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Thanks, and regards, [[User:Skizzerz|Skizzerz]] <sup>[[User talk:Skizzerz|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Skizzerz|contribs]]</sup> 19:54, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm actually kind-of surprised nobody welcomed you before. Anyway, good work so far, both here and on the mwusers forum :) --[[User:Skizzerz|Skizzerz]] <sup>[[User talk:Skizzerz|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Skizzerz|contribs]]</sup> 19:54, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I've kept a pretty low profile up until now.  Thanks for the welcome. :) [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] 20:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

== Your help ==

Thanks for that... and whenever the new wiki launches, you can have sysop/bureaucrat status there!! Ta, --[[User:Malrick|Malrick]] 09:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

== Sysop? ==

I've noticed all the great edits you've done about the site, as well as the copyvios, etc. that you've found and tagged. However, it is in everyone's best interest if such things are taken care of ASAP, which is why I'm asking you if you would like to become a sysop here so that you can have a more proactive role in taking care of these sorts of things. --'''[[User:Skizzerz|<span style="color:#808080">Skiz</span>]][[User talk:Skizzerz|<span style="color:#395D7E">zerz</span>]]''' 02:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

:Sounds good. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 02:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
::Done. --'''[[User:Skizzerz|<span style="color:#808080">Skiz</span>]][[User talk:Skizzerz|<span style="color:#395D7E">zerz</span>]]''' 02:50, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

==Deleting vandalism==
Thanks for showing me where Bugzilla is. I’ve sent them my comment.  I’d now like to ask what can be done to simplify deleting vandalism.  Most vandalism can be settled by reverting it.  That leaves the vandalism in the Page History where it can be a bad example to other potential vandals.  

Some vandalism is grossly obscene or includes cyberbullying.  Such vandalism needs to be deleted from the page history so ordinary users can’t see it.  The procedure is slow and complicated.  First a sysop has to delete everything.  Then the sysop has to restore, sometimes twenty or more edits just to remove one obscenity.  If vandals have targeted the same page repeatedly the problem is worse.  Then ideally every edit should be checked to see if it was constructive or vandalism.  Obscenities may need to be reviewed.  It would help if there were a simpler procedure for deleting one or a few bad edits.  

I have experience with the determined vandals.  I have noted how they focus their, usually limited intelligence onto upsetting users.  Particularly they like to upset administrators who have blocked them in the past. Ordinary vandalism and page move vandalism is becoming easier to undo. I suspect vandals will therefore increasingly change tactics and force administrators to delete their material.  I feel simplifying deletion will be needed increasingly in future. 

Please advise me how to send this to Bugzilla. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] 18:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

== Openid Extension does not work with openid 2.0 ==

Hmm. Really strange that it worked. I tried both both my own open OPENID server (wordpress plugin) and livejournal openid server. None worked.

Probably, myOpenID and phpMyID use some kind of backward compatibility features.

Anyway, since there are too serious bugs
  Profile erasing
  Separated Standard and OpenID login options

I really don't think anybody needs this.
Also, I tried to improve extension, spent an hour on configuring in for my server, and finally failed because of dependency on DOM parser. Nobody uses that damn PHP extension.

Even if you consider it working, you should at least leave a warning that with 90% possibility it will prove useless ;)
--[[User:Jehy|Jehy]] 09:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== RE: Recent Vandalsim and Crash after installing CheckUser ==

How do I run the install script?
<br />[[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] 02:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
:I read the instructions and I got that error.<br />[[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] 03:25, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
::    Where on the wiki is the check user install script to open command prompt and run php install.php? [[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] 04:41, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:::The issue has been resolved. See [[Project:Support desk/Sections/Extension#.28RESOLVED.29 Recent Vandalsim and Crash after installing CheckUser|(RESOLVED) Recent Vandalsim and Crash after installing CheckUser]] for more details.<br />[[User:Nsgaeverine|Nsgaeverine]] 20:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Looking for some help with install ==

Emufarmers,

I am having some issues with the installation of MW. I have submitted a request at the help desk.

