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Monobook can be customized in somewhat basic ways, [http://www.donkeykongwiki.com/Main_Page see here], and previously on SmashWikia there was a skin change discussion that was closed. Now I would wonder if anyone but me was interested in reviving the idea? '''''[[User:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:navy;">--Havoc</span>]][[User talk:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:DodgerBlue ;">Reaper</span>]][[Special:Contributions/HavocReaper48|<span style="color:cyan;">'48</span>]]''''' 16:15, 23 November 2010 (EST)
Monobook can be customized in somewhat basic ways, [http://www.donkeykongwiki.com/Main_Page see here], and previously on SmashWikia there was a skin change discussion that was closed. Now I would wonder if anyone but me was interested in reviving the idea? '''''[[User:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:navy;">--Havoc</span>]][[User talk:HavocReaper48|<span style="color:DodgerBlue ;">Reaper</span>]][[Special:Contributions/HavocReaper48|<span style="color:cyan;">'48</span>]]''''' 16:15, 23 November 2010 (EST)
:I think minimalist is effective here. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 16:26, 23 November 2010 (EST)
:I think minimalist is effective here. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 16:26, 23 November 2010 (EST)
::I basically agree, but I'd say that two areas should definitely be changed from the default Monobook - the background image, and the [http://www.ssbwiki.com/skins/monobook/user.gif little icon to the left of the user bar] (top-right of the page). Not drastically, but just to give SmashWiki some visual differentiation (use a Smash Bros. icon for the icon, and something relatively simple for the bg. ([http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/SomebodyED/SSBWikibg-2.jpg I've got this as my custom bg right now], but I wouldn't even have the Smash Ball in a "real" version, just the big/faint logo in the top left)
::One other thought - the favicon for the wiki is identical to the SmashWikia, and also disappears a bit on the tab bar in Firefox. Perhaps tinting it blue or somesuch would be a good idea. - [[User:Reboot|Reboot]] ([[User talk:Reboot|talk]]) 23:38, 23 November 2010 (EST)

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I'll be brief, seeing that's how I usually am about wiki stuff in most cases:

Monobook can be customized in somewhat basic ways, see here, and previously on SmashWikia there was a skin change discussion that was closed. Now I would wonder if anyone but me was interested in reviving the idea? --HavocReaper'48 16:15, 23 November 2010 (EST)

I think minimalist is effective here. Miles (talk) 16:26, 23 November 2010 (EST)
I basically agree, but I'd say that two areas should definitely be changed from the default Monobook - the background image, and the little icon to the left of the user bar (top-right of the page). Not drastically, but just to give SmashWiki some visual differentiation (use a Smash Bros. icon for the icon, and something relatively simple for the bg. (I've got this as my custom bg right now, but I wouldn't even have the Smash Ball in a "real" version, just the big/faint logo in the top left)
One other thought - the favicon for the wiki is identical to the SmashWikia, and also disappears a bit on the tab bar in Firefox. Perhaps tinting it blue or somesuch would be a good idea. - Reboot (talk) 23:38, 23 November 2010 (EST)