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• Subpages now link to their parent pages directly from the title in a breadcrumb style (example), making navigation easier and hierarchy clearer
• Special:Statistics now shows correct numbers and will update once a month
• Semantic properties were renamed so they all have a prefix now, and unused properties were removed
• Template:Menu was renamed to Template:Navigation as well as all the subtemplates and calls to them throughout the wiki
• Template:TOC was deleted because Vector 2022 made it obsolete by changing the way the table of contents is displayed

Happy new year! Sophivorus (talk) 13:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I made an account over a decade ago. I no longer have access to the email address associated with the account so I cant log in. I would like to delete my old account please. The account name is "chetjamgo". Thanks, Chet Jamgochian, chetjamgogmailcom, 98.207.247.1 19:59, 3 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

After contacting the user to confirm his intention and that he didn't want to just regain access to his account, I went ahead and deleted it. Sophivorus (talk) 12:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

• Pages with subpages now feature a button next to the title, that displays the subpage tree (see for example NREMT Skillset, TissueDB, Arcata Marsh and User:Lonny) and Template:Subpages navigation was deprecated and removed
• Extension:TimedMediaHandler was enabled, so that videos and audios uploaded to Appropedia can now be embedded using the regular file and gallery syntax, among other features
• Thumbnail generation was fixed, so that all videos and all PDFs now have working thumbnails (except for a few corrupt files)
• Template:Get certificate was fixed, simplified and improved
• Template:Columns was deprecated and deleted, because it was rarely used, had usability issues with the visual editor, and display issues in small screens
• Template:Grid was also deprecated because of usability issues with the visual editor, and replaced for <div class="grid"> (see Help:Grids for more)

Kind regards, Sophivorus (talk) 14:11, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

You can still upload the old way...but please fix the wizard. Joshua Pearce (talk) 12:43, 14 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Apologies for the delay! Should be fixed now. Sophivorus (talk) 15:49, 26 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Dear community,

unfortunately I have been unable to upload a pdf file (well below the size limit) - everytime I try to upload it loads forever and then "times out". Has anybody else faced these issues and can help? Is there a workaround? Thanks! Sarahmariaj (talk) 09:21, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Sarahmariaj Hi! I just tried uploading a PDF and it worked fine. Perhaps it was related to the issue described above? Can you try again and let me know? Sophivorus (talk) 15:51, 26 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a lot it works now!! Sarahmariaj (talk) 11:51, 13 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

• We have experienced availability issues due to excessive requests by AI bots. After several attempts, we now have an effective set of security rules at Cloudflare.
• Appropedia was updated to MediaWiki 1.45, which enabled several improvements, for example:
  • Syntax highlight when editing has improved with new features like autocomplete, code folding, bracket matching and linting
  • Broken images from Commons have been fixed
  • JavaScript associated to templates was updated to ES7, see Special:Gadgets
• Images can now be easily rotated by clicking the new Rotate buttons right below the images in the file pages (example)
• Special:LintErrors is now available to help us find and fix formatting issues

Sophivorus (talk) 20:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi Appropedia Wiki Admins,

What skin does Appropedia use for MediaWiki? And how is it configured?

I'm working on making a wiki for Eco-Libre, and I'd love to copy the skinning you've done with Appropedia.

Specifically, I'd like to know how you added the `vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox` that lets the user switch to dark mode, change the text size, wide width, and into a distraction-free "read" mode.

Would you mind posting your skin-related `LocalSettings.php` settings here, as well as any other Extensions that are used for the purpose of skinning, responsive mobile, etc? Maltfield (talk) 22:18, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Maltfield Hi! We're using Vector 2022. Our skin-related settings are:

wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );
$wgDefaultSkin = 'vector-2022';
$wgSkipSkins[] = 'vector'; // Disable old Vector
$wgVectorResponsive = true;
$wgVectorMaxWidthOptions['exclude']['mainpage'] = false;
$wgVectorNightMode['logged_out'] = true;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['vector-main-menu-pinned'] = 0;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['vector-page-tools-pinned'] = 0;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['vector-appearance-pinned'] = 0;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['vector-toc-pinned'] = 0;
$wgDefaultUserOptions['vector-font-size'] = 1;

Lastly, the "read mode" is introduced by an extension we developed called Extension:ReadMode. Good luck! Sophivorus (talk) 11:51, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Dear community, I currently face an odd problem: On our Tolocar mainpage we included under the header "Projects on Appropedia" a search widget, which displays pages which are assigned the categories "projects" and "Tolocar". It always worked fine - with about 10 pages being assigned these two categories displayed - , but now none of the respective pages are displayed anymore - just an empty widget. Does somebody understand why and how to fix it? Thanks a lot! Sarah Sarahmariaj (talk) 11:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Sarahmariaj Should be fixed now. Thanks for the report and sorry for the inconvenience. Sophivorus (talk) 11:46, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I a set of plans and I want to share them with the rest of the world.

Jeffery Dodson, Gorilla Gardening, jefferydodson4031gmailcom, Jefferydodson4031 (talk) 03:31, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I hope to share my biochar retort plans but I'm having some little trouble doing it. Can someone give me a hand please? Jefferydodson4031 (talk) 03:34, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I've been trying to upload some .stl files and it keeps telling me they are too large. Each are about 2MB, is there a different file type I should be trying? Does anyone know how to work through this? Ellie Palmer (talk) 21:18, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I just tested uploading a 6MB .stl file and it uploaded well. Can you send me an email: Special:EmailUser/Emilio... I'll respond and you can send me the file directly for testing and for your use. Emilio (talk) 22:11, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi dear Appropedia Team,

Wanted to reach out to report that the PDF and Booklet versions of the pages offered for download in the right-pane navigation are not working. The buttons have a click and download function working; however, the PDF we receive instead of the offline version of the pages is a blank PDF file.

May you please help to resolve this issue?

Here are the screenshots to give you more details: https://prnt.sc/B_2HHH5-75No https://prnt.sc/nNNEozCDKjHK

Thanks!

Best, Leyla Aliyeva Abstract Partners Inc.

Leyla Aliyeva, Abstract Partners Inc., leylaabstractpartners, 181.115.59.190 14:20, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi Leyla,

We'll look into the issue shortly and get back to you. Emilio (talk) 17:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi! It should be fixed now. Thanks for the report! Sophivorus (talk) 17:37, 15 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

I have an idea about a wheelchair for difficult terrain, even stairs. Chagpt made me an image.

Klaus Freitag, None, sualkgatierfgmailcom, 2806:2F0:A280:FF6B:D467:E5B4:FF6F:D850 23:06, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

• Appropedia looks poor on a normal computer without limited width mode enabled. Is there a way that we can make it so people that have not selected it -- have the old format where text went the width of the browser? Of if not - we may want to consider defaulting all users to it. -- Joshua Pearce (talk) 09:55, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply