Community noticeboard/Archive 33

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Image Uploading Failed
Trying to upload an image, I'm getting a "Could not open lock file for "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/5/5e". 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." error when I hadn't before. Looking up this error gives me instructions for a bunch of complicated file setting terminal stuff or whatnot that I've never touched and can't find the settings for. Any advice for, like... even the first page to look on in settings to fix this?

also, some images are failing to load on the wiki. could be connected? is my internet just having a moment? Chantolove (talk) 04:10, 4 October 2022 (UTC)


 * If MediaWiki asks you to do something in the terminal, always ignore it, those instructions are never meant for users. Regarding images, one of our file servers broke and is in read-only mode at the moment meaning images can be read but not written/uploaded (which prompted, as you may have noticed earlier, widespread downtime due to this server hanging all the connections). We're working at this moment to fix that. Sorry for the issues! Agent Isai  Talk to me! 04:13, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for letting me know! I'm glad I didn't accidentally break anything haha. Chantolove (talk) 04:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Ukrainian letter Ґ
Ukrainian letter «Ґ» is five letter of ukrainian alphabet, but on categories this letter is very last. Please, fix this problem. Thefirstdarkness (talk) 08:59, 25 September 2022 (UTC)


 * AFAIK, this is an issue with MediaWiki itself, not with Miraheze. Most "special" characters are listed last, so that's expected behavior. I don't have an exact place where you can complain, but here is their site. -- Bukkit  [ cetacean needed ] 00:22, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * See mw:Help:Sorting and mw:Help:Categories for more information on how to try remedying this yourself. Otherwise, what you're encountering is more noticeable whenever Special:AllPages is browsed through--a major bane of Unicode-heavy wikis such as mine.
 * Maybe try pinging "Bawolff" at mw:Project:Support desk if you haven't already? --Routhwick (talk) 02:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Are there any ways to build a fanbase for a wikis users
Hi I don't know what we don on this noticeboard but I need to know easy ways to get started with help on a wiki and I don't know how to grow a community :( Could anyone here provide tips for me or anything? CharlieFiddlesticks (talk) 19:16, 5 October 2022 (UTC)


 * A good way to get started is to put a short description of your wiki on the Gazetteer of wikis. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|uploads|email) 19:21, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The best way is to appeal to/be appealing to the destination community you are making a wiki for. This wiki and everything on it, even the Gazetteer linked above and even the Special:WikiDiscover page, are only really used by people with fleeing curiosity in other projects. Rarely does that become long term audience. If you're making a wiki about a game then you need to be known by the people who play it, so on and so forth. --Raidarr (talk) 20:31, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @CharlieFiddlesticks there is only one way to improve your wiki; advertising people. if people see and click on your ad and start editing, your wiki will start to evolve. I think it's easiest to start with this.  Hey Türkiye  message? 16:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Search Error


How do I fix this? Whenever I try searching things up besides the pages full name on the CountryHumans Wiki, there is an error. On other wikis I have been on (Polandball Wiki, Imagination Land Wiki and some of my wikis such as Art's Animations Wiki) it works but in here, it doesn’t work. KumihoWolffey or CameralTea (talk) 19:26, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Please make a Phabricator task reporting this. Make sure to copy and paste the error there, don't send a screenshot. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:56, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

How do I put my wiki in read-only mode?
Hello, I have a wiki, and I would like the people to be able to read it, not edit it. How can I do that? How do I set the permissions? Thank you so much :) Lois (talk) 16:29, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Go to Special:ManageWiki and set to private. Save it. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 16:36, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Private makes it so nobody can read it other than allow people to read but not edit. -- Bukkit  [ cetacean needed ] 16:37, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry. I had misread the title. Simply revoke the edit right from both everyone and Users. You can then put edit rights on another right so approved users can edit your wiki. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 16:40, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Go to, select  , remove all edit related perms, then go to  , and do the same. Make sure admin/bureaucrat have all of the edit perms, or they won't be able to edit since they inherit permissions from the other user rights other than the automatically assigned ones. --  Bukkit  [ cetacean needed ] 16:40, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, done. But it doesn't work well. How can I change it so that my readers don't have to log in? Thanks :) Lois (talk) 16:56, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * That seems odd, is your wiki public? (see Special:ManageWiki) --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 16:59, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry, it works already :) :) Thank you so much :) Lois (talk) 17:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem! --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 17:05, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Community noticeboard as it did not require Steward intervention. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 20:41, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Chat box on my wiki
Hello, How can I add a chat box to my wiki? Because it's read-only, so my readers can't communicate with me. What kind of chat box can I put in my wiki? A simple chat box would also be good. Which can be used without registration. Thanks. Lois (talk) 05:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)


 * You have several options. There are extensions that will allow you to comment on an article. Personally, I use an extension called comments. There is also a free chat extension, but I forgot the name of it. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 10:58, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll check.
 * But there is a wiki forum, although I don't know how to use it, what to set up so that everyone can see it. Lois (talk) 11:13, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * There was, but it was disabled due to a security issue. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 11:26, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, I read this with regret :(
 * The Comments does not work well because only registered people can comment :(
 * And when will my wiki name be changed? It's already up on Phabricator. Lois (talk) 12:12, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I can't answer the latter, but did you add the comment right to everyone in Special:ManageWiki/permissions? --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 12:42, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I don't understand why it doesn't work. Lois (talk) 12:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Did you add the comments parse to an article? --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 13:12, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeeees, it works now. Thank you so much! But can't I edit the Comments text? Maybe write their names there, because they can't register. Hmmm? Lois (talk) 13:21, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Editing unfortunately isn't supported in comments. An alternative would to be deleting your old comment and replacing it with a new one. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 13:25, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I see. Thanks a lot, everything is finally working. I'm just waiting for a new name, and then everything will be fine! Lois (talk) 13:32, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Always happy to help. --Zeus  (talk|contribs|accounts|email) 13:36, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

How do I set up the Contact page in my wiki?
Hello, There is one of these: Notifications: Contact Page Recipient User ($wmgContactPageRecipientUser) What can I do with this? What and where to write? Thanks :) Lois (talk) 15:38, 8 October 2022 (UTC)