Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 1

This page is an archive of Stewards' noticeboard from 12-25 August

Global rights
Hello, as of recent spam incidents and so I am curious to know what other global rights will we have on Miraheze except Steward/Sysadmin. Will we have Global sysops/rollbackers to combat vandalism? --Reception123 (talk) 08:08, 12 August 2015 (EDT)

Interwiki
I have noticed a interwiki issues, as when I link meta from another wiki (e.g. Meta:Miraheze) it does not work. I think there is a problem with the interwiki table. --Reception123 (talk) 15:17, 12 August 2015 (EDT)
 * The inter wiki table is fine and functions as should. Meta is not an inter wiki link however. Wikis are also not automatically added to the table. John (talk) 15:51, 12 August 2015 (EDT)
 * I'd add "https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/$1" to the interwiki table but I can't figure out how to edit it. Do I not have permissions? It would be nice if at least meta was working. Also John, the edited Wikipedia link is the only link that actually works.. Borderlands 2 Hi Test. Only Wikipedia works. Others used to not work after being added but all three of these appear to work. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 04:11, 13 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Yes indeed, I tried to edit but have no idea how/don't have permissions. --Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:32, 13 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Only stewards can right now though it should be delegated to metawiki sysops. John (talk) 08:00, 13 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Could you add ("https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/$1") for Meta: ? --Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 08:39, 13 August 2015 (EDT)
 * I'm deferring from doing non urgent things apart from commenting until I'm actually home. John (talk) 11:32, 13 August 2015 (EDT)
 * I've set up "m:" as a prefix (Stewards' noticeboard) and taken "metawiki:" for us instead of redirecting it elsewhere (Stewards' noticeboard). Anything else? John (talk) 10:30, 15 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Apologies for butting into your conversation, but I have an Interwiki request. I am delighted with the existing large Interwiki table. Could you also add a "w:" alternate interwiki prefix for Wikipedia, please? I am already finding that I link far more to Wikipedia that to any of the other possibilities, and I imagine this will the case for many wikis here. SeekTruthFromFacts (talk) 20:14, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ as it's probably the most-used "w" site, I've gone ahead and added it at Special:Interwiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:29, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No, thank you very much SeekTruthFromFacts (talk) 22:05, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Permissions to access my wiki
I´ve requested to create a wiki that was returned as "Done", but I don't have access to read or edit it.

My user is: Gestao.damil

wiki: damil.miraheze.org

Also, can I have permissions to give read rights to new users in my wiki?


 * per the following you should have all mentioned permissions. (At least reading and assigning groups. I'm not sure how private wiki membership works yet.)
 * -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:32, 14 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Yes, indeed. Member assigning does not work yet but should be set up very soon. --Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 00:13, 15 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Hi, while we're still experimenting with a set up which provides ease of use for the user and efficiency with the code, some things do lack the best functionality. The member user group is how you can allow others to read the wiki only with no extended privileges unless you build on that. Currently the group is not assignable by administrators though I will fix that later today in my final look over. Administrators should be able to read the wiki although as pointed out - they can't. That will also be fixed although for now I have given you the member user group which allows you to read the wiki. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions or concerns, John (talk) 05:49, 15 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Hi, while we're still experimenting with a set up which provides ease of use for the user and efficiency with the code, some things do lack the best functionality. The member user group is how you can allow others to read the wiki only with no extended privileges unless you build on that. Currently the group is not assignable by administrators though I will fix that later today in my final look over. Administrators should be able to read the wiki although as pointed out - they can't. That will also be fixed although for now I have given you the member user group which allows you to read the wiki. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions or concerns, John (talk) 05:49, 15 August 2015 (EDT)

Rename Test Wiki to TestWiki
Could you please renane Test Wiki to TestWiki? And speaking about this I don't think im going to be the only one that wants a rename, so we need to start thinking about CreateWiki configs as well. --Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 02:26, 16 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Done. John (talk) 11:45, 16 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Thank you. --Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 11:46, 16 August 2015 (EDT)

I don't appear to have administrator rights on my wiki
Thanks so much for making my wiki, I'm really excited to get started on it! There is a small issue however and that issue is not being able to view a majority of the pages (except for the main one) due to incorrect permissions, so I believe this means I'm not an administrator of the wiki yet.
 * Hi, I've just assigned you sysop and bureaucrat rights on the wiki. We had an issue where rights were not automatically assigned though I have now fixed that. Sorry for the issue, hope you enjoy the service we provide! John (talk) 15:05, 16 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Thank you! Megumi-Sensei

I am likewise excited to get started on my wiki, but I don't appear to have permission to edit aka. founder/administration rights. Should I have been granted the rights automatically, or should I expect a longer waiting period? Looking forward to trying out the service, thank you. Vana
 * Sorry. There is currently an issue with generic account creation with the extension used to make wikis. I have assigned the appropriate rights to your account now however. Thanks, John (talk) 13:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I also do not have administrator rights on my wiki (linux.miraheze.org). Can you please assist? Thank you. Jsmith (talk) 17:41, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 17:42, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Can't edit wiki
Hi! I'm really sorry to be writing out another topic, but I just realized the full issue. I didn't have administrator privileges on the wiki, but I just found I don't have member privileges as well so I can't create and edit pages on my wiki.
 * Hi, you helped point out to me an over complication in the design and implementation of private wikis. Administrators should be able to edit and read wikis without the member group (in theory everyone should be able to edit, but they can't because they lack read). In the configuration - it seems these rights were revoked from every group and only given to members which is unnecessary. You should be able to do everything now. Sorry for the issues but your reporting of these issues are essential to the development of the service provided by us. John (talk) 16:38, 16 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Thank you so much. I had been wondering if I did something wrong at first, but I'm glad the issue was taken care of, it's very much appreciated! ^_^ Megumi-Sensei (talk) 16:51, 16 August 2015 (EDT)
 * Member should now be assignable. Enjoy. John (talk) 17:23, 16 August 2015 (EDT)

Deleted
Hello, all pages that I have created on the test wiki, (except main page) are "deleted" but there is no log nothing. --Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 02:28, 17 August 2015 (EDT)

Founder
Hello, I created a wiki and I got this error message "The founder user was not promoted on the wiki" --<font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 02:47, 17 August 2015 (EDT).
 * And, the main page (default) was also not created. --<font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 02:49, 17 August 2015 (EDT)

!! Non-wiki creator and IP (possibly) can use Special:CreateWiki !!
I tested creating a wiki with an example account (test1wiki) and it worked! I didn't test but when im logged out I see the Special:CreateWiki page (before it said to log in). I think this is a little security issue. --<font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 04:38, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed a few hours ago. Southparkfan (talk) 07:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Please also report possible security issues through the correct venues. This doesn't speed up our response and just makes the issues more aware for everyone. Thanks, John (talk) 09:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Founder rights
Please don't forget to assign founder rights to the users that requested recently. <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 04:51, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Delete 2 wikis
Hello, these two wikis ''* 05:17 . . Reception123 (Talk | contribs | block) created the wiki "drunkenpeasantswiki" ‎(Per request #25 (the other one had a typo)) were created by mistake (sorry), could you please delete them? <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 05:22, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 05:09 . . Reception123 (Talk | contribs | block) created the wiki "drukenpeasantswiki" ‎(Per request)''