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Delete my wiki
Hello! I wish for my wiki to be deleted

https://yourosongcontest.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

I would like to recover the wiki "https://fablac.miraheze.org/wiki/Accueil"
Good morning,

I am contacting you because I will wish to recover the wiki of our school. It's called "fablac". We are very disappointed not to find him again.

Thanks in advance. Have a beautiful day, Sophie
 * Hello and welcome! I am not a Steward, but I think your request would carry more weight if you were a registered user.  Please pick a username!   22:23 20-Mar-2019

How do i add a Infobox? i Know Barely anything about Coding on Wikis sadly.
Hi, i'm New here as i Moved from Wikia's Mass-Ad Festival to here which seems cleaner. Only Issue i have right now is Adding Infoboxes to my Wiki.
 * Hello and welcome! Please read FAQ.  (Better yet, read the entire page!)  Take care when importing code, because sometimes a template relies on other templates and you need to import them all.  You're right that it's "cleaner" to edit here than at Wikia, where they are always breaking stuff.  Templates are somewhat like subroutines in a programming language, and unfortunately, it will require learning about them, because even if you get them to work, you'll find you want to tweak them.   13:48 23-Mar-2019

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (14)
Hello, more users to merge: Also, in a few days FANDOM will close our old wiki and therefore I'll be no longer able to give 100% solid proof of an user's identity, it'll be a matter of trust (but not faith). Are there special rules for merging users I'm not aware of?--Wedhro (talk) 15:48, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/The Krieg.temp → Special:CentralAuth/The Krieg (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Banciccio97 → Special:CentralAuth/Banciccio (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Fantinaikos TEMP → Special:CentralAuth/Fantinaikos (proof)
 * The merges are done. I'm not sure about that second part. for comment. --  Void  Whispers 21:53, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi, here's more users. A lot will come now that the wiki is no longer private. --Wedhro (talk) 14:37, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Mikesciking_temp → Special:CentralAuth/Mikesciking - he asked to be renamed "Sciking"
 * Special:CentralAuth/Lollolpe_temp → Special:CentralAuth/Lollolpe
 * Special:CentralAuth/ → Special:CentralAuth/
 * Special:CentralAuth/Chronos → Special:CentralAuth/Isidoro_Bubbola
 * Special:CentralAuth/Doppio_Gioco_temp → Special:CentralAuth/Doppio_Gioco
 * Special:CentralAuth/Alhazred → Special:CentralAuth/Abdul_Alhazred,_o_árabe_louco

There's also: --Wedhro (talk) 18:34, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/MMagistertempo → Special:CentralAuth/MMagister
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 23:37, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks but you missed this one:
 * Special:CentralAuth/Alhazred → Special:CentralAuth/Abdul_Alhazred,_o_árabe_louco
 * --Wedhro (talk) 05:39, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry for the late response, I had merged the user account, but didn't rename them. This has been fixed. -- Void  Whispers 16:15, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Changes to interwiki table
Thanks to Wikia kicking out uncyclopediae, many of them moved to different websites, so I need to change some entries in the interwiki table:
 * af - http://af.oncyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
 * ar - https://ar.uncyclopedia.info
 * ast - https://ast.uncyclopedia.info
 * ca - https://ca.uncyclopedia.info
 * cs - https://necyklopedie.org/wiki/$1
 * de - https://de.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/$1
 * eo - https://neciklopedio.org/wiki/$1
 * es - https://inciclopedia.org/wiki/$1
 * fr - https://desencyclopedie.org/wiki/$1
 * he - https://eincyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
 * id - https://tolololpedia.org/wiki/$1
 * jv - https://jv.uncyclopedia.info
 * la - https://la.uncyclopedia.info
 * nn - https://nn.uncyclopedia.info
 * nn - https://nn.uncyclopedia.info
 * no - http://ikkepedia.org/wiki/$1
 * oc - https://oc.uncyclopedia.info
 * pl - https://nonsa.pl/wiki/$1
 * sk - https://necyklopedia.org
 * su - https://su.uncyclopedia.info
 * yi - https://yi.uncyclopedia.info
 * zh - https://uncyclopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1

This one needs to be added:


