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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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Hello all. Should {{edit protected}} be merged into {{edit request}}? The latter is able to categorise requests into different categories, Category:Meta protected edit requests for interface administrators and Category:Meta protected edit requests. Seems uncontroversial to me but a second take on this would be better. Minorax (talk) 15:41, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note, please update Template:Recentchangestext if needed since it has a count of the requests. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As in the previous case, Module:Project portal should be updated too. Sgd. —Hasley 23:56, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do the changes by the end of this week. --Minorax (talk) 10:33, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux and Hasley: Done. See Template:Recentchangestext if the text is ok. --Minorax (talk) 15:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Minorax: something has certainly gone wrong - for example MediaWiki talk:Gadgets-definition is in Category:Meta protected edit requests for interface administrators - however the request already has one of the resolved parameters selected, ans=yes. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:03, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: In the midst of fixing it. --Minorax (talk) 16:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I can't pinpoint the error and need some help with this. --Minorax (talk) 16:24, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Minorax: this used to be module-powered (c.f. Special:PermaLink/19604254) but it looks like you've abandoned using the module? — xaosflux ^Talk 16:36, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: Yes. Will check on that tomorrow, it's getting late here, and try to fix the issue. Meanwhile I'll revert the edits made. Would appreciate your help if you can find and fix the issue. Sorry. --Minorax (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t have the time this week to edit or check so I’ve asked someone for help. Sorry for the delay. --Minorax (talk) 00:21, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser Indicators

Recently {{Unrelated}} is vandalized. Please semi-protect all templates in {{CheckUser Indicators}}.--GZWDer (talk) 16:31, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO, it is not high volume vandalism enough. I do not mind if others do act though. --Base (talk) 18:52, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Inappropriate "is a retard" username

SemperBlotto is a retard (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Inappropriate username. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:59, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@1234qwer1234qwer4: When I saw this report in my watchlist I thought it vandalism. I've adjusted the title. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 19:18, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexis Jazz: Is there such a big difference between vandalism and inappropriate usernames here? Both normally result in the sysop action of a block. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 11:03, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@1234qwer1234qwer4: I saw "→‎User:SB is a retard: new section" in my watchlist. I figured that would probably be vandalism, but it was you.

— Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 23:58, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked 1,5 years ago on en.wikt, where there were some edits, but no activity outside of that. So, why the report here now? --MF-W 19:35, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This user has no activity on the meta-wiki, so local admin action really isn't worth the effort. If you find the username so offensive that it should never be used, the stewards can review it at Steward_requests/Global#Requests_for_global_(un)lock_and_(un)hiding. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:33, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, see w:en:Streisand effect. --Rs chen 7754 02:54, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. DannyS712 (talk) 03:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help moving page

I created a page at User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Research on the value of IP Editing that I'd like to move to Research:Value of IP Editing. I drafted the page there but it's mature and ready to move.

There are few external links to the site so I'd love to keep a XNR from the original location. I mentioned I would do this when I created the page. I can obviously just-and-paste and make the redirect by hand but it seems better to preserve the history of the page. Thanks! —mako ๛ 22:33, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --MF-W 22:44, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Sgd. —Hasley 00:02, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 There are few external links to the site so I'd love to keep a XNR from the original location. I mentioned I would do this when I created the page. I can obviously just-and-paste and make the redirect by hand but it seems better to preserve the history of the page. Thanks! —<b>[[User:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#C40099">m</font><font color="#600099">a</font><font color="#2D0399">k</font><font color="#362365">o</font>]][[User_talk:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#000000">๛</font>]]</b> 22:33, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 :Done. --<small>[[User:MF-Warburg|MF-W]]</small> 22:44, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
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