I agree strongly on these two points. Thank you, Derric Atzrott

Hoi, Can you explain why HTPPS is so important in a tool ? It is external to Wikidata and it adds complexity to that tool. Given that I expect featured tools to just make an appearance, it probably excludes most tools.. I would argue that the point here is to show what vibrant a tool ecosystem we have ... Thanks, GerardM On 22 August 2014 03:35, Legoktm <legoktm.wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:

There are plenty of other things that you could be using those tools for that you might want to hide from the NSA. The NSA isn't the only adversary out there either, there are certainly parts of the world where looking at the wrong things online can get you in a lot more trouble than in the US. :D Thank you! I have personally had folks spend their time and effort to spy on me, and I'm sure that there are others in our community who have as well. I agree that we owe it to our users to provide encryption wherever possible. Thank you, Derric Atzrott

On 22.08.2014 09:10, Lydia Pintscher wrote: Looks fine to me. Cheers Yaroslav

Thanks everyone for the comments so far! I tend to agree with Markus on the value of these platforms for engaging with the wider community. And while IRC obviously does not present the same concerns as Twitter or Facebook, it is simply not as widely known or used (especially by newcomers to FOSS) and therefore I think it's useful to at least point to other (albeit non-open) communication tools. Another thing mentioned was not over-emphasizing these sites - a very small update related to this new Main page is the inclusion of social media icons; these could easily be done away with. I also think just linking out to Wikidata:Social Media is not a bad compromise... As for https & featured content - I can confirm what GerardM said about tools and other featured content being only temporarily showcased on the Main page (as of now, the WikiProject responsible for updating the section is aiming for a new update every three weeks). The WikiProject is also very much still in the stage of proposing guidelines and workflows to govern the selection of content - while I too worry that this might exclude a number of the tools, I encourage people to propose a rule about not including non-https content if they think this is an important principle: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Interesting_Content/Prop… Finally, translations - once the new (English) Main page is launched, it will be marked up using the Translate Extension. Language links will continue pointing to the various versions of the old Main page; different language communities will have to take it upon themselves to update to the new page. On 22 August 2014 01:55, Markus Krötzsch <markus(a)semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: