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February 24

wikipedia using old css can't change it

Hello,

I have some old custom css that's loading through: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=skins.vector.user.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022&user=Pohm&version=whuim

but I can't see the css in any of the custom css links that are in the apperance options (neither skin or shared).

I have not found a way to remove this css, does anybody know what's going on?

Thank you. Pohm (talk) 00:23, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Pohm: User:Pohm/vector.css. It should be linked at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering, Vector legacy (2010), Custom CSS. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I had selected vector 2022 so it's weird that it's loading a css for the 2010 skin, that's just wrong.

I don't know if i'm blind or something but it's now there. I swear I clicked every custom css and it was not there.

anyways thank you so much :D Pohm (talk) 06:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

idiot struggles on Wikipedia

How do I change my view? Everything looks squished and my user icons overlap the text, it looks goofy No good account names, rip.(Mario dies at the end,) (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Fr I had a hard time getting here No good account names, rip.(Mario dies at the end,) (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@No good account names, rip.: You could try clicking the in the lower-right corner of the window. If you don't see it you might need to zoom out. Alternatively, you can uncheck Preferences → Appearance → Skin preferences → Enable limited width mode. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:28, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Are you asking about a sudden change to Wikipedia's appearance? It is because the default skin has changed from the Vector legacy (2010) skin to the new Vector (2022) skin. If you would like to change back to the old one, you can, as a registered user, click on the in the top-right corner and choose Preferences. Once there, go to Preferences → Appearance → Skins → Vector legacy (2010).
If you would like to leave feedback, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Vector 2022. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

skins: vector 2022 bug, using css from 2010

Hello, I think this is a bug. I have selected vector 2022 and it's loading the vector 2010 css anyway. Don't know where else I could report it, if you could tell me a place to report the bug. Thanks. Pohm (talk) 06:45, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Did you press the blue save button at the bottom of the preferences screen? Sorry to have to ask, but that is usually the cause of queries like this. If it is, you're not the first and you won't be the last. - X201 (talk) 10:17, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Pohm: If you mean the user css in your preferences then it's deliberate. Vector 2022 is a variant of Vector 2010 and existing users are automatically transferred. I guess the idea is that users shouldn't have to copy their css and js files when they didn't do anything themselves to change skin. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

I feel stuck

I'm working on article 2023 Israeli judicial reform. Many other editors are participating and we generally manage to accommodate different approaches. At the moment, I feel stuck as one fellow editor, supported by another Wikipedia editor, is arguing for a structural change which is not, AFAICS, supported by the information contained in the article. The discussion on the article's Talk page seems to be going round in circles. Any helpful suggestions would be most welcome! Thanks Misha Wolf (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@misha wolf: perhaps seek dispute resolution. lettherebedarklight晚安 15:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 16:18, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Why is the title displaying in italics?

I've just noticed this and I've opened up the article in a different browser and confirmed its doing this. Why is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongsu_Bridge_disaster displaying in italics? There's nothing in the source that should make it do so, I'm really confused rn... Freedom4U (talk) 16:16, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind I figured it out, apparently the court case infobox makes the title in italics unless you specify otherwise.... Freedom4U (talk) 16:17, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

How to request deletion of a redirect page

A few days ago, an editor added the text "The protests have been dubbed the "Israeli spring" by some commentators" to article 2023 Israeli anti-judicial reform protests and created the redirect Israeli spring to this article. The editors of this article have reached a consensus that this is not appropriate and have removed the text from the article. How do we arrange for the deletion of the redirect? Thanks Misha Wolf (talk) 17:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Misha Wolf, Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion is the usual place ("discussion" includes eventual deletion). 199.208.172.35 (talk) 17:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Misha Wolf (talk) 13:23, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing window squeezed to the left

In 'edit source' the editing window has suddenly become squeezed to the left with the rendered article content to the right. I am using the 2010 Vector skin and have done so since first it was changed a few weeks ago. This has only begun happening in the last hour and I cannot see how to change or stop it. I find it unusable like that. Eagleash (talk) 18:03, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Eagleash Have you accidentally toggled the little blue blob top right of the editing window? You can un-toggle it. The provision of a preview is an optional feature. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:10, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Michael D. Turnbull: Thanks; I remember that now (!) Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 18:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Section lead

Is there any guidance in the MOS or elsewhere about whether or not to have a lead paragraph in a section of an article that has subsections but no other text? And what it should contain? Bob K31416 (talk) 20:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Sections don't have leads in the way that whole articles do. If there's information outside of a subsection, that just means no one has created a suitable subsection that covers that information. If there's so much information in a section that it needs a lead to summarize it, then it's usually split into its own sub-article. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 20:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Bob K31416 (talk) 20:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Infobox

Hello. Which infoboxes could be used in these two articles of mine, Fyappiy Mokhk and Ärshti-Mokhk? The articles are about historical regions, so is there an Infobox for that topic? WikiEditor1234567123 (talk) 20:50, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@WikiEditor1234567123, {{Infobox settlement}} seems to be the one - it's for any subdivision below the level of a country and has extinct parameters for regions which no longer exist. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 21:00, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks alot for the help and explanation. WikiEditor1234567123 (talk) 21:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)