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My request to the bureaucrat at Destruipedia
More than a week ago I created an election to become a bureaucrat at Destruipedia, so far there hasn't been a vote (neither for nor against) as you can see in this link: https://destruipedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Destruip%C3%A9dia_Discuss%C3%A3o:Request_for_InternP%C3%A9dia_to_the_bureaucrat_of_Destruipedia However a Perola Maniaco user from Unmeta as you can see on the adoption request page of this wiki supports my promotion to bureaucrat as you can see by clicking the link below: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Requests_for_adoption#destruipedia.mirahezeze .org and until I post this message here on Stewards there has been no opposition to my promotion of this wiki to bureaucrat. I also intend to reform Destroipedia, as I said in the request thread this wiki will have humor articles different from those of Uncyclopedia and other humor wikis targeting more unusual funny subjects like funny names of citizens, establishments, localities, etc. . Hilarious news, cases and incidents and also about hacks, bizarre, among others but this is clear only if I'm approved as a bureaucrat of Destruipedia. I hope that it works out and that I can be promoted in this role so as not to leave this wiki abandoned and to be able to invest my projects in Destruipedia. Yours sincerely.InternoPédia (talk) 04:19, 16 November 2021 (UTC)


 * InternoPédia Thank you for your request for Stewards to assess your local election request. To advertise your local request more prominently, I've added a local sitenotice to the wiki, linking to your local election request. I will aim to revisit this local election assessment request in several days. Thank you Dmehus (talk) 07:32, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought it was just a question of creating an election on the wiki and waiting 7 days, I didn't know I had to send a message here and then you can put a slash on my request and the result of it; I've been waiting for almost 15 days to become a new bureaucrat at Destruipedia.
 * In these 7 more days that have passed, there has also been no opposition so much as no vote in favor (since the wiki has been completely abandoned) although a user with the nickname Perola Maniaco approves of my promotion to bureaucrat so far, you can check the link:https://destruipedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Destruip%C3%A9dia_Discuss%C3%A3o:Request_for_InternP%C3%A9dia_to_the_bureaucrat_of_Destruipedia. Now it's in your hands to become a bureaucrat I'm waiting. InternoPédia (talk) 02:22, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * For future reference, I would suggest you use the  template to get the attention of any user you're replying to as they may not backscroll to see if there's been a reply to an old thread or may forget too. In any case, I myself have pinged Dmehus here so hopefully he will assess the consensus of that local election soon.  Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:57, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * InternoPédia, I will have ✅ your local election assessment request for tomorrow evening in my mental calendar, and aim to handle it then. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 05:07, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll take a look at your local election request tomorrow, with a view to completing it at that time. Dmehus (talk) 05:56, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will be waiting for the conclusion result. InternoPédia (talk) 17:54, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I would like to know if you have already started analyzing my request for a local election as you promised, as I am beginning to think that no one is wanting to approve me as a bureaucrat at Destruipedia, as I have not received any response so far and for this reason I came to charge and also ask if it's okay to promote me as a new bureaucrat at Destruipedia, what's going on? Is there something going on that I'm not aware of? If I wasn't approved, just say ok? Because I'm depending a lot on Destruipedia to create my articles. without also saying that it looks like I'm the only one going to be like Not Done in the red. Graciously InternoPédia (talk) 23:21, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'll assess your local request tomorrow. Dmehus (talk) 08:21, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * InternoPédia, this has been ✅, as a successful election by acclamation, with no local policies prohibiting such elections. Please see my closing comments locally. As well, as you will currently be the only locally active administrator, you will not be able to patrol your own pre-existing edits, so if you'd like a Steward or Global Sysop to patrol your edits locally, please just ask. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 23:40, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm glad I finally became a bureaucrat around here! Many thanks to the following users for their approval,   and  for helping me, and  for supporting the application. Dmehus would like to respond to the request: https://destruipedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Destruip%C3%A9dia_Discuss%C3%A3o:Request_for_InternP%C3%A9dia_to_the_bureaucrat_of_Destruipedia which ended as soon as I became a bureaucrat about communicating any decision I have on the wiki for other bureaucrats, I want to tell you that I am aware of this, but being the only active administrator will be difficult, as the three bureaucrats abandoned Destruipedia and I even went to their user (JPLSilva) in another humor wiki to warn about that (among other reasons) but he didn't even answer me and he deleted my message. So if you allow I will need more administrators and even all of you who helped me are invited to the position of bureaucrats and also Pérola Maniaco, AgentSai, YellowFrogger and Magogre because I am also interested in customizing Destruipedia which will continue with the name but I will want to change the slogan to something that has more to do with "Destruipedia" Yours sincerely. InternoPédia (talk) 18:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Has JPLSilva deleted your message? I did not know. He was the owner of the site and I thought he had forgotten about it and still reversed his edit? You're welcome. You can keep the site YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 19:46, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oops, it's barely delay to answer that after I became a bureaucrat at Destruipedia I was making some small changes there, but anyway. About JPLSilva being its owner I can say that he is one of the people responsible for transferring the Destruipedia that was previously hosted on FANDOM (where it was possibly created) to Miraheze I believe he would be just one of the bureaucrats because the Destruipedia was created by the user Farra13. JPLSilva lives more on Desciclopedia (Portuguese version of Uncyclopedia) and the guy is very annoying and at least virtually obnoxious and at least I believe he removed my message.
 * I also wanted to ask you about private wikis; Could you tell me how to give permission for logged in users to access its content and not just administrators and bureaucrats? Or is it just administrators and bureaucrats who have access to content and article pages and even logged in users can only access the wiki Home Page?
 * InternoPédia (talk) 22:02, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * This Destruipedia is actually an old bankrupt wiki that was restored in FANDOM and then moved to Miraheze, according to this page from Desciclopédia. And on private wikis, non-members can only see the main page; the rest of the content is not visible. You will have to add as "member" in Special:UserRights/Example users who can see the content without being bureaucrat or admin (I think). YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 22:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Election
