Steven Walling, 03/10/2013 07:46:
Hey all,
Using my volunteer account and time, I have proposed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Sidebar_update
The sidebar has long driven many of us who care about usability crazy. I've proposed what I think is a reasonable compromise, where we don't remove a lot of links, but create a special new "Contribute" section focused on ways to participate, and we reword or move major functions like About, Help, Contact etc.
Relevant bugs for core: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43170 (you proposed removing "Upload" from the toolbox) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53887 (you propose help should be more prominent)
Nemo