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Editing the small copyright notice
Hello. I did like to have a question about the MediaWiki namespace. Is there any page on MediaWiki namespace to edit the copyright notice at the end of a page? Original content of that page look like this: "Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) unless otherwise noted." Could you find it for me? '_' Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:59, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Are you wanting to change your wiki's copyright license from the default and, in turn, the footer message, or are you just wanting to modify your copyright message? One can be done with an interface message; the other requires a Phabricator task. Dmehus (talk) 04:10, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The wiki's default copyright settings can be changed in the settings section edit --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 04:38, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Lily, I'm definitely aware of that setting, but I also know that a Phabricator task is required to change either the "Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) unless otherwise noted." footer text or CreativeCommons copyright logo at the bottom of every page on a given wiki, so am not actually sure what that Special:ManageWiki/settings variable actually sets. Dmehus (talk) 12:23, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Changes the copyright message. My wiki is just a fan-made wiki. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 08:38, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Use MediaWiki:Copyright. SoyokoAnis  12:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Having some trouble with posting on User talk pages on the, a wiki I self-requested, self-approved and self-created:
Every time I want to post something on my talk page, I am greeted with this error:. I don't know how I'm supposed to make that error disappear. Could anyone help me with that? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:44, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * For the extension errors, you should send this as a Task to Phabricator. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 06:39, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Before filing a task on Phabricator as suggested above, I'd like to test and check something first; however, your wiki URL in your section header. Can you please correct this to the correct subdomain? Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 14:05, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll fix that. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:07, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Still wrong. Dmehus (talk) 14:08, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The sub-domain should be fixed from this section. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:08, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope, I think there's still a typo. Dmehus (talk) 14:09, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Whoops, should be fixed now. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:12, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Not a problem. Anyway, as I suspected, you removed the  from the   group, which is required for Flow talk page manager, since it's a system user, not a real  . So this is now ✅. Dmehus (talk) 14:27, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, whoops. I'll remember what I do in the future. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:29, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Also, I've noticed that I have exceeded over 1,000 edits here on Meta. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 14:28, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dmehus (talk) 14:29, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Hide the administration links on the sidebar
How could I hide the administration shortcut links on an wiki's side bar? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 05:44, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Song Ngư MGR Are you referring to the links that say "Manage this wiki's core settings" and the like? I'm not sure if those can be hidden, perhaps through Common.css or .js it's possible, but if your worried about other users being able to see them, they can't, only users with the  right on the wiki are able to see them. Turtle84375 (talk) 05:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So then, how can I make that list collapsed by default? (sorry if my English is bad) Song Ngư MGR (talk) 06:14, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Song Ngư MGR The extension CollapsibleVector might work for this, I haven't tried it out on any of my wikis, but I would assume it would do the job, if you enable it in your wiki. Turtle84375 (talk) 06:35, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * They can be hidden. Add this to MediaWiki:Common.css:

display: none; } — Mario Mario  456  15:45, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) p-managewiki-sidebar-header {

Major bug with uploading images
On Different History Wiki and Sephspace, I uploaded some images. Unfortunately, I got this message when I tried uploading some of them:

Could not open lock file for "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/4/40/SpongeBob_fan_text.png". Make sure your upload directory is configured correctly and your web server has permission to write to that directory. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory for more information.

I had no problem with uploading images before, so what happened? Please note that this happened with some other images as well, not just the image mentioned.

Trevor807 (talk) 14:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Trevor807 Sometimes this can be a back end technical infrastructure issue that should be reported on Phabricator. In the case of the file on, I was able to ✅ it as part of troubleshooting this request. Given that this was done with globally assigned user rights, I suspect, in this case, it's likely a local user rights issue whereby you, or an administrator, don't have all needed user rights to delete File: namespace media files or something like that. Dmehus (talk) 15:01, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you know what the file is you're having problems with on Different History Wiki? Dmehus (talk) 15:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I've had problems uploading a Sonic fan image on the Sonic fan template. Its name is the same one on SephSpace. Trevor807 (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, your issue is with uploading images. That's strange, because I did see the Spongebob image on the above wiki, so it seemed to have been uploaded correctly. Please file a task for this on Phabricator. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 15:06, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The image uploads work fine now. Trevor807 (talk) 15:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, that's great then. Likely was a strange temporary error, or may have been related to an already reported bug that's now ✅. Dmehus (talk) 15:51, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It's not strange nor transient. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  17:30, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I've raised T7287 back to Unbreak now! Icinga shows gluster as crashed on mw8. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  17:31, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. For greater clarity, I did note that it was likely one of the above two things. I suspected more likely the latter, and indeed it was that. Thanks for linking the Phabricator task. Dmehus (talk) 17:33, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * If you see an error like that and it's not within 1-2 minutes of a wiki being created. It's definitely best to report unless you've seen a Sysadmin acknowledge the icinga alert on irc. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  18:25, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * If you want to check yourself in future, look for a puppet failure on icinga or 'Check gluster clients' alert. Username: guest / Password: guest (as you know they go to irc too) ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  18:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Good afternoon
What new wikis are you guys going to create?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:12, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Something very strange
I just noticed something very strange: https://trashyvyondvideos.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=newusers&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpfilters%5B%5D=newusers If you look at the User Creation Log on Trashy Vyond Videos Wiki, it looks like on several occasions multiple different user accounts were all created at the same time. Though this may just seem like a coincidence, I am not sure how 4 different users logged into Trashy Vyond Videos Wiki all at once, and then a bunch of users logged in at the same time two times before. One of these users is Inkster, who is globally locked, so I am not sure how that is possible. Is this like an account creation glitch? Blubabluba9990 (talk) 22:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * It also happened here: https://wretchedyoutubevideos.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=newusers&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpfilters%5B%5D=newusers Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:00, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That is likely because someone imported pages from an existing wiki (likely DarkMatterMan4500 if I had to guess), and opted to assign edits locally where the same username/userID existed within the Miraheze user table. Dmehus (talk) 23:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It was. I was simply importing pages relating to GoAnimate/Vyond videos from the Horrible Vyonders Wiki, and Atrocious YouTubers Wiki. I also imported a few templates from both wikis as well. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 23:08, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, that makes sense, because I had also seen those users make edits from before their account creation showed up. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This has also happened on two other wikis: en.gyaanipedia.com and fr.gyaanipedia.com, and I am not sure what either of those wikis are but if one looks at the account creation log in those wikis, the same thing happens, idk if pages were merged there because I am unsure of the purpose of both wikis. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:46, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I looked it up it looks like it is some sort of Indian version of Wikipedia even though it is in english and french. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Deleting local accounts
I don't like how the CentralAuth system will automatically create an account every time you visit a wiki, because occasionally if you accidentally click on a wiki it will randomly create an account even if you never intend to use that wiki and just clicked on it. Since there is a way to delete global accounts, I think that there should be a way to delete local accounts, or remove them from the global account. This would be so that a user would not have accounts clogging their CentralAuth, including wikis that they never intend to contribute too. Just look at my CentralAuth, I have a ton of accounts: Special:CentralAuth/Blubabluba9990. This has also happened to stewards and wiki creators if they create a requested wiki, which is why they have tons of wikis in their CentralAuth. Of course, you would have to request for a local account to be deleted because this would only be able to be done by people who can edit a user's global account. There could also be a way for local accounts to be automatically deleted after a certain period of inactivity, like wiki dormancy. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * Unfortunately this is not supported by CentralAuth. On your point regarding Wiki Dormancy, if a wiki is deleted for any reason. It will be removed from CentralAuth too. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  06:32, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I know. That would probably be something I would have to talk about with the MediaWiki developers, specifically the ones who developed the CentralAuth extension. Because I have some local accounts that I want deleted, and the only way to delete them would be to delete the wikis I guess. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 14:18, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I mean, technically speaking, local user accounts can be unmerged from a global account, but they can't be deleted. They'd have to be merged into another account and then merged into that separate global account. However, without a very good reason, it's simply not a scalable practice on a wiki farm with ~4,200 wikis and ~125,000 global user accounts. Dmehus (talk) 14:58, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. So if I wanted a local account gone, I would have to create another account and merge the local account into the other global account.
 * Interesting how it is possible to delete global accounts but not local accounts. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:31, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Is there any way I would be able to speak with MediaWiki developers to get them to add a feature to CentralAuth to delete local accounts. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:34, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Something I noticed
I was looking through my CentralAuth page when I noticed that https://miraheze.org is listed as one of my "local wiki" accounts, even though https://miraheze.org is not a wiki... Additionally, the page says that I (somehow) have 28 edits on said site, and am a 'sysop' there. However, when I click on the link to go to the site (which it thinks is a wiki, so it tries to link to a userpage), it brings me to a 404 page. Does anyone know 1.) what this is and/or 2.) how it's possible for me to have 28 edits as a sysop on a non-existent wiki? Thanks! Turtle84375 (talk) 22:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Turtle84375 Yes, that's an anomaly with CreateWiki and the CentralAuth extension and stems from wikis which have been marked as deleted, but which have not yet been purged. You can see a list of all deleted wikis here. When system administrators next run the wiki deletion script, those wikis will drop from your global accounts and, in turn, your global edit count will drop by the requisite number. Dmehus (talk) 22:28, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * As to which wiki is is, I wouldn't really know, but if I had to guess, do you recall assisting Iron Sword 22 with his former  prior to its deletion? That'd be my leading guess. Dmehus (talk) 22:32, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , that's the explanation I was looking for. I do see a wiki I contributed to but is now on that page, so that explains the edit count and 'sysop' badge. Turtle84375 (talk) 22:34, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. Glad to have helped. It's a good, though niche, question I'm sure others have wondered and will likely find this answer interesting. As an aside, I had nearly 100 deleted wikis on my global accounts page, and lost about 65 wikis in the last deletion batch. :) Dmehus (talk) 22:35, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's gotta be a pain as far as losing all of your local edits, which in turn add up to your global edit count. I guess it encourages you to stay active! ;) Thank goodness Meta's not getting deleted anytime soon. Turtle84375 (talk) 22:43, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Importing Vietnamese's Wikipedia protection labels
I'm going to import the protection icons from Vietnamese's Wikipedia, but only some commons kind of lock (semi, full, extended, interface, create, move and cascade). Could you list for me things need to import and things need to change before implement that? Thanks. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 04:01, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I would recommend using the interwiki prefix for Vietnamese Wikipedia from your wiki's interwiki table, which includes the global prefixes, and, optionally, assigning edits locally where the same user account exists. Note that you may also want to import only revision from each template, or import each required module and template individually so you don't time out. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 12:21, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * After doing as you said, plus importing more missing modules and templates, I has added the Lock template to my semi-protected page since it did not embed the template but look likes it still keep saying "This page is protected" - not an thing that it suppose to be. So that's mean I need to adjust few things in the Protection banner's config page, did I need to? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 18:08, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the message, I figured out the working mechanism of the module and the template. Anyway thanks for helping me. -- Song Ngư MGR (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Infobox trouble
Hi. I'm having trouble with infoboxes in my wiki, senditpedia.miraheze.org. I can't seem to get the infoboxes to appear on the right side of pages. I'm also wondering why the "Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"." keeps popping up. Could someone please take a look and offer some tips? Thank you! Hogan (talk) 14:17, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * You need the module Check for unknown parameters. For example, you can copy it from English Wikipedia. You can adjust the Infobox location in Common.css on your wiki. Anton (talk) 14:21, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Anton, thanks for replying. How do I find common.css? Thanks. Hogan (talk) 14:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * senditpedia.miraheze.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css - I haven’t visited your wiki yet, but that’s how it usually should be. Anton (talk) 14:47, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I have provided instructions for your wiki. Check them and follow the instructions so the errors disappear one at a time. Thanks. Anton (talk) 14:54, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Hogan (talk) 15:00, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Request for log deletion
Hello, I'm Kyosu-tanni.

