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It's that time of the year again when the community comes together and makes a decision for a newer look for the wiki! A perfect opportunity since the Master Chief Collection is around the corner along with the celebration of the wiki's decade anniversary! | It's that time of the year again when the community comes together and makes a decision for a newer look for the wiki! A perfect opportunity since the Master Chief Collection is around the corner along with the celebration of the wiki's decade anniversary! | ||
Reviving 2010 design? | |||
First order of business: I think it is safe to say that the wiki's [[main page|landing page]] requires a facelift. [http://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Forum%3AFeedback_for_wiki_improvement&diff=1069111&oldid=1068979 As Jugus pointed out in another forum], the landing page could be more visually exciting than just plain text and I agree with this assessment. The new design should not be too visually stimulating and, at the same time, not too simplistic or minimalistic (based on current trend with iOS). It should be closer to something in the middle; the best of both worlds. | First order of business: I think it is safe to say that the wiki's [[main page|landing page]] requires a facelift. [http://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Forum%3AFeedback_for_wiki_improvement&diff=1069111&oldid=1068979 As Jugus pointed out in another forum], the landing page could be more visually exciting than just plain text and I agree with this assessment. The new design should not be too visually stimulating and, at the same time, not too simplistic or minimalistic (based on current trend with iOS). It should be closer to something in the middle; the best of both worlds. | ||
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If you have other ideas to improve the wiki's look, just place it in the Comment section! :) — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 13:35, 3 July 2014 (EDT) | If you have other ideas to improve the wiki's look, just place it in the Comment section! :) — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 13:35, 3 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
==Christmas theme== | |||
I find your lack of a Christmas theme disturbing. [[User:Pinkamena Diane Pie|Pinkamena Diane Pie]] ([[User talk:Pinkamena Diane Pie|talk]]) 21:01, 2 December 2014 (EST) | |||
== Mobile theme == | == Mobile theme == | ||
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::I say we go with it. Plain text just doesn't do it. Granted, it does work, but in terms of exciting, not so much. Definitely could use some work. If any of you need my particular expertise, please let me know. I can provide images if necessary. --'''''[[User:Xamikaze330|<span style="color:Black; font-family: Halo;">Xamikaze330</span>]]''''' <small>['''''[[User talk:Xamikaze330|<font color="Blue">Transmission</font>]]'''''|'''''[[Special:Contributions/Xamikaze330|<font color="Green">Commencing</font>]]''''']</small> 00:18, 4 July 2014 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ::I say we go with it. Plain text just doesn't do it. Granted, it does work, but in terms of exciting, not so much. Definitely could use some work. If any of you need my particular expertise, please let me know. I can provide images if necessary. --'''''[[User:Xamikaze330|<span style="color:Black; font-family: Halo;">Xamikaze330</span>]]''''' <small>['''''[[User talk:Xamikaze330|<font color="Blue">Transmission</font>]]'''''|'''''[[Special:Contributions/Xamikaze330|<font color="Green">Commencing</font>]]''''']</small> 00:18, 4 July 2014 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ||
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page Transformers Wiki] has a nifty feature above the search bar on the side that randomises icons that link to notable articles. I'd be interested in implementing something similar, perhaps just for Featured Articles? -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[ | [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page Transformers Wiki] has a nifty feature above the search bar on the side that randomises icons that link to notable articles. I'd be interested in implementing something similar, perhaps just for Featured Articles? -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 22:10, 5 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:Checked it out. We could create something similar by modifying the DYK template. :) — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 12:07, 17 July 2014 (EDT) | :Checked it out. We could create something similar by modifying the DYK template. :) — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 12:07, 17 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
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::Based on your description, I suspect that it could be your browser as it is appearing correctly on my screen. You would need to clear your browser's cache. A screenshot would be helpful. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 14:54, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | ::Based on your description, I suspect that it could be your browser as it is appearing correctly on my screen. You would need to clear your browser's cache. A screenshot would be helpful. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 14:54, 18 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:I did that. Didn't work. I tried 2 other things, like changing the user from Subtank to my own username, but that didn't work either. Here are the screenshots: | :I did that. Didn't work. I tried 2 other things, like changing the user from Subtank to my own username, but that didn't work either. Here are the screenshots: one and two. This isn't supposed to happen, right? --[[User:Xamikaze330|<span style="color:black; font-family: Halo3; font-weight:bold; font-size:110%">'''Xamikaze330,'''</span>]] [[Halopedia:Patrollers|<span style="color:grey; font-family:skia">''Halopedia Team''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Xamikaze330|<font color="Black">'''Talk'''</font>]]</sup> 15:22, 18 July 2014 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ||
