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Accounts being created automatically
Hi, on my wiki it shows that the following accounts were created automatically in my User creation log:

01:50, 11 September 2020 User account InternetArchiveBot talk contribs block was created automatically 00:07, 6 September 2020 User account RedTheShadowWarrior73 talk contribs block was created automatically 01:23, 1 September 2020 User account Pppery talk contribs block was created automatically 01:15, 1 September 2020 User account MusikAnimal talk contribs block was created automatically

I'm unsure what this is (e.x. spam) since neither me nor any other editors I've invited to my Wiki are using these accounts, thanks.--Callipedia (talk) 18:37, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This is part of the Miraheze wiki configuration, and, unfortunately, cannot be changed. If a user is signed in on another Miraheze wiki when they visit your wiki, they are automatically signed in to your wiki by attaching their accounts upon visiting your wiki. Also, if you import templates from other wikis and choose to assign contributions to local Miraheze users, their accounts will be attached in that event, which looks like it may be the case given three of those users are local Miraheze users who contribute to Wikimedia wikis rather extensively. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 18:41, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks--Callipedia (talk) 21:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) Dmehus (talk) 21:07, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Can this be undeleted?
There was a talk page for a user. but they deleted it after Flow was added, I tried getting the old version back for proof that a user wanted to close the wiki but no matter what I did it did not work, I even tried renaming the page but that did not work, the page I'm trying to bring back can be found on the latest contribution of the user who made the message, their contributor's page can be found [here]. the edit says "Pages:New Section" and has "(+306)" on it, whenever I click diff it just brings me to the page that replaced the one I'm trying to bring back. and when I click hist it shows me the history of the page that replaced the page I was trying to bring back, and it does not show any edits of the deleted page. Can you please Undelete it? ScratchCoder (talk) 15:29, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar, personally, with the SocialProfile extension, but I'm not seeing any evidence that this has been oversighted, so I have procedurally moved your discussion from this discussion on stewards' noticeboard to here, where it is now more in scope, and someone may be able to help you. Looking through all those contributions, I just see empty social profile pages, so if a user has removed their information from their profile, they have that right to do so. So, I'm honestly and personally not sure this requires further investigation, to be honest. In addition, I saw no mention of the page(s) referenced on that linked "contributions" page for that user, so I can't really assist you, but in all honesty, I don't see the point—if a wiki is inactive, it will be deleted per Dormancy Policy eventually. Hope this helps. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 18:27, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you could not see the edit on the talk page, but I decided to delete the current talk page and I was able to find the page I was trying to get back (but the page is still deleted.) here ScratchCoder (talk) 19:32, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * That's because non-administrators cannot see deleted revisions. It sounds like a talk page was previously deleted and subsequently recreated over top of the existing one. You could've alternatively restored the deleted revisions in "view history." Either approach works, though. Dmehus (talk) 20:19, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Just search User talk:WickyHoney/old AppleCrunchy (talk) 19:11, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

What is interwiki
I hear you need to request interwiki admin rights from a steward, but I don't know what Interwiki is, and why does a steward need to assign it to you AppleCrunchy (talk) 19:13, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this question, and for providing me the opportunity to answer it for you. Essentially, there is an interwiki table that is global and which applies to all wikis. Currently, it exists here on Meta, at Special:Interwiki. In addition, there is a local interwiki table on the same special page on customer wikis, which allows for specific websites and prefixes to be added to that customer's wiki. We do have interwiki administrators who can add links, upon request, to any wiki's local interwiki table (usually by way of a request here on this noticeboard on Meta). If you meet the prerequisites, are active on Meta in some way, and are active on more than one wiki, you, too, can request global interwiki administrator at requests for global rights. It is also possible to organize either a local interwiki administrator election or appointment process on your local wiki(s). The current requirement is that you must hold  rights on each wiki. You should ideally link to your local policies governing your local interwiki administrator election process, if you use an election, or your appointment/selection process, if you use an appointment or selection regime. If using a local election, you would also need to specify the candidate(s) running and number of position(s) open, in addition to the duration of the election and the minimum net support ratio required for success, the latter two of those four points in your election rules. Following this local process, you simply link to both your local policies and the local election in the format   in a new request on stewards' noticeboard. The reason that this user group is only granted, locally as well as globally, by stewards is because of the potential for malicious or grossly harmful external links from being added to the interwiki table, and the fact that MediaWiki software allows interwiki hard redirects, such that users are automatically redirected to the external website without any user intervention. If you just have a couple links you want added, though, let me know, and I'd be happy to add them. Dmehus (talk) 22:51, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Template error
Hello,

