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Unblock request for development.mh.o
Could you please unblock me on development.miraheze.org, and oversight the edit summary SleepyMode used to block me ?

Also, if you can, please globally lock SleepyMode himself, as the edit summary he used would actually, possibly make the block illegal due to the summary itself (if you can't, at least please block him on development.miraheze.org; the block was nowhere near necessary, and was more like a block done to attack me than a block done for a good reason).

Lemondoge T C GC 21:53, 25 April 2016 (UTC)


 * He will most likely not be globally locked, nor will he be blocked from his own wiki (he could just unblock himself). I'm investigating your contributions there, and the behavior of you both. I may take actions against either of you, both of you, or neither of you, in my role as a Development Wiki Supervisor, or in my role as a Miraheze Steward. Any actions I take will clearly acknowledge what role the action is taken in, so that counter-actions and discussion may be done accordingly. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:26, 25 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I've unblocked Lemondoge on the wiki as a result of this request but under the authority of my local powers, not in my role as a Steward. Also, the block reason will not be suppressed, but I will publicly state that I think all of the block reasons were blatant lies. Additionally, this should now be discussed on that wiki, not here. Thanks, -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:46, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * PS, pls discuss here. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:46, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Lemondoge T C GC 00:40, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Right, so I wasn't attacking you but watching your inter-wiki actions, and as you did it yourself, you should know It is allowed to block users when feels necessary. SleepyMode (talk) 07:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Re: above, Please discuss it on your wiki as this wasn't really a matter for Stewards. Also, it's still my personal belief they did nothing on any wiki that could have warranted any block described as being caused for 'interwiki behavior' -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 14:13, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Permanent Future Lab Flow
Since December 2015 (mediawiki update) the flow extension (user friendly discussion board) is not working anymore at https://permanentfuturelab.wiki/wiki/. Southparkfan looked into that by https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T122329, but it looks like it took a long time to fix or it is not able to fix. I like to ask of we can start flow from scratch, because also since december it was not possible anymore to add topics to flow. When a user submit a topic, it is not saved.--Jurjendevries
 * Hey there, you can collect a group of people and re-create flow, I'm unsure of the situation but I will do my best and try to remake it myself. SleepyMode (talk) 07:17, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay this sounds stupid now. I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure they mean just re-enabling flow and losing old flow boards because flow is currently not working on this wiki due to corruption. Flow already works in other places. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 14:12, 28 April 2016 (UTC) Yes, as NDKilla wrote. I remove everything about flow now, install it as a clean one again. Then I can test if it works again. Thanks. --Jurjendevries (talk) 13:13, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Some image files are broken when they displayed as thumbnails
I uploaded some files on wiki Libre Wiki using special:upload. However, the wiki fails to render some files on thumbnails, and I found a file broken on even its file page. I confirmed that it has uploaded sucessfully like this, so broken thumbnails are clearly displaying errors. I want to solve these problems when uploading. Should I inform these errors on Github issue tracker? Were these errors informed already? --Utolee90 (talk) 16:02, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I missed some infos... I should not inform on Github, but might inform on Phabricator... More explicitly, the message "Unable to open image" error code 1 appears. I am not sure why it occurs but Korean file name might cause errors when converting image files NOW...  --Utolee90 (talk) 16:16, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Works for me (I did nothing). Does it still happen to you? Southparkfan (talk) 19:35, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I've checked they display well. Thanks for informing. --Utolee90 (talk) 02:23, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Math formula fails to render again.
I edited help pages about using LaTex, but I found that the  tag cannot convert math formula codes into PNG file when I select the math formula appearance option as "PNG file" on my Preference settings. I reported this problem last month and once fixed, but this converting error often occurs when I write new math formulas using tag. I checked that math formulas once converted into PNG images successfully, do NOT cause rendering error again no matter how they are complicated. Probably only new math formula scripts cause errors. And here is an example of math formulas failed to convert PNG files. It's very serious... Almost all math formula scrips do not work well... --Utolee90 (talk) 10:50, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * And you may ignore the error message "Fails to parse (Unknown function)", like $$\require $$or "Fails to parse (Syntax error)" because there might be some grammatical difference. I want you to focus only on the error message "PNG Conversion failed;", like $$a \qquad b $$... --Utolee90 (talk) 10:55, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This is tracked at https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T262. Southparkfan (talk) 12:20, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Database dump for backup/migration
Just wondering what the database backup/migration policy is, and if wiki-owners can request a dump of the database for their wiki (and presumably associated files, assuming they are not stored as database objects)?
 * Yes, any wiki can request a backup dump at any time, you can request at Request features. This includes files. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

No confirmation email
Most sites send a confirmation email, to confirm an email address, within a few seconds, I waited a few hours then requested a new confirmation, still nothing received after 2 days, so is the problem your end or mine?

I checked the address is OK and other emails arrive OK so am a bit stuck.RhianG (talk) 12:24, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Not to ask a stupid question, but have you checked your spam folder etc? I'll have some of the operations people look at the mail from our end. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:45, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Delivered-To: justin22622@gmail.com Received: by 10.55.131.131; Wed, 4 May 2016 05:49:57 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path:  Received: from mail.miraheze.org (mail.miraheze.org. [185.52.1.76])
 * Confirmed working from our end via Special:EmailUser and ConfirmEmail. Try checking your spam folders and adding noreply@miraheze.org to your contact list. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:54, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I tried to send again, there was nothing anywhere on my system, see what happens this time. I cannot use the Special:EmailUser as my mail address is not confirmed. Maybe you do not like my domain name, if I do not get a confirm message I try another domain.RhianG (talk) 11:09, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've looked into this and the issue is definitely not on our side. Looking at the mail log, the mail bounces on our side as the domain your email belongs to, firstly doesn't resolve any addresses at all but assuming it could be a networking issue, found out the domain address is not even registered. Could you please verify you entered the email address correctly as the one I'm seeing in the database does not exist? Thanks, John (talk) 22:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I used a different adress at a different domain and got it confirmed so problem solved.

Revibot archiving open feature requests?
I've reverted some of Revibot's changes, because I noticed some of those feature requests were not tagged as "Status: Done". Ideally Revibot should only archive those requests if they have this status. , and others: please look which of those still need to be done. Thanks :) Southparkfan (talk) 17:05, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * From what I know, Revibot has been set to archive threads that have not been "edited" for 14 days, which we thought at first, was a reasonable time. I'm not sure it can be set to archive a thread based on a status. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:37, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

中文翻譯
我在把首頁翻譯成中文的時候，下方社群網站連結部分無法翻譯，Why？--Yunlin2015 (talk) 09:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Quick linking to meta?
Is there a way to quickly create links to the meta wiki (from another wiki hosted on Miraheze)? For example, to link to wikipedia, one can enter Oedipus. Does Miraheze have something similar? I.e. Main_Page, or something else. Pyrexcys (talk) 06:16, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I realized that I just happened to provide the answer in my question. it was the m: Pyrexcys (talk) 07:27, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

feature request doesnt show up
i tried to submit a feature request at "request features" but it wont show up.

it said im using external links (to creative commons.org) and asked for captcha, i did that twice, but nothing shows up.

what am i doing wrong? Wisdomstudent (talk) 13:40, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

No access to my wiki
Hello!

First of all, thanks for allowing my wiki :), I'm trying to access to it but is says that I have no permission because I'm not either an admin nor a member, what can I do?

Thanks,
 * Hi, you need to log into the wiki. You have the required permissions to access the wiki once you're logged in. John (talk) 16:11, 10 May 2016 (UTC)