Change 1007990 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; author: Jdlrobson):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] POC: Introduce SiteAdminHelper to allow site admins to cherry pick styles

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1007990

Looks like Jon already has a patch up that accomplishes this - moving to code review but keeping assigned to me as I'll make sure it's driven to resolution while he's out

Change #1007990 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages@master] Introduce SiteAdminHelper to allow site admins to cherry pick styles

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1007990

Test Result - Prod

Status: ✅ PASS
Environment: enwiki
OS: macOS Sonoma
Browser: Chrome
Device: MBA
Emulated Device:NA

Test Artifact(s):

QA Steps

✅ AC1: confirm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.wikimediamessages.styles generates a non-empty CSS file

Minerva	Vector 2022

✅ AC2: and is not loaded on an article page. To do this open the sources tab in chrome dev tools then hit cmd+P and search for ext.wikimediamessages.styles. There should not search results.

Minerva	Vector 2022
this shows a result, but it's just a quirk of the search, you can see it's highlighting the "e"

I just merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages/+/1020842 to migrate tablet styles from Minerva to WikimediaMessages following deployment in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361589.

In T360386#9723845, @Jdlrobson wrote:

I just merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaMessages/+/1020842

wrong bug number in commit message there.

This change should have been communicated. I was very surprised to see such drastic changes to primarily the display of infoboxes on desktop.

We need to consult our own communities first about such a drastic change to primarily the infoboxes, which ignore the community consensus about width. The Dutch Wikipedia currently has the default thumbnail size linked to the size of infoboxes, so a solution should be found for that as well if we want to follow the general Wikimedia styles. Currently I had to disable the infobox part of this change which is not good for our mobile readers, as there is no way to only opt out on desktop.

In T360386#9890771, @Sjoerddebruin wrote:

This change should have been communicated.

Hey @Sjoerddebruin this was communicated in tech news in May (T363932) I'm sorry you didn't get the message.

Currently I had to disable the infobox part of this change which is not good for our mobile readers, as there is no way to only opt out on desktop.

Rather than disable the infobox changes, I would recommend following the guidelines in T363932 and moving them to MediaWiki:Minerva.css to avoid breaking mobile. Let me know if you need help with that.

See T367462: Responsive Vector uses hatnote.less and infobox.less at all resolutions for the description of the bug that happened.

In T360386#9890771, @Sjoerddebruin wrote:

This change should have been communicated. I was very surprised to see such drastic changes to primarily the display of infoboxes on desktop.

It wasn't really this task that caused the surprise rollout of the styles today, it was moreso T106463: [EPIC] Ready responsive Vector for wider deployment. I filed T367462: Responsive Vector uses hatnote.less and infobox.less at all resolutions for something like your complaint already.

In T360386#9890799, @Jdlrobson wrote:

In T360386#9890771, @Sjoerddebruin wrote:

This change should have been communicated.

Hey @Sjoerddebruin this was communicated in tech news in May (T363932) I'm sorry you didn't get the message.

Currently I had to disable the infobox part of this change which is not good for our mobile readers, as there is no way to only opt out on desktop.

Rather than disable the infobox changes, I would recommend following the guidelines in T363932 and moving them to MediaWiki:Minerva.css to avoid breaking mobile. Let me know if you need help with that.

The communication in May didn't say anything about styles of Minerva being pushed to Vector 2022, or the communication wasn't clear enough. A reminder would have been appreciated for communities to prepare. How would editing Minerva.css work? Essentially we don't want our infoboxes wider than usual on desktop and don't want any color adjustments either at the moment.