Catégorie" in the above examples.

Can this be a problem ?

Thanks a lot,

François


 * Odd, according to ManageWikiExtensions, the extension should be enabled. According to https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Version the extension is not. Could you try disabling the extension and re-enabling it please? -- Void  Whispers 17:13, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I deactivated and reactivated PDFBook, but does not work. By the way, the message is "Parameters have changed" instead of something as "Successful installation..."


 * Try again, we've just updated one of the variables, as it prevented the extension from being installed properly. You are right though, that the wording of the messages should be improved upon. -- Void  Whispers 17:56, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. PDFBook is now installed when I check the following page:

https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Version

But I have the same error message: Unknown action.

Don't know how to use Collection extension
Hi,

I don't know how to use the Collection extension.

I activated Electron PDF Service extension as mention at the entry for Collection extension in the extension page. But the Electron PDF Service extension does not seem to be installed if I check the version page:

https://sopromet.miraheze.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Version

In fact, the Collection extension does not seem to be installed either.

I don't see any new link or option in the main menu at the left of my wiki.

What can I do from there ?

Thanks a lot,
 * Hmm, since it looks like a technical issue, I think you should file a request on .-- 03:01, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Request for Interwiki of Tanukipedia and Dreamsciencewiki
Hello.

I am BC of Tanukipedia and Dreamsciencewiki.

I edit in several wikis. If interwiki exists, I think it will be convenient. So I would like to ask you to add local Interwiki in Tanukipedia and Dreamsciencewiki.

--TANUKI (talk) 14:26, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Please note that we had to use small letter for the prefix "空想科学Wiki" due to technical reasons, which is actually registered as "空想科学wiki".-- 02:55, 23 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. --TANUKI (talk) 03:38, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Persistent error trying to import Wikipedia infoboxes
I have none experience using wikimedia but i'm trying to use this in a personal project. I followed all the step at this guide (https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Void/Infoboxes) but I'm getting the following error message (Erro em Lua em Módulo:Categorização_AD_e_AB_de_outras_wikis na linha 173: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).) and i do not know what to do to solve this. Can anyone help me please?

Link of a page with the error at my wiki: https://libertarianismo.miraheze.org/wiki/Escola_Austr%C3%ADaca Luancezari (talk) 06:25, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Not able to save edited page
Hi,

I'm not able to save any edited pages when edited in visual mode. I got the following error message:

Unknown error

But I can do changes in visual mode then switch to code mode and then save changes!

Is it possible to check this ?

Thanks a lot,

François

Usage of the DPL3 Extension
I've successfully enabled the DPL3 extension on my wiki here.

I tested it using:

Also see the info on columns in the full DPL3 manual

This does work, it shows a list of all the pages in the category "Topic", BUT:
 * Just above the list it shows "Sjabloon:Extension DPL". Why?
 * Results should be shown in 3 columns. But it's only 1 list in a single column

Miels (talk) 17:54, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello. Would you post the link? We need to check the page.--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 07:48, 31 January 2019 (UTC)Fixed--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 07:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi . The link to my sandbox is https://miels.miraheze.org/wiki/Help:Zandbak . My wiki is set to private though, feel free to bypass that if you can. Miels (talk) 10:31, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 11:06, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * It's because of how the extension works. All you need to do is to create a blank page for mh:miels:Template:Extension DPL.-- 08:20, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, good to know an empty page should be sufficient! I'll get right to it, thanks! Miels (talk) 10:31, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * My pleasure ;)-- 11:08, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Request for Interwiki on Legrandmessager
Hi, I would like to set Forward to true to any Wikimedia and Mizahere wikis on Legrandmessager. Thank you -CreativeC (talk) 19:06, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * We can overwrite your interwiki prefixes by adding a local interwiki, but since it's a private wiki, it requires a Steward's help.-- 08:11, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Is a namespace mandatory?
Hi to everyone,

I am new to the business and this (crf250l.miraheze.org) is my first Wiki. Could someone help me understanding the namespace feature? While uploading pictures, I recently get a message like "The file 'user.jpg' already exists. Do you want to overwrite it?"

So, as far as I understand, I'm uploading in the main directory by default and I need to create my own directory or namespace. Is that correct and, if so, could you tell me how to do so?

