MediaWiki talk:AdminSkin

Is there a reason MediaWiki thought I edited the AdminSkin when all I changed was my recent changes preferences? I never even touched the skin tab. --From Andoria with Love 07:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe because you are an admin? --OuroborosCobra talk 07:19, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

That's not the point. I edited my own personal preferences for the recent changes page. That should have no effect on the site's skin. --From Andoria with Love 07:39, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, this is the "AdminSkin", perhaps Mediawiki somehow connects it admin settings? That was the point I was making. --OuroborosCobra talk 07:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, I see what you're saying. Hmm... maybe. Either way, it's a bug. "Skin" and "Recent changes" are two separate tabs, two separate sets of preferences. One should not affect the other. --From Andoria with Love 07:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I can see why it might be happening, but it's definitely a bug that it does happen. On top of that, it is just very bad UI design to have a site-wide, admin-only setting hidden in someones user preferences. A better place would be a Special: page, just like for most other admin decisions that aren't done by manually editing a Mediawiki: page. Has Wikia been made aware of this already, or should I do that? -- Cid Highwind 11:43, 11 November 2007 (UTC)