Incubator:Administrators' noticeboard

This is the page to request attention from test administrators, administrators and bureaucrats. Note what they can do.

Administrators can:

• protect and unprotect pages
• delete and undelete pages
• delete images and other uploaded files
• block and unblock users
• edit the interface and other protected pages
• use the built-in rollback functionality

Test administrators can do the same (except protecting and unprotecting pages), but only within their tests (therefore they cannot edit the interface).

• Exception: As rollback is only appropriate to use in cases of vandalism, test-administrators can use that feature anywhere they see vandalism.

Bureaucrats can do all the above, as well as:

• grant administrator/bureaucrat status
• grant/revoke test-administrator status
• grant/revoke bot flags
• rename users [now mostly obsolete in favor of global accounts and unified login]

Note: Only Stewards may remove adminship or bureaucratship. If you want this to be done go to Requests for permissions at the Meta-Wiki.

If there is no response, you may wish to try the IRC channel, #wikimedia-incubator.

• For deletion requests, use I:RFD for test deletions and {{delete}} for speedy deletions.
• For user rights (admins, test-admins, bots, ...) or renamings, see I:A.

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Sandboxes for MediaWiki:Gadget-ProjectSpecificLogos.js

It would be pretty great to have sandboxes for the ProjectSpecificLogos gadget right about now. I'm trying to make it so that wordmarks are replaced when using the gadget, and the timeless logo is proper and consistent. Please, make some sandboxes. --Thanks, Kxeon (talk) 00:43, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Kxeon: I'm not sure what you mean by sandboxes in this context… When making improvements to the gadget, the best way to do it is to disable the gadget for yourself, and instead add its code as a subpage of your user page (in this case, in User:Kxeon/Gadget-ProjectSpecificLogos.js and User:Kxeon/Gadget-ProjectSpecificLogos.css) and then load those via User:Kxeon/common.js and User:Kxeon/common.css – then you can make as many changes as you want, and they will only affect you, until you think the changes are ready to be merged into the gadget. Oh, and thank you for working on that! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 13:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah, ok. --Thanks again, Kxeon (talk) 21:44, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Gadget-ProjectSpecificLogos: Positioning fixes, size fixes & wordmarks (and also some new logos)

I managed to fix the positioning of the logos, and the size of logos in Timeless, and to add wordmarks and some extra logos, for the project-specific logos gadget. They're at the userpages above.

And yes, this is also on the talk page of the gadget. --Thanks, Kxeon (talk) 18:14, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Emirati Arabic code (emr)

Im trying to create Emirati Arabic Wiktionary but the code either is not valid, but I think that its belongs to an accepted language. Almajidy【Talk】 10:13, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Well you have already created that. 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 10:15, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

When I created the page, I mistyped the ISO code. I cannot create any more pages using the ISO code (emr). Almajidy【Talk】 12:15, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

There is no ISO 639-3 code "emr". --MF-W {a, b} 15:14, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

How I can do a Emirati Arabic version Wikimedia project without a designated ISO 639-3 code? Almajidy (talk) 06:35, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

You can apply for it here, a valid ISO 639 code is a requirement by the policy. 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 23:44, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Done Almajidy【Talk】 07:42, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Emirati Arabic is part of Gulf Arabic, which already has a code afb. Maybe, you can start project with code afb. --Danvintius Bookix (talk) 11:33, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Well Emirati Arabic (Southern Gulf Arabic) is diffrent than Standard Gulf Arabic. Almajidy【Talk】 13:38, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

There are several Wikipedia editions that use multiple dialects simultaneously (for example, frr, als). Emirati Arabic currently doesn't have its own code, and it will take years to obtain one, even if the standardization committee ultimately agrees. It seems that writing in both Emirati and other varieties in the same place is currently the only option. --Danvintius Bookix (talk) 14:26, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

‪I’ll just use Shihhi Arabic iso code since it’s a branch of Emirati Arabic and it has its own ISO code. Anyway, I’ve already filed a request to get Emirati Arabic represented among the languages.‬

Thanks… Almajidy【Talk】 16:41, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

You can't just use an ISO code as you see fit. -- MF-W {a, b} 22:16, 4 March 2026 (UTC)