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I still can't log on to my account.
Every time I log in, it always show the session hijacking. I'm feeling uncomfortable from this and to be honest, I've tried everything I could do in order to succesfully log in. I got rid of cookies and it still won't let me log on. - Tarbiz

I can't log in
When I log in, it just shows something about that action getting cancelled because of session hijacking. User:Lamborghini446

Cannot create new page from search
Normally to create a MediaWiki page, you can simply search for the article in your search box. If the page is not found, MediaWiki will prompt you to create the page. However, on my wiki, I am not prompted to create a new page. I can create a new page if I create a link of a word that does not have a page, but I don't get the link to create a new page from searching a page that does not exist. Is there any feature that must be enabled?

"Exception" error
Hello, and thank you again for your beautiful work!

My wiki is working well, but I have a problem when a new user has to set a new password at first access. The password input works, but after that I see a page which says (italian version):

Errore interno [6ed00020e037182f9468e092] 2020-01-16 10:55:53: Errore irreversibile di tipo "Exception"

Is it possible to fix it? (the best thing should be redirecting the user to a news page, like "Your account is ready, welcome and begin navigatioN"...

Why is new group in "Groups you cannot change" list?
I just created a new group (Editors2) to test. My current editors group members lost their ability to edit. I created a task on Maniphest (T5197). Meanwhile, I'm trying to set up a new group to see if it works better. But the group ended up in the column Groups you cannot change.

Database error Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"
Hello,

I get the below Error when I try to confirm a new user

Unable to create account requests after review using "Extension:ConfirmAccount"

A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.

[XlqhX1j8TVgeQ-VWcDebrQAAAI8] 2020-02-29 17:37:35: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"

What do we do? -MeMeGuY

Can someone please give me a very basic and easy to follow guide to creating infoboxes and infobox templates to use on my wiki? Thank you
I mean the subject says it all- I've been trying for hours to figure out how to get an infobox to appear. I would like to create a template for an infobox for cities- so that when I use it for multiple pages, each one about a city, there will be an infobox with facts such as when it was founded, where it is located, who rules it, etc. Everything I have found is written by experts for other advanced users, and extreme absolute beginners like me can't understand a single word. Would somebody know what to do- how to get this result?

From what I've tried, I've received a template loop error, and now all it comes up with is "Template:Infobox" in red, not even "Template:Infobox city" like what I had written. I have a page called Templaet:Infobox city which has some code that looks (for example) like:

and on the page where I want the infobox to appear, I have something (once again, just an example) like:

The examples are just super basic and not actually what I use, but they're to the extent. If someone could please help me understand why the infobox is not appearing, instead saying there's a loop or plain red text, that would be much appreciated.

Side note, if I manage to understand how to get this up and running, having an image in the infobox would be much appreciated. I'm not sure if I'll be able to figure it out on my own, so if you want to explain how that works as well I won't be complaining :)

Thank you very much


 * Welcome to Miraheze! Basically, typing   into a page simply copies ("transcludes") the text of the specified template and inserts it at that point.  You've figured out how to pass parameters.  There is no secret to getting images to appear; the code of the template, after being transcluded with the parameters substituted, simply has to make sense at its new home.  If you are seeing "Template:Infobox" in red, it means that Template:Infobox doesn't exist on your wiki.  Naturally, as your examples suggest that you named it "Infobox city".  This part of the problem I suspect is the result of a simple typo.


 * MediaWiki's help page is here. Wikipedia and other wikis already have "Infobox city", as well as a generic template to build infoboxes for specific uses such as cities.  Our FAQ may help you import their templates.


 * Two general tips: Find a wiki that's already doing what you want to do, and steal the code.  Also, type what you want into the page without using a template, then transfer more and more of it into the template.  But first, solve the naming problem!   11:21 26-Mar-2020

I'm unfortunately back again with more infobox problems :/
Thank you for your message before, but I unfortunately couldn't figure out the problem. I read the wiki, FAQ and revised my Template pages, to no avail.

Firstly, I checked the page I want to infobox to appear on and it said that it was getting templates from both Template:Infobox and Template:Infobox city, even though I only had written in. The Template:Infobox page wasn't needed (or at least I hope not) so whatever I had been messing about in there, I deleted the page, clearing it. I left just Template:Infobox city, but the page where I wanted my infobox continued to say it was pulling templates from the two pages.

It seems like there are two types of templates- the template you have on the "Template:Infobox whatever" page that tells the wiki what parameter goes where, and how to build the infobox, and the template you put on the page where you want the infobox to go. I believe that my problems are with the first kind of template. SO I went to the FAQ to see if there was something about how to use these first kind of infoboxes.

Reading the FAQ I saw you had to import and export templates to get infoboxes to work. In that case, since I don't want a premade infobox template but a custom template to create a custom infobox, I went to Wikipedia and found Template:Infobox, the page I believed had the template to create templates- in specific, the first kind of templates I was talking about, the ones that go on the "Template:Infobox whatever" page. And now I found myself with even MORE problems as I couldn't get the Special:Import page to work.

I had copied the link of the Template:Infobox page from Wikipedia, and using Wikipedia's Special:Export page, I exported it as a XML file. From here, I went to my own wiki's Special:Import page, and placed the file in. Once I got it to work by some miracle, and it said it had imported some pages such as modules and stuff, things I didn't really want. But there it was- the Template page. I went there and... nothing at all. It was blank- even in the script editor. I had gone back to the page where the infobox should be to find nothing at all.

I went back to Wikipedia's Template:Infobox page to try and copy some of the syntax (I think that's what it's called?) of what looked like the template into my own Template:Infobox page. And yet, it read it as the second kind of template I was talking about, the template that draws upon the first. It called upon itself and created a template loop.

I'm going to read about Import and Export, and I would like to read about the first kind of template, but I haven't found any information that I can understand yet. It's like reading a dictionary, but all the definitions are made up of words you don't know the definitions of.

I'm also going to search other people's wiki's on Miraheze to try and find instances of infoboxes and see if I can figure out what they've done.

If you see anything I'm doing wrong, or anything I should be doing, please tell me- it'll be extremely appreciated. Thank you!


 * First of all, rules:
 * Post to talk pages by appending to the relevant section, or creating a new section.
 * Do not erase your previous posts to a talk page.
 * Especially do not erase my response. When you call up an edit box and type in new comments, that's what you're doing.
 * Sign and timestamp your post by typing  at the end of your final line.


 * I think the reason it tells you you are calling both Infobox city and Infobox is that the former calls the latter, because the former is built in terms of the latter. Most Infoboxes, if you try to view them as a page rather than transclude them, will show you instructions on their proper usage.  Typically this includes how to code images:  It may be that you have to type the complete   or even   syntax, or it may be that you just type the name of the image file.  This depends on how much of your parameter the template transcludes and how much the template adds on its own.


 * FAQ won't give you information anywhere this detailed on a specific template. Moreover, what we wrote at FAQ only described the case where you want to import complete templates from a wiki such as Wikipedia.  I use templates and would not want to deal with these complications.  Again I suggest that you get a page to appear the way you want it to, and only then think about using templates to automate the process to simplify creation of additional articles.   00:33 28-Mar-2020

Using chosen value from a field as a category for second field
Hey all, been running myself in circles trying to sort this one out, so hopefully someone has an idea or two I haven't thought of. I'm primarily using PageForms and trying to make a second field use the value of the first field as it's category, which I think needs to just be carried over as a string, though my knowledge sort of fizzles out beyond whats readily found on the internet and I might just be speaking gibberish. Anyway, this is a nonfunctional quasi-code snippet that I think represents what I'd -like- to do, but it seems not nearly as simple:

'System' field|System|mandatory|values from category=Systems|existing values only

'Planet' field|Planet|mandatory|values from category=value_chosen_in_System_field|existing values only

I can reference these fields on the following page of course, but not right on the form page itself. And I know the show on select option exists, but that requires adding all trees into the form manually, whereas I'd prefer it be dynamic as new data will be regularly added to all of the categories. I feel like I am overlooking something obvious, as I certainly can't be the first person to want to do this, and I appreciate any guidance!

Where add template?
I feel so clueless.

