Hi Brena!
We have already discussed in person (remotely) but here goes a public reply as well.
On 12/02/2013 11:47 AM, Brena Monteiro wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm selected to participate of OPW and I will work at MediaWiki Homepage Redesign project in which Quim and Heather are my mentors.
Yes!
To anybody interested: the goal is to have a proposal to replace the current mediawiki.org homepage by March 10 (end of Brena's OPW internship). Ideally this proposal will consist on a wiki page that can just be copied and pasted.
The steps to get there are described at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Monteirobrena/OPW#Deliverables
Your feedback is welcome. We also want to identify reviewers willing to pay special attention to this project, contributing feedback and helping to reach decisions. If you are interested, please step in.
My first activity is identify the main problems at current homepage. I'm watching the page: "Requests for comment/MediaWiki.org Main Page tweaks" [1] and I would like to emphasise that all collaboration is welcome.
After a chat yesterday between Brena, Heather and myself, we agreed that the next step is to agree on a design document.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Project_Design_Review_Process#Design_Docu...
We need to deal with one wiki page only (an important wiki page, but not as complex as the user interface of a full application), but still this document will be important to define what we want to do, and why.
Then mockups. Then wiki implementation. Trying to sign off each phase reaching community consensus.
For those willing to get involved now, at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Monteirobrena/OPW#Design_document
I just created topics to discuss the renaming of https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Monteirobrena/OPW and set up its right scope...
... and also the actions to close officially https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/MediaWiki.org_Main_Page_... after integrating the relevant details to the design document.
Most of the communication will happen around those wiki pages. Brena will use this list for announcements and wider requests for feedback. You can also find us on #mediawiki IRC.