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My wiki is broken[edit | edit source]

It only shows the html of the page on my side https://alphasisters.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page AlphaSisters-Admin (talk) 11:14, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I checked on my phone and it seems to be only a problem my computer has. the page reads without any Styles at all AlphaSisters-Admin (talk) 11:33, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This issue has been fixed. Tali64^2 (talk) 16:55, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Special:ManageWiki/core cannot be opened[edit | edit source]

I want to change the website name from "超理" to "超理 Wiki" --PandaFiredoge (talk) 16:06, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is now fixed. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:14, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. —PandaFiredoge (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to import an XML database?[edit | edit source]

Database is close to 500M, Special:导入页面 cannot be used --PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:01, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please request the import at Special:RequestImport The AP (talk) 13:59, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unable to upload file, showing 429 too many requests PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:04, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's 413. I wrote it wrong. PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
413 Request Entity Too Large
cloudflare PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:21, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello PandaFiredoge,
I've asked our tech team to investigate this issue, and they will resolve it as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. The AP (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP Can you help me import it manually? This archive contains four files that should have the same content, but they differ in size, which might be a bug in the Fandom system. Please help me import them. https://www.mediafire.com/file/d78l78ur603dhep
import to 超理wiki --PandaFiredoge (talk) 08:58, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A bug was previously discovered on Miraheze: if, during import, the option 'assign edits to local users with the same name' is selected, and the user has a global account on SkyWiki but no corresponding local account on the target wiki, then after the import, the user will be unable to log in. --PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:02, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Similarly please open another ticket for the bug, with detailed steps on how to replicate the issue, and what should have happened instead. The AP (talk) 09:05, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T27 PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:01, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello PandaFiredoge,
Please open a ticket at Phabricator and attach the files for import. The AP (talk) 09:03, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP Like this? https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T26 PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:00, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. A System admin will look into it soon The AP (talk) 10:30, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP I can't confirm my email address on Phorge PandaFiredoge (talk) 14:07, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What error are you getting? The AP (talk) 14:18, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP I can't receive the email PandaFiredoge (talk) 05:56, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP I uploaded a new compressed package. https://www.mediafire.com/file/x5fjtu61x4pw5pj PandaFiredoge (talk) 08:00, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dear @PandaFiredoge
Your import is done.Happy editing! The AP (talk) 12:20, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 15:07, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP How do I change the site name, as well as the names of the project and project_talk namespaces? I want to rename them from “超理 Wiki” to “锑星百科” (for compatibility reasons). PandaFiredoge (talk) 06:10, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Visit Special:ManageWiki/Core on your wiki, and change the parameter from “超理 Wiki” to “锑星百科”. To change the project namespace, please visit Special:ManageWiki/Core on your wiki and scroll down until you see "What should the main namespace name for the project namespace be? ($wgMetaNamespace)", change the name there and also do it for $wgMetaNamespaceTalk The AP (talk) 12:10, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, it was solved. PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:42, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP https://www.mediafire.com/file/sag15evn4x19p7q
These also need to be imported, Thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:37, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Import done. The AP (talk) 12:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:33, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot create a wiki[edit | edit source]

I tried to create a wiki on SkyWiki but it gave me an error related to checking database name. Xeverything11 (talk) 09:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed try now Cocopuff2018 (talk) 14:53, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I see the global policy of Skywiki?[edit | edit source]

PandaFiredoge (talk) 14:00, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @PandaFiredoge
Global policies of SkyWiki are available at - Category:Global policies The AP (talk) 14:08, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why can’t other wikis and my wiki be seen in Google search result?[edit | edit source]

When I search their wiki names, they’re not showing in Google search result. Mika (talk) 18:45, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello you need to Claim ownership of you're site and then submit it to Google it will not automatically been seen by goolge Once done it can take time for it to appear on Google however sometimes it will appear within a few minutes --Cocopuff2018 (talk) 18:48, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings Mika,
To have your wiki appear on google search, you need to setup it through WikiSEO with Google Search Console. A guide is availabe here. The AP (talk) 19:17, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add Extension:NativeSvgHandler. GenerateDescription.php for countryhumans.skywiki.org.[edit | edit source]

