Thread:Wellsworth96/@comment-27794543-20180426070107

Hi Andy,

I noticed you switching col to col-begin and I was wondering if there was a reason behind this switch? Is there something you dislike about how Template:Col functions?

Template:Col-being/2/end are a set of older templates that Template:Col was created to replace. The newer template has several major advantages over the old templates. For editors, they no longer have to count where to split the table since the template uses inbuilt html functions to auto-split the data into multiple columns. For readers, the template has the significant advantage of multiple columns when viewing on desktop but single column when uses mobile devices. Using the old templates, mobile users get two squished columns, while the new template is mobile friendly.

Given wikia's push to be more mobile friendly, using mobile friendly templates should be the preference. While many of our pages still use the old column templates, the goal is to eventually convert all pages to use the new column template to provide a better reader experience.

So back to original question, is there are reason for switching to the older, mobile unfriendly templates? I don't want to reverse the switch without understanding if there is an issue with the template.

Thanks, janus 