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New mobile design for user preferences now live!

I’m pleased to announce that a new design for Special:Preferences on the mobile website is now live on all Wikimedia projects. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. To read more and leave feedback, please see our project page. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:35, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2023

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httml rrezart jashari Rrezartjashari (talk) 15:06, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 15:36, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2024

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I want to delete profile talk) 16:08, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Rehsarb (talk) 17:50, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special page edit request

Help:Section#Section editing states: Sections can be separately edited by clicking special edit links labeled "[edit source]" by the heading, or by right-clicking on the section heading.

This label was previously just "[edit]" but it was changed to "[edit source]" some months (years?) ago. I've made the relevant change to WP:SECTIONEDIT but have also noticed that the related checkbox in user preferences has not been updated accordingly.

Please change:

Preferences → Gadgets → Appearance → Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page

To:

Preferences → Gadgets → Appearance → Add an [edit source] link for the lead section of a page

Personally, I think the "[edit source]" label is misleading because I tend to associate the word "source" with citations rather than code. But that's probably just me. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 08:21, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Redrose64 has reverted my edit to Help:Section#Section editing so there is something strange going on. Why am I seeing "[edit source]" at the top of my sections when Redrose is still seeing "[edit]"? Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:01, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]