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Vote
Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I have a question for you: should we have a wiki on here like the Wiki Gazetteer on FANDOM? Put your vote in the headings below! And remember to sign your posts with ~. Tali64³ (talk) 20:33, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes

 * 1) Why not? This would not be a bad idea for someone looking for a specific wiki. --TFFfan (talk) 21:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) per  InspecterAbdel (talk) 21:16, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) I strongly support this because we can find more specific wikis.  CircleyDoesExtracter  ( Circley Talk  |  Global   |  Email the Cloud ) 21:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) I'm not opposed to this idea, in theory, and I do think that we need to rethink Gazetteer of wikis given that we have ~3,800 current wikis (which is too large for a single page). My main concern, which I expressed in declining the wiki request, was that this may suffer from lack of maintenance and timely updates. As well, by siphoning it away from Meta, we now have yet another wiki we have to somehow promote, so that sort of defeats the purpose of a gazetteer of wikis designed to promote customers' public wikis, doesn't it? Secondarily, I honestly think a better way to go about this is to add additional functionality and data output to the automated list, Special:WikiDiscover. That said, it's a good-faith idea, in theory and if well-maintained, so that is why I am expressing some support, albeit weak. Dmehus (talk) 23:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

No

 * I don't see the need for an entire wiki like this. We already have a page here on meta, Gazetteer of wikis. And in all honesty, a page on meta will most likely be given more notice than another external wiki that some will never visit. As such I am opposing this idea. While a good thought I don't see the need for it. I mean if you want it, go for you, but I don't think it should be a community wiki at all. 15:01, 13 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * There are wikis currently on Miraheze, too big to list on one page. An administrator could put a link to it on the main page. Tali64³ (talk) 16:35, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * We also have Special:WikiDiscover which lists every wiki on Miraheze. 14:18, 16 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |


 * Not needed.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 06:29, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 1)  if there were a lot of people to add entries for wikis with short descriptions that would work for me but right now I think that the Meta gazeteer is enough and is helpful. DeeM28 (talk) 07:33, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

 * 1) I'm currently been slowly working on a similar idea over the past month or two just documenting wikis: the Wikiverse. dibbydib 23:38, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) As a Miraheze wiki creator, when this wiki truly passes through us for approval (I have recently accidentally approved this wiki sent in by, which due to the ongoing discussion and the incorrect subdomain is currently pending steward review for deletion), it is important for us to know when to approve the wiki and who will be creating it. Therefore, who will be the founding Bureaucrat of the wiki if it passes community discussion?  14:59, 13 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * I would be the founder. Tali64³ (talk) 23:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * When having community discussions like these, who will be the founder is among what should be discussed. I believe who should be the founder should be among what is discussed here. Thanks! 02:10, 15 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * 1) Relisting for another couple of weeks. Dmehus (talk) 05:20, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

A community Developers wiki
I have a proposition for the Miraheze community. For a while now I have been debating whether or not to create a developers wiki for Miraheze. Unlike the template wiki, this wiki will include CSS and JS scripts that anyone can import using, it will allow anyone who wants it to use scripts built by the community in their own wikis and/or in their own personal global or local JavaScript or CSS files. After consulting with on Discord, I decided to get the communities feedback and/or support on this idea, therefore what does the Miraheze community think of this idea? 22:53, 24 July 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * Yeah, though I don't think it's required to have a community discussion in this case, since it's going to be a community wiki for shared CSS and JavaScript files, among other things potentially, I thought it would be a good practice to have the discussion, especially if it proposes to use the name "Miraheze." Plus, I think it would be helpful for the community to (a) define the initial scope and purpose and (b) establish the founding bureaucrats for the wiki. From there, the local community can help to establish its local policies and further refine its purpose. In general terms, I support this as a community wiki as I think it is sufficiently different than the Template and Miraheze Bots + Tools wikis. I also think it could be useful at reducing the page load times of community-imported and -maintained user scripts, as opposed to always loading them from English Wikipedia and other wikis. Dmehus (talk) 23:17, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * yes, some of that is part of my initial thoughts for the reasoning of the wiki. As for using the name Miraheze in it, I think it should be called Miraheze Developers Wiki or something similar. As for bureaucrats of the wiki, any candidate recommendations? And I think a community discussion for this is a good idea. It gives the community a way to give input, and their own unique ideas in it as well. 23:39, 24 July 2020 (UTC) ］ |


 * As proposer I support this, but also because I know JS and CSS pretty well, and would love to have a wiki like this for the Miraheze community. 23:39, 24 July 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * This is a great idea for a new wiki. I think that by doing this, lots of new coding things could be enabled, including possibly global modules and gadgets. Great suggestion. I also have no concerns for this proposal. --TFFfan (talk) 23:27, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * yes, I do believe that a wiki like this could be greatly beneficial in the long run, or at least I hope it can be. 23:39, 24 July 2020 (UTC) ］ |

Potential rename and/or expanded scope of Dev Wiki
asked me a few days, or perhaps a week, ago if I had posted in this discussion thread about the potential renaming and expanded scope for Dev Wiki yet. Other tasks took priority, but seeing as this thread was due to be archived in the next day or so, I wanted to get this done. So, I'm going to ping those that participated above and those who participated in the discussion on potential name ideas/expanded scope on Discord.

So, the question is...given that the  subdomain implies broader usage by and for developers beyond just CSS and JavaScript scripts,  and I (did I forget anyone, ?) basically toyed around with a number of potential new names and subdomains, the top three of which is identified below:


 * 1) Retain   and expand the scope, or allow the community, via a future community noticeboard discussion to expand the scope at some point in the future;
 * 2) Rename subdomain to , which would be roughly in line with the current purpose and scope, but open to possibilities later (again, the community would retain the right modify the scope via a community noticeboard discussion); or,
 * 3) Rename subdomain to , with a narrow scope; limits us in the future, but entirely accurate; it's not too bad, as we could easily create a separate dev later, though we should reserve that subdomain in the blacklist)

Since didn't participate in the Discord discussion and since this doesn't require any advanced rights to close, I nominate him to assess the consensus and close this discussion in a week or two. --Dmehus (talk) 00:01, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of RhinosF1 as closer
, please indicate if you would be willing to close this discussion after 1-2 weeks (depending on the weather-related impacts to U.S. eastern seaboard residents).

Additionally, can I get a seconder to second this nomination? (Thought we could probably safely skip a full vote on nominating an uninvolved closer.)


 * Accepted:  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC) (as nominated closer)
 * Moved: Dmehus (talk) 00:01, 7 August 2020 (UTC) (as nominator)
 * Seconded: 02:37, 9 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * Procedural comment: This has been relisted for another two weeks. Dmehus (talk) 12:57, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Voting and Vote Tabulation Instructions
You are encouraged to express first and second choices in your !vote. Please do so by indicating, in your !vote for each proposal, whether it is your first or second choice. If no proposal achieves more than 50% of the valid !votes cast, the proposal with the least number of first choice !votes will be dropped, and those users' second choices will then be allocated accordingly, and the results retabulated in a second count.

Support

 * 1)   02:41, 9 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * 2)  as first choice, since the community remains overall authority over this wiki in terms of its   removal (as may be required) and in terms of redefining, or broadening, its scope. Dmehus (talk) 11:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Neutral/Abstain
This is arguably kind of useless, in this case, since the !votes won't be counted, but I'll nonetheless include it.

Neutral/Abstain
This is arguably kind of useless, in this case, since the !votes won't be counted, but I'll nonetheless include it.
 * 1)  I like this idea as well, but it feels like it has other non-computer science-related use cases (i.e., for an archival- or museum-type wiki). Dmehus (talk) 11:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Neutral/Abstain
This is arguably kind of useless, in this case, since the !votes won't be counted, but I'll nonetheless include it.
 * 1)  I also liked 's idea, as it is the most specific and clearly defines this wiki's current purpose, but, at the same time, it really does restrict a future broadening of this wiki's scope to include a broader array of wiki developer resources, for which the community retains the absolute authority to redefine this wiki's purpose via community noticeboard. Dmehus (talk) 11:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

A new wiki for the website's community
The Miraheze Community Wiki is a wiki for the community so people can get to know each other and welcome each other. I know Meta does that, but I think we need a wiki for that stuff.

Support

 * 1) I think we need a wiki for this kind of thing InspecterAbdel (talk) 22:44, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) but not per any of the above or below, but because community noticeboard has become a catch-all for technical support questions, community discussions, and really anything. The organization is weak, and we could use a community wiki. I have no objections to it, but the main reason for my oppose  weak support here is because the purpose is somewhat vague and unclear. I appreciate  bringing this for a community discussion, though, and, since this wiki was simultaneously submitted for approval and created already, I think we should probably shift this wiki towards defining a clear purpose and terms of reference for its existence and the parameters by which the local   can be removed (via Community noticeboard) here on Meta. Dmehus (talk) 14:55, 28 July 2020 (UTC)  Amended. Moved from weak oppose to weak support Dmehus (talk) 15:31, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) I really like to have a community wiki for new users to gather, although we have a Community noticeboard.  CircleyDoesExtracter  ( Circley Talk  |  Global   |  Email the Cloud ) 17:09, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) . No, we don't need such a wiki.  This page ("community noticeboard") is exactly for this kind of thing.  I don't want to have to check both this page and a dedicated wiki to find out what is happening on the wiki farm, nor learn how such a wiki is organized.   04:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Spike. There is already not enough engagement and usage on Meta, so another wiki is really not what we need. We should focus on Meta. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:08, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) . We DO NOT need a community wiki is needed at this time. We already have this page, the community noticeboard, and Requests for Permissions, requests for global rights and requests for stewardship. It seems that it would serve the same service as as most of this meta wiki, and I just see no possible usage for this. I also agree with the comments that has made about having to go back and forth between meta and a community wiki. Sorry, it is just not going to work. --TFFfan (talk) 15:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm hoping you'll consider amending your !vote, per my comments above, as I really don't think 's goal was for this wiki to replace Meta. The problem with this request is that (a) the wiki shouldn't have been created without a community discussion (not, technically, a requirement, as far as I'm aware, but good practice) and (b) it should've had a clearer purpose, scope, and defined parameters, as we are doing with Dev Wiki and have done with Template Wiki and Miraheze Commons in the past. No community proposals or discussions, or even drafts of such proposals, would've occurred on this wiki. Rather, as I saw it (though vague and unclear), this wiki was meant to be a user collaboration and social connection wiki that would've actually sought to deepen community participation. Participation in this community wiki would've been completely voluntary and not participating would not have meant the user would "miss out" on important community discussions, as I don't think that was ever the intent behind 's good-faith proposal. Dmehus (talk) 15:27, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1)  Not needed.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 06:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  I do not think another wiki is necessary for the community because for me Meta is the wiki for the community. DeeM28 (talk) 07:30, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Comments

 * Relist to delay archiving. I will be posting an updated proposal on next steps in the next several days. Dmehus (talk) 02:30, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Relist to delay archiving. I will be posting an updated proposal on next steps in the next several days. Dmehus (talk) 01:36, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Relist to delay archiving. I will be posting an updated proposal on next steps in the next several days. Dmehus (talk) 05:21, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Proposal to revoke inactive steward
Hello. Here is my proposal for the revocation of The Pioneer as he is missing/vanished. I think it is strange that 20 users need to comment for the revocation of a steward too... I am writing this here to get users to comment on this request. DeeM28 (talk) 09:52, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

I am having trouble on Terrible Tv Shows Wiki
I can't create pages or post comments, and I don't have the required rights to message people I have no idea (talk) 00:32, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , I haven't yet looked into the reason(s) why, but I suspect it could be because your account is too new (i.e., you're not autoconfirmed) on that wiki. Anyway, I've procedurally moved this discussion from Administrators' noticeboard to here, where it is now in scope. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 00:42, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Questions about Questionable Content
I don't know honestly if this is the correct place for this topic, but please help me.

My wiki has just been created, and I am currently writing the Content Policy for it. My wiki has a large scope (about animation), and I intended it to include all kinds of animation. This includes (please don't judge me) 'hentai'.

After all, the US also made some in the 60s until 80s (which I also intend to document as well), and if we have full extensive documentation regarding the Renaissance paintings which sometimes includes realistically drawn nude models, why the same doesn't apply to hentai and US erotic animations in the 60s until the 80s?

I know, I have read Miraheze's own content policy. I even read other wikis' policies. But, in my case, I want to include them because other sites don't. I want to document them because of the same reason. However, I know that this can cross some lines here.

My question is, is hentai allowed for "documenting purposes?" I already added a rule in my draft that no screenshots should be made nor links to the images that is NSFW inside the wiki (except of course, if the screenshot falls under the safe-for-work category). Content I may add for these pages includes plot (in as clean as possible wording) and an infobox for details. Also, I added a rule that these works should be tagged under NSFW. Of course, no links to the sites are allowed.

I also want to include hentai's serious questionable content (shotacon, lollicon), again for the purposes stated above, though I fear this may enter the red flag zone. Wikipedia has this, so can I assume that this is also the same here?

Just to be clear, I have no bad intentions. I really want to also document them. If approved, these articles will be under strict observation. I am also writing a guidelines regarding NSFWs (not just hentai). 9Ations (talk) 04:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
 * First, I have moved this discussion from Administrators' noticeboard to here, though stewards' noticeboard would've also likely been an acceptable venue for this question, if preferring a steward answer your question. Second, thank you for your question, and for taking Miraheze's global Content Policy and Code of Conduct policies seriously. To answer your question, yes, NSFW content is fine on Miraheze customer wikis. NSFW disclosures are helpful, and you always have the option of making your wiki private, accessible only to those in the  group on your wiki, too. Nevertheless, that shouldn't be necessary. Miraheze values freedom of speech greatly, and Hentai (an adult form of anime, as I understand it) would definitely be okay for a Miraheze customer wiki (whether public or private). You just need to be mindful of hosting copyrighted material, which may be fine under fair use or fair dealing doctrines, depending on the jurisdiction from which you live. Such doctrines typically require that the material be used in a minimal fashion and for uses related to education, criticism, or review, among other things. That would really be the only concern from what you've described. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 05:34, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

My Nuuk Greenland wiki needs help
I need someone that can help contribute to my new wiki Nuuk Greenland which is brand new but is incomplete, I need someone that knows a lot about this city. I also need to know how to cite sources too.—-Μπέλα2006🌎 (talk) 15:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Does Miraheze have a bandwidth limit?
Hi, I was wanting to know if Miraheze has a bandwidth limit for individual Wikis, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callipedia (talk • contribs) 01:42, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * First, as far as I am aware, no, there's no bandwidth or data transfer limit on individual wikis. This is something that system administrators are concerned with, collectively, in terms of the collective data transfer usage. As far as I know, actually, Miraheze pays for its hosting based on its volume, so it would just automatically be billed a higher amount the following month if its usage was higher than the previous month. But, as an end user, you do not need to be concerned with these things. Nevertheless, it's good that you asked about it. Second, welcome to Meta, and to this noticeboard. Please make sure you sign your posts with four tildes on all talk pages, user talk pages, and noticeboards. Patroller CircleyDoesExtracter kindly added an unsigned signature for you this time. Dmehus (talk) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

