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Unreadable in dark mode
[edit]Unfortunately I have no solutions to offer, but Wikipedia:Reference desk is nearly unreadable in the new dark mode - the very light grey text in the white boxes just vanishes. Thought I'd at least note it here in case anyone knows of a fix. 57.140.16.8 (talk) 15:00, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- It all looks normal to me. Where is this "dark mode" option you're talking about? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:10, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_214#Dark_mode_for_logged-in_users_on_desktop_coming_this_week! @Baseball Bugs 97.113.14.140 (talk) 03:47, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- It looks like that's where complaints about this thing should be taken. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:58, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have no complaints about the tool; seems to be working as intended, but this page isn't set up to render usefully using it. But hey ho. 97.113.14.140 (talk) 12:13, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think you should take this question to the Village Pump. Either that, or don't user Dark Mode. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Good advice. I tried it once. I didn't like it. (Sex, that is. I also didn't like being reasonable, or the new Wikipedia dark mode.) -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:08, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think you should take this question to the Village Pump. Either that, or don't user Dark Mode. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- I have no complaints about the tool; seems to be working as intended, but this page isn't set up to render usefully using it. But hey ho. 97.113.14.140 (talk) 12:13, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- It looks like that's where complaints about this thing should be taken. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:58, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_214#Dark_mode_for_logged-in_users_on_desktop_coming_this_week! @Baseball Bugs 97.113.14.140 (talk) 03:47, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Jdlrobson and Izno! Looks great now. 57.140.16.8 (talk) 13:29, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Great! 🐸 Jdlrobson (talk) 08:26, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Humanities and header hatnote
[edit]Last week, Mod creator decided to add a hatnote to the humanities desk, and then PrimeHunter decided to remove it a few days later. Here's the content:
Neither adding nor removing was discussed, and lack of discussion was one reason given for its removal. So, let's start a discussion...is this header a good idea? I'm leaning toward "no", thanks to the reasons given for removal, but I can understand the reasoning for adding. Nyttend (talk) 22:55, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with the removal, there is no reason to have that at the top of the page. --Viennese Waltz 14:15, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- No; the template is way further down the ladder. While pageviews are not infalliable, the comparison – on a logarithmic scale, you'll note – is pretty damning. If someone is looking for WP:Reference desk/header they probably know how to find it. Cremastra (talk) 19:24, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Bots
[edit]Do the bots really edit pages or something else because I saw from the citation bot literally remove and replace the same information with the same words Avyanna.Owam (talk) 11:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Where did you see that? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Fake Desi media content querant
[edit]Looks like the Californian troll who pretends to be a poorly comprehending fan of Indian subcontinent media, with poor English, has now got themself an account. (If I was sufficiently motivated, I'd link the thread several months back where they crowed in perfect English about successfully fooling us.) Should something be done about this? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.243 (talk) 07:51, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- Not sure I follow. The last couple of times they've posted on Ents from an IP address, it's geolocated to India. --Viennese Waltz 09:05, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
- The issue has been sorted, the account has been indefinitely blocked. --Viennese Waltz 13:24, 22 November 2024 (UTC)