text: and like knotweed, using text browser lynx to browse for graphics results in indelible impressions in me brane, without the distractions of unwanted graphics or adverts, and indeed, the lack of imagery meanng i had to use me imagination for
  https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#admin_level
  and the immediately following rendering shows me that yes, there looks to be a regression - or incomplete info.
  
  a further issue is this is a static page of png files and does not automagically follow style updates, nor does it detail the zoomlevers levers? levels where it is visible, which it appears is the case for at least z16 as your comment helps me confirm.
  
  i s'pose i could spend the next hours studying the github mapnik rules, rather than getting anything useful done.  sounds like a plan.