Community noticeboard/Archive 30

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How story be better
Everyone here adds a lot of bad qualities so im been asking tons questions and comments. You or everyone has not answered me. I don't understand

So if you can all write all bad and good why not add

How the story could be better story. --Catfire94 (talk) 23:22, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you elaborate on what you mean? I'm unable to understand what your question is. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:25, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Change the font of my wiki
Hi, I would like to know how to change the writing font of my wiki (https://fiction.miraheze.org/wiki/). I would like to change it to Trebuchet MS. Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 10:47, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * You can add:

div, html, footer, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }
 * to MediaWiki:Common.css. Silicona (talk) 11:16, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Switching from to  ?
I would like to request Miraheze to switch reCAPTCHA on registration from  to   instead. According to Google Can I use reCAPTCHA Enterprise globally?, scripts loaded from the two URLs seem to be equivalent. The only difference is that  is blocked in some areas (yes I mean mainland China) while the latter   is globally accessible. As is mentioned in the community noticeboard Community_noticeboard, switching to the alternative URL can really make Miraheze more accessible to Chinese users. Thank you! Kanakana (talk) 03:30, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * We actually switched back on purpose from repatcha.net recently due to a bug which made ReCAPTCHA return very low scores to legitimate users which stopped them from registering. If we are able to fix that issue then we’ll migrate back but I do not see that happening for the foreseeable future sadly. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:33, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response! Alternatively, if ReCAPTCHA is handled by the ConfirmEdit extension, maybe it is possible to modify the code to let the user decide what URL to load ReCAPTCHA from. For example I forked MirahezeMagic to allow users switching between the two with url params  (although it is just a proof-of-concept and ugly coded). In this way, normal users will not be bothered and those having connectivity issues can be guided to the workaround (with some notice on that page or in the error message maybe). Kanakana (talk) 09:22, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

TimedMediaHandler - why does it play music like if it was video ?
Hello.

I don't know why, but, when i clik on audio files format on the wiki, it makes appear a little window like if it was a video....

player appareance when it does that (see, no time bar)

little screen popping when clicking on that player

BUT sometimes when i disable the extension, and then re enable it, it play it in the wiki page in the litle player bar... (yeah, the one with the time axis inside it, that does not make appear a little screen when clicking on it, but play it in the little bar... like yeah, if it was music, and not video! (it IS music....)) and then, little time after playing some;;; it makes appear again the little video screen when clicking on the little plyer bar, for all music files...

This makes not navigation simple

there is no parameters that i can change in the config page...(except authorize or not mp4;;;) most of them are hidden and unchangeable by me

maybe i could ask in phabricator ?

But, anyway is there a way to fix it? Brbrbr1mill (talk) 14:41, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Unable to backup my wiki
I'm unable to dump the xml for Scruffy wiki, as posted at T8994. Please could I have a dump of the xml for scruffy.miraheze.org? Rob Kam (talk) 13:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Fixed by deleting and restoring one of the pages. --Rob Kam (talk) 23:04, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

i'd like to make a forum page like this one on my wiki, how .?
HELLO, as i said in the title, where can i find the wikicode to make a page like this one ? when i click midify on this page, i find strange lines of codes i d'ont understand.. for example, i'd like to put the system with the button "add a topic" (and i didnt find it in the wikicode so i think it may be some template or something i dont understand... if someone can explain it to me a little, that would be nice!

thanks. Brbrbr1mill (talk) 16:31, 7 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, all you’d need to do is import Community_noticeboard/header from meta. Be sure to include templates (optional) and subpages (definitely better to do, as you most likely wouldn’t wish to manually import all of the subpages). For the “Add topic” one, if you’re referring to the button on the header, it would be InputBox under Parser Hooks. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 19:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

How do you make an OOUI Special Page, and a JS toolbox tool?
As per the title, I wish to learn how to make an OOUI special page or a JS tool on the toolbox menu. -- Cheers, Bukkit ( Talk • All Contribs ) 22:41, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