 * olb - https://absurdopedia.wiki/$1

Then, this users still need to be merged:


 * Special:CentralAuth/Alhazred → Special:CentralAuth/Abdul_Alhazred,_o_árabe_louco

Thanks.--Wedhro (talk) 08:05, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wedhro Is it a global or local interwikis request? Because if it's the latter, I could do it on your wiki, what's your wiki?. On the second request, that merger must be made by a steward. 15:27, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Uh, sorry, it's intended for nonciclopedia.org's local interwiki table.--Wedhro (talk) 15:58, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the fact that many wikias have gotten new URLs will make it a global problem.  17:06 20-Apr-2019
 * Obviously anyone is free to use my list to update their interwiki table.--Wedhro (talk) 17:10, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wedhro As two interwikis are not from Wikia. Do you confirm to change the url?
 * ikkjepedia.org → nn.uncyclopedia.info
 * nonsensopedia.org → nonsa.pl
 * The other interwikis have already been changed Ucronistaw (talk) 17:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Ikkjepedia was moved elsewhere because it went inactive (but it's still online); Nonsensopedia added a new domain and they said they prefer the latter (nonsa.pl), but the other one still works. So, yes, I confirm.--Wedhro (talk) 17:25, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wedhro ✅ Ucronistaw (talk) 17:28, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * olb is still missing; I see it's in the global interwiki table but not in our local table.--Wedhro (talk) 13:29, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wedhro If it is added, it is found in the second table. Ucronistaw (talk) 13:46, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but I need it in the interlanguage table (the third one) otherwise it won't add an interwiki link in the sidebar and it's left as a regular link on the bottom of the page, you can see it in the home page. Sorry if I didn't made myself clear enough.--Wedhro (talk) 15:01, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wedhro ✅ Ucronistaw (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello! I received a message that my wiki, ranchstory, was created but it's coming up as Wiki not Found.
Hello! I received a message that my wiki, ranchstory, was created but it's coming up as Wiki not Found. Is there something I'm doing incorrectly, or is it not yet activated? Thank you for all your help! RuneTree (talk) 01:54, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm, looks like the wiki was never created. Odd, but I've fixed it. -- Void  Whispers 02:01, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Change to custom domain
Hey, can you move https://revolanews.miraheze.org to revolanews.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by OldDirtyFoamer (talk • contribs) 00:08, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think the right answer will be No. You can have your Miraheze subdomain for free.  A personal domain costs money.  When you get one, Miraheze can map it to your wiki here; see the FAQ.   17:46 23-Apr-2019

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (15)
Hi, please merge this users: --Wedhro (talk) 05:24, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997 temp → Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997

P.S. the same user asked to be merged also with Special:CentralAuth/Protogreco, final username "Anse1997".--Wedhro (talk) 19:13, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Any update on this? Anyways, I'll add one more request: Special:CentralAuth/Abdul_Alhazred,_o_árabe_louco asked to be renamed Special:CentralAuth/Alhazred. And a question: can users ask to be renamed by themselves, without my intervention?--Wedhro (talk) 05:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Hello? I told Alhazred to request a global rename but users Protogreco and Anse1997 temp still need to be merged into Anse1997 (final name).--Wedhro (talk) 08:22, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Still waiting for an answer...--Wedhro (talk) 17:39, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Merges done. John (talk) 19:29, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Renaming user/Impersonation
Hi, Apologies if this is not in the correct place but asked at https://allthetropes.org/wiki/ and was told to come back here, I've found out yesterday that someone had registered my Wikimedia username (User:Davey2010) here and at allthetropes in 2018 and had vandalised the ATT project (no edits were made here),

I can completely understand my name being taken everywhere and I certainly never have an issue with it however in this specific case their userpage on the ATT page shows my name in blue and orange (which was clearly taken from one of my Wikimedia userpages (example),

The other problem is that now when you search "Davey2010" on Google both this project and the ATT one both show up (and so if random people searched my name both of these would immediately pop up and would clearly give the impression the person here and there is me),

So I was wondering if there was any possibility that on both projects that "Davey2010" could be renamed to something else, and then this account (Davey2010WP) be renamed to Davey2010?