I have a wiki, a Hungarian wiki. I want everything to work. But it's not so. I made the mineral infobox (Ásvány infobox). And writes this: Warning: This page calls Sablon:Ásvány infobox which causes a template loop (an infinite recursive call). But why? My wiki is here Thank you so much :) - Lois (talk) 13:31, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for providing a link to your wiki. Only, I don't have permission to even read its pages!
 * When you get that error message, it is usually telling the truth. The last person I helped with this had an example on the template of how to call it.  And, for illustration, the example called it (called itself)!  Which would call itself, which would call itself, etc.  Please look to see if you are doing this too.   16:45, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * This was discussed in this archive. In  another template problem, a template included itself in a category meant only for pages that called it.   16:53, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay, I read it, I understood. I exported the infobox to my wiki. Now the error: "Script error: There is no infobox module". But why? What's not good? I don't understand... - Lois (talk) 14:02, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Templates are easy, all they do is repeat themselves in any page that calls them like this, although they can also make substitutions and do simple computing. Modules are actual programs that can do more complicated computing, I've never used them.  However, as we say in FAQ, if you import something from Wikipedia, you must import the entire thing.  That's all I know.  I still don't have permission to read the template in question and point to where you are calling a module.   15:37, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


 * I have limited experience with Lua modules as well, but it sounds like you may need to import the Lua module Module:Infobox. Can you see if that's imported to your wiki? If it is, check for a configuration subpage. The configuration is usually fairly self-explanatory. Dmehus (talk) 18:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, I imported the Module:Infobox. But not good. Error:"Script error: the image function does not exist". What is the error? My wiki is hereI would be so happy if someone would help me :) - Lois (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

I need help adding twinkle to my wiki
I added some interface pages, but I don't see any twinkle gadgets in there. I might choose Dmehus or Universal Omega to help me if I have many issues, and I'll make them both interface admins. AppleCrunchy (talk) 18:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I thank you very much for the kind words and offer, and hope you won't mind, but I will likely have to ever so politely decline your most generous invitation, as installing Twinkle is a lot of work. Installing the actual gadget files is not too complicated, but you have to de-Wikipedia-ify all of the gadget code, mainly through updating the templates that it calls and your namespaces and all of that. Plus, you have to import all the templates and modules. So, in short, it's probably the most complicated gadget to install, and I would note that even Wikimedia's Meta Wiki does not have Twinkle (likely for this reason). Dmehus (talk) 18:33, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, I want a crat to implement the advanced search option, I need to search things only in the MediaWiki namespace AppleCrunchy (talk) 18:38, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "advanced search option"...in Twinkle? Dmehus (talk) 18:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a MediaWiki extension AppleCrunchy (talk) 18:54, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. I was misunderstanding as we were discussing the Twinkle gadget in this thread. Do we have that extension installed on Miraheze? If so, you can enable it in Special:ManageWiki/extensions on your wiki. If not, you'll need to request it using the feature request form on Phabricator and our security reviewers and system administrators will review it for both security and compatibility, among other things. You can sign in to Phabricator using the MediaWiki sign-in, and your accounts will be linked. Dmehus (talk) 20:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Using a different domain name as a URL
Hi, I have a custom domain name (www.callipedia.org) purchased; I wanted to know if there is a way to use it or have it redirected to my wiki on Miraheze, thanks.--Callipedia (talk) 13:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Please read Custom domains. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 14:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Not related to your custom domain request for which provided you with the informational page, but I have also made your wiki's address into a MirahezeMagic interwiki wikilink. You can link to any Miraheze customer wiki using  . It works currently on all pages, but does not yet work in log summaries and edit summaries. That is on my list of Phabricator feature requests to file. Dmehus (talk) 14:43, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Callipedia (talk) 17:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem! :) Dmehus (talk) 17:56, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Adding a template to a large number of pages
Hi, I'd like to know if there's a way to add a template to a set of pages, instead of manually having to add it individually, thanks.--Callipedia (talk) 02:31, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Special:Nuke not working for imported pages
I noticed that the Special:Nuke feature does not work for pages imported via the Special:Import feature.

There is a thread here about this along with someone offering a fix; I was wondering if it is possible to implement this fix on Miraheze wikis, thanks. (link) --Callipedia (talk) 17:09, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe this would likely be an upstream issue that would have to be resolved in MediaWiki, so would likely require a Wikimedia Phabricator feature request. Dmehus (talk) 17:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Looking at the page you linked to, it seems like this is a manual patch of the Nuke extension, which can be done, but is often not done as it would require cherry-picking the code with every Wikimedia update that filters downstream to us, but I will ping to this thread to offer his opinion. In the meantime, you can file a Phabricator task on Miraheze Phabricator under the MediaWiki project and Maintenance workboard to list all the pages you require deleting. Dmehus (talk) 17:53, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that we won't accept any modifications to Nuke other than those coming from the upstream extension. If this hack that you have linked us to works, I'd be surprised that the WMF haven't implemented it themselves. As Dmehus said, please feel free to open a task and a sysadmin will run a script to remove the pages. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:58, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I did that.--Callipedia (talk) 23:13, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

"429 Too Many Requests"
When I try using Miraheze on my computer I’m constantly getting the error message I stated in the title. If I manage to get past the error, the page I pulled up doesn’t fully load most of the time. Is there anything I can do to fix this? —DeciduousWater534 (talk) 22:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I, too, am getting these error messages, so this suggests it isn't a problem with only me or only you. I suspect there is an issue with either (a) Varnish or (b) the cache proxies (Cp1&mdash;Cp9). I will ping to this thread; he may or may not see this notification, but he would be the one that would know for certain what the issue is. Dmehus (talk) 23:06, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Just clarifying something, we don't have 9 cache proxies, only cp3, cp6, cp7 , cp9 are in the, the rest have been decommissioned and were only in use previously. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 13:30, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought you might say something, but yeah, I knew that, I was just listing the cache proxies (whether past or present) from the lowest numbered one to the highest numbered one. Dmehus (talk) 13:35, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Why Special:import doesnot work?
I use Special:Export to export some pages of Wikipedia, then import it in Special:import. But it does not work and notice "Expected tag, got html". Why? -开炸弹车 (talk) 12:45, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Duplicate search results for redirects?
If I start to type a few characters in the search box, if a redirect matches the title of an article and also matches the title of a redirect to that same article, it will show the target page twice as a suggestion. Daily5 (talk) 13:00, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This is actually by design, and is one of the reasons to consider deleting redirects, particularly extraneous redirects that very closely match the actual title of an article, to allow the MediaWiki search engine to do its job more effectively by removing the duplicate title matches. It is actually the first reason for deleting redirects on English Wikipedia, as seen here. Note that there about ten reasons for potentially deleting redirects, there about as many different reasons for potentially keeping them. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:12, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the answer! (wow that was quick) Daily5 (talk) 06:57, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dmehus (talk) 13:47, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Revocation of FireBarrier101's Wikicreator

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
 * Closed as procedural irregularity. Please provide examples of wikis created against the Content Policy to Stewards + an attempt to educate regarding the Content Policy after an inappropriate creation has taken place. John (talk) 09:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I do not trust him to be able to enforce content policy when approving wiki requests (see his comments on Unfavorable Fandoms Wikis Wiki). Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 09:20, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * See also this wiki he created. https://thestarin.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page, which he created for his suspected friend, and more than likely knew the wiki would have content policy violations per this https://unfavorablefandomwikis.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Vu7pgdemdjfpqsb2 Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 09:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  as nom Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 09:20, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Abstain

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

The Pioneer has steward rights revoked?
Hi everybody. I've came back after a long period of hiatus. On the Stewards page, it says that The Pioneer is a former steward. I nominated him for steward last year; I don't understand why his rights were revoked. I don't think that his rights was revoked due to inactivity, as he is moderately active on Meta and other wikis, nor do I believe that he has done any wrong thing. Can you give me any pages or RfCs that passes to revoke the right of a steward? That would be very much appreciated. OwenFung87 09:57, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry I have made this post, I know where the links are. But may I ask can I nominate somebody for stewardship during my sanctions of RfCs? OwenFung87 10:13, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * While a revocation request was initiated regarding The Pioneer, he resigned his rights, as he's just not active on Miraheze anymore. He's issued a statement in his resignation. As to your topic ban, I don't believe nominating someone for steward is covered by your topic ban, but you really should not be nominating someone unless you've talked to them, and received their consent to do so, first. If you have someone in mind, you can e-mail me, and I'll let you know if they might be a good fit to approach them. Dmehus (talk) 14:42, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * His only recent edits in September were so that he could resign so I do not think someone can call this "moderately active". And here you will find the policy that says a steward can be revoked by the community which is very normal. DeeM28 (talk) 07:25, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Dark Mode
Hi, I use the Dark Mode extension, but whenever I change the page, it goes back to the default. Anything I can do? Already looked up the extension page (didn't find anything there), looked up the talk page (someone already forked the extension because of this issue) and couldn't go any further. I want to make it available as a cookie (for me, but also everyone else). Appreciate any help! Godless Raven (talk) 09:40, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, since nobody answered so far, let me try phabricator instead. Godless Raven (talk) 11:33, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for missing your post. The current DarkMode is not set up to persist on each page, though I believe there is some CSS code you can add to MediaWiki:Common.css in order to fix this. Perhaps the developer, has an idea. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:58, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

How to enable STL file uploads
To add to my wiki's user experience, I'm looking into adding support for 3D model viewing using the 3D extension. To use it I need to be able to upload STL files, which seems to be disabled by default. Is there a way I can enable STL file uploads on my wiki or request that the change be made? Thanks, - CoolieCoolster (talk) 14:13, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This should be possible. I would think, since it's technical-related, this is within system administrators' purview, and you should thus file a Phabricator task to request the  file extension be enabled on your wiki. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 14:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.35
The release of MediaWiki 1.35 has now been finalized. So, when can we start upgrading Miraheze wikis to MediaWiki 1.35? GTrang (talk) 19:18, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, we will work on it as soon as we can. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 19:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

May we create the mirror site of mediawiki.org?
As everyone knows, users in China cannot visit some site of Wikimedia, such as zh.wikipedia.org or mediawiki.org (It works at a few time of July)

Wikipedia has lots of mirror site in China. For example the WanWeiBaiKe.

Now mediawiki.org does not work in China. And it has lots of helps about using Mediawiki, especially extensions and versions. It is important.

Then I have a thinking: may we create the mirror site of mediawiki.org like wikipedia?

Or, create some infowikis. Such as MediawikiExtensionWiki, MediawikiHelpingWiki, MediawikiVersionsWiki, and so on.

I do not have enough power .It is only throw away a brick in order to get a gem.

--开炸弹车 (talk) 03:46, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Would this result in all of Miraheze becoming inaccessible in China too?  16:54, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * raises a good philosophical question. As I understand it, users from China already have to request either a local or global IP block exemption on Miraheze, so this wouldn't be my primary argument against this. My main concern would be both the timeliness and accuracy of keeping the forked MediaWiki.org website up to date, to be honest. It's a good-faith idea, and I can't say I'd be opposed, per se, but I'd want to see an exhaustive and thorough proposal, to be sure. Dmehus (talk) 18:13, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, some wikis of Miraheze are inaccessible. For exameple the [//uncyclopedia.miraheze.org/ uncyclopedia]. And unnews is all right. So I think do not worry about all of Miraheze becoming inaccessible. With all due respect, Miraheze permit obscene(Esu) Wiki is more dangerous than this. 开炸弹车 (talk) 02:02, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The "esu" wiki(s) you cited were indeed shut down, deleted, and are now kaput by stewards. As a wiki creator, I take a critical eye to proposed new Chinese language wikis with vague or unclear descriptions, and routinely decline them as such. Dmehus (talk) 02:33, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It is sure. I have got some information about the mirror site of zhwikipedia. They use upload.wikimedia.org (it is not inaccessible now) to see media file. And we can also use leading-out and leading-in. Most of wiki uses reverse proxy开炸弹车 (talk) 03:12, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

I requests one wiki about mediawiki extensions.开炸弹车 (talk) 07:27, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

I can’t upload images
I tried to update images on Different History Wiki, but I only get an error message every time. Trevor807 (talk) 18:23, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * First, please note that I have procedurally moved your question from stewards' noticeboard to this noticeboard, where it is now in scope. Second, can you give us exactly what error message you receiving? Thank you. Dmehus (talk) 18:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

How do you edit the top bar of wikis?
You know, the bar that contains your username and preferences? Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 19:39, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a good question and, though I'm not sure this can be done by modifying the interface messages, it may be possible with your wiki's common.css file. I would think that this would be a good question for either of . Dmehus (talk) 20:57, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This line is called a portlet, and the items in it are simply links to other pages. You can indeed affect its appearance, including making some items invisible, by edits to MediaWiki:common.css (for all users) or to User:EijiZeBoi/common.css (for yourself only).  You can do more complicated things, such as rearrange them or insert code, by editing the corresponding common.js file.  I do a little of this with jQuery here on Meta in my User:Spike/common.js.  In Firefox, you can use Tools / Inspector to find out what each element's ID is.   22:08 27-Sep-2020

Will be preparing for upgrade to 1.35?
Soon. 180.191.142.223 12:09, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 180.191.142.223 Yes, absolutely, this is one of the top priorities for system administrators, and the upgrade is likely to occur in the next one to three weeks. Dmehus (talk) 14:28, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Help required: Cargo extension recurring events (Template:Event Infobox)

 * Wikis:
 * magic.miraheze.org
 * testcargo.miraheze.org

Hello guys. After testing Extension:JsCalendar and finding several things we are not happy with, we decided to go on learning Cargo, which could be used for storing many variety things, included events, and Cargo Calendar wins for truly multi-language support and easy way collecting information from pages by posting Infoboxes and easy editing with PageForms. We spent a several days to learn and experimenting with Cargo on testcargo.miraheze.org and our magic.miraheze.org wikis. The building tables is learned. There are many examples we found on the Internet. But we stuck with creating a Calendar with recurring events, and no examples found, except some hints:
 * Extension talk:Cargo/Archive August to October 2019#Recurring Event Syntax
 * Extension talk:Cargo/Archive March to April 2020

Still not clear how to make it working. Could somebody kindly help us out by posting a working template? The source, served as an example to build a working one-time events Calendar was https://icannwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:Event. --Helper (talk) 21:19, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

How to make interwiki link?
like gomdoli.miraheze.org. --Gomdoli4696 (talk) 23:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for posting this question on the correct noticeboard. There are two types of interwiki links, those which use prefixes from the interwiki table on a given wiki and MirahezeMagic interwiki wikilinks, which are a sort of pseudo-interwiki wikilink for Miraheze wikis. The former will work on pages and in edit summaries and log actions, while the latter will currently only work on pages. Each wiki has a Special:Interwiki interwiki table that is inclusive of both global and local interwiki tables. Any local interwiki prefixes override the global prefixes. Any interwiki administrator can add interwiki prefixes to any wiki's local interwiki table, except the global interwiki table on Meta. Other than AllTheTropes wiki, it is usually not necessary to add Miraheze customer wikis to the global interwiki table, notably because it would get unwieldy in a short hurry. So, with that in mind, what is that you would like to do? If you just want to link to your wiki, you would use a MirahezeMagic interwiki wikilink, like . Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 23:42, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If you would like to add interwiki prefixes to your wiki's interwiki table, you follow the example set by Community noticeboard/Archive 12 in starting a new thread on community noticeboard. I should also mention that it is possible to become a local interwiki administrator on your wiki. Currently, requirements are that you must hold  rights on the local wiki and, for larger wikis, show some evidence of support for you holding that position. Simply start a local election or selection page on your local wiki, then go to stewards' noticeboard, linking to your local wiki's election page, and a steward will grant you local interwiki administrator rights on your wiki. Hope this also helps. Dmehus (talk) 23:49, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Some links to study:
 * Help:Interwiki linking
 * Extension:Interwiki
 * Extension:InterwikiMap
 * Manual:Interwiki table -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helper (talk • contribs) 23:56, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Editing sidebar
Hello,

Sorry for the error. How do I edit the side menu in my wiki? How to create new menus? Because I typed a menu but didn’t accept it, because there was an error in it: The requested page title contains invalid characters: "%C3". Thanks :) - Lois (talk) 16:03, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe the sidebar likely has acceptable character limitations, likely due to the way in which the MediaWiki regex is followed. If you have a look at MediaWiki:Sidebar, you can follow that syntax. For translations of interface messages, though, you should use translatewiki.net, the updates for which are piped in to to Miraheze (presumably with a modest time lag/delay). If you are wanting to translate the links to specific pages linked in your sidebar, you can create a MediaWiki namespace interface page titled exactly as the full page name (including namespace) of the page being translated followed by the backslash and the applicable language to which you wish to translate that link. In the page content, you specify the name of that page in that language. For example, if I wanted to translate the Community noticeboard link into Swedish in the sidebar, I would format it as . In the page content, I would specify the Swedish translation of that page name. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 16:23, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, thank you so much for your exhaustive help, this little description helped a lot :) Then tomorrow I will have time to edit and learn wiki editing. I will honestly say that it's a very good time for me to be here and to edit or to learn. :) - Lois (talk) 16:42, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. Don't hesitate to follow up with any related questions to this thread, if within the next week or two; otherwise, you can always start a new thread. :) Dmehus (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Some links to study: (Helper (talk) 07:50, 29 September 2020 (UTC))
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Sidebar
 * MediaWiki:Sidebar
 * MediaWiki:Mainpage
 * MediaWiki:Mainpage/en where /en is language code of user interface.

I want to change URL on my wiki
How to change "Entry point URLs"(on Special:Version)? to Where can I request this?
 * NOTE: mh:Gomdoli:

Thanks, Gomdoli4696 (talk) 02:08, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't believe these access URLs can be set on a wiki-specific basis, as those files refer to the relevant MediaWiki  configuration files on the web server. Thus,   doesn't exist locally on the server. Potentially, it could exist as an empty folder, with a 301 web redirect to , but to what end? I'll ping system administrator  to this thread to offer a second opinion, but I'm going to (somewhat) BOLDly say this ❌ for technical reasons. Dmehus (talk) 13:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

89AnimeChampMaster couldn't sign in
I've heard that 89AnimeChampMaster is having trouble with logging in. He has tried may times to log in but he has never actually gotten to logging in. Is there some way for a Miraheze staff member to email 89AnimeChampMaster about his login issues? - DeltaRuneFan2001 (talk) 03:01, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Please have e-mail   with any technical issues he may be having with being unable to login, and a Miraheze system administrator, after first determining the error he is receiving, will help him appropriately. It could range from a client-side issue whereby 89AnimeChampMaster just needs to delete his Miraheze web browser cookies and browsing history to a forgotten password issue whereby 89AnimeChampMaster simply needs to have a new password sent to his registered e-mail address to something server-side (i.e., potentially caught up as collateral in a global IP rangeblock requiring a global IP block exemption, for which he'd be referred to  ). But, without the exact error, it's difficult to assist, particularly when said user is not here. Dmehus (talk) 13:22, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

ParserFunctions
Do you know how to enable StringFunctions? They don't work. Cozy Glow (talk) 07:44, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It works on our wiki, at least that:
 * If lower case is needed, use lc: function to control output:
 * → one
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helper (talk • contribs) 12:40, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * But these functions  don't work. Cozy Glow (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * have you enabled it in Special:ManageWiki/settings#mw-section-edit of your wiki (Enable string function functionality ($wgPFEnableStringFunctions))?. Hispano76 (talk) 18:32, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, I have fully forgotten to do this. Thank you for reminding. Cozy Glow (talk) 19:00, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I create new wikis?
Please tell me how to create a new wiki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The-D*vil (talk • contribs) 17:51, 29 September 2020‎
 * Regular users may not directly create wikis, they can request them and they will be approved or declined by a wiki creator. Please also remember to sign your post using 4 tildes ( ~ ) Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 17:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Recent Changes
In Ain't It Funny?, I no longer show up in Recent Changes but everyone else can due to an error than one of the admins have put. Can you please help me fix it? ItMeansNothing (talk) 18:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I have moved this question to this noticeboard from stewards' noticeboard, where it is now in scope. Someone will answer your question shortly, but will likely need more detail in terms of the problem. Can you articulate exactly what the issue is? It could be anything at this point. Dmehus (talk) 19:01, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Page with usage of tag "math" is not displayed correctly
Hi, I have several pages with use of  e.g. this page. I tried several browsers, but not of them displayed the page correctly. What happened? Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 06:39, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Probably related to T6146. K599 (talk) 19:18, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Lily (Lilypond Wiki · talk and I will listen · my little garden ) 07:34, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

