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Password Reset With No Email
I made my account and randomly generated the password with my password manager. For some reason, the password manager did not save the password, and I also got logged out. I tried to reset my password, but since I never added an email to my account, I (unsurprisingly) got no password reset email. Is there any way I can reset my password if I added no email to my account? Sorry if I'm not supposed to post here without an account, but I don't want to create a second one. 2602:61:71F4:D600:31D4:3E04:9845:EE0A 19:19, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * It depends on a few factors but the chance is extremely low, especially if it was a brand new account. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:26, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It is suggested to create a new account, as getting your password back is 99.9999% impossible in this situation. Emojiwiki (talk) 05:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Discussion: Central notice changes
This is for the sake of having an open discussion on the changes proposed in this RfC, though I won't really touch much on the last proposal that was added by another person (of course, you're welcome to talk about that as well nonetheless). Hopefully this comment will at least make it clear what the proposals I brought up are intended to mean. Also, please ask nicely if you would like clarity on anything at all.

The first one to discuss is the following:

Central notices with the purpose of soliciting participation from wiki communities for an event or a discussion should last while that event or discussion is open for people to participate. As in, the central notice would only be removed after the event or discussion has closed.

Let's start by saying that this is not changing what a central notice is made for. It's not saying that every discussion gets a central notice, what it's saying applies in the instance when the people who make central notices decide that a discussion will get a central notice, which is still at their judgement. This talk page comment might show some insight on what such judgement it is, which again they would still retain. What changes is specifically the duration of such particular central notices, in that it would be in relation to the discussion that it would be notifying of.

The discussions being referred to can be gleaned from Special:CentralNotice (click "Show archived campaigns" to see the older ones). It is what is meant to gather people to provide their input and feedback, and this description fits, for example, Requests for Comment or Requests for Stewardship. And if they have yet to be closed by the closer, then the closer presumably decided that it needs more time to gather more comments before a conclusion can be drawn. If so, the methods used to notify of the discussion's existence should get continued use to gather more discussion from people.

Another proposal to discuss is the following:

A campaign type can be set for central notice campaigns, allowing users to opt out of specific campaign types in their preferences, specifically in the "Banners" section. Here is a proposal for what campaign types Miraheze should use:
 * Fundraising
 * Surveys
 * Maintenance
 * Requests for Comment
 * Requests for Stewardship
 * Requests for Community Director

To make it clear how to use preferences to opt-out of campaign types, some text instructing people how to do so should be added to central notices.

In technical terms, campaign types are configured with $wgCentralNoticeCampaignTypes in LocalSettings.php.

This can presumably work with ManageWiki to apply for a whole wiki. To sysadmins, this would presumably be done by using a custom variable to set $wgDefaultUserOptions['centralnotice-display-campaign-type-whatever'] = 0.

Now, in regards to how to decide on the campaign types to be used, I'd say that having the communities' consensus is still relevant, in the case of disputes over what should be grouped together or partitioned. And the RfC does show a dispute over whether Requests for Global Sysop should be included, excluded, or grouped with another type. So it would at least be useful to have some sort of discussion with wiki communities to figure out what's best.

In response to other comments in the RfC: Including Requests for Global Sysop in the list of campaign types does not mean that every single one of that request gets a central notice, it is meant to mean that a RfGS would be allowed to get a central notice, which would still have the judgement of the people who make central notices to actually get one. And people should be able to decide for themselves if they want to opt out of seeing certain central notices, and I figure that if someone desires a tool to stop seeing a certain kind of notification, they likely aren't interested in what's being notified about in the first place. Finally, it was concluded in this RfC that there is consensus for community-oriented posts to be posted on Miraheze's social media accounts, therefore a community-elected role would be appropriate.

Feel free to say your thoughts on any of these topics. K599 (talk) 15:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * And will there be a way to disable CNotice for some, and leave only fundraising? YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 15:33, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @YellowFrogger As said in the explanation of how campaign types work, people should be able to go into their preferences and opt-out of the types that they don't want to see. K599 (talk) 16:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * But there has to be an option to hide it across the whole wiki (not just in preferences), but yes, all visitors to a particular wiki would be better. Nobody is obligated to see CNotice either, so it had to have that. Showing only CNotice for fundraising, which is important for Miraheze to maintain the wikis maintenance, the others don't matter (or only matter in Meta). YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 19:59, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @YellowFrogger I mentioned above that there's presumably a way to make campaign types work with ManageWiki, though I suppose a sysadmin should comment on the method I talked about. K599 (talk) 20:19, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note that the list of campaign types proposed in my initial comment is based on past central notices as seen on Special:CentralNotice. Of course, feel free to discuss any desired changes to the list. K599 (talk) 03:04, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * For some added context, the banner preferences can be seen in Special:Preferences, where it's currently the extension's defaults. These options have been unused probably due to being unrelated to Miraheze. K599 (talk) 03:46, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * This talk page discussion has a review of the proposed list of campaign types. In response:
 * Okay, but I would prefer that "Community Notices" have a page that explains what would fall under this label. Then this page would be linked, if possible, from the related user preference and, if implemented, the related ManageWiki setting proposed in the community wishlist proposal. K599 (talk) 01:29, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it'd be useful to consider above suggestions like the instructions thing as well. K599 (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Finding a conclusion on campaign types
It would be good to at least have some course of action that outlines whether or not this wikifarm will make use of campaign types, and what those campaign types will be. K599 (talk) 03:51, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * There was a talk page discussion that reviewed a list of campaign types, but it seems that no sort of action has been concretely decided on.
 * Reiterating what's been explained before, campaign types refers to Special:Preferences, a user preference that is used to choose what types of central notices to have displayed for your own account.
 * Currently, as can be seen by checking your preferences, the configured campaign types don't particularly reflect how Miraheze uses central notices (see Special:CentralNotice). Hence the suggestion above for a more appropriate list of campaign types. The description for the preference also makes reference to Wikimedia rather than this wikifarm, which probably confuses people.
 * This community wishlist proposal would also need campaign types to be configured to be useful. I'll also note the suggestion of using ManageWiki on a custom variable to set $wgDefaultUserOptions['centralnotice-display-campaign-type-whatever'] = 0.
 * If campaign types do get properly configured and used, it would be helpful to take the suggestion of including some text in central notices that instructs people how to use the user preference and ManageWiki setting, to make it clear that the banner isn't forced to appear.


 * I still want some sort of concrete conclusion on this, as I do think this would be helpful to people. K599 (talk) 23:03, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Additional suggestion: Make a page detailing CentralNotice
I would still like a response to the above section on campaign types, and also have another suggestion to make.

If campaign types come into use, a page that details central notices, mainly the campaign types as stated before, would help people understand what these notices are for. Some other info, like what Wikimedia's pages cover, would likely also be a bit helpful. And to allow people to easily find such a page, it should at least be linked from user preferences and any ManageWiki settings related to central notices. K599 (talk) 01:16, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

wiki analysis???
i have many visitors but no activity i even wrote a listing on gazateer. What needs to be done??? Thank you. SperosDurrell (talk) 22:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Generally speaking it is quite difficult to develop a community from nothing, and the founder of a new wiki who does not have background or a community is going to have to put in a lot of personal work to make the wiki worthwhile to new editors. --Raidarr (talk) 20:55, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * As stated above, and, perhaps because there are already many wikis on different subjects and many of them already have a community, FANDOM, for example, has thousands of wikis. <span style="display:inline-block;border:1px solid black;font-weight:bold;border-radius:0px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #3dff84, #0afcec)"> Ninox (✉️ talk  |  ✏️ edits  | ☁️) 04:47, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

How to translate $wmgWikiLicense?
It's English by default. How can this be translated? খাত্তাব হাসান (talk) 09:42, 9 February 2022 (UTC)


 * If you're referring to this Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) unless otherwise noted. that appears at the bottom of the wiki then you can translate it by adding something like this to your wiki's MediaWiki:Copyright;
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can mark it for translation afterwards, note that you need the translate extension enabled. --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   01:23, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Trademark abuse for the second time this year
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 * A misunderstanding resulting from a joke + Naleksuh being fast at making CN posts resulted in this thread. Just as a note, Miraheze will never ever be involved in the NFT business. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 07:11, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Post closure Steward comment: Admittedly, I do misunderstand Agent Isai's sarcasm, and it seems that was the case here. The sarcasm seems to have gotten Agent Isai in trouble, but that being said, I do concur that Naleksuh should have sought clarification from Agent Isai or another functionary on whether there was any truth to the matter. I'm also uncertain as to why the the thread is titled "trademark abuse." Dmehus (talk) 00:32, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

User:Agent Isai has confessed to me via IRC that they plan to mint Miraheze NFTs later this year. If you see any, please let me know and also email Miraheze legal. Naleksuh (talk) 06:59, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * By this do you mean Miraheze is minting its own NFTs, or Miraheze NFTs are being created without permission and should by copyright claimed? Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 07:09, 10 February 2022 (UTC)


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Infobox issue
Hello. I know that someone else has an infobox issue on this noticeboard but it seems a different problem. I cannot get my infobox to display at all, despite extensive googling. I'd really appreciate any help: https://meggipedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Liz_Taylor Simintaylor (talk) 18:30, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, could you explain in detail your issue? Your wiki is private and I can't see what's there --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 18:37, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I've (tried to?) imported the infobox templates, but I only seem to have some strange formatting when I use one.  I'm trying to add a link to images, but when I do a box appears saying CAPTCHA with nothing to tell me what to enter. Simintaylor (talk) 23:29, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It's imgur.com /a/G7bEuZx Simintaylor (talk) 23:30, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It looks like you haven't enabled the TemplateStyles extension yet, hence the tags appearing strangely. If you've already enabled the extension after these errors, I recommend you delete the modules and recreate with the same content as once did. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 01:03, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. I've downloaded and extracted the templates, but MediaWiki isn't very descriptive on how I place them in a directory.  I may just abandon it. Simintaylor (talk) 13:19, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Partially retired
Hello everybody. Unfortunately I will have to partially retire (I will only edit Meta eventually) and I will perhaps be more active on my wikis. I would like to be wiki creator in that community than any other right, with all of my two requests being failure. Now I will edit less often and now it's going to be more complicated with my latest edits. Thanks --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 19:20, 13 February 2022 (UTC) .I'll stay on Meta, but I'll be more responsible and clear, CIR: more competent. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 23:54, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * YellowFrogger, how so?  is not a prerequisite to apply for  . What is a prerequisite is a solid understanding of and demonstrated ability to apply correctly Content Policy, the substantial majority of the time it in wiki approval or decline decisions. You've been working with raidarr on that, as your mentor, and that's been helpful, so my best advice would not be to seek a self-nomination and let him nominate you when he thinks you're ready. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 19:26, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I didn't say autopatrolled is a requirement, I'm just saying how it feels to use it [revocation] in the future. I also think I'm aware of CP, according to my answers to but for someone to make a request to me it's practically impossible. Anything you can disregard what I said above (in case I undo and go back to edit), so I will only edit the noticeboards more often. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger  ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 19:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay. Sounds good. :) Dmehus (talk) 19:53, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, this question is a little more difficult. FANDOM has a lot of ads, no Wikipedia style themes, ShoutWiki is slower to update, charges 5$ to remove ads. It's really thoughtful stay here and hope you stay well! <span style="display:inline-block;border:1px solid black;font-weight:bold;border-radius:0px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #3dff84, #0afcec)"> Ninox (✉️ talk  |  ✏️ edits  | ☁️) 04:54, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Regarding my RfP
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 * <span style="">Not a use case of Community noticeboard. Also essentially seems to be a thread to stir up drama. <span style=""> Naleksuh (talk) 08:40, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Since everyone cited "concerns" and the request was closed by WP:SNOW, why not invite me, as Dmehus has already done in an RfP, to become a temporary Wiki creator (1 month for example), to test, how much my conduct regarding requests? If I did well, I'd take rights or open a new RfP to look into it. For me, a genuine option that gives second chances to those who are really interested. I've seen WCs that haven't even created more than 5 wikis. It is worth thinking a lot about the interest of being a user volunteer as well. 6 months/1 year is too much and I still DOUBT that waiting that long would be a reason for success. It's just a while. There are wiki creators who became WC in 4-5 months. It's really something to think about. I also saw that one of the opponents made fun of my English. I expect constructive reception. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 01:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


