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: [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 07:05, 22 April 2012 (EDT) | : [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 07:05, 22 April 2012 (EDT) | ||
== The new main page layout == | |||
==== A few suggestions ==== | |||
* Please add [[Portal:Wiki]] to the Portals in the left-hand menu. (I guess you simply forgot to do that ;-) | |||
* I strongly feel that there should be one single meeting place that is quickly and easily found, ''preferably not on a talk page''. See rationale below. | |||
==== Rationale for a single meeting place ==== | |||
:''I'm sorry if you would feel that I am a bit pushy about this, but I feel this is very important.'' | |||
For a newcomer there doesn't seem to be a Village pump equivalent, where they can get a feel for the wiki community and ask their very first questions. | |||
There are in fact several places, apart from [irc://#wiki@irc.flightgear.org #wiki@irc.flightgear.org] (wich is currently not mentioned on [[Portal:Wiki]]), used in a similar way (that may or may not be intended for that purpose), some of them being: | |||
* [[Talk:Main Page]] | |||
* [[FlightGear wiki talk:Community portal]] | |||
* [[Help talk:Contents]] | |||
* Your own user talk page ? | |||
The biggest drawback with having such a place on a talk page is that you either have to know it's there, or you more or less have to find it by accident. Also having the more general discussion spread over several (slightly obscure) places add an element of confusion: How would one know where to ask questions, and would anyone have a look there to answer them? | |||
Maybe the statistics on [[FlightGear wiki:Community portal]] could be moved to a separate page, and [[FlightGear wiki talk:Community portal]] could be moved to [[FlightGear wiki:Community portal]]? | |||
A single place for discussion, that is quickly and simply found, would make it easier to reach all of the more active editors without having to resort to invite them all to discussion at their own user talk pages. Reach them for both questions, suggestions and collective coordinated efforts when needed. :-) | |||
==== And last but not least ==== | |||
Great to finally see the new layout in action. Great work! {{thumbs up}} | |||
I think it will be a lot easier to navigate around the portals and getting started editing the wiki, and continuing editing with the new layout. :-) | |||
And when I'm at it: Great work categorising all the aircraft. I really mean it! :-) | |||
—[[User:Johan G|Johan G]] ([[User_talk:Johan_G|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Johan_G|contribs]]) 04:18, 30 April 2012 (EDT) | |||