MediaWiki talk:Wlheader-showupdated

Restore this message

Please delete the MediaWiki: page to restore the default message. It has been moved to MediaWiki:Watchlist-details back in 2008 [1], then apparently disappeared from there over the years. Matma Rex talk 16:20, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Actually, the messages have split. The default message here is "Pages that have been changed since you last visited them are shown in bold" (see here). The <p></p> supresses this messages (but may be restored in the future). — Edokter (talk) — 16:50, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't understand – I know that the <p></p> suppresses the message, and I'm asking not to have it suppressed, as this is a vital bit of information that is now hidden. Matma Rex talk 17:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

That is because, when the feature was enabled over a year ago, a vocal faction managed to supress watchlist notifications by default alltogether, so showing the message would be pointless as the watchlist does not show any changes. I proposed a new default style for watchlist notifications here. Since there is no major opposition, I do intend to implement it, and then I will change this message accordingly. — Edokter (talk) — 18:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Wow, the vocalocracy here is insane, then. Why don't you propose the change into MediaWiki proper? Matma Rex talk 18:38, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

On an unrelated note – change https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/64525/ has been merged that make this message to be displayed inline as a sentence in a paragraph instead of as a block (list item). The <p></p> might cause trouble after this is deployed here, so please change it to   or maybe <span></span>. Matma Rex talk 08:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. The p tags are only there to supress the default message (as an empty message will display the default). — Edokter (talk) — 10:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Please reread what I wrote. Yes, the p tags are only there to suppress the default message; but due to the change I linked to, they will start affecting how the form looks (unless Tidy happens to fix this). Matma Rex talk 12:50, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I see no ill effects. With text (without p tags), the button is placed after the message. Not a bad thing actually. — Edokter (talk) — 13:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The change is not deployed yet here. Where did you test? Matma Rex talk 14:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I Google Chrome console simulating the new HTML. — Edokter (talk) — 14:46, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The developer tools probably enforce the result to be correct HTML, which will not necessarily be the case when this is included in the page source itself. But whatever, this isn't my wiki. Matma Rex talk 16:06, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I just realized this message is embedded inside #mw-watchlist-resetbutton, which is hidden in Common.css. So deleting it has no impact. — Edokter (talk) — 18:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

May 2013 Edit Request

I'm requesting that this page be modified from:

Pages that have been changed since you last visited them are shown with a <span style="color:darkgreen; font-weight:bold;">green</span> bullet.

to:

<span id="mw-wlheader-showupdated">Pages that have been changed since you last visited them are shown with a <span style="color: #006400; font-weight: bold;">green</span> bullet.</span>

or even:

<span id="mw-specialpage-summary-hidegreen">Changes to pages on your watchlist are shown with a <span style="color: #006400; font-weight: bold;">green</span> bullet.</span>

So that the section can easily be hidden by those using enhanced recent changes that do not see the bullets. Technical 13 (talk) 01:36, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done Ruslik_Zero 19:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)