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Rights to be bureaucrat on Cancelled Movies Wiki
https://cancelledmovies.miraheze.org/wiki/Cancelled_Movies_Wiki

Hello. Can I be granted Bureaucrat rights on Canceled Movies Wikis  https://awfulmovies.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Wr2bli0pbahhbtlw as seen from this topic, thanks Gilimaster69 (talk) 14:08, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'm going to follow up from what I advised within the topic. As an existing bureaucrat of the wiki in question I refuse the bureaucrat request here on the spot because a) you have no edits, b) I've advised you to make edits to demonstrate interest before requesting any rights in the wiki, and that was for sysop, not bureaucrat, and c) the wiki does not have a problem with bureaucrats or people in leadership positions; primarily it needs people to contribute, and just adding bureaucrats for the sake of it has never been a solution as demonstrated on the main line of QP wikis that we are both familiar with. I wish you'd taken my advisement within the thread, as now I have to refuse you outright. --Raidarr (talk) 14:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I understand what you mean, you don't have to give Bureaucrat if I am not ready, Thanks. Gilimaster69 (talk) 15:45, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I could grant you a couple of rights, but not bureaucracy just yet. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Crappy GachaTubers Wiki is using moderation again despite not a lot of admin activity
Crappy GachaTubers Wiki is using moderation again despite the fact that the only administrator, FranciscoLol2009, is not very active; although they did edit two days ago, that was their first time editing in a month and 16 days (I think that's it at least, I'm not the best at that kind of math). They are mainly semi-active, therefore it is unlikely that moderation could work easily. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 00:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * It's a strange wiki, frankly. It has a variety of discretionary rules and Moderation seems to be his thing even if indeed the formula might not be sustainable. But I'd encourage contacting him to see what's up, since it's not preferable to intervene locally unless truly necessary with a clear global policy concern, and he has demonstrated the bare minimum activity to be sure he is around enough to exercise agency and make decisions. --Raidarr (talk) 15:12, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * FatBurn0000, I've taken a second look at this wiki again, and am not impressed with what I am seeing. What I am seeing is most of the pages are wholly negative attack pages meant to denigrate a particular YouTube personality. Compounding the problem, there are concerns with potentially libelous information about some of the said personalities. As well, the user's re-enabling of the Moderation extension without consensus to do so is also a bit problematic. Consensus is not required to enable extensions, but given several users have expressed problems with the extension, it should have it in this case. Moreover, former wiki creator SA 13 Bro expressed reservations about this wiki here, and yet former wiki creator Amanda Catherine approved it unquestionably without explanation as to being satisfied it would not be a Content Policy violation. As such, given the local bureaucrat's apparent unwillingness to make the necessary corrections, I'm favouring deletion of this wiki at this point. Dmehus (talk) 20:19, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Undeletion of miniescwiki
Per RequestWikiQueue/23425, please undelete miniescwiki. Pinging original requestor Thatnickperson. — Arcversin (talk) 21:49, 10 March 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. --Raidarr (talk) 23:10, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I tried to reopen the automatically closed zenbuddhismwiki. The page did not respond.
How should I do? Rdaido (talk) 05:46, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you elaborate on this? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:50, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I see what you meant; I saw this a few minutes ago, checked, and noticed the 'closed' notice was a bit inconsistent. I tried to access it centrally (through Meta) and it appeared to be open. I went back to the wiki now and it appears to now be consistently open. I'd conclude that you encountered some sort of slowness in ManageWiki response and that it should work properly now, but do report to Phabricator if other changes take say, more than 10 minutes going forward. --Raidarr (talk) 10:08, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Checkuser request


Suspect action. Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 20:48, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * They are from different IPs. Silicona (talk) 13:56, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I reverted the test block of Platinum19 after testing. Silicona (talk) 14:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I do not see what was done here that merits CU investigation. --Raidarr (talk) 14:12, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your replies and sorry for my mistake. AlPaD (talk) 18:45, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Silicona, speaking as a Consul, please make sure you review this local policy and these policies more broadly with regard to test actions. Test blocks should be done on either (a) yourself, (b) your alternate account, or User:Example, or they should ideally have the consent of other users to test on them. I don't mind if you test on me, so long as you revert your test block immediately after and don't make it a regular habit. ;) Dmehus (talk) 05:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Exemption from Dormancy Policy
I would like to ask that My Wiki have the check box for Exemption from Dormancy Policy ticked. The wiki is a private, personal project/co-op with one other. The wiki is strictly for information to do with the project and will only be sporadically added to at this point. We have outlined the majority of the information that has been and will be added. Thank you. Ellohyin (talk) 01:31, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'll aim to review your request this weekend, as this needs more time. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 05:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

