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Delete my wiki
Hello! I wish for my wiki to be deleted

https://yourosongcontest.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * Sorry for the late response, but now it's filed as a phab ticket here.-- 07:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

I would like to recover the wiki "https://fablac.miraheze.org/wiki/Accueil"
Good morning,

I am contacting you because I will wish to recover the wiki of our school. It's called "fablac". We are very disappointed not to find him again.

Thanks in advance. Have a beautiful day, Sophie
 * Hello and welcome! I am not a Steward, but I think your request would carry more weight if you were a registered user.  Please pick a username!   22:23 20-Mar-2019

How do i add a Infobox? i Know Barely anything about Coding on Wikis sadly.
Hi, i'm New here as i Moved from Wikia's Mass-Ad Festival to here which seems cleaner. Only Issue i have right now is Adding Infoboxes to my Wiki.
 * Hello and welcome! Please read FAQ.  (Better yet, read the entire page!)  Take care when importing code, because sometimes a template relies on other templates and you need to import them all.  You're right that it's "cleaner" to edit here than at Wikia, where they are always breaking stuff.  Templates are somewhat like subroutines in a programming language, and unfortunately, it will require learning about them, because even if you get them to work, you'll find you want to tweak them.   13:48 23-Mar-2019

How do I get to the Special:ManageWiki to uncheck the "closed" box to reopen it
My wiki was closed for dormancy - and I would like to re-open it, but I don't know how to get to the Special:ManageWiki page to uncheck the "closed" box. DebyJolley
 * Surfing to the page  (making an appropriate substitution for  ) should get you there, though I do not know if other problems will prevent you from completing the operation.   03:45 2-May-2019

Thank you, Spike!!

How do I make a default page when new pages are created?
There may be multiple users that can edit my wiki. I would like to have Category:All on the bottom of every new created page without multiple users having to remember to do that manually. Is there a way I can make a wiki template which will be copied into a new page whenever a new page is created? Thank you! Bulrush (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Here is one solution: You can create a page that users call to create a new page; it can use DPL, and the  tag that creates the edit window can use the   parameter to specify what is initially in that edit window, from a different file.  These contents could include Category:All.  This solution does not prevent the creator of the page from removing the category.  Another solution is to write a 'bot that periodically cycles through every page not in the category and adds it; I don't know how to do this.   21:18 13-May-2019

Ok, maybe I'm not asking the right question. When I backup my wiki I want to backup all pages, and I was going to use the Category:All to add all pages to the export list. Is there another way to export all pages to back them up to a local file on my PC? Bulrush (talk) 12:16, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Bulrush You can do this via Special:DataDump or with Special:AllPages and Special:Export. Isn't that what you're looking for? Hispano76 (talk) 14:08, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It depends on size of your wiki (whether to use Special:DataDump or to use Special:Export), but perhaps Special:AllPages can provide a list as well.-- 14:17, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

I don't have permissions to view or do Special:DataDumps and I assume I cannot give myself that permission. Usually I backup my wiki using Special:Export but I have to type in a category to get and export pages in that category, when really I want to backup all pages in that wiki. I've tried a category of '+' and '*' and neither work to give me all pages. If I forget to add a Category of 'All' to a page then that page doesn't get backed up. Any ideas how I can back up all pages of a wiki using Special:Export? Bulrush (talk) 10:08, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You can give yourself the permission from Special:ManageWikiPermissions on your wiki (which should be: view-dump, generate-dump, and possibly delete-dump).-- 12:03, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I set the max image size that can be uploaded?
The default settings seems to be 250mb, that seems a bit excessive. I poked around in all the settings screens and can't seem to find the setting. If the max size just for my wiki newearth.miraheze.org is 5mb that's fine. Bulrush (talk) 12:27, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * As it's a technical issue, perhaps you should ask it on Phabricator instead.-- 06:47, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (16)
Hi, user Special:CentralAuth/Debunker needs to be merged into Special:CentralAuth/Debuncher. Also, Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997 is still unable to log in after his temporary account Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997 temp was merged.--Wedhro (talk) 08:29, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Anse1997 will need to be redone from the top, unless there is another way to confirm their identity to reset their password. -- Void  Whispers 20:23, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * He confirmed his identity by writing on my Fandom message wall with his old account: https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:1652665 - Anyway, what do you mean by "to be redone from the top", should he create a new temporary account?--Wedhro (talk) 09:27, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is unfortunately what has to be done. -- Void  Whispers 15:18, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Please delete all cgs prefaced files on scruffy wiki.
I've tried with "Mass delete" aka Special:Nuke on scruffywiki but it just deletes the same 31 files over and over, even though they're already deleted. See also T4390. Please would a steward delete all files with names beginning with "cgs" on scruffywiki? -- Rob Kam (talk) 19:24, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Doing now. -- Void  Whispers 20:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Rob Kam (talk) 21:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for checking back in so late, but can you confirm that they have all been deleted? -- Void  Whispers 15:17, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Change my username
I'd like to request a username change. Is there any catches I should know before I request my username to be changed?
 * Please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:50, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

