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Interwiki link requests on my wikis.

Hi, I'd like to request several interwiki links on my wikis.

  1. for Usopedia
  2. for Akancyclopedia
    1. nusp - https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 (The new Usopedia)
    2. pio - https://piowiki.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 (Piowiki)
  3. for Piowiki
    1. akan - https://akancyclopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 (Akancyclopedia)
    2. nusp - https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1 (The new Usopedia)

I will leave it to you whether any of these should be global interwiki links, but for now, I'd like to request it locally (global interwiki links are also fine, as long as they works on my wikis). Thanks for reading.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 19:11, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

I happened to find that this request made on phab after I posted this request was dealt sooner than the request I made on Stewards' noticeboard. When I requested for interwiki links for the first time, it also took more than two weeks and was once automatically archived, though the staff told me to post my requests here. I think requests of a same kind should be handled in a first come, first served manner, even if there are several channels available, and I'm a bit unhappy about it. So can you tell me what's going on?--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 04:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, terribly sorry for the delay, I started reviewing the request over three days ago (which is still later than I would have liked), and have had minimal time to set to work on this. I'll be getting it done later today. -- Void Whispers 16:00, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Since usopedia.aioilight.space redirects to newusopedia.miraheze.org I don't think it needs adding. Otherwise,  Done -- Void Whispers 16:39, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.
You're right about usopedia.aioilight.space. The situation has changed since I made the request (the Miraheze version was a beta then, but is now official), which is why the old URL is now a redirect. And because of this, I'd like to make interwiki prefix "usp" on akancyclopedia and piowiki updated to the new URL (newusopedia.miraheze.org). Thanks again for your help.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 05:00, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
Should I remove the nusp interwiki link, or just leave it? -- Void Whispers 17:48, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. Please just remain nusp as it is.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 18:29, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Globally blocking/locking an LTA appeared on Usopedia

Hi, I'd like to request for a global block/lock on IPs and users that are for vandalism only, and repeating copyright infringements.

The IPs are all mobile (which can change easily), and I may suggest a range block. Thanks.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 09:30, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@開拓者: THese IPs and user accounts that you mention have not vandalised any other wikis, only one. Therefore, I don't see a need to take any global action at this time (as that's what local blocks are for). You are free to range block them on your wiki locally, if you think that will stop the issue. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 10:48, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
OK, then I'd like to request for checkuser on the three accounts above (I know you can lock them for abusing multiple accounts) and an additional account (Special:CentralAuth/チクタク時計) that appeared after I created this topic. I should also tell you that these user names indicate that they are the accounts of an known LTA in Japanese wikis (such as Wikipedia, and Uncyclopedia, etc.).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 14:58, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Reception asked for a CU and I declined it. CU isn’t returning a lot of useful information and IP ranged based on the past results are regular broadband connections (and IPv6 too) so there’s not a lot CU is useful for. If you know they’re an LTA and they’re linked, that’s pretty much all I’d conclude from a CU. John (talk) 15:56, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
I see. Thanks for your response.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 16:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Now that this LTA has also appeared on the forked Japanese Uncyclopedia, it's a cross wiki issue, and I'd like to ask for a Steward to take global resoponse again.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 07:32, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Can I have a link to the contributions on affected wikis? -- Void Whispers 18:04, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Here you go.
  1. https://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/107.178.32.0/20
  2. https://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/45.33.128.0/20
  3. https://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/106.139.0.0/20
  4. https://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/27.93.160.0/22
  5. https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/107.178.32.0/20
  6. https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/45.33.128.0/20
  7. https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/106.139.0.0/20
  8. https://newusopedia.miraheze.org/wiki/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5:%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%B2/27.93.160.0/22
Note that this guy also appeared on meta (as probably you already know).
  1. https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/45.33.143.180
--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 22:39, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Speaking of the Dormancy Policy, I would like to make my Wiki immune to that

Hello, I said in my wiki request that my wiki [1] is meant to document the laws of the Crazybloxian Empire. Speaking of the Dormancy Policy, I would like to make it immune to deletion for the following reason:

Used to display info that can take multiple months to edit, write, check, and process

Thank you very much , said Fair002 in a statement. (talk) 14:21, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

E-hem!!!! ARENT THESE STEWARDS PAYING ATTENTION? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

Sorry for no response. It is unclear from what you are saying that you need an exemption since it says "edit, write, check, and proces [sic]" meaning that you will be actively working on it. A dormancy exemption can be granted in the case that you will not be working on the wiki for long periods of times. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 06:11, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

I meant to say I want it immune because I dictated in my wiki request that it would display Crazybloxian Empire laws in full-text. Full-text laws take a lot of time to write. I meant the reason for making it immune is because the only edits I will make on it take several months to process. Full-text laws are SUPER-LONG. They take several pages. So can you please make it immune to the Dormancy Policy? Thank you!

 Done -- Void Whispers 17:53, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Request to global block 구루트

Contributions on 루비위키 (freevandal.miraheze.org)

They uploaded 파일:D.gif (currently deleted), an inappropriate picture, inserted it to 틀:333 (currently reverted and deleted revision), and put {{333}} in many pages. This is a violation of Terms of Use, since it prohibits posting illegal contents like that.

Therefore, I request to global block 구루트 | T | C | CentralAuth - PlavorSeol | T | C 06:28, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism on multiple (two) wikis, therefore  Done. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 06:29, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Interwiki map request

 Done MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 01:44, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks very much. (But please remove that trailing slash character.) StevenJ81 (talk) 04:38, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
@StevenJ81: Fixed. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 06:18, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! StevenJ81 (talk) 10:51, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Request to global block 모스망가

Could you global block 모스망가 | T | C | CentralAuth who vandalized a lot by moving many pages in 루비위키? It seems they created account for vandalism-only purpose. - PlavorSeol | T | C 16:56, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Looks like a vandalism-only account. Locked. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 17:18, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

CheckUser request

Would you like to check if Admlnistrator | T | C | CentralAuth | CheckUser is a sock puppet of 모스망가 | T | C | CentralAuth | CheckUser? They vandalized on 루비위키 by moving pages as 모스망가 did. - PlavorSeol | T | C 14:50, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Mass-protect my wiki?

Hi can someone semi-protect all pages of my wiki? Thx. , said Fair002 in a statement. | Proxy IPs for blocking 03:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

You can protect pages using the AbuseFilter. I've posted a sample on your wiki, so if you like it, please enable it.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 05:35, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I conjured up a list of Proxy IPs to block

Hello, I have a list of proxy IPs you can block to enforce Miraheze no proxies policy. Linked in my sig , said Fair002 in a statement. | Proxy IPs for blocking 03:53, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

I could on publictestwiki and on my own Wiki but there are thousands over here on the English Wikipedia which a bot is constantly blocking so the list can never end. Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:09, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Need help with archives

Hello, can you please help me with building an archive for my talk page? Thank you. , said Fair002 in a statement. | Proxy IPs for blocking 08:08, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

My wiki applicate exception dormancy policy

Hello. I am Only Sí. I would like you to exclude my created wiki ([2]) from being dormant. I am doing creative activities, there is a possibility to use a wiki for the database of that work or for preservation.--Only Sí (talk) 08:47, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

@Only Sí: If you want exclude your created wiki from being dormant, You need to contribute on metaglobal wikis.--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 10:04, 8 August 2018 (UTC)edited --プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 10:06, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

ビューロクラット解任依頼(利用者:kurie)

User:kurieがグローバルブロックされたことを受け こちら でビューロクラット解任を依頼します。よろしくお願いいたします。
Ysmreg (talk) 13:45, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Uh, you really should write in English if you can (because they don't understand Japanese). Here's a translation:
"Since User:kurie is now locked globally, I'd like you to remove the user's bureaucrat permission on my wiki. Thanks."
--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 05:18, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 Done a wee bit late. -- Void Whispers 17:49, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Interwiki links

Hi, my wiki Poké-Lists needs interwiki links:

  1. en - https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/$1
  2. jp - https://wiki.xn--rckteqa2e.com/wiki/$1
  3. zh - https://wiki.52poke.com/wiki/$1
  4. nl - http://nl.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/$1
  5. fr - https://www.pokepedia.fr/$1
  6. de - https://www.pokewiki.de/$1
  7. it - https://wiki.pokemoncentral.it/$1
  8. ko - http://ko.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/$1
  9. pl - http://pl.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/$1
  10. ru - http://ru.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/$1
  11. es - https://www.wikidex.net/wiki/$1
 Done -- Void Whispers 17:58, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! Why is jp local though? --Raltseye (talk) 23:42, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
How do you mean local? If you mean on only the local interwiki table, then that's intentional. As a specific request for a specific wiki, none of these got added to the global interwiki table. -- Void Whispers 23:45, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
I mean as in, when I tested them all on my user page, jp, was excluded and was not moved to the sidebar but was instead contained as a link on the page. Why? --Raltseye (talk) 12:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Requesting non-deletion of OpenHatch wiki

Hi Stewards!

I've been importing the OpenHatch wiki to Miraheze, for the main purpose of keeping it online as an archive as the non-profit OpenHatch has wound down operations. You can read more about our history growing open source here: https://blog.openhatch.org/2017/celebrating-our-successes-and-winding-down-as-an-organization/

I'd love to keep our wiki online for posterity, so that people who are trying to run similar organizations in the future can use our information as a resource. The only edits I foresee in the future are related to updating historical information. The wiki is likely to go dormant over the next few monnths, but my preference is to keep it online even if it does go dormant.

I'm in the #miraheze channel on Freenode, and intend to be responsive to questions from Miraheze staff. Let me know what you think! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asheesh (talkcontribs)

@Asheesh: Sorry for the late response. I've given your wiki a Dormancy exemption. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 05:21, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Please remove bureaucrat rights

Hello. Please remove my bureaucrat rights for http://jawptest.miraheze.org ( Special:Userrights/rxy@jawptestwiki ) . Thanks.--Rxy (talk) 17:46, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done John (talk) 17:51, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Delete wiki

Hello! I would like to completely delete these two test wikis without adoption option. https://virtualcommunity.miraheze.org/wiki/Hlavná_stránka https://thisreality.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

Thank you Dami (talk) 18:27, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, this request has been moved to Phabricator as stewards cannot delete wikis. Amanda Catherine (talk) 18:42, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
@Dami: Hi, out of curiosity, may I ask, why are you requesting deletion? Reception123 (talk) ('C') 09:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
@Reception123: Because the only thing that forced me to continue the wiki was an infobox that does not work. Unfortunately, no one was able to help me. Anyway, thank you to all who helped me somehow. For a very long time, I wanted to have my own wiki with functional infoboxes, but we probably can not have everything. Thank you Dami (talk) 11:09, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
@Dami: Do you still need help for your infobox? I'm sure someone will be able to help you. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 11:55, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
@Reception123: Yes, I'll be grateful if someone helps me. But I still ask for a complete wipe of these wikis. When someone finds a solution, I'll ask for one new one. Dami (talk) 12:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Ok. @Void: ^ Reception123 (talk) ('C') 13:26, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
@Dami: I've mostly resolved the issue by simply removing {{documentation}} from the template that was throwing a Lua error on thisrealitywiki. The documentation will have to be accessed manually, but the template appears to be functional. -- Void Whispers 19:33, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
@Void: I really appreciate it. I can not thank you enough. Dami (talk) 22:34, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

CheckUser request

Hello, can you please CheckUser the user “fuckyoucrazyblox”? I need the IP addresses for future reference. Thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

The account was dealt with originally,  no further action needed. We do not disclose IPs to anyone under any circumstance. John (talk) 01:10, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
*facepalms* Well, I think you need some “punishment” *pushes John into room* *prepares speakers* *blasts WE ARE SINGAPORE 1987* lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

Incubator request

 Done John (talk) 20:37, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
That was fast. Thank you! StevenJ81 (talk) 20:46, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

504 Gateway Time-out on template import

I've exported
Template:Graphical timeline
Template:Horizontal timeline
Template:Horizontal timeline/doc
Template:Horizontal timeline/sandbox
Template:Include timeline
Template:Include timeline/sandbox
Template:Sidebar timeline
Template:Simple Horizontal timeline
Template:Simple Horizontal timeline/doc
Template:Timeline Legend
Template:Timeline of release years

from Wikipedia - 451 kb. Apparently (in Recent changes) they've imported once into Miraheze template wiki okay. However the import page fails each time I've tried it, with the error "504 Gateway Time-out". --Rob Kam (talk) 11:47, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, we apologise for the problem your having. It seems mediawiki is slow at processing the xml files thus it is hitting the timeout. We have set the timeout at 400 but that doesn't seem to be helping much. If you would like us to import this please create a task on "https://phabricator.miraheze.org" with the wiki you want it imported into and the file you would like us to use as the import. Paladox (talk) 17:28, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. I managed to import it after repeated tries. I'll ask first on Phabricator in future. Rob Kam (talk) 22:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Can you import Template:info

Need help importing template

Hello can somebody please export the wikipedia template Template:Infobox to my wiki at [crazybloxianempireinfo.miraheze.org]? Thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

@Fair0002: You can do this yourself by going to Special:Export on Wikipedia (check "full history") and then going to Special:Import on your wiki. Please remember to sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~). Reception123 (talk) ('C') 07:49, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
can yuo import template:infobox for me?

Making Ansaikuropedia and Usopedia exempted from the Dormancy Policy

Hi, I'd like to request two of the wikis I'm involved as a bureaucrat/admin to be exempted from the Dormancy Policy.

The 2 wikis are:

  1. https://newusopedia.miraheze.org - Usopedia
  2. https://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org -Ansaikuropedia

Both of them have over 1000 articles, and are read by many people. I'm also a committed member on Meta, meaning I have global activities.

Thanks for your consideration.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 08:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

I would also like to have "ウソペディア物置分室 (the junkyard of Usopedia)" exempted from the dormancy policy, because the wiki is a subproject of Usopedia, but are unlikely to be edited unless there are articles that should be moved to the junkyard. The URL of the wiki is:
Thanks again.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 14:50, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Should have gotten to this sooner, but  Done. -- Void Whispers 17:43, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks :)--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 05:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Internet slandering

Hello, I would like to complain to users of the wiki Nonsensopedia: Sir Polskacafe, Mr obornik and Michsar for publicly slandering me on the internet. These users have written NonAnalysis [3] about my work [4] where I am insulting with my nickname (Inferno82) without any scruples. The slogans in the style of "Have a fucking schizophrenia" are there on the agenda. Unfortunately, none of the administrations has deleted this personal attack, so I am asking for help here. I am demanding to remove this work and to remove the permissions and blocking these users for publicly defaming me on the internet and not removing this work. Nobody even apologized for this creation. By law, I could accuse these users of the abuse on the Internet. I am deeply disappointed by the local community and I would like to ask for help here. My discussion is here [5] Inferno82 (talk) 20:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

To start by picking a nit, written text is not slander but it might be libel. But only if it harms your reputation, and that is pretty hard to do to an anonymous wiki user operating under a nickname. It could harm your reputation within Nonsensopedia. However, smooth dealings among wiki users is generally one of the jobs of that wiki's Admins. Meta is a separate wiki (a separate "community") whose only task relative to Nonsensopedia is to keep it operational. Meta people are unlikely to take sides or intervene into the Nonsensopedia community to enforce standards of behavior, unless the behavior poses risks of getting Miraheze in trouble with the Law. Also, I'm pretty sure that deciding who is right would require that the interlopers read Polish. Spıke (talk)01:12 21-Aug-2018
There currently appears to be a deletion process open on the pages in question. I'd be more tempted to let that run its course as opposed to do anything more, especially since those pages seem to be leaning towards unanimous deletion (correct me if I'm wrong). -- Void Whispers 02:40, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
@Inferno82: If you believe that this may violate the Code of Conduct you can send an email to the Code of Conduct/Commission and we will review it. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 05:24, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Also: Nonsensopedia is a humor wiki, and "Have a fucking schizophrenia" is not a serious threat. Please re-read and consider whether the whole thing was a crude attempt at humor. Spıke (talk)13:17 21-Aug-2018
My two cents, if you do not feel the community's internal disciplinary procedures or protocol for dealing with cases like these, we encourage you to send an email to the CoC Commission (see Reception's message above) so that we (the CoC Commission members) may take a look! CnocBride | Talk | Contribs 16:32, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Rename me!

Hello. Please rename me if can to Viewpedia. Thank you. علیرضا ایوز (talk) 16:06, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

@علیرضا ایوز: Please use the special page designed for this process, Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 16:28, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
@Reception123: That special page only works if the user has a verified email address set in their preferences. They can’t use it if they don’t. Amanda Catherine (talk) 16:30, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 Done John (talk) 16:07, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
@John: Thank you.

Removal of bureaucrat right from プログラマリオ on Unpedia

Since he (I know it's a he) has blocked himself after shifting the user rights to me and Napoleon VIII, I would like to have his bureaucrat right removed. Though there are as many as eight wikis where he has taken such actions, for now, I'd like to request for the removal only for Unpedia, because other wikis are still in the same group, "Ourmedia," but Unpedia has left the group. Thanks.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 14:47, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done John (talk) 16:07, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks as always :)--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 19:19, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

CMGIWIKI except from dorman policy

Hi staff miraheze

I have wiki that name is cmgi wiki, I want to input mywiki to except dorman list. I think I can contribute far with miraheze, and if I made mistake, please correct me. Cheers. Cmg (talk) 10:01, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

@Cmg: You need a reason to make it exempted (such as: read by many people, time-based, etc.). Otherwise, your request will be treated as "invalid".--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 10:38, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
I'm sorry I newbie in here, mywiki have potential for read by many people, so if it closed and rise the warn, it could make the people comeout from my wiki. Thanks for attention. Cmg (talk) 10:50, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
TBH, I don't think so, because your wikis are both private (which only permitted members can see).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 13:18, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Help me import

Hello can you please import infobox template and relevant templates? I have hard time doing it. Delete template infobox and relevant templates then export again thx

Please see User:Void/Infoboxes. You are simply missing a few pages you need. -- Void Whispers 02:36, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Speaking of editors on mobile

Speaking of Wikipedia, in which normal editing screens (non-courier) redirect to the courier editor, how do I recreate that one? For example if I edit a template on Wikipedia but takes me to the normal editor on mobile without the courier one it automatically redirects me to the courier editor. How to recreate that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

@Paladox: ^. Also @Fair0002: I've asked you many times, please make sure to sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~) Reception123 (talk) ('C') 08:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism-only account

User:BROBDINGNAGIANS ARE WIMPS is a vandalism-only account due to their wiki request. Could someone please lock that account. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done Reception123 (talk) ('C') 08:20, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Spamming IP

202.126.127.114 has triggered global filter 18 and a global block may be necessary in this case. Pkbwcgs (talk) 11:01, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

92.255.231.183, 177.53.45.222, 84.241.62.89, 177.38.4.66, 109.104.129.150 and User:AnjaGiorza2 have all triggered spam filters and may need global blocks and a global lock. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
124.244.21.131 has triggered global filter 18 and is a good candidate for a global block. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:03, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
82.139.152.140 may need to be globally blocked as soon as possible as this IP has triggered the spambot filter. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:14, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
178.159.37.81 has been cross-wiki spamming and a global block will certainly be needed in this case. Pkbwcgs (talk) 14:12, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Request for permission to my subaccount, The Pioneer

Hi, due to the following reasons, I'd like to have the same permission I have as 開拓者 for my subaccount, The Pioneer.

  1. Wikis could ban my account 開拓者 because of my non-English name (which actually happened on the weather wiki and could happen on other wikis in the future). In such wikis, I can work as The Pioneer instead, with my English name.
  2. Being a flooder for hours as I did yesterday can restrict my actions severely (especially on Meta). Thus, I'd like to use the account The Pioneer as the flooder account, when necessary and if allowed, so that I can keep my main account 開拓者 available for other activities (such as creating a wiki).

My activities using the subaccount will be limited to cases above, and I would like to ask for permission if allowed. Thanks.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 07:41, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

P. S. If having the complete permissions I have as User:開拓者 isn't allowed, the minimal set of permission I'd ask for User:The Pioneer will be my permissions as a CVT and as an interwiki admin, which are both directly related to the issues above.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 07:41, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Hmm, the first point is a bit of a non-issue, if that's local policy, it's best to bring it up with local admins, but if they're active, you probably won't need to do much in the way of CVT work anyway. For the second case, I don't see a problem with allowing users an account with elevated permissions for use when flooding. If that is the case, I don't see the need for more permissions than the local tool set. -- Void Whispers 19:26, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Remove that Active Filters please!

https://sovereign.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&limit=50&days=7&enhanced=1&urlversion=2

Make it go away T_T Enfaru (talk) 17:12, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

@Enfaru: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rc-opt-out. -- Void Whispers 17:16, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Custom namespaces needed

Attention Miraheze stewards could someone go to the LocalSettings.php of my wiki and add Sandbox: as a namespace please? Thank you. And also how can I access LocalSettings.php? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs)

@Fair0002: Friendly reminder to sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~) which you have been reminded about on numerous occasions before. centrist16 | | 21:58, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Hijacking this thread because I was about to ask the same thing. I opened a task at Phabricator (T3553) to add a bunch of new namespaces but it's been unassigned for a week. Wedhro (talk) 18:55, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

@Wedhro: I'd like to apologize that no one has looked at your task. I've just added a comment. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 19:02, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.Wedhro (talk) 19:12, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia2

Hi! I'd like Wikipedia2 created, please. If you wanna come to my new wiki and join there and not here. You're still an admin. Louise3 (talk) 13:45, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Probably your request is declined. Don’t even think about asking for it in a wiki request, Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. Probably  Not done. PERIOD. , said Fair002 in a statement. | Proxy IPs for blocking 01:58, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

I have already mentioned this, there is no need to repeat it. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 05:04, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

By the way, if you wanna create an encyclopaedia, choose another name or just create an account on an existing encyclopedia (e.g Wikipedia)

Need bureaucrat/admin rights on new wiki

Hi, I requested a new wiki (https://resonance.miraheze.org Special:RequestWikiQueue/5920) and it was created, but I didn't receive bureaucrat/admin rights. Please grant these to me so I can begin setting things up. Thanks. Flake (talk) 05:10, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, i will recreate the wiki as we rolled out some fixes yesterday after the wiki was created. Paladox (talk) 12:27, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Wiki recreated, please can you retry? Paladox (talk) 12:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Images imported on nonciclopedia.miraheze.org are attributed to "Maintenance script"

[6] I know, this happens because of how the upload script works, but not only it messes the edit count of users, it also infringes the CC-BY-SA license they're under since nobody can see who created them. Wouldn't it better to first upload the pages in the "File" namespace (which include histories) and then upload the actual file? Or can anything else be done to fix this and return proper histories to files? Wedhro (talk) 06:41, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Abuse Log false positive?

Apparently, it says in the abuse log that User:InternetArchiveBot has triggered the abuse filter. Is it a false positive or is it real? It is a bot. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Technically yes, but also the filter is doing exactly what it should be doing. That being said, I'll see about adding a few exemptions to the filter. -- Void Whispers 19:26, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Okay. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:27, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes. Say hello to Miraheze's newest bot. It will primarily operate on the other wikis as provided they approve it.—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 21:33, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Nice. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Interesting, this looks like it might be very useful. How do I run it on sdiywiki? At the IABot Management Interface, when I'm logged in it just lists various Wikipedias in the menu on the right hand side. -- Rob Kam (talk) 21:51, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Requested at T3621 -- Rob Kam (talk) 19:58, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
This same bot has hit a vandalism on All the Tropes wiki. See Special:AbuseLog. Is it a false positive? Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:00, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, but that's why that filter doesn't actually stop edits. -- Void Whispers 23:17, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

管理者権限除去の依頼

こんにちは。日本語で失礼します。ローカルウィキ の問題になります。まず、先日もお話しておりますが(ここでの履歴をご確認ください)現在アクティブなビューロクラットがおらず、権限操作が出来ない状態です。それで、参加からあまり活動がなく、管理者就任からは権限行使がない状態で活動停止をしていた Archami 氏(グローバルアカウント情報)という管理者がおります。当該管理者は、その後、完全引退宣言をされたので、権限返上の意思について確認したところ、回答のないまま活動が途絶えてました。詳細は 本人のトークページ解任提案 をご覧いただきたいのですが、権限除去について誰からも反論・異議申し立てはなく一定期間が過ぎております。この件に関してお願いに参りましたが、ご判断のほうよろしくお願いいたします。--賢者タイム (talk) 01:17, 10 September 2018 (UTC) I withdraw this request. 賢者タイム (talk) 01:09, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Public test wiki

Hi, can any stewards to modify the user group rights "Testgroup" that can also add and remove by an admins? Thank you. SA 13 Bro (talk) 16:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done, FYI, this request could have been handled entirely locally. -- Void Whispers 17:40, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

bureaucrat authority for User:ゆきひかり

Hello. Local wiki does not have an active bureaucrat. Last time, User:ゆきひかり was given administrator authority from Meta. Currently, he/she was also confident in bureaucrat. Therefore please promote User:ゆきひかり. Thank you. 賢者タイム (talk) 02:55, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done -- Void Whispers 19:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

limzhihaowinston.miraheze.org

Can any stewards add me back the admin right on my private wiki? I had mis-click away my admin right on my private wiki when I created the "Founder" flag on there, thank you. SA 13 Bro (talk) 05:28, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done -- Void Whispers 19:24, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Request for Administration right on Template Wiki

Interface Pages (Such as Mediawiki, Gadget etc.)

There is a lot collection of Template. That's really great job. but there is no good collection of Interface Pages. (Gadget Also.) if you are busy, you can get me Administrative right, I'll try to improve it.
Note: I'm with Miraheze for three years, And I like Miraheze's Voluntarily manner. And I inspired to help miraheze like they help me. Ahmsaqib (talkcontribsemail) 09:20, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

@MacFan4000: and other stewards, if okay with this?
 Support to maybe get more done on/with the wiki -- Rob Kam (talk) 08:17, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I’m okay with this. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 10:57, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

(N. This discussion imported from Community Portal of Template Wiki)

@Reception123, Void, Paladox, and John: Waiting for your decision.
আ হ ম সাকিব
TALK CONTRIBUTION 00:20, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
This is not really an issue that requires steward involvement. Your request is best suited to the local noticeboard, as it should be handled by local administrators/bureaucrats. And yes, I know that there is quite a bit of overlap between global staff and templatewiki staff, but myself and John are not really that involved in that wiki. -- Void Whispers 00:40, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
@Void: Reception123 or Paladox, Are they involved?
আ হ ম সাকিব
TALK CONTRIBUTION 00:47, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ahmsaqib: I would not say I am very involved. I think it would be nice if you could mention what reasons you have for needing the administrator right, and as it's mentioned above, to request this at a local level. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 19:00, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
@Reception123: Sorry! I didn't know that. But, Now it's  Done by local level bureaucrat MacFan4000 (though he's also global admin). Thanks for your supporting. আ হ ম সাকিব (T) (C) 22:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Proposal to change MediaWiki:Blockedtext slightly

I would like to make the block notice stand out more just like on Wikipedia. At the moment, I feel that the blockedtext doesn't stand out enough. I am proposing something like this:


Your username or IP address has been blocked from editing.

The block was made by $1. The reason given is $2.

