David Goodman wrote:
Not bad in terms of function, except for the small size of the search box, which should be twice the current size there. But it would still be better on the left side, under the logo.
Ah, but it would be "confusing" to be out of step with other websites, wouldn't it? Never mind that Wikipedia is sui generis and well known in its own terms, it would be "confusing" not to conform to other sites in having design imposed, not bubbling up from the community of editors (who admittedly only make the site what it is). No matter how much you paid an established editor, the required level of ignorance could not be attained without re-education. It would also be confusing to have a "search" function that actually searched the site, rather than being based on assumptions about what people wanted when they tried to search the site.
Charles