Project:Requests/OtherRequests

Template:Main page/th
Please delete this page, thanks --minhhuy*= 11:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Please elaborate as to why? Peachey88 21:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ blanked by only editor, unused, not within naming scheme -- :bdk: 22:27, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Support desk/pl
Please, change it to "Panel pomocy". This formulation will be better in Polish. Marcin Łukasz Kiejzik (C, T, @) 16:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Skiz zerz  23:56, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. And please change MediaWiki:Manual-text/pl to "Podręcznik", add MediaWiki:Browse svn/pl with "Przeglądaj SVN", MediaWiki:Blog-text/pl with "Blog techniczny", add MediaWiki:Portal/pl (change content to "Pomoc"), change MediaWiki:Help/pl to "Dokumentacja". And one more question. Who messed up translation? Marcin Łukasz Kiejzik (C, T, @) 13:42, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, done. Authors of these translations could be looked up in page histories, as always. Max Semenik 14:33, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Techni
I am a MediaWiki developer I seek to secure the articles on my development.User: Techni 19:51, 7 August 2010
 * ❌ MediaWiki developer means "have commit access to the wikimedia svn repository", which I do not believe you have. -- Skiz zerz  00:37, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Editprotected
Could someone please take a look at my requests here and here? There doesn't seem to be an editprotected template to request attention directly there, so I thought I'd mention them here. Thanks, Waldir 07:34, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Happy-melon (1), Reedy (2) and MaxSem (3), (4). --Waldir 13:51, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Delete sandbox
Please delete all old versions of Sandbox (delete it and restore the latest version). The version history contains copyright violations, pornographic texts which describe actions of persons under 14 (which may be illegal in your country), personal data and perhaps other content that qualifies for deletion. On the other side, the old content of the Sandbox isn't really needed. Example: copyvio from here (other example links may be provided on request per Email, I don't want to make them public).

I didn't start a regular request for deletion (a) because I only want old versions to be deleted and (b) the content of Sandbox changes often and the request for deletion would be removed by users testing on the page. Regards, --Church of emacs 07:05, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Doned. Reedy 08:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks :) --Church of emacs 20:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Requests for protection

 * Template:MW_stable_mysql_requirement, Template:MW_stable_php_requirement --Quadir 21:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * We tend to avoid protecting content here unless it becomes high traffic or vandalised a lot so probably going to side on not doing it but I will let someone else decide. Peachey88 22:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ both semiprotected indefinitely by User:Reach Out to the Truth - TBloemink 08:46, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Requests for deletion

 * $wgGroupPermissions has something funny going on. The current page is non-existant cotent, the history rev is a redirect. searching for it does not go to the Manual Manual:$wgGroupPermissions since this page exists. --Quadir 15:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * , $wgGroupPermissions is a redirect to Manual:$wgGroupPermissions so that it goes to it when you search it, Although I don't overly like these redirects (we should just fix the search) it isn't doing any harm. Peachey88 22:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

User deletion? iantresman
username: iantresman I want to unify my MediaWiki account with my accounts on the other projects, but I have lost my password, and stupidly did not add my email address. No contributions were made under my account. What do I need to do to get the password reset, or the MediaWiki account deleted, so that I can start again? I believe it is possible to match my IP address with my contributions on Wikipedia. --93.97.21.214 15:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ by renaming the local user account so that you can merge the name in with your SUL account. -- Skiz zerz  06:36, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Problem with unified login
I normally edit on English Wikipedia as wikipedia:en:User:Bazonka. I have been trying to set up a unified login account for Bazonka, but I'm unable to do this fully because my Bazonka account here at Mediawiki is inaccessible. I don't know what the password is, and there is no email address associated with it, so the Password Reset functionality doesn't help. I had the same problem with my account at Commons. A bureaucrat helpfully renamed my unusable Bazonka account so that a new Bazonka account could be created (see here). Can the same be done to my account at Mediawiki please? If you need proof that I am the real Bazonka, then you should be able to email me via my English Wikipedia account. Thanks, Bazonka 91.125.92.179 11:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. The account was likely registered in past by someone else and now it was renamed in order to let you unify it. You can login to mediawiki.org using your central account now. Petrb (talk) 13:49, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. Bazonka (talk) 14:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually that's not possible, Petrb. The account was created automatically according to the logs, and therefore must be unified. Me and other users have had the same problem. See 29234. -- Krenair (talk &bull; contribs) 20:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, I don't think it's impossible since it solved the issue? I already renamed previous holder of this name, and as you can see in reply, it worked Petrb (talk) 09:59, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * What I meant was that if an account was created automatically it cannot possibly have been done by anyone but whoever was logged in with the global account. I didn't mean that fixing it was impossible. -- Krenair (talk &bull; contribs) 17:30, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * But this account was not created automatically, you opened wrong logs. The account was renamed, so if you want to see the reason for creation of original account, you need to open logs of renamed account. Petrb (talk) 05:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The logs you linked actually show the process of login unification done after fix of this issue Petrb (talk) 10:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

