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Delete wikirlevip.miraheze.org
Hello. I tried using Miraheze, but actually I would like to use Wikia to run Wikirlevip. So, could you delete wikirlevip.miraheze.org please? All the datas in wikirlevip.miraheze.org are just copies from wikirlevip.wikia.com, so I don't mind deleting wikirlevip.miraheze.org completely. Best regards. --Fuji kyosuke (talk) 15:40, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * First, you can make your wiki "closed" via Special:ManageWiki of your wiki. Then, ask for deletion on Phabricator. You can find a similar case here.-- 12:21, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

linen.miraheze.org as a "read" WIKI
Hi Stewards,

I am the originator and main contributor to the WIKI "Wings of Linen" (linen.miraheze.org), which is a informational site about WWI aircraft, scale models thereof, and their use in games. The WIKI already has hundreds of pages and redirects with hundreds of hours of work put into it.

As an informational site, there will be times when a lot of data is added to the site, and there will be times when it is mostly used as a static reference, with few edits.

I would like to apply for it to be added as an exception to the general Dormancy Policy under the clause, "Wikis made to be read, where a lot of information is already on wiki and doesn't need to be actively edited." I think this WIKI very well meets that definition (although I hope over time to recruit more contributors and thereby encourage more frequent edits). Otherwise it is vulnerable to the dormant-WIKI policy any time my hands get too full to make new contributions for a few weeks.

Thanks,

ReducedAircraftFactory (talk) 18:44, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 20:20, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Check IP adress for potential duplicate user
Hello!

This is all taking place on zendari.miraheze.org.

Would it be possible for you to check the IP adresses for the users "AnickaFryckova" and "Simonka1234567" (without the quotes)? The admins of the wiki (me along with others) are suspicious of them being duplicate users.

We run an online song contest where people create their own countries and compete, and we do not allow users to have more than one country/account. They just made a suspicious edit that might indicate that they are using multiple accounts.

All I need to know is if the IP adresses are similar, or if one of them is using an IP adress which might look like a proxy. They're both from Czech Republic, so both IP adresses should point to Czech Republic. If they don't, then we can pretty easily confirm that one of the accounts are using a proxy.

Thanks in advance!

