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Referata compromised
Hello,

I'm not sure if anyone is already aware of this, but it appears that one of our competitors, Referata, has had its databases compromised in what appears on the surface to be a DOS takedown. The vast majority of Referata sites either will not load and instead redirect to a spam message, and if they will load, are locked from editing and still have hacking spam on them (LocalSettings.php was leaked as part of the hack). Despite multiple attempts to regain control of the service, it appears that Yaron Koren, MediaWiki developer and founder of Referata, has been unable to completely expel the hacker(s). As such, I would not be surprised if Miraheze gets an uptick of wiki requests/import requests due to this. Amanda Catherine (talk) 20:59, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The MediaWiki mailing list received an email from Yaron Koren, MediaWiki developer and lead sysadmin of Referata, saying that the problems appear to be resolved and that the security bug was in the SiteSettings extension. I have therefore suggested to Yaron to use ManageWiki instead. Amanda Catherine (talk) 12:17, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

HELP!: Fatal exception of type MWException
My wiki has an internal error. Please, fix it. I don't know how it happened. --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 02:49, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * My wiki has been fixed! Thank you so much!!! --PaladinDeGigantas (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Removing all content from a wiki?
I still want to continue my wiki, but between importing it from Wikia and changing nearly all of my layouts/templates to better fit the space here, it's become a disorganized mess. I'd rather start from scratch, but keep the same URL if possible. Polyrhythm (talk) 04:26, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That is possible, please make a request on Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:22, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments Extension
It would nice if those that uses Comments Extension would count as our contribution and notification if replied. Mar9122 (talk) 19:33, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

On Talented Deviants Wiki, can you please enable these extensions?
The extensions that are going to be enabled are: Theresnoname (talk) 07:57, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Comments
 * 2) Flow
 * 3) YouTube
 * 4) Template Sandbox
 * 5) Sandbox Link
 * 6) Poll
 * 7) PollNY
 * 8) VisualEditor
 * Theresnoname I can do it, but I see there are other active users. Do they agree? Hispano76 (talk) 14:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

They didn't care about these extensions, but do it anyway. Theresnoname (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Theresnoname ✅, I did not enable Poll and PollNY because they cause conflict, you must choose only one. Hispano76 (talk) 17:02, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Typo on the main page
I'm new to this wiki and noticed a typo on the main page so I thought I would report it. "Januarary 2019: Miraheze upgraded to 1.32!" Cheers! Reguyla (talk) 12:10, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing it out, fixed by Void. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:13, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

How do I change the alignment of an infobox?
Hello! I'm writing this question because I do not know how to change the alignment of a userbox on my wiki. For instance, if I want it to be on the right side of the page, as most Wikipedia infoboxes are. Thanks! --LiamUJ (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * If you imported your infoboxes from another wiki, import the page MediaWiki:Common.css, it should fix all the styling related to most of the templates from that wiki. -- Void  Whispers 20:19, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks for letting me know! --LiamUJ (talk) 20:21, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Translator permission gone?
I tried to translate a page to find out that the permissions seem to be gone. This tells me that I'm still a "translator", but I can't translate any pages. Is this part of all the broken permissions I found on my wiki and are reported on some other Japanese wikis (as seen here)?--ニア・バイオ (talk) 11:49, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, I couldn't either. This is because there was an incident regarding permissions and permission groups and the permission was reseted to default on almost all wikis. Paladox is trying to restore all the settings as it used to be. Please see this phab task for updates.
 * If you are in a hurry, you may ask our local bureaucrats to restore the permissions manually on administrators' noticeboard.-- 12:07, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I've restored the translator group manually. -- Void  Whispers 15:16, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Underage users
How do you deal with underage users? Fungster ''My talk 13:07, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * This's under Privacy Policy at section number 8 guideline, any parents or guardians should aware their children underage activities on the Services, could via through from the email at "staff@miraheze.org", and their children information will be immediately remove on sight. SA 13 Bro (talk) 16:57, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * If the real question concerns users behaving immaturely, then my answer is that your wiki should include (1) a clear statement of its purpose and how to make valid contributions to that purpose, (2) communication with problem users, beginning by "assuming good faith" but proceeding to warnings if necessary, and (3) having your wiki's Admins use their power to block disruptive users. Setting the duration of the block using public rules avoids the impression that any penalty was personal.


 * There is another layer; Miraheze Stewards block other nuisances such as spambots before they reach your wiki.  17:09 26-May-2019
 * Will you block the underage users? 61.244.97.142 22:58, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There's no policy to block a user just because s/he is underaged. So, in principle, no. However, it could happen that some users that are blocked later turn out to be underaged (by perhaps their own disclosure).-- 10:53, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Good. --Fungster ''My talk 12:17, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Under the Terms of Use, users must be at least 13 years old. John (talk) 15:20, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Uh, it's not written here (at least, my text search showed me 0 results on "13", "year", and "age" (as a single word)).-- 15:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Terms_of_Use -> Privacy_Policy John (talk) 15:47, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * All right, but it's not a clear ban. It's just that you will remove PI of them if you discover they are underaged (though it's likely they will be locked in such cases). In addition, there may be cases that parents don't care about giving you PIs of their underaged children. In such cases, no one will report and no one cares whether they are underaged (do they?).-- 16:10, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "and does not collect personally identifiable information" - Miraheze does not and will not (even with parental consent) collect data about children under the age of 13. If we discover users under the age of 13, Miraheze will Terms of Use ban the users until the point that they are over the age of 13. Parents may or may not consent but as a project, we do not respect or request the consent to handle the data as we have agreed to reject handling of the data. John (talk) 16:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, sounds fair enough. Thanks for your explanation.-- 00:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S. But if we find such cases, how should we deal with them, and what should they do?
 * Will it be valid to handle an account if they claim to be under 13 on wiki? (even though it's possible they pretend as if so and are in fact 13 or older)
 * Should we lock them (and should we delete the account)?
 * Should the user create a new account after s/he reached 13 (or should they request for unlocking their old account)?
 * -- 00:23, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Refer all cases of ToU or suspected violations to staff@undefinedmiraheze.org, do not handle them unless instructed to do so by a sysadmin (and when you do, mention their name - and by "handle", we mean enforce the ToU in a way that you judge a violation and then make it clear it's for a ToU violation - if they've spammed or something then do your usual duty and then email staff). For the last case, new account as we would have to remove the email address and all types of potential identification. They can request a usurp which can be handled by a steward within reason if you inform a sysadmin either before or after doing so. John (talk) 00:51, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Clear enough. Thanks for your detailed explanation.-- 00:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It is not complete. That means that underage users can still edit on this wiki, with parent supervision, and still not reveal their age. Fungster ''My talk 07:50, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Like every case of this in the world like under 13s using Facebook, Twitter, etc. once they are discovered their accounts are banned. John (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Commons Wiki renamed from commonswiki.miraheze.org to commons.miraheze.org
Hi all, i just wanted to announce we have renamed commonswikiwiki to commonswiki (making the domain https://commons.miraheze.org now). This is done to resolve https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T4335 Paladox (talk) 19:54, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but considering that some users may have used external links or the interwiki form mh:commonswiki: to the wiki on their wikis, I think the old subdomain should be kept as a redirect as well. Is it possible?-- 00:14, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, yes. Done here e757928d6785ddfa500adc03d2a5a4aa5a205722 Paladox (talk) 00:35, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Uh, it actually doesn't work -> mh:commonswiki:, mh:commonswiki:Main Page.-- 00:37, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Puppet had not ran at the time you tested (puppet runs every 10 minutes e.g :00, :10, :20 etc). Paladox (talk) 00:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling. Yeah, now it works fine :)-- 00:47, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Special:ManageWiki* pages are being retired
Hi everyone,

Just an informal notice to all that in a few days (likely the 3rd of June), I intend to merge changes into production (not yet done but will post a link when they are in code) to resolve T4409. The task is about retiring all the different variants of Special:ManageWiki into a single use page to reduce code footprint, increase usability and make future more complicated workflows easier to handle. Summary of essential changes will be: Only a wiki's main settings (those displayed on Special:ManageWiki) will be manageable on metawiki. Management of extensions and settings will follow permissions and namespaces and only be manageable on the wiki themselves. This is to increase local logging, clean up metawiki's logs, reduce change footprint and reduce code complexity.
 * Special:ManageWiki will remain as it is.
 * Special:ManageWikiExtensions will redirect to Special:ManageWiki/extensions
 * Special:ManageWikiSettings will redirect to Special:ManageWiki/settings
 * Special:ManageWikiPermissions{/$group} will redirect to Special:ManageWiki/permissions{/$group}
 * Special:ManageWikiNamespaces{/$namespace} will redirect to Special:ManageWiki/namespaces{/$namespace}

The community is reminded about the existence of Wiki managers, a permission which no longer will work on metawiki and will be removed when the code is deployed. The community should make arrangements it deems fit before the date of June 3rd - I will happily delay deployment to allow proceedings to be closed formally by either someone else or myself, but will not delay deployment to keep the current system in place.

Thanks, John (talk) 02:57, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

How do you make users admins on your wiki?
I want to add some admins on my wiki but I don't know how to.
 * Here are some ways.
 * Go to the target user's userpage, and you can find the "Change user groups" button in the "Tools" section on the sidebar. Click it, and check/uncheck the permissions you want to give/take.
 * Simply type  (SUBDOMAIN should be replaced with the subdomain of your wiki and USERNAME with the target user's username), and check/uncheck the permissions you want to give/take.
 * -- 02:00, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Which of your Wikis that are you indicated? If you are the local bureaucrat, you have the ability to add it by your own self as mentioned at above. S</b>A</b> 1</b>3</b> B</b>r</b>o</b> (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Number of articles
I recently imported content from another wiki. Now, my wiki says is 2,964 (an accurate number, I assume), but  is 1. What is wrong here? Do the pages not qualify as articles? Is there a problem with the code? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc (talk) 22:18, 1 June 2019 (UTC)