Community noticeboard/Archive 9

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Interwiki request for guidewiki
Wiki: guide (interwiki)

Cheers! dross (t • c • g) 02:54, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 04:13, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I have a problem
Can someone look at this? I can not get any further.
 * looks like you want to set up auto promote, You can do so from Manage Wiki permissions. Bonnedav (talk) 21:35, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Contacting Miraheze
Hi,

I’d like to inform you that effective immediately Miraheze has changed the way you get in touch. Please read below to find the new emails for some teams. The old emails will redirect to the new details until further notice.

You can still contact the board via board@undefinedmiraheze.org. The use of “Miraheze Staff” has been removed due to the lack of formal staff at Miraheze and little need for a shared mailbox.

Thanks,
 * ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 23:10, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Until further notice? I'd like to echo "forever" &mdash; Don't delete redirects! Cool URI doesn't change. &mdash; revi  12:13, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Only reason I say that is, I have no clue what will happen in 50 years. There’s no intention there to remove but things could happen between now an 2060. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  12:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Adding a interwiki link to the CWCki for my wiki
Greetings, I've wanted to add a Interlink to the CWCki (https://sonichu.com/cwcki/Main_Page) to my wiki, MessengerGeekia (messengergeek.miraheze.org).

It'll likely be only used once, until something major happens to me (as this is for the article all about me) -DreamIsland (talk) 19:51, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * what should be the prefix to use (example: voy:, commons:)? Hispano76 (talk) 15:17, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Fundraising
Hi, in case you haven't seen the sitenotice please have a look at our campaign and help us stay online! Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 07:19, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

New Miraheze Meeting
Please be aware of

Thanks,
 * ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 15:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

New Miraheze Meeting
Please be aware of

Thanks,
 * ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 15:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Name space number
What is the name of the special page where you can see the list of namespace numbers on the local wiki?--辞書城主 (talk) 13:41, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Is it Special:AllPages? Hispano76 (talk) 18:10, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Alternately you could try editing a page in a namespace and adding the text  to the page and hitting preview. The number it generates will be the namespace number. Otherwise, if you want to access a full list of namespaces, you can use the API with a query like the one at https://meta.miraheze.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces . --  Void  Whispers 18:14, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This was because the newsletter needed a newsletter namespace number or a local-only namespace number to specify the newsletter in the abuse filter. They have already been resolved. Thank you very much.--辞書城主 (talk) 00:34, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Sitenotice, but for Mobile
FAQ works only for desktop, not for Mobile.

On Mobile the only notice one sees is the Miraheze donations notice.

OK I filed https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T5057

Jidanni (talk) 16:12, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Translation administrator question
Extension:Translate works fine. I can mark pages for translation but list of rights does not show that I am a Translation administrator. Plus how can I grant a user right to be a Translation administrator if I do not see that in membership groups ?

My User Rights:

Member of: Automoderated users, Autopatrollers, Autochecked users, Bureaucrats, Chat moderators, Confirmed users, Editors, Forum administrators, Interface administrators, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators

Helper (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Electron PDF extension
Hi, since https://github.com/miraheze/mw-config/pull/2852 we've removed the duplicate option of installing Electron. The collection extension is required for the electron extension to work, so enabling just Collection will install electron alongside. If your wiki used only Electron and not Collection, please enable Collection instead as the option to install Electron independently has been removed. Paladox (talk) 19:43, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

My account was being renamed but it stopped getting upgraded 3/4 of the way
I renamed myself from AnimalLovingGuy to ScrewSociety, but since it updated my name on each wiki in alphabetical order by the wiki's name, it stopped at Reception Flame Wars Wiki because the wiki closed down. As a result I lost access to my account a few days ago, and I really want to get it back. Can you please help me?
 * I apologize for this issue, I have fixed it and you should now have access to the account. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:26, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

How can I become an autoconfirmed user?
(this was copied and pasted) I made an account on Miraheze a year ago. On Atrocious Youtubers Wiki, I am still not an autoconfirmed user and it pisses me off. It says I need 10 edits yet I'm not allowed to edit anything on that wiki. Can someone please help me?