JsCalendar not on list of installed extensions
is missing on Miraheze Extensions

By the way, Extension:Calendar-Wikivoyage, which is installed on Miraheze, is missing on Mediawiki Calendars. Helper (talk) 12:33, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Firstly, as an organizational and formatting matter, could you format new threads on community noticeboard with a concise, several word summary of your request, and then state your full question in the body of your thread? That is, please do not begin your question in the section header and conclude your question in the first or second line of the body, as it makes for difficult reading by others. Second, while not essential, please consider using wikilinks and interwiki wikilinks as an alternative to external links. Finally, regarding your question, please note that the Extensions page is not, and may never be, an exhaustive list of all extensions enabled on Miraheze. For the complete list, please see this Miraheze GitHub repository (note this will change to the  tree when Miraheze upgrades to MediaWiki 1.35). You, or anyone, is most welcome to add additional approved extensions from that repository to the Extensions page, but please make sure to use Special:MyLanguage and   tags where and when appropriate, and, of course, double-check your work for typographical and grammatical errors. Dmehus (talk) 13:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The topic is available for deletion. I went to that page and done editings. This problem is solved. Or you can leave this topic just for educational purpose, which was not the goal of this specific topic creation. In my point of view this post is absolutely unnecessary on Miraheze. The last reply discourage me to visit this noticeboard. Helper (talk) 15:22, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your follow up question, and for your requesting clarification. It is my pleasure to assist in helping to provide that clarification. Generally speaking, with limited exceptions, we don't "delete" topics from noticeboards and talk pages; we archive them. On community noticeboard, you've noted one of the main reason(s) for this archiving: so the thread can potentially assist other users and Mirahezians who have the same question. I hope this clarifies, and look forward to continuing to assist you where I am able. :) Dmehus (talk) 15:52, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

How to make a page like this a talk page?
This page&mdash;community noticeboard is a main namespace page. But in the top, it has a "Create Topic" button. How to do that&mdash;make a page like a talk page. --开炸弹车 (talk) 05:03, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I hope you don't mind that I fixed a few minor typos and formatting errors in your question. Anyway, to answer your question, this can actually be done on any page, whether a talk, user talk, main namespace, or project namespace page. It really doesn't matter where or in what namespace it is located. If you have a look at Community noticeboard/header, the header for this page, you will see there is a that is used to create a text box to create a topic. You can even get fancier than that by adding an   notice (basically like an editnotice) and a   that prepopulates text in the body of the message. For an example of this, see the subpages of Requests for permissions. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 05:18, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Never mind. With your reminding, I have seen the header of community noticeboard. In the header, it has a magic word  to add the link for button. (Maybe my introduction is a bit wrong.) Now I solve my problem. Thanks a lot. I think I need to learn magic words well. 开炸弹车 (talk) 05:33, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. Yeah, magic words and parser functions are both very useful and helpful. They're a bit daunting at first, but, once you understand the basics of them, they help a lot. See also this MediaWiki help page. Dmehus (talk) 14:31, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Please help me make the number of articles go up on the Chuck E. Cheese's Wiki
Look at the number of articles that are on this wiki I created the other day. The numbers didn't even go up after I added content to the wiki, especially since I'm the creator of this wiki. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 19:07, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * First, thank you for your question. Please note that I have procedurally moved the discussion from stewards' noticeboard to here, where it is now more in scope. Second, to your question, have you checked which pages or namespaces are set as "content pages," as that likely affects your wiki's Special:Statistics special page. Third, if that's not it, there could possibly be a caching delay of several days for things to update. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 19:11, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Firstly, no I haven't, and 2, are there any codes that I could use to fix that problem? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 19:18, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * No, no codes, as far as I know. It's just done in ManageWiki, specifically, at Special:ManageWiki/namespaces. There's an option to select whether to treat pages in that namespace as "content pages." By default, Main namespace pages are treated as content pages, I believe, whereas the others may not be. Dmehus (talk) 19:16, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I typed in something on that, clicked on submit, and nothing's happened. Any suggestions? DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 19:30, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I updated the wiki, using those 2 suggestions you gave to me. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 20:05, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Getting The Number of Pages a User Has Made
Is there a way to use the api to get the number of pages a user has made? --Bayugoon (talk) 22:59, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I figured it out on my own, api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=User&uclimit=5000&ucshow=new returns a json array of all the user's edits so you just need to get the length of the array, idk what you would do if they had made more than 5 thousand pages though lol --Bayugoon (talk) 00:43, 2 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Global Js, Css
How to make global js, css? I don't know how to. Thanks, Gomdoli4696 (talk) 05:09, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Users' global.js and global.css files are created and hosted here on Meta. To create yours, simply click global.js and/or global.css to create your files as subpage(s) of your Meta userspace. Hope this helps. Dmehus (talk) 05:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I can embed YT videos: how about Vimeo, niconico, and others?
Such as here. Thanks :) DMBFFF (talk) 05:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The YouTube extension has tags to embed niconico videos, just like tags. For other video services, you can enable mw:Extension:Widgets and copy the corresponding widget from this website. Note that some video services might not work if they aren't on the CSP whitelist, so you would have to open a phabricator task to add those sites. K599 (talk) 18:13, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I copied from here, to make this, and it still doesn't work for Vimeo, though your suggestion for niconico does. DMBFFF (talk) 06:52, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like you didn't call the Vimeo widget correctly in that page, the correct syntax would be . You should also undo this edit, as the previous revision is the correct one. Finally, I looked at Miraheze's CSP whitelist, and they don't have *.vimeo.com on there, so you would need to open a phabricator task to add *.vimeo.com to the CSP whitelist. K599 (talk) 16:54, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for assisting here, and for your observation that   is not in the CSP whitelist. So, I've created the task on Phabricator proactively, and its status can be tracked at T6129. Dmehus (talk) 17:08, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, thank you for assisting me, and you too. May both of you be requited for your help. :)    DMBFFF (talk) 01:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * So what do I do now? DMBFFF (talk) 07:48, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I might suggest following 's advice earlier in this discussion, now that Phabricator ticket #T6129 has been resolved by and   has been added to the Content Security Policy (CSP) whitelist. Dmehus (talk) 16:19, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought I did. Thanks for whitelisting Vimeo; and something seems embedded in my sandbox, but nothing I can seem to play, nor is the Vimeo video "private." DMBFFF (talk) 06:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, it's somewhat working. This https://vimeo.com/groups/173360/videos/13796779 doesn't work, but this https://vimeo.com/66454459 does, though I've yet to be able to alter height and width in mh:fictionandfictionalsettingswiki:User:DMBFFF/Sandbox. DMBFFF (talk) 08:01, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You should be able to adjust the height and width with . K599 (talk) 20:54, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep, it seems to be working. Thanks K599.  :)   DMBFFF (talk) 20:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