I want my account to be renamed please. But don't delete it :(
Can I rename my account from FreakingGUYman to DHX Cookie Jar Fanatic? FreakingGUYman (talk) 16:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there, please read Changing username for help on requesting username changes. Username changes are not handled on the Stewards' noticeboard. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 19:41, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * DHX Cookie Jar Fanatic, as Agent Isai suggests above, you should request a global rename at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, articulating a clear reason for requesting a rename. That being said, I've ✅ this global rename for you here this time. Please note, though, that global renames should not be a frequent occurrence. This should be your new username permanently or, at least, for the very, very long term. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 05:41, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Exemption from dormancy - we're going through a lot right now.
Hello. My name is Bahçe and I'm part of a wiki called Geofiction. We do a lot of our work on Discord, but we use Miraheze as an archive for storing data about our nations.

We are currently trying to increase wiki membership and userbase, but we've been unsuccessful in the past, and in the last 2 months we all on the admin team have been on break due to life issues.

One of our users pointed out today that we are now listed as inactive, and as one of our Wiki admins is on break and another has quit the project, I'm requesting on behalf of the admin team to take us out of inactivity.

Thank you. Bahçe (talk) 18:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Bahçe, I've ✅ the wiki for you per this request. As to your request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy, based on my initial review, in terms of content, most of your wiki's pages are what I'd call sub-stub and a few are what I'd consider stub-class or emerging stub-class in terms of content length. As well, as a public wiki, your wiki is included as part of regular wikibackups that Reception123 does several times per here, which are hosted here. Dmehus (talk) 05:20, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

DarkMatterMan4500 can't take criticism
I made this post to call out DarkMatterMan4500 for his rudeness towards me, on his talk page I made a post calling him out when I was critcizing the Qualitipedias, I was just criticizing and giving arguments back then, nothing more, and yet he still gets mad when I critcize him when he was acting negative and his behaviour is a bad influence for the community. SuperSoul (talk) 15:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You are only making the situation even more worse, especially since you were not criticizing me at all, and sent out a personal attack on my talk page over a wiki being deleted, and about the content policies we added about banning pages on real life people. We made it our decision to ban pages on real people due to concerns of it being potentially libelous, and what really annoys me is that you labeled this thread as such in such a way that makes it lean towards personal attacks is unacceptable behavior, and therefore, will not be tolerated. Please stop with the persistent messages, especially when I made it clear to you that I won't be tolerating your bad behavior, and thus, this thread is worthy for a boomerang because of you holding a grudge against me for something that occurred about 2 months ago (which of course is still recent, given that it hasn't been 90 days as of this reply). Continuing this behavior is not helpful nor useful, and wastes everybody's time, including mine, that I have to read unpleasant or unwelcoming messages down this road. I am just asking you to please consider the comments you are writing, and be sure your comments are ACTUAL criticism, and not insulting or disparaging remarks. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:13, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That wasn't a personal attack nor about a deleted wiki, but still, I was busy with personal stuff not related with miraheze, thats why I talked about this too late but still, that message was made to make you improve your actittude since it is not really positive and is a bad influence for the community, also, the reception wikis have a rule that states that admins can't delete posts containing criticism of the wikis, but banning me for giving arguments is not tolerable and makes you look like a bad person. SuperSoul (talk) 18:32, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * While I do appreciate the criticism I receive from other users, yours in this case, came off as unhelpful, and feels more of a personal attack, to the point of leaning towards harassment, rather than criticizing me just for doing certain actions. You have a tendency to violate the Code of Conduct while doing so. Remember the warnings that and another user gave you on your user talk page. I feel as though you should be taking your own advice before doing an action here first, and recognize YOUR own misbehavior. In fairness, you were pretty much badgering me into responding to you on my own talk page. I can, and I will, revert any message that are either trolling, harassment, or is meant to cast aspersions without any evidence of some sort. Your messages you left me falls under number 2 in the category I mentioned here. You should REALLY drop the stick before I may proceed to contact an admin to block you for the harassment you sent me earlier today. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:40, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I can't believe how you think people giving advice to you on how to act civil is unhelpful or a personal attack!
 * I was rude before, I insulted you (because I really hate you), but this time I tried to be civil with you this time, yet you still get mad, because I don't like your behavior becuase you banned me for giving arguments (as seen here: https://qualitipedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Wozdy3axi60ufbhj).
 * I just want you to improve or more people would hate your rather than like you. SuperSoul (talk) 18:48, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500, SuperSoul is correct that his raising concerns about your cross-wiki behaviour is not a personal attack. Additionally, your continuing to edit war with SuperSoul, by reverting him and using Twinkle in that way was arguably an inappropriate use of Twinkle, rather than calmly trying to engage with him (whether on Meta Wiki, on a Qualitipedia wiki, or some other off-wiki venue). The edit warring must cease. That being said, SuperSoul, Administrators' noticeboard is not the correct venue to raise these issues. Additionally, I'm not satisfied that this requires Steward intervention. Are you blocked on said Qualitipedia wikis? Has your local user talk page(s) been revoked on said wikis? If the answer is 'no' to either of the above, then you should seek local resolution and/or mediation, probably here, as required. If the answer is 'yes' to both of the above, please identify, calmly, rationally, and objectively what steps you have attempted. Otherwise, I will consider this matter closed. Dmehus (talk) 03:44, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

