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Archive 1 (4 September - 28 November 2015)

Scripts do not update
Not even when I do a hard refresh or use action=purge. Software development is impossible like this. D4rkst4r (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Please explain exactly, and as it says above, use Stewards' noticeboard for things that concern another wiki than Meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  )
 * I'm working on this right now.. Southparkfan (talk) 13:55, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * @D4rkst4r, this has been fixed in our configuration. Sorry for the delay! Southparkfan (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That was a huge help! D4rkst4r (talk) 15:01, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Index Wiki
Can it have a link on the main page or sidebar so new users know they can go to it and create a page about their wiki or find information about existing wikis? D4rkst4r (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Please check Stewards' noticeboard as Administrator's noticeboard is not the appropriate page for other wikis than meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 03:56, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Removal or Switiching of Administrator rights for User:QuimGil
Hi everyone. I have noticed that User:QuimGil is an administrator but has no edits globally or on meta. I think that it's not a good idea to have inactive administrators on Meta. Therefore, I propose that either his rights are removed or they are switched to his other account used more often, Icaria36. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Comments

 * The user is Inactive and shouldn't stay with Administrator permissions. SleepyMode  18:09, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Neither really appears active on Meta. to see if either replies. (This is also assuming the two are the same user. I haven't seen this on wiki, don't know them well, and will not be performing a check). -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:55, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * (I didn't even support it myself) As I don't think we should have inactive sysops on meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 19:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Rollback permissions on the Meta
Hello there,

I simply Request Rollback permissions permissions on the wiki, as It is a quite basic Permission that might be required in some specific situations and That is only one Administrator active, It would be likely to help him in such a basic thing, And let him do the Real job he needs to do. SleepyMode 11:04, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Votes

 * Not against the user having permissions, in fact I support the user themselves, but I'm not sure how much these rights are needed as Meta isn't very active and there's already more than 5 sysops. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:50, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Per NDKilla. The user is active and helps a lot at Miraheze but there is no need for rollback as we've only had 2 vandals on Meta since the creation of Miraheze. If there will be vandalism you will probably be assigned. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 20:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm actually thinking of writing an essay on the subject matter. In my own opinion, and not representing any policy or view of Miraheze staff, I think that if something needs to be done, it should be done by anyone able to, and as many people should be able to as possible. IMHO the only reason rights shouldn't be granted is if there is a reason to believe that they will be misused, the request for rights is made in bad faith, or there is a security/privacy reason to deny the request. Examples for such requests that should be considered more in depth would include server access, stewardship, crat, and Oversight/CheckUser. Autopatrol/confirmed/etc (including rollback) can be easily removed. Rollbacks can easily be reverted, including rolling back the rollback. Well sysop can not be as easily removed, it can still be removed by any active steward or bureaucrat. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, until I hear from SPF or I see these rights used abusively or in bad faith, I'm going to go ahead and assigning these rights. I'd honestly like some discussion about why they SHOULDN'T be assigned, instead of this. :) -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I think this was the best way to solve the problem :) And I generally give autopatrolled to users who are active on Meta and don't need to be patrolled. Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 05:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Translation Main page/de
Hey there, just saw the translation of the german main page is not yet complete. May I translate it? Clicking the "translation" button brought me to another page but there is obviously no link to go one step further. How to do it? Simple editing seem to be blocked --Supermohi (talk) 18:26, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * done --Supermohi (talk) 21:10, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Approval of requested Wiki
Hi guys,

I requested a Wiki two days ago. I am surprised that it is not approved yet. I saw on the request page that other Wikis which were requested later are already approved. If you need more information from me, please let me know. If you don't want to approve it, that's fine too, but please let me know. I requested the Wiki under the user name hdegen.

Regards, -Helmut
 * Hello there Helmut, Please sign using " ~ " next time, also, It would be nice if you link me to the request?[some are missed]

Creating new meta account yields database error
I submitted the form to create a new meta account and got this error: "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. Function: User::idForName Error: 1205 Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction (185.52.1.77)"

I was using Chrome Version 48.0.2564.103 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit on Monday February 22, 21:09 CST Tried twice, same error message resulted. Then tried 3rd time, got message that my user name was already in use. I logged into Meta without a problem.

Greetings! We're aware of such issues, and will get them fixed ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience! Samuel (talk) 00:44, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Another approval of requested wiki
Hello guys,

I've requested a wiki page two weeks ago. I've checked it out everyday. But, it looks still 'in review' status. Could you please review it and approve the request quickly? The link is https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/581 Thanks. - Sahara

✅ per the queue. --S (talk) 05:40, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Add a donation section to the Main Page
I put a request here:
 * https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Miraheze

Can someone add a donations section to the Main Page?

Maybe below the Contact us IRC: #miraheze (recommended) Facebook: Miraheze Twitter: @miraheze On-wiki: Help center section?

Donations

for details on how to make a donation, please see the Donate page.

Wondering how your donations have been used? Look at the Finance page.

Thanks! --Robert Sterbal 412-977-3526