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This page is for gathering feedback on the new wiki skin and deciding whether the light or dark theme should be made the new default.

Overview

The Minecraft Wiki community has come to a consensus after multiple discussions (see first and second discussion) that we should move to a different host. The wiki will now have a different layout than Fandom's, so the community has been working on a new skin to match over the past weeks. This has also given us the opportunity to put more focus into a proper dark theme.

The new skins have now mostly been finalized, though there are still a few minor tweaks remaining. We would like to take the opportunity to present them to the wider wiki community for feedback. We believe that the new dark theme is in a better state than ever, so we would also like to consider whether the dark theme should now be made the default. You can see screenshots of the new skins down below, or check them out for yourself at the WIP dev wiki.

Please provide feedback and leave your vote on which theme should be the default skin in the discussion section. Also, feel free to join the wiki’s Discord server to provide additional feedback there.

Light theme

Dark theme

Discussion

 Oppose setting dark mode as the default skin. It looks good but there are things to tweak (for example the search bar in the provided screenshots has low contrast) and I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't 100% perfect at launch - the wiki has always been designed with light mode as the default after all. Personally I also find it harder to read. --Capopanzo (talk) 00:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 Oppose. Light mode feels just right on the wiki. Keep it as the default. Zenphia (talk) 13:54, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Suggestions to improve the search bar. As complained above, some people think it's too small. So how about if the 5 buttons at the top of the article would be in a single group on the left? That would let the search bar be much bigger (more visible). Also, why not put some kind of an additional few pixel wide frame around the search bar? And in the dark mode the "Search Minecraft wiki" text has very poor contrast. GMRE (talk) 14:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

 Oppose I prefer the light theme. GMRE (talk) 14:58, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 Oppose Light mode looks better, however  Support having a dark mode option. TheTrubbleMushroom (talk) 19:39, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 Oppose I prefer the light theme and the wiki has been designed around that theme. Minermatt122514 (talk) 19:42, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 Oppose per consensus above (at the time of my writing at the moment), regarding setting dark mode as global systemwide default for all.  Support having a dark mode option that users can set their own default preferences. Delvin4519 (talk) 19:53, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
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