I can embed YT videos: how about Vimeo, niconico, and others?
Such as here. Thanks :) DMBFFF (talk) 05:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The YouTube extension has tags to embed niconico videos, just like tags. For other video services, you can enable mw:Extension:Widgets and copy the corresponding widget from this website. Note that some video services might not work if they aren't on the CSP whitelist, so you would have to open a phabricator task to add those sites. K599 (talk) 18:13, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I copied from here, to make this, and it still doesn't work for Vimeo, though your suggestion for niconico does. DMBFFF (talk) 06:52, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like you didn't call the Vimeo widget correctly in that page, the correct syntax would be . You should also undo this edit, as the previous revision is the correct one. Finally, I looked at Miraheze's CSP whitelist, and they don't have *.vimeo.com on there, so you would need to open a phabricator task to add *.vimeo.com to the CSP whitelist. K599 (talk) 16:54, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for assisting here, and for your observation that   is not in the CSP whitelist. So, I've created the task on Phabricator proactively, and its status can be tracked at T6129. Dmehus (talk) 17:08, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, thank you for assisting me, and you too. May both of you be requited for your help. :)    DMBFFF (talk) 01:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Table collapse?
Hi, I wanted to know if there is a way to collapse tables and such (i.e. )? It doesn't seem to work with me. Godless Raven (talk) 07:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * There probably is a way to make the wikitable collapsible by creating, or using an existing, CSS class; however, I am not familiar with that coding. I will ping here, as both are our resident CSS experts. What you could do is insert your wikitable within a collapsible template, i.e. collapse top and collapse bottom, but this may not produce the exact desired outcome for which you're seeking. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:01, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Collapsible tables and such uses the class . See Manual:Collapsible Elements --  Void  Whispers 15:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Anyone want to help me make a wiki?
Wiki: Disney Universe wiki

Anyone want to help me make a in-universe only wiki about anything and everything Disney owns? Disney Universe wiki...I would like people to help write pages. I only need a few people to help but the more the better. Gtbot2007 (talk) 23:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

What happened with ogg-files?
There is no inline-player anymore on pages of ogg-files. I am using this format quite frequently on my wiki, and now all pages with embedded ogg-files are unusable. Here is an example: Example of page with ogg-file Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 07:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I found the solution, I have removed an extension, after reinstalling everything works fine, sry, Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 09:39, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Asking a Question
This is my first day in Miraheze. I want to translate a wiki from English to Chinese, but I don't know how. Hope someone answer this. CA9526 (talk) 01:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * First, welcome to Miraheze, and to Meta. Thank you for signing your posts with four tildes . You're off to an excellent start. Second and in terms of your question, which wiki do you want to translate or help translate (i.e., your own wiki, another Miraheze customer wiki, or Meta)? Also, are you wanting to translate content pages or interface messages? The former is done through the Translate extension and the latter is done through translatewiki.net. Look forward to helping you with the answer(s) to your question(s) here. Dmehus (talk) 01:45, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for praising. Actually I used Wikipedia for almost two years. I just want to translate the 2b2t wiki into Chinese. The English wiki is: https://2b2t.miraheze.org/wiki/2b2t_Anarchy_Server_Wiki CA9526 (talk) 02:16, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Displaytitle
Hi, I wanted to use the  magic word, but it doesn't accept unless   is equivalent to the page's title. Is there any way I can bypass this and name  the way I want? Already tested the NoTitle and DisplayTitle extensions but I don't think I had any success. Godless Raven (talk) 08:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hrm, that's very odd, and is possibly a MediaWiki configuration issue that needs to be fixed. On the Wikimedia wikis, I'm sure it's possible to modify the page's title, as I've sometimes seen editors on English Wikipedia try and change the page's title using that magic word without requesting a page move. I'm not as familiar with, though, so hopefully Reception123 can maybe see this thread. Dmehus (talk) 13:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, yeah, on another wiki I worked at  works. Godless Raven (talk) 21:23, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Go to Special:ManageWiki/settings and under the "edit" tab, unset the "Restrict Display Title" setting. K599 (talk) 21:26, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the answer! Fixed it. Godless Raven (talk) 09:31, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Unable to change skins via Special:ManageWiki
Hi, I followed the instructions to change the wiki's default skin by visiting Special:ManageWiki, however my wiki has no option to change the skin (I wanted to set Erudite to the default skin, but the only options I see are "Database Name", "Site Name", "Language", "Server Name", and "Category").

