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 * Archive 1 (4 September - 28 November 2015)

Scripts do not update
Not even when I do a hard refresh or use action=purge. Software development is impossible like this. D4rkst4r (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Please explain exactly, and as it says above, use Stewards' noticeboard for things that concern another wiki than Meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  )
 * I'm working on this right now.. Southparkfan (talk) 13:55, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * @D4rkst4r, this has been fixed in our configuration. Sorry for the delay! Southparkfan (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That was a huge help! D4rkst4r (talk) 15:01, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Index Wiki
Can it have a link on the main page or sidebar so new users know they can go to it and create a page about their wiki or find information about existing wikis? D4rkst4r (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Please check Stewards' noticeboard as Administrator's noticeboard is not the appropriate page for other wikis than meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 03:56, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Removal or Switiching of Administrator rights for User:QuimGil
Hi everyone. I have noticed that User:QuimGil is an administrator but has no edits globally or on meta. I think that it's not a good idea to have inactive administrators on Meta. Therefore, I propose that either his rights are removed or they are switched to his other account used more often, Icaria36. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Comments

 * The user is Inactive and shouldn't stay with Administrator permissions. SleepyMode  18:09, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Neither really appears active on Meta. to see if either replies. (This is also assuming the two are the same user. I haven't seen this on wiki, don't know them well, and will not be performing a check). -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:55, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * (I didn't even support it myself) As I don't think we should have inactive sysops on meta. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 19:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Rollback permissions on the Meta
Hello there,

I simply Request Rollback permissions permissions on the wiki, as It is a quite basic Permission that might be required in some specific situations and That is only one Administrator active, It would be likely to help him in such a basic thing, And let him do the Real job he needs to do. SleepyMode 11:04, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Votes

 * Not against the user having permissions, in fact I support the user themselves, but I'm not sure how much these rights are needed as Meta isn't very active and there's already more than 5 sysops. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:50, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Per NDKilla. The user is active and helps a lot at Miraheze but there is no need for rollback as we've only had 2 vandals on Meta since the creation of Miraheze. If there will be vandalism you will probably be assigned. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 20:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm actually thinking of writing an essay on the subject matter. In my own opinion, and not representing any policy or view of Miraheze staff, I think that if something needs to be done, it should be done by anyone able to, and as many people should be able to as possible. IMHO the only reason rights shouldn't be granted is if there is a reason to believe that they will be misused, the request for rights is made in bad faith, or there is a security/privacy reason to deny the request. Examples for such requests that should be considered more in depth would include server access, stewardship, crat, and Oversight/CheckUser. Autopatrol/confirmed/etc (including rollback) can be easily removed. Rollbacks can easily be reverted, including rolling back the rollback. Well sysop can not be as easily removed, it can still be removed by any active steward or bureaucrat. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, until I hear from SPF or I see these rights used abusively or in bad faith, I'm going to go ahead and assigning these rights. I'd honestly like some discussion about why they SHOULDN'T be assigned, instead of this. :) -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I think this was the best way to solve the problem :) And I generally give autopatrolled to users who are active on Meta and don't need to be patrolled. Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 05:15, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Translation Main page/de
Hey there, just saw the translation of the german main page is not yet complete. May I translate it? Clicking the "translation" button brought me to another page but there is obviously no link to go one step further. How to do it? Simple editing seem to be blocked --Supermohi (talk) 18:26, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * done --Supermohi (talk) 21:10, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Approval of requested Wiki
Hi guys,

I requested a Wiki two days ago. I am surprised that it is not approved yet. I saw on the request page that other Wikis which were requested later are already approved. If you need more information from me, please let me know. If you don't want to approve it, that's fine too, but please let me know. I requested the Wiki under the user name hdegen.

Regards, -Helmut
 * Hello there Helmut, Please sign using " ~ " next time, also, It would be nice if you link me to the request?[some are missed]

Creating new meta account yields database error
I submitted the form to create a new meta account and got this error: "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. Function: User::idForName Error: 1205 Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction (185.52.1.77)"

I was using Chrome Version 48.0.2564.103 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit on Monday February 22, 21:09 CST Tried twice, same error message resulted. Then tried 3rd time, got message that my user name was already in use. I logged into Meta without a problem.