All Wikis usergroup seemed to be back as default setting
There's seemed to be all Wikis usergroup has back to default setting, this could be possible cause by an bugs. Can you have a look at public test wiki? Which the Consuls usergroup had been disappear, and now the Bureaucrats tester were have the technical ability to modify the Manage wiki settings. Just in case occurrence any kind of security issues. SA 13 Bro</b> (talk) 15:32, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, we are sorry that you lost your groups last night. There was a incident last night which resulted in all groups being overwritten. So we had to restore all wiki's to the default groups in order to restore services to wikis. Paladox (talk) 15:47, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your notice, it seemed the Consuls usergroup on public test wiki has been fixed now. <b style="color:red">S</b><b style="color:orange">A</b><b style="color:gold"> 1</b><b style="color:green">3</b><b style="color:blue"> B</b><b style="color:indigo">r</b><b style="color:violet">o</b> (talk) 19:20, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * All the permissions should be fixed by now, according to T4405. If there are still remaining problems, however, please let us know.-- 02:17, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, thanks for your request the task help at phabricator. :) I occasionally were on here to monitor the circumstances and do some Chinese language translation on the documentation pages, although I had my busy works in real life time. <b style="color:red">S</b><b style="color:orange">A</b><b style="color:gold"> 1</b><b style="color:green">3</b><b style="color:blue"> B</b><b style="color:indigo">r</b><b style="color:violet">o</b> (talk) 17:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S. According to T4413, the restoration was made based on backup created on May 5th. Permission changes since then might not be restored and should be turned back manually. Please see Special:log/managewiki on your wiki to check if your wiki is affected. This will apply globally.-- 15:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There's seemed to be no issues to restore the May 5th permission settings for public test wiki, so it should be definitely okay for PTW. <b style="color:red">S</b><b style="color:orange">A</b><b style="color:gold"> 1</b><b style="color:green">3</b><b style="color:blue"> B</b><b style="color:indigo">r</b><b style="color:violet">o</b> (talk) 16:21, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Enable TwoColConflict on Miraheze Meta
Please enable TwoColConflict extension on Miraheze Meta so that users can resolve edit conflicts more easily. - PlavorSeol (T | C) 15:01, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Please ask our wiki managers. Fungster ''My talk 06:59, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * As no one seems to be opposing, now it's ✅ :)-- 06:44, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

