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IRC links on main page
Hi, it wouldn't hurt to change the IRC links on the front page. Channels on Freenode has migrated to Libera Chat; the link in Libera Chat opens an extension in browsers, which doesn't make it comfortable for people, and the link in "connect" directs to Freenode. In Libera there is already a wikispecies channel that, although there are not many people in it, it is better to place it than not the Freenode channel, where there is no one. -Alabama- (talk) 00:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Any inputs on it? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:20, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- It looks like you're referring to a discussion on Wikispecies regarding whether to migrate Main Page translations to use the Special:Translate tool. This kind of request for comment (RfC) is important for gathering community input on how to manage translations effectively.
- If you're participating, consider the benefits of using Special:Translate, such as streamlining the translation process and making it easier for contributors. You might also want to discuss potential challenges, like the learning curve for new users or any technical hurdles.
- In general, engaging with such discussions helps improve the usability and accessibility of the platform for a global audience. Suphii09 (talk) 19:57, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Font in Taxon Navigation
Can we please not use a nonstandard font for the Taxon Navigation in the top-right of the Main Page? It's making the text harder to read (in my desktop Firefox 113.0.1 for Ubuntu, anyway). The letters look more blocky and squished together than usual. Apparently this is coming from Template:MP/styles.css. - dcljr (talk) 02:00, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hello Dcljr, and thank you for your note. The only fonts specified in
{{Template:MP/styles.css}}are Verdana, Geneva and Kalimati, then lastly a fallback to any generic sans-serif font. The fonts are supposed to be automatically used in that order, and the system should automatically chose the next one in the list if the prior isn't installed. The first two of them are readily available for more or less all operating systems, but perhaps not installed in your Ubuntu? - That being said, I can't see why we should specify any particular font for that particular part of the Main Page, since we use standard Wikimedia fonts for all the other sections. I'm the Interface Administrator here at Wikispecies and will be happy to remove that
font-familyproperty from the CSS file, however would like to notify our other administrators first, should any one of them have an alternative idea, suggestion or objection:- Attention fellow administrators 1234qwer1234qwer4—Accassidy—AlvaroMolina—Andyboorman—Burmeister—Circeus—Dan Koehl—DannyS712—EncycloPetey—Faendalimas– Floscuculi—Geni—Hector Bottai—Kaganer—Keith Edkins—Koavf—MKOliver—MPF—Mariusm—Neferkheperre– OhanaUnited—PeterR—Pigsonthewing—RLJ—Thiotrix.
- For reference, Kalimati is a Nepali typeface but I see no reason why it should be included in our Main Page CSS file. It's probably a cut-and-paste error from when the CSS file was first created back in 2022. Nothing wrong with Nepali of course, but it's far too language specific for our Main Page.
–Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 17:28, 22 May 2023 (UTC).- No objection. Dan Koehl (talk) 19:17, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- I would suggest replacing Kalimati with Arial. Any reasonable browser would contain Arial font type. OhanaUnitedTalk page 20:45, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- No objection. Kaganer (talk) 23:29, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- I am fine with this agree with OhanaUnited that arial would be a suitable alternative. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 23:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hello @Scott, always nice to hear from you. I don't have a problem with replacing Kalimati with Arial as such: as @OhanaUnited points out it would most likely work very well. However I wonder why we should set the typeface for the "Taxon Navigation" section at all? None of the other sections on Main Page have any particular typefaces set in the CSS; this includes for example the "Welcome to Wikispecies", "Explore Wikispecies" and "Collaboration with ZooKeys and PhytoKeys" sections. There are some font size-, colour- and bold type settings for some of the other section's (sub)headings, but no extra actual typefaces (e.g. Times New Roman, Helvetica, Courier). What makes the "Taxon Navigation" section so different that it needs non-Wikistandard typefaces in the first place, whether it's Verdana or Arial? Here on my Mac the current version of the "Taxon Navigation" section looks great, but isn't a core set of editorial standards better (and more platform independent) than mixing in nonstandard stuff?
- I am fine with this agree with OhanaUnited that arial would be a suitable alternative. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 23:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- By the way the entire Main Page uses the same Template:MP/styles.css CSS file, with the exception of the section at the very bottom with links to our sister projects. It uses Template:Sisterprojects/style.css instead, but no typefaces are listed there either. (Both of those CSS files have only been edited by user @Nux, who also created them.) The transcluded templates for "Distinguished author" and "Species of the month" etc. don't refer to any CSS files at all: some of them use inline CSS code, but again without specifying any typefaces. Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 08:38, 23 May 2023 (UTC).
- The font was in both versions English[1] and Polish[2] version main page in HTML. I just moved this to CSS. My goal was to add support for mobile devices and add better structure. I specifically didn't want to change the design, especially on PC, so I kept the fonts.
- In general, using multiple font sizes and families is bad for the readability of your design (there are exceptions if, for example, you want to scream with your design). So you might want to remove the font declaration instead of changing it to something else. More uniform fonts are usually more pleasing to the eye. Nux (talk) 20:27, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- By the way the entire Main Page uses the same Template:MP/styles.css CSS file, with the exception of the section at the very bottom with links to our sister projects. It uses Template:Sisterprojects/style.css instead, but no typefaces are listed there either. (Both of those CSS files have only been edited by user @Nux, who also created them.) The transcluded templates for "Distinguished author" and "Species of the month" etc. don't refer to any CSS files at all: some of them use inline CSS code, but again without specifying any typefaces. Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 08:38, 23 May 2023 (UTC).
@Dan Koehl, Dcljr, Kaganer, Nux, OhanaUnited, and Scott: 
Done. I've replaced Kalimati with Arial, per OhanaUnited's suggestion. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 00:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC).
- Excellent! Dan Koehl (talk) 11:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
On a related matter, why are "Taxon Navigation" and "Collaboration with ZooKeys" green while all the other section headings are black? That just looks weird. - dcljr (talk) 15:58, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Template:Species-2025-12
At the main page, there is a box that says Template:Species-2025-12 which doesnt exist. Versions111 (talk) 08:45, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Versions111: It has now been created. This has been an inherent issue with all of our "
Species <year> <month>" templates, but will be permanently resolved in January 2026. Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 18:52, 15 December 2025 (UTC).