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Missing major example
[edit]In the lead, we have a long list of examples with "You can "mention" a user called Example by making an..." but we don't mention how to do it in the modern, code-light VE talk page style, i.e by clocking the person+ button. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:46, 4 April 2025 (UTC)
When did Echo/Pings start?
[edit]Does anyone have (with a source!) a date for when Echo was rolled out and possible the dates for when various features were added? It can help to know this when looking back... Carcharoth (talk) 12:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- Found it: March 2013: Echo: A new notification system for Wikipedia - 7 February 2013 by Fabrice Florin. Carcharoth (talk) 12:31, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Carcharoth: For English Wikipedia specifically, it was 30 April 2013. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:05, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Color
[edit]Is there a way to change the color of the alert badge from red to something else? Some1 (talk) 01:44, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
How do I change the color of my name
[edit]I was wondering how to change the font and color of my name. How do I do that? YourLocalZakkFromSomewhere (talk) 18:46, 21 November 2025 (UTC)