Help would be appreciated.--Callipedia (talk) 16:05, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , thank you for reporting this issue. I've referred it to Reception123, a system administrator, and one of our community volunteers and security reviewers,, will be resolving this issue on GitHub for you, and will follow up with you here when it's resolved. Dmehus (talk) 18:59, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , to set the default skin you would need to go to Special:ManageWiki/settings rather than simply ManageWiki. Once at /settings, go to the "styling" tab and there should be a defualt skin option to change it. All this is determinate on the fact you enabled the skin at Special:ManageWiki/extensions "skin" tab. If you did that, and the skin is not an option to set as default let me know and I'll get it fixed to make that possible to add as default, though it should already be possible. Thanks! 19:09, 6 September 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * Thanks very much. I'm trying the Citizen skin now, and at the bottom of the page, there are two lines of text which say:

'''"Edit this text on MediaWiki:Citizen-footer-desc" '''
 * And

'''"Edit this text on MediaWiki:Citizen-footer-tagline" '''
 * I'm not sure how to change these, if someone would help me that would be great.--Callipedia (talk) 20:11, 6 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Um, do what it's telling you to do! I don't know Citizen, but it looks like it has two strings, MediaWiki:Citizen-footer-desc and the other one.  There might be two more with "-header-" at the top of the page.  My guess is that what you are seeing is the default text, which you replace with your desired text by editing those pages.  Like it says.   20:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Indeed, here on Meta, -desc exists and does contain exactly the text you report.


 * PS—Can someone edit the initial legend at Special:ManageWiki to link to these subpages? It's not intuitive.  Ideally, as we are using tabs, they would all fit on a single page.   22:44, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, nevermind, I figured out how to do it.--Callipedia (talk) 21:22, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm considering to make a wiki on Miraheze...
I'm considering to make a wiki on Miraheze. And then, I have some questions.


 * 1) Is it free of charge to making a wiki / wikis, no matter how many wikis I'll make or no matter what settings I'll need?
 * 2) Will I able to make non-login users be not able to view pages in wiki?

Thank you. --Imaginary unit (talk) 15:31, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Miraheze, to Meta, and thank you signing your talk page and noticeboard posts with four tildes . To answer your questions in the order asked, yes, wikis are completely free, and configuration is entirely up to you. If something can't be done in Special:ManageWiki, you can request most things on Phabricator, too! You don't even need to worry about bandwidth or data storage; system administrators worry about that! To your second question, there's two possibilities here. You can request a private wiki accessible only by "members" and "administrators" of your wiki. Alternatively, you could probably change the  permission to the registered, logged in users group. Most people opt for the first option, though. In any event, users will still attach their accounts to your wiki, but they won't be able to read your wiki if it's made "private" (other than your main page, and there's a workaround for that). Dmehus (talk) 15:58, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Imaginary unit (talk) 06:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I requested for creating a wiki. About how long does it take to create a wiki? --Imaginary unit (talk) 11:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. To your follow up question, as soon as I am done my morning Meta rounds, I'll review your wiki request, but, typically, our aim is to have all wikis created within 24 hours in nearly all cases. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! --Imaginary unit (talk) 14:53, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Custom domain for this wiki
Now even though this wiki is pretty inactive and only has a few pages, I have a ton of pages to make and I mean A TON. This wiki is very customized, and I think this wiki's domain should be naasgameland. AppleCrunchy (talk) 18:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Are you a  on this wiki? If so, then you can purchase or obtain a free domain, and request a custom domain configuration, following the custom domains instructions in a Phabricator request. To sign in to Phabricator, you need to click "MediaWiki login," and it'll use your MediaWiki login through OAuth to link your accounts. Dmehus (talk) 19:09, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

