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Template with optional parameter
Hello, i'm creating a template and i want to make one line in table optional - when there's no data it doesn't shown. I used example from mediawiki:


 * label1=Text


 * data1=

It works correctly, but when i define a "|text" in article label and data are shown to. Like <<|text=abcde>> and it shows like <> What's wrong and how to show clear "text" without showing label and data? Thanks.

How can I edit a private page that only users registering with a specific @domain.com email address can view?
Hi community!

Has anyone ever tried to set up a private page that only users logging in with a specific @domain.com email address can view? We have this dilemma in my organisation: there is content we want to make public, and content we want to keep classified. What are the best options? We also thought of creating a xx.public.miraheze.org and a xx.private.miraheze.org page, but we would still face the challenge of privacy for the latter... Lots of hug points to those who'll reply!
 * Welcome! Surely this won't be the last word, but a rule of thumb is that information you want kept secret should not be put on the Web in the first place.  However, pages from private wikis (except for the main page) cannot be retrieved except by registered users that you invite on.  This does not depend on their domain name but on you adding them to a list of members.   15:39 16-Nov-2017
 * There was an extension for only making a few pages private, but unfortunately is incompatible with the newer versions of MediaWiki. So yes, you should probably go for the private wiki and public wiki option. Private wikis are secure, and are only accessible by users who are added. Stewards and system administrators can also view them for technical reasons. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:54, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * With a private wiki you can also whitelist certain pages. MacFan4000 (talk) 17:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much!

How can I limit a search to a specific category of articles?
Is there a way, or an extension I could use, to search for an article in a specific category? CoolieCoolster (talk) 07:31, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You can see how to use Special:Search to limit a search to a certain namespace. I suggest that you search for a page containing both the desired text and "Category:xxx" for the category in question.  Hope that helps!   18:15 23-Nov-2017


 * Franken sorry if victims were offended  18:15 23-Nov-2017

List of CentralAuth testing places
Are there any good places that are non WMF or wmflabs.org that provide free steward access for the purposes of testing centralauth? Thanks --Sau226 (talk) 07:32, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Not that I know of. Providing that level of access is probably not something many would be comfortable with doing. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:18, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

General wiki questions
Given the nature of my wiki - it's a used car review for cars in the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand - how do I keep within copyright law on image usage for stock photos, and would a site like this be exempt from the inactivity policy?

I want the wiki to succeed, and be of use to someone on here.

Any advice is welcomed. --Walkden1986 (talk) 20:41, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Also, I'm looking to import the CSS and automobile infoboxes from en.wikipedia.org but that requires Lua and I'm not quite sure how to get it working (i'm using Wikipedia templates, for simplicity's sake). --Walkden1986 (talk) 20:43, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, the images you upload should have been released under a free license if you want to use them; wikis are subject under the Dormancy Policy, if you want your wiki to be exempt from this rule, you must make an request here; with respect to the templates, Void will be able to help you better with that. Regards. —Alvaro Molina (✉  - ✔ ) 20:49, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Change of credentials
Hi community, I'm coming up with another challenge - please bear with me! We need to change the email account through which we registered the Wiki. Couldn't find anything on the FAQ. Any suggestions?
 * It's right in Preferences, first page, Email preferences, click under Change or remove email address. Miraheze will send an email to the old address with a link you click to agree to the change.   11:39 27-Nov-2017

Spike, you're a blessing, and I am fairly retarded. All went smoothly, thanks for that! We cannot change the admin name on the top right corner though, correct?
 * If by "admin name" you mean your username, you can request to change that on Stewards' noticeboard. Please also don't forget to sign your posts using ~ . Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * @Spike: will do, thanks! Though I am sure I'll do something wrong and I'll just look more retarded. ~Beba

Me too! (1) That last that you are responding to wasn't me! (2) That's why we sign posts, which you tried to do, but putting  around it neatly defeats the replacement of the four-tildes with your name, forcing you to type it in manually. (3) The point of indenting is to set your post off from your neighbor's, not to imitate him, so use a different number of : characters (typically, one more). Cheers! 12:32 PS--Oh, I see you got it right on the Stewards' noticeboard. 12:34 28-Nov-2017

Lag time on changes to new wikis
I was just wondering if there are lag times on changes made to new wikis. I have just started a new wiki (created two days ago) but the categories aren't populating and changes made to templates are not showing on the pages where the templates are transcluded. I have to manually purge the cache (not just refresh) to see the changes. Cheers. 17:36, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The categories are populated by a script which runs jobs. Normally, since we now run this jobrunner on two servers, there should not be any issues with it. Please feel free to open a Phabricator task if you see this issue happening frequently. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 18:22, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, if it's still doing it in a couple more days I'll put a phabricator task in. As for the pages not showing the most up-to-date revisions, is this connected to the categories issue? This happened a couple of times on my other wiki but I can't remember if it was something that eventually sorted itself out or not. 19:18, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ehh, JobQueue has been critical for the past ~20 hours. Most likely your cause. -- Void  Whispers 20:18, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I noticed that the pages I created a few hours ago are showing up in the categories but none of the pages created before then are. I copied 291 glossary entries from my other wiki to the new wiki and all of them should show up in Category:Glossary as they all have category links but only the pages that I create now seem to show up. Strange. 01:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)