Stewards' noticeboard/Archive 5

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26 April 2017 - 14 December 2017

Please, delete Reiaasu' Wiki

Hi, I'm the one who started Reiaasu's Wiki. Sorry my bad english...

I've started this wiki because I wanted to share a lot of ideas and interests on a webpage. However, I'm very busy in my real life (wife, little son, work, etc.), so I don't have the time to organize the ideas and content that I wanted to put on the wiki. So I think the best option is to close the wiki.

And, in the future, if I have all the content properly organized, would you allow me to re-create this wiki?

Thanks for providing to me and for everyone a free MediaWiki-based wiki (and one that looks like the standard MediaWiki, not a weird thing like Wikia...)

你是不是没有签名？--SolidBlock (talk) 05:19, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Help with private wiki

Solved ;-)

请你留言记得签名。--SolidBlock (talk) 05:19, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Merge accounts

I've had a request to merge two accounts here: https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Topic:Tn1hvc57uwgq5n6a

I think if both emails are confirmed, we can be reasonably sure that the account can be renamed or whatever. --Labster (talk) 07:31, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

I know that this is an old thread, but it is possible to globally merge multiple users using CentralAuth UserMerge. However, the UserMerge extension is required for this to work. -- Amanda (talk) 14:51, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Un-Private (?) Inkubator

Not sure how/why non-members cannot read any pages on inkubator.miraheze.org, but I'd like the entire wiki to be readable to the public. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bt109 (talk • contribs)

This is because you requested a private wiki. However, this can be changed by any system administrator @Reception123: Amanda (talk) 00:39, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

For future reference, requests such as this should be directed to phabricator. It might be a good idea to add a section on this to the FAQ or the header. -- Void ^Whispers 01:06, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

I will change the wiki to private and add the FAQ question. It is already in the header though. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:46, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of knowledge.miraheze.org

I have no interest in continuing [knowledge.mirzaheze.org] so please would you delete it. I have other projects to focus on. CnocBride (talk) 21:17, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

WikiCanada CheckUser request

• User:WOW

• User:I.Am.Awesome

The former user is blocked indefinitely on WikiCanada for being a vandalism-only account. They currently have an unblock request open stating that they are sincerely sorry. I am convinced by this unblock request by itself - however searching through deleted contributions I have a feeling that the user could be connected to the latter user, who is globally locked. I request CheckUser for further information before taking action on the unblock request.

Note to checking steward: the "check user" group on WikiCanada is defunct - you need to use the "steward" group. Amanda (talk) 22:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

 Done - Handled by NDKilla. Amanda (talk) 23:53, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

CheckUser

I would like to request a CheckUser of this spambot. The global account was locked by @NDKilla:, but it is only the most recent spambot that started on my wiki (WikiCanada), so I would like to block any ranges necessary to prevent further disruptive behavior. -- Amanda (talk) 13:31, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done John (talk) 13:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

bureaucrats rights + private wiki

Hi, I'd like to get Bureaucrat rights on the following wiki page which I adopted yesterday. Initially, I thought I had the rights, however when i tried changing the wiki from public to private I was told that I dont have the permission to that. Many thanks, Paulius. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauliusk (talk • contribs) 05:51, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done John (talk) 08:35, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

User name change

Hi,

I just need a user name change.

• Old name: Pepribal
• New name: 4eggstrading

It would be cool if contributions appeared from now on as made by the new username.

Thanks a lot.

Pepribal (talk) 07:41, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done John (talk) 10:18, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

CheckUser and Oversight group pages

All other userrights pages are in the "Meta:" namespace, except for CheckUser and Oversight. Unless there is a good reason for this, I would like to suggest that these pages be moved into the Meta namespace to match all the others. I would do this myself but both pages are fully protected from editing and moving (don't know why). -- Amanda (talk) 21:07, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

There are not in the Meta namespace because they are global tools that affect all wikis, therefore they should stay in their current namespace. I also don't see why you're pretending that you don't know, as you can obviously see in the history that they have been protected to stop the recent vandalism. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:22, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

I didn't check the history. -- Amanda (talk) 12:52, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Question

Can I use images from Wikipedia Commons without downloading then uploading them? Berlino.caracciolo (talk), 10:28, 9 May 2017

Yes, you can use images from Wikimedia Comments. Just wikilink them like you would any other image and they should appear. -- Amanda (talk) 12:51, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

I would like to change the logo of my wiki; i tried to use Phabricator, but I really don´t understand what I have to do nor what mean the terms they use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berlino.caracciolo (talk • contribs) 11:21, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

@Berlino.caracciolo: Just fill out this form. You don't need to change any of the fields other than the title and the description. -- Amanda (talk) 12:10, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Edit wiki with permission

The only thing I need is to be able to approve or reject any edit on my wiki. Is this possible? Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Safwat.alshazly (talk • contribs) 12:03, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

 Not steward comment @Safwat.alshazly: The fact that your wiki is private already allows you to restrict who can edit it. You can grant the "member" permission using Special:UserRights on your wiki to anyone you want to edit the wiki. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 12:03, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Unblock me on WikiCanada

Closing and collapsing request by block evader. -- Amanda (talk) 14:28, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Filter 14

Now that the filter has disallow enabled, I think that the global filter option should be disabled. Anonymous user page spam seems to only be an issue on Meta and a few other wikis, excluding WikiCanada. Additionally, I oppose filter 12 and filter 14 being global as they have elevated actions enabled. -- Amanda (talk) 21:43, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Of all the 80+ hits for the filter, none have happened on meta. It is also worth noting that for the CVT page deletions for spam, most are for IPv4 userpages. In any case, the filter is an attempted work-around for the currently non-functional global titleblacklist. The functionality of the filter would therefore wind up being implemented with or without the filter. I cannot see how the filter would have an impact on your wiki, since IPs don't even have read access, and the filter does not hit users. -- Void ^Whispers 22:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

We do not provide an opt-out for some things, and Spam Blacklist and Title Blacklist are one of them. They are to protect our wiki farms from the spam and abuses. Since both extensions are currently malfunctioning, we are working around by using Abusefilter. — revi 00:42, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Confirmation for CVT members assigned before RFC

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Closing as successful for both users. The only oppose for Revi is by a globally locked user and Reception had no opposes. -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 18:26, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

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There are few Counter-Vandalism Team members that were granted access before the access criteria was established. Therefore three (currently two) members were granted with no community scrutiny. (One member was Void who was promoted to Stewards.) This is a confirmation process for the two remaining members of CVT, me and Reception123. — revi 00:59, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Revi

Hello, I am Revi.

