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Global Lock/Rename
Hello, I would like to talk about Fuckboi8000(More information on Special:CentralAuth) and his Abusive username. He also made a distruptive edit to the cssandjsscholboardwiki, I think he should get Locked due to his abuse-vandalism only purposes. Sincerely, SleepyMode (talk) 14:27, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I've locked the account purely because it was brought to attention. No fair ground for a check user so not done on that ground. John (talk) 16:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Should User:Fart city usa also be locked on the same grounds? Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:53, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Nope, that account has no edits therefore can't be locked as a vandalism-only account. More so there's less evidence between the two accounts as there's no behavioural evidence or infact accounts existing om the same functional wikis. John (talk) 07:57, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Could you please unlock User:Fuckboi8000? When he made an unconstructive edit, he was just testing and playing around. And, it was only 1 edit, and here is a quote that I made up: "Doing a bad thing only once is nowhere near too much. Doing a bad thing enough times to cause massive damage is too much ". It is anyways most likely true that the user Fuckboi8000 was not made only for vandalism. More, I know he has an inappropriate username, but he (probably) didn't know that inappropriate usernames aren't allowed (this comes for another quote: "There is no reason at all to hurt someone for doing something wrong if they don't know it is wrong; if they don't know it is wrong, they may do it by mistake without knowing it is wrong. "). One last thing: There is one more reason I want him to be unlocked, but I can't tell you it because it is personal information. Lemondoge T C GC 22:09, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * At the moment I see no use in unlocking (mostly because it seems fairly vandalism based, some may feel 'offended' (not the reason it was locked at all) but also that a new account perhaps isn't so hard to make with no reservation) so I'm not going to. With the final reason, it may be one that changes my mind and if you want the account unlocked badly, john@undefinedmiraheze.org exists for you to contact me privately/confidentially by. John (talk) 22:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * At least, is there any way to locally unblock him (but not actually unlock him)? Lemondoge T C GC 01:02, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * As John stated above, please use john@undefinedmiraheze.org for talking to him privately. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 04:00, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * No, a lock prevents logging into the global account at all. John (talk) 11:09, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, it seems like it is possible to locally unblock globally locked users, due to this right assigned to administrators: Disable global blocks locally   My only question for this right is: how? Lemondoge T C GC 13:35, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

(reset indent) that is for global BLOCKS not global LOCKS. Locks prevent signing into an account and there is no way to bypass it globally or locally without unlockign the account. Global blocks are placed against IP addresses under similar conditions for global locks. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:26, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

admin rights (done)
In https://wikirail.miraheze.org, I want to...
 * User:레이니 won't be bureaucrat.
 * User:BrownMania will be bureaucrat.

Thanks. --레이니 (talk) 12:05, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * You can edit userright everytime if you already to discussion or it seem you know at your wiki was Wiki Test.

— AYST201 Message!   12:33, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Whoops. Anyways. You want your own rights removed and someone else made a bureaucrat? If you haven't already, you can make them a bureaucrat yourself, and then we can remove your own rights upon request. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:46, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * After checking that BrownMania was a bureaucrat on wikirailwiki, I removed your own rights based on your request. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:49, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Is it completed? SleepyMode (talk) 17:32, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes? It says done and the rights were all assigned.. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, didn't really understand what happened here, that's all. SleepyMode (talk) 13:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

New Version Media Wiki
New version is available, would you can update this wiki to Mediawiki 1.27.0-alpha — AYST201 Message!   22:16, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * "MediaWiki 1.27 is a future release." MediaWiki 1.27 has been in development for a while and still is in development. Like our upgrade from 1.25 to 1.26, we will not be upgrading to 1.27 until at the earliest it is tagged as a stable release. Thank you for showing interest in the new version. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:18, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * You're — AYST201 Message!   08:33, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "You're"? Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 13:05, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * We can't upgrade it until its stable for security and performance reasons. SleepyMode (talk) 13:59, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

"you're" same with " you're welcome":) — AYST201 Message!   21:58, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay :) Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 03:32, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Change username
I would like to change my username from Olicool10 to SelfCloak. I've been using the previous one on other websites for over ten years, and it's time for a change.

Olicool10 (talk) 10:31, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have globally renamed the account. Please login with "SelfCloak" from now on. Thanks, John (talk) 15:43, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

First User Permission Error
Good day,

I am the first user on my newly created wiki, and I keep getting a permission error and cant do anything. Is there something I've done wrong? Thanks!
 * this was handled on IRC if I recall correctly. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:35, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Does the size limit of importing XML file exist?
I tried to import XML file on a wiki using the tool special:import. However, the file size(of course XML file) was about 10MB and importing data failed. I wonder what the limit size of file for uploading XML file using "special:import" is. 10MB is too big to upload by using the "import" tool. --Utolee90 (talk) 14:02, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a limit but IIRC 10 MB should not be an issue. Can you provide any information about the import? Specifically important might be where the xml file came from (wiki it was exported from), the date and time it failed, and any errors that may have been displayed to you, or what made you think it failed. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 16:21, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your answer. When I checked again, it uploaded sucessfully. However, I should try to import three times to upload fully because the importing consumed a lot of time and even halted with "504 timeout error message". Actually I tried to import an XML file with size about 100MB containing datas of dozens of articles a month ago, but the importing failed at all, even uploading a SINGLE edition.
 * I forgot to log in. This is me, utolee90. --Utolee90 (talk) 00:11, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The 504 errors are probably mostly unrelated (cause wise), but would definitely cause it to fail. Unfortunately it's known that it was happening a lot. Glad you got it working though. Any time you see one of those errors, just try it again. If you keep getting the error very frequently, leave us another note here with detailed information. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 03:44, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Getting permission error
Hello! I requested and was given a wiki last week (thanks!), but I cant seem to be able to do anything. Every time I try and upload an image, edit my user preferences, or click any links on the main page, I get a permissions error that says:

Permission error You do not have permission to read this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Administrators, member.

Further, I see that I have a notification alert. When I click the icon, it says "Could not retrieve notifications. Please try again. (Error readapidenied)"
 * Handled via IRC iirc (same as above). -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:35, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Change Username (Done)
My name AYST201 I want to simply name to "TriX" because to easy remember and easy to write or call. Thank you. — AYST201 <sup style="color:#000">Message!   05:39, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This is done, please login using your new username and the same password as before. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:39, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you NDKilla :)

— TriX <sup style="color:#000">Message!   21:39, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Message from RDsupport
Hi,

I requested a wiki yesterday for our organization and am not sure the request went through. I also was just joining Miraheze and thought maybe I had to have membership status to start a wiki. Please let me know if the wiki is in process or not.

Thanks!

Kind Regards,

Mark

RDsupport (talk) 15:32, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I've created your wiki. You can access it here. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 16:41, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

wiki request #826
hi, i did the wiki-request #826 (and accidentially as well #830, since i wasnt sure wether i really pressed the "request" button or not). i see that meanwhile many other wikis are approved, while my request (and some others) keep being in review. my question is if i can anyhow speed up the process by answering questions you may have, or what are your regulations for granting/denying wikis? not that im overly urgent, but i did check for other hosts meanwhile, appearantly miraheze is the only one allowing users full control, and installing MW somewhere on a webserver isnt something i seem to be capable of for im no coding expert, so appearantly miraheze is the thing im waiting for. is there anything i can do to help you in your decisionmaking? those "bookauthors" are hp. blavatski, a. besant and cw. leadbeater, they are meanwhile all public domain. the "philosophical line" is called theosophy, but we are rather into a kind of derivate of that original line. if that helps... thanks in advance!
 * Hi, I have created the wiki at the URL you requested. Sorry for the delay. John (talk) 17:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks alot, and no worries, im glad youre there ;))  ~a student

== another message from User:RDsupport Hi,

Thanks so much for setting up our wiki. We're excited to get started with it. I'd like to invite people to the wiki but don't see any info on users or invitations, etc. Can you help with that?

Thanks,

Mark RDsupport (talk) 19:47, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


 * just link users to your wiki. If it is a public wiki, anyone may view the link and register for an account ("create account" in the top right corner). If the wiki is private they can still create an account but can only read the main page. After they register for an account you would have to edit their user rights to make them members. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:09, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Please either edit your existing sections, or use 'add topic' in the top-right corner. I didn't even realize that your message wasn't related to the section it was in at first. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:00, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Comments from Members
I edited my main page and added a page under Discussion: https://cec.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page

However, I don't see any links that members would follow to comment on this page or section. Is that something that you guys have to add manually? If so, can you add that please? I appreciate your help!

RDsupport (talk) 16:02, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * There is an "Add Section" button, which let's them comment. <font color="#FA80231">Reception123 <font color="#4418E1"> (talk) (<font color="#AF91521"> contribs  ) 16:26, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * most discussions (such as this current one) are just wikitext. The users would have to just type on that page like this, and preferably use indentation and signatures. For the ways of discussion-board type conversations, there's not really much, but Flow is an option that can be enabled, and could convert all talk pages into flow boards such as this one. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 16:36, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This page might help you. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 16:39, 21 April 2016 (UTC) Yes, I like the way the flow boards look! Can you please enable that?  Also I'm trying to add a user Apuzzio as an admin for this wiki.  I did a search and couldn't find her.  How do I add her?  Sorry for all the questions.  I haven't used a wiki like this before.