User Talk: Newbzy

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15th January 1926 is a wrong birth date mentioned

I am the employee of packages and the correct date of birth of Syed babar ali is 30th June 1926.

PFB the authentic reference also

<ref name="HBS-Profile">{{cite web |last=Business History Initiative |title=Syed Babar Ali - Creating Emerging Markets |url=https://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=sbabarali |publisher=Harvard Business School |access-date=January 19, 2026 |quote=Birth Date: June 30, 1926}}</ref> Mmuhammadmohsin (talk) 04:59, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

:Cool – so change his article to reflect that. You have the permissions; the page isn't protected. Newbzy (talk) 06:56, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
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Invert icon in dark mode

Please see my comment at Template talk:WikiProject Religion ↗. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:10, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:You never replied to this, but you continued making the same kind of edits ... — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

::True enough. But hey, it goes to show that they work. Newbzy (talk) 12:07, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I'm not sure that is fully in the spirit of a collaborative project — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

:::::Alright, I owe you an explanation. It's mostly that I didn't feel I had much to say back when my edit requests were declined.

:::::So to me, {{code|<nowiki>{{!}}class=skin-invert</nowiki>}} seems to be the only way to achieve a light-dark colour switch functionality with these WikiProject templates. Originally I only thought there were two methods, that one and also where you specify the class within the image wrapping (like {{code|<nowiki>size=50px|class=skin-invert ↗</nowiki>}}). I've since learnt there's also a method where you can use two lines to do it, sort of like

:::::|IMAGE = Vector.svg
:::::|IMAGE_CLASS = skin-invert

:::::Recently I made a template, {{tl|light-dark switch}}, that enacts a switch between two versions of an image depending on what theme the user's UI is set to, which works surprisingly well and is pretty cool. The fact still stands, though, that only {{code|<nowiki>{{!}}class=skin-invert</nowiki>}} appears to be the method that works for the WikiProject templates. Maybe the code of the module is restrictive in this case?

:::::I actually have been thinking a bit about your comment from the edit requests in the past few weeks too. I don't believe making an edit to Module:WikiProject banner ↗ would really work, seeing as it's only a small portion of the WikiProject templates that use solely black vectors, maybe 10 per cent of them; the dark-mode inversion fix to the module would affect all of the templates, when most of their icons already work well in dark mode. As for {{code|<nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>}} being a hack, maybe the template should be raised to template-editor or full protection. I will admit that I am a little confused on how the template is supposedly deprecated or that it "used to be a template", as it says in the documentation.

:::::Hope this helps clear things up a bit. Newbzy (talk) 08:57, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

::::::{{ping|MSGJ}} just pinging in case you didn't see this. Newbzy (talk) 14:03, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::Thanks for the message. I am not too familiar with dark mode technicalities but thought it was important to discuss the options before making mass changes which may not be optimal. To help me understand, can you answer these questions?
::::::* Which images do not currently work well in dark mode?
::::::* Is there any way to automatically detect these images?
::::::* Does class=skin-invert achieve the best result?
::::::* Are there some images that work equally well in both modes?
::::::What I am thinking at this stage, is that we introduce a couple of extra parameters into the module, such as {{para|IMAGE_CLASS|skin-invert}} as you suggested above or something simpler {{para|DARK_IMAGE|invert}}, and then one which allows an editor to specify a different image (along the lines of the template you wrote) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:55, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

:::::::Sure thing. I'm focussing on the WikiProject templates in my answers here, but let me know if you want more general responses.

:::::::*1 (images that don't work well): Any vectors that are completely black, which will be very visible in light mode but somewhat difficult to see in dark. Here's a list of templates I compiled that haven't had {{code|<nowiki>class=skin-invert</nowiki>}} added yet: <s>{{tl|WikiProject Psychology}}</s>, {{tl|WikiProject Mythology}}, <s>{{tl|WikiProject Swimming}}</s>, {{tl|WikiProject Ice Hockey}}, {{tl|WikiProject Song Contests}}, {{tl|WikiProject Gymnastics}}, {{tl|WikiProject Poetry}} and <s>{{tl|WikiProject Composers}}</s>.

::::::::There are also those vectors that have parts of them that are completely black, with the black bits being on the vector's edge (usually, if they're surrounded by different colours, they're fine). For example, {{tl|WikiProject Russia}}.

:::::::*2 (automatic detection): Not that I know of. It would probably mean utilising a template that can detect whether a vector is completely black, then take action accordingly. But as for the templates that aren't all black but still have problems... I'm not sure.

:::::::*3 (is class=skin-invert best): I thought it was, at least before now, because it seemed to be the only thing that worked for the WikiProject templates. But yeah, adding an image class parameter would be great. I also very much like the idea of having different images displayed for each mode, like my switcher template, because of a specific case: {{tl|WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration}}. This template's original icon (see this revision ↗) looks pretty cool, but displays quite poorly in dark mode. I tried to use my switcher template with it but it didn't work, so I ended up changing the icon to what's now there (take a look ↗). Adding a switcher function to the module would let me bring the old icon back, 'cause I've uploaded this image ↗ to use for dark mode.

:::::::*4 (images that work equally well): The majority of them. Basically, vectors that don't have black on their edges. Examples are {{tl|WikiProject Biography}}, {{tl|WikiProject Politics}} and {{tl|WikiProject Geography}}. With these ones, I believe they can be left alone in terms of dark mode edits.

:::::::Cheers, Newbzy (talk) 10:13, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Just diving in here to say that adding a new, standardized parameter is probably the way to go. In infoboxes, we have de facto standardized on {{para|image_class}} ↗ so that individual images in infobox transclusions can be adjusted to work in dark mode. I recommend against {{para|DARK_IMAGE|invert}}, since it is not extensible to a future in which other classes might be needed; just a hypothetical example, but let's say some big change comes to mobile view that messes with images, and we need something like {{para|image_class|mobile-static}} to prevent the image from being messed up in mobile view. We wouldn't have to change any template/module code to allow the new class to work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:56, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

:::::::::Definitely agreed. I guess this settles for now how we can implement inverts for the all-black vectors. Newbzy (talk) 06:25, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Better dead than read ↗

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A tag has been placed on :Better dead than read ↗ requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion ↗, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

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Squawk7700 (talk) 14:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

:I want to apologize for this. But I will say that it can be subjective, whether a redirect is an implausible typo or not. Newbzy (talk) 02:22, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
::Hey! Yea no reason to apologize, I hope this did not discourage you from editing. As with many thinks I think with time you'll gain a feeling for what ''probably'' is plausible or not. Best, Squawk7700 (talk) 07:35, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

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