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title="Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Index/Requests and proposals">Requests and proposals</a></div> <div class="ts-Process_header-header" id="process-header-header"><b>Requesting wiki configuration changes</b> </div> <div class="ts-Process_header-controls" style="text-align: right;"></div> </div> <div class="noprint shortcut shortcut-ltr" dir="auto" lang=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r27790406">.mw-parser-output .shortcut{margin:2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-emphasized,#101418);padding:.5em;font-size:smaller;line-height:normal;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .shortcut-ltr{float:right;margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .shortcut-rtl{float:left;margin-left:0}</style><a href="/wiki/Meta:Shortcuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta:Shortcuts"><bdi lang="en">Shortcut</bdi></a>: <br/><a href="/wiki/SITECONFIG" class="mw-redirect" title="SITECONFIG">SITECONFIG</a></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Overview" data-mw-thread-id="h-Overview"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Overview"></span>Overview<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Overview"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Often, wikis want particular configuration changes for their project. In order to manage these requests, a <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="phab:">task tracker</a> is used by the Wikimedia <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/system_administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/system administrators">system administrators</a>. </p><p>Some common requests include: </p> <ul><li>Creation or removal of additional <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/help:namespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/help:namespace">namespaces</a> (e.g. Portal:, WikiProject:, Appendix:, Author:)</li> <li>Creation or removal of user groups with additional <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights#List_of_permissions" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">rights</a> (e.g. rollbacker, filemover)</li> <li>Changing user rights</li> <li>Enabling or disabling local uploads</li> <li>Changing the project logo</li> <li>Translation of namespaces</li> <li>…</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_request_a_change" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_request_a_change"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_request_a_change"></span>How to request a change<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_request_a_change"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: How to request a change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to get a configuration variable or setting changed on your project: </p> <ol><li>Figure out what you want changed;</li> <li>Gather local on-wiki community consensus for the change; <ol><li>Start a discussion at the community portal, village pump, or other major discussion venue, and give time for a consensus to develop.</li> <li>Make sure everything necessary to make the change is decided upon. For example, new user groups will usually need to be addable/removable by certain groups of local users (not just global <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/stewards" title="Special:MyLanguage/stewards">Stewards</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Stewards" title="Stewards"> </a></span>) – usually this could be granted to either <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/administrator" title="Special:MyLanguage/administrator">admins</a> or <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/bureaucrat" title="Special:MyLanguage/bureaucrat">bureaucrats</a>. (If your wiki does not have any local admins or bureaucrats, any user rights changes need to be done via a steward; see <a href="/wiki/Steward_requests/Permissions" title="Steward requests/Permissions">permission requests</a>.) <ol><li><small>Wikis that do not have any local admins/bureaucrats are probably too small for a new user group, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Limits_to_configuration_changes" title="Special:MyLanguage/Limits to configuration changes">Limits to configuration changes</a>, section "Special groups on small wikis".</small></li></ol></li> <li>In the case of a very small and low-activity community, it should be enough to show that you have tried to gain consensus, and that you have given an opportunity for objections.</li></ol></li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/22/" class="extiw" title="phab:maniphest/task/edit/form/22/">File a ticket (preferably in English) in Wikimedia's bug tracker</a>, under the "Wikimedia-Site-requests" project tag. (See <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator/Help" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator/Help">Phabricator help</a> for more information about Wikimedia's task tracker.) <ol><li>Set the project tag "Wikimedia-Site-requests" for the project.</li> <li>Be sure that the ticket includes a URL to the local on-wiki consensus, preferably using a <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:PermanentLink" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:PermanentLink">permanent link</a> (click the "Permanent link" link in the toolbox, which should make the URL end in <kbd>&oldid=...</kbd>); the URL should go in the main "description" box;</li></ol></li> <li>Be patient; site configuration requests are only read by a few of the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/system_administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/system administrators">system administrators</a>; on average, they take a few weeks to process; if the request is urgent or has been sitting around for a long time, join <bdi dir="ltr" id="wikimedia-tech"><a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/wikimedia-tech" class="extiw" title="irc:wikimedia-tech"><bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr" style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: nowrap;">#wikimedia-tech</bdi></a><sup lang="en" dir="auto" class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikimedia-tech"><span style="color: green; text-decoration: inherit; -moz-text-decoration-color: green; text-decoration-color: green;">connect</span></a></sup></bdi> and ask about the request.</li></ol> <p>Gaining on-wiki consensus and filing a task <i>does not</i> guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. Ultimate authority lies with the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/System_administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/System administrators">system administrators</a>, and site configuration requests may be declined for any reason, including but not limited to the following: to protect the Wikimedia <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Founding_principles" title="Special:MyLanguage/Founding principles">founding principles</a> and core values, to protect the integrity of a project, because <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Writing_an_extension_for_deployment" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Writing an extension for deployment">performance, security, or architecture issues</a>, or because fulfilling the request would include deploying an extension that was discontinued. </p><p>If you want to try fixing such a request yourself, please follow <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_site_requests" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Wikimedia site requests">the manual</a> and give it a try! </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_a_wiki's_logo" data-mw-thread-id="h-Changing_a_wiki's_logo-How_to_request_a_change"><span id="Changing_a_wiki.27s_logo"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Changing_a_wiki's_logo-How_to_request_a_change"></span>Changing a wiki's logo<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Changing_a_wiki's_logo-How_to_request_a_change"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Changing a wiki's logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to all of the above, there is specific guidance and a better workflow if you want to change your wiki's logo, whether temporarily or permanently. </p> <ol><li>Upload your logo to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> in SVG format. In most cases it should be a square (see <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos">documentation on mediawiki.org</a> for exact sizing details).</li> <li>Use the <a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/logo-test" class="extiw" title="toolforge:logo-test">logo-test</a> tool to check that it displays as expected.</li> <li>File a request in the "Wikimedia-Site-Requests" Phabricator project using <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?title=Requesting%20temporary%20logo%20change%20for%20xx.wikimedia.org&description=Please%20fill%20out%20all%20the%20fields%20below%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A*%20Wiki%20this%20request%20is%20for%3A%0D%0A*%20Link%20to%20new%20logo%20on%20Wikimedia%20Commons%20in%20SVG%20format%3A%0D%0A*%20Link%20to%20view%20logo%20using%20https%3A%2F%2Flogo-test.toolforge.org%2F%3A%0D%0A*%20When%20logo%20should%20be%20enabled%3A%0D%0A*%20When%20logo%20should%20be%20changed%20back%3A%0D%0A*%20Link%20to%20community%20discussion%3A&projects=Wikimedia-Site-Requests">this form</a>, with the following information: <ul><li>Wiki this request is for</li> <li>Link to new logo on Wikimedia Commons in SVG format</li> <li>Link to view logo using <a class="external free" href="https://logo-test.toolforge.org/">https://logo-test.toolforge.org/</a></li> <li>When logo should be enabled</li> <li>When logo should be changed back (if temporary)</li> <li>Link to community discussion</li></ul></li> <li>Sysadmins will process your request, converting the logo into the proper formats in Gerrit. It is recommended you file a request at least a week in advance of wanting to change logos. Even if you don't know exactly when it should be enabled (e.g. waiting for the millionth article to be created), giving sysadmins a heads-up to prepare will help speed up your request when it is time.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Limits_to_configuration_changes" title="Special:MyLanguage/Limits to configuration changes">Limits to configuration changes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Writing_an_extension_for_deployment" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Writing an extension for deployment">Requirements before a new code base (e.g. an extension) can be deployed on Wikimedia wikis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Setting_up_an_internal_Wikimedia_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Setting up an internal Wikimedia wiki">Setting up an internal Wikimedia wiki</a></li> <li><a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_site_requests" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Wikimedia site requests">Instructions and information how can you make the required code changes for a configuration change yourself</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/">List of all Wikimedia wikis' configuration files</a>. 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