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We had a small attack of vandalism
We had a small attack of vandalism. Blanking:

https://nonsensopedia.org/w/index.php?hidebots=1&tagfilter=mw-blank&limit=500&days=7&title=Specjalna:Ostatnie_zmiany&urlversion=2

and spam from fandom wiki: ip 5.173.232.98

Check if these attacks are related to each other. I think it's one or two people with FANDOM. I am afraid that during the Christmas break they will want to destroy us... Zel Nonsensopedia
 * I can verify for 100% those user accounts were created by the very same person. There is no evidence that suggests the user created additional (vandalism-only) accounts. Due to privacy reasons, I cannot go into details regarding the used IP addresses, however, if you are under attack again please let us know so we can take additional measures as necessary. Southparkfan (talk) 14:55, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Interwiki links
I want my own interwiki links of my wiki Gyaanipedia, which is in many languages. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)


 * Could you please list your wikis with interwiki prefixes so that I (or anyone) can work on it?-- 15:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Prefixes
 * gyaanipedia
 * higyaanipedia
 * bngyaanipedia
 * tegyaanipedia
 * tagyaanipedia
 * pugyaanipedia
 * gugyaanipedia
 * mrgyaanipedia
 * mlgyaanipedia
 * bhgyaanipedia
 * maigyaanipedia

I will create more language wikis in future.
 * Are you sure you want to use them? They won't work as language interwiki prefixes (language interwiki prefixes should be language codes (such as  or  ).-- 00:39, 21 December 2018 (UTC)



OK I got it then please use these prefixes:-


 * en
 * hi
 * bn
 * te
 * ta
 * pu
 * gu
 * mr
 * ml
 * bh
 * mai

Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * OK, and now it's ✅-- 06:15, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Templates won't update
To whomever it may concern,

On my wiki the Legion Libraries, templates do not seem to be updating. I am currently making many pages, so I simply wish to be able to see my progress as I do so. If there is a way to fix this, please do as such whenever you can. Many thanks!

-Nicholas Kaos 26 December 2018
 * Hi, this is an issue that is simply resolved using methods described in w:WP:PURGE. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to automate doing so, but if you need help with any of it, let me know. -- Void  Whispers 20:56, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Add interwiki new languages
Please add these new languages in Interwiki https://en.gyaanipedia.co.in/wiki/Special:Interwiki

Miraheze wikis
 * as
 * hif
 * commons
 * or

Wikia wikis
 * wikia to  https://gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * ur to http://ur.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * fr to http://fr.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * es to http://es.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * it to http://it.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * ja to http://ur.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * de to http://de.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * af to http://af.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * zn to http://zn.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * ru to http://ru.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * pl to http://pl.gyaanipedia.wikia.com
 * pt-br to http://pt-br.gyaanipedia.wikia.com

Thank you very much Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * OK, I was first asked for it, and want to ask this question. Are there any ways to add lots of interwikis at once (something like nuke or mass rollback), because it will be like dozens of repetitive work and it would be much easier if I could do it mechanically?-- 14:45, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * P.S. And I personally think that  should be assigned for  instead, ain't I right?-- 14:48, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Comment authority at https://incorrecttohowiki.miraheze.org
Comment authority is disabled at https://incorrecttohowiki.miraheze.org. What does this mean?--ウソつき (talk) 07:47, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I think that's due to update, which also happened in Usopedia. You can fix it from Special:ManageWikiPermissions on your wiki by checking  and possibly   if you want to allow users adding links.-- 11:41, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Checkuser on Usopedia
開拓者 has illeagal accounts 灌漑水路 and クールトレイン７７７. He is very malicious LTA and deploying Probaganda at each other UCP sites. He is LTA:KOSHIN and Usopedia had been manipulate by the same person. Please checkuser and lock these accounts.--ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター (talk) 09:56, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi.I'm cooltrain777,sysop and BC on Usopedia.
 * ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター was created 開拓者 and 灌漑水路 's block request on Usopedia.And his request reason is LTA:KOSHIN.But,開拓者 and 灌漑水路 and クールトレイン７７７(me) are Usopedia's sysop and BC. So,I think,ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター hate us.So,I think he is LTA.So,please checkuser ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター, too.:-) --クールトレイン７７７ (cooltrain777) ( Userpage / Talk page ) 10:25, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I think this CU request made by ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター is merely a harassment against us, without any valid evidences. On the other hand, it might be useful to check ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター, because the user him/herself might be an LTA. I will lock this account for cross-wiki harassing against certain users.-- 11:32, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * CU is inconclusive, there's no obvious connection. -- Void  Whispers 19:12, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Checkuser request on suspected accounts
Hi, I'd like to request for checkuser on suspected accounts on Usopedia and Ansaikuropedia. They are:
 * Special:CentralAuth/.Trashes
 * Special:CentralAuth/りけっと