New gadget: Dot's syntax highlighter
Hi, I'm trying to get meta:User:Remember the dot/Syntax highlighter made into a gadget for various projects. ResourceLoader/Migration guide (users) says that gadgets like this should be hosted on mediawiki.org. So, I'd like to ask that:


 * 1) MediaWiki:Gadget-DotsSyntaxHighlighter.js be created with the minified contents of meta:User:Remember the dot/Syntax highlighter.js: function breakerRegexWithPrefix(e){return new RegExp("("+e+")|"+breakerRegexBase,"gm")}function highlightSyntax{function u(e,t){e=e.replace(/\n/g,"\\A ");if(t==i){n+=e}else{if(webkit&&(/[!"#%&)*+,-.:;=\?>\\\]\|\}~]$/.test(n)&&/^[<\[\{]/.test(e)||n.substring(-1)=="-"&&e.substring(0,2)=="\\'")){e="​"+e}if(s){o="s"+r;if(r>maxSpanNumber){wpTextbox0.appendChild(document.createElement("span")).id=o;maxSpanNumber++}n+="'}#"+o+":before"}else{n+="'}#"+o+":after";r++}n+="{background-color:"+t+";content:'"+e;s=!s;i=t}}function a(n,r){r.lastIndex=t;var i;while(i=r.exec(e)){if(i[1]){u(e.substring(t,r.lastIndex),n);t=r.lastIndex;return}var s=e.substring(t,r.lastIndex-i[0].length);if(s!=""){u(s,n)}t=r.lastIndex;switch(i[0].charAt(0)){case"[":if(i[0].charAt(1)=="["){u("[[",syntaxHighlighterConfig.wikilinkColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.wikilinkColor||n,wikilinkBreakerRegex)}else{u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.externalLinkColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.externalLinkColor||n,namedExternalLinkBreakerRegex)}break;case"{":if(i[0].charAt(1)=="{"){if(i[0].charAt(2)=="{"){u("{{{",syntaxHighlighterConfig.parameterColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.parameterColor||n,parameterBreakerRegex)}else{u("{{",syntaxHighlighterConfig.templateColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.templateColor||n,templateBreakerRegex)}}else{u("{|",syntaxHighlighterConfig.tableColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.tableColor||n,tableBreakerRegex)}break;case"<":if(i[0].charAt(1)=="!"){u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.commentColor||n);break}else{var o=e.indexOf(">",t)+1;if(o==0){u("<");t=t-i[0].length+1;break}if(e.charAt(o-2)=="/"){u(e.substring(t-i[0].length,o),syntaxHighlighterConfig.tagColor||n);t=o}else{var f=i[0].substring(1);var l="";if(/nowiki|pre|math|syntaxhighlight|source|timeline|hiero/.test(f)){var c=e.indexOf(l,t);if(c==-1){c=e.length}else{c+=l.length}u(e.substring(t-i[0].length,c),syntaxHighlighterConfig.tagColor||n);t=c}else{u(e.substring(t-i[0].length,o),syntaxHighlighterConfig.tagColor||n);t=o;if(!tagBreakerRegexCache[f]){tagBreakerRegexCache[f]=breakerRegexWithPrefix(l)}a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.tagColor||n,tagBreakerRegexCache[f])}}}break;case"h":case"f":case"m":u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.externalLinkColor||n);break;case"=":if(/[^=]=+$/.test(e.substring(t,e.indexOf("\n",t)))){u("=",syntaxHighlighterConfig.headingColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.headingColor||n,headingBreakerRegex)}else{u("=",n)}break;case"*":case"#":case":":u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.listAndIndentColor||n);break;case";":u(";",syntaxHighlighterConfig.headingColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.headingColor||n,headingBreakerRegex);break;case"-":u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig["hrColor"]);break;case"\\":if(i[0].length==6){u("\\'\\'\\'",syntaxHighlighterConfig.boldColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.boldColor||n,boldBreakerRegex)}else{u("\\'\\'",syntaxHighlighterConfig.italicColor||n);a(syntaxHighlighterConfig.italicColor||n,italicBreakerRegex)}break;case"~":u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.signatureColor||n);break;case"&":u(i[0],syntaxHighlighterConfig.entityColor||n)}r.lastIndex=t}}lastText=wpTextbox1.value;var e=lastText.replace(/['\\]/g,"\\$&")+"\n";var t=0;var n="";var r=0;var i;var s=true;var o;if(presto){e+=Array(wpTextbox1.scrollWidth).join(" ")}var f=Date.now;a("inherit",defaultBreakerRegex);u(e.substring(t),"inherit");syntaxStyleElement.textContent=n.substring(2)+"'}";var l=Date.now;if(l-f>150){clearInterval(highlightSyntaxIfNeededIntervalID);syntaxStyleElement.textContent="";wpTextbox1.removeEventListener("input",highlightSyntax);wpTextbox1.style.backgroundColor="";wpTextbox1.style.position="";wpTextbox0.style.color="red";wpTextbox0.style.fontFamily="";wpTextbox0.style.fontWeight="bold";wpTextbox0.style.height="";wpTextbox0.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Syntax highlighting on this page was disabled because your computer is too slow. The maximum allowed highlighting time is 150ms, and your computer took "+(l-f)+"ms. If you are using Chrome or Safari, this could be because the syntax highlighter has to work around "));var c=document.createElement("a");c.setAttribute("href","https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17427");c.textContent="WebKit bug 17427";wpTextbox0.appendChild(c);wpTextbox0.appendChild(document.createTextNode('. Try closing some tabs and programs and clicking "Show preview" or "Show changes". If that doesn\'t work, try a different web browser, and if that doesn\'t work, try a newer computer.'))}}function syncScrollX{wpTextbox0.scrollLeft=wpTextbox1.scrollLeft}function syncScrollY{wpTextbox0.scrollTop=wpTextbox1.scrollTop}function highlightSyntaxIfNeeded{if(wpTextbox1.value!=lastText){highlightSyntax}if(wpTextbox1.scrollLeft!=wpTextbox0.scrollLeft){syncScrollX}if(wpTextbox1.scrollTop!=wpTextbox0.scrollTop){syncScrollY}}function setupSyntaxHighlighter{function e(e,t){if(syntaxHighlighterConfig[e]=="normal"){syntaxHighlighterConfig[e]=t}else if(syntaxHighlighterConfig[e]){return}else if(typeof syntaxHighlighterConfig.defaultColor!="undefined"){syntaxHighlighterConfig[e]=syntaxHighlighterConfig.defaultColor}else{syntaxHighlighterConfig[e]=t}}window.syntaxHighlighterConfig=window.syntaxHighlighterConfig||new Object;e("commentColor","#E6FFE6");e("boldColor","#E5E5E5");e("entityColor","#E6FFE6");e("externalLinkColor","#E6FFFF");e("italicColor","#E5E5E5");e("headingColor","#E5E5E5");e("hrColor","#E5E5E5");e("listAndIndentColor","#E6FFE6");e("parameterColor","#FFCC66");e("signatureColor","#FFCC66");e("tagColor","#FFE6FF");e("tableColor","#FFFFCC");e("templateColor","#FFFFCC");e("wikilinkColor","#E6E6FF");textboxContainer=document.createElement("div");wpTextbox0=document.createElement("div");wpTextbox1=document.getElementById("wpTextbox1");syntaxStyleElement=document.createElement("style");wpTextbox0.style.backgroundColor=window.getComputedStyle(wpTextbox1).backgroundColor;if(wpTextbox0.style.backgroundColor=="transparent"){wpTextbox0.style.backgroundColor="white"}wpTextbox0.style.border="1px solid transparent";wpTextbox0.style.boxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox0.style.MozBoxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox0.style.WebkitBoxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox0.style.color="transparent";wpTextbox0.style.fontFamily=window.getComputedStyle(wpTextbox1).fontFamily;wpTextbox0.style.fontSize=window.getComputedStyle(wpTextbox1).fontSize;wpTextbox0.style.lineHeight="normal";wpTextbox0.style.overflowX="auto";wpTextbox0.style.overflowY="scroll";wpTextbox0.style.whiteSpace="pre-wrap";wpTextbox0.style.width="100%";wpTextbox0.style.wordWrap="normal";wpTextbox1.style.backgroundColor="transparent";wpTextbox1.style.border="1px inset gray";wpTextbox1.style.boxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox1.style.MozBoxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox1.style.WebkitBoxSizing="border-box";wpTextbox1.style.lineHeight="normal";wpTextbox1.style.margin=0;wpTextbox1.style.overflowX="auto";wpTextbox1.style.overflowY="scroll";wpTextbox1.style.padding=0;wpTextbox1.style.position="absolute";wpTextbox1.style.resize="none";wpTextbox1.style.left=0;wpTextbox1.style.top=0;wpTextbox1.style.width="100%";wpTextbox1.style.wordWrap="normal";wpTextbox0.style.height=wpTextbox1.offsetHeight+"px";if(gecko){wpTextbox0.style.paddingLeft="1px";wpTextbox0.style.paddingRight="1px"}else if(presto){wpTextbox1.style.overflowX="scroll"}textboxContainer.style.position="relative";wpTextbox1.parentNode.insertBefore(textboxContainer,wpTextbox1);textboxContainer.appendChild(wpTextbox1);textboxContainer.appendChild(wpTextbox0);$(".tool-select *").css({zIndex:5});document.head.appendChild(syntaxStyleElement);wpTextbox1.addEventListener("input",highlightSyntax);wpTextbox1.addEventListener("scroll",syncScrollX);wpTextbox1.addEventListener("scroll",syncScrollY);highlightSyntaxIfNeededIntervalID=setInterval(highlightSyntaxIfNeeded,500);highlightSyntax}var textboxContainer;var wpTextbox0;var wpTextbox1;var syntaxStyleElement;var lastText;var maxSpanNumber=-1;var highlightSyntaxIfNeededIntervalID;var breakerRegexBase="\\[(?:\\[|(?:https?:|ftp:)?//|mailto:)|\\{(?:\\{\\{?|\\|)|<(?:[:A-Z_a-zÀ-ÖØ-öø-˿Ͱ-ͽͿ-῿‌‍⁰-↏Ⰰ-⿯、-퟿豈-﷏ﷰ-�][:A-Z_a-zÀ-ÖØ-öø-˿Ͱ-ͽͿ-῿‌‍⁰-↏Ⰰ-⿯、-퟿豈-﷏ﷰ-�-\\.0-9·̀-ͯ‿-‿-⁀]*|!--[^]*?-->)|(?:https?://|ftp://|mailto:)[^\\s\"<>[\\]|]*[^\\s\",\\.:;<>[\\]|]|^(?:=|[*#:;]+|-{4,})|\\\\'\\\\'(?:\\\\')?|~{3,5}|&(?:[a-z]+|#(?:\\d+|[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+));";var defaultBreakerRegex=new RegExp(breakerRegexBase,"gm");var wikilinkBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("]][a-zA-Z]*");var namedExternalLinkBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("]");var parameterBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("}}}");var templateBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("}}");var tableBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("\\|}");var headingBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("\n");var boldBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("\\\\'\\\\'\\\\'");var italicBreakerRegex=breakerRegexWithPrefix("\\\\'\\\\'");var tagBreakerRegexCache=new Object;var gecko=$.client.profile.layout=="gecko";var presto=$.client.profile.layout=="presto";var webkit=$.client.profile.layout=="webkit";var trident=$.client.profile.layout=="trident";if((wgAction=="edit"||wgAction=="submit")&&!((wgNamespaceNumber==2||wgNamespaceNumber==8)&&/\.(css|js)$/.test(wgTitle))&&!trident){if(document.readyState=="complete"){setupSyntaxHighlighter}else{$(window).load(setupSyntaxHighlighter)}}
 * 2) The contents of [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Remember_the_dot/Syntax_highlighter&action=edit meta:User:Remember the dot/Syntax highlighter] be copied to User:Remember the dot/Syntax highlighter.
 * 3) MediaWiki:Gadget-DotsSyntaxHighlighter be created with * Dot's syntax highlighter, make syntax stand out colorfully in the edit box. Works best in Firefox, works almost all of the time in Opera, and works most of the time in Chrome. Should not be used with the browser's page zoom feature.
 * 4) The following line be added to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition under "editing-gadgets": DotsSyntaxHighlighter[ResourceLoader]|DotsSyntaxHighlighter.js

I hope you find this gadget helpful. There is a related discussion at wikipedia:Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals about getting this onto the English Wikipedia. —Remember the dot (talk) 21:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've done #2, though you could've done it yourself. For #1, can we please not use minified JS? -- Krenair (talk &bull; contribs) 21:51, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I didn't want to move the documentation before the source code was moved, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. I provided minified code because I don't know of any other way to minify the script than to minify it manually. Gadgets hosted locally and used locally are minified through the local ResourceLoader, but this is not the case when loading a gadget cross-wiki. The regular source code will still be available (I'll move it here also) no matter what. —Remember the dot (talk) 22:00, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Request access to old username Jpostlethwaite
I am a former employee at the Wikimedia Foundation. I would like to get access to my username:

User:Jpostlethwaite

I am using this account on Gerrit:

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/owner:Jpostlethwaite+status:open,n,z

I would like to continue working on extensions in which I am the maintainer:


 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UnitTest
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LastModified

Note: When I try to reclaim with lost password, Mediawiki says it sent the password to my email, but nothing ever shows up. I believe it is going to my old employee email account.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeremy.postlethwaite (talk • contribs) 17:30, 20 February 2013
 * The account is locked ([ log]). We can't help you, you'll have to ask the stewards on metawiki and they'll probably have to check with the foundation. -- Krenair (talk &bull; contribs) 17:42, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, will check on metawiki. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeremy.postlethwaite (talk • contribs) 18:05, 20 February 2013‎

Mark Extension:Education Program page for translation
I would like to begin translating Extension:Education Program to Spanish language, but I need a Translation Admin or someone with permission to mark it for translation. Thanks. --Zerabat (talk) 17:56, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Petrb (talk) 08:52, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, man, that was not the very best of you. This page is rather useful for translation admins. -- Ата   (talk)  23:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Please block users for identity theft (falsely impersonating others) and repeated vandalism
Hello - Can you please block the following users for repeated vandalism: Wiki Dick heads, Don't work for Skilled!, Abused by SKILLED. Please also block the following users: Pborobokas, A Pizzoni , Richard(E) Glover , Peter Eaves. These are false impersonations of staff members at SKILLED Group and the user is posting dafamatory comments. We know who is doing this and are following this up in Australia.- ltobrien
 * Hello. This does not appear to be happening on this wiki. Did you mean to post this on some other wiki? (in that case, we have no responsibility for it).--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:30, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Deletion request
Hello, I don't know whether it is the good place to ask, but could you delete this page ? Is is a (blanked) copy of this message. I did a mistake when saving it twice. Thanks in advance, NemesisIII (talk) 19:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅. Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 20:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Deletion request #2 - this time its serious....
Hello, I also don't know whether this is the best place to ask, but please would you delete this page? It is deprecated and it's information duplicated and expanded upon here. Thanks in advance.

