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Database dump for backup/migration
Just wondering what the database backup/migration policy is, and if wiki-owners can request a dump of the database for their wiki (and presumably associated files, assuming they are not stored as database objects)?
 * Yes, any wiki can request a backup dump at any time, you can request at Request features. This includes files. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

No confirmation email
Most sites send a confirmation email, to confirm an email address, within a few seconds, I waited a few hours then requested a new confirmation, still nothing received after 2 days, so is the problem your end or mine?

I checked the address is OK and other emails arrive OK so am a bit stuck.RhianG (talk) 12:24, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Not to ask a stupid question, but have you checked your spam folder etc? I'll have some of the operations people look at the mail from our end. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:45, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Delivered-To: justin22622@gmail.com Received: by 10.55.131.131; Wed, 4 May 2016 05:49:57 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path:  Received: from mail.miraheze.org (mail.miraheze.org. [185.52.1.76])
 * Confirmed working from our end via Special:EmailUser and ConfirmEmail. Try checking your spam folders and adding noreply@miraheze.org to your contact list. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I tried to send again, there was nothing anywhere on my system, see what happens this time. I cannot use the Special:EmailUser as my mail address is not confirmed. Maybe you do not like my domain name, if I do not get a confirm message I try another domain.RhianG (talk) 11:09, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've looked into this and the issue is definitely not on our side. Looking at the mail log, the mail bounces on our side as the domain your email belongs to, firstly doesn't resolve any addresses at all but assuming it could be a networking issue, found out the domain address is not even registered. Could you please verify you entered the email address correctly as the one I'm seeing in the database does not exist? Thanks, John (talk) 22:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I used a different adress at a different domain and got it confirmed so problem solved.

Revibot archiving open feature requests?
I've reverted some of Revibot's changes, because I noticed some of those feature requests were not tagged as "Status: Done". Ideally Revibot should only archive those requests if they have this status. , and others: please look which of those still need to be done. Thanks :) Southparkfan (talk) 17:05, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * From what I know, Revibot has been set to archive threads that have not been "edited" for 14 days, which we thought at first, was a reasonable time. I'm not sure it can be set to archive a thread based on a status. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:37, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

中文翻譯
我在把首頁翻譯成中文的時候，下方社群網站連結部分無法翻譯，Why？--Yunlin2015 (talk) 09:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Quick linking to meta?
Is there a way to quickly create links to the meta wiki (from another wiki hosted on Miraheze)? For example, to link to wikipedia, one can enter Oedipus. Does Miraheze have something similar? I.e. Main_Page, or something else. Pyrexcys (talk) 06:16, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I realized that I just happened to provide the answer in my question. it was the m: Pyrexcys (talk) 07:27, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

No access to my wiki
Hello!

First of all, thanks for allowing my wiki :), I'm trying to access to it but is says that I have no permission because I'm not either an admin nor a member, what can I do?

Thanks,
 * Hi, you need to log into the wiki. You have the required permissions to access the wiki once you're logged in. John (talk) 16:11, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Former staff member hacking into other users
On the wiki where I am an administrator, collabvm.miraheze.org, the former staff member Matty45 has been trying to vandalize wiki pages after the other staff members deleted an article on author request. We have been having trouble stopping him, because he has been hacking admin accounts and still has his Bureaucrat permissions that we cannot remove because nobody on the wiki is steward. On behalf of the staff of the wiki, I am asking for someone to remove Matthew's permissions so that he cannot vandalize the wiki. Technoturnovers (talk) 02:56, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong allegation of 'hacking' but I am definitely seeing some irregularities between one of two users. I'll take a look at this as I feel there is just cause to investigate. John (talk) 06:51, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Afer looking, there is nothing to suggest any account was compromised and misused by Matty45 (or any other user on the wiki). After looking at the wiki specifically, I have removed the user as a bureaucrat as it seems the wiki has a sufficient community base where people can decide for themselves the direction of the wiki (plus the sheer quantity of bureaucrats as well that exist). John (talk) 07:01, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that the accounts CHOCOLATEMAN69 and Chinigan were hacked due to them using weak passwords. Once they're online, I'm going to have them post in this thread and confirm it. Technoturnovers (talk) 10:19, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I saw Matty45 hack the accounts, also CHOCOLATEMAN69 told me on CollabVM that he didn't unban Matty45. FluffyVulpix (talk) 13:10, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Chinigan here, i can say that i was "hacked" becuase my old password was "mycaruba". You can't guess something like that. My password has been changed and is now much longer. Chinigan (talk) 10:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Please delete an article with big history
I want to delete the dicument 백:극좌표계 in Libre Wiki in order to avoid the collision of accounts of this wiki with those of Wiki(Actually this is forked articles and I trird to add W: in front of usernames on XML but Wiki ignores the prefix string"W:" when imported). However, the number of editions of this article exceeds 250, so I cannot delete this article using my admin right. As this article has problems, would you remove this article from this wiki? --Utolee90 (talk) 14:47, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 14:50, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Account - lost password, no email, how do I fix it?
I created User:Whitehaze as my original account but forgot the password, and have no e-mail attached, is there a way to change the password at all, as I'm locked out of the wiki I created as User:Whitehaze. --Whitehaze-0 (talk) 15:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC)