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@TheDJ: Can you link diffs to the exact code that is changing to make this happen? The previous
is helpful, of course, but many of us are lazy and you might get more discussion if you clearly laid
out what changed from the one version to the next. Personally, I don't believe in launching
something that is not 100% complete - what is needed to get the sister/other projects section
done? ~riley (talk) 19:45, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
@~riley: diff (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=Main_Page&rev1
=&page2=Main_Page%2Fsandbox&rev2=&action=&diffonly=&unhide=&diffmode=source).
The sister projects work, they are just inside a scrollable area on narrow screens. Its not
worse, but not ideal either. But generally it's better to tackle one problem at a time. —TheDJ
(talk • contribs) 19:50, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the side by side, forgot about ComparePages. Thanks for clarifying about the
"sister/other projects"-section. ~riley (talk) 07:03, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Support By the way, is it possible to display the page in user language by default, moving the
sandbox in a subpage and transcluding that subpage appropriate translation (using {{int:lang}})? —
Pols12 (talk) 01:37, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

@Pols12: hmm, I haven't looked into that. I guess it is possible to make it like that, but I haven't
done something like that in while. I'll have to experiment and see what is possible. —TheDJ (talk
• contribs) 14:35, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Done I have implemented this change as a week has passed without opposition. Modifying the
main page to be mobile compatible is a standard of usability that is expected on Wikimedia
projects. Leaving discussion open to discuss further improvements, particularly around translation
(as outlined above). ~riley (talk) 07:03, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

awesome! I will make a siterequest in phabricator to disable the special exception set in
place for the mobile mainpage for this wiki, so that finally all sections of the page will show
there. If there is any problem, ping me —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 07:40, 7 February 2020
(UTC)

Fantastic; please link the ticket here once down. I assume the special exception is
MFSpecialCaseMainPage. ~riley (talk) 07:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Ticket filed as phab:T244577 —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:32, 7 February 2020

(UTC)

I guess Meta:Requests for comment/Mobile web version of the Meta main page is also related.
Ahmadtalk 19:26, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Not sure why they thought an RfC was necessary, considering a mobile webpage is a standard
of usability across WM projects. Either way, glad to have more support. ~riley (talk) 19:28, 7
February 2020 (UTC)

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