Project:Side bar redesign 2022

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:
 * 2) * Topic:X0kn21jhwiowhjfh
 * 3) * MediaWiki talk:Sidebar
 * 4) Discuss on the talkpage
 * 5) * Resolve any objections
 * 6) Determine best way to make translatable titles for the new/updated label(s)
 * 7) "Recent news" (new)
 * 8) "Get help and support" (changed from "Communication")
 * 9) "User manual" (changed from "User help")
 * 10) Update MediaWiki:Sidebar
 * 1) Update MediaWiki:Sidebar