User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: December 9, 2014/@comment-452-20141209205018/@comment-3388044-20141210194701

@ Kirkburn : The phrase ending with “can just go back to it” has the distressing sound of finality to it, that Wikia will not explore other options with us.

At our wikia, no longer having the confirmation banners remain visible after a page rename/deletion means the loss of a great deal of heretofore very useful functionality. Tied to the green banners for moves and deletes are the following system messages:


 * MediaWiki:Oasis-confirmation-page-deleted
 * MediaWiki:Deletepage-deleted / MediaWiki:Deletedtext
 * MediaWiki:Filedelete-success
 * MediaWiki:Movepage-moved

Until now, we used those for checklists and reminders to ensure completion of the various tasks connected to the transactions generating those green message banners. (It should be noted that such checklists and reminders in no way interfered with other items on the screen including advertising.)

I can appreciate Wikia wanting to make the tasks associated with being an Administrator easier to do, especially for new sysops. But, it is not remotely clear how disappearing the green banners contributes in any way toward that goal.

Moreover, why should all wikia — especially those with experienced Administrators — have to work to the lowest level of mediocrity? We should be able via CSS to have those green banners behave as they did only a few short months ago if it suits the desired performance level of our wikia’s sysops and its community.

Thank you. — Spike  Toronto  19:47, December 10, 2014 (UTC)