 * You could've requested this in your first, or even your second, wiki creator request, but given that you've now had three requests closed in a short span of time, I don't feel this would be appropriate here, given the concerns expressed. Dmehus (talk) 01:45, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Nobody has a crystal ball to know how harmful I'm going to be in the future. Also, you mentioned reasons, typical of giving up to the extreme: "I've already made two or three requests, you can't make any more", so I can give up trying to volunteer. Thanks! --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 01:53, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * While I'm not Dmehus, I really think you should try to calm down. I'm speaking from experience here when I say I get your frustrations, but you can't let it get to you. There's always a next time, trust me. Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 01:56, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Look, thanks for the answer but I'm not annoyed with anything, but citing the part that, frankly, I don't agree: there are no policies that limit the number of requests, he mentioned how I had already made a lot of requests and that I can't do it again. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 01:59, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * There are no policies, yes, limiting the number of the permissions requests for the same permission you may make in a given period of time because the very fact is, it should be common sense that if one has to keep trying and trying again, for the same permission, without taking into consideration the community's desire for someone to seek a mentor, and seek a third-party nomination from said mentor, then that ought to be enough to suggest that one is quite literally, figuratively speaking, bashing their head against a figurative brick wall, no? Dmehus (talk) 02:04, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't want to start a rivalry with you, so we'd better stop there. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 02:20, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The fact that you put "concerns" means that you aren't agreeing to those concerns - a concern is a concern. <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> Anpang 📨 01:49, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Also remember to load the argument itself in your brain. With glue, tape, slime? perhaps. Edits like this: is anything but exemplary. I don't ping you, so I don't expect your opinion. --<span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,#89005E,#89005E, #FF00AF); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">YellowFrogger  ( talk ) ( ✔ ) 02:14, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * NO! Just understand me already! I added that because you never understand the word "per" - that's it. The "Also remember to load the argument itself in your brain.", how am I supposed to comment on that if I didn't think of that? You also need to load the argument inself in your brain, you don't understand the argument of my vote. You're telling me to load the argument but you also don't load the argument. You make zero sense. That's it, I'm opposing your next RfPs until you realize. To be honest, it's probably because you don't understand certain english words, but you never correct them even if other people tell. <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> Anpang 📨 07:14, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Being honest here, you're partially correct on the whole "6 months/1 year is too much and I still DOUBT that waiting that long would be a reason for success" statement there. Regardless of how much time has passed, if you don't show noticeable improvement...why would that change the result? I personally think you should just try to work on resolving the concerns and go from there. Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 01:53, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hello
How do I specifically change the username? I went to the designated page but do I have to wait? Thanks! HamiltonRoss (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure you will have to wait for a Steward to complete the request on their end. Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 02:56, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I already went to Special:GlobalRenameRequest (which is the designated page). What estimate do you give that s|stewards from Meta-Wiki will fulfill the request? HamiltonRoss (talk) 03:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Well Dmehus already did it quickly for you. I hope you like your new username though and have fun! Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 03:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ninox, as Hypercane mentioned, this has been ✅. While your global rename is in progress, you will not be able to use this user account. Dmehus (talk) 03:07, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * and Thanks! I'm login now. If you are interested in the next projects managed by me, welcome! --<span style="display:inline-block;border:1px solid black;font-weight:bold;border-radius:0px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #3dff84, #0afcec)"> Ninox  (✉️ talk  |  ✏️ edits  | ☁️) 03:47, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ninox, no problem. Dmehus (talk) 04:44, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

I am unable create an account
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 * ✅. So ✅. Dmehus (talk) 06:05, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi I am strangely unable to create an account, tested with my friend it ended up failing several times and a message appears:

"reCAPTCHA validation failed: score retrieved from server is lower than the minimum required score. Please try again later. If problems persist, please fill in this form"

Anyone to know what this is? When you try again, you get a message "Users with this IP address have already created an account". someone to help? Pesiano15 (talk) 20:03, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It's not the first time it happens to me with reCAPTCHA. Unfortunately the way is to change or wait for the Miraheze team to do it. Hirnanian2 (talk) 20:30, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, about that, you might want to try filling out this form or if someone out there is having trouble creating an account. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:33, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, i agree to users above. I realizrd this form!!!! I've filled out !!! have to wait ??

The only problem I see here is new users on the wiki. Surely a lot of people couldn't create accounts on a particular wiki because of reCAPTCHA. It must have been bad for Miraheze too. I hope it will be fixed in the future, which is likely. EnergiaKAK (talk) 21:05, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Really weird. It is said that it was to avoid spambots, which it actually did. To keep confident, I know this was unintentional and it will get better, trust me don't worry  Buford (talk) 21:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi,
 * someone will create your account for you within a few days. We get a few requests a day. Compared to the number of creations blocked, it's a huge benefit. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


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Change the look of the galleries ?
Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to change the appearance of the image galleries: give a round shape, a background, etc... A bit like here, on Fandom, m'kay: https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Mario_Bros Thank you in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2022 (UTC) Darkrai18 (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * This page might be relevant for you. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 16:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

reCAPTCHA is unavailable in Mainland China
Google is blocked in Mainland China, so both reCAPTCHA and the Miraheze account request form are unavailable in Mainland China. Can reCAPTCHA be replaced with another CAPTCHA? --沈澄心 (talk) 09:36, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * If the request form is also unavailable, please email sre-mediawiki@undefinedmiraheze.org instead. As to ReCaptcha, unless a reasonable alternative is proposed and agreed upon by the community, SRE will not be replacing ReCaptcha for the time being. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 16:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

