I'm not 100% happy with the sidebar:
Main page Recent changes Watch list Current events -------------------- Edit this page Watch this page Move this page Talk page | Subject page History What links here Watch links -------------------- Upload Bug reports Special pages
The links are perfectly OK, but I have problems with the words used and sometimes with the positioning. I suggest the following sidebar:
Main Page Recent changes My watchlist Random page Current events -------------------- Edit this page Watch this page Move this page Discuss this page | View article Older versions What links here? Link history -------------------- Upload file Special pages Bug reports
Explanations: - "Watch list" should be "My watchlist" to make clear that this is not a page that is the same for all users, like the other links in this section of the sidebar. - "Talk page" should be "Discuss this page" to use the same imperative style of the other links above it. Since users don't have to create "/Talk" links anymore, it's not necessary that we use the actual word "Talk" anywhere but in the URLs. - "Subject page" should be "View article" or "Back to article". "Subject page" is really ambiguous and hard to understand, I searched several times for a way back to the article because I didn't find an obvious link. - "History" should be "Older versions" or "Page history" to be more obvious. Most people are not familiar with the concept of article histories. - "What links here" needs a questionmark. - "Watch links" should be "Link history", "Related changes" or something else. "Watch links" suggests that this will add the links to my watchlist, which it doesn't do. - Upload should be "Upload file". True, a bit redundant, but more familiar this way. - Bug reports should be at the bottom as this is the least relevant.
Your thoughts? I'll be glad to patch this, although it should be easy enough for someone with CVS access to do it on their own.
Regards,
Erik