"Enter confirmation code" when linking to external site on mobile editor
Hello! Whenever I embed an external link on a mobile edit, it prompts me for a "Enter confirmation code" box. I'm not sure what confirmation code is referring to, though. When doing the same steps on desktop view, it gives me a reCAPTCHA (v3) challenge instead. Is that normal? Thanks. ImpostorizedSFLS (talk) 12:59, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * This will happen on wikis where you do not have the skipcaptcha right. Here on meta that is in the Autoconfirmed user group, but may vary on other wikis. IAmChaos (talk) 17:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ImpostorizedSFLS, in addition to what IAmChaos has said, if you have asked local administrators to grant you the  user group temporarily, and they've not responded, or do not appear to be recently active, you may request this permission from Stewards at Stewards' noticeboard. Dmehus (talk) 17:48, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Users contributions
Hello, how can I see the users' contributions on my wiki? When I search for their nickname and click on "Contributions", it is empty Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 13:49, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * That probably means that user hasn't made any undeleted edits. Go to https://fiction.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/, replacing the  with the username. Or try Special:DeletedContributions for deleted edits. IAmChaos (talk) 17:42, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Courtesy ping: IAmChaos (talk) 17:43, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Darkrai18, which user? It's quite likely the reason IAmChaos suggests. Dmehus (talk) 17:46, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Football/Soccer wiki. (not self advertising)
I'll be quick, footyworld is a miraheze wiki on the game / players etc. If interested message me on my talk page, here, or send a hello at the wiki. Thank you for your time. SperosDurrell (talk) 21:02, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

A JS snippet I've just imported isn't working
...no matter how much I've tried it out so far, tweaked the code, or purged the cache.

For my conlang dictionary, I decided to bring back a bit of code today from the old Referata version thereof. At this writing, this is how it's shaped up (from my site's Common.js):

As part of a current test run of the Interlinear feature, I'm trying to make my examples look like those at B.D. Chauvette's. So far, though, the raw code has been unable to change as such (although a few early attempts managed to render bold or italic text properly).

So, to and/or  Did I do it the right way, or is something amiss in the structure (especially as far as the last bit is concerned)? (Nominating anyone else in this field here to give me a hand.)

P.S. My site got mentioned minutes ago at T9031 (thanks to recent problems with refreshLinks). Routhwick (talk) 14:07, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi unpkg.com is not in the CSP whitelist so won't work without a phab task. Apologies for the rubbish job queue, I hope that's not had too much impact.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:13, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the CSP reminder. In that regard, here's the most recent CSP-compatible version:
 * Sorry, pre and indents don't mix well. --Routhwick (talk) 14:47, 5 April 2022 (UTC) Fixed up a week later. --Routhwick (talk) 10:23, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The day after the last reply (last week), I finally got it to work. Valid code follows below:
 * With that out of the way, I leave you with this overview of the local Leipzig.js installation at my creative-venture wiki. Take care!
 * P.S. Thanks to RegexFunctions being recently disabled per T8866, the Dictionary entries and morpheme tables (among other pages) are not in the best of shape design-wise (e.g. Entry:erumi and its morpheme-table counterpart). Once everything returns to normal, I'll remind you. --Routhwick (talk) 15:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * With that out of the way, I leave you with this overview of the local Leipzig.js installation at my creative-venture wiki. Take care!
 * P.S. Thanks to RegexFunctions being recently disabled per T8866, the Dictionary entries and morpheme tables (among other pages) are not in the best of shape design-wise (e.g. Entry:erumi and its morpheme-table counterpart). Once everything returns to normal, I'll remind you. --Routhwick (talk) 15:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

InfoBox not inheriting value of headercolor and headerfontcolor
I've been trying to import the following templates:

https://funkipediamods.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Character

https://funkipediamods.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:ModInfo

When I use the template, it doesn't register the value of the header color and headerfont color. No matter what color is used, it only sticks to one.

I'm not sure if I imported it wrong or if I need to add a certain code to fetch the value on css. FunkipediaFandom (talk) 00:25, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I changed the colour from hex number to colour name and is working now mh:funkipediamods:Template:Character PercyUK (talk) 08:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Although I was hoping it was possible to use the hex color codes for it. Could there be a reason as to why the color names work, but not the hex codes? FunkipediaFandom (talk) 14:59, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * To add, I did try the simple hex codes (#000000 and #FFFFFF) which work, but the complex ones (eg. #DBB7FF) do not FunkipediaFandom (talk) 18:45, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * For future reference, I would like to note that a solution was found on Discord where it was necessary to use lowercase letters in the hex code rather than uppercase letters. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:23, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Replace text on articles
Where can you find the text replacement shortcut feature to replace text on articles? I did it a while back but I forgot where to go to make the change happen. If you can, someone please help. Thanks FineLime (talk) 00:46, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe you're seeking ReplaceText, available at Special:ReplaceText on your wiki. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:45, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

I need help!
I can't create an account here! Every time I try to create an account it always shows "There are some problem in your input"(what it is actually I have forgotten) and "this value is required". 113.65.229.22 04:12, 15 April 2022 (UTC) Ok, problem found, my fault. I'm from China so I have no access to the google recaptcha.--

Problem with line not appearing
Hello, here is my problem: I wanted to place a line under a title on this page: https://fiction.miraheze.org/wiki/Supergirl It appears in preview: ; But when I save the page, it disappears: Why? Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 12:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)