Forum:Changes to interface messages

Hi! The Wikia team has recently done a review of the MediaWiki messages that make up the wiki interface, and we are making a few changes to improve the editing experience for everyone.

We found several messages that were obsolete because of upgrades in the MediaWiki software and the extensions Wikia has added to it, and in a few places, we also found messages that were unnecessarily cluttered. We have removed or simplified these messages sitewide to make Wikia sites easier to use. In addition to the MediaWiki message changes, we also adjusted the style of search results pages to make them easier to read.

Wikia communities can use their local MediaWiki messages to override the sitewide interface messages if they choose. If you would like to restore the previous messages, you can view the detailed list of changes, and an admin can copy the old text into the corresponding MediaWiki page on your local wiki. — Catherine (talk) 19:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * If i understand this correctly, if fr.guildwars got something in Newarticletext, nothing will seem changed at all when clicking red links on this wiki but fr.3d dont already have this mediawiki page so the text above the edit window will disapear when this goes live. — TulipVorlax 02:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Is the Messaging wiki being used to initiate these changes, or are you actually modifying MediaWiki software? If it's the later rather than the former, would we expect bugs? --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 02:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Messaging is being used. 15:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Did you accidentally delete MediaWiki:Category header too? noticed the header was replaced by an empty div... (no "Pages in category "$1".") -- Sixorish 17:28, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've reverted that one, since it makes multiple section categories confusing. 18:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've lost the "Show new changes starting from (last reload)" box - and restoring RCnote dosn't get it back RT  07:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, it's mediawiki:rclistfrom - just needed to restore. RT  07:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * speaking of which, is it intended for the div of that to float outside of the parent? -- Sixorish 10:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Special:Search problem
On the Wikia help forum, I recently posted this:

Special:Search no longer allows the option of creating a page when using it. Before, there used to be a red-link that stated:

You searched for "insert search name here"(all pages starting with "insert search name here" |all pages that link to "insert search name here") This allowed you to create the page from the red-link. Is there a way to bring it back? Also, on a somewhat related note, I noticed in the MediaWiki release notes that a new optional search feature was introduced that "added optional alternative Search form look - Go button & Advanced search link instead of Go button & Search button" How can we implement this, because it doesn't seem to be the default. Thanks! -- Meghunter99 Talk to me! 14:12, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I was then redirected here, because as it is now, it is very weird and cumbersome, and I can't create pages as easily as i once did. It's a major setback for me, and I was wondering how I can get that specific search text back. I looked at detailed list of changes, but it doesn't seem to be listed there. Any help is appreciated. -- Meghunter99 Talk to me! 17:41, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It's at MediaWiki:Noexactmatch... You can edit that on your wiki to say whatever you'd like. The original text was: There is no page titled "$1". You can create this page. I hope that helps! -- Danny (talk ) 18:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)