On 11 March 2014 17:05, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
James Forrester wrote:
This is based on a mis-understanding of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turning_off_outdated_skins/stats. Specifically:
One limitation of the data is that we could only retrieve users who had actively set a preference for their skin; users who had not done this displayed with a null value in the relevant table. Such users are not included in the numbers for Vector in the next section, which leads to an underrepresentation of Vector. Based on an approximate calculation, this may exclude up to 85 per cent of users.
I'm having difficulty understanding how this point would matter for power-users. Can't we presume that every power-user has set his or her skin user preference? If so, we can see that roughly 63% of power-users use Monobook. Given the reality of who largely maintains and protects the wikis (i.e., power-users), the number of Monobook users certainly seems significant to me. Perhaps I just need to think further on this, though.
Not necessarily. I think we can assume power users who registered pre-Vector have totally done that, either to explicitly opt-in to vector or to stay with monobook or CB or [one of the other now-removed skins that still appear in the user_properties table]. But power users who registered after the Vector default switch - I can't see a reason for them to explicitly enable it, if they're comfortable with it. Anecdotally I know a few strange creatures who fall into that category, although personally I prefer Monobook.