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Block log entries on the mobile version of English Wikibooks are difficult to read in dark mode
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Go to the contributions page of a blocked user (e.g. this blocked user).
  • Switch to the mobile version on the English Wikibooks.

What happens?: The block log entry is shown in pink with white text, making it difficult to read.

Screenshot (3).png (594×1 px, 91 KB)
(block log entry on desktop)
Screenshot (2).png (597×1 px, 65 KB)
(current block log entry appearance on mobile)

What should have happened instead?: The block log entry should have appeared like this (taken from the English Wikinews):

Screenshot (4).png (598×1 px, 63 KB)

Event Timeline

codenamenoreste created this task.Sep 28 2025, 8:25 PM
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A_smart_kitten edited projects, added WMF-General-or-Unknown; removed Wikimedia-Site-requests.Sep 28 2025, 8:57 PM
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I suspect that this is likely due to local English Wikibooks-configured CSS overrides - I can reproduce the issue, but it doesn't occur for me when using safemode (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Yooges?safemode=1).

Izno edited projects, added Local-Wiki-Template-And-Gadget-Issues; removed WMF-General-or-Unknown.Sep 29 2025, 1:37 AM
Izno added subscribers: Krinkle, Izno.

MediaWiki:Minerva.css imports MediaWiki:Common.css/Messages.css . Lines 259-279 are responsible for the issue. This was corrected directly in Common.css with this edit. You will want to sort out whether that should live in Common.css or the apparent shared Messages.css.

@Krinkle since you were poking around wikibooks CSS recently.

Bugreporter2 added a project: dark-mode.Sep 29 2025, 5:58 AM
codenamenoreste added a comment.Oct 1 2025, 5:17 PM

I have just been granted interface admin rights, and I have removed the code per Izno's suggestion (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css/Messages.css&diff=prev&oldid=4540554). Feel free to mark this as resolved.

Izno closed this task as Resolved.Oct 1 2025, 5:19 PM
Izno assigned this task to codenamenoreste.
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