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Apr 15 2020

The_Pioneer added a comment to T5318: Change copyright license on wikilexicon.miraheze.org.

@Reception123 Apart from the 3 users who have started their activities after the decision was made (note that 2 of them are apparently made only for vandalism), I've confirmed that all the contributors on Special:ListUsers have agreed, or are subaccounts of someone who have.

Apr 15 2020, 15:24 · Configuration

Mar 15 2020

The_Pioneer added a comment to T5323: ManageWiki Not working.

Can you change Managewiki right to SuperAdministrators?

Mar 15 2020, 02:11 · Configuration

Mar 12 2020

The_Pioneer reopened T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests as "Open".

Reopening the task, as now I found out that the following 2 requests are stuck at the same "abominablememefandomswiki".

Mar 12 2020, 07:15 · Site Reliability Engineering, MediaWiki

Feb 16 2020

The_Pioneer added a comment to T5193: Request for wiki import.

I have created the wiki per https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/10777

Feb 16 2020, 13:44 · MediaWiki, Import

Feb 10 2020

The_Pioneer renamed T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests from For reporting stuck renames to For reporting stuck rename requests.
Feb 10 2020, 14:22 · Site Reliability Engineering, MediaWiki
The_Pioneer added a comment to T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests.

Reporting the latest case.

Feb 10 2020, 14:22 · Site Reliability Engineering, MediaWiki
The_Pioneer merged task T4966: Fix rename of User:IAmEiji to User:NoFace into T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests.
Feb 10 2020, 14:21 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer merged task T4977: Fix rename for User:Apap04 to User:-andreas into T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests.
Feb 10 2020, 14:21 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer merged task T5049: The rename progress for my Miraheze account (FireBarrier101) into T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests.
Feb 10 2020, 14:21 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer merged tasks T5049: The rename progress for my Miraheze account (FireBarrier101), T4977: Fix rename for User:Apap04 to User:-andreas, T4966: Fix rename of User:IAmEiji to User:NoFace into T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests.
Feb 10 2020, 14:21 · Site Reliability Engineering, MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T5219: For reporting stuck rename requests as Normal priority.
Feb 10 2020, 14:19 · Site Reliability Engineering, MediaWiki

Feb 2 2020

The_Pioneer triaged T5185: Wiki creation faliure as High priority.
Feb 2 2020, 05:07 · Site Reliability Engineering, CreateWiki

Jan 25 2020

The_Pioneer reopened T5162: Internal error on Special:RequestWikiQueue as "Open".

Thanks, but now all the tabs apart from "request" are gone, and I still can't create a wiki or post comments on those requests.

Jan 25 2020, 17:08 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T5162: Internal error on Special:RequestWikiQueue as High priority.
Jan 25 2020, 11:53 · MediaWiki

Jan 6 2020

The_Pioneer triaged T5074: Notification error on Shiromachiya as Normal priority.
Jan 6 2020, 11:19 · Extensions, Site Reliability Engineering

Dec 23 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T5012: Translation pages in error as Normal priority.
Dec 23 2019, 04:35 · Extensions

Dec 21 2019

The_Pioneer reopened T3861: Statistics and logs issue (actor?) as "Open".

Reopening the task, as I have found that ContributionScores (merged from T3931) is still not working. Could you fix it as well?

Dec 21 2019, 10:48 · Upstream, MacFan4000, MediaWiki

Nov 14 2019

The_Pioneer updated the task description for T4899: Somthing wrong with the translation stats on meta.
Nov 14 2019, 07:16 · Extensions
The_Pioneer triaged T4899: Somthing wrong with the translation stats on meta as Normal priority.
Nov 14 2019, 07:15 · Extensions

Oct 21 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4828: naruhito.miraheze.orgでTitleBlacklistを有効にしてください.

I could see the titleblacklist being created, but the testing through api.php have failed due to an unknown reason, though the syntax seems to be correct (as they work fine on other wikis).

Oct 21 2019, 15:18 · Configuration

Sep 9 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4478: Changing the subdomain of Uncyc 2.0.

@Reception123 Yes. Sorry for the delay myself. Had been busy on other projects.

Sep 9 2019, 04:59 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering

Jul 13 2019

The_Pioneer closed T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed, a subtask of T4522: Auto Create Category Pages, as Resolved.
Jul 13 2019, 18:35 · Configuration
The_Pioneer closed T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed as Resolved.

Marked as resolved.

Jul 13 2019, 18:35 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine
The_Pioneer added a comment to T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed.

@Mlfoster Now I have disabled it, and you should be able to manage extensions.

Jul 13 2019, 18:19 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine
The_Pioneer added a comment to T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed.

Well, Stewards should be able to access private wikis without member rights, and even if I didn't have the permission to view the wiki, I wouldn't be forcefully logged out on other private wikis as it happened there.

Jul 13 2019, 18:08 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine
The_Pioneer added a comment to T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed.

Something is going wrong with your wiki - the custom domain (https://theliteratureproject.org ) will return error 404, and when I tried to fix it on the original domain (https://theliteratureproject.miraheze.org ), I'm forced to log out due to an unknown reason. I think only sysadmins can fix it.

Jul 13 2019, 17:49 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine

Jul 12 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed as Normal priority.
Jul 12 2019, 04:23 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine
The_Pioneer added a comment to T4523: Failed Requirements Error since Auto Create Category Pages was installed.

I think it's because you will need managewiki-restricted permission to manage extensions when restricted extensions are enabled (including but not limited to Auto Create Category Pages).

Jul 12 2019, 04:23 · Configuration, ManageWiki, Amanda Catherine

Jul 7 2019

The_Pioneer closed T4522: Auto Create Category Pages as Resolved.

Done.

Jul 7 2019, 13:00 · Configuration

Jun 23 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4485: Korean texts in namespace are broken in my Wiki.

True, but don't you have a backup to restore all of them, as it looks like the similar issues have happened across most non-English wikis?

Jun 23 2019, 05:22 · Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T4487: Status update failure on Special:RequestWikiQueue.

P.S. It's kind of random - in most cases, status updates do work fine.

Jun 23 2019, 03:30 · Site Reliability Engineering
The_Pioneer created T4487: Status update failure on Special:RequestWikiQueue.
Jun 23 2019, 03:28 · Site Reliability Engineering

Jun 18 2019

The_Pioneer created T4478: Changing the subdomain of Uncyc 2.0.
Jun 18 2019, 11:31 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering

May 29 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4411: Reporting technical errors on Terrible TV Shows Wiki and Best TV Shows Wiki.

Hmm, I wonder why that happened. Perhaps something related to a past incident?

May 29 2019, 07:31 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer created T4424: deletion request of yourosongocontest wiki.
May 29 2019, 07:30 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering

May 24 2019

The_Pioneer lowered the priority of T4414: CreateWiki partially broken from High to Normal.

I have found out the error occurred because the wiki already exists. However, the message sounds like some kind of error (than telling why the wiki cannot be created), and would like to have it fixed.

May 24 2019, 12:15 · CreateWiki
The_Pioneer created T4415: Possible vulnerability of Special:IncidentReports.
May 24 2019, 11:17 · IncidentReporting, acl*security
The_Pioneer triaged T4414: CreateWiki partially broken as High priority.
May 24 2019, 10:06 · CreateWiki
The_Pioneer updated the task description for T4411: Reporting technical errors on Terrible TV Shows Wiki and Best TV Shows Wiki.
May 24 2019, 04:53 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer updated the task description for T4411: Reporting technical errors on Terrible TV Shows Wiki and Best TV Shows Wiki.
May 24 2019, 04:53 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T4411: Reporting technical errors on Terrible TV Shows Wiki and Best TV Shows Wiki as Normal priority.
May 24 2019, 04:51 · MediaWiki

May 23 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4405: Restoration of the previous permissions of all wikis.

Apparently, the Wiki Manager permission doesn't work as intended (while wiki creator, CVT, and interwiki-admin works fine). I will report this as an update.

May 23 2019, 01:37 · Configuration
The_Pioneer raised the priority of T4405: Restoration of the previous permissions of all wikis from Normal to High.
May 23 2019, 00:49 · Configuration
The_Pioneer created T4405: Restoration of the previous permissions of all wikis.
May 23 2019, 00:49 · Configuration
The_Pioneer closed T4404: Emergency on Usopedia as Resolved.

See T4403. I will fix your permissions as the local crat there.

May 23 2019, 00:36 · MediaWiki

May 20 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4382: Special:RequestWikiQueue (partially) broken.
May 20 2019, 09:06 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer reopened T4382: Special:RequestWikiQueue (partially) broken as "Open".

Thanks for your fix, which I have confirmed that it works. However, the thing is, the wiki does NOT exist, with the non-customized URL resulting in error 404 and custom domain resulting in DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN.

May 20 2019, 02:28 · MediaWiki

May 19 2019

The_Pioneer updated the task description for T4382: Special:RequestWikiQueue (partially) broken.
May 19 2019, 05:57 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T4382: Special:RequestWikiQueue (partially) broken as High priority.
May 19 2019, 05:56 · MediaWiki

Mar 18 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4197: File Storage is running low on storage.

So maybe asking for donation through centralnotice might be the solution for the time being. Some users have already suggested it on our discord, and perhaps it's indeed high time we did so.

Mar 18 2019, 15:55 · Amanda Catherine, Site Reliability Engineering

Mar 17 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T4202: Usopedia's Extension:Comments broken as Normal priority.

I have moved the page to a log page for a quick fix. I have checked the source, and it seems like it has something to do with the use of templates.

Mar 17 2019, 07:53 · MediaWiki

Mar 4 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T4163: Download database dump for Absurdopedia.

They would like to know the ETA of this import, and whether there will be an edit conflict if they import stuff manually using Special:Import and/or Special:Upload. Could you tell us?

Mar 4 2019, 09:51 · Configuration

Feb 28 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to R9:cabdc9c6eacb: configure uncyclopedia2wiki per T4070 (#2641).

@Void I think you need to add a plus before uncyclopedia2wiki at line 3303. It seems to be the only difference I could find. (though I may be wrong, because it's rather a guess and I'm not an expert on this topic)

Feb 28 2019, 13:41

Feb 19 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T4115: Miraheze's interwiki links do not seem to work as High priority.

It's actually an issue seen across whole Mirhaeze (such as this page), and I'll triage it as high priority.

Feb 19 2019, 10:31 · MediaWiki

Jan 21 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T4036: Subpages as High priority.

I'll set it to high priority, because the broken subpage links have been seen across multiple wikis, including Usopedia and meta. It's probably that the subpages on mainspace which are going wrong.

Jan 21 2019, 20:30 · Amanda Catherine, ManageWiki

Jan 12 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3991: Special:CreateWiki broken with an internal error displayed.

And the log, too, is not working properly, because we can see that wikis are created according to the farmer log but they won't be displayed on RecentChanges.

Jan 12 2019, 14:07 · CreateWiki, Amanda Catherine, MacFan4000, ManageWiki
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3984: Internal error when accessing a diff page on nonbinary wiki.

Hmm, so I guess it was related to the local gadget. A similar problem also happened on Usopedia (which I fixed it by myself by deleting the script referring to non-listed site), and there might be similar issues coming up on other wikis.

Jan 12 2019, 09:15 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T3991: Special:CreateWiki broken with an internal error displayed as High priority.
Jan 12 2019, 09:08 · CreateWiki, Amanda Catherine, MacFan4000, ManageWiki

Jan 10 2019

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3977: Create Account abuse rule: "Likely spambot username" on ndg.nenawiki.org.