[[File:Sample Subtank 01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|What it should look like.]] | [[File:Sample Subtank 01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|What it should look like.]] | ||
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::::You're not the only one. I'm getting the same problem too. Porple will fix it soon. Has anybody notified him of this? --[[User:Xamikaze330|<span style="color:black; font-family: Halo3; font-weight:bold; font-size:110%">'''Xamikaze330,'''</span>]] [[Halopedia:Patrollers|<span style="color:grey; font-family:skia">''Halopedia Team''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Xamikaze330|<font color="Black">'''Talk'''</font>]]</sup> 13:29, 20 July 2014 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ::::You're not the only one. I'm getting the same problem too. Porple will fix it soon. Has anybody notified him of this? --[[User:Xamikaze330|<span style="color:black; font-family: Halo3; font-weight:bold; font-size:110%">'''Xamikaze330,'''</span>]] [[Halopedia:Patrollers|<span style="color:grey; font-family:skia">''Halopedia Team''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Xamikaze330|<font color="Black">'''Talk'''</font>]]</sup> 13:29, 20 July 2014 (EDT)Xamikaze330 | ||
:Fixed it. -- | :Fixed it. --<span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''[[User:Porplemontage|Steve]]'''</span> (''[[User talk:Porplemontage|talk]]'') <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.getfirefox.com https://www.halopedia.org/images/firefox_27x15.png]</span> 15:07, 20 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
Glad we finally have a mobile theme, let me know what I can do to help out with that.--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 21:19, 20 July 2014 (EDT) | Glad we finally have a mobile theme, let me know what I can do to help out with that.--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 21:19, 20 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
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:I'm relying on [http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp this source]. The adoption of 1366x768 (and higher screen resolution) is increasing and I think having a fixed width layout would be in the best interest of this wiki in the long run.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 21:59, 12 August 2014 (EDT) | :I'm relying on [http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp this source]. The adoption of 1366x768 (and higher screen resolution) is increasing and I think having a fixed width layout would be in the best interest of this wiki in the long run.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 21:59, 12 August 2014 (EDT) | ||
Just gave the fixed width a try. As I'm used to a 1920x1280 page that fills the whole screen, the new format certainly feels very narrow and hauntingly evokes the appearance of Wikia sites with its huge bars of empty space on both sides of the page proper (if this passes, I'd rather we at least implemented some appealing background pattern rather than the dull whiteness). But then again it's true that it would help with standardization. IDK. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:09, 13 August 2014 (EDT) | |||
Just a thought, here. We might want to wait until closer to when Halo 5: Guardians comes out, since we will have more (and better) pictures to work with. Just my two cents, anyway. --[[User:Weeping Angel|Weeping Angel]] ([[User talk:Weeping Angel|talk]]) 22:02, 6 October 2014 (EDT) | |||
=== New logo/background proposal === | === New logo/background proposal === | ||
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[[File:MonitorChakas - BackgroundProposal.png|200px]] | [[File:MonitorChakas - BackgroundProposal.png|200px]] | ||
Just ideas, please feel free to shoot me down (or ask me to tweak things)! --'''[[UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup> | Just ideas, please feel free to shoot me down (or ask me to tweak things)! --'''[[UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup> 06:20, 22 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:Since someone has started their submission, let me just lay down the requirements: | :Since someone has started their submission, let me just lay down the requirements: | ||
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:Both of those suggestions look really nice, MonitorChakas! They seem modest and totally appealing. {{User:Helianthus/Sig}} | :Both of those suggestions look really nice, MonitorChakas! They seem modest and totally appealing. {{User:Helianthus/Sig}} | ||
==Reformatting some other elements of the Main Page== | |||
I was wondering if there was any chance that some of the things on the main page could be updated. Actually I have many suggestions, but at least I would like to discuss them with you. | |||
I think some of the main pages of the Halo universe should also find their way on this page.(UNSC, Covenant, Spartan-II/III/IV programs, Forerunner, Halo Array) A little bit like the "Navigation" on the left, which shows some of the main characters/factions. But my main suggestion for this would be, perhaps, that these pages should be restricted to those that are currently "significant". You know, these pages that are to be updated every now and then. [[Mission to Ven III]] or more generally [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], [[Halo: Broken Circle]]'s main content. Basically, what people [[Special:RecentChanges|who don't hunt every single edit]] need to know about what's going on on Halopedia. What's new and exciting. Let's be honest, if I were a random visitor, I wouldn't necessarily know which articles Halopedia is updating every month (depending on the relase of Halo: Escalation / Broken Circle / whatever). | |||
A similar proposal would be for the Official News stuff. Currently, they are always very basic, everyone probably already knows what it says, and they change rarely. Instead, I suggest we may have two different "things" (they can still be in the same box). '''First''', what's really new. For example, "small" news (I know they can be posted [[Talk:Main_Page/News/Community|here]] sometimes, but trust me some really deserve to '''be''' on the main page, it would be more... lively?): things like [[Halo 2 Anniversary cinematic launch trailer|new trailers that are f-ing awesome]], releases of new issues of ''Escalation'', any new interesting videos by 343i (The ice bucket challenge with the Beamish cameo could have been featured when it was released, for example), well any other small things. (When a new weapon is announced for Halo 5? etc). The most recent video should obviously be featured next to the box (or whatever you call it, sorry if I lack the technical terms). By the way, we would also get more space by getting rid of that old ''Halo CEA'' trailer, on the front page. I'm not sure if ''old'' videos should stay; "featured articles" sound good, but "featured videos"... meh. '''Second''', what I would call "big" news: basically what doesn't really matter because everyone knows about it. ''Halo 5'' announced for 2015? Yeah! But that's secondary news to me, just put the news on the side. These would be the release dates (It's actually what our "news" box is just about, right now. Squeeze it into simple lines for each future release). Here you can see my talent (No Microsoft Paint was involved). Of course, this is just a basic representation of what I think this box should say and show. These are more like "real news" to me than what's in the box currently. I even think the "smaller" news could be up to 10 maximum. For the "future releases", there will be as much as what's needed. Redundant ones shouldn't be present (just put the next ''Escalation'' issue, not all of them, despite the fact that they will all be released before ''Halo 5''). A few things I wrote are just examples, of course, they don't exist (yet). [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 13:37, 8 November 2014 (EST) | |||
http://i.imgur.com/BGyxPSn.png | |||
:Our news section has needed an upgrade for a while. This is a great suggestion and I'm all for it. Anyone else want to chime in?--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 13:48, 8 November 2014 (EST) | |||
::I agree as well. This looks a lot better and gives users more information. My only suggestion would be to format the video (or add more "Recent releases") so that it does not interrupt the dividing section line, if possible. Still, this looks great and I'm a fan of the suggestion. - [[User:NightHammer|NightHammer]] ([[User talk:NightHammer|talk]]) 13:55, 8 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::The list would definitely be a bit longer and there are a few adjustments to be made. Understand that this is simply a draft made with Paint. The "covers" would also be more numerous, with ''Halo 2 Anniversary'', ''Halo: Nightfall'', ''Halo: Broken Circle'', ''Halo: Spartan Strike'', etc. (depending on what is more "in"), and their size should be adjusted properly. "Recent releases" may also be rephrased, since announcing a new map or weapon doesn't exactly constitute a release. "Recent announcements" or "Recent news", perhaps. I'm also trying to figure out how to implement what I said about "promoting" articles that have been recently created/improved and that matter in "recent" ''Halo'' lore. (i.e. [[Skirmish on Installation 03]] at a time when we were all following the events of "The Next 72 Hours"; right now ''Broken Circle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s best and most important articles would be the "current articles" featured, so anyone can easily consult them to see what important stuff was in the book). This feature would be separate from the news, of course. Perhaps it may be put below or on top of the "category articles" (see what was discussed previously on this page, with the ONI images supposed to represent a new format, etc) [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 19:35, 8 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:With regards to the first proposal about notifying visitors of recent edits, we can place a compact version of [[Special:RecentChanges]] (of, say, the latest 10 edits) on the landing page. This works better and it does not require users to manually update to show what has been recently updated. | |||
:As for the "Official News", I like the concept of "small news" and "big news". We can most definitely separate the "small" and "big" news with a visible dividing line, just like in the image you attached. However, I don't think the videos and images in the "Official News" box should be included, because they don't look nice when viewed in mobile theme. One thing to note: [[Main Page/News/Community|"Community News"]] (and [[Talk:Main Page/News/Community|its submission page]]) was essentially "small news". Its intended purpose is for the greater Halo community and not to be limited only to the wiki community. For some reason, it was converted to match the template:whatsgoingon. Anyway, we could still make use of the submission page for "small news" submissions and revive the "Community News". And yes, this can and should be incorporated in the landing page. I'll whip up a working model some time today. | |||
