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If any questions or issues posted on old archives arrive, do not post on archived talk pages, simply reraise the questions, and refer to the archived material if you wish. --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 00:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Galleries

I really used to like the gallery's look, but it's been buggin me lately, so I've been messing with it a bit, I only came up with two designs I sorta like. The main difference between the two is the roundedness. Of course if you guys really like the current gallery look, please speak up. Otherwise I think I'll change it to numero uno. The second is not round and has a thicker border on the bottom side (though this can be easily removed and added to the first. The third is, of course, the norm, wast of file space when I could've just made an actual gallery.. but oh well :] --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 00:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Choice 1 looks awesome. Roundiness fits in with our roundification of many things on the wiki. MK 00:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I believe that file one is the most aesthetically pleasing of the three. As long as there's not a whole lot of mental headache or any serious drawbacks to that method, I support it. Bop1996 _{(Talk | Unfinished projects)} 00:56, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Coding wise or anything like that? There are no drawbacks or difficulties to any of the methods. It's all simply a matter of visual preference, I'm simply asking to see which people like best, or if people like the current design. --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 07:28, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

As you may have noticed, I changed galleries to that 1 choice, this is simply to make it more noticeable to people that it is changing ;) and to match up with the new gallery template :D I'll change it back if it's what people want --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 08:44, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks awesome, and since it's apparently just in the MediaWiki files, I see no drawbacks. I support wholeheartedly. Bop1996 _{(Talk | Unfinished projects)} 21:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

1: File:Galleries 1.png

2: File:Galleries 2.png

3: File:Galleries 3.png

New Skin Issues

I see we've updated to a new skin! I thought I'd start this area for reporting issues (I'm sure many will crop up throughout this transition process). Here are a couple I've found, feel free to add more! —Embyr 75  ^--Talk-- 06:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Outdated Logo

I'm pretty sure we had another logo to replace our old one. Has this logo been rejected or is this a mere oversight? —Embyr 75  ^--Talk-- 06:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the new logo is sitting right above the editing box as I type. Bop1996 _{(Talk | Unfinished projects)} 20:56, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Galleries

Our galleries don't function properly anymore, as far as appearance is concerned. Is there a way to fix this? —Embyr 75  ^--Talk-- 06:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Guessing this is a fix that needs to be taken care of in MediaWiki, as the galleries were changed using that. Bop1996 _{(Talk | Unfinished projects)} 20:56, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Templates, etc

Templates and other things around the wiki (such as the wiki markup box during editing) are still using the old MW background color. Also, previously attractive templates (Template:Scan comes to mind) look sort of funny now. Specifically, the "hide" button is squished against the description, instead of on the far right end, and it looks cluttered. We might need to overhaul our templates. —Embyr 75  ^--Talk-- 06:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure about this one. Probably at least part of it can or needs to be taken care of in MediaWiki, but the basic templates we use for all the background colors will need to be changed as well. Bop1996 _{(Talk | Unfinished projects)} 20:56, 23 April 2012 (UTC)