I have been involved in Miraheze since around August 2015 and granted Sysadmin access around September 2015. I once left during mid-2016 but came back by end of the year. I have been involved in anti-spam works back in the era of Orain, where I had Global Sysop during 2014. (That site was collapsed by Sept 2015, unfortunately.) Like Orain was, our wikis where local admins abandoned or are too busy are often spammed by automated spambots (or competent human spammer) and as an administrator on Meta Miraheze, Korean Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Meta and few other sites along with the Global Rollbacker, I know almost everything about counter-spam and counter-vandalism required for CVT work and I can provide the service for the public good of the wiki farm by using the service to protect our farm from the spam.

Thank you for your consideration. — revi 00:59, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Discussion (revi)

•  Strong support revi has knowledge and experience in the area. I trust them with the rights. -- Void ^Whispers 01:32, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Strong support Revi is very experienced in dealing with spam and regex. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:31, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose There have been nuermous times where my interactions with revi have not been as friendly or as polite as I think that they should be. No offense but I've noticed that revi seems to be very short-tempered when it comes to some things (I don't want to pull up all of the exact diffs, but the comment above regarding filter 14 is one example). Additionally, as revi is a sysadmin, I question whether CVT is really necessary, since all it does is add three steward permissions on Meta. All other CVT global permissions are included in the sysadmin group. -- Amanda (talk) 11:26, 17 May 2017 (UTC) (changed vote per comment by John below)

Sysadmins are not authorised to use their rights outside of technical reasons. Vandalism fighting is outside of this purpose. John (talk) 12:04, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

•  Weak oppose There have been nuermous times where my interactions with revi have not been as friendly or as polite as I think that they should be. No offense but I've noticed that revi seems to be very short-tempered when it comes to some things (I don't want to pull up all of the exact diffs, but the comment above regarding filter 14 is one example). Therefore, I would like to see an improvement before supporting rights beyond sysadmin. -- Amanda (talk) 12:39, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

 Comment: @Amanda: Whilst I am a firm believer in manners and generally being polite whenever responding to people's requests/comments etc., especially since they don't cost anything, it seems to me your re-assessed vote is based solely on the named user's manners. I agree that some users wording and writing styles seem somewhat abrupt at times but to cast a vote based on lack of manners and/or abruptness rather than technical ability seems a little short-sighted. Of course, your vote holds equal weight with any other and I respect it. Borderman  ^{talk | contribs | email} 14:08, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Revi's history with Miraheze and knowledge of anti-spam makes for a user who is more than capable of dealing with CVT issues as and when they arise. Borderman  ^{talk | contribs | email} 14:12, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Strong support He is an experienced user in this area both in Wikimedia and here in Miraheze, his time zone is also beneficial. I have no objections. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 09:10, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Reception123

Hi, I'm Reception123, and same as revi, I have been involved in Miraheze since August 2015, have been a wiki creator and Meta administrator since then, and a sysadmin since August 2016. I've helped with creating a few AbuseFilter's when the site was launched, as well as taking care of a few spam removal requests as a sysadmin before the CVT right was invented. I've also been involved in the WMF projects in the past, and used to do countervandalism there, so I do have experience with that. You can currently see (most of) my actions as a CVT here, and you can check my contributions for my actions on Meta against spam also. If I am confirmed, I will with no doubt continue to combat spam cross-wiki to allow users to be able to use their wikis with no inconveniences, as spam can be very annoying to deal with. I will also probably help with adding new AbuseFilter's and TitleBlacklist entries, so that vandalism can be prevented before it happens, rather than after. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:15, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Discussion (Reception123)

•  Strong support Despite the fact that Reception has yet to fill in the comments above, I would still gauge them as qualified for the rights. -- Void ^Whispers 01:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Weak support I think that Reception123 is qualified for CVT. However, like revi, Reception is also a sysadmin and the CVT tools overlap with the sysadmin tools with the exception of three steward rights on Meta. Therefore, I have to question whether CVT is really necessary in addition. -- Amanda (talk) 11:26, 17 May 2017 (UTC) (changed vote per comment by John below)

Sysadmins are not authorised to use their rights outside of technical reasons. Vandalism fighting is outside of this purpose. John (talk) 12:04, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

•  Support I think that Reception123 is qualified for CVT. -- Amanda (talk) 12:39, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Reception123 has been highly involved with Miraheze since it's beginnings and has the technical knowledge to easily deal with CVT issues as and when they arise. Borderman  ^{talk | contribs | email} 14:18, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Strong support He is an experienced user in this area and is always willing to help when he is needed. I have no objections. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 09:19, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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Categories

Is there a reason that the categories aren't updating? I have 37 Unused Categories as I've done a lot of updating in the last 24 hours, any help would be appreciated. PlatinumYellow (talk) 10:53, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

I see 15 now. Generally, if you're patient the pages update. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 17:26, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Site notice keeps appearing in spite of log in and edits being made

The following notice will not disappear since a few months, even if I do make some edits or logs :

"Miraheze Staff has noticed that this wiki has no edits or logs made within the last 45 days. If you would like to prevent this wiki from being closed, please start showing signs of activity here. If there are no signs of this wiki being used within the next 15 days, this wiki may be closed per the Dormancy Policy. This wiki will then be eligible for adoption by another user. If not adopted and still inactive 135 days from now, this wiki will become eligible for deletion. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with Miraheze's Dormancy Policy. If there is activity on this wiki you can go on MediaWiki:Sitenotice and remove this notice yourself. If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to Contact Us."

Robert for algopedia.miraheze.com

The notice itself states that it can be removed by editing MediaWiki:Sitenotice. You can either blank the page or delete it, either will work. I do not believe the notice is removed automatically, although it would be a good idea to look into doing that. -- Void ^Whispers 20:57, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, it worked. I was just wary that removing the notice myself would not prevent the wiki from being closed by Miraheze Staff. If I understand well, the notice absence is sufficient for the staff to understand that the owner does not want its wiki to be closed. Robert

Wiki went mobile while I was away

Hi there!

I've returned to my wiki after a hiatus. I notice it's changed to mobile mode while I was away. I've looked through the FAQ and SpecialPages but can't find a way to turn it back. Can you advise me in how to do this?

I'm not entirely against it, but I miss the side bar with the image and quick links, the bar at the top with the quick links. Much easier to navigate and less blank white space.