~ Stewen (talk) 17:03, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I can confirm from a technical view, the accounts are technically identically. It is beyond reasonable doubt that the accounts are operated by the same person on a technical level. John (talk) 21:36, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikicreator
Hello! I would like to help the community and become a Wiki creator, if possible. I have read the manual. OlegCinema (talk) 08:39, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * We always need new wiki creators, so I see no problems with approving this request. A steward may grant the rights. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:41, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Please also add me. I've read and translated the manual, and I understand it well. In addition, I'm familiar with Japanese wikis, making it possible to check whether it is appropriate (or possible spoofing, faking) for a certain user to create a wiki related to Japanese wikis outside.-- 01:55, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Please decline request #5238, as this guy is trying to create a fake website.
This guy is trying to create Usopedia(ウソペディア), WITHOUT the official permission of the real Usopedia. The name of this guy is a nickname of me (an admin on Usopedia) in an online bulletin board in Japan, and this guy is trying to interrupt our (possible) plan to move Usopedia to miraheze. Thus, please decline the request, and do not let him open a fake Usopedia. -- 10:31, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I've found out that one of the wiki creators have already created the website, unfortunately, and probably without knowing what's going on. This is completely against the will of Usopedia, and I'd like you to close the website immediately.-- 10:34, 24 June 2018 (UTC),
 * @開拓者,Yes is me, I am sorry you post just your message when i click to Submit :/, sysadmin can review this please Videojeux4 (talk) 10:40, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * OK.. If it's related to sysadmins, should I also post it on Phab?-- 10:43, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 待ってください. ウソのペディアなんて安直な名称なんて、被ってもおかしくありませんよね？User_talk:huttleyを御覧ください.
 * Stop!!!"ウソペディア"is "ウソ"+"ペディア"."ウソ" is a "lie"."ウソペディア" is about lie!It is a simple name, and it can be casually overlapped.So, I'm sorry for Mr. 開拓者, but I would like you to endure it.--Huttley (talk) 14:00, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * This guy claims that s/he has succeeded a private wiki created 7 years ago, which is unlikely, as s/he cannot show any verifiable proofs. Rather, there are several unlikely matches between usopedia.aioilight.space and usopedia on miraheze (user name, wiki name, and timing), indicating s/he is trying to disrupt our migration.
 * Please also note that LTAs on Japanese wikis are already using miraheze, and has created "unofficial" English enpedia WITHOUT discussing on the ORIGINAL enpedia, which is a Japanese wiki and so far has no plan to create other language version. The case of usopedia might be similar (that is, the Miraheze Usopedia might have been requested by an LTA on the original Usopedia).-- 00:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Please do not judge LTA.
 * @Videojeux4"enpedia" is "en" + "pedia". "usopedia" is "uso" + "pedia"."en"(not "EN"glish!) has no meaning in Japanese. but "uso" has the meaning of a "lie" in Japanese. So,"enpedia" is a unique and not used much name, but "usopedia" is a simple name. unique and not used much name rarely coincide by chance, but there is a high possibility of overlapping if simple names. Actually, there are many "usopedia" in Japan. Because it is a simple name, I think that this is the first come, first served.
 * and, Mr.開拓者 said "LTA,Spoofing", so, I am very unpleasant.
 * LTAと決めつけないでください.
 * @開拓者"ウソペディア"は "ウソ" + "ペディア"です. つまり、"ウソペディア"は単純な名前です. だから、単純な名前では重複の可能性が高いです. 実際、日本には多くの "ウソペディア"があります. これは単純な名前なので、先着順だと思います. 成り済ましだと疑われ残念ですが、名前が単純だとこれだけ申し上げているのに、妨害と決め付けるのですか？決めつけられ、とても不愉快です. --Huttley (talk) 06:06, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I didn't determine that YOU ARE ACTUALLY AN LTA, did I? I was just talking about possibilities. Enpedia is an abbreviated form of Encyclopedia, and "en" has lots of meaning in Japanese, as a matter of fact (ex. the currency "yen" is actually pronounced and written "en(えん)"). He claims that the wiki originates from mushroomwiki (which is a private wiki, while Usopedia is a public wiki), and I don't see any reason that s/he needed to change the wiki's name, even if the wiki acutually existed. There are, in fact, some websites using the same name, but most of them are the previous domains of Usopedia. In addition, he doesn't have a good explanation for the user name Huttley (one coincidence might occur, but 2 or more (including the timing) are very unlikely, unless you are doing it intentionally).
 * I should also note that, even though the claimed copyright is dated in 2011 (7 years ago), the page was last modified at , indicating that the page was created just a few hours ago, just to justify his/her action (in addition, its only readable subpage was last modified at  ).-- 10:41, 25 June 2018 (UTC)modded.-- 11:15, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 肝心のところを間違えていますね. "最終更新"であり、"作成"ではない. そこが重要です. あなたが提示した時刻、確かにプログラマリオ氏に見せるために表示内容を更新し、usopedia.aioilight.spaceさま向けのメッセージを追加、翌日、さらに文字に色付けをしています. 最終更新だけで、私が不正を行うために作ったと何故言えるのですか？
 * 重ねて言います. "ウソのペディア"というこんなに単純で安直な名前が被ったというだけなのに、まだあなたは"偽のウェブサイトを作成しようとしている"と投稿するのですか？私が１年前にusopedia.miraheze.orgを作っていても、偽物だと言うですか？単純な名前ですから、早い者勝ちです. 無料のサービスですから余計です. もし私がusopedia.comを作っていたら成り済ましだと訴えるのですか？？関連性をきっぱりと我々は否定しているので、これ以上文句を言わないでください.
 * You are mistaking the key point. It is "last update", not "create". That is important. The time you presented, certainly updates the display content to show to Mr. プログラマリオ, adds a message for usopedia.aioilight.space, color the letters the next day the next day. Why can you say that I just made it for fraud just by last update?
 * Repeat it. You are posting that you are "trying to create a fake website" yet even though it is only a simple and unassuming name suffered as "lie pedia". Even if I made usopedia.miraheze.org one year ago, will you say it is a fakesite? Because it is a simple name, it is first come, first served. It's extra because it's a free service. If I am using usopedia.com, would you appeal that it is becoming a spoof? Since we deny the relevance once and for all, please do not complain any more.
 * P.S.In the event of any differences in meaning between the original Japanese version and a English version, the original Japanese version is correct. / 日本語版と英語版の意味に違いがある場合、元の日本語版が正しいです. --Huttley (talk) 09:39, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
 * No matter what you say, it's no use. I've taken contact with the sysadmin of myht (where your original website is located), and everything will be made clear soon.
 * I should also note that Usopedia is known better than Miraheze by the Japanese (ex. the article ウソペディア on enpedia was created more than two and a half years earlier than the article Miraheze, which was created just about two weeks ago), and it is very unlikely, being a wiki editor, that s/he only knew Miraheze and didn't know Usopedia until プログラマリオ and I told him/her (which is his/her argument). This also indicates that s/he is pretending as if s/he is innocent.-- 18:28, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

