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How do you change your signature?
I want to change my signature to "Thank u, next, Eiji". But I don't know how. Eijitheawesome (talk) 20:21, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You can do this from Special:Preferences. Please ensure you select the 'treat this as wiki markup' box. I would suggest somewhere linking to your user and/or user talk page. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat) · CA · contribs · Rights - ) 20:34, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

An error with the Flow extension
Every time I try to post a link on a flow discussion, I get this error.

[65e7c79dfe278b96d761808a] Caught exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError

The only way I can bypass this error is by removing the link destination by using   or removing it. Can you fix it?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 05:42, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it's a technical issue and you should file a ticket on .-- 05:47, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay. I will do so.

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 05:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

I got a problem
On my Wiki project, something has recently been going wrong. I keep getting the following error message: " [01043969262bb838332e4ade] 2019-09-10 15:15:32: Fatal exception of type "Error" ". It's been happening on-off today and I'm just really confused. Is there any way to fix this?? Thanks. ManiacACS (talk) 15:22, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi,, I'll look shortly for you. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat) · CA · contribs · Rights - ) 15:34, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Lilypond Version
I am using the extension Score, which is using Lilypond 2.18.2. Most of my scores require 2.19.x, so I am very limited with the use of the extension. Is there planned to update Lilypond any time soon? Greetings Manuela (talk) 07:04, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ updated to 2.19.81. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 07:14, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Wow, that was really fast! Thank you very much, when will I see the change in my wiki? Lilyu - smile.svg Manuela (talk) 14:41, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You should be able to see the change now, is that not the case? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:10, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Check out this link, I show the actual version of Lilypond here: About Lilypond Wiki, I tried purging the page, no effect Manuela (talk) 16:15, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have checked out some other wikis, on every one my code says Version 2.18.2 Lily (talk) 08:25, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Finding Wikis which use a specific extension
Hi, is there a possibility to find out which wikis on Miraheze use a specific extension? And how can I find wikis with recent edits? Thanx, Lily (talk) 04:48, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * There is no extension or automatic process to do so. The only way you could find out would be to ask a sysadmin to take a look at any specific extensions (so please feel free to ask me and I will provide a list). As for wikis with recent edits, that is also currently not possible but you can take a look at Special:WikiDiscover and Gazetteer of wikis. 06:04, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer, I am interested in the extension Score. I have already been looking on Special:WikiDiscover, but many wikis there are closed or private. Gazetteer of wikis ok wow 319.450 pages, that is a lot Lily (talk) 06:52, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * these wikis have Score enabled. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 07:09, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Lily (talk) 07:45, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have checked it out, unfortunately there is an extension called Contribution Scores. It seems that every wiki that has this extension activated pops up in your list, too. Lily (talk) 08:04, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * All wikis using extension Score, not especially Miraheze ones. --Rob Kam (talk) 12:15, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

I cannot find my wiki on wmflabs.org
I was looking for the stats of my wiki on wmflabs.org (just for fun), but I could not find my wiki. What am I missing? Lily (talk) 05:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * These stats have not been recently updated unfortunately. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  17:23, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have contacted the maintainer (Mutante) so he can take a look. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 17:27, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, greetinx. BTW, can you tell me why I do not see Lilypond Version 2.19.81? My code still says 2.18.2 Lily (talk) 19:26, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 2.18.2 is the latest stable version as far as I can tell. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have been using 2.19.xx for quite a long time on Windows and Linux. On Linux Lilypond never crashed, the stable version is not more stable than 2.19.xx, trust me. Pls notice my username has only one "l" in the middle, so I never got a ping on your answer. Lily (talk) Lily (talk) 19:33, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Personal Email Notice
Hi all, I intent to edit Mediawiki: Emailpagetext to allow having your own personal notice below the current message. I will post the exact new wikitext which will do this shortly and will leave this open for comments for a few days. If you do not want to implement a personal message then this will not have any impact on you. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c - 17:22, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * A Steward will need to turn on 'Enable string function functionality' first.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:29, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Might have been a missing bracket actually breaking it ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:37, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Proposed wikitext
You can use the form below to send an email message to this user. The email address you entered in your user preferences will appear as the "From" address of the email, so the recipient will be able to reply directly to you.
 * ✅ ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:34, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Can't find certain extensions on ManageWiki.
I was trying to implement the HotCat extension on AYTW, but I can't seem to find it. Could you please help me on this?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 15:55, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * HotCat is a gadget, not an extension. Please see Gadgets/HotCat for more info. If you need help installing it, please let me know. -- Void  Whispers 21:46, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, so how do I install it?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 23:20, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Copy the contents of MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat, MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js, and MediaWiki:Gadget-Hotcatcheck.js to your wiki (1, 2, and 3 respectively). Then add the following line to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

* HotCat[ResourceLoader|rights=edit|default]|HotCat.js|Hotcatcheck.js
 * -- Void  Whispers 17:10, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

How to make navbox visible in mobile view
See my sandbox. The navboxes, including div with class "navbox" don't display at all in mobile view. If you open your F12 tool, you may even find the elements not loaded at all. I want to make them visible even in mobile view.--SolidBlock (talk) 14:48, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

How do I make it so that all edits have to be reviewed?
My wiki was recently vandalized, and I want to prevent this from happening. So how do I make it so that all edits from normal users have to be reviewed?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 20:03, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Extension:Moderation --Rob Kam (talk) 22:30, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * But please consider the trade-offs. Your users won't see their edits on the page until they are moderated, and may become less enthusiastic about contributing.


 * Vandalism is redressed globally by the CVT as well as local Admins. The "patrol" feature can help local Admins focus on edits from non-trusted users that a trusted user has not yet reviewed.  The Abuse Filter can block vandalism and vandals automatically if it follows a pattern.   01:30 23-Sep-2019

How to delete or lock discussion topics?
Since I am one of the admins on Atrocious Deviants wiki but I need help on locking and deleting discussion topics.


 * I would suggest using the flow extension you can enable it by going here. If you have anymore questions please let me know. Thank you. Examknow ● talk ● contribs 01:06, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Interlanguage prefixes for Idiotpedia
I am going to request Interlanguage prefixes for Idiotpedia because Imbécilepedia (The french version) has been created. 「ペーパーカット？！」 PapercutsExist 14:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Can you confirm exactly what format you want for the interwiki(s)? ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  17:46, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I have a question is it possible to format .php? 「ペーパーカット？！」 PapercutsExist 18:50, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

The Rename progess
Hey there this my alt account of PaperClip and I was changing my name but the progress of the name is taking to long. Think wiki that stopping me from my name is this the wiki was deleted and taking a long time to change my username to PaperClip I don't know if this is a problem or not PaperClip's alt (you wanna start a flame war?) 14:28, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * We're looking into it. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:31, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've kicked the job off again so it should be working soon. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:53, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It stop again -_- PaperClip's alt (you wanna start a flame war?) 15:44, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It stopped now... --PaperClip's alt (you wanna start a flame war?) 16:35, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm waiting on someone else to come and help out as it's a different error this time and I don't know much about redis. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:37, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ Paladox (talk) 21:46, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Accounts policy
Hello, comrades. It becomes increasingly hard to be a free-thinker in Wikimedia wikis, particularly expressing thoughts critical of privileged or highly active users. Uploading certain content and making certain statements is too dangerous for a person holding some positions in wikis, especially for a public person. May a group of Wikimedians register an account here on Miraheze for that rôle? No problem to notify Miraheze top management (such as John F. Lewis) about identity of actual operators – this information just may not leak to the Wikimedia’s establishment. Again, this is not to sow deception on Miraheze, only to protect career of users abroad (specifically, in Wikimedia projects). Incnis Mrsi (talk) 13:55, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am only one vote and not a policymaker, but would strongly object to using Miraheze to start or prolong a vendetta arising on some other website. It is not a problem with Wikimedia nor inappropriate protection of "privileged" users so much as a human reaction to injecting drama into any society.  It is not hard to be a free-thinker on-line.   18:17 29-Sep-2019
 * I, personally, do not see an issue with this as long as such activity does not affect the reputation of Miraheze in a negative light. John (talk) 22:54, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * A valid difference of opinion. At the least, importation of drama would be blocked at any wiki I administer as incompatible with the aims of the wiki.  I concede it's unlikely to affect Miraheze's reputation, but solely because it's a tiny fraction of activity here, not because it's a healthy thing.   02:08 30-Sep-2019

