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Private Wiki
Hi, thank you for the Wiki 4minds! Is it possible to make this wiki private to just a few chosen users? I fail to find the right edit page... Many thanks! Klaus

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)

Grant WikiCreator to Sau226
First, sorry Sau226 that this request was fallen behind.

Found Community noticeboard/Archive 2 and I believe this is good to go - Please grant the permission. Thanks. &mdash; revi  04:05, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sorry for the delay! -- Void  Whispers 13:53, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you all very much. I accept your apologies --Sau226 (talk) 02:29, 3 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) (<font color="#FF0000">'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)