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There has been an initiative to change the interface so that the gray header at the top of the [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Sources|table]] "follows around" as you scroll down. See: {{t|sticky header}}. '''Which of the choices below (A-E) do you prefer?''' What other ideas do you have?

The header is now 2 lines tall. What Timeshifter is now proposing (scroll down [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources&oldid=12545402611260153539#Sources '''this example''']) is a narrow one-line sticky header with a link from the "Status" column head back to the [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Legend|"Legend" section of the article]]. And a link from the "Sources" column head back to the [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Sources|"Sources" section of the article]]. Notes explain this just above the table. He states this allows new users of the table to quickly return to the table TOC, or to quickly find the meaning of the legend icons. There are also improved notes above the table.

An issue in [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|any skin other than the default Vector 2022]]: When you use the [[Template:Compact TOC|horizontal table TOC]], or if you follow ("jump to") an anchored link within the table such as [[WP:FORBESCON]], the top line of the note in the row you jump to would be covered by the narrow sticky header. 2 lines are covered by the 2-line header. [[Template talk:Sticky header|Template discussions]] have not found a way to fix this. Timeshifter does not believe this is a serious problem. Others do. One solution (see E below) is to add a line's worth of blank padding at the top of each row.

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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources&oldid=1240212792#Forbes.com_contributors B]: Full size (2-line) header with sticky enabled.

* C: Narrow (1-line) header without sticky enabled.

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources&oldid=12545402611260153539#Forbes.com_contributors D]: Narrow header with sticky header that follows you around. This has been improved. Please check again.

*E: Same as D, but with padding at the top of each row.

[[User:Graywalls|Graywalls]] ([[User talk:Graywalls|talk]]) 15:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)}}