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I would like a .tk instead of .miraheze.org
Dear Steward

This is Sjimenezch, from wikipuc.miraheze.org

Currently wikipuk.tk redirects to wikipuc.miraheze.org.

I would like to get a Custom Domain from dot.tk for Wikipuc using LetsEncrypt, more precisely, to have wikipuk.tk instead of wikipuc.miraheze.org

I know there is at least one wiki with a .tk, https://evelopedia.tk/wiki/About_EVE_Online

If there is anything I have to do, please tell me, because as some people I didn't understand the instructions on this article

Thank you

WikiCanada
Hello. For those who were not on IRC last night, I am the sister of DeltaQuad, who is the founder of WikiCanada. Late last night, DQ was in a car accident and was taken to the hospital. She did survive, but is in critical condition. She has granted me the right to "take over" her wiki, at least for the time being. However, I don't have technical ability to do so, and I think only a Steward can grant me such ability. My sister has also requested that all of her open Phabricator tasks remain open, and any of them that are in progress should be completed. Thank you. Amanda (talk) 13:59, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

global login rename
I chose Paolo C as username without underscore but phabricator do not accept it so I put Paolo_C as username for the login in phabricator. Now I have Paolo C in meta and Paolo_C in phabricator but I cannot login in my const wiki and in phabricator. Can I have a global username PaoloCallox ? News : I have had access in const without to make login and if I want change my password it do not give me the temporary code by email. Paolo C

Wanted Categories
I thought it would eventually go, but for some reason I still have a category for Page Count], which has 3 pages attached to it, but it doesn't as no pages whatsoever show up in it. What's going on here? PlatinumYellow (talk) 22:47, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the issue is. I have tried running a maintenance script but that still hasn't fixed anything. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:19, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Change username
Hi, Could you please change my user name to "Truxte"?

Thanks
 * Please wait... We can change your username. MT7 (talk) 14:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ John (talk) 15:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Abandoning Css and Js schoolboard
I have decided to abandon Css and Js schoolboard due to lack of interest in activity. Could you please close it? Lemondoge T C GC 03:01, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've closed it. If you need anything else, let us know. -- Void  Whispers 16:08, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Infobox error
I am having trouble opening the following page on my lionhearttales wiki: Template:Infobox officeholder. The associated subpages are both working fine, but the page itself will not open. If I manually type the URL to edit the page into the browser it does open the browser window but doesn't seem to be saving. When I use the template on another page, it seems to work but adds a extra

tag pair for no apparent reason. In Firefox, the page simply stops loading and the screen remains blank white, but when I tried to open the page in Chrome it said their was an HTTP 500 error. I noticed that another person had an issue on their wiki with a page of the same name and am wondering if the issue is related.

Refsmithy93 (talk) 06:31, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I can confirm I am getting the error too. It could have possibly be something on the page. I have now deleted it. Please try creating a new one, and tell us if the issue still is persistent. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:15, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

I just tried to create the page again with exactly the same code as is on the page on wikipedia.org and have encountered the same problem again. The code works fine in wikipedia, but doesn't seem to be working on miraheze. I might have to forget about that page for a while and see if I can find another way to do what I want. Refsmithy93 (talk) 00:02, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Please delete my Wiki
Hello,

please delete my Wiki. I don't need it anymore.

Thanks. Bye
 * I'm assuming you are referring to https://mjahn.miraheze.org . Please confirm that you would like to delete the wiki mentioned for me to be able to delete it. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCanada dead
The lifespan of WikiCanada has officially ended. In response, please:


 * Do NOT close or delete the wiki until I request such actions


 * DO hide from public/delete all Phabricator tasks related to WikiCanada, and also delete this Phabricator account.

Amanda (talk) 19:19, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Acknowledged the first point. For the second point tickets and accounts can't be deleted (well can but not without messing everything up and creating a lot of dead-ends). John (talk) 21:47, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, but can't you change the visibility of all WikiCanada tasks so that only I can seem them? I can take this action myself on calendar events and projects, but cannot on standard tasks. Amanda (talk) 22:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * We can but our work ethic is everything in the open where practicable. We restrict the ability to edit view policies on tasks to members in "Security" only in order to keep this ethic enforceable. John (talk) 22:23, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - It may not be your preferred method, but you can "HIDE" your articles by deleting all the articles in the wiki. Then other members except sysops of your wiki cannot view them. You can read them by typing page title and even restore them by using undelete action. --Utolee90 (talk) 06:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Please delete WikiCanada from the database entirely at this time. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 20:44, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 21:09, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Request global lock/ban username "missile" on meta
Recently the user named "대공미사일" attacked my wiki(jayuwiki.miraheze.org/) Although there are only three "contribs" in my wiki, there may be several logs in AbuseFilterLog (link) I suspect this user abusing in other wikis(Refer to - here or Here(In addition the (suspected) user abused the wiki with using more than 10 accounts) or Here) with various accounts.