I wondered why wikiseo didn't add the meta description to my wiki, and then I figured out that TextExtracts used the html heading of PortableInfobox as the real heading, resulting "first paragraph" has no content to extract, and wikiseo uses the first paragraph Extracts... Maitian MaiLin (talk) 09:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook is broken[edit | edit source]

Hello, I'm informing that the Monobook skin is not working on piklodex.skywiki.org. How can this be fixed? Gstar (talk) 01:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also I cannot access Preferences menu in that wiki as well. Xeverything11 (talk) 07:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Xeverything11: For meantime I guess I'll do Monaco as default. Gstar (talk) 17:33, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We are working to resolve this thank you for your patience Cocopuff2018 (talk) 17:35, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome! Gstar (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is administration frequency[edit | edit source]

I know SkyWiki don't like Wikidot that is a anarchism platform. SkyWiki is not discovered XSS bug. What is frequency of SkyWiki administration?

Will it operate...

  • ...Violate to Content Policy?
  • ...Vandalism?
  • ...Spam and other?

--Googology (talk) 07:03, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SkyWiki takes all appropriate steps to ensure that vanalism, spam, and Content Policy violations are removed. Tali64^2 (talk) 07:28, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

skyHow: toolbox tray[edit | edit source]

Note at the right

When I try to click on the arrow at the right, nothing happens. The toolbox tray should have opened. Can someone fix it? See skywiki:howto:MediaWiki:Gadget-ToolboxTray.css and skywiki:howto:MediaWiki:Gadget-ToolboxTray.js? Thanks. Xeverything11 (talk) 12:39, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a workaround, I changed code to make it work by hovering. Xeverything11 (talk) 07:46, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Best way to ask other editors to contribute to skyHow[edit | edit source]

I am thinking about asking other users' talk pages on Miraheze, Wikimedia wikis and wikiHow to contribute to skyHow. Any thoughts? Xeverything11 (talk) 20:46, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Settle the wikiSEO. Mika 21:39, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I already set up WikiSEO. Xeverything11 (talk) 07:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
what address of your wiki Maitian MaiLin (talk) 03:54, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://howto.skywiki.org Xeverything11 (talk) 07:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sitemap[edit | edit source]

Where is my wiki’s sitemap? - Mika

The address of your wiki's sitemap should be these https://thekildovianfederation.skywiki.org/sitemap-thekildovianfederationwiki-NS_0-0.xml (the x in x-0 is id of spacename, such as the main namespace is 0). But I checked that it doesn't exist — skywiki the sitemap seems to be generated some months after the site is created… Because my CH wiki's sitemaps was found in it was created for 4 months by Google and without sitemap.xml. Maitian MaiLin (talk) 02:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In addition, I suggest you set $wgPortableInfoboxUseHeadings to false, because wikiseo use textextract in 0 paragraph text generated meta description, But the textextract treats the heading element of PortableInfobox as true heading... Maitian MaiLin (talk) 03:04, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I set $wgPortableInfoboxUseHeadings to false this time. My wiki has existed for 23 days. Also, what is spacename? Mika 01:04, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, I said namespace Maitian MaiLin (talk) 04:43, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Maitian MaiLin,
We are currently working on enabling sitemaps for wikis across the SkyWiki Network. Please direct any suggestion to this ticket The AP (talk) 06:17, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Maitian MaiLin. @Mika Sitemaps are now enabled. Please go to following address to view your wiki's sitemap - [wikiname].skywiki.org/sitemap.xml Replace wikiname with your actual wiki's title. For example to view SkyMeta's sitemap I would go to - https://meta.skywiki.org/sitemap.xml The AP (talk) 05:16, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request import file[edit | edit source]

https://www.mediafire.com/file/erscv4if3a9zmf7, upload to https://superscience.skywiki.org . I tried to upload using SimpleBatchUpload, but reported a lot of errors. --PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:45, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAP PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:46, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
These files are from https://antimony.fandom.com/zh, and the previous XML database is also from here. PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:51, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T31 PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It has been imported, thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 06:16, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Report an error “Could not create directory“mwstore://local-backend/local-public/6/6f”。 ”[edit | edit source]

https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/Special:%E4%B8%8A%E4%BC%A0%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6

--PandaFiredoge (talk) 08:08, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What error are you getting, as I was able to successfully upload https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/File:Roman.jpeg The AP (talk) 09:06, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP When uploading favicon.ico PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:07, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, no such error is occurring for me, and your favicon is being displayed correctly. The AP (talk) 09:15, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Now the website icon is temporarily replaced by png images. You can try this. https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/antimony/images/6/64/Favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20200123111820&path-prefix=zh PandaFiredoge (talk) 11:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am still not sure what you're referring to. Can you join the discord server, so I can assist you in real time The AP (talk) 14:30, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP I understand now. If I upload directly from Special:Upload, there’s no error. But if I click the "The file with this name does not exist, but you can upload it" button on the file description page, it throws an error, and this filename will no longer be usable for any future uploads. PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Uh. It seems that using Special:Upload can also make errors. You can try to save this file and upload it to superscience. PandaFiredoge (talk) 08:00, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I made some changes to the backend, and it works for me see. If you still face any errors let me know. The AP (talk) 13:27, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
无法打开“mwstore://local-backend/local-public/6/64/Favicon.ico”的锁定文件。请确保您的上传目录正确配置，并且您的web服务器有权限写入至那个目录。参见 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory 获取更多信息。 PandaFiredoge (talk) 03:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP There is a bug that cannot delete the file. PandaFiredoge (talk) 04:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
现在上传任何文件都会提示“无法打开“mwstore://local-backend/local-public/4/41/xxxxx”的锁定文件。请确保您的上传目录正确配置，并且您的web服务器有权限写入至那个目录。参见 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory 获取更多信息。 ” PandaFiredoge (talk) 04:34, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP The bug is getting worse. Not only can't upload new pictures, but many previous pictures cannot be displayed after they are embedded in other pages. PandaFiredoge (talk) 15:19, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey PandaFiredoge,
The tech team is currently investigating the issue. I appreciate your patience. The AP (talk) 15:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I am still not sure what error occurs, but I can successfully upload images and delete them The AP (talk) 15:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP It's OK now, it might be because of the server cache just now PandaFiredoge (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

After creating the "超理文献" namespace, all pages prefixed with "超理文献:" that remain in the main namespace become inaccessible.[edit | edit source]

After creating the "超理文献" namespace, all pages prefixed with "超理文献:" that remain in the main namespace become inaccessible. PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:50, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to make them automatically enter the "超理文献" namespace? PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Could you provide me an example of a page that is inaccessible? The AP (talk) 13:31, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/%E8%B6%85%E7%90%86%E6%96%87%E7%8C%AE:%E9%9B%B7%E8%AE%BA PandaFiredoge (talk) 03:33, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The page is loading perfectly fine for me, do you see any error on it? The AP (talk) 15:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheAP Because after I found this bug, I urgently deleted the "超理文献" namespace. Once the "超理文献" namespace has been added, this page will not be accessible. PandaFiredoge (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please move such pages to another title before adding the "超理文献" namespace. After the addition, move them back to their original title and the desired namespace The AP (talk) 17:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How to move pages in batches? PandaFiredoge (talk) 04:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is a way to move them in batches using moveBatch.php . However it requires the pages to be put in this format:
existing name 1|new name 1
existing name 2|new name 2
existing name 3|new name 3
I would highly suggest doing it manually The AP (talk) 04:17, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Any plans to update MediaWiki to 1.43.1?[edit | edit source]

This version was released last week and fixes an important security bug.

