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Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look by rasz on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:43PM (#24573069)
There is room for improvement here. Wiki could detect language preferences based on accept-language Header. "en-US,en;q=0.9,pl;q=0.8" is a pretty good indication I want English and Polish translations to be the first one listed. Alternatively/additionally you could let logged in users define sort order/preferences.

As is now I have to inject

    ['.vector-menu-content-list .interlanguage-link.interwiki-en', '.vector-menu-content-list .interlanguage-link.interwiki-pl'].forEach(el =>{
      if (document.querySelector(el))
      {
        el.style = ''
        let lang = document.querySelector(el)
        lang.parentNode.insertBefore(lang, lang.parentNode.firstChild)
      }
    })
Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look by fireattack on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:19PM (#24573880)
They already adjust the list by the frequency you visit them. They don't by default show all 100+ language links anymore for a while.
Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look by 3131s on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:41PM (#24574755)
Right, I did not like this change at all...

I use the langlinks across many languages, way more so than the average user so my use case is different.

Re:Wikipedia is getting a new look by fireattack on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:54AM (#24575674)
The list is meant to change according to your usage, not the average user. Of course, you have to log in.