Community noticeboard/Archive 23

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How long does it take to receive a response to a wiki request?
Forgive me if it is mentioned somewhere that I'm yet to read but are the turnaround times at the moment in the order of minutes, days, weeks or longer? David.th340d.Hopkins (talk) 20:59, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Usually it takes between a few minutes and a few hours. This is a bit late but both your requests have been approved already. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 07:43, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Quotes
If you like quotes check out quotes Sperosdurell (talk) 01:30, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Citizen skin on Meta
Though Citizen skin is available on Miraheze it's not enabled on Meta. I want to use it here because it looks waaay too good and it is also configurable and responsive. WerySkok (talk) 08:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Break or even gone for good???
Everyone hates me on here, i can't help the fact i have OCD. I don't know what to do anymore... Should I stay or leave? Thank you for input. Sperosdurell (talk) 11:41, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Improving password standards on Miraheze
Hello all,

In order to comply with the latest security standards, the SRE team wishes to slowly increase password requirements to require that passwords are at least 12 characters.

The plan we thought of would be to progressively institute these requirements: first for global groups, after for local administrators, bureaucrats and bots and finally to extend the longer password requirements to the entire user base.

Before we go ahead with these changes we would like to get feedback from the community, so please do feel free to raise any concerns or provide any feedback you may have or ask us questions about this change and we would be happy to respond.

Thanks, Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:09, 4 September 2021 (UTC)


 * My feedback is that this policy is as dumb as most of our Covid-related policy that assumes attaining Zero Risk is more important than living our lives. Anyone who wants the additional security of a longer password can have one instantly.  There is no need to mandate that the entire user base do anything (except perhaps to those with power over the website) except to pat yourselves on the backs for having done something.  If someone is actually asking for this, then implement a customization option for individual wikis where their administration can enforce password length if desired.   20:34 4-Sep-2021


 * Is there a demonstrated need on Miraheze that would entail people changing in this way? I have not seen enough of a wider requirement or evidence on the internet of widespread compromise to think this is in any way necessary. --Raidarr (talk) 00:26, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Adding Custom Font
I have created a custom font face that I want to use (as a web font) for my RPG gaming wiki. Is there a way to upload the .woff (and/or the other format font files) and then utilize it as part of the custom css for my wiki?

As this is a font face I have created from scratch, licensing of it is not an issue as I am the rights holder for the font.

What are the precise, and full steps I need to take to actually get my custom font uploaded then installed and referencing it properly within css as a web font, for use across the entire wiki?

I would be grateful if someone could fully walk me through (or spell out precisely) the all steps needed.

Thanks in advance.— Mitchell Gore (talk) 21:03, 4 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I refer you to the section above.  The   code shown might work if the font is on an accessible website.  Ultimately it would be better to locate the font file on the same server that is serving pages, and I can't help you with that.  But my tutorial on what CSS to write may be helpful.   00:05 6-Sep-2021


 * I've used Goggle fonts in customized CSS in skins on wikis before. It's actually hosting/using a custom font that is the issue. But I do appreciate you sharing your previous post on the topic of partial font loading issues. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 19:22, 7 September 2021 (UTC)


 * So does anyone have any experience with uploading and using (i.e. hosting) custom web fonts to their wiki? — Mitchell Gore (talk) 18:21, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Interwiki for Wikidata?
Hi! Apologies if I'm posting in the wrong place, but I'd like to ask if it's possible for my interwiki table to be changed to allow for interwiki links to Wikidata (I believe "Wikidata" and "d" are the prefixes). Not entirely sure how the interwiki thing works, but I know I've been able to link straight to Wikipedia pages using the "w" prefix. My wiki is vgportdb (maybe vgportdbwiki), any assistance would be appreciated! Njsmooth2600 (talk) 02:14, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Njsmooth2600 This is the correct place, but looking at your local interwiki table, I'm seeing the  prefix pointing to the global interwiki configuration on this wiki, which is currently  . You can definitely override global interwiki table values locally, but it seems like what you're wanting is already set globally, unless I'm misunderstanding? Dmehus (talk) 02:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't notice. My mistake. Well, would it still be possible to add the "Wikidata" prefix? If not, I'll be able to work with just 'd', but the option would be nice. Thanks for your help Njsmooth2600 (talk) 19:22, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I just added the  prefix for your vgportdb wiki, I hope you're satisfied with that and sorry it was quite late. Greetings. Ugochimobi (talk) 11:21, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Infobox template glitch
This wiki is imported from Fandom to Miraheze, the infobox and the main page have some technical problem. The main page: https://chromeball.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Infobox glitch example: https://chromeball.miraheze.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

Instead of having infobox, it becomes this:

Google Chrome General information Release date  Producer  End of support  Available for

I need some assistance to fix this. Thanks

--SchizoACC (talk) 07:26, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * is available on Miraheze but needs a bureaucrat to enable it. I use Wikipedia's module infobox which I find easy to create infoboxes. I have added it to the wiki and changed the inuse infoboxes to this system. Whilst doing this I notice you have found a solution to the Main Page. ThatDudeRightHere requested this wiki on 13 August but not made any edits. The wiki needs a bureaucrat with access to enable services, so I would recommend that you apply for adoption explaining the need for rights. PercyUK (talk) 11:42, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Travel guides.
If your interested in travel guides, please check out this Wiki. traveltheworld thanks. Sperosdurell (talk) 17:41, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Free games wiki
Support would be great, freegames Sperosdurell (talk) 03:49, 7 September 2021 (UTC)