Add to Google Search
Hello! How to make my site searchable through Google? --Kwack (talk) 08:31, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It's based on Google's PageRank system, so if users wanna find your wiki, they'd have to explicitly search for "your wiki name" Miraheze. But for some wikis, if the wiki is a specific popular subject and there is a Miraheze wiki that exists about such subject, then the wiki will probably show in Google Search. Like searching "2b2t wiki" will show a Miraheze wiki link as the first result. –Ανδρέαςtalkundefinedcontributions 22:52, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Interlanguage prefixes for Idiotpedia
Interlanguage Prefix: fr: URL: https://imbecilepedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 Example of how it would work: 9800 -> fr:Accueil Requested for: https://idiotpedia.miraheze.org/wiki/ --「ペーパークリップ？！」(PaperClip) Flame wars 13:52, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

No active login attempt is in progress for your session.
That's the error I get when I try to log in to my account on Incredible Wikis and Users Wiki. Can you maybe fix this?

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 01:14, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Paid staff
I’ve seen a lot of people who want to become a Miraheze sysadmin. Why are they still “volunteers” and not “staff”? Basically, anyone who at least have autopatrol and/or rollback/wiki creator is automatically automatically a “staff” and they should be “paid”. Why are the best local staff members not paid for managing the Miraheze servers? OwenFung87 06:26, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Staff is higher than the rights you've mentioned and I don't know any wiki that pays a rollbacker or normal contributors and we don't do this for money. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:15, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Additionally, should RhinosF1 be paid by Southparkfan? OwenFung87 06:26, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't accept payment as I chose to do this in my free time for everyone's good as I enjoy it. I'm not wanting money out of this. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:15, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Also, please be aware of your RfC restrictions as while it seems to be a polite question at this point, I can see this easily breaching the spirit of your sanctions. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:15, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am not trying to breach my sanctions, once again, I am just asking questions about Miraheze that will extremely unlikely to be happening (e.g. real meetings with WMF staff). I will always keep it to my user subpage for "fake proposals" that will not be converted into "real" proposals until my sanction has been ended. I promise that I will never violate my sanction and feel free to address any concerns. I will accept a request for a global ban if I ever violate my sanctions. Thank you. I will not officially appeal this restriction until I am at the age of 16 and my parents and friends allow me to do that, although this may be changed or exempted if there is a need (e.g. Miraheze is to be incorporated, which will never happen anytime soon). Sincerely, Owen Jason Fung ( Student, Hong Kong International School ) Please note that I will not accept any face to face meetings, until, again, I am at the age of 16. --OwenFung87 12:48, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't want you to think that I thought you were attempting to violate them, I just wanted to make it clear that it can't become a proposal. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  14:37, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

A vandal named Gripp
There's a vandal named Gripp who just destroyed a wiki known as Wage 10. He deleted every single page on it and blocked everyone on it. He also sent me a message that's very offensive on Terrible TV Shows Wiki. Please block him right away.



Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 01:05, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

UPDATE: I also found another message he sent to a user named MJ2009 on Terrible TV Shows Wiki.

https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Topic:V7tlhayttg6o9qj6&topic_showPostId=v8n3sd7g1mmhj98y#flow-post-v8n3sd7g1mmhj98y


 * And he came here and deleted your complaint, a banning offense in my view, apart from the overt antagonism-about-nothing shown in his posts.  01:31 6-Oct-2019
 * I have locked the account for vandalism, however I am not able to remove the comments as it seems CVT does not have global commentadmin. Feel free to have local sysop (or possible yourself) revert them. Thanks Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 01:36, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Can you please global Inkȿter
Inkȿter is a user who impersonates Inkster‎‎. --「ペーパークリップ？！」PaperClip I am also on TCRF 00:34, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

How do I get rid of the "Welcome to (Insert wiki here)" pop-up?
There's an annoying pop-up when I edit a page that says "Welcome to (Insert wiki here)". It constantly gets on my nerves because it appears every single time I try to edit. Can you please help me get rid of it?



Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 05:31, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

How do I change my username?
Hi! I wanted to change my username but found no information this regard. Can anybody tell me something about the process, or if it is even possible? Thanks in advance
 * Go to here to change it. --「ペーパークリップ？！」PaperClip I am also on TCRF 16:55, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for interwiki on Rikapedia
Hello. Add an interwiki link for to Rikapedia. The interwiki is "fanon" and the URL is "". --「ペーパークリップ？！」PaperClip I am also on TCRF 04:21, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 07:12, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for interwiki on Rikapedia Fanon
Hey. I wanna add an interwiki link for Rikapedia Fanon as well. The interwiki is "rika" and the URL is "https://epikrika.miraheze.org/wiki/". --「ペーパークリップ？！」PaperClip I am also on TCRF 14:28, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

How do you make your wiki discussion sections look like this?
I want my wiki discussion pages to look like.
 * Just set up Flow. - P1av0rSe01Complaint? 16:34, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * When I try, it gives me this error: The following errors occurred:Extension blogpage was not added because of failed requirements.
 * I don't think this is related to BlogPage extension, so you don't have to enable it, but you have to enable Flow instead. - P1av0rSe01Complaint? 11:02, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

The discussion bar still doesn't show up when I enable Flow.
Anything else I need to do?
 * After enabling the Flow extension, you have to change content model for talk namespaces. Follow these steps to do so:


 * 1) Go to Special:ManageWiki/namespaces page on your wiki.
 * 2) Select the corresponding subject namespace of talk namespace where you want to enable Flow.
 * 3) Move to "Talk namespace" tab.
 * 4) Change content model of it to.
 * 5) Move to "Submit" tab.
 * 6) Type the reason you want to enable Flow and press Submit.
 * It may take several minutes to apply settings. You may need to delete existing talk pages to show up Flow there instead. - P1av0rSe01Complaint? 11:02, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Username policy
Following the closure of Requests for Comment/Username policy (2), the Username Policy has been created. However, there are a few things that still need to be clarified better. For any clarification of the new policy, please ask below. For completion of these two clarifications, I'd recommend starting a new (sub)section, but you can do whatever you want. -- Void  Whispers 23:46, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) The global community is invited to create more complete definitions of offensive, insulting, harassing, and trolling to complement the first and last criteria. Note that an existing definition for harassment exists in the Code of Conduct.
 * 2) The community is invited to consider the creation of a Request for Comments/Usernames page per the proposal at Requests for Comment/Username policy (2).
 * However, since Proposal 3 does not pass, if the locking user/or any wikis interfered with the user/or the whole Miraheze community has a large contradiction, users/staff may have to meet face-to-face or even lead to a Supreme Court decision. OwenFung87 12:53, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I doubt a supreme court will rule on a Username policy but one of the proposals in RfC part 2 may ease you. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:29, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I have per point 2 created Requests_for_Comment/RfCU_process. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  13:29, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Which RFC and which proposal is this? OwenFung87 03:44, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
 * The current open RfC on an RfCU process  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:23, 11 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I have begun the process of drafting a discussion on harassment and trolling etc. following the recommendations in point #1. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  21:23, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Files are broken again.
Every file has turned into "Error creating thumbnail: File Missing". Please help!

Thank u, next, Eiji (talk) 07:45, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

I also got an error when I tried to upload a photo.

Could not open lock file for "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/a/ad/Moxy_is_a_skinny_legend.jpg". Make sure your upload directory is configured correctly and your web server has permission to write to that directory. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory for more information.

About PNG files
I have yet another problem with Altcyclopedia right now. Apparently, the PNG files have very serious issues. In a nutshell, I get nothing but “Error creating thumbnail: File missing” on all of them. Is there any to resolve this?! - Thanks ManiacACS (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I suppose that Miraheze has server issues, I cannon upload files at all Lily (talk) 10:39, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh no... ManiacACS (talk) 11:46, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, we found the issue and fixed it. Sorry for the inconvenience cause by this. Paladox (talk) 12:33, 13 October 2019 (UTC)