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How can I give administrator privileges to an user in my wiki?
I am trying to give administrator privileges to an user in my wiki, but I do not know how to. LanomniZ (talk) 15:03, 13 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Go to the page Special:UserRights and enter the username. Then check the administrator box at the bottom of the right-hand list and click save user groups. ~ El Komodos Drago (talk to me) 16:16, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Page placement errors
Any help would be appreciated, I have pages like 2021-08-02_%E2%80%8BSan_Jose adding %E2%80%8B in the requested page url and I'm having issues fixing it, the page url should look like 2021-01-04_Abu_Dhabi but for some reason it's not, I've noticed it's messing up some of my other pages as well. Any help I would why it's doing this, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. PlatinumYellow (talk) 12:30, 14 August 2021 (UTC)


 * This is a normal reaction on the browser side, iirc. The _ still works perfectly. Raidarr (talk) 13:37, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm still unsure how I did it on my browser then, as it's not like I added the pages differently than I have other ones. Thank you for the assistance. PlatinumYellow (talk) 21:13, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've been messing around with it, but it still recognises 2021-08-02_Washington,_D.C. as differently than 2021-08-02%E2%80%8B_Washington,_D.C., and I'm not sure whats causing it or how to fix it. PlatinumYellow (talk) 21:35, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

How can I format my template so that text is displayed a certain way when a user edits a form with the dropdown input type?
(I'm still learning mediawiki through the documentation, so forgive me if I'm not using all the correct terminology. And please let me know if this is the wrong place to ask this question and direct me where to go. :))

I know how to change the values that are chosen from in a dropdown form field by using syntax something like the following:

I'm struggling figuring out how the page forms call pulls information from the template onto the page when it passes through a dropdown or radiobutton input type. I know that what will be displayed depends on what is in the template that is called, but I'm having trouble creating a template that will display things the way that I want. I currently have some type parser function calls on my template that I'm calling, and I believe that makes sure that the are no problems if the field is left empty. But after reading the documentation for page forms, templates, and parser functions, I can't figure out how to get the results I want.

Here is a short description of what I am hoping to achieve:

A user wants to rate the mature content on a movie they have recently seen. They create a new page and are looking at a form. The first section is called "Language" and has several items (Bad Words, Cruel Language, etc.) each with a single checkbox. When they click on the checkbox, more options appear on the form (I've got this working with the show on select feature) such as Rude Language, Mild Swearing, etc. Each of these new items is a dropdown input type. (I can create these just fine). The user then selects Frequent from the dropdown for Rude Language and Occasional for the dropdown for Mild Swearing, and they then save the page.

When the user then looks at the page, on it is displayed a wikitable with column 1 labeled "Language" col 2 labeled "Violence" and so on. In the first row, under column 1 for language are all of the dropdown items that were selected, but none of the checkbox ones. (In this case, it would not display "Bad Words" or "Cruel Language" (because those were subsections of the form used only for the "show on select" but "Frequent Rude Language" and "Occasional Mild Swearing" because those were selected from the dropdown). Ideally, the form would read "Rude Language" (dropdown field with brief, occasional, frequent, constant), while within the table on the page would be displayed "Brief Rude Language" not "Rude Language: Brief".

I believe that the formatting for the wikitable being displayed on the page should be in the template, as well as the items I want to be displayed. And finding how to format these templates is where I am getting confused.

Here is a link to one of my (incomplete) templates and a form definition page with a call to that template (as well as a page created with that form) so that you can see what I have been trying. Template and Form-Definition-Page and also Page-Created-with-that-Form

Thanks so much! ParentRatings (talk) 19:28, 14 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Solved. I figured out that I was looking for the #switch parser function and had an error in my table formatting. I've got it working now. ParentRatings (talk) 17:34, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Deleting my account
I can't do what I wanted with wiki, so please close my account. Santtu (talk) 06:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Santtu We can't delete accounts, per se, but we can anonymize them in one of two ways. We can either rename the account globally to something random and lock it, allowing you to request reinstatement of the account later, or we can do all of that and remove all personally identifying information from the account. Which would you prefer? Dmehus (talk) 04:08, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Santtu Please consider responding to this request if you would like further action taken here. Dmehus (talk) 01:07, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Organizing the categories list
So, the list of categories on the wikis I'm an admincrat on are a mess thanks to these "categories" that simply state the date a blog was made. Here's an example. I would remove them, but I've been told that doing so would screw up the MediaWiki Sitenotice id on the wiki, so is there any sort of way I can hide them from the list to clear up the list? --Blazikeye535 (talk) 04:05, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If you can, I'd rename them to 2021-08-16 for example, it'll have them in numerical order and thats how I've organised my articles/categories on my wiki. PlatinumYellow (talk) 10:03, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure who told you that, but it sounds superstitious. Automatically added blog categories have nothing to do with the sitenotice id. To reference local conversation, id was only brought up as an excuse for a poorly executed block move.
 * Unfortunately they are generated by mw:Extension:BlogPage and I don't have a useful lead on disabling it aside from suggesting to file a Phabricator task about it. In the meantime to drop them out of lists that should be functionally useful (like Special:UncategorizedCategories]]), consider adding them to an 'Articles by date' global category to make it look natural. Though it would take work to maintain, you can hide them individually with the HIDDENCAT magic word to simply make them disappear from nearly everyone. Aside from the current initiative to manually remove them however, there's not much to be done from truly preventing them to exist. Again, unless you file a task where someone technical can take a look at stripping the function or make it opt in/out. --Raidarr (talk) 13:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Looking for contributors to Shaw's Nightmare Wiki
Hello I am looking for contributors to the Shaw's Nightmare wiki. It is a first person shooter game inspired by Doom and it is for DOS and Windows PCs. It is about a little boy named Shaw, who fell asleep and began to have a nightmare. He must find his way out of the bizarre world, fighting strange creatures along the way.

The wiki is here: https://shawsnightmare.miraheze.org/

Mickey96 (talk) 08:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Is it possible to change the username?
I might plan to change my username in the future so i wanted to ask directly if that is possible on Miraheze. Its fine if it isn't. Smashidachi (talk) 11:08, 21 August 2021 (UTC)


 * You can. Just confirm your e-mail here (if you haven't done it yet), and request your account to be renamed here. SPEEDYBEAVER  ( talk ) 11:44, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Taiwan Rail Transport Wiki
Hello, I have a question regarding files on my wiki. My wiki (which is by far about Taipei Metro) uses a lot of files, but I noticed that a lot of them are quite old. Since my wiki isn't Wikipedia, it probably doesn't follow the same licensing rules for images on my wiki then it does on Wikipedia. My question is, can I use images on my wiki that I find on the internet of MRT? Or are there still specific rules I have to follow? 54nd60x (talk) 13:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)


 * You still have to be compliant with copyright legislation. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  12:39, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Large wiki logo
Hey, I noticed a bug in my logo. The wiki's logo is too large.

https://vincent05.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

What can I do? WindowsViennaFish2010 (talk) 07:13, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The logo has to be no larger than 160x160. As your logo is bigger, it uses the centre square. Can you reload the logo in the smaller size? PercyUK (talk) 08:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * How? WindowsViennaFish2010 (talk) 09:26, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have uploaded the new size. I use Firefox and press CTRL + F5 purged my browser and now displaying the new size. At the top of this page will advise how to purge your browser, PercyUK (talk) 10:19, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It worked! WindowsViennaFish2010 (talk) 10:44, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Google maps
I want to embed a google map layer into my wiki - the google map code uses iframe. Does miraheze support iframe, and if it does, do I need to import or add anything. Bertie (talk) 03:50, 24 August 2021 (UTC) Bertie (talk) 03:50, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Miraheze has Maps. It needs to be switched on via  PercyUK (talk) 07:12, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Request to change the interwiki table
Thank you very much. — XComhghall (talk) 12:22, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) I would like to request to add the prefix 'miraheze', the url https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/$1, forward = yes, to the interwiki table of XComhghall Wiki.
 * 2) I would like to change the language of XComhghall Wiki's MediaWiki (or database, idk) to traditional Chinese or English, and keep the language of the wiki as Chinese. Could that be possible?
 * This is what I mean: https://xcomhghall.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere (en) and https://xcomhghall.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:连入页面 (traditional Chinese) both redirect to https://xcomhghall.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:链入页面 (simplified Chinese). So it seems to me that the MediaWiki or database of XComhghall Wiki is in simplified Chinese. I do not want any simplified Chinese in the link of my wiki.
 * The reason that I want to keep the language of the wiki as Chinese is that, on https://xcomhghall.miraheze.org/, to the right of the Main page and Discussion tabs on the top, there is a drop-down menu for converting between traditional and simplified Chinese, and even converting regional words. If the language of the wiki is set as either traditional or simplified Chinese, this feature seems to be lost, as in the case of https://hkculture.miraheze.org/.


