Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 7

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Error "invalid character" when requesting a wiki
Hello, I'd like to try miraheze as classroom wiki as a replacement for wikispaces. I wanted to request a wiki with the subdomain aklasse.miraheze.org an the wiki name A-Klasse, I set the language to de-ch an wrote classroom wiki into the description field. The request wasn't accepted, it said that there is an invalid (or unallowed?) character in the request. I tried it a second time with the wiki name set to Aklasse, ommiting the dash (as I couldn't see any other possibly invalid character in my request): I got the same result. How can I make this work? Thank you for helping me out. Kaspar Helmle (talk) 11:05, 20 February 2018 (UTC) This problem is solved, thank you MacFan4000 Kaspar Helmle (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I am beginning in the process of creating a Wiki on miraheze, I've got the invalid character error message, the problem seems not solved, I had suppressed "é" letters, but it doesn't change anything, thank you for your answer ?! Philippe
 * I will investigate this error. In the meantime please post your request here (title, URL, description) and someone will create it manually. Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 12:45, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. And yes, a custom domain is possible later. Reception123 (talk) ('C' )  Thank you very much ! 15:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. And yes, a custom domain is possible later. Reception123 (talk) ('C' )  Thank you very much ! 15:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Request to poach another user's name
It has been six months, the time at which I said, on my user page at The Mirror, I would request a change of user name. I joined late last August, have contributed content, a little money, copy-editing for policy pages like FAQ and the Gazetteer of wikis, and participation in various discussions. Whereas user Spike, who joined late last July, seems to have 1 contribution, an upload of a screen shot to Lonsdale Battalion, where it is not useful nor was ever used. If it is allowed, I would like to change my username to Spike, as I was and would still be known at Wikia Uncyclopedia if their login page worked with older browsers. And I have not put the dog suit on in years. 03:15 25-Feb-2018
 * Even if this is done now by a Steward, I think we should have a policy about these sort of things, so that users know what to expect. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:16, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with on this. The user you mention is a mate of mine who has contributed a lot on other military-based websites, my old forum and his own Lonsdale Battalion website, all with the same username, which has been around for many years. I doubt he will be contributing anything anytime soon on my wiki as he is usually busy working on his own projects, however, there is always the possibility he would want to contribute on my wiki in the future, even if to upload the occasional image or edit a page, which he might do as our projects have in the past crossed over. If there was a policy in place that stated if users didn't contribute in a set amount of time (unless they had a requested, for example, a dormancy period etc.) then they would effectively forfeit that account and, as part of a sub-clause, other users could request the adoption of that username. If that was the case and there was an official Miraheze policy in place, then I would have no issue with you poaching that username.  10:27, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

I agree. "Six months" sounds like a policy but it is not (yet) a policy. That is useful information, upon which the thing to do is not request to poach but inquire on what terms he would relinquish the username Spike and pick another. 10:36 25-Feb-2018
 * Before a six month period users could "discuss" amongst themselves the terms to relinquish a username provided they followed a specific policy for this purpose. If an inactive user isn't around to discuss this then policy could dictate he/she might have to wait until a set period of time has elapsed before that username can be claimed by someone else, very similar to requesting to a adopt a wiki etc. Certainly anything after six months (and this is just a ballpark figure open to debate and change) of inactivity and without a user dormancy request, a user could potentially forfeit his/her username and anyone could effectively request it as their own. But there will no doubt be a lot more to it than that and it would take a little time for a policy to be drafted, agreed upon and officially put into use. 11:24, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

If they have a 'copyrightable' contribution on any live wiki (not-deleted-from-database), it cannot be usurped (borrowing Wikimedia term here) for legal reason. (Creative Commons' Attribution requirements) If they are really empty and is not active for at least 6-12 months (duration subject to change) then with (2-4) week prior notice, it could be usurped. Rules about changing username should be sort of global policy because the username is globally unique, and our username policy is already a global one. &mdash; revi  14:08, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, even though it did not contain anything pertaining to this precise example, there was an RfC on this matter, which was closed due to no clear consensus for any of the proposed policies. So, we might want to have a discussion here and draft a new policy which will be favorable for everyone. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:30, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Request reversal of protection of effectively the entire When They Cry wiki from non-admins
Hello, I am relatively new to the When They Cry wiki (whentheycry.miraheze.org), and I noticed that seemingly all of the pages on the wiki (even my own and others' user / user-talk pages) are protected from editing. Having been an editor of Wikipedia for 10 years and of Wikia for 16 months, I could understand certain pages' need for protection based on precedents, or even a temporary edit-permission autoblock until one has logged enough browsing time on the wiki.

However, it has taken me quite a bit of digging to find that these pages are protected from editing by any user who is not an Administrator. I would add that the last and most successful bit of research into the matter involved altering the url to include page name, which only users already extremely well acquainted would know to do. There is no notice or disclaimer whatsoever that basic-level users are denied edit permissions, or for what reason(s); no reasonably-accessible record of this change having ever taken place; and no way to contact Administrators (since edit permissions are denied even on user-talk pages).

A Steward's look into the matter and appropriate action thereafter would be greatly appreciated. Should the Steward be unwilling to mandate an unprotect of most pages, an encouragement of the wiki's Admins to at least put up notices regarding the specifics of the edit protection would itself go a long way.

Thank you for your time and consideration, Blue Caper  (talk) 21:53, 26 February 2018 (UTC)


 * If you were able to use the URL trick, then it strikes me that the page isn't really protected. At Uncyclopedia, people made the Edit button go away (from very old Forum pages that only a vandal would add to) using JavaScript.  Here, the local Admins might have wanted a semi-private, read-only wiki, but you are right, they ought to allow communication to themselves.   23:24 26-Feb-2018
 * The ability to edit was restricted to administrators in phabricator task 2331. I'd suggest contacting User:Kinzo on this wiki, and we'll go from there. Although, it would seem like a good idea to allow users to at least edit their own talk pages, if not the talk pages of other users. -- Void  Whispers 23:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * There is now a Phabricator task requested by a local bureaucrat, T2785, so in the point of view of this Stewards' Noticeboard post, this is a resolved issue (the task itself has not been done yet). Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Mabi and Gangjo Shortwiki(쇼트위키) request the termination of the secretary's authority
KoreaTopic : Mabi와 Gangjo 쇼트위키에서 사무관 권한 해제요청

쇼트위키(shortwiki.miraheze.org)에서 Mabi와 Gangjo의 권한을 (없음)으로 바꿔주실수있습니까? 사무관 권한을 못 건들기 때문입니다.

Can you change the permissions of Mabi and Gangjo to (none) on the shortwiki(shortwiki.miraheze.org)? This is because they do not get the authority of the secretary.

Thank you.--Shortwiki (talk) 17:02, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Quick translation: "Please remove 'crat @ shortwiki from Special:CentralAuth/Mabi and Special:CentralAuth/Gangjo." &mdash; revi  17:28, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 관련 공동체 합의나 규정이 있나요? &mdash; revi  17:37, 3 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 여기에 있습니다. 정말 늦게 대답해 드려서 죄송합니다. 그리고 저희 위키 규정상 2개월이상 활동을 안할시에는 바로 권한을 회수해야하는데 사무관 권한만 회수가 안되니 불편하네요. 추가로 Bion도 요청합니다.--Shortwiki (talk) 10:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Should we accept not-posted-on-their-wiki as a consensus? Revi-alt (talk) 11:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * If there is a local wiki policy, or any consensus, yes. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I find nothing in PrefixIndex/Project:. &mdash; revi</tt>  08:10, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Request to delete 무나위키
Wiki: 무나위키

I want to close this wikis.

