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Freenode status update
Tonight (04:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)), Freenode staff took over #miraheze and related channels, removing our access from those channels. We no longer have a presence on Freenode, and have been effectively forced off the platform. If you still use Freenode, I strongly recommend you stop and migrate from that platform immediately. The "staff" have proven themselves completely untrustworthy and willing to perform serious abuses in order to maintain their image. I've dropped what channels I still had access to and further dropped my own accounts. I will only use Libera.Chat moving forward, and (again) strongly encourage you all to do the same. -- Void  Whispers 04:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * On a side note, if you were looking to get a wikimedia cloak you need to get on the list before you drop your account. You’ll need to go through the process which requires your freenode account. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 11:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * MacFan4000 While I get the idea behind reserving Wikimedia and Wikipedia cloaks for existing Freenode users, longer term that's a bad practice as many users will not have had a Freenode account. Two questions: does this apply only to users who previously had a Wikimedia or Wikipedia cloak for that username on Freenode? (I would hope so.) Also, do you know if they plan to drop that reservation list after a reasonable period of time, as a best practice? (I'm thinking a 3-6 month reservation timeframe would be reasonable, then anyone who hasn't re-requested their reserved cloak would no longer have their cloak reserved for them.) Dmehus (talk) 16:08, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The actions that have occurred on Freenode last night violate the basic principles of free and open source as well as the way which peer-directed projects run. I'm glad to see that already IRCCloud, Gentoo, Atheme and I'm sure many more projects have condemned the actions that occurred. While I'm not good at writing myself, I'd stand with any member of our community that wanted to start an open letter in simmilar fashion to the above ones I've mentioned. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:06, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Likewise, I am at least somewhat better at writing and willing to stand with Miraheze in terms of declaring our support for Libera, as well as aiding in the drafting of said letter. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What's freenode? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:10, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Where Miraheze had its IRC presence for most of the last 5 years. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, but why are we forced off of it? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:15, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * We chose to move as we taken over in a hostile manner by new management who then took control of our channels last night in an attempt to stop people leaving. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:32, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How do you remove the info you gave Freenode when you registered your nick? 18:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * R4356th, I believe. Dmehus (talk) 18:39, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. 11:31, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dmehus (talk) 16:04, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Tokusatsu wiki
It's weird. How come no one has contributed to https://tokusatsu.miraheze.org --Iron Sword 23 (talk) 23:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I wouldn't call that 'weird'. Unfortunately, not all wikis will get contributors just out of no where, as there are thousands of Miraheze wikis out there. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:12, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I rarely get any contributions, but I just keep going, because I know along the road at least one person will contribute. Buk kit  (talk) ( C ) 15:35, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Add an typing tool for Vietnamese (cross-wiki)
I actively using Linux to do contribution things to my wiki and some time, few less Vietnamese wikis. But since that, I cannot easily just setting up Pham Kim Long's Unikey for my machine because I'm using it as a LiveCD. So I have thinking about this: When I choosing Vietnamese as my main language, It doesn't have any kinds of keyboard supported for Vietnamese. On my main wiki, I have setting up a gadget called AVIM - formed as H.I.M - written in JavaScript by Hiếu Trần Đặng and released under an MIT-style license (see Vietnamese Wikipedia's help page for more details). Is there anyway to set it up as an default keyboard for Vietnamese? (note: This gadget has been security checking before deployment, since it were the default keyboard be used in Vietnamese Wikipedia - an Wikimedia's project.) Song Ngư MGR (talk) 14:24, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I found this task on Wikimedia's Phabricator that until now did not get resolved at any ways, so IMMA GONNA HEAD OUT. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 10:04, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Ecological Farm Business Data Harvesting Doodad Advice Request
I work for an organisation called the Landworkers' Alliance and am building a wiki to enable the UK ecological farming community to share business data. I would like to set up something than enabled farmers to submit their farm business data. Yield in kg/unit cost, where cost could be m2, hours labour, input costs, soil carbon, units of nature, etc. As well as maintaining a database of everyones contributed data, i would like a front end that generates range and average figures. I'm looking for something with fairly basic spreadsheet functionality.