I need features
I made my wiki Custom Logos wiki but i want the same features as clg wiki so ppl can make pages. I clicked the request features button and i dont know how to use it. DHX Cookie Jar Fanatic (talk) 19:51, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You can change settings and add extensions to the wiki through the ManageWiki interface, which you can find under the "Administration" section in the wiki's sidebar. — Arcversin (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * This page (ManageWiki) might be very useful to you in addition to --   Joseph  TB  CT  CA   20:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

User:JUST SAY YOU AND NO ONE ELSE IF YOU WANT ME TO STOP! global lock
Can stewards globally lock User:JUST SAY YOU AND NO ONE ELSE IF YOU WANT ME TO STOP! because of inappropriate username? The username has capitals as well as an exclamation mark at the end of username after "STOP". Silicona (talk) 15:48, 18 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, thanks for reporting, this username has been globally blocked already by a Global Sysop --  Joseph  TB  CT  CA   15:55, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I understand the locking sysop's want for the long-term abuser to stop, but I'm disappointed that they resorted to troll feeding ("you and no one else"). Marxo Grouch (talk) 22:01, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's what I said. He shouldn't have done so, as the troll would've came back anyway. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:44, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't really see the harm considering the troll in question is sufficiently persistent that it doesn't really matter how they're locked, only that they are expediently. If he gets his amusement out of it, I'm not bothered. It shouldn't be a regular habit, of course. --Raidarr (talk) 09:59, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right. It doesn't really matter what the reason is. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:09, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The key difference I think is when the reason is inflammatory, unclear to reviewing users, or regularly doesn't attempt to be serious, at which point the reason does become an issue - just to clarify. It's a balance, I just think the balance is not annihilated by one-off tongue in cheek summaries. --Raidarr (talk) 10:13, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Marxo Grouch and Silicona, I agree with you and Raidarr that Global Sysops should avoid feeding the trolls by locking them as per their stated in the user's username, which is also, arguably, a Username Policy violation. I also agree with Raidarr, though, that this username is not so grossly offensive or derogatory, but, on the other hand, I do have my doubts as to whether the user will be so easily satisfied as to permanently stop their long-term abuse strictly because global functionaries did as they asked. On the contrary, this may actually embolden them. Therefore, I have ✅ them and globally hidden the username to not give them that satisfaction and make it as though they hadn't created this username/user account in the first place. Dmehus (talk) 01:17, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of the unique persistence involved and the utter uselessness of the names created, I take the above as a precedence to hide further names of its type when they appear in the future. --Raidarr (talk) 12:29, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

