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Welcome to Meta![edit]

Hello MarcGarver!, and welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing! Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 03:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Copyright problem with File:Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia - Logo.png[edit]

Hi, can you help me with File:Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia - Logo.png, because I can not find a proper template? It's logo of Wikimedia Serbia's event. Thanks, --MikyM 02:27, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, can you tell me who created the logo and where you got it from (did you copy it off another web site, for example). If you made it yourself, you can license it under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license or release it into the public domain. If you let me know what you want to do I can tell you how to tag the image accordingly QU TalkQu 13:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Emailing all admins.. ;)[edit]

What I meant to write was that Special:ListAdmins is a list of all the admins, from there look around for someone you see to be reasonably active and email them, obviously emailing all the admins would be a silly idea, especially when you want to keep something as private as possible! The Helpful One 20:02, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks... QU TalkQu 20:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Wikipedia as a Reference Tool for Post Graduate Study.pdf[edit]

Hi Unusual, I've added license info to the file. You may kindly remove the tags you've added. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 04:54, 12 March 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks, all done QU TalkQu 09:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 08:40, 13 March 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Letter of support to Naples candidature to Wikimania 2013[edit]

Hi Qu,

the file I uploaded was sent to me and to Wikimania 2013 jury by Alessio Postiglione, the Assistant to Mayor Luigi De Magistris of Naples, Italy. I can eventually produce the original mail. It is naturally an important document for supporting the Naples' candidature, of which I'm the leader, so could you please not to delete it without prior notification to me? I added a copyright template, please let me know whether is it okay.--Ferdinando Scala (talk) 08:49, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I'm not an admin so I won't be deleting anything... I'll make a note on the page that it is pending permission QU TalkQu 09:04, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unified login - problem[edit]

Hello, I'd like to usurp the account User:Summergirl on enwikibooks to create an unified login. Can you help me please? --Summergirl (talk) 13:08, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have contacted the owner of the account. If they do not respond within 7 days I will usurp the account QU TalkQu 20:00, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you a lot! --Summergirl (talk) 22:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The account has been usurped. Please visit Special:Mergeaccount to complete SUL for the Wikibooks account now. QU TalkQu 20:42, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Thank you! --Summergirl (talk) 08:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations[edit]

Hello QuiteUnusual,

on behalf of the stewards' election committee, congratulations on your appointment as a steward! Your permissions have now been set and you are able to start working.

You have been added to the list of stewards and the stewards' chart. Please take a moment to check that your details are accurate and update them if necessary. In addition, please contact Trijnstel to obtain access to the various mailing lists and wikis. Alternatively or in addition to, you can drop by IRC #wikimedia-stewardsconnect and we can see who's around and sort out what we can.

These include: checkuser-l, the private mailing list for Wikimedia checkusers, stewards-l, the private list for stewards. In addition, you will be given access to the related private wikis, one for checkusers and the other solely for stewards, details of which will be provided.

If you use IRC, you will be given access to several channels, including #wikimedia-checkuserconnect and #wikimedia-privacyconnect. Please also idle in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect when you are available for duty.

Best of luck with your new tools; I am sure you will do a fantastic job. Please remember that your fellow stewards are always available if you need a second opinion, either via the mailing list or on IRC.

Useful links:

On behalf of the election committee,

Snowolf How can I help? 03:06, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see - keep on keeping on...;) --Herby talk thyme 09:49, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks... got some reading to do now to ensure I don't foul up with the first click! QuiteUnusual TalkQu 09:54, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations![edit]

Salam QuiteUnusual. Sizi stüard seçkisində müvəffəqiyyət qazanmağınız münasibətilə səmimi qəlbdən təbrik edirəm. İnanıram ki, vikidəyərlərə sadiq qalacaq və vikicəmiyyətin daha da operativ və daha da ədalətli fəaliyyətində Sizin xüsusi əməyiniz olacaq. Dərin hörmətlə, --►Cekli829 06:32, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bizim xoş sözlər Y üçün təşəkkür edirik QuiteUnusual TalkQu 08:57, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

check user[edit]

i didn't use Textman de account... are you really know how to use your tools ? --بیکار (talk) 18:33, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Really[edit]

You should seek admin rights here. --Herby talk thyme 12:20, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't want to create controversy... I read all the Steward v's Meta Admin stuff, and there seemed to be strongly divided views. If I find myself more active here I will QuiteUnusual (talk) 12:22, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've always considered active stewards should be welcome to the rights here for the duration - it will have my support as and when. --Herby talk thyme 12:25, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just re-read WM:MSR and I could have deleted the page I tagged anyway; live and learn QuiteUnusual (talk) 12:29, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for taking the initiative and closing the RFC on cewiki. --Rschen7754 21:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem QuiteUnusual (talk) 23:13, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for adminship[edit]

My name is Abshir I needed to get Limit powers, that i can to do :Full protect, Semi protect and Move protect pages that i was created, and same time I can do unlock to add another edition.

My Request for adminship Look at this!

Thanks. --Abshirdheere (talk) 12:14, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you need to put this request on SRP. I have moved it there for you QuiteUnusual (talk) 12:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and Help[edit]

Hi QuiteUnusual, I need your help and everyone here doesn't seem to respond. (68.33.8.192 01:58, 1 May 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Reinstate of Admin access[edit]

Hello, nearly two months back, Mrutyunjay (MKar) abandoned his admin access, which was decided by him only due to some reason. But now at Village pump (in Odia), 4 users including me requested him to be an Admin again. And he accepted. So is this discussion on VP enough or we need to go through RFA process again? If RFA process is not necessary, then please restore his admin access in Odia Wikipedia. Thank you. :) -- ɑηsuмaη «T» 09:54, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You will need to make this request at SRP please, thanks QuiteUnusual (talk) 21:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. -- ɑηsuмaη «T» 01:04, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete[edit]

Delete, please [1]. Thanks, --187.123.202.36 22:37, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think?[edit]

About this? - 2001:558:1400:10:71F1:7547:9E08:43B5 17:45, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another opinion[edit]

Hi, QuiteUnusual! How do You do?
I've asked MF-Warburg on this matter, but I would like another opinion.
I posted him this message [2][3].
PiRSquared17 gave his opinion [4]. I answered and explained.[5][6][7]
That was on July 5, 2013.
MF-Warburg gave his opinion on July 7 [8] and Vyom25 [9].
But look this [10]. The non-translator gets the greetings (July 11, 2013)!!!
For what? For opening the "translated" page that has nothing but the copy-pasted English text! ([11][12]
Anyone can wonder around and randomly paste English text on "translation" pages, and get 1000 edits in statistics - but with no single word translated.
This is humiliating for the true translators. Such behaviour must be discouraged.
Therefore, I have only one appeal ("request" sounds too rude, like some "order"):
Please, delete that page. It has no translation at all.[13] An user that truthly translates, does not like to see his name listed on the pagehistory together with the editor that did not translate a single line. The non-translator has (+1.594), while the true translator‎ (e.g. of all text) may get minus bytes, since the true translation can have less bytes - and at the end it may look that the true translator just corrected few words.
I hope You understand my point of view. Kubura (talk) 01:32, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

/Xam redirect[edit]

Hello, I saw that you deleted the redirect from /Xam to |Xam at zuwp. The reason I put it there is that people will frequently write /Xam when they don't know about the pipe-template-trick ({{!}}). You will find the same rediect at enwp. It was used, for instance, in the zulu article about South Africa. In case you wondered! All the best, Rotsee (talk) 19:52, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Str4nd@fiwikiversity[edit]

I think you made a mistake here, he has recent activity.[14] --Nemo 13:42, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not a mistake per the policy... no contributions for 2 years; didn't reply to the notification; no comment from the community = removal of rights. However, given that he/she has reappeared it seems reasonable to restore the rights. Thanks for pointing it out. QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:51, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Yes, I know that this is a slow process, after all it's reasonable to wait some time in case they don't receive email notifications for the talk messages: but this also means that the old lists can be outdated, and should be checked, when removing the rights... Let's hope Toolserver tools work. --Nemo 13:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Admin status at Catalan Wikibooks[edit]

Hi! Thank you because of your notification on me about my inactivity on Catalan version of Wikibooks. As I told in the tavern discussion there, I have no problem to release the responsability of adminship if there's another user who could carry on. Indeed, I also offered to turn back again to participate and to make some effort in order to revitalize ca.wikibooks, even through as adminship or as normal user. If no one makes any objection, I would wish to retain the status. Thanks! --Joanot (talk) 06:46, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

I have no problem with your decision regarding Saviour1981, but it is not helpful to close the e-mail function only on dewiki. It is a SUL account. This is already done. He uses the email function on enwiki to send his mails. regards --Itti (talk) 10:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Whether I'd like to or not, policy doesn't allow Stewards to global lock in these circumstances. The criteria are laid out in the global banning policy. At the moment none of the criteria are properly met. There's no way to block email access without locking the account across all projects, and to do this requires a global ban. QuiteUnusual (talk) 10:58, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

188.226.230.228@hi.wikipedia[edit]

how you say amt000 is source of abuse . he is block editing for wikipedia for 3 dayes .he dont edit village pump so how you sayAmt000 (talk) 11:32, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When you edit, the servers capture detailed technical information about you. If you logout and edit, the same technical information is captured. Comparing the two sets of information enables the confirmation that it was the same person editing. QuiteUnusual (talk) 12:03, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

i blocked for hindi wiki 6 to 9 july 2014 . with log in and same without login. when i edit option its say you have only read not for editAmt000 (talk) 12:11, 8 July 2014 (UTC) so how i sourceAmt000 (talk) 12:11, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am not giving you any further information as it would assist you in avoiding future blocks. QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:02, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By your decision i is also going permanent block form hindi wiki Amt000 (talk) 13:07, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is the decision of the Hindi wiki community. QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:43, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for yur rural heart!.106.219.141.88 13:54, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

request[edit]

I request you to please permanently delete all my contributions on wikipedia foundation specially on hindi wikipedia......i dont want any of my contributions, new pages created, images uploaded, etc to be on wikipedia foundation specially hindi wikipedia......i have been pained by biased behaviour of admins on hindi wikipedia....

please its my request......thank you....
Sushilmishra (talk) 09:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: If you have made any page that doesn't mean you are the owner of that page. Wikipedia gives you credit for it but you don't have any right on that page.☆★Sanjeev Kumar (talk) 10:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@संजीव कुमार:if your messed up hindi wikipedia doesnt need me then there is no question of my contribution being there.....again bias we dont need you but we will accept all your contribution......no thanks for this grace i do not wish you to credit me for any edit or page nor to store any information that i provided for your messy hindi wikipedia project......ask your state people to create all those pages....thank you.....Sushilmishra (talk) 10:37, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry that isn't possible. When you press "save page" you irrevocably license your contribution and cannot have it deleted. QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:40, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decitions[edit]

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

I'm notifying you because you participated in one of several relevant discussions. -Pete F (talk) 22:18, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

StewardScript[edit]

Hello QuiteUnusual. I updated your common.js page to the latest version of StewardScript. This is mainly to enable automatic updates, but it also includes a few fixes. If you notice any problems or have questions, let me know! :) —Pathoschild 04:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Hi QuiteUnusual, As you replied to a user nameted Amt000 in upper section, I have a question. I am using to make some typing in wikipedia pages. I don't save those things but there are some personal things which I edit sometimes. I have a question, Does wiki save those typing? Does wiki save edits which comes after clicking [show preview]? I mean to say which are the edits I shouldn't do if those are completely personal for me.☆★Sanjeev Kumar (talk) 19:25, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clicking preview does not save the information anywhere. QuiteUnusual (talk) 16:56, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for information.☆★Sanjeev Kumar (talk) 18:06, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Last log in[edit]

Dear QuiteUnusual, I would like to know if stewards have access data about the last log in action of the accounts? Thank you for your answer in advance. Samat (talk) 08:06, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

user_touched is the standard database column holding this information and it's only accessible to sysadmins. --Nemo 08:54, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Nemo, thank you for your answer. I realized, it was a misunderstanding because of a translation mistake here. I corrected it now.