(resetted the indents)I have contacted the sysadmin of myht, and it was proven that the website s/he claims to be the origin of his/her wiki was created at , definitely not in 2011. Because of this, two things have been proven. Therefore, I will request again, and this time strongly, to close the fake Usopedia on Miraheze.-- 09:56, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Huttley is a liar, and what s/he claims cannot be trusted.
 * 2) Mushroomwiki was indeed created only to justify his/her claim, after プログラマリオ told him/her to prove his/her claim at  (or  ).
 * P.S. I've uploaded a screenshot to prove my claim here. You can also confirm my claim on this page, but you'll need to create an account and log in to see the content.-- 10:09, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that copyright infringement does violate our ToU and is not permitted here. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 12:42, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * (Information) Today, Huttley changed setting. So usopedia.miraheze.org is private wiki now.--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 14:31, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Flag
Hey. I have actively contributed translations in translatewiki, but I noticed that there is not much to translate there. Can I get the translation administrator flag to translate system messages into Russian? OlegCinema (talk) 07:04, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * System messages are translated globally via GitHub (see the last section of Tech:Translating Miraheze extensions). Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 14:50, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Reception123 I'm talking about the meta translation, not the global system messages. For example, https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Miraheze&action=page&filter=&language=ru OlegCinema (talk) 15:08, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * You don’t need translationadmin to translate pages. You are not autoconfirmed, so I have given you the translator flag. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 15:15, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

My request has been archived, without actions
Hi, I'd like to re-post the archived topic on adding local interwiki links to my wiki. My request is linked above, and MacFan4000 said they would do it for me, but nobody has done anything about it for me yet.

I also like to ask you to add the same interwiki links on my second wiki in addition to my first wiki (previously requested). Thanks for reading.-- 11:27, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry that your request was not previously done. It is now ✅. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 14:46, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but the interwiki link cw on Piowiki seems to be wrong, with the URL of yourpedia mistakenly included. Could you reconfirm this one for me?-- 18:44, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Fixed I do believe. -- Void  Whispers 19:02, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Seems to work fine:)-- 19:15, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Request for clean up of pages created by a Japanese LTA
Hi, I've found some copyright infringement contents on some of the wikis created by User:ニューヌオック and User:Murabic, and would like to request for clean up (deletion) of such pages.

They are:
 * Template:偽ロゴ - a copy from Usopedia.
 * Template:Catnav - also a copy from Usopedia.
 * Category:表示偽装テンプレート - also a copy from Usopedia.
 * Category:テンプレート - also a copy from Usopedia.
 * Main Page of English Enpedia - a copy of the original Japanese Enpedia, without permission.

I should also note that these two accounts are probably that of a Japanese cross wiki vandal, as the names As long as they don't violate the policies too much, I won't ask to block them on Miraheze (because activities outside Miraheze is not a valid reason to block on Miraheze), but please be cautious to their activities.
 * 1) ニューヌオック means new ゆっくりヌオック, which is blocked on multiple wikis.
 * 2) Murabic is an abbreviation of MurabitoChannel (ムラビトチャンネル), which is blocked on Japanese Wikipedia, and is identical with ゆっくりヌオック.

Thanks for reading.-- 13:10, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

P.S. I have made some edits on vandalism wiki, and am willing to continue activities there. I'm still not sure whether I'll adopt the wiki, but I'd be happy if you remove the wiki from candidate of closing.-- 13:10, 28 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Worth noting some of the content in question does appear to be direct copies. Also, Usopedia content appears to be licened under CC-BY-NC and Enpedia content appears to be under CC-BY-SA. This doesn't really matture though because attribution wasn't provided in any of the examples. PuppyKun (talk) 17:05, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
 * You're right about the licenses of Usopedia (CC BY-NC 4.0) and Enpedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). The problem is that those users seems to be inactive recently, and they are creators/admins/bureaucrats of those wikis ,which means it's unlikely that they'll deal with the issue even if I ask them to. As shown in the link above, this user has been repeating copyright infringements across wikis, and has shown no will of apology in any of them so far. Thus, I believe that a Steward should deal with it.-- 11:35, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * So here’s what we could do IMO:
 * A. Delete the wiki (wellpediawiki and/or englishenpediawiki) per ToU
 * B. Delete the pages and lock the mentioned accounts per ToU
 * It would be very helpful to have input from Abuse Team members like and/or stewards like . MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 15:14, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Deleting the wiki would be a bit of a nuclear option. I would much favor bringing up the issue of attribution with the creator/author first prior to removing the content. Or otherwise removing the content that is a violation, and giving the option to restore it with proper attribution and copyright handling. -- Void  Whispers 16:45, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Especially for English Enpedia, I would request it to be deleted, as the Original Enpedia (in Japanese) does not recognize any versions in different language so far. Because of this reason, tsaipedia, a weird wiki with its title in Japanese and language in Chinese, should also be closed, as this wiki is using the name Enpedia and was requested by the same Murabic account. As for locking the accounts, I'm not sure (as generally, those issues should be warned at least once, before locking), but am not against it.
 * That option might work for wellpedia, but the problem with English Enpedia is that it is not official, and was rather created by a vandal of the original wiki. This (in addition to copyright issue) is why I request it to be deleted.-- 17:29, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The LTAs were confirmed, locked and the pages were deleted. So, this is now ✅. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 14:07, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you :)-- 04:26, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

SOMEONE VANDALIZED MY WIKI!
Hello, I need help! Someone called “fuckyoucrazyblox” vandalized my wiki! I do not want to spend all day reverting edits, so someone please help me with my wiki! I need a team of 6 admins for my wiki.
 * It's ok. Do you want me to help? Malcolm 02:11, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * NVM, Void reverted them all. Malcolm 02:12, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Malcolm. Unfortunately I will not be able to grant you admin privileges yet. And also finally my wiki is back to normal.

TOPIC CLOSED.
 * I have now locked the account as it does seem to be a vandalism only account. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 10:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Request for Global edit of SiteNotice about the updated default license
Hi.

First, please see this task on phabricator, if you don't know what happened. Speaking briefly, John has decided to update the global default license of Miraheze from CC BY-SA 3.0 to CC BY-SA 4.0, and now the default license has been updated. However, since it is not widely known to the community yet, and not all users use Miraheze meta or check the footer regularly, I would like to ask a Steward to create a global SiteNotice displayed above, on ALL Miraheze wikis.

I'm also concerned that there seems to be no open discussion for this decision (though technically and legally it's possible to update, this can affect some wikis that might export their contents to other wikis outside, such as Wikipedia or Illogicopedia).-- 17:09, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

CheckUser Request: usopedia.miraheze.org
Hi.

I was suspected that "All the vandalism that happened in the usopedia.miraheze.org is your own self-made performance". Therefore, I ask CheckUser to insist on my innocence.