My Alf wiki needs help
My wiki A Age of Civilizations 2 wiki needs help, Link: https://aoc2.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Μπέλα2006🌎 (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Translations
Hello, I was wondering why you guys don't use the Special:MyLanguage for links that should/could use them? The way it is now is that, if I use any of the links on the main page it's always sends me to the English version, until I actively change it to Swedish or if I add the /sv at the end of each link, why go through all that bother when one could just use the tags and add Special:MyLanguage to the links directly? Now I'm no technician but they use those on Wikimedia's wikis and it's very handy so it struck me that you guys don't use them. Am I supposed to add /sv at the end of links when adding translations or could you implement Special:MyLanguage somehow instead? --Raltseye (talk) 01:49, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Miraheze, and to Meta, and thank you for your translating work. I have moved this discussion from stewards' noticeboard to here, where it is now in scope. We usually do use Special:MyLanguage. Which page(s) have they not been used, and do you have experience with the Translate extension? I'd have no problem giving you access to the translation administrator tools on Meta. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll follow up with you on your your user talk page here on Meta. Dmehus (talk) 01:56, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * FAQ, Categories, Donate, in the sidebar, and the Main Page. And yes, I saw after I wrote this message that some other do use this feature so maybe I should have waited until I saw knew better. Sorry. --Raltseye (talk) 02:03, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * EDIT: oh yeah, and the link itself to Main Page both in the side bar and the logo preferably. And the  and   should be translateble. Maybe it is and I don't see where. --Raltseye (talk) 02:16, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, yeah, noticeboards and talk pages we generally do not translate, mainly because they change so frequently, and multiple people contribute to these discussions. In terms of the other pages, I suspect you may have found some pages that hadn't yet been prepared for translation by a translation administrator or administrator. Were there any pages where there was no "Translate this page" link at the top of page and you manually created a language code subpage? If not, then we should be fine. If so, can you make a list of any manual subpages you created, and then post them in a thread on Administrators' noticeboard for an administrator or translation administrator to take a look at? Regardless, even if you didn't manually create any language subpages, we may needed to have just re-prepared the given page(s) for translation with the Special:MyLanguage links. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 02:24, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I understand that you don't translate talk pages and noticeboards since they would have to be in those languages as well, which might be difficult to patrol and maybe not very useful.
 * But that's not my point, what I meant is that the side bar and the Main Page don't use Special:MyLanguage in their links to other pages so they don't point to the translated pages. For instance, on the main page we have the sentance  which use neither tvar nor Special:MyLanguage, it should, in the source code look like this  . This is desired since it makes the translation look like this  . Where $faq in this instance is swapped for the target link, in this instance Special:MyLanguage/FAQ which for me would take me to FAQ/sv (if it exists).
 * I went on a tangent here, just ignore it. --Raltseye (talk) 02:42, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for reporting this. I see what you're saying, so I have modified MediaWiki:Sidebar to include the Special:MyLanguage links for the FAQ and Category:Miraheze. I didn't do the special page links as should automatically route to the user's language choice, and also didn't do the noticeboard links because those will be in English only, unfortunately. Let me know if I've addressed all your points. Dmehus (talk) 03:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I understand, Thank you! Also, the Main Page and some other pages, Donate for instance, don't use Special:MyLanguage either. Could you take care of that? --Raltseye (talk) 03:38, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This has now been ✅, and Main Page should be updated momentarily, so you can update the translation pages. Thank you for reporting this! Separately, did you happen to create any manual translation subpages, or did you always click "translate this page" when translation? Dmehus (talk) 03:56, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I have always edited with the translation extension.
 * By the way, can you change my user name, or is there a form I have to fill for that? --Raltseye (talk) 16:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, and that's great. Let me know if you are ever interested in helping out as a translation administrator. You can ask on my user talk page. As to a rename, yes, you can use Special:GlobalRenameRequest, and a steward should action it within a few days to a week in most cases. Dmehus (talk) 16:39, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to make the Main Page link in the side bar as well as on the logo itself use Special:MyLanguage?
 * Could you also create these:
 * {|class="wikitable"

