Help talk:Preferences

Anyone interested in improving this page (I don't have time to do it myself) should consider copying some of my contributions from m:Help:Preferences, since I have [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AThis%2C_that_and_the_other&diff=7553709&oldid=1249542 released my edits to the page into the public domain]. This, that and the other (talk) 11:21, 29 August 2013 (UTC)



Two email areas bad
Both have email items. They should be combined. Jidanni (talk) 11:06, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal

Prevent condensing the language list
I'm looking in the preferences for how to get rid of the function that only shows you some languages in the list of languages. It's annoying. It wouldn't be so bad if the window that opens showed you a nice list, but when you click on the option, it opens up a list with huge buttons, rather than a nice, neat list with small font sizes. Please make it easier to disable this option! --105.232.255.235 09:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Two zones for internationalization, and use of the timezone in signature
Two issues, the first being similar to that mentioned in an earlier comment: (*) NB: I came here by clicking "Discussion" after clicking "Preferences" after editing a page on the French wikipedia, so my comments refer to that. - MFH(talk), 31 January 2017, 22:10 (UTC)
 * 1) I think it would be natural to put choice of country, language and timezone together. In the first "preferences" tab you're asked for your country, and can click a link to unfold a section with "more about localization", in which you can specify your language. But if you were looking for the timezone setting here, you'll be frustrated. Further research will eventually show the timezone setting in "appearance" (WTF!? ;-)).
 * 2) Actually, the timezone setting is not used in your signature(*). There's written your name, then the editing time in (CET), even if you live in the Americas and set your timezone accordingly.