Thanks Xeverything11 (talk) 17:12, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If so, when will SkyWiki update MediaWiki? Xeverything11 (talk) 17:16, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It was updated to 1.43.1. Xeverything11 (talk) 10:05, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Error after confirming email and all logon attempts "No active login attempt is in progress for your session."[edit | edit source]

i created a new account, but unable to logon. error message: Error after confirming email and all logon attempts "No active login attempt is in progress for your session."

for Dmautone account

Category page isn't showing pages in category[edit | edit source]

The category page https://tuba.skywiki.org/wiki/Category:Fundamentals should link to two pages, https://tuba.skywiki.org/wiki/Embouchure and https://tuba.skywiki.org/wiki/Intonation. However, neither is being shown

Why are my common.css and common.js not working?[edit | edit source]

--PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about making someone an administrator?[edit | edit source]

Do they need to have more edits to become an administrator? Mika 12:46, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean administrator here at SkyMeta? The AP (talk) 15:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I meant this making someone administrator at The Kildovian Federation. Two people asked me to make them administrator. Mika 17:19, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Go to Special:UserRights, type the username of the user whom you want to make an administrator, and check the "administrator" box. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:27, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I meant their edits. Do they need more edits to become an administrator? Mika 17:37, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is no technical edit requirement for promoting someone to an administrator. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:38, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
But do they need to be active on my wiki? Mika 17:39, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
MediaWiki has no requirements for assigning user groups to an existing user; the burden of establishing requirements falls on you as the bureaucrat. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:41, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What does "the burden of establishing requirements falls on you as the bureaucrat." mean? Mika 17:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What do you think it means? Tali64^2 (talk) 17:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think it means that I establish the requirements. Mika 17:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I hide the title of this page?[edit | edit source]

https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/%E9%94%91%E6%98%9F%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91:%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 --PandaFiredoge (talk) 16:32, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PandaFiredoge: Edit [1] and [2] to be completely empty (remove the hyphen). LMK if it doesn't work. Best, JazzyLink 🎺🔗 14:46, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you PandaFiredoge (talk) 05:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sitemap or verify my ownership[edit | edit source]

Should I better to submit the sitemap to the google console or verify my wiki's ownership to make my wiki appear in google search results?

I can't log in and reset my password[edit | edit source]

"There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form." message shows up when I try to log in as Mika (This is my account).

error creating new private wiki[edit | edit source]

Unable to create a wiki. error message below.

[da6ead75a2c337907f3dfa23] /wiki/Special:CreateNewWiki MediaWiki\Config\ConfigException: Must use LBFactoryMulti when using clusters with CreateWiki.

Backtrace:

from /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/CreateWiki/includes/Services/WikiManagerFactory.php(85)

  1. 0 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/SkywikiMagic/includes/SpecialCreateNewWiki.php(142): Miraheze\CreateWiki\Services\WikiManagerFactory->newInstance()
  2. 1 [internal function]: WikiOasis\WikiOasisMagic\SpecialCreateNewWiki->onSubmit()
  3. 2 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/htmlform/HTMLForm.php(822): call_user_func()
  4. 3 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/htmlform/HTMLForm.php(703): MediaWiki\HTMLForm\HTMLForm->trySubmit()
  5. 4 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/htmlform/HTMLForm.php(719): MediaWiki\HTMLForm\HTMLForm->tryAuthorizedSubmit()
  6. 5 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/specialpage/FormSpecialPage.php(241): MediaWiki\HTMLForm\HTMLForm->show()
  7. 6 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/SkywikiMagic/includes/SpecialCreateNewWiki.php(46): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\FormSpecialPage->execute()
  8. 7 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(728): WikiOasis\WikiOasisMagic\SpecialCreateNewWiki->execute()
  9. 8 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(1724): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage->run()
  10. 9 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(504): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPageFactory->executePath()
  11. 10 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(146): MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performRequest()
  12. 11 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/MediaWikiEntryPoint.php(200): MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->execute()
  13. 12 /var/www/mediawiki/index.php(58): MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint->run()
  14. 13 {main} Dmautone (talk) 15:45, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Dmautone
Please don't forget to sign your posts. We have been making some changes in the backend, you can now try to create a private wiki, The AP (talk) 15:57, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why can’t my wiki’s logo and background image be displayed?[edit | edit source]