! page || with the text
 * MediaWiki:Donate/sv || Donera
 * MediaWiki:Requests/sv || Begäran
 * MediaWiki:Requests for Comment/sv || Begäran om kommentar
 * MediaWiki:Requests for adoption/sv || Begäran om adoption
 * MediaWiki:Noticeboards/sv || Anslagstavlor
 * MediaWiki:Community noticeboard/sv || Gemenskapens anslagstavla
 * MediaWiki:Administrators' noticeboard/sv || Stewardernas anslagstavla
 * }
 * This will translate the currently untranslated tabs in the side bar into Swedish. If that's okay. --Raltseye (talk) 22:37, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You've linked to pages in MediaWiki namespace, did you possibly mean Main namespace? Otherwise, unless those pages are listed in Special:AllMessages, that would likely not produced the desired result. I'm not opposed to adding Special:MyLanguage to those noticeboard links, but my concern is that users may inadvertently create manual translations, outside of the Translate extension since we have no desire to translate the noticeboards (due to their dynamically changing content). Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No I meant to do it in the MediaWiki name space, since that's where they are. See if you change these, the interface will change name of the links of the noticeboards into the desired language, it will not add suffixes to the link target. You shouldn't use Special:MyLanguage in the MediaWiki namespace. If you change the language to Czech (cs), and note how MediaWiki:Noticeboards/cs changes the  in the side bar into Nástěnky without changing the link target. I want to do the same with Swedish (sv). If that's okay. --Raltseye (talk) 00:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki:Community noticeboard/sv || Gemenskapens anslagstavla
 * MediaWiki:Administrators' noticeboard/sv || Stewardernas anslagstavla
 * }
 * This will translate the currently untranslated tabs in the side bar into Swedish. If that's okay. --Raltseye (talk) 22:37, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You've linked to pages in MediaWiki namespace, did you possibly mean Main namespace? Otherwise, unless those pages are listed in Special:AllMessages, that would likely not produced the desired result. I'm not opposed to adding Special:MyLanguage to those noticeboard links, but my concern is that users may inadvertently create manual translations, outside of the Translate extension since we have no desire to translate the noticeboards (due to their dynamically changing content). Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No I meant to do it in the MediaWiki name space, since that's where they are. See if you change these, the interface will change name of the links of the noticeboards into the desired language, it will not add suffixes to the link target. You shouldn't use Special:MyLanguage in the MediaWiki namespace. If you change the language to Czech (cs), and note how MediaWiki:Noticeboards/cs changes the  in the side bar into Nástěnky without changing the link target. I want to do the same with Swedish (sv). If that's okay. --Raltseye (talk) 00:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No I meant to do it in the MediaWiki name space, since that's where they are. See if you change these, the interface will change name of the links of the noticeboards into the desired language, it will not add suffixes to the link target. You shouldn't use Special:MyLanguage in the MediaWiki namespace. If you change the language to Czech (cs), and note how MediaWiki:Noticeboards/cs changes the  in the side bar into Nástěnky without changing the link target. I want to do the same with Swedish (sv). If that's okay. --Raltseye (talk) 00:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Unable to import large numbers of pages
I have about 6,000 pages which I'm trying to import to my Wiki using Special:Import. Every time I try to import more than about 5 pages at a time, the import times out and failed to upload more than about 5 pages.

Is there anyway to make the import feature import larger numbers of pages, or any alternative way to import pages? Thanks.--Callipedia (talk) 18:26, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It could be because your XML dump is larger than 250 MB. In such cases, what you need to do is open a Phabricator task, under the Maintenance workboard of the MediaWiki project. Sign in with your MediaWiki account, which will then be linked using OAuth. Be sure to attach the XML file to the ticket. Dmehus (talk) 20:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)