How to get syntax highlighting?
How do I get the syntax highlighting in the edit box on my wiki, like there is when editing on Wikipedia? Both sites have the gadget enabled, there's something else here that needs fixing. Rob Kam (talk) 14:58, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Do not include quotes on the page preview?
Hi, How not to include for example a quote when previewing the pages? When I say "preview", I mean when you are on a page, you click on the link and you can preview a page without clicking on it. Mario Encyclopedia for example does this (https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario): when you hover over a link, you only see the introductory text and not the quotes, templates, etc. Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 19:31, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Internal server error
Stock car racing has an internal error. Zcook1052 (talk) 22:21, 19 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Which page? In any case, this sort of thing should be raised on Phabricator, not here. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 22:25, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * SRE are aware. I will get a trace shortly. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  22:30, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * stockcarracing.miraheze.org Zcook1052 (talk) 22:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * RhinosF1, thanks. I wasn't sure whether this was a widespread issue, or a localised one unique to, though arguably a Phabricator ticket would be better for tracking purposes in either case.
 * Zcook1052, thanks, but which page? The main page you linked to gives me no error. Dmehus (talk) 22:36, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Category:Cross-reference templates Zcook1052 (talk) 23:55, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Change color of audio files ?
Hello, so here it is, I would like to know how to change the color of my audio files, make it appear in the color I want. Currently, they appear in white on a white background, which is not very practical. I know it's possible because Mario Encylopedia did it: https://www.mariowiki.com/File:SM64_Mario_It%27s-a_me_Mario.oga Thanks in advance for your answer. Darkrai18 (talk) 13:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC) Darkrai18 (talk) 13:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * On my browser, Mozilla Firefox, I can right click and in  shows the coding

.video-js .vjs-control-bar { background: #000; }
 * This is stored in mh:fiction:MediaWiki:Common.css PercyUK (talk) 13:51, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . Darkrai18 (talk) 17:29, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The code you gave me is not in the Common.css of Mario Encyclopedia, so it's not that. Also, it doesn't work. Darkrai18 (talk) 17:59, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The audio on your wiki are "files" like images. So the colours are predetermined by the wiki's light or dark mode. This example is from Light Turner. As it uses this system controlled by MediaWiki, it probably can't be changed like infoboxes. PercyUK (talk) 18:49, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * But what do I do, then, ? Darkrai18 (talk) 18:59, 20 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, thank you for this information.

.video-js .vjs-control-bar { background: #000; }

This should be it, replace the #000 with the hex code you wish to have. -- Cheers, Bukkit(Public) ( Talk • Contribs ) 00:03, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Title
Can anyone tell me why how Wikipedia manages to remove the title of "Main Page" and some Miraheze wikis have that title? Thanks. Frebiees (talk) 17:47, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You can achieve this by adding the following snippet to your MediaWiki:Common.css:  — Arcversin (talk) 18:10, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Question
Apparently, when you merge wikis, you use two dump files to merge the wikis. Out of question, are these files WinZip files? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 20:31, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * By WinZip files do you mean .zip files or only files that WinZip can read(i.e. tar, rar.)? SoyokoAnis  13:46, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @FatBurn0000: BTW  is now inactive (just an alert). Emojiwiki (talk) 23:29, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I mean files from WinZip. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 01:07, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * What file extension? (.exe,.rar,.zip) -- Cheers, Bukkit(Public) ( Talk • Contribs ) 23:53, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, I just want to know if you have to download WinZip to use the dump files to merge the wikis FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 00:56, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, alright. No, you don’t need to download WinZip. You can just go to Special:Import and put the file there. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 15:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * In that case, how do I get a dump file for a wiki? FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 23:38, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Special:Export -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 02:01, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Request for interwiki prefix on mtccs (2)
I want to add the following interwiki to my wiki : BTW why interwiki privs are not given to bureaucrats? Emojiwiki (talk) 23:03, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ,  to  ;
 * ,  to.


 * All except  done by Ugochimobi. Emojiwiki (talk) 04:16, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Interwiki access isn't given to Bureaucrats by default due to security concerns regarding malicious sites being given prefixes. You can request local interwiki administrator by following the process laid out in Interwiki administrators. — Arcversin (talk) 12:21, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Owner user group on wikis
A wiki must have an owner role, esp. on large wikis with a huge moderating team. When multiple bureaucrats are granted, and once they abuse their rights, nobody but stewards can stop them, and that's unacceptable.

