Please have a look at http://www.ds.fh-koeln.de/~marian/wikipedia/template.html and test it with all browsers on earth.
It is a beauty indeed. Four little things:
* the "Recently changed pages" shouldn't extend over two lines. Either put it in one line, or go back to "Recent Changes" as Magnus prefers.
* In the bottom line, you have "Wikipedia Home" and "About Wikipedia". That could be streamlined a bit.
* How about a link in the bottom line saying "Edit this page"? Just to drive the point home. Most new arrivals won't click on a boring "About" link, but "Edit this page" sure sounds interesting...
* Similarly, in the side bar, I'd change "Edit page" to "Edit this page", because that's the real surprising part. Not only can you edit *a* page, like you can on many sites, but you can edit *this very* page.
Axel