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Creating a public and a private section into the same wiki
Hi all. I am new here but collaborated as a volunteer in it.wikipedia and other wikis before. I have sent a request for creating a new private wiki for an organization. Actually, I would prefer to have in the same wiki two sections: one public (readable/editable for anyone) and one private (readable/editable just for selected users), as it happens on Wikipedia, where some pages are viewable only by administrators. Is it possible to do something like this with Miraheze? Do I have to change something at this regard in my request? Or have I open two separate wikis? Thanks in advance. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 13:51, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * You could take advantage of the fact that, by rule (see FAQ), even a private wiki's Main Page is public. You can give different classes of user different rights, but I don't know a way to give different pages different treatment.  Other people may have better answers for you.   17:14 4-Apr-2019
 * It's not possible to have a flexible system where you can have public and non-public pages on the same wiki. If you need to have public and private pages, you will need to use two wikis. Also, as far as I am aware Wikipedia does not have pages that are limited in visibility to admins only (excepting for special pages). -- Void  Whispers 20:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * As of now there is no way to do that on MediaWiki you can set your wiki to private for the entire wiki, but you cannot do it for certain sections. Examknow (talk) 15:29, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

ways to check import logs
We set up a wiki in January 2019 and one of our admins has imported pages with history dating back to 2011 from Wikia, but I'm not sure who is doing it. I checked Special:Log/import but it's blank. Tycio (talk) 17:24, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about animatedfeet, then see T4166, it is being imported by maintenance script. -- Void  Whispers 18:59, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I am glad it is underway. I am not able to view this until I verify my e-mail though. Do you know if I started T4166 or if someone else did? When I look at my log it appears when I added the 90MB file it imported 5 pages then stopped. Tycio (talk) 03:35, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

503 Backend fetch failed
I have been trying to use Special:Import using a 90MB file to import the recent versions of pages from our old wiki. When I did so today and a couple days ago I got the same error message:
 * 503 Backend fetch failed
 * Our servers are having issues at the moment.
 * What can I do?
 * If you're a wiki visitor or owner
 * Try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please report this on phabricator. We appoligize for the inconvenience. Our sysadmins should be attempting to solve the issue ASAP!

I am unable to report it on phabricator because it will not send me an activation e-mail. Does anyone know what causes this? I am settling for importing the recent version for now to cut down on file size, so the 250MB limit should not be the issue when it is merely a 90MB file.

When I watched the % it did slowly appear to successfully upload the entire file, it seems to be some problem involved with processing it. Tycio (talk) 18:22, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That is because a 90 MB file is too large to be imported on-wiki, and it must be imported by a sysadmin (so requested on Phabricator). Have you tried sending the activation email again? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:39, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

I just did so successfully... and it turns out I found all the old e-mails I thought weren't getting sent. They were all in my 'Junk Mail'. I was confused as Hotmail recently split the Inbox into "Focused" and "Other" so I guess I was thinking of "Other" as my Junk Mail. I've added Miraheze to Safe Senders so this shouldn't happen anymore. No idea why HM assumed it was spam! Tycio (talk) 03:38, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Private page readable without restriction
Dear all, greetings, I am new to Miraheze. I have one question: Is it possible to make my wiki readable for everyone visiting it but only editable by me? Thanks!

Kind regards Thanuttamo


 * Please make a task on Phabricator LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 09:36, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, this is something that can be done by yourself. Just follow these steps:


 * 1) Using Special:ManageWikiPermissions, remove the edit right from the '*' and 'user' groups.
 * 2) Again using Special:ManageWikiPermissions, add the edit right to whatever group you would like to be able to edit. If it's just yourself, adding it to 'sysop' (administrator), would work fine.
 * That's it. If you need any help getting this done, please let me know. -- Void  Whispers 12:51, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Void for your answer to my question on the Community Noticeb. regarding steps for my Wiki being not editable but readable by anyone. I followed your instructions but still other people than myself can edit any page. It seems there is just the option between a private Wiki (editorial + reading restrictions) and a public one (no editorial or reading restrictions). Is that the case? Or is a mixture possible, I would like the setting of: editorial restriction + no restriciton as to readability for anyone. Appreciate your assistance.
 * If you follow Void's Step 1 above, general users will not be able to edit your wiki.  10:37 16-Apr-201

What I can see on the "Manage a wiki's permissions" page is a bar with this heading "Select existing group to edit". Bureaucrats I selected in this bar in contrats to the "*" which was default. There is another bar with the heading "Create a new user group", which I left empty as was it by default. After doing that I logged out and still was able in that mode, as a random visitor so to speak, to edit without restriction ... What would you suggest in this case? Further guidance is much appreciated.

IRC proposal: Create Feed channels in other languages besides Miraheze-feed
Hello, everybody. For a long time I have been thinking that Miraheze should offer feed channels in the user's language for example to create the Miraheze-feed-es or Miraheze-feed-fr channel for users of the Spanish and French languages. Would it be possible? Does anyone support this? Opinions? Ucronistaw (talk) 20:38, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
 * This is an interesting idea. I am not sure if it would work with the current setup, but you could file a feature request on Phabricator for it. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:08, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * done. Ucronistaw (talk) 22:50, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Having problems with the VisualEditor extension: "Error loading data from server: apierror-visualeditor-docserver-http: HTTP 404"
Hello, i have just enabled the VisualEditor extension in my wiki. The "edit" button turned into two buttons, one for source editing and one for the visual editor, as expected. Clicking the source editing button works normally, but clicking the button for visual editing displays the error message "Error loading data from server: apierror-visualeditor-docserver-http: HTTP 404. Would you like to retry?" Appear. Retries don't work, either. I also tried clearing my cache since i had just installed the extension, but the problem persists. What should i do? Is this problem known already? YuriNikolai (talk) 19:14, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry for the late response, but this is a known issue, caused by the fact that not all features needed for VisualEditor are enabled at the same time. One part may take ten to twenty minutes to become automatically enabled. So, it should be working now, but let us know if it isn't! -- Void  Whispers 22:29, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Database Errors with Images
I'm getting a database error when I upload an image and save, although the image does upload, as seen in the File List. I also get an error when I try to insert an image in the page. The insert is not sucessful. The errors are all like this: [fbcc4dfb3f1e218a0a7a6f6f] 2019-04-18 16:29:06: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError". Any ideas? Thanks.


 * Hi, this is now fixed. We disabled "Approved Revs" temporarily then re enabled it which fixed the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience. Paladox (talk) 17:34, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Gregfuller 20:24, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Age requirements
I have some friends who are under 13 and wants to contribute to the wiki. They are 11-ish years old. Is there actually an age requirement, like what Wikia. Inc has? The ToU did not say the age requirement. Thank you.

I actually want to use this topic to start a community discussion which might be moved to the Requests for comment page once the discussion has reached a number of signatures on it. Please state your comments below about whether the Site should have age requirements.

Cheers,

LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 11:51, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello, we doin't allow under 13s and it's not negotiable under EU law. Please see https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy#8._Children Paladox (talk) 23:11, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

How can I add a message in the header?
I want to know how to add a message like the given examples. --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 18:37, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Poser and Daz Free Resources has the following message in all its web: "Rest in peace, Syltermermaid. You gave us so much."
 * Crappy Games Wiki also has a message: "Fix for Random Pages feature implemented".


 * Hi, they used Mediawiki:Sitenotice Paladox (talk) 23:05, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 05:19, 20 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Be sure to also make any change to Sitenotice_id so that users are shown the site notice (once)!  16:55 20-Apr-2019


 * I actually think that MediaWiki:Sitenotice is not a good choice for updates and news of the wiki. LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - uploads - global contribs) 04:49, 22 April 2019 (UTC)


 * But it's a good place for alerts, as every user sees it, once only, when used properly.  11:00 22-Apr-2019

Fatal exception of type MWException
I was attempting to setup different user groups and when I saved the first one the site went to saying '[263fa6584ba45c216e0070cc] 2019-04-23 22:35:52: Fatal exception of type MWException." The first half changes when I refresh the page. Not sure what I did wrong. I was trying to use Phabricator as I believe that would be the correct place for this but it's stuck on trying to validate my email which I have a few time and even tired to change the email but it still has the previous one. Em 22:41, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, issue is resolved now. It was caused because you enabled "autopromotion" but didn't add any criteria to be met. This has been fixed in the code to prevent it happening again in the future. John (talk) 23:43, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Request for additional interwiki
Hello. Add an interwiki link to Shiropedia. The interwiki is "jawp" and the URL is "".--辞書城主 (talk) 12:52, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ 辞書城主 Ucronistaw (talk) 13:38, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Trouble with Infoboxes
Hello, I have imported Infoboxes onto my wiki, but I am having trouble getting the text in my infoboxes to actually be in the infobox: https://moonliqhtworlds.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:InfoboxCountry. Also, are there any good tutorials for learning MediaWiki ?
 * I would suggest enabling the PortableInfoboxes extension through Special:Extensions and then using the Wikia instructions to create infobox markup. Native MediaWiki infoboxes are based around functions that normal wiki creators should never need to know.~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 23:43, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Need a list of pages and URLs from the wiki?
How to get a list of all the pages on sdiywiki which include the text " please ? Rob Kam (talk) 13:50, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Rob Kam it doesn't work for you Special:LinkSearch? Ucronistaw (talk) 13:56, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that works fine. Rob Kam (talk) 14:28, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Files disappearing on our wiki or is it maybe something wrong with templates?
Hi! Tonight files like pictures started to disappear from our wiki. It seems like when someone updating a page all the files disappear from that page. Example: https://zendari.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Do you know whats wrong? Is there an issue on miraheze or is it just something on our zendari wiki-page?
 * has already been reported by another community. Ucronistaw (talk) 23:15, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Request for local interwiki for haikuos wiki
--Cafeina (talk) 17:56, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Prefix:
 * URL:
 * Example of how it would work:  -> ticket:9800
 * Requested for: https://haikuos.miraheze.org/
 * ✅ Ucronistaw (talk) 18:01, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Translator permission?
Hello, I happened to notice a typo on a translated page, but when I tried to fix it, it said "You need translation rights to translate messages. Get permission", with a link to Translator (which is a red link) provided. According to Special:UserGroupRights, it seems like I need to either get autoconfirmed or get confirmed/translator permissions manually.

Could anyone tell me why it is so? IMO, foreign users who are capable of translation may not be very active even enough to get themselves autoconfirmed (because they have nothing to edit other than translation works here on meta), and thus anyone, or any registered users, at least, should be allowed to translate pages. Thanks in advance.--ニア・バイオ (talk) 05:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * As I recall, we had an instance where a user was creating accounts and was inserting abusive information into translated pages. This proved harder to moderate than standard editing, so we limited to permission. As well, we've had issues with poor/machine translations being added in the past. Perhaps we should make Translator with a short blurb to request from any admin. I don't know if we want to allow all users to translate, but we haven't had many issues lately, so it's possible. Anyway, I've added translator to your account. -- Void  Whispers 01:54, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply and action.--ニア・バイオ (talk) 02:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Discussion notifications announcement
As you have probably noticed by now, Site updates have not been sent/updated for a while. The main reason for this is the fact that there was not an interest in it, and there was not enough information that was worth sending to users monthly.

I have already sent this message to the Site updates list, but I am also posting here because I would like to propose a trying out a different type of notice sent to users. Instead of monthly updates of a limited number of statistics (which can be consulted by users anyway), staff would instead notify interested users if there is an interesting discussion (on Community noticeboard or Stewards' noticeboard) or if there is a local vote on Meta. Currently, there is no incentive for many users to visit Meta and check recent changes to see if there is anything they would be interested in, so this system would fix that and notify users of that so they can join in the discussion whenever there is one.

In order to subscribe to these notifications, please add your name in the same format to Discussion notifications/List, and you will start being notified on your talkpage. If there is interest in these notifications, they will be continued. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Wrong presentation of my uploaded wiki-logo
I have uploaded a image which I want to use as thje logo of my wiki:MX Linux Users DE but there is only a part presented. The whole logo you can see on Peter Littmann.

What are the options? Who can shrink the presentation? Should I upload it in a special format? --Peter Littmann (talk) 19:15, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

I wish to get the Interaction section like on wikipedia, please.
On the wikipedia there is is on the left side a section named Interaction:


 * Help
 * About Wikipedia
 * Community Portal
 * Recent Ceanges
 * Contact page

How can I get a section like this on my wiki, too? --Peter Littmann (talk) 21:11, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Peter Littmann with Mediawiki:Sidebar on Wikipedia Ucronistaw (talk) 21:23, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * But you might know that I host my wiki not at Wikipedia. So the question is: How can I implement this in my wiki here? --Peter Littmann (talk) 22:58, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You can add a custom MediaWiki:Sidebar on your wiki. the format will be .-- 23:16, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * But how? Is it under tools? special pages? administration? --Peter Littmann (talk) 23:32, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

How to automatically underline links?
On wikipedia when I set a link it is underlined automatically. Here I have to use and. Is there a way to better this? --Peter Littmann (talk) 23:06, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You can add a custom css for links on your user common.css and/or MediaWiki:common.css on your wiki. it should probably be like -- 23:14, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I have selected the CSS extension now, too. But where should I place these files?
 * Provided you create CSS files with the names shown above, they will take effect automatically. By the way, there is also CSS code you can use if you want them to appear differently while the pointer is hovering over them .  00:25 12-May-2019
 * Also, it is a very good idea not to try to underline every a ("anchor") that you include on the page, but instead specify the CSS ("cascading style sheet"). "Style" includes your decision that links should be underlined.  If you change this decision, the CSS is the only thing you have to edit.  Every page of your wiki will obey this decision.   03:42 12-May-2019
 * You said that on wikipedia your link is underlined automatically. What do you mean by that? --Examknow (talk) 21:08, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

test
Can I create my own test wiki? LegoMaster (talk Account information: [ block log] – contribs – logs – [ abuse log] – CentralAuth ) 00:21, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * We prefer that users use publictestwiki.com for testing. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 18:15, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Referata compromised
Hello,

I'm not sure if anyone is already aware of this, but it appears that one of our competitors, Referata, has had its databases compromised in what appears on the surface to be a DOS takedown. The vast majority of Referata sites either will not load and instead redirect to a spam message, and if they will load, are locked from editing and still have hacking spam on them (LocalSettings.php was leaked as part of the hack). Despite multiple attempts to regain control of the service, it appears that Yaron Koren, MediaWiki developer and founder of Referata, has been unable to completely expel the hacker(s). As such, I would not be surprised if Miraheze gets an uptick of wiki requests/import requests due to this. Amanda Catherine (talk) 20:59, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The MediaWiki mailing list received an email from Yaron Koren, MediaWiki developer and lead sysadmin of Referata, saying that the problems appear to be resolved and that the security bug was in the SiteSettings extension. I have therefore suggested to Yaron to use ManageWiki instead. Amanda Catherine (talk) 12:17, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

HELP!: Fatal exception of type MWException
My wiki has an internal error. Please, fix it. I don't know how it happened. --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 02:49, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * My wiki has been fixed! Thank you so much!!! --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Removing all content from a wiki?
I still want to continue my wiki, but between importing it from Wikia and changing nearly all of my layouts/templates to better fit the space here, it's become a disorganized mess. I'd rather start from scratch, but keep the same URL if possible. Polyrhythm (talk) 04:26, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That is possible, please make a request on Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:22, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments Extension
It would nice if those that uses Comments Extension would count as our contribution and notification if replied. Mar9122 (talk) 19:33, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

On Talented Deviants Wiki, can you please enable these extensions?
The extensions that are going to be enabled are: Theresnoname (talk) 07:57, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Comments
 * 2) Flow
 * 3) YouTube
 * 4) Template Sandbox
 * 5) Sandbox Link
 * 6) Poll
 * 7) PollNY
 * 8) VisualEditor
 * Theresnoname I can do it, but I see there are other active users. Do they agree? Hispano76 (talk) 14:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

They didn't care about these extensions, but do it anyway. Theresnoname (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Theresnoname ✅, I did not enable Poll and PollNY because they cause conflict, you must choose only one. Hispano76 (talk) 17:02, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Typo on the main page
I'm new to this wiki and noticed a typo on the main page so I thought I would report it. "Januarary 2019: Miraheze upgraded to 1.32!" Cheers! Reguyla (talk) 12:10, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing it out, fixed by Void. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:13, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I change the alignment of an infobox?
Hello! I'm writing this question because I do not know how to change the alignment of a userbox on my wiki. For instance, if I want it to be on the right side of the page, as most Wikipedia infoboxes are. Thanks! --LiamUJ (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * If you imported your infoboxes from another wiki, import the page MediaWiki:Common.css, it should fix all the styling related to most of the templates from that wiki. -- Void  Whispers 20:19, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks for letting me know! --LiamUJ (talk) 20:21, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Translator permission gone?
I tried to translate a page to find out that the permissions seem to be gone. This tells me that I'm still a "translator", but I can't translate any pages. Is this part of all the broken permissions I found on my wiki and are reported on some other Japanese wikis (as seen here)?--ニア・バイオ (talk) 11:49, 23 May 2019 (UTC)