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Jonas Rand

6 May 2008 6 May '08

1:15 a.m.

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is white (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is both on Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia. Can someone explain this phenomenon? Jonas

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Nathan

6 May 6 May

1:19 a.m.

Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference between the backgrounds on those two images. Nathan On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuan(a)cox.net> wrote:

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is white (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is both on Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia. Can someone explain this phenomenon? Jonas _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Majorly

1:32 a.m.

On 05/05/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference between the backgrounds on those two images. Nathan

The first image has a grey background on the menu bar on the left, whereas the second image has a white one. -- Alex Newman http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Majorly

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James Farrar

1:46 a.m.

2008/5/5 Majorly <axel9891(a)googlemail.com>om>:

On 05/05/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference between the backgrounds on those two images. Nathan

The first image has a grey background on the menu bar on the left, whereas the second image has a white one.

It does? Count me in the "blind" camp...

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John Lee

2:43 a.m.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:46 PM, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:

2008/5/5 Majorly <axel9891(a)googlemail.com>om>:

On 05/05/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference between the backgrounds on those two images. Nathan

The first image has a grey background on the menu bar on the left, whereas the second image has a white one.

It does? Count me in the "blind" camp...

Me three. Oh, and the 404 problem someone brought up can be resolved by copying and pasting the URLs straight into your browser, rather than clicking on them. The host is probably paranoid about hotlinking. Johnleemk

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Chris Howie

1:34 a.m.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuan(a)cox.net> wrote:

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is white (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is both on Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia. Can someone explain this phenomenon?

These links are dead. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

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Michael Bimmler

1:38 a.m.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuan(a)cox.net> wrote:

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is white (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is both on Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia. Can someone explain this phenomenon?

These links are dead.

They aren't here. Might be a problem on your end of the connection. Michael -- Michael Bimmler mbimmler(a)gmail.com

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Angela Anuszewski

1:48 a.m.

That's really strange. Are they being viewed in different browsers? -- Wikipedia:[[User:Psu256]]

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Majorly

2:17 a.m.

On 05/05/2008, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewski(a)gmail.com> wrote:

That's really strange. Are they being viewed in different browsers?

I'm viewing in Firefox. Perhaps my eyesight is exceptional :-) -- Alex Newman http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Majorly

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Usamah al-Amin

2:20 a.m.

This does not need be called a "phenomenon", nor a "blind camp" to explain it. :) Simply the gray colors comes from the CSS background declaration on the body element: background: #F9F9F9 url (headbg.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0pt 0pt; Sometimes. browsers fail to pick up every background image or CSS declaration, so you're left with the default white background color. If you're using Firefox, and Firebug installed, you can disable that CSS declaration and see the effect in real time. Regards, Usamah On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewski(a)gmail.com> wrote:

That's really strange. Are they being viewed in different browsers? -- Wikipedia:[[User:Psu256]] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Chris Howie

2:18 a.m.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuan(a)cox.net> wrote:

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is white (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is both on Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia. Can someone explain this phenomenon?

These links are dead.

They aren't here. Might be a problem on your end of the connection. Michael

Shrug, dunno. Both redirect me to <http://www.110mb.com/404.php>. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

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White Cat

3:39 a.m.

The page you're accessing no longer exists or you mistyped the URL. Can't see it. Upload to commons. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuan(a)cox.net> wrote: > Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and sometimes it is

white

> (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.PNG and > http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot.PNG). This is

both on

> Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English Wikipedia.

Can

someone explain this phenomenon?

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They aren't here. Might be a problem on your end of the connection. Michael -- Michael Bimmler mbimmler(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Angela Anuszewski
Chris Howie
James Farrar
John Lee
Jonas Rand
Majorly
Michael Bimmler
Nathan
Usamah al-Amin
White Cat