https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17763
Summary: Diff page is difficult to read for colourblind readers
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
The diff report on the English wikis (including en.wikipedia) defaults to
showing the new page as red text on a green background. Since red-green
colourblindness is the most common, this presents a problem for those readers.
Personally, I can barely find small (e.g. single letter) changes and cannot
easily read most changes.
Please change the default to use a different scheme. Personally, I would
recommend using a single text colour with a difference in the background colour
to identify changes. A good example is on fr.wikipedia - black text on a light
blue background with a darker shade of blue with bold text highlighting the
change. Such a change should be done with both the old and new text shown -
the green-as-old and blue-as-new on fr.wikipedia seems rather good. If you
insist on keeping the yellow, could you change it to a buff yellow rather than
a cartoon yellow?
On a side note - the default for a French wiki is to use strikethrough. Why
are the different languages not all using the the same colour and style scheme?
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