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好玩
好玩
 * 你在做什麽？Fung ster (contribs - email - CA) 00:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Protected edit-request on July 8 2019
It is requested that a change to the Dormancy Policy be made.

On the section Dormancy Policy, please change Similar to the exemptions above, there are several wikis that are considered exceptions to this policy. The Dormancy Policy never has and never will apply to Meta Wiki (this central project wiki), loginwiki (which is required for technical reasons), commonswikiwiki (central image repository), cvtwiki, conductwiki, or staff wiki (which are all used for internal coordination). to Similar to the exemptions above, there are several wikis that are considered exceptions to this policy. The Dormancy Policy never has and never will apply to Meta Wiki (this central project wiki), loginwiki (which is required for technical reasons), commonswiki (central image repository), cvtwiki, conductwiki, or staff wiki (which are all used for internal coordination). per this section.

Cheers, --Fung ster (contribs - email - CA) 01:41, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the catch. -- Void  Whispers 01:58, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Entered bad address for phabricator registration
Hi, I entered a misspelled email address when I was registering for phabricator. It keeps telling me that the email has been sent and won’t let me correct it. The correct address is in my miraheze account settings. Can you reset it? Thanks, Eddie


 * Hi, i've deleted the account so you can recreate it with the correct email. Paladox (talk) 20:45, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

How can I get translator permissions?
I've tried to translate main page to Polish but extension says I don't have required permissions. "Get permission" link redirects me to deleted page (Translator). What should I do then?

Rail (talk) 20:26, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Posting here is fine! Someone who can help will be around soon! User:RhinosF1 - (Quirc) (chat (on meta) ) · CA 20:29, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ (I also created a short page with instructions there) -- Void  Whispers 21:44, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Rail (talk) 07:07, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Translator rights
I have noticed that the German version still needs some tweaks to it. I'd be glad to help with that, but I've never been autoconfirmed since I never made edits to the Meta Wiki.  – Pulsaris   08:55, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:03, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Znotch190711

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * Znotch190711 is prohibited from creating further Requests for Comment, or adding additional proposals to an existing RfC. This does not, however, prohibit them from commenting suggestions in the comment sections of ongoing discussions.
 * As an aside, I would like to recommend that future proposals that have global consequences (RfCs may affect global policy) be put on the Community noticeboard. -- Void  Whispers 18:42, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello,

I've opened this thread to discuss the actions of.

Firstly, this user has started a number of RfCs recently that they know are likely to fail and have been previously discussed varying from changes to the internal structure of Mirhaeze to CVT. Their latest RfC is a very long page with a number of proposals that even they themselves know are unlikely to pass and oppose.

I have also noticed that this user makes misleading comments as evidenced at their talk page where they claim to have not requested any wikis despite having done so and this discussion where they claim to have nominated me for sysop hypothetically and then deny this part way through which they refused to remove when I blanked it as I decided I did not want to be involved in this and are taking the mick about unaware WMF wiki users.


 * User:RhinosF1 - (Quirc) (chat (on meta) ) · CA 15:58, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposal (A)
is topic-banned from creating RfCs or proposing new options in RfCs.

Discussion

 * I have no way to know user's intention in opening RfCs, such as that he knew they would be unsuccessful. His initiatives are too bureaucracy-heavy and formal for my tastes, but I would not bar him from taking initiatives because of this difference in style.  I would not ask Miraheze users to conduct an open vote to disapprove of one of us.   16:54 12-Jul-2019
 * I think that the community should be allowed to vote on whether a user is wasting their time with such proposals. We are not Wikipedia, but I find that their community ban policy is sensible. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:52, 12 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I wonder how long s/he should be banned, if this succeeds. Is it a permaban, or a ban for a certain limited amount of time?-- 17:54, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * In the way that the current proposal is formulated, it implies an indefinite ban which can only be lifted by another community vote on the matter. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 18:01, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * OK. Thanks for your reply.-- 18:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thinking about this and speaking with John, I have realized that as Proposal B, this proposal should also be made at Community noticeboard instead, as RfCs concern the global community and therefore decisions cannot be made on Meta. If this proposal were to pass, it would only affect RfCs that are for Meta only. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 13:12, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure - the decision will NOT affect RfCs created outside meta for sure, but all RfCs, including global ones, made on meta is technically activities on meta and thus meta can, at least, from a purely technical point of view, have a control on them.-- 13:52, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Votes

 * 1) as proposer User:RhinosF1 - (Quirc) (chat (on meta) ) · CA 15:58, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) Spike did a very good job explaining why an external user should not have decisions on an non meta wiki. Znotch190711 (Contribs - My wiki - CA) 17:15, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * This should be under B shouldn't it. User:RhinosF1 - (Quirc) (chat (on meta) ) · CA 17:39, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) -- Dark Dragoon   (talk)  18:11, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) While I find most of the recent RfCs going in vain, I don't think all of the proposals were worthless. Thus, I'd like to agree to a ban on creating new RfCs, but would like to disagree on restricting to create new proposals on ongoing topics started by others.-- 18:25, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 3) RfC is a good way for the community to have their say but if you look on meta this user has created many useless discussions that had no point. For now we should not allow him to create them anymore but this can be changed later if they show better behavior. --DeeM28 (talk) 07:42, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposal (B)
moved to CN

General Discussion

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section

what’s going on in the mobile version
Excuse me. I went to Meta today and I have found out I can’t read pages on Mobile. If I’m on a page and reading it in mobile view, no test appears on the page. Somebody, please. This needs some serious EXPLAINING. •• Fair0002 • Bureaucrat and Administrator of Crazybloxian Empire Wiki 06:30, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You're right. -- Dark Dragoon  (talk)  07:40, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * A task has been opened and we are looking into why this is happening. Thank you for pointing it out. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:03, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I have identified the issue as coming from the Tweeki skin. The skin has now been temporarily disabled on Meta while we sort out the issue, so all pages now work on mobile. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 18:50, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yey! Anyways, ████ you, Tweeki. You messed up the wiki. Anyways, learn alesson.

Inappropriate wiki.
Hello,

It has been brought to my attention that a section of your wiki site (https://truecapitalist.miraheze.org/wiki/Giant_Incident) you've hosted has been used to defame, and spread lies about myself. It was referring to me as a "pedophile", which is a false, and unsubstantiated accusation. It also solicits mine and other people's personal information with the intent to harass them. The main wiki page in reference is overall been used to organize, and document targeted harassment by individuals.

This page contains a youtube video that contains my own personal phone number multiple times: https://truecapitalist.miraheze.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Show_Episode_21

The main individual in question who has been making the offending edits about myself has a profile that can be found here: https://truecapitalist.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Cans_Abusing_Meme_Magician

I would like to ask for assistance in preventing my personal information to be released as well as removing content making serious false allegations. I feel that the main wiki where this is taking place is not doing anything productive or informative, and by nature is entirely nefarious.

Thank you,

https://truecapitalist.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
 * I've deleted anywhere I could find that hinted at the person in question being a pedophile, as I'm pretty sure that constitutes libel. At least until the author of the post attempts to dispute it or anything. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 04:26, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Please, I would like to translate to Portuguese (PT-br).
Please, I would like to help to translate to Portuguese (PT-br). GabrielMacedo (talk) 17:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅, you can now translate. -- Void  Whispers 19:38, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Mailling list
Is there a mailing list for Miraheze, if yes, where to subscribe? Greetings, Manuela (talk) 03:17, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * There's not one yet, but there may be one in the works soon. Check out T4536 for more details. -- Void  Whispers 03:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Redirect old acc
Hello. Would a helpful admin please be able to redirect my old account's userpage to my current one. Thanks, Æ ro|undefined 03:29, 11 September 2019 (UTC) ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat) · CA · contribs · Rights - ) 05:33, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Translation
Hello. I would like to be able to translate to Norwegian. LloydSwag04 (talk) 15:57, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:31, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Help with Importing
I'm trying to import some templates from wikipedia, but I'm generally confused about what I need to do.
 * Hi, If you haven't see Imports. If you want to pop onto IRC or Discord then myself or another user will happily walk you through it and if you're still stuck then I can import it for you. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:31, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Delete
My user page,please,for that stay my globaluserpage. Gustave London (talk) 12:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  12:44, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Problem with Upload file and can not log in to Phabricator?
Hi!

I am a new user and have just started a site! But can not upload files? And are not allowed to log in to Phabricator? I wonder if there can be something that I have missed here? Best regards from https://swedishmuseum.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page_Archive /VisbyStar
 * Hi, What errors are you seeing (for both file uploads and Phabricator). ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  20:15, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * For upload file it is: Action failed

Jump to navigationJump to search Could not open lock file for "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/7/78/20190906_171010.jpg". Make sure your upload directory is configured correctly and your web server has permission to write to that directory. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory for more information.
 * and for Phabricator it is: Du har inte behörighet att utföra den åtgärd du begärt. (in Swedish) It says I am not allowed to do this request.
 * We're looking into the file upload issue and regarding Phabricator, Are you signing up via the 'Mediawiki account' option. (You can only create an account if you use that to link your Miraheze account). ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  20:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, file uploads should work now! It appears your wiki's folder was missing on our file storage servers hence why there was a failure. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Paladox (talk) 20:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Great! Thank you very much! I will try to solve the Phabricator "problem" later. I think my account is not connected yet. VisbyStar (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to try phabricator again please? We think we've discovered the problem and fixed it! (https://github.com/miraheze/mw-config/commit/73686b1db78b6eac9fc1f016a29f96b794efc61c) Paladox (talk) 21:34, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

User:Zacharycook505
They are copying a bunch of unnecessary templates from Wikipedia, even with no attributions. Therefore please block this user. - P1av0rSe01Complaint? 10:59, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've ✅ the pages but am ❌ to block at this point. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:03, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Concur; this user's edits seem unwise but not necessarily malicious. In addition to failure to attribute the material to Wikipedia editors, which you mentioned to the user on his talk page, the user might not understand that Meta is not for individual wiki-building but for the designated purposes, and has all the templates it needs unless people decide to add new features to it.   01:36 23-Sep-2019

Loading Slowly and 503 frequently
I'm frequently meet Loading Slowly and 503 on https://splatoonwiki.miraheze.org/ and https://meta.miraheze.org/

How can I fix it?


 * Please let me know if it happens again. Paladox (talk) 15:24, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It happens from time to time though our sysadmins have been trying to improve the situation. When the wiki is down, you can use our IRC or Discord to report the problem lively.-- 12:59, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much! It's been better!

Delete Talk:Requests for Comment/Harassment
Please,delete this page,your content have vandalism. Gustave London (talk) 11:12, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#DC143C">'C' ) 12:01, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

How can I remove skins?
Hi, I can add skins to my Wiki. But how can I remove skins I do not want in my Wiki? I could use CSS, is there a built-in methond? Thank you, best regards <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 10:05, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * You will find the removable skins in Special:ManageWiki/extensions. The ones you can select in preferences can't be removed as far as I know. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#DC143C">'C' ) 10:44, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your answer, this was exactly what I thought, I hoped I was wrong, <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 12:55, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Request autopatrolled rights
I want to get autopatrolled rights. Can anyone assign it for me? Thanks Wolf (talk) 15:08, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 15:12, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected page request
Hi, just another last request. I want to make my user page (User:Wolf) semi-protected because I don't want anonymous users and IPs breaking my user page. Wolf (talk) 14:17, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Request Autopatrolled rights
I want to get autopatrolled roles. Can anyone assign it for me? Thank you in advance 「ペーパークリップ？！」 (aka PaperClip) (t/c | global🌎 ) 03:40, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ❌ Just over a month ago, you were accused of sock puppetry and had a request to shorten signatures due to its ridiculous length. Given that list of sock puppets, I’d like to wait until you’ve gone long enough CheckUser evidence doesn’t show abuse. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  06:38, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Extension LinkTarget
Hi, I added the Extension LinkTarget because I want to open extern links in a new window. Since I have no access to LocalSettings.php, how do I define classes with link target "_blank"? <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 06:35, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, it's me again. Nobody here who can help me? Can someone tell me how to open external links in a new window? Thank you <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 09:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Have you configured mh:lilypond:Special:ManageWiki/settings? Hispano76 (talk) 02:30, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, this was exactly I was looking for <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 07:19, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

i want to make an spanish version of this wiki from zero
i want to make the spanish version of the wikia also using miraheze but i think i should be autorized by the admins
 * Can you explain and detail your query? Hispano76 (talk) 01:32, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

i want to translate myself the crappy games wikia article by article
 * You can request a personal wiki. After it is approved, you will be able to create articles in Spanish. Hispano76 (talk) 01:40, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Something I noticed
https://meta.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WikiDiscover&offset=wright013wiki&language=en&category=education

Somebody's been making a bunch of wikis, many of which empty. When I went to the wiki request queue, I couldn't find any of the wikis there. meta ❯  chirality  23:23, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Take a peek at mh:wright:. Everything is explained on the first page. Certainly an odd case, but was done legitimately and for a purpose. dross  (t • c • g) 01:15, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Delete RFC
I'm requesting deletion of the RFC I did a few weeks ago. This is to rewrite the policy proposal in Commons for later approval. Hispano76 (talk) 21:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  22:25, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

how to log in
Hi, I requested and received confirmation of a new wiki. Yay! What do I do now? It just says it was approved. How do I log in? How do I find it? I'm not super techy so I'm sorry in advance is this is something obvious.
 * You must log in with your account at Special:UserLogin and then we can tell you where your wiki is. I can't guess as there have been dozens of approved requests in the last few weeks. Hispano76 (talk) 21:13, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Parser Function don't work
Hi, i have a wiki, where parser functions like  and   are working perfectly fine. Recently I created a second wiki where these functions don't work. I have compared the extensions and found (almost) no difference, I looked into the settings and could not find the error. Can anyone help me out and give me a hint? Here the parser functions are working, there they are not. Thank you <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 11:20, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * These can be enabled in Special:ManageWiki, under the edit section, as the enable string functionality option. -- Void  Whispers 17:40, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, this was exactly what I was looking for, greetings, <span style=" text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgb(53,73,29); font: bold 1.3em Georgia, serif;">Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 11:24, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Admin
I'd like to request for adminship. --8ight (talk) 18:37, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Adminship can be requested at Requests for permissions. However, based on your contributions I strongly advise against requesting, as you do not have enough experience here for the role. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#DC143C">'C' ) 19:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I heard that Trump is in Peach, quick, someone tell Mario. --8ight (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Delete UserPage
Please delete my user page, the content was moved to loginwiki. Hispano76 (talk) 17:44, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#DC143C">'C' ) 17:47, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Rename
How can i rename my acc
 * You can make a request from Special:GlobalRenameRequest. However, please bare in mind that sometimes the renaming process will get stuck, resulting in your account being locked out (which will require a phab task to fix).-- 03:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Page move "throttled"
User Naleksuh stated that he had tried to move a page in his userspace but got the message, "Action throttled." Both he and the page have age of at least three weeks. Does he need additional permissions to use the Move button successfully? (If so, the Move button ought not to be visible to him.) Is there a coding error in an Abuse Filter? 03:38 18-Jan-2020
 * That is strange, did the message say anything else? Did you try again after? I've checked the abuse log and there are no logs for Naleksuh, so it does not seem to be from there. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:28, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I think there's a default speed limit within the MW core system for any actions by users that are not admins nor bots. Maybe he might have been acting too fast (ex. 10+ moves per minute). If this is the case, it can be solved by waiting for a while.-- 07:39, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I only attempted one move, and got this message for several hours. I tried uploading a screenshot of the error, but I got the message "This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Uploading on Meta ". Naleksuh (talk) 21:05, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 21:19, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * That appears to have fixed it. Thank you. Naleksuh (talk) 22:37, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Commercial spam
User:FredericaLuton23, to the extent that it makes sense at all, seems to be commercial spam, and is certainly nothing that belongs on Meta.

There are several recent new users with such usernames (real-life name, almost always female, in CamelCase, followed by numeral). Over on, this is suspect, also first edits made breaking lines with   (which is not the case with this page). 00:36 10-Feb-2020

PS—My notice at User talk:Kormit seems to have fallen on deaf ears. 00:39 10-Feb-2020
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:21, 10 February 2020 (UTC)