 * I have added the prefix for your wiki (although, you could also link to miraheze meta by using the  interwiki, But for your other request, When a wiki is set to Chinese for example, when I go to the wiki and enter (on the URL box of my browser) Special:SpecialPages, It won't tell me there's no such page, instead, it will redirect me to how the text should look like according to the language of the wiki (although sometimes it just work like that).
 * That's basically how MediaWiki works, I am unsure there's a way you'd have your wiki set to Chinese language and expect the titles to be in whatever language.
 * FYI, You could change the language of your wiki at this page.
 * Thank you. Ugochimobi (talk) 18:13, 25 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. I understand how to change my wiki's language. I want my wiki to be in Chinese (which includes simplified and traditional). The default titles and urls of a Chinese wiki is in simplified Chinese, but I want them to be in traditional Chinese. It seems that I am not able to achieve that, but thank you still. — XComhghall (talk) 04:17, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Disappearing Pages
Recently all the templates pages and a few others have suddenly disappeared if anyone can help me as I don't know what the problem the wiki link is https://wikian.miraheze.org Genuino467 (talk) 18:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry for the late response. Could you please give us more details? For example, a link to a page which disappeared? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:16, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * This page was one of the ones that disappeared: https:// wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Nobr Genuino467 (talk) 20:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Where to find jokers ;)
I need to know if there are other Wikis about jokes like Nonciclopedia (that I raccomand ;)… just to better bring a smile in Miraheze (believe me) We ALL need it. My intention is to create and communicate within a wikis entirely focused to make fun and joy to random people, so I ask if Miraheze staff knows other satiric/parodistic sites/wikis to suggest me… always yours, Executive2 (talk) 16:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. Unfortunately I don't personally know of any such wikis but you might want to check out Gazetteer_of_wikis, maybe one of them is to your liking. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Do not want wiki edited
Hi is there anyway I can allow our wiki to be seen by a gamer but they cannot edit pages example you just see the source code on pages but cant physically edit them or vandalize them? here is our wiki https://departmentofstarfleet.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page    Admiral Marcus (talk) 17:05, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yes, of course. If you only want approved users to be able to edit your wiki you need to go to Special:ManageWiki/permissions, select * and then remove the  permission from that group and then do the same for user (assuming you don't want logged in users to edit either). Then you can assign the edit permission to custom groups. Hope this helps. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:15, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay many thanks Admiral Marcus (talk) 10:09, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

red presets
Please I ask you to fix an error that is messing up my wiki look at some pages and see the templates some are in red as if they never existed but when you click to open and create they are right there.

Example pages: https://wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal

https://wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/Wikian:Esplanada

Examples of presets that don't appear:

https://wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Irclogin

https://wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Eventos_atuais 45.6.58.32 22:39, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Clean CSS and Wikitext
The pages that use the template below say that the page should be Clean CSS and not Wikitext, but as you can see it's in Clean CSS, please, if you can help the page it's: https://wikian.miraheze.org/wiki/Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Ambox/styles.css Genuino123 (talk) 22:54, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Easypedia contributions
The wiki is in need of some extra help. Its on gazateer under other. Any other questions just ask! Thanks. Sperosdurell (talk) 00:49, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Its called easypedia Like an encyclopedia. Sperosdurell (talk) 00:51, 28 August 2021 (UTC)


 * To be honest, I'm concerned of commitment here. I've been on a few of your past projects and contributed a fair bit to one, and then it was allowed to simply vanish. Is there any plan as far as really seeing this one through, or is it just going to have a great deal of stubs like previous entries I've seen?
 * Also, this makes me extremely concerned. --Raidarr (talk) 01:25, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Im committed to this wiki. Sperosdurell (talk) 00:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Feel free to help out, sorry about before I was going through stuff mentally. Sperosdurell (talk) 02:01, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Why do you not add a direct link to your wiki? You do not even link the gazeteer. I know where to find it but this means extra effort, greetings, --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 08:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * easypedia.miraheze.org Sperosdurell (talk) 10:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * easypedia.miraheze.org Sperosdurell (talk) 10:29, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * https://easypedia.miraheze.org/wiki/ Sperosdurell (talk) 10:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Look under gazeteer easypedia bottom of page. Sperosdurell (talk) 18:23, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

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) 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)
 * 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.

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)

Can we get statistics on how often particular search terms are used on a wiki?
We're having a discussion on All The Tropes as to whether a particular group of categories are useful. We can't answer that unless we know whether they're being used. Is there any way to get a report on what is being searched for at Special:Search or in the search bar on our wiki pages? Robkelk (talk) 20:45, 29 August 2021 (UTC)


 * There is not to my knowledge. We could grep access logs and do weird stuff to parse the parameters but I'm not sure how possible or worth it that would be. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  08:47, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

WikiSEO Not Working On Main Page
The WikiSEO extension is not working on my wiki 's Main Page, instead showing a description and image neither first on the page nor relevant. How can this be troubleshooted? Niharuca (talk) 23:30, 29 August 2021 (UTC)


 * How do you know that it's showing a different description and image? I checked manually in the Element Inspector and saw that the extension has correctly placed a meta tag in the page (the meta tag is used to inform search engines what description and image should be displayed). Thanks. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:02, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * When the link is posted in platforms such as Discord or Twitter, the previewed description and image is different than the ones set, specifically showing ==== NEWS ==== as the description and File:Logo-gyroaxia-white.png as the image. Niharuca (talk) 01:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * An update—I managed to correct the image displayed by disabling Extension:PageImages. However, this solution also causes pages besides the Main Page to display the logo, and the description has not changed. Niharuca (talk) 02:04, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Character reception wikis
I don't understand why Incredible Characters Wiki and Loathsome Characters Wiki were closed. The wikis did not have any reason for closure. Also, why were they privated, because now I can’t even see any of the content on the wikis. Could these wikis be restored, or at least have their content ported onto the other Qualitipedia wikis if restoration is not an option. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:27, 30 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Also, the websites wikis were closed but are now re-opened somehow, even though there is no log showing that they were re-opened. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 23:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * This is much the same issue with an admin 'jumping the gun' for closure, with several early supporters of closure having second thoughts later on. --Raidarr (talk) 00:11, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 01:18, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I just saw a post saying that there is a discussion on the Qualitipedia meta wiki about the character wikis. There is also a vote about the fate of the websites wikis as well as the creation of neutral reception wikis. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 17:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * So why were they closed? Three days since I left this message and still no answer. Blubabluba9990 (talk) 19:25, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

How do I change the font for everything on my wiki?
I'm wondering what the CSS is to change the font on my wiki https://endlessnightswriting.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page for the whole wiki so I can have it the same as I did on my old Fandom wiki. I did this with CSS on the old one and I already have the font that I'd like to use (Questrial) installed. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 13:47, 26 August 2021 (UTC)


