Talk:MediaWiki/Homepage redesign/Design Document/Texts

Copying current texts
, could you please copy the texts we are currently using in the homepage or other main pages that try to accomplish equivalent missions? This way we don't start from scratch. For instance, currently the homepage says "MediaWiki is a free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia"... It is worth seeing whether the current texts are good, and if not why, and how to improve them, tuning them or starting from scratch? Thank you.--Qgil (talk) 23:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅. Yes, of course. --monteirobrena (talk) 17:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Featured MediaWiki users
The current mockup suggests three "testimonials". Well, I'm not sure whether they will end up being testimonials or featured projects. In any case, if I had to pick three I would highlight Wikimedia, Wikia, and SemanticMediaWiki. We could also consider to give 50% of space to Wikimedia, founder and biggest user & developer of MediaWiki, since we have plenty of Wikimedia specific content in the site. Selected therse three it will be easier to start thinking in all the smaller icons.--Qgil (talk) 23:32, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh, now I see that the last mockup has a single row of bigger logos at the same level. Actually the previous version with 3 featured and then many small logos was more adequate to portrait the MediaWiki community.--Qgil (talk) 00:03, 17 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I put the testimonials section back in the mockup. See if it's better now ;) --monteirobrena (talk) 12:22, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Splitting text and discussion
I propose that we do like Wikipedia, using the main page for actual text and moving all the discussions here. This way we can feel clearly the tone of the page. No it is very difficult, with all the comments inserted.--Qgil (talk) 00:12, 17 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅. Thank you. --monteirobrena (talk) 11:47, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Previous versions
The current homepage contains a link to last version of MediaWiki and two links to the previous versions. Moreover has a download button that redirect to Download page. Keep just a prominent download button give more highlight to "How get MediaWiki?" and occupies less space. --monteirobrena (talk) 11:42, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Features
Manual:MediaWiki feature list
 * Look and feel
 * Multimedia and extensions
 * Keeping track of edits
 * Structures and syntax
 * Editing
 * Spam and Vandalism
 * Discussions
 * Multilanguage support
 * Backend
 * Permissions
 * Search and Queries

Current text
Manual:Before installing Possible uses of MediaWiki
 * Access and security control.
 * Content management and sharing.
 * Customizable to your preferences.
 * Easy to contribute without much training.
 * Manage and find content.
 * Share your site info.
 * Easy to navigate.
 * Easy to search.