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cant open Special:SpecialPages
My wiki has an error and this page (https://prosoudou.miraheze.org/m/8if ) cannot be opened. Error: 'Internal error. [15610fc439d2a7814ddd965d] 2023-02-09 08:07:57: Fatal exception of type "Error"" How do you fix it?　Using $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; seems to show the reason, but miraheze does not seem to have this. Thank you. 守矢之實 (talk) 08:14, 9 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Seems to be working fine now Collei (talk) 02:46, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

PDF Embed and CSS styling?
I have the PDF Embed parser hook extension enabled on my wiki, and it works without issue. However, I am wondering is there any way to change some fo the presentation/styling of how the PDF displays on the page via css (or some other method)? I am hoping to do things like changes the default background color, border/margin width, etc. for the display window the PDF is in. Ideally do things like make the background white like the page body, add a rounded border radius to the frame, etc. Thanks in advance. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 01:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Issues about "Mass edit using regular expressions"
Extension:MassEditRegex is far inferior to Extension:ReplaceText. Some issues: Any workaround or better alternatives? Thank you. Revival (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) There is no way to search and edit all pages (e.g. in Main namespace).
 * 2) The option "Page name prefixes (edit pages having names beginning with this text)" is completely broken. For example input "Friend" but it fails to find the page "Friendship".
 * 3) Preview is limited to the first 20 matches. It shows pages even if it matches nothing. Extension:ReplaceText only lists the pages with match(es).
 * 4) Unlike Extension:ReplaceText, you could not fine-tune and select which parts to apply edits. It must be all or none.
 * Oh, that's a good question. I also face some of the above issues when I try to use this extension. However, the ReplaceText has shut down in ManageWiki's extensions list. What happened?
 * ReplaceText is incompatible with wikis (or entire farms in Miraheze's case) with $wgCompressRevisions turned on. See T10185, T10227, and T10240. --Routhwick (talk) 15:08, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
 * But ... When will this extension be revived? Some popular wikis use it anyway! I am aware that the CompressRevisions has been enabled due to lacking resources (especially db141 bugs) and it will be disabled when Miraheze have enough resources. Also, some volunteers say they are exploring how to make a patch to let ReplaceText work even if the CompressRevisions is set to true. Has the patch been done?

Floating ToC
Is there a way to enable the floating ToC on my own wiki? Aaron Liu (talk) 19:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Clear notification for deleted wiki
3 months ago I forgot to mark a notification from Qualitipedia as read. Now, after enabling cross-wiki notifications, I'm stuck with it. How do I mark it as read? The abuse filter isn't letting me upload images so I uploaded a screenshot to https://imgur.com/a/13OF3Ga. Also the captcha doesn't appear when I use reply tool and only appears when I use the source editor, this is also a bug. Aaron Liu (talk) 19:23, 11 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Aaron Liu, you can mark the notification as read by going to Special:Notifications and clicking on the wiki source in the left-hand sidebar. Not uploading your screenshot is indeed wise, as it would clutter the wiki as a file; linking to Imgur was a good choice. Best, EpicPupper (talk) 01:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @EpicPupper No I’ve tried that, Qualitipedia doesn’t even show up in the sidebar. Aaron Liu (talk) 12:36, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I have the notification issue on multiple wikis, partially dating to before the db141 crisis. 25 unquenchable pings (mostly qualitipedia, + two wikis I lost access to) and 7 unquenchable notices from Qualitipedia central. This seems like something that would require SRE to reach into the gears and clear, so to speak. --Raidarr (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Raidarr Thanks for the pointer, what's an SRE though? Aaron Liu (talk) 21:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * SRE are the technical people of Miraheze. While they overlap with Stewards, it is SRE that deals with issues such as this. Specifically I'd figure someone from the MediaWiki branch. --Raidarr (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Custom domain request "resolved" on phabricator, what's next?
My custom domain request on phabricator is marked as "resolved". What should I do now? How can I use the custom domain?

Bonniex345 (talk) 09:30, 14 February 2023 (UTC)


 * See Custom domains for how to make your domain point to your wiki. Tali64³ (talk) 17:37, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Are we allowed to use Patreon?
Title

Muffins (talk) 16:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)


 * As far as I can ascertain, you can link to your Patreon in your user page, and on the main page of your own wiki (as founding bureaucrat). Beyond that, Miraheze can't be used as an e-commerce outlet. --Routhwick (talk) 17:10, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Can anyone tell Rangerkid51 that I want to see my account and to let him know that I learned my lesson?
I know what I have done, its just that I see many abandoned and incomplete pages, I don't expect forgiveness, but I will make sure for all of you that I leaned for my mistakes, I won't exaggerate anymore on the crimes section and categories, I promise, but only if you trust me, I just want to help that all, but I promise that I won't made the mistakes that I done a long time ago anymore. It will be an honor to me if you let me have another chance. I am so sorry for all of this, I swear. I am not immature anymore. You have the final word if you forgive me or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oscargerardo (User talk:Oscargerardo • Special:Contributions/Oscargerardo) 22:02, 14 February 2023
 * Real Life Villains Wiki was made private by a Steward some time ago for violating the unsubstantiated insult provision of the Content Policy (log action). If the wiki is reopened, you could address in your appeal an in-depth explanation of why you were blocked and what you will do differently if unblocked. However, I'd probably prepare for the wiki being deleted just in case. Also, please sign your messages with four tildes ( ~ ). Tali64³ (talk) 22:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you very much, please let Rangerkid51 know that I am so sorry for exaggerate to much in the crimes section, if he docent want to speak with me that is fine, but don't call me for my help. Thank you very much.

Links to other wikis
So I have a wiki that has some of the same characters on another wiki, and I would like to know how to link the other wikis' pages, but possibly using brackets; without making the actual articles. I will make a page of links to the other pages. (Sometime) Wiki I would like the links to be on Wiki I would like the links to go to 《Commetian_Empire》 (talk) 15:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Add a WikiNode page to your wiki. Rob Kam (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You can also use mh: subdomain:page to do that. You could make it a template to save space. Tali64³ (talk) 17:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! (Sorry for the late reply!)《Commetian_Empire》 (talk) 01:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Formatting and/or CSS styling for Module documentation pages
I have been scrapping a bunch of Modules from Wikipedia, to bold-out a lot of compatible content compatibility for some scrapped content, and I was wondering how I can go about setting up the formatting and CSS styling for Module documentation subpages so they render properly (i.e. like standard documentation pages) when viewed on their corresponding Module page(s)? – Mitchell Gore (talk) 03:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC) Mitchell Gore (talk) 03:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

How can I merge a wiki with another wiki?
I have considered merging both Charactapedia Wikis again. How can I do that? ShawnTehLogoBoi (talk) 20:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Make a dump of each wiki and use Special:RequestImportDump here to request that a dump of one wiki be imported to the other. If you have a wiki that you'll merge the wikis into, request that both of them be imported into that wiki. Tali64³ (talk) 21:11, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Can't upload font, even with tff uploading enabled and "Ignore any warnings" checked
Hi, I'm trying to upload a font to a wiki of mine, but I'm getting an error when doing so. Upon pressing the "Upload file" button, instead of the file being uploaded, an error appears, reading: 'File extension ".ttf" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (font/sfnt).' This occurs even if "Ignore any warnings" is checked. What should I do to get around this? Realicraft (talk) 12:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Rename global Interwiki administrators group to "Global Interwiki administrator"?
Currently, the global Interwiki administrators group is simply known as "Interwiki administrator". This sometimes causes confusion as in name, there's no distinction from local Interwiki administrators and global ones. A user also recently asked me about this and whether the listing on one's CentralAuth of being an "Interwiki administrator" indicated they were one globally or on one wiki so the name itself isn't the best. We make distinction between roles such as a local sysop and a Global Sysop and local rollbackers and Global Rollbackers but seemingly don't when it comes to Interwiki administrators. As such, I propose that the global Interwiki administrators group be renamed to "Global Interwiki administrator" and it's group name be changed to "global-interwiki-admin," to match other groups like Global Rollbackers (global-rollbacker), Global IP block exemption (global-ipblock-exempt) and to provide further clarity about this positons reach. What does everyone think about this? Agent Isai Talk to me! 06:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I'd like to see "global" as part of the name.
 * I was wondering about that in Discord support. Until I found this post, I thought that all local Interwiki admins could do something globally.  I actually rationalized it down to that these folks were volunteers who were willing to learn to do something most wiki founders aren't quite ready to learn to do for themselves... Imamy (talk) 06:41, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I would this as well, it's well within reason and makes sense to match. Thanks - BrandonWM (talk • contributions • global • rights) 13:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds sensible to me. --Raidarr (talk) 14:11, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * This change would remove ambiguity, easy . --NotAracham (talk • contribs • global) 23:20, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Collei (talk) 19:21, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

can't open my page
Hi, I can't have access to a page that was created last year : Mutu (miraheze.org) Can you help for a new access please ? 2A01:CB19:257:B400:89A7:8545:5DE0:755D 14:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you're asking. Could you provide a link to the page you want to access? Collei (talk) 19:20, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

I believe I have lost admin permissions on my own Wiki
I haven't accessed my wiki in awhile but I have had friends working on it, when I accessed to confirm more users and more bureaucrats I found out I can no longer access user rights or user groups. I created this wiki, what has happened? Garfieldhub (talk) 23:08, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Why is my template in this form definition page not working?
Hello and thanks!

I've tested the code in this template already and know that it works when used directly in a form definition page, but when I place it in a template and then call that template into the form definition page of this form it is not displaying correctly when filling out the form. The "for template" and "field" calls are not working.

I believe the error has something to do with transclusion of the pipe characters and I tried using the | trick, but I'm not getting what I'm expecting.

Thanks for your help.

(edited for clarity) ParentRatings (talk) 01:01, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

How it works...
I am tentatively interested in using Miraheze as a private website, without others making edits to articles, but possibly keeping the talk page open for input. Can that be done? 2601:200:4000:5D90:756E:608E:5E67:C4E0 03:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes. That is how my private wiki was arranged before I reset it. You can set regular spaces to protected mode and leave talk pages unprotected using Special:ManageWiki/namespaces. It's slightly tedious with this method (going through each namespace to make sure regular is protected and talk is open) but it worked for me well when done. Raidarr (talk) 04:36, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * That sounds good. Thank you. ~ 2601:200:4000:5D90:E5F9:D27F:C443:A294 16:00, 27 February 2023 (UTC)