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These all seem great to me but of course I have my usual concern about daily updates to the front page now. I find myself suddenly anxious to develop some intellectual eye candy up front along with links to how to write for wikipedia, if only because something tells me that we are the verge of a more public discovery. It would be good to have the curb appeal right up front. | These all seem great to me but of course I have my usual concern about daily updates to the front page now. I find myself suddenly anxious to develop some intellectual eye candy up front along with links to how to write for wikipedia, if only because something tells me that we are the verge of a more public discovery. It would be good to have the curb appeal right up front. | ||
I might suggest that we leave a featured piece up on [[Austrian economics]], right up there with some colored background or something. | I might suggest that we leave a featured piece up on [[Austrian economics]], right up there with some colored background or something. | ||
--[[User:Jatucker|Jatucker]] 12:26, 6 November 2010 (CDT) | --[[User:Jatucker|Jatucker]] 12:26, 6 November 2010 (CDT) | ||
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Ideas for Main Page organization
The Wikipedia main page incorporates several features:
- Did You Know?: spotlights new articles or substantial revisions and incentivizes users to do substantial new work rather than just little tweaks here and there
- Today's Featured Article: showcases articles that have reached the highest quality level, according to the FA criteria developed by folks working on that project
- In The News: provides short "breaking news" blurbs which link to relevant content
- On This Day: lists historical facts from this day in history and links to relevant content
We could develop a feature like #1 pretty easily, especially since everything is new right now.
Number 2 is something that I would like for us to have once we have adequate content to support it, but I don't think we are quite there yet.
On Wikipedia, the "In The News" feature is easy to run because almost any news subject is likely to be linkable to multiple pre-existing articles. We might create something like #3 as a way to draw attention to Austrians who are in the news or who have provided commentary on events covered in the news, and our equivalent of the "In The News" feature could be linked from "Current Events" in the nav box on page left.
I think #4 is out for right now, too, although we could eventually note birthdays of famous Austrians and other relevant historical tidbits once we develop a little more content.
The "Community Portal" link on the left could lead to a page much like the one on Wikipedia, with a running "to-do" list of articles that need to be created or substantially revised, links to projects (as they develop), and any notices about community-wide news.
Thoughts? DickClarkMises 09:48, 6 November 2010 (CDT)
These all seem great to me but of course I have my usual concern about daily updates to the front page now. I find myself suddenly anxious to develop some intellectual eye candy up front along with links to how to write for wikipedia, if only because something tells me that we are the verge of a more public discovery. It would be good to have the curb appeal right up front.
I might suggest that we leave a featured piece up on Austrian economics, right up there with some colored background or something.
--Jatucker 12:26, 6 November 2010 (CDT)