Edit: I contacted an admin. Hopefully I'm granted the abilities to edit. User:SaltylakeXD


 * Autoconfirmed status is up to each wiki to decide, not anything global. You should contact the administrators or bureaucrats there to request to edit. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

How do I change the style of mobile Infoboxes to that of Wikipedia?
Hey there, so I’m trying to format my infoboxes on the mobile site of my wiki to look exactly like Wikipedia’s mobile infoboxes. Does anyone know how that is possible? Let me know please, thank you! RuffianLewis (talk) 14:46, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello and welcome! Sec. 4.4 of our FAQ may be helpful.   22:00 16-Jan-2020

I did try that, however it looks different. Is it theme-related possibly? What am I missing? Could I maybe have the mobile theme on my wiki changed? Also, I can provide the link to Infobox my wiki as well as a link to the Wikipedia infobox - the difference is noticeable. RuffianLewis (talk) 07:39, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

How to transclude one wiki in another?
I have a Miraheze wiki about synth DIY but I want it to include something about electronic theory. That subject is of wider interest than to just synth DIY. So if I have another Miraheze wiki solely about elementary electronic theory, how can I get the pages of that wiki to be included in the synth DIY and/or other wikis, (except perhaps for Main Page)? --Rob Kam (talk) 11:01, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * You can have the wiki which you want to include on other wikis added to the interwiki list with the interwiki transclusion option enabled. This will require that the setting Enable scary transclusion (under Special:ManageWiki/settings) is enabled, and that the new interwiki prefix has transclusion enabled. -- Void  Whispers 17:59, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * How to specify in the source wiki which section(s) of the transcluded page display and which are excluded in the wiki(s) linking to it? --Rob Kam (talk) 09:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe it should work the same way as standard controls, such as the tags  and  . --  Void  Whispers 17:36, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this seems to work. Next problem is how to be able to insert some other text into a transcluded page, if it's even possible? --Rob Kam (talk) 22:58, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

NewUserMessage Signature
I recently added the NewUserMessage extension to my wiki. Unfortunately, it always includes a signature below the template, like so:

-- New user message (talk) 00:00, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

I think it looks unappealing and unnecessary. I've tried leaving MediaWiki:Newusermessage-signatures blank, but the signature appears anyway. How do I get rid of it? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc (talk) 23:00, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Does anyone have any suggestions? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc (talk) 05:13, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I've done my best to fix the issue, and this is the final result. Although it looks fine, I have to tell you that you still need to close the div tag manually, and that you cannot remove the timestamp no matter what (meaning adding div tag in your signature will result in timestamp written out of the box).-- 07:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for all your help! I really appreciate it.
 * But now I have a different problem. When I try to log in to my wiki, I get an error saying "The supplied credentials could not be authenticated". When I try "Forgot your password?", it says "The password reset was not handled. Maybe no provider was configured?". Oddly, I can log in here, but I keep getting logged out every few minutes. Gfdgsgxgzgdrc (talk) 06:06, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I guess I need to fix that problem. Say, I'll revert MediaWiki:Newusermessage-editor, and you can create an account that is only used for the purpose. Then, set its signature to whatever you want, and add its name to the page. That should fix the issue.-- 09:06, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

What setting or extension made my link displays as its redirect target?
In rs.miraheze.org, if I add a link to a redirect page, then it displays as its redirect target page name. For example, in rs.miraheze.org, "Template:Documentation" will redirect to "Template:文档", then if I merely input " Template:Documentation ", it will display as its redirect target "Template:文档". See my sandbox. How to fix it? --SolidBlock (talk) 08:38, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't understand, you're the one who made the redirection It would only be to change the link or remove it. . Hispano76 (talk) 21:53, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The redirection is not incorrect. What's incorrect is how the link displays. The link should have displayed as itself regardless of the redirection. --SolidBlock (talk) 01:27, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It causes it mw:Extension:Display_Title ostensibly Hispano76 (talk) 01:37, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I uninstalled the ext and the link is normal now. --SolidBlock (talk) 01:55, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Issues
Hello all,

We regret to inform users that Instant Commons has been temporarily disabled Instant Commons on all Miraheze Wikis. This is due to an outage at Wikimedia affecting Wikimedia Commons that provides this service. We are working with the operations team to provide as much information as possible and if you would like to help please follow https://bpaste.net/B4HA. You can pass this information onto RhinosF1 via IRC or Discord or directly to Wikimedia in #wikimedia-tech on Freenode or https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243713.

Thanks,
 * ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 20:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Update 21:00
We have now been informed that the issue is a server side issue at Wikimedia and connectivity issues have been mitigated for users that get a Wikimedia Rendered Error Page. You should not provide a trace route if this is the case. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 21:05, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Update 21:25
We have noticed that upstream seem to be recovering, Miraheze will restore instant commons soon. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 21:24, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Update 22:15
We have switched Instant Commons back on after wikimedia's recovery. Paladox (talk) 22:19, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Please help to undo some text weirdness on template wiki
Moved from Stewards' noticeboard.

Somehow templatewiki has a navbar defacing Recent changes and maybe other pages. I can't figure out how to remove it. Please could a steward fix this. --Rob Kam (talk) 15:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't seem to reproduce this issue. Could you please either provide a screenshot or tell us what browser (and version) you are using? Also for future reference please note that Stewards do not deal with such technical issues so Community noticeboard would be a better place for this type of request in the future. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Okay, next time I will ask at Community noticeboard. Here'a a capture template wiki recent changes navbox.png --Rob Kam (talk) 16:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It's some setting changed. At the time I asked him to undo it but I don't think he knew how. --Rob Kam (talk) 23:21, 16 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes. It was me. But problem is, first time when I edited this page, there was no interface admin program on any wiki. But NOW (and obviously when i tried to edit second time) this is here. So that, nobody can't be able to change special pages (like Mediawiki or css) without Interface Admin, Bureaucrat or Steward right. If you want to change those pages later, you should request for interface adminship. Thanks! আ হ ম সাকিব    (T)    (C)  23:43, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation . So that one of the stewards can fix it for us; what exactly in Mediawiki, css or js needs changing to undo the navbar from appearing on Special:RecentChanges please? --Rob Kam (talk) 08:05, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Also needs fixing that when I edit my sandbox I get a message "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. Work submitted to Wikipedia can be edited, used, and redistributed—by anyone—subject to certain terms and conditions." and a couple of redlinks "Group notice" and "Page notice". How do I get rid of this? --Rob Kam (talk) 11:39, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * See MediaWiki:Recentchangestext, MediaWiki:Editpage-head-copy-warn and MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning (and subpages) Hispano76 (talk) 22:02, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, via Special:AllMessages I've fixed Special:RecentChanges but haven't yet managed to find how the redlinks "Group notice" and "Page notice" get inserted - they're on any page that gets edited.  --Rob Kam (talk) 23:36, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't reproduce what you see. Anyway, the only thing that mentions "group notice" is the template Editnotice load Hispano76 (talk) 00:42, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It's there with the source editor but not there with the visual editor. --Rob Kam (talk) 09:18, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Could you remove this wiki from my global account info?
I'm looking to remove a wiki called receptionflamewars.miraheze.org from my Global Account Info so that when I rename my account, the script wouldn't get stuck there. Could you remove it?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 20:02, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * We can’t remove individual accounts. We do this when the wiki is removed from the databases fully but it’s not technically feasible before. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  20:04, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh. Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 20:33, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

nerdzonewiki interwiki request
Could someone please add an interwiki link to nerdzonewiki for https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/ with prefix unrealdocs please.
 * ✅ Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 20:29, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Im trying to import a template but i need to upload images for it
Hello, I’m trying to import two templates: routemap and rdt, on wikipedia for displaying cool diagrams of railroads. I imported it to ny wiki and tried it but I have no luck since i need to upload A TON of images for it to even work •• Fair0002 • Bureaucrat and Administrator of Crazybloxian Empire Wiki 09:41, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

NationStates
Someone said Miraheze is becoming a Nation State in a joke so I did one better and made it a region. See here for more information. Thanks, ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:06, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

How can I rename myself?
I’m really confused about how I change my name, can anyone help me please?

