Tony Mechelynck wrote: > I notice that the "official" reason for removal of the Monaco > skin is that "it is too complex" and that "elements on a wiki > page could collide with each other in unexpected ways". That > didn't prevent them from removing my beloved CologneBlue > skin, already some time ago. OTOH I see a lot of talk about > removing the Monaco skin, but the Monobook skin (which is > supposedly "simpler") is totally left unmentioned. I'm > crossing fingers and knocking on wood in the forlorn hope > that this skin, at least, will remain as an option for > logged-in users, but I won't mention it on that staff blog > lest they become conscious of its existence and take it away > too. (I already needed to re-opt-in to it twice after my > login cookie had expired.)
No, after November 4 there will be NO chance of Monobook or any other skin working, other than the new Wikia skin. There is one exception. Monobook will be kept for Uncyclopedia, a parody of Wikipedia: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/ > From what you're saying, I suppose that even if we found > some other hosting space, installed Wikimedia software on it > (and "our" choice of Wikimedia skins), and then migrated the > existing wiki pages while deleting all old pages one by one > in the process, some "well-intentioned" wikia meddler admin > would quietly restore everything from history... Yes, Wikia will simply revert any attempts to significantly remove material, so they own us completely. John -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
