[WikiEN-l] User space needs to be more clearly marked

[Eugene van der Pijll]

Steve Bennett schreef:
> On 3/19/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think my point still stands - the subtle background color difference
> > between namespaces in Wikipedia's monobook skin is functionally
> > meaningless for anyone except those quite familiar with our site.
> 
> Hell, it's functionally meaningless to *me*. I sure didn't notice.

I think, but am not sure, that I have noticed it.

The German wikipedia also has a blue background for non-main namespaces,
but it is a bit darker, and noticable; but not enough that people who
are not familiar with wikipedia will know they are outside the
encyclopedia proper.

The French and Dutch wikipedias have an even more noticable yellow
background. Enough to make someone wonder why the page is different from
other pages.

It's worth checking out the interwiki links on [[Wikipedia:Village
pump]] to look for alternative colour schemes.

Eugene