Can you please delete these logs: [ this], this and this? Because a situation that I may be specified as a individual by using these data happened in my real life. Kyosu-tanni (talk) 15:54, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm asking a Miraheze Steward or Global Sysop to delete them.     — Mario  Mario  456  16:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Kyosu-tanni I don't see as this requires oversight, as there's no personally identifying information in these logs. In terms of revision deletion, I also don't feel this is needed here. Dmehus (talk) 16:31, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Kyosu-tanni I could mark these wiki requests as visible to only those with the  user right, though, so only wiki creators could view these wiki requests. Would that work for you? Dmehus (talk) 16:32, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * @Dmehus Does it mean that only the users who have  right will be able to see the logs? Then, it'll work for me. Thank you! Kyosu-tanni (talk) 12:09, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Kyosu-tanni Only wiki creators will be able to view the wiki requests in question; however, the Farmer log entries would still be visible, as I have talked to Reception123 and neither of us see a justified case for revision deletion. Perhaps if you can clarify your request a bit more, preferably privately off-wiki via direct message to me on either Discord or IRC, we can reevaluate whether there would be a justification here, as even changing the wiki requests' visibility is an edge case certainly. Dmehus (talk) 13:32, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

GDPR
When a user gets GDPR'd, why do we have to hide everything they have? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 19:39, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The law. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:45, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What law? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 21:37, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What even is “GDPR'd" and what does that mean. I have seen accounts that will say ”MirahezeGDPR” and then a long string of numbers, idk if that has anything to do with it. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:36, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * InspecterAbdel The UK Data Protection Act and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. See my longer reply to Blubabluba9990 two threads below this one. Dmehus (talk) 00:42, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
Does anyone know what to do about this error message? I keep seeing on the page Hogan Meyer in my wiki, senditpedia.miraheze.org. Thank you. Hogan (talk) 21:51, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * It seems to be a missing template, due to the infobox being copied-and-pasted from Wikipedia. Make sure you track down the missing templates. — Mario Mario  456  02:29, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but do you or does anyone know which template that might be? I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole lol. I've created a ton of templates and have no idea if I'm anywhere near the end. Hogan (talk) 04:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Never mind, figured it out thanks to help from User:Anton! Hogan (talk) 15:56, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

A question
I have noticed some users have the username "MirahezeGDPR" followed by a long string of random characters. At first I thought that these were just socks, they seem to be friending each other which makes me think that these are actually different users. And above, I saw something talking about users getting "GDPR'd". What does this mean? Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Also, some of these accounts are apparently globally locked, but nothing shows up in CentralAuth. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:46, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Blubabluba9990 GDPR is an acronym that refers to the European Commission's General Data Protection Regulation. When the UK left the European Union, it adopted similar legislation known as the Data Protection Act of the United Kingdom that is functionally similar to the EU's GDPR. As well, presumably as part of the UK's exit agreement from the EU, UK organizations and companies are required to adhere to the GDPR for European Union citizens/residents. As a UK-based not-for-profit corporation, Miraheze Limited is legally obligated carry out its obligations under both the UK's Data Protection Act and the EU's GDPR. Collectively, "GDPR" commonly refers to both legal regimes. The reasons for the instances you mention can range from Miraheze Limited being legally prohibited to collect personal information from users under a certain age (13) to EU/UK citizens requesting Miraheze Limited remove their personal information. Likewise, non-EU/UK citizens can also request to have their personal information removed, and Miraheze Limited would still oblige their request (although for EU/UK citizens, there are timelines in which the process must be completed and other reporting obligations to the UK data regulatory authority). Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 00:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * While the anonymized account will still be displayed in CentralAuth, the log entries related the account's creation, actions the account performed on all attached wikis, and the account's renaming and anonymization must be removed, hence why you see no rename log entries for the account. Dmehus (talk) 00:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. That makes sense. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 18:56, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Though the edits by the users still do show up. I guess that means that if a user is under 13 they would be globally locked and then anonymized. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, their edits will still show up, but their social profiles, likely user pages, and user creations and renames should all be deleted. If you happen to find personally identifying information related to the above, you can e-mail  to request oversight. Also, if it's personally identifying information more broadly, you can also request oversight by e-mailing  . Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 21:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:11, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Question from Rosie
Hi I am Rosie (David Rose) and live in northern NSW, AUstralia.

I am the owner of moma.miraheze.org/wiki/ and I would really love a Mentor to help me set up the new MOMA wiki for a non-commercial community arts project called the Museum of Moving Art.

I understand that PHP basically runs the show - generating the HTML pages to serve to the browser and that it gets data from a ?MySQL database to compile the pages. I was doing HTML when CSS were the new thing but haven't really touched website creation for well over a decade.

I am a good learner and intelligent, but I do have concentration issues (ChemoBrain) and need to take complex new ideas slowly and methodically. My learning would really benefit from a Mentor: someone who is skilled at the structural side of Wikis, who understands how all the elements work together. If I could ask questions about where things are, for example, or am I on the right track, I think I would learn really well.

It seems to me that everything is in pages and templates are pages that work in pages, and that the hierarchical file structure that I learnt when I was making HTML sites back in the day has been replaced by a database of page elements. Museumofmovingart (talk) 07:38, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Your wiki is private, so nobody can read in your wiki, is this intenional? --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 02:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Lily
 * I have been doing a bit everyday and managed to make it public! No it wasn't intentional.
 * Thanks for your interest. I am going to look at Lilypond Wiki.
 * Cheers
 * Rosie
 * Museumofmovingart (talk) 10:25, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * My Lilypond Wiki is German spoken so it maybe this is not much help for you. In this wiki I am publishing English content but this has not gone very far. Feel free to copy any templates or modules you like from any of my wikis, greetings, --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 14:41, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Worldbuilding wiki set after a vampire outbreak seeks volunteers to write lore
Hey there my name is Stevie and I'm the organizer of Tarel worldbuilding project. I am seeking writers for my wiki here: https://quyraness.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page to write lore on vampire clans and places. We are building a wonderfully detailed world with highly detailed nations each with their own story. I have been working on this project with some contributors for the past 4 years and we have been have a blast expressing ourselves in this world.

If you want to take part, please contact me on my talk page here: https://quyraness.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:TheBurningPrincess to take part in my world.

Thank you for your time.

TheBurningPrincess (talk) 10:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Good morning
How's everyone doing?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 15:02, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Good. — Mario Mario  456  04:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Cool. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm doing alright, thanks. DuchessTheSponge (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