Hi Stewards, we held an election on LGBallT wiki for new bureaucrats because there are no active admins. We left it open for 7 days and its been 7 days and the election is over. Here's a link to the election. Ballmedia (talk) 03:59, 27 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Agent Isai Is this a current independent poland ball wiki and, upon completion of this request, is it your attention to have a local discussion about the wiki joining the Ballmedia Central group of wikis by way of signing onto the Ballmedia charter? Alternatively, has such a local discussion (whether on-wiki, public Discord server, or similar public venue) already occurred? Dmehus (talk) 16:20, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * This wiki will not be joining Ballmedia. Instead, it will simply be handed under the care of it and then once rebuilt, users from the previous wiki will have their rights restored and should they desire to join the network, then they can but otherwise, no, this wiki will not join Ballmedia. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:28, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. By "rights restored," what do you mean? Do you from the previous Fandom wiki, or were rights removed on Miraheze? I assume the existing bureaucrat/sysop would remain until they either (a) resign or (b) there is a substantive community discussion on the matter? Dmehus (talk) 03:30, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, the rights of all the previous administrators on the Fandom wiki would be restored upon their request. As for the existing bureaucrat and sysop, they would be kept unless they resign or a local discussion occurs. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:32, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll take a look at this election request tomorrow evening. Dmehus (talk) 05:55, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Ballmedia and Agent Isai, this has been ✅, as a successful local election, albeit with only one participant in the election being from the Ballmedia network of wikis. Please see my closing comments locally. Secondly, as a procedural, housekeeping question, can either of you confirm if my thinking that Ballmedia is a shared role account for the Ballmedia network of wikis and, if so, who is provided access to this account? I assume it's likely that Ballmedia Network Consuls and Network Director, which, I believe, is Agent Isai share access, but some confirmation of this would be appreciated. As well, as you will currently be the only locally active administrator, you will not be able to patrol your own pre-existing edits, so if you'd like a Steward or Global Sysop to patrol your edits locally, please just ask. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 00:06, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Accidentally removed self from bureaucrat role
Hi. I am the sole member of a new wiki i requested last night. I was messing with roles trying to understand everything and removed myself from the bureaucrat thinking administrator role would still allow me to access to editing the wiki settings. Could i please have some assistance to add this role back to myself or add edit wiki settings to administrator. Wiki is voidsol. Hamishpo (talk) 10:22, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there, a Steward will reset the permissions on your wili and repromote you to bureaucrat and sysop shortly. In the meanwhile, I do recommend you read User groups for an idea of what each group does. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 12:28, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Dmehus (talk) 14:43, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hamishpo, I've now ✅ the  group for you per this request, by resetting the permissions to the default. Additionally, this includes disallowing bureaucrats to remove the role from themselves/other bureaucrats. While other possibilities exist technically, this is strongly discouraged/not recommended, for a couple reasons. Firstly, it is a safeguard to prevent a bureaucrat from inadvertently removing the group from themselves in circumstances exactly like this one. Secondly, by only allowing Stewards to remove the group, it ensures the local wiki's policies and local community consensus is followed. Indeed, even our most active wikis, including All The Tropes Wiki and Meta Wiki follow this process, and have, on rare occasions, made requests via this noticeboard to remove a local   bit from a user. Dmehus (talk) 07:27, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thankyou so much for the help and yes i will stick to your advise! Hamishpo (talk) 22:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Global Lock Request
Recently, a user named DarthXiao has been blocked on many of the Qualitipedia wikis for wishing death upon groups of people, and has been sending some questionable messages to the user King Dice, with these screenshots she has sent me being proof of that. I think this is enough of an offense to warrant a global lock for DarthXiao, so I was wondering if the stewards could look into this. TigerBlazer (talk) 22:17, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Wait a minute!.. Unless the user is not on meta, remember to link their Miraheze meta-wiki page. TylerMagee (talk) 09:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Well they're reporting a user that's vandalising on other wikis so it makes sense that they link to that user's userpage on that wiki Anpang   Talk   Stuff  09:22, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Just in case it's necessary to have the user's Meta account linked, here it is: DarthXiao. <span style="background:linear-gradient(90deg,crimson,indigo, #ADD8E6); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">Marxo Grouch (talk) 18:46, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That is a red link, possibly there is no miraheze meta-wiki user page for the user. Global user pages are hosted on Login Wiki. TylerMagee (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * For and ; the specific user page is not important except in presenting evidence. The name is used to a) review the account (for example, get a brief glimpse of the various contributions manually and see what the account does) and then b) take further action as necessary. For courtesy links I would suggest linking the user's CentralAuth, which in this case would be here. Though as long as the user in question is clear and the evidence is provided, a GS or Steward will have what they need to take action. If anything I would say specific diffs or other links to where activities took place to review for evidence would be most useful instead of screenshots. --Raidarr (talk) 17:47, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Are they continuing this among multiple wikis? From a quick view, I can't see anything public to support a lock besides the private messages that I am unable to review outside of the screenshots. If this is localised and now effectively prevented, I am tempted to leave it with the local block only. John (talk) 18:13, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * From what I know, he is only doing it on QP, as those are the only wikis he is registered on. He is also registered on Real Life Villains Wiki, but I'm unsure of his activity there. TigerBlazer (talk) 18:38, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Globally lock Thatnickperson
User Thatnickperson repeatedly requested a  four times recently, all of which use nonsense wikinames (they all match the 4 wiki requests).

Usually... Is nonsense banned on all Miraheze and non-Miraheze wikis? If so, please globally lock Thatnickperson. TylerMagee (talk) 23:26, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I have given them a notice on their talk page. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 23:48, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe you can setup warnings about self-duplication of wiki requests? TylerMagee (talk) 09:11, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I feel like a global ban is not required for that. Just a few warnings and make the user unable to make new RequestWikis should do it. And, are the 4 requests exactly the same (excluding comments)? Then it's probably a form submission glitch. That happens normally. Anpang   Talk   Stuff  09:24, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Try checking Special:RequestWikiQueue and search for DECLINED requests whose database name is . TylerMagee (talk) 10:57, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * From my point of view, I don't see a need of the global lock/ban and the valid reason to report someone to the SN. I don't see any nonsense or malice here. Thatnickperson is pretty new here. I don't think any action is required. --Magogre (talk) 11:37, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * To add to what Magogre has said, a global lock in this case would sound pretty harsh, unless the user resorts to cross-wiki vandalism and/or sockpuppetry in some form. There's no need to bite a newcomer, as he hasn't really done anything disruptive. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:41, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Likewise. There's a natural process here, and it's to ask about it first. --Raidarr (talk) 12:37, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Please assume good faith. Global locks are generally only given out in cases of cross-wiki vandalism, long-term abuse, Terms of Service violations, and similar types of things. If we were to lock users for little errors, you yourself would have been locked for welcoming users incorrectly but we don't. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:32, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, sorry. We might just stop this discussion, mark it as ❌, and archive it. TylerMagee (talk) 18:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Global IP block
This IP address is on a web proxy. Generally, proxies are not allowed on any wiki that allows IP edits. Globally block the IP. TylerMagee (talk) 12:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * IP already blocked. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 14:54, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * , IP is locally blocked on Meta but not globally. Magee is requesting the global block. --Magogre (talk) 18:02, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * He needs wait YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 18:16, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Void. John (talk) 18:11, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Myfanfiction.miraheze.org
Requesting the deletion of myfanfiction.miraheze.org Iron Sword 23 (talk) 00:13, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 18:15, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Issues with inactivity
Hello. I had created a wiki on this service, miraheze, and i had connected it to my own domain and such as well. I have been fairly inactive, because i've been having a severe burnout, and a few personal issues that i don't wish to disclose.

I have returned to see about writing some stuff to my wiki, however, i gotten a large warning saying, that my wiki was inactive. It says that i can lose the wiki if i'm inactive....

The thing is, the wiki was never meant to be public. It was meant to allow me to write stories for my characters, and of course, as one would imagine, that takes a very long time!

Due to me being MIA, i had been unable to write to the wiki. I am the only editor in the wiki as well, so no one else can keep it active.

I have a fear that i may need to delete the wiki, as, i don't want someone else to be able to access it. If i ever have any other editors, it would be my friends or family.

The reason i am wanting to keep it private, is due to what my wiki is. It's about my characters that i have created, and i like to make skits and such with them, i don't want anyone else to be able to write about them on the wiki, because, well they wouldn't know what to write, and, i wouldn't want them to write bad stuff either, i like to have full control over it.

As such, i also don't want to lose access to it, because i uploaded my own artwork and logos to it.

I know it's inactive, but honestly, it really is suppose to be inactive. It was never meant to be something that has hundreds of articles every day, compared to something like Wikipedia.

I had followed the popup's instructions, by going to the webpage that it mentions, and i had disabled "Inactivity" I would like to know if there is any way to get rid of the inactivity warning, as i do really wish to keep the wiki even if it is inactive.

I hope you guys could help me.

Thank you, kind regards ~Skye Kind regards, Chloe. (talk) 04:27, 6 December 2021 (UTC)


 * You can request for an excemption. Anpang   Talk   Stuff  04:28, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, this is interesting, but could you tell me how would i do this? Kind regards, Chloe. (talk) 04:31, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * In this noticeboard, create a new topic, in the topic put in why you want your wiki to be excempt from deletion and the wiki you want to be excempt from deletion. And maybe name the topic something like "Dormancy policy excemption" Anpang   Talk   Stuff  08:54, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Since the conversation is taking place here and you've been quite descriptive, I think this will do the job when a Steward comes along. You just need to verify you're interested in exemption :) --Raidarr (talk) 08:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh this would be great. I hope the steward would be able to make this happen then.
 * I would be very much interested in an exemption. Thank you for the information! Kind regards, Chloe. (talk) 07:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I signed twice, i forgot that signature was there.
 * Also, just in case it's needed, this is where the wiki can be accessed: wiki.timewisely.net or SkyeWiki.miraheze.org Kind regards, Chloe. (talk) 04:29, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I have now granted an exemption for your wiki. Thank you, John (talk) 19:54, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Expensive parser function count increment per T8389
Please increase the parser function count of gratispaideiawiki and gratisdatawiki to 400, thanks. Ugochimobi (talk) 15:22, 6 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Stewards noticeboard is not the place for bugs with the farm, please keep this in phabricator. TylerMagee (talk) 22:53, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * This isn't a bug report but instead a setting change request. As the setting to change the expensive parser function count is within ManageWiki, it falls under the jurisdiction of Stewards to change. We actually directed Ugochimobi from Phabricator to the Stewards'noticeboard to request this change. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. This will be a steward task. TylerMagee (talk) 23:02, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 20:15, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * You haven't done gratispaideiawiki yet. Ugochimobi (talk) 21:02, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I have now done this for you. John (talk) 18:17, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Ugochimobi (talk) 12:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Exempt from inactivity
Hello, I would like to Exempt from inactivity this wiki. Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 15:24, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Read the Dormancy Policy page, you should cite reasons for exemption YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ UnEdits </b>) (Bring back patrolled)</b></b> 16:14, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * From what I saw, you are a contributing user, you will have more chances YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ UnEdits </b>) (Bring back patrolled)</b></b> 16:15, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello. The reason to request for it is that even if I'm absent at some point the wiki isn't delete. AlPaD (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not a steward so I can't do anything for you right now. Also pay attention to the new rules of the dormancy policy; you will have to "renew" the exemption every two years now! I am opposed to this, but unfortunately it is the new rule YellowFrogger</b> (<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ UnEdits </b>) <b style="font-size:9px; color: #000;>(Bring back patrolled)</b></b> 19:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Please do not spread this information. It is one idea from a request for comment to get community input that is likely to be split to another discussion due to being divisive. The live Dormancy Policy has not in any way been updated. --Raidarr (talk) 20:41, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It hasn't really updated yet, but in a few days, who knows, this rule will have it, as the vote was surrendered. Is there really going to be another discussion about this? <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ UnEdits </b>) <b style="font-size:9px; color: #000;>(Bring back patrolled)</b></b> 23:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The vote was not surrendered. It is an ongoing Request for Comment. --Raidarr (talk) 23:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It's 17 against 10, so mathematically <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 23:29, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * And Besides, you should allow things posted on Stewards' noticeboard to be assessed by STEWARDS, especially when you can not handle the request. This is a Steward noticeboard and contains Stewards' request, so please next time, allow Stewards to assess the content of their noticeboard in peace, especially when you can not handle the situation.
 * Hope this helps there!
 * Happy editing. Ugochimobi (talk) 23:37, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * When I feel like I can help, even if it's on the bulletin board at Stewards, I edit and give my knowledge. Even Raidarr and other users do this, and there is no rule for this. Also, I already asked a steward a question (I think it was Doug), he gave me permission to help with the Steward Noticeboard and Administrators Noticeboard. When you think you can help, it doesn't matter if you're CN or SN. But I opine and wait for a steward to rate even so. It is also a fact that stewards are more inactive these last days. <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 23:51, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * , YellowFrogger is entirely correct here. My stake was correcting a misconception so it would not spread further. Users have a right to comment, though it's expected the comments are tactful. Even on this Noticeboard, users may have something to say to assist in situations especially since Stewards can take a fair bit of time to respond themselves. --Raidarr (talk) 00:56, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