I just want to compile research, articles & photos to provide for leaders & others to reference as they're figuring out methods to deal with Coronavirus. Was hoping to do in basic format like this:

Main Title

Section Title Citation Summary of research  (& maybe photo in there somewhere)  ~Just text. No additional title needed Explanation of significance -Some little way to signify transition to new topic, by indent, italic or ??

with ability to add more sections.

Where do I make a template like this & will it automatically be inserted whenever I make a new page? I'm sorry to ask so many questions--I'm trying to learn but also get doing research faster. If you can help me figure out, thanks a TRILLION!!


 * I'm catching on some about formatting, but don't know where to make a template file that will appear on all pages.
 * I saw a reference to "local settings" (I think for css) but I am not able to find. Please help?

Update: I better not keep try to use another format to try to keep records in right now. This has turned out to be too high of a learning curve for me, lol!


 * You might look at my recommendations to someone else in Sec. 5 above.


 * The coding that might help you is a Wikitable:


 * Get the code to work first. Then transfer it to a template to mass-produce it!   22:34 11-Apr-2020

Lost ability to post comments and create pages on Terrible TV Shows Wiki
I was a autoconfirmed user on the wiki but for some reason, I lost the rights. I talked to an admin and he made me as a confirmed user but the problem still hasn't been resolved. How can I become a autoconfirmed user again? I have no issues on Crappy Games Wiki or Awful Movies Wiki where I am a autoconfirmed user. On Rotten Websites Wiki, I'm not an autoconfirmed user but I can still make edits and post comments.

'''Can someone solve my problem? Why are you answering the questions posted after me without answering mine?'''

I can't log in
User:OishiLover75: I'm having trouble logging in. Technical problems are not restored. What should I do? Why don't the instructions above work for me.

Only the Edit Source option is available when trying to update my sandbox plus previous issue still not solved.
I want to update my sandbox on Awful Movies Wiki but it's only letting me edit the source only and not edit the page itself. That's very inconvenient for me because it's much faster to edit as the page should be displayed unless I'm uploading videos.

And I still haven't gotten a reply with the previous issue that I posted last week that I'm having on Terrible TV Shows Wiki. Can someone please let me know what's going on and why Miraheze is becoming worse to use with each passing day?

This is getting ridiculous. Once again, the users who posted after me are getting help from the staff but I get ignored. Can you at least post something so I know what the reason is?

Nomination of rights during my sanction
Is it okay for me to nominate other people for advanced rights during my 3-year long sanction? (Hint: i’m nominating somebody for a steward) OwenFung87 10:30, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Your restrictions only apply to RfCs not RfSs. They are also indefinite. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  11:34, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Would it mean that I'm not allowed to appeal it when you said the restriction is going to be "indefinite"? OwenFung87 12:49, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * They are no restrictions on appeals. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  12:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

languages
Hey. How can I infer the available languages?

I want to infer the available languages ​​from the left. How it's done here on this wiki https://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale
 * It's done by adding interwiki links at the bottom of the page, which is special links that only contain a language code, such as for english. Only stewards can create new interwiki links, tough, those not existing on the "table" won't work.--Wedhro (talk) 11:30, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

How do you get Flow on discussion pages?
I have Flow (structured discussions) installed but I don't know how it is activated on the discussion pages. There is just the normal text editor. Anyone know how to activate this feature? 17:40, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ~ On Special:ManageWiki/namespace, select the name space, and in talk namespace you can enable it. Hispano76 (talk)
 * Thank you very much, that worked. 17:53, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Cannot log out now: badtoken
I'm glad the login issues are finally fixed. Alas, on my wiki, clicking "Log out" in the upper right corner gives Cannot log out now: badtoken Just wanted to let you know. (Solution: clear all cookies and try again.) Jidanni (talk) 04:29, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Skin set in Special:ManageWiki is only showing up to me and not visitors of the wiki
In my Wiki "Eld's Meta Universe Wiki", I changed the default skin in the Specials:ManageWiki page's styling tab. This updates the look of the wiki but only for me, visitors of the wiki get the default skin. This has been tested in Firefox, Chrome and Vivaldi browsers. The skin also doesn't show for me if I'm logged off. I have checked the skin in personal preferences and it's set to the same as the skin in Specials:ManageWiki without ability to change any setting there.