User merge request on Synth DIY Wiki
On Synth DIY Wiki please can users Xyzzy, Xyzzp, Xyzzr, Xyzzx be merged into user Plugh they're all user accounts that have been used to check non-admin usability. Rob Kam (talk) 12:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Firstly, this is a Steward request, so should be placed at stewards' noticeboard. Secondly, unfortunately, due to the CentralAuth extension to which Miraheze uses, it's simply not scalable to merge every likely spam only account, due to the number of wikis each account is attached to. Finally, though likely related accounts, we can't be certain of that, either. So, I'm going to have to mark this as ❌, unfortunately. Dmehus (talk) 12:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Preview
How do I add page previews when hovering over a link? This is what I mean: InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Go to your ManageWiki's extension settings and enable PageImage (API) and TextExtracts (Other) then SAVE for the first step. After that, go to Other agian and you should found Popups is enabled for you to activate. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Infobox titles not formatting
Suddenly for the past few days the text in the Infobox template have stopped formatting properly. I've looked at the Module:Infobox but can't see anything different with it, and haven't made any recent changes to stylesheets etc. Not a cookies issue or browser issue. Any ideas on why this is happening? Example of how this looks attached. https://i.ibb.co/FmyKFv8/566f954ed56eba5f2196ea8d36de9340.png Orvakki (talk) 17:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't see any error in that image. So what do you think that Infobox should look like? --Anton (talk) 17:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Its a direct port from Wiki so should look like this (minus photo of Biden which I removed) https://i.ibb.co/CK257tC/1b6795fda9faa1feb72a8c14f37eeb6c.png Orvakki (talk) 18:07, 21 May 2021 (UTC) EDIT: And did look like the above until just the other day. Not sure what changed Orvakki (talk) 18:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Well now I see the difference, thanks for the new picture. Something has happened, and I don't know what. Especially when you said you haven’t changed the style sheets. --Anton (talk) 18:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I did a forensic examination and deleted literally every module, template etc involved. It was a problem with Module:Navbar but still strange as it hadn't been edited since January. But thankfully problem solved! Orvakki (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Nice to hear that the problem was solved. Good luck and success with your wiki! --Anton (talk) 19:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Protection
Should probably protect this https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/OATHAuth so no gibberish is added.--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 20:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Iron Sword 23 Though in cases like this, the vandalism only account/LTA will invariably just move on to another page, I've ✅ this as not a bad idea, particularly indefinitely move protecting that page as a proactive measure against page move vandalism. In future, these sort of requests should be requested at Administrators' noticeboard or on Discord, rather than on community noticeboard. Dmehus (talk) 20:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Adding extended user for the protection banner
I have added and deployed successfully the protection banner for my wiki. But there's an new problem. In the function's source codes, there's an protection type called "Extended Protection" that does like the "30/500" type in Vietnamese Wikipedia that I would reduce it to "15/200" for my wiki. How could I add that "15/200" permission as default on my Wiki and how to setup that protection type on the lock options drop-down list? If there's a way to do that, does I need creating a task on Phabricator? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:04, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Typically, this is done with adding a new protection level, but I'm not sure what you mean by "15/200"? Do you mean just increasing your  implicit user group edits from 10 edits to 200 edits and account age from 4 days to 15 days? Or, do you want a separate implicit user group and protection level? If the latter, please go into your wiki and create a group named , then reply here when it's been done, and I'll do the PR on GitHub for you. Normally needs a Phabricator task, yes, but this will be fine. Dmehus (talk) 02:09, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer for the second one, and I have done that for you. Is there any optional premissions need to be assigned for that group? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:18, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * And for easier access, my wiki database name was lhmnwiki. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:44, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Song Ngư MGR Apologies for the delay in replying. This request has now been ✅ as a team effort by Reception123 and myself. See further instructions at #T7346 on Phabricator. Dmehus (talk) 17:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Requests
What would be a good wiki for me to create in the future?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I would personally recommend you not request any wikis for the time being, as you have two or three wikis you've just started and should keep you plenty busy. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 16:21, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That's why I said in the future. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but there's really no need to ask about this on community noticeboard now. It's potentially relevant as an off-topic discussion on Discord, but if wanting to discuss it on-wiki, I'd probably wait at least a couple months before getting ideas for a new wiki. Dmehus (talk) 17:11, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) Dmehus (talk) 17:16, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * If you were in my position, how would you invite contributors to wikis? Iron Sword 23 (talk) 17:20, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

A Glitch
There is an odd glitch in global lock logs that causes the link to the global account to become a redlink, rather than linking to the CentralAuth page: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=globalauth&user=&page=&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpfilters%5B%5D=newusers I know that this isn't a glitch with CentralAuth in general because on the Wikimedia lock logs the username links to the CentralAuth page, so this is a Miraheze-specific glitch. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 21:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Since this glitch was Miraheze-specific, creating a task on Phabricator would be a good idea to tell about this glitch. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:53, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * But idk how to use Phabricator. And it isn't a "was" because it is still happening. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 15:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. This isn't really a glitch, and my understanding is that this currently works on the Wikimedia wikis as a result of a gadget mentioned in the upstream task. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:20, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. Could the gadget be added to Miraheze, or is that not a possibility. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 19:13, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think the gadget should be added. InspecterAbdel (NLW) 19:26, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Me too. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 20:33, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Question
How do I autocollapse navboxes on https://dcmarvelcomics.miraheze.org --Iron Sword 23 (talk) 22:20, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You can set the  parameter to the infobox to   as specified in w:Template:Navbox. — Arcversin (talk) 01:19, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 01:25, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

