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March 26

GA and FA icons on mobile

Lately I am using the Wiki on mobile-safari to check and read articles. Scrolling through, I ask if Wikipedia supports its good articles and featured articles icons on the mobile browser version that have such status'? If so, is there a way to see them besides switching to the desktop version? If not, how come? Currently I cannot see an article status besides going to the talk page. Any and all feedback would be appreciated. Adog (Talk・Cont) 01:31, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

This is really a WP:help desk question. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:20, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

You can also check the page information tab which should show categories including the GA or FA ones. Nil Einne (talk) 10:55, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

WP:FA says they only appear on the desktop version. --Viennese Waltz 13:25, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend, Nil Einne, and Viennese Waltz: Thank you all for your responses. I know there is a desk to request features on Wikipedia. Would that be the help desk or another? It is weird we don't have an obvious way of showing readers if an article is of higher quality on mobile, no? I would doubt fly-by or regular readers would check the cats or talk page...heck I don't unless I want to know. Adog (Talk・Cont) 14:00, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

The fact that an article has GA status does not imply it is of higher quality than some article that does not have that status. The other article may be excellent (so good that it cannot be significantly improved) but never have been nominated for review. If its major contributors don't care about this status, or are no longer active, no one else can nominate it, regardless of how good it is.  --Lambiam 17:24, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

I want to know why the 3 articles at the bottom of every article aren't also on desktop. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 17:06, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

See Help:Mobile access, Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices, and mw:Reading/Web/Advanced mobile contributions#Background. My understanding is that the developers wanted an interface and skin that was optimized specifically for readers on mobile devices. This meant improving performance, reducing links, and disabling a number of templates such as navboxes and title templates like Template:Featured article and Template:Good article. As for the three related articles at the bottom of every page, iirc that was originally implemented to make up for the missing navboxes and links, but I don't think there has ever been a serious push to make this also a feature on the desktop version. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)