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Hi! I was meaning to respond before, preferrably before the AfD was closed, and have taken longer than expected, sorry! I only wanted to tell you not to worry about opening the discussion :) There are many times when articles are only improved when issues are brought up and more editors have eyes on it.

Even if the article can be improved, there are sometimes that this will only be let known by another user, of the editor might simply not have enough time to tackle a big task. In any case, please let me know if I can be of help anyhow. Best wishes! NoonIcarus (talk) 11:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@NoonIcarus: I think for the majority of articles on Wikipedia, they can be improved rather than deleted, but sometimes articles are better off being deleted if there is no hope the article can be improved. I think an article like Mali–Russia relations would not be deleted since there are sources that cover that topic. I think following WP:BEFORE would help. Thanks for your feedback. Interstellarity (talk) 13:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Interstellarity,

I just wanted to let you know that while I'm going to close out the short thread you started at Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Level/5#Making vital articles accessible in mobile view, I did think a bit about it.

I'm surprised it didn't get more feedback. I have a couple starting-points I can look into further though. If I come up with a concrete plan, I'll bring it up on the talk-page there. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 17:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sure, I think the accessibility of the vital articles pages are fine in desktop view, but I'm sure you can tell how hard it is to navigate the list in mobile view. I'm hoping we can get the ball rolling and make something happen. Interstellarity (talk) 01:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So I actually checked out the page in the mobile app. While huge lists like that are never convenient on a phone, nothing immediately jumped out at me.

Maybe some of the lists could use sub-headers more consistently, but did you have other specific issues in mind? Is it the navigation, how the lists actually display, etc.? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 23:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I use the mobile web version rather than the app and I see the difference on how hard navigation is. Interstellarity (talk) 01:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah, I see, I'll check it out at some point. I was pleasantly surprised how well the app handled the one page I checked, but maybe if we standardize the markup some, it will be better by mobile browser too. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Interstellarity, just wanted to let you know that I reverted your remove of Prime Minister of Georgia, as there is no reason (imv) to have the disambiguator (Georgia the state doesn't have a PM). Would we, for instance, have to then move Russian-occupied territories in Georgia to Russian-occupied territories in Georgia (state)? Hopefully that makes sense. Happy to discuss if not. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Eddie891: Thanks for letting me know. The revert seems to make sense to me based on your reasoning. Interstellarity (talk) 15:01, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]