To solve it, an owner group should be created, with the right to revoke bureaucrats. Owners should be able to grant others to be owners, however, they should be 100% trusted. For now, it is possible to create such a group with a lot of "hacks" (complex ways), but a default existing owner group will be nice. When a wiki is being adopted, the owner role is being granted to the adopter.

Thank you for reading all of these. Owner group is really needed on huge wikis. Emojiwiki (talk) 04:37, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Wikis don't have "owners", they are instead 'owned' by its local community and local consensus is ultimately what will always prevail. As such, I think an "owner" group might cause confusion by making users think that only one user has ultimate control of a wiki. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:40, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * In theory, though, it is possible to have a "super group," defined by local policy, that cannot be revoked by anyone other than yourself, but the policy would have to be defined before users start contributing to your wiki, or there'd need to be overwhelming consensus on your wiki to establish that group. Still, though, I would personally advise against calling the group . Some wikis use the term ,  , or  , all of which should sound better than "owner." Dmehus (talk) 05:15, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That's also OK. BTW I am surprised by this fast replying speed, which is faster than English Wikipedia. Emojiwiki (talk) 05:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * More detais: therefore, the right to do any group right modifications should be reassigned to owners and not bureaucrats. Emojiwiki (talk) 05:28, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * This imo is entirely unnecessary at a global level. If it is necessary, the tools are available to build it in naturally, and the arrangement should be made in considering the needs of the specific wiki. It's not that complex really, just takes understanding of how the platform operates and asking if uncertain. Otherwise the best arrangement Miraheze can offer is the default setup MediaWiki itself provides, which is what we do.
 * Aside from that, you're free to 'hoard' group assignment, but it sounds like bureaucrat would be obsolete + you'd have a very inefficient system. --Raidarr (talk) 15:09, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Constantly being logged out
So, when I log in here on meta, it just logs me in. But when I go to a different miraheze tab that is loaded before logging in (it says im logged out), instead of it becoming logged in, when I reload the meta tab I have used to login, it just logs me out. This becomes really annoying because I need to log out, clear my cache, and login again every time I want to click another miraheze tab. Clicking reload without opening the tab won't help either. <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> Anpang 📨 06:04, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey Anpang, this should be reported on Phabricator, as it is out of scope for the CN. -- Cheers, Bukkit(Public) ( Talk • Contribs ) 00:10, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Edit request - CheckUser
Please change "his or her" in CheckUser to "their". Thanks. 沈澄心 (talk) 10:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, thank you for identifying this change and for letting us know. John (talk) 10:54, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Unable to import Template:Infobox
Hi. I've been attempting to import Template:Infobox for my wiki using Special:Import, and while the importing process appears to be successful, the templates themselves are broken. Going to the page itself, for example, produces a slew of Script and Lua errors about missing modules. The thing is, I tried importing them as well, and the log implies that they're already 'installed,' so to speak. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong—my lack of experience with MediaWiki suggests as much—but I'm not sure what. Rentfreeanon (talk) 20:08, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I have changed it to a version I have working on my wiki. PercyUK (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million, man. Rentfreeanon (talk) 20:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

My creation ban.
When will it be lifted? SperosDurrell (talk) 04:52, 26 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Please ask this in the Stewards' Noticeboard, as it is a steward-imposed ban. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 22:49, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It would be wiser to perhaps move the thread over then or ping a Steward to this thread, especially Dmehus who imposed the restriction. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:51, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Agree with what Agent Isai said above in reply to Bukkit. SperosDurrell, it's unclear whether you are requesting reconsideration of your (a) wiki creation limitation or (b) your user account restriction. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 22:55, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Is there some way to "merge" 2 wikis
Is there some way to "merge" 2 wikis into each other? I'd like all the content and history of content pages of mcnbwiki to be put into anpangsemojimakingprojectwiki quickly, can a phab task do that? <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> Anpang 📨 11:10, 26 February 2022 (UTC)


 * The best way to "merge" a wiki is to export the contents of one wiki and import it into another. You can try to make a DataDump of your wiki and try to import it on the other wiki to see if it works and if it doesn't then you can make a Phabricator task asking that an XML dump be imported. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 11:16, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

New version of the image file is not displaying.
Hello, I'm an Admin from Companyball wiki, I have issues with the file uploader. Every time I tried to upload the new version of the image, It displays the old version of the image instead of the new one, I tried deleting it, purging it, and reuploaded but nothing worked.

Old version of the file.

New version of the file that I trying to upload to the Companyball Wiki.