As I said given both projects appear in Google and both are Wikis (as opposed to completely different websites) I feel this could certainly cause a lot of confusion,

Many thanks,

Dave. (Davey2010WP (talk) 01:59, 25 April 2019 (UTC))

It would appear this person originally found me through one of the Babel boxes on Wikimedia Commons given this and this however they also state they live in the UK and France (I state here the only country I've ever visited is France, Anyway many thanks, Davey2010WP (talk) 02:10, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello and welcome! I deleted the first instance of this request in favor of this version at the bottom of the page.  I have no power to grant the request, but I recently noted that someone registered here my Wikipedia user name with the apparent attempt to mislead/impersonate.   blocked it on all Miraheze wikis with the summary "impersonation and disruptive intent".


 * In your case, the user in question has already been blocked from ATT, summary "Being an asshole to mods after being given a rather mild time out". In my opinion, your note that this user has imitated your Wikipedia user page is decisive that he is not here in good faith.   02:13 25-Apr-2019

BTW backups on static are useful.
Please don't discontinue XML and image dumps on static. Without users being able to use the API to make their own XML dumps it's much more useful than DataDump. Special:DataDump is inconvenient, it's too interactive. Static allows easily keeping an up to date copy locally with wget, without interaction. Rob Kam (talk) 13:38, 26 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello, thanks for the feedback! You can open up DataDump by granting view-dump right to *. Paladox (talk) 00:14, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Images not uploaded with MSUpload
Hello :) Last night I was uploading images using MSUpload and some were not loaded. There was a 503 error, I reloaded the page after a few minutes and since then, every time I upload images, always a few fail. It has been uploaded but the file is empty. There are many images to upload individually, what to do? Thank you :) User:Sandro
 * Is this still happening? What is the URL of your wiki? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 11:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes Reception123, I tried to upload a few and everything was fine except at the end, of 113 the last 3 have failed. It's rare that in the File List, in (file) the image is seen, but in file.png it says that 'There is no file with this name', but it's uploaded. The URL is 'https://arefepedia.miraheze.org/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal' User:Sandro

Rename me
Can you rename me as User:JJTA1211 to User:JordanB2049?
 * Please request renames here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 11:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Plz Rename me
Can you rename me as User:Nathan on Miraheze? The reason is because I folded up Wiki

And can you hide everything I've contributed?
 * Please request renames here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 11:38, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Merge Accounts
Hey, I already asked for a rename but this is my back-up plan (because I'm assuming it got declined). Could this account and my Beta.003 one be merged under this name? I feel more comfortable using this one, thanks! Narissa (talk) 08:15, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Since you've confirmed this merge with both accounts (here), we can do the user merge. However, in order for this to work properly, your final account (Narissa) needs to exist on all wikis that Beta.003 exists on. To do this, simply visit alternatehistory, altverse, conworld, differenthistory, futurehistory, ininfinitum, lwdfoundation and template while logged in as Narissa. If you don't want to do that, there is another way to handle it, just let me know if I should do that instead. Thanks! -- Void  Whispers 14:21, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Finished! No, thank you! I really appreciate it. Narissa (talk) 16:05, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 16:29, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Tysm!! Beta 16:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Delete my wiki without recover
Hello! Can you delete my wiki without recover, please? We grateful you for miraheze, but now we found another place for the project.

This wiki with all pages need to delete: dreddbook.miraheze.org
 * I set the wiki as closed to prevent new edits while pending deletion by a system admin. Zppix (Meta | CVT Member | talk to me) 19:21, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

mxlinuxusers.de Wiki
Hello, I amnot sure if I am right here but I found no better place.

1. I can't login at Miraheze Phabricator.

2. I filled out the Wiki request form but dont be sure if I did not misunderstood it. Could you change please: Database name:    mxlinuxusersdewiki Sitename:         MX Linux Users DE Wiki URL:              wiki.mxlinuxusers.de (I set a CNAME to your server)

3. I found no place where to state that I wish to use Let's Encrypt --Peter Littmann (talk) 07:12, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Please delete User:Peter li
I created the user by mistake. --Peter Littmann (talk) 07:15, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

MX Linux Users DE Wiki
Thanks a lot for creating the wiki. But the access is now working on https://mxlinuxusersde.miraheze.org/wiki/Hauptseite and not https://wiki.mxlinuxusers.de/. When I access https://wiki.mxlinuxusers.de/ I get a information that there is not the right certifacate. and when I circumvent this I get a page with "Welcome to Miraheze" shown.