In this time, please check the relevancy between my account and the vandalism accounts listed above.--Huttley (talk) 16:07, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/外苑前リーフレット
 * 2) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/表参道リーフレット
 * 3) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/渋谷リーフレット
 * 4) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/銀座線リーフレット
 * 5) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/WiiU
 * 6) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/加賀山匠
 * 7) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/まやし
 * 8) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/魔法瓶
 * 9) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/EEE
 * 10) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/ピカゴロウ
 * 11) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/芹沢詩音
 * 12) *These are accounts of vandalism.(The link destination is a contribution log.)
 * 13) https://usopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/特別:投稿記録/huttley
 * 14) *This is my account.
 * I didn't actually suspect (just indicated one possibility), but anyways, CU requests performed by users should be dealt in a careful manner, as mentioned in the MediaWiki official (just in case). And if possible, I'd like to ask for an additional global check with User:Murabic and User:ニューヌオック, which are presumably accounts of a Japanese LTA, and copied contents on Enpedia and Usopedia.-- 16:27, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't like looking into accounts to check for innocence or whatever. However, I took a cursory look into the vandal accounts listed above and determined that they all can be considered technically identical except for one or two. There is no apparent link to Huttley. -- Void  Whispers 19:00, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks.--Huttley (talk) 01:15, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, did you also check out whether the IP used by Huttley is not against No open proxies policy?-- 06:32, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ”open proxies may not be used for anonymous editing of Miraheze sites.” Therefore whether registered editors use them is irrelevant. John (talk) 06:46, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, that is the case on Miraheze, indeed (just got a bit confused with other wikis I use). NVM. -- 06:52, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

need right to admin the new mediawiki wikiageing
Hi, kindly i need admin and stewarts rights on https://wikiageing.miraheze.org/wiki/  bests  Bachounda (talk) 14:57, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
 * You should already have administrator and bureaucrat rights on the wiki in question. You should have everything you need to begin working on your new wiki. -- Void  Whispers 16:02, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

CheckUser request for:Kurie, ニューヌオック, and Murabic
Hi. I'd like to post a checkuser request for accounts Kurie, ニューヌオック, and Murabic, as they seem to be operated by the same Japanese LTA. Here are the evidences I believe so: If it's proven that they are indeed identical, they should be locked globally, as this user is a known cross-wiki vandal, and has almost no possibility of improving. Thanks for reading.-- 12:03, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Common style of request, seen between Kurie and Murabic.
 * 2) Making a request in various language at the same time (en, ru, etc.).
 * 3) Requesting unofficial alternative language version of Japanese wikis (newwindpaedia(新風百科事典) for Kurie, and Enpedia for Murabic)
 * 4) Related user names, seen between ニューヌオック and Murabic: ニューヌオック means new "ゆっくりヌオック," and Murabic is an abbreviation for "MurabitoChannel," or ムラビトチャンネル in Japanese, and these to accounts on Japanese Wikipedia are regarded as identical.
 * 5) Possibility to avoid dealing with copyrights infringement issues posted above: It is possible that ニューヌオック/Murabic has created a new account Kurie to avoid being accused of or/and dealing with copyright infringement issues.
 * I have handled the request as asked. John (talk) 13:07, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I also confirmed that the wikis (including English Enpedia) was closed by MacFan4000, and also would like to thank MacFan4000.-- 13:45, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

My wiki being marked as inactive?
I'm guessing you might be aware of the ongoing issue, but on the off chance it's just springing up. At PlatProject my wiki keeps being marked as inactive, despite me checking it off the inactivity like the message says to in Special:ManageWiki, any help would be appreciated. PlatinumYellow (talk) 13:53, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

I have this issue as well RobertSter (talk) 14:00, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Was an error which should now have been resolved. John (talk) 14:35, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thankyou for the quick response, I'm glad it's all sorted now. PlatinumYellow (talk) 14:38, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! RobertSter (talk) 16:54, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Dormancy message in error
I received the dormancy message despite the fact there are multiple edits with in the past few days https://civclassic.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges I am not sure If I am misunderstanding the dormancy policy or it is an error, either way I would appreciate some clarification Squareblob (talk) 14:20, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Was an error which should now have been resolved. John (talk) 14:35, 3 July 2018 (UTC)