Therefore, I ask you for these:


 * 1) Please block all the accounts containing the keyword "미사일" in whole meta site and add the keyword "미?일", "밋?일", "뮈?일", "미?이루", "밋?이루", "ㅁㅣㅅ" in the account blacklist. (? Means an arbitrary character, either Korean or the other)
 * 2) Please check the ip of such abused accounts and block these "IP"s. If it turns out that these IP are for Open proxy, VPS or mobile network, please block whole ips in the same CIDR.


 * There is nothing we can do about the two last wikis you mentioned (osawiki and modoo.ml) as there are not part of Miraheze. As for the IPs a CheckUser will be performed by a steward if they think it is necessary and they will take the necessary actions. As for blacklisting names I am not sure how or if this works, but you could try something with Special:AbuseFilter. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 10:59, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Name change
Can you change my username to WEMO666?--TheInternetEmo (talk) 10:56, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 11:45, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

GIPB-Exemptions
Hi (I'm sorry for ping). I want to request about global ipblock-exemptions for myaccount. MT7 (talk) 05:56, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

H1 vs. MT7
I know this is going to sound weird coming from me, but I would like to request that user accounts H1 and MT7 be compared via CheckUser. I have reason to believe that they are the same user, as the extremely poor spelling and grammar patters appear to be identical or close to identical in 95% of their contributions. Amanda (talk) 02:29, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The accounts aren't really being used abusivly or to deceive and with nothing exceptional to prove - there's very little to be gained from a CU or confirmation of account ownership. So John (talk) 02:34, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Privacy Policy
I know CU and OS tools are currently declined to local wiki founders, but I just wanted to bring up something that has been mentioned before.

In Phabricator T1002, wrote in reply to my cousin (MatthewPW): "If and when we get a privacy policy that affects all wikis, you might be able to get CU or OS to use the tools yourself, but you will never be allowed to grant the rights to other users (unless you become a Steward, and anything else that implies)."

Does this have any ghost of a chance of happening? I understand if it doesn't, but I just wanted to check. Amanda (talk) 02:58, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes. They're community tools for bettering the community and would be assigned with strong community consensus. While that's yet to be made formal, at least 20 votes at 80% support ratio would be the minimum. John (talk) 11:03, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to the global community or the local community that would be affected? Amanda (talk) 13:02, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well the local community as they are local rights. The global view only matters for global rights. Though views from globally active users may be considered if voiced locally. Rights probably won't be assigned until a global policy is established which would be the global community view. John (talk) 13:20, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Can no more edit my page
Hello,

I wanted to edit my wiki page but can no more edit it. I do not see Edit tab at all. Kindly check my permissions.

wiki link: https://sanskritapradeepa.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page user name: srsmutth

Regards, Aniruddha
 * Your permissions are unchanged "Srsmutth (talk | contribs | block)‏‎ (bureaucrat, administrator) (Created on 12 June 2016 at 19:53)" and I see the edit tab. If you still can't see it please create a task here and include a screenshot if possible. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:32, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Useable images
In the new year, I'm going to be looking at adding more images to my wiki as images of players would obviously be helpful, and maps as an example, but I'm unsure exactly what I can use and how I can use it when looking at certain copyright terms, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. PlatinumYellow (talk) 14:13, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Unless you requested a change specific to your wiki, Miraheze wikis (except the ones here) are licensed under CC BY SA 3.0. For the actual uploading you can either use Special:Upload or you can request MsUpload if you need to upload multiple images. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 14:19, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiCreator
So that I've returned to the realm, can I get the WikiCreator hat back? &mdash; revi  21:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Wiki creators are assigned at the discretion of any sysadmin, so feel free to assign the rights to yourself! Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 21:13, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Buttons don't work for me, otherwise I would have done so. &mdash; revi  21:15, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You need to go to this page, and check the box labeled "userrights" (on my device, it's in the right column near the bottom). After you save that, go to Special:UserRights and assign the wiki creator to yourself. Don't forget to undo the first change once you're done. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 21:52, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That's what I want to avoid because that's tricky. I's rather wait Stew. &mdash; revi  03:36, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Whatever, I was told I have the permission grandfathered from sysadmin. Closed. &mdash; revi  03:39, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Realized NDK granted the rights. PS. # &mdash;Revi-alt (talk) 15:35, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Rename
Could someone please rename the user account "KatieKoder123" to "DQ-Test"? That is my alternate testing account, primarily for GitHub, but I don't like the fact that the username makes it seem like it's a different person. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 22:25, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 22:38, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please also rename it on Phabricator. I haven't done anything with that account yet, so dead-ends and the like shouldn't be an issue. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 22:42, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. John (talk) 22:48, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

