For the moment at least Wiki Updates are back on track! Hopefully this’ll be just the beginning of continued regular Wus & Sandboxes, but that depends largely on the activity of other Staff members.
Without further ado, let’s finally get back into the news ;)
Event News
Latest Sandbox[]
Last Saturday, there was a small Sandbox that took place. The main problem with this Sandbox was the absence of Senior Administrators, due to scheduling conflicts. Luckily, Moderators were able to ensure that it proceeded smoothly, the recap of which is covered in lower topics.
A New Wordmark[]
Over the past couple of weeks, Banarama has been working on a new wordmark design to provide a permanent logo for our wiki. He’s currently working on a couple new versions that will eventually be implemented in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming Community Vote regarding it!
Templates — Main Page & Fanon[]
A new right column template is planned for the Main Page, drawing attention to the Site Policies. For the time being, the welcome module serves as a link to Project:General Policies. Additionally, the {{Adopted}} template can now display the original author of a conception.
Next Sandbox time[]
The next Sandbox is scheduled for 15:00-17:00 UTC (11 AM – 1PM Eastern Time), on June 23rd, 2018, which is a Saturday. We hope to see many more people there, and the presence of a Senior Administrator is assured!
- Written by Captain Hayden
Policy News
New Discussions Guidelines (/d/g)[]
Ursuul, DroneDestroyer, and Fallen Fighter 123 worked on amending the Discussions Guidelines in order to address recent problems with overposting in Discussions. A standard of quality has been established, & chatters are encouraged to go to Chat or the Wiki Discord for such things.
- Written by Ursuul
Tech News
Gadget Changelog[]
Beta Gadget Changelog[]
The WDS Buttons Gadget has been updated frequently. A list of changes is shown below:
- Sprites are now base64-encoded SVGs for easier display and rendering.
- While editing MediaWiki pages, the publish button and its respective drop-down was messed up. This is now fixed.
- The Source Editor toolbar is a bit taller to accommodate the 30px buttons.
- Secondary buttons will now show the pointer cursor when hovered.
- The thread buttons, the Go! button, the Medals button, etc. have reduced heights to avoid button overlapping.
- All popup modals have some extra bottom padding.
- Sprites lack borders now.
- Form padding has been increased slightly.
- The WikiaPage is now 15px bigger.
- Chat “Submit” Button is now fixed.
- Project:Medals now works.
Major aesthetic improvements have been implemented to the Beta Scrollbar Gadget which is only visible on Google Chrome users.
- Disabled on mobile because of display issues.
- Scrollbar-thumb is now blue.
- Scrollbar-track is now dark grey.
- Few pixels thinner
- Scrollbar-thumb will now be atleast
100px. Borderandborder-radiushave been removed.
If you would like to test this gadget, go to Special:Preferences and enable them at your own risk! Please report any bugs to Nobellion as you find them.
New Gadgets![]
Two new gadgets have been created! The WikiaNotifs Gadget changes the look of the MediaWiki:Custom-WikiaNotifications bubble while the WikiaBar Gadget changes the look of the WikiaBar (Footer).
Minor CSS Tweaks[]
- Some content in MediaWiki:Custom-WikiaNotifications have been hidden.
- Find and Replace module looks cleaner.
- All rail headings are now the same color.
- Most hex codes have been converted to rgba codes for portability.
- A bug with the Interlanguage Link module (below the Category module) has been fixed.
- Written by Nobellion
FANDOM News
Rest in RIP in darkness my old friend, Monobook is kill[]
FANDOM recently announced that the Monobook skin will be removed from the network as a skin option on Friday the 25th. This will be done in order to ensure that FANDOM complies with new EU regulations regarding privacy; subsequently, FANDOM has updated their Terms of Use in addition to their privacy policy. The new versions of both can be read here and here.
- What does this mean for us?
- It means that all Monobook development will cease and all planned documentation pages regarding Monobook are now cancelled. Several template types will be modified in order to cut away Monobook-specific functionality and simplify their code in general, causing all Monobook template links to revert to normal links.
- Written by Ursuul