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A problem over at Great Characters Wiki
https://greatcharacterswiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:V5se88lch6zd42he

Angrybirdsfan2005: It appears that someone can't write a blog due to a problem.

Hiding the "from *wikiname*" text
Title says it all... how can I hide that? I'm pretty sure it's possible, but I haven't found much in the settings.FraazT0 (talk) 22:12, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Could you please elaborate on the issue? Examknow (talk) 21:38, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I know how to fix it. Could you please give me interface admin on your wiki so I can fix the issue? Examknow (talk) 21:44, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Also next time please post this request under the Community noticeboard as it is not an issue that the steward needs to fix. Examknow ● talk ● contribs 22:55, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ❌ Unless you can give me edit interface rights I cannot help you. Examknow ● talk ● contribs 20:01, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Whoops, sorry, I've been away these days. Void's solution worked anyways, so that works I guess. --FraazT0 (talk) 18:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Issue can be simply fixed by blanking the page MediaWiki:Tagline, or by adding  to MediaWiki:Common.css. Do be aware that either solution will take time to update and become visible (or in this case, become hidden). --  Void  Whispers 21:11, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Requires Check user right
Hello I am ''Shaunak Chakraborty. I am facing many sock users doing vandalism in my wiki. I request you to give me the Check user permission so that I can find and block the sock users. There are many language versions of Gyaanipedia wikis so if I do it on my own then it will take a less time. Please help me. Thanking you. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * Please can you give examples of the abuse, I have also responded to you at the pioneers talk page. Please can you read that as soon as possible. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat) · CA · contribs · Rights - ) 09:32, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * One of the abuse is as follows . According to the account creation and behavior of these accounts it might be sock users, adding false information. I had already blocked these accounts. But for future I need to block accounts with proof. So I request to have the Check user right. Thanking you. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * Thanks, a steward will look soon. Please can you read the note I left you here as it's quite important. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat) · CA · contribs · Rights - ) 09:49, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have checked the accounts in question, and Noobmaster69 and CB100T seems to be identical. However, Loca seems to be unrelated from a purely technical point of view.-- 01:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Please give me Check user right on my wiki so that I can do it in future on my own. Thanking you. Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * The only way for you to become a CU of your wiki is to become a Steward, and you will have to show global contributions (especially on meta) to make your request successful.-- 09:24, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have more than 2000 global edits. Can you please tell me the minimum amount of edits in Meta. To become a Steward Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)
 * I would strongly on giving the user check user and oversight rights. Yes, I would agree that users to work on themselves and not let stewards interfere. znotch190711 (temporary signature) 22:53, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * There's no minimum number - what you need is to gain trust.-- 09:42, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Can wikis be deleted without creators permission?
Can a wiki be deleted without the permission of the person who created the wiki? I recently submitted a request for a wiki here and I just want to ask to make sure I know all the rules and stuff to prevent my wiki from being deleted if it gets approved. ARZ100123 (talk) 01:29, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Read Dormancy Policy, what you intend to do on your wiki request "for anyone to add there opinions or anyone else", is relevant to games project? SA 13 Bro (talk) 01:45, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikis could be deleted if inactive for a long time per Dormancy Policy, and it can also be deleted manually in some cases (ex. founder request, severe global policy violation), but manual deletion can be only done by those who have permissions to access restricted functions of ManageWiki (meaning, generally speaking, local crats cannot). If you want to make your wiki exempted from deletion, you can make a request following the policy above.-- 05:02, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks! ARZ100123 (talk) 16:37, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

password reset / user merge
Hello, this is a newly created possibly temporary account, as I've apparently forgotten my password for my original account Crimgan, which doesn't have an email attached. If possible, I'd like to attach an email to that account so I can reset its password. Is it possible to confirm that these two accounts are connected through the same IP address? If not, I saw some other topics mention user merging. Could I request to merge these two accounts?