--Sean (talk) 02:10, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

 Not steward comment @Sean: At the bottom of the page you should see a link to which you must click to switch to the desktop version, if it persists, it may be due to a problem with your web browser. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 02:40, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

This is an error that has happened in the past, please do what AlvaroMolina suggested and if you still are experiencing issue please make a task here. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:07, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Worked perfectly! Thanks so much for that guys! It seems silly given how easy the fix is, but I thought I looked everywhere for a button like that and had no idea what I had to do, so I really appreciate your quick responses. Sorry if I put the question in the wrong section; I'm still getting used to this site and was linked here for questions that weren't answered in the FAQ. --Sean (talk) 10:27, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

No problem. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 15:45, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Username change 1

Hi,

I just need a user name change.

Old name: Sjimenezch New name: perropapa It would be cool if both old and new contributions appeared as made by the new username.

Thanks a lot.

 Done. If contribs have not been updated, let us know. -- Void ^Whispers 01:10, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Multilingual wiki

Can somebody help me to make the Part-up wiki (https://partup.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) multilingual? Just like Wikipedia I would like to set up pages in more languages and relate these pages if they are about the same subject. Regards, Timboliu999 (talk) 10:29, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Translate extension enabled. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 16:53, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Request for wikicreator

I would like to request wikicreator to assist with wiki creation, because im a technical contributor to upstream mediawiki and have expierence with mediawiki setup, so i feel like Ican troubleshoot any issues with wikicreation easily, and so that way any backlog of requests i can help lower. Zppix (talk) 22:26, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

 Done by PuppyKun Zppix (talk) 01:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Can't upload file jpg

Excuse me In my new wiki Gastrolegnano I can't upload file (example jpg) Can you help me

We are currently having issues with file uploading. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 16:14, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

No administrator and bureaucrat rights

Hi,

I don't seem to have administrator and bureaucrat rights on my wiki page https://masus.miraheze.org/.

BR /Christian

Are you sure? What is the error? I see "Masus (talk | contribs | block)‏‎ (bureaucrat, administrator) (Created on 29 June 2017 at 02:51)" as well as you managed to use Special:ManageWiki. You can uncheck "closed" to regain the editing ability again. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 07:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

SiteNotice keeps coming up

I have been working on my wiki off and on for the past month and still have the Site Notice populating that my wiki is dormant. Please advise on how to remove this from my site. It makes my other users nervous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slinkyspectator (talk • contribs)

Like the notice itself says, " If there is activity on this wiki you can go on MediaWiki:Sitenotice and remove this notice yourself. If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to Contact Us."

The notice was created on 14 May 2017 and was never removed. I've gone ahead and deleted it (replaced the notice with a single hyphen, "-") and it shouldn't show up again unless there are no more edits for 45 days.

I suggest you read Dormancy Policy and request an exemption if you need it. -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 20:19, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

THANK YOU NDKilla I do need to request an exemption. I appreciate your help. Cheers, Slinkyspectator

@Slinkyspectator: Which reason from here would it be? Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 10:25, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Admin who was banned from our community needs their bureaucrat title removed

The wiki over at collabvm.miraheze.org is one about a community known as CollabVM. Recently, a higher up user known as Technoturnovers caused some trouble which resulted in them being banned from the community. However, we cannot remove their bureaucrat title for the wiki, and they may figure out that they still have Administrator rights on here and attempt to destroy our wiki. If an admin could remove the Bureaucrat role from Technoturnovers, that would be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CtrlAltDelete (talk • contribs)

@CtrlAltDelete, CHOCOLATEMAN69, CollabVM, Dartz, FluffyVulpix, and LoveEevee: This request brought some of the content on your wiki to my attention. I believe that the contents of several pages violate our Content Policy, including several instances of what could easily be considered hate speech. I've gone ahead and made your wiki "private" instead of outright removing all access to it, to allow local sysops to clean up the content. If you would like specific examples of unacceptable content, please email me/the staff at ndkillamiraheze.org or staffmiraheze.org -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 21:04, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

CnocBrides request for Wikicreator

Hello! Some of you may know me others may not. I have been a member of this community for 1 year, 2 months, 9 days, 23 hours and 27 minutes as of posting this request. In my opinion thats quite some time and its been a lot of fun. Miraheze has enabled me to continue writing the content I love to produce on my personal wiki at Aeross and also expand my knowledge at TME.

That is why today I am requesting rights to become a Wiki creator. I really want to help the whole community out and what to give a helping hand to the administrators, stewards and all the other staff who keep this fantastic community up and running.

CnocBride (talk) 17:30, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

@CnocBride: Please read and confirm you understand Meta:Wiki creators guide before. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 18:04, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

@Reception123: I have read the Wiki creators guide and can confirm I understand and will comply to said guide. CnocBride (talk) 08:58, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. As a sysadmin, I have no objections for, therefore wiki creator can be granted by a steward (@Voidwalker: @NDKilla:). Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 09:15, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

翻译页面时是不是不能有外部链接

例如我在翻译Request_features/zh-cn时，凡是含有外部链接的翻译都无法保存，这是怎么回事？--SolidBlock (talk) 01:45, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

(Again, used machine translation to understand). What do you mean? What error do you get? Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:32, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

When I translate pages, the translation can't submit successfully if the translation has a link like [http://www.sth.com sth].--SolidBlock (talk) 06:47, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

申请的维基需要审核吗

我刚刚申请了rs.miraheze.org，提交信息后就说什么创建者会去创建之类的话，我打地址发现那个网站并没有被创建，电子邮件也没有任何消息。是不是还没有通过审核啊？--SolidBlock (talk) 01:49, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

第一次申请之后弹出一个红色的框，内容全是英文且没有任何链接。重新申请之后弹出绿色的框，是中文的，有Special:RequestWikiQueue/3413的链接。--SolidBlock (talk) 04:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

I have passed your message through a machine translator so I can at least understand some of it, as unfortunately I don't speak Chinese. Please note that all translations should be found here. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:31, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Problems about BASEPAGENAME and SUBPAGENAME

