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This page is for Wikimedia wikis having no active administrators. Requests can be made here for specific administrative actions (such as page deletion) to be performed by a steward or global sysop. In other cases:
  • If the wiki does have active administrators, file the request with one of them.
  • If the wiki has an active editor community, any potentially controversial action (deletion of actual content, edit to a protected page, renaming of a protected page, etc.) should receive consensus from the wiki community before being requested here, and a link should be provided to that consensus in the request.
  • For global lock/block requests, file a request at Steward requests/Global.
  • For non-controversial deletion requests such as empty page, simple spam or vandalism, and non-controversial or emergency requests to block vandals, spammers or other malicious users, you may use global sysop requests instead.
  • If a consensus is considered required to act, similar principles apply as expressed at Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements, and can be used for guidance to how and what should be done at small and medium communities to gain a consensus.

To add a new request, create a new section header at the bottom of the "Manual requests" section using the format below: 

=== Very brief description of request here ===
{{Status|In progress}}
Give details about your request here. --~~~~

It is helpful if you can provide a link to the wiki (or the specific page on the wiki) in question, either in the header or in the body of your request.

When reporting cross-wiki vandalism, the following template calls can be used to link to a user's contributions across all Wikimedia content wikis (these are for logged in users and non-logged-in users, respectively):

* {{sultool|Username}}

* {{luxotool|IP.address}}

Template {{LockHide}} can also be used in appropriate cases.

To request approval of OAuth consumers please use {{oauthapprequest}} (see the documentation before using).

Old requests are archived by the date of their last comment.


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See Global sysops/Speedy delete requests.

Manual requests

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is.wikisource Undeletion request 1/4

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Status:    In progress

This is the first of many undeletion requests for is.wikisource after an excessive deletion spree by Stefán Örn. This was posted to the local village pump at s:is:Wikiheimild:Potturinn#Afeyðing_síðna, where Stefán said there could have been mistakes, but proceeded not taking any action on any of the requested items or commenting on specific points. Stefáns point of view was to update things in accordance to the english wikisource, as mentioned on s:is:User talk:Snævar, but many things where deleted that fall outside of that definition. I only disagree with this overshoot of his originally stated intention, keeping templates in line with en.wikisource is fine by me. One of the few things me and Stefán can agree on is that the community is not large enough to make their own templates.

Comments on individual pages are indented. Any comments here on what was on the pages is as seen through dumps of is.wikisource prior to deletion and my own memory. Comments here have been translated from my original post on the local village pump, sometimes with added context.

Snið:StripWhitespace

Template, was an redirect to Template:Trim, was used on 7 pages.

Snið:Trim

History merge with current page, if possible, else delete current one and undelete old one. Template, was used on 7 pages, mostly through template:stripWhitespace. Was updated only a couple of days prior to deletion from english wikipedia, which is the source of the english wikisource template.

Wikiheimildspjall:Um verkefnið

Chatpage containing chat of former active users about the page, puts the history of the page into perspective. Will discuss the content page later.

Wikiheimild:Stjórnendur/Eldri umsóknir

Did contain former requests for adminship, tells a part of the story of the website, which can only be a good thing.

Wikiheimild:Merkisáfangar

Another history of the project erasure. Did contain milestones of the project, like which text was the 100th and so on. The same page on the icelandic wikipeedia sisterproject has been referenced several times by local media, indicating it´s importance. Did offer to keep the page up to date.

Snið:Óklárað

Try to history merge with Snið:Incomplete, else delete Snið:Incomplete and undelete old one as they are the same. I am aware and ok with the template ending up at Snið:Incomplete due to the merge. Contained an template for unfinished works. Was used on the pages Arnbjörg, Grasnytjar, Norsk æfintýri and Æfisaga Jóns Ólafssonar Indíafara. Was updated from english wikisource shortly before deletion.

Snið:Ambox

Try to history merge with current template, else delete current one and undelete old one. Was used by Snið:Óklárað. This family of templates (ambox, ombox, etc.) are commonly used for maintainance notices. Was newly created at the time of deletion and was up to date with the english wikisource.

Snið:Hrá mynd

Try to history merge with Snið:Raw image, else delete Snið:Raw image and undelete old one as they are the same. I am aware and ok with the template ending up at Snið:Raw image due to the merge. Template, from english wikisource, same as Template:Raw image. Was created after an discussion between Bjarki S and me, where he wanted a simpler way to link images. Has been used several times by three different users, but never on an permenent basis, and thus was unused at the time of deletion, but still useful. The underlying module, Module:RawImage exists.

Snið:X-smaller block

Try to history merge with current template, else delete current one and undelete old one. Used by Snið:Hrá mynd, also from english wikisource.--Snævar (talk) 01:13, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interface admin request on siwiki

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Status:    In progress

Hello, our MediaWiki:Common.css is outdated & we currently don't have any Interface administrators. Anyone can update it please. Currently it's causing lots of problems. Thank you! --IDB.S (talk) 15:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@IDB.S if you specify what exactly do you want to get updated any global sysop or steward can make changes on your behalf. Johannnes89 (talk) 15:53, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89, need to update the code like this en:MediaWiki:Common.css.
(Current file in Si Wiki is causing problems in Dark mode too...) --IDB.S (talk) 17:35, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Copying the entire common.css from enwiki to siwiki certainly isn't the right answer here. We could just disable siwiki common.css, reverting that project to default. @Lee: you are the only admin on siwiki, any opinion on this? — xaosflux Talk 17:44, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For an example of a project with default, see one of the newer projects such as moswiki. — xaosflux Talk 17:52, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lee is also the author of the current revision as per Steward requests/Miscellaneous/2022-05#Common.css_change_on_si.Wikipedia. Although it seems like all the previous versions are indeed copies of the English Wikipedia styles. I guess as long as siwiki also copies all the other infrastructure from enwiki this does make sense, but one might want to have styles that are specific to Sinhala. --Base (talk) 20:44, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Base is right it always Synchronized with the English Wikipedia version. The current file is sometime forcing the existing new styles to it's old version.
Hey, so anyone can tell me why the page name is still visible even in the Main Page. I think it also because of the Common.css file. --IDB.S (talk) 02:39, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't have time to go through the new code yet. But since we are using a layout quite similar to English Wikipedia, usually we can use the CSS available on enwiki. If I remember correct I tested the effects on my account before requesting the replace. Please make sure the same this time too. -- Lee (talk) 04:44, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaning up unused files

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Hi! This is not an ordinary request to do something but a suggestion for a project to clean up in unused files. In the RFC from 2016 "Disable local uploads on smaller wikis" someone wrote that "Smaller wikis are typically a graveyard of copyrighted content".

Files can only be hosted on a wiki if they meet the requirements in wmf:Resolution:Licensing_policy so all unused non-free files and files without a license or source/author should be fixed or deleted.

There are 868 wikis and it is almost impossible for one person to check them all. So I made a list in User:MGA73/UnusedFiles with the 320 wikis that have unused files.

My idea is that if someone would like to help check they go to a random wiki and check the files:

  • If the files are good they move them to Commons or ignore them
  • If the files are bad they fix them, delete them or tag them with no license etc.
  • Once a wiki is checked the wiki is removed from the list

The format of the list is this:

Wiki Files
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles 574
https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles 67
https://ang.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles 1
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles 6

But it can be changed if anyone have a better idea.

Depending on how many would like to help it could take weeks or months to complete. So if there is a better place for this notice let me know. --MGA73 (talk) 12:11, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting files on ang.wikibooks

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There are a bunch of unused and unlicensed files in b:ang:Special:UnusedFiles. The wiki is locked but I made a list in my sandbox on meta: User:MGA73/Sandbox

Actually it seems that most (or all?) files on that wiki are unlicense. Some are duplicates of files on Commons but I can't replace them because the wiki is locked.

All files can be seen on b:ang:Flocc:Files with no machine-readable license. --MGA73 (talk) 14:28, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If a steward start by deleting the unused files I can perhaps make a list of the files that are also on Commons. But it will be easier if the unused are deleted first. --MGA73 (talk) 14:06, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update MediaWiki:licenses at ar.wikinews

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Please update n:ar:MediaWiki:licenses with the new text on n:ar:نقاش_ميدياويكي:Licenses#GFDL. It has also been suggested at n:ar:ويكي_الأخبار:الميدان#Suggest_to_remove_GFDL. There were no comments and no objections. In practice it will not make a big difference as long as wiki is not more active with files but there is no reason to suggest a license that is not good for media files. --MGA73 (talk) 06:33, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OAuth permissions

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Preferably permission requests should be submitted using the form from Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration.

After submitting this form, you will receive a token that your application will use to identify itself to MediaWiki. An OAuth administrator will need to approve your application before it can be authorized by other users. It is possible to request approval using {{oauthapprequest}}; please create a sub-section of this section.

A few recommendations and remarks:

  • Try to use as few grants as possible. Avoid grants that are not actually needed now.
  • Versions are of the form "major.minor.release" (the last two being optional) and increase as grant changes are needed.
  • Please provide a public RSA key (in PEM format) if possible; otherwise a (less secure) secret token will have to be used.
  • Use the JSON restrictions field to limit access of this consumer to IP addresses in those CIDR ranges.
  • You can use a project ID to restrict the consumer to a single project on this site (use "*" for all projects).
  • The email address provided must match that of your account (which must have been confirmed).

See also

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Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

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