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My friend YashiMC lost access to his acccount along with his wiki
So recently my friend YashiYC lost access to his wiki: https://dubiouslymadness.miraheze.org/wiki/Greetings,_fellow_member_of_the_community. , his old laptop broke down and he forgot the password he used to log on his account, the email he used for his miraheze account was also a temporary email so he can't ask for a password reset either. Before he lost access to his account though he gave me admin and bureaucrat perms. Is there anyway that the wiki ownership can be transferred from his account to mine? Happy Days (talk) 04:28, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I might be wrong here, but bureaucrat is basically owner I think Anpang   Talk  04:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There is no 'wiki owner' on Miraheze. Bureaucrat and admin, along with any local policies and convention are what set local management. You have everything you need to assume control. Ideally though, you make a local post to explain the situation as best as possible so it is not weird and appears to be a coup to anyone who is present in the community. --Raidarr (talk) 10:17, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Happy Days If your friend has no access to their recovery e-mail address for their user account and there are no other bureaucrats on that wiki, and they do not have an alternate account which they've confirmed on-wiki as their alternate account, they will need to complete a local permissions election on the wiki, following these guidelines, then return to this noticeboard when the local process has concluded. Dmehus (talk) 16:13, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Happy Days It looks like you're already a  on this wiki, so you have the capabilities to grant the additional permissions to any newly created user account for your friend. If your friend wants their old username back, they can post a note here requesting to usurp the former username. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:16, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Edit rights on nfcwiki
https://nfcwiki.miraheze.org/ was reopened per Lesogorec's adoption request but turns out that editing of the wiki is restricted only to Verified users group (so previous bureaucrat is the only one who can edit pages on the wiki). I ask you to make that other users could create and edit pages on the wiki so we can have local elections and keep writing articles. WerySkok (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I support this request. Lesogorec (talk) 15:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok and Lesogorec Thank you for identifying this issue. Since the wiki has no recently active local administrators, there were a couple options here. One of which could've been inviting users to attend stewards' noticeboard to request the "verified users" local user group from Stewards in absence of locally available administration, and the other of which would be to grant the  user right to the   group. As this wiki generally does not have a recently active community, nevermind administrators, the former seemed to be a bit problematic from the standpoint of future permissions requests in that only those users who'd requested the verified users group via this noticeboard would be able to participate any such local discussions. So, I've ✅ the   user right to this   user group. If there any other permissions you require below   not requiring an election or any other ManageWiki configuration/extension changes, in order to develop this wiki, please start a new thread on stewards' noticeboard. Thank you Dmehus (talk) 16:06, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, about that. Looks like I don't have right to create pages, even in the main namespace. Can you add this right too? WerySkok (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok That also seems reasonable. Do you want me just to reset the  permissions to the default   group permissions, so that your wiki can have a further local discussion with respect to user groups that exist on the wiki? Dmehus (talk) 16:35, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that would be reasonable so yes, that would be helpful. WerySkok (talk) 16:39, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * WerySkok, This should be ✅ now. Dmehus (talk) 16:53, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

I need to be autoconfirmed on the Horrible Songs and Music Wiki.
I need to be autoconfirmed on the Horrible Songs and Music Wiki. Why? Because so I can edit. That's the thing. MarioBobFan (talk) 04:43, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * If you mean this wiki, I wouldn't recommend contributing to that wiki, because someone tried to adopt it, and the election took forever. I'd recommend contributing to mh:worstmusicandsongs:Worst Music & Songs Wiki, as it is the new version. FatBurn0000 (talk) 07:27, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh. MarioBobFan (talk) 01:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Dormancy Exemption - Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki
Hello I would like to request a dormancy exemption for hypotheticalhurricanes.miraheze.org as this wiki as of the time of writing has over 13,000 pages and I am working with another user uploading all the images currently. I believe a wiki of this size and potential activity should warrant an inactivity exemption. Thank you in advance. Hypercane (  talk ) 07:30, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Hypercane, thank you for your request for an exemption to our Dormancy Policy, originally made via IRC, which I've now reviewed and assessed. That's great you're working on importing images still&mdash;it's important work, but can be time-consuming. We typically assess requests on a two-part basis, one being sufficient quality content made to be read by real human beings and the other being need&mdash;a wiki with a very activity community of users would not need an exemption. In your case, the first part is easily met, having migrated existing content from the Fandom wiki version, with some 13,000 (or so) quality and substantive pages. In terms of need, this is also met, as your Miraheze community is still small and has few active contributors. Thus, I've ✅ this request indefinitely, but please do note that this is not a permanent exemption, and should your wiki's activity change that it no longer needs an inactivity exemption, this can be removed. Additionally, you're encouraged to proactively advise us here of such circumstantial changes. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 07:37, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

An issue on mh:awesomethemeparksandattractions:Awesome Theme Parks and Attractions Wiki
For some reason, despite that I am autoconfirmed on this wiki (I have made over 10 edits and have been registered to the wiki for over 4 days) I cannot comment on pages. FatBurn0000 (talk) 09:51, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there! It looks like you have not yet assigned the required  permission to any of your user groups. You can assign this permission to your desired group by visiting Special:ManageWiki/permissions on the wiki in question and assigning   to your desired user group. Hope this helps!  dross  (t • c • g) 10:02, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Are you sure I don't have to be a bureaucrat to do that? FatBurn0000 (talk) 21:38, 15 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I could get that fixed. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 22:20, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Global lock for Key-Power
He is going to make the fake Usopedia. There is evidence on this page. "偽Usopediaでも作りません?" means "Would you like to make a fake Usopedia?". This is a sabotage to Usopedia. I would like a global lock for Key-Power.--Egg (talk) 12:58, 1 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Egg While there is no policy to globally lock users who are making a content fork, these forks (if on Miraheze) must abide by the Content Policy. One of the provisions of it states "A wiki must not create problems which make it difficult for other wikis" which includes making a content fork with little to no attempts to meditate any issues with the original community. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 13:06, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I will examine this more closely, Egg. Another user from that wiki, who is a wiki creator but whose username uses a non-English script so can't easily copy/paste due to technical issues with my Vivaldi web browser, reported this user for potential abuse of multiple accounts and crosswiki vandalism. That investigation has largely been completed, but has been pended for consultation with other Stewards. Dmehus (talk) 00:43, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * S/he was determined by Usopedia to be a ロープTA sock puppet and was blocked indefinitely. The rationale is described below.
 * Uncyclopedia's CheckUser proved that the user named "風呂ックス" who was active in Japanese Uncyclopedia was the same as Uncyclopedia's ロープTA (CheckUser request page in Uncyclopedia).
 * 風呂ックス suggested in Japanese Uncyclopedia that it was the same as Miraheze's account "Key-Power" (My talk page in Uncyclopedia has the description "どれだけPowerをかけても壊れなさそうなKeyをどうぞ! {English: Please have a Key that will not break no matter how much power you apply!}", which contains the words "Key" and "Power").
 * In other words, ロープTA = Japanese Uncyclopedia's 風呂ックス = Miraheze's Key-Power.
 * Therefore, we will request global lock for each of the following accounts, assuming that they are abuses using sock puppets.
 * ロープTA
 * ロープ (Sub account of ロープTA)
 * C2H6O (The first account used to break the block)
 * Key-Power (The second account used to break the block)
 * Special:CentralAuth/Key-Power(Bot) (Sub account of Key-Power)
 * -- Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  05:43, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Schwarz, apologies for no ping. I'm not sure if this was a Vivaldi web browser change or what, but I can't seem to copy and paste your username without it pasting the unicode equivalents. At any rate, I appreciate your follow up, and for the additional details. I need to refresh my memory on this, and will aim to have this resolved this week. Dmehus (talk) 05:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Schwarz, the users you've identified have been ✅ in accordance with user accounts policy, per their obvious attempts to use their accounts for deceptive and/or nefarious purposes (i.e., to vandalize or otherwise disrupt local wikis). If you identify accounts operating in a similar fashion, or have specific wikis this user, or their socks, has created that we should be paying particular attention to, please do follow up here, whether in this thread or a new thread (if it's archived). Dmehus (talk) 07:37, 17 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your support. When a block or other disposition is imposed, this user tends to be upset against the user who made the disposition or the user who is hostile to him. Therefore, s/he may break the block or destroy the wiki again. Therefore, if similar users or similar behaviors are confirmed again in the future, I will promptly report.-- Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  08:21, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Requests for adoption
There appears to be a problem going on with this page and its archives. Multiple requests keep getting archived despite not being finished. For example, worsttvnetworks.miraheze.org, ethereumanarchy.miraheze.org, phix.miraheze.org, 5b5t.miraheze.org, doktok.miraheze.org, symbian.miraheze.org, ukps.miraheze.org, rebelwisdom.miraheze.org, samsstudynet.miraheze.org, justparty2022.miraheze.org and umga.miraheze.org were all archived at Requests for adoption/Archive 8 despite not being looked at. Also, beautifullogos.miraheze.org and villains.miraheze.org were marked as not done, but they had received responses by the requester that were ignored. Could someone please have a look at this? Thanks, FatBurn0000 (talk) 11:11, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Archival is occurring as an automatic process, but the Stewards are simply incapable of keeping up in pace to both review previous entries comprehensively and keep up with new ones in a timely manner. There are two answers here, fixing bot to accommodate the status or fixing the pace particularly given a new hand on deck... --Raidarr (talk) 11:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I have responded to all current requests. With regards to archived in progress ones dating from month than a month ago - if the requester still wishes to have the request reviewed, they are more than welcome to re-make the request to show continued interest in re-opening the relevant wikis. John (talk) 13:22, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the reviews, as well as additional steps to review the system in general as I notice in Recent Changes. --Raidarr (talk) 15:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

