[Wikipedia-l] Cleanup before NYT article

[Jimmy Wales]

I am in Chicago now.  I have computer access.  I'll be leaving on
Monday to drive back -- but it will take longer, since Kira
(http://www.kirawales.com) will be with us, and she's probably not
keen on 14 hour driving days.  :-)

So, I will implement these purely cosmetic suggestions, as well as a
few others that I have in mind, and *possibly* I can fix *some* of the
things noted in the search engine comments page.  The easy stuff I
will do for sure.  :-)




Axel Boldt wrote:

> I have a couple of purely cosmetic suggestions for the general layout of Wikipedia:
> 
> * The red alert text after the search box should be removed; there should be a second search box at the top of every page.
>   Often, if you have the wrong page, you are not going to scroll all the way down through the uninteresting text, to find
>   the search box.
> 
> * While the "receive an article a day" feature is nice, I don't think it deserves a link on every page of Wikipedia. It is an extremely
>   rare action to take: everybody goes to that page only once. Link on home page and on announcements should be sufficient.
>   The less links, the less overwhelming the initial experience.
> 
> * The home page should be titled "Wikipedia - free, collaborative encyclopedia" or similar, and not "HomePage". The first 
>   two words on the home page are "HomePage", and this word is information free, and worse, looks like a typo to most people.
>   A web site that calls its home page "HomePage"?? People must think we are idiots.
> 
> * "RecentChanges" should be "Recent Changes"
> 
> * At the bottom of every page, all links having to do with editing and viewing previous versions should be visually separated
>   from those relevant to surfers. The search box should be in the same line as RecentChanges. Two links for "edit this text"
>   is overkill and confusing: everybody has to try out whether they do the same thing.
> 
> * The problems identified on Wikipedia commentary/Search Engine should be fixed before next Thursday.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Axel
> 
> 
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