Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Deathgleaner

This is a failed proposal.

Consensus for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use the talk page or initiate a thread at the village pump.

Hi, I'm User:Deathgleaner, and this is my proposal and ideas about a new main page. This is currently a work-in-progress, so please be patient.

The design is currently getting pretty close to a final prototype, but many improvements will have to be made.

My idea

Concept

Header:

Left side: Welcome to Wikipedia
Right side: Dynamic date and time

First row: Welcome to Wikipedia and info about the project.
Second row:

First block- Statistics
Second block- ~~Calendar~~ and This Day in History

Third Row:

First block- Today's Featured Article
Second block- WP Portals

Fourth Row: Featured image and description
Fifth Row:

First block- Intrawiki Links
Second block- Interwiki Links

Sixth Row: Language links without a box

♫Death gle an er 03:40, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The colours of the headers should be changed every month to create less monotony.

The width of each section should be adjusted daily to create equal length.

To Do

1- We should change the color scheme to slightly more vivid and contrasting colors, yet, still light colours as to not pierce the eyes of the person looking at the page. This way, the Main Page won't look so bland.

Try this colour scheme:

#FF7F50 for the backgrounds of the headers of the left section

#D2B48C for the backgrounds of the headers of the right section

#B0C4DE for the backgrounds of any headers stretching the entire length of the Main Page

#F5F5F5 for the background on each section except the header

#5F9EA0 for the borders, incl. banner

2- More icons! They're so cool!!!

In progress; at least in portal section. Making sure these are Nuvola or Crystal Clear icons.

~~3- Put portal links below header~~
~~4- Change headers so they are not independent boxes, but "boxes without borders" connected to the main box (the big one containing the headers)~~
5- Figure out where to put wiki news (NOT Current Events)

Pending ideas

Just one on this day in history is enough; users usually don't look at all 6 or however the hecka many there are

My idea IN ACTION!!!

Welcome to Wikipedia

The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

Overview · Editing · Questions · Help · Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index

Saturday

21

September

05:18 UTC

About Wikipedia

Wikipedia was started in 2001 by Jimbo Wales and maybe a few other people. This online encyclopedia was different from many other online encyclopedias, because all content here is licensed under the GFDL.

Wikipedia Statistics

More statistics can be found here.

Number of registered users	47,998,529
Number of administrators	850
Number of articles	6,885,621
Number of pages	61,488,151
Current MediaWiki version	1.43.0-wmf.23 (a5827e3)
Total number of edits to Wikipedia	1,242,056,202
Number of uploaded files	926,517

Today's Featured Article

Artur Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and Nazi officer who was an SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer before and during World War I. During the interwar period, he joined the Romanian Army and became an adviser to King Carol. After he spoke out against the government, he was made to leave the army. In 1941 he joined the Waffen-SS. He saw action on the Eastern Front before raising two Waffen-SS mountain divisions and one corps in occupied Yugoslavia. Units under his command committed many crimes against the civilian population of the Independent State of Croatia. This became controversial when his onetime translator, Kurt Waldheim, successfully ran for the Austrian presidency in the 1980s. In addition to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Phleps was awarded the German Cross in Gold, and, posthumously, was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross. (Full article...)

Recently featured:

Current Events

Flooding in Kłodzko, Poland

At least 37 people are killed and more than 3,400 others injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria.
Severe flooding in central Europe (pictured) leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged.
Amid widespread protests, Mexico ratifies constitutional changes that will see the federal judiciary chosen by popular vote.
Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori dies at the age of 86.

For more news in your area and around the world, visit our Current Events portal

List of Portals

Art
Culture
Geography
Philosophy
Science
Technology

Biography
Current events
Health
History
Religion
Society

A full list of portals is listed here

Today's Featured Picture

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall. The pomegranate was originally found only throughout the Mediterranean region. It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. This photograph shows a number of sarcotesta seedcoats from a pomegranate. This image is a focus-stacked image consisting of 31 images.

Photograph credit Ivar Leidus

Recently featured:

Other Areas of Wikipedia

Help (contents): A help manual for editing Wikipedia
Goings-on: What's happening within the Wikipedia community.
The Village Pump: For questions on Wikipedia itself.
The Signpost: Wikipedia's local newspaper.
The Community Portal: Learn about projects and activities you can join to help improve Wikipedia.
About Wikipedia: What Wikipedia is all about and the purpose.
Collaborations: Weekly, monthly, and ongoing article collaboration.
Reference Desk: A place to ask general knowledge questions.

Wikipedia's sister projects

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:

Commons Free media repository	Wikinews Free-content news	Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus
Wikiquote Collection of quotations	Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals	Wikisource Free-content library
Wikispecies Directory of species	Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities	Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination