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: Me too, and I'd like information about who runs it and how it will stay online when people disappear or lose interest, etc. Too much link rot these days... [[User:ResonantFrequencies|ResonantFrequencies]] ([[User talk:ResonantFrequencies|talk]]) 22:37, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

:: The person who runs it is Tyler Henthorn, contactable on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Facebook groups. He is quite busy at the moment though trying to modify the site so it's less vulnerable to AI scraper bots (which cause lag and downtime) - so he may not be able to reply for a few days due to that.

You can alternatively contact any of the people listed in [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Bureaucrats]] - Flora and Fredg are the most active.

Anyone can make their own backups of the wiki for free - go to [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Backups]] for information on how to do that. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:45, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

=== Page counts for subcategories ===

On wikipedia, in a category, each subcategory has its number of pages and subcategories shown. It would be helpful to implement this here as well, especially being useful in [[:Category:Todo]]. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 06:03, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

=== To stop formula rendering on all edit summaries ===

We are planning to change the specification so that equation rendering in the edit comments on each page's History/diffs and [[Special:RecentChanges]] is stopped. This is because [[Xenharmonic Wiki talk:Bugs #Bug_in_interpreting_certain_characters_in_change_comments|it can be inconvenient when trying to include regular expressions for sed commands in edit summaries]]. With this change, raw comments will be displayed, including past edit summaries. We will announce this here, and plan to make the change in about a week. We welcome your opinions. --[[User:Dummy index|Dummy index]] ([[User talk:Dummy index|talk]]) 16:12, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

: Sounds like the right thing for security. [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 21:04, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

=== Protect templates ===

Some templates, such as [[Template:Infobox ET|Infobox ET]], are transcluded onto many pages, and thus should probably be protected. This will prevent vandalism on these templates, as well as safeguard against accidental breakage by inexperienced users. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 00:56, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

: Could you make a list of all the templates that might need to be protected? I think a specific list is more likely to result in something being actioned. I do think this is a broadly good idea. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:39, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

:: There is a list of top transcluded pages at [[Special:MostTranscludedPages]]. I think the top 20 should be fully protected, as well as some metatemplates like [[Template:Yesno]], and some character substitution templates. The top 50 or so should be semi-protected, or maybe extended-confirmed (which doesn't exist yet) protected. There's maybe more; that's just a start. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 04:14, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

: Have there been issues recently or is it only preventive? I wouldn't want to protect pages excessively either, because that may limit useful contributions as well. If there are specific examples, it might help me understand the current content. (I do skim the recent changes regularly, but I don't necessarily notice all page-breaking changes that may occur.) --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 03:28, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

:: Ok, maybe it wouldn't be necessary right now. Perhaps it could be considered if this wiki becomes larger in the future. --[[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 19:21, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

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 : Me too, and I'd like information about who runs it and how it will stay online when people disappear or lose interest, etc.  Too much link rot these days... [[User:ResonantFrequencies|ResonantFrequencies]] ([[User talk:ResonantFrequencies|talk]]) 22:37, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
+:: The person who runs it is Tyler Henthorn, contactable on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Facebook groups. He is quite busy at the moment though trying to modify the site so it's less vulnerable to AI scraper bots (which cause lag and downtime) - so he may not be able to reply for a few days due to that.
+You can alternatively contact any of the people listed in [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Bureaucrats]] - Flora and Fredg are the most active.
+Anyone can make their own backups of the wiki for free - go to [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Backups]] for information on how to do that. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:45, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
+=== Page counts for subcategories ===
+On wikipedia, in a category, each subcategory has its number of pages and subcategories shown. It would be helpful to implement this here as well, especially being useful in [[:Category:Todo]]. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 06:03, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
+=== To stop formula rendering on all edit summaries ===
+We are planning to change the specification so that equation rendering in the edit comments on each page's History/diffs and [[Special:RecentChanges]] is stopped. This is because [[Xenharmonic Wiki talk:Bugs #Bug_in_interpreting_certain_characters_in_change_comments|it can be inconvenient when trying to include regular expressions for sed commands in edit summaries]]. With this change, raw comments will be displayed, including past edit summaries. We will announce this here, and plan to make the change in about a week. We welcome your opinions. --[[User:Dummy index|Dummy index]] ([[User talk:Dummy index|talk]]) 16:12, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
+: Sounds like the right thing for security.  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 21:04, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
+=== Protect templates ===
+Some templates, such as [[Template:Infobox ET|Infobox ET]], are transcluded onto many pages, and thus should probably be protected. This will prevent vandalism on these templates, as well as safeguard against accidental breakage by inexperienced users. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 00:56, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
+: Could you make a list of all the templates that might need to be protected? I think a specific list is more likely to result in something being actioned. I do think this is a broadly good idea. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 02:39, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
+:: There is a list of top transcluded pages at [[Special:MostTranscludedPages]]. I think the top 20 should be fully protected, as well as some metatemplates like [[Template:Yesno]], and some character substitution templates. The top 50 or so should be semi-protected, or maybe extended-confirmed (which doesn't exist yet) protected. There's maybe more; that's just a start. [[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 04:14, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
+: Have there been issues recently or is it only preventive? I wouldn't want to protect pages excessively either, because that may limit useful contributions as well. If there are specific examples, it might help me understand the current content. (I do skim the recent changes regularly, but I don't necessarily notice all page-breaking changes that may occur.) --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 03:28, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
+:: Ok, maybe it wouldn't be necessary right now. Perhaps it could be considered if this wiki becomes larger in the future. --[[User:Overthink|Overthink]] ([[User talk:Overthink|talk]]) 19:21, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
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