Eldirish (talk) 13:26, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for reporting this issue. We will look into it. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:37, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * A Phabricator task will be opened for this issue but for the time being please try to clear your cache for that wiki. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:56, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking into it. I can confirm that deleting the cookies for Miraheze on their browsers made the correct skin show for the visitors.

My wiki is disorganized
NOTICE '''THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN CANCELED. I ACTUALLY FOUND A NEW WAY TO DEAL WITH IT. THANKS! DONT DELETE ANY NAMESPACES THOUGH'''

This is going to be quite a long explanation. Hope you have a basic understanding of how NationStates works. So basically, in NationStates, I used to RP my own nation, the Crazybloxian Empire.

The wiki articles I wrote about it were very disorganized as I didn’t know how to do the categories right, I realized I had been writing articles in the wrong format, I realized I had been writing pages that weren’t encyclopedia style in mainspace, ones that should have been in other namespaces, and I also wrote this alone.

If you do your research, NationStates is divided into many groups called "regions". I moved to another region called the Commonwealth of Liberty, and now I intend to use my wiki to publish so-called "factbooks", but the old wiki is very disorganized, and using Special:Nuke hasn’t worked out for me, since most of the pages are a year old. I have done too much work importing the templates, and it’s a headache.

Additionally NationStates allows you to publish something called "dispatches" but they are very rudimentary and on every dispatch I made, I made sort of like a menu/type thing with links to go between dispatches, but they do not implement, so changing "menus" for HUNDREDS of "dispatches" can be very labor-intensive.

However on this MediaWiki software I can just make the "menu" a template and whenever I need to add a new link, just change the template.

Could I request mass deletion of ALL articles? Do not delete anything in the File, Storefront namespace, but DO delete everything in all other namespaces that I didn’t exempt. DO completely delete the Law, Executive Order and News namespaces (including talk namespaces), as they are clearly not needed.

The reason I am unable to do this myself is due to the fact that IRL I have time constraints, it’s not like I can spend 10 hours trying to delete stuff and organize my wiki. Thank you. Please respond to me, but do not do anything to my wiki yet until I have confirmed and gave you the greenlight to do so.

Thank you soo much. Also you should read the Wikipedia article about NationStates to actually get an understanding of the site. Bye!

Have a good day, wash your hands,

Sincerely, •• Fair0002 • Bureaucrat and Administrator of Crazybloxian Empire Wiki 03:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Search suggestions not available
This is Kouchu19. When I type something on search, the suggestions won't come up. Is it because of the extensions? What should I do? Kouchu19 (talk) 23:26, 2 May 2020 (UTC)Kouchu19

Help with regex
Hi, I need to change the old markup used for images in my wiki because it's very outdated and not mobile-friendly. There's a ton of pages to edit and of course I need to automate it, too bad the only tool available is the MassEditRegex extension and I just can't wrap my head around the regex syntax; I used it multiple times for simple edits, but that's it.

What I need is to change any text matching  to. Thanks in advance. --Wedhro (talk) 11:26, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Just asking this
What the heck happened to the comments on most of the wikis? After the update, a whole bunch of them were deleted.

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 16:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Which wiki and for which pages? Paladox (talk) 16:40, 1 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Almost every page on Atrocious YouTubers Wiki, Greatest Movies Wiki, the list goes on and on. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 16:53, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed, apologies for the delays. Paladox (talk) 21:25, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll give you more links to wikis once I find more problems with comments.
 * Also, some of the replies in comments have been duplicated, especially on Atrocious YouTubers Wiki and Terrible TV Shows Wiki. It's caused me to delete a duplicate reply, only for the other reply to be deleted too. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 21:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Awful Movies Wiki and Best TV Shows Wiki are suffering from missing comments too. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 23:08, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for asking again but could you please have another look to see if it was fixed? And if not, a specific page where comments were supposed to be would be helpful so we can check ourselves. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:56, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * These are some pages I have noticed missing comments on. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 16:55, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What's broken with those pages? They look like they have there comments again? Paladox (talk) 18:12, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry i misread it (didn't see you explained in the links). Is it fixed now? Paladox (talk) 18:20, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I have noticed missing comments on Rotten Websites Wiki. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Which pages? Paladox (talk) 22:25, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Nvm. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 23:20, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Melanie Martinez Wikia
Since the anonymous cannot request wikis directly at the Request vault they must be done over here instead. For eight (or was it seven?) years singer Melanie Martinez’s wiki has been hosted by Fandom. That’s right eight or seven years. Here’s a page pulled from the wiki after the 2016 revamp, for example: 1.

Almost every page there at the bottom has a Comment Rule Box. If the site has gotten transferred to this hosting tree said rules will be above at the open box. If possible I think the wiki has reached its time to be moved from Fandom.

Unlike most of the 3K+ wikis a chock full are currently dormant from this hosting service that one will have the gates open to IP contributing and commenting. The rule box from the old wiki will be still placed above but simplified in its new home.

Good night,

2600:1:F30D:F340:9BB:81A5:1A53:7FCA 03:12, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It is best to register a user account, then apply for the wiki, under which subdomain you should be among others. Hispano76 (talk) 02:17, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Upload own media wiki using FTP?
Hi

I've set up my own wiki using media wiki on a local host server and was looking to transfer as is to the Miraheze domain as a sub-domain for the time being whilst I free up my domain (unfortunately currently have website hosting with go daddy and they are really not very user friendly when it comes to hosting wikis, and also it is not for profit so paying for something that isn't meeting my needs is not my idea of a good use of money).

Can I just upload it with an FTP account on file zilla as is? I have a template page, an admin account with an associated email account and most importantly, I have MP3 uploads enabled as an extension and on my local settings file (crucial for my project). I also want to enable use of tables and I understand visual editor can make that easier which is great. If not, what can I do to help the process along?

Also, if I want to transfer my wiki from a subdomain to my custom domain once I can transfer my registration to a provider which is less of a pain in the ass do I just put in a request for a transfer or do I have to start it all up again?
 * see Moving a wiki to Miraheze and Custom domains. Hispano76 (talk) 20:07, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Search suggestions not available
This is Kouchu19. In my wiki, when I type something on search, the suggestions won't come up. Is it because of the extensions? What should I do? Kouchu19 (talk) 23:27, 2 May 2020 (UTC)Kouchu19
 * I will assume that you have enabled the Wikibase Client and the Wikibase Repository. If so, go to Special:ManageWiki/settings#mw-section-edit in your wiki and uncheck the Enable Entity Search UI (Wikibase) option. That should make the search work. Let me know if it worked or not. Or it wasn't what you asked. Please note that it may take a few minutes to get ready. Hispano76 (talk) 02:14, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Another suggestion, but you might also try disabling Extension:TitleKey. It caused search result issues on a Wiki I'm working on, so I disabled it and search results turned back to normal. Reading through the extension talk page and Phabricator, it seems this extension has caused issues with searching before, so it might be the same case here. --Elaeagnifolia (talk) 05:45, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

How to get rid of this off my wiki
How do i disable the "Last 5 pages viewed" thing off my wiki? Kouchu19 (talk) 06:05, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe this is due to Extension:JSBreadCrumbs. Try disabling the extension and see if that removes it. --Elaeagnifolia (talk) 06:35, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Create account error
If I try to create an account, it gives me this error:

There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form.

This keeps on coming no matter how many times I resubmit the form. Help! (Redacted - RhinosF1) 09:48, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Please try to delete all your cookies that are Miraheze-related. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 10:26, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Can't login to my Miraheze account for some reason
Hey guys, so I need help trying to log back into my miraheze account since it logged me off from all of the stuff I was in, I tried to log back in with all of them and none of them worked and just said I was "hijacked" or whatever, so I'm wondering if there's anyway I can be able to log back into my account which is AzUrArInG and began doing the things I usually do, if you find anything to fix the issue, then thanks, anyway, that's all I have to say about this. - AzUrArInG
 * Try the following:


 * 1) Clear all miraheze related cookies (every miraheze site you've visited will create cookies that need to be cleared),
 * 2) Visit Special:UserLogout,
 * 3) And then you should be able to log in again.
 * -- Void  Whispers 19:09, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

I see, but where do I find these so-called "cookies" since I've looked in the wikis I went into and I don't seem to figure out what it is I'm suppose to find and get rid of.
 * It is different for every browser, so I'd suggest just searching for "how do I clear cookies on " and swapping out for whatever browser you are using. -- Void  Whispers 20:22, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Asian/Far Eastern Wiki Requests
I'm not sure if we have any other users who speak one or more Asian or Far Eastern languages fluently besides (The Pioneer) and  (both of which do not appear to be super active right now), but as of writing there are several requests in the Wiki Requests Queue that are in Korean, Japanese, and I think one in Chinese that need to be serviced by someone who speaks the language. I don't trust machine translations when it comes to Eastern Characters because they have a notorious history of outputting world salad for that kind of stuff. Amanda Catherine (talk) 00:12, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * In Japan, English is not included in the official language, but within the scope of compulsory education in Japan, English is included in the content to be learned.Due to the age restriction of miraheze, it is not necessary to assume that preschoolers will have access.By the way, what is the meaning of "Far Eastern"?Where is my country far from?

I don't know where the center and the end are because the earth looks almost spherical. Would you please teach me where is the center and where is the end?--松 (talk) 06:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)fix.--松 (talk) 06:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Far East/遠東/極東 is a term used to describe East Asia, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. I believe User:Amanda Catherine means CJK text in this context.

As I have put on my user page, my native language is Chinese, and I can understand most written Japanese in daily conversations. So I think I can help. I probably won't be able to help often, though. --Jack980517 (talk) 02:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Please do not take unnecessary offense! England, which invented English, has for a long time drawn maps of the world with England (usefully) at the center.  "Far East" denotes those nations on the right edge of the map; "far" does not mean "extreme" in any other sense.  I've seen identical maps in the United States, but with the United States (usefully) at the center.  On these maps, Asia is the Far West.  But "America" is the English term for the United States, and Latin America bristles at the supposed racism because they are parts of the Americas too.  China's name in Chinese, I'm told, means "Middle Country," the same (useful) self-centeredness.   02:19 5-May-2020


 * What I was taught as the only accurate world map was a map with the land and sea drawn on the surface of the ball.The straight line on the earth is essentially a curve, with two points where all meridians meet.It is extremely difficult to project such a figure on a plane so that it is continuous, maintains a size ratio, and maintains an angle.So, what I consider a planar map to be useful is a narrow map of a sufficiently short distance that a straight line can be considered a straight line.So, I thought of miraheze as a global community, so I felt uncomfortable with the expression "Far Eastern".-- Posted by 松 (talk) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 06:45 --松 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the suggestion that you can understand Japanese and help users.-- Posted by 松 (talk) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 06:45 --松 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for explaining the relationship between maps and history, which I could not explain well. I promise to make an effort to speak as calmly as possible.-- Posted by 松 (talk) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 06:45 --松 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)


 * It is probably possible to instruct a user who requests the wiki in Japanese to reissue the request in English. This will reduce the concern that there are few users who can understand Japanese.-- Posted by 松 (talk) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 06:45 --松 (talk) 07:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Logging in errors :/
So I'm a user on here but every time I try to log in, this message appears. There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form. I have: Still not working :/ Dibbydib (signed out) 04:17, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Cleared all my cookies and cache
 * Tried signing in with different browsers
 * Everything in-between

"Interwiki transcluding is disabled"
I wanted to put an interwiki userbox on my userpage but it says "Interwiki transcluding is disabled"? Is there a reason for this and is this done on purpose? DeeM28 (talk) 08:18, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yes, it is disabled on purpose as it creates issues that we'd rather not have (the configuration is called wgEnableScaryTranscluding, even from the name you can tell). If you want to use userboxes for your userpage feel free to copy them or ask for an import. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

YouTube extension
I asked last month about the YouTube extension. Nicovideo is still not enabled. Any news about it? Thanks --Jack980517 (talk) 14:02, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not responding, this needs a discussion and T5535 on Phabricator has been opened to that effect. Hopefully it will be done soon. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 20:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Upcoming RfC regarding CVT
After some thought and some discussions with other users, multiple users have agreed that the scope of the CVT needs to be changed. For this reason I have drafted an RfC for these changes. Please feel free to comment on any grammatical errors or any other such changes necessary on the draft, or to add proposals but please leave discussions regarding the actual content of the RfC for when it is published (3-4 days from now). Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:59, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Please fix the login issues with the miraheze wikis.
I'm having some trouble logging in. I tried everything, but nothing worked for me.
 * Please clear all miraheze cookies. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:57, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Help to Find Wiki Request Tracker
Hi everyone, I am extremely new here, so please forgive me for whatever I do not know or the mistakes I make in this post. I recently submitted a request for a wiki (rainwatercollab.miraheze.org) and I accidentally clicked away from the page after I submitted the request. Apparently, I can track the progress of the wiki page request via the page that loads immediately after the request, but now that I moved away from the page, I can't seem to get back to it. Does anyone have any help on this issue? Thank you so much. Ianvangiesen (talk) 02:42, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You're looking for Special:RequestWikiQueue/11922 (in short, your request has not been reviewed yet). Pppery (talk) 02:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * @Pppery: Thank you so much for your response, I found the tracker! :-)

Can't log in to Phabricator
While I can log in to my account, the same credentials don't seem to work for Phabricator. Has anyone else found this?

I want to change the URL of my wiki, and not sure how else I'd be able to do this.

All help appreciated, thank you
 * Please use the login with mediawiki option. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  09:14, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * @RhinosF1 Thank you, I've now done this! So helpful, thanks :-)

I want to delete all the files I imported in my wiki
I'm making a Wiki, but it's difficult to import the template all at once and delete it, so I want some of the administrators looking here to delete all the files I imported.—Pencilboryser (talk) 13:02, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Is it gakinotsukai.miraheze.org? I don't see the details because it is private, but can you use Special:Nuke. You can bulk delete by visit here locally and select page that you want to delete. --そらたこ (talk) 18:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)//gakinotsukai.miraheze.orgのことですか？プライベートなので具体的にはわかりませんが特別:まとめて削除が使えると思います. ローカルでここにアクセスして、削除したいページ(ファイル)を選択することでまとめて削除できます. --そらたこ (talk) 18:07, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ですがSpecial:Nukeで削除しようとしても自分が他Wikiからインポートしたファイルは消せないです. —Pencilboryser (talk) 22:59, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ファイルが消せない理由は、https://mediawiki.org/wiki/InstantCommons/ja　が関係してるかも知れません. --松 (talk) 07:58, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 削除する方法はもしかして無いのでしょうか？—Pencilboryser (talk) 08:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

How to Add a Disscusion?
need halp with that
 * Could you perhaps be more specific? WickyHoney (talk) 19:16, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Permissions translation page in Spanish template miraheze org
Hello, I have tried to translate into Spanish https://template.miraheze.org/wiki/Miraheze_Template_Wiki/es it asks me for permissions to translate, what is the procedure to request permissions? Thanks a lot --Geryescalier (talk) 02:32, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Help with Flow
My wiki TV Censorship Wiki, when I set talk to flow and save it, it goes back to wiki text. I have the flow extention enabled and I don't have this problem on my other wikis. Any help? I'm also having this problem with Astonishing Scratchers Wiki --Pacsonic9000 (talk) 13:38, 8 May 2020 (PST)
 * Also experiencing this issue on my Wikis, except for general namespace content model changes as well, not just Flow. I opened a Phabricator task here to hopefully get some eyes on it to see what the problem might be. --Elaeagnifolia (talk) 05:02, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Detachment from other wikis
I found out that, if I browse any other wikis hosted by Miraheze with my account logged in, my account get attached to that wiki without my recognition and thus the record pops up in the Global account information page. I wish to have only my wiki and miraheze meta list. Is it possible to remove all the history I made in those other wikis? --M. Kim (talk) 19:28, 9 May 2020 (UTC)