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New Skin

(using Template:Message)  For god's sake please don't use this new wiki's "one-narrow-column" layout, it will ruin layout of all pages that have large images and screenshots.

-If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

(using Template:Message)  Pages shouldn't be embedding pictures larger than 854px wide, except as backgrounds. If you see any such examples, add |854px (or a lower size) to their embed tag (ex: [[File:Imagename.png|854px]]).  --SirYodaJedi (talk) 0:28, 6 Jun 2023 (UTC)  --Raccoon (talk) 19:09, 26 Apr 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  Give an example of such pages.

The new skin takes on the current wiki appearance with a screen width of 1366 pixels. The article block in the new skin has a maximum width of 1206 pixels. For comparison, in Wikipedia, this block has a width of 960 pixels.  --THE OWL (talk) 7:47, 29 Apr 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  I frequently use a 4:3 browser viewport that reports a width 1024 pixels (at 2.0x PPI scale or so; it's a tablet). The wiki already is a narrow column, but the page content would get formatted differently based on what you say. The current skin is designed for ancient 1024x768 screens, so it works great; please don't make it any smaller.

Pages such as Valve texture format, and most 1280px or higher File: pages are already too wide on my screen, for various reasons. Width should absolutely be standardized, but it should keep the least common denominators in mind.  --SirYodaJedi (talk) 0:20, 6 Jun 2023 (UTC)

New Skin (Mockup)

(using Template:Message)  Did my own mockup of what I think a new skin should look like:

What do you all think? I know the mockup may not look the best, but I believe the structural layout of it is very solid.  --Mailmanmicky (talk) 19:17, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  I like it; it's basically what PCGamingWiki does, and it doesn't do any unnecessary moving of stuff around, unlike what Wikia did when removing Monobook.  --SirYodaJedi (talk) 0:34, 25 May 2023 (UTC)