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Meta-Wiki has a small active community. When a normal user requires the assistance of an administrator or bureaucrat for some particular task, it is not always easy to find one. This page helps users find one when they need one; asking specific admins directly via their talk pages is one way to elicit a fast response. It is only for assistance required at Meta-Wiki, help for other wikis needs to be requested at those wikis.

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• Import is currently enabled in this wiki from some projects. From other wikis, you will need to copy and paste your materials by hand but please remember to add a link, as a permanent link, and the history of the page being imported in the edit summary to avoid copyright violations.
• To report vandalism on Meta: please click here. For immediate assistance, join #wikimedia-meta^connect and use !admin@meta to notify administrators.
• To report cross-wiki vandalism see Steward requests/Miscellaneous.

See also: Stewards' noticeboard, Access to nonpublic personal data policy noticeboard, Category:Meta-Wiki policies, Category:Global policies

General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map

Personal requests for: username changes · permissions (global) · bot status · adminship on Meta · CheckUser information (local) · local administrator help

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

Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]

General maintenance announcements:

(as of 08 February 2026)

• Assistance with Meta-Wiki maintenance is always welcome.
• Many files awaiting review for basic {{information}}, source and license.

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Discussions:

(as of 08 February 2026)

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Report ~2026-64984-3

~2026-64984-3 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) LTA --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 (WikiBayerCatHelper) 05:44, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Done, with talk page deleted. //shb (t • c) 05:47, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

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Add a talk section in mobile view

Can an admin or bureaucrat add a section in mobile view to go to the talk page just like on the English Wikipedia? Please ping me when done. Interstellarity (talk) 15:48, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Moved from Wikimedia Forum. whym (talk) 11:46, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: I forgot to ping. whym (talk) 13:04, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

This request is vague, do you have a specific edit request? — xaosflux ^Talk 14:13, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

sounds like phab:T54165? Johannnes89 (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Johannnes89@Whym@Xaosflux On the mobile view, there is no button to go to the talk page while logged out. There is one on English Wikipedia. I was hoping someone can add that in to ease navigation. Interstellarity (talk) 14:26, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

OK, I understand what you want to get done, but not how you want an administrator to help you. Do you have a specific page you would like us to edit? — xaosflux ^Talk 16:33, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

@Interstellarity you either have to wait until phab:T54165 gets implemented by the WMF or you need to follow the process described in Requesting wiki configuration changes (that's what enwiki, dewiki, and a few other wikis did). There's nothing meta admins can do about it. Johannnes89 (talk) 16:33, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Promoting stewardVote to a gadget

User:Hoo man/stewardVote.js is loaded from MediaWiki:Common.js, so it technically is one already. Promoting it to a full-fledged gadget will help with load efficiency. Courtesy ping: @Hoo man.

The definition would look like this:

* stewardVotes[ResourceLoader|default|actions=view|categories=Steward elections 2026/votes|dependencies=mediawiki.util,jquery.ui,mediawiki.cookie,jquery.spinner,mediawiki.api,user.options|rights=editmywatchlist<!-- Logged-in users only -->]|stewardVote.js

Thoughts? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 15:10, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

The primary maintainer not being an interface administrator could be an issue. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I tend to agree with xaosflux here. It may help with efficiency, but the maintainer isn't an interface admin. That said, though, they are a steward, and I see no reason why they wouldn't succeed in an RFIA. EggRoll97 (talk) 05:47, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Recaptcha618

Recaptcha618 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Spam. XReport --Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Done--A09|(pogovor) 19:30, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:暙

暙 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long-term abuse. Impersonation. XReport --浅村しき (talk) 12:02, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@ShuQizhe Done, with TPA revoked. //shb (t • c) 12:10, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:レのじん

レのじん (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long-term abuse. Impersonation. XReport --浅村しき (talk) 14:27, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Done Locked by EPIC. – DreamRimmer ■ 14:45, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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