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Using a bot
Hi, I'm trying to implement a bot on my Bus.miraheze.com wiki, it's based on pywikibot. When saving a page, I keep getting error

req['captchaid'] = captcha['id'] KeyError: 'id'

It seems that if my bot is submitting a few words, it is fine, but as long as it's a long string, it will throw this error. I've googled around, but cant find a solution. Can you help me with making sure it is not captcha problem? Thx. Ww9980 (talk) 22:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, problem has been solved. Please ignore me. Ww9980 (talk) 22:22, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Errors found in extension
Hello,

It appears on my encyclopedia that there are some errors within the database. Whenever I attempt to go to my social profile I get the following:

"A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.

Function: UserProfile::getProfile Error: 1146 Table 'micropediawiki.user_profile' doesn't exist (185.52.1.77)"

May you possibly fix this for me? Thanks!--Kaiser (talk) 15:07, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed now. Southparkfan (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Request- Current All The Tropes Dump
A while ago [at Orain] I got a copy of ATT dump file to make a private copy of ATT as an educational project. The dump file currently available at archive.org is dated August 2014. I asked in the ATT forum here about getting a current dump and was told by GethN7 to make that request here. Thanks!
 * By current, you mean 'just most recent revisions'? &mdash; revi  15:50, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Storage server
I read the discussion on IRC about database storage space and I suggest one of these servers for the databases and images. They have a lot more space then the SSD cloud servers. D4rkst4r (talk) 20:24, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * @D4rkst4r: a RamNode (our current host, so RamNode is actually preferred if possible) 512MB CVZ has 25GB (SSD-cached) space more, 1TB bandwidth more and 1 more CPU, all for the same price. So Vultr is not an option :) Southparkfan (talk) 21:16, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Visual Editor Error
When pressing "Edit" It does nothing really but reloading the page,

If when pressing "Edit Source" It works perfectly!

I guess its a Visual Editor Error.

The Wiki is: development.miraheze.org

SleepyMode 12:08, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * (replied on IRC). Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 15:57, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy
Hey fellow Miraheze community members. NDKilla, new steward, here to propose discussion! Current drafts and edits to the proposed Dormancy Policy draft haven't really received much input. I've created a highly edited version of the draft, and would like community input before starting to implement it. Please leave comments on the proposals here or on the respective draft's talk page! Note that I propose moving (and leaving a redirect) of the accepted proposal to Dormancy Policy and making sure users see it! (maybe include it on Special:RequestWiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:24, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Comments

 * My draft as proposal drafter. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:24, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I support most part of the policy, but as I said on the talkpage I don't think that we should keep wikis that were never edited, but the rest I think is great. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:05, 25 December 2015 (UTC) As for the new changes now I agree fully to this policy. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 08:23, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Nothing to say really.
 * It looks like the wiki will be deleted after 180 days of inactivity/changes. If that's still true I support it. Bulrush (talk) 14:03, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * My version of the draft states that wiki's may be locked after 60 days of inactivity but they may of course be unlocked. They are eligible for deletion after 180 days of inactivity. Wikis may also request exemptions from this policy. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:51, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * - Southparkfan (talk) 00:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Global Interface editor + Questions
Hi, if it is possible counting 1 January 2016, I would need "Global Interface editor" so I can place notices on wikis. Also, do we still have the inactivity script? And how will I do the closing, will I use LockDB? Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:39, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Actual closing will happen by any MediaWiki sysadmin (tutorial will follow shortly). All wiki creators will get a global group I guess. Southparkfan (talk) 11:23, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, so closing will be done on the DBlist. Then, is there a way to make the DB list accessible by wiki creators? (I don't think there is any way of making a group on command line that limits editing one file). Reception123  (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 11:56, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Backup pulled from archive.org (Izanagi.miraheze.org)
Hi or anyone else,