administrator and bureaucrant, beidipedia.miraheze.org
Hi I was an Admin in beidipedia. Wiki. Com, but I stopped editing, with a bunch of active users after changes that was imposed on us by wiki. I accidentally found out that you guys brought the old style back. We are OK now but eventually there will be more traffic and vandalism. So, if it is OK with you guys I'd like to take the responsibilities of be bureac/Admin. In beidipedia.miraheze.or Photo1 (talk) 16:19, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Please make this request locally, and if it is successful a Steward will grant the rights. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 08:32, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I have talked to the community before to recommend to have a local admin/crat, because there seems to be no active admin/crat (because of Dysk's absence) while the wiki itself has been active (and as far as I know, no global volunteers understand Arabic so far).-- 10:02, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * As I said on your talk page on beidipedia before, we would like to have a link to the community decision provided to us (though considering the fact that beidipedia is one of the uncycs that were kicked out from wikia/fandom, being an admin and/or a crat before your migration seems to be a valid reason to have your permissions back).-- 10:02, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Is there any way to verify that? -- Void  Whispers 00:09, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I should've said "if it's true," to be clear. As the former-fandom wiki is now deleted, there's actually no way to confirm it (which is why we still need a clear community decision page).-- 00:30, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Please give me sysop rights
Hello. A steward must give me the right to be an administrator. Please??? Mohamed Saed (talk) 21:02, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * If you are talking about Meta, rights are given based on requests for permissions. However, requesting rights right after creating an account is a sign of hat collecting, and therefore they will not be given. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 08:29, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Asking for sysop decreases the chance of having it.--MCpillager (talk) 14:47, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (17)
User Anse1997 has created one more temporary account in order to get his original account back (first time it didn't work), so I'm asking to merge Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997 tries again in Special:CentralAuth/Anse1997. He confirmed his identity on my message wall on Fandom, here.--Wedhro (talk) 22:37, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 23:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Finally!!! Thank you so much, Void! --Anse1997 (talk) 16:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Getting rid of bureaucrat rights.
Hello, a user on crappygames.miraheze.org wants to get rid of his bureaucrat rights but no one can remove them including himself. Worth noting that the rights had been given with an infinite duration so he cannot wait for them to expire. Is there a way to remove them, if it is even possile? Thank you in advance. Grand Albert (talk) 06:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It is only possible for the rights to be removed by a Steward. . Reception123  (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 06:15, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You may change the configurations so that a bureaucrat can remove bureaucrat permissions from Special:ManageWikiPermissions -> "Group Assignments". Just check "Can remove from others" and/or "Can remove from self" for "Bureaucrats". If you do not want to change the settings, however, you may ask a steward to remove their permission.-- 06:28, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ This time, I have done removing by myself. However, if your community wishes to allow bureaucrats to remove their permission locally, you can still fix it in the way I wrote above.-- 06:36, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * All right, thanks. Grand Albert (talk) 17:13, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy exemption for https://zscriptlibraries.miraheze.org
I made this wiki for documentation on user-made ZScript libraries for the GZDoom source port for the game Doom, and as such, it's meant mainly to be read, not edited frequently. It'd be great if it could be given some form of exemption from the Dormancy Policy. Phantombeta (talk) 17:48, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There is currently not a lot of content on the Miraheze wiki. Will there be more content added in the future that would justify this exemption? Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 18:14, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Wikibase (Client)
Please enable on Wikibase (Client) on WikiLaw. Thank you, &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 19:11, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I really can't use the wiki until someone with managewiki-restricted permissions does this. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 01:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, we haven’t got Wikibase Client quite working yet. Though I’ve gone and enabled it for you! Paladox (talk) 14:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well that's good enough for me! (lol) Thank you, &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 05:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

SSL Certificate invalid
Hello, I use CloudFlare to cache my wiki and use its Universal SSL certificate. My wiki, https://vmcodex.net/, also uses a LetsEncrypt SSL cert. If I set CloudFlare's SSL security to "Full (Strict)" (i.e. origin must have a validated SSL certificate), I receive an error 526, Invalid SSL certificate. I can override this by changing to "Full", which allows invalid SSL certificates from the origin (usually for self-signed certs) but I would prefer to be in this state as little as possible.

If I bypass CloudFlare entirely, it looks like the LetsEncrypt certificate expired yesterday and was not renewed (see screenshot here).

Thanks for your help! NotoriousRBG (talk) 02:03, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello, if you set it so your domain does not use the cloud flare caching, we will be able to renew the domain. Apologies (I must have missed the domain). Paladox (talk) 02:33, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I've renewed the ssl cert now! Also we doin't allow you to use cloudflare caching see Custom Domains - Cloudflare. Paladox (talk) 13:31, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Done. NotoriousRBG (talk) 14:46, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Special:ManageWiki
https://hypohurricanes.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki/permissions has some problems. I want all the wikis in the Hypomedia Foundation (the foundation that i own) to have all the managewiki permissions restricted to the user right Hypomedia Foundation System Administrator and not b-crats. Please do this for all HMF wikis. Please also change the settings at and. Thank you. Cheers, Fungster ''My talk 05:13, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, please, after doing this action, please give me the right 'Hypomedia_Foundation_System_Administrators" locally on this wiki. Fungster ''My talk 05:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Comment section on flawlessfandomusers.miraheze.org
The comment is broken as if I tried to comment on it, it's doesn't do anything. the same happens to the social extensions. --Theresnoname (talk) 07:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Not a Bureaucrat
Greetings. I had my wiki created yesterday and when I wanted to access Special:ManageWiki I realized that my user (DanialTP) did not have Bureaucrat permissions and could not manage the wiki despite being the only user on the wiki. Here: https://amenthesproject.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AUserRights&user=DanialTP you can see that I only have administrator powers and not a bureaucrat, while here: https://amenthesproject.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers you can see that I am the only user.

It would be great if I could be given bureaucrat powers such that I can use the ManageWiki function especially since I created the wiki. Thanks!


 * Hello, i've deleted and recreated your wiki. You are now a Bureaucrat!. (You will have to re upload the files though). Paladox (talk) 14:13, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

A little doubt...

 * Dude, it's possible to rename users in Miraheze wikis?
 * It's possible to check the user's logs/registers (CheckUser)?
 * I created the Founder members group in Rewiki, but i'm forbidden to choose this permission for me (gray option).

-Haizaki (talk) 15:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Both are possible, but the action itself is limited to Stewards and Staff as necessary. Renaming should be done by a user requesting it through Special:GlobalRenameRequest, and the page CheckUser should outline how we use that tool. To get into a custom group, you can do something akin to going to Special:ManageWiki/permissions/bureaucrat and using the Group Assignments tab to make it so that the bureaucrat can add and remove the Founder group. Once you've added it to yourself, you can then disallow bureaucrats from adding the Founder group. -- Void  Whispers 16:41, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Right. I'll try this.Haizaki (talk) 16:50, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Delete thepeachriots.miraheze.org

 * That wiki spread lies and is a bullying wiki created by trolls. --Theresnoname (talk) 02:27, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * and? --Haizaki (talk) 04:34, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It's just a troll wiki with false information. --Theresnoname (talk) 06:27, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I posted a task on Phabricator. <b style="color:blue">Fung</b> ster (contribs - email - CA) 11:32, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Haha. Delete the Uncyclopedias too.Haizaki (talk) 14:13, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * A user who does not have consensus from the wiki to delete it can't simply request deletion like that. If there is a problem with the wiki such as a global policy or Terms of Use violation, please report that instead so it can be investigated. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 14:25, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Checkuser Request
Can we please get a CheckUser on the All The Tropes users Mohamed Saed, Fungster and MohamedG92? We suspect the latter two to be sockpuppets used to evade a tempban on the first.

Thank you. -- Looney Toons (talk) 15:38, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Request noted, though this is now a Terms of Use issue, I’m declining this on that basis but will look into it separately shortly as a separate matter, which will be dealt with out requiring further intervention from you. John (talk) 15:54, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * All unrelated. John (talk) 16:14, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. -- Looney Toons (talk) 17:14, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Checkuser request
Hi, can a steward do a check user on the following accounts?
 * Longhorn5219
 * Hateallthispillage
 * Cosmo
 * The vztekker
 * Mcpillnagger
 * Betawiki forever, pillage never
 * Zzz
 * Lilshotdawg
 * Ryongdoja
 * Sarmatacojesus
 * Suryong
 * Vic
 * Bogsuja
 * Epicgamesstudios
 * Mrpijey
 * Lilshotdawg2
 * Mc pii nagger
 * Mr pi11ag3r
 * H4tedapilag3

These accounts are behaving in the same way. Thanks! MCpillager (talk) 17:06, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ with the exception of a few accounts that appeared unrelated. -- Void  Whispers 18:39, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * can you list the related accounts?--MCpillager (talk) 11:15, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

한국동요위키's sitename problem
koreadongyo.miraheze.org 한국동요위키's name is broken. it's name is '한국동요위키', but because of error, it's name was broked and changed to í•œêµ­ë™ìš”ìœ„í‚¤ --Dongyomania (talk) 03:12, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

sitename of libre.miraheze.org was broked too. --Dongyomania (talk) 03:19, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * You'll have to fix it with Special:ManageWiki. Should just have to replace the broken name with the intended one. -- Void  Whispers 04:40, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I hate to say this, but some issues are caused by our tech staff, and I think they are responsible for fixing them back. Why do you ask the local crats to fix them by themselves instead (which in many cases won't work because they are no longer active)?-- 05:59, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I have checked all the Japanese wikis to find that there are about 20 wikis with non-active crats (and not all of them are dead communities to be clear). The Japanese group is probably not the largest non-English community, and it's likely that we still have dozens of wikis suffering from a similar situation - broken names, with some of them still have their permission groups unfixed.-- 06:09, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Please delete all 73 of "Category:CGS Serge kit image" files on sdiywiki
Please would a steward delete all 73 of the files in "Category:CGS Serge kit image" from sdiywiki? -- Rob Kam (talk) 16:25, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Just as a side note, these kind of things are done by sysadmins and not stewards :) Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 17:48, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Rob Kam (talk) 17:53, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

https://horridreceptionwikis.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
Can you at least close the wiki? The wiki is going against Miraheze's ToU, because many users have unacceptable usernames and are using racist words.--MCpillager (talk) 14:28, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ( non-steward comment ) By the looks of it, the wiki bureaucrats have already closed the wiki and are attempting to fix the issues. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 15:06, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, close the wiki! It is a troll wiki that is against the Content Policy, and for example PaladinDeGigantas said the n-word is not allowed, and there may have comments about the n word, so you might have to make a RfC about changes to the Terms of Use in order to save us from troll wikis that could potentially cause damage to the servers. <b style="color:blue">Fung</b> ster (contribs - email - CA) 05:52, 16 June 2019 (UTC)