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在worldbox.wiki中禁用matomo页面
Close Disable matomo pages in worldbox.wiki Due to the well-known political reasons in mainland China, I was worried that part of the matomo interface‘s “country”.would cause trouble, so I decided to disable it, thank you. Isutan (talk) 02:52, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Maybe it is only me that unfortunately does not understand what this thread is trying to request but could you please try to rephrase so that it can be better understood? I am certain that you are using an automatic translation program but it is difficult to determine what you wish to convey here. DeeM28 (talk) 07:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * From what I understand you think Matomo's geographic tracking (seeing who comes from what country) is a problem in China for your wiki.
 * I'm not sure parts of Matomo can be shut down like that, and it will take a more technical eye/someone from SRE to see how plausible this is. --Raidarr (talk) 08:24, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi. So far we've not disabled or excluded any wiki from Matomo. What kind of issues are being encountered with users from mainland China? Is Matomo being blocked and causing issues for users when accessing your wiki? I don't think a prospective worry about Matomo would be enough to have it disabled. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 09:32, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * TW and Hongkong SAR As China laws is violate，They are not country. Isutan (talk) 03:19, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Isutan, can you clarify this a bit? That being said, I believe that you can opt out of Matomo analytics tracking, by adding the  user right to either of the (a)   (all users) or   (registered users) user groups. If that doesn't work for your purposes, can you clarify what you mean? If you're concerned that Taiwan and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region could be used by Chinese government agencies to track Miraheze user information to narrowly, even in an aggregate sense, I wouldn't be opposed to asking our SRE volunteer team to group users within mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR, Macau, etc. as simply "Asia," to provide for even greater anonymity. There's little value in us keeping country-specific visitor data anyway. Dmehus (talk) 04:20, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The issue here seems to be essentially 'recognition' of Taiwan and Hong Kong as countries by the analytics, a significant political no-no in the mainland. I'm personally unwilling to make significant change to appease this policy, but if merging to a general 'asia' section especially as an opted in thing is an option then I'm in favor of seeing it done. --Raidarr (talk) 08:58, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, merge them into "China", don't say it's the People's Republic of China or delete the country column, which ensures Miraheze's political neutrality. Also, please do it quickly, the number of my wiki visitors is constantly increasing, if anyone finds out, I will be reported, I will “die socially”, and maybe I will be forcibly withdrawn from the world box player community in mainland China Isutan (talk) 06:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dmehus@Raidarr@John@Agent Isai Isutan (talk) 06:48, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, although I am not a steward, I think this may take a little time for them to change this globally. In the mean time, if you want to get rid of the matomo analytics for all users, since you are bureaucrat, you can select (everyone) in here at the first column and submit by the blue button, then tick the noanalytics box from unassigned permissions. This way, no logs will be visible from Special:Analytics in your local wiki. —Matttest (talk) 13:40, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dmehus@Raidarr@John@Agent Isai@Reception123@Universal Omega Isutan (talk) 02:09, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This issue sounds quite complex. I would advise following Dmehus' advice to disable Matomo statistics. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:11, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Then just delete it Isutan (talk) 00:04, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * We will not be doing that, apologies. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 05:06, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * As far as what I can see, he have done that managewiki change after me and Dmehus's guideline. Isutan, if you want to change it globally, it would certainly need more discussion and engagement from other users, thank you for your acknowledgement. -Matttest (talk) 05:41, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Agent Isai@Dmehus@Agent Isai@Reception123 Isutan (talk) 00:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, please do not ping several people without something attached - there's not much here to reply to, and if you want to see a platform wide change/removal of Matomo beyond the options noted above, it will at least take a successful request for comment. --Raidarr (talk) 01:21, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Grant admin and crat rights
Hello, I am requesting that I am granted  and   rights on   so I can edit it and manage it. -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 22:03, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Bukkit, ✅ since you previously confirmed Netherite as your sockpuppet account before self-requesting the lock of the same and because the original wiki request has a clear purpose, scope, and topic(s), with no apparent Content Policy issues. Ideally, it would've been better to request a transfer of rights before self-requesting the lock. ;) Dmehus (talk) 22:41, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Heh, for adding the rights. I almost forgot about that wiki tbh :p -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 22:45, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Additionally, related to this request, I've also removed the applicable permissions from your self-requested locked sockpuppet account. I noticed it still has permissions on . Would you like those removed as well? Dmehus (talk) 22:47, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the late response. As per our local policies, we do request that stewards revoke bureaucrat rights during non-emergencies (such as RfP revocation), so yes, I wish for a steward to remove the rights. Thanks. :) -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 18:07, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Bukkit, thanks for your belated reply. Per the discussion with you on IRC, this may be rendered moot, so when you get a chance to check your DMs on IRC, that'd be helpful. Dmehus (talk) 18:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hopping on now. -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 18:11, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) Dmehus (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Replied -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 18:22, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This has been ✅ by your IRC-requested deletion of your  set of wikis as part of your planned refresh of said wikis. I've diarized in my calendar to ask Reception123 on or shortly after 6 June 2022 to run the wiki deletion script, as we'll have a lot of databases to drop, following the January 2022 reset of the last RC date on all wikis. Dmehus (talk) 18:54, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

I feel like this wiki should be removed
Wretched YouTube Videos Wiki is just Atrocious YouTubers Wiki 2.0, filled with biased pages that harass users and has multiple TOS Violations. And it should be removed. Nidoking (talk) 19:18, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I've been attempting to remove those pages out of users, but some editors are very persistent about it. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you show us some examples of the wiki violating the Content Policy (which is the policy I believe you’re referring to and not the Terms of Use)? Agent Isai  Talk to me! 20:00, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm currently getting the user articles deleted as we speak. I may have to request a mass removal of user articles on Phabricator, since having to look for random articles on a random YouTuber is quite tiring, and I think a massive removal of the user articles might be the solution here. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have little to action here without links or specifics, but if the above effort that admits issues is not going well I am willing to enter and perform cleanup myself if requested. --Raidarr (talk) 12:44, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't agree to mass delete the pages as this does not goes against the Content Policy, which notes that "Miraheze does not host wikis with the sole purpose to spread unsubstantiated insult, hate or rumours against a person or group of people". The premise for violating the policy is to add content that is "unsubstained", and that is not true. They have add sources like this: In XXX video, XXX happened, so from this we can see that the channel is XXX. You can say that it doesn't add links for references, but since it doesn't directly goes against the Content Policy, I oppose for miraheze to intervene this. --Matttest (talk) 04:20, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I think that miraheze should be an open platform that doesn't censor content except if it is illegal or it is used for commercial activities. I don't hope miraheze goes to a way like facebook's censorship which deletes those so-called biased articles. --Matttest (talk) 04:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This wiki is also not against a particular person without a reason. It is just listing out the cons of a youtube channel and criticize them. The only problem of that wiki is without adding links for references, but it can be done later and does not qualified for deletion. --Matttest (talk) 04:29, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have not heard any followup since my original response, and it was intended to be more of an offer to the local administration than any expression of content concern. I should note that there are various wikis which have been neither clearly illegal nor commercial, but still have done significant enough damage reputationally and in community issues that global intervention has been required to the extent of Stewards pulling the plug. Not regularly or lightly, but not unheard of. That said, none of that has applied here and I see no need for further action. --Raidarr (talk) 01:26, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

CheckUser request for the following accounts associated in the recent vandalism on the

 * Renzy
 * 1cluz
 * MKClawz0

I have a feeling that all 3 of these accounts are the same person, mainly from them excessively using homophobic slurs in their vandalism. Here are some examples of such, even if most of them have been rev'deled already by a global sysop a couple of days earlier:

MKClawz0's homophobic edit(s), which has since been revision deleted by you-know-who, vs. 1cluz's excessive homphobic editing behavior vs. Renzy's disgustingly homophobic edits and even some form of racism is involved here. Could somebody run a check on all 3 of them to see if there's a link between them? Thank you for reading this. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:53, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Behaviorally it is compelling, technically the connection on a basic sweep is very weak if including all three (but this could be from a number of factors that more data or a deeper inspection would make clear). There is a clear link between two of the three however, and all are marked and locked as VOA as they clearly have no intentions aside from targeted abuse. I don't expect this is the last of them and will likely have more data to make a case of MAA including an origin in the future, unfortunately. Given more time, myself or Doug can take another pass at finding connections and an origin. --Raidarr (talk) 08:58, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea. And I do hope returns this weekend to do this. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 09:24, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * In light of other events I'm afraid this will not be a top priority for him until other, more complicated matters are more up to speed. --Raidarr (talk) 23:47, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with this. I can take a try and take a closer look this weekend, but we have some other more pressing matters to resolve. Dmehus (talk) 04:56, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry for my late reply, but do what you have to do at all costs. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 16:24, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * With regard to MKClawz0 and 1cluz are quite similar in their vandalism and approach, with some modest differences. Technically speaking, and taking into account the open proxy/web host/VPN usage, the evidence is quite compelling. Taken together, it's even more compelling, to call the former a ✅ sock of the latter. It's sort of meh on relocking, but procedurally, it's probably the better call to relock, so have done that. As to Renzy, behaviourally speaking, it's too generic of vandalism, and technically speaking, they are ❌, so that one is just you're run-of-the-mill vandalism only account. Dmehus (talk) 03:45, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Update on separate CheckUser request requested by DarkMatterMan4500 and Agent Isai on IRC

 * Ayato1312
 * Lamorgxn

DarkMatterMan4500, with a Cc: to Agent Isai since you reported these users on IRC as well, the above two users are behaviourally very similar in editing and approach. Technically speaking, there is some similarity, in a very broad sense, but given the broad and cellular network ranges, I'm going to say this is possible, but it's equally possible they're meatpuppets. Nevertheless, I cannot say with a reasonable degree of certainty they're likely to be the same person. As such, at this point, they are vandalism accounts, blocked on a single wiki. Global locks are not needed at this point, but I trust you'll keep your eyes open for similar behaviour. If they are the same user, the more socks one creates, the harder it is to keep one's socks mismatched in their sock drawer, if you will and to extend the metaphor, and eventually they may inadvertently end up matching their socks together. Dmehus (talk) 03:55, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for investigating, and I will keep you posted on any new accounts that engages in vandalism on that particular wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 09:06, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Extension request: Semantic MediaWiki
As a long-time advocate of this extension (thanks to the now-dormant Referata farm), I have finally decided to give Semantic MediaWiki a go for at least two other reasons:
 * Wiki ID: constantnoble
 * Encouragement from similar proposals by and ; and
 * Hope that this may resolve a slew of ongoing infrastructural issues/deficiencies across the Tovasala Dictionary on my creative-venture wiki, especially as far as the component (in entries for "S"- and "T"-initial Tovasala terms) is concerned; details at T8866. (Miraheze's long-time hesitancy over SMW led me to adopt The Next Best ThingTM, DPL3, days after said wiki's relaunch.)

And while you're at it, /
 * Semantic Result Formats, which Referata also used, may soon be a valuable add-on.
 * If SMW's implementation benefits well enough, then we might give RegexFunctions a second chance (provided I'm careful enough not to send the affected entry range into a loop again; RgxF is currently disabled thanks to the chaos documented at T8866). Attempts with Scribunto/Lua substitution have not gone any better, and 's Unicode support leaves a handful to be desired...

The sooner it arrives, the sooner I'll get to importing/spinning off select property pages from my Referata archives--and I know just where to start ("Unaccented headword"/"Unaccented morpheme name")...

P.S. Before you ask, I'm aware it's an experiment offered by request.