In other languages
Hello,

How do I add other languages to my wiki? (in the menu on the right?)(Add links, add interlanguage links). Thank you :) - Lois (talk) 09:22, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi. You can enable UniversalLanguageSelector and Translate via Special:ManageWiki/extensions :) Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 10:29, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Thanks your answer. Yes, I know that. It works. I'm sorry, I wrote my question wrong. So on the left is a menu item: In other languages, Add links. When does it work? Need to create an English or other language wiki too? (The language of my wiki is Hungarian) :) - Lois (talk) 12:17, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Is your hope the same as the Sidebar of Wikipedia? If true, as far as I know, it only give urls to jump. -开炸弹车 (talk) 00:52, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Those are added from interlanguage links to other separate wikis. You'd need an interwiki admin to add the interlanguage prefixes for your wiki. Then you'd add something like Title in English to the respective page. K599 (talk) 17:22, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * All you need is that–do not forget to put on your pages a following code, but remember to wrap the tags in less than and greater than  signs, which cannot be used for illustrative purposes as they appear to be incompatible with the   tags) Inserted text added by Dmehus (talk) 13:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC):
 * That way you prepare the page for translation. After saving, click on "translate this page" to indicate to translators that this page is available for translation.
 * Then a translator creates additional pages like PageName/bg, where /bg or /he be the two letters of language code. Plus, translated pages would be found in subcategories of YourCategory with suffix /bg or /he. Helper (talk) 13:11, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I found that for multi-language full support there is an extension:
 * Extension:ContentTranslation
 * along side of Extension:Translate
 * check this out: Content translation/Templates
 * it depends on another eight additional extensions: Extension:ContentTranslation#Extension dependencies
 * as well you would need Extension:LanguageCode
 * and Extension:UILangCode
 * Do not forget about this: Help:Magic words - Technical metadata of another page
 * --Helper (talk) 13:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * it depends on another eight additional extensions: Extension:ContentTranslation#Extension dependencies
 * as well you would need Extension:LanguageCode
 * and Extension:UILangCode
 * Do not forget about this: Help:Magic words - Technical metadata of another page
 * --Helper (talk) 13:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I need help to disable Universallanguageselector extension
I have enabled Universallanguageselector extension. Now I cannot disable it. Kindly advice .--Emad4ald (talk) 08:45, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * To manage the extensions on your wiki, you have to go to the Special:ManageWiki/extensions page, a link to which should be in the wiki's left sidebar. Once there, you should see the list of extensions, which starts with 3D, AddThis, and HTML Meta and Title. Scroll down the alphabetical list until you reach the Universal Langauge Selector extension, or use CTRL+F to search the page for it. Assuming that it's enabled, it will have a blue checkbox, which you should click to disable. Once you have disabled it, to confirm your modification you return to the top of the page, click on the "Submit" tab, enter your reason for making the modification, and click the blue Submit button. After that, the extension should be disabled. - CoolieCoolster (talk) 02:31, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * @CoolieCoolster: I did this before . No response; I think it is a bug. I have reported this issue to https://phabricator.miraheze.org/. Thanks Emad4ald (talk) 07:41, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * May be you talk about Extension:LanguageSelector, I disabed it, and never used again. It shows bold language chooser dropdown menu bar just on top of every page. Also, disable on Special:ManageWiki/extensions page. Helper (talk) 13:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright Violations
Photos play important part on my wiki(s). Album covers, book covers, movie posters, photos of people and events are just few examples of media files I plan to include on my wiki(s). I know it's important to ask for permission when posting copyrighted content but, in my case, it would be very long and tedious process to ask copyright holder's permission for each photo I post. However, I'm pretty sure my usage of media files would fall under fair use but I'm not sure if a fair use law is applicable on Miraheze. For the record, I don't need to post high resolution photos, I am perfectly fine with posting smaller resolution photos (practice pretty common on Wikipedia when it comes to copyrighted content). But, it's important for me to be able to post (sometimes copyrighted) photos for illustrative, educational and referential purposes. Otherwise, my wiki(s) wouldn't be complete. So, Miraheze guys, do you think I could get permission to post copyrighted photos under the fair use rule on my wiki(s) without infringing on Miraheze's terms of use? Luka Ibrišimović (talk) 20:27, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a good question, and prudent of you to ask this question, but