Greetings! We're aware of such issues, and will get them fixed ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience! Samuel (talk) 00:44, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Another approval of requested wiki
Hello guys,

I've requested a wiki page two weeks ago. I've checked it out everyday. But, it looks still 'in review' status. Could you please review it and approve the request quickly? The link is https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/581 Thanks. - Sahara

✅ per the queue. --S (talk) 05:40, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Add a donation section to the Main Page
I put a request here:
 * https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Miraheze

Can someone add a donations section to the Main Page?

Maybe below the Contact us IRC: #miraheze (recommended) Facebook: Miraheze Twitter: @miraheze On-wiki: Help center section?

Donations

for details on how to make a donation, please see the Donate page.

Wondering how your donations have been used? Look at the Finance page.

Thanks! --Robert Sterbal 412-977-3526
 * I will talk to the founders of Miraheze and see what they think. <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 05:32, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Duplicate Wiki Request (Alberhill Community)
Hi, I'm new and accidentally made a second request for this Wiki. Thanks. Cass

Hi. Both a request wiki was declined, because the custom domain are contains (space) " ". Before your make request you may read this.Thanks TriX (talk) 06:28, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have created the wiki temporarily at alberhill.miraheze.org. Could you please send an email to csr@undefinedMiraheze.org in order to progress the custom domain. Thanks, John (talk) 06:58, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Not Safe for Work Content Policy?
Hello, I just wanted to ask whether or not Miraheze has a policy concerning wikis that have content considered NSFW? I noticed there were wikis for subjects such as fanfiction, which although not inherently NSFW, does venture into that type of content frequently. If an archive wiki dedicated to a genre of NSFW content was requested, would it be closed immediately or would it just be marked as being home to NSFW content and allowed to exist in the Miraheze community? Thank you, 178.17.170.99 00:15, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi; content policy is a work in progress. Until that anything (as long it doesn't violate law in the United States and The Netherlands) should be fine. But - if in doubt, please ask our staff member . Southparkfan (talk) 12:15, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The only thing we're really concerned about in terms of NSFW content, at a farm-wide level, is hosting pornographic pictures/video of real humans. And that's only because running such sites is so hard to police, and may need legal things like an over-18 clickthrough that we haven't figured out technically.  Individual wikis may have more stringent requirements.  Metawiki has a policy of no NSFW content, because everyone needs to be able to read here.  I hope that answers your question.  Were you going to request "Bubblegum Pink: Raging Fires Wiki" 😝? --Vorticity (talk) 20:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Actually, I was thinking about creating a Yiff Comics archive. There exists an archive on Reddit ( www.reddit.com/r/pureyc/ ) Couldn't post a hyperlink., and although Reddit is ok for the time being, it would be a lot easier to manage and organize if the archive was located on a wiki. 188.138.9.49 05:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I'll be using this account from now on to avoid confusion. Pyrexcys (talk) 06:45, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Would a wiki of this nature be acceptable since it doesn't have to do with real humans? Pyrexcys (talk) 04:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't put in a request until you hear back from Vorticity (He'll probably have the final say on the content policy), but I think the answer would be yes as long as no images of real people or animals are ever uploaded to the site. I've asked several times and never really demanded a yes or no answer, and it hasn't been a problem since I haven't actually done it yet, but hopefully you get an answer soon. If he gets on IRC I'll poke him about this section. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:48, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I totally wasn't going to do this or anything. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty close to approving this, but let me pivot to a different question: How much image data would be involved with storing this wiki? We're not really set up to host a large amount of data right now, but if it's measured in megabytes we'll probably be OK.  I think an over 18 "Adult Content" warning would be appropriate, but I would essentially have to write a Mediawiki extension to do that.  And ED doesn't care about warnings, so why should we?  (Also hosting this wiki could earn Miraheze an ED page, lol.)  --Vorticity (talk) 23:56, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * You'll have to inform me on the initialism ED and what an "ED page" is. In terms of storage requirements, the comics are only linked to, the actual images are stored on the original author's website. If the original author's website is inaccessible the comic might be stored on a third-party server. Each article is formatted similar to the novel articles that currently exist on Wikipedia (reference). The only part of the wiki that would take up any significant space is comic book covers, but even those could be hosted from the original comic location or a third-party site. Concerning the warnings of "Adult Content," there wouldn't be any graphic images from a comic in any particular article (exception being too graphic covers that would either have to be censored or provided through a link), but the text of the article would still likely be considered adult content. Pyrexcys (talk) 06:15, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I decided to submit the wiki request so I can get working on the wiki as soon as possible if it gets approved. Does anyone know of a place where I can preview articles before the wiki exists? I know that I can use the preview button on some random wiki but I'd rather not risk submitting a unrelated page to another wiki (low probability I know, but I'm paranoid). Pyrexcys (talk) 02:34, 6 May 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅. Just use your own wiki to edit 😀.  Let us know if you need any features installed on your wiki.  Also ED = Encyclopedia Dramatica, which is a wiki filled with horrible people and lulz. --Vorticity (talk) 21:13, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

(reset indent) Wanted you to see the disclaimer here and just get your thoughts on it. Should hopefully still be acceptable. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:25, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't see a problem there. It's not my job to verify the accuracy of statements on wikis, just to make sure that anything they say doesn't get us in legal trouble. Not seeing any long wavelength-colored flags here, either for the farm policy or the law. LGTM. --Vorticity (talk) 07:37, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Working on Meta
How does one begin work/tasks on the Meta wiki (changing pages, creating new pages, etc.)? Tankobot (talk) 07:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Replying here instead of on various talk pages. Your edits to Helpful People were blocked by the Abuse Filter. Once your account gains 'autoconfirmed' status (10 edits + 4 days account age, IIRC), then you will be able to edit pages without tripping any of the filters (on this wiki). I kind of like the Helpful People page, but having duplicate lists (one of which is now out-dated because I updated the HP one) is a bad idea. I'm thinking about removing the one on IRC and doing something like below.

For a list of staff and volunteers, please see Helpful People.


 * Anyways, sorry about that :) thank you for contributing. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:22, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Requests and Custom Domains
There's no place for this really so dropping a note here (in addition to what I said on IRC). In future, please create wikis which ask for a custom domain under a subdomain which some-what distinguishes the domain name (e.g. xx.yy.org would be xxyywiki, wiki.xxy.org would be wikixxywiki etc.) instead of leaving requests marked as 'inreview'. If a user really wants a custom domain for the wiki, they'd follow it up, there's no reason to prevent creation because of it. Also it would have to be done anyway so just makes work easier later on. Thanks, John (talk) 16:20, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * For the record, Custom domains says In the meantime a wiki creator will create the wiki, and associate a .miraheze.org it., so this is supposed to be done, there just shouldn't be a delay to it. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 00:54, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Template broken
You can see the template TriX (talk) 09:15, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Scributno is not enabled on Meta Wiki and Module:Message box wasn't imported. Is there a need for this or are you adding random templates from Wikipedia? -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 11:10, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi NDKilla Yes it is needed a scributno so I can imported from wp and also enabling a sintax highlight. Thanks :) TriX (talk) 12:59, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay I see you want to import this stuff but why do you need it or syntax highlight? There shouldn't really be any code on this wiki and I think the templates we have are good. If you have a specific template you need, let me know and we may enable Scribunto or create a work around, but I don't think Meta should be cluttered with multi-purpose templates we never use. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:17, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think template in meta should be complete. I just wanted to complete the template on meta. However, if not used, then I do not to created. :) TriX (talk) 13:28, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * In my personal opinion things on Meta should be created as needed, to not create extra work. If you don't currently have a reason to enable it, then I'm going to hold off on enabling it. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:35, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Need permissions to add users
Hi,

I need to be able to add users, especially after I get the wiki made private (previous request today).

Thanks,

Rulmer


 * You already can add users. (On your wiki) please see the pages Special:CreateAccount and Special:UserRights which (after your wiki is made private) would be used to add users to the 'member' group. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:36, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * PS, since this is about your wiki, this would usually go on SN not Administrators' noticeboard. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)