I for now. AlPaD (talk) 20:25, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Twinkle 1.37
Twinkle's "TW" letters got giant in the top bar after the update. I know I should do this in Phabricator, but I'm just letting you know <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ UnEdits </b>) <b style="font-size:9px; color: #000;>(Bring back patrolled)</b></b> 19:30, 7 December 2021 (UTC)


 * This isn't issue the stewards or sysadmins can help resolve because TW is a gadget. You should probably inform the interface admins at Meta talk:Twinkle. --Magogre (talk) 04:37, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * maybe they will be informed <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 13:01, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Permissions error with my new wiki
Hi, I recently requested a new wiki kaslainiawiki at kaslainia.miraheze.org. An error during creation has meant I don't have any permissions on my new wiki. I therefore need to be promoted on it to administrator and bureaucrat manually. Thank you! Gonow32 (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I apologize for this, it was likely a complication from the ongoing process to complete the MediaWiki 1.37 update, which had additional work and bug hunting for some time after the farm was reopened to editing - which is the same time your request was accepted. I can't promise a timeline since Stewards can frankly be a little on and off, but this will be addressed. --Raidarr (talk) 12:40, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I have now ✅ this. Thank you, John (talk) 19:52, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy exemption for a currently private wiki
I would like to apply for dormancy policy exemption for my currently private wiki.

For the following reasons:

1 - There is only so much I can take of going back and forth using wayback machine to retrieve the data, I need breaks. There was no xml dump (that I know of) and the way the publisher hosted it was extremely limiting, we editors didn't have the delete power at all nevermind administrator powers. The currently private wiki is a rebuild of a lost wiki (it was essentially deleted when the publisher lost rights to the game and failed to pass the wiki to new publisher) I am one of the original wiki editors and I absolutely despise that publisher for deleting 10+ years of work that the community put into that wiki, (I contributed about 7 years of work before I left when that publisher first took over, I knew they were bad due to disrespecting of experienced wiki editors). So I guess its essentially me taking it back and rebuilding it better.

2 - I'm an active gamer, every so often I find a slew of games that I'm interested in trying out. Recently there had been 3 in a row (one after the other, spending a few weeks in each one, which took up the time I would have otherwise spent on my wiki) this triggered the inactive warning which I then had to spend 10-15 mins searching how to get rid of it, time I rather spend editing when I'm back after playing.

3 - I have a burning hatred of the publisher that I blame for the loss of the wiki, I will eventually have it back to its former glory, once there I will most likely make it publically viewable but not editable unless by admins. I do not want to lose the wiki again. Mystic (talk) 20:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Merge certain edits from WikiJS
Please merge edits from  and   to Bukkit. If needed, I can go on the Bukkit account to prove my ownership. -- Cheers, Bongo Cat ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:38, 8 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Smart decision. Even because I didn't know that WikiJS and Bukkit were the same person. And maybe this will prove that Bukkit was more active <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 23:29, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, this is me. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 22:01, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Could I please adopt these wikis?
I made a request to adopt Worst TV Networks Wiki on August 16, 2020. 2 months and 2 days later, I finally received a reply from Dmehus and they reopened the wiki. Despite the request not being finished, the request was archived. As a result, I tried to request the rights on requests for adoption, although my request was (unsurprisingly) denied. In addition, I also tried to adopt an open wiki, Horrible Companies Wiki by starting a discussion on the main page's talk page. I am aware that I am not very active on HCW but it is because there is not a lot of content. FatBurn0000 (talk) 07:58, 9 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I took the liberty of denying the reopened request authoritatively as a user because it was attempting to use the normal adoption process for an already open wiki. Unfortunately (and I know this happened suddenly), the process changed from what you know.
 * For the past few years, rights were not supposed to be given through adoption, but due to someone slipping language into the policy early on they were. This was corrected by John, after which the process became far simpler - the requests for adoption process is to only reopen the wiki, and if you want rights, you need to open a local election to request them. Therefore, the terms of your previous request became invalid and could not be filled through RfA. The ongoing request for comment seeks to address this confusing language (among other topics) as 'adoption' is no longer appropriate.
 * I am not a Steward, therefore I only provide input based on my understanding of conventions and policy. That said, your request on HCW is is okay, though it could do more to advertise and open itself to input with a conventional election layout. However, since the main page is protected, you couldn't do a site notice, and the last substantive edits were back in July by the founder with only minor edits in August by Bluba, largest being this page (per the expanded recent changes page), I would say you've had the lion's share of concern for the wiki since then. I think with all things considered including my experience of your interest in reception wikis, granting you rights has a good case here. But that will be the call of a Steward. In any case, my apologies for the confusion of the process so far. With an unlocked main page, I think you have a shot at a more complete local election on Worst TV Networks. --Raidarr (talk) 11:43, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The "your request" link is broken, just reminding Anpang   Talk   Stuff  12:34, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Corrected. Fun bit of history though.--Raidarr (talk) 12:49, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I would like to point out that if you are not to active on the other wiki you have adopted, than I do not really see the point in having another one that you could very well not use often either. Just a bit of input I would like to address. TigerBlazer (talk) 15:08, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The reason why I'm not very active on the wiki is because it doesn't have a lot of content. I am hoping to find a way to import all negative pages about companies that make more than one type of media on Qualitipedia wikis there with all revisions copied, because if they make more than one type of media, we cannot decide which wiki they go on. FatBurn0000 (talk) 20:45, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, could a steward please remove the moderation on Good Software Wiki? There's no need for moderation, and there's so many edits that need to be made. FatBurn0000 (talk) 10:34, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

De-exemption and deletion request for wright*
Per this thread, since they are no longer needed I'm requesting that all wikis beginning with wright** are unexempted and deleted. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:42, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I will unmark these as exempt and delete them using a DB query as there are a 100 wikis. John (talk) 19:55, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Wordmark on Miraheze Commons
Hello! Someone here is a bureaucrat at Miraheze Commons to evaluate this request: https://commons.miraheze.org/wiki /Miraheze_Commons:Community_noticeboard#Wordmark_2? <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 19:30, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Requesting to lock my account
Hi, this is Results May Vary. I am a duplicate account of RMV2003 (I forgot I registered on Miraheze beforehand), and am requesting this account to be locked just in case of potential abuse. Thank you! Results May Vary (talk) 00:10, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * This is RMV2003, I can confirm that Results May Vary is my old account, and would like for it to be locked. Thank you. RMV2003 (talk) 00:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:37, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Please help unblock me in some wikis!
Hello it's me Arryo, I want to get unblocked on loathsomecharacters.miraheze.org, greatestmovies.miraheze.org , greatcharacters.miraheze.org , awfulmovies.miraheze.org , & the awesomegames.miraheze.org. Because i want to promise not to do vandalism again. Because i don't want to become a troll again. I want to promise to explore the world of edits. I will not making any disruptive editing again. Please on the great characters wiki, my appeal is ready to unblock me now because i will make casual edits without any vandalism, disruptive edits, and trollish type edits. QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 12:18, 10 December 2021 (UTC) QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 12:18, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

PS. Oh i am forgot, i just insert the one more time: I will not to do a sockpuppetry again. QwertyMan&#39;65 (talk) 12:20, 10 December 2021 (UTC)


 * This is a question for local admins to resolve. You should be able to discuss it with GCW and ICW's new owners at greatcharacters:User_talk:QwertyMan%2765 and I haved raised it for you with Qualitipedia and asked them to come here to reply. ~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 13:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * So sorry for not getting back to unblocking this user on the other wikis. I will do so shortly. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:46, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

CheckUser request for 2 accounts involved:


