Editing Talk:Main Page

== Front page is confusing! ==

Hello. :) I'm thinking the front page is not very introductory - it doesn't suck you into a wiki rabbit hole like every wiki should! It needs more links to other pages and sections. I think perhaps a link to [[Special:WantedPages]] and maybe [[:Category:Nonbinary identities]] might be a good start? --[[User:Cassolotl|Cassolotl]] ([[User talk:Cassolotl|talk]]) 01:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

I also just created [[style guide]], which should probably be somewhere obvious, unless folks want to wait until it's a bit more fleshed out? --[[User:Cassolotl|Cassolotl]] ([[User talk:Cassolotl|talk]]) 02:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
:[[User:Cassolotl|Cassolotl]]: I started making a nicer design for the main page [[User:NeoMahler/tests|here]], using the color scheme of the non-binary flag. I have incorporated your changes there, tell me what do you think! There's just one thing I don't like: new users or casual visitors don't need a list of templates. Templates are just maintenance stuff, that can attract potential editors, but they shouldn't be in the main page. --[[User:NeoMahler|NeoMahler]] ([[User talk:NeoMahler|talk]]) 15:27, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
::[[User:NeoMahler|NeoMahler]]: I'm fine with all of that. :) --'''[[User:Cassolotl|<span style="color:#008000">Cassolotl</span>]]''' ''<small>([[User_Talk:Cassolotl|talk]]) <span style="color:#808080">pronouns: they/them</span></small>'' 21:52, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

==Keeping sexist language out==
I know it can help new binary [[allies]] to say "both", but it contradicts the rest of the sentence by suggesting that there are only two genders. I think this could be viewed as sexist, even if the writer had good intentions.
:{{ping|Otvm}} thanks for pointing out! I have rewritten the sentence, tell me what do you think about it now (I have also removed the contradiction of "their gender can be neither"). I just added "both ''binary'' genders", because while it's true that there are more genders, there are just two binary genders. --[[User:NeoMahler|NeoMahler]] ([[User talk:NeoMahler|talk]]) 23:58, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

==Featured Article==
I think it would be helpful to give a small label showing which page the article is describing. It is slightly odd to be suddenly thrown into a description without first knowing what is being described. I have provided a possibility below. --[[User:Otvm|Otvm]] ([[User talk:Otvm|talk]]) 00:29, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

<div style="border: 3px solid #9b59d0; width: 49%; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
  <div style="background: #9b59d0; color: white; padding: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"><big>Featured article</big></div>
  <p id="article-title" role="complementary" style="float: right; background-color: #ADD; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; padding: 0.1em 0.4em; margin-right: 0.4em; font-size: 0.8em;">
    [[Nonbinary identities worldwide|Nonbinary Identities Worldwide]]
  </p>
  <div style="padding: 10px;">
    {{:Main Page/featured articles/{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}
  </div>
</div>
{{clear}}
:{{ping|Otvm}} that's right. Normally, the introductory paragraph  already contains the title of the article (i.e. '''''Binding''' refers to a variety of methods that...''). Maybe the article name could be added in the section title? Like the example below. The yellow link at the bottom already takes to the page, so no need to have it linked in the title. What do you think? --[[User:NeoMahler|NeoMahler]] ([[User talk:NeoMahler|talk]]) 16:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
::{{ping|NeoMahler}} That looks less confusing. I think it would be a better alternative to leaving it blank, and it looks somewhat less strange than the little thing in the corner. The only problem is title automation. Would we create separate pages under the featured article pages which contain only the title, or would we change it each month by editing it? Is there any other alternative?
:::{{ping|Otvm}} sorry for the late answer. Do you have any experience with the <code><nowiki>{{#switch:}}</nowiki></code> syntax? Maybe we could use it to change the title based on the <code><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki></code> output (although that would mean that, if we ever change the featured articles, we should change the code here to). --[[User:NeoMahler|NeoMahler]] ([[User talk:NeoMahler|talk]]) 20:34, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
<div style="border: 3px solid #9b59d0; width: 49%; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
  <div style="background: #9b59d0; color: white; padding: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"><big>Featured article: Nonbinary identities worldwide</big></div>
  <div style="padding: 10px;">
    {{:Main Page/featured articles/{{CURRENTMONTH}}}}
  </div>
</div>