RetireWiki.jp - latest updates and discussion

[kuma]

Does anybody have any opinion on the new Vector 2022 skin that the Wikimedia Foundation are deploying as the default on their wikis?

You can see a demo here:

Current "old" Vector 2010 (the default on retirewiki.jp): https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Main_Page

Vector 2022: https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Main_Page?us ... ector-2022

You can also add ?useskin=vector-2022 to the URL of any page to see the page with the new skin.

Edit: clarifying after Gulliver's comment: this only applies to viewing from the Desktop. The mobile skin is unchanged.

* I dislike vast amounts of white space.
* I like keeping things similar in look to wikipedia, as that gives a wiki an air of authority.

These statements may or may not compete; has wikipedia gone for a new look recently?

[adamu]

Yes, Wikipedia is using a new look, so I'm tempted to switch. However, it has a lot of opposition, and I'm not much of a fan myself, so I'll keep the current Desktop theme for now.

Unrelated: I was wondering why we suddenly got a deluge (read: about 30 people) coming to the UK article from YouTube in March. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me *which* video people came from, but this is highly suspect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sig4SF_pNp8

In other news:

Kuma has been expanding and improving the UK article as always
https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/United_Kingdom

CAM has made improvements to the Inheritance Tax article, and also improved the article that Kuma started about Obtaining a Japanese passport for a child.

https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Inheritance_tax
https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Obtaining_a_ ... or_a_child

I also updated to the latest version of the sotftware, MediaWiki 1.39.3

[RetireJapan]

Unrelated: I was wondering why we suddenly got a deluge (read: about 30 people) coming to the UK article from YouTube in March. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me *which* video people came from, but this is highly suspect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sig4SF_pNp8

[kuma]

Unrelated: I was wondering why we suddenly got a deluge (read: about 30 people) coming to the UK article from YouTube in March. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me *which* video people came from, but this is highly suspect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sig4SF_pNp8

Link to that YouTube video now present in the wiki article!

[kuma]

How about a dedicated board in the forum?

We could do that, but would people find it useful? I think phpBB has the ability to post an external link in the topic list too.

The wiki itself has a way of discussing articles ("Talk" pages for each article), but it's not currently been used by anyone except me, talking to myself . I think the Pension article has the most "active" discussion so far: https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Talk:Japanese_pension_system

List of all Talk pages, for the curious: https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Special:Pref ... amespace=1

I think a board in the forum could be both useful and used.

Although I’ve used the wiki’s Talk function a little, the forum seems a more comfortable place for some postings because:

* Talk pages - oldest comments appear first. Anything said generally lingers!

* Forum - newest comments appear first. Comments quickly get buried.

With the actual articles, any missteps get improved upon, with the older/incorrect/not as good versions quickly buried. Talk pages linger in semi-perpetuity.

Also, looking on Wikipedia, Talk pages don’t always stay civil.

[RetireJapan]

I think a board in the forum could be both useful and used.

Happy to make one if people want

[adamu]

The wiki has been given a makeover, and although I've not been keeping this thread up to date we got some quality additions in 2023.

Here's the full article list:
https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Special:AllP ... edirects=1

Happy new year all and all the best for 2024