ON FANDOM
I wanted to know that as on miraheze, using the shortcut, we are able to link to fandom. However, what shortcut could we use to link to miraheze from fandom. I tried using miraheze:, to no avail. Al-khataei (talk) 02:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Wikia doesn't appear to have an interwiki prefix for Miraheze. Theoretically you could ask them to add one, though the best solution would probably be to create a template that produces a link. — Arcversin (talk) 02:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Interwiki Table Changes
Hey there, could you please change the local interwiki table for the wiki at limaru.miraheze.org so that the prefix "c" is set to "yes" for both "Forward" and "Transclude"? Thanks so much in advance! Jt15s (talk) 11:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC) Jt15s (talk) 11:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Jt15s Thank you for your request for this local override to the  global interwiki prefix. In this case, since Miraheze Commons and Wikipedia are both set globally to have both the "forward" and "transclude" flags enabled and since this is not the first request for this global override (i.e., there have been quite a few), I've actually ✅ this reasonable request globally. Please let us know if you require any further local interwiki table additions or changes. Thank you Dmehus (talk) 13:55, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Unable to change background color of rectangle
Tried changing the background color of the rectangle on samskritavyakaranam.miraheze.org as advised on Phabricator task T7351 using the CSS code provided, but it didn't work. Could someone please take a look and help us out? --Haritosh (talk) 15:58, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Contador de páginas del espacio principal (artículos) / Main space page counter (articles)
Hola. He notado en varios wikis que la cantidad de páginas del espacio principal que aparece en Especial:Estadísticas no coincide con la cantidad de páginas del espacio principal de cada wiki. En todos estos casos el número que aparece en la página de estadísticas es menor.

¿Alguien más ha visto esto?

A continuación dejo algunos ejemplos e invito a otros usuarios a comprobar esto mismo en sus wikis.

Translated by Google Translator

Hello. I have noticed on various wikis that the number of main space pages displayed in Special: Statistics does not match the number of main space pages for each wiki. In all these cases the number that appears on the statistics page is less.

Has anyone else seen this?

Here are some examples and invite other users to check this on their wikis.

Saludos cordiales. Best regards. Hugo Ar (talk) 18:30, 25 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hugo Ar This does happen from time to time, and I'm not sure what causes it, but system administrators have a maintenance script (, if I remember correctly) that they can run to update these statistics. Would you mind creating a Phabricator task, linking to the  for this community noticeboard thread, so they can run the script and also explain what causes it? Dmehus (talk) 20:49, 25 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much Dmehus. I already reported on Phabricator. Ticket T7367. Greetings. Hugo Ar (talk) 21:15, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, Hugo Ar. for reporting it and for filing the task on Phabricator. It should be run in the next day or two, and hopefully we'll learn what causes it. Dmehus (talk) 22:56, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Freenode status update
Tonight (04:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)), Freenode staff took over #miraheze and related channels, removing our access from those channels. We no longer have a presence on Freenode, and have been effectively forced off the platform. If you still use Freenode, I strongly recommend you stop and migrate from that platform immediately. The "staff" have proven themselves completely untrustworthy and willing to perform serious abuses in order to maintain their image. I've dropped what channels I still had access to and further dropped my own accounts. I will only use Libera.Chat moving forward, and (again) strongly encourage you all to do the same. -- Void  Whispers 04:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * On a side note, if you were looking to get a wikimedia cloak you need to get on the list before you drop your account. You’ll need to go through the process which requires your freenode account. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 11:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * MacFan4000 While I get the idea behind reserving Wikimedia and Wikipedia cloaks for existing Freenode users, longer term that's a bad practice as many users will not have had a Freenode account. Two questions: does this apply only to users who previously had a Wikimedia or Wikipedia cloak for that username on Freenode? (I would hope so.) Also, do you know if they plan to drop that reservation list after a reasonable period of time, as a best practice? (I'm thinking a 3-6 month reservation timeframe would be reasonable, then anyone who hasn't re-requested their reserved cloak would no longer have their cloak reserved for them.) Dmehus (talk) 16:08, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The actions that have occurred on Freenode last night violate the basic principles of free and open source as well as the way which peer-directed projects run. I'm glad to see that already IRCCloud, Gentoo, Atheme and I'm sure many more projects have condemned the actions that occurred. While I'm not good at writing myself, I'd stand with any member of our community that wanted to start an open letter in simmilar fashion to the above ones I've mentioned. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:06, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Likewise, I am at least somewhat better at writing and willing to stand with Miraheze in terms of declaring our support for Libera, as well as aiding in the drafting of said letter. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * What's freenode? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:10, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Where Miraheze had its IRC presence for most of the last 5 years. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, but why are we forced off of it? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:15, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * We chose to move as we taken over in a hostile manner by new management who then took control of our channels last night in an attempt to stop people leaving. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:32, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * How do you remove the info you gave Freenode when you registered your nick? 18:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * R4356th, I believe. Dmehus (talk) 18:39, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Setting up SEO (for Google)
Welp... This time I need help with some "SEO" things, since my wiki were transferred from the FANDOM version. Normally, people using Google to search for my wiki. So, how can I setting up Google SEO for my wiki? (note:, if you answer my question this time, don't delay my request too long.) Song Ngư MGR (talk) 15:49, 26 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Song Ngư MGR Thanks for the note and for the request. This can actually be done by you in ManageWiki, as the best way is to enable the WikiSEO extension, then add the  parser function to pages on your wiki which are indexed by Google. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:03, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you just put in the text? Or a subpage or something? InspecterAbdel (NLW) 16:57, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * idk man Song Ngư MGR (talk) 17:23, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Wait, hold up. Isn't "#seo" were the correct one? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 17:25, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, my bad. Sorry. Dmehus (talk) 18:40, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Song Ngư MGR and InspecterAbdel Yes, you would just add the parser function to the text of the page. Note that you can also create a WikiSEO template, of varying complexity, and transclude that template on every content page. Dmehus (talk) 18:44, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Template:Cite is broken when put in a ref tag on micronationswiki
Help, I don't know what's wrong. InspecterAbdel (NLW) 16:50, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you please give us a link to where the citation isn't working? --Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:12, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * https://micronations.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Cite InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:34, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Tokusatsu wiki
It's weird. How come no one has contributed to https://tokusatsu.miraheze.org --Iron Sword 23 (talk) 23:54, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I wouldn't call that 'weird'. Unfortunately, not all wikis will get contributors just out of no where, as there are thousands of Miraheze wikis out there. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:12, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Protect wiki
Hi. I have a question. Is it possible to have a public wiki where only chosen users can make changes? How can I change the configuration to do this ? Thanks. Solidairesgm (talk) 12:47, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yes that is definitely possible! All you need to do is to go to Special:ManageWiki/permissions and remove the 'edit' permission from * (which means anonymous users) and from user. Then you can create a custom group and assign that group the 'edit' permission, and then use Special:UserRights to assign users to your new custom group. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:11, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Solidairesgm In addition to the option Reception123 said, you might also consider enabling the Moderation extension, which essentially means that a local administrator or moderator must approve any proposed edits by non-automoderated users. You would then just assign the  user right to users who want to be able to edit without moderation. The advantage of this approach is that it still allows all users to propose edits, but doesn't effectively deny non-permissioned users from at least proposing edits, and it also is quite effective at thwarting spam only accounts in their tracks. Dmehus (talk) 15:36, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Add an typing tool for Vietnamese (cross-wiki)
I actively using Linux to do contribution things to my wiki and some time, few less Vietnamese wikis. But since that, I cannot easily just setting up Pham Kim Long's Unikey for my machine because I'm using it as a LiveCD. So I have thinking about this: When I choosing Vietnamese as my main language, It doesn't have any kinds of keyboard supported for Vietnamese. On my main wiki, I have setting up a gadget called AVIM - formed as H.I.M - written in JavaScript by Hiếu Trần Đặng and released under an MIT-style license (see Vietnamese Wikipedia's help page for more details). Is there anyway to set it up as an default keyboard for Vietnamese? (note: This gadget has been security checking before deployment, since it were the default keyboard be used in Vietnamese Wikipedia - an Wikimedia's project.) Song Ngư MGR (talk) 14:24, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Ecological Farm Business Data Harvesting Doodad Advice Request
I work for an organisation called the Landworkers' Alliance and am building a wiki to enable the UK ecological farming community to share business data. I would like to set up something than enabled farmers to submit their farm business data. Yield in kg/unit cost, where cost could be m2, hours labour, input costs, soil carbon, units of nature, etc. As well as maintaining a database of everyones contributed data, i would like a front end that generates range and average figures. I'm looking for something with fairly basic spreadsheet functionality.

These kind of benchmarks are going to be really useful for the growth of the sustainable farming industry. Could anyone advise me on how i could set something like this up? Check out this page of the wiki I am working on to get an idea about what I need. Thanks.x

https://landwikialliance.miraheze.org/wiki/Vegetables Jono.hughes (talk) 16:59, 27 May 2021 (UTC)