**Steps to replicate the issue** (include links if applicable):
* using your laptop, open [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bradman|this page]] on enwiki (the Tool menu has to be closed)
* look at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bradman#References|References section]]
* now, open the same page with the same configuration, but with Vector Legacy ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bradman?useskin=vector#References|direct link]])
* look at the References section
**What happens?**:
* using Vector Legacy references are splitted in two columns by default; whereas using Vector 2022 references are shown in a single wide column by default
More details regarding `mw-references-wrap` `mw-references-columns` :
* Vector 2022: the "References" content-width is 680px by default; I can force the switching from 1 to 2 columns using `column-width: 26em`
* Vector Legacy: the "References" content-width is 775px by default; the switching from 1 to 2 columns is happening at `column-width: 30em`
**What should have happened instead?**:
Consider displaying references splitted in two columns on narrow screen by default, both in Vector and Vector 2022, when the configuration is the same.
**Software version** (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
**Other information** (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
[[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements#Reference_columns|reported here]] on the MediaWiki talk page; other discussions have been made about this issue previously, I have to search them and I will add links later
I can reproduce it using the Firefox development tools (setting iPad, iPadOS 14.7.1, Safari 14.1, screen resolution 810x1080)
| Vector (by default) | Vector 2022 (by default)
| {F36955424 width=200} | {F36955423 width=200}
# Proposal
Reduce the column width of references from 30em to 25em;