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Permissions on bibbia2000.orain.org

 * Wiki: bibbia2000
 * Hi, I asked for the default language to be changed from English to Italian, and it was done. The weird thing is that now I cannot login directly, but must login to orain meta first, and navigate through settings and unified login. The main page (that I created as "Pagina principale") tells me that I do not have sufficient permissions to read it, which is not true, because I am an administrator. I cannot find any settings or permissions to change locally to solve this. Can you please help? --Simonpa71 (talk) 09:56, 27 January 2015 (GMT)
 * I understand and appreciate you have been very busy with unexpected changes in the team. Thanks for your hard work and determination (especially Dusti) in keeping everything going. I wondered whether there was any progress on finding the root cause of this issue. You solved it by changing to wiki from private to public. Now I would like to find a way to restrict page editing at least to autoconfirmed users. I tried checking the checkbox to recursively apply permissions on subpages of the main page, but it cannot be checked, even after "unlock further permissions" is checked.--Simonpa71 (talk) 07:52, 4 February 2015 (GMT)
 * Hi there! I can't help you with this issue directly, but I would like to pose a question to our sysadmins (@Kudu, @Addshore): Do we still have Special:UserLogin or whatever special page(s) process logins whitelisted globally? I remember this was an issue with private wikis and users could not login directly to the wiki - whitelisting those pages fixed it. If someone could check this and confirm it, that would be fantastic! -- Joe G. (Talk) 01:44, 5 February 2015 (GMT)
 * Interesting and defiantly something we need to look at!  ·addshore·  talk to me! 23:12, 3 April 2015 (BST)
 * This might have something to do with Tech:Noticeboard  ·addshore·  talk to me! 13:25, 6 April 2015 (BST)
 * This might have something to do with Tech:Noticeboard  ·addshore·  talk to me! 13:25, 6 April 2015 (BST)

Username change request
Hi, I'd like to be renamed to "L235" in line with my rename on WMF SUL wikis. (See .) Thanks. Thanks,  Lixxx235 Got a complaint? 14:34, 21 May 2015 (BST)


 * Special:GlobalRenameProgress/Lixxx235 -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:40, 27 June 2015 (BST)

Possible sock of User:Windowseditor90 / random crat on testwiki
See Special:CentralAuth/SATAN 666 DESTROYER. The account only exists on testwiki, and was given bureaucrat by User:Example 2. Most likely a sock of User:Windowseditor90 but the bureaucrat flag should be removed either way. There was no request for (any) permissions, and the account was randomly given bureaucrat. There is (growing) discussion/possible consensus that testwiki bureaucrats should have the unblockself right. If this is implemented this user should definitely have bcrat removed, but it should be removed either way.

Thanks, NDKilla (talk) 11:58, 27 May 2015 (BST)

Being able to remove Bureuacrat on TestWiki
As things like the Example2 and WindowsEditor thing can happen I think we would need someone on the TestWiki that can remove bureaucrat permissions. Could this be possible? --Reception123 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2015 (BST)


 * Don't support this. Crat is easy to get and this doesn't happen enough. If someone could remove all other bureaucrats it would be even worse. Just join irc and !steward for these things. NDKilla (talk) 11:49, 28 May 2015 (BST)
 * I did join IRC, and nothing was done. Im not saying let anyone be able to just someone very trusted. User:Reception123 (signature thing is missing)
 * For some reason I thought that you wanted bureaucrats to be able to remove the bureaucrat bit. That is a bad idea. However having a new/different usergroup able to remove bureaucrats would be a lovely idea! Since bureaucrat is so easy to get. Current community should decide who would get the permission. NDKilla (talk) 17:32, 28 May 2015 (BST)
 * I the proposal to NDkilla. Cyborg (talk) 18:45, 29 May 2015 (BST)

Please see this proposal. NDKilla (talk) 18:36, 30 May 2015 (BST) Please see this other proposal. NDKilla (talk) 18:28, 30 May 2015 (BST)

Delete a page on The Children Wiki
Please delete the template Shortcup. It's misspelled. Cyborg (talk) 18:42, 29 May 2015 (BST)

✅ Reception123 (talk) 06:32, 30 May 2015 (BST)

No edit icons any more
When we edit an article, we used to have icons for adding images for example. These icons were in the top left side of the editing window since the DDos attacks fix. We did not change in Mediawiki (common.js or common.css, etc...) in the past 4 months. (right.orain.org). I also can not see the images here (meta.orain.org), however, I do not know, if they existed here before the DDos attacks. Fiala1 (talk) 10:33, 30 May 2015 (BST)

Unblock request
Hello, I'm User:Windowseditor90. My account was globally locked due to excessive vandalism on the Test Wiki. I would like to have another chance. Please unlock my account and I'll never vandalize again. Best regards, Windowseditor90 as 79.31.19.222 13:50, 31 May 2015 (BST)
 * I will remove the global lock on the account as global locks should generally only be used for cross-wiki vandalism. Your vandalism was localised to one wiki. You will have to take it up to the local community there in regards to being unblocked. D u s t i *Let's talk!* 14:49, 31 May 2015 (BST)
 * Thanks. User:Windowseditor90 17:31, 31 May 2015 (BST)
 * If you wish to be unblocked on the test wiki, please use the unblock template on your user talk page. I've changed the block settings for your account and known IP addresses. I am for you being unblocked but am strongly against you getting any elevated rights for an indefinite period of time. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:55, 31 May 2015 (BST)
 * I have requested to be unblocked on my talk page. User:Windowseditor90 18:07, 31 May 2015 (BST)

(reset indent) You have been unblocked on the test wiki. Please read the unblock note on your talk page there. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:25, 31 May 2015 (BST)

Steamworkshopwiki request
Steam Workshop wiki has 2 edits in the last 30 days, one of them was me. The only other edit was an IP. I believe the wiki is currently ineligible for 'dormant' status or a takeover, but I don't really want to do that. I would like to temporarily request local rights to create some pages and watch for vandalism. I wouldn't really need bureaucrat but I'd like to be sysop there so I can block IP vandals and fix up pages. I'm not really a current contributor there, but based on the dormant wiki page (which I know this doesn't qualify as) it says if users are active on another Orain wiki it's okay. The only sysop (And only bcrat) has not edited since February 5th, I would just temporarily like to cover the wiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:25, 1 June 2015 (BST)

RFP: bypass catchpa
I would like to be able to bypass Catchpas on firstrobotix.orain.org as i will be adding a lot of links to usfirst.org officail team pages as a well a team sites.

Thanks! Blackhat999 (talk) 20:34, 1 June 2015 (BST)


 * Assuming global staff doesn't mind, the  right can be given to a group specified on your wiki.

TestWiki:Checkuser
As you may know Windowseditor90 has vandalised TestWiki a few days ago. Recently, these 2 Ip addresses : 66.85.185.94 and 108.170.8.171 have had mostly the same edits (vandalism), as we did not accept to give Windowseditor90 administrator again we think that this may have caused him to vandalise. I request a checkuser on these Ip's. --Reception123 (talk) 19:49, 2 June 2015 (BST)
 * And just a minute ago, this Ip address 170.75.163.199 . --Reception123 (talk) 19:52, 2 June 2015 (BST)
 * Another IP address: 104.131.96.242 Cyborg (talk) 22:51, 3 June 2015 (BST)
 * Not every IP that vandalizes orain is going to be User:Windowseditor90. Personally I'd just say block without CU'ing. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 11:15, 4 June 2015 (BST)
 * I feel it is worth pointing out that the IP's were all blocked in a small amount of time and they were all using the same vulgarities on the same user talk pages. Possibly worth investigating for bypassing blocks if there was a way to tell if it was proxies or not, but the IPs are blocked regardless. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:22, 4 June 2015 (BST)
 * Also for using the vulgarities towards staff (especially in unblock requests) I've extended the IP's blocks to more than the few days it was. If any local or global staff think that the IP blocks are too long (I know IP's can change) let me know. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:23, 4 June 2015 (BST)

Requests about permissions and my name
I'd like stewards to do three works about permissions and my name. may the works be done?

Firstly, I'd like stewards to disable anynomous users to edit any pages because of troll measures.

Secondly, I'd like stewards to enable sysops to import from XML dump file because my wiki is going to be treated as immigration destination of other wiki.

And finally, I'd like stewards to rename me to T-カルサヴァ. if that is unacceptable request, I'd like to be renamed to T-Kalsava instead T-カルサヴァ.

--Kalsava（カルサヴァ） (talk) 06:01, 3 June 2015 (BST)

Sorry, I forgot writting URL of my wiki; the URL is http://krsw.orain.org/. --Kalsava（カルサヴァ） (talk) 06:13, 3 June 2015 (BST)


 * This is the right place to request global renames. For features on your wiki, please see the feature request page and me or another user will help you ASAP. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:38, 3 June 2015 (BST)
 * Sorry, I'll post request on my wiki in the feature request page. but I'd like to be renamed as above globally; would you rename me globally?--Kalsava（カルサヴァ） (talk) 19:08, 3 June 2015 (BST)
 * No need to be sorry. Unfortunately, I can't rename you because that requires a Steward. I am not a Steward but I just saw your message here. I'd love to help you with your feature request asap tho. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 20:48, 3 June 2015 (BST)
 * ✅ Rename initiated D u s t i *Let's talk!* 19:22, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Replace my Username
Can you replace my username in Wikimarius. Romanianaturewiki (talk) 18:48, 3 June 2015 (BST)
 * Are you asking to be renamed D u s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 19:22, 25 June 2015 (BST)

request to enable translations
Sorry to repeat request. I'd like to translate Template:Wiki farm comparison into Japanese. but the page isn't enabled translations. would you enable it?--Kalsava（カルサヴァ） (talk) 08:12, 4 June 2015 (BST)
 * ✅ by User:Southparkfan -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 20:54, 4 June 2015 (BST)

Adoption of NederlandWiki
Hello. Could someone give me this wiki to adopt? Thanks anyway. Tintle (talk) 19:04, 4 June 2015 (BST)

Problem: no permissions on new wiki
Referring to this support ticket suggesting staff intervention, it seems that permissions are wrong on my recently created wiki "rohbiotik.orain.org". Please correct them. Thanks in advance! --Rohbio.net (talk) 14:44, 5 June 2015 (BST)
 * Could someone please check this? Thanks! --Rohbio.net (talk) 20:57, 14 June 2015 (BST)
 * after becoming a sysadmin I manually granted you founder rights on June 16th. Are you still having this issue? If any other users experience issues let me know as it sounds like no pages are whitelisted on your private wiki. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 23:11, 25 June 2015 (BST)
 * It works fine now, thanks! --Rohbio.net (talk) 03:29, 27 June 2015 (BST)

TestWiki: Proposal for bureaucrat unblockself
Hello, I will link you a proposal from the TestWiki that has consesus to add the  permission to the bureaucrat group. Here is the link to the proposal : link. as he is the starter of this proposal. --Reception123 (talk) 19:26, 5 June 2015 (BST)
 * I am sure someone will get to this as soon as they have time! You could speed the process up by making the change yourself in the ansible-playbook on github!  ·addshore·  talk to me! 19:57, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * And how can I do this? Could you please give me a link? (Sorry for bothering you). --Reception123 (talk) 19:59, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * The playbook is here, mediawiki settings can be found here  ·addshore·  talk to me! 20:09, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * Thank you. I am not very good at coding so probably someone else could do this. Wouldn't this edit Orain meta as well? --Reception123 (talk) 20:11, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * This would not affect meta if done right because you can enable the settings only on test wiki. I'll get around to it today or tomorrow. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 21:26, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * Thank you. If you have time please leave me a message or on the community portal when you do the change. Reception123 (talk) 12:20, 10 June 2015 (BST)

✅ by SPF --Reception123 (talk) 18:20, 11 June 2015 (BST)

Admin Permissions on Izanagi
Hi, It seems, my permissions weren't layer out correctly. As the founder of izanagi.orain.org, I don't have the permission to set user rights or upload files. I understand its some error with CreateWiki and was directed here. Please fix at you convenience.

Thank you!


 * ✅ a while ago. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 12:06, 27 June 2015 (BST)

Bureaucrat and Admin on Roemenie and Ruimtevaart Wiki
I am the maker of Roemenie Wiki : roemenie.orain.org and []. Why i am not bureaucrat and admin ? Can you please change it Romanianaturewiki (talk) 06:06, 6 June 2015 (BST)
 * This request is here for 6 days.  --Reception123 (talk) 18:13, 12 June 2015 (BST)
 * ✅ by me on June 16th -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 23:15, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Removal of access
Because of the new proposal of inactivity of administrators, I removed the flag of users with 6 months or more of inactivity. Some of them, have the bureaucrat flag too, so please, remove it from them.
 * Users
 * Smtchahal
 * Shanmugamp7
 * Aldnonymous
 * TheTester
 * PlasmaTime

Thank you. Cyborg (talk) 22:14, 8 June 2015 (BST)
 * Of course this is om the TestWiki. Could you please take care of this? --Reception123 (talk) 12:19, 10 June 2015 (BST)

Steward nomination
Hello current Stewards and other community members. I'm not exactly sure how or why the current Stewards were chosen or how any future ones would be chosen. I myself have been around here two months but I've been trying to work with the community to figure out how to help improve it.

I've been talking to Southparkfan a lot lately and I was thinking that they'd make a great Steward. SPF is a current sysadmin and I think they do a great job at that. Addshore and SPF are the two sysadmins I currently think are the most active and addshore is already a steward too. I think that SPF would also be a great Steward.

As a sysadmin I believe SPF already has access to most, if not all, of the tools Stewards have. Being a Steward would allow SPF to help in an administrative manner rather than just maintaining Orain. This would allow SPF to regularly use Oversight without worrying if it's an "emergency" situation (SPF has handled a majority of my OS requests) and it would also allow SPF to handle Requests for permissions.

I honestly don't think that any of the current Stewards are doing a bad job but I understand that things happen off-wiki and having another great community member helping as a Steward would be beneficial.

Thank you Stewards and community members for considering this. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:46, 9 June 2015 (BST)
 * I accept the nomination. Southparkfan (talk) 18:56, 9 June 2015 (BST)


 * Abstain - as a current steward, however, SPF will have to complete the identification process - which will be discussed with him privately as I am aware of his situation. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 17:27, 12 June 2015 (BST)
 * Just pointing out its hard to tell which "current steward" you are when you are logged out. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:55, 9 June 2015 (BST) Apparently it's Dusti
 * Abstain for now - I think SPF would make a fine steward, but I would only support if he completed the identification process. I'm surprised that he has not already (being a sysadmin and such), but that's for another discussion another time. -- Joe G. (Talk) 00:32, 10 June 2015 (BST)
 * Abstain Per Joe G, if he does the indetification process I will change to Support as SPF is suited for Steward. Reception123 (talk) 12:18, 10 June 2015 (BST)
 * as nominator. I think it's obvious the community would support SPF if he were identified, but he is unidentified. I still support him either way and hope this isn't an issue. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 13:05, 12 June 2015 (BST)
 * Abstain - Per Joe G. Cyborg (talk) 18:57, 14 June 2015 (BST)

