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Wiki suggestion

I think we should add notice templates for the header of the page. For example we could have maintenance templates, which would be used to do technical work on articles marked as such (i.e. pages needing more information or pages that need cleanup). Wikipedia and other wikis have these templates, so why can't we have them? BlakeIsHere (talk) 21:03, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Well this is not Wikipedia Slovensky2000 (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Well, we don’t need to be identical to Wikipedia. Mainnn (talk) 21:18, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Mainnn talk page

Why is the user mainnn talk page locked? I can't discuss their abusive actions.Newuserpl2 (talk) 20:31, 14 February 2025 (UTC) "abusive" Slovensky2000 (talk) 20:31, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Locked because of constant vandalizm. Its not abuse, a week isn't that long of a block anyway. Mainnn (talk) 20:32, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Abusive about reverting edits. Newuserpl2 (talk) 20:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

You have the cause explained on your talk page. Mainnn (talk) 20:34, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Question about build screenshots

Is uploading screenshots of a build with an official language pack allowed? For example, if a build has an official Microsoft German language pack but no German ISO, is installing that language pack and then taking screenshots and uploading them as a German variant of that build allowed? Gfc1N23 (talk) 13:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Why not focus on one language (preferably US English) and cover it well? I think there is more value in having 20 screenshots in English rather than 7 sets of three screenshots in different languages. --Ryuzaki (talk | contribs) 15:42, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Can we scale this page as an article?

The system in reference was a popular firmware from Motorola, based on Linux, before the popularity of Android. Link: https://betawiki.net/wiki/Draft:MotoMAGX Motomagx (talk) 21:48, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

You can allow users to contribute your page, although you should move the page to Draft: since there is a filter that prevents them from editing. —TheLightDeveloper (talk) 21:55, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Done. Motomagx (talk) 22:17, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Why is Template:Information wanted so much?

I do not understand why the Information template is wanted by 483 pages on the server. Why is the template used? Does this need me to JavaScript the template or is this an infobox template that needs an import? Thanks if you could answer. Luna (talk) 14:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Just because its wanted doesn't mean you need to make it. Mainnn (talk) 14:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

This is the template invoked by Special:UploadWizard, which doesn't exist. And no, porting the template isn't that hard, but let's just let the admins do it. — Preceding SIGNED comment added by insomnia {{ talk • contribs}} | 04:46, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

where does the template exist? Luna (talk) 14:44, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

How do I contact BetaWiki privately

How do I contact BetaWiki privately. Private communication is needed so that developers can contact oversight team to take down piracy. 37.120.135.170 04:26, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

You can't email users on this wiki; you should probably move this to BetaWiki:Administrators' noticeboard Luna (talk) 14:38, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Is more than one demo redundant for Windows build articles?

I noticed that some Windows build pages has included more than one demo typically less than (1024x768, 32-bit color depth), which is redundant. Should we use more than one demo or stick with just one demo screenshot (with at least 1024x768, 32-bit color depth) for Windows build articles? Just curious. --Uncle Captain (talk | contribs) 06:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

You should stick with 1 picture for each screen. The pictures which do not have a resolution of 1024x768 should be deleted, per this guideline page: [[1]] Luna (talk) 14:16, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

I think demo screenshots in general are redundant, we should probably reconsider this practice --Ryuzaki (talk | contribs) 14:46, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

New article help

I am requesting assistance in creating the article Bash. It was a wanted page, however I have started. Any further additions would be appreciated, as Bash is commonly used very often. Any found pre release versions on the page would be also appreciated. Luna (talk) 14:08, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

New WM6 builds??

I found some undocumented WM6 builds in the Mediafire link: https://www.mediafire.com/?v32lw52xck3yd on the Forum: https://xdaforums.com/t/latest-windows-mobile-builds-sys-xip-bin.650783/page-97 I don't know if these are safe or not yada yada yada... USE AT YOUR OWN RISK I am not responsible if your computer gets destroyed because I just found them not uploaded the file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asterisk (talk • contribs)

Banned from discord server

Hello why was i banned from the discord server ? Newuserpl (talk) 21:21, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

You were banned for being under the minimum age to use Discord in your country, which is against Discord terms of service --Ryuzaki (talk | contribs) 21:30, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

I am 13 as I say on discordNewuserpl (talk) 21:31, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Which is under the age limit in your country. Jevil7452 (talk) 08:49, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Wrong it is 13 minimum https://moviemaker.minitool.com/moviemaker/how-old-do-you-have-to-be-to-use-discord.htmlNewuserpl (talk) 14:54, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Please read Discord's page regarding age limits. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360050817374-Age-restriction Jevil7452 (talk) 09:55, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

I am not in any the country and not the polandNewuserpl (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

What are you even talking about? 2601:981:4401:1CC0:7DE7:51AB:ACDB:E78F 23:00, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

The minimum age in Discord is usually 13, but if outside of United States, it can be ages 14 to 16, depending on the country.

I am from united state and 13Newuserpl (talk) 12:30, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

--Uncle Captain (talk | contribs) 23:05, 24 March 2025 (UTC).

Oh I see. 2601:981:4401:1CC0:1838:FED5:2473:FEE3 08:22, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

BANNED THE DISCORD SERVER AGAIN????????

I AGAIN THE BANENED DISCORD SEVRER GAIN BETA WIKI BAN AGAIN ME I DID NOTHING THE MESAGE WAS A JOKE I AAID I AM 13 AND NOT UNDER AGE AND NOT THE POLAND POLAND WAS JOKE 😡 IT AAD TE JOKE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newuserpl (talk • contribs)

Some countries have a higher limit between 14 and 17 that's why you were banned from discord I think. 2601:981:4401:1CC0:18AC:C3C5:322:54FB 22:51, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Some of the text you just typed in can be a little hard to understand by some people who are reading the articles and also I have a question to ask you why do you think k the ban message was a joke you must outside of the United States and under the age limit of your country's discord policy which is anywhere between 14 and 17 like I mentioned in the previous post that's why you're banned from the BetaWiki discord server. I hope this helps you. Have a nice day. 2601:981:4401:1CC0:18AC:C3C5:322:54FB 22:56, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

If you were 13 (polish or not, I don't care) you wouldn't have been this immature and this wouldn't have been your level of English — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2F (talk • contribs)

Updating Windows Vista, 7 and 8.1's latest builds with the actual latest builds instead of the RTM (second proposal)

Is it acceptable if I change the latest build value in the infoboxes in the Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 pages to their actual latest non-ESU and ESU rollup builds? I know I can just do it, but want to know if other people here accept this, as it's more accurate. I won't create any pages for these rollups. I'm proposing this again here, as the original proposal got archived. AlfCraft07 15:43, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I support this idea, as nearly every Windows 10\11 page does this already. Gfc1N23 (talk) 15:48, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Already updated the Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 pages, not sure about others tho. — Preceding SIGNED comment added by insomnia {{ talk • contribs}} | 15:53, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I changed the latest Windows 7 build, as you added the February rollup; I also updated the builds for Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1 (put latest ESU build) and Windows Server 2012 R2. I don't know about the latest Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 build though. AlfCraft07 16:07, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Cannot upload the images.

I cannot upload the images due to the bug, and there is not a button for uploading images in the menu. AlmostX (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Well because you are not autoconfirmed until you have 10 edits and your account is 4 days old. --Uncle Captain (talk | contribs) 20:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

This wiki isn't the only wiki to have that guideline others like Wikipedia do too. 2601:981:4401:1CC0:703F:A947:EAB9:9C85 21:31, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Banned from the discord server

Hello, and why I was banned from the discord server a few days ago? Pankoza (talk) 12:22, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Stagingtool help

Hello, i am trying to enable the new blue screen from build 26120.3291 on my Windows 11 build 27823 pc. Turns out it pops out a error saying:

StagingTool.exe : The term 'StagingTool.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or opera ble program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + StagingTool.exe [/enable 50070238] + 11:22, 13 April 2025 (UTC)11:22, 13 April 2025 (UTC)11:22, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (StagingTool.exe:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

How can i bypass this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leon (talk • contribs)

You need to actually download StagingTool, if you want to do it with that tool, first.. Gfc1N23 (talk) 11:25, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

I actaully downloaded stagingtool, but it doesn't work

If you invoke a program in the PowerShell, you need to add .\ even if the program exists in the current directory. --BlueRain (talk) 13:24, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Add "Modern" – A Clean, Customizable Interface for Wikipedia

Hello BetaWiki team,

I'd like to suggest adding a topic or support for a redesigned interface concept called "Modern for Wikipedia" – a browser extension/skin that enhances Wikipedia with a modern look and full customization.

• • Features of Modern:**

- Multiple themes (light, dark, sepia, slate, black) - Font controls (sans/serif, size adjustments) - Layout options (column width, line height) - History panel for quick navigation - Powerful autocomplete search with images - Trending articles panel - Fixed content navigation - Multilingual support - Full Wikipedia account and editing tool integration - One-click revert to old design

This extension enhances the default Wikipedia interface, building on existing features rather than replacing them.

Could this be added to BetaWiki under skins/extensions or discussed for inclusion? I’d love to collaborate or help document it!

Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sieuhuynh0123 (talk • contribs)

Multilingual support isn't gonna happen any time soon Slovensky2000 (talk) 10:14, 14 April 2025 (UTC)