These kind of benchmarks are going to be really useful for the growth of the sustainable farming industry. Could anyone advise me on how i could set something like this up? Check out this page of the wiki I am working on to get an idea about what I need. Thanks.x

https://landwikialliance.miraheze.org/wiki/Vegetables Jono.hughes (talk) 16:59, 27 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Look into using ParserFunctions if you want to do calculations on pages (using features already available). As for the database stuff you mentioned, I'm not sure.
 * This may provide a start regarding calculations (could be used injunction with templates and tables of data — if you're not familiar with templates, this could be a large learning curve): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##expr
 * Templates: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
 * It may also be worthwhile to browse the extensions that could be enabled on your wiki, just right click on them and read their page on the MediaWiki website before enabling them in order to determine what it is used for. I am not currently aware of an extension that would be useful for you beyond the ParserFunctions. SchizoidNightmares (talk) 02:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * This may be of interest: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Page_Forms SchizoidNightmares (talk) 02:55, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Page Count Glitch
On both Dreadful Literature Wiki and Magnificent Literature Wiki, the page count is inaccurate: Can you fix this, as it seems to be correct on other wikis. This is because both wikis need at least 40 pages before the main page can be redesigned, but if the page count is inaccurate people will think that there are less pages than there actually are. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 15:22, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * On Magnificent Literature Wiki, mh:wonderfulbooks:Special:Statistics says there are only 16 content pages but if you look at mh:wonderfulbooks:Special:AllPages I counted and there are over 34, not counting redirects and the Main Page.
 * On Dreadful Literature Wiki, mh:dreadfulbooks:Special:Statistics says that there are only 21 content pages but if you look at mh:dreadfulbooks:Special:AllPages I counted and there are 78 pages not including sandboxes, the main page, and redirects.


 * Hi, The 'article' count by default on Special:Statistics has other requirements. See this help page for information. You can use Special:ManageWiki/settings on your wiki to change it although it may take a while for the update to be reflected unless you ask a Sysadmin to force an update. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  17:46, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hola Blubabluba9990 y RhinosF1. Hace unos días planteé esto mismo. Inicié una solicitud en Phabricator: https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T7367. Pero, al parecer, por ahora la respuesta es: Ejecuté el guión en todos los wikis. Si todavía no funciona, desafortunadamente, no hay nada más que se pueda hacer según la cita de John anterior. Saludos cordiales. Hugo Ar (talk) 07:35, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Translated by Google Translator
 * Hello Blubabluba9990 and RhinosF1. A few days ago I raised this myself. I started an application on Phabricator: https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T7367. But, apparently, for now the answer is: I've ran the script on all the wikis. If it still doesn't work unfortunately there's not really anything more that can be done per the quote from John above. Best regards. Hugo Ar (talk) 07:35, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 15:08, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I read the help page. So Special:AllPages does give an accurate count, but apparently according to the help page a page must have a link and a comma to be counted as a legitimate page. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 18:09, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Change background color

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * Discussion moved to Discord, which really is the best venue for these sort of support questions that involve a lot of back-and-forth. Dmehus (talk) 18:57, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

hello. how to change color of background from white to something dark? in preferences->appearance it's blue but even after saving, main page is still bright white and blinding NoelSims (talk) 17:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Look for appearance under preferences.--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 17:57, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I already said and I quote: " in preferences->appearance it's blue but even after saving, main page is still bright white and blinding" NoelSims (talk) 18:07, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Show me a picture. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 18:14, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to send links to images, but captcha doesn't load, do you have discord or are you on IRC so I could send them to you there? NoelSims (talk) 18:23, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah I have discord. Let me move over. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 18:25, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm Wojtek#4519 on discord NoelSims (talk) 18:27, 29 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section

About my wiki's VS...
I want to make my VisualEditor could change between modes without reloading page and sometime losing all my edit progress. I have enabled all the editors that I could inside ManageWiki's settings. Is there any way? Work as same as when you are editing an Wikipedia's page. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 12:31, 30 May 2021 (UTC)


 * There doesn't seem to be a way. — Mario Mario  456  01:50, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

How do I change permissions to only let myself and any staff I have with me edit a Wikia I currently have?
I apologise if I did this wrongly, I am not very good at this Miraheze stuff yet, and I may have worded this wrong so I am so sorry on this one.

I am currently unsure how to word this but recently I've noticed there's a chance that others could edit the wiki, but while I wanted to let everyone see it for itself, I just wanted to be the only editor on it to avoid any vandalism or just flat-out trolling from other users (just in case).

I'm sorry if this confuses the staff, this is the only way I feel my mind can word this. I hope you're okay with context on this, that's all I know for now.

// TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 11:38, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't think that's a good idea. Also I don't think it's possible to do something like that. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 13:52, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * While I would discourage you from doing so, as wikis are based around collaboration (and you can always block the vandals), you could do so by removing the edit permission from the * and user groups at lcmcproincwikia:Special:ManageWiki/permissions, and then adding edit to the sysop group (which will allow you and any other admins you add to edit). You can also create another group with only the edit permission, which you can set to be assignable by sysops, that would allow you to grant edit access without admin access. — Arcversin (talk) 14:25, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * TheLCMCShowOfficial In addition to what Arcversin has said, if a member of your community proposed, via a talk page, to have a discussion to add back the  permission to one of the default user groups, they could certainly request that, as your wiki belongs to your wiki's community, not any one bureaucrat. Dmehus (talk) 14:50, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * While I thank you three for helping me a lot with this, I will say that I’ve had idiots in the past that have vandalised my work on other sites, and I’d rather not have that happen here either. That being said, I do have a staff crew on an alternate website where we talk, and they seem to be okay with it. I am only doing it to make sure social anxiety and worry of future problems don’t screw me up. I also want to apologize here for the fact I edited this on an iPhone as I speak (1:48am AEST or something?)
 * If the group thinks its okay to add some people to help out with the Miraheze thing, maybe in the future, but they are okay with this happening. Thanks for letting me know ^^” TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 15:48, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I doubt vandals would try to propose such a discussion anyway and, if they did, I'm sure your active community of editors would oppose such a proposal or otherwise close it expeditiously. No problem. Dmehus (talk) 15:52, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I've managed to try and get permissions fixed, and thankfully they work, however I am trying to make sure I can make edits and such. the asterisk and such thing are doing well enough thanks to the three of you. I am currently looking to ask one or two of the members in my discord group to see if they want to join.
 * ...let's just say I can't really add "grandmanager" to myself (I'm not too smart, lol). TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 13:37, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Dmehus I have a bit of a problem now, I can't edit my wikia without adding "grandmanager" to myself, and unfortunately I am somehow unable to do that myself. Can someone please help me out with this? TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 10:13, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you should go to the "manage this wiki's permissions" section. DuchessTheSponge (talk) 10:43, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * TheLCMCShowOfficial I've found the wiki you're referring to, but both the  and   groups, the latter of which you certainly have, have the   user right, so you should be able to make any changes you need to. What is the issue that you cannot do? Can you clarify this a bit? Also, I noted you have capitalized your group name. This is sub-optimal and not desired and/or recommended. It's best to use all lowercase characters, no underscores, and no spaces in group names. You would then stylize your group names' displayed names using , where groupname is your specified group name. Dmehus (talk) 14:37, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * uhhh... i'm not exactly sure how most of that works. I'm not exactly smart with this stuff. I probably should have made sure it was all lowercase though, I think. The issue I can't do is actually edit the articles, mostly because I can't change my permissions to have "grandmanager" added to myself unfortunately. I'm not sure what to do, and I apologise for not having a clear mind when I reply usually. TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 04:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I somehow can delete and move pages but I can't edit for some reason :< TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 13:30, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to ping Dmehus again, but I worry that if I can't edit any of the articles again it might go private again :/ I am so sorry to have to be a pain at this time TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 03:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * TheLCMCShowOfficial Looks like you need to add yourself to the  group on your wiki, as you're missing the   user right. Please click here to do this. Alternatively, let me know if you wish me to do this for you, and I can take care of it from Meta Wiki. :) Dmehus (talk) 05:19, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you just please do so? I’d rather not break my user permissions anymore out of worry I’d make it worse XD TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 05:21, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * TheLCMCShowOfficial I actually see the issue. You hadn't set any groups to grant the  user group. So, I've now ✅ the ability for your   group to add and the remove the   group using Special:UserRights on your wiki. Please enter your username there, and try and adding that group to you now. Dmehus (talk) 05:32, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I’ll try that, thanks :) TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 05:34, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay so I still can't add grandmanager to myself, but I can finally edit my miraheze again, thanks so much for that. If you want to try and add Grand Manager to myself you can, I'm not forcing. But again, thank you. TheLCMCShowOfficial (talk) 08:49, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

I would like a back-up, then a deletion
I would like to give you some more room. Miraheze has been good for me, but I have lost interest in my project. Please give me a back-up & send it to mainawill@undefinedgmail.com, & then delete it. Thank you. Anjuna (talk) 13:17, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Anjuna Normally requests for wiki deletion are requested at stewards' noticeboard, but this is fine in this case as you've asked a question. With regarding to generating a backup XML dump of your wiki, you can do this in Special:DataDump on your wiki. Please link to your wiki when this has been done. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 13:28, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Anjuna (talk) 00:58, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) Dmehus (talk) 02:31, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I generated a dump. How do I download it?
 * https://anjuna.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:DataDump Anjuna (talk) 09:16, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You should be able to go back into Special:DataDump and download the dump(s) you generated after a couple minutes. Make sure you generated both an XML dump of your wiki and a backup dump of your images. Dmehus (talk) 13:06, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

How do I translate my wiki into different languages?
How do I translate my wiki into different languages?

I want my wiki to be in different languages, the most important language for me is Japanese. MauroPerin15 (talk) 14:05, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * MauroPerin15 You might consider enabling the the Translate extension in Special:ManageWiki/extensions on your wiki, as that is what this wiki uses. Alternatively, you could look at what Revi does with his wiki, which is basically manually created translation subpages, as one other alternative. The alternative to both of these messages is to create internationalised wikis of your source wiki, but that is also a lot of work. Dmehus (talk) 14:18, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

How do I block extensions
How do I block extensions to specific usergroups so they cant access it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoxen (talk • contribs) 21:04, 2 June 2021‎
 * You would typically do this by removing user rights related to that extension from group, but it depends on the extension. What are you trying to do? — Arcversin (talk) 01:37, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

I can't use VisualEditor without changing URL!
Is there any misconfiguation or something that did not allow me to use VisualEditor without changing my URL from  to  ?

I have turned on,  , and also turn off any other code editor on.

edit: That's not a problem with  users. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 03:35, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I did not get answer soon for every questions I ask, even in Phabricator or Discord, why   Song Ngư MGR (talk) 08:14, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" enabled and, conversely, have you disabled (unchecked) "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta" in Special:Preferences or Special:GlobalPreferences? Dmehus (talk) 13:07, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ? No, WYSIWYG is alway the justice.
 * And about the second one? no... and never! I did not allow myself to turn on that thing. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 14:02, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Do I need to report this to Phab? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:31, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a technical problem for my newcomers, have some respect man Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:01, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the issue is. Can you explain this in a bit more detail, perhaps by including the specific error or posting a screenshot? As far as I know, there are absolutely no known bugs with VisualEditor. Note that VisualEditor won't work for anonymous users, as far as I am aware. I mean, it might be possible, but I recall reading it's not recommended for anonymous users. Dmehus (talk) 02:05, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Please do remember that we're all volunteers here, so replies can take several days. Dmehus (talk) 02:06, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * PiscesMGR-diss-001.png Ok, I got the reference image. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 03:35, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Song Ngư MGR Thanks, that's helpful. I had a look at your wiki, and I was able to use VisualEditor on your wiki, so I'm not quite sure what's wrong. In fact, the VisualEditor loaded automatically for me as soon as I clicked the "edit" or "edit source" tab. What do you have set in the "Editing" tab of your Special:Preferences? Dmehus (talk) 05:09, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Let's see, I'm usually using my global settings and I actually don't see any settings that alter the VisualEditor option.
 * PiscesMGR-diss-002.png Song Ngư MGR (talk) 05:44, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Song Ngư MGR . That's extremely helpful, and I see the issue immediately. Under the Editor options, you have made the "use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor instead of a different wikitext editor" as a global preference; however, you've not enabled it. It's a bit confusing with Special:GlobalPreferences in that the first, left most checkbox just makes the preference global. It is the second, right most checkbox that enables/disables that global preference. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 05:59, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I could use VS now, but I still need to change URL to have WYSIWYG since it still only shown an "Edit" button and it blocked the direct edit option. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 06:12, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