And what about the wrongfully archived discussions? FatBurn0000 (talk) 06:07, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

I would like you to lock my account because I no longer want to use it
I would like you to lock my account because I no longer want to use it Brownie the Quincy Elf (talk) 03:16, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Brownie the Quincy Elf, ✅. Dmehus (talk) 07:15, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Request for revoke globalblock-whitelist permission on local wiki
The  permission can be granted using the ManageWiki on the local wiki. As a result, User:Key-Power, who is requested to have a global lock on this page, is trying to break the block by invalidating the global lock of his IP address on the mh:jpbankwiki: (at that time, a global lock request was issued. Immediately after it was done). Therefore, I request that the  permission cannot be granted locally. Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  05:17, 17 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Schwarz, while I do agree that there are few legitimate reasons for this user right, I do think this would need a global community discussion that assess those likely few legitimate use cases and weighs them against reasons for limiting this user right to Stewards. In any case, I also feel this isn't the right approach in this case. The global block can instead be reenabled on this wiki, to prevent further abuse. I'm keeping an eye on this wiki, and related wikis, created by the user you've identified. As you've been monitoring this user's crosswiki behaviour and editing fairly closely, any additional wikis we should be monitoring would be helpful. Dmehus (talk) 07:22, 17 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Dmehus Thank you for your support. At this time I am not aware of any other wikis or users that need to be monitored. However, if similar users appear in the future, I will keep you informed.-- Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  08:17, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Can you please reopen these wikis?
Can you please reopen these wikis? https://fantastictoys.miraheze.org/wiki/Fantastic_Toys_Wiki https://upsettingtoys.miraheze.org/wiki/Upsetting_Toys_Wiki https://fantasticlegosets.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page https://garbagelegos.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page That's the things. MarioBobFan (talk) 23:25, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * None of these require Steward involvement, at least through the noticeboard. The toy wikis were manually closed by a request for comment process on the central Qualitipedia area. Admittedly I'm not sure why they were made actually private and a proper notice was not placed on them as I recommended at the time. However, per the link I outline above you may request to adopt them as a wiki normally would be or contact if you want to take administrative responsibility. The first lego wiki is not closed. The second appears locked by genuine inactivity, but based on its list of staff you would be able to contact the user, who is very active on other reception wikis and would be able to assist you with this. Alternatively you could start the adoptions process with it. Raidarr (talk) 01:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * MarioBobFan, I'll take a look at this request tomorrow. From the linked local RfC, I'm seeing users having mixed feelings on closing the wikis, or to "cutting them loose" from the Qualitipedia wikis. Given there was no consensus for closing the wikis, reopening these wikis is reasonable, and given that DarkMatterMan4500 has locally expressed a view to either close them or cut them loose, that is, arguably, his de facto abdication of any role in the wiki. So, it seems to me what needs to happen is for the wikis to be reopened, and for me to invite remaining contributors to the wiki to put their names forward for the remaining community's consideration for election. Dmehus (talk) 04:46, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Fantastic LEGO Sets Wiki is still open, and plus, the toy reception wikis were closed for a reason. I'm unsure why GLSW was closed, in fact, if you ask me, they actually have potential unlike the toy wikis, as their toys are probably