They have made votes against me within just an hour or so, and their only contribution is this vote on my user subpage (already reverted). .Trashes and Ekusuto1 were created on Ansaikuropedia probably only for this purpose. It's almost obvious that some kind of vandal or LTA is behind this (as these accounts are all listed here), but I wonder who it actually is. Thanks.-- 08:52, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/未来切手
 * I'll add this account, as s/he seems to know what's inside our abuse filter, which only those who have experienced them would know.-- 11:00, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The first six accounts are all the same user, and also Special:CentralAuth/ガノニマス・インヴェスティゲイター. User:未来切手 is on a mobile range, and it's difficult to be certain, but it is not related to the other listed accounts at all. -- Void  Whispers 17:48, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for your reply. 17:50, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org
First of all, I'll do a lot of requests like this because after moving our wiki from Wikia, users need to get back their accounts but can't sign up with the old user names, so they have to create a temporary account and then merge it with the old. That said, the first request is to merge Special:CentralAuth/Undead Lord with Special:CentralAuth/Revenant Lord, and than merge it with Special:CentralAuth/Revenant Lord temporaneo. The final username must be "Revenant Lord".--Wedhro (talk) 17:28, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Also, the following 10 sockpuppets (!) need to be merged together... And then the final merge with Special:CentralAuth/Treffo, which is the definitive user name. Happy new year!--Wedhro (talk) 20:30, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Frank Delyrio
 * Special:CentralAuth/LNRD89
 * Special:CentralAuth/Abelard Coogaspein
 * Special:CentralAuth/Walapoya
 * Special:CentralAuth/Trefezex
 * Special:CentralAuth/Bood Spoonsar
 * Special:CentralAuth/Krastophor
 * Special:CentralAuth/Birmacchione
 * Special:CentralAuth/Trefesso
 * Special:CentralAuth/Il Fantasma di Treffo
 * Hi, it appears that the first global merge has failed. I've filed T3947, so that it can be investigated when sysadmins are available. I will be performing more tests on merging accounts once I get more information, and only then will I attempt to merge another user. -- Void  Whispers 05:42, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Main Page mobile
Can anyone please tell me that how I can create a mobile main page of my wiki which is different from the desktop page. Thank you. My wiki https://en.gyaanipedia.co.in Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * It is possible, but we do not currently have the extension installed. I have created a task on Phabricator for an extension to be reviewed for this purpose. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:35, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Add interwiki new languages
Please add these new languages in Interwiki https://en.gyaanipedia.co.in/wiki/Special:Interwiki Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * hif
 * as
 * or
 * sa
 * commons
 * meta
 * OK, I've done with the four language code requests above (only on the English Gyaanpedia. Since the work we need to do per your request is increasing in a quadratic manner, I will nominate you as an interwiki admin on January 5th, and also hope that you do it by yourself if it successes).
 * However, for meta and commons, are you sure you want to use them, since it will overwrite the global interwiki prefixes currently assigned to Miraheze meta and Miraheze commons?-- 09:18, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes I am sure for meta and commons. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * OK, it's done on English Gyaanipedia.-- 12:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Permission error on new wiki
Hello, I don't think I've received admin/bureaucrat permissions for the wiki I requested earlier today: https://aclapper.miraheze.org. It looks like there might have been a similar issue with new wikis on Dec 20th, though I'm new to using mediawiki and might have missed something obvious. Thanks for your help. Aclapper (talk) 21:47, 2 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, user "Hearth to matilda" has the admin/bureaucrat rights. See https://aclapper.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers Paladox (talk) 01:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * We've resolved the error by deleting the wiki, which was mistakenly created for the wrong user, and recreated it for you. We are currently investigating why the wrong user appears on the wiki request. It appears to be an accidental issue caused by migrating user accounts. -- Void  Whispers 03:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that worked. Aclapper (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (2)
Now that the issues with user merge seems to be fixed, I remind you I asked for the following mega-merge of 10 sockpuppets: And then the final merge with Special:CentralAuth/Treffo, which is the definitive user name. Then the temporary user Special:CentralAuth/TheAlePower_temp needs to get the username and contribs of Special:CentralAuth/TheAlePower. Anyway I'm not sure how this works, point is: users are creating temporary accounts in order to get back their original accounts, which they can't create because they already exist, so they must be able to log in the old account by using the password/email of the new one. If that's not feasible, tell me how to do it, please.--Wedhro (talk) 08:41, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Frank Delyrio
 * Special:CentralAuth/LNRD89
 * Special:CentralAuth/Abelard Coogaspein
 * Special:CentralAuth/Walapoya
 * Special:CentralAuth/Trefezex
 * Special:CentralAuth/Bood Spoonsar
 * Special:CentralAuth/Krastophor
 * Special:CentralAuth/Birmacchione
 * Special:CentralAuth/Trefesso
 * Special:CentralAuth/Il Fantasma di Treffo
 * Also, user Revenant Lord says he can't login after the user merge, with error "Incorrect username or password entered".--Wedhro (talk) 15:31, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * This is what I was afraid of, the extension provides no information on what user information is preserved, but it seems like it isn't what we wanted it to be. I'm going to test what gets saved, before moving forward with the user merges. -- Void  Whispers 16:07, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe the old account should be merged into the temporary account (so that the user gets back the contribs and keeps the new password/email), then the temporary account gets renamed as the old one?--Wedhro (talk) 16:10, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That appears to be how it works. We'll go with that from now on. Is there any reason to merge the accounts for Treffo? As it doesn't appear that a user is getting the account back. -- Void  Whispers 16:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * He will, it was him that asked me to merge his old sockpuppets. I set up a page on Fandom for people asking to join the new wiki here, so I'm only requesting merges for users that are actually interested.--Wedhro (talk) 16:22, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Also, Special:CentralAuth/Blueyes2002 needs to be merged in Special:CentralAuth/Blueyestemp, and the final user name must be "Blueyes2002".--Wedhro (talk) 16:27, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * TheAlePower has been done, but we've come across an issue with the user merge function that prevents us from doing anything else for the time being. Most simply put, the username that gets merged does not become available for use, even though it should be. -- Void  Whispers 18:59, 3 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, for "Revenant Lord" they can reset there password through email (i've added the email from there temp account to it). Paladox (talk) 21:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Blueyes2002 is done. Could you make sure that each user logs into nonciclopedia with their temporary account first? We can only merge a user account when they exist on all the same wikis as the other account. -- Void  Whispers 21:22, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Wiki's logo (File:Wiki.png) won't update
I always have a hard time adding a new version of the nonciclopedia's logo; even if the upload is successful and the new version appears in the history, the file stays on the previous version for days or forever. Purging the page won't help. Attempting to reupload the file fails, I'm told that version already exist, and checking the options to ignore system errors and such fails too. We often change logo for special occasions like holidays and such so we can wait a few hours for the servers to catch up but no longer than that.--Wedhro (talk) 09:53, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oops, here's the logo: https://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki.png --Wedhro (talk) 09:54, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * What does the new logo look like? To resolve the issue quickly, you can upload the new logo separately using Special:Upload and then change the logo in Special:ManageWikiSettings. Also, please note that for technical issues you can use Community Noticeboard instead of SN. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 10:32, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oops, next time. If you check the history you'll see there's a few differences between the 21 dic 2018 and 2 gen 2019 versions (the title doesn't overlap with the logo and the wiki-sphere is slightly different) and you can see those differences in the history thumbnails, but if you click on this one you're taken to the previous version of the file. Also, in Special:ManageWikiSettings I can't link to the newest version for the same reason: the link to the new version is https://static.miraheze.org/nonciclopediawiki/b/bc/Wiki.png, exactly the same as the link I previously set, and it leads to the old version. --Wedhro (talk) 10:41, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Namespace Error
On my wiki xed.miraheze.org, I accidentally didn't notice that I had a few pages already created with the prefix English: before I created the namespace English. Those pages seem to be inaccessible now. I am only looking to delete them. Any advice? How can I delete the namespaces I created? I regret my decision! I will go delete the content out of the namespaces ... --Aquatiki (talk) 13:22, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, the ability to delete namespaces hasn’t been added yet, but if you would like, we can manually remove them from the database. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 14:07, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I screwed up. Can you delete the   and   namespaces, and their Talk namespaces? --Aquatiki (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Please do delete the namespaces. They are empty, but I screwed up and their are articles in the Main namespace that are inaccessible.  here --Aquatiki (talk) 03:13, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 12:30, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

ReplaceText Permissions
I added the extension ReplaceText, and when I go to its special page, I get the error   I am the administrator and bureaucrat, and I checked my user rights, which seem to include everything except bot. What am I doing wrong? --Aquatiki (talk) 23:38, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Try disabling it and enabling it. If that doesn't work, use Special:ManageWikiPermissions to add replacetext to the sysop usergroup and let us know. -- Void  Whispers 23:46, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:ManageWikiPermissions was the answer. Thanks! --Aquatiki (talk) 00:27, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Internal error after submitting ManageWiki forms
Hi. I seem to have problems after I click "Submit" on ManageWiki forms and I get this text: MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: [60fdc0a8730720f528b9af56] 2019-01-06 12:17:07: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"

Exception caught inside exception handler.

Set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; and $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true; at the bottom of LocalSettings.php to show detailed debugging information.

What is causing this error? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 12:19, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Is this specific to any one ManageWiki form? Or does it affect all of them? -- Void  Whispers 18:04, 6 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, we have now fixed the error. It was due to a missing table in the database (for a extension) Paladox (talk) 18:05, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i hate the internal error after i click "Submit" after I see that page think I that that was not saved. thanks 😃 Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 18:17, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Visual Editor for custom namespace
On https://shroudedpath.miraheze.org/wiki/ I've created a custom namespace (STGM). It seems like the visual editor extension needs to be informed of the namespace for it to work, which I can't do.

Also I had to add the namespace twice because it disappeared. It might have to do with me accidentally using the same name for the main and talk namespace. It would probably be best to automatically create a name for the talk namespace, since the default seems to be "[main namespace name] talk" anyway. I hope the namespace has now been created correctly.

Thanks in advance

Error in Special:ManageWikiNamespaces on my Uncyclopedia
Hi! I seem to have an error on the Special:ManageWikiNamespaces special page on my Uncyclopedia wiki; the drop-down list on choosing namespaces seem to be empty. I tried both adding  to the URL and changing skins, the dropdown list continue to be empty. Please help me to fix this problem. Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 14:59, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Checkuser request for suspected LTA accounts on Usopedia
Hi, I'd like to ask for a checkuser on suspected LTA accounts created on Usopedia. They are: They all have the suffix 「たん」 in common (which is some sort of trend following my sub account 開拓たん), had been created in a short period, and the second account has been indefinitely blocked due to abusive user name. Thanks in advance.-- 11:35, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
 * さっぽろぴりかこたん
 * 城町銀行経営破たん
 * たんたかたんたかたんたんたん
 * ❌ Using multiple accounts is allowed per the User_accounts_policy. Only in the case of misuse a CheckUser could be justified. Southparkfan (talk) 01:49, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It is allowed, but the accounts of an LTA is NOT (because it's a block/lock evasion). I should also note that having multiple accounts without reasons on our wiki is against our local policy (even if it's not against the global policy). We have been suffering from a Japanese cross-wiki LTA for a long time, and I also should add that at least one of them is probably that of the LTA (based on the logging on the abuselog).-- 02:36, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In that case, I'm going to take a look at it. -- Void  Whispers 20:15, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * さっぽろぴりかこたん
 * 城町銀行経営破たん
 * たんたかたんたかたんたんたん
 * 牛たん
 * かにふとん, who has some interesting technical relation to some blocked proxies, but nothing I can comment on.
 * The above accounts are all technically related to each other. -- Void  Whispers 20:32, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All right, I'll lock the accounts except for かにふとん for abusing multiple accounts. For かにふとん, I need to question the user before dealing with it, and thus let me handle it for now. Thanks.-- 04:22, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

DoveWindsor
Quacking sock of Lousie3 - just see their contributions here on Meta and the wiki that they created. Please globally lock. Thanks. Amanda Catherine (talk) 12:30, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, why are you so sure about this user being a sockpuppet of Louise3?-- 12:38, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The behavior here matches the Louise3 socks almost exactly - mass canvassing here on Meta for users to contribute to their wiki, unilaterally giving out admin and bureaucrat rights to every user who creates a local account on their wiki, having their wiki more-or-less copy Wikipedia (possibly in violation of copyright policy), etc. Amanda Catherine (talk) 12:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You may be right, but I'm not sure enough, and, at least, we can't say the user is a vandal-only account so far (like LTA:KOSHIN or whatsoever). Please wait for a steward to come and review your comment. Also, please do not revert edits on talk pages (unless it's an obvious vandal or/and it's your own talk page). Thank you.-- 12:58, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I have restored their access to their wiki. as a staff member, I would like to ask you to not ban founders from their wikis even if you have admin/bureaucrat on the wiki. If an account is a sock puppet, it will be determined by stewards sabe edit reversions and wiki removals will be handeled by steward. This is their responsibility and not yours. We are happy however for you to tell us if you think an account is a sock puppet. Thanks for your understanding. I will let the stewards handle the rest of this. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 15:37, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * CU confirmed. But yeah let stewards handle it. -- Void  Whispers 16:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * For some clarity; "as a staff member, I would like to ask you to not ban founders from their wikis", wikis don't have founders, and as a staff member, you don't have the authority to overrule the actions of a community member. By the user giving Amanda crat, Amanda has the same responsibility for the wiki as the original user and the removal of bureaucrat from the user is 100% a valid action in a sense where policies lack. Just like you're reinstating is 100% valid as an action. John (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * +1 regarding what John said. Just to be clear, the user was such an obvious sock of Louise3 that I instantly recognized having dealt with them extensively before, and therefore I took the actions I did because IMHO the user really had no right to even have that wiki created. Although, on a semi-related note, I see the user has blocked me indefinitely and I’d be appreciative if this could be removed so that I don’t have an invalid block in my CA. Amanda Catherine (talk) 22:46, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Dormancy exemption
I would like to request a Dormancy Policy exemption for the Constructed Worlds (Altverse) Wiki because it is viewed and designed for a significant readership base and does not require continual editing as it already contains a fairly large library of articles and content. The community occasionally experiences decreased editing activity, but not necessarily viewing activity, so we would like an exemption in the unlikely but possible chance that no significant edits are made within the timeframe allowed before a wiki is labeled "dormant", because the wiki contains significant amounts of content. &#32;  centrist16 |  |   &#32; 05:55, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Bump as there has been no response as of yet. &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg centrist16 | P mail.svg | Discord color D.svg  &#32; 19:41, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 19:50, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

CSS won't let me edit
Greetings, I really need your help. I was working on my common CSS of PlayStation All-Stars Database, but it won't let me edit as it said quote:

I've tried everything to update my administration, but it won't let me edit. Would you help me to fix and analysis this?

-Official-PSASD (talk) 08:32, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * As you are a bureaucrat there, you can go to Special:ManageWikiPermissions, and allow admin (or whatever group you want) the permissions: editsitecss, editsitejson, editsitejs. That will restore your permissions to edit css, js, and json on MediaWiki namespace.-- 10:39, 11 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Well, I did added the permission but sadly it didn't allowed me to add it where in the user rights where the check box is grey (it shown in "Groups you cannot change"), I've tried again but it won't let me create CSS. -Official-PSASD (talk) 19:52, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You should either allow these permissions to sysop, or you should make sure that bureaucrats can add the groups you created. -- Void  Whispers 19:58, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (3)
It's been almost e 2 weeks since I first asked to so people want to know if issues have been fixed. User Treffo's sockpuppets seems they're not merged yet, and user Revenant Lord says he can't login, and asking for a password had no effect, he received no email. Can you please give a way to get back accounts that works?--Wedhro (talk) 09:46, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry for the delay on working on this, I've not been the most available recently, but I should be available to merge Treffo tomorrow. Is there a temporary account for the user yet? For Revenant Lord, we can create a new account and redo the merge, properly this time! -- Void  Whispers 00:38, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Treffo is both the temporary account and the final username that should inherit the other 10 accounts. I told Revenant Lord to create a new temp account, I'll let you know when it's done.--Wedhro (talk) 10:23, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Revenant Lord temporaneo 2 was just created and the user confirmed he logged in once. This account should inherit Special:CentralAuth/Revenant Lord contributions and user name. Also, I have a question: since some users (including myself) noticed how some personal data such as the join date, edit count etc. are not correct, would you fix them manually if a user asks for it?--Wedhro (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Some of the information can be reset, but the user registration date probably cannot. Can you have Revenant Lord visit nonciclopediawiki so that the account is attached there? We can't do a user merge if the accounts do not exist on exactly the same wikis. I'll get started on Treffo now. -- Void  Whispers 18:36, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Treffo is done. -- Void  Whispers 19:51, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I can confirm Revenant Lord's temp account has just visited nonciclopedia.org.
 * "Some of the information can be reset, but the user registration date probably cannot." - Would you please give it a try so I can get a yes or no answer? You can do it on my own account, the original registration date is september 2, 2007 (you can check it here).--Wedhro (talk) 20:36, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Revenant Lord is done. What I mean by "probably cannot" is that the information may not exist on Miraheze to be connected to the account (without doing database modifications). To be honest, I don't know, and I don't have access to the tools to find out. -- Void  Whispers 23:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * it should be able to be done, your timestamp is "20180521223923". Paladox (talk) 00:40, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Database modifications is what I was actually asking for. It would be intended only for the few users who ask for it and we would link to the original data on our Fandom accounts as proof in case that matters. --Wedhro (talk) 05:03, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Need help with my wiki - the checkboxes in the gadgets section is disabled
Hi. I asking if someone can help me because in my wiki here, on the preferences page, all checkboxes in the gadgets section are disabled, what have caused so all checkboxes is disabled? How make I them checkable/uncheckable again, what have caused this? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 17:50, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing anything wrong with Special:Preferences, but it seems that you linked to Special:Gadgets, which doesn't seem to do anything. -- Void  Whispers 00:40, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The problem was that i was missing a right, and then was them checkable, even in the gadgets section of my preferences page. I thought it was a bug. Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 07:22, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Disable non-logged on users
Can you help me on how to disable non-logged in users? My wikia, Atrocious YouTubers Wikia, has been getting these kinds of users who misbehave and constantly break the rules and insult the admins? -Chaofun
 * Using Special:ManageWikiPermissions, remove the ability to edit from anon users (the * group), and assign the right to the user group. If you only want to protect the main namespace (where all your articles are), you can use Special:ManageWikiNamespaces to require that the  namespace needs the userright user to be edited. -- Void  Whispers 00:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I can't find anon users. -Chaofun
 * It's this page: https://atrociousyoutubers.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWikiPermissions/* -- Void  Whispers 00:48, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Requested wiki but not created?
Hello, just thought I'd enquire, and I hope this is the correct place to do so, but I requested a wiki here, which has been approved but it has yet to be created, I am just curious if this is an error on the system or there was an issue with the request, any clarification would be great. PlatinumYellow (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Wiki created now. John (talk) 14:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thankyou very much. :) PlatinumYellow (talk) 14:44, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

I can't use captchas : joining miraheze with lynx
Hello. I would like to create an account on miraheze. I use lynx as a browser and so I can't use captchas. I am visually impaired so I couldn't use captchas on any other browser, except the sound captchas that are very hard to use and don't always work. Is there any other way to subscribe ? I am reachable at [redacted email] Thank you Pascal
 * Hi, I’ve made you an account called “Grapos” with the password sent to your email address. If you’d like to rename your account you can use Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Any issues please email john@undefinedmiraheze.org. Thanks! John (talk) 07:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

User rename request
Please rename user Herman Mars, user of wiki Christipedia, to Herman Marsman. The name Herman Mars was due to a typing error. — Kees Langeveld (Talk), 9:02 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, terribly sorry I didn't see this before, but this is now ✅. -- Void  Whispers 16:25, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Void, for fullfilling, without payment, our (Wiki owners) requests. -- Kees Langeveld (Talk), 17:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Wiki request
I have requested a wiki being created, but 6 hours had passed, but there was no reply. My wiki wan’t created. O f reporter  Send me a message! 11:18, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It may take several hours because our volunteers are often busy with other kinds of works. However, I will review your request ASAP.-- 12:13, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Please don't delete the fablac,'s wiki. Thank you.
Hello,

Our wiki "https://fablac.miraheze.org/wiki/Accueil" is not dormant. Please don't delete it.

Thank you for your help. Best regards, Sophie
 * Please reopen the wiki by using Special:ManageWiki. Also, would you like a Dormancy Policy exemption, since I remember you asking us not to close previously before too. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:51, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

I Need To Report A User
His name is Knep, he claims that he is a staff member but he is not, he also vandalized on our wikis, he is also elsewere.

https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Special:Contributions/Knep

http://toxicfandoms.referata.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Knep

Signed by Angrybirdsfanonmiraheze


 * That's right, Angrybirdsfan! Knep is notorious for changing edits of Eddsworld page and 9/11 page from Toxic Fandoms And Hatedoms Wiki. Not only that, he made a page about me in Encyclopedia Dramatica with a lot of offensive things he says about me. This users needs to stop. — Mar9122
 * I'd say the main reason I'm not responding to this could be summed up by this. If I took a good long look at what was going on, a good number of you would be at risk for getting blocked for harassment. -- Void  Whispers 18:11, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say I, Mar9122, get blocked for harassment, but Knep seems to be a troublemaker, not me. — Mar9122
 * Nevermind. Knep is innocent for now. — Mar9122

Checkuser request
Last night, over the course of about six hours, All The Tropes had about thirty new users registered in such a manner what we suspect that they are all sockpuppets for a spambot. We'd like to request checkuser be run on all of them, please. The accounts are:

ByronFoster GlassZachary RobertShapiro JosephMazz RonaldRansdell DannyMcMurray BruceStokes ClydePreble NaomiRagan JeremyStpeter ShaneAcevedo JacobNash JosephTatum RussellSaldivar MarionCombs AlexanderKnight ThomasCordes LeonardSmith StevenGrubb LeonardAllen PamelaFields JohnColeman ChristopherRainey ShirleyBailey PaulWashington RichardMejia JohnMiller23 MarcosBolden JonathanMarkel

Thank you!

Looney Toons (talk) 02:50, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've made them go away. We do need to figure out what to do with their user pages though. -- Void  Whispers 03:52, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. We are plagued by regular registrations of ghost users -- as no doubt the rest of Miraheze is -- but this one was just over the top. -- Looney Toons (talk) 13:50, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (4)
Special:CentralAuth/Caesar_temporaneo needs to inherit Special:CentralAuth/Cesar91's contributions (etc.), and then be renamed "Caesar".--Wedhro (talk) 22:03, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The username Caesar is already in use, so the user will have to pick a different name. I could merge the accounts together, and then set the final username as Cesar91 for now, and the user could request a rename using Special:GlobalRenameRequest. -- Void  Whispers 18:13, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It's just a fake user created by Cesar91 to redirect to his current username because Wikia wouldn't allow user renames, see https://nonciclopedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utente:Caesar&action=history - Since it doesn't have a single edit in 5 years you can you delete/block that username so it becomes available again?--Wedhro (talk) 21:42, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That is not why this blocks the situation, as the Caesar account on Miraheze was created from Meta before we migrated the user accounts from nonciclopedia. -- Void  Whispers 22:25, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok, but there's no actual person behind that username. If you search on Wikia (https://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Speciale:Utenti) you won't even find the user. It looks like a mistake when uploading the dump, it would be absurd if that prevented people from taking that username. I ask that also because many users resorted to that workaround because of Wikia's policies so it might happen again. There's some technical difficulty that prevents you from deleting an account created by mistake?--Wedhro (talk) 22:32, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The account does not look to have been created by mistake. The account looks to have been created by another user on Mirhaze. -- Void  Whispers 23:10, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * So a global rename, as you suggested above, is actually impossible?--Wedhro (talk) 23:17, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

How do I change the wiki's name?
So, I recently took over Buddypedia Wiki and I seem can't to change the name of the wiki. Yeah sure, I can change the sitename, but I want to change the database name. So, help? — Mar9122
 * If you want to change the database name,Please post request on Phabricator.--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 07:58, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Privacy of "Private" Wiki, appearance of user I didn't add
I've been working on a wiki hosted on Miraheze for my company to develop training resources, but we're concerned about public access & trade secrets. I read on your FAQ that the main page is always public. I'm wondering how easy it would be for someone to create a user to become a "member" and gain access to the wiki without us noticing it.

In particular, I'm wondering about a user called "GDPRAccount" which was created on January 25th on our Wiki, communitybuilding.miraheze.org.

I'm just learning how to use this wiki stuff, so I don't have much technical knowledge yet.

If we need to switch to some kind of commercial wiki management service, I suppose we can do that. But I like the idea of supporting Miraheze -- it's a wonderful free resource -- if it can satisfy our need for privacy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Neil (talk • contribs) 14:49, 30 January 2019‎ (UTC)
 * Hi, due to the nature of our account system on Miraheze, anyone can create an account on your wiki. However, they can only read your wiki if they have been added to the Member group by an administrator of your wiki. The account "GDPRAccount" is used by staff for the sole purpose of deleting other user's information upon their request. It should never be logged into, but has no elevated access anyway. -- Void  Whispers 17:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * If you wish to even disallow account creations, you could create a local abuse filter for it on Special:AbuseFilter. However, this won't be necessary because of what Void said above; no one can see the contents (apart from the main page) unless you (or any other local admins) permit it.-- 08:15, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Lock "Dr brain kaur"
Please lock Dr brain kaur's account. They are a cross wiki-farm troll that first edited The Sims Wiki only to vandalize, and declared that they were going to create a "fork" of the wiki maliciously on ShoutWiki. They have created an account here and have requested to create The Sims Wiki on Miraheze, again with malicious intent, and possibly to hoard our subdomain name to make it harder for us to have control over our Internet presence. Please lock their account and decline their wiki request. Thanks, — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 19:30, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Please DO NOT take this request seriously. K6Ka does not represent the community of The Sims Wiki and only seeks to sabotage my project. I am aiming to develop The Sims Wiki on Miraheze in good faith and everybody is welcome to join including K6Ka. It will be built from the ground up and I have many aspirations for the project.Dr brain kaur (talk) 18:29, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I have confirmed the vandal activity of Dr brain kaur on Wikia, and have declined his/her request. However, we cannot lock an account that hasn't vandalized Miraheze yet. You may consider blocking the account locally, however.-- 10:40, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Spacepedia - the free online encyclopedia
I would like to request for SPACEPEDIA to be created. I would appreciate it if others were interested in joining and contributing daily that would be fine. Ask anyone if they would like to join the project. Chills (talk) 15:29, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late response. Wikis can be requested here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:11, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (5)
Here I am again with 2 requests for merging users: --Wedhro (talk) 17:36, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Caesar temporaneo should inherit Special:CentralAuth/Cesar91's contribs and user name, as I already asked above. Name change will be requested later.
 * Special:CentralAuth/Noteman temp should inherit Special:CentralAuth/Noteman's contribs and user name.
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 03:13, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

I have two accounts for my wiki
https://crimescience.miraheze.org/wiki/ I have somehow ended up with two accounts for my wiki and cannot access the bureaucrat one.
 * Has this issue been resolved? It looks like you have access to the account. (Sorry for not responding sooner). -- Void  Whispers 18:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Access Obtained but it would be good if the two accounts could be merged please.
 * This can be done, but only if you confirm here with both accounts that you want them merged. -- Void  Whispers 16:46, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

CheckUser Rights Request
I would like to have checkuser rights because I am licensed in keeping secrets and I will never release Ip addresses to others. If I had these rights I would make miraheze a better platform to host wikis on.
 * CheckUser can only executive by stewards for combating those LTA cross-wiki to create multiple accounts for engaging an vandalism or spamming activity, not to view other users IP addresses information for curiosity purpose. Why do you need to access the CU tool, does your local wiki "wizwiki.miraheze.org" appearance plenty vandals or spammers? SA 13</b> B</b>r</b>o</b> (talk) 22:33, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No WizWiki has sock puppets under control.


 * The checkuser permission will not be delegated to users outside of the steward body excepting in cases where a user is elected in a process that is as selective as the steward elections. However, the steward body is confident that it can handle CU requests in a timely manner, and such appointments do not need to take place. -- Void  Whispers 18:44, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

request checkuser
Please, check the connections between the two administrators of Nonsensopedia: ‎Sir Polskacafe and Mr obornik. I suspect that something can be. ZelDelet (talk) 18:03, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, can you give more details as to why you believe this check to be necessary? -- Void  Whispers 18:20, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

I think these two use their accounts with each other. Both have passwords for both of these accounts. If so, they can cheat the community, they can write two opinions, vote twice, etc. ZelDelet (talk) 20:27, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't understand what you mean with the passwords thing. Also, for a CheckUser to be done, usually, it is done after one of the accounts has done something (not before). Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 17:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Request chekuser in Tanukipedia
In my wikisite ( Tanukipedia ), vandalism was occuered. The accounts are: Please check these 2 users.
 * 妄想代理人15周年記念委員会
 * Paranoia‎

--TANUKI (talk) 12:16, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Given as you have already blocked the accounts, what would be the point of checking them? Do you believe there are other accounts? -- Void  Whispers 17:41, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * These accounts' edit resemble NUOC or KOSHIN (known LTA in Usopedia). Please check whether these accounts are NUOC or KOSHIN. --TANUKI (talk) 23:59, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Again, I'm not sure why that's necessary. If the accounts need to be locked, that's one thing, and they can be locked without a CU. But performing a CU just to confirm that an account (which has already been blocked, and in one case locked) is an LTA, is outside of the scope of the tool. The CU tool is meant to help identify and prevent abusive actions on wikis. In this case, I believe we have already done so. -- Void  Whispers 00:51, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (6)
It's me again, user Special:CentralAuth/Zero_Spaccato_temp needs to inherit username, contribs etc. of Special:CentralAuth/Zero_Spaccato.--Wedhro (talk) 21:54, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 22:56, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Again on Special:CentralAuth/Cesar91, he just confirmed it was him who created Special:CentralAuth/Caesar, and he asks for the former to be merged in the latter. I told him to comment here with both accounts to prove it's him.--Wedhro (talk) 15:11, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, i'm Cesar91 from Nonciclopedia! --Caesar (talk) 15:51, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm Cesar91 from Nonciclopedia, too! --Cesar91 (talk) 16:24, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 16:40, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Citations and polls
I have two unrelated questions: --Wedhro (talk) 08:47, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Is it possible to get previews of citations when hovering on them, as it happens on Wikipedia?
 * After moving our wiki here, polls lost all their data. I guess it was stored in the database, which cannot be imported here. There's anything we can do to restore the data? We were using Ajax Poll extension on the old wiki and I got it installed here too.
 * Citation previews are possible using the ReferenceTooltips gadget. To import it, you need the pages MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips, MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js, and MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css. To MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition, add the line:

* ReferenceTooltips[ResourceLoader|default|type=general|dependencies=mediawiki.cookie,jquery.client,mediawiki.notify]|ReferenceTooltips.js|ReferenceTooltips.css
 * I don't know how Ajax Poll works, but there might be a way to extract the information and store it here. However, I do not know how that would be possible. -- Void  Whispers 18:09, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I copypasted the content of the above pages from Wikipedia and now reference tooltips work.--Wedhro (talk) 20:17, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Delay
There are more than 5 wiki requests waiting for approval. Please look over the wiki request queue and approve them. Thank you. Lego Mas ter </b> Send me a message! 03:12, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I will take a look, but please note that it's sometimes not possible for us to create wikis that fast (the requests have only been made a few hours ago). Also, furthermore, please use Community noticeboard for issues not related to stewards. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 07:21, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (7)
Here we go again: Special:CentralAuth/Gerry13 needs to be merged into Special:CentralAuth/Nonciclopediologo.--Wedhro (talk) 00:14, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll ask him to do so, but why is this additional step required now?--Wedhro (talk) 11:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * PS: in case it's useful, a user's identity is already checked in the old wiki here, where they're required to link the temporary account and sign with the original account, so I know it's them.--Wedhro (talk) 11:11, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Also, Special:CentralAuth/Cafi96_temp needs to be merged into Special:CentralAuth/Cafi96. Proof.

And this is the proof of Nonciclopediologo asking for Gerry13 to inherit its username/contribs.--Wedhro (talk) 10:33, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Nonciclopediologo is done. -- Void  Whispers 17:07, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Cafi96 is done. -- Void  Whispers 21:55, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Name change
Can you change my name back to WEMO666 please? I had it changed last year (or the year before that?) and I decided that I don’t like my current username—Chriskk01b (talk) 04:28, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, please request at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 07:03, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Flow Discussion Bar is not working
The flow thing doesn't work in Miraheze. Could you guys fix it? — Mar9122
 * Okay, I'm back I got proof. When I try to post something on Flow, it gives me this:  Any idea what this mean? — Mar9122
 * Hi, this is fixed in https://github.com/miraheze/mediawiki/commit/64e419b47df9aca95f081b4b0e51b1b646f7b563 Paladox (talk) 22:21, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

New wiki and account problem
I've created new wiki https://animatedfemalemuscle.miraheze.org/wiki to continued working old wikia will be closed called, Animated Muscle Women Wikia in two weeks for moving from FANDOM wikia policy don't allow fetish interest..., that's why I naming a different dataname the main page is The error is because I have not been added to the “member” group. TheFranksterChannel 1992 (talk) 17:51, 25 February 2019 (UTC)TheFranksterChannel 1992
 * You are a sysop on the wiki. You are able to read the wiki. The only page accessible to non-logged in user is the page "Main Page" and the necessary special pages to login. Please login using the link in the top right hand corner or go to mh:animatedfemalemuscle:Special:Login. John (talk) 19:58, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Rename me
Can you rename me as User:Chaofun to User:Pinky Malinky?
 * You can make a request here.-- 03:33, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Applying Dormancy exemption to all Uncyc/Illogico projects
Hi, I would like to request for Dormancy exemption to all Uncyc/Illogico projects on Miraheze.

Since Fandom has decided to kick all Uncycs out, it's likely that more and more Uncycs will join us. However, some of the projects have not many articles and/or active users, and they can face the risk of deletion per our Dormancy Policy. This is something we would like to avoid, because we uncyclopedians regard all of them as sisters.

The bases of this are:
 * 1) There are some Uncys on Miraheze with over 10 thousand articles (such as Nonsensopedia).
 * 2) I've been active across Uncycs/Illogicos, and have high permissions on several Uncyc/Illogico wikis (in and out Miraheze).
 * 3) I have global contributions including but not limited to my actions as a CVT.

To avoid the same mistake that Fandom/Wikia had, however, I would like to have one exception of these exemptions; all of them should be exempted from the Dormancy Policy (as either being a large project and/or a sister of such projects) unless each community decides to move out (for whatever reason).

I will provide a list of Uncycs/Illogicos on Miraheze after the reorganization process is all settled, but the question is, is it possible to arrange it?

Thanks in advance.-- 03:25, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * I take no side in your request, but write to point out there are several independent things happening here.
 * There are several national-language Uncyclopedias that have moved here, in response to any of several festering stylistic disputes with Wikia before its current declaration that it no longer wants to host Uncyclopedia at all.
 * There are several single-user Uncyclopedia wanna-bes on Miraheze; I include my own refuge, TheMirror, which I had let go dormant until someone reopened it; I have since started rewriting new stuff there.
 * As you note in the previous section, there is an emerging debate about what should happen to the classic Uncyclopedia, one side (including me) advocating that the project come here.  03:40 28-Feb-2019
 * Pretty much in relation to above, but I want to wait until things get fully decided before I guarantee anything. There's no sense putting anything on dormancy if it's not going to need it. -- Void  Whispers 03:43, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, maybe we can wait until everything is settled. There is a centralized forum regarding this topic on UnMeta, FYI.-- 03:49, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem, but Pioneer originally asked about feasibility, not timetable. (See final paragraph of his first post of this section.)   04:00 28-Feb-2019
 * Feasibility is going to be affected by the inconvenient detail that someone has to decide what is the main wiki for each Uncyclopedia language and what is merely a fork, a one-man show or simply an empty wiki with no users and no content. Sometimes users request wikis which merely duplicate something Uncyclopedia already has, sometimes a user will request something oddball like Uncyclopedia in Cambodian language and then contribute nothing but a single page. One pattern that's repeated a few times (English, Russian, Polish) was that Wikia would do something (such as a domain name change, a forced reskin or censorship of content) which would offend the original community, which would fork off to some independent site; Wikia would then leave the old project open in direct competition and eventually a few users discontent with the heavy-handed way the new site was being run would set up squatter communities in the abandoned Wikia ghost towns that had been left behind. At that point, which project is the main Uncyclopedia for any given language and which languages are worth linking to? Carlb (talk) 23:23, 2 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Coming back to this, I think the best idea is that we will not automatically exempt uncyclopedias from the dormancy policy. Instead, if an uncyclopedia wants to be exempted, it should first establish a community and then establish a valid reason for being exempted. If the community is active, then they won't even need one. However, if no community exists, and there is no proof that the wiki is really being used/read, then we probably shouldn't keep it around. -- Void  Whispers 20:34, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This seems fair. On a legitimate language-Uncyclopedia with hundreds or thousands of articles (as opposed to a one-person clone with a dozen purloined articles), there will be several Admins and, if the community starts to get quiet, they will realize it, and will panic, and during the panic they will petition that the wiki not go dormant...or, if activity has ceased, at least that the wiki not be deleted.  So Carlb's batch process does not need to run now; it can be done on a case-by-case basis.


 * Some of the wikis are Uncyclopedians fed up with Wikia's mandates, and Carlb is right, the Wikia wiki remains and eventually a new crew may settle and become squatters over everything the old crew wrote; and then you will have two, each with half the potential activity. However, in the case of classic Uncyclopedia, Wikia has informed Admins that it simply doesn't want it anymore.   22:53 3-Mar-2019

Internal Error on my Uncyclopedia
hello; i got internal error on my uncyclopedia:

Wiki url: http://uncyclopedia2.miraheze.org

and i got this error: [8d39a5ae91adb0177f0fc9a8] 2019-02-28 07:20:51: Fatal exception of type MWException

What is causing the error and what for time is it estimated that his is fixed? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 07:21, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Could you tell me the last action you took before the wiki went wrong? Maybe it's because of it.-- 12:58, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I did not make a action that might have caused the error. I saw also on Phabicrator that @Void have worked on a ticket that I have opened on Phabicrator, the error might be because of he is working on some configuration settings edits, and the wiki gets internal error while he is working on them. Can you please click the link and see if you get error or not. :) please reply here if you get error or not? :) Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 13:07, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I've already checked that there is an error on your wiki.-- 13:21, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * What for error message did you get? Also when will an sys admin or steward fix this error? Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 13:40, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The same one. I have made a comment on this on phab. If I'm right, they can have a quick fix.-- 13:44, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * thx. idk what that causes this error -- Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 14:07, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, this is now fixed! Paladox (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you @User:Paladox for fixing the error so I can visit my Uncyc.lopedia again :) :):) Psl631  (Let's Chat!) 18:46, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (8)
--Wedhro (talk)
 * Special:CentralAuth/LordRemiemTemp needs to inherit Special:CentralAuth/LordRemiem's account (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/TheMadPianist needs to inherit Special:CentralAuth/Zebedeus' account (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Phantom_Dusclops'92 says he can't login on nonciclopedia.org with the password used here on meta, and he can't change it either because he gave no email address. What now?
 * I'm doing LordRemiem now, Zebedeus needs to visit nonciclopedia.org while logged into TheMadPianist, and Phantom Dusclops'92 has been fixed. -- Void  Whispers 21:24, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Request to poach another user's name, bis
At Stewards'_noticeboard/Archive_7, I asked that my username Spike_the_Dog be renamed to Spike. The outcome of that discussion was that said he knew the owner of the username, and I conceded that he knew him; and other Mirahezians lamented the absence of a policy on abandoned accounts.

It is now a full year later and the account Spike has never been used in that year. By all of the hypothetical policies put forth during that discussion, the account Spike is abandoned, and I would like it, please; especially as Wikia has expressed a desire no longer to host the original Uncyclopedia, on which I have been notorious as Spike for seven years, and its Admins conduct a debate on whether to move here (to move the real, original Uncyclopedia, as opposed to the two single-user Uncyclopedia wanna-bes already created). Borderman's friend evidently doesn't care, and I do. 02:30 28-Feb-2019
 * I think we can wait until a final conclusion is drawn there. Some of them want to reunite with en.uncyclopedia.co, in fact.-- 03:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. But I disagree on the need to wait. I had made the user rename request long before the current turmoil, and I wish it no matter how this debate works out. 03:34 28-Feb-2019
 * ^ Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 06:50, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I have no issue with you using the name and I do remember you mentioning the username request. I do know the user Spike on my Lonsdale Battalion wiki but as you mention he hasn't used that account for a long time, neither have I for that fact but I do plan on returning to it shortly. The reason Spike hasn't used his account is because he has his own website on the same subject and has no need to duplicate his work on the Lonsdale Battalion wiki. We both have very different projects on the same subject and are happy to help each other out if necessary but rarely (or never) really do. I don't expect to see the current user Spike use his account again in the future and if he does, because of the sheer length of time absent from any kind of editing, it would seem strange not to allow Spike the Dog be renamed "Spike" across Mirahaze. Just because my friend is known as Spike on my wiki, his own website and various WWI military forums, it doesn't mean he has ownership of that name everywhere. There must be thousands of people with that username across the globe across many different websites. However, with respect to Miraheze, if I know that he won't be using his account any time soon plus it has now been a year since the previous discussion about it, I have no issue with Spike the Dog being renamed "Spike" 21:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, sir! (Now: Yours was the only objection a year ago.  Will the name change happen?!)   22:41 3-Mar-2019
 * No problem pal. I haven't kept up to speed on new policies and RfC's so I wouldn't like to say. I guess the name change will be down to the admins. If, and this is a big if, he wanted to contribute in the future then I would just tell him to create a new account with a different name - he wouldn't mind. 22:59, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Doubly good! If I get his old name, he can even have my old one!   23:11 3-Mar-2019


 * I'll leave a note on the user's page asking if they object to the usurp, given that the user does appear to have attached their account to another wiki about a month ago. I give give them a window of about a month to respond before proceeding with the rename. -- Void  Whispers 01:35, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that is definite forward progress!  03:21 4-Mar-2019

Spike the Cat
Separately, a user account was created yesterday that is easily confused with my user name (less so if the above name change goes through). The user has edited exclusively at All The Tropes, but did make a side trip to my Miraheze wiki at https://rfobasic.miraheze.org so the choice of user name seems to have been made with imitation in mind, and perhaps timed to have a tool to influence the imminent closure of Wikia Uncyclopedia and the preference of some of its users, including me, to move Uncyclopedia here.

Still separately, one Uncyclopedian has noticed with dismay that the name "Uncyclopedia" is already taken here, and moreover by a wiki that is not in English in the first place, though its name is. This too will mostly confuse people. 23:41 6-Mar-2019
 * I'm so sorry. It was a name I picked back in 2015. I wasn't trying to pretend to be you, so I've had it changed. I'm not up to no good, promise. Flyingcat (talk) 03:25, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Merge users on nonciclopedia.org (9)
Hello, more users to merge. To make things shorter, the arrow means "the user on the left inherits contribs and username of the user on the right". Thanks. Expect lot of user merges now that Fandom disclosed their intention to close all uncyclopedias.--Wedhro (talk) 05:20, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Giorgio67 → Special:CentralAuth/Giorgio68 (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Insesistente_temp → Special:CentralAuth/Insesistente (proof)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Fravium_temp → Special:CentralAuth/FRAVIUM (proof)
 * Sorry, there's a few new users which actually have no account to recover but made a request anyway, I deleted them from the list. --Wedhro (talk) 05:42, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Also: --Wedhro (talk) 06:09, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Von_Caironio → Special:CentralAuth/Caironio (proof)
 * All done! -- Void  Whispers 22:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

CheckUser request - multi-wiki
Hello.

Earlier this week, new user "2hadow" created a User page on the All The Tropes wiki saying "Hello. I'm here for anti-vandalism work." That user immediately had the User page vandalized; we blocked the vandal. This was the first vandalism to take place on this wiki for over a year. 2hadow then went on to attempt to unilaterally change the look and feel of the wiki; we had to block 2hadow to protect the wiki.

Earlier this week, new user "2Cute4U" created a User page on the Poser and Daz Free Resources wiki saying "Hello. I'm here for anti-vandalism work." Today, That user had the User page vandalized; I've blocked the vandal. This was the first vandalism to take place on this wiki for over a year. 2Cute4U has unilaterally created some notice templates without asking whether they are required or desired ...

Because of the similarities of events on both wikis, I request a CheckUser be run on User:2hadow and User:2Cute4U

--Robkelk (talk) 13:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Known crosswiki LTA, I've locked the accounts. -- Void  Whispers 17:06, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Admin request
I'm an admin in the wikia version of Tolololpedia. But since another admin created the miraheze version of Tolololpedia, he's the only admin there. He's currently inactive, so can you nominate me as an admin there? --Pradiptamf (talk) 01:46, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I've confirmed that it has been handled by a local bureaucrat.-- 21:42, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Removing the error wiki
Hey. Please completely delete the unfinished site http://absurdopedia.miraheze.org, since it was created when the Absurdopedia's community on Wikia was looking for a place to move. None of the authors of the Absurdopedia will rule there. We have already created a site https://absurdopedia.wiki on an independent hosting, which will be available for viewing in the next day or two. --Тэйтанка (talk) 19:12, 17 March 2019 (UTC)