P.P.S. Extension:Score, which never really took off on Miraheze (T5863), is another must-have on my wishlist (as a fledgling composer)--but that's for another filing. Routhwick (talk) 23:30, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * With assistance from for the script, SMW is now locally ✅. Please report back if there are any technical issues arising from the enabling. --Raidarr (talk) 11:49, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The ability to edit may not be affected, but that tricky "upgrade key" message (a familiar sight on the SMW Betaheze earlier this year) comes with the (new) territory, and a few JS bits may be loading on and off as a consequence. How soon before it settles down completely or for the most part?
 * P.S. Anyone care to tell me more about those three "humming bars" on the top right of a page? --Routhwick (talk) 15:22, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * cc for support in troubleshooting - I enabled SMW, Rhinos ran the script and the upgrade key issue was a result (easily duplicated for me by trying to check the log entries where I enabled SMW through recent changes). This issue is a bit out of my depth. --Raidarr (talk) 12:43, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have now fixed this. Universal Omega (talk) 20:41, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Although SMW is already enabled, it's unable to detect the custom namespaces on my wiki at this writing. The official SMW site shows how to rectify this via $smwgNamespacesWithSemanticLinks; as it stands, we'll start out in the Entry, Morpheme, and Character areas. Baby steps, as they say... --Routhwick (talk) 01:50, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * To /// Bumping so that this issue doesn't get lost in the shuffle. (Also requesting semantics in the Template, Place, Grammar, Corpus, and Backstory namespaces on my wiki.) --Routhwick (talk) 01:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * If I dont end up getting to it within the next day or two, you could create a task on Phabricator in order to request that configuration, and someone should get to it. Which may be a bit faster for configuration requests. But regardless, I'll see if I can get to adding it to ManageWiki tomorrow. Universal Omega (talk) 01:50, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * If it's not been addressed per UO's message here, I do encourage making a task if you haven't already since enough time has passed. --Raidarr (talk) 12:51, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Already filed. --Routhwick (talk) 14:42, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately this has long dipped from my field of experience outside of just turning it on. Other than that I'm not really familiar with SMW, or its consequences interacting with other features. --Raidarr (talk) 12:20, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Routhwick, thanks for ping. Unfortunately, as with Raidarr, this is not my area of expertise. I'm okay with enabling the extension, which it is, but the configuration changes are best done by Universal Omega in the next week or so. Please remember we're all volunteers here, juggling many priorities. Dmehus (talk) 04:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Unblocking Eric Bagwell at Greatest Movies Wiki, Awful Movies Wiki, Best TV Shows Wiki, Terrible TV Shows Wiki, Awesome Games Wiki and Crappy Games Wiki.
You'll have to unblock me, that's why I accept my apology. Once you've unblocking me, I can do proper editing again. Eric Bagwell (talk) 15:19, 19 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Please discuss local bans on local wiki. LisafBia (talk) 15:41, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? There are no local bans here, and there's no local wiki. Just unblock me. Eric Bagwell (talk) 16:17, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Not helping your case. You haven't given us any reason to uplift your ban. Marxo Grouch (talk) 17:22, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Look, I said I was sorry. Just unblock me, my friend. Eric Bagwell (talk) 20:17, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * In no way inspires confidence from previous reviews of the block, indeed the way this is written merely validates the original blocking - and due to the issue having been fairly widespread on the wikis in question I do not have a concern with the cross wiki nature of the issue. This could have also been appealed on the central wiki (I'm fairly sure you at least have TPA there), but if this is what the appeal looked like I doubt much would change. You should take some time off. --Raidarr (talk) 20:31, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Look, I just told DarkMatterMan4500 about it. This is why, I apologized to other users. You'll have to unblock me. Eric Bagwell (talk) 20:36, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It still didn't really convince me. Begging won't solve anything here. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:44, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I've just noticed that messing up at Awesome Games Wiki was wrong. Oh, sure, I knew I've really screwed things up. Unblock me, my friend. Eric Bagwell (talk) 21:07, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Your problems extended to the whole of Qualitipedia rather than just the one wiki, so you apologizing for just that wiki is not satisfactory enough for an unblock. Please take a break from the wikis. Repeatedly insisting that you should be unblocked when you haven't shown any real sign of change isn't getting you anywhere. Marxo Grouch (talk) 21:45, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Look, Marxo Grouch, I said I was sorry. Unblock me, please. Eric Bagwell (talk) 21:52, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Two things: (1) Request is put in a wrong place. Since your wiki stated above is quite a large project at miraheze and have a number of admins, I don't think Stewards will intervene and unblock you there (Stewards only do admin action when local admin is not active). You should be asking for unblock at the local admin's talk page in meta instead. (2) I advise you to take a wikibreak and don't evade the block for 3 months. Almost all blocked users uses "I am sorry" for appealing, but this won't work. There is no way to prove that you will do constructive edits after you are unblocked, and the only way to do so is to not evade the block and take a wikibreak for a while, at that time you may get confidence from admins to unblock you. --Matttest (talk) 23:49, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, one of those other users to help unblock me. Eric Bagwell (talk) 23:53, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * when we tell you your approach isn't working. Marxo Grouch (talk) 01:40, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? I thought about what have I done. I was telling the truth. You'll have to unblock me, pal. Eric Bagwell (talk) 02:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Demanding (which you are doing, you are not asking) an unblock is most unconvincing. I would suggest you reconsider your methods of appealing bans and address the behaviors which have led to this/take a wikibreak. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 02:35, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Listen all of you. I need help to get me unblocked. Eric Bagwell (talk) 03:17, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * To request for an unblock, there are 2 main methods: (1) Convince the blocking administrator that the block is not appropriate, and give links for evidences; (2) to fully understand why you are blocked (state the reason of why are you blocked at the admin's talk page) and promise you won't do it again. This case, it would be even better if you follow my advise above - to take a wikibreak for 3 months and don't evade the block to gain confidence that you will do constructive edits afterwards for the admin to unblock you. Simply making demands with no reason won't cause you to be unblocked. --Matttest (talk) 03:35, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This conversation is proceeding nowhere. Given my involvement in the wikis I am fine if third parties, particularly Doug as the most active in regards to CoC business wish to bring a new assessment. Matt has said what has already been said for quite some time. Appeal is declined by the entire local bureaucracy and several admins explicitly (others via discord or implicitly) and my capacity as steward gives no incentive to say otherwise. If this continues in a circular manner I will close it until someone with the aforementioned authorization (a colleague) has anything new to add.
 * Slightly more re:above - Stewards can intervene if they perform a review and the circumstances of the block were explicitly against global policy, or provide advisory to local administrations if it's not as clear cut but they believe an issue should be resolved differently. Especially in this case that third party look would not necessarily be bad. I do believe past delinquency and the attitude shown here largely speaks for itself in humoring an early reversal. There are simply too many 'problem cases' local to the wikis to be giving every one of them red carpet treatment. --Raidarr (talk) 13:07, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Look, I knew that grammar war at Awesome Games Wiki was extremely wrong. I'm sure I owe rest of you an apology. Looks like you'll have to unblock me, my friend. It would be my new chance. I am a very good user, because I'm not a sockpuppet, and unblocking me was so good, and brilliant. Unblock me, my friend, okay? Eric Bagwell (talk) 14:02, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Enabling Semantic MediaWiki
Wiki URL: feign.miraheze.org Please enable Semantic MediaWiki for my wiki. LisafBia (talk) 15:39, 19 May 2022 (UTC)


 * LisafBia, ✅. Please note this feature is experimental indefinitely, and could be removed at any time, with or without advance notice, by SRE. Dmehus (talk) 22:12, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Request for removal of adminship of 黑底屍 in mh:unbooks
Following discussions about him abusing sysop rights and the communcation is ineffective, a sysop rights removal vote has held at mh:unbooks:伪基文库:管理員解任投票/黑底屍/第二次, with 3 users voted support for his removal of adminship and 0 opposes. 黑底屍, when being accused of abusing sysop rights, have chosen to withdrawn his rights to debate against the accuses given that he have no replies while he is actually active. I am hereby to ask stewards to review the validity of the vote, and to remove his rights if the vote is confirmed as valid. Please give reply below about it even if the vote is invalid. Thank you for taking time regarding this matter. --Matttest (talk) 06:18, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * P.S. This is the last chance for you to self-defense your actions. Should you choose not to do it, your rights may be removed by stewards accordingly. Regards, Matttest (talk) 06:25, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * and also please remove his admin and bureaucrat permission from Chinese uncyclopedia thx--幹你媽的黑底屍 (talk) 04:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess it is not possible since a local removal vote needs to be held at uncyclopedia to remove his rights. I will consider other methods to do this, but at the mean time you can express you opinion about him abusing sysop rights in unbooks here, thanks. Matttest (talk) 05:24, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This request, like most steward-level actions in this case, is until  (and I) can look from the top. Frankly this entire affair is a mess. Cross-wiki drama, strained legitimacy in global conventions with next to nothing locally defined, legal threats and all else. I apologize for the yet further delay. --Raidarr (talk) 12:50, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Matttest (talk) 13:26, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I heard about this a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing from the . DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 13:26, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the whole thing happened is quite complicated and it is extended to uncyclopedia (Traditional Chinese). Matttest (talk) 13:29, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I hope this can be resolved in a few days later. I most certainly understand that stewards have a lot of work to do, but at the same time I guess it should not take much time to review the validity of this vote. Thanks you for taking time reading and reviewing this matter. Cheers, --Matttest (talk) 04:48, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This should be resolved tomorrow, but in the interests of not further fragmenting an already fragmented discussion, I/Raidarr and I will be reaching out to you, Usemane, and 黑底屍 separately via . Dmehus (talk) 05:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I will give a preliminary opinion about this vote. Frankly, it's muddy. It comes at a tail end of an overly delayed and complicated issue, thus cannot be as simple as it is made to appear; its participants are largely newcomers or less involved users on the wiki, only a small handful of them. In light of that I would be extremely uncomfortable actioning it on its own, and defer any rights changes to reviewing the wiki's scenario overall. While on paper the process does not seem contentious, when considering it is against one (by proxy of Usemane's involvement, two) senior editor's involvement in the wiki and made by a newer sysop and backed by far newer local users, I cannot address it as though it is perfectly standard. --Raidarr (talk) 12:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your opinion. From my point of view, there are 4 main points that I want to explain, about why this vote should have validity. First, since unbooks is still a non-fully developed wiki that have very few active users, and the trend shows that almost all previously active users is inactive after about a week, I think those new users should have the qualifications to vote given the fact that the voters engaged in the adminship removal discussion are already the most active users in unbooks. Second of all, the new users who casted their vote, is previously engaged in the community discussions in the community portal in unbooks, so they should have known clearly about what’s happening and the major issues of unbooks. Then it comes to the voice of the 3 involved active users in this dispute: me, Usemane, and 黑底屍. Concerning his abuses of admin rights, I voted a support for his removal of adminship. Usemane, on the other hand, have no opinions and bring out no arguments on this vote. Therefore, if you count the vote of the senior editors, the result is rather clear - the consensus is clear that his rights should be removed. Last but not least, I heard no convincing arguments against my accuses to him. 黑底屍 have also chosen not to self-defense against my accuses of him abusing sysop rights. Given that there are no arguments opposing his removal of adminship, plus an absolute majority of users who supported to remove his rights (no matter counting the new users’ or only counting the senior users’ vote), and all the voters have clear knowledge about what is happening by showing activities on the community portal in unbooks, I believe the vote should have validity.--Matttest (talk) 09:36, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Wiki creator resignation
Hi, I want to leave wiki creator permission, thanks. Msnhinet8 (talk) 03:51, 21 May 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ as requested. --Raidarr (talk) 19:30, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Transfer Request
Hi! I'm asking here because I assume Stewards are able to edit others' css pages. Could someone please transfer the css from this talk page onto its "main page"? It's for my main account which is currently not able to make the transfer. Thank you! ApexTest (talk) 00:12, 22 May 2022 (UTC) https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:ApexAgunomu/global.css


 * ✅. I'll try and clean up the CSS page shortly. Dmehus (talk) 00:26, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! ApexTest (talk) 03:06, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Dmehus, I updated the code I'd like to use on that page. If you could transfer the new code to its main page, I would really appreciate it. Thank you!
 * https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:ApexAgunomu/global.css ApexTest (talk) 07:39, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Delete my Wiki
I currently operate 'DEFCON 1962' as a little alternate history project. However, I've quickly become aware that I'm completely out of my depth when it comes to importing templates and thus see no reason to continue, it isn't a statement on this site as a whole but I just don't have the prerequisite skills currently. I've already nuked the frontpage and templates which I copied from other wikis (I think I got them all) - I'm not sure whether that's allowed on here either, but that's by the by.

Walkerbull (talk) 13:22, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * this can be done without trouble. However I'd like to give a chance and a few options just to make sure this isn't something that could be rather easily fixed. There are several people on community chats (IRC, Discord) who could help troubleshoot exactly what went wrong, and you could do the same here (or perhaps try to get people interested) via the Community noticeboard. If it's too late for that then I can go ahead and remove the wiki on next reply. --Raidarr (talk) 13:54, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply, my main issue is just infoboxes. Other than that, I would begin creating articles - by infobox issues I specifically refer to wikipedia style ones. I couldn't really grasped how that works, I also read this page but it didn't work either. Without infoboxes it won't have that aesthetic wikipedia style I want for the wiki.
 * Kind regards.
 * Walkerbull (talk) 09:34, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, infoboxes. We really should get a formal guide together about it. You've encountered one of the most common issues, the 'importing wikipedia pitfall'. The problem here is that wikipedia infoboxes are designed for a massive platform that have so many dependencies you will be importing dozens of pages for everything to be right, plus CSS from Wikipedia's Common.css relating to infoboxes. Not impossible but nasty work that is far from the easiest option. The easiest is just redoing it and installing PortableInfobox, a simpler system based on how Fandom does it which even comes with an infobox editor. If you don't like that style, will not rework PI to look similar or otherwise are against it, there's two paths to making the wikipedia path work - noting it is always the harder option. I know there's a pre-sanitized import available, unfortunately I don't know where it is right now.
 * Manual:Importing Wikipedia infoboxes tutorial on the MediaWiki site, about as official as it gets where your odds may be better
 * The Template Wiki infobox category which has some clean alternatives resembling the Wikipedia style that you can import, and are better for simpler/smaller wikis to use (less dependencies and easier to understand)
 * Hopefully one of these will work, better yet someone will be able to remember the sanitized import I know exists. --Raidarr (talk) 12:24, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Interwiki administrator for MdsShakil in bnwikiwiki

 * Wiki url: https://bnwiki.miraheze.org
 * Discussion: https://bnwiki.miraheze.org/m/7Tn

Please add local interwiki administrator flags in my account. Thanks --MdsShakil (talk) 14:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * MdsShakil, ✅ (local closing comment(s)). Dmehus (talk) 17:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Hoping to become an administrator in CountryHumans Wiki.
It seems like most of the administrators on the CH wiki are inactive. Ever since the wiki shutdown on FANDOM, I'am hoping to become one of the administrators on the miraheze wiki of CountryHumans. I'am planning to make the wiki a bit better, by adding a logo, changing the background color, etc, as well as restoring some images. If I cannot become an administrator, that's okay. Just wanna make the wiki more better. Thanks. ForestWolffey (talk) 17:32, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * In order to become an administrator (and bureaucrat it seems as you want to change ManageWiki settings like logo and such), you must hold a local election first in which users of the wiki vote for you to become an administrator and bureaucrat. If no one opposes then you can win by acclamation and become a local administrator and bureaucrat. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:35, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * For a detailed description see here, an essay written by a Steward. After the election, you can show stewards your election on your wiki at Stewards' noticeboard (here, with a new thread), and administrator and bureaucrat permissions may be added to your account at that time.--Matttest (talk) 09:10, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Request the exemption Wordle Hub from the dormancy policy (2)
(This is the second request. You can see the first request on Special:Redirect/revision/249259.) Wordle Hub is a list of all wordle-like games, but it is limited to be expanded because new wordles are required to add. There are 725 entries and I think it is worth preserving the list, though the community is poor or absent. In fact, I am the only person who actively contributes to the wiki and currently, it is possible to say it is a personal wiki. I can find some personal wikis listed in Exemptions. Could my wiki be added to it? Thanks. Lens0021 (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Lens0021, thank you for your (re)-request for an exemption to Dormancy Policy. In terms of page content, while there may be quite a few pages, each pages appears to be a sub-stub length, possibly created with semi-automation, so I'm not sure there's sufficient content made to be read by human beings. In terms of activity, I'm seeing a fair bit of activity still. As well, as a public wiki, it is regularly backed up to the The Internet Archive by Reception123, so I'm not sure an exemption is needed here. Let's see how this goes in 4-6 months and, if you have to reopen the wiki twice (or more) in that period, I'd be inclined to (weakly) grant the exemption. Dmehus (talk) 18:36, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response! Lens0021 (talk) 18:40, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dmehus (talk) 18:45, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Requesting Extension:ExternalData for forecasting.wiki
As asked over at https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T9246#187621

Dear Miraheze team,

we would like to request the extension ExternalData https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data for our wiki, https://forecasting.wiki/.

Thank you very much! Plexish (talk) 23:38, 22 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Plexish, I wasn't aware of this new extension. Anyway, this seems fine, so ✅. Dmehus (talk) 23:53, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Bureaucrat role restoration
Accidentally deleted the bureaucrat role in my wiki Stasispedia, effectively locking myself from editing anything. Would appreciate it if the role was restored and assigned to me. StasisClan (talk) 22:13, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * StasisClan, ✅ following the  group's recreation (#1 and #2) in line with the default permissions. Dmehus (talk) 22:31, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Delete
Given the lock of the account, I am requesting that the wiki is deleted. -- Cheers, Justin Aves (talk • contribs • global • rights) 23:52, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * To let stewards to be easier to handle this case, the only bureaucrat of this wiki is globally blocked, as a sockpuppet of Bukkit. --Matttest (talk) 11:11, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ as requested, noting the requestor's relationship with the wiki's creation. --Raidarr (talk) 18:30, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Accidentally locked myself out
I've moved my old wiki (cnocbride.miraheze.org) to smithwicks.miraheze.org. While trying to remove my old account CnocBride as an administrator, it seems that I cannot do anything on either that account or my new account now despite me having changed the user rights, or so I believe. I'm locked out! Was hoping you could Smithwicks (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Smithwicks, what's the issue with your CnocBride account? Are you able to login or no? Is it just a permissions issue? If it's a login issue, is it not remembering your password, or is it having lost your two-factor authentication device? Do you know your password, or do you at least have a registered e-mail address associated to it? Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 02:37, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Dmehus, I no longer wish to use my CnocBride account and wish to transfer to smithwicks. My wiki was renamed and I attempted to make smithwicks the sole bureaucrat on the wiki. It seems in the process of transferring control, I have removed all meaningful permissions from my CnocBride account and my smithwicks account has no permissions. I can't access anything on the wiki as its a private wiki and I can't edit the settings of the wiki through my CnocBride account despite it still being a bureaucrat. I was hoping you could make smithwicks the bureaucrat & admin of smithwicks.miraheze.org for me please as I have made a complete mess of this. Thank you. Smithwicks (talk) 13:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * could you leave a confirmation message with your CnocBride account, which will make verification for this easier? --Raidarr (talk) 20:50, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sure! This is a confirmation message. &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  21:39, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, /CnocBride. Looking further into the issue I apologize since confirmation wasn't really necessary, I was also unsure and wondered if it was a login problem. So the issue here is that, the essential bit for actually seeing the wiki is tied in with administrator or member and not bureaucrat, which both accounts did hold. In the future you'll need to retain admin, put read on bureaucrat or add yourself to member, any mixture of this should work. But all should be back in order now, let me know if anything more is needed. --Raidarr (talk) 01:20, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your assistance ! Smithwicks (talk) 10:22, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * CnocBride, thank you for your confirmation edit. While both CnocBride and Smithwicks indeed had  and   permissions, so a confirmation edit wouldn't be needed to transfer rights, or delete the wiki, this is actually still helpful should you lose access to either account and need to, say, vanish one account, request one account be removed by the Trust and Safety team in accordance with Data Request Process, or some other sensitive action. Dmehus (talk) 05:09, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Global lock request for a user


He violates the age privacy policy. I would like a global lock on him. Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  02:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Please provide on-wiki proof that this user is underage, in violation of the Privacy Policy. Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 03:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * シュヴァルツ, could you please send an e-mail to my Trust and Safety role account, Doug, using Special:EmailUser/Doug (Miraheze) and providing further details. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 03:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your support. I have just sent an email to Doug. -- Schwarz ・ Talk /  ウソペディア  04:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * シュヴァルツ, thank you for your report. This has been handled. Should you potential recidivism or have similar reports in the future related to the Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy, please e-mail the Trust and Safety team at  or any Trust and Safety team member's role account directly using the Special:EmailUser function.
 * Thank you for also not providing any additional clarifying information, supporting evidence, etc., on-wiki in response to Agent Isai's message above, as the way it is worded, it is not clear whether he was trying to say users should provide this information on-wiki (they should not) or if he was trying to say that the supporting evidence must be on-wiki evidence (typically, this is the principal source of information, but it is not the only source(s) of information). In short, send your reports and your supporting information, clarifying details, and so forth to the Trust and Safety team via e-mail.
 * Thanks again.
 * -- Doug (talk) 04:39, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Now lock this account. Cigaryno66331 (talk) 08:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Global lock request
If you go to the first pages of Special:ListUsers, there a are many accounts with unacceptable usernames. Please lock these accounts per Username Policy. Thanks. Cigaryno66331 (talk) 13:34, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Such as? We have over 200,000 user accounts registered across all of Miraheze so it would be helpful if you singled out specific usernames of concern. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 15:06, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Lock only accounts with unacceptable usernames. Cigaryno66331 (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Frankly I see no point in spending time on locking completely dormant, typically ancient accounts which have not acted in a way needing attention. The constructive aim is commendable, but not practical for platform volunteers. Let me know if any such accounts have made edits in recent months, and I will see a higher need. --Raidarr (talk) 17:32, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Get bureaucrat at Wikilouco
According to the rules, the wiki named Wikilouco is about to be deleted in a month. Nobody's editing there except for me. Even the founder is off since march of 2021 (!!!!!). So, may someone gimme the staffs, or not? The Log (talk) 19:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC) The Log (talk) 19:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * What rule says the wiki is going to be deleted in a month? There is no global rule to say this or that would change unless all activity is stopped and the wiki becomes dormant. If you want to become a bureaucrat/administrator of the wiki, then what has advised is correct. Unless any other local process exists on the wiki to use, this is the way a global user (ie myself, a Steward) is able to grant rights, even if there is only one other person or no people. In that case the election will sit without votes (in other words, without issues) and can be reviewed, perhaps earlier than usual if everything is simple. --Raidarr (talk) 20:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Ok, then I'll try to contact the users of this wiki, open the voting and, if nobody answer, am I going to become the bureaucrat? The Log (talk) 22:10, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * If all is in order then it is likely you will, yes. --Raidarr (talk) 00:58, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Semantic MediaWiki feature request
Hello, I would like to request Semantic MediaWiki extension for Fractured wiki. I couldn't find info on additional extensions so I am not sure if it is possible to have them installed but I would like to request these: Thank you, GorTavaro (talk) 21:00, 26 May 2022 (UTC) GorTavaro (talk) 21:00, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Page Forms
 * Semantic Forms Select
 * Semantic Glossary
 * Semantic Result Formats
 * External Data
 * Semantic Scribunto


 * Page Forms is already available via Special:ManageWiki/extensions. Semantic Scribunto has been declined as the way it uses composer is incompatible with our setup. ExternalData and Sematic MediaWiki can only be enabled on your wiki by Stewards who will do so. The rest of the extensions must be requested on Phabricator as they are not installed at all. Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 22:03, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

request for locking
A user is under 13 years old. Please lock his account. by Buel ·Talk·Wikimail 22:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * If you have any evidence of this, send it + this report (and any future reports) directly to Trust and Safety by their email, @undefined . Privacy Policy issues like this cannot be processed publicly, per the above topic on a similar issue. TS will then follow up on this as soon as possible. --Raidarr (talk) 00:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for replying.I sent an e-mail.

Managewiki access Removed by bureaucrat Rights
Hi, I'm WolfMan founder of famepediatech wiki Today I have accidentally removed the rights of the Managewiki from the rights of the bureaucrat, now I will not be able to manage your wiki, please help me. 😔Regards.  Nirahua Tiger &#124;  ✎   02:27, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Please Attention on My Request. Regards.  Nirahua Tiger &#124;   ✎   03:17, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have reset the permissions in line with platform defaults. Please be careful with this group; it should be fine now. I still have the other user account business in mind and would like to work through it with better time. --Raidarr (talk) 08:30, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks.  Nirahua Tiger &#124;   ✎   09:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Can accounts be locked that I don't have access to anymore?
I had the old accounts User:KingstonHolm861, User:Walhouse and User:Walhousetestaccount. Can these be globally locked since I can't access them anymore due to not setting email? --Easteary861 (talk) 10:15, 28 May 2022 (UTC) Easteary861 (talk) 10:15, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * unfortunately if you are unable to log in and I have no immediate method to verify association (clear technical connections, an existing confirmation from the source accounts) and you do not have anything to verify association with (email, a few other slightly advanced ways to verify ownership) then I have no basis to act on those account's behalf. I would say that inactivity is organic if that makes sense - accounts can freely lie dormant or never used, while locks are preferably a measure of last resort for illegitimate use of accounts or at the least self-imposed forced exits which I don't see being the case here. They aren't markers for any account that goes dormant. In other words I don't believe a lock would help them even if this could be verified. If you still wish to continue I can try to get a colleague to look at this and see if he can get any further here. --Raidarr (talk) 00:16, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Adoption request for MadGenderScience
The MadGenderScience wiki seems to have been abandoned by its administrators some time ago. They do not seem to be active elsewhere on Miraheze, either. The way permissions are set up there prevent me (or any other new user) from meaningfully adding/revising content. I've made multiple attempts to get in touch with the admins requesting edit access, but have had no success. The only activity on the wiki in the last 180 days - I'm not sure how to see further back - was a trivial edit of the "chore wheel" page to stave off an inactivity closure.