Best regards, Michael


 * Most simply put, when uploading files, you need to make sure that each file has a unique name, otherwise it will overwrite an existing file. There is no way to create another namespace for files. If the file you are currently attempting to upload should not exist (you have not previously uploaded it), then it should be fine to overwrite. -- Void  Whispers 20:41, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply. Regarding my own files, all filenames are unique, but as far as I understand they collide with files uploaded by other users. For example, while uploading a picture called "Titelseite.jpg" (which means startpage in english) I got a message that a file called Titelseite.jpg already exists. That message occured while uploading the very first picture to my wiki and there was no content at all. The existing file was shown by the system. It was a Picture I have never seen before, showing a Detail of someone else's furniture.
 * There is a wiki extension, I do not know if it is enabled on your wiki, that provides that media files that exist anywhere in MediaWiki appear to already exist on your wiki. You are free to override any name so that it refers to your own upload rather than a MediaWiki file.  This might account for the surprise you experienced.   02:20 22-Feb-2019

How to change filenames starting with a "ß"?
I imported my Wiki from Wikia to Miraheze with the export/import function. In the old Wiki there were filenames that started with a "ß" and in the Miraheze Wiki they are somehow translated to "SS". In the filecategory I can see the files starting with a "ß" but when I click on them they start with "SS" and it seems that they don't exist under the new filename. When I upload the file again with the "SS" name I get a message that that file already exists under the old name. I can't delete the old files because there is no way to get acces to them.

Example If you click on this link and you scroll to the end you can see the files starting with a "ß" but when you click on them the open with "SS".

Is there a solution for this?

--Eelco (talk) 09:21, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late response, this seems like quite a complicated language related issue. We will look into it however. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:25, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Is Visual Editing possible?
Hi. I was wondering if there's a way to edit a wikipage with visual editor instead of the classical editor and if so how.
 * If you are a bureaucrat on a wiki, you can enable Visual Editor using Special:ManageWikiExtensions. -- Void  Whispers 20:01, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual Editor error
each time I try to edit using visual editor a box shows up saying this "Error loading data from server: apierror-visualeditor-docserver-http: HTTP 404. Would you like to retry?". Each time I click retry it brings back the same box and asks me to retry again. The box doesn't let me use Visual Editor. How do I fix this?
 * Wait about ten to twenty minutes, some changes have to go through the servers first before they work properly. -- Void  Whispers 20:35, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Visual Editor Does not Load
For some reason when I try to use visual editor it just doesn't load. When I click it a bar shows up and it starts filling up. It fills up more than half way but then just stops and doesn't keep loading.
 * I cannot confirm this issue with the details you have provided. Where is this issue taking place? What specific page? Are you getting any errors? -- Void  Whispers 03:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

It is taking place in all pages in my wiki. It does not tell me that there are any errors (just the bar that I described). Mozilla Firefox version 65.0 — FearThePugs 11:41, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I have made the assumption that the wiki you are talking about is the one you requested (infamousreignwiki) and have taken a look. I tried using VisualEditor on your wiki and encountered no errors with it. Please tell us your browser and its version, as that could possibly be the issue. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 12:46, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * That should be fine. Please try clearing your cookies and then try to edit again, and let me know if it works after. Also, please sign your posts with ~ . Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:11, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


 * After clearing cookies it still doesn't work - FearThePugs 11:41, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Some help with the Analytics
Hi,

I have two questions regarding the MatomoAnalytics special page:
 * Is there a way to see the number of unique visitors in the last month? I can see several detailed statistics, which is great, but having the total number of visitor is essential for this kind of page, in my opinion. Has this been considered, or should I open a phabricator task?
 * For the numbers that are actually there, I'm not sure what time period they represent. The past month, an average, something else?

Thanks in advance! :) --Ondo (talk) 22:34, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * That is currently not possible, and I am not sure if there is anything that we can do about it, but possibly. So yes, I think it would be best if you opened a Phabricator task requesting this. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:52, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * done, thanks. Any ideas on the second question? --Ondo (talk) 16:41, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Which numbers are you referring to? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:28, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * For example, Browser Usage or Number of Pages Accessed. --Ondo (talk) 17:30, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It is monthly. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 19:40, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Ondo (talk) 11:21, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

How do I view past edits on a page that has been deleted?
I'm from FANDOM, and another user there has been causing trouble and is now very angry. In his anger, he created propaganda pages about me and some other FANDOM users I know on the atrocious fandom users miraheze. I didn't take a screenshot as proof of this in time, and now the user that created the pages has deleted them. Is there any way to view past edits on pages that are now deleted so I can take a screenshot?

Here are the pages: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4.
 * If the pages have been deleted, they can only be viewed by a local administrator or a staff member. What do you need these pages for? -- Void  Whispers 22:30, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

InfoBox
Is there a way I can add infoboxes into my wiki (like the ones on wiki fandom)? I have looked into the extensions and haven't found anything I could add to my wiki that is to add an infobox.
 * Please see User:Void/Infoboxes. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:03, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Do I just import this into my wiki? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Export&pages=Template:Infobox%0AModule:Infobox%0AModule:Navbar%0AModule:Arguments%0AMediaWiki:Common.css&wpDownload=1 . Or do I have to edit it before importing it to the wiki (as in adding info).
 * , I'm afraid that in this case appears to be barking up the wrong tree. To enable fandom infoboxes you need to go to Special:ManageWikiExtensions and enable PortableInfobox. To create an infobox you need to go to template: and then use the format explained here (we don't have infobox builder). Glad you've decided to leave fandom, they have become as crooked as a canine's hind leg and it is turning into a real doghouse.
 * ~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 23:02, 23 February 2019 (UTC) who enjoyed working in the dog references.

