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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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General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map

Personal requests for: username changes · permissions (global) · bot status · adminship on Meta · CheckUser information (local) · local administrator help

Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]

General maintenance announcements:

(as of 19 December 2024)

• Assistance with Meta-Wiki maintenance is always welcome.
• Many files awaiting review for basic {{information}}, source and license.

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Discussions:

(as of 19 December 2024)

• Proposal to amend Meta-Wiki's inactivity policy (April 11, 2023).

(Last updated: 2023-11-09)

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XTools-AutoEdits.json request

I request sysops and anyone interested to join MediaWiki_talk:XTools-AutoEdits.json#Update_Genereric_rollback_and_RedWarn. Thanks! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 11:31, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm confused here: what do sysops have to do with the proposal? --SHB2000 (t • c) 12:38, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

@SHB2000 Sysops can accept the request and implement it in the MediaWiki: namespace json page. This may/may not need discussion and support from other users. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:45, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Ah, right – thanks for explaining. --SHB2000 (t • c) 20:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Protected page creation request

Please create A as a shortcut to Administrator. Thank you. JJP_Master (she/they) 14:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@JJPMaster I don't see the need for this? Leaderboard (talk) 16:09, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

There are similar shortcuts on the Simple English Wikipedia, English Wikibooks, English Wikinews, English Wiktionary, and indeed on Meta itself, just for its local administrators, so it is quite unusual that A is just a creation-protected test page instead of linking to the globally-relevant page on administrators. JJP_Master (she/they) 16:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't see the need for this either. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 16:43, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

The letter "A" could have so many meanings and I'd oppose such a creation. Given the other objections above, I'm closing this as Not done. --SHB2000 (t • c) 07:55, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. SHB2000 (t • c) 07:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Request for replace of user name and password

each time l tried to log in, the embarrassing k regularly meet made me to request for replacement of my e-mail and retainment of my emails contents. Thanks 105.113.61.71 02:17, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you are asking.

• If you forgot your password, you may reset it using Special:PasswordReset.
• If you can't recover your password, just create a new account.
• If you can log on and want your username changed, fill out the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest.

— xaosflux ^Talk 02:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Special page request

Shortcut to administrator Japplus8 (talk) 08:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

There are already many of these, see here. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:25, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:25, 18 December 2024 (UTC)