ManageWiki help
Is it possible to revert or undo a manage wiki change? Ugochimobi (talk) 16:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't think so. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:43, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, though you'd need to look at the logs to see what you need to reverse, as there isn't a rollback button for managewiki changes. — Arcversin (talk) 16:43, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * How do I do that? Ugochimobi (talk) 16:45, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Go to Special:Log/managewiki on the wiki where you wish to revert a change. — Arcversin (talk) 16:56, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay..... Ugochimobi (talk) 17:04, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * there's never a button to revert or undo Ugochimobi (talk) 17:07, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You can't revert it with a button, you need to see what you changed and then use the normal managewiki interface to revert those changes. — Arcversin (talk) 17:24, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nothing is working Ugochimobi (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * What are you trying to revert, specifically? — Arcversin (talk) 18:12, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I actually made some configuration on my Namespace on FAMEData I need to revert it cuz it's causing a Bad title result when you try to create a new item. Ugochimobi (talk) 18:16, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The log doesn't mention what changes you made to the Main namespace, but re-creating the Item namespace would likely fix it. — Arcversin (talk) 18:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * that's exactly what i've just done.. Just hope it's gonna help Ugochimobi (talk) 18:27, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * How do I do that? Ugochimobi (talk) 17:02, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Need to ask something
I created a Ideas NG today and it's showing 0 articles. Anyone have advice?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 21:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Linter doesn't work
Hello! The extension "Linter" doesn't update and doesn't find Lint errors. For example on nonciclopedia, here there are listed ONLY 10 errors, but with my bot I've found 2,000+ errors.--Angelo Pisani (talk) 11:06, 5 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Angelo Pisani Thank you for your report. Can you please file a Phabricator task about this? My first thought is that there is possibly a maintenance script that needs to be run to update the Special:LintErrors special page, or possibly we need to set something up on a cron like we've done for other special pages. It may also be an issue with the internationalised names of the non-English Special:LintErrors special page, too, as I know a similar issue existed with other extension(s) in the past on non-English wikis. Please make sure your link to the permalink of this request in your Phabricator task. Dmehus (talk) 13:33, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Done (#T7416) Angelo Pisani (talk) 07:11, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

$wgAllowExternalImages not working?
Hello. I've enabled $wgAllowExternalImages, and I'm pretty sure I'm using correct syntax, but it seems that the external image is not getting embedded for some reason. You can see it here. Am I missing something obvious?

Also, on somewhat related note, is it possible to use $wgAllowExternalImagesFrom instead of $wgAllowExternalImages since a whitelist seems like a more sensible way to manage it? I don't see it in the settings.

Thank you. 21x (talk) 12:04, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

I might just upload it then, since Miraheze meets the NC condition of the XKCD license. Thank you for clarifying. 21x (talk) 12:47, 5 June 2021 (UTC) But yes, to my non-lawyer knowledge, EU case law (which was transposed into UK law upon Brexit) deems hotlinking to generally be legal unless the host site itself is infringing, so whitelisting XKCD would reduce the copyright-related risks for Miraheze. 21x (talk) 14:04, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, We'll need to whitelist xkcd on our end before it'll work. You can ask on phab and we'll have a look at adding it. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  12:17, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * So, $wgAllowExternalImages does not actually enable all external images, only whitelisted domains? Can I see the list of whitelisted domains somewhere? I'm hesitant to actually request this via a ticket because I don't anticipate it's something that would be used extensively, so it seems like I'm just generating busywork for the admins.
 * Yes, that's correct. You can see an up-to-date transcluded version of the Content Security Policy whitelist here. I personally would support adding  as the images are copyrighted, so it would be problematic from that perspective to have wikis uploading copies of images to their wikis, most of which would not likely be done in accordance with Fair Use or Fair Dealing exemptions. Dmehus (talk) 13:29, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It seems to me that Miraheze comfortably falls under the NC condition of the license. XKCD license page even mentions that 'reprinting occasional comics (with clear attribution) in publications like books, blogs, newsletters, and presentations' is okay.
 * Yeah, it's conceivable XKCD comics could be used with a Fair Use or Fair Dealing exemption, but the problem is, so many wikis don't properly attribute and summarize licensed content they do not own. Allowing external images would be helpful in that Miraheze would not be hosting improperly attributed content and, if it became so problematic, XKCD would have recourse to easily disallow hotlinking. But yeah, I do favour whitelisting this domain. Dmehus (talk) 14:07, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Use Miraheze for a start-up to develop a business plan
Five people are working together to develop a business plan for a start up. Would a private wiki on Miraheze be an acceptable activity? Gerald 13:56, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's absolutely fine. You just can't use your wiki to hawk products or services for a fee, or have paid advertising on your wiki which generate revenue for your wiki. A private wiki is a really good idea, though, and you can add users to the  group using Special:UserRights on your wiki. Dmehus (talk) 13:58, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Adding Reception Wikis as a wiki category
I think that “Reception Wiki” should be added as one of the wiki categories since Reception Wikis are extremely prevalent and common on Miraheze to the point where they have almost become synonymous with each other. Currently, the reception wikis are scattered throughout categories, though most of them are uncategorized. Also, there is a category called “Song Contest” which is probably exactly as it entails. The Reception Wikis are also the most active Miraheze wikis, so I think that they should be a separate category. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 18:12, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Need a helper
I was just created the Vietnamese version of the Brawl Stars Wiki and I need some help with the CSS and styling since this wiki were not using the original Oasis skin from the FANDOM and of course this would be a hard time to do this. I knew Lily were kind of good at CSS but I would still appreciate it if anyone could help me with the CSS and styling of the wiki. Thanks  Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:07, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

CSS font importing problem
I was trying to  using   to have the Pusia Extra Bold that could help me fixing the bad font problem but I don't know how to import it or include it in CSS's   rule. Help me ;-; Song Ngư MGR (talk) 17:54, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You do this:

@font-face { font-family: Pusia; font-weight: bold; src: url("dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8rzi2amraawt8xl/Pusia-Bold.woff"); } Then you can use it with the  name "Pusia". — Mario Mario  456  15:21, 7 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Ok... I would try your solutions '_' Song Ngư MGR (talk) 07:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * And also, Your solution didn't work as intended. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 12:40, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Blame the web for their fucking security stuff that prevents us from using custom fonts:  — Mario  Mario  456  12:56, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Because the web is shitting on us with their security bullshit, you have to upload your font to your wiki to use it. — Mario Mario  456  12:57, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I mean at least they care for security, but yeah that is bs. :/ Buk kit  (talk) ( C ) 16:38, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Uhmm... I have uploaded it, but how can I fix my fonts? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 00:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I have uploaded it and change the URL, finally it work. Thank you for assisting. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 03:04, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, I have another question. Is there a way to see CSS classes without using the browser's ?
 * I think there are some kind of "debugging" language that when I use with, all the elements of the page would shown it's CSS classes name :// Song Ngư MGR (talk) 07:48, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Not that I'm aware of. What you might be thinking of is  which shows you the system message that provides the source MediaWiki: interface page for each interface message. --  Void  Whispers 00:57, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I was think that could shown the element's class name '_'
 * Also... Thank you for help me. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 03:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

A countdown clock.
Is there a way to create a repeatable countdown timer that could help me count down repeatedly when a Trophy Season in Brawl Stars is ending and then countdown again for the new season? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 08:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Not sure about an animating countdown timer, but you can do something similar using ParserFunctions by subtracting dates after converting them into numerical values: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions
 * The result will be static however (at least won't update on the page without a refresh). SchizoidNightmares (talk) 19:39, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You can also use Lua for this. For example, the English Wikipedia utilizes Module:Countdown. Other than that, if you want a live countdown timer, you would probably need to do a JS gadget. I could see about throwing one together for you if you'd like. -- Void  Whispers 02:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah I'd like to ;)
 * Actually I feel myself just a beginner on my little journey '_' Song Ngư MGR (talk) 03:34, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

How can I use interwiki?
Hi Dmehus

After a few searches in the manuals, I found the extensions interwiki. Apparently I can use it to build my wiki in different languages and then link them. I couldn't do it with the extension translate because the language switcher doesn't work the way I want it to. And I don't want the additional language switch above the page text. It's not pretty and it gets really big when you've translated many languages.

In the extensions I have not found any interwiki that I can activate.

a) Is it basically possible to use interwiki on miraheze to have the wiki in different languages?

b) If so, how should I proceed?

c) Or is there another solution without interwiki, besides the one with the language switch above the page text?

Many Thanks! Linuc (talk) 13:37, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


 * You can contact an Interwiki Administrator to add them to your local Interwiki Table. Buk kit  (talk) ( C ) 13:42, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your answer. Do you know anything more about it?
 * a) How do I create another wiki for an additional language? Do I have to open another account with miraheze? Or can I have several wikis with one account?
 * b) How does the translation work? Do I just set up the second wiki in the second language without the translation function of miraheze? That would mean that changes in the basic language would not automatically "request" a change in the translation?
 * c) Is there a solution with multiple languages but only one wiki? Without the additional language switch, as you can see in the following link?
 * mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
 * d) In this example I can switch the language at the top of the page text. But the sidebar remains in English :-(
 * e) I need a simple language switch in the sidebar (or in the top right above the text), which switches all elements, i.e. sidebar, menu, footer AND page text. The language switch should only be a small selection field, either with all languages, or only with the available translation languages of my wiki.I have both turned on in my wiki. But they didn't work. At the moment I have NO translated pages, I deleted them.
 * linuc.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * f) Can I still set up my wiki in English without running into a dead end? Will it be translatable by any of the methods if they exist? Linuc (talk) 15:00, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * a) You could create multiple wikis for your wiki's languages, but all of them still need to be requested on Special:RequestWiki.
 * b) You mean the Translations extension? It would create a subpage corresponds to the language you translate to compared to the original, i.e: Your original page was English and the Vietnamese translation of the page going to be placed on the page's  subpage.
 * c) Use Translations.
 * d, e, f) I don't have much good at English since I was just joining Miraheze over an month, so I can't help you with the rest of them. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 15:15, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you Song Ngư MGR!
 * So I have understand the first point well and know now where I can ask for the wikis in other languages.
 * The use of translation I understand and I tested it already. It obviously uses the page translation method and not the entity method. With the entity method, no new pages are generated, just a translation table for the text, field, title, etc.
 * Unfortunately, the language switcher does not work correctly with this method. It only switches the sidebar, the menu and the footer, but not the actual page. If you then click again on the page in the sidebar to display it in the desired language, the language jumps back to the basic language, also in the sidebar, the menu and the footer. The translation of the page will NOT be displayed. It is not clear to me whether miraheze is working on a solution. But there's something like that in beta, I've seen.
 * In order to be able to display the translations, you have to activate the additional language switch by inserting the code lagnuages ​​/ into the page. But this switch is ugly and becomes very large if you have many languages, because it shows all of them (see the example link above). That is not the solution. In addition, only the page text is switched, but not the sidebar!
 * So I hope that the support will still work here and that I get a clear answer to my first 3 questions, respectively. the detailed questions c, e and f.
 * However, I won't wait long, because it's already the 2nd time that I ask support and don't get a clear answer. If it doesn't work, I'll set up my wiki somewhere else, or host it myself. Or I just do a WordPress site, where the translation and language switching work perfectly.
 * But I would prefer a solution with miraheze, if it works :) Linuc (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Linuc Are you on IRC and Discord? Questions that involve a lot of back-and-forth are often best asked off-wiki. Feel free to join us in on IRC or in the   channel on Discord, so we can understand your questions better and help you better. Dmehus (talk) 17:36, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, have you consider a multilingual wiki with the Translate extension? It's fairly easy to use, and I personally prefer it to interlanguage wikis. Dmehus (talk) 17:38, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Dmehus
 * I think my questions are clear, or where do you not understand? Do you have a test system? If so, then test the language switching. Are there any beta developments on this topic?
 * I simply need a solution for my wiki in 4 languages with a pleasant language switcher. There are two of them, one in the sidebar and one in the top right as you can see on my wiki. I would prefer the one in the sidebar.
 * And I would like to solve it without interwiki, that's less work. And it doesn’t have to be that I have 4 wikis, if one can work. Better for you guys, less work.
 * The only thing I do NOT want is that ugly language switcher at the top of the page text. You can see in the example above how it looks with many languages. Bad!
 * So, let me know HERE if it's possible, either with translate and the normal language switcher, or with interwiki. Then I make the decision whether to stay here or to move.
 * Thanks! Linuc (talk) 18:05, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Linuc While I haven't yet read all of your follow-up questions, the fact that you have further follow-ups suggests that on-wiki support is sub-optimal; thus, my recommendation to join us on IRC or Discord? In any case, if the issue is with the language switcher, you'd have this problem self-hosting or hosted by Miraheze, so I'm not sure how self-hosting would solve this? Can you ideally join us on IRC or Discord and clarify what you mean? Or, failing that, rephrase your question(s)? Dmehus (talk) 18:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Linuc We also have Public Test Wiki where you can request testing permissions and try out the Translate extension fully in your own userspace. :) Dmehus (talk) 18:10, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You can also put the language switcher at the bottom of the page, as we do here. Dmehus (talk) 18:11, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not here to test miraheze, that's your job. And I'm not here to test MediaWiki, that's MediaWiki. And I'm not here to post my questions in a thousand other places, either. If the first-level support cannot provide the answers, then it is your job to investigate with the second-level support. This is called customer service. But you obviously have no idea about that with miraheze.
 * I am here to do my work on my wiki! But I see that an open-source project is dying here too, due to a lack of competence.
 * Last chance for miraheze, I'll check back in 24 hours. Or I'm gone. Very bad service, really very bad! Linuc (talk) 22:16, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * And because you don't have a test system anyway and don't even read the users' questions, you can test it out on my wiki ... and read
 * One page is translated, the main page:
 * linuc.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * linuc.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page/de
 * There are also two pages for display in the sidebar:
 * linuc.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage
 * linuc.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage/de
 * The language switch on the top right of the page is activated (LanguageSelector). Also the one in the sidebar below, with the extension (UniversalLanguageSelector). Beta extensions are also activated.
 * a) When I'm logged in, both switches work, but only for the sidebar, the menu and the footer. The page is not switched. If I then click on the page (News / Neuigkeiten) again in the switched sidebar, the translation is displayed. That is NOT ENOUGH!
 * b) If I am not logged in, only the switch at the top right (LanguageSelector) switches the language in the sidebar, menu and footer. The one in the sidebar (UniversalLanguageSelector) doesn't do anything. If I then click on the page (News / Neuigkeiten) again in the sidebar, the language jumps back to English and the German page is NOT displayed. This is CRAP!
 * Solve the problem! In 24 hours! Linuc (talk) 23:05, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a week now, since the problem is posted!
 * meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#How_do_I_view_a_translated_page%3F Linuc (talk) 00:09, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Please remember that we're all volunteers here; no one on Miraheze is paid anything, and we're entirely donation-funded and volunteer-run. We have scarce volunteer resources. We can only solve the problem if it's (a) sufficiently explained and (b) have volunteers familiar with it. In this case, you've provided some additional detail, which is helpful and appreciated; however, UniversalLanguageSelector is not my level of expertise, so I'll have to bow out here, and allow someone else to take over. Alternatively, I do encourage you to join us on IRC in as we have a broader support community there. Dmehus (talk) 01:13, 11 June 2021 (UTC)


 * First: The problem is described enough and you could even test it 1:1 on my wiki! But you wrote that you haven't read all of my posts yet! So I guess you didn't test it on my wiki either.
 * Second: After only 2 hours of research on the Internet, I found perfect instructions on how to install and configure MediaWiki, including internationalization and localization (i18n and L10n). Do you not read such things?
 * Third: In my further investigations, I have found that, in addition to other wiki such as xwiki, there are also very strong Wordpress solutions and some go far beyond the level of MediaWiki. For example Yada Wiki, BuddyPress Docs, BetterDocs - Best Documentation & Knowledge Base. There are also wiki themes for Wordpress, for example MyWiki, MyKnowledgeBase, Flatbase, KnowHow. And there is even a method with custom code snippets, which allows a lot of configuration options. So one wonder why one don't choose the simple solution, instead work on miraheze for a whole week to solve a problem that doesn't exist anywhere else!
 * Fourth: The excuse that an open-source project only works with volunteers and only with donations is just an excuse. Many Wordpress projects also work this way and still work. But the problem is that with open source projects there is not a sufficient organization to take care of the resources. That would be all the more important because resources are scarce! But project management is a foreign word for most "Linux experts" and "opensource experts", isn't it? The consequence of this is that there are probably a few million projects, but only a few are successful. Unfortunately, this means that thousands of users are drawn into the problems of open source projects and ultimately have no working solution. But the "experts" don't care because they just want to present themselves as "experts"! I call such people "psychopaths".
 * Fifth: You announce an update for tomorrow. Wow, how are you going to manage a new version if you don't have the old one under control? Have you tested the new version extensively? Have you trained the support on the new version? Have you adapted the documentation to the new version? I think all questions can be answered with no. You just do an update on a system with a few thousand wikis and hope that it will somehow work. And if not, then the user should take a look himself. Is it not so?
 * Sixth: For these reasons, I will NOT carry out my project on miraheze, because I am not interested in spending a lot of time here just to have a well-functioning basic system. As soon as I have finished evaluating my alternative system, I will redirect my wiki, resp. post the new link in my news. You failed! Linuc (talk) 18:22, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Special page random wiki leads to a private wiki
I tried this interesting special page and landed on a private wiki. Is it possible to exclude private wikis from this function? Greetings, --Lily talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 21:55, 11 June 2021 (UTC)