Pending discussion with <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 19:18, 25 June 2015 (BST) ❌ After a discussion with Southparkfan, this steward nomination is being closed as unsuccessful. Thank you all for your time, patience, and understanding. <font face="MV Boli"><font color="#ff0000">D <font color="#ff6600">u <font color="#009900">s <font color="#0000ff">t <font color="#6600cc">i *Let's talk!* 17:55, 26 June 2015 (BST)

Request for Wiki Creator
As addshore has told me to post on "Orain Meta", after I sent him an email I will. I would like to be Wiki Creator because I do not think there are enough. As NDKilla has been chosen administrator and sysadmin she will no longer have time to do all the Wiki Creating. I have read the guide and I know how the process to create wiki's works. --Reception123 (talk) 18:16, 18 June 2015 (BST)
 * For the record I plan on still handling wiki creation as a sysadmin but I am currently out of the country. I have no objections to Reception123 becoming a wiki creator but would like someone else to guide as I will be busy. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:32, 18 June 2015 (BST)
 * Yes, but you will of course have bigger responsibilities. --Reception123 (talk) 19:33, 18 June 2015 (BST)
 * What is the current state with creating CNAMEs? Did anyone manage to fix the auto creation?  ·addshore·  talk to me! 22:26, 18 June 2015 (BST)
 * I don't think so.... Sadly ;( -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:47, 19 June 2015 (BST)
 * Rights granted. Please do not create wikis yet until we (either addshore, NDKilla or me) said you can - there are some issues that need to be fixed first. Southparkfan (talk) 18:23, 19 June 2015 (BST)
 * Thank you very much! Please write on my talkpage when I can start creating wikis. --Reception123 (talk) 19:02, 19 June 2015 (BST)

Problem with thumbnail
https://right.orain.org/wiki/File:Global_Fertility_Rates,_1970_and_2014.png The file does not show at all. The file on the pc is correct, size is 284kB. Fiala1 (talk) 19:45, 24 June 2015 (BST)
 * What do you mean it doesn't show up? It appears that the larger version was creating issues but the 283kB file currently uploaded works. My user page has two different size thumbnails of the image, and it also appears on the image's information page. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 20:58, 24 June 2015 (BST)
 * It most likely was a caching issue. You should always try purging the page first before doing anything else. Wynter (talk) 04:15, 25 June 2015 (BST)
 * Tech:Noticeboard the image is now working because it was manually resized.. I've seen this problem in other places with large images.. Like I said on the noticeboard I'm not sure if it's an issue with the built in thumbnail size limiter or if it's an actual limitation that will have to be worked around. Anyways, feels more techy than stewardy -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 23:21, 25 June 2015 (BST)

Delete my wiki
Greetings all. Please delete my wiki completely. I don't want the old pages showing up in any new wiki under this subdomain:
 * https://cannabis.orain.org

I have decided not to follow through and create another cannabis wiki. I was thinking of a different focus for this cannabis wiki, versus the other cannabis wikis out there I have worked on. But I don't have the time.

I want complete deletion and not adoption. That way people will not be confused if they see my user name on the edit history of any pages here. They were mostly framework pages and categories. I already deleted all the pages and categories. And I don't want them undeleted. --Timeshifter (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2015 (BST)
 * Hi Timeshifter! I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have time to attend to your other cannabis wiki. Unfortunately, we do not delete wikis here at Orain upon request. Your wiki will follow the dormant wikis policy and be closed upon meeting inactivity criteria. If another steward of sysadmin wants to close it earlier, they may do so. After 6 months of inactivity, the wiki may then be permanently deleted. I do not think you will have anyone restoring pages with your username in the edit history, and if they do, you are free to ask them to remove it at their discretion. I'm sorry we cannot directly fulfill your request, but thank you for using Orain! -- Joe G. (Talk) 18:46, 28 June 2015 (BST)


 * I can understand the hesitation on the part of a wiki farm to delete a wiki. Some wiki farms are OK with it, and some aren't. Wikis with one controlling person (only one bureaucrat or steward) should be allowed to do this in my opinion, especially if nearly all the edits are theirs. In my wiki, there are *no* pages to defend or be worried about. See:
 * https://cannabis.orain.org/wiki/Special:AllPages - only redirects show up. I am not even sure how they arrived here. I think a steward may have misinterpreted or enlarged one of my import requests. I did not bother deleting the redirects since they are not seen anywhere after all the pages were deleted. Those redirects in the "AllPages" results though might irritate somebody that adopts the subdomain. Why not give them a clean wiki instead, by deleting the wiki completely. Then give them single-bureaucrat status on the totally clean subdomain of cannabis.orain.org
 * From Dormant wikis page: "After 6 months of inactivity, a wiki may be permanently deleted from the network unless a request is made for archival where the wiki will be kept on the network indefinitely or until such a request becomes outdated." There is nothing to archive. So why wait? --Timeshifter (talk) 22:10, 28 June 2015 (BST)
 * The dormant wiki page also says that someone can adopt the wiki within that period if they so wish. I know it is not your desire that someone does, but if they want to, we don't have a compelling reason not to let them. At this time, I am not in a position to make an exception to the policy and think it should stand as is. If another steward wishes to make an exception, that is their choice and I will respect it. I'm sorry that my answer isn't what you'd like it to be, but it is the policy as it is currently written. -- Joe G. (Talk) 01:56, 29 June 2015 (BST)
 * OK. Could you ask the other stewards about this? Rules usually have exceptions. "I know it is not your desire that someone does". No, I want someone else to adopt the subdomain, cannabis.orain.org. I am trying to free it up completely.


 * I have a question. Is there some kind of mass delete function, I or you can use to delete all the redirects listed here:
 * https://cannabis.orain.org/wiki/Special:AllPages - nearly all of them never redirected to actual pages here. I only experimented with a few opinion pages here months ago when I was thinking of forking them from my pages on Wikia's cannabis wiki, where I am the sole bureaucrat. But I soon deleted the opinion pages here after further thought, and deciding against forking everything from Wikia to other wikis. I had already forked the Global Marijuana March city pages to Shoutwiki's cannabis wiki, where I am the steward. I had decided to keep the opinion pages on Wikia months ago. I was thinking of maybe starting another focus here on the Orain wiki. But I no longer have the time to do so. Anyway, I don't want to have to tediously delete the redirects one by one. Can you or another steward or admin help? --Timeshifter (talk) 09:41, 29 June 2015 (BST)

Fatal exception of type MWException
I've noticed some wikis have been getting this error. Every few page refreshes it comes up. So far I've seen it on allthetropes and right orain wikis. The page is blank except for things like "[a2eacd4d] 2015-06-29 03:21:56: Fatal exception of type MWException" and "[bf1321ce] 2015-06-29 03:22:01: Fatal exception of type MWException". Chemtrail Morgellons (talk) 04:41, 29 June 2015 (BST)

Deleting Wikis : 6 Months of inactivity
Hello, there are some wiki's that have been closed for 6 months and have not been adopted by anyone, as of the Dormant policy these wiki's should be deleted by a steward. There is a list below of these Wikis. I have not yet found all of them, I will add them to this list. You have helped me with the Dormant wikis so maybe you could do the deleting. --Reception123 (talk) 08:41, 29 June 2015 (BST) https://ansiklopedi.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://cricket.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://darknessdwellers.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://eikes.orain.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://frmodamob.orain.org/wiki/Bienvenue

exception on right.orain.org
when we try to edit, we get: [85861b6b] 2015-06-29 08:16:52: Fatal exception of type MWException We also get the same type of exception, when we try to look at the Recent changes page. Fiala1 (talk) 09:17, 29 June 2015 (BST)