I would like to add Auto Create Category Pages.
https://ysmwiki.miraheze.org/ I would like to add the extension Auto Create Category Pages to my site, but it is grayed out and I cannot add it. Can I add it, Mr. Steward? Kyou (talk) 01:02, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Kyou, this extension requires the  permission to enable, which requires Stewards to enable. Before I enable it, may I ask you what your purpose of wanting to auto-create category pages is? What categories do you want to auto-create? Dmehus (talk) 01:06, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I thought this extension would be convenient without having to manually create every single one.--Kyou (talk) 01:14, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Kyou, thank you for your reply. Could you give me some added detail on how this extension works, or how you'll configure it, once enabled, to auto-create category pages? How frequently do you anticipate the extension system user editing to create category pages? Dmehus (talk) 01:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I am not sure about the settings, so I can leave it as it is (initial state)?
 * How frequently do you anticipate the extension system user editing to create category pages?
 * I'm not sure what you mean by "How frequently do you anticipate the extension system user editing to create category pages?
 * Is it correct to say that I should edit the listings irregularly every day?
 * I'm using a translator, so my sentences are jumbled. Sorry. Kyou (talk) 04:06, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Please configure it before enabling the extension. It's done via MediaWiki pages. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  08:06, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Old bureaucrat
Can someone remove the bureaucrat status for User:Etoisle on The Backrooms wiki? They haven't made any edits and I desysopped them yesterday. Sheep42 (talk) 14:42, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Etoisle founded the wiki as an attempt to back up the Wikidot version of the backrooms. As you indicate this never actually happened, so I would be inclined to humor this request, especially since you are the primary and essentially only contributor. First though, I'd like to ask - since this would effectively transfer full foundership to you, what is your plan for this wiki creatively speaking, ? It clearly no longer resembles the original request, and if anything takes calls based on the Fandom based backrooms version. --Raidarr (talk) 13:53, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The point of the wiki is to create a wiki similar to the Wikia but with higher quality control (anyone can write a page). Sheep42 (talk) 23:20, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Sheep42, why do you need to remove them as, though? Couldn't you just leave the flag on them, and continue to work on the wiki with your flags, as they're apparently not active? In any case, if you insist, I would prefer you post a note on Etoisle's local user talk page, wait at least a week, then return here and request removal of the flag, linking to the local thread in the format of  . Dmehus (talk) 05:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for Real Life Villains Wiki
Hey, I was wondering if someone could do a user check for User:Oscargerardo, User:Juan Jose, and User:ChitoAlf on Real Life Villains Wikia. I suspect they might be the same person using multiple accounts. Both Oscargerardo and Juan Jose were banned for vandalizing articles. Juan Jose claimed to be Oscargerardo's nephew but his editing style is exactly the same. ChitoAlf claims to be Oscargerardo's father and Juan Jose's brother, but his editing style is the same too. They all could be telling the truth and actually be three separate but related people, but I want to be sure. Rangerkid51 (talk) 22:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of what Rangerkid51 is talking about here, I believe I can provide the narration for this one: He's referring to this strange behavior from ChitoAlf and Juan Jose who have both used the uncle excuse to apparently circumvent a block. I thought it was odd for the account(s) to suddenly spawn there and ask Rangerkid51 to unblock Oscar under the guise of being his "nephew" for some apparent reason. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:09, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500, thank you for the added context, as that is helpful, as Rangerkid51's request definitely needed further detail and clarification. I do think it'd be conceivable for a son to go to his father and ask him for assistance in being unblocked, but it does look odd that the apparent uncle is involved as well. In any case, in order to assess the potential credibility here, I'd need see samples of Oscargerardo's edits (specifically, talk page comments) to assess the behavioural similarity (or difference) of the users. In any case, whether they are the same user or not, the underlying request here is a user who is apparently contrite and asking for another chance to edit on the wiki without wholesale copying pages from English Wikipedia. Rangerkid51, I see that you have left Oscargerardo's user talk page open for appeals, which is good as not all  administrators do that, but would you be willing to go a step further by conditionally unblocking Oscargerardo accompanied by a firm warning not to (a) copy verbatim articles from English Wikipedia (maybe don't the word verbatim if English is not Oscargerardo's first language, though) or (b) engage in blatant vandalism (i.e., insertion of random gibberish or nonsense to pages, blank pages, etc.) and also to adhere to user accounts policy with respect to Oscargerardo's main account and the possible sockpuppet/admitted meatpuppet accounts Juan Jose and ChitoAlf and to edit on only one account? Dmehus (talk) 02:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's no problem at all. I'm just glad I could provide it, since I knew you would probably ask Rangerkid51 to provide evidence as soon as you saw this message. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:55, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Can anyone change my username to byebyeman and global it please?
Can anyone change my username to byebyeman and global it please? Thanks in advance Lesther110 (talk) 00:53, 22 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Lesther110, not to, but we can vanish you by renaming your account to  , and then locking the account globally. This would be, theoretically, reversible, as your login credentials are still associated to the account, by e-mailing  . If you are wanting an irreversible full anonymization of your account, you will need to e-mail the Trust and Safety team at  . May I ask why you are wanting to leave Miraheze, though? In any case, please if and how you wish to proceed. Dmehus (talk) 01:46, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

A glitch I noticed
I have noticed that there seems to be a glitch in the comments section that causes comments to look like you upvoted or downvoted them by them being red or green even if you did not upvote or downvote them. I don’t know if this is only happening to me or if other users have experienced this. I had considered my account being hacked but it seems extremely unlikely that someone would hack into an account just to upvote and downvote comments. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 19:33, 25 March 2022 (UTC)