I am sorry for my poor English so I wrote it on the translator. --Jayu (talk) 10:55, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Request to delete 자유반달위키
I'm the same person who created this wikis kjh010206. And I'll write down why, if you will, I know. The account named kj h010206 was hacked into creating a new account named Jayu. However, the new account is not under the authority of an officer. So I want to delete wiki. This sentence can be awkward because it uses a translator. I would appreciate it if you would delete the free half moon wiki.--Jayu (talk) 11:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is a bit unclear. Could you please rather write in Korean? can take care of it / translate. Reception123  (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 08:02, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 알겠습니다. 한국어로 적겠습니다. 우선 요약하면 자유반달위키를 폐쇄하고 싶습니다. 자세히 설명하면, 자유반달위키는 kjh010206 계정 일때 만들었는데 그 계정이 해킹을 당하여서(...) 새로 계정을 만들었는데 그 계정이 Jayu라는 계정입니다. 그런데 문제가 생겼습니다. (kjh010206 계정은 차던 당해서 문제 없음.) 바로 새로 만든 계정이 사무관 권한이 없었습니다. 저는 자유반달위키를 비활성화 하고 싶었지만 그럴수가 없었습니다. 그래서 결론은 자유반달위키를 폐쇄하고 싶은데 폐쇄할 수 있나요?--Jayu (talk) 14:03, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 기존 Jayu님이 차단당해도 진행은 해야될것같습니다.--Shortwiki (talk) 16:27, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 두 계정 간의 연관성을 확인할 수 없는 이상 요청은 진행되어서는 안 됩니다. &mdash;  revi</tt>  16:56, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

닉네임 변경 가능합니까?
Please transforlate use.

Unad321에서 Tenpower로 계정을 변경하려고 합니다.

메타 이슈트래거에서도 Unad321을 Shortwiki로 변경요청하며 이슈트래거에 있는 Shortwiki의 계정을 다시활성화시켜주시길 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.--Unad321 (talk) 13:34, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 위에 계정이랑 같은 사람입니다. 제 계정이름을 Tenpower로 변경 부탁드립니다. --Shortwiki (talk) 13:50, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Rename request; Unad321 to Tenpower. &mdash; revi</tt>  10:17, 12 March 2018 (UTC)


 * @revi 변경요청 Unad321을 Shortwiki로 바꾸는것을 요청합니다. Shortwiki또한 제 계정입니다. Shortwiki의 계정을 Tenpower계정으로 바꿔주십시오. 예를 들어

Unad321 to Shortwiki / Shortwiki to Tenpower를 말하는겁니다. --Unad321 (talk) 10:47, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Inviting participants
Hello,

That's my day 3 on miraheze, I'm quite exciting about beginning a Wiki ! Please, what's the easiest procedure about creating accounts for new participants, my colleagues asked me "where the application form ?" So I send them this link : https://didapro.miraheze.org/wiki/Spécial:Créer_un_compte but it seems that they get an error message, with something like : "erreur d'administration". Is there a parameter issue coming from me ? is it a question of procedure ? Is there a bug to create account ? Thank you Wikiderpdp
 * If you know their email address, try these procedures:
 * Collect your colleagues' email address and their preferred username. They must be able to receive email, because temporary passwords will be sent to mail.
 * You'll access Special:CreateAccount on your wiki, not here.
 * Tick "".
 * Put your colleagues username and email address.
 * Create the account.
 * Right after that, visit Special:UserRights on your wiki.
 * Put their username, grant "member" to their account, save.
 * Repeat for all of them.
 * If you don't know...
 * Ask them to create an account here, using https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount.
 * Then ask them their username, and also to visit your wiki. This is important, even though they can't see their contents when they first visit.
 * After they visit your wiki, you'll see their username in Special:ListUsers.
 * Go to "If you know their email address" #6, and continue there.
 * &mdash; revi</tt>  10:12, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's clear, but why can't they directly open an account by themself ? User:Wikiderpdp
 * Our account name is shared across wikis and it automatically creates an account when unauthorized miraheze ID owner clicks a link to your wiki. So "Member" permission is needed to prevent data leak from such attack. And I assume non-members cannot access create account page because it is not whitelisted. &mdash; revi</tt>  11:57, 12 March 2018 (UTC),
 * In the past, we have added translations of Special:CreateAccount to the whitelist. It might be a good idea to add this as well. -- Void  Whispers 15:47, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Visual editor extension
Good Morning, how to get a visual editor for my wiki as I can see it here in the Stewards' noticeboard, I made a request in Phabricator for what I assume to be a extension but I don't know. Thank you again Wikiderpdp (talk) 09:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * That's all you have to do. It should hopefully be handled soon. -- Void  Whispers 15:44, 13 March 2018 (UTC) I got it. You are great all of you !! user:wikideRPDP

