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Request: Addition to CVT
I, Zppix would like to become CVT for many reasons:


 * I run an adminbot that works closely with stewards and CVT, so it would make sense to apart of the team it works woth IMO
 * I love anti-vandal work, I attempt to do alot here, and I hold rollbacker and many advanced perms on enwiki, as I am also a crat, and sysop on publictestwiki
 * My timezone, currently there seems to be a gap between timezones, considering im UTC-6 I would help fill up any empty gaps in times.
 * With CVT rights I could help out with false positives with my bot, so that way theres no need for a game of telephone.

Thanks for considering me! Zppix (talk) 17:52, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Again maybe if you were more active around the farm (contributions from your account, helping to report spam to CVT/stewards. Great job! MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 17:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * To base experience after edit count is counter productive IMO, espesically as I run 2 bots for miraheze, and do help out, just because I dont contribute in edits, I am actually really active, infact recently I created a block request system on proxybot for stewards and CVT to use :) Zppix (talk) 17:59, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Why not? &mdash;  revi  14:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What will you do if granted these rights? How will you monitor vandalism and help prevent it? Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 19:40, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I will assist in answering emails sent to cvt due to my bot, and of course, handle requests that require CVT intervention, ie crosswiki abuse. I will monitor vandalism by responding to requests for assistance, and generally patrolling around vandal-prone wikis. I can prevent it by ensuring my bot is up-to-date and low false positives, and watching edit patterns to see if theres possibly more vandalism or abuse then what is found on a first glance. Zppix (talk) 19:43, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

CVT for MacFan4000
I would like to request CVT. I would love to help fight spam/vandalism. I am active both on-wiki and on IRC. If no-one notices something that doesn’t belong on wiki here, I uasally report it in #miraheze-CVT. I am fimilliar with the permissions, as I have them on my test wiki, and I have Sysop/Bureaucrat rights on both miraheze testwikis. I have dealt before with some of the spammers that miraheze has dealt with. Thank you for your consideration. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 18:10, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Votes (MacFan4000)

 * 1)  MacFan4000 has come a long way since last May. They have more than 1000 edits globally, they are a meta translation admin and wiki creator, and they are very active on IRC. I fully support this as I don't think we can really have enough people fighting spam (we're also looking into spam on our other platforms). -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:55, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 2)  I used to be a moderator on a gaming server, so I know how bad spam can get sometimes. While I haven't seen too much spam on Miraheze, having more people fight it will make it even less common! CoolieCoolster (talk) 14:09, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Why not?  &mdash;  revi  14:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 4)  This request has more logic than the previous ones. Luck! —Alvaro Molina (✉ -  ✔ ) 14:44, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 5)  let's see what this user can do with these rights, all my interactions with them have been, trustworthy. Zppix (talk) 19:44, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) What will you do if granted these rights? How will you monitor vandalism and help prevent it? Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 19:40, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I will Moniter recent changes, respond to incoming emails, and periodically check the abuse log, when needed. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 21:04, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Problem accessing hamim.miraheze.org
When I visit the wiki, I receive "access error" in Turkish. See below. In a nutshell it says Ha-Mim does not belong to the admin group. Thanks!

İzin hatası Aşağıdaki nedenden dolayı bu sayf::ayı okumaya için yetkiniz yok: İstediğiniz işlem, Hizmetliler, Members gruplarındaki kullanıcılarla sınırlıdır.

-Ha-Mim (talk) 13:14, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
 * According to Special:CentralAuth/Ha-Mim you do have sysop permissions. Are you logged in? MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 17:07, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you it works now. I had to refresh the page a few times in order to access the Wiki. I am not sure why it didn't let me in immediately after the login. -Ha-Mim (talk) 23:26, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I take it back. There is a problem. https://hamim.miraheze.org redirects to https://hamim.miraheze.org/wiki/ and I get the error above each and every time I visit https://hamim.miraheze.org. Problem goes away when I click on the logo upper left which goes to the Main Page https://hamim.miraheze.org/wiki/Anasayfa Could you help? -Ha-Mim (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Logins seem to fail when accessing the wiki from https://hamim.miraheze.org and I'm not too sure why. -- Void  Whispers 00:18, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Any devs who can shed some light? Thanks. -Ha-Mim (talk) 00:10, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I recorded video capture of the problem. Please check it out. https://imgur.com/a/re8qR You will see that even though I am logged in, when I go to hamim.miraheze.org directly, system "thinks" that I am logged out (see upper right corner). Could this behavior have anything to do with the problem in hand? Thanks agian! -Ha-Mim (talk) 13:56, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * — Any help on this issue? I believe that a Phabricator task may have to be made &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  18:16, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, could you please rather create a Phabricator task? It is better for tracking technical issues such as this one. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 19:59, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T2652 -Ha-Mim (talk) 15:38, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Request of CVT for AlvaroMolina
Hello everyone, today I come to apply to be part of the CVT and so have the opportunity to address by myself the flagrant vandalism found in any Miraheze wiki that has no administrators nearby.

Although in recent months my activity has not been so high, if I have been trying to devote more time to Miraheze. In more than one occasion in the past I have reported vandalism in IRC successfully and for a few weeks I have constantly monitored the feed of recent changes, besides outside of Miraheze I have worked with vandalism closely (both with the rollback tool and with the administrator tools).

I think I feel qualified to be in this position, as well as having a sufficient level of confidence to work in the CVT. If you give me your support, I promise to work actively in this area along with what I do as Wiki Creator, in addition to only working on wikis that really do not have administrators nearby and are obvious cases of vandalism or spam. If someone has doubts about my experience or wants to ask a question before voting, I am open to answer them in the shortest time.

Thanks. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔ ) 00:20, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Votes

 * 1)  Zppix (Meta | CVT Member | talk to me) 00:36, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 2)  MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 00:47, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 3)  CoolieCoolster (talk) 00:50, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 4)  &#32;  Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  13:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 5)  -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:48, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Symbol full support vote.svg Strongest support User trusted by me and also holds consul in spanish test wiki here and advanced rights in at least another test wiki I use (has access to oversight and checkuser). Overall to be trusted and supported --Sau226 (talk) 09:00, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Questions
1) How will you find spam and/or fullfil your duties as CVT member? Zppix (Meta | CVT Member | talk to me) 00:22, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * My main source of work will be the feed of recent changes in the  IRC channel where you can see the editions and actions that are carried out in all Miraheze public wikis, my priority will be the deletion of pages that constitute vandalism or spam evident in wikis where there are no administrators available, as well as to report if it corresponds to users/IPs that carry out these actions persistently in several other wikis. —Alvaro Molina</b> (<b style="color: #137500;">✉</b> -  ✔ ) 00:35, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

2) Do you hold similar userrights elsewhere? Zppix (Meta | CVT Member | talk to me) 00:22, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Outside of Miraheze, I don't have global permissions like CVT, but if in Wikimedia in certain local wikis I am an administrator and in others I am a rollbacker, both tools that I have worked with for quite some time and therefore I already have the experience what is required to use them. To become a CVT would also allow me to acquire more experience than I currently have so I can eventually aspire to a similar global permission on Wikimedia. —<b style="color: #1406D0;">Alvaro Molina</b> (<b style="color: #137500;">✉</b> - ✔ ) 00:35, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Please, rename user
Please, rename user JanaNes to Berenice, if it is possible - this better fit into wiki context. Thank You. Beren (talk) 12:37, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Could you please, in some way, confirm that the current owner of the account agrees to the rename? Thanks! -- Void  Whispers 01:35, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I want to be renamed to Berenice. Thanks. JanaNes (talk) 07:23, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, cheers -- Void  Whispers 21:21, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Name change
Hi, I’d like to have my name changed to “Chriskk01b”—WEMO666 (talk) 04:26, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Void  Whispers 22:04, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Cannot add global user to user groups in private wiki (retki.miraheze.org)
Hello,

I cannot add globally registered user (e.g. accounts 's_koulikov' or 'ksd4341') to a user group of the private wiki retki.miraheze.org so that they can access the wiki.

That used to work with other accounts before. Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you,

--tetzu0


 * They need to create an account on the new wiki (by visiting there once) before the new user is created locally (global user list and local user list is a different thing. Latter (local user) need to exist to grant "user rights". If they do not show up in  in your wiki, local account is missing. Inform them of the new wiki and ask them to visit. &mdash;  revi</tt>  10:27, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It may also be a problem that "koulikov" created an account with a capital S.  12:26 6-Feb-2018


 * Indeed, the local account got created after the first login to that wiki. Thanks!
 * --tetzu0 08:55 08-Feb-2018

FabLac.miraheze is not dormant...
Hello,

The wiki "FabLac" is not dormant. Please don't close it.

Thank you. Bes regards, Sophie
 * Please sign your requests in future with 4 tildes ( ~ ). Thanks Sau226 (talk) 08:04, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Since I've noticed you have already requested this, would you maybe need an exception to the Dormancy Policy? Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 09:41, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

You can disable or delete this account
I was helping someone who was trying to create an account with an error message when I created the teststerbal account.

They are now able to login. You can now delete or disable the teststerbal account.

Thanks, Teststerbal (talk) 04:17, 12 February 2018 (UTC)