Thread:Project:Current issues/Adding a dev namespace for "Data and developer hub" articles/reply (10)

I have no objection to the new skin being enabled as an optional skin on mediawiki.org, for those who want to try it out.

I think there would be a lot of objections (from me and many others) if it were made the default skin, even if only for anons and/or new users.

I don't know what other people think about it being the default skin for a single namespace, but I've already made my feelings known on this.

For me, the biggest risk of confusion is the skin changing randomly as you navigate within the site. As you say, confusion within the skin itself is something that can (hopefully) be resolved by further user-testing and development. You also need to balance the ease of use for new users against the disorientation and confusion for existing users, but in most cases this can be mitigated by the fact that users can pick their own skin.