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== Increased protection for [[Main Page]] and the wiki as a whole ==
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This page is for questions, comments and discussion about the [[Main Page]]. Old comments on this page get moved to the [[Talk:Main Page/Archive|archive]] from time to time.
  
* In anticipation of an influx of users, I'm going to increase the protection on the main page so that only admins can edit the layout. The content comes from [[Intro]], [[Links]], and the relevant [[Calendar]] page. For the time being, I'll leave those editable by anyone. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 18:15, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
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For more general help, questions and discussion, please head over to the [[WikiCU:Community portal|community portal]] or the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]].
:* You may also have noticed than only registered users can now edit the wiki. This is for two reasons. First, we were getting some spam. Second, I want to encourage people to register. I don't anticipate making it any more stringent than that. I think it would be a great shame and even downright harmful to require columbia.edu email addresses or prevent off-campus people from contributing. I'd welcome any support or criticism on this issue. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 18:15, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
 
  
== Date on the calendar box ==
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==Re-introduce featured articles?==
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*We used to have a gallery of featured articles (4-5 links/pictures on well-developed and/or relevant articles). This was removed a couple of years ago because the list wasn't updated much and felt a bit stale. Is it worth re-introducing a featured article section? The currently-displayed link to the how-to guides could be folded into this section. All views welcome. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 11:41, 14 May 2013 (EDT)
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: I think this is a good idea. How would we go about choosing them? [[User:Cds2148|cds2148]] 11:53, 22 May 2013 (EDT)
  
* Can we add the date on the 'today's events' section? -- {{User:Puppyfury/sig}} 00:24, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
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==Delete search box?==
:* Done. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 00:32, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
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*The search box in the center of the page duplicates that on the top right. Also, I get the sense that people don't use it much (and when they do want to search for something, the one on the top right is always available)... But I may be wrong. Should we delete it? [[User:Admin|Admin]] 11:44, 14 May 2013 (EDT)
 
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: Do we have any statistics on how often it's used? If featured articles are moved in it might be worth removing.  [[User:Cds2148|cds2148]] 11:54, 22 May 2013 (EDT)
== Weather ==
 
 
 
* I just added the weather. Nice, don't you think? [[User:Admin|Admin]] 07:40, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
 
** Not bad -- {{User:Puppyfury/sig}} 02:16, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
 

Revision as of 15:54, 22 May 2013

This page is for questions, comments and discussion about the Main Page. Old comments on this page get moved to the archive from time to time.

For more general help, questions and discussion, please head over to the community portal or the editors bulletin board.

Re-introduce featured articles?

  • We used to have a gallery of featured articles (4-5 links/pictures on well-developed and/or relevant articles). This was removed a couple of years ago because the list wasn't updated much and felt a bit stale. Is it worth re-introducing a featured article section? The currently-displayed link to the how-to guides could be folded into this section. All views welcome. Admin 11:41, 14 May 2013 (EDT)
I think this is a good idea. How would we go about choosing them? cds2148 11:53, 22 May 2013 (EDT)

Delete search box?

  • The search box in the center of the page duplicates that on the top right. Also, I get the sense that people don't use it much (and when they do want to search for something, the one on the top right is always available)... But I may be wrong. Should we delete it? Admin 11:44, 14 May 2013 (EDT)
Do we have any statistics on how often it's used? If featured articles are moved in it might be worth removing. cds2148 11:54, 22 May 2013 (EDT)