MadGenderScience has a lot of good information on it, but the subject matter is an area that is rapidly changing, and things can become out of date quickly. My desire is to keep the information current, as well as add new things not currently covered, such as non-conforming surgical options.

Based on the guidelines from User:Raidarr/Adoption_process, I have added a section to Talk:Main_Page on MadGenderScience regarding my request for admin access there. Since I have no meaningful edit access on this wiki, could a steward please add a sitenotice?

Please let me know if there's any additional information I need to provide or things I need to do.

Thank you for your consideration. RyanC (talk) 11:04, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * looking at the wiki I would have used the link to the community guidelines as a base to work off, and/or attempted to reach out on the IRC server. However the domain the links use seem defunct and as you say, the administrators have been gone for quite some time - the most recent was only truly active January 2021 and the others many years prior. With these conditions in mind, and your apparent grasp of due process and the understanding you'll continue the work that was clearly outlined in the original request, I'm happy to oblige your request for sitenotice and will look forward to reviewing this once some days have passed. Thank you for a clean and complete request. --Raidarr (talk) 23:43, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Re: the interesting permissions setup: probably intended for tight curation and far more active admins than present. If you like I can go ahead and see what rights you need to get started since I see no reason you should be restricted, or this is something that can be modified after the election. Either way I don't see any reason to hold that arrangement in stone. --Raidarr (talk) 23:46, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Being granted edit and page creation permissions in the interim would be great if you're willing to do that.
 * I seem to recall seeing that at some point Miraheze staff locked down edit permissions there to control vandalism/spam, but I can't find that now.
 * I'm not quite sure what you're saying here about IRC - I did attempt to reach out that way, both via the listed Freenode information, and also on Libera Chat (as most Freenode users moved there) to no avail.
 * Thanks! RyanC (talk) 14:54, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit concerned that the sitenotice will not be seen by users reading the wiki. There is an existing one about "This is not medical advice, it is mad science!", and it seems that my having dismissed that in the past prevented me from seeing the new one you added. I had to open it in a new browser session to see it. RyanC (talk) 15:00, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * apologies for dropping the ball in the past few days. I went ahead and added confirmed for proper edit access, and updated the sitenotice id (thought I did initially, but I guess not). I can go ahead and check again in a few more days. The rights arrangement there is very weird, and would be weird for a Steward to have put together (no other Miraheze operative would/should have had access to just do that), so in the event you get local management rights I'd say you would be within your rights to take out a lot of that middle process (entering irc/discord, getting manually confirmed, then being able to edit). --Raidarr (talk) 13:15, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Regain bureaucrat rights at vikiretet.miraheze.org
''This thread is moved from Requests for reopening wikis. ''

I used to be a bureaucrat on this wiki, but I accidentally took my permissions from myself. So I want to own it again Ekrexso (talk) 07:16, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, this is no ordinary adoption request. Still, I'll work through it here (built in links actually help out) and try to patch this up in the evening when I'm back on desktop. --Raidarr (talk) 08:42, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have moved this thread in requests for reopening wikis to here since this is not an adoption request, but instead, like the thread above of accidental removal of rights, to seek assistance from a steward. --Matttest (talk) 12:25, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The move is correct. In any case the problem is that you deleted the bureaucrat group completely. I have since recreated the group based on the platform's default permissions and have added you and STU back to it. Please be more careful in modifying, in this case deleting the bureaucrat role in the future, especially its   access. --Raidarr (talk) 20:52, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Accesso ai contenuti di labirinti e draghi
Salve, non riesco più ad accedere alle pagine di labirinti e draghi, come posso risolvere il problema?

Non so cosa significhi firmare come dite voi, comunque io sono luca.pbs@undefinedgmail.com, LB77 oppure Ellebi77

Grazie--LB77 (talk) 19:48, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi. We'll need more details. What is the URL of the wiki? When were you last able to access it? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 12:27, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Traduzione automatica che può essere utile (Machine translation that may be useful) Ciao. Avremo bisogno di maggiori dettagli. Qual è l'URL del wiki? Quando sei stato in grado di accedervi l'ultima volta?--Matttest (talk) 12:41, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Horrible Music & Songs Wiki
Could you please shut down this wiki now? It is a duplicate of this wiki of the same name, as said wiki was created on August 29, 2017,, while the other wiki was created on September 23, 2018. Although the duplicate wiki was originally intended to be for a migration of the original wiki, the users then started using it as a duplicate wiki that was meant to compete with the original. As a result, the administrators from the original wiki had to migrate under a different domain. I think that this wiki should be closed or merged into the other wiki, as it has no good purpose. FatBurn0000 (sandbox | CentralAuth) 07:54, 2 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I have gone ahead and ✅ the wiki as a topical duplication/failing to adhere to its requested scope, and opted for this over a closure period due to the lack of material that is distinct from the peer wiki you have mentioned. I was on the fence regarding a closure period before deletion, but given the circumstances I do not believe that would have had any real benefits. I'm open to re-instating a closure period if you and/or others really would wish this, otherwise the bulk is/will eventually be covered in the dumps released to archive.org. --Raidarr (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Requesting a few dormancy policy exemptions
Hi, so I edit several video game-related wikis on Miraheze, along with DarkMatterMan (many of them within the unofficial brand of Miraheze Gaming Services), kind of like how Qualitipedia has become a brand of its own on Miraheze. It says I can request a few exemptions to the Dormancy Policy, so I'll list the few that I requested via Special:RequestWiki. I do my best to keep an eye on these wikis, but I feel exemptions to the dormancy policy -- better to be on the safe side of things (from what I remember, there was a bug that caused some wikis to be closed from inactivity around the time Miraheze upgraded its data centers). Here's the wikis:


 * https://thenintendowiki.org/
 * https://smashbroswiki.com/
 * https://pokemonwiki.info/
 * https://dragonquestwiki.com/
 * https://crocwiki.com/ (Miraheze Gaming Services mascot)

If (who founded these via Special:RequestWiki) is ok with it, I could also request the following to be exempt form the dormancy policy:


 * https://kirby.miraheze.org/
 * https://metroid.miraheze.org/
 * https://squareenixwiki.com/
 * https://luigismansion.miraheze.org/
 * https://wiisports.miraheze.org/ Bawitdaba (talk) 13:32, 3 June 2022 (UTC)


 * The wikis have been very active as of lately, so unless if the wikis suddenly stopped receiving edits, it looks fine just the way it is for now. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:12, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Luigi's Mansion and Wii Sports are two of the lesser active ones as far as I know. I suppose there is a point that if they active, wouldn't have to add them in. The first five above I still have as part of the request. I think MGS could become one of the go-to's of Miraheze, hence why I've connected it to the idea of dormancy policy exemption. Perhaps not in the same capacity as Qualitipedia but still one nonetheless. Bawitdaba (talk) 19:26, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The issue here I feel is that DP exemptions are for a limited set of scenarios typically including (in summary) high content, low editing traffic or need for traffic due to being complete, and a clear audience. If you keep your eye on the wikis I think you've already illustrated that a DP isn't exactly necessary, unless you'd consider the wikis more complete - they don't seem to be even if they all have something at least. If MGS becomes a go-to it will sustain its own activity in editing (or perhaps grow into a true need for exemption), while I think there may be a misunderstanding here and it's not needed. The recent changes bug was highly unusual and unlikely to occur again, and was easy to fix especially on wikis with anyone checking + did not cause any imminent data loss.
 * If you disagree with this and think they're closer to what I describe since this opinion is not backed with an in-depth review and is just a cautionary statement, I can go ahead and review the wikis individually (at least from the initial list). --Raidarr (talk) 20:00, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It should be fine, thank you. You made a good point that the activity sustains itself. If you were to review any, I think Croc Wiki is the only one that comes to mind seeing as Croc has been an inactive game franchise for over 20 years yet it has some historical significance because it branched off from Yoshi during Argonaut's tenure with Nintendo in SNES days. Bawitdaba (talk) 20:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * yet I think it stands out as a nice mascot nonetheless. so i guess for an inactive game franchise (Croc Wiki, I'm saying) would make more sense to have look into the Dormancy Policy, as the other urls listed above cover stuff that is very active. Bawitdaba (talk) 20:40, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I wasn't made an admin of the
Hello, as you might have seen in the recent changes page, specifically, log entry, I have used the Special:CreateWiki extension, which I didn't know at the time existed until somehow mentioned this to Zppix. Anyway, when I created the wiki, I wasn't automatically given the bureaucrat and adminsitrator/sysop rights at all. Please help fix this. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 18:55, 3 June 2022 (UTC)


 * You made a typo and assigned the wiki to one of your many impersonators. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:25, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see what you mean. How on earth did that happen? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 19:31, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. As noted on Discord, I prefer (not as a requirement but as a best practice) to see RequestWiki utilized, even if you do end up approving your own request. CreateWiki is only necessary in very limited situations, and RW has a better paper trail + avoids this issue entirely. --Raidarr (talk) 19:54, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Enable Semantic MediaWiki extension on alicesoft.miraheze.org
https://alicesoft.miraheze.org/wiki/AliceSoft_Wiki:Main_Page

Hello.

The Alicesoft wiki migrated to Miraheze from its original host at Fandom. As such, several of its most staple features, such as the Game (https://alicesoft.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Game) and Character (https://alicesoft.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Character) templates make use of the extensions "Semantic MediaWiki" and "Semantic Drilldown" and are not completely functional if they are not enabled. To improve site functionality, we would like to request permission to use the Semantic MediaWiki extension.

Thank you for your time. Alto the Reaper (talk) 01:05, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Request for reopening Retro Windows Wiki
I come back wanting to edit the wiki only to find it closed, and I'm upset about it.

The admin manually closed it without giving a good reason. Closing the wiki, making it eligible to be deleted after 6 months, does not seem to be a good way of just "taking a break" (as stated on mh:retrowindows:User:Xack).

If Xack is unwilling to keep being the sysop and/or admin of the wiki, I can take over. But if I do take over I might have to request exemption from inactivity, because this wiki would mainly be read, and it would not be necessary to frequently add content to it. Jack980517 (talk) 07:47, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Jack980517, per this diff at his global user page, I believe that he have decided to retire from miraheze and intended to allow other users to adopt it. In my opinion, I guess you can request it at Requests for reopening wikis to adopt it since the creator will certainly not editing it again and there is nothing different from leaving it to inactivity . Pinging Dmehus (a steward) for a better judgement on this case. Cheers, Matttest (talk) 08:12, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood. If Dmehus doesn't reply tomorrow (24h later) I'll go to Requests for reopening wikis. Jack980517 (talk) 09:26, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, sorry if my comments make any confusion. That means, I think it would be better for steward to review this case, since Requests for reopening wikis is only for wikis that is closed due to inactivity. I do believe that you are eligible to adopt this wiki, though, since the original bureaucrat is retired. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 09:38, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * IMO you should have stated that you aren't a steward before offering suggestions, or "guesses". An outside observer (someone not familiar with the staff list of Miraheze) wouldn't know that from a glance. Users posting here expect authoritative answers from actual stewards, not someone who have no say on the site's policies. Jack980517 (talk) 10:20, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I am helping the issue by pointing out the fact that the original bureaucrat of the wiki is retired, since other stewards isn’t here. Please note that everyone (not only stewards) can use miraheze’s site policies for reference, and suggestions are not vested only in stewards side. I do admit that I should say “although I am not a steward” before giving advice here with the fact that it is stewards’ noticeboard here, and so sorry for confusion. Cheers, Matttest (talk | contribs) 10:47, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Steward's input here. Matt raised an interesting point re the main operator's global userpage making an open invitation to 'adopt' wikis. It's an unusual and inadvisable practice to just close a wiki if you're bored, especially if you leave a fairly clear out like that and provide no proper reason for closure when other users are interested and/or present. Iirc he'd already pointed a few more shut down wikis at the retro windows domain and the wiki's scope is quite broad and non-personal in nature. In light of these circumstances I have gone ahead and ✅ the wiki, treating this as a valid reopen request that is skirting the line where manual closure would usually be a dent in reopening. It's not an exception made often or lightly, but I believe it holds merit here all things considered.
 * We don't take issue with users responding to inquiries as long as they are accurate, which I can confirm has been pretty much the case so far (though some interpretation was needed here, that needs to be careful). Alas, part of this is because our team is limited in both numbers and time, and anyone who can volunteer to make things easier in the meantime is encouraged to do so. I do concur that making 'not a steward' evident from the start is best. --Raidarr (talk) 22:06, 4 June 2022 (UTC)