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Main Page[edit | edit source]

Hi,

Our current Main Page has to be improved (my opinion). What do you think about Main Page/Draft? Southparkfan 15:11, 23 May 2014 (CEST)

There are 5 days left for giving your opinion. After 5 July the decision will be made. Southparkfan 17:43, 28 June 2014 (CEST)
The new Main Page has been merged with the current one. Everyone thanks for the help, I couldn't made a Main Page like this without your help! Southparkfan 02:02, 6 July 2014 (CEST)

Cool, I'd like to see this proposal replacing the current Main Page in two weeks![edit | edit source]

  1. Southparkfan 15:11, 23 May 2014 (CEST)
  2. I like the new design. I believe its important for the main page to be colourful. If the main page is colourful new users are more likely to contribute. --Mr Wiki Pro (talk) 19:31, 23 May 2014 (CEST)
  3. I made a few minor changes to the draft. I think it could still use a few changes (more color and portal links, as Klipe said below), but in my opinion it looks fine right now. Wynter (talk) 00:33, 15 June 2014 (CEST)
  4. The new main page is cool ! Happy --Ilyes000 (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2014 (CEST)
  5. The new Main page is better, and more colourful. Wink --Adidas100 (discuss) 19:17, 2 July 2014 (CEST)

Cool, I'd like to see this proposal replacing the current Main Page but some things should be improved first.[edit | edit source]

  1. For me, it could be more colourful, not necessarily with the same set of colours on every pane. I'd not keep an own pane just for the stats: these could be moved into the title pane or in "What is Vikidia". The standard title of the page ("Main Page") should be removed (like on .fr, .it, WikiKids, Wikipedia...) but I've absolutely no clue how to do this! I'd reserve the right column for the "star article" alone which is the biggest pane and exemplifies our goal in terms of content, so move "what is Vikidia" at the top of the left column and move "what to do" at the bottom of the left column. Since we've already put a lot of effort into the portals, I propose to add a link to the Vikidia:Portals page. Klipe (talk) 09:46, 28 May 2014 (CEST)
Hiding Main Page title can be done with this CSS:
body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading { display: none; }
. I've moved some boxes; can you look at it? About the colors and the link: I don't know how do that! Southparkfan 17:07, 9 June 2014 (CEST)
About the colors: for each box, you can set the background color of the main part of the box as "Color1", the title background as "Color2", the title font color as "TitleColor" and the border and shadow color as "Border". Help:Colours provides sample colors. Klipe (talk) 20:32, 20 June 2014 (CEST)
I changed some of the colors. What do you think? Wynter (talk) 21:06, 20 June 2014 (CEST)
I like them. Klipe (talk) 23:24, 20 June 2014 (CEST)
I've just removed the "edit" links that were available on each box. I think that people shouldn't be encouraged to edit the main page. What do you think? Klipe (talk) 20:43, 20 June 2014 (CEST)
New proposal: slightly expand the box "What is Vikidia" to include a link to Vikidia:Portals as well as the suggestion to create articles, and just remove the box "what to do" (I think that the suggestion to "import pictures" should not be prominent: not everyone has the right to do it, there is no info on how to do it... and Commons already provides a huge base from which to choose illustrations.
OK, I give it a try and change the color of the "image of the week" box to what was the one of the disappearing "what to do" box. Comments? Klipe (talk) 23:24, 20 June 2014 (CEST)

Meh, I don't like it, our current Main Page is better.[edit | edit source]

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Meh, I don't like it, but it's better than our current Main Page.[edit | edit source]

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Confirmation about Comedia's adminflag[edit | edit source]

Here I've started a confirmation about Comedia's adminflag. You can choose for keeping Comedia's adminflag, removing Comedia's adminflag or neutral. Please read my statement before voting. I've lost any trust in Comedia after his account 5000 times being hacked. Comedia has been notified already. Southparkfan 19:46, 25 May 2014 (CEST)