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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?

Can't be visited in China Mainland?
When I enter miraheze, I get no response, unless I 翻墙, which means miraheze seems to be block.

http://tool.chinaz.com/speedtest/miraheze.org

Why can't it be visited in China Mainland? --SolidBlock (talk) 11:14, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It's probably because of the great firewall of the Chinese government. You can avoid it by using VPN.-- 11:37, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I do know how to climb-wall. And it connects normally now, and can be searched for by Baidu. --SolidBlock (talk) 02:25, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * And it's blocked now. I have to 科学上网 to visit it.--SolidBlock (talk) 15:19, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Infobox
Hello. I was trying to import infoboxes from wikipedia to my wiki. But it was not succesful, I dont even know if I did it right. Please can someone do the guide for me on a specific example? I was trying to import infoboxes from this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump and I wanted to have the same look just like in this page. I did all what was in this page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_Wikipedia_infoboxes_tutorial But please can somebody help me and write a guide to how to import these specific infoboxes (Donald Trump) to my wiki. Maybe I did something wrong and later I´ll can understand it. Mostly I dont understand where I can found modules which are required for a specific infobox (template?), just like in Donald Trump page. I dont know but I imported only these with /doc: Template:Infobox Template:Infobox officeholder Template:Infobox officeholder/office Template:Infobox president Thank you Dami (talk) 21:31, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi. What exactly is not working? Can you link me to a page which is not working? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 14:31, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. Thank you for reply. Right now nothing. I deleted it all. I just need a guide to these specific infoboxes. Dami (talk) 21:31, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you read User:Void/Infoboxes? Also, please make sure to sign with ~ . Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:24, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried everything. But maybe if you write to me a guide to this specific example, I will be grateful. Dami (talk) 18:27, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried it again and now I am getting this error: Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". Dami (talk) 10:14, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I even deleted my wiki because I do not know how to continue. I believe someone will help me to create a new and functional wiki. I also looked at some advice on the Internet: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Extension_talk:Scribunto/Lua_error:_Internal_error:_The_interpreter_has_terminated_with_signal_"24". Dami (talk) 19:55, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I think this could help, but who can set it up? You set $wgScribuntoEngineConf['luastandalone']['cpuLimit'] too low. Either raise it or unset it. Dami (talk) 12:27, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm taking a look at https://virtualcommunity.miraheze.org/wiki/%C5%A0abl%C3%B3na:Infobox and https://thisreality.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Infobox, and both appear to be working. Is this somehow different from before, or is there another issue that I have not found? -- Void  Whispers 15:17, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, nvm. Found it. -- Void  Whispers 15:23, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes that's it. Can you please fix it on my thisreality wiki? Dami (talk) 20:07, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

LocalSettings.php on http://sv.miraheze.org
Hi! I have question: where can the LocalSettings.php be found on http://sv.miraheze.org (I requested that wiki and is host there)? I would just add some extensions and change some user group rights, and some other things there, where can the LocalSettings.php be found there? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 17:23, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Please see ManageWiki. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 17:24, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * @User:MacFan4000 Where can my LocalSettings.php be found on http://sv.miraheze.org ? Is it on Phacibrator? I want to edit it, but i don't find it on managewiki, Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 17:54, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Please request the changes on Phabricator MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 19:42, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, you can view LC.php on https://github.com/miraheze/mw-config . For extensions you enable through Special:ManageWikiExtensions, some settings can be done through Special:ManageWiki and everything else through the repo i linked too. Paladox (talk) 19:48, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Can changes be made to the LocalSettings.php on GitHub or is it on Phacibrator? Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 03:37, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * If you want to make a pull request to GitHub, you can do so. Please note that some settings are also on Special:ManageWiki. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:41, 13 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Te setting I want is not on the managewiki, how can I change user rights for user groups? Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 16:52, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You either request it on Phabricator or you make a pull request on GitHub and edit it yourself. Whatever works for you. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:57, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I choosePhacibrator. If i need help or does not understand, please can you give instructions. :) Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 17:50, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

New extensions want I to add, but they are not available on Special:ManageWikiExtensions, these extensions want I to add:
 * mw:Extension:UserPageEditProtection
 * mw:Extension:Challenge
 * mw:Extension:MediaWikiChat
 * mw:Extension:Report
 * mw:Extension:Special404