The {{BASEPAGENAME}} and {{SUBPAGENAME}} may be broken. {{BASEPAGENAME:Template:Sth/doc}}→Sth (expected: Sth); {{SUBPAGENAME:Template:Sth/doc}}→doc (expected: doc). Is that a bug?--SolidBlock (talk) 05:56, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Which wiki are you talking about? Could you link the page(s) with errors? Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:58, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Both this meta.* and rs.*. It seems to be error only with templates - it works normally for modules, projects and MediaWiki namespaces.--SolidBlock (talk) 08:02, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Please be aware that the namespaces may not be configured to have subpages. For example, meta only has the main and tech namespaces set up to have subpages. The default, which is the case for rswiki is that talk, user, user talk, project, project talk, file talk, mediawiki, mediawiki talk, template talk, help, help talk, category talk. I find it odd that more talk namespaces have subpages. Either way, if you would like your wiki to have more namespaces with subpages, let us know which ones here or on phabricator. Cheers -- Void ^Whispers 20:39, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

See w:Wikipedia:subpages. The Template namespace should have subpages. Why do templates ∉ Wikipedia namespaces that do not have sub-pages?--SolidBlock (talk) 01:13, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

It may be a problem. Template-namespace pages should (are expected to) have subpages (be able to use subpages) but the fact is not. It gets in the way a lot to use Lua, documentation pages and so on. So please solve.（这或许是一个问题。模板名字空间的页面应该要有子页面（使用子页面）但事实是并没有。这不利于使用Lua或者文档页面。请修复。）Please admins solve Template's subpages (it may be global).--SolidBlock (talk) 03:58, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Request changing interwiki

Request changing the interwiki of https://rs.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:跨wiki: w from en-wikipedia to zh-wikipedia (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1). Also, wikt(https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/$1), s(https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/$1), c(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/$1), q(https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/$1), b(https://zh.wikibooks.org/wiki/$1), n(https://zh.wikinews.org/wiki/$1), v(https://zh.wikiversity.org/wiki/$1), voy(https://zh.wikivoyage.org/wiki/$1). Maybe it's a request-frature. Thanks.--SolidBlock (talk) 08:13, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

I am sorry, but InterWiki is global on Miraheze, and "w" is the standard interwiki for the English Wikipedia, so globally changing it to zh-wikipedia will not be possible. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 08:17, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

OK, no problem. I use templates instead of interwikis there.--SolidBlock (talk) 14:23, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Please don't delete lexique.miraheze.org

Hi,

A notice appeared on lexique.miraheze.org saying it hadn't been edited in too long. I've made a few changes like the notice said I should, but now when I add a category to new pages they aren't showing up in the main list for the category. Not sure if that's related.

That is considered as an edit, yes. As the notice says, you can remove it by going to MediaWiki:Sitenotice. If you need your wiki to be exempt from the Dormancy policy for whatever reason please see Dormancy Policy#Exemptions. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 05:20, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Reception123 I was able to delete the notice, but all my pages say Template:Delete at the top. How do I get rid of that? 25 July 2017

@Reception123 Nevermind - I figured it out like 2 minutes after I asked the question. Sorry for the trouble... 25 July 2017.

Dormancy policy exemption for proxybotwiki

Im requesting this due to the fact this is a documentation wiki for a bot that is (at the moment) exclusively ran for Miraheze to enforce no open proxies policy therefore if the wiki is deleted documentation may be lost. To prevent that im requesting a dormancy policy exemption for proxybot.miraheze.org (proxybotwiki). Zppix (talk) 20:51, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

 Exempted Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 14:59, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Convertion may be not working when preview

When I preview a page, the preview content may be not converted, at rs.miraheze.org. It's a Chinese (zh) site, and available convertion. But why doesn't the convertion system work when previewing the content?（在rs.miraheze.org，预览页面时，内容似乎没有繁简转换。rs.miraheze.org是中文网站，没有禁用繁简转换。但是为什么预览页面时，预览的内容没有被转换呢？）(I'm not good at English.)--SolidBlock (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Account rename: Samtar -> There'sNoTime

Hi, not overly active here any more, but I'd like my account renamed in line with my renames elsewhere. Please rename my SUL account Samtar to There'sNoTime. Thanks -- Samtar ^{talk to me} 11:09, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

@Voidwalker: Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 11:23, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 15:44, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi I was absent for a bit from Remythed Wiki but it should be starting up on activity now

Hello I'm the creator of remythed and I just noticed the hibernation warning, I've started editing and adding things again if that could get flagged off some time that would be great.

Thanks

Nighzmarquls (talk)Nighzmarquls

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "flagged off". If you mean you would like an exemption to the Dormancy policy, please read this and tell me if this is what you need. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 07:08, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Administration Rights

Hi all,

Yesterday I got the email thqt my Wiki was ready, but I get the message "Permision Error". Can you fix it?

Thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.7.86.17 (talk • contribs)

You are not currently logged into your account, you are editing from your IP. Please log into your account and try again. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 13:29, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Rename

Please rename my account to Test user 83.24.97.195 (account) (talk) 14:36, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 15:45, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Яесертіоп123 global lock

I admit to impersonation, so I request that Яесертіоп123 be globally locked. Test user (talk) 16:07, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Flow problem

Unabled to create a comment at a user's talkpage. See here.--SolidBlock (talk) 10:41, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

How about cancel the flow talk page?Like Wikipedia's default set? TEntEn4279 (talk) 10:49, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

The message of error says:"[1ba90ccbfcd027f1e44de72f] Exception Caught: Request to parsoid for "wikitext" to "html" conversion of content connected to title "Topic:Tvs487jatg6hzl3m" failed: 404".$10^{2}$4279_計算過程 11:12, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@TEntEn4279: Please link me to the page which is causing the errors. Also, from now on please report all technical issues to here instead. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 13:38, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

The error is fixed. Your wiki was not added to parsoid. It will work in ~7 minutes. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 13:53, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Remove Captcha System

can anyone (steward, admin) remove Captcha System (Log in, Sign up)from my wiki. it's just having trouble. my wiki db name : scientiawikiwiki link : বিজ্ঞানপিডিয়া Ahmsaqib (talk) 07:38, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ahmsaqib: It is not possible to remove captcha from a wiki, since that would allow spam to enter, and if a person/spambot logs in/signs up on one Miraheze wiki, they have access to all of them. What "trouble" are you having exactly? Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 08:00, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

If it's impossible, I don't want to say anything. Just leave it.

Thanks for Supporting!