 * This is done with font-family applied to the body element, at the most basic level. Not having done this much, I am pretty sure you'd need to do extra from there - ranging from using !important to drive in that you really want to use the font, to inspecting and targeting the straggler elements that have their own font selection. I don't believe Cosmos has a specific function to change fonts with. It's not a very elegant solution and I tend to just try it until it works myself, which I cannot do given your wiki is and presumably will always be private. But it's an interim response until someone more CSS savvy stops by. --Raidarr (talk) 08:26, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm going to try that real quick Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 08:53, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Also I should note I'm using the Cosmos skin and I don't know if it's possible to change the font on that? Just it's the very last thing I need to make my wiki exactly the way I pictured it. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 08:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

So this is the exact CSS I've used for the font. I've probably done something wrong but also something at least right as my name on my profile is coming up in the font I want, but nothing else. If I've done something wrong, I'll need someone to point it out for me because I'm not very good at this. I'll make my wiki unprivate temporarily if it's needed. The fact something is coming up in the font means it did install right and an aspect of it is working. When I checked inspect element on one of my pages, a lot of the code for the font was crossed out, it was saying the default fonts but crossed out. I don't really know what else to do, I'm kind of stuck. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 13:27, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Font is only changing partially on my wiki
I'm sorry to write this topic again but I'm feeling a bit lost with this. The code to change the font on my wiki (which I directly copypasted from here but with the font I wanted to use) and I can tell it's been installed because my username on my profile and the title when I make a new page are in the font I wanted, but nothing else. When I go into inspect element on a page, it says it should be in the font but it's crossed out so I guess it isn't working. I don't know if this is because of the Cosmos skin I'm using but I hope it isn't. I'm not very good at coding and this is the last thing I need to make my wiki perfect so I hope I can have some help with it. Since my wiki is private, I'll put it on unprivate if you ask me to if you're not one of the people who can see it globally. I'll put the code that I'm using in on my next edit. Again, I'm sorry I'm posting this twice, but I'm really lost and I don't know what to do. Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 08:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello . The thing we're working with here is called Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); "cascading" means the style sheets can come from many places other than Common.css, including the user's own browser and in-line in the page. There is a hierarchy for which style sheet to follow in the case of a conflict.  The fact that you can see the font in your username and in titles proves that you did @import it correctly.  The strikethrough lets you see that the browser did pick up the command to use Questrial font but that it was overridden by some other style sheet.  You may be able to scroll upward in the pane where you see the strikethrough and see a competing style that did take effect.  As skins dictate a lot of styles to produce a desired visual effect, my guess is that there is a competing style command elsewhere in Cosmos.css that is overriding yours.  Good luck!   23:50 1-Sep-2021


 * PS--I have gone to your wiki and done that very thing. The topmost command I see is a command governing all children of the page's "body" element; it comes from load.php:1 (I think that means from Miraheze itself!  This may be unconditional, or it may be because you chose the Cosmos skin.) and it specifies Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, or else any sans-serif font.


 * In CSS, specific commands override general commands. Helpfully, your two commands include , which makes them override any commands without it.  Your first command dictates your font for "body", but again, Miraheze dictates the font for all of its children!  Your second command dictates your font for H1 (first-level heads; this includes page titles) and H2 (second-level heads).  I think a step forward is if you edit the first command to read as follows (note the change on my line 1):


 * This would cancel out the Miraheze standing order and dictate your style for all children of "body". See if that works.   00:03 2-Sep-2021


 * PS--If this works, then I would remove the second command, the one governing H1 and H2. If they are not direct children of "body", they will inherit the font from an element that is, so this command should now be redundant.


 * Incidentally, I never saw your font, as I have a CSS command on my PC (in my userContent.css) saying what font I want Miraheze to use to render everything.  00:11 2-Sep-2021

Sorry this is a bit of a late response I only just saw this. I first copied and replaced the code you gave me onto Common.css and deleted the other one but nothing happened. I went into inspect element and I think it was the Cosmos skin overriding the default fonts so I put the code into Cosmos.css instead and the font loaded in for everything. Thank you for the help! ^^ Raichu&#39;s Endless Nights (talk) 15:37, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

#sub
It is available on TestWiki but currently not on my private wiki. I have looked through Special:ManageWiki and can't locate where I need to enable it. PercyUK (talk) 11:13, 1 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Special:ManageWiki/settings > Parser Functions > "Enable string function functionality". --Routhwick (talk) 05:09, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you PercyUK (talk) 07:35, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

My wiki's logo can't appear at many pages except namespace Special
I just upload a new picture as my new logo but it doesn't display properly on the home page and many pages. What should I do next? 永定河 (talk) 14:52, 1 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello.
 * It seems that these sections of CSS in your mh:tounae:Mediawiki:Common.css are overriding your logo selection and replacing it with a non-existent file:
 * If you remove them, the issue should be fixed. Hb1290 (talk) 02:01, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * If you remove them, the issue should be fixed. Hb1290 (talk) 02:01, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

New Wiki ideas
Any ideas on a new Wiki to be created, or if interested comment please. My wikis fail so.... Sperosdurell (talk) 23:57, 7 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I would suggest exploring why your wikis fail currently, rather than adding more potential failures. It's not the ideas that are wrong. It's the execution. --Raidarr (talk) 00:28, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * As Raidarr has said above, it would be better to discover why your wikis are failing or else even if we give you ideas, they'll still fail. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 00:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you mean by your wikis are failing? --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 20:37, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't edit them enough. Sperosdurell (talk) 21:51, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Why is that? --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 03:45, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I have a Wiki pending so I'll try... U seem interested? Sperosdurell (talk) 03:50, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for asking, I have several wikis myself which I am frequently editing, currently I have no extra time for third party wikis, --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 09:39, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Anyone using extension PDFEmbed?
Does anyone use the extension PDFEmbed in their wiki? It seems as if it is not working due to a block of the static.miraheze.org sever. I have already filed a phabricator task, greetings --Lily talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 12:40, 10 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi there, Good job for filing a phab task, let's see how the response goes. I trust the sysadmins to make it work. Ugochimobi (talk) 09:33, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your interest, the problem has been solved now, --LilyLilyu - smile.svg talk and I will listen · Lilypond Wiki 11:05, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Ugochimobi (talk) 11:10, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Use the same domain for a wiki and other things
Hello, I would like to use a custom domain for my wiki, but I would also like to use it for other things. I would like to know if it is possible to use the same domain for both a wiki (example.com/wiki/) and for other topics (e.g. example.com/info) that would be separate from the MediaWiki interface, so that the /wiki/ part is just a topic of the complete site and that when you just type example.com, you don't go directly to the wiki, so that you have to type example.com/wiki to access it (I don't know if I'm clear). Have a nice day, Soronos (talk) 18:04, 12 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi there, AFAIK, once your domain DNS records have been mapped to miraheze's nameservers, you can not use your domain elsewhere, you can only use it on miraheze.
 * I believe this information I just share has answered a lot more of your present quest. Greetings. Ugochimobi (talk) 09:38, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Not to contradict, but I'm quite sure you can adjust the destination subdomain, and even if you can't it only reaches yourdomain.com/wiki, not yourdomain/everyotherlinkhere unless you go out of your way to redirect it to be so. I would make a Phabricator task to verify what you're trying to set up as I haven't personally attempted the process. --Raidarr (talk) 10:25, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

View internal top search terms?
Fandom allows you to see the top internal search terms via the analytics dashboard - is such a thing available on Miraheze? I found the ExtendedStatistics extension (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ExtendedStatistics) but it is not available as a default on Miraheze so I wonder if there's an easier way. Thanks in advance ~ HanTheGene (talk) 17:15, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi there, you might want to request this extension to be installed on miraheze using our bugzilla, an Extension Reviewer will review it and if it passes, it will get installed. Ugochimobi (talk) 09:53, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Side note that the software is Phabricator, but potato, potato. Bongo Cat (talk) 15:13, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Now requested at T8038 --Rob Kam (talk) 17:33, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * And declined:
 * Unfortunately this extension is made for BlueSpice, and therefore likely won't work on normal MediaWiki.
 * --Rob Kam (talk) 13:56, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Unfortunate, but it was worth the ask. Thank you all! ~ HanTheGene (talk) 14:30, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Is there a sitemap I can submit to Google Search Console?
I would like to submit a sitemap of my wiki to Google Search Console.

