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Error "invalid character" when requesting a wiki
Hello, I'd like to try miraheze as classroom wiki as a replacement for wikispaces. I wanted to request a wiki with the subdomain aklasse.miraheze.org an the wiki name A-Klasse, I set the language to de-ch an wrote classroom wiki into the description field. The request wasn't accepted, it said that there is an invalid (or unallowed?) character in the request. I tried it a second time with the wiki name set to Aklasse, ommiting the dash (as I couldn't see any other possibly invalid character in my request): I got the same result. How can I make this work? Thank you for helping me out. Kaspar Helmle (talk) 11:05, 20 February 2018 (UTC) This problem is solved, thank you MacFan4000 Kaspar Helmle (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Request import into Template wiki
Please could these be exported from English Wikipedia, with Include templates and only the current revision selected, and imported into Template Wiki? --Rob Kam (talk) 16:16, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Template:Underconstruction
 * Template:Authority control
 * Template:Taxonbar
 * Template:Column
 * Template:Convert
 * Template:Inflation
 * Template:Coord
 * Template:Start date
 * Template:Official website
 * Template:Official URL
 * Template:Infobox person
 * Template:Taxobox
 * Template:ISBN
 * Template:Lang-en
 * Template:Lang-fr
 * Template:Lang-es
 * Template:Lang-de
 * Template:Lang-tl
 * Template:No spam
 * Template:Quote
 * Template:Delete
 * Template:Disambig
 * Template:Split
 * Template:Further information
 * Template:Unreferenced section
 * Template:Refimprove
 * Template:Annotated image
 * Template:Multiple image


 * Please make a Phabricator request about this. I assume you want the templates to be imported in an XML dump because the Special:Import feature fails because of load times. If so, then make a Phabricator task as Stewards cannot help you in this regard. &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  15:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Done at T2756, yes because of load times it's near impossible for the wiki admins to make use of special:import. --Rob Kam (talk) 17:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Grant WikiCreator to Sau226
First, sorry Sau226 that this request was fallen behind.

Found Community noticeboard/Archive 2 and I believe this is good to go - Please grant the permission. Thanks. &mdash; revi  04:05, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sorry for the delay! -- Void  Whispers 13:53, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you all very much. I accept your apologies --Sau226 (talk) 02:29, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Request to poach another user's name
It has been six months, the time at which I said, on my user page at The Mirror, I would request a change of user name. I joined late last August, have contributed content, a little money, copy-editing for policy pages like FAQ and the Gazetteer of wikis, and participation in various discussions. Whereas user Spike, who joined late last July, seems to have 1 contribution, an upload of a screen shot to Lonsdale Battalion, where it is not useful nor was ever used. If it is allowed, I would like to change my username to Spike, as I was and would still be known at Wikia Uncyclopedia if their login page worked with older browsers. And I have not put the dog suit on in years. 03:15 25-Feb-2018
 * Even if this is done now by a Steward, I think we should have a policy about these sort of things, so that users know what to expect. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:16, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with on this. The user you mention is a mate of mine who has contributed a lot on other military-based websites, my old forum and his own Lonsdale Battalion website, all with the same username, which has been around for many years. I doubt he will be contributing anything anytime soon on my wiki as he is usually busy working on his own projects, however, there is always the possibility he would want to contribute on my wiki in the future, even if to upload the occasional image or edit a page, which he might do as our projects have in the past crossed over. If there was a policy in place that stated if users didn't contribute in a set amount of time (unless they had a requested, for example, a dormancy period etc.) then they would effectively forfeit that account and, as part of a sub-clause, other users could request the adoption of that username. If that was the case and there was an official Miraheze policy in place, then I would have no issue with you poaching that username.  10:27, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

I agree. "Six months" sounds like a policy but it is not (yet) a policy. That is useful information, upon which the thing to do is not request to poach but inquire on what terms he would relinquish the username Spike and pick another. 10:36 25-Feb-2018
 * Before a six month period users could "discuss" amongst themselves the terms to relinquish a username provided they followed a specific policy for this purpose. If an inactive user isn't around to discuss this then policy could dictate he/she might have to wait until a set period of time has elapsed before that username can be claimed by someone else, very similar to requesting to a adopt a wiki etc. Certainly anything after six months (and this is just a ballpark figure open to debate and change) of inactivity and without a user dormancy request, a user could potentially forfeit his/her username and anyone could effectively request it as their own. But there will no doubt be a lot more to it than that and it would take a little time for a policy to be drafted, agreed upon and officially put into use. 11:24, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

If they have a 'copyrightable' contribution on any live wiki (not-deleted-from-database), it cannot be usurped (borrowing Wikimedia term here) for legal reason. (Creative Commons' Attribution requirements) If they are really empty and is not active for at least 6-12 months (duration subject to change) then with (2-4) week prior notice, it could be usurped. Rules about changing username should be sort of global policy because the username is globally unique, and our username policy is already a global one. &mdash; revi  14:08, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Request reversal of protection of effectively the entire When They Cry wiki from non-admins
Hello, I am relatively new to the When They Cry wiki (whentheycry.miraheze.org), and I noticed that seemingly all of the pages on the wiki (even my own and others' user / user-talk pages) are protected from editing. Having been an editor of Wikipedia for 10 years and of Wikia for 16 months, I could understand certain pages' need for protection based on precedents, or even a temporary edit-permission autoblock until one has logged enough browsing time on the wiki.

However, it has taken me quite a bit of digging to find that these pages are protected from editing by any user who is not an Administrator. I would add that the last and most successful bit of research into the matter involved altering the url to include page name, which only users already extremely well acquainted would know to do. There is no notice or disclaimer whatsoever that basic-level users are denied edit permissions, or for what reason(s); no reasonably-accessible record of this change having ever taken place; and no way to contact Administrators (since edit permissions are denied even on user-talk pages).

A Steward's look into the matter and appropriate action thereafter would be greatly appreciated. Should the Steward be unwilling to mandate an unprotect of most pages, an encouragement of the wiki's Admins to at least put up notices regarding the specifics of the edit protection would itself go a long way.

Thank you for your time and consideration, Blue Caper  (talk) 21:53, 26 February 2018 (UTC)


 * If you were able to use the URL trick, then it strikes me that the page isn't really protected. At Uncyclopedia, people made the Edit button go away (from very old Forum pages that only a vandal would add to) using JavaScript.  Here, the local Admins might have wanted a semi-private, read-only wiki, but you are right, they ought to allow communication to themselves.   23:24 26-Feb-2018
 * The ability to edit was restricted to administrators in phabricator task 2331. I'd suggest contacting User:Kinzo on this wiki, and we'll go from there. Although, it would seem like a good idea to allow users to at least edit their own talk pages, if not the talk pages of other users. -- Void  Whispers 23:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)