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Meta-Wiki has a small active community. When a normal user requires the assistance of an [[<tvar|sysop>Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Administrators</>|administrator]] or [[<tvar|bureaucrat>Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Bureaucrats</>|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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[[<tvar|rfa>Meta:Requests for adminship</>|Requests for (translation/central notice/interface) adminship]] on this Meta-Wiki</translate>

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[[<tvar|rfcu>Meta:Requests for CheckUser information</>|Requests for CheckUser information]] on this Meta-Wiki</translate>

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[[<tvar|os>Meta:Oversighters</>|Requests for oversight of edits]] on this Meta-Wiki</translate>

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<translate> Please find answered requests in the [[<tvar|archives>Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat/Archives</>|archives]] ([[<tvar|current>Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat/Archives/2024-03</>|this month]]).</translate>

Import request

Hello, can someone import these pages User:Titodutta/Import requests and check why class parameter of Template:Clickable button 2 is not working? --TitoDutta 09:46, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain why these templates are needed here. Also bear in mind that enwiki templates are usually super-complicated and usually require numerous other templates to be imported as well. --MF-W 13:59, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to fulfill your request for Template:URL, but the import failed. I chose it because it looked like a nice simple template, with no calls to other templates; but the failed test listed dozens of sub-templates (I have a screen shot if it helps). It failed on most of them, but it apparently successfully imported:
I began deleting these, since I thought they were just cruft from a failed experiment. However, I noticed that Module:Yesno was in use in several places: Special:WhatLinksHere/Module:Yesno So, I wonder: did I import and blow away existing modules on Meta? If so...what is the best way to fix it?
I hope an admin with more technical expertise can help me walk this back -- hope I didn't mess anything up too badly. -Pete F (talk) 21:07, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As one can see on User:Ltrlg/translate-workflow-states, the French messages have an inconsistent typography and don’t exactly match the English versions. Could an administrator replace the current messages by the ones in the “Proposed” column, please? — Ltrlg (talk) – 18:39, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks! --Stryn (talk) 18:59, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Translation revertion

Please revert all edit made by : 103.242.20.233 in translation [1] to revision ... by NahidSultan. I have several times try to revert but it doesn't work. Someone would have an explanation? Grind24 (talk) 10:38, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was able to clean up a good portion of it and it looks like Stemoc got the rest. Thanks. --Az1568 (talk) 10:49, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Spam

Special:Contributions/110.227.9.159 Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:32, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted, deleted and warned. --Glaisher (talk) 16:00, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Could someone semi-protect my user page to prevent vandalism? Thank you. 1989 (talk) 19:47, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@1989: Done PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. 1989 (talk) 20:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Global account

I just created my new account, Bigwill91, and it was so bad that I want to contribute to Wikipedia and other projects. No need to edit anonymously.

However, I can't make this account into a global one; but can I still edit Wikipedia? Thanks. Bigwill91 (talk) 20:54, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bigwill91. Your account is automatically global, and there should be nothing preventing you from editing Wikipedia. Have fun! :) —Pathoschild 21:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
I found out! I can only edit on 3 projects, but not others. For example, I want to contribute Wikipedia, but my account is not yet attached to that wiki. What should I do? Bigwill91 (talk) 21:08, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you visit another wiki, your account there should be created automatically. You can look at Stalktoy to see information about your account, or Help:Unified login for more information about global accounts. —Pathoschild 21:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
No luck. It doesn't auto-attach my account if I try to visit another wiki. What else can I do? Bigwill91 (talk) 21:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I see several wikis attached to your global account recently, but the English Wikipedia isn't one of them. Can you log in there manually? —Pathoschild 21:35, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
No. It doesn't work; it is not yet registered. And, besides, it take a few days for my account to be attached. Bigwill91 (talk) 21:45, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There should be no delay to attach a local account. If it doesn't work correctly for you, you should ask for help in #wikimedia-techconnect. —Pathoschild 23:00, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
I want to contribute to Wikipedia, but it is not yet attached. If I try to login to Wikipedia, I would get a Cannot create account error because my IP address is blocked. Could you give me instructions? Bigwill91 (talk) 23:15, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please refer to w:Help:I have been blocked for help resolving your situation. —Pathoschild 23:20, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
But my talk page access from my IP is revoked because it is not yet created. Could you restore talk page access for me? Regards, Bigwill(History) Timestamp: 23:47, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You can click '[show]' next to the Additional information section to see alternatives when you don't have talk page access. —Pathoschild 23:52, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Confusing. The information is different from rather than just asking an admin to restore talk page access. Regards, Bigwill(History) Timestamp: 23:56, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
To simplify, you can talk directly to administrators on the English Wikipedia via #wikipedia-en-unblockconnect. —Pathoschild 00:04, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Nonsense. Could you ask an administrator on Wikipedia (both English and Simple English) to unblock my IP address, because I registered my account? Regards, Bigwill(History) Timestamp: 00:23, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Can't you do it yourself? There's a web version of the #wikipedia-en-unblock channel, so there's no software to install. —Pathoschild 00:36, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Just asked at Wikimedia Forum instead. Waiting for someone to reply… Regards, Bigwill(History) Timestamp: 01:03, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse filter false positive

User:Egonw has just been automatically blocked. The individual is known to me and bona fide. The edit was a cut'n'paste of en:User:Egonw. What triggered the filter, and how can we fix it? I also note that there is no notification, and no instruction for making an 'unblock' request, on Egon's talk page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:16, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I have removed the block, but somebody else should take a look at the filter, such automatic blocks are definitely not okay. Nevertheless, I believe there are unblock instructions included in some MediaWiki message, which I am unable to find at the moment. Thanks for reporting. Vogone (talk) 11:28, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
blogspot has been used for pushing spam and redirects. A warning is issued prior to block in this filter. See Special:AbuseFilter/68 for background and please feel free to suggest further improvements. --M/ (talk) 11:51, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It is rare to get a false positive, though we do watch for them with that filter. They are also checked and this one was identified by me when I was reviewing to find that it had already been actioned.  — billinghurst sDrewth 12:04, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the filter.  — billinghurst sDrewth 12:27, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Authority control

Please can someone with the necessary rights import Commons:Template:Authority control together with all of its sub-templates, to this wiki? It will be useful on global user pages. The current redirect will need to be overwritten. [I was advised to post here following this discussion] Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:00, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My old userpage unemployed

I simply wanted to say that I am the same person as Gloria S., but the first times I edited here, I also lost my password, and then I created my actual userpage. I think that it's useless to mantain that userpage. Do you think it would be deletable? Thanks, --Gloria sah (talk) 17:25, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, it could either be deleted or redirected to your new userpage. Which would you prefer? PiRSquared17 (talk) 17:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
..the last one you said, :-))) , Thank you, --Gloria sah (talk) 17:40, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Done--Vituzzu (talk) 17:51, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Central notice edit request - POTY banner

c:POTY2014 R2 has begun. Would you please activate POTY banner which call for voting? (Sorry if I'm writing in a wrong page.)

Like this:

Thank you. --miya (talk) 15:51, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Miya: done, sorry for the delay. Here is the campaign, I already enabled it, but can you please double check it? BTW Why is Western Balochi (bgn) excluded? Seems arbitrary. PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:03, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, PiRSquared17! As to exclusion of "bgn" - I just copied R1 campaign with wondering why. Please include "bgn", if you think it ok. --miya (talk) 16:23, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
miya, thank you for adding this request! This is exactly the right place, and you included all the necessary information. I have added bgn back because I can't think of any reason to exclude it. Regards, PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]