I want also to change some user group rights, and also add a new user group to place banned users in, and Echo want I to re-style to add a notification as "warning" while userpage gets edited by another user/IP, and will not get triggered if edit is marked as minor, is this ok? -- Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 07:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Edit notices
Hey, I was looking at having some edit notices on my wiki, as I find they might turn out quite useful. I was wondering if it's something that I need to go through Phabricator for? or if it's a function that's already available? if it's already available how do I go about adding them? PlatinumYellow (talk) 16:13, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, I'm not quite sure about what you mean by "edit notice". Could you please be a bit more specific? Maybe provide an example or screenshot from another wiki? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:27, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * , it's a text box that is shown above the edit box when editing or creating a new page. PlatinumYellow (talk) 17:37, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh you mean that, well, if you read the page you linked, it explains how Editnotices are created :) If you need extra help, please tell me. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:56, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * So I guess I'm getting confused with where I need to input the information. One of the categories I'm looking to make a notice for is "Category:19 year old juniors" I thought "Category:19 year old juniors/Editnotice" was correct but when I tested it when creating the red link the notice didn't appear. But I guess I'm misinterpreting where I would need to create the notice. Any help would be very much appreciated. PlatinumYellow (talk) 18:09, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Trouble Creating Wiki
Hello, I tried to create a wiki titled "Rotten Websites Wiki" on this platform, but every time I attempted to make a request I always get the same message saying: "The database name may not contain non-alphanumeric characters." what should I do to resolve the issue? Thanks! WENth100 (talk) 20:38, 17 August 2018 (UTC)(WENth100)
 * Hi, can you please supply us with the wiki request information? -- Void  Whispers 23:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * My sub domaine was simply set to rottenwebsites.miraheze.org, my wiki is supposed to be named Rotten Websites Wiki, the language set to English, it’s supposed to be public and the reasons given is that I want to set up a new site as backup.  WENth100 (talk)01:57, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry that you've experienced issues requesting a wiki, I have manually created it for you. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:57, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated, have a good day!WENth100 (talk)13:55, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Importing very large wikis
I'm downloading a dump of my old wiki and it's getting pretty big, maybe 20 Gb before compression. That's way too much to send it via email as the instructions suggest, and I don't know any free service allowing such a large upload limit. Is it possible to upload it via FTP, or what? --Wedhro (talk) 07:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you tried splitting the download into multiple sections, then upload it to https://archive.org and then request a import from https://phabricator.miraheze.org? &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  13:59, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Wish to inline images from my blog into my wiki
I'd like to inline images from my science 2.0 blog into my astrobiology wiki.

E.g. from

https://www.science20.com/robert_walker/will_first_mars_astronauts_stay_in_orbit_teleoperating_sterile_rovers_to_protect_earth_and_mars_from_colliding

To

https://astrobiology.miraheze.org/wiki/Blogs/Robert_Walker/Will_First_Mars_Astronauts_Stay_In_Orbit_-_Tele-operating_Sterile_Rovers_-_To_Protect_Earth_And_Mars_From_Colliding_Biospheres

As with $wgAllowExternalImagesFrom

Is this something I can do?

Thanks?

Robertinventor (talk) 14:27, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Request for Wiki Creator/Disclosure of active sanctions
Dear Community & Sysadmins,

In the interests of transparency I am disclosing that I'm under active sanctions by the Miraheze Staff team. The sanctions are detailed on a link accessible from my user page.

With this disclosure in mind I'd still like to regain the Wiki Creator flag. If necessary I can accept the condition that no sites I would otherwise create a request for under any account that may be used by me are created by myself.

I have not been accused of abuse (per my definition, definitions between people vary) of this specific flag. I believe I have shown sufficient technical ability to create sites and have also shown the ability to accept constructive advice on my user talk page regarding the use of this specific flag. I believe that this flag will be used well by myself should I be regranted it again.

I understand that this flag is granted by stewards on the advice of sysadmins. I therefore request that a sysadmin hold a sysadmin only private discussion regarding whether I should be granted this flag or not since other sysadmins may have comments to make that may influence the team's determination. Should the sysadmin team decide so please also make the condition above that I have specified a condition of usage of these rights if I am given them.

Regards,

Sau226 (talk) 08:38, 20 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I followed those links. Am not on IRC but I am guessing your "disruption" was being uncivil on IRC.  This does not depend on knowing "Miraheze IRC norms," as civility is the norm most other places too.


 * I have been uncivil from time to time. I suggest you endure whatever the sanction was, continue to do good works, not pat yourself on the back for "disclosing" what was known to the relevant people anyway (I am not relevant), and not escalate the drama to the "community."   14:18 20-Aug-2018
 * This is the thing. People on both Wikimedia and Miraheze have some strange reason or find one to accuse of of wanting to "play" or as shown above. I can and will endure the sanction since it does not prohibit disclosure or prevent me from filing applications. I'm not escalating drama but people have a right to know these things since it can also impact the community. Sau226 (talk) 08:56, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