[[Project:Support_desk/Sections/Installation#Configuration.2FInstallation_Error]]

Thanks, [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] 04:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

:The file you referred to is not in the package I downloaded. [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] 00:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

== Help:Images ==

Could you please explain what you meant by [http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Images&curid=6096&diff=243385&oldid=243249 this reversion]? I'm reducing my addition to a pointer for now, although I still think that the instructions were useful. [[User:Melissa 4.0|Melissa 4.0]] 11:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
:I think I get what you mean... that [[Help:Images]] is a page intended for editors, whilst [[Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos|$wgForeignFileRepos]] may only be set by the wiki administrators. However, the lead of the article is incorrect:
:{{cquote|This page explains the '''image''' syntax when editing the wiki. Before using images in your page, your wiki must have file uploads enabled (see the {{mediawiki|Manual:Configuring_file_uploads|technical manual}} for details) and you have to [[Help:Managing files|upload a file]].}}
:Also, [[Manual:Image Administration]] is not helpful at all:
:{{cquote|(To embed, rather than just offering the above hyperlink, is more complicated...)}}
:I made the addition since it took me ages to discover that the functionality was supported by MediaWiki ''at all''. There are plenty of others who have requested for it, and none of the replies mentioned the existence of the FSRepo class, despite its obvious applicability for small or personal wikis. I'll later move my addition to [[Manual:Image Administration]], where it fits better. [[User:Melissa 4.0|Melissa 4.0]] 11:32, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
::Thanks for the pointer. I agree with you that the details on configuration should not be on PD help pages, but I think it would still be helpful to leave a short note for end-users explaining the requisites for image use. Ideally, system administrators would create custom help pages explaining the facilities supported on their wiki installation (whether file uploads are enabled, which foreign repositories are supported); however, in practice, I find it more likely that they would either just copy the original PD help, or not include any at all. In both cases, users would end up resorting to our documentation to understand why they cannot get the image syntax to work. Since you said that the information is confusing "at the start of the help page", do you think it would be a fair compromise if we moved the requisites section to the end of the page, leaving your brief summary in the lead? ("You or another user must usually [[Help:Managing files|upload an image]] before you can use it on a page.") [[User:Melissa 4.0|Melissa 4.0]] 12:50, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

== CheckUser ==

== Command Prompt ==

*'''Open command prompt and run php install.php'''
** '''Note that AdminSettings.php (in your root MediaWiki directory) will need to have a valid username and password set for access to the DB.'''

I installed the CheckUser. 

Where do I find the Command Prompt? I am using ''phpMyAdmin'' 

*'''MediaWiki:''' 1.13.2
*'''PHP:''' 5.2.8 (cgi-fcgi)
*'''MySQL:''' 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
*'''Url:''' http://www.userdirectory.co.uk

I use the http://one.com to host my website so that means I am using third party server so I can't actually access the shell because One.com told me that for security reason they can't turn off safe mode.

What can I do? Please help. 

By the way I read the all the instructions all I need to do is install or configure. [[Special:Contributions/195.194.74.13|195.194.74.13]] 13:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

==Thanks==
Thank you for answering my questions about the Google AdSense 2 extension--[[User:Jake4d|Jake4d]] 05:16, 13 April 2009 (UTC) (feel free to delete this thankyou note to keep you page clean, I just had to show my appreciation.)

== z0mg! ==

It's Emufarmers! --[[User:Cmelbye|Cmelbye]] 00:55, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

== Broken parameter ==
Hello, Emufarmers.
I'm working on a block message at my wikia at [http://petunia.wikia.com/wiki/Mediawiki:Blockedtext http://petunia.wikia.com/wiki/Mediawiki:Blockedtext].
I wanted to add a "$9" parameter to the message.
Here's the top of the message I made with the new parameter
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{| id="mw-blocked-text" style="background-color:#ff0033; border:2px solid #000; width:100%; margin:0 auto 6px auto;"
|
<div style="width:100%; margin:auto; text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:140%;"> [[Image:Stop x nuvola.svg|100px|center]] 
'''This account or IP address, $7, has been blocked from editing for a duration of $9.'''</div></div>

<div style="margin:auto; width:70%;">
<div style="text-align:justify;">
<tt>$1</tt> has blocked $7, your current IP, IP range or account for the following reason(s):<br clear="all">
<div style="margin:1em; padding:5px; border:3px #666 double;">$2</div>
This block has started on $8. This block will expire on: '''$6'''.

:Even if blocked, you will ''usually'' still be able to edit your [[Special:Mytalk|user talk page]] and contact other editors and administrators [[Special:Emailuser|by e-mail]].
|}
</pre>
I was the only current administrator on that wiki (my username is [http://petunia.wikia.com/wiki/user_talk:Petunia_the_skunk Petunia the skunk]). I tested it out by blocking myself and guess what? The "$9" parameter did not do any effect! It did not work. Perhaps I might have done a syntax error, but is there anyway I can fix it? [[Special:Contributions/75.175.226.199|75.175.226.199]] 00:55, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

:Adding a new variable would require changing the MediaWiki source code, so that's probably not an option on Wikia. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 17:42, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

== Assistance with SVGs ==

Do you know anything about implementing SVG in a MediaWiki install?

I keep getting an error message: "Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `XMLID_21_) rgb(0, 0, 0': No such file or directory.
convert: Non-conforming drawing primitive definition `fill'."

ImageMagick is installed on my server (hosted by 1and1.com and seems to be working). I have read [[Manual:Image_Administration#SVG]] and have done the steps there.

My [[localsettings.php]] file looks as thus:

<pre>
// Custom configurations.
$wgEnableUploads = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['upload'] = false;
$wgFileExtensions = array('png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'doc', 'xls', 'mpp', 'pdf', 'zip');
$wgFileExtensions[] = 'svg';
$wgAllowTitlesInSVG = true;
$wgSVGConverterPath = "/usr/bin";
$wgSVGConverter = 'ImageMagick';
</pre>

Here is the path to the file:

http://wiki.calebwilliamsphotography.com/index.php?title=File:Template-info.svg which is a copy of [[commons:File:Template-info.svg]]

Also, please look at: http://wiki.calebwilliamsphotography.com/index.php?title=File:Gtk-dialog-info.svg

The file, which is a copy of [[commons:File:Gtk-dialog-info.svg]], seems to display mostly correctly, but there are a few bugs. This leads me to assume that this bugs is one of the characteristics of using ImageMagick to view SVG files.

Thanks for your help earlier and I hope you can help again. [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] 02:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

:I don't have much experience with this, sorry.  I'm always on IRC, by the way, even though I don't usually idle in #mediawiki. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 02:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

::That's alright, I was able to talk a bit with [[user:Tim Starling]]. He recommended installing rsvg from http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/. I don't have Shell access right now, so that's apparently out of the question. Can't really justify $5 more a month right now (doesn't sound like a lot when you say it), though on the other hand I could finally do the /wiki/Main_Page URLs vs. w/index.php?title=Main_Page. I guess I'll have to think about it. [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] 04:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

==Gallery tag and xml==
Hi, I'm trying to import an xml file. I'm trying both importDump.php and Special:ImportPages (web). The problem is that the import script for an unknown reason won't recognize the gallery tag <nowiki><gallery></nowiki> I'm using to invoce images. Do you have any idea why is this happening? I'm running 1.14.Thanks in advance.--[[User:Biris|Biris]] 16:57, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
:Finally I "escaped" the tag symbols and managed to perform the import.<br />
Replace < with &lt;and > with &gt;  <br />
The problem is that the text is being escaped right now. You can see the code by clicking the edit tab right now!
--[[User:Biris|Biris]]

==Skinning==
Question posted here - [[Manual talk:Skin configuration]]

