Project:Side bar redesign 2022

Current	Proposed
navigation Main page Get MediaWiki Get extensions Tech blog Contribute	navigation Main page Recent news Contribute
SEARCH	SEARCH
Support User help FAQ Technical manual Support desk Communication	Support User manual FAQ Technical manual Get help and support
Development Developer portal Code statistics
MediaWiki.org Community portal Recent changes Translate content Random page Village pump Sandbox	MediaWiki.org Community portal Recent changes Translate content Village pump Sandbox

Explanation of proposed changes

(Copied/adapted from VP thread Topic:X0kn21jhwiowhjfh)

Navigation

• Remove "Get MediaWiki" - already linked from Main Page
• Remove "Get extensions" - an overwhelming unhelpful page and installing extensions is another optional part of Manual:Installing MediaWiki already.
• Remove "Tech blog" - already linked from Communication.
• Add "Recent news" - linking to News.

Support

• Rename "User help" to "User manual"
• Rename "Communication" to "Get help and support".
• Remove "Support desk" - already linked as the first item from Communication.

Development

• Remove "Developer portal" - already linked on Main Page.
• Remove "Code statistics" - not a common enough use case to justify having this clutter the sidebar.

MediaWiki.org

• Remove "Random page" - not useful on this wiki

Other

• Nothing is changed in the sections for "Tools" or "Print/export" because those are just default.

Next steps

1. Advertise:
   • Topic:X0kn21jhwiowhjfh ✔
   • MediaWiki talk:Sidebar ✔
   • (?)
2. Discuss on the talkpage
   • Resolve any objections
3. Determine best way to make translatable titles for the new/updated label(s)
   1. "Recent news" (new)
   2. "Get help and support" (changed from "Communication")
   3. "User manual" (changed from "User help")
4. Update MediaWiki:Sidebar