Is there a sitemap I can submit to Google Search Console?

If so, it would be helpful if you could tell us where to find it.

If not, how can I prepare one? menndouyukkuri (talk) 04:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Added  . - menndouyukkuri (talk) 08:05, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * We automatically handle sitemaps. I can manually kick it if it's being slow for you wiki if you tell me which. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  08:32, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Problem with tabber in infoboxes
Hello, so here it is: I have a problem with the tabbers that I place in my infoboxes. Indeed, as you can see on this page (https://personnages.miraheze.org/wiki/Ghetis), in the infobox, the tabber is unable to be applied. Why is this? Thanks in advance. Darkrai18 (talk) 12:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC) Darkrai18 (talk) 12:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Tabber is disabled in presets. Ticking the box on this page hopefully gets tabber working - PercyUK (talk) 13:40, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks you very much ! Darkrai18 (talk) 14:12, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Adding Custom Font ( bumped ) SOLVED
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 hosted (i.e. 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 for uploading and hosting the custom font. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 23:45, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * if you want to use custom fonts, use: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Name%20of%20the%20font:400,400i,600,600i&display=swap%27 for example: want Montserrat font? use: @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:400,400i,600,600i&display=swap'); ​in your MediaWiki:Vector.css (or Common.css). Therefore, this issue of using a font in the content of the pages that you created yourself is very complicated YellowFrogger (talk) 23:19, 22 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. The issue was more about uploading (i.e. hosting) a custom made webfont within my wiki's space here miraheze, than using Google fonts within the CSS for my wiki. But again, thank you for the reply. That said, I did manage to figure it out now and I think I have it solved (I hope). Here's an example of my custom Lakise script (fonts) being used on a test page for my fantasy RPG wiki. – Mitchell Gore (talk) 06:39, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Please contribute on my wiki
To anyone that reads this: My wiki needs contributors. Its name is Decyclopedia, it is at decyclopedia.miraheze.org, and it was founded on September 24, 2019 (its two-year anniversary is right around the corner!). It's a humor wiki (at least, it should be). And it needs people like you to contribute to it! Join today! Tali64³ (talk) 01:34, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I will see. But, pornographic content, well, there are a lot of people who don't like it. More is just not overdoing it. The only ones who like it are the ones who come to the site just to... instead of editing, because it's a wiki, not xvideos YellowFrogger (talk) 17:51, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, I cut down on the porn. One of the parts of contributing is spreading the word, so, if you have any friends, please tell them about Decyclopedia. Tali64³ (talk) 23:43, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * To provide a counter argument, pornographic content can be acceptable if you stick with it in premise and introduce proper content warnings so the wrong users can't stumble on it. But Miraheze has a significant underage audience, so it may still be a problem in general and it's especially a problem trying to get just anyone to spread it off this section. You might consider appealing to more target audiences than this Meta or a suitable description in the Gazetteer if you haven't already. --Raidarr (talk) 10:21, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Expiry of X3 Root Certificates
Hello all,

From the end of this month, the following users may encounter issues accessing Miraheze due to the expiry of upstream SSL signing certificates:
 * Windows before XP SP3
 * MacOS before 10.12.1
 * iOS before 10
 * Android (2.3.6 - 7.1.1 may be impacted) less than 7.1.1
 * Firefox before 50
 * Ubuntu before 16.04
 * Debian before 8
 * Java: 8 before 8u141 and 7 before 7u151
 * NSS before 3.26
 * All versions of FireOS Silk Browser
 * OpenSSL prior to 1.0.2u

This is not an exhaustive list and others may fail. You may also find devices on that list already has issues due to TLS versions supported.

Please see articles on the Iden Trust X3 Expiration on google for information.

Thanks, ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:14, 20 September 2021 (UTC)  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:14, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Translation request
Hello. Please help translate Template:Shortcut caption in your language. Thanks, --Mazzaz (talk) 08:55, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ for zh-cn. --SolidBlock (talk) 12:51, 23 September 2021 (UTC)