in answer to your question, yes, I think that it is absolutely in keeping with fair use and fair dealing laws in your country. As Miraheze just hosts the wiki, the applicable fair use/fair dealing laws are applicable to the wiki owner(s), as I understand it. So, you should be fine. That being said, if a rights owner complained that your use was not in keeping with fair use/fair dealing (i.e., not being used in a minimal) way, we would simply remove the offending content, but would never shut down a wiki for a single or even a few copyright complaints. As a general rule, I would recommend limiting the number of copyrighted images to one per unique rights owner on a given page on your wiki. You should also establish a local policy governing Fair Use or Fair Dealing, too. Dmehus (talk) 20:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, you've been most helpful! Luka Ibrišimović (talk) 20:54, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, and, of course, if you have any public domain or CreativeCommons-licensed images, or copyrighted images you created yourself, you can upload them on Miraheze Commons for use on any Miraheze wiki. :) Dmehus (talk) 21:00, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Would you like to discuss about posting pictures with pictures owners and post about it on wiki? It would be the straight forward simplest solution. Miraheze is just a middleman who will delete your wiki in case of such request from pictures owner. Helper (talk) 14:13, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understand your question, but to your last sentence, that is absolutely untrue. If are you not certain about something, in terms of a Miraheze policy or non-codified custom, convention, or practice, please avoid speculating, and simply refrain from saying anything. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 14:40, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * What exactly is untrue ? Please be more specific. Helper (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I did think I was pretty clear in that where I referred to the last sentence. Specifically, where you say that Miraheze "will delete your wiki in case of such request from pictures owner" (sic). That's simply not not true. Firstly, it really depends on the nature and context of the complaint, including from where the complaint originated, in order to determine whether it's within system administrators' or stewards' purview. Generally speaking, though, stewards, assisted to a somewhat lesser extent by experienced Global Sysops, enforce copyright complaints, typically in the form of deleting the infringing content not the wiki (as I already indicated in my above reply), and where multiple violations occur over a short timeframe, they would follow it up with a warning/firmer warning, as applicable, to local bureaucrats. Hope this clarifies. Dmehus (talk) 15:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Would doing what Wikipedia does in their articles about albums and the like be useful? DMBFFF (talk) 20:42, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Cargo calendar events show up after login only

 * Wiki: testcargo.miraheze.org

I have worked hard recently on calendar built by Cargo extension and events simply do not show up from another browsers.

Please help. Helper (talk) 04:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * First, please note that I have procedurally moved your question from stewards' noticeboard, as stewards do not handle technical issues like this, to community noticeboard, where it is now in scope. Second, to your question, I'm not personally familiar with the Cargo extension, but I will just say that those able to help you will likely need a few more details. For these sort of technical questions, possibly where there could be a server side configuration at play, it's usually best to join us on either (a) our Discord server or (b) on IRC at as system administrators, together with an active community, will be there to engage with you and help to resolve the issue. You certainly don't have to use Discord or IRC, and we do have active community volunteers on-wiki, but it's just highly recommended as you'll receive much quicker resolution to your issue. Dmehus (talk) 05:51, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Solved. The wiki had mark "Private". Strange, but all other content was available to browse but not Cargo tables content. After mark out "private," it works and shows events on calendar to unregistered visitors. Helper (talk) 15:42, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Your initial problem did not mention about anonymous and non- and non-  users from being able to view your Cargo table's calendar events, otherwise I would've suggested this as the likely cause. Generally, though, when wikis are approved only as private wikis, you should check with another wiki creator or steward to review your wiki, and assess whether it can be approved as a public wiki. In your case, I had already previously approved it as either a private wiki (as requested) or a public wiki related to Cargo extension testing, so you are fine to make it public. But yes, private wikis are only readable by users in the   or   groups, so if you want to have a private wiki in the future and want to be able to welcome anyone to your wiki, you can add a link like an e-mail link on Meta or a link to your user talk page on your private wiki's public Main Page to allow users to easily request access to a private wiki. Anyway, glad the issue was solved. Dmehus (talk) 15:56, 2 October 2020 (UTC)