Forum:Issues with User Preferences ALL DAY!

All day, I have been having issues with various MediaWiki preferences on Wikia. I have wanted to use the QuartzSapphire skin without seeing custom skins for other wikis (and I disabled this in my preferences), but I have been seeing custom skins anyway. I have also begun to see redlinks formatted like ? instead of the entire link being red (again, something I don't want to see). I tried to change this in my preferences, but I don't know what's going on. Can someone please help? Saori 19:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Make sure you force refresh your page (ctrl + F5) after changing skins. The option for red links is under the "Misc" tab. -- Manticore  Talk 22:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, I can see the QuartzSapphire skin now, thank you! However, the red links still look like question marks, and I already disabled them and refreshed the page. Any idea what's up? Saori 22:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem. You should see "Format broken links like this..." as an option. Make sure it's checked, save the preferences, and again force refresh. If that doesn't work I'm not sure what's wrong, sorry. -- Manticore  Talk 22:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nada. The red links still appear as question marks. Is there anyone I can mention this problem to? Saori 23:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I too have been having problems with User Preferences, for some time, not just one day. In my own Broadcasting Wiki, I suddenly found it was ignoring my preference, putting me into the default skin. Then today, I found that the particular skin I'd wanted to use (Classic) disappeared from the list. So I selected "Simple" (which isn't perfect, but it seems to be the closest to the old Classic skin, although it manages to have both the ads and the navigation bar overlapping!) and it has changed the skin I see on other Wikia wikis, but not on Broadcasting!

Please put back Classic, and please let me use it on my own Wiki!-- BruceG 16:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, Standard works better for me than Simple. But I still can't get it to use that skin on the Broadcasting Wiki, thouth it works fine on CheeseWiki and on the main Wikia site! -- BruceG 18:33, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You may have "see custom wikis" selected in your skin preferences. I believe this overrides your personal preference. -- Manticore  Talk 09:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I think you're right. -- BruceG 19:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)