Ahmsaqib (talk) 08:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

OK. If you still are experiencing any issues please make a task here. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 09:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Login issues

Please help me. I can not log in to more than one wiki. See Special: CentralAuth/myriam. That is exactly the problem of "not attached". I do not know the cause of the error "Login unification not complete!" Forced logout when I browse other than home wiki. "Exception" error will be issued and login will be difficult. By the way, I am not good at English. Thank you. --Myriam (talk) 18:51, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

The problem was improved promptly. That's excellent! Thank you very much. --Myriam (talk) 19:53, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Issue with the efn template

I've been using the efn template on my wiki but I struggle with it. Instead of outputting lowercase letters from the Latin/Roman script, it gives out the type of letter followed by a number (example here). Is this something a steward can help with or will I have to fill a feature/extension request? If its the second, what do I have to request specifically? Waffitti (talk) 14:50, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Maybe @Void: can help with this? Being a steward is very little related to technical things, that is up to sysadmins and volunteers also help. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 15:01, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Delete Kyth wiki

I started Kyth as a wiki for a DnD group. However life has become very busy for everyone of late, and we have not really been playing at all, let alone keeping the wiki up-to-date. Can it be scheduled for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorackiii (talk • contribs)

I will delete it later but please note this is not a steward matter but a sysadmin one. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 11:43, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Unable to log in

Hi, I'm unable to login to miraheze.org. I've tried connecting to softwarecrisis.miraheze.org and bootstrapping.miraheze.org. I was able to create an account on the former subdomain, and at the time I received a similar error but found I was logged in anyway. Since then I'm unable to log on, with errors like "[6b3d1cb13719e11e93c3d520] 2017-08-22 22:32:27: Fatal exception of type "Exception".

My username is "Kartik Agaram". I've looked at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in#Log_in_problems, but my browser is set up to always allow cookies from miraheze.org or any of its subdomains.

The issue is not with your browser. It's local. All accounts that are not attached to loginwiki cannot login. Normally, the accounts should be attached, but there have been issues with the way CentralAuth has been working, and this doesn't always work out. Thankfully this is an easy problem to fix. (For reference phab:T2117) -- Void ^Whispers 23:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm in now. Thanks! Kartik Agaram (talk) 07:58, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

For my wiki SerinfHosp I would like to upload zip and pdf files, will it be possible?

At the moment I can just upload image file. The files are for internal use, they are extension to my software, and I'd like to make it available. Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serinf.it Roverato (talk • contribs)

Please note that Stewards' noticeboard is only for steward matters, so your initial request on Phabricator was the correct procedure.  Done Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 10:52, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Received an error in wiki request

Hi, I'm new here and wanted to create a wiki.

In my request I used "von_muenchow.miraheze.org" as URL and "Wiki von Münchow" as Wiki name. The form complained about only alpha-numeric characters being allowed in the database name. Now I don't know whether I should remove the underscore from the domain or the german special character ü from the name.

Additionally, I can't correct my request and submit a second time, the system states "You have already requested a wiki." But I thought my request has been cancelled/not submitted due to the aforementioned character problem. I'm puzzled.

Could you please have a look at that? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Florian r (talk • contribs)

@Florian r: Unfortunately, for now why don't support hyphens (-) or underscores (_) for URLs. That is an anti-spam measure, you can re-request in an hour, or if you want you can tell me which URL you would like (with no underscore) and I can create it now. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 06:53, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Reception123: Thanks, I got my wiki created now and everything works like a charm! --Florian r (talk) 13:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Status of my Wiki request

Hello !

I have requested the creation of a new Wiki. But I can't see anywhere (especially here https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges) its request or creation status. More, I can't ask for a new one claiming I have already asked for one, so the request seems to be registered. So can you tell me what the situation is about my Wiki demand?

Thanks a lot!

Ohartmann (talk) 12:45, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ohartmann: There doesn't seem to be any request under your name. The message is for spam prevention. Please try again in an hour after you submitted your first request, or tell me the contents of your request here and I will create it. Reception123 (talk) (contribs) 14:12, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

internal error : fatal exception of type "Exception" on log in

Hi, I have some issues with my members accounts. I have created them with a random password sent by email. But when they try to connect they get this internal error and are redirected to the login.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CentralLogin... page. My account does not have this problem. But I have created another test member account that has it. After getting this error page it seems I need to come back to my wiki website and I seems well connected. Is there a redirection issue? Thank you.

This issue should have been fixed by John yesterday. Please report if you are having any other issues on Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:31, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Delete discussion

Dear stewards,

I'd like to have my wiki discussion.miraheze.org deleted please. I no longer need it and am planning to make a new wiki that better suits my interests if it doesn't exist already. Thank you for hosting this site for all to use.

Sau226 (talk) 06:36, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@Sau226: Please make your request on phabricator, as it requires the attention of a sysadmin rather than a steward. -- Void ^Whispers 21:45, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

I would normally just do it directly, but no access currently, so as Void said, creating a Phabricator task is best so that it can be properly tracked and so that I don't forget. There seems to still be a lot of confusion between stewards and sysadmins and their roles looking at this page, so I think something should be written to make it very clear what each do. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:51, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Task has been filed by me on phabricator. Thanks! Sau226 (talk) 12:09, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Username change

I"d like my username changed to I'm not a robot. The current username is not because i am the control,but because i dont't have the idea on username. Publictestwiki (talk)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 21:42, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Request for wikicreator

Hi, I request the wikicreator right for help for approve wikis request, Thanks --Videojeux4 (talk) 18:47, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

I think you have done good work as a volunteer and are active, therefore I approve this request. Since it's easier for a steward to grant the rights, please do. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:49, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 21:18, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

request a wiki - invalid characters

I clicked "submit" on the request a wiki page after filling out the relevant zones, and then got an error telling me I had used invalid characters. For the record, I had not used any really weird stuff, but I had put a dash in the Subdomain and a space in the Wiki Name. Was one of these the invalid character? And does the error mean I have to submit my request again once correct? I tried to resubmit it right afterwards, once I removed the dash from the subdomain, but I got another error telling me I had already requested a wiki. The name of the Wiki was "Arctic Lands Wiki," if that's of any help. Pavellius (talk) 03:05, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi, they are not actually allowed "-" in the subdomain; if you continue to appear duplicate wiki request error, make your request here specifying the subdomain and description of the wiki, and I or another creator wiki will attend your request. Regards. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 03:29, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

please delete sharethisbook wiki

thank you for hosting sharethisbook up to this time

I have my own server now, so I will not be needing hosting her.

thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.88.171 (talk • contribs)

Please note that you must be logged in with your username so that I can confirm that this is your wiki. Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:18, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Reaching wiki users

I think the banner that is displayed for people viewing pages on Miraheze is inappropriate for people without accounts. A simpler hyperlink that takes up less space would be more appropriate.

While a Request for Comment makes sense for users it do not make sense for wiki viewers.

Perhaps something like this should be A/B tested:

click here for more information about the Miraheze wiki farm's request for comments

This has been discussed, and as soon as we get the CentralNotice extension working, this should be done. Also, in the future for matters that do not directly concern stewards (this would be sysadmins) please use the Community noticeboard instead. Reception123 (talk) (C) 14:01, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

A wiki that should be deleted

I was looking at the list of Miraheze wikis, and I thought that this one is not appropriate for Miraheze, and should be deleted, as it could negatively impact Miraheze. CoolieCoolster (talk) 19:52, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Excepting if I should find content in violation of the Content Policy, there really is no reason to delete a wiki. -- Void ^Whispers 20:08, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Request for wiki creator

I would be happy if i could work with MIRAHEZE. I have a competent idea about wikisystem. I'm working with miraheze since july 2016. Besides, i know six languages including Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. I think, I can localazation MIRAHEZE in our area. So, I'm applying for WIKI CREATOR to help for approve request of wikis.
Thank you! A H M Saqib (T) 04:27, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Wiki creators create wikis, if you say you want to help with localisation, you are looking to be a translator, this has been granted by NDKilla. Reception123 (talk) (C) 05:44, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

I didn't mean it. It's just a cause. And i applied for help you to approving wiki. I know privacy policy, code of contacts, terms of meta.
Ahmsaqib (talk) 07:28, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

request rights on my wiki

I'd like to be administrator on my wiki appdecat.miraheze.org with the account vianney.vandenbulcke@decathlon.com

Sounds like you are not logged in. MacFan4000 (talk) 18:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Please become a Wiki Creator

Thank You. (Joaquinito01)

@Joaquinito01: do you want to be a wiki creator? I'd really like it if you demonstrated more interaction either on Meta or cross-wiki first. -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 12:52, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

@NDKilla: Yes. (Joaquinito01)

Request for wikicreator

I would like to help with wiki creation. I have had the permission before. MacFan4000 (talk) 13:25, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Has worked on wiki creation in the past, wiki creator can be granted. Reception123 (talk) (C) 16:49, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

 Support Zppix (talk) 17:04, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

•  Done -- Void ^Whispers 20:11, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

please delete sharethisbook wiki

I will not be needing this wiki ... thank you for your support.

Please log in to Phabricator and make the request there so that a system administrator may handle the request. -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 13:41, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Rename user

Please could you rename the following user account (for use on sea.miraheze.org)

• Old name: Mattwallis
• New name Matt_Wallis

Thank you for providing this service.

Hmm - not sure if I'm doing the correct thing with signing this request like this: Is this the idea?

Parzley (talk) 14:45, 3 October 2017 (UTC)https://sea.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Parzley

@Parzley: Just to confirm, is the name supposed to have a space or not (MattWallis or Matt Wallis)? -- Void ^Whispers 19:17, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

The name is supposed to have a space Parzley (talk) 14:22, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

@Parzley: Sorry for the delay.  Done -- Void ^Whispers 17:05, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you :-) Parzley (talk) 10:27, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Close anoop.miraheze.org/wiki/

i would like to request closure of https://anoop.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page,this wiki was created as test. ★ Anoop / ಅನೂಪ್ ^✉ _© 14:57, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

@Anoop Rao: By "closure" do you mean deletion? Reception123 (talk) (C) 15:45, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Reception123, Yes requested for deleting of wiki. ★ Anoop / ಅನೂಪ್ ^✉ _© 15:52, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm Korean Help me...

Korea : 도와주세요. 위키에 404 Not Found가 떠요...

Please translate use...

404 뜨는 주소창 링크 붙여넣기 해 주세요. — revi 15:46, 10 October 2017 (UTC)���

Global lock for Joaquinito01 and Joaquinito2017

• User: Joaquinito01 (CA) and Joaquinito2017 (CA)

Hi, i request this global lock because these users have abuse of rights with the same pattern (Joaquinito01: Logs | DeletedContributions, Joaquinito2017: Logs | DeletedContributions) on PublicTestWiki and is globally lock on Wikimedia wikis for abuse of sockpuppet (view enwiki)

If necessary, make a CheckUser but normaly the evidence is here :)

--Videojeux4 (talk) 12:22, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

I've locked Joaquinto2017 as it exists purely to evade blocks. I've left Joaquinto01 unlocked because, for now, they have only disrupted on testwiki. If that changes, let me know. -- Void ^Whispers 17:37, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

biu.miraheze.org is not dormant

Our wiki at biu.miraheze.org is not dormant.

It is primarily read-only although I do update it occasionally.

13:32, 24 October 2017 (UTC)~Andrew

@Andrew: Please feel free to reopen it using Special:ManageWiki (and unchecking the closed box) on your wiki. If you need the wiki more for reading purposes you can request an exemption to the policy. Please tell me if you need one. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:19, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Request for CVT

I have stalled my request for the CVT as the Code of Conduct Commission is formed. I am currently running for a position on the commission and I am prioritizing this over my CVT request. I ask all people to please comment on the COC formation discussion over at the community noticeboard. - CnocBride (05-11-2017)

Hello my name is CnocBride. I understand many members don't really know me except for my work with wiki creation and feature requests. I have been here for 18 months with one period of inactivity (June 2017 until October 2017 due to end of year exams and a different school environment). I have always wanted to be as helpful as I can to the community and I do so through my work as a wiki creator and processing feature requests. I contribute to around 3 wikis regularly, one of them being The Multilingual Enyclopedia, one of the largest projects on Miraheze.

As you may have read by the title I am coming here today to request to become a member of the CVT. The CVT has been something I have wanted to always join. One of my goals on Miraheze is to become a steward but I have said I will not apply for that until I have a deep understanding of the community and fighting vandalism and various other activities a steward needs to know. The CVT is seen by me as a great way to help the community more and is a stepping stone on the ladder of Miraheze. I understand that feature requests and wiki creation is not a role of the CVT and you would deem me inexperienced with countering vandalism and I do admit I am not perfect but I can learn. I understand the basics from my time at Wikipedia and over here. If I could learn to use Github and Phabricator (learn how to use its basics) within a few days I can surely learn about Counter Vandalism. Also it is from my research that there are only 2 members of Miraheze that are on the CVT. I believe as Miraheze grows vandalism will become a far more widespread problem and I also think that I can help out a lot in the fight against vandalism both in the present and the future.