  • Start of block: $8
  • Expiration of block: $6
  • Intended blockee: $7

You can contact $1 or another administrator to discuss the block. You cannot use the "email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is $3, and the block ID is #$5. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

I would like to know what you think. I am testing this on my own Wiki and looking into the blockedtext. If you think this can still be improved, please let me know. Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:55, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

It didn't work as all the tabs and the website interface came into the block notice. Can you please suggest something. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
I use a near exact copy of Wikipedia’s blockedtext, except the actual text has been modified for my wiki, and the box about the notice being unclear underneath the main message has been removed. My version is available here and it works just fine for me (although I should also note that I’ve directly imported Wikipedia’s Common.css onto my wiki, which may be required in order for things like this to work properly). Amanda Catherine (talk) 00:59, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
I should also note that I don’t think there is a way to globally control MediaWiki interface messages - I think it’s up to local admins to decide what they want for their individual wikis. Amanda Catherine (talk) 01:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
What Amanda says is not correct, as we have an extension (MirahezeMagic) which deals with this exact thing. If you would like it to be changed, maybe propose another version, and see what the other users think? Reception123 (talk) ('C') 18:58, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism-only account

MIMINYAMI666IHATESPLATOON is a vandalism-only account and it needs a global lock as soon as possible. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:46, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

@Pkbwcgs: Done by MacFan4000. Thanks for letting us know. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 18:56, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Loads of spambots

There are so many spambot hits on Special:AbuseLog. These following accounts/IPs will need a global lock or global block:

  • FrancesM52
  • 60.53.4.42
  • Magda3502013190
  • HoustonPjt
  • ElishaCrowder9
  • MelindaFair5221
  • AltaMcNaughtan
  • ChristianeDenson
  • WilliamsPlott
  • 151.237.180.233
  • RosellaLeHunte
  • CornellGillette
  • 206.41.176.110
  • BlancheAragon69
  • TamTeasdale5
  • 178.213.185.254
  • TillyElsass964
  • VonnieButeau32
  • 189.115.89.218
  • LeeTreloar782
  • RodneyP507531
  • OliveHerrin
  • PWYDenisha
  • YvetteKilgore
  • 45.76.178.197
  • Samuel6390
  • InaSparkes5
  • Pkv2266
  • NorrisVentura
  • 167.160.178.68
  • SethAvk239927

Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:02, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Update, another spambot: MarlonKrome35. They all need to be locked because they are flooding the abuse log but they haven't been locked at all. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
178.213.185.254 has triggered the anti-spam filter again yesterday and needs a global block. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:07, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
Update - spambots which has been globally locked have now been struck. However, there are still quite a lot left. Pkbwcgs (talk) 09:30, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Three more spambots have been added to the list. Pkbwcgs (talk) 09:33, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrator and Bureaucrat Rights

Hello,

Our wiki, rotaractor.miraheze.org has created by Void. He said that I should've been granted with admin and bureaucrat rights but it's not the case. So he advised me to contact with you.

Regards. Alp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daerkenci (talkcontribs) 10:42, 26 September 2018

@Daerkenci: Your account has bureaucrat rights on the wiki. Are you sure you are logged in? -- Void Whispers 15:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Host Ipedia Wiki on own Server

Hi! I hosted ipedia on miraheze's server. but, I want transfer it on my local server. Can it be possible? ইসলামী এনসাইক্লোপিডিয়া (talk) 03:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@ইসলামী এনসাইক্লোপিডিয়া: I think, it's impossible. Miraheze Wiki didn't offer fot transferring. you can create a new wiki site with Mediawiki.আ হ ম সাকিব (T) (C) 06:47, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Otherwise, you can continue hosting with Miraheze wiki. I'm contributing with you.আ হ ম সাকিব (T) (C) 07:17, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
I was interested him about Miraheze. Now he is bothering me on social network for transferring from Miraheze. I know that it will not be possible. He is telling me now that he wants to create his own wiki on his server as you create the new wiki. Because, if MediaWiki install as default, it does not have many extensions.

@Void and Reception123: Is it possible? আ হ ম সাকিব (T) (C) 03:46, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Rename TerraRails

I was wondering if you could change the name (not domain) to TerraRails Encyclopedia? Stevicheliz (talk) 02:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

@Stevicheliz: You can do this yourself using Special:ManageWiki and changing the Sitename. -- Void Whispers 03:01, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Remove questionable block

If a steward would be so kind as to remove my indefinite block on this wiki I would greatly appreciate it. The block was made by a user who is now globally locked for operating a massive sockfarm, the block was made with questionable motivations/rationale, and the wiki itself is now closed. I simply don’t like having a block cluttering my CA table, I’ll accept it if necessary, but I’d like it removed. Amanda Catherine (talk) 01:51, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

@John: @Void: I’d appreciate a response, please. Amanda Catherine (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
 Done -- Void Whispers 19:17, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Serious problems with logging in

I am facing difficulties logging into my own wiki. It asking me to do the CAPTCHA which I never had to do and it is giving this error: "The supplied credentials could not be authenticated." I am also having to do the CAPTCHA on Miraheze as well which I never had to use. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:52, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Now it is saying "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form." Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Again it is saying, "The supplied credentials could not be authenticated." What is going on? The CAPTCHA problem has stopped. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:56, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
I am getting "The supplied credentials could not be authenticated." again today when trying to login into my wiki. What is the problem? Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:50, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Apparently, I accidentally used the edit summary as "reply" in the last edit. Apologies for the incorrect edit summary. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:55, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
This is only happening on my Wiki. Is there a conflicting extension on my Wiki that is stopping me from logging in? Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:05, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
I can tell there is a problematic extension on my Wiki. Can a steward please switch off every single extension on my Wiki that was switched on please. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:08, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
I think the "EducationProgranm" extension on Extensions could be causing a problem as it doesn't exist here. I don't know where did the "EducationProgranm" extension come from. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:21, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Or the "Flow" extension is causing a problem? Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:23, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
I still can't access my Wiki. I will have to get it closed if it doesn't let me access it. It is still that silly error saying "The supplied credentials could not be authenticated." Recently, I have enabled lots of extensions so I wonder if that could be the cause? Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:37, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Posted to MediaWiki's help desk. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:41, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
My Wiki is working, I removed problematic extensions. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:11, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Username change to SimplyTsuraralogical and rename of SterlzWiki

Hello. I'd like to change my name to SimplyTsuraralogical and rename SterlzWiki to TsuraralogicalWiki Sterlz (talk) 04:17, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

@Sterlz: Hi. To request a username change, please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest. If you want to change your wiki sitename you can do so by using Special:ManageWiki on your wiki (if you want to change your URL as well, you need to request that on Phabricator. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 06:15, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Fatal exception error message

There was an problem when I visited my domain wiki and received the fatal exception error message. SA 13 Bro (talk) 23:29, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi, we have fixed the problem, sorry for any inconvenience! Paladox (talk) 22:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you. SA 13 Bro (talk) 13:11, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Sovereign Charter Vanished 404

Hi,

Did try IRC but no response and I can't stay on Freenode forever because they keep blocking me.

Sovereign Charter has completely gone with a 404 message, can you please restore it.

Enfaru (talk) 09:36, 7 October 2018 (UTC)Enfaru

Hi, per our Dormancy Policy we have deleted the wiki. Paladox (talk) 11:41, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
It wasn't dormant, I marked it as not dormant when notified, we use it as a constant resource. Can we have it restored? Enfaru (talk) 11:54, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Moving this to the Admin's noticeboard as this is not the correct place. Sorry about that. Enfaru (talk) 13:06, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for Deletion

Please, Delete my wiki and all users of wiki. those are not requiring now. wiki: https://testingnewsandtranslatedontenter.miraheze.org Alemarah-bengali (talk) 17:07, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Bad admins

My name is Angrybirdsfanonmiraheze.

GethN7 blocked me on rotten websites just because i was mentioning PKMNLivesNew (a troll in wikia)

can you please unblock me on the rotten websites.

can you also global ban GethN7

Link 1: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/User:GethN7

Link 2: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/Rotten_Websites_Wiki

Link 3: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Angrybirdsfanonmiraheze

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Angrybirdsfanonmiraheze (talkcontribs) 18:37, 9 October 2018

Looks like you are in the wrong here. You were warned two weeks ago to stop your behavior, and you continued right up to your block. You have been given a window to appeal your block, I'd suggest you use it. However, you won't be unblocked until you acknowledge what others are telling you. -- Void Whispers 21:23, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

GethN7 is being a bad admin

my name is angrybirdsfan and DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU!

First of all, GethN7 blocked me on rotten websites just because i was mentioning PKMNLivesNew (a troll in wikia)

Second of all, can you please unblock me on the rotten websites.