easier to make pages on than other toys. FatBurn0000 (talk) 08:02, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * and ;GLSW was timed out from inactivity most likely. The Toy wikis were not closed in a way that prohibits re-opening by invested users, in fact the linked Request for Comment and the summary provided above indicate that interested parties can still adopt and reopen them if they wish. They were simply closed in addition to cutting off from QP because nobody, including their current most active members who I went out of my way to contact, wanted to a) do anything with them or b) take administrative responsibility by adopting them. So they were closed until such a time someone proved they had the interest to actually give them a shot, which wasn't really proven in their lifespan previously. It's worth noting that there is only one case here of 'mixed feelings' to close the Toy wikis, and previously there was a snowball against their continued operation again by the aforementioned RfC. The oppositions largely lacked any actual contribution to the wikis they were defending and only opposed on principle they 'could be useful', not with any apparent intent of actually addressing the concerns of their operation. --Raidarr (talk) 12:32, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I could re-open them at a reasonable request, so, if I do see the next one, I will probably re-open given that I'm a bureaucrat of that wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 10:31, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 That's up to you, but did you have a discussion with other contributors or bureaucrats on that wiki to close them? If so, then I'd recommend discussing with those parties first before reopening. Also, if you can link me to the discussion, that'd be great, too. Dmehus (talk) 02:25, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Why yes, there was a mention of closing the wikis as part of this RfC on Qualitipedia Central. I'd be more than inclined to re-open it if people vote for it to be re-opened. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 02:30, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Thank you for that, and for saying they're part of that the included scope of wikis to either cut loose or close. I would personally recommend closing that discussion. If you and other bureaucrats are not comfortable reading the consensus of the discussion, or your local policies or conventions preclude involved closures, I'd be most happy to assess that consensus and close that discussion for you. From my initial read, there's a clear/strong consensus against retaining the wikis as Qualitipedia wikis. There's not a clear consensus as to whether there's a preference to close or cut loose the wikis, so that's within the closing bureaucrat's discretion, unless local policies preclude that, or it would fall to existing bureaucrats, presumably as part of some sort of 'crat chat, to determine how to administratively effect the outcome of the RfC. If you do opt to administratively cut loose the wikis instead of closing them, arguably, that then becomes a new wiki, and so there should be some sort of new discussion for the prior community contributors to the wiki to decide to the initial team of bureaucrats, administrators, etc., and what the requirements are for those team members to be elected, removed, or how they may be removed (i.e., by local bureaucrat or, as is preferred, by Steward). So those are the sort of procedural/administrative things you and your team need to decide as part of that RfC's closure. If Stewards' assistance is requested in some way, whether to close the RfC or administratively remove bureaucrat rights or reopen the wiki(s) to allow a new community formation discussion to get underway, we're happy to assist, but as of this point, the ball is in your court, so to speak. :) Dmehus (talk) 15:51, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The discussion was already closed awhile back. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:40, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Update: GLSW has been reopened thanks to JrStudios. FatBurn0000 (talk) 22:57, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Just a question
How do you merge wikis? FatBurn0000 (talk) 19:54, 10 November 2021 (UTC)


 * FatBurn0000, for your question. There isn't an easy one-click way to merge a wiki, but rather, what you can do is, using the Special:DataDump, then, on your new wiki, create a separate namespace, perhaps bearing the name of the merged wiki for convenience, and file a Phabricator ticket for SRE to import the XML dump you generated into that newly created namespace on your new wiki. Once that's done, you can then move the pages, without a leaving a redirect, out of the temporary namespace into your new wiki's main, project, and other relevant namespaces. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 08:01, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

When you say "new wiki", do you mean the wiki that the other wiki is going to be merged into, or do you mean the wiki that is going to merge into the other one? FatBurn0000 (talk) 09:03, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
 * FatBurn0000 Good question. It could be a brand new wiki, or just a surviving wiki that shares a similar purpose and broad scope to the wiki you're seeking to merge. Essentially, the merged wiki would be better to refer to as the merging wiki (i.e., the one you intend to delete once the merge is finalized) and the merging wiki is the other wiki/new wiki to which the merging wiki would be merged into. Hope that clarifies. Dmehus (talk) 16:26, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry I'm replying to this so late, but what are the required permissions to merge a wiki? FatBurn0000 (talk) 23:03, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

CheckUser Request
Recently, a user named mh:freshwebsites:BraceletyFan77 was blocked by me on the Fresh Websites Wiki for comparing Wikipedia similarly to the Nazis, as well as making ranty and unhelpful edits. Some time after the user's block, a new account called mh:freshwebsites:LionCooler was created to tell me something related to the block on my talk page. My talk page was the only edits said user made, and there has been evidence to support that this is indeed a sockpuppetry case, such as a username that seems to mock my own and that the account seems to be made just to defend BraceletyFan. However, on their talk page, BraceletyFan77 claims that they are not the same person and told me to do a CheckUser request, stating that their IP addresses are different. While this does bring me suspicions said user is using a different computer or device to edit, I would still like a CheckUser request to see if these two accounts are indeed not the same IP address. TigerBlazer (talk) 16:07, 18 November 2021 (UTC)


 * TigerBlazer Could you please link to where on  LionCooler edited in a similar fashion to BraceletyFan77, or otherwise provided some sort of behavioural or circumstantial connection that the pair of users are likely to be related to each other? Thank you. (For clarity, I have seen the user talk page comments, and am not seeing anything that comes close enough to being a confession. Even if there were such evidence, this would, in my view, be a good-faith local appeal of the local block of their main account, if they made no edits with the alternative account outside of the appeal on their or your user talk page and did so because the user talk page on the main account had been revoked [and not revoked with good cause, such as repetitive, frivolous, and/or vexatious appeals]. This is precisely why we recommend not revoking user talk page access with all local blocks. :)) Dmehus (talk) 20:09, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I could provide some context here: LionCooler suddenly came to TigerBlazer's user talk page just to say something about Godwin's Law, and I basically asked LionCooler how they knew TigerBlazer, which raises this question: If he didn't know, then why would he suddenly write on his talk page regarding that topic, which BraceletyFan77 compared Wikipedia to that of nazis? BraceletyFan77 was blocked shortly after that, and that's when LionCooler appeared. Does that help clarify things here? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, can't forget that BraceletyFan77 even asked for a Steward to do a CheckUser on him from his talk page. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:28, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 Thank for your reply. I have seen the edits you referenced. While I agree they're a tad suspicious, it's also possible the user is either (a) a returning Miraheze user under a different username or (b) a legitimate alternate account of another user, though likely someone who's been on Miraheze before. Nevertheless, as I said, even if they are related, which is possible, as their only edits were to TigerBlazer's user talk page, this would amount to a good-faith (albeit very badly formed and likely incomplete) appeal of their local block. Ideally, they should have used their main account, if they're indeed the same user, since the main account's user talk page has not been revoked, but they may not have known that. As such, I see no need for further action globally at this point. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 20:35, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for responding. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:43, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * DarkMatterMan4500 ✅. Happy to provide clarification. Dmehus (talk) 20:44, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Global block request
Vandalized on this wiki here putting pejorative images. If it's not possible to block globally by the rules, block it locally. YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 17:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I would like to note that this user has been globally locked by Trust and Safety so no further action is required. See log action #672480 for confirmation. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:25, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I took the precaution of emailing Trust & Safety on the day that it occurred. This has since been ✅. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:22, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * and Everything was resolved and   YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 01:57, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

wiki deletion
Can you delete this wiki for me please https://ytpmv.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

The owner has gone silent, and there is lack of interest from the community this wiki was supposed to be for APRKSMS (talk) 02:00, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


 * If you aren't the owner, you can't delete it, but you can request it to be adopted if you want. Anpang   Talk  06:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Do note that wiki's do not have owners, the highest on-wiki right you can get is . Per your CentralAuth, you appear to be a local bureaucrat. As such, if there is community consensus, then the wiki may be closed. A Steward will reply shortly to this and process your request, please standby, thanks.  Agent Isai  Talk to me! 06:21, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * APRKSMS, thank you for your request to delete your wiki. Indeed, as one of only two contributors to this wiki, contributing more than 92% of all edits and 99% of all logged actions on this wiki, as well as the fact that the other contributor has been inactive for nearly a year, this has now been ✅, per your request. Should the other user return to Miraheze, as this is a public wiki, they'll be a publicly available XML dump on the Internet Archive. Dmehus (talk) 20:03, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Global Lock for ロープ
Sockpuppet of Key-Power and alternative account of ロープTA AlPaD (talk) 14:48, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