Imported backup xml from archive.org. The problem now is that none of the Category pages seem to be listing their respective pages. Could you look into this plz? Also, changes I make to Mediawiki:Common.css won't show up (not immediately anyways despite refreshing cache). Oberyn (talk)

NOTE: About the categories: The pages that were not being displayed in their categories were put there within a condition specified in a template. Normal categories using the Oberyn (talk)
 * Hi, can you give some examples of this? The MediaWiki:Common.css issue should be fixed now btw. Southparkfan (talk) 15:50, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

...The Notorious Ogre Turtle page, as you can see from the list at the bottom of it, is a part of a series of categories: Bestiary, Monsters of Old Wood Forest, BossesField Boss, Animals, and Level 16 to 20 Monsters. However, visiting those category pages will give you the message, "This category currently contains no pages or media." Please note that pages such as Notorious Ogre Turtle were automatically put into their respective categories from a template, Template:Beast, I had included. Whenever someone inserts a Beast template and fills in its values, it will automatically be included into its respective categories (The "if" code was used. Example: ). Please also note that this issue only persists with "automatic categories"..pages included into categories normally work fine (By normally i mean with the command at the bottom). The "automatic categories" worked fine in our Orain wiki. The current issue is most likely due to something to do with the import process. Anyways..thank you for the help. Looking forward... Oberyn (talk)
 * Should be fixed now. Please let me know if you need something else. Southparkfan (talk) 16:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Hey, I had requested this on the "request features/extensions" but I doubt it would be looked at anymore since it was already marked DONE. Could you remove the MobileFrontend extension from my wiki (Izanagi.miraheze.org)? I've been told it's a global extension? I just don't want my wiki to be viewed in mobile format; it looks weird. Also...i just want to say that we are extremely grateful for the service you all are providing us. My team will be thrilled to hear that the wiki will be back up for editing. For their sake... How can i go about downloading xml-backups of the entire wiki? I'm aware of page-by-page exporting. Thanks Oberyn (talk)
 * Hi, I will try to see what I can do about MobileFrontend being disabled on your wiki. As for backups do you want old backups or someone to do backups of today? <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 17:26, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the looking into mobilefrontend. About the backups..don't worry about it: I just wanted to know if the option was available. Will request one when we make enough progress. Thanks for the prompt replies. Oberyn (talk)

Index Wiki ( transferred from Administrators' noticeboard )
Can it have a link on the main page or sidebar so new users know they can go to it and create a page about their wiki or find information about existing wikis? D4rkst4r (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't understand what you mean. <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 03:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The sidemenu Is global, And not only in the index page. As well - Only wiki sysop's can edit the sidemenu, and Even Stewards cannot change it. SleepyMode  11:06, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * D4rk, do you mean you want Index wiki to be on the sidebar of Meta wiki? Or all wikis? If the wiki grows and looks helpful we might link it here, but probably not globally. Also, SleepyMode, what you said about Stewards not being able to do that is not true, as Stewards have most if not all of the permissions local sysops have, we just don't use them as much on other wikis. Specifically, Stewards do have read, edit, editprotected, and editinterface globally, which are all of the rights required to edit the system interface on any wiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Request for adding testwiki to Dormancy policy exceptions
I am requesting to add testwiki to Dormancy policy exceptions as it is used by users to test out stuff so they can learn mediawiki and use it on their wikis as well as other users that want to test new stuff added for miraheze (bots, etc.) <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 16:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Southparkfan (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you! <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 16:52, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Extension:MultiUpload disabled globally
I've gone ahead and disabled Extension:MultiUpload on all wikis where it was enabled. This extension is throwing end-user server 500 errors, has been unmaintained, and I haven't personally seen it working since MediaWiki 1.24 (we are currently running ). I'd personally recommend Extension:MsUpload if you still need bulk-uploading functionality, but you might want to look at other things that extension does, or find your own alternative. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I never saw it useful anyway. SleepyMode  13:17, 7 January 2016 (UTC)