Why can’t my wiki’s logo and background image be displayed? Mika 22:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is kissing considered a sexual activity?[edit | edit source]

The wikiHow article on how to kiss is one of the most popular wikiHow articles, with over 35 million views and I am planning to create "How to Kiss" article on skyHow, but I want to evaluate if the article "How to Kiss" is a sexual activity. Sexual activity is generally not allowed on SkyWiki wikis, per Content Policy. Xeverything11 (talk) 18:57, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With our recent shifted SkyWiki from IONOS to InterServer, so if you look clearly - you would notice we allow such type of content to be hosted now, provided that it's relevant the wiki's informational value The AP (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I get this error when trying to log in[edit | edit source]

Central user log in[edit | edit source]

No active login attempt is in progress for your session. 169.197.141.87 02:08, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also the wiki takes forever to load a single page. 169.197.141.87 02:10, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please log in first at https://login.skywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, then continue logging in to other wikis. If you're experiencing delays in loading pages, it may be due to a slow internet connection, as pages are loading instantly for me. The AP (talk) 05:46, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Still gives me an error and I can only login to loginwiki and no other wiki. 154.26.157.202 06:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

API Move Failure: Pages Stuck in NS0 on superscience.skywiki.org[edit | edit source]

Generated by Gemini 2.5 Pro!

Hello Administrators,

I'm writing to report a persistent and unusual issue on the wiki 锑星百科 regarding moving pages after the creation of a new namespace.

Summary of the Problem:

  • Initially, a number of pages existed in the Main Namespace (NS 0) with titles following the pattern 超理文献:PAGENAME.
  • A new custom namespace, [[Special:PrefixIndex/超理文献:|超理文献]], was successfully created. (API queries confirm this is Namespace ID: 3000).
  • The goal was to move these pages from NS 0 into the new NS 3000, removing the "超理文献:" prefix from the page title (e.g., move page titled `超理文献:SomePage` in NS 0 to be titled `SomePage` in NS 3000).
  • I attempted this move using the MediaWiki API move action via UserScript. Importantly, the script specifically used the fromid parameter to identify the source pages by their unique Page IDs.
  • The API repeatedly reported success for the move operation for each affected page. No errors or warnings were returned in the API responses.
  • However, the move operation consistently failed to actually execute. Subsequent checks (including direct API queries using action=query&prop=info&pageids=...) confirm that these pages still remain in the Main Namespace (NS 0) under their original full titles.
  • Confirming this, API queries for the intended target titles within Namespace 3000 (e.g., action=query&prop=info&titles=超理文献:SomePage) correctly report these pages as missing in the target namespace. Attempting to view these pages directly also results in a "page has no content" message.

Affected Pages (Confirmed Stuck in NS 0):

Here is the list of the affected pages and their Page IDs, which the API falsely reported as successfully moved but are confirmed to still be in NS 0:

  • Page ID: 3878, Title: 超理文献:《沙茶酱的声明》
  • Page ID: 4215, Title: 超理文献:录金史
  • Page ID: 4981, Title: 超理文献:氜气
  • Page ID: 5550, Title: 超理文献:氡钨原
  • Page ID: 3543, Title: 超理文献:氢氰酸之歌
  • Page ID: 8025, Title: 超理文献:苏安可研究成果合集
  • Page ID: 7483, Title: 超理文献:酰冰团之歌
  • Page ID: 6360, Title: 超理文献:钅鸡铌锶世界纪录
  • Page ID: 8270, Title: 超理文献:钅鸡铌锶世界纪录列表
  • Page ID: 7819, Title: 超理文献:锑星成语词典
  • Page ID: 7491, Title: 超理文献:阿米诺斯
  • Page ID: 7971, Title: 超理文献:雷论/雷氏光学
  • Page ID: 6087, Title: 超理文献:雷论/雷绍武回忆录

(Total: 13 pages confirmed)

Request:

It appears the standard MediaWiki API move functionality is encountering a significant issue or bug within this specific environment/scenario, causing it to fail silently while incorrectly reporting success.

