Thread:Casualkirk/@comment-9605025-20160519211052/@comment-9605025-20160626213258

Yeah, they got rid of sites' individual login pages and replaced it with a global one. On full computers, it is a pop-up window and on mobile devices, it is a redirect. It used to be that login could be done either through a drop-down field on the Wikia navigation bar (where it now says "login or register") or Special:UserLogin. The special page is still recognized but immediately redirects to the global login. The drop-down field could be glitchy depending on your device-browser combination so I can see why they might get rid of that. However, the special page offered a simple form field entry method which I think would still be useful for devices that cannot properly render the new "sleek" layout. I suppose it is a trade-off though because the special page still had ads whereas the global login does not.