What would cause blank pages?
Does anyone know what would cause blank pages to display after using the browsers "page back or forward" buttons? In the middle of adding info, my wiki started to display blank pages when I would go back to the previous page. If I refresh the page, it loads correctly but not going forward or backwards. I tried to disable all my extensions and that didn't change anything. Cleared my cache, cookies and other site data and that didn't seem to fix it. If I logout, it tries to send me to redirected page that I have setup which shows that something on the PHP side is trying to do it's thing. But it still gives me a blank page and continues till I log out of the Miraheze.org site as well. Then when I refresh it'll say I don't have permission and I have to log back in. I'm stumped. Thanks for any thoughts. Jar818 (talk) 03:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, could you please link some of these pages so we can investigate and reproduce as well? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Well the good news is that what ever was going on has resolved itself after a night of sleep. Everything is now working on multiple browsers on multiple platforms as expected. My apologizes, I probably should have walked away for the evening and checked the next morning before pestering the community. Jar818 (talk) 12:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy to hear! And it's no problem, if there's any error, even just for a while, it's always best to report it. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:04, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * My sites acting up again and serving blank pages. I just sat down for the evening and can't access any of it at the moment. https://jrichard.miraheze.org/. Tried a few browser, same results. Chrome says "This page isn't working" HTTP ERROR 500. Thoughts?Jar818 (talk) 01:14, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That is still very strange, since I don't get any errors at all. Could you please link to a specific page where you are getting an error? And have you cleared your cache? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:08, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears to have something to do with my login session on miraheze.org. If my session times out and I get logged out, my site appears to get confused and can't decide what to do and sends a blank white page. If I log back into miraheze.org then my wiki sorts itself out and the pages begin to load again. If I log in to miraheze.org on Firefox, Chrome will continue to present blank pages till I log into miraheze.org there as well. Even if I clear all my cache and data. Jar818 (talk) 12:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

OpenGraphMeta Extension creates more issues than it fixes
I enabled the OpenGraphMeta extension in the hope of having more influence on what was sent to Facebook. I tend to share articles with a facebook group. My initial issue seemed to be that the HTML Meta and Title extension does not seem to allow "meta property" content to be added to the HTML. Well oddly it has done once (I have no idea how as I couldn't repeat it), but even in that instance it chose the image to include from in the body of the page, rather than the one I provided it in the seo content parameter.

I decided that OpenGraphMeta would be the solution. But that is worse. It automatically populates the og:title with the page name. Not good as some of my pages are sequential numbers (there is a good reason for this). Without the OpenGraphMeta I can send  to Facebook and if I don't have a metdesc it picks up the description from section 1 of the article (which is ideal). With OpenGraphMeta I can't influence the og:title, and so get the page title as "OD1".

In short:
 * With OpenGraphMeta I get the image I want, but it messes up my page title I wish to provide to Facebook
 * With HTML Meta and Title I get the title I want, but can't send an image to Facebook


 * 1) Is it possible to look at OpenGraphMeta and see if there is a way I can influence the og:title selection?
 * 2) Should HTML Meta and Title be accepting "meta property"?
 * 3) Or should I be asking you to install the WikiSEO extension?

Or any solution that it is felt will work is fine for me

Many thanks, Michaeldakin (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Best to open a task at our Phabricator for this issue to be tracked more easily. &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  10:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I had decided to do that as I've done further testing and I know why I have been able to force in Meta Property on one page. If image is in the header section it adds it automatically as an open graphic line in html. So yep it needs a task.Michaeldakin (talk) 11:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

List of wikis?
Hi, I am brand-new to Miraheze. Is there any list of wikis that are hosted here? Sierpnia (talk) 14:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Sierpnia, yes see Special:WikiDiscover. Wiki1776 (talk) 14:41, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Sierpnia (talk) 14:46, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Sierpnia I forgot to mention Gazetteer of wikis Wiki1776 (talk) 15:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Private maken?
Beste,

van mij mag iedereen mijn wiki lezen, enkel schrijven zou ik enkel door mezelf willen laten doen. Ik denk dat ik daarvoor een verkeerde keuze heb gemaakt bij het aanvragen van mijn wiki. Hoe krijg ik het voor elkaar dat enkel ikzelf kan schrijven?

Alvast bedankt! Mvg, Gin.

Hallo je moet naar ManageWiki gaan en privé checken in je wiki. Proost Cmg (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Name Change Question
Hi, if I want a name change, how do I do it and what are the rules? Sierpnia (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You can request it here. John (talk) 16:09, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Request for Wiki creator
Hi. I would like to become a Wiki creator to show what I can do on Miraheze. I have read the instructions on Wiki creators guide and I fully understand them and I understand how to use this tool. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 14:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't really oppose this request, but I would like point out that I see few contributions to Meta, so maybe work on that first? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I know a user who on their very first edit on Meta, got the Wiki creator right. See their contributions and you will see that their first edit on meta itself was requesting the Wiki creator right. Surely, it can't be too bad if I request it after 44 edits. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:14, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That is a good point, however, we did know Zppix before from the Wikimedia projects, so we knew he was trustworthy. Though, I guess if the other sysadmins don't disagree, I'm fine with you being wikicreator as well. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:54, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I am also from the Wikimedia projects as well. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:02, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should wait for the outcome of the ongoing RfC before making a decision here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:23, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

how can I insert HTML codes into pages
hi, i thinking how I can insert a HTML-code to my own pages (such as a checkbox, textfield, radio button, dropdown-menu, or so), how do I using HTML? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 15:59, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

How to whitelist email domains for private wiki
Hi there,

I am trying to whitelist several domains for my private wiki gsb.miraheze.org. Currently you can signup, but not access content until an admin puts you into the "Members" group. I'd like to make this automatic if you sign up from a certain email domain. Otherwise there is too much latency and friction in signing up, as I have to manually log in and approve each new member :-/

Thanks for the help!