I understand many of you do not know me and I shouldn't be trusted but that is really because I am a sort of quiet person on Miraheze. I work on helping the community and I constantly want to help Miraheze to expand. I really do want to help the community out and I hope that if I can get on the CVT I will be able to help this community far more. CnocBride 22:49, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Discussion and comments

Any comments or discussion you may have on this matter please place it in this sector.

Voting

Questions

1. Which methods will you use to monitor vandalism/spam globally? Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:04, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Well one of the methods I would use is CheckUser. CheckUser would is a great tool for monitoring accounts who make suspicious edits. Another tool I would use is the AbuseLog. This is another good tool for monitoring vandalism and spam. Finally, I would just use any reports or complaints that come to me from wiki bureaucrats and administrators. CnocBride | Talk | Contribs 09:37, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@CnocBride: As a comment, CVT members don't have access to the CheckUser tool. —Alvaro Molina (✉ - ✔) 13:43, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

1. What expiry would you choose when blocking an IP address who spammed pages on a few wikis? Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:04, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Well from what I have seen on the block log and from my personal views I believe spamming cross-wiki on a first offense would call for a 6-12 month block of your account. On the other hand, long term abuse, in some cases, would warrant an indefinite block of your IP. In my opinion, if someone vandalised one wiki I would only limit their block to about 3-6 months on that own wiki. Any further offences, I believe, would either be a global block or indefinitely blocked from that wiki. CnocBride | Talk | Contribs 09:37, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Oppose

1.  Weak oppose I’m sorry but I feel like we have enough Stewards/Cvt members. MacFan4000 (talk) 01:51, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes I do agree with your point we have enough stewards but we currently only have 2 CVT members who have to patrol over 2,500 wikis to ensure that vandalism does not occur. Yes I do understand that if you put the stewards and CVT members together there is 5 members who have the powers to stop vandalism. However, the stewards have huge responsibility with other things apart from just fighting vandalism. The CVT was made so that it can fight vandalism itself and assist the stewards in relieving some of their workload but thank you for your comment :). CnocBride 09:06, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Abstain (leave a comment)

• It would be helpful if OP's thesis were more along the lines of "Here's why we need this job done" rather than "Here's what my advancement through the ranks calls for." Spıke (talk)01:59 29-Oct-2017

Dormancy policy exemption for lexique.miraheze.org

I'd like to request an exception to the dormancy policy for Lexique.miraheze.org. The wiki is a bilingual dictionary and repository of children's songs. As such, it is made to be read and doesn't require active editing.

~~Kletskoek

 Done Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:05, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

fablac.miraheze is not dormant.

Goodmorning,

Our wiki "fablac.miraheze" is not dormant. We do update it occasionally.

Thank you in advance. Sophie

Hi, in that case simply deleting MediaWiki:Sitenotice on your wiki will be sufficient. — revi 16:17, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Etre administrateur de mon site

J'aimerais être administrateur de mon site, et j'ai oublié de cocher privé, j'aimerais qu'il soit privé et que je puisse inviter des gens

Zazoult49 (talk) 16:51, 8 November 2017 (UTC)Zazoult

 No Steward Comment Vous êtes déjà administrateur sur votre wiki et pour la case privé c'est fait, par contre la prochaine fois vous pouvez le faire vous même en allant sur Special:ManageWiki sur votre wiki Videojeux4 (talk) 17:17, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

image map

J'aimerais avoir image map sur mon wiki https://travailcollaboratif.miraheze.org

Cordialement

Zazoult49

 No Steward Comment Merci de passé sur phabricator.miraheze.org pour demandez ceci (en anglais). Videojeux4 (talk) 17:23, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Changer son logo

Comment fait on pour mettre son propre logo

Wiki : Travailcollaboratif

Cordialement

Zazoult49 (talk) 17:15, 8 November 2017 (UTC)Zazoult49

 No Steward Comment Merci de passé sur phabricator.miraheze.org pour demandez ceci (en anglais). Videojeux4 (talk) 17:23, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Ou si vous preferez vous pouvez demander aussi en français. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Dormancy policy exemption for sdiy.miraheze.org

I'd like to request an exception to the dormancy policy for sdiy.miraheze.org please. The wiki is a reference and used for research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rob Kam (talk • contribs)

 Done Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Language of my wiki

I hope I am contacting the right people here. My issue is quite unusual, I think: I'm running a German-language wiki (Picard-Wiki) on Miraheze since September. I never had any bigger problems with Miraheze, but now the language of the wiki suddenly changed from German to English. I have already checked my preferences and the Special:ManageWiki, but both are saying they're on German. I have no idea how to solve this. I hope you can help me out. Thanks to everyone trying to help in advance. The Picardian (talk) 21:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

confirmo que también a mi me pasa. Cambió de Español a Inglés en mi wiki y en Meta (donde he visto) --Wiki1776 (talk) 21:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@The Picardian: @Wiki1776: The localisation cache has been rebuilt. Sorry for the inconveniences caused by this error. Reception123 (talk) (C) 05:50, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Alright, thanks a lot.The Picardian (talk) 06:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

How do I request a wiki extension?

[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube Extension:YouTube]

<YouTube> Additional Request

Hello. This is a Shortwiki(쇼트위키) manager. Ask the short list to add additional YouTube functionality. Thank you very much.

Incorrect inactivity notice on biu.miraheze.org

We keep seeing the dormancy warning at the top of our wiki at biu.miraheze.org even though it has recent activity.

I've tried removing it but it keeps coming back. Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug?

Remove the text from MediaWiki:Sitenotice and it should go away. MacFan4000 (talk) 11:58, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

The reason it comes back is because, as it says, the wiki is inactive. If you need an exemption from the policy please tell me. Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:42, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

@Reception123: The wiki has had some recent edits. They have not touched MediaWiki:Sitenotice at all though. MacFan4000 ^{Talk Contribs} 18:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Close the ban appeal

Can a steward please official close the ban appeal and implement proposal 5A? The RFC has been open for almost a month now, and, while I acknowledge that proposal 5A does not have overwhelming support, it has the greatest support of the relevant proposals (the proposal for me to “just go away” is irrelevant). I won’t be able to edit frequently over coming days as I have friends in the US that I’m visiting for Thanksgiving, but I’m tired of this just hanging over my head. As noted in the proposal, after one month the issue can be re-visited if I find that the conditions of the proposal are not working. Thank you for your consideration. Amanda123 (talk) 14:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