Was this process last year only for administrators or for every "advanced rights" holders? From the message it is not clear to me: "Admin activity review", "Your admin status", "administrators' rights review process", but "you are (an administrator / a bureaucrat / a bureaucrat and administrator)". Regards, Samat (talk) 09:22, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For administrators and bureaucrats, see AAR. --MF-W 20:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

see my update re libel information, wikien is adding back info as libel into talk pages where the libel was deleted.

I'm afraid it doesn't matter what is being added; Stewards have no jurisdiction to act. If you have a legal concern and the administrators on en.wiki are not responding, then you need to contact the Wikimedia Foundation. The contact details can be found at Legal and Community Advocacy. QuiteUnusual (talk) 09:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request for WMF to Address Arbitrator Comments I am asking that the following post, by an English Wikipedia arbitrator, User:Roger Davies, be considered by the WMF. I am commenting here because User: Jimbo Wales is the public face and a public voice of the WMF and has an open talk page. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FCase%2FGamerGate%2FProposed_decision&diff=642154916&oldid=642151661

I mostly agree, at least that ArbCom is being asked to do too much with too few resources.

First, if ArbCom is being asked to handle off-wiki harassment, then the WMF is placing itself at legal risk. Off-wiki harassment has civil and criminal implications, and should be handled by paid staff, not by volunteer arbitrators. If paid WMF staff finds that editors must be banned, WMF has the power, which it has used, to ban users globally.

The post then lists three areas where “the community has failed”: CU/OS (checkuser – oversight) responsibility; administrator misconduct; community ban appeals. It is true in an abstract sense that “the community has failed”, but the English Wikipedia community, as represented by those of its editors who take part in discussions, is a large, diverse, and fractious community that is not really capable of self-government. The fact that it almost does govern itself is an interesting experimental outcome that perhaps requires more explanation that its failures to govern itself. It is time for the WMF to lead or even to govern (it owns the servers), since asking the community to govern itself is asking what has been proven not to work. With regard to Oversight, in particular, the WMF should take that responsibility on itself, again, so that it does not place itself at legal risk, since the primary purpose of Oversight, which is really suppression, is to remove possibly defamatory or otherwise legally questionable posts. Checkuser supervision requires the same high degree of trust as is placed in the arbitrators, but other than the need for trust, there is no connection. If community ban appeals are a burdensome drag on the arbitrators, again, another group of trusted functionaries may be needed. The WMF should lead, initiate, or if necessary govern, rather than expecting “the community” to do what it has not done.

What the community can see is that ArbCom cases are time-consuming, and that the ArbCom is only able to handle a few cases at a time. In 2005 through 2007, the ArbCom was able to handle a hundred cases a year, until additional responsibilities were shifted to the ArbCom.

I have suggested in the past and will suggest again that the ArbCom should handle full evidentiary cases in panels of three, with the power to issue final rulings, from which there should be a right to request en banc rehearing, but no right to an en banc rehearing. That is my suggestion. Other reform suggestions may vary. In any event, the WMF should take leadership in areas where “the community has failed”.

Robert McClenon (talk) 19:11, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

I am not the WMF. Please follow the link I provided, above, and select the correct email address for your correspondence. Thanks - QuiteUnusual (talk) 11:57, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibooks and Wikidata[edit]

also @MarcoAurelio: and @Openbk: because I'm too lazy to copy-paste this elsewhere...

As you may already know, Wikidata sitelinks are coming to Wikibooks on February 24. We're trying to coordinate this at d:Wikidata:Wikibooks, but right now as far as I can tell there's very little that is planned out. What do we need to know to make sure that this launch goes okay from the community side? i.e. are there interwiki bots that need to be stopped, can we run bots to remove the interwikis from your local wikis, how do we map your pages to our items, etc. --Rschen7754 06:37, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Openbk, thought you were active on pl.wikibooks not pl.wikinews... goodness, I'm really not paying attention. --Rschen7754 06:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go take a look. QuiteUnusual (talk) 15:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I briefly wrote something up here: d:Wikidata:Wikibooks/Development (yes, the launch is in less than a week, but I only got around to it now *sigh*) Does it seem okay? --Rschen7754 05:42, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

yes thanks, looks right. QuiteUnusual (talk) 14:18, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

an admin blocked another admin illegally[edit]

hi QuiteUnusual!

as an admin my IP is blocked by an irresponsible admin Mr Khangul just for the reason i have allowed and unblocked a user who is hard working, keen to develop, contribute in pashto wiki. see this for his countributions: Usman khan's contributions

plz have a look to his work. if you think that he (Usmankhan) deserved to be blocked by Khangul. and for restoring (Usmankhan) was that against the rule of wiki, or i have done something wrong for which Khangul (an admin like me) blocked me from wiki and deleted my pages where i have requested for bureaucrat.

plz take this matter serious and solve the prob which khangul create day by day to new users, and now for admins as well.

you will note that pashto wiki contribution is zero now a day due to khangul's behaviors with users.

best regards

note: my nomination page is also deleted by him. khangul deleted my nomination page for bureaucratship. its against wiki norms and laws.

--عثمان منصور انصاري (talk) 08:45, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

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Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. The general confidentiality agreement is now ready, and the OTRS agreement will be ready after 22 September 2015. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum(_AT_)wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 22 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

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This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are beginning the transition to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that OTRS volunteers sign the new confidentiality agreement by 31 December 2015 to retain their access. You are receiving this email because you have been identified as an OTRS volunteer and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 31 December 2015, you will lose your OTRS access. OTRS volunteers have a specific agreement available, if you have recently signed the general confidentiality agreement for another role (such as CheckUser or Oversight), you do not need to sign the general agreement again, but you will still need to sign the OTRS agreement.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnum(_AT_)wikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 31 December 2015 to retain your OTRS access. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

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SindhiWikipedia[edit]

I was Blocked the other admin of sindhi Wikipedia, (Reason I Revert his non Sindhi Language Words on Sindhi Wikipedia's main page than he dont talk with me and he was blocked me and again non Sindhi Language words use in Sindhi Wikipedia than I UnBlocked me and Blocked him--محمد مجیب (talk) 16:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That is unacceptable. Using Block to support your content is wrong. Unblocking yourself and then blocking the person who blocked you is also wrong. In future fix your problems by talking. QuiteUnusual (talk) 16:48, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
But why he blocked me without any reason and adding non Sindhi Language words why why why please ask him about this--محمد مجیب (talk) 17:16, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please must see this link --محمد مجیب (talk) 17:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sindhi Video for those who are not literate with Sindhi-Arablic Script[edit]

Dear Steward,

Sindhi language is written in scripts other than Arabic as well. For example, Sindhi language is written in Devnagri script also in India. I therefore had made a video lecture for those who can speak Sindhi well but can't read and write Sindhi in Arabic script. To help such readers, I added the following text on the Main Page of the Sindhi Wikipedia.

Those Sindhi Visitors who can speak Sindhi well but are unable to Read Sindhi-Arabic script, can watch this video to quickly learn reading Sindhi-Arabic Script.

My these words were removed by يوزر:محمد_مجیب unilaterally. I am going to add it once again. This kind of HELP phrase for the users has always been there since I had first-ever initiated Wikipedia in Sindhi-Arabic script in 2006. Since then I was the only administrator taking care of it for several years all alone.

Kindly prevent يوزر:محمد_مجیب to revert this change.

Aursani (talk) 14:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding bureaucrat access[edit]

So What is the WMF plan? Not to grow small wiki? Where is the policy, not to grants bureaucrat access for a small wiki? What is the plan with one or two bureaucrat in small wiki? Should you remove their access? The meta community just through out local community decision. Please explain. Thank you. Jayantanth (talk) 16:33, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is nothing to do with Meta. Stewards fill the role of Bureaucrats on projects without them and determine how to act. In effectFI am acting as a crat on your project deciding not to grant the bit. For many years we have determined that it is a mistake to have crats on wikis with less than 10 admins. You do not need a crat to grow a community and our experience is that having them on small projects causes problems in the long term due to inactivity. QuiteUnusual (talk) 17:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reply. I can understand your problem. But Requests for comment/Removal of bureaucrats in small wikis tell the different story. The Stewards should closed the discussion. They should remove all bureaucrat from small wiki without delay, otherwise give me the access. Jayantanth (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't work like that. I am not going to grant Bureaucrat rights on a small project at this time. QuiteUnusual (talk) 19:39, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]