Might I also be made an administrator, or at least someone with permission to delete pages I have created to avoid needing to bother you guys in future? I would understand if you decline this second element of my request. :)

Requester
 * The best place to ask is on that particular wiki. This wiki is for the documentation of the MediaWiki software, and any requests here can and will only affect pages on the mediawiki.org domain. If you have a problem with another wiki, you need to ask there. Since I see the domain for that wiki ends in ".local" either it is a company/intranet wiki or a wiki you installed locally for testing. Either way, see Help:Deleting a page for more information on how to delete pages. -- Skiz zerz  14:32, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ❌ - As said above, this wiki is for documentation of the MediaWiki software. We cannot delete pages on that wiki since we are not local administrators there. As it is on a .local domain name, we cannot access that wiki. You should navigate to Special:ListAdmins on that wiki and request one of them to delete it. --GeorgeBarnick (talk) 19:10, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of Wawa06's posts
Can an administrator look into these LQT posts and maybe delete them? whym (talk) 09:18, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Someone else already deleted them, but I put a warning on the user's talk page. Will block if they continue. Thanks for reporting! --GeorgeBarnick (talk) 17:16, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protection of How to contribute
Can you please semi-protect How to contribute and/or its translation pages for repeated vandalism? --Shirayuki (talk) 10:20, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Done on How to contribute. Which translation pages in specific? I don't have time to look at the revision histories of all of them. Or are they all in need of protection? --GeorgeBarnick (talk) 14:44, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I think the latter. Thanks in advance. --Shirayuki (talk) 21:16, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Translation pages can't be protected because they can't be edited (only Special:Translate can edit them). If vandalism is serious, we could recursively protect all translation unit pages. --Nemo 05:20, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, all unit pages should be protected recursively. e.g. be-tarask, ast
 * Done but I had forgotten cascading semiprotection is not possible. I did anyway because it doesn't prevent new translations, so we can bear for some time. --Nemo 09:30, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Undo the latest two edits on How to contribute/ksh ([ diff]) --Shirayuki (talk) 08:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * From my point of few this semi-protedtion is just frustrating. since months I try to update the lb-version of this page.


 * If you really want me to give this up please delete as well all lb-translations already done on this page: How_to_contribute/lb. --Robby (talk) 10:51, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Mark for translation
Could someone please mark the recent updates to Compatibility for translation? Please also keep an eye on Special:PageTranslation. whym (talk) 13:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I just did a few dozens pages, but there were virtually no real changes and where there are some they are wrong (please check the current list). I expect this task to become easier for translation admins, hence faster on average, whenever 132636 is merged (it may take hours or years though, no idea). --Nemo 13:59, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! Did you check this? It is a meaningful change and looks right to me. (I'm no expert on this topic, though.) whym (talk) 10:18, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Please block User:AtroPix
Please block AtroPix for excessive vandalism on Multimedia/Media Viewer/de. e.g. [], [] --Shirayuki (talk) 01:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I've put a warning on their talk page. If they persist, I'll block them. --GeorgeBarnick (talk) 15:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Change Abuse filter block lengths to 3 months for IPs only
I tried enabling automatic blocking for Special:AbuseFilter/28 but I forgot that this wiki hasn't configured $wgAbuseFilterAnonBlockDuration to be a finite duration yet. I think this would require at least some form of consensus. I am proposing 3 months because that is what I usually use for blocks of those spambots.--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:41, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 3 months is definitely better than infinite. There's quite a huge gap however from this and, say, the 24 hours of autoblock; you may want to consider if few weeks actually suffice, for such IPs (are they even static?). If you think 3 months is best, let's go for it for now. --Nemo 09:16, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Personally I think 1 month should be all that's necessary on automatic blocks. If an IP is seen to get automatically blocked more than once, a manual, longer block can be implemented. 3 months is just a bit long as far as automatic blocks go in my opinion. Whatever works best for everyone else is fine for me though. --GeorgeBarnick (talk) 18:26, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Support either 3 months or 1 month (don't care which). I had this same idea myself before I even saw this here. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:50, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've opened 70828. Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:04, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Reedy. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * We now have an example of a block to a "normal" IP which almost 3 months later blocked a good faith user: Special:AbuseFilter/24. Perhaps we should reduce to 1 month, as most people above seemed to be content with? Or we need to make sure that blocking filters don't block home/consumer dynamic IPs. --Nemo 07:24, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Delete user request
User: T816424

Please delete user account T816424 as created in error.

