Forum:Help-can't figure out wikitext for table classes

At genealogy wikia, we need to transfer many Wikipedia articles for historical individuals so that they may be converted into a form more suitable genealogical purposes. My main problem has been formatting differences created because our wikia doesn't have the same CSS class settings as WP.

I know how to look up the settings for WP, eg consulting wikipedia:MediaWiki:Monobook.css and hardcoding them in, but this is producing intimidating wikitext for novices. I was wondering what the procedure is for requesting CSS changes (eg- get consensus and have a bureaucrat request the change?). Thanks. ~  Ph l o x 


 * As you can see in Wikipedia:MediaWiki:Common.css the classes wikitable and prettytable are defined there, not in the Monobook.css. To avoid problems with users preferring different skins, this seems the best to do in your Wiki as well. Sysops of your Wiki can edit c:genealogy:MediaWiki:Common.css to create the same classes for your wiki. For other formatting purposes I'd prefer to use templates where you can put all the CSS you need. --ThT 09:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC) (not staff)
 * Oops. Right.  Having run my own Wikimedia engine site, I know about configuring the css files though obviously this information has suffered bit rot.  I just wanted to understand the process at wikia.com for getting the change in.  Assuming that our wikia agreed we wanted identical classes, is that process that the bureacrat needs to request a sysop to perform the copy?  (WP's current common.css & monobook -> our css's)  Thanks  ~  Ph l o x   21:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. I looked at those pages and see now.  I wasn't aware the engine could do administration like this.  I thought you had to just copy the .css files into the directory.  Anyway, thanks.  I have all the information I need now.  ~  Ph l o x   05:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)