Third of all, can you also global ban GethN7 because he is being a bad admin

Link 1: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/User:GethN7

Link 2: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/Rotten_Websites_Wiki

Link 3: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/User:Angrybirdsfanonmiraheze

Clearly you only understood the part of my reply where I declined your request. I did read what you gave me. I also read the threads where GethN7, Masson Thief, and one other user all told you to stop around six times in total. I also read the contents of the deleted pages you created, and found that it's little more than whining about a person, and that the version of the page from September was a borderline Content Policy violation. At this point, I'm going to advise you not to obsess over PKMN or GethN7 on Miraheze. It will get you nowhere. -- Void Whispers 19:59, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Why is no one paying attention to my wiki request

I’ve been requesting a wiki called Lineampedia but the wiki creators are not responding. What in the wirld is happening! •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 03:06, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Wiki set to private, vandalized by anonymous

Even if I set Nonciclopedia as private since the very beginning, today an anonymous user vandalized the home page. How is this even possible? Wedhro (talk) 20:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

The home page is always visible to all users, I'd suggest protecting it. -- Void Whispers 21:54, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
But private shouldn't mean nobody can edit anything? Maybe I misunderstood, I'm just asking for clarification. Wedhro (talk) 22:18, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
The current way we make wikis private is simply by removing the ability to read from all users, and only allowing certain groups to be able to read. It does not affect editing, except that you cannot edit a page you cannot read. If you want, you can restrict editing as well using Special:ManageWikiPermissions. -- Void Whispers 22:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, now it's clearer.Wedhro (talk) 07:10, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

New interwiki stuff required for my wiki

Hello could you add nsindex: as an interwiki prefix to link to nsindex.net? It is required for my wiki Crazybloxian Empire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fair0002 (talkcontribs) 02:14, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

 DoneAlvaroMolina ( - ) 02:14, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Well it’s still not working! •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 12:23, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Error is HTTP 403 Ucronistaw (talk) 12:53, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey guys, It’s Minoa from NationStates, who was alerted to the problem on the Crazybloxian Empire’s wiki. I have edited the .htaccess file to ensure that NSindex does not throw a false positive against Miraheze, so you are all-clear to re-add nsindex: again. Best, --Minoa (17 October 2018, 13:17 BST)
Just in case, does it work? Try readding it. please, readd. •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 03:45, 19 October 2018 (UTC) nsindex:Crazybloxian Empire
Should be done. -- Void Whispers 04:14, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok, so... for the moment of truth. nsindex:Minoa
Fair0002, It's Minoa again: it is a local interwiki that works on your wiki only: However, the correct URL syntax should be https://nsindex.net/wiki/$1, not https://nsindex.net/wiki/$. -- Minoa 20 Oct 2018

Sysop/Bureaucrat request

Please grant me sysop and bureaucrat rights in newusopedia wiki, because an active bureaucrat (user page in meta) announced suspension of activity.--かにふとん (Kanifuton) (talk) 15:27, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

{@Void: @John:. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 15:10, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
It appears that there are two other active administrators on that wiki. What is the basis for this request? -- Void Whispers 16:21, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

are you aware of these problems that happened on miraheze?

Link: https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/Miraheze

Just to clarify; above that user was a actual vandal who blocked on rottenwebsites wiki, he also came across here to vandalism moves other user space, I have reverted the malice move of user talk page and tagged for deletion. As for user page, there was an fatal exception internal error on it and I am unable to revert the malice move, request an stewards or system admins for the help. SA 13 Bro (talk) 04:08, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
Uh yeah can someone fix this asap. The above (and any similar accounts) is some vandal that keeps following me around. MZD (talk) 11:29, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
I have now cleaned up the meta vandalism, and global locked a couple of accounts, but a CheckUser is probobly a good idea. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 14:04, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Interwiki add

Hello admin,

can someone add prefix interwiki to http://annajah.referata.com/wiki/$1 with annajahwiki I would be import some pages. Thanks :) Cmg (talk) 14:11, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

What is your wiki? to create an interwiki to annajah.referata.com. And how do you want the prefix to be? annajahwiki? Ucronistaw (talk) 14:23, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, thats mywiki, I will move to miraheze prefix is annajahwiki. Cmg (talk) 14:54, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
How long the prefix add was come? Cmg (talk) 04:22, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Cmg , I'm sorry I didn't get the ping. Let's see
  • Which website do you want to link to as Interwiki? (example: «Example.com»)
http://annajah.referata.com/wiki/$1
  • What do you want the Interwiki prefix to be called? (example: «Example:» or «en:»)
annajahwiki:
  • Which is the Wiki where you want to have the interwiki prefix?
http://cmgi.miraheze.org
Greetings. Ucronistaw (talk) 18:16, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

@Ucronistaw: Thanks Cmg (talk) 13:53, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done -- Void Whispers 15:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

my wiki, indytechfix.miraheze.org, seems to have disappeared completely.

There's no longer even any record of it in my contribution log. I'm in a bit of a panic. Thanks for looking into it! Indytechfix (talk) 14:32, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

@Indytechfix: I am sorry to see that your Wiki has disappeared. I will take a look into it. The URL is giving an error 404. Maybe a steward could have accidentally deleted it for some reason? Pkbwcgs (talk) 14:58, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
There is no log for the deletion of a Wiki. Maybe, it was deleted because it was closed and nobody requested your Wiki to be adopted. A steward could help out here but it was probably deleted due to your inactivity. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:06, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

I recall last editing it maybe a month ago. Kind of hard to prove with all of my contribution logs disappeared too. Is there any way a wiki deletion can be undone? Indytechfix (talk) 15:11, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

This is odd for two reasons. The first being that it was deleted on October 6th, in accordance with the Dormancy Policy, after having verified that there had been no edits in over 180 days. The second being that this is the third or fourth time that someone has reported this kind of error with a wiki deleted on the 6th. I am sorry, but unless you can supply us with a backup of the wiki yourself, our backups only extend to October 7th. -- Void Whispers 15:35, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Unfortunately the only "backups" I have are a couple pages that I had printed out in hard copy. No digital backups of the wiki in any way. I guess I'll just have to absorb this loss and do my own hosting going forward. Thanks for doing what you can. Indytechfix (talk) 16:02, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Cross-wiki spammer

45.76.178.197 has been cross-wiki spamming and may need a global block. See this IP's abuse log. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:41, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

ElmerMoberg494 has tripped the anti-spam filter twice and will also require a global lock. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:43, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
HiltonCard85178 has also tripped the anti-spam filter today and will need a global lock. It sounds like the usernames ending with numbers are spamming most of the time. Pkbwcgs (talk) 07:45, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Fae136056620 has also tripped the anti-spam filter today and will need a global lock. Pkbwcgs (talk) 10:17, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your report. The users have been blocked/locked. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 05:54, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

What’s up with my wiki

I’ve been inactive for a long time. How come my wiki needs login to read? Can you ensure people can still read even when logged out? It’s meant to be a public wiki. And where did the “create account” button go? WHAT’s going on? •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 02:41, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

We are aware of this and are trying to fix the issue. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 02:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
What’s the issue? •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 02:40, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
From what I've seen, basically all the checkboxes in Special:ManageWikiPermissions/* became unticked. That's why MacFan4000 had to re-tick those checkboxes. Paladox created a maintenance script that repaired the damage. --Idris (talk) 03:10, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Here's a link to the official account. --Idris (talk) 18:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Abuse filter log

On the abuse filter log, User:Quality, User:Maacco, and User:Maac seemed to be the same person that intend to post advertising materials on User:Abbs page, I tried to tag the user page for deletion but has been triggered by the abuse filter, request for the check. SA 13 Bro (talk) 12:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

@SA 13 Bro: I tagged User:Maacco for deletion. The thing is, you need to have more than 30 edits on Miraheze to edit another user's userpage. Pkbwcgs (talk) 13:06, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Also, you only have 22 edits and if you have under 30 edits and attempt to edit another user's userpage, it will trigger the edit filter which is what happened in your case. Pkbwcgs (talk) 13:12, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you. :) I am aware that edit count, only the thing is they seemed to be the same spammer, request the CU to strike down the spammer maybe preferable. SA 13 Bro (talk) 13:46, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and made them all disappear. -- Void Whispers 14:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Block a vandal

On the Crappy Games Wiki, there is a vandal that keeps reverting my edits to revert the vandal back and then made personal attacks. The moderators are not active for now so can you ban him? (EDIT: this user, 185.215.54.187. This is my first time posting here) ChrisTheCat73 (talk) 19:36, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Never mind, a local admin already dealt with it. ChrisTheCat73 (talk) 19:51, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Comments can not be used

When trying to contribute to the extension "comment", "I do not have permission to post comments" is displayed and I can not post. why?--ウソつき (talk) 10:28, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

@ウソつき: I don't really understand what you mean, do you mean you're trying to use the Comments extension and it's not working? If so, which wiki? Reception123 (talk) ('C') 16:10, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Originally, "<comments voting = "Plus" />", its source code displays a form for posting comments, but a permission error is displayed and you can not post. I will paste the screenshot. That's like this. Please visit "[7]" and check it

File:例の画面.PNG
--ウソつき (talk) 08:06, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

You may need to assign the permission comment to a usergroup using Special:ManageWikiPermissions. -- Void Whispers 14:16, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Solved. Thanks for your advice.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 20:54, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Cross-wiki spammer

110.244.219.54 has cross-wiki spammed and needs a global block. See [8] for reference of the abuse filter log. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

110.252.33.137 has also cross-wiki spammed and also needs a global block. See [9] for reference to the abuse filter log. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:15, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Gone, thanks for the report. -- Void Whispers 18:51, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

how to add a user in a custom usergroup?

I have created the usergroup "stablestateusers" for my wiki stablestate. how can I add a user into it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moser at acm dot org (talkcontribs)

@Moser at acm dot org: Hi, you can add users to groups by visiting Special:UserRights on your wiki. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 19:16, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Ok, found it, thanks. But I cannot add user "Simon_at_swisscom" to stablestateusers. Why is this?
You also need to set the ability to add or remove that group for either bureaucrats or admins. -- Void Whispers 21:50, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Spammer

Isme is a spam-only account and needs a global lock. See [10] for reference to the abuse filter log. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:03, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Gone, along with several others. -- Void Whispers 01:59, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Villager2001X is harrassing Chaofun

Can you please global ban Villager2001X because he is harrassing Chaofun.

https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/Topic:Unnhs8m2kc4dj5aq

No one's getting blocked for making a YouTube video. Granted, I haven't bothered looking at the video, but if we upheld that kind standard, we'd end up blocking a lot more than just Villager. Personally, I'm more concerned at your behavior across several wikis, as you brought this up just about everywhere. This situation doesn't need that kind of drama. -- Void Whispers 03:22, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Reference (Footnote) Popup

I would like activate reference popup. In Wikipedia, when I am hovering footnotes, popups of references is displayed. But in my wikisite Tanukipedia, popups of references is not displayed. (On the other hand, when I am hovering links, popups of preview is displayed.) In order to display Footnote popups, what should I do? --TANUKI (talk) 11:48, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

@TANUKI: Reference popups are done on Wikipedia using a gadget. Instructions as to how you may add this to your wiki may be done can be found here. Let me know if you have any difficulty. -- Void Whispers 17:56, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Solved. Thank you very much. --TANUKI (talk) 23:51, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

404 Wiki not Found

Just request wiki #6422, but 404 Wiki not Found. Help me please, thank's in advance --Rianda.airnav (talk) 01:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Should now be fixed. Thanks for letting us know! -- Void Whispers 01:21, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much--Rianda.airnav (talk) 01:24, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Uncyclopedia language interwikis

Special:Interwiki seems to be missing most or all of the inter-language links for the Uncyclopedias hosted here: nonciclopedia.org, nonsensopedia.org, ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org

The extra language names should be:

$wgExtraLanguageNames = array(
    'ain' => 'アイヌ',
    'ryu' => '沖縄',
    'cmn' => '正體中文',
    'dlm' => 'Dalmacija',
    'tlh' => 'tlhIngan Hol');

and the interwikis should be:

af https://af.oncyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
ain http://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1
ar http://beidipedia.org/wiki/$1
ast http://nunyepedia.org/wiki/$1
bar http://www.stupidedia.org/stupi/$1
be https://be.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
bg https://bg.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
bn https://bn.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
bs https://bs.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
ca http://valenciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
cmn https://uncyclopedia.tw/wiki/$1
cs http://necyklopedie.wikia.com/wiki/$1
cy https://cy.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
da http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/$1
de http://de.uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
dlm https://dlm.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
el http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
en https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/$1
eo http://neciklopedio.wikia.com/wiki/$1
es http://inciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
et https://et.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
fa https://fa.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
fi https://hikipedia.info/wiki/$1
fo https://fo.ikkepedia.org/wiki/$1
fr http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki/$1
fy https://fy.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
ga https://ga.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
gl https://desgalipedia.org/wiki/$1
got https://got.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
grc https://grc.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
he https://eincyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
hr https://hr.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
hu https://unciklopedia.org/wiki/$1
hy https://hy.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
id http://tolololpedia.org/wiki/$1
ie http://ie.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
io https://io.neciklopedio.org/wiki/$1
is https://is.ikkepedia.org/wiki/$1
it https://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/$1
ja https://ansaikuropedia.org/wiki/$1
jv http://ndhablek.wikia.com/wiki/$1
ka https://ka.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
km https://km.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
ko http://uncyclopedia.kr/wiki/$1
la https://la.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
lb https://lb.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
li https://li.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
lo https://lo.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
lt https://lt.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
lv https://lv.neciklopedija.org/wiki/$1
mg https://mg.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
mk https://mk.neciklopedija.org/wiki/$1
mn https://mn.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
mo https://mo.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
ms https://ms.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
mwl https://mwl.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
nds http://kamelopedia.mormo.org/wiki/$1
nl https://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
nn https://ikkjepedia.org/wiki/$1
no https://ikkepedia.org/wiki/$1
oc https://oc.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
pl https://nonsensopedia.org/wiki/$1
pt https://desciclopedia.org/wiki/$1
pt-br https://desciclopedia.org/wiki/$1
ro https://ro.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
ru http://absurdopedia.net/wiki/$1
ryu http://ansaikuropedia.miraheze.org/wiki/$1
sco https://sco.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
simple https://simple.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
sk http://necyklopedia.org/wiki/$1
sl http://sl.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
sr https://sr.neciklopedija.org/wiki/$1
su http://goblogpedia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
sv https://psyklopedin.org/wiki/$1
th https://th.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
tl https://tl.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
tlh https://tlh.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
tr https://yansiklopedi.org/wiki/$1
uk https://inciklopedia.org/wiki/$1
vls https://vls.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/$1
yi http://keinziklopedie.wikia.com/wiki/$1
yue https://yue.uncyclopedia.hk/wiki/$1
zea https://zea.oncyclopedia.org/wiki/$1
zh http://zh.uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/$1
zh-hk https://uncyclopedia.hk/wiki/$1
zh-tw https://uncyclopedia.tw/wiki/$1

Carlb (talk) 14:47, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your list. However, each communities have their own discussion and policies, especially regarding several forked communities. I'm dealing with it, and am waiting for their decisions to be made. Since they're not hosted by you, I'd like you to respect their own decisions (even if they choose to assign language codes to different versions). Thank you.
P.S. and for the languages not available, I believe you'll have to ask for an extension to enable custom language codes (which I'm not so familiar with). Please file a request on Phabricator.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 03:51, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Error

I got this following error when handling a wiki request and marking it approved:

[8a13d698e9e1ed7ebde6bf31] 2018-11-08 20:00:39: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"

I got this error when trying to approve Special:RequestWikiQueue/6456. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:02, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

I got this error again when trying to approve the same request. Please help me out. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Should be fixed now. -- Void Whispers 04:43, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Trying to import infobox country but script errors

Hello, i’m trying to import infobox country on my wiki but i’m missing a few templates and there’s a script error can you help me? It is on altfuture.miraheze.org •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 03:39, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I fixed one issue, but it looks like you're still missing some modules you need to import. -- Void Whispers 04:42, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

What modules? Please list em to me. Thx •• User:Fair0002 • China Sucks! Xi Jinping Is Filthy 05:03, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Servers

The servers are extremely slow today. It keeps coming as 503 Backend Fetch Failed and Miraheze is taking so long to load up. Is there are problem with the servers today. Pkbwcgs (talk) 14:16, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

I am getting 503 backend fetch failed again today. This problem is very persistent. Is there a problem with the servers? Also, Miraheze is very slow. Pkbwcgs (talk) 21:29, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi, which wiki is this for (the slowness). Paladox (talk) 00:49, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Copyright violation on Nonsensopedia

Hi, I'm a bureaucrat of nonsensopedia.wikia.com (I'll refer to it as the original Nonsensopedia).

Recently our wiki got forked here under the adress nonsensopedia.miraheze.org. The decision to fork was made by former admins of the original Nonsensopedia and we have entirely new administration now.

The problem is – the Miraheze fork doesn't provide required attribution according to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license that we use. We already provide a template that guarantees required attribution, you can find it here. It's based on templates used by Wikipedia and the aformentioned legal code.

I've already asked the bureaucrat of the Miraheze fork to include this template in almost every article on the fork (there is a very small number of pages created on the fork), you can find my request here and his reply here. He was very… reluctant to do it. He called my request an attempt at extermination or free advertising. Well, I tried.

So – we demand that either the required attribution appears in every migrated article, or all copyright-infringing content is deleted. Magwac (talk) 16:43, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't see the problem. Each article has the full history of authors, and, there is a link at the bottom of every page stating that the content may have originated from wikia. Sometimes it seems that the link doesn't lead to the right place (or the original content no longer exists), but that can perhaps be adjusted. -- Void Whispers 21:13, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
That absolutely isn't enough. According to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license you have to provide:
  • The type of license (here: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported).
  • A link to the full text of this license.
  • A list of authors or a link to such.
  • Original title of the work.
  • A link to the original source, where the work has been published.
None of these points is satisfied by this notice. First of all – at no point in the license is a may statement allowed. Either a page has content copied from Wikia or it does not, saying it may is misleading. Furthermore, the text says This page may contain contents from old, unofficial Nonsensopedia. Calling the original Nonsensopedia unofficial is an abuse – Nonsensopedia is not a registered organisation, foundation or even a trademark so any fork cannot be called official. Moreover, this notice shows up only on the default skin and is completely invisible on other skins, including the mobile skin. Magwac (talk) 22:24, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
According to the Wikia Licence, attribution may be satisfied solely by providing a list of authors. Given that the full history of the article is preserved and available through the page history, attribution is satisfied. Furthermore, unless the pages have been moved, they are still provided under the same name as when the content was first released, and if they have, it is still available in the history of the page. Indeed, I'm tempted to suggest that the notice be modified in only two ways. It should be changed to indicate that the site is based off content that was originally released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 with a link to the legalcode. Secondly, it should be added to other skins where possible. Perhaps it could be included as a sitenotice? I will not argue on the nature of calling one official. -- Void Whispers 23:07, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
The only binding legal document here is the Creative Commons legalcode, nothing else. You have linked to a non-existent page, so I have no idea what is there. Even if Wikia says it's fine, Creative Commons takes precedence and should be considered the binding agreement.
As for technicalities – I don't know what is possible with this version of MediaWiki, but from my experience sitenotice can be dismissed by the user to not be shown anymore and the legal notice should be present at all times. Maybe there's another way, I'm not sure. Magwac (talk) 23:45, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
It might be worth looking at Wikivoyage to see how they've handled this issue. The attribution belongs to the author, no one else. Wikitravel used to be a non-commercial entity; it was purchased (in a back room deal, and over the community's objections) by Internet Brands in 2006 - much like uncyclopedia.org's domain was sold out from under the community to Wikia that same year. The German and Italian travel wikis immediately forked as Wikivoyage, a not for profit entity; most of the other languages (including en: and fr:) followed suit in 2012. Internet Brands tried all manner of frivolous litigation in an attempt to prevent the original contributors from exercising their right to take their CC-BY-SA content and go elsewhere. How far did it get them? Of course, Wikivoyage is backed by the Wikimedia Foundation and its lawyers, so taking a look at how they handle attribution and following the same model should be more than adequate. There's nothing here that entitles you to a link promoting Wikia on every page of some competing project's site. The attribution belongs to the authors; the user pages and the edit histories were imported to make that attribution. That is entirely sufficient. I'd be inclined not to second-guess Wikitravel vs. Wikivoyage as precedent in this regard. Carlb (talk) 13:12, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

First off, I want to say that you can demand all you want here on this wiki, but nothing will compel us to do anything short of a properly-formed DMCA takedown request. If you are making suggestions, this is the correct forum; demands are best left to the proper legal instruments.

The Creative Commons license requires URL attribution to the extent that is "reasonably practicable", but does not specify the means to do so. It is my opinion that a notice on the copyright or history page would suffice, providing that it is practical. Including a template on every page does not sound very reasonable, as attribution is typically not provided in this matter on wikis.

Additionally, you agreed to construe your version of the CC-BY-SA attribution clause narrowly under the Wikia Licensing Agreement. This addendum to the Creative Commons agreement clarifies the scope of the Attribution clause, and as such, moderates the CC-BY-SA agreement with regard to contributions made to Wikia. As the pages include the entire edit history of every author, Miraheze completely adheres to this agreement you made, without making any changes. If you have any additional points to make about how we could improve compliance, we'd love to hear from you.

If you chose to pursue this further, we will respond and comply to all DMCA notices and counter-notices submitted to Miraheze, as required under U.S. law. Our process is specified here.

Thanks for your interest,

Labster (talk) 00:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Well, you are right about the narrowing of the Atrribution clause on Wikia, I honestly didn't know that. Still, even if a list of authors is sufficient, a link to the original source is practicable so it should be provided. The problem is, current notice is misleading and doesn't show up on every skin. I would propose something along those lines:
Ta strona zawiera treści pierwotnie opublikowane na stronie nonsensopedia.wikia.com (linking to the original article)
English for your convienience: This page uses material originally published on nonsensopedia.wikia.com
That's much more neutral than the current notice. I think it's not unreasonably difficult to put it somewhere on the page on every skin. Magwac (talk) 08:32, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
While we're discussing Wikia and copyright, could you please place a notice on every page of nonsensopedia.wikia.com stating clearly "This content may contain text copied or translated from the English-language Uncyclopedia or other members of the Uncyclopedia family which are licenced under the non-commercial CC-BY-NC-SA licence. As the restrictions of this licence would apply to any derivative works, this page is very likely to be a copyright violation - an issue which has been ongoing since 2006."
Thank you. I realise it is the least of Wikia's copyright issues, as their repositioning themselves as "fandom" creates a huge question of how much fans of clearly-copyrighted works can quote from those works before surpassing the limits of fair use or fair dealing, but I've been waiting a dozen years for this to be addressed. Carlb (talk) 13:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
First of all, this is off-topic. Secondly, we actually follow Creative Commons strictly and put such notices in articles since 2006, you can find one example here. Nonsensopedia is kind of an exception in the Uncyclopedia family when it comes to following copyright laws. We also have a completely different philosophy than Uncyclopedia. Magwac (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
And when it comes to NC licenses… Well, you just have to assume that translated content also has the NC clause, I think that's the only reasonable way. Magwac (talk) 13:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and another thing – one thing that wasn't imported is file upload history, so unless a file has an {{Information}} template in its description (and only some of them do), the author goes entirely uncredited. Magwac (talk) 22:53, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Sooo…? All I want is proper attribution of the original site, nothing too unreasonable. And as I pointed out above, many files are not attributed in any way. Moreover, due to… something some pages' history has been overwritten (example) so there's no attribution at all too. And come on, be serious. Your response is then file a DMCA takedown? Yeah, that's totally reasonable, as we are an informal group of writers from Poland and you guys are an organisation with a budget of literally a thousand bucks. Just don't be evil, that's it. Magwac (talk) 09:31, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Attribution to the site is not required under the licensing of the wiki, attribution to the author is required. Unless you file a formal issue with Miraheze (aka, DMCA), the onus is on the individual wiki to rectify and not on us - in fact reasonably all steps must be taken to rectify before we intervene. Our budget makes no difference - that is a 100% donated for the purposes of running this service. We are volunteers, we don't make a profit, we're not doing anything to "be evil", we're doing it to ensure not only is each community held to the same fair standard but their freedom to contribute, freedom to use Miraheze and most of all their freedom to expression and free speech isn't impeded unnecessarily. If we take down a wiki who is mostly compliant with their legal right but because there is small issues which they have not been given the chance to rectify (which actually under the license gives them 30 days to from notification of violation to resolve before the license becomes void and thus a copyright infringement) we are then being evil as we are not being fair and restricting a communities freedom to contribute and use Miraheze. John (talk) 10:37, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
I've already notified admins of this wiki about this and was met with a very angry response, that's why I'm here. I don't really want to take that wiki down, I just want to protect my wiki's interest and ensure it is properly attributed.
My point is – even if a list of authors is sufficient, a link to the original website is a possible solution, so it would be fair to provide it. Magwac (talk) 11:12, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
We’re here to ensure the minimum is met. Anything extra is the community and not something we’re ever going to force. John (talk) 11:20, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Ugh, all right. I'm not a fan of this minimalistic approach, for me it's just horribly unfair, but if that's what you're going to stick to, then fine.
The only unsolved issue then is files that have been uploaded automatically by a bot missing any original author information – one such example. There's much more than that, probably something around 1000–3000 files (a very rough estimate). Magwac (talk) 11:48, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

"Cite" Extension doesn't work.

Simply put, the "cite" extension on my wiki doesn't work as it's supposed to. What follows is a screenshot of the issue. Any help is appreciated. [11] --LopesTheIdiot

Hi, you need to enable both "Cite" and "CiteThisPage" in Special:ManageWikiExtensions. Paladox (talk) 18:40, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Database error

A new user wants to join in my wiki Tanukipedia.

But database query error occurs. It says "A database query error has occured. This may indicate a bug in software." Therefore, he can't create new account.

This error occurs in Not Only Tanukipedia but also Meta. [12]

--TANUKI (talk) 12:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Error

Whenever I try to create a wiki, it gives me this:

[e2392b23ae3395ae88534926] 2018-11-21 21:29:36: Fatal exception of type "Cdb\Exception"

I've had this multiple times, and it is very annoying. Any ideas on how to fix it? Malcolm Aces! Aces! 21:31, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cy: I have just managed to create a wiki, so I assume that this issue was temporary and has now been resolved. Please let me know if that is not the case. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 08:01, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! Malcolm Aces! Aces! 22:36, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Can you unlock freevandal.miraheze.org ?

I will use Korean because English is not fluent. Sorry.
안녕하세요. 저는 http://freevandal.miraheze.org/ 를 연습장으로 사용하고 있었으나, 최근 일이 생겨 편집을 하지 못하였고, 돌아와 보니 45일이 지나 잠겨있었습니다. 잠금을 해제하여 주실 수 있나요?--엔티시드노엔 (talk) 13:07, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
If you are a bureaucrat, you can reopen the wiki by yourself from Special:ManageWiki. If not, you should file a request on Requests for adoption, so that a steward will reopen the wiki for you.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 09:32, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Check user request on possibly identical users

Hi, I'd like to request for check user on the following users.

They are possibly identical, according to the result provided by Japanese Uncyclopedia. However, I don't really trust their judgements, because they're notorious for having mistakes and excessive range blocks.

Thus, in order to provide knowledge to make our own decision (for Usopedia) on this matter, I'd like to request for check user on these accounts. Thanks.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 09:30, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

P. S. Please do not lock them, even if you agree with the result that they are identical. For now, this is an internal affair of Usopedia, and it is our community that should decide what to do on them (including the decision to request for locking).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 09:30, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

 Declined under User accounts policy. I see no evidence of abuse and the request “not to lock” implies there isn’t any abuse either. John (talk) 10:12, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Having multiple accounts itself can be an abuse in our local community. I asked not to lock (for now) because it's a single wiki issue (and not a global issue), and the community should have a chance to understand the user's intention.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 10:29, 24 November 2018 (UTC)modded.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 10:31, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Link to the policy? Also the use of CheckUser is really for abuse, not for the potentialness of abuse. As a global community, multiple accounts are fine therefore a lock won’t realistically happen unless it turns into clear abuse and the sane standard would apply to a CheckUser for me. Unless a clear link and reasons for linking the two accounts exists. Currently while the first is potentially met, the second is definitely not. John (talk) 10:40, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
This is our blocking policy. SInce it is written in Japanese, I'd like to translate the necessary articles of our policy.
  • 18 - Sockpuppets - Indefinite block
  • 37 - Creating multiple accounts without legitimate reasons - Indefinite block on subaccounts and a warning on the main account (if this is the first time of abuse) -> indefinite block on all accounts (if this is the second time)
The CU result provided by Japanese Uncyclopedia (link provided on my first post) not only indicates that these two accounts are identical, but also the user is deceiving the community by claiming that these two accounts are those of friends (and not those of an identical person). If the report on Uncyclopedia is true, we have to deal with them per these two articles, but we need a clear double check of our own to make a judgement (deception to our community is a clear abuse, but as I repeat, we don't trust the judgement of Uncyclopedia).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 11:03, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Okay. I'm reviewing the evidence and I am going to lock. The accounts link back to an LTA which I can confirm beyond reasonable doubt as being the same. Please review my locks and bring up any issues in an email to stewards(at)miraheze.org or john(at)miraheze.org. John (talk) 21:11, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
All accounts locked. Made a local block as the global account does not exist. User seems to have administrator flag on wiki. John (talk) 21:25, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
@John: Thanks for your confirmation, but you have blocked the abuse filter (利用者:不正利用フィルター means User:Abuse FIlter in Japanese) on Usopedia. SInce it's our key defence system against LTAs, I'll turn it back on, unless you can provide a legitimate reason for it (as far as I know, the abuse filter is an extension based bot, and can never be an LTA).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 08:32, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Copyright Link Error

Hello. I am Bureaucrat on Fujikyu Line wiki.