I suspect that these 2 accounts are sockpuppets of Quarrow for one of 2 reasons that I will further explain here: Spongebobfan41422 has directly removed content from this page, and just like with Duchess7he5ponge, the user in question has also messed up and/or replaced content on this page with nonsense or otherwise unconstructive edits. As for CallOfDutyIsGreat, they've replaced the BrainPOP! name with the name, Call of Duty, which had nothing to do with the article (and is also a video game franchise), which the vandalism is consistent with Commando is Going!, and QuarrowInTheRisk (another confirmed duck sockpuppet of Quarrow). Additionally, while AVXUser is considered stale, given that it's locked for being a confirmed sockpuppet of Quarrow, the user's vandalism here is also consistent with the above pointers. Therefore, a CheckUser is needed if they are indeed related or not. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:16, 10 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Talk to the account(s) owner(s) specifically. Nobody likes to receive a check, even if the user has committed vandalism. only if he doesn't care <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 21:51, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, but that's the problem. Checks against users are necessary with the amount of sufficient evidence, like the ones I listed here. Your dismissive tone of asking me to "talk to the account(s) owner(s)" does not help matters here. The referenced master account in this case is locked, but behavioral (or technical) evidence could be useful. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:59, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Understood your point of view. If he's no longer active, instead a vandalizing user, he won't even know (even if he did) won't even call to verify his account. Most users who vandalize don't care about the wiki that vandalizes. <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 22:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for understanding that, but I'd like you give this article a good read. Even if the master account is stale, sometimes, you might just find the same IPs that they may use to go around a block or global lock. They may use proxies or other underlying IP addresses to pick up where they left off. A good piece of advice from a wiki creator such as . CheckUsers are here for the purpose of fighting vandalism, spambots, sockpuppetry and determine whether or not the user(s) in question has sent an email using the MediaWiki email feature. Hope that helps. :) DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:39, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Exactly. And I see almost every day an IP address blocked for a year here on Meta and always for the same reasons: Open IP Proxie <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 22:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ (of those you identified at the top of this thread), in accordance with user accounts policy (as well as for the crosswiki vandalism Reception123 identified previously). With regard to the other one, can you please identify specifically how this user is likely related to Quarrow? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 01:53, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, not a problem. As for Spongebobfan41422, he, along with another locked Quarrow sockpuppet account have frequented on this page, constantly vandalizing pages like this. Not sure if this is sufficient enough to warrant another check for comparison, but yes, previous Quarrow sockpuppets have targeted this page which happens to be ROBLOX-related stuff. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:04, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hold on, I knew I was also missing something as well: This user also vandalized this page on ROBLOX, appearing to overlap with Elsagate and AGWQuarrow's vandalism on the same page too. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:10, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Thanks. I've seen that. While it's vandalism, perhaps soft-ish vandalism except for the page blanking which is definitely blatant vandalism, the edits are not really anything like Quarrow's (and socks)'), as far as I can tell. So it seems that particular page is attracting vandalism from two likely different users. They may well be the same user, but I wouldn't know that and the behavioural evidence is not sufficient, in my view, to warrant a check of Spongebobfan41422. Thus, all I can suggest is, firstly, that you provide a local warning to Spongebobfan41422, leaving their user talk page open for appeal, and advise them against creating further accounts, per user accounts policy, to evade their local blocks. Secondarily, as a recommendation, given the persistent vandalism by apparently multiple people, I'd suggest locally protecting the page at either  or , at least for between 1-3 months or so. Dmehus (talk) 02:10, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * If that's the case, then perhaps a warning or guidance will suffice, so we can avoid confusion in the future. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:11, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. SGTM. This can be ✅ then. Dmehus (talk) 02:15, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

The discussion tabs are broken.
An update that occured a couple days ago caused the discussion tabs on our wikis to glitch out, like, whenever you create a topic or try to reply to one, you'll get an error code, which will cause you to accidentally spam said topic or comment. Can this be fixed? SuperStreetKombat (talk) 05:54, 11 December 2021 (UTC)


 * This is already a task on Phabricator. Not much else to be done, let alone by the Stewards I'm afraid. --Raidarr (talk) 09:06, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Global Username Change
My name is too similar to that if ChroniclesXII’s username. I want it changed to CoolDuckz2001, that would be great LunarChroniclesXIV (talk) 09:31, 11 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Please see Special:GlobalRenameRequest. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  09:33, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * As RhinosF1 said, the stewards' noticeboard is not the place for requesting global renames on your account, so can you please see this page? TylerMagee (talk) 14:15, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Block the following accounts
I know this was a long time ago, but this user used the name of the site administrators to make jokes with sexual connotations. And I want you to do something to remove the name of these users or merge

Please, rename the following accounts: <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 01:41, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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 * YellowFrogger, can you please explain what you mean by "sexual connotations," and are you referring to the users usernames or their edits'? Not being a native Portuguese Brasilian speaker, can you provide a bit of detail on what you mean? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 01:51, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @Dmehus I can't even quote much here, because the words are heavy. Search the meaning of "Suruba", "Traveco" and "Puta (means Bitch in english)" <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 01:55, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * YellowFrogger, fair enough. Can you link me to their CentralAuth, so I can effect a measure that takes care of this? Dmehus (talk) 01:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure:
 * Special:CentralAuth/Danete e Julia Bevilac são putas
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 * <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 02:06, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * YellowFrogger, thanks, for Dominic dar o cu para o Repolho123456 Dominic; Gta 5 br, Pclæhzin9x2 e Repolho123456 forma uma grande suruba; and Gta 5 br e pclashzin9x2 namoram, I've locked these accounts as bad faith Username Policy violations and completely hidden them globally given the targeted vulgarity mentioning those Miraheze users. For Danete e Julia Bevilac são putas, as it mentions as likely user's real name, I'm going to give it a courtesy global renaming first, then will lock in accordance with Username Policy. Dmehus (talk) 02:21, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 03:34, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * YellowFrogger No problem. Thank you for your report. The latter account should now be ✅ also. :) Dmehus (talk) 03:45, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Removal of Southparkfan's bureaucrat rights on Meta (Steward reuqest)
I've spoken to Southparkfan via IRC and he has indicated that he no longer wishes to hold administrator and bureaucrat rights on Meta. As Meta bureaucrat, I'm unable to remove bureaucrat and as such am requesting a Steward does so per the resignation. Once again, I thank Southparkfan for everything he's done here, including as Meta administrator and bureaucrat. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:23, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 06:43, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Add an advert about my bureaucrat request on humorpediawiki
I requested adoption for the  which was closed under the Dormancy Policy. The request itself was marked as ✅ (trust me, John marked it as that), but I require local bureaucrat permissions on the wiki. It is advertised on the main page which has no protection, but it needs to be moved onto MediaWiki:Sitenotice. I cannot edit that page though, as the MediaWiki namespace is only editable by interface administrators on the wiki. TylerMagee (talk) 17:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC)


 * The wiki has no editors other than yourself so therefore there would not be much need or sense in having a sitenotice. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:07, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Global lock request | Username Policy violations from Wikimedia
The user Wikimedia is violating the Username Policy by stealing trademark names. I request a global lock for the account with the exact name. TylerMagee (talk) 19:28, 13 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Where did you find this account? You could even ask her to change the name in Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Yet this account was created a year ago. Since there were seven edits on a wiki, none of them vandalism <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 19:35, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Whoa, hold it. That account hasn't been active for about 19 months, ever since May 22nd, 2020 (which was their last edit from their last activity). DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Possibly in Special:CentralAuth's user list. It appears just for help, and I detected "Wikimedia". Well, the Wikimedia name is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. I have also created a talk page for them and told them to do that. TylerMagee (talk) 21:03, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Accounts with bad usernames get a block after some period of time. I had an alt account with a username policy invalid name, Mirahexe, and I just requested for it to be changed and unblocked. So Tyler's probably correct here? The account isn't active and trademark names aren't enfored too much so they may be not correct. <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> AP 📨 06:58, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * In my view, "Wikimedia" would indeed probably not be a username that we'd want to have on here as it's the name of an organization and I'm quite certain that the user isn't affiliated with it. However, in every case other than bad faith/clear vandalism the policy states that accounts should be " warned, linked to this policy and invited to change their username" and not directly locked, so the request to lock now is . I additionally ask TylerMagee to not issue warnings under this policy and to leave that to CVT members. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

May you disable my account?
I don't like miraheze much anymore and I wanna have my account turned off Gaemer (talk) 20:43, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

special:RequestWikiQueue/21856
kakukoka.miraheze.org(special:RequestWikiQueue/21856: It's recently created) is too similar to kakukokka.miraheze.org(special:RequestWikiQueue/7528: It was created several years ago and I've hosted), and they are difficult to distinguish. So I'd like kakukoka.miraheze.org to be changed. Regards. 閲覧者 (talk) 07:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Removal of Inactive wiki creators
In accordance with the policy I am requesting that a Steward removes the following creators for inactivity:
 * CircleyDoesExtracter - last Meta edit on 10 September 2021 - Considered as a de facto resignation as the profile indicates "I'm not active. That's all."
 * Integer - last Meta edit on 16 August 2021 - last wiki creation 12 February 2021 - last global edit (as far as what my investigations indicate) August 2021 DeeM28 (talk) 09:08, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exemption Request
I would like to have this user right given, as I would like to keep my privacy when web browsing. I do not like the fact that the government can spy on things you do, so that is one of my main reasons that I am starting to use the TOR browser. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 21:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Wiki creation
Hello, I recently made a request a few hours ago and I'm patiently waiting for a steward to open it for me. I don't mind the wait but could you please maybe take the time to open the wiki for me? Please reach out to me whenever you can. Thanks! FineLime (talk) 08:26, 18 December 2021 (UTC)


 * You will need to wait a bit more I think. I'll ping the wiki creators.
 * <span style="display:inline-block;border:2px solid #bfff00;border-radius:8px;background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #75ff75, #ffff80)"> AP 📨 08:29, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * For the record, this process is typically managed by the wiki creators; while a Steward can be a Wiki Creator, they typically do not manage the requests in a Steward capacity.
 * While the description was extremely light, we offer a level of discretion for wikis that are 'private' in focus. If a private wiki would be a better fit (since what you have is currently marked public), please update the request to indicate so; and either way, for a stronger(especially public) request we would like to hear more about the content matter the company deals with, and what sorts of pages you might use to explore it. This should also be placed the updated request, so it is back in 'the pool' and a wiki creator can review it again. My availability is not good at this time of day, so another will likely follow up before I am available again.
 * My apologies for the wait and inconvenience; as a majority of wiki creators are rarely available in these hours and earlier. For other reviewer's edification, the request is here. --Raidarr (talk) 09:17, 18 December 2021 (UTC)