[Foundation-l] Improving navigation of WMF pages on meta

[Dan Grey]

Hi everyone

As part of attempting to improve the usability of the meta pages
related to the Foundation I made some quite major alterations to
[[m:Template:Wikimedia]]:

*Old version: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikimedia&oldid=195529

*New version: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikimedia&oldid=195516

The intention is very simple: Think like a newbie then design the
template around that. What do people want to know? Who the board is,
what the budget is, how the site runs, plus make it easier for any
journalists who pass by.

Second point: There's only links to the major sections in my design,
not to every last page (many of which have been abandoned). Do you see
Google or Yahoo or anyone else linking to every other page on their
sites on every single page? No, of course not, because it's a
nightmare to navigate. This is what my change reflects.

I'd like some comments. Can people put them on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Wikimedia please?


Dan