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We need a way to report wikis and users
Until now, I didn't realize that the only obstacle to Miraheze's success was that you still need to request wikis. Even though the process is almost automatic, thanks to the CreateWiki extension, wikis still have to be approved. That all changed when I ran into difficulties requesting a wiki because it was assumed to be a duplicate. That's when I realized something. Fandom, the most popular wikifarm, has fully automatic wiki creation, but also a way to report wikis that violate their policies. If Miraheze had a way to report policy-violating wikis, it would solve the biggest problem of automatic wiki creation: the potential for policy-violating wikis to be created. There is a wiki for the Counter-Vandalism Team, at cvt.miraheze.org, but the only problem is that it's private. We need a page for user to report policy-violating wikis. It's not hard to setup. I believe it will help the growth and moderation of Miraheze. Tali64³ (talk) 23:21, 13 October 2021 (UTC)


 * The page is called the Stewards' noticeboard where you may bring violating wikis and even users to steward attention. Reports may also be done via talk page to the appropriate users and with even more discretion, via discord or IRC to appropriate users. Splitting off the process further is not necessary. --Raidarr (talk) 23:55, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * But what would it be like to report wikis? Within the wiki itself? That wouldn't be a good idea if that was it. Yellowass.png (talk) 00:29, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * cvt.miraheze.org is a private wiki meant for members of the global Counter Vandalism Team. To report problematic users and wikis, users are encouraged to report it at Stewards' noticeboard or on Discord/IRC on our CVT channel. That being said, one of my goals is to create better documentation which describes how to report vandalism and issues. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Raidarr is correct. Wikis and users can be reported to Stewards for violations of various global policies or if there is other evidence of abuse. Please ensure your reports are both concise, but also sufficiently detailed and supported by evidence (i.e., diffs). Dmehus (talk) 03:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Broken chart
The sysadmins chart in Tech:Timelines is broken 02:15, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Fixed with a bit of wikitext wizardry. -- Void  Whispers 01:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok! :D Anpang

Talk 12:24, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Wiki.
i only get one more chance at creating a wiki, per Dmehus (Doug). What is a good topic? Thanks. SperosDurrell (talk) 16:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I think you should save the only chance for later, but I'm too late now oops you already requested a wiki but it's already declined by Agent so ok. Anpang   Talk  00:39, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * i resubmitted it. SperosDurrell (talk) 01:11, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You have to know the topic of your wiki, what you are going to post, edit, and so on. Yellowass.png (talk) 01:19, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * i know. SperosDurrell (talk) 01:44, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ty 4 checking it out. SperosDurrell (talk) 01:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Scribunto isn't in the extension list
In the extension list, there's no scribunto, just capiunto. Just trying to import the infobox template 05:27, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I have infobox on the wiki where I manage. Does not need Scrinbunto, or Scrinbunto is installed automatically. You need to put MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Common.js on your wiki and modules like : Module:Yesno and Module:Infobox and so on. Yellowass.png (talk) 20:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah ok, thanks. Anpang   Talk  01:07, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Interwiki table
I would like to request to add the prefix 'w', the url https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1, forward = yes, and transclude = yes to the interwiki table of XComhghall Wiki. Thank you very much. — XComhghall (talk) 20:16, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


 * XComhghall, ✅ per your request. Note that  now overrides the global configuration for the prefix, but you could request   be added as an interlanguage prefix for , if you wished, so you could still use   on your wiki. Dmehus (talk) 22:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Excuse me. So how does an interlanguage prefix work?  or just  ? Thank you! — XComhghall (talk) 22:57, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * XComhghall, I believe you can use, but likely will run into issues in terms of determining which interwiki prefix it's for. So, for that reason, I strongly recommend using the former. Hope that helps. Dmehus (talk) 23:54, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! I think I am fine for now. I may add an interwiki prefix of  to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1 in the future. — XComhghall (talk) 00:47, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) Dmehus (talk) 15:36, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

How to make interlink.
I want to make interlink for Japanese wikipedia. But I do not know to make interlink. If you know that.I want to your teach. Thank you to reading. Key-Power (talk) 13:24, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * , ask any of the Interwiki administrators on Discord or just make the request here. Request in the format:
 * Wiki URL:
 * Requested prefix:
 * Transclude:
 * Forward:
 * Courtesy pings to and . --Magogre (talk)  13:37, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Did you mean link to Japanese Wikipedia? You should use this to link to this Wikipedia: " Example " YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 23:31, 17 October 2021 (UTC)