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Responded to the "De-pretty/complicate the page" queries. Change policy? Added in missing signature.
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::No apology needed. I appreciate your addition and I agree that every formatting syntax (Mediawiki-syntax or HTML) inbetween context can confuse people who just want to add context. But the [[Main_Page]] is somewhat special, IMHO. It's an overview of the most important pages and I think we need to keep it somewhat organized and not every page needs to be on the front page. Otherwise we could just redirect to [[Special:AllPages]] :-) Every other page on this wiki needs only little formatting (just bullet points ("*") and paragraphs ("=="). I'd like to re-pretty the [[Main_Page]] again and keep [{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=watch watching] the page so if another additon mangles the "prettyness" I'll gladly fix it. Thanks. -- [[User:Ckujau|Ckujau]] 20:59, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
::No apology needed. I appreciate your addition and I agree that every formatting syntax (Mediawiki-syntax or HTML) inbetween context can confuse people who just want to add context. But the [[Main_Page]] is somewhat special, IMHO. It's an overview of the most important pages and I think we need to keep it somewhat organized and not every page needs to be on the front page. Otherwise we could just redirect to [[Special:AllPages]] :-) Every other page on this wiki needs only little formatting (just bullet points ("*") and paragraphs ("=="). I'd like to re-pretty the [[Main_Page]] again and keep [{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=watch watching] the page so if another additon mangles the "prettyness" I'll gladly fix it. Thanks. -- [[User:Ckujau|Ckujau]] 20:59, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


:::Yes, please add the "prettiness" back in. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


Please do not randomly edit front pages.  If you think the format should be different please bring it up on the mailinglist.  I really dislike the new look,
Please do not randomly edit front pages.  If you think the format should be different please bring it up on the mailinglist.  I really dislike the new look,
but I'll give you the chance of getting more opinion on the mailinglist before simply reverting it.
but I'll give you the chance of getting more opinion on the mailinglist before simply reverting it. -- [[User:Hch|Hch]] 10:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 
:Please revert it, or better yet, add one in that doesn't break with the "auto-contents" menu.  Either way is fine with me.  -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 
== What change policy ==
 
Hch, you said, "bring it up on the mailinglist". If you want people to use your change policy, it may be a good idea to put your change policy in the description area on your homepage.  Perhaps it should even have it's own page.  It's pretty hard to guess the policy as a first time user. -- [[User:J3gum|J3gum]] 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

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De-pretty/complicate the page?

Hi! I've seen your edit to "De-pretty/complicate the page" and I don't understand why you did that? Don't we want our wiki to be pretty too? I don't think the page was overly complicated, just a few boxes so that one does not have to scroll down, as the page gets longer and longer. -- Ckujau 06:02, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

First, I apologize if I've overstepped. That was not my intention. I did try to add a link and header before the edit to which you referred. When added, the system generated table of contents overlapped the "custom box divisions". I added these two edits as two separate edits in case someone wanted to reimplement the "prettiness." I do believe these "prettiness" additions raise the bar for entry, that is not needed, for people trying to add content to the page. -- J3gum 14:21, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
No apology needed. I appreciate your addition and I agree that every formatting syntax (Mediawiki-syntax or HTML) inbetween context can confuse people who just want to add context. But the Main_Page is somewhat special, IMHO. It's an overview of the most important pages and I think we need to keep it somewhat organized and not every page needs to be on the front page. Otherwise we could just redirect to Special:AllPages :-) Every other page on this wiki needs only little formatting (just bullet points ("*") and paragraphs ("=="). I'd like to re-pretty the Main_Page again and keep watching the page so if another additon mangles the "prettyness" I'll gladly fix it. Thanks. -- Ckujau 20:59, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Yes, please add the "prettiness" back in. -- J3gum 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Please do not randomly edit front pages. If you think the format should be different please bring it up on the mailinglist. I really dislike the new look, but I'll give you the chance of getting more opinion on the mailinglist before simply reverting it. -- Hch 10:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Please revert it, or better yet, add one in that doesn't break with the "auto-contents" menu. Either way is fine with me. -- J3gum 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

What change policy

Hch, you said, "bring it up on the mailinglist". If you want people to use your change policy, it may be a good idea to put your change policy in the description area on your homepage. Perhaps it should even have it's own page. It's pretty hard to guess the policy as a first time user. -- J3gum 13:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)