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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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Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]

General maintenance announcements:

(as of 11 January 2025)

• 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 11 January 2025)

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

(Last updated: 2023-11-09)

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Please find answered requests in the archives (this month).

SpBot archives all sections tagged with {{Section resolved|1=~~~~}} after 1 day and sections whose most recent comment is older than 10 days.

Main Page error (I'm not auto confirmed so can't comment on Talk:Main page)

The main page currently lists events occurring in "December 2025". By looking at the links under the section, it looks like it's meant to be "November 2024" as that's when all the linked events occurred. Also, the section directly underneath it says "October 2024" so it really being November makes sense.

Thank you for your time and all the inter-wiki coordination work you do here! :) MolecularPilot (talk) 07:22, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Request withdrawn, thank you to char for telling me that it's an issue with the template at Template:Main Page/WM News. I have submitted a semi-protected edit request there. :) MolecularPilot (talk) 07:40, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. AramilFeraxa (Talk) 09:00, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Report concerning Ummmf

• Ummmf (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Vandalism only account. —MdsShakil (talk) 11:46, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Done. EPIC (talk) 11:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. EPIC (talk) 11:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Request for mass message sender right

I am from Bangla Wikipedia and part of the technical team for the recently launched Signpost on our wiki. As a member of the editorial board, I am requesting MassMessage sender rights for myself and for the Chief Editor, User:খাত্তাব হাসান, to facilitate the distribution of this newsletter across our community.

Thank you for considering our request.

Best regards, R1F4T (talk) 16:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC)