Talk:FAQ

How is this being financed?
+	There is no such thing as a free lunch, right?

We are financed by donations and all of our payments are stored here. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 12:15, 6 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the quick explanation. It might be good to explain more of this in the FAQ. SeekTruthFromFacts (talk) 12:22, 6 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree. I'm missing "Who are you?", "Why are you doing this?" and "How are you financing this?" on the FAQ. Those are the first three questions I ask when someone is providing a free-of-charge service. ClaesWallin (talk) 16:22, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is for the founders to decide/add. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 14:24, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Private wiki: main page readable/editable by anonymous user
I just registered a private wiki with you, however, I noticed that the main page is readable and editable by anonymous users. How can I disable both? Is it through you Request features page? Thanks. Shadi
 * Hi, this is expected behavior. You can protect the main page here, and if you want a private main page you could look at this design. OfficeWiki has a publicly readable main page, which links to the 'actual, private main page' and has a link to login to the wiki. Southparkfan (talk) 09:47, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Other topics

 * what licenses can be used?
 * How do I make a donation?
 * How do I make a backup of my wiki?
 * What is the infrastructure's uptime?

Topics added above by Rsterbal and Samtar -- Samtar talk to me 12:14, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The donation question is already in FAQ and I have added the backup question. For the other two I am not sure, therefore I cannot give a definitive answer. Somebody else will have to answer that. --Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:40, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

RobertSter (talk) 14:06, 24 August 2016 (UTC)Can we get a more detailed answer about backups? It seems like we should be automating the process on an opt in basis. Could we have a discussion about the needs for backup somewhere as well?
 * The answer in the FAQ is more or less accurate as-is. We are not going to be automating wiki backups at this stage, it will remain manual. Backups are not stored off-site as there is no need to for simple useless (in our context) XML backups. We're not going to be investing in things which are not necessary to the running, security and redundancy of the entire operation. John (talk) 17:21, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
 * If you want to provide alternative text to put in the FAQ section, please do so. John (talk) 17:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Suggested FAQ item.
I just wasted about an hour of my time searching for how a user creates an account. Since I was logged on, I did not see the words "Create account'' in the upper right corner. It won't be uncommon for people to show friends and colleages Mirahenze and want to help them create accounts.  You have to log out before your friend/colleague can create an account.  Duh!

How do I create an account on Mirahenze?
Look for Create account in the upper right corner. If a user has already logged into their Miraheze account, you need to Log out before you can create an account.


 * End of suggestion.--Guy vandegrift (talk) 15:28, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Links
Can someone please edit this so that the request links point to Phabricator instead of Request features? MacFan4000 (talk) 16:03, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll leave it open for discussion but I'm not going to do it and I'm on the fence about all of your edits. Yes, phabricator is used for requests. No, people shouldn't be told to go to https://phabricator.miraheze.org and figure it out on their own. The reason that the Request features page still exists and is linked to in the side bar is because it should provide users instructions on how to request things, as Phabricator can be confusing. It also gives link to direct forums depending on what is needed, not just a link to the homepage. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Update
Vorticity->Labster MacFan4000 (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 10:58, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Steward to add category to FAQ page please
I am currently tidying up the categories on Miraheze and believe the FAQ page would be useful in Category:Miraheze help. Can a Steward add this category to the FAQ page please as I do not have permission to make this edit. Many thanks. Borderman  talk 09:53, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * A good idea! I will add it. For the record, Stewards are in generally in charge of global matters and Meta administrators can deal with editing protected pages like this if needed. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 10:44, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding the category. I have seen a few other pages that I cannot add categories to for the same reason so should I use the Administrators' noticeboard instead of the individual talk pages? Borderman   talk 10:58, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, that is not what I meant. The individual talkpage is a good place for these requests. I just meant that you should have in mind that not only stewards can deal with this sort of thing and if they did they would probably be doing it in their Meta administrator capability rather than Steward. Sorry for the confusion. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 11:00, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, got it! Cheers. Borderman   talk 11:02, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

alternative FAQs
[08:36]  What are the most common questions asked in this channel? [08:37] <+Reception123> One of the ones I've noticed is "When will my wiki request be approved" or similad [08:37] <+Reception123> Similar* [08:38]  That is the first one I added to this page: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/FAQs [08:38] <+Reception123> Why did you create that page when we have FAQ? [08:39] <+revi> deleted [08:40] <+revi> feel free to modify FAQ [08:40] <+revi> (if protected, ask on wiki for edit [08:40]  do NOT delete my pages [08:40] <+revi> no [08:40] <+Reception123> Your page was a copy of FAQ [08:40]  get oput of my space [08:40] <+revi> you have no authority to order me [08:40]  it was not [08:40] <+revi> thanks. [08:41] <+Reception123> You can't just created a page with the exact same purpose of the other one [08:41]  stop deleting my pages [08:41] <+revi> your space is, stricty speaking, userpages [08:41] <+revi> not main NS [08:41] <Rob-Sterbal> JohnLewis please ask people to stop deletng my pages [08:42] <+Reception123> JohnLewis cannot decide that by himself. [08:42] <Rob-Sterbal> nor should you [08:42] <+Reception123> Me and revi are both Meta administrators and deleting is at our discretion [08:42] <Rob-Sterbal> stop [08:42] <+Reception123> Please explain why you created FAQs when we already have FAQ [08:43] <Rob-Sterbal> because mine would be organized differently [08:43] * ChanServ sets mode: +o revi [08:43] <@revi> I think we had enough drama from you, this is last warning that you'll be banned after one more time you continue causing drama (at ops discretion). [08:43] * revi sets mode: -o revi [08:43] <+revi> officially speaking as an op, so opped