I set the license to all rights reserved on the wiki. But a fotter(Note:It is hidden now with css) and a link are linked to CC-BY-SA 4.0 page.

Can you correct this mistake?--プログラマリオ (Pen name:Mario Yonezawa) 09:36, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

@プログラマリオ: I think that's a technical issue, and thus should file a request on phabricator.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 09:54, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
The issue is, All rights reserved is not a Creative Commons lisense. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 13:13, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Requesting Ownership of a wiki

The wiki cmhoc.miraheze.org's current owner has left the community the wiki is for and deleted her Accounts for the community, making it impossible to change Admins. As the only other Admin, I'm requesting that I be given ownership to allow for management of the wiki as used by the community. Thank You.

Hi! You can adopt wikis at Requests for adoption! CnocBride | Talk | Contribs 17:44, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Request for checkuser on Warapedia (suspected LTA accounts)

Hi, I'd like to request for checkuser on these two accounts on Warapedia, because we have found some similarities between them.

  • 大沼 - already locked as LTA:KOSHIN by John
  • りゅーよしお - suspected LTA account due to some common traits with 大沼

Thanks as always :)--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 02:13, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

I'll take a look. -- Void Whispers 03:40, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 Done and locked. -- Void Whispers 03:49, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

WikiSEO extension

Sorry for the interruption, when I test on enable the WikiSEO extension checkbox, I has received an error message, don't know what is going wrong. SA 13 Bro (talk) 19:00, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

I've reported the bug. --Idris (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for your information. :) I has reviewed your report on Phabricator. SA 13 Bro (talk) 19:32, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
You're welcome. --Idris (talk) 15:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Checkuser request on suspected LTA accounts on Usopedia

Hi, I'd like to request for checkuser on suspected LTA accounts on Usopedia. They are:

I suspect that they are both accounts of LTA:FURANO, as they have shown some common traits with this LTA, and they have made similar edits within just a couple of minutes. Thanks as always.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 03:40, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

I locked HOTA-TEWI, ヒラし, 埴科, Cherry rohashi, 金沢のゆうじろう, and 電車区のトトロ兄貴が垢作っててたまげた as all being technically indistinguishable from ぐにます. -- Void Whispers 18:00, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Public Viewing with Private Editing

Hello Steward. I want to move a wiki to miraheze. Its privacy settings should be "anyone can view, but only people of my organization get an account and can make edits". In my current self-hosted Mediawiki, these are the relevant lines of the LocalConfig:

   $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
   $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

Can you please insert these lines for me, or tell me how I can otherwise achieve the desired result? Thank you for your time! --Constantin (talk) 19:06, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Constantin: Hello, and welcome to Miraheze! You can change these settings yourself, in Special:ManageWikiPermissions on your wiki. If you are having trouble using it, I can also doing for you. Also, I see that you mention a custom domain, if you would like, you can also use your wiki with a custom domain at Miraeze (see Custom domains). Reception123 (talk) ('C') 19:54, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much :-) --Constantin (talk) 21:03, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Maia Song Contest Mediation

Long Queue

Stewards and Wiki Creators, there is a long queue at Special:RequestWikiQueue. Many are waiting for their wikis. Clarence, Enislife.org, and many others are not been created. Whatsfordinner77 (talk) 22:32, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

@Whatsfordinner77: Thank you for pointing this out to us; it seems that since then the queue has been reduced. Reception123 (talk) ('C') 19:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Close to Christmas right now, so I am bogged down in work and with exams. Apologies. CnocBride | Talk | Contribs 18:35, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Checkuser request for suspected LTA accounts

Hi, I'd like to request for checkuser on suspected LTA accounts appeared on Usopedia.

I suspect these are accounts created by LTA:KOSHIN, firstly because of the timing they were created, and secondly because of the similar names used by these accounts.

According to the log of account creation, these accounts were created almost simultaneously with other three accounts, which have all been blocked and locked for their vandal activities and/or inappropriate usernames (which show traits of LTA:KOSHIN), and their similarity suggests that these two accounts were created by a same person.

Thus IMO it's almost obvious that they are indeed the accounts of the LTA, but because of the fact that these accounts have done almost nothing so far and the names don't show obvious traits enough to (b)lock them, I'd like to request for checkuser to make it sure. Thanks as always :)--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 04:07, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Reinformation is identical to previous users. Reformationis does not appear to be related to anyone. あとまど may be related to Reinformation (and others), however, it's unclear based on technical evidence alone. -- Void Whispers 18:42, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. Hmm... I guess I should keep watching at Reinformation and あどまど. If they turn out to be weird enough, I might re-request for CU.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 18:50, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Dormancy policy exemption

Please can you make https://ildril.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Claimed_Pages (lack of editing users) and https://ashina.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page (lack of interst for the wiki) a y exemption from the dormancy policy. I just think there will not be many more edits to either wiki byond some name changes/.

TheBurningPrincess (talk) 15:23, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done Paladox (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I can't log in!

Hello. My name is Chaofun and I was admin on Atrocious YouTubers Wikia! I can't log in! Can you fix this? Because it says it was cancelled due to precaution of hijacking!

Uh, the same thing also happened to me, with any kinds of actions canceled "in order to prevent hijacking." I guess we need help, but I can't even log in to phab: because I use my Miraheze account. I guess the remaining way to make a contact is to go to Discord, which I'm trying right now. 14:08, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
I guess it's back to normal now.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 14:24, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
This is an issue that happens rather frequently, the best way to deal with the situation is to simply try again. If it doesn't work, you need to clear your browser's cookies and try again. -- Void Whispers 17:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Having the forked Uncyclopedia exempted from the Dormancy Policy

Since it has over 6000 articles but not many edits (and now being official part of the Uncyclopedia projects), I'd like to have the forked Japanese Uncyclopedia exempted from the dormancy policy. I'm a bureaucrat and a sysop there with global contributions (making myself a valid requester for this). Thanks as always.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 13:08, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is no such thing as being an "official part of the Uncyclopedia projects" as each wiki has its own Special:Interwiki tables and (often) its own web host - or they're scattered far and wide. One wiki might link to you while another might not - even within Uncyclopedia. Having "over 6000 articles" is also meaningless as a metric if this content was merely moved or copied from some other wiki. Carlb (talk) 15:30, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
This wiki is already empted. Southparkfan (talk) 19:30, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
(Withdraw) Oh yeah, I guess I just simply forgot my past request (I remember I have Usopedia exmpted though). Thanks for telling me.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 01:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Permission error on new wiki

A new wiki (https://shroudedpath.miraheze.org) has been created for me, but I'm getting permission errors. I don't seem to have administrator / bureaucrat rights.

Hmm. The same problem was reported by User:Msnhinet8 on my talk page. Maybe something is going wrong with the wiki creation function.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 11:06, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Permission error on new wiki (as well)

Just opened https://moralmeat.miraheze.org/ Can't access ManageWiki, can't assign permissions.... Help?

I've checked that myself, and filed a phabricator task (as I think it's some kind of technical issue).--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 11:19, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
I've also checked that https://rof.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers suffers from the same issue. For other wikis, I couldn't check they have the same problem (as of now) either because the user hasn't visited the wiki yet, or because the wiki is private.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 11:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, i updated one of our extensions which caused the problem. I have reverted back and it should be working now! Thanks for reporting! Paladox (talk) 13:24, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Yet another problem with admin and bureaucrat permissions

I just got my new wiki https://untrash.miraheze.org less than 12 hours ago and I requested a custom domain. As of right now, I am being treated like I'm in the User group instead of an Administrator or Bureaucrat groups. I feel as if the custom domain is the cause of this, but I'm not completely sure. If I could help with this issue, thank you in advance.

I could guess that because that your wiki is one of the series I created today. The problem itself is now resolved, but for your case, I guess a Steward should manually give permission.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 15:44, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Admin Rights

I didn't get Administrator and bureaucrat right on my new wiki https://mlgyaanipedia.miraheze.org Shaunak Chakraborty (talk)

I could guess that because that your wiki is one of the series I created today. The problem itself is now resolved, but for your case, I guess a Steward should manually give permission.--開拓者 (The Pioneer) (talk/contribs | global🌎) 15:44, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Not granted admin rights on my new wiki

I am afraid that I have not been granted admin rights on the Mystara Cyclopica, the wiki I have just created. Could someone please rectify this?

Blanket response to all similar requests, but I think I've handled everything. -- Void Whispers 16:44, 20 December 2018 (UTC)