✅. Dmehus (talk) 19:52, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Could you provide some evidence so that a Steward can verify your claim? Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, in Stewards' noticeboard AlPaD (talk) 16:19, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * AlPaD This is a stale sockpuppet scenario, but that being said, in this case, the behavioural evidence together with the on-wiki log evidence make this quite clear, so this has been

Issue creating wiki
While creating Drapedia Wiki per wiki request 21548, a Redis issue occured and Lastro@drapediawiki, the requester, was not properly promoted to  and. As such, I am requesting a Steward manually promote them, thank you! Agent Isai Talk to me! 18:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Agent Isai, ✅, with a big for the link to the wiki request and the userrights interwiki link, which made for very efficient, streamlined processing of this request. Dmehus (talk) 19:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Add me as a bureau of
Netherite, a cool bureaucrat, has been inactive, and my iPad (which hosts my 2FA info for main account) is unavailable for the time being. -- Cheers, Bongo Cat ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:09, 20 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Bongo Cat, thank for your request. As you've previously confirmed Bongo Cat as the legitimate alternate account of your main account and per your articulated rationale in this request and further elucidated to Stewards on IRC privately, this has been ✅. Dmehus (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Change wiki's bureaucrat for nfcwiki.miraheze.org
nfcwiki has been recently reopened per Adoption request and then I held a week-long election which proposes Lesogorec to be wiki's bureaucrat and also proposes that previous bureucrat, Birevan, would lose his rights (his last edits clearly say that he left wiki and had no will to continue it). The results were 2 votes (Me and Lesogorec) in favor of both propositions. That's why I'm requesting you to make Lesogorec new wiki's bureaucrat and revoke these rights from previous one. WerySkok (talk) 18:21, 21 November 2021 (UTC)


 * WerySkok, Thank you for your request. Please see my local comments in the close and consensus determination. This now been ✅ (#1 and #2) Dmehus (talk) 01:17, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Two vandalism accounts
So I was checking up on my wiki, Absurd Shows & Episodes Wiki, and I came across two users named TBC280 and TBC230 who had been uploading random files to the wiki. I mass deleted the files and blocked both users. Judging how by both of their usernames are almost identical I am assuming they are the same person. These seem to be vandalism-only accounts as the random files they have been uploading are unrelated to the topic of the wikis. They mostly seem to have vandalized my wiki, and they have made very few edits on other wikis, which seem to be the same. One of them also made an edit here on Meta which was reverted. Can you lock these accounts. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:58, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I was actually watching from this wikifarm's server, particularly on both the and   channels, and I'm not sure what  will say in response to this however. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 00:05, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blubabluba9990, thank you for your report of substantially similar random image upload vandalism to your . Behaviourally and in terms of username similarity, they look very much like clear illegitimate sockpuppet accounts, but in other terms, this is inconclusive. So the question becomes: are they vandalism only accounts? More or less, yes, but it's one wiki and the vandalism could conceivably be good-faith in the sense that they may not understand your wiki's scope. I would instead suggest providing each user a firm warning on each of their user talk and pages, guiding them to your wiki's scope and established local editing norms, conventions, and policies, as well as too user accounts policy, a global policy, and advise us here (or via a new thread, if this one is later archived) by the bot if you see similar accounts popping up and engaging in a similar fashion. This may provide for more conclusivity here. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 00:34, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The images were completely unrelated to the subject of the wiki, and it seems more like deliberate vandalism rather than misunderstanding the purpose of the wiki. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 19:50, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Change subdomain
I'm not sure if this should be put on phabricator so I put it here

I'd like to change the subdomain (and server name of course) of minecraft technical wiki from mctwiki to mcnbwiki, I'm rebranding the wiki to a wiki about minecraft noteblocks and music. The original minecraft wiki already has quite a bit of technical content. Anpang  Talk  04:37, 22 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Anpang This is done on Phabricator, as it involves changing your wiki's database name, so SRE will need to be engaged. I will request this for you, linking to this request. Note, though, that your former subdomain will not redirect to your new subdomain. Dmehus (talk) 04:40, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh ok. Thanks! Anpang   Talk  04:42, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! ✅. Dmehus (talk) 04:45, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

I've lost my admin permissions
Hi, I lost admin permissions in my own wiki after deleting the category "burocrats"... so now I can't do anything in my wiki :/ Please help me, I don't know what to do, thanks in advance! This is my wiki: https://ikhi.miraheze.org/ Adri Ikharai (talk) 20:18, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 20:24, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah... thanks, but I need to be re-added in that category. Now I can't do anything just as before. Adri Ikharai (talk) 20:32, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ in the thread below. Dmehus (talk) 02:54, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Lacking of admin permissions...
I lost my admin permissions after deleting "bureaucrats" category. An helper replied to me "recreated", so he probably recreated the category, but he didn't put me into that category. Now I'm only in "user" category and I can't do anything on my own wiki. Help me please! I need to be re-added into the admin category :/ My wiki: https://ikhi.miraheze.org/ Adri Ikharai (talk) 21:06, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Adri Ikharai This looks to have been ✅ by John already. Everything looks to be in order here. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 02:52, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, seems he did after my reply! :D Adri Ikharai (talk) 07:33, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, fair enough. :) Dmehus (talk) 05:04, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Nintendo Wiki (1 week has passed)
Hi, so 1 week has passed since I filed a request for bureaucrat rights on this wiki. There hasn't been any opposition & the site's original founder has not replied to my question (they only ever edited the front page). Can this be considered a successful run for bureaucrat rights? RMV2003 (talk) 18:42, 23 November 2021 (UTC)


 * RMV2003. please do see my local closing comments and consensus determination. ✅. Dmehus (talk) 05:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :) RMV2003 (talk) 15:35, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Pages on Polandball Wiki corrupted and can't be fixed
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When i try to edit Polandball Wiki on some pages it gets corrupted and when i try to decorrupt them i get a message saying that adding gender to pronouns is banned

Agent Isai says that he is trying to decorrupt them from this issue but so far no issues are fixed and some pages corrupted are Polandball, Vietnamball, Japanball, and Floridaball Tanawat2002 (talk) 19:18, 23 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Note that we at SRE are fully aware and have taken steps to correct the issue. A simple fix for it is to restore an earlier revision which should fix it. I plan to post a guide later and/or using a bot to restore earlier revisions of affected pages. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 19:42, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Please lock my account
Please globally lock this account and my old account, Arctic01. I know that I haven't done much on my newer account because I originally had plans to make contributions but I eventually changed my mind and had other plans. In addition, I moved accounts as if you were to examine my old account, it shows that I have done at least a decent amount of contributions to some wikis on Miraheze. Not to mention, it's been a long time since I've last used Miraheze and I don't have any interest on using it any longer. Thank you! AbsoluteZeroWind (talk) 15:56, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * P.S. I logged in using my old account just to confirm that I'm not impersonating anybody, and that the message above was the message sent by me. Arctic01 (talk) 16:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * AbsoluteZeroWind, formerly known as Arctic01 (nee Voltuse), thank you for proactively providing the account confirmation link. This has been ✅ now, per your request. Dmehus (talk) 05:14, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * AbsoluteZeroWind, your new main account has also now been ✅. Dmehus (talk) 05:19, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

3 accounts abusing multiple accounts and vandalizing on my wiki
Hello, so recently, 3 accounts were created on the same day at the same time on a wiki of mine, called Good Quotev Users Wiki. Here are the vandals listed below: The Deltarune account also vandalized on one of my pages (look at the revisions on the Siixer page). Can you globally lock them for abusing multiple accounts and vandalizing if you can? If not, I'm cool with that. Thanks! -- Perry The Chiweenie (talk) 18:32, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Android17
 * Deltarune
 * And I think SillyFunkyAwesome might be the same person as well, as he just came to my wiki, just to put stuff like, "I am farting and pooping" in his sandbox, and then put "I am in the toilet" as his edit summary, and all 3 accounts basically talked about that stuff.


 * Perry The Chiweenie Thank you for your report, and for not revoking the talk page access for the users whom you suspect of being the main account. I've ✅ your provided report, though it is lacking in specific diffs. That being said, there were not many to look through, so I've looked through them. I agree that Android17 made one edit on the wiki that suggests the user may be related to Deltarune, but it's one edit and may have been because they weren't aware of user accounts policy or how to appeal their local block. In terms of whether Deltarune is a vandalism only account, ❌. Though this edit is vandalism, it's only one edit on one wiki. I would personally suggest you avoid being too quick to block new users, and instead guide them, via their user talk page and point them to your wiki's community-established local policies. You could, absolutely, accompany, that warning with a short block, if you wish, but in this way, you (a) assume good faith and (b) have a diff to later provide to Stewards, should the user continue to violate the wiki's policies or engage in vandalism/unconstructive editing. From the looks of it, the user just needs a mentor and to use edit summaries explaining their edits. As for SillyFunkyAwesome, those edits don't look related to the other two users at all, but I appreciate you've not revoked their user talk page access. I would instead suggest you guide them, like Deltarune. So marking this as a good-faith report ❌. Dmehus (talk) 05:01, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! — Perry The Chiweenie (talk) 18:15, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Adding two ManageWiki options for Recent Changes
Hello, I have recently adopted Nintendo Wiki, and have been making various design changes, including from Special:ManageWiki. One of the things I noticed is that it doesn't allow the wiki to enable the "Use non-JavaScript interface" by default or disable "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" by default. Can this be added as an option? I intend the design for Nintendo Wiki to be a throwback to classic Nintendo fansites as well as wikis, and the former would help with that. The latter is just so that the recent changes displays in chronological order.

