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Worldbuilding wiki set after a vampire outbreak seeks volunteers to write lore
Hey there my name is Stevie and I'm the organizer of Tarel worldbuilding project. I am seeking writers for my wiki here: https://quyraness.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page to write lore on vampire clans and places. We are building a wonderfully detailed world with highly detailed nations each with their own story. I have been working on this project with some contributors for the past 4 years and we have been have a blast expressing ourselves in this world.

If you want to take part, please contact me on my talk page here: https://quyraness.miraheze.org/wiki/User_talk:TheBurningPrincess to take part in my world.

Thank you for your time.

TheBurningPrincess (talk) 10:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Importing Vietnamese's Wikipedia protection labels
I'm going to import the protection icons from Vietnamese's Wikipedia, but only some commons kind of lock (semi, full, extended, interface, create, move and cascade). Could you list for me things need to import and things need to change before implement that? Thanks. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 04:01, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I would recommend using the interwiki prefix for Vietnamese Wikipedia from your wiki's interwiki table, which includes the global prefixes, and, optionally, assigning edits locally where the same user account exists. Note that you may also want to import only revision from each template, or import each required module and template individually so you don't time out. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 12:21, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * After doing as you said, plus importing more missing modules and templates, I has added the Lock template to my semi-protected page since it did not embed the template but look likes it still keep saying "This page is protected" - not an thing that it suppose to be. So that's mean I need to adjust few things in the Protection banner's config page, did I need to? Song Ngư MGR (talk) 18:08, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the message, I figured out the working mechanism of the module and the template. Anyway thanks for helping me. -- Song Ngư MGR (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Good morning
How's everyone doing?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 15:02, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Good. — Mario Mario  456  04:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Cool. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm doing alright, thanks. DuchessTheSponge (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

User merge request on Synth DIY Wiki
On Synth DIY Wiki please can users Xyzzy, Xyzzp, Xyzzr, Xyzzx be merged into user Plugh they're all user accounts that have been used to check non-admin usability. Rob Kam (talk) 12:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Firstly, this is a Steward request, so should be placed at stewards' noticeboard. Secondly, unfortunately, due to the CentralAuth extension to which Miraheze uses, it's simply not scalable to merge every likely spam only account, due to the number of wikis each account is attached to. Finally, though likely related accounts, we can't be certain of that, either. So, I'm going to have to mark this as ❌, unfortunately. Dmehus (talk) 12:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Preview
How do I add page previews when hovering over a link? This is what I mean: InspecterAbdel (NLW) 15:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Go to your ManageWiki's extension settings and enable PageImage (API) and TextExtracts (Other) then SAVE for the first step. After that, go to Other agian and you should found Popups is enabled for you to activate. Song Ngư MGR (talk) 02:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Infobox titles not formatting
Suddenly for the past few days the text in the Infobox template have stopped formatting properly. I've looked at the Module:Infobox but can't see anything different with it, and haven't made any recent changes to stylesheets etc. Not a cookies issue or browser issue. Any ideas on why this is happening? Example of how this looks attached. https://i.ibb.co/FmyKFv8/566f954ed56eba5f2196ea8d36de9340.png Orvakki (talk) 17:43, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't see any error in that image. So what do you think that Infobox should look like? --Anton (talk) 17:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Its a direct port from Wiki so should look like this (minus photo of Biden which I removed) https://i.ibb.co/CK257tC/1b6795fda9faa1feb72a8c14f37eeb6c.png Orvakki (talk) 18:07, 21 May 2021 (UTC) EDIT: And did look like the above until just the other day. Not sure what changed Orvakki (talk) 18:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Well now I see the difference, thanks for the new picture. Something has happened, and I don't know what. Especially when you said you haven’t changed the style sheets. --Anton (talk) 18:26, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I did a forensic examination and deleted literally every module, template etc involved. It was a problem with Module:Navbar but still strange as it hadn't been edited since January. But thankfully problem solved! Orvakki (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Nice to hear that the problem was solved. Good luck and success with your wiki! --Anton (talk) 19:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Protection
Should probably protect this https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/OATHAuth so no gibberish is added.--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 20:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Iron Sword 23 Though in cases like this, the vandalism only account/LTA will invariably just move on to another page, I've ✅ this as not a bad idea, particularly indefinitely move protecting that page as a proactive measure against page move vandalism. In future, these sort of requests should be requested at Administrators' noticeboard or on Discord, rather than on community noticeboard. Dmehus (talk) 20:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Question from Rosie
Hi I am Rosie (David Rose) and live in northern NSW, AUstralia.

I am the owner of moma.miraheze.org/wiki/ and I would really love a Mentor to help me set up the new MOMA wiki for a non-commercial community arts project called the Museum of Moving Art.

I understand that PHP basically runs the show - generating the HTML pages to serve to the browser and that it gets data from a ?MySQL database to compile the pages. I was doing HTML when CSS were the new thing but haven't really touched website creation for well over a decade.

I am a good learner and intelligent, but I do have concentration issues (ChemoBrain) and need to take complex new ideas slowly and methodically. My learning would really benefit from a Mentor: someone who is skilled at the structural side of Wikis, who understands how all the elements work together. If I could ask questions about where things are, for example, or am I on the right track, I think I would learn really well.

It seems to me that everything is in pages and templates are pages that work in pages, and that the hierarchical file structure that I learnt when I was making HTML sites back in the day has been replaced by a database of page elements. Museumofmovingart (talk) 07:38, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Your wiki is private, so nobody can read in your wiki, is this intenional? --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 02:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Lily
 * I have been doing a bit everyday and managed to make it public! No it wasn't intentional.
 * Thanks for your interest. I am going to look at Lilypond Wiki.
 * Cheers
 * Rosie
 * Museumofmovingart (talk) 10:25, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * My Lilypond Wiki is German spoken so it maybe this is not much help for you. In this wiki I am publishing English content but this has not gone very far. Feel free to copy any templates or modules you like from any of my wikis, greetings, --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 14:41, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Requests
What would be a good wiki for me to create in the future?--Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I would personally recommend you not request any wikis for the time being, as you have two or three wikis you've just started and should keep you plenty busy. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 16:21, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That's why I said in the future. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 16:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but there's really no need to ask about this on community noticeboard now. It's potentially relevant as an off-topic discussion on Discord, but if wanting to discuss it on-wiki, I'd probably wait at least a couple months before getting ideas for a new wiki. Dmehus (talk) 17:11, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright. Iron Sword 23 (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) Dmehus (talk) 17:16, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * If you were in my position, how would you invite contributors to wikis? Iron Sword 23 (talk) 17:20, 22 May 2021 (UTC)