TheAnimeMapper2020 (talk) 16:34, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I would suggest opening a ticket on Phabricator, the 404 error on the current version of the file makes it seem like something is really broken. — Arcversin (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Apology to Qualitipedia
This is a message to everyone in the Qualitipedia community.

Hello. I was a 'co writer' (unoffically, as in I contributed to it) for one of the rants about the Qualitipedia network of wikis, the one from Random-ness wiki. I'm sorry I didn't write any good points and saying the wikis enforce opinions. I apologise from the bottom of my heart. This is an apology for all the users and admins but I can't post this on the Qualitipedia meta wiki or anywhere else since I'd have to be autoconfirmed and there's nothing I can add to these wikis to get me to that position.

I found about this because I used to go on the qualitipedia meta wiki trying to understand what these wikis are about. I will tell you while I don't hate reception wikis/Qualitipedia anymore I still don't like them and they confuse me. At best, they're not really my sort of thing. However, I'm not going to make that the community's problem and rant about it anymore. Other people's better articulated arguments I agree with, simply. I failed to express that myself.

Basically, I'm sorry for what I wrote. Writing this I hope will help me put my mind at ease, since this has been worrying me both day and night. I don't want to interact with the wikis any more than this since they don't bring me any good feelings, but that's just personal and with the topic and point of the wikis in general and I'm not going to make anyone hear about that anymore. I wish the wikis luck on improving. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 21:00, 26 February 2022 (UTC)


 * hi raichu, long-time lurker from qualitipedia here who at the same time has a neutral/constructive perspective on the wikis. i have linked this apology on qualitipedia meta so others can see it. while i don't approve of the randomness wiki rant (and i also see that you blanked it once with a "we're sorry") as like most rants they have many destructive points that overwhelm any constructivism that can be rescued, it's good that you've come to peace with your personal grievances with the wikis. you're free to dislike them, but the line where we have a problem is when the hate gets out of control to the point where they act irrational and with the intent of eliminating the wikis, which of course goes agaisnt our own intentions of improving them. it's good that you're delimiting yourself there, we (or at least i) really appreciate it as it's a first amongst the hatedom. we might as well make it more clearer in the future that everyone there is free to have their own opinion on media, and encourage them to use qualitipedia as a sort of basis to form their own, plus qualitipedia won't necessarily always reflect your own opinions. cheers. Yonydesk (talk) 00:25, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * While blogs are likely restricted to autoconfirmed (page creation), you should be able to open a discussion on the talk of the main page to achieve a similar end. If you look into it, let me know if you can't. Otherwise Yony has a good introspective here. You're welcome to your opinions and indeed, to express any particular critique/outstanding issues you have on the QP central wiki. As far as I know you haven't abused multiple accounts nor been uncivilized on the wikis themselves, and that's really where the line is drawn. I'll be going over a number of reports/complaints tomorrow and addressing in a local capacity where able.
 * For whatever reason I've gotten myself into the wikis for their improvement, as a unique aside to my Steward role. It's something I've considered quitting several times as frankly, the standard fare of the wikis is also not my thing. But, they need guidance to be in a better place and at least fend for themselves in a way that won't bring trouble to global volunteers, so I do what I can and welcome anyone's input, including yours to help see that happen. In any case, take care. --Raidarr (talk) 14:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

There is a problem in the wiki page
I have a problem with some of my wiki articles maybe it's related to some template in an article (example : https://tolololpedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Fakihnesia) I hope it gets fixed soon because it's annoying and what is "Scribunto" ChioGaming2007 (talk) 00:51, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I repaired the page you linked. What seems to have happened is that somehow the content model of the revision became "Scribunto" while that of the page remained "wikitext". I don't know how this happened, and you should probably open a ticket on Phabricator if it happens to other pages in the future. For reference, this had to be fixed using the API, as follows:  — Arcversin (talk) 03:33, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It's not just that article, another article is the same how I change all the articles at the same time ChioGaming2007 (talk) 03:40, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You'd need to run that script (with adjustments for page name) on all affected pages. Since there seem to be a lot of them, I could do that via a bot if you'd like. — Arcversin (talk) 03:45, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Just use bots
 * but i have to operate it or you ChioGaming2007 (talk) 04:30, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I can do it, just give ImportBot bot rights here. — Arcversin (talk) 04:38, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. ChioGaming2007 (talk) 04:54, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello ChioGaming2007 (talk) 05:06, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It's in progress. — Arcversin (talk) 05:27, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I suspect what we're trying to fix is a symptom of something worse, the wiki is giving off errors on numerous pages, keep an eye on T8842 on Phabricator. — Arcversin (talk) 05:44, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * So what should I do? ChioGaming2007 (talk) 08:47, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, all pages should be fixed. — Arcversin (talk) 18:40, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! ChioGaming2007 (talk) 22:55, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Creating pages on Terrible TV Shows Wiki.
I want permission to create pages on Terrible TV Shows Wiki. SonicFTW (talk) 06:54, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * This request should be made on that wiki. — Arcversin (talk) 07:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * SonicFTW, in addition to what Arcversin said above, please note that I have procedurally moved this thread as out of scope of Administrators' noticeboard to community noticeboard where it is now more in scope. If you are not able to ask on-wiki, you can try posting the user talk page of any local administrator by making that request. You should be able to create a user talk page message. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 09:20, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * To be frank, I think you may have been misunderstanding the scope of this wiki (Meta for all of Miraheze, but not Qualitipedia in particular) given the blank requests for adminship and this request. The central wiki for requests is Qualitipedia Central, though your request can be resolved by making a request on the main talk page of the wiki you'd like rights on. Please keep this in mind. Nonetheless I have ✅ your request in my local capacity. --Raidarr (talk) 13:37, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Should there be a Miraheze Incubator wiki?
Recently, I submitted a wiki request (#23213), which got declined for two reasons:
 * 1) The wiki creator who declined the request suggested running a community discussion on it, because it's related to the Miraheze community wikis.
 * 2) The wiki wouldn't be useful in many circumstances.

About the incubator wiki
An incubator wiki would basically be a storage place for users' mini-wikis, similar to Scratchpad on Fandom. Mini-wikis are like wikis, except that they don't have their own subdomain. Mini-wikis would be held indefinitely, unlike Scratchpad. Miraheze needs a wiki like this, because users must request wikis, and requests aren't always approved. This wiki would give users a chance to build up a mini-wiki before they request a wiki.

Benefits of an incubator wiki

 * 1) It would give users a place to build up a mini-wiki before making it a full wiki.
 * 2) Users wouldn't need to request for a mini-wiki.
 * 3) Users can create content without worrying about templates/modules. (Suggested by Arcversin)

Downsides of an incubator wiki

 * 1) Because users wouldn't need to request for a mini-wiki, there could be some Content Policy-violating mini-wikis. However, this problem could be solved by having a page for reporting mini-wikis. Alternatively, mini-wikis could be requested, but that would defeat the purpose of the wiki.

Vote
This section is for voting on the discussion. When voting, please state why you cast your vote (if you vote oppose, for example, give a reason for voting oppose). Tali64³ (talk) 18:46, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  as a substantial, if not an entire, duplication of ,  , and more narrowly focused incubation wikis (i.e., Uncyclomedia Incubator, etc.). If you require any permissions to assist with those wikis, you can request permissions locally. Nonetheless, the proponent is thanked for starting the discussion. Dmehus (talk) 18:59, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments
As I mentioned in the request, I don't know of any circumstances where having created a "mini-wiki" would have an affect on whether a wiki request would get approved, so I don't see much of a use in that case. However, I do see a very good use case for mini-wikis, creating an environment for users to create content without having to worry about importing templates/modules and making them work. This&mdash;in a more limited fashion&mdash;was actually the use case for my essentially moribund althistorywiki that never really got off the ground (even made a template importing bot for it). — Arcversin (talk) 18:57, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I see that you've had scratchpadwiki reopened, would you like you like to close this request? — Arcversin (talk) 19:31, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I'll leave it open and see what the rest of the community thinks. Tali64³ (talk) 19:35, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, let me know what you decide. I'm happy to have you be involved with  as well, and am sure Hypercane would be as well. Dmehus (talk) 19:36, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I would indeed be happy to have them be involved with the Scratchpad Wiki. It would also be a bit less lonely as well now. Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 19:46, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Why is it always: "Cannot access the database: Too many connections" and i cannot connect my wikis?
Today I visit my wiki, and I suddenly found a hint: '''Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.'''

and errors:Cannot access the database: Too many connections

What's problems? Is it a server problem? Rosalina129 (talk) 06:43, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * It's db111, Rosalina129 (talk) 08:07, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

"Cannot access the database: Too many connections" Error
I was editing my wiki and then I was hit with an error saying "Cannot access the database: Too many connections". It keeps on happening even when I refresh? Did I do something wrong? GhastlyWeezer (talk) 07:52, 28 February 2022 (UTC) GhastlyWeezer (talk) 07:52, 28 February 2022 (UTC)