Apologies for the trouble. Thanks
 * We cannot and will not delete user accounts, for technical reasons.--Jasper Deng (talk) 20:17, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, it theoretically could be done, right? Leucosticte (talk) 18:27, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Technically it would be possible, but there is no reason to do so. And sysadmin is a usergroup "to perform actions for technical reasons". And i see no technical reason to do anything here :) --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 07:54, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
 * ❌ see answer of Jasper Deng --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 06:21, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Import w:fr:Aide:Pywikipedia/interwiki.py
This page is a (partially) translated version of Manual:Pywikibot/interwiki.py. Could you import it as Manual:Pywikibot/interwiki.py/fr? We don't need it anymore on Wikipedia, but it could still be useful for other projects. Thanks, Orlodrim (talk) 01:19, 1 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Could one of you do this? Manual:Pywikibot/interwiki.py doesn't use the Translate extension so this shouldn't really be a problem, afaics. Thanks, --Glaisher (talk) 07:54, 17 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi Orlodrim. Here you go: Manual:Pywikibot/interwiki.py/fr. I only sort of fucked it up, nothing a quick page move couldn't fix... I've done much worse with the import tool. :-) Let me know if you wanted templates. (Thanks for the ping, Glaisher!) --MZMcBride (talk) 23:43, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thanks. No additional templates are needed. Orlodrim (talk) 00:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ then, thanks for response :) --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 08:22, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Remove/reduce protection in How to contribute/Translations‎
It isn't possible to update and create new translations to the page. Thanks, Eran (talk) 20:08, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, the protection reason seems to be still actual, maybe can revisit this. (Protected "How to contribute/Translations": Excessive vandalism: High visibility page linked from the footer of all Wikimedia projects, https://www.mediawiki.org/?diff=next&oldid=1018668 (how to semiprotect recursively?), and a cascading protection is nly possible for full (only-admin) protection. The protection will expire 31 May 2015. --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 07:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * We could try removing the protection. Shirayuki, is it still necessary? --Nemo 09:46, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The protection should be removed per Translations talk:How to contribute/26/fr. --Shirayuki (talk) 13:11, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks for confirming. --Nemo 13:21, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
 * now everything works fine (at least from my point of view)--Robby (talk) 13:46, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Request block of User:Eye Compagny
Please block Special:Contributions/Eye Compagny for vandalism (see contributions) and unwanted username. It is a misspelling of a Dutch company called Eye Company. After being blocked on the Dutch Wikipedia for unwanted username, the user started vandalising here. After a short while the user stopped. However I don't think the user is planning on doing anything helpful for this project. Mbch331 (talk) 14:13, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ -> "User account "Eye Compagny" is not registered." Can you check the username please? :) --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 14:24, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, made a small typo. It's Eye compagny (with a small c instead of capital C). Mbch331 (talk) 15:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ -> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=&page=User:Eye+compagny --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 15:15, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Special:Log/liquidthreads
Please remember to watch this log: LQT vandalism is not visible in contributions and has no rollback/undo button. When you see LQT vandalism by a user or IP, remember to check both their contributions and logs. Should we ad monitoring of this log to some IRC channel? --Nemo 11:03, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * now that there are no more LQT threads. Nemo 22:58, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Delete "coder" and "svnadmins" group
As Extension:CodeReview was migrated, coders and SVN admins have no rights related to CodeReview, though coders still have autopatrol right. Purpose to move all coders to "autoreview" user group, and then delete these two groups from MediaWiki.org.--GZWDer (talk) 11:19, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi GZWDer. I think the "coder" user group is now gone from this wiki. "SVN admins" still exists. Please file a task in Phabricator to remove that user group. --MZMcBride (talk) 13:07, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Import a few b:en:User:Ivan Shmakov, b:ru:User:Ivan Shmakov subpages
Unless I be mistaken, the documentation for MediaWiki-related software is well within the scope of this wiki. Among such packages I was loosely working on last year (and hopefully will get back to somewhat later) are:
 * MediaWiki-API2 – a fork of the [//metacpan.org/release/MediaWiki-API MediaWiki-API] MediaWiki API interface for Perl;
 * a few command-line tools (including  and  ) employing this interface.

I have a couple of reasons to prefer this wiki rather than Wikibooks for working on the documentation for these packages. (One of the reasons being, obviously, Extension:Translate.) If it indeed fits the scope of the project, could someone please import the respective subpages (see below) from English Wikibooks into my “user space” here? (I will then request removal of these pages from the former location.)
 * b:en:Special:PrefixIndex/User:Ivan Shmakov/MediaWiki-API2 CPAN distribution
 * b:en:Special:PrefixIndex/User:Ivan Shmakov/Command-line MediaWiki tools

One another package of such a kind is MW – a modular MediaWiki interface for GNU Emacs, whose documentation in Russian is now available from b:ru:Участник:Ivan Shmakov/MediaWiki как система управления редакциями. Curiously, does it make sense to move it here as well, or will it be, in essence, necessary to start this page anew in order to utilize Extension:Translate?

Anything else I should consider?

Thanks in advance.

— Ivan Shmakov (d ▞ c) 17:50, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Editing my user page has been identified as spam
Can an admin take a look at it? Thanks! --Axil42 (talk) 08:53, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Was it identified automatically or deleted by an admin? What is the exact error message you get? --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 09:18, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The user page and the talk page have not been deleted.--Syum90 (talk) 09:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Resolved by billinghurst.--Syum90 (talk) 11:12, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

I had the same issue. This is what it said:

This edit has been identified as spam. If it is not spam, contact an administrator. However, if you attempt this edit again, your account or IP address will be automatically blocked by the abuse filter. Warning: This action has been automatically identified as harmful.

Could someone help me out? Achildofyhwh (talk) 00:38, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I think, that talking about god and Jesus isn't the right topic for mediawiki.org. And promoting your website on your userpage without having any other contributions smells like ads, so please understand, that this edits on your user page were blocked correctly by abuse filter. Best, --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 05:23, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Request for unblock: alextif
Hello. My account was blocked with my previous username : alextif. How can I have access to it, or was attached in it. Thanks.
 * There is no registered (and therefor, no blocked) user with the username alextifin this wiki. Please check the spelling. Btw. Registering a new account to bypass a block of a previous account isn't allowed and will result in a block of the new account. --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 17:20, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌: No response from requestor. --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 09:17, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Delete Help:Logging in/sq
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 07:36, 22 September 2015 (UTC)


 * ✅ by .--Syum90 (talk) 10:04, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Request for comment: Participate in Code of conduct process
Please participate in the ongoing work to develop a code of conduct, at Talk:Code of conduct for technical spaces/Draft. Thanks. Mattflaschen-WMF (talk) 04:09, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Delete Template:PD Help Page/core/vo
Not translated, test page.--Syum90 (talk) 08:33, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ -> deleted --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 10:32, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Delete Category:Extensions by category/cs
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 07:09, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 09:15, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Delete Project:Language policy/ase
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 07:14, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 09:15, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Request to publish a question on the support forum
Could you please move this to the support forum. It gets marked as spam: Subject:DB Error when searching (v.1.24.3)


 * ✅ See my answer here: Topic:Ss2uzf6aaghek1is --Florianschmidtwelzow (talk) 06:40, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I was able to post the question. Thank you so much!

Delete Download/tl
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 08:21, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Syum90 (talk) 10:10, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Delete How to become a MediaWiki hacker/pt
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 09:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Syum90 (talk) 10:10, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Remove User:Kate admin flags
I've just noticed I still have bureaucrat and sysop flags here. Since I'm no longer a sysadmin/developer and don't need them, would someone mind removing them? Thanks, Kate. 00:03, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Kate, it's always a pleasure and a honour to see you. It's very considerate of you to ask deflag, I've forwarded your request. See you around! Nemo 00:07, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, rights removed. Trijnstel (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Delete Help:VisualEditor/User guide/en-gb
Not translated.--Syum90 (talk) 13:23, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌. The page has a few valid translation units. e.g. 257 --Shirayuki (talk) 06:51, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Mark Manual:CategoryMembershipChanges for translation
I have updated this page and the changes should be translated ASAP! :) Addshore (talk) 22:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ by me --Shirayuki (talk) 06:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Addshore (talk) 15:54, 26 January 2016 (UTC)