User talk:Simetrical

Criteria for getting various statuses
I will generally grant sysop status to you if you satisfy any one of the following conditions.


 * 1) You have commit access to the MediaWiki repository.  This should preferably be MediaWiki core, or some extension that's used on Wikimedia wikis, but other projects are fine if you're active or have been active in the past.
 * 2) I happen to personally know you fairly well, and trust you.
 * 3) You can demonstrate some clear use you could put the tools to that's lacking, such as translating site messages, and you can provide some evidence of being a respected contributor to some Wikimedia project for a lengthy period of time.  Being a sysop at a major Wikimedia wiki should be enough.  Being the only sysop at kshwikt or something, probably not, since that will go to anyone who volunteers to get the project going.  Likewise Wikia or other non-Wikimedia projects, testwiki, etc.  Saying you'll block vandals or delete random pages isn't very helpful, since there aren't exactly very many vandals and there are tons of sysops you could get hold of at any time on IRC.

I will generally grant bureaucrat status to you if you have commit access and have made substantial technical contributions to the MediaWiki software proper, or extensions used on Wikimedia.

I will grant transwiki status to anyone who promises to do some import work, and bot status to anyone whose bot's purpose I view as sane. These don't do so much and I can revoke them, so I don't have to be as cautious.

If you think you satisfy any of the above conditions, please leave a message on Project:Requests. (Of course, another bureaucrat may get there first, in which case my criteria are irrelevant.) If you're telling me that you're someone I know or have some credentials somewhere, be sure to give evidence (e.g., an edit by a known good account on the other wiki saying confirming your identity on mediawiki.org; or if I know you on IRC, tell me on IRC; etc.).

Importing pages from Meta
Please mark the local meta pages with  when you import them here, instead of putting redirects.  Cbrown1023  talk  02:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, will do. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 13:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Bureaucrat
You have been promoted to a bureaucrat on this wiki. I encourage sysopping users who show a bit of sanity and desire to help out, while maintaining your good supply of Clue. robchurch | talk 13:15, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * k. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 03:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

User name change
Could you please change my user name to Erwin. This user already exists but has no edits. Erwin is my user name on meta and my home wiki, nlwiki. I've put up a matrix on m:User:Erwin/Matrix. Thanks. --Erwin85 22:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Kylu and I have just set up Project:Requests to handle requests like this. I've copied your request there. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 01:06, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. --Erwin 08:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

One thing
Hello Simetrical:

I request adminship here, because we have no one portuguese speakers sysops, and there's no one portuguese speaker active on this wiki. I'm a sysop and bureaucrat on Wikia. Currently, I have been doing some translations and updated informations about pt pages. When I see, I combat vandalisms, and I want to help portuguese speakers in MediaWiki.org, with the documentation about portuguese here; Feel free to ask anything you want to know in my e-mail, and I hope you consider my request :) Thanks. --Brunoy Anastasiya Seryozhenko 21:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As I say at the top of this page, please use Project:Requests. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 21:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Need some help with my Wiki
Hello,

I'm totally lost! I have to find out how to create a wiki in a way that only certain users can access and/or edit an article. I have been trying to figure this out for over 3 weeks. I really would appreciate your help. Can you help me please?

→Thank you. Rantrom 01:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Manual:Preventing access —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 17:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello
I would like to help transfer the pages that are in the Meta, you can make a Transwiki me? Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt 03:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC) ps:I am a sysop in pt.wikinews and sysop and crat in test.wiki where I tests with the gadgets. Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt 03:09, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You should use Project:Requests for this. But I've added you to the group. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 14:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Sysop permission on this wiki
Hello. As a developer of MediaWiki, can I have sysop permission on this wiki please? This can help me every now and then. Huji 14:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strictly you should provide proof that you're really Huji (like asking on IRC, where I talk to you all the time), but I don't see any reason to doubt you. It's done. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 15:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleted text
Could you provide the deleted text of Extension:Deleteuser at User:Maximillion Pegasus/Deleteuser? Thanks, cheers. Maximillion Pegasus 15:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've just undeleted the page. At most it should be blanked, deleting it is a little extreme. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 16:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

__INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ issue on 1.14.0
I did a fresh reinstall of 1.14.0 without any extensions or special configurations, but the same occurred: __NOINDEX__ does not work and nor does __INDEX__ to override a default setting like $wgDefaultRobotPolicy = 'noindex,nofollow'. So I did a few more tests I then realize the problem only affects the main namespace. Any other namespace outside NS_MAIN, e.g. .../index.php/Help:Contents etc., __INDEX__ and __NOINDEX__ work exactly as they should. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NoodleSoup (talk • contribs) 17:21, 16 March 2009. Please sign your posts with ~ !
 * I just checked this out on my own testing wiki and found the same effect. I had forgotten that I had set it to not work in content namespaces by default.  See the documentation for $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl; you'll want to set that to array for it to work in the main namespace. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 11:32, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

\definecolor
Hello!

How do we use this new command in wiki syntax? $$\definecolor{orange}{rgb}{1,0.5,0} 1+2=3$$ doesn't works...

Helder 17:13, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It works on trunk as far as I've tested. It doesn't work on Wikimedia wikis yet because they're months behind on new features. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 19:36, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Humm.... thanks! (I always get confused with the revision number shown at Special:Version not corresponding to what is currently live...) Helder 19:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Rename request from IRC
User:Krimpet -> User:Fran Rogers, please. Thanks :) Krimpet 02:21, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Review Manual:$wgAutocreatePolicy?
Hey Aryeh,

I just took a quick editing pass on Manual:$wgAutocreatePolicy. Can you take a quick skim and see if I got anything wrong (or if there is something else that you'd like to see added.)

--Zakgreant 19:09, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks okay at a glance. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 19:54, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Zakgreant 20:02, 29 October 2010 (UTC)