==Appropedia assistance==
Hey,
I was wondering whether you are interested in joining Appropedia; we currently need someone with experience in the wiki-software; see http://www.appropedia.org/User_talk:Chriswaterguy#Members More precisely, we need to add some extensions/semantic updates to automate a few things (ie member listing, ...).
Let me/us know if you're intrested or if you know someone that might be intrested.
User:KVDP|KVDP (at wikipedia) 10:44, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
==Your suggestion==
RE: 
[[Extension talk:SpecialUploadLocal#Need a 1.16 version]]

Sir, please help. As I mentioned after you posted, I have been working on this for 20 days now for dozens of hours. *sigh* I only understand a tiny bit of basic php. 

{|border=1 align=right cellpadding="10" 
|
Mediawiki 1.16.0
:LINUX, 
:PHP 5.1, 
:CGI 2.0, 
:PERL 5.0, 
:PYTHON 2.4, 
:RUBY 1.8.4, 
:MYSQL 4.1, 5.0
Site http://dead-rising-wiki.com/w
:Deluxe Hosting Hosted by godaddy.com  with 25 MySQL Databases available to create
:phpMyAdmin
|}

I think this means I have shell access. I would love to talk to you via IRC if you can. I would really appreciate your help. [[User:Adamtheclown|Adamtheclown]] 06:03, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind offer to help, sorry I did not message you. I messaged on the extension page we talked on and explained what happened.  I thought you may have read this.

A week or two earlier and I would have taken you up on it, but I just gave up. :\  I spent $65 for a British firm to install mediawiki 1.15 for me.

Here are my concerns about these instructions and tutorials verbalized here: [[Manual_talk:Moving a_wiki#These_instructions are terrible]]

[[User:Adamtheclown|Adamtheclown]] 18:51, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

{{talkback|Template talk:OnWikia}}

== SearchLog extension ==

Hi, do you have an up to date version of the SearchLog extension that has all the patches and updates from the talk page applied? if so, could you email it to me on aran at organicdesign dot co do nz and I'll move it into the Wikimedia repo then. Cheers --[[User:Nad|Nad]] 23:46, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

== Wikireality.ru ==

Hello.

I'm writing you because of the confict of interest where [[User:MaxSem|MaxSem]] is involved and which I was unsuccessful to resolve myself. Could you please take a look [[User talk:MaxSem#Please explain your revert at Sites using MediaWiki/ru|here]]. In brief, MaxSem does not allow one particular wiki to be listed in "Sites using MediaWiki", claming it to be an "attack site" (which it is not). I tried to negotiate, but he just threatened to block me without any possible reason.

I see that he badly doesn't like this wiki (maybe because of his personal tensions with its owners), but I believe that it is not the reason to behave this way. This wiki is very important for the Russian wiki-authors (as it is about Web 2.0 projects itself) and I think it should be in the list. {{User:Edward Chernenko/sig}} 14:05, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
:Never mind the troll. A link to site with numerous attacks on Wikimedians isn't going to help anything or anyone. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 14:24, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

== Interested in a trip to improve MediaWiki documentation? ==

Did you know about the [https://sites.google.com/site/docsprintsummit/ Doc Camp this October]?

"Individuals with a passion for free documentation about free software may apply to attend by filling out the application form and submitting before 5 August, 2011.... Accommodation and food will be covered by the GSoC Doc Camp. Part or complete travel costs can also be applied for as part of the application process."

I'm going to send a proposal to get MediaWiki into the Doc Camp and to have us do a Quick Sprint to improve MediaWiki's documentation.  Please let me know if you know people I should include in my proposal.

best,
[[User:Sumanah|Sumanah]] 17:09, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation

== New Orleans MediaWiki developers' meetup in October ==

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! colspan="3" style="padding:.3em; "|   [[Image:MediaWiki logo reworked 2.svg|thumb|MediaWiki and Wikimedia developers' meetup]] Hi, {{BASEPAGENAME}}. I'd like to invite you to come to the '''[[mw:NOLA Hackathon|New Orleans Hackathon 2011]]'''.  We're getting together folks like you -- template, script, tool, extension, and gadget writers -- to participate, give feedback, test, and hack with us.

At the event, MediaWiki developers and Wikimedia operations engineers will be working on Wikimedia's gadgets/extensions/tools support, authorization/authentication strategy, dev-ops virtualization, and general training and hacking.  And we'll improve and discuss the Wikimedia Labs projects infrastructure and other stuff that makes it easier for anyone to supercharge Wikimedia with awesomeness.

The event is open to anyone who wants to come and contribute, and is an opportunity to spend time with senior MediaWiki developers & ops engineers, write beautiful code, and learn about the latest developments.  We'll write code together, discuss the software, and hold little workshops.

If you can make it to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14-16 October 2011, we'd love to have you.  Please [[mw:NOLA_Hackathon#Attendees|add your name to the attendees list]].  Thanks! [[User:Sumanah|Sumanah]] 12:53, 30 August 2011 (UTC) (Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation)
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== Hi ==

Hi, I suck at MediaWiki and I need help with where you place "$wgGroupPermissions" under the "MediaWiki:" namespace. [[User:Spidey665|Spidey665]] 15:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

:You don't place it under the "MediaWiki:" namespace.  You place it in the LocalSettings.php file. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 15:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

::What's the link for the LocalSettings.php file? [[User:Spidey665|Spidey665]] 22:59, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

:::LocalSettings.php is a file on your webserver. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 02:51, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

== Some stroopwafels for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Gaufre biscuit.jpg|135px]]
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Hi, I wanted to contact you about [[Extension talk:ConfirmAccount#Database error]]  I don't know if I have command line access but I do have phpMyadmin. I just don;t know what to do next. [[User:Blakey|Blakey]] 17:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
|}

:Yum, my favorite!
:For the phpMyAdmin method, you would log in to phpMyAdmin, click on your database on the left pane, and then click on the SQL tab at the top (one to the right from "Structure").  Then paste the contents of [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/ConfirmAccount/backend/schema/mysql/ConfirmAccount.sql ConfirmAccount.sql] into the input box and press "Go". —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 21:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

::I just saw your mailing list post.  If you actually are running 1.8.1, you will need to [[Manual:Upgrading|upgrade]] before you can use ConfirmAccount.  Once you're on 1.17 or 1.18, you can probably handle the ConfirmAccount table creation by re-running the Web installer. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 21:36, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

== Admin ==

Hi thank you for processing my request, unfortunately it seems that you didn't change my account? Could you check it please [[Project:Requests/User rights/Petrb]] [[User:Petrb|Petrb]] 14:13, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
:it was resolved by another crat, thank you :) [[User:Petrb|Petrb]] 14:29, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
::Hmm, I could have sworn I saved the user rights change.  Must be gremlins. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 14:38, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
:::[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=3177844 Poof!] fixed - [[User:TBloemink|<span style="color:blue">TBloemink</span>]] <small><sub>[[User talk:TBloemink|<span style="color:purple">'''talk'''</span>]]</sub></small> 14:42, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
::::That explains that.  How embarrassing!  Thanks for paying attention. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 15:23, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

== [[Manual:Configuring MediaWiki]] ==

I forgot to select an expiration time :) .--[[User:Jasper Deng|Jasper Deng]] ([[User talk:Jasper Deng|talk]]) 03:24, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

== Mass deletions ==

I'm just curious on the reason for recent set of mass deletions you made, with the summary "Med".--[[User:Jasper Deng|Jasper Deng]] ([[User talk:Jasper Deng|talk]]) 18:51, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

On the assumption that is a broken bot, or compromised account, or something, I've temporarily blocked you. Please let us know what's up with that? Thanks! --[[User:Brion VIBBER|brion]] ([[User talk:Brion VIBBER|talk]]) 18:54, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

:We've restored the pages that were deleted. --[[User:Brion VIBBER|brion]] ([[User talk:Brion VIBBER|talk]]) 19:05, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

::I was testing the selection filter for Special:Nuke.  I'd left it blank and filled it in without thinking on the results page...which of course was the reasons field for a mass deletion.  I pressed the submit button before I realized my mistake. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 19:08, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

:::That'll do it. :) I'll unblock ya. --[[User:Brion VIBBER|brion]] ([[User talk:Brion VIBBER|talk]]) 19:09, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
:::OK, but this site isn't a sandbox, exactly...--[[User:Jasper Deng|Jasper Deng]] ([[User talk:Jasper Deng|talk]]) 19:09, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
::::I needed to test the filters quickly, and mw.org was convenient (and nicely populated with data).  But yes, I should do such testing on test.wikipedia.org in the future, just in case my fingers ever move faster than my brain again. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 19:23, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
::::I didn't even notice all the deletions went through.  After pressing submit I immediately closed the page and went to recent changes.  I only saw one deletion there, so I assumed the others didn't go through (I'm too used to JS-based deletion scripts), undeleted that one, and went back to what I was doing elsewhere until someone poked me on IRC.  So embarrassing. :-( —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 19:32, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
:::::It's all too bad that there's no "Special:UnNuke" or something like that.--[[User:Jasper Deng|Jasper Deng]] ([[User talk:Jasper Deng|talk]]) 19:47, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

:::: Special:UnNuke could be a good suggestion. I know it's not impossible and actually not very complicated. (I guess it would work with an additional database table?) I hope Brion is still reading if he's not as lazy as I am ;-) [[User:SVG|<span title="User SVG" style="color: #007"><b>Tim</b> <small>(SVG)</small></span>]] <small>07:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)</small>

:::::I'm surprised nobody has suggested I write it as penance. :-) —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 21:18, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

:::: You did just now :D Good luck! [[User:SVG|<span title="User SVG" style="color: #007"><b>Tim</b> <small>(SVG)</small></span>]] <small>22:40, 3 July 2012 (UTC)</small>

== help please ==

Hi,<br /> I am ahmed. I made a very [[Extension:AltTag|simple extenstion]]. I really don't know what next is. I don't know what tests I should do to make it something better than experimental. And the message about writing the code in the page. if you don't mind, I need some help please.--[[User:أحمد ش الشيخ|أحمد ش الشيخ]] ([[User talk:أحمد ش الشيخ|talk]]) 23:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

:Thank you so much I will start working, No, I am not at Wikimania --[[User:أحمد ش الشيخ|Ahmed Alshaikh]] ([[User talk:أحمد ش الشيخ|talk]]) 05:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
==Wikimania==
Alas no, I am (was) not at Wikimania. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] ([[User talk:Bawolff|talk]]) 13:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

== Questy CAPTCHA ==

Hey, would you happen to know if there is a way to set more than one right answer for a question? For example, for the question: how many items are in a dozen, I'd like to set both 12 and twelve as right answers.Is this possible? And if so, what's the syntax for it? Thanks! [[User:Impy imps|Impy imps]] ([[User talk:Impy imps|talk]]) 04:02, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

:<code>$wgCaptchaQuestions[] = array( 'question' => "How many items are in a dozen?", 'answer' => array( '12', 'twelve' ) );</code>
:—[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 15:04, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
::Are the answers by default case sensitive? From the example above, it seems they are, but I'm not too sure. [[User:Impy imps|Impy imps]] ([[User talk:Impy imps|talk]]) 19:18, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
:::They are not case-sensitive. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 19:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)


==  Multilingual, usable and effective captchas ==

Hey,I would like to invite you to please take part in the discussion we are having at the about  Multilingual, usable and effective captchas as a proposal to GSOC 2014 and give your valuable advice regarding the project [[User:AalekhN|AalekhN]] ([[User talk:AalekhN|talk]])

== WikiIndex.org - backend work ==

Hi Emufarmers, can you please restore [[Extension:Replace Text]] on the WikiIndex.org MediaWiki installation please.  It somehow got deleted when you upgraded the MW software sometime mid 2013, and most of the sysops used it - and we miss it! :(  You can find a brief discussion at item number 6 [http://wikiindex.org/WikiIndex:Upgrades_needed#General_housekeeping here].

And can you also give your opinion on [[Extension:MassEditRegex]] for WikiIndex.  Item 1 [http://wikiindex.org/WikiIndex:Upgrades_needed#On_the_back-burner here] discussed it briefly, but seemed to have ran out of steam.

Thanks in advance. :))  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Sean, aka <small>Hoof Hearted</small>]] • <sub>WikiIndex.org sysop/'Crat</sub> • <small>[[User talk:Hoof Hearted|talk2HH]]</small> 21:14, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

== :| ==

Test! —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]<sup>([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]])</sup> 23:39, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

:So I heard that orange is your favorite color, especially when wrapped in a nice little <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> that has <code>class="usermessage"</code>... --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 23:54, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

::So I heard that orange is your favorite color, especially when wrapped in a nice little <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code> that has <code><nowiki>class="usermessage"</nowiki></code>... --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] <sub>([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|Contact]])</sub> 00:24, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

== WikiIndex Titleblacklist missing ==

Hi Emufarmers, can you [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=User_talk:MarkDilley&oldid=178866&diff=cur check this out] and weigh in?  Thanks!  Best, [[User:MarkDilley|MarkDilley]] ([[User talk:MarkDilley|talk]]) 28 July 2014

: See [[wikiindex:User_talk:Zhuyifei1999#Preventing_account_creation]]. The Extension that is supposed to be bundled with our current version is not available. Please make it available. --[[User:Manorainjan|Manorainjan]] ([[User talk:Manorainjan|talk]]) 13:10, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

: {{done}} :-)

== An important message about renaming users ==

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Dear Emufarmers,

I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.

As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide [[mw:SUL finalisation|single-user login finalisation]] (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.

Why is this happening? As currently stated at [[m:Global rename policy|the global rename policy]], a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects. 

The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed. 

Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called [[m:Global renamers|Global renamers]]. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the [[m:SRGP|requests for global permissions]] page on 1 September, a week from now.

In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to [[:m:SRUC|the request page for a global rename]].

Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the [[m:SUL|Help:Unified login]] page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for [[m:Talk:Global renamers|global renamers]]. You can also contact me on [[m:User talk:Keegan (WMF)|my talk page on meta]] if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities.

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== Using ConfirmEdit Questy Captcha as a replacement, or alternative, to ConfirmAccount ==

Hi

I recently added a section to the [[Extension:ConfirmEdit| Confirm Edit]] QuestyCaptcha section about using it as a quicker and easier replacement, or alternative, to the [[Extension:ConfirmAccount|Confirm Account Extension]]. My section was removed, which may be the right course of action, but I still think the approach I lay out is easier then loading another extension (Confirm Account) so I suggested that it be added as a subpage to the ConfirmEdit extension. If you have any thoughts on this, suggestions, etc., please add them on the [[Extension talk:ConfirmEdit| talk page for Confirm Edit]].

All the best to you.

[[User:Christharp|Christharp]] ([[User talk:Christharp|talk]]) 17:12, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

== A goat for you! ==

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I'm pretty. Wipqwakhn.. zaojxoz

[[User:Idfaaeaabdaefh|Idfaaeaabdaefh]] ([[User talk:Idfaaeaabdaefh|talk]]) 15:22, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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== How we will see unregistered users ==

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Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin '''will still be able to access the IP'''. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Improving tools|better tools]] to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|read more on Meta]]. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|subscribe]] to [[m:Tech/News|the weekly technical newsletter]].

We have [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation#IP Masking Implementation Approaches (FAQ)|two suggested ways]] this identity could work. '''We would appreciate your feedback''' on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can [[m:Talk:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|let us know on the talk page]]. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

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