Template talk:Content Out of Service

Too obtrusive?
for me this one look too flashy, would like to hear other guys' opinion. i like the idea of giving major game bug warning like this though. maybe we can do that on MediaWiki:Sitenotice like once we did on Haiti EQ donation [ oh yea, and we also need link to detailed info such as related forum links and stuff. --yoko5000 22:47, May 2, 2011 (EDT)

Holiday color scheme
I would like to propose a few color changes for the holiday announcements.
 * New Year's: I like it as-is.
 * Valentine's: Background Color: #FFAAAA & Text Color: #FF0000 =
 * Revised: #FFAAAA and #550000. Not sure which way would look better
 * Leaning latter. There's a bit of space around the text that would be dark, so the light text isn't as big an issue.
 * Saint Patrick's: I like it as-is.
 * The reverse also looks decent. Not sure which is better. The only issue here is that it's very similar to Halloween and the standard notice.
 * Easter: Background Color: #FF8CD1 & Text Color: #5300FD =
 * Revised: Background Color: #FFBEF8 & Text Color: #530098 =
 * Halloween: Background Color: #000000 & Text Color: #FF7F00 =
 * Reverse, for reference:
 * Thanksgiving: Background Color: #886C35 & Text Color: #FFFF00 =
 * Revised: Background Color: #524A2E & Text Color: #FFFF00 =
 * Christmas: Background Color: #00BB00 & Text Color: #CC0000 =
 * Revised: Background Color: #47744E & Text Color: #E5FFD8 =
 * Moving towards a "Tree" theme rather than the standard R/G theme. Also, the reverse of this doesn't quite look as good
 * Revised: Background Color: #47744E & Text Color: #E5FFD8 =
 * Moving towards a "Tree" theme rather than the standard R/G theme. Also, the reverse of this doesn't quite look as good

I also feel that the text size should be increased, though I don't see that anywhere in the template. Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 11:05, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * The problem I have is that the new colors proposed are not WCAG compliant for Valentine's Day, Easter, or Christmas and I think they should be at least somewhat compliant. Thanksgiving is not WCAG 2 AAA Compliant, but I would be okay with that (it becomes compliant if the size is greater than 18pt.  Halloween is the only one that is fine.  I'm not sure how compliant the existing colors are, but I think that any changes should be in the direction of compliance. ShoeMaker (Contribs • Message • Email ) 11:53, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * I wasn't even aware of that entire aspect; was simply looking at visually-pleasing colors. I can play with things a bit. Glad you liked a couple color choices.
 * EDIT: New Years and St. Patrick's Day are both AAA compliant. Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 12:06, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * Revised colors. Moving away from Red/Green for Christmas, as a good color pair is nearly impossible to make look good, and to get away from issues with R/G color blindness. Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 13:42, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * Christmas is the worst combination as far as compliance goes; only AAA-compliant at 18+ point font. However, it's much better than the current colors . Let me know what you think of the revised colors; the following is the choices I would personally go with.
 * (current colors)
 * (current colors)
 * (only AAA at 18+ point font)
 * Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 16:40, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * I'm fine with your proposed replacements for Valentine's, Easter, Halloween. Not sure about Thanksgiving and Christmas, they seem plain and boring to me.  Let's leave this discussion open for a couple weeks and see if we get any more feedback. You might also like to post this on the DDO:AN/POI. ShoeMaker (Contribs • Message • Email ) 18:24, January 3, 2016 (EST)
 * It's been a few weeks, and I haven't seen any other feedback on this. I'm going to throw a couple other suggestions for Thanksgiving/Christmas here and see if these look better:
 * - Reverse of the above suggestion. Note the similarity to the current colors (Current colors: Brown + Yellow); it's not as vibrant. I don't like this as much as the above suggestion.
 * - Not sure what to think; instead of a yellow/brown (thinking turkey) going cranberry/gold for a bit more color and contrast.
 * - Reverse. If you like this style of Thanksgiving better, I can play with the colors a bit. I like the former better than the reverse.
 * - Reverse of the above suggestion. This isn't "bad" but the difference between the light green and the white is much harder to see.
 * - Snow on Tree theme.
 * - Reverse. I don't like this reverse at all, but throwing it here for ease of comparison.
 * I'm not a fan of that last reverse one, but I'm fine with any of the others, preferring ones that are WCAG 2 AAA compliant. —&thinsp; Zav &thinsp; (T·C) 18:07, January 31, 2016 (EST)
 * With the exception of the Tree theme (Light Green/Dark Green), all should be WCAG 2 AAA compliant at all font sizes (Tree theme is WCAG 2 AA compliant at all font sizes and WCAG 2 AAA compliant at 18+ point font/14+ point bold font, which these notices likely exceed). My suggestions would be the dark background/light text pairings for both Thanksgiving (Brown/Yellow or Cranberry/Gold) and Christmas (Dark Green/Light Green or Darker Green/Pale Blue) Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 15:31, February 1, 2016 (EST)
 * - Snow on Tree theme.
 * - Reverse. I don't like this reverse at all, but throwing it here for ease of comparison.
 * I'm not a fan of that last reverse one, but I'm fine with any of the others, preferring ones that are WCAG 2 AAA compliant. —&thinsp; Zav &thinsp; (T·C) 18:07, January 31, 2016 (EST)
 * With the exception of the Tree theme (Light Green/Dark Green), all should be WCAG 2 AAA compliant at all font sizes (Tree theme is WCAG 2 AA compliant at all font sizes and WCAG 2 AAA compliant at 18+ point font/14+ point bold font, which these notices likely exceed). My suggestions would be the dark background/light text pairings for both Thanksgiving (Brown/Yellow or Cranberry/Gold) and Christmas (Dark Green/Light Green or Darker Green/Pale Blue) Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 15:31, February 1, 2016 (EST)
 * With the exception of the Tree theme (Light Green/Dark Green), all should be WCAG 2 AAA compliant at all font sizes (Tree theme is WCAG 2 AA compliant at all font sizes and WCAG 2 AAA compliant at 18+ point font/14+ point bold font, which these notices likely exceed). My suggestions would be the dark background/light text pairings for both Thanksgiving (Brown/Yellow or Cranberry/Gold) and Christmas (Dark Green/Light Green or Darker Green/Pale Blue) Habreno (Contribs • Message • Email ) 15:31, February 1, 2016 (EST)