Hmm, it was working fine on Illogicopedia (where I found that filter), but I guess we need some improvements for Miraheze.

Jan 10 2019, 01:38 · MediaWiki

Jan 6 2019

The_Pioneer triaged T3966: Request for changing the subdomain of internetpediawiki as Normal priority.
Jan 6 2019, 04:01 · MacFan4000, Configuration

Dec 31 2018

The_Pioneer triaged T3944: MWexception errors frequently appearing across wikis as Normal priority.
Dec 31 2018, 11:10 · MediaWiki

Dec 28 2018

The_Pioneer triaged T3931: Extentions EditCount and ContributionScores not working on Usopedia as Normal priority.
Dec 28 2018, 05:31 · Upstream, Extensions

Dec 20 2018

The_Pioneer triaged T3908: CreateWiki function broken? as High priority.
Dec 20 2018, 11:17 · MediaWiki

Nov 10 2018

The_Pioneer triaged T3790: Malfunction of the search function for RequestWikiQueue on meta as Normal priority.
Nov 10 2018, 15:47 · CreateWiki

Nov 8 2018

The_Pioneer closed T3776: An error on Italian Uncyclopedia as Invalid.

Uh, after I posted this, I found this phab task and understood that it's just a natural process during update.

Nov 8 2018, 05:42 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer renamed T3776: An error on Italian Uncyclopedia from Errors on Italian Uncyclopedia to An error on Italian Uncyclopedia.
Nov 8 2018, 05:37 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T3776: An error on Italian Uncyclopedia as Normal priority.
Nov 8 2018, 05:37 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer updated the task description for T3775: Please fix the "Create wiki" button on the Wiki Request.
Nov 8 2018, 04:15 · Configuration
The_Pioneer created T3775: Please fix the "Create wiki" button on the Wiki Request.
Nov 8 2018, 04:08 · Configuration

Sep 2 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3553: Add some namespaces to nonciclopedia.miraheze.org.

@Wedhro OK, thanks for your comment. Maybe it'll be useful to tell the Polish community by yourself, because they're having discussions regarding interwiki here.

Sep 2 2018, 18:13 · Amanda Catherine, MacFan4000, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3553: Add some namespaces to nonciclopedia.miraheze.org.

@Wedhro I thought the Italian community has decided to move the wiki to a server hosted by Carlb. Can you tell me what's going on? And which version will be the official one as the final result?

Sep 2 2018, 16:22 · Amanda Catherine, MacFan4000, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3546: Faster script or extension for massive blocking.

Please see CVTwiki. It did stop from time to time due to various kinds of errors.

Sep 2 2018, 09:34 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3546: Faster script or extension for massive blocking.

Hmm, sounds good to me (though the speed limit is sometimes problematic for my activities). Thanks for your comment.

Sep 2 2018, 03:08 · MediaWiki

Sep 1 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3547: HotCat.

You can't enable check user because it violates our privacy policy.

Sep 1 2018, 10:06 · Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3546: Faster script or extension for massive blocking.

P.S. I also wish I could edit the reason. Not all massive blocking is due to proxies.

Sep 1 2018, 04:33 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T3546: Faster script or extension for massive blocking as Low priority.
Sep 1 2018, 04:30 · MediaWiki

Aug 31 2018

The_Pioneer created T3544: Changing the subdomain from pmspace to ourmeta.
Aug 31 2018, 19:12 · Configuration
The_Pioneer reopened T3522: External images disappeared as "Open".

Reopened per above.

Aug 31 2018, 13:47 · Configuration

Aug 27 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3522: External images disappeared.

This is probably because the website in question is not whitelisted. We had a security issue, and currently only trusted external sites are whitelisted. You can ask for the site(s) to be whitelisted or manually upload the images on your wiki.

Aug 27 2018, 13:13 · Configuration
The_Pioneer reopened T3521: Bugs due to error. We can't load Youtube videos and Images. as "Open".

I have to reopen the task, because the image from https://mirrors.creativecommons.org is not displayed properly; at least, it looks like you're using the one from the mirror website for CC BY-NC banners, which is:
https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/png/by-nc.png

Aug 27 2018, 09:50 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3521: Bugs due to error. We can't load Youtube videos and Images..

My pleasure :)

Aug 27 2018, 09:41 · MediaWiki
The_Pioneer triaged T3521: Bugs due to error. We can't load Youtube videos and Images. as Normal priority.
Aug 27 2018, 09:08 · MediaWiki

Aug 26 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3520: Personal and sensitive information being sent third party by a community.

Some comments.

  1. Script removal should be done by oversighters (so that local admins cannot restore).
  2. One of the problems is that the guy who made the script has been inactive for months (see this). I'm not sure whether anyone can make a contact.
  3. Also, at least one of the admins there hosts multiple wikis; those wikis should also be investigated (I'll send a list on CVT channel if necessary).
Aug 26 2018, 22:46 · MediaWiki, acl*security

Aug 24 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3509: Changing subdomain of my wiki.

Wow, that was fast. Thanks as always :)

Aug 24 2018, 11:14 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3509: Changing subdomain of my wiki.

I've enabled protection for the next 24 hours. Can you do it within it? Thanks.

Aug 24 2018, 10:46 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering

Aug 22 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3509: Changing subdomain of my wiki.

To who perform the modification: can you notify me beforehand on Meta so that I can protect the site from being edited?

Aug 22 2018, 23:58 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering
The_Pioneer created T3509: Changing subdomain of my wiki.
Aug 22 2018, 13:24 · Database, Site Reliability Engineering

Aug 12 2018

The_Pioneer reopened T3473: Requesting ApprovedRevs extension. as "Open".

Turning things back.

Aug 12 2018, 11:53 · Extensions, MacFan4000

Aug 5 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3454: Creating some new user groups on Usopedia..

Confirmed. Thanks for your help :)

Aug 5 2018, 09:56 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer reopened T3454: Creating some new user groups on Usopedia. as "Open".

Thanks, but I'd like to reopen the task.

Aug 5 2018, 07:29 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration

Aug 4 2018

The_Pioneer updated the task description for T3454: Creating some new user groups on Usopedia..
Aug 4 2018, 11:47 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer created T3454: Creating some new user groups on Usopedia..
Aug 4 2018, 11:45 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3351: Displaying Comment logs on RecentChanges and Logs by default. (for Usopedia (newusopedia.miraheze.org)).

Thanks :)

Aug 4 2018, 09:17 · Configuration

Aug 3 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

Thanks :)

Aug 3 2018, 10:00 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration

Aug 2 2018

The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

As I mentioned above, those who can access the logs should be limited to: admins (local), BCs (local), CVTs (global), Stewards (global), and Sysadmins (global).

Aug 2 2018, 13:13 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

The userpage itself can be dangerous, because some vandals try to register address/phone numbers for their user name. I have a filter to prevent most of them. but still it's not 100% perfect, and those vandals can intentionally create logs (which happened in my previous wiki before moving). Thus, that is still not enough.

Aug 2 2018, 12:05 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

the very "what" can contain private info or hints (because I've blacklisted creation of some pages).

Aug 2 2018, 05:54 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

Although all the filters are private, anyone can see which filter was triggered on which actions, pages, etc. from Special:AbuseLog. This is the very page I'd like to have it hidden.

Aug 2 2018, 05:53 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer added a comment to T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).

Uh, well, I guess I forgot to add sysadmins. They should also be able to see the logs. Thanks again.

Aug 2 2018, 05:01 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration
The_Pioneer renamed T3448: Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards) from Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (make it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards) to Hiding abuselogs on wikis I join (making it visible only for admins, BCs, CVTs, and Stewards).
Aug 2 2018, 04:59 · Amanda Catherine, Configuration