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New Vector enabled by default to all users on ptwikipedia
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Hi,
At ptwikipedia, users are surprised by the enabling by default of the new Vector skin to all logged-in and logged-out users by default. See https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Altera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_layout_da_wikipedia%3F_(8mar2021), among several other topics created.

Looking at the initial proposal (Wikipédia:Esplanada/propostas/Desktop Improvements. Deseja que a Wikipédia em português ajuste a interface às necessidades dos leitores e colaboradores? (8jul2020)), that was what was agreed upon, but some users are unhappy with the current state of the improvements, while others are surprised this was enabled without at least a reminder this would happen.

Event Timeline

Alright, first of all, thanks and kudos to @GoEThe and @He7d3r for helping the community and me to sort this out.

It's been almost two weeks since the last edits on the Esplanada sub-page, and three weeks since the event.

Three weeks ago, I immediately:

  • Posted an apology with explanation what went wrong and how I would prevent from happening that in future,
  • Added the correct announcement,
  • Spent a few hours that day chatting on Telegram with a part of Wikipedia in Portuguese community,
  • Answered the questions on wiki.

I still have the page on my watchlist and do check for updates. If any requests or questions show up, I'll react accordingly.

I'm closing this task because I believe we don't need to keep this open for any longer.

You can always contact me by pinging on wiki or writing at sgrabarczuk[at]wikimedia[dot]org.