:Also, to clarify one thing about the video: videos featured are randomised and never fixed (unless you have not cleared your browser's cache). So, you shouldn't see just one video every time you visit the landing page. The wiki has [[Halopedia:Featured/Video|a submission page for videos]]; the main issue is that users rarely submits them on that page. Unless the wiki receives constant submissions, I think the randomisation should stay to make the landing page ''looks'' fresh. If it receives updates, then the randomisation goes and videos will be fixed by the most recent submission. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 00:33, 9 November 2014 (EST) | |||
::How's that? — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 10:09, 10 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::I like the way it looks. Did anyone still want to add a compact recent changes to the landing page, or are we scrapping that idea?--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 12:06, 10 November 2014 (EST) | |||
::::So, about that compact recentchanges... what's the decision? Nay or yay? — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 08:46, 17 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::::My original suggestion was more like finding a way to highlight what good article(s) we have going on at the moment. The recent changes themselves are the best on their own page and I don't think having only the last few of them would be useful. My whole point in these discussions is that things get easily lost in the recent changes, so for example just having the last ten ones on the main page wouldn't work toward a solution (Unless for people who have never heard of the real Recent changes page, but in this case I doubt they would find the last edits really useful; if you want my opinion, in general the last edits are always pretty crappy ones). What I wanted was more like having some kind of an informal article of the week (with a ''very'' flexible timeframe, depending on what new Halo media is released and what new content is added to the wiki). Like a faux Featured Article nomination, with an election going on for like two or three days, and we quickly deliberate on what good articles were created or heavily updated recently (I don't like the word election at all, since it's just going to be some quick suggestions by people who feel like they got something right with an article recently). Even if that includes just two or three regular people ready to participate in this stuff from time to time. There wouldn't be a particular day for the election (i.e. We don't necessarily vote during the week-end for articles to be nominated for the following week. It can happen anytime when we feel like there has been good new content added to the wiki.) Potentially, the two or three good articles of the moment could simply get a mention below the "Featured Article" [http://i.imgur.com/jHoui2y.png here], in something called "Articles of the moment" (just a wild example). Also, whenever I'm talking of featuring some "good" articles, by "good" I mean something that is currently relevant in the Halo universe (from our real world perspective). For example, people may get confused about whether some new armors are Mark VI or GEN2, and the Centurion page could provide an explanation for this; this is simply an example, the Centurion page doesn't really have a lot of good info for this purpose. Current "good" articles would be those that are useful to follow what's going on in ''Broken Circle'', the ''H2A'' Terminals, or ''Nightfall'', just depending on what would be the best articles. It's essentially a more flexible system than the Featured Articles, in order to spread the word more easily about the good things going on on Halopedia. Featured Articles would be kept for the best of the best of the best, as usual.[[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 17:10, 17 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::::::''"[snip] What I wanted was more like having some kind of an informal article of the week (with a very flexible timeframe, depending on what new Halo media is released and what new content is added to the wiki). [snip]"'' We could introduce this "faux Featured Article" but this issue is how effective would this be in the long-run? The wiki has retired much "special content" in the main page in the old days due to the lack of participation by users. HOTM became inactive and removed, with Featured Articles randomised since nominations are becoming uncommon (well, kinda common with at least one nomination per month). We could instead use AID and feature the first few articles in that project page in the main page. Have another look and let me know what you think of it. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 11:45, 20 November 2014 (EST) | |||
This looks great!! Thanks for all the hard work. --[[User:Weeping Angel|Weeping Angel]] ([[User talk:Weeping Angel|talk]]) 19:27, 10 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:If you have any other ideas or concepts, feel free to drop it in this forum thread. :) — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 07:18, 15 November 2014 (EST) | |||
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Is there a possibility to get some kind of chat on the recent changes page? I often find myself wanting to discuss very quickly about something, for example notifying other contributors that I'm currently heavily editing an article so it would be much appreciated to wait a little bit further if they wanted to touch it (or even when I'm creating a new article, to ask if someone may also be working on it); or in the opposite case, notifying them that although I seemed to be in a rampage of editing articles of a certain kind, I'm actually stopping it for now so anyone can pick up where I left if they wish to (i.e. if four new Halo 5 multiplayer maps were announced, and I had created the articles for two maps but I didn't plan to continue the rest, then I could leave a post clearly visible advising people that the rest should be done if someone feels like doing it). Often, private messages aren't suitable for that since I don't want to address some people in particular, and talk pages/forums aren't the solution either because they easily disappear in the recent changes list, and anyway, their respective purposes don't really seem to fit what I want to do. The only "solution" I've found so far was to use [[Halopedia talk:Projects/Improvement|this page]], but I don't think it would really attract people's attention if I had to post quick remarks. The only meaningful way to circumvent this and catch people's attention, to me, is to use the edit summaries, as I think everyone remembers to read them when checking the recent changes page. But it's only possible if I'm editing a particular article, not "in general", and of course I don't plan on editing an article just for the sake of having access to its edit summary. The whole idea would actually not really be like a chat, since I don't want something to "mess" with one of the most visited pages of the site (I know there's an IRC channel, though it seems it's not really used enough for what I intend to do...). My idea would be more like pinning a post-it on the side of the recent changes page (ideally on top of it, between the colourful "Community News" and the "Recent changes options", so people can see it easily (and potentially answer back if needed, or simply do what is suggests, or ignoring it if they are not concerned). For this tiny section to be editable by anyone (or members with certain criteria, but basically not just admins), perhaps we could put a template. So no one can edit what appears on top of the "Recent changes" page —it stays fully protected, but they can edit the little template from the template's page. (I don't know if it's possible to indirectly edit a page this way, or even if a template can fit here?) This can be used as a quick-to-do improvement thing, things that wouldn't find their way to Jugus' weekly-updated improvements page. For example, I'm waiting for things to move forward [[Talk:Fleet of Sacred Consecration|here]], someone else might be waiting for a few answers [[Talk:Thel 'Vadam|there]], and the same could be true for [[Talk:Joyous Exultation|this]], [[Talk:MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|this]], [[Talk:Main Page/News/Community|this]] or [[Template talk:Levels/H4|that thing]] I've just remembered right now . (not only queries on talk pages of course, as I said earlier it's also good for other kinds of situation; i.e. Some time ago someone wanted to ask people if the EVA armor was really in Halo 5 as it was listed on the page but with no source. This quickly-solvable issue could have been fixed more rapidly if the question had been more visible to everyone. A system of post-it visible to those checking the recent changes page, basically. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 22:08, 15 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:That is a brilliant idea. I personally have no idea how it could be implemented, or if it's possible at all, but I'd be absolutely for it. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 11:14, 16 November 2014 (EST) | |||
::I don't think it is possible without having some script expert to write one for us. Even MediaWiki's third party website is listing any other good alternatives. For now, I think we would have to make with what we have. The IRC would be the next best alternative for this, not to mention that you don't need install a webclient to access it as it is accessible via [[special:webchat]]. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 08:44, 17 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::While there is no chatbox only for RecentChanges I know of, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MediaWikiChat MediaWikiChat] is a very nice builtin chat system developed for Brickimedia. It might not handle huge amounts of users (30+) very well, but is better and more user friendly than IRC. I can post a screenshot if required. --[[User:LK901|LK901]] ([[User talk:LK901|talk]]) 13:19, 20 November 2014 (EST) | |||
::::That's an interesting suggestion. Would it work with our current [[Special:Version|Media Wiki version]]?--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 13:48, 20 November 2014 (EST) | |||
:::::I have it on my wiki which 1.23.6, so I doubt that there would be any problems running it on 1.23.4. If you need to test it out before installing, go to [http://en.brickimedia.org Brickimedia]. --[[User:LK901|LK901]] ([[User talk:LK901|talk]]) 14:08, 20 November 2014 (EST) | |||
=="Current" articles== | |||
Something that I was talking about, although I have changed it a little bit. About showing more prominently some of our "current" articles (not updated on a regular basis, but rather when we feel like something new deserves to be made more accessible on the front page). [http://i.imgur.com/C2dPmdB.png Once again, minor details in the appearance can be changed if needs be]. (I'm starting a new section because the previous one was getting a bit too long) [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 02:15, 26 February 2015 (EST) | |||
:This could work. I wonder if it would be better if we placed it on the right side of the Main Page, under the Featured Quote. And perhaps, instead of doing four different boxes, we could have one or two. Just a suggestion... I'd think it would look fine your way too. - [[User:NightHammer|NightHammer]] ([[User talk:NightHammer|talk]]) 19:22, 28 February 2015 (EST) | |||