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How much storage space does Miraheze have?
Well, My wiki, Crazybloxian Empire, could get large pretty soon. How much storage space does the wiki-hosting service have?

Can't be visited in China Mainland?
When I enter miraheze, I get no response, unless I 翻墙, which means miraheze seems to be block.

http://tool.chinaz.com/speedtest/miraheze.org

Why can't it be visited in China Mainland? --SolidBlock (talk) 11:14, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It's probably because of the great firewall of the Chinese government. You can avoid it by using VPN.-- 11:37, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I do know how to climb-wall. And it connects normally now, and can be searched for by Baidu. --SolidBlock (talk) 02:25, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * And it's blocked now. I have to 科学上网 to visit it.--SolidBlock (talk) 15:19, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

What would cause blank pages?
Does anyone know what would cause blank pages to display after using the browsers "page back or forward" buttons? In the middle of adding info, my wiki started to display blank pages when I would go back to the previous page. If I refresh the page, it loads correctly but not going forward or backwards. I tried to disable all my extensions and that didn't change anything. Cleared my cache, cookies and other site data and that didn't seem to fix it. If I logout, it tries to send me to redirected page that I have setup which shows that something on the PHP side is trying to do it's thing. But it still gives me a blank page and continues till I log out of the Miraheze.org site as well. Then when I refresh it'll say I don't have permission and I have to log back in. I'm stumped. Thanks for any thoughts. Jar818 (talk) 03:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, could you please link some of these pages so we can investigate and reproduce as well? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Well the good news is that what ever was going on has resolved itself after a night of sleep. Everything is now working on multiple browsers on multiple platforms as expected. My apologizes, I probably should have walked away for the evening and checked the next morning before pestering the community. Jar818 (talk) 12:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy to hear! And it's no problem, if there's any error, even just for a while, it's always best to report it. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:04, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * My sites acting up again and serving blank pages. I just sat down for the evening and can't access any of it at the moment. https://jrichard.miraheze.org/. Tried a few browser, same results. Chrome says "This page isn't working" HTTP ERROR 500. Thoughts?Jar818 (talk) 01:14, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That is still very strange, since I don't get any errors at all. Could you please link to a specific page where you are getting an error? And have you cleared your cache? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:08, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears to have something to do with my login session on miraheze.org. If my session times out and I get logged out, my site appears to get confused and can't decide what to do and sends a blank white page. If I log back into miraheze.org then my wiki sorts itself out and the pages begin to load again. If I log in to miraheze.org on Firefox, Chrome will continue to present blank pages till I log into miraheze.org there as well. Even if I clear all my cache and data. Jar818 (talk) 12:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

OpenGraphMeta Extension creates more issues than it fixes
I enabled the OpenGraphMeta extension in the hope of having more influence on what was sent to Facebook. I tend to share articles with a facebook group. My initial issue seemed to be that the HTML Meta and Title extension does not seem to allow "meta property" content to be added to the HTML. Well oddly it has done once (I have no idea how as I couldn't repeat it), but even in that instance it chose the image to include from in the body of the page, rather than the one I provided it in the seo content parameter.

I decided that OpenGraphMeta would be the solution. But that is worse. It automatically populates the og:title with the page name. Not good as some of my pages are sequential numbers (there is a good reason for this). Without the OpenGraphMeta I can send  to Facebook and if I don't have a metdesc it picks up the description from section 1 of the article (which is ideal). With OpenGraphMeta I can't influence the og:title, and so get the page title as "OD1".

In short:
 * With OpenGraphMeta I get the image I want, but it messes up my page title I wish to provide to Facebook
 * With HTML Meta and Title I get the title I want, but can't send an image to Facebook


 * 1) Is it possible to look at OpenGraphMeta and see if there is a way I can influence the og:title selection?
 * 2) Should HTML Meta and Title be accepting "meta property"?
 * 3) Or should I be asking you to install the WikiSEO extension?

Or any solution that it is felt will work is fine for me

Many thanks, Michaeldakin (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Best to open a task at our Phabricator for this issue to be tracked more easily. &#32; Miraheze Logo.svg CnocBride | Talk | Contribs  10:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I had decided to do that as I've done further testing and I know why I have been able to force in Meta Property on one page. If image is in the header section it adds it automatically as an open graphic line in html. So yep it needs a task.Michaeldakin (talk) 11:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

List of wikis?
Hi, I am brand-new to Miraheze. Is there any list of wikis that are hosted here? Sierpnia (talk) 14:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Sierpnia, yes see Special:WikiDiscover. Wiki1776 (talk) 14:41, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Sierpnia (talk) 14:46, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Sierpnia I forgot to mention Gazetteer of wikis Wiki1776 (talk) 15:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Private maken?
Beste,

van mij mag iedereen mijn wiki lezen, enkel schrijven zou ik enkel door mezelf willen laten doen. Ik denk dat ik daarvoor een verkeerde keuze heb gemaakt bij het aanvragen van mijn wiki. Hoe krijg ik het voor elkaar dat enkel ikzelf kan schrijven?

Alvast bedankt! Mvg, Gin.

Hallo je moet naar ManageWiki gaan en privé checken in je wiki. Proost Cmg (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Name Change Question
Hi, if I want a name change, how do I do it and what are the rules? Sierpnia (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You can request it here. John (talk) 16:09, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Request for Wiki creator
Hi. I would like to become a Wiki creator to show what I can do on Miraheze. I have read the instructions on Wiki creators guide and I fully understand them and I understand how to use this tool. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 14:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't really oppose this request, but I would like point out that I see few contributions to Meta, so maybe work on that first? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I know a user who on their very first edit on Meta, got the Wiki creator right. See their contributions and you will see that their first edit on meta itself was requesting the Wiki creator right. Surely, it can't be too bad if I request it after 44 edits. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:14, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That is a good point, however, we did know Zppix before from the Wikimedia projects, so we knew he was trustworthy. Though, I guess if the other sysadmins don't disagree, I'm fine with you being wikicreator as well. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 05:54, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I am also from the Wikimedia projects as well. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:02, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should wait for the outcome of the ongoing RfC before making a decision here. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 08:23, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

how can I insert HTML codes into pages
hi, i thinking how I can insert a HTML-code to my own pages (such as a checkbox, textfield, radio button, dropdown-menu, or so), how do I using HTML? Psl631 (Let's Chat!) 15:59, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

How to whitelist email domains for private wiki
Hi there,

I am trying to whitelist several domains for my private wiki gsb.miraheze.org. Currently you can signup, but not access content until an admin puts you into the "Members" group. I'd like to make this automatic if you sign up from a certain email domain. Otherwise there is too much latency and friction in signing up, as I have to manually log in and approve each new member :-/ Thanks for the help! Blacksheep (Let's Chat!) 16:01, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I have answered your request in Phabricator Blacksheep. Wiki1776 (talk) 14:20, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

why?
With incorrecttohowik, when trying to set the logo, an internal error appears and the setting can not be completed. What should I do?--ウソつき (talk) 11:20, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * What sort of error are you getting, can you post the error message here? -- Void  Whispers 14:00, 4 September 2018 (UTC)