Many people (including me) believe our Main Page needs to be redesigned. Let us use this page to discuss how to do this. Gerard Foley 05:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Here are some pages that have been started up by some users: User:Ncik/main page, User:Dangherous/Main Page
The main page doesn't explain how Wiktionary works (it tries, but I don't think it is very good). I think it needs a short explanation as the system is hard to understand for newcomers. Gerard Foley 05:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
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People have been working on the word of the day project, can we get it onto the main page? Gerard Foley 05:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
To go with the word of the day, why not a Translation of the day? Gerard Foley 05:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Can be quite fun to have some word puzzles on the main page. Could be riddles, wordsearch, crosswords (I think Wikinews might do them) or something from Countdown. Comments and/or ideas? Gerard Foley 05:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
When looking at what works and what doesn't, it helps to look at what others have already tried.
I think the other Wiktionaries may use en: as an example of what not to do. :-)
What follows is my personal opinion of the appearance of other language Wiktionaries...
I didn't see any of the top language Wiktionaries retaining our weird date format at the top right. Most have pared the introduction text down to something reasonable. Very few actually have a WOTD feature; those that do don't seem to update it very often. (I used to subscribe to m-w.com's WOTD mailing list...that was nice. But on the front page, I'm not convinced it adds anything.)
The layouts that "work" have the introduction text in a box up top, and the rest of the page either 100% width or 50%/50% widths. The right-sidebar concepts end up detracting rather than adding.
--Connel MacKenzie T C 07:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
About the French Main Page : I created it following several points that I wrote on the talk page. I tried to mimic the style of the French Wikipedia Main Page, so that it looks more complementary (although the layout is quite different). Also the contents are in templates : it is easier to change (the links are in the talk page) without editing the Main Page every time there is something to change (an annoucement template for example). I tried to make it shrinkable/expandable so that it can fit on any screen (I hope) ; it is already the case here, but be careful with that ;)
The « Browse Wiktionary » has been reorganised, and I suggest that the actual English section « Articles » and « Appendices » should be changed too : the content is currently arranged alphabetically and is to condensed, it is not really good looking and usable, I think. A thematic order would be better and more easy to use. Seperating grammatical and lexical informations could be very useful for example.
The French has been clearly separated from the other languages, since it is a French and French<->other languages dictionary, and maybe it should be displayed somehow like that on the English Main Page…
I hope you can make some use of this :) - Dakdada 19:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty to retry a rewrite of the Main Page. I've taken the Polish Main Page design as a model, and kinda amalgamated it with An old version I was working on. There's a spare section there, which I'm sure we can find a use for. Maybe the keyboard that Bulgaria has, or a "Short explanation of what Wiktionary is", as Gmcfoley suggests. The translation of the day and word puzzles do not exist, so I've discounted them from the plan. As for WOTD, it does add something. I'm sure that its far too prominent on my version (I was a little biased, having set up ws:wotd n'all). I'll ask in ws:bp for a vote if ws:wotd should be included, or toned down. But hey, at a first glance it looks alright. I'll try to change things about, being open to suggestions, but I strongly encourage others to play with the page and make it better. Ta, --Dangherous 17:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I've started working on a new version of the "Quick index", first at Talk:Main Page#Other scripts revisited and now at User:Dcljr/Scripts. When I get a complete first draft, I'll post about it here. - dcljr 23:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, I've been bold and updated this page without any further discussion. You can revert it if you want (previous link is to version in history), but I think it might be better to work off of this version from now on, because I've gone through and wikified everything (no extraneous HTML), and made the formatting more a little more straightforward (I think) — e.g., no more div's. Some of the code was a little "broken", too, probably from repeated edits. I've also inserted my latest version of the "selected entries" section ("quick index", etc.). The other version didn't scale well (try making your browser window narrow and you'll see what I mean). Anyway, try not to be too savage in your criticisms... <w> - dcljr 20:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Indeed, it's very good. Layout remains consistent no matter what font size you set. Looks good on different browsers, too. I think those columns need to correspond in width, though. — Vildricianus 22:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I meant to break this out so section edits would be isolated from this. --Connel MacKenzie T C 19:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps User talk:Connel MacKenzie/todo's style ==Language== breakdowns would be more helpful? If I were to generate a list of each "alphabet" for each language, and listed only the characters applicable?
Regenerating such a list once a month (or once per XML download from http://downloads.wikimedia.org/) would that be useful? Should I leave my valid "language" criteria at 50 entries or more, or lower it a bunch?
--Connel MacKenzie T C 09:06, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
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The choise to have copies of the different logos of wiktionaries is horrible. It only leads to the creation of more logos that have an equal right to be there. Equally deserving projects are not shown. Personally I prefer the way it is done on the Dutch Wiktionary, all languages are indicated in their own language/script. It works well.
For me this is enough to oppose this change. GerardM 09:36, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
I've changed those borders a bit. Feel free to revert if not good. — Vildricianus 14:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
The date/time thing on the original page was meant as a catch for mirror sites that copy content (especially without attribution, which would be a violation of the GFDL.) That is, a visitor to a mirror site should know that content at that mirror is out of date (if it is out of date) and should know where it came from, i.e. e-n-.-w-i-k-t-i-o-n-a-r-y-.-o-r-g so they can check for updates if they arrive at an older page. Especially one that programmatically substitutes the word "Wiktionary" for their own name.
I agree that the format of the date/time thing could be improved. I think a one-line small tagline at the very bottom should suffice. Should I be bold, or do others have better ideas about it? Actually, about either of the two separate issues: outdated mirrors and non-attesting mirrors. --Connel MacKenzie T C 16:54, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Who is your target audience? Shouldn't someone who wants to contribute be directed to the Community Portal? Sorry, this isn't a criticism of your work. I don't find the Main Page to be very useful in its current manifestation. It doesn't even have a link to the pronunciation key, and I know what a "pronunciation" is, quite frankly. Davilla 17:06, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I can edit it! Still find it confusing, though. Davilla 19:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to applaud Dangherous for being bold. I've semi-protected it (and it's templates) to coincide with his act of boldness. --Connel MacKenzie T C 17:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Can someone please make the headings "Wiktionary in other languages" and "Other Wikimedia projects" match the other headings? Is there any reason not to? We don't use a TOC on the main page, so reformatting them isn't the issue, right? --Connel MacKenzie T C 23:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
--Connel MacKenzie T C 16:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
On a whim, I opened en.wikt in Internet explorer today. There is an error being reported on line 945 character 20 (because it is IE, I can't tell exactly what file that was in.)
The yellow bar running across the bottom didn't. Instead, it started at the same left margin as the content frame.
I'm pretty sure this wasn't borked when the main page first got put in place, but I may have simply overlooked these.
Anyone see the error(s)?
--Connel MacKenzie T C 20:57, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Since white type on a black background is always more difficult to read, it might help if the writing in these boxes were a few sizes bigger. Eclecticology 08:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
If anyone needs browser testing I have
and whatever else needs testing, but seriously, Opera, IE, FireFox and we're good. I wonder if we could get away with being the first project to add a "get firefox button :)" -- Tawker 07:59, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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It should not be re-entered without careful consideration.
Old; irrelevant. DCDuring (talk) 15:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)