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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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Request for Organizer Rights: Albertoblaq[edit]

Username: Albertoblaq

Reason for Request: I want to organize a series of trainings on language and cultural representation in the igbo Wikimedia community.

Criteria Met:

Albertoblaq (talk) 04:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report concerning User:2001:448A:C010:1724:FCB0:516D:760A:FB8A[edit]

2001:448A:C010:1724:FCB0:516D:760A:FB8A (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Vandalism MathXplore (talk) 03:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Has stopped vandalising, no admin action needed now --Johannnes89 (talk) 17:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Close button in CN banners[edit]

Hi,

I think someone deleted the close icon we use in several CN banners. This was hosted on the foundation wiki, and can be replaced by the one on Commons, but before I have figured out in which currently running banners this icon is used (I'll have to go through the source scripts in the banners, I think?) maybe a steward can change the dead link into a redirect? Ciell (talk) 11:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried, but I can't do it without local admin permissions. @GVarnum-WMF could you undo your deletion [1]? Johannnes89 (talk) 11:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Johannes89. I think I have replaced it in the banners that are currently live. Ciell (talk) 11:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ciell & @Johannnes89: Apologies - there were so many old CN files on that wiki - I am surprised to see that one was still in use. I have gone ahead and undeleted, but can delete again if/once the links are updated to the Commons location. Thank you both for your quick efforts! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 11:44, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Gregory!
For returning CN banner campaigns we sometimes build on the previous years' banners to design the next one, so I am not sure we can prevent this from happening again without changing the scripts that were used in the last ~2 years. Would it be a problem to keep the image on foundation wiki? If yes, we might want to go through the scripts by bot and make sure the change is addressed. Ciell (talk) 11:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ciell: Not a problem at all to keep the image. We are trying to clean up that wiki, but not to the extent of creating more work elsewhere. I will mark it and reference this conversation so we know to keep it in the future. If you encounter any other missing images - please let me know. Thank you! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 12:07, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That would be great, thanks Gregory! Ciell (talk) 12:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ciell: I have gone ahead and added a message. I am going to be moving some files from that wiki to Commons (which I do not think will impact CNs), but otherwise done cleaning up files on that wiki. Feel free to ping me if you notice any other issues. Thank you! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 12:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just in case, we'll have observing community members that will flag anything that breaks, I'm sure! Ciell (talk) 15:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Request for Organizer Rights: Olga WM BO[edit]

Username: Olga WM BO

Reason for Request: I am part of the co-organization of the event Wiki por los Derechos humanos as part of Wikimedistas de Bolivia.

Criteria Met:

  • No active blocks
  • Global edits: Olga WM BO (talk contribs count logs page moves block log CA email) 238 editions with this user
  • Additional Criteria: Actually I'm the coordinator in Wikimedistas de Bolivia, I also have another volunteer account with more than 8000 editions but I will not share here for privacity.

--Olga WM BO (talk) 21:34, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: User:Stuntrider7[edit]

Crosswiki vandal/lta vandalising Meta. JavaHurricane 21:44, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Account was locked while I was typing this request. JavaHurricane 21:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Report concerning User:Visiteur_inattendu[edit]

Visiteur_inattendu (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)Reasons: Vandalising pages by entering irrelevant content or tampering with comments. KonstantinaG07 (talk) 22:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Already blocked. — xaosflux Talk 22:55, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]