Could you please assist by:

  1. Investigating why the API move action (even when using fromid) fails to execute the database changes correctly under these circumstances, yet returns a success status.
  2. Manually correcting the database records for the affected Page IDs listed above. This would require direct database access to update the relevant rows in the page table:
    • Change page_namespace from 0 to 3000.
    • Change page_title from 超理文献:PAGENAME to PAGENAME (i.e., remove the prefix).
    • Ensure associated data pointers (like page_latest) are correctly maintained/updated.

Direct database intervention seems to be the only viable path forward, as the API has proven unreliable for this specific task.

Please let me know if you need any more details or logs.

Thank you for your time and assistance! PandaFiredoge (talk) 12:29, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAP PandaFiredoge (talk) 12:31, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Could not open lock file" error when uploading a file in the Statistics Wiki[edit | edit source]

Whenever I try and upload a file in the Statistics Wiki, I get the error "Could not open lock file for "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/c/c7/Toasted_Clicker.png". Make sure your upload directory is configured correctly and your web server has permission to write to that directory." ToastedDev (talk) 05:39, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issues loading images[edit | edit source]

Some of the articles now have issues loading every image on an article at a time. For example: https://supermario.skywiki.org/wiki/Mario Gstar (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbnail generation failure[edit | edit source]

https://supermario.skywiki.org/wiki/File:WaxMario.jpg


As seen here, it's also refusing to generate thumbnails. I really hope this all gets fixed soon. Gstar (talk) 18:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


we are in the process of finding a resolution for this --Cocopuff2018 (talk) 18:09, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! If it's resolved, will I have to manually reupload or will it auto-generate? Gstar (talk) 18:13, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please let me know when this is fixed. I check Meta daily. Gstar (talk) 18:56, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Error message is: "Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/1/10"." Gstar (talk) 19:41, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
When do you get this error? The AP (talk) 19:47, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gstar please provide to us which Wiki this occurred on Cocopuff2018 (talk) 19:56, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On supermario.skywiki.org , when trying to reupload WaxMario.jpg while trying to generate thumbnails (see above). Gstar (talk) 23:23, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No such error occurred for me. I have deleted the orginal and reuploaded the same and exact image. Thumbnail also appears to be fine The AP (talk) 13:02, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I noticed this when I logged on this morning. I'm glad it's fixed, though it still leaves me curious as to why it didn't work earlier. Gstar (talk) 13:30, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Time zone[edit | edit source]

It seems that the time zone of this wiki was recently changed from UTC to CET (possibly as a result of the server switch?). Was this intentional? If not, can it be changed back? JazzyLink 🎺🔗 16:24, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Though one might not be able to reply to comments that were posted under CEST using DiscussionTools. The AP (talk) 16:48, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you like, I could go through RecentChanges and change the signature timestamps to UTC. JazzyLink 🎺🔗 16:52, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That would be very great however, that would require changing both "CEST" to "UTC" and setting the time itself to 2 hours behind The AP (talk) 16:56, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done AFAICT. JazzyLink 🎺🔗 17:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Database dumps aren't working[edit | edit source]

https://supermario.skywiki.org/wiki/Special:DataDump

I'm unable to generate XML and image dumps for the Mario Compendium. Gstar (talk) 20:23, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi please provide me the reason for needing a dump and I can attempt to make a request on you're behalf --Cocopuff2018 (talk) 20:41, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I like making backups to ensure the safety of all the work on the wiki. Is there any problem with that, storage-wise? Gstar (talk) 15:10, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Error[edit | edit source]

I get an error when loading test.skywiki.org MiniMeat (talk) 01:43, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The error is this
===CirrusSearch configuration error===
MediaWiki is unable to load the extension CirrusSearch. Please check that the extension's name is correct and all of its files are properly installed.
Details:
Error reading /var/www/mediawiki//extensions/CirrusSearch/extension.json. filemtime(): stat failed for /var/www/mediawiki//extensions/CirrusSearch/extension.json.
  1. 0 /var/www/mediawiki/SkyWikiFunctions.php(950): MediaWiki\Registration\ExtensionRegistry->queue()
  2. 1 /var/www/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php(1192): MirahezeFunctions->loadExtensions()
  3. 2 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/Setup.php(220): require_once('...')
  4. 3 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/WebStart.php(85): require_once('...')
  5. 4 /var/www/mediawiki/index.php(50): require('...')
  6. 5 {main}
MiniMeat (talk) 01:44, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Likely caused by Elasticsearch being disabled for performance reasons. Fixed now. Jazz swing! 12:03, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Special: ManageWiki/extensions not working[edit | edit source]

https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki/extensions

[af307653a43e3401a1c57c4c] /wiki/Special:ManageWiki/extensions InvalidArgumentException: It was attempted to load CreateWiki twice, from /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/CreateNewWiki/extension.json and /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/CreateWiki/extension.json.

Backtrace:

from /var/www/mediawiki/includes/registration/ExtensionProcessor.php(806)

  1. 0 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/registration/ExtensionProcessor.php(278): MediaWiki\Registration\ExtensionProcessor->extractCredits()
  2. 1 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/FormFactory/ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder.php(254): MediaWiki\Registration\ExtensionProcessor->extractInfo()
  3. 2 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/libs/objectcache/BagOStuff.php(217): Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder::Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\{closure}()
  4. 3 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/FormFactory/ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder.php(238): Wikimedia\ObjectCache\BagOStuff->getWithSetCallback()
  5. 4 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/FormFactory/ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder.php(45): Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder::buildDescriptorExtensions()
  6. 5 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/FormFactory/ManageWikiFormFactory.php(35): Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\ManageWikiFormFactoryBuilder::buildDescriptor()
  7. 6 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/FormFactory/ManageWikiFormFactory.php(58): Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\ManageWikiFormFactory->getFormDescriptor()
  8. 7 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/Specials/SpecialManageWiki.php(265): Miraheze\ManageWiki\FormFactory\ManageWikiFormFactory->getForm()
  9. 8 /var/www/mediawiki/extensions/ManageWiki/includes/Specials/SpecialManageWiki.php(83): Miraheze\ManageWiki\Specials\SpecialManageWiki->showWikiForm()
  10. 9 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(728): Miraheze\ManageWiki\Specials\SpecialManageWiki->execute()
  11. 10 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(1724): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage->run()
  12. 11 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(504): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPageFactory->executePath()
  13. 12 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(146): MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performRequest()
  14. 13 /var/www/mediawiki/includes/MediaWikiEntryPoint.php(200): MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->execute()
  15. 14 /var/www/mediawiki/index.php(58): MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint->run()
  16. 15 {main}

--PandaFiredoge (talk) 06:34, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fixed - let us know if there are any more issues. Tali64^2 (talk) 11:14, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SkyWiki Staff have the bot right globally[edit | edit source]

According to Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/staff, the staff group has the bot right globally. IMHO no human should have this right, as it results in contribs being hidden from Special:RecentChanges. The bureaucrat group on test.skywiki.org has the same issue, and only stewards can use ManageWiki there. Jazz swing! 15:17, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thank you! The AP (talk) 16:14, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot login[edit | edit source]

There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form.

Try clearing your cookies. Tali64^2 (talk) 19:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I tried, not work. 31.14.41.239 15:13, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Email confirmation[edit | edit source]

I have specified email in my preferences. When I try to confirm, MediaWiki says "email confirmation was sent" but no mail confirmation is sent. Vlad26t (talk) 08:31, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Email confirmation works for me. @Vlad26t, have you checked your spam/junk folder? Jazz swing! 23:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The mail doesn't go to spam folder, too. I just manipulated and re-added email address, there was no effect. Vlad26t (talk) 10:08, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks to Vf9e advised using proton.me to do that. Maybe others have emails on services other than Gmail? Vlad26t (talk) 09:03, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How does this wiki appear in Google results?[edit | edit source]

My wiki still didn't appear when I submit the sitemap in the Google search console. Mika 23:38, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The website is extremely slow.[edit | edit source]

Using any browser or proxy server is extremely slow, as is the case with any wiki. There are also frequent access errors. PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:58, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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