In localsettings, the following would be added:


 * $wgDefaultUserOptions['rcenhancedfilters-disable'] = 1;
 * $wgDefaultUserOptions['usenewrc'] = 0; RMV2003 (talk) 21:06, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * RMV2003 Though this setting is unrestricted and does not require the  user right, I have ✅ this for you per your request here at stewards' noticeboard because it is in a less than obvious place and because I want to see whether this has worked. For future reference, it is in Special:ManageWiki/settings, then the "Preferences" tab, then the   variable, which provides a drop-down to select various hidden preferences values (not sure what the technical term is for them). The way Universal Omega has set them up, you simply add, or remove, the preference, so I can only assume that the outcome for each preference is binary&mdash;that is to say, enabling or disabling a preference sets the value to either   or  . Hopefully this worked, though. :) Dmehus (talk) 03:15, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It does not appear to have worked but has rather removed both as an option in Special:Preferences and has forced the default setting back on me (with no way of changing it back unless I remove what was added to Wghiddenprefs). RMV2003 (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * RMV2003 Okay, I suspect this is still what you will want, as this removes the ability for users to change this setting in their local preferences. So I'd recommend keeping it. That being said, I suspect what we also need to do is to set those settings for  in  . Are you familiar with GitHub? If so, you can submit a pull request for your wiki using GitHub. Your wiki database name is  . The repository you want is this one. If not, let me know, and I will attempt the pull request for you. Dmehus (talk) 03:28, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Well the thing is that I wanted the older recent changes as a default. When those two tags were added it removed the option, as expected. However, what went wrong is that it forced me to use the newer recent changes design that's been around since like MediaWiki 1.34 or so, but I wanted it to set the older recent changes as the default option. Also I have heard of GitHub, but do not know how to use it. RMV2003 (talk) 03:34, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * RMV2003, okay, I'll take a look at doing a pull request for you to effect this tomorrow, if someone else hasn't already handled it by then. Dmehus (talk) 05:03, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * thank you, i appreciate it RMV2003 (talk) 06:05, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Manually promote user
Recently, I created  per wiki request #21634. However, it seems that GT610@distrowikiwiki, the requester, was not automatically promoted to  and. As such, I am requesting a Steward manually promote them, thank you! Agent Isai Talk to me! 08:55, 26 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Agent Isai, ✅. Dmehus (talk) 16:12, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Bureaucrat
I adopted Chemistry Wiki here, I did some edits to the wiki, can I get bureaucrat or administrator there now? Do I need to hold a local election? Anpang  Talk   Stuff  11:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

How do I add colors to a wiki?
I want to make the background color of my wiki, Appalling TikToks Wiki, black, but I don't know how. SleepParalysisDemon (talk) 16:49, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Please ask on Discord or here. Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 16:51, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Can you delete The Wow House Wiki
A while ago, I requested the deletion of my wiki, The Fowl House Wiki, due to a lack of contributors. I would also like The Wow House Wiki to be closed, since like The Fowl House Wiki, there have been no active contributions. I requested the deletion of the FANDOM version of the wiki a while ago, and the request was accepted. I then privated and closed the wiki, and requested its deletion in the same place I requested the deletion for The Fowl House Wiki. However, this has not been done, and The Wow House Wiki continues to just sit collecting dust. So I would like you to delete it.

Here is the link to the Main Page of the wiki: The Wow House Wiki. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 16:52, 28 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Blubabluba9990, as you're the only unlocked contributor to this wiki and per your rationale, this has been ✅ per your request. Dmehus (talk) 17:12, 28 November 2021 (UTC)