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Finiki on tablets

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Hi,

Somehow, there are missing (i) boxes when viewing in the mobile style.

Compare http://www.finiki.org/wiki/Risk_and_return under both styles. In the mobile style, the Principles are missing.

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Acknowledged and will investigate. Thanks.
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It isn't just us. Check out Wikipedia, for example the 21st century section of Encyclopedia and the mobile version Encyclopedia. Still investigating as this causes important finiki information to go missing on mobile devices, which is clearly not intended.
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In mobile view, the information box at the top of the page shows:
Image This page has some issues
which links to the correct content in a new overlay window titled "Issues." This is the wrong way to present the information and is very misleading.

The content should be:
Image This article expands on the historical data described in Portfolio design and construction (Asset Allocation, Risk, and Return 1972 - 2008) to demonstrate the concepts of risk, return, and diversification.
I'm using Chrome in Linux. I don't need to emulate a tablet (or mobile device) to see this. Just toggle the view (link at page bottom).

An addtional feature is that the left sidebar is totally missing in mobile mode. I expect it to appear in the top-left drop-down menu (3 horizontal lines), but all I get is the Home and Random page choices.
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The cause for the misleading information box has been identified. It is undocumented functionality to the MediaWiki software that implements the mobile view. A workaround has been implemented so that textual information in "Notices" (and "Warnings") will be properly displayed in both desktop and mobile view.
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