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My friend YashiMC lost access to his acccount along with his wiki
So recently my friend YashiYC lost access to his wiki: https://dubiouslymadness.miraheze.org/wiki/Greetings,_fellow_member_of_the_community. , his old laptop broke down and he forgot the password he used to log on his account, the email he used for his miraheze account was also a temporary email so he can't ask for a password reset either. Before he lost access to his account though he gave me admin and bureaucrat perms. Is there anyway that the wiki ownership can be transferred from his account to mine? Happy Days (talk) 04:28, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I might be wrong here, but bureaucrat is basically owner I think Anpang   Talk  04:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There is no 'wiki owner' on Miraheze. Bureaucrat and admin, along with any local policies and convention are what set local management. You have everything you need to assume control. Ideally though, you make a local post to explain the situation as best as possible so it is not weird and appears to be a coup to anyone who is present in the community. --Raidarr (talk) 10:17, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Happy Days If your friend has no access to their recovery e-mail address for their user account and there are no other bureaucrats on that wiki, and they do not have an alternate account which they've confirmed on-wiki as their alternate account, they will need to complete a local permissions election on the wiki, following these guidelines, then return to this noticeboard when the local process has concluded. Dmehus (talk) 16:13, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Happy Days It looks like you're already a  on this wiki, so you have the capabilities to grant the additional permissions to any newly created user account for your friend. If your friend wants their old username back, they can post a note here requesting to usurp the former username. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:16, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Edit rights on nfcwiki
https://nfcwiki.miraheze.org/ was reopened per Lesogorec's adoption request but turns out that editing of the wiki is restricted only to Verified users group (so previous bureaucrat is the only one who can edit pages on the wiki). I ask you to make that other users could create and edit pages on the wiki so we can have local elections and keep writing articles. WerySkok (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I support this request. Lesogorec (talk) 15:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok and Lesogorec Thank you for identifying this issue. Since the wiki has no recently active local administrators, there were a couple options here. One of which could've been inviting users to attend stewards' noticeboard to request the "verified users" local user group from Stewards in absence of locally available administration, and the other of which would be to grant the  user right to the   group. As this wiki generally does not have a recently active community, nevermind administrators, the former seemed to be a bit problematic from the standpoint of future permissions requests in that only those users who'd requested the verified users group via this noticeboard would be able to participate any such local discussions. So, I've ✅ the   user right to this   user group. If there any other permissions you require below   not requiring an election or any other ManageWiki configuration/extension changes, in order to develop this wiki, please start a new thread on stewards' noticeboard. Thank you Dmehus (talk) 16:06, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, about that. Looks like I don't have right to create pages, even in the main namespace. Can you add this right too? WerySkok (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok That also seems reasonable. Do you want me just to reset the  permissions to the default   group permissions, so that your wiki can have a further local discussion with respect to user groups that exist on the wiki? Dmehus (talk) 16:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that would be reasonable so yes, that would be helpful. WerySkok (talk) 16:39, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok, This should be ✅ now. Dmehus (talk) 16:53, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

I need to be autoconfirmed on the Horrible Songs and Music Wiki.
I need to be autoconfirmed on the Horrible Songs and Music Wiki. Why? Because so I can edit. That's the thing. MarioBobFan (talk) 04:43, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * If you mean this wiki, I wouldn't recommend contributing to that wiki, because someone tried to adopt it, and the election took forever. I'd recommend contributing to mh:worstmusicandsongs:Worst Music & Songs Wiki, as it is the new version. FatBurn0000 (talk) 07:27, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh. MarioBobFan (talk) 01:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Dormancy Exemption - Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki
Hello I would like to request a dormancy exemption for hypotheticalhurricanes.miraheze.org as this wiki as of the time of writing has over 13,000 pages and I am working with another user uploading all the images currently. I believe a wiki of this size and potential activity should warrant an inactivity exemption. Thank you in advance. Hypercane (  talk ) 07:30, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Hypercane, thank you for your request for an exemption to our Dormancy Policy, originally made via IRC, which I've now reviewed and assessed. That's great you're working on importing images still&mdash;it's important work, but can be time-consuming. We typically assess requests on a two-part basis, one being sufficient quality content made to be read by real human beings and the other being need&mdash;a wiki with a very activity community of users would not need an exemption. In your case, the first part is easily met, having migrated existing content from the Fandom wiki version, with some 13,000 (or so) quality and substantive pages. In terms of need, this is also met, as your Miraheze community is still small and has few active contributors. Thus, I've ✅ this request indefinitely, but please do note that this is not a permanent exemption, and should your wiki's activity change that it no longer needs an inactivity exemption, this can be removed. Additionally, you're encouraged to proactively advise us here of such circumstantial changes. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 07:37, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

An issue on mh:awesomethemeparksandattractions:Awesome Theme Parks and Attractions Wiki
For some reason, despite that I am autoconfirmed on this wiki (I have made over 10 edits and have been registered to the wiki for over 4 days) I cannot comment on pages. FatBurn0000 (talk) 09:51, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there! It looks like you have not yet assigned the required  permission to any of your user groups. You can assign this permission to your desired group by visiting Special:ManageWiki/permissions on the wiki in question and assigning   to your desired user group. Hope this helps!  dross  (t • c • g) 10:02, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Are you sure I don't have to be a bureaucrat to do that? FatBurn0000 (talk) 21:38, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I could get that fixed. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:20, 15 November 2021 (UTC)