I have crated the wiki. subdomain on my Domain like described on the Custom domains page and set the CNAME entry pointing to mw-lb.miraheze.org. I pleased you to use a Let's Encrypt certificate.

So I wonder whats going wrong. Is there anything I can do to better the situation? --Peter Littmann (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I get to the Special:ManageWiki to uncheck the "closed" box to reopen it
My wiki was closed for dormancy - and I would like to re-open it, but I don't know how to get to the Special:ManageWiki page to uncheck the "closed" box. DebyJolley
 * Surfing to the page  (making an appropriate substitution for  ) should get you there, though I do not know if other problems will prevent you from completing the operation.   03:45 2-May-2019

Thank you, Spike!!

Change to interlanguage link
Hi, I need an entry to be changed in the interlanguage prefixes table from https://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Interwiki (the table at the bottom): de needs to link to https://de.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/$1 because the previous one redirects to their dead wiki on Fandom. --Wedhro (talk) 08:28, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:30, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

User global block request
Hi, I will like to block the IP address 61.244.97.142. My sister, Jasmine, is trying to spam Miraheze Meta and my wikis using her IP address (her IP address is where I mainly edit on), but I prevented her to do so. Can you globally block the ip address listed above? That way she cannot spam my wiki.

Thanks, LegoMaster (talk - contribs - logs - block log - global contribs) 10:50, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There are no contributions on Meta listed for that IP. Please indicate which other wikis there has been activity from this IP on in order for us to take action. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:31, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * See Special:AbuseLog. LegoMaster (talk Account information: [ block log] – contribs – logs – [ abuse log] – CentralAuth ) 10:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't feel that an anon-only block on an IP address is needed just because there were a handful of entries in one wiki's abuse log. I would only recommend taking action if all of a sudden your account was used abusively or the IP was used so much as to that it flooded the abuse log, making it difficult to see other information. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:30, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The log has been updated, https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?wpSearchUser=61.244.97.142&wpSearchPeriodStart=&wpSearchPeriodEnd=&wpSearchTitle=&wpSearchImpact=0&wpSearchAction=any&wpSearchActionTaken=&wpSearchFilter=&wpSearchWiki= LegoMaster (talk Account information: [ block log] – contribs – logs – [ abuse log] – CentralAuth ) 12:04, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

User can't login after merge
Hello, Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997 says he can't log in with neither his new password nor the old one he used to have before the merge, and asking for a password reset only results on him being told no email address was set for that account (it was, he says). There's anything that can be done?--Wedhro (talk) 21:24, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * sorry for the delay, it seems as though John merged the new account into the old one, which sets the account information to that of the old account. We could redo the merge. Note for anyone who completes this that you have to merge the old account into the new account, and then rename the account so that it has the name of the old one. -- Void  Whispers 15:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * any update? The user says he still can't login.--Wedhro (talk) 17:40, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

How can I change the discription of 「Manage my wiki's extension」
I want to add description to simply narrative what extension can do of each. In English, It's difficult to read and realize for zh user.-- Fukahire (talk)
 * Do you mean Manage a wiki's extensions description. Asapo (talk) 05:00, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, Special:ManageWikiExtensions's description-- Fukahire (talk)
 * I think you can modify MediaWiki:Managewiki-extensions-header in your wiki. Asapo (talk) 08:56, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * How to use? -- Fukahire (talk)
 * If you edit that page to be the translated version of the message, it will show up for all users as the translated version. Alternately, the messages could be translated using translatewiki.net. I could always set it if you provide a translation. -- Void  Whispers 15:45, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I edit the CSS file for my wiki?
How do I edit the CSS file for my wiki? I am currently using the Vector skin. Let's say my wiki is https://WIKINAME.miraheze.org. I have poked around in the Special pages and all the settings and extensions pages and cannot find a way to edit the CSS. Thanks! --Bulrush (talk) 13:08, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * CSS is editable through the page MediaWiki:Common.css or through MediaWiki:Vector.css. Common.css applies to all users regardless of their skin, while Vector.css only applies to the skin. -- Void  Whispers 15:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok I must not be editing the right link. I tried editing https://newearth.miraheze.org/wiki/Common.css, saved it, and reloaded my wiki page, nothing changed. This is what I put into the file:

/* This CSS overrides all skins on newearth.miraheze.org. */ h1 {border-top: 4px solid black; margin-top: 4pt; } What's the full URL that I'm supposed to edit? Bulrush (talk) 13:40, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok I got it. It's https://newearth.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css. Bulrush (talk) 13:48, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * There is one other thing that could go wrong. When you refresh a page, MediaWiki is smart enough to ask for fresh copies of all the files that went into the rendering of that page.  But MediaWiki is not smart enough to detect that the CSS has changed.  So you should flush your browser's cache (Ctrl-F5 in Mozilla).   20:52 13-May-2019

DP exception
hello folks! I am the admin of crest.miraheze (University of Roehampton - UK)

The Wiki has picked up nicely and despite some initial resistance the team has started to appreciate the platform and there is now a significant amount of text. We are using the wiki to write documentation about procedures and internal policies of our research group. However, at some point I think the amount of editing may plateau .. and frequency of editing will decrease. I read about the dormancy policy and I was worried that we could get suspended if (say) we slow down with the editing. Are we eligible for a DP exception?
 * Done. John (talk) 14:49, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Deletion Request
Hello, I need to get my wiki deleted (https://cbbwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page). I formerly had a plan to use it, but I had no time to dedicate to the project, and I didn't want to wait for the time to run out.

Monarch (talk) 16:58, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

I would like to report a ban evader that vandalized a page about him
(This report was made by LanomniZ)

Hello Stewards, i would like to report a ban evader that vandalized a page about him

The name of him is JJTA1211, which recently made an account to vandalize

He made many other accounts, which is quite troubling, could you globally lock them?

His accounts

 * 1) JJTA1211
 * 2) 2601:6C3:8300:5D0:F09E:6F0D:D1BC:A260
 * 3) 2600:1700:5F20:36E0:2D13:C605:29D8:ADBA
 * 4) 2600:1700:5F20:36E0:A1E1:E327:CF7A:7B93
 * 5) JJTAM
 * 6) 213.205.242.23
 * 7) 2600:1700:5F20:36E0:B85C:28E8:74BB:3A69
 * 8) 65.33.153.160
 * 9) 12.250.49.238
 * 10) GyrosAndSparks
 * 11) Jordan Baumann (Aka the one who vandalized)


 * JJTA1211 is related to the following accounts: Vyond and GyrosAndSparks. The account "Jordan Baumann" and JJTAM are both completely unrelated to each other, and to any other account I could find. As such, the only account I have locked is Jordan Baumann. I will make no comment with respect to the IP addresses. -- Void  Whispers 22:19, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't know about the vandalism. I have patrolled several edits to User:JJTA1211, the gist of all of them being to announce his retirement from Miraheze and to blame the move on hate from other users. (The claim is now made in a tweet.)  For what it's worth.   00:42 10-May-2019

Please add bureaucrat authority to me
I'm founder of "Wikitrivia (https://wikitrivia.miraheze.org/)".

I'd like to use ManageWiki, but I can't because I don't have bureaucrat authority. Please add it to me. -- Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  08:16, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed now. -- Void  Whispers 18:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Cannot set me onto bureaucrat on theresnoname.miraheze.org
Hello, when I'm going to add some extension, I don't see Administration section. after seeing my user rights, I noticed that the bureaucrat checkbox has been disabled. can you please enabled it, so I can add some extension? Theresnoname (talk) 09:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed now. -- Void  Whispers 18:56, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I make a default page when new pages are created?
There may be multiple users that can edit my wiki. I would like to have on the bottom of every new created page without multiple users having to remember to do that manually. Is there a way I can make a wiki template which will be copied into a new page whenever a new page is created? Thank you! Bulrush (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2019 (UTC)