Sonansu (talk) 02:13, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The cases of the Italian Uncyclopedia are to merge temporary accounts on Miraheze and automatically imported accounts from Wikia. Unlike them, there's no way that you can prove that your former account was yours unless you have a committed identity and can ask sysadmins to recover your account. Even checkuser is not a valid proof for this case, as the account in question could be owned by another person who share environments with you. The only solution is to restart with your new account and just leave the old one alone.-- 14:05, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if this will be of any help in confirming, but I'm the administrator of the Dr. Mario World Wiki that this user edits on and can confirm that the account Crimgan and Sonansu are the same user. We've communicated about the Wiki since near the Wiki's inception in the /r/drmarioworld subreddit's Discord, where the subreddit moderators created a channel for editors of the Wiki to collaborate. There are also messages in the Discord all from the same user stating that he is Crimgan on July 13, messages from him a few days ago mentioning him forgetting his password + me redirecting him to the Stewards' noticeboard, and messages of him confirming his new second account is Sonansu. If this still isn't enough evidence though, then that's understandable as well. Just wanted to make this note in case if it was possible for me to help this user out. Thank you in advance for your time. -- Elaeagnifolia (talk) 02:12, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

MediaWiki-namespaced pages are sometimes used and sometimes not
See this page (or in other languages). Sometimes the sidebar and module-documentation notice is very simple as MediaWiki's default. If you repeat refreshing page, you will find sometimes the sidebar will display as the MediaWiki:Sidebar defined, and the documentation is also displaysed as the template defined by MediaWiki:Scribunto-doc-page-does-not-exist. It seems that it's a likelihood that things defined in the MediaWiki page are used. --SolidBlock (talk) 08:15, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Part of this happens because the messages are untranslated on the MW software. The way to avoid it is to create a localized version for each page such as MediaWiki:SIdebar/qqx. Though most wiki users don't care about other languages apart from the language they use in the community. As for modules, it's possible that the script is somehow localized and doesn't work on non-local languages.-- 14:11, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * qqx is to get its key, not an actual language. And if I uselang zh (the site language), zh-hans or zh-cn (my language), it also happens, not only qqx. And MediaWiki:Sidebar is irrelevant to languages. --SolidBlock (talk) 14:58, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have checked it, but I'm not sure why it happens. Perhaps there might be something wrong with the module, or maybe it can be a deep technical issue which requires sysadmins' help.-- 15:41, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Delete Glitchipedia wiki
Please delete this wiki I don't want it anyone. --「ペーパーカット？！」 PapercutsExist 13:41, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:44, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Moderate-Rightpedia
When I look it up on the search bar "moderate-rightpedia" it only shows the old Fandom version. How wold I be able to make it appear on search results? Plz help

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Disable Uploading Files on https://perfectrobloxgames.miraheze.org?
I cant upload on this wiki for some reason can you help me? --「ペーパーカット？！」 PapercutsExist 19:02, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:11, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Not allowing me to upload files on https://nomanssky.miraheze.org
I try to upload files and i get this error message: Caught exception of type LocalFileLockError. Please help.UnLeashedWolfie~ (talk) 02:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Fixed! Paladox (talk) 19:14, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Could not open lock file when uploading files on https://milvagox.miraheze.org
I always encounter lock file issue when trying to upload file. Please help me open the lock file. Thank you. Milvagox (talk) 21:31, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅, Sorry about that! ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:42, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. ^-^ Milvagox (talk) 21:56, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Delete Philosiverse Wiki
Please delete Philosiverse Wiki (http://philosiverse.miraheze.org). I made it completely inaccessible to anyone except for admins/Stewards because I wanted to move it elsewhere, and I have changed my mind because I thought I could host the wiki myself but I found out that that would not be possible, and also I found out that Miraheze is the perfect host for the wiki, and I want to re-create it and start fresh. Bauerbach (talk) 22:12, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You can use ManageWiki. Gustave London (talk) 11:11, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I also set the wiki to private and removed myself from all user groups, and I also removed all permissions from all user groups as well, so now I can’t even access ManageWiki even if I am logged in! Bauerbach (talk) 13:01, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Are there any wikis where I can write in Markdown?
I've been having trouble finding something like a webpage or wiki where I can write in markdown. I don't exactly want a blog (apparently with Wordpress you can write in Markdown). So are there any sites where I can write in Markdown, and that support images? Thanks. --Bulrush (talk) 11:54, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) http://hashify.me would work except anyone with the link can edit the source markdown.
 * 2) Gist supports images but not image captions, I'd like to have image captions.
 * 3) Pastebin doesn't support images and the resulting markdown looks bad.
 * 4) Creating an automatic Table of contents would be great but it's optional.
 * Images are always supported, you can upload them as wanted, but I think writing in Markdown on MediaWiki is managed by an extension OR not possible. --Anderlaxe (talk) 11:59, 18 September 2019 (UTC)