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unlock front page

Can we unlock the front page yet? Is that a permanent change? If so, then can we have some sort of vote about reverting back to an editable page? -- Alphacow 19:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, currently most of the main page is editable via templates which isn't really that difficult. It's locked so very simple, and previously frequent vandalism is stopped, or at least deterred. Is there a need for it to be unlocked? If there are minor errors, feel free to suggest changes and they'll be put in asap. If you have a new design for the page, try it out in your userspace first, then discuss it here, as it stands, we have enough activity and vandalism to warrant locking the main page. -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 10:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

All right, that sounds good. I'll make my suggestions under a new heading. -- Alphacow 16:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I only locked it because all valid edits should go through a template, unless you are rearranging the page, everything on the page has a template. Aido2002((talk)) 21:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Front Page layout changes - proposed

Please comment on either or both of the above. Admins, feel free to split this up if you think having two items to vote on at once it too difficult. -- Alphacow 16:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

1. Firstly, thanks for incorporating my "nav section" suggestion. Hoever, that should definitely be its own template, not part of the "welcome" one. Making the template is easy; I can do that. I just need an admin to add it. -- Alphacow 16:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

   how bout this? still part of the welcome one, but I think it looks nice being within the same box. Other options include having the welcome template have the top tags for the box, and the subject nav have the closing ones, but I think that could be asking for trouble. Or, we could have the box tags on the main page itself, surrounding the templates, which... may be a better option. What do we think? -- this unsigned comment was added by Mason11987

2. Secondly, I would like to propose removing the "did you know?" section and replacing its spot on the front page with the "news" section. My rationale is this: most folks who come here don't care about the fact that Bob Kishintuchus's nation has an emu on its flag, but they do care about knowing why the global radiation is at 3.00. Regarding the placement thing, well, the news item is currently on its own row, and aesthetically that's sort of not in line with the two-column layout we were working with.

   Good point, how about having the news in the place of the did you know, and having the did you know below the news? -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 17:30, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

   I like that better, but I still think it's worth getting rid of that section entirely, at least until we have useful facts to put there. -- Alphacow talk 04:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

   Interesting... anyone else have any thoughts? -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 05:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Addressed both of these concerns in the following section with my test, feel free to discuss there as well. -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 17:36, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I like it. I still want the nav to be separate from the welcome template, but it looks good. I'll work on that tomorrow. -- Alphacow talk 04:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Nation Wiki of the Week

What do you guys think of a Nation Wiki of the Week type of thing. It would give people a reason to make their nation wiki's a little more interesting for people to read and such. Just my random noob suggestion. =P - Metnik 04:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I do like it, and it could be a perfect pair with the idea above... Here is a layout proposal User:Mason11987/Main Page test. -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 17:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Template:Alliance_infobox

I'm going to try to change most of the sanctioned alliances to using the alliance infobox, if anyone would like to help, feel free to do so. I'm first going to work on alliances without any infobox, then change the current ones that exist as raw code in the article. -- Mason11987 ^{(T - C - E -CN)} 00:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)