MT7 vs NDKILLA
I know you are ignore me at irc. When I ask some questions you can't answer and if I left the channel you rise to talk with other user. It's not good idea. I want we can be friendly not for descriminative. Cheers and also ping  for judge about this case. MT7 (talk) 01:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Personally I don't think there's a VS or anything here to judge. Instead of communicating with other staff members about issues, you queried me on IRc and asked things I find kind of inappropriate and creepy. I respectfully asked you to stop private messaging me and to bring up issues with other staff members. You continued to message me things I find even creepier up until the point where I ignored your hostmask. (I'd rather the pm logs not be made public). There's three Stewards, personally I think you can find somebody else to help you. Not like I'm /ignoring you on wiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 01:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay I send pm for notify you, not to say privat. I know this. Please don't bring this case to your mind. I have rounde 2 for youLOL. I only be friendy for other user. MT7 (talk) 04:53, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I still have you ignored on IRC. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 05:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for read. Why still it? That's not my problem. And why are you hiding behind IPv6. You embarrassed? LOL MT7 (talk) 05:09, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * chrome on my phone says I'm logged in when I'm not and I'm on my phone so I don't really care. I already told you why I'm keeping you ignored. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 05:25, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * okay I cant say again :) MT7 (talk) 05:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * fine by me -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Elements Wiki spambots
Yesterday, my wiki (elements.miraheze.org) suffered a spambot attack. globally locked all of the accounts, but apparently that was not enough. Today, two more spambot attacks occurred. Would this be one of the instances where I could be granted local CU/OS in order to clean up the damage without having to need Steward intervention? --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 17:06, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * CUOS is delegated based on a community consensus at least fulfilling the requirement for steward appointment. I can investigate the account matter if you wish me to however. John (talk) 17:07, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please check the most recent accounts, and email me the IP addresses. I will block them locally to prevent any more from being created. Also, please globally lock all of the spambots. I will take care of the local deletion, reverting, etc. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 17:12, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Also please oversight the usernames, if technically possible. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 17:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've ran a CheckUser and dealt with the accounts globally. I've also globally blocked an IP range associated with an entire ISP that the accounts have used scattered randomly. The accounts don't seem to meet the requirements for oversighting therefore I have no done so. I am also not at liberty to reveal exact IPs however the global blocks I have done cover from the lowest to the highest in the range of usages. John (talk) 17:55, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I RevDel'd the user account creation logs. For some reason, there is no RevDel available on Special:ListUsers. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 18:07, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

(reset indent) You deleted the logs. You can't hide the fact that the users exist. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Creators
I want to help out here. So I can help with create wiki. I will be trust. MT7 (talk) 01:58, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I for one am going to say that I feel like you may be hat collecting and I'll leave this up to another System Administrator as I usually don't have an issue handing these rights out and more wiki creators is always a plus. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 02:31, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Kriik Krik Krik MT7 (talk) 03:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I want it. MT7 (talk) 12:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I am of the same opinion as NDKilla. More so your comments after that strongly promote what NDKilla said about hat collecting, therefore I will say, at least for now. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 14:12, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * If I don't get steward I can getting wikicreators. Please don't againster to me. :) MT7 (talk) 10:52, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Wiki creator
Well, if I can't get steward rights, the least I can do is help out with creating wikis. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 15:55, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please confirm that you have read the wiki creators guide on this wiki and that you understand it. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 20:18, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I confirm. Basically: access the request, click the button to the createwiki form, verify that there aren't any errors - notably hyphens in domains, create the wiki and make sure that the founder has bureaucrat access, and notify the user that the wiki was created. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 20:30, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you please respond to my request, especially because it looks like my RFS is going down the drain? --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 02:18, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * We don't have to answer all wiki creator request in a few hours, even if we usually prefer to decide faster. &mdash; revi</tt>  06:46, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ by a puppy. John (talk) 22:05, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * These are minor things, but, when reviewing a wiki request, what do I do with a description written in a foreign language in terms of verifying that it is appropriate? Also, if a user requests a "private" wiki, a). How do I do that, and b). How do I make sure that the bureaucrat exists and that the main page exists if the wiki is private? --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 00:39, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * First off, the main page (among a few other things) is always visible on private wikis. Second, you can view if the wiki requestor is a crat by using Special:CentralAuth/Username. For example, viewing Special:CentralAuth/Void shows where I have rights, this includes private wikis (although I don't actually have any rights on any private wiki). Finally, on Special:CreateWiki, there is a button that says "Mark this wiki as private". -- Void  Whispers 01:38, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, although that doesn't answer my first question, which was how do I verify that a wiki description written in a foreign language is appropriate content? --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 02:25, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * You know... Learn that language or rely on the mighty Google. Or if there are knowledgable people, leave it to them. &mdash; revi</tt>  03:17, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

I need a CSR to set up my SSL
Thank you for setting up my wiki!

I have set up the CNAME as specified in the Custom Domain instructions, so now I'm trying to set up the SSL that I purchased for this. I bought it from SSLS.com, and it's asking for a CSR to activate the certificate. This is the information page they have about it. It says I will need this from the host, and since you guys are the host... is this something you can provide so I can finish setting up this wiki?

http://helpdesk.ssls.com/hc/en-us/articles/203226631-What-is-CSR-

Thanks again!
 * Hello, please read Custom domains and send an email to csr@undefinedmiraheze.org with your domain name. We will proceed there. &mdash; revi</tt>  06:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Exemption Request
Hello

I request exemption from dormancy for my wiki https://softwarecrisis.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

It fits under this category: "Wikis made to be read, where a lot of information is already on wiki and doesn't need to be actively edited."

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rain1 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 5 January 2017‎ (UTC)
 * Added it to the exceptions. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 16:43, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Unmerge global accounts
Hi, as I am wiki creator now, I will end up having a lot of global accounts on the wikis that I create. Therefore, at this time, please unmerge/unlink all of my accounts listed in Special:CentralAuth/DeltaQuad that meet both of the following criteria:


 * There are 0 contributions to the wiki, and


 * I am not a member of any elevated groups on the wiki.

I tried to do this myself, but for some reason Special:UnlinkAccounts allows me to access the page, but when I click submit, it throws an internal technical error. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 18:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Same thing for me. Will open a Phabricator task for this. Reception123 (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 09:57, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what this will gain. Having accounts on other wikis mean nothing. &mdash; revi</tt>  10:03, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Never mind - I didn't realize that the special page I was trying to access doesn't do what I want. I have stated my request above, could a steward please enact it as soon as possible? Thanks. --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 02:14, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Unattaching/unlinking will cause more confusion than any benefit because it will still show up in the CA as 'unattached accounts', IIRC from the wikimedia. &mdash; revi</tt>  07:55, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Now I can see the example what happens if your request is done: Special:CentralAuth/ServantRules (archiveis). (Point: see the loginwiki) Once created, it's there on CA forever. &mdash; revi</tt>  17:35, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Visual Editor keeps destroying tag
When clicking on "Edit" on foodsharinghamburg-Wiki, the visual editor opens. After editing and saving, the tag (which is needed for the comments plugin) is changed to - which does not show the comments section. I have to edit the source every time an edit has been made to fix this.

Example: https://foodsharinghamburg.miraheze.org/wiki/Protokoll_Hamburger_foodsharing_Plenum_Januar_2017

I think it's a problem with auto-syntax by visual editor. Maybe there is a blacklist with html-Tags that are not to be autocompleted by the visual editor?

Global rename request
I think the best way to resolve this crisis is to request a global rename of my Miraheze CentralAuth and my Phabricator accounts. I will rename my GitHub account once my Phabricator account has been renamed. Please rename all of my Miraheze-related accounts to User:Lawrence-Prairies (If you're curious where that name came from, it's the two rivers surrounding the Island of Montreal). --- DeltaQuad  (talk contribs email), 13:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This user has attempted to be named as a Steward twice and has attempted to change the rules on who gets access to the CheckUser tool twice, all in the last six weeks. Is this rename request an attempt by the user to cover his or her tracks so that he or she can try to get access to CheckUser again? --Robkelk (talk) 14:17, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ The MediaWiki account has been globally renamed. As you have used the phabricator account, it can not be renamed unfortunately. Creating a new account is the only way to use the new name on Phabricator. John (talk) 19:50, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * It will not allow me to create a new account because the DQ username is still linked via MediaWiki. Even if I log out of Phabricator and revoke access via OAuth, it still logs me back in under the old name after I re-authorize the application. Why is there no "register new account" button on the login screen like Phacility Phabricators have? --- Lawrence-Prairies  (talk contribs email), 20:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * We don't allow accounts to be created without being linked to a Miraheze account. I've removed the external account entry from the database so Phabricator should no longer associate the Miraheze account with the Phabricator one. John (talk) 20:28, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Export my wiki
I would like to export the contents of aryaman.miraheze.org and pq.miraheze.org preferable as zip files. I'd also like the wikis to be closed, since I cannot contribute to them actively anymore. Aryamanarora (talk) 23:20, 13 January 2017 (UTC)