Is Miraheze supports interwiki links to other Miraheze-powered wikis?
I was wondering how links work when it comes to interwiki links. I tried a few tests below, so send me some feedback about the tests.

communitycentralbympteam:Bulletins:Community

If it does not work, my suggestion is support interwiki links to other wikis. Maybe I'm stressed out to insert external links to other wikis each time. --DekuPH2006AJHalili (talk) 09:57, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we have general interwikis for other Miraheze wikis, which should be . As for the example above, thus, the interwiki should be written as:  [[mh:communitycentralbympteam:Bulletins:Community ]].-- 10:08, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * That's nice, but what if I host some external site (for instance, a wiki on one on my own servers) and want to point the miraheze: entry on Special:Interwiki somewhere? If I create a link to a page like https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/mh:communitycentralbympteam:Bulletins:Community from outside, it doesn't get me whatever's on mh:communitycentralbympteam:Bulletins:Community locally here, it gets me an error message. Carlb (talk) 22:38, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The links are only done by changing the way the software renders links on a page. In this regard, it is rather limited, as it does not allow you to use the full features of interwiki links. I'm not too certain how to accomplish what you are asking, but wouldn't it be easier to simply link directly to communitycentralbympteam.miraheze.org/wiki/Bulletins:Community? -- Void  Whispers 23:39, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * There are over 3000 individual Miraheze wikis. If I'm some random sysadmin of some random outside, external wiki I might be willing to add one miraheze: entry to the interwiki table on my site, much like I have one interwiki for wikipedia:. I'm not going to add 3000 individual Special:Interwiki entries to each of 3000 Miraheze projects, many of which are inactive or largely empty - but if the whole thing could be done on one interwiki prefix, that at least is viable.
 * As an example of how this works, the wikipedia: interwiki prefix on most non-WMF sites points to just one of the hundreds of wikis in the Wikimedia family, perhaps (most commonly)  https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1. So what happens if one of my users wants to link to Wikivoyage's article on Montréal. Wikivoyage is part of Wikimedia, but I don't have a direct interwiki pointing to fr.wikivoyage.org. No problem. I have an interwiki to en.wikipedia, so a user can wikilink [[wikipedia:voy:fr:Montréal]] and Wikipedia's server will unpack the resulting mess ( https://en.wikipedia.org/voy:fr:Montréal ) as it recognises voy: as a local interwiki to the Wikimedia sibling, which in turn will recognise fr: as a language interwiki, which will eventually land on "Montréal est la plus grande métropole du Québec..." in Wikimedia's French-language travel guide et tout va bien. I don't need to know whether voy: is a page namespace, a language code, another interwiki or just part of the page title; I send all the outbound-to-WMF links to Wikipedia and let their server handle redirection to individual sibling wikis.
 * If you're relying on the wiki which contains the outbound link to know that "communitycentralbympteam" is a subdomain and "bulletins" is a namespace? The software running a site located outside Miraheze doesn't grasp this distinction and shouldn't need to do so. Modifying the outbound link on the originating wiki only works if that site knows your URL structure (including any custom domains or subdomains for individual projects) and is running non-standard software to try to figure where the link is supposed to go. That's not going to happen, as the site sending traffic to you is running stock versions of the code which make just the one ($1) substitution and do no other parsing. The end result is that users of other wikis can't link mh:projectname:pagename as an interwiki link, so instead must use plain external links - complete with that pesky "nofollow" attribute which tells search engines to ignore those links as potentially being spam. Carlb (talk) 01:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see what you mean. I'll take a look at getting this done at some point soon. -- Void  Whispers 20:28, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Problems
Here at Miraheze, we encountered some problems. First of all, there are too much wiki requests waiting for approval, so we either have to add more wiki creators or let registered users access the Special:CreateWiki page to create a wiki. Thank you. Lego Mas ter  Send me a message! 10:41, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with the part that we need more wiki creators. You can become one by yourself, if you make a request here and it succeeds. However, I don't think we should allow any users to create a wiki. Unlike Wikia/Fandom, we run on donations, and allowing to host malicious or/and invalid wikis without checking can cause severe damage not only to our servers but also to our finances.-- 17:13, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I dont want to make a request because not enough global edits LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 04:36, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * To add to LegoMaster's statement, I initially found the wiki creator tool very intimidating. Very rarely does one run into a non-automated system on the internet these days and when you are normally asking for something big (Wikia uses it for adoptions) and it frequently becomes quite complex. Now the Miraheze system is neither but conveying that to users is difficult. ~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 22:49, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Wiki creator does not require that many global edits. Since you have already been monitoring the request queue and have reminded us that there are unreviewed requests, I think it would be fine for you to request wiki creator. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:51, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that people will put an oppose vote because not enough experience LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 11:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