Insert MS Word files format or other office solution format
Hello, I tried to insert a .docx file format document yesterday and I got an error message, does it mean that I have to ask for an extension in request features Does it depend of the version *.doc ou .docx ? photos are OK. What can I expect ? Thank you Philippe Wikiderpdp
 * Hello, .doc and so on are not file types that can be uploaded. The usual way of importing text is to copy it on your computer and paste it into an edit box on Miraheze.  However, our wikis use the MediaWiki markup language.  For example, you boldface some text by preceding and following it with three single-quotes in a row.  Microsoft Word and similar programs don't know about this.  Usually when you import text you need to pretty it up by adding this mark-up.   14:56 12-Mar-2018
 * Thank you, so there is no way to offer to create pages with files attachement to download ? Wikiderpdp
 * By default, there is no way to upload  and   files onto Miraheze wikis, but that can change. If you know how to edit basic code in PHP, I suggest you submit a pull request at Miraheze's mw-config/LocalSettings.php file. Or, if you don't, just go to, Miraheze's Phabricator, and request to add a variation of this on your wiki:  -- 06:34, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Change Username
Hi. I had a small issue similar to this one (https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T2646) and the solution was to create a new account and not use the account that was made for me from the Admin.

Could you please change around the username's in the wiki tag.miraheze.org from YC Tenenbaum to Admin YCT and YC Tenenbaum2 to YC Tenenbaum

Thanks!

PS. You guys ROCK!!!
 * Can you please confirm the rename from the account YC Tenenbaum2? Alternately, there may be way to fix the issue by a sysadmin merging the account to global. -- Void  Whispers 22:23, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

HI. To confirm: I want to change YC Tenenbaum to Admin YCT and then after that change YC Tenenbaum2 to YC Tenenbaum (basically just drop the 2).

Basically, I want the second account to have the name of the first account. In order to do that, I would think we need to change the name of the first account first.

Thanks again!
 * Sorry I wasn't too clear, I meant confirm the rename while logged into the account. -- Void  Whispers 19:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm logged in as YC Tenenbaum2 and I'm confirming.
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 17:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 17:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Change Username(2 Username)
번역기를 사용하여 번역해주시면 됩니다.(Please transforlate use.)

위에도 명시했다시피(닉네임 변경 가능합니까?) Unad321을 Shortwiki로 이름 변경해주시고 Shortwiki의 닉네임을 Tenpower로 변경요청합니다.

두 계정 전부다 제가 소유하고있습니다. 파일을 보내기 원하신다면 증거물로 파일을 제출하도록 하겠습니다. 감사합니다 --Unad321 (talk)


 * 계정 확인 전용 메시지입니다. --Shortwiki (talk) 03:30, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

IP확인 부탁드립니다. 같은 계정으로 로그인 되어 있을겁니다. --Shortwiki (talk) 03:44, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Problem with infoboxes
Right. I followed the guide on importing infoboxes from other wikis. I also imported both the common.css and .js. The problem here is that my infoboxes don't have the standard grey outline and background, they are only the arguments floating on a white void. I also can't in any way align said infoboxes to the right.

Any help is appreciated.

--LopesTheIdiot (talk) 15:26, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you tried clearing your browser's cache? It looks like it should be working to me. (Changes to common.css/common.js tend to take a little while to go through and can get caught in your browser's cache). -- Void  Whispers 01:38, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll try that. Thanks.

--LopesTheIdiot (talk) 14:27 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Rename request
Can someone go into Special:GlobalRenameQueue to go and check up on my rename request. Thanks --Blight-WES (talk) 01:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * My my, I really need to keep a closer eye on that page. ✅ -- Void  Whispers 01:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Change Username (3)

 * Current user name: User:UnCristiano
 * Desired user name: User:Cristianopedia
 * Commentary: Hi, I want my UnCristiano username to be changed to Cristiano Cristianopedia. I add that my name should also be renamed in Phabricator Or is there a problem?. UnCristiano (talk) 18:21, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Answer: (to fill)
 * sorry for the delay, but to confirm, do you want to be renamed to Cristianopedia or Cristiano? -- Void  Whispers 00:04, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, it was a mistake in the translation. UnCristiano (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem. ✅ -- Void  Whispers 02:43, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Request for Wiki Creator permissions
I'd really like to lend a hand with Miraheze but I'm afraid I'm not too proficient with many technical aspects, so I might be able to help with Wiki Creation. I've gone through and read over Wiki creators guide, and I feel fairly confident with it C: ItsPugle (talk) 01:38, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) We can never have enough Wiki Creators! MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 01:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ,, this request needs sysadmin input. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 15:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. John (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 23:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ItsPugle (talk) 01:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Incomplete tag on wiki
The  tag on brynda1231.miraheze.org was incomplete and now everything after it is underlined... Can you please fix the thing..--Brynda1231 (talk) 13:44, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: It has already been corrected. Wiki1776 (talk) 02:24, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * When using HTML markup, remember you always need to close the statement with . Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 11:31, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

General/Local accounts error message
Good morning, I create our wiki a mounth ago, we are 6 or 7 people as a beginning, I apply this procedure from REVE advice to invite participants : "Collect your colleagues' email address and their preferred username. They must be able to receive email, because temporary passwords will be sent to mail. You'll access Special:CreateAccount on your wiki, not here. Tick "Utiliser un mot de passe aléatoire temporaire et l’envoyer à l’adresse de courriel spécifiée". Put your colleagues username and email address. Create the account. Right after that, visit Special:UserRights on your wiki. Put their username, grant "member" to their account, save. Repeat for all of them."

I grant them directly administrator, all them get an error message, some of them can not access at all to the restrict page (admin only). How can I check what's going on ? How can I remove an account, to create it again with no double. Thank you [|wikiderpdp]
 * Which error message are you receiving? Could you please share it or provide a screenshot? Also, which wiki is it? (Si c'est plus facile pour vous, on peut aussi parler en Français). Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 11:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

latex in Math extension error
I am trying to use LaTex within the math extension for the first time. I have the following error

"Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex and dvipng (or dvips + gs + convert)): y=\dfrac {-b\pm \sqrt {b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}"

$$y=\dfrac {-b\pm \sqrt {b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$$

Am I doing something wrong or is there something required different in the setup? Any help appreciated as I am very new to this.

Thanks, Luke
 * If possible, please report this issue at Phabricator (Request features) in order for us to be able to better track it. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 11:28, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

User hat lost password and no email - how can I grant him access again?
My wiki is ag7732 - a user has forgotten his password and not didn't set an mail - how can I help him?

Thanks, Martin

Martin Schulte (talk) 06:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, unfortunately if we cannot confirm that the user is indeed the user in question (by any other method), we cannot reset his password and he will have to create a new account. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 11:27, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Is there no way I (I'm administrator) can do this?Martin Schulte (talk) 14:04, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, unless we have confirmation we cannot reset a user account. Sorry for this inconvenience. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 07:12, 2 May 2018 (UTC)