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My wiki is broken

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)

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)

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

Special:ManageWiki/core cannot be opened

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

This is now fixed. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:14, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. —PandaFiredoge (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

How to import an XML database?

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

Please request the import at Special:RequestImport The AP (talk) 13:59, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Unable to upload file, showing 429 too many requests PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:04, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

It's 413. I wrote it wrong. PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

413 Request Entity Too Large

cloudflare PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:21, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

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)

@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)

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)

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)

https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T27 PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:01, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello PandaFiredoge,

Please open a ticket at Phabricator and attach the files for import. The AP (talk) 09:03, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@TheAP Like this? https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T26 PandaFiredoge (talk) 10:00, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes. A System admin will look into it soon The AP (talk) 10:30, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@TheAP I can't confirm my email address on Phorge PandaFiredoge (talk) 14:07, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

What error are you getting? The AP (talk) 14:18, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@TheAP I can't receive the email PandaFiredoge (talk) 05:56, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

@TheAP I uploaded a new compressed package. https://www.mediafire.com/file/x5fjtu61x4pw5pj PandaFiredoge (talk) 08:00, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Dear @PandaFiredoge

Your import is done.Happy editing! The AP (talk) 12:20, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 15:07, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

@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)

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)

Thanks, it was solved. PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:42, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

@TheAP https://www.mediafire.com/file/sag15evn4x19p7q

These also need to be imported, Thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:37, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Import done. The AP (talk) 12:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you PandaFiredoge (talk) 07:33, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Cannot create a wiki

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)

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

It’s not working now so please fuck off. Hacker (talk) 03:54, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Where can I see the global policy of Skywiki?

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

Hello @PandaFiredoge

Global policies of SkyWiki are available at - Category:Global policies The AP (talk) 14:08, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Why can’t other wikis and my wiki be seen in Google search result?

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

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)

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)

You have to pay google money. Stop asking here because this is a google question and not a skywiki question so fuck off. Hacker (talk) 03:56, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Add Extension:NativeSvgHandler. GenerateDescription.php for countryhumans.skywiki.org.

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)

Monobook is broken

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)

Also I cannot access Preferences menu in that wiki as well. Xeverything11 (talk) 07:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@Xeverything11: For meantime I guess I'll do Monaco as default. Gstar (talk) 17:33, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

We are working to resolve this thank you for your patience Cocopuff2018 (talk) 17:35, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome! Gstar (talk) 17:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

What is administration frequency

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)

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)

skyHow: toolbox tray

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)

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

Best way to ask other editors to contribute to skyHow

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)

Settle the wikiSEO. Mika 21:39, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

I already set up WikiSEO. Xeverything11 (talk) 07:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

what address of your wiki Maitian MaiLin (talk) 03:54, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

https://howto.skywiki.org Xeverything11 (talk) 07:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Sitemap

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)

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)

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)

Oops, I said namespace Maitian MaiLin (talk) 04:43, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

Request import file

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)

@TheAP PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:46, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

https://phabricator.skywiki.org/T31 PandaFiredoge (talk) 13:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

It has been imported, thank you. PandaFiredoge (talk) 06:16, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Report an error “Could not create directory“mwstore://local-backend/local-public/6/6f”。 ”

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)

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)

@TheAP When uploading favicon.ico PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:07, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Well, no such error is occurring for me, and your favicon is being displayed correctly. The AP (talk) 09:15, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

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)

@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)

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)

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)

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)

@TheAP There is a bug that cannot delete the file. PandaFiredoge (talk) 04:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

@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)

Hey PandaFiredoge,

The tech team is currently investigating the issue. I appreciate your patience. The AP (talk) 15:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

@TheAP It's OK now, it might be because of the server cache just now PandaFiredoge (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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

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)

How to make them automatically enter the "超理文献" namespace? PandaFiredoge (talk) 09:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Could you provide me an example of a page that is inaccessible? The AP (talk) 13:31, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

The page is loading perfectly fine for me, do you see any error on it? The AP (talk) 15:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

@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)

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)

How to move pages in batches? PandaFiredoge (talk) 04:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

Any plans to update MediaWiki to 1.43.1?

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

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

If so, when will SkyWiki update MediaWiki? Xeverything11 (talk) 17:16, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

It was updated to 1.43.1. Xeverything11 (talk) 10:05, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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

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

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?

• https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/User:PandaFiredoge/common.css
• https://superscience.skywiki.org/wiki/User:PandaFiredoge/common.js

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

Question about making someone an administrator?

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

Do you mean administrator here at SkyMeta? The AP (talk) 15:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

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)

I meant their edits. Do they need more edits to become an administrator? Mika 17:37, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

There is no technical edit requirement for promoting someone to an administrator. Tali64^2 (talk) 17:38, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

But do they need to be active on my wiki? Mika 17:39, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

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)

What does "the burden of establishing requirements falls on you as the bureaucrat." mean? Mika 17:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

What do you think it means? Tali64^2 (talk) 17:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

I think it means that I establish the requirements. Mika 17:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

How do I hide the title of this page?

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)

@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)

thank you PandaFiredoge (talk) 05:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Sitemap or verify my ownership

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

"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

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)

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)

It is not working. I tested it. Please fuck off. Hacker (talk) 03:43, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Why can’t my wiki’s logo and background image be displayed?

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