help me with my wiki
I have this wiki, and script errors kept showing up. I need someone from Fabricator to fix it, or a Lua module editor, or someone who is familiar about Lua modules. LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 10:51, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Which pages have these script errors? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:51, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Please add these statistics to Special:Analytics
Please can we have data about screen size and operating system available in Special:Analytics. ~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 11:31, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes! I have now added these two options to Analytics. Enjoy! Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 18:17, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Need to attach my accounts
I currently have a second account on the Nonciclopedia.org wiki that according to my account manager is not attached to the global account. Can someone help me into doing it? Is the problem because that account was made when that wiki was on a different server than Miraheze? -Phantom Dusclops&#39;92 (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * That could well be a problem, as Miraheze has global accounts that apply across individual wikis. Users imported from another server are not attached to your other account here.  The best solution is to settle on a single Miraheze identity, and write sufficient documentation to tell Nonciclopedians you are the same person.   23:24 6-Mar-2019
 * Looks like someone didn't document this, but it's already been fixed. -- Void  Whispers 00:28, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Development of Structured Wikiquote
Hi,

It’s been a long time since a multilingual, Wikibase-based version of Wikiquote has been proposed and supported Meta-Wikimedia but it seems the Wikimedia Foundation & Wikimedia Deutchland don’t care (they don’t care much of anything else than WPedia, commons & WData). Could Miraheze host it & would it be any interrested developpers ?

Thank you — CreativeC (talk) 21:07, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, (as long as they respect our policies) any wiki is welcome at Miraheze! Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 17:59, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Now to find motivated devs -- CreativeC (talk) 19:10, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * But could Miraheze accept regular updates of the Structured Quote extension (even a restricted FTP access to the specific wiki ?) ? -- CreativeC (talk) 19:13, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't understand this, as the real Wikiquote is working well, and some of its pages are multilingual. I am not a contributor but an occasional reader, but how would you motivate developers to begin work on the same thing with a different underlying design (perhaps more "structured" than the original?)   23:22 6-Mar-2019
 * Wikiquote can’t be used as a database and thus reused by other website. Also Wikiquote isn’t a multilingual-wiki; meaning that you have to re create a page of an author dozens of time to translate the same quotes + it slows the work as communities don’t meet others so much. Also WikiquoteS aren’t really known, so maybe merging it into a single community will make it famous —CreativeC (talk) 21:18, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding/installing custom fonts
How do you go about installing custom fonts? I only need to use a handwriting style font in a template. I don't want to change the font for the whole site. The font in question is called charm and is available on google fonts. Thanks. 09:28, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I think I've done it, just not sure if it's the correct way. I added the following to the beginning of commons.css  and then set the font-family in the template, which eventually changed the selected text to the desired font. For future references, is there another way of doing this or is the easiest way.  13:21, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure that's the easiest way to do it, as it's what I would have suggested doing. -- Void  Whispers 17:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * That is more than I knew about invoking them. Regarding not changing the font for the whole site, this will happen automatically; you have to specify style to get it to be used.  Either a new rule in MediaWiki:Common.css (and the rule can state which picture elements it applies to); or in an <SPAN STYLE="font-family: Impact; color: red">individual picture element</SPAN>.   21:48 7-Mar-2019

Problem with the queue, again.
(Originally under the original problem discussion thread but decided it was better to post here)

The problem with the queue being filled with wikis has resurfaced, 9 wikis are in the queue to either be declined or accepted. Please take a look at this when you can. JoeBee James (talk) 17:40, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Dormancy policy exemption
Not sure if this is the right place but told me to request on Meta.

Please exempt my wiki - weather.miraheze.org from the global dormancy policy so that no inactivity remedies will be taken against it.

Please see https://weather.miraheze.org/wiki/Weather_Wiki:News/March_2019_Inactivity for more information. Amanda Catherine (talk) 02:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Usually they are done on Stewards' noticeboard but I guess this is fine. As for the exemption itself, the issue I see is that there is not enough content on the wiki to justify an exemption for "Wikis made to be read, where a lot of information is already on wiki and doesn't need to be actively edited." While weatherwiki has many pages regarding policy, there are only 4 actual content pages (including the Main Page). I would like someone else's opinion on this, but I would be inclined not to accept the exemption because of this reason. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 07:29, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that “founder request” was a valid reason for an exemption. But if it isn’t anymore, fine, just please don’t close/delete/whatever the wiki without emailing me per what I linked to above. Amanda Catherine (talk) 21:06, 9 March 2019 (UTC)