User talk:Synoman Barris

Your block of the AbuseFilter system user
Hi Synoman Barris,

It's great to see you active, and your  looks like an interesting and good use for a wiki. Will your wiki have some sort of notability policy, though perhaps a bit looser than English Wikipedia's policy? Anyway, the reason I wanted to reach out proactively, as a Steward and, secondarily, as an interwiki administrator, is I noticed that you blocked the AbuseFilter system user, with your block reason suggesting that it was to disable it. You should know that the AbuseFilter is a global extension on Miraheze, and cannot be disabled. Default extensions are enabled globally, but can be disabled locally, usually following a local wiki consensus-based community discussion. All other extensions are disabled by default, but can be enabled locally, some of which should also follow a local wiki consensus-based community discussion. As such, the AbuseFilter system user is unaffected by blocks. You can leave it blocked, if you wish, but as I say, it will be unaffected.

Secondarily, as a global interwiki administrator, should you require any added local interwiki prefixes on your wiki's local interwiki table, or should you wish to locally override any global interwiki table prefix configurations locally, please don't hesitate to ping me locally. :)

Finally, as a recommended best practice, I would recommend avoid creation or otherwise edit protecting your user talk page at, as it is the principle place, typically, for local editors on your wiki to request ManageWiki configuration changes, ask questions, or appeal local blocks. If they are unable to create, or edit, your user talk page, then their only recourse is to ask on your Meta user talk page, which is less than ideal from the perspective of it being a hyper-local matter and Meta Wiki users otherwise being unconcerned with matters involving your wiki. :)

Thank you,

Dmehus (talk) 17:29, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Dmehus, thanks for stopping by, I blocked the Abuse filter to test if it would still be able to delay autopromote when blocked but it seems I forgot to unblock. Same to my talk page of which I was also testing a script, thanks for noticing them. My wiki will of course have a more loose notability policy than enwiki since anyone with a significant following can be added here. Concerning the global interwiki links, yes I will ping you one of these days to adjust some inter links for me. Cheers --Synoman Barris (talk) 18:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Before I forget is there a local interwiki administrator permission and is there anyway of applying for it. Thanks --Synoman Barris (talk) 18:09, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Synoman Barris, thanks for the reply, and for your question regarding local . There is, in fact, a local user group. It's restricted, technically, to Stewards granting for mainly security reasons (i.e., users could add malicious external links to an interwiki table, as one example). As long as you meet the either the prerequisites for either (a) the global group or (b) the local group, and you do appear to those prerequisites, you qualify. Your next step is to hold a local election on your wiki, typically lasting about 5-7 calendar days (unless your wiki has a longer local election period, of course). After that time, a Steward will assess your election and grant the permission. Note that there's no requirement to have either (a) a minimum number of participants or (b) a minimum support ratio, unless, again, your local wiki policies require it. There is, however, a convention among Stewards whereby if you are the only contributing editor to your wiki, an election can be skipped. Please ping me, by way of a reply to this thread, and let me know how you wish to proceed. Dmehus (talk) 04:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , Since at the moment am the only active contributor to my wiki. I will proceed with the second option where the election can be skipped. Thanks --Synoman Barris (talk) 06:52, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dmehus Still haven't localised ping function so using the old way --Synoman Barris (talk) 20:22, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Synoman Barris, Yes check.svg Done, as the only contributor to your wiki, per established Steward convention that it would be overly bureaucratic to require you to a hold a full local election lasting the typical 5-7 calendar days for a minor local user right for which you're already qualified (through either of the A or B methodology. As with similar requests in the past, if your wiki were to develop into a community of more than just you and I and if the community were to raise objections to you holding the local  permission, it could be revoked, in accordance with that consensus and any pre-existing local wiki policies, too. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 03:32, 24 March 2022 (UTC)