More accurately, proposal 5A does not even have majority support, as noted on the page — despite the arrival of a brand-new user whose only contribution was to vote on the page, not to vouch for OP but to endorse her current half-measure. Fishy. OP is not entitled to be given the benefit of the doubt, especially based on a promise that her future conduct will not resemble her past conduct. But, yes, it is time to dismiss this issue; also, OP. So sorry that OP has all the drama hanging over her head — despite being the origin of nearly all of it. Spıke (talk)15:00 20-Nov-2017

So you are yet to provide a specific example of how my past conduct was inappropriate. I came to Miraheze to help manage LP’s wiki in December 2016 when she was in the hospital. After that, I returned to Miraheze in April 2017. Between April and May 2017, I created WikiCanada as my personal wiki, and was also involved with the global and community affairs of Miraheze to some extent. This was before you even joined the community, so you can’t really be a judge of that. If you think that within either the first month in December or within the second month in April I engaged in conduct that was inappropriate enough to ban me, you need to provide specific evidence and diffs. Additionally, while I agree that the semi-support vote of a brand-new user is somewhat unusual, the assumption of good faith is still essential. Amanda123 (talk) 15:14, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

IMO a proposal is closed and passed only when there are more support votes than oppose. In this case, the proposal clearly failed. MacFan4000 (talk) 15:46, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

@MacFan4000: As noted by John, this is a discussion, not an outright yes or no vote. As such, the actual arguments matter more than the number of votes. For proposal 5A, the majority of the opposition is “oppose — go away we don’t like you” and/or “strong oppose but I don’t want to provide a rationale”. Neither of these are valid arguments in my opinion - whereas the support for proposal 5A actually has valid arguments by multiple users. Amanda123 (talk) 15:51, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

IMO the outcome really is decided by a steward and not you. If they think it fails then it fails. If they think it passes then it passes. MacFan4000 ^{Talk Contribs} 16:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

I do not think that it is appropriate to pressure stewards into making a decision, especially suggesting that they choose one proposal over the others. A Steward will close the RfC when they deem that it is necessary. Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

I understand. MacFan4000 ^{Talk Contribs} 18:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Closed anyway, but CU is deserved to block the range used by the account. — revi 12:15, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 20:39, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Permissions fix

I made my alternate account Walkden1986-1 on Used Car Guide wiki a bureaucrat and sysop but can't remove the bureaucrat permissions, please can a steward remove them? Thanks, --Walkden1986 (talk) 21:42, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done -- Void ^Whispers 22:04, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Didn't realize you couldn't remove bureaucrat permissions here. --Walkden1986 (talk) 22:07, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

@Walkden1986: You can request that that be changed, and either allow bureacurats to remove other bureaucrats, or create another usergroup that can do so. Reception123 (talk) (C) 17:04, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Namespace

Hello Sir, I am Wikipedian but hare I want to create an WIKI . And already I have do it https://edu.miraheze.org/ . This is bangla wiki education site. But my site name is in English . When I create , I have write in English Unfortunately . But Now I want to change my site name and related Namespace . Please change my Site name from "Education" to "শিক্ষা বাতায়ন" . And change the namespace from "Education" to "শিক্ষা" . Thanks.-Shahadat (talk) 05:51, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

• I have change my site name but need help to change the namespace from "Education" to "শিক্ষা" . Thanks-Shahadat (talk) 05:58, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Please request at Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) (C) 06:05, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Change username?

Hi Stewards! I need to change my username from Beba to GERES Afghanistan. Could you please help me? Thank you! Beba (talk) 06:21, 28 November 2017 (UTC)Beba

In progress. Sorry if you are unable to use your account right now, the JobQueue is taking longer than usual to handle this. -- Void ^Whispers 23:59, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done (by Void) -- Cheers, NDKilla ^{( Talk • Contribs )} 03:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Dormancy Policy on my wiki

Hola estimados Stewards. Quiero pedir que mi wiki unionnorteamericana.miraheze.org tenga una excepción para evitar su borrado. Esto porque quiero poner atención a otros proyectos que tengo y pueden hacer que no edite en mi wiki por algunos días e incluso semanas. Por tanto solicito que mi wiki esté exenta de borrado al menos hasta 2019. Seguiré editando pero como nunca se sabe, prefiero solicitar una exención de antemano. Wiki1776 (talk) 16:29, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done (Note: this doesn't have to be done by stewards necessarily). Reception123 (talk) (C) 15:39, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

valentinaproject request

Just a reminder to myself/other stewards to look into this request on valentinaprojectwiki. -- Void ^Whispers 03:36, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done by SPF. Voidwalker (talk) 15:25, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Requests for adoption

Just a note for myself and other stewards that there are two requests on the Requests for adoption archive page that are still marked as open. Those should be reviewed, as well as any currently in progress request currently on the page. Voidwalker (talk) 15:24, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Handled, for the most part, the in-progress requests that got archived had no active maintenance from the user who requested adoption. They can make another request if they need anything. -- Void ^Whispers 20:26, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Problem with accessing Miraheze Phabricator

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask help with this problem (please redirect me if it's not), but I'm having trouble accessing phabricator.miraheze.org site. I've logged in through my Miraheze account, but when Phabricator asks me to check my Email for a confirmation, I don't receive any new Email on my account. I've confirmed that the Email address I've given is in fact correct and I've tried pressing the "Send Another Email" button to no avail. CapitalistContributor (talk) 17:15, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

This is a good place to ask that question, and stewards will be able to tell you if there is a failure on the Miraheze end. The last time something like this happened to me, the failure was on my end, so if you are using a user agent like Thunderbird, be sure it's polling your provider to check for new email, or even goose it manually. Good luck! Spıke (talk)17:34 4-Dec-2017

Did you check your spam? MacFan4000 ^{(Talk Contribs)} 18:10, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Good catch, Mac. Emails that are obviously machine-generated, such as those from Phabricator, often wind up in Spam or Junk folders. Spıke (talk)19:05 4-Dec-2017

Hi, I wish to use lets encrypt for my programmingred wiki what should I do ?

The subject states everything.

Do you already have a custom domain. Please read Custom domains. Reception123 (talk) (C) 18:46, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Rename request

Since the name is wrong, please change it. https://shinsei.miraheze.org

• Wikiname

❌「新聞新聞」
en transfer:Newspaper Newspaper ↓
🔴「新生新聞」 en:NewbornNewspaper Takumi3 (talk) 13:56, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

If you want to change your wiki's name, you can simply do so by accessing Special:ManageWiki in your wiki, and changing "Sitename:" part. — revi 14:38, 14 December 2017 (UTC)