- User:TaylorSwiftFan, February 2, 2020 at 21:39 (UTC)
 * @TaylorSwiftFan you will want to use Special:GlobalRenameRequest to request the name change. Arenlor (talk) 00:29, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Just want to ask this question
How long does it usually take for a deleted wiki to be fully removed from the database?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 18:12, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Request for interwiki of simpleelectronics
Please add an interwiki link for simpleelectronics wiki. The interwiki is simpleelectronics and the URL is https://simpleelectronics.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 --Rob Kam (talk) 18:09, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * What wiki? Hispano76 (talk) 20:46, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * simpleelectronics.miraheze.org --Rob Kam (talk) 21:18, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Why do you need an Interwiki from Simple Electronics to Simple Electronics? If you mean globally, use mh:simpleelectronics:$1 ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:28, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * simpleelectronics.miraheze.org is a wiki being written to be transcluded by other wikis, Synth DIY Wiki to begin with. --Rob Kam (talk) 21:44, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Global please (but at first it'll only be in use on scruffywiki and sdiywiki). --Rob Kam (talk) 18:28, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't have the permission to add it in the global interwiki, I can only modify the local interwikis. Hispano76 (talk) 20:09, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * --Rob Kam (talk) 10:04, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
 * What's happening with this request please? --Rob Kam (talk) 15:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

See T5207 --Rob Kam (talk) 10:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Help needed trying to get transcluded templates to function.
If for example say on modularwiki I do, I get   because instead of including it with the transclusion, it's looking for the module on modularwiki. So then I try to also separately transclude the module with  I get   I could import all the Lua modules that get errored about into modularwiki as required, but when importing there's an option "Include templates" which kind of defeats the point of transcluding templates.

How do I get templates that use Lua modules to transclude from templatewiki to other wikis!? --Rob Kam (talk) 13:50, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * What if anything is happening with this request please? --Rob Kam (talk) 15:28, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

See T5212 --Rob Kam (talk) 10:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Inline SVG usage in MediaWiki?
Hello, can I ask a question about MediaWiki/Miraheze features?

I'm planning to show a map with some clickable inner-wiki links, and created a vector map image file (.svg).

I tried to use tag to show image, but the tag has showed as plain-text, even with   command.

How can I use inline SVG in MediaWiki? or could anyone tell me the way to implement showing vector image with inner-wiki links (for text object)?--Mtetrag (talk) 14:11, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki documentation says this is possible. The configuration must be changed, upload of SVG files must be enabled, and the person revising the configuration must decide what tool will render the images, or if they will be downloaded and rendered by the browser.  Several MW extensions are not supported on Miraheze because they open security holes, and I haven't checked to see if SVG is among them.   17:38 30-Jan-2020

SVG are blurry instead.
At simpleelectronicswiki the SVG images are displaying blurred, in Google Chrome, IE and Firefox. The point of SVG is that they scale to any size without degradation. How to fix this please? --Rob Kam (talk) 13:04, 6 February 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't know the exact fix, but the MediaWiki document I link to above says wiki administrators (you or Phabricator?) select one of several methods of rendering SVGs, and these have different levels of quality.  13:17 6-Feb-2020
 * Thanks. Miraheze offers ImageMagick or Inkscape but both are blurry. Apparently SVG are rendered to PNG unless NativeSvgHandler extension is installed. --Rob Kam (talk) 15:14, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Installation of NativeSvgHandler extension is declined as per T4008. It looks like I'm stuck with doing screen capture for now. --Rob Kam (talk) 18:20, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Page Protection Level
How to increase page protection? I want to increase the protection of pages to bureaucrats, how to do this? Q-bit (talk) 10:28, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Help !!!Q-bit (talk) 14:37, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Request on setting local interwiki
see also: T5200

rs.miraheze.org

betawiki	https://translatewiki.net/wiki/$1 testwiki	https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 testwikidata	https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/$1 test2wiki	https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 wikidata	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/$1 d	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/$1 w	https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 wikt	https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/$1 q	https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/$1 b	https://zh.wikibooks.org/wiki/$1 n	https://zh.wikinews.org/wiki/$1 s	https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/$1 v	https://zh.wikiversity.org/wiki/$1 voy	https://zh.wikivoyage.org/wiki/$1

Thanks!. --SolidBlock (talk) 03:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I can handle it, I note that the Wikidata interwiki is already globally available. Hispano76 (talk) 16:48, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ It should be all of them by now, please check if I missed one or want me to add another interwiki Hispano76 (talk) 17:16, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --SolidBlock (talk) 23:58, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

How to implement modules into Miraheze?
So, I have made a wiki for myself and I keep running into problems with modules. Since this is my first time I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong but for my template I got from another wiki, it keeps saying: Script error: No such module “Infobox” and Script error: No such module “documentation”. I went and got the modules from the Miraheze meta or whatever you call it and copied the text, then put it into notepad and saved them as Infobox.xml and documentation.xml. When I tried to import them I got an error saying: Import failed: Expected tag, got. If anyone knows how to import modules I’ll love to know as I have no clue on what I’m doing. Tasha04 (talk) 04:06, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It can't be done with copy paste. There's some instructions at Template Wiki's Porting templates page on how it has to be done. --Rob Kam (talk) 12:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I read what was on that page however the modules still don’t work. All I get when I import a file is the template and no modules. Tasha04 (talk) 20:58, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, I recommend starting with a simple module. The Module documentation seems quite complex to me, and the documentation on login wiki contains a lot of red links. So this might not be the ideal starting point for learning Lua, Lily (Lilypond Wiki) 13:35, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

How to transclude one wiki in another?
(Carried on from Community noticeboard/Archive 9.)

The tags have no effect. I've done  at Simple Electronics Wiki (third paragraph) yet the excluded sentence still shows up at the Synth DIY Wiki Simple electronics transclusion? --Rob Kam (talk) 17:58, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

The infobox template on my wiki doesn't work properly
Hi, I've a problem with the template "infobox". Basically, in every other wiki, including wikipedia, the page of the infobox template shows a sort of rectangle with the borders of the infobox. I've pasted the code of the template that I copied from this Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox), but in my own wiki the infobox is not shown and if I try to use the template in other pages the infobox appears as a sort of blue rectangle without borders…

How the template should work: https://imgur.com/nkFXoym

How the template works in my wiki: https://imgur.com/02JCnic
 * That's a banner not an infobox. --Rob Kam (talk) 13:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hope I'm not too late, but Wikipedia infoboxes require a lot of stuff to make sure they work. Have you imported the modules and updated the .CSS styles on your wiki to allow for it to function properly?--Amelia (talk) 17:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Headquarters?
I've been out for so long and when I returned in 2020 I found that Miraheze was incorporated. There are now some board members but where are the headquarters? London? Wales? Scotland? OwenFung87 09:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Just curious to ask.
 * Found it here: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/12323854 OwenFung87 10:20, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * We legally have to have an address listed on companies house. It is not a ‘headquaters’ as such. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  11:04, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * How is that not a headquarter? We have been incorporated and having no headquarters is way too illogical. Headquarters can be anything, in my view. OwenFung87 10:22, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * It's the listed address where official things get sent to that are still done by post and used anywhere that needs an address. A member of the team also lives there so will do Miraheze-related work from there but it's nothing more than that. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  10:24, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

What is the dequeueing schedule
What's the schedule for the times when potential wikis in Special:RequestWikiQueue are dequeued? PiotrGrochowski (talk) 16:44, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Requests are handled whenever volunteers get a chance. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:45, 19 February 2020 (UTC)