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--Tito☸Dutta 20:41, 13 October 2014 (UTC) and 07:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
New section
Should we add a new section in the main page like "Newest articles" or "New articles" or "Showcase"? This might be only section that will be automatically updated.
- Draft 01
Recent articles
--Tito☸Dutta 07:32, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Good idea! Please implement that. Let's call it "Recent articles". And, yes, that show hide box is cool. We can put that section just under "Featured article". --Abhidevananda (talk) 07:51, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Only thing I don't like about the appearance of the show/hide drop-down box is that it does not center under the title. "Click [show/hide]" should appear centered similar to "Recent articles". Haven't figured out how to make that happen. --Abhidevananda (talk) 08:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Okay I am adding draft 2 below.
Recent articles
Tito☸Dutta 08:14, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Draft 03
Draft 2 is still off-center. But I also don't like the format... too bold, too many colors, and the list is too long. Here is my suggestion, showing only the 10 most recent articles - could be reduced to only 5 - and with a more subdued appearance, similar to (not clashing with) the other sections.
Recent articles
This list of links is collapsible.The entries are in the following format.:
- [date time] [article title] [page creator's username]
- 18:03, 8 June 2024 Tomari asari ashe (hist | edit) [3,468 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3136)
- 06:31, 8 June 2024 Jakhan keu cahe nai (hist | edit) [3,393 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3135)
- 23:26, 6 June 2024 Mrganayana more balo na (hist | edit) [3,918 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3134)
- 04:13, 6 June 2024 Amake tumi bholoniko (hist | edit) [3,247 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3133)
- 19:42, 4 June 2024 Amar ami bhese geche (hist | edit) [3,318 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3132)
- 03:37, 4 June 2024 Ganeri majhare peyechi tomare (hist | edit) [3,671 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3131)
- 00:24, 3 June 2024 Tumi andhar nishay dhruvatara (hist | edit) [3,728 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3130)
- 02:33, 2 June 2024 Ami tai bhevechi tai bhevechi (hist | edit) [3,688 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3129)
- 07:09, 1 June 2024 Maner e madhuvane (hist | edit) [3,615 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3128)
- 20:00, 30 May 2024 Akashe diipake e karttike (hist | edit) [3,525 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3127)
--Abhidevananda (talk) 08:39, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, a list of 10 is looking good and clear. Added help text. --Tito☸Dutta 08:45, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Draft 04
I'm inclined to go with a list of only 5 links. It maintains better balance on the page. We can expand it to 10 or change the title to "Latest articles" or "Most recent articles" when we start to get more than 5 new articles in a day on a frequent basis. As to the help text, I don't think it's needed. The format is intuitive. And the help text anyway omits the author's comment when posting the article... which I also might prefer to omit from the list, but I'm not seeing that option. It would also be good to add the parameter "namespace=Main"... which I am doing now... to limit the articles to the Main namespace. I considered adding the Navbar, but I don't like having it both above and below the list. So we can do without that. Also, I have added two line breaks at the end to ensure that the white space after the new section will be same as the other sections. See the following, which - with your permission - I will add immediately to the Main page.
Recent articles
- 18:03, 8 June 2024 Tomari asari ashe (hist | edit) [3,468 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3136)
- 06:31, 8 June 2024 Jakhan keu cahe nai (hist | edit) [3,393 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3135)
- 23:26, 6 June 2024 Mrganayana more balo na (hist | edit) [3,918 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3134)
- 04:13, 6 June 2024 Amake tumi bholoniko (hist | edit) [3,247 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3133)
- 19:42, 4 June 2024 Amar ami bhese geche (hist | edit) [3,318 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3132)
--Abhidevananda (talk) 09:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Draft 05
On further reflection, if we are only going to have 5 links, then having a collapsible list is not needed. We can simplify this still further with the following. --Abhidevananda (talk) 09:14, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Recent articles
- 18:03, 8 June 2024 Tomari asari ashe (hist | edit) [3,468 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3136)
- 06:31, 8 June 2024 Jakhan keu cahe nai (hist | edit) [3,393 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3135)
- 23:26, 6 June 2024 Mrganayana more balo na (hist | edit) [3,918 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3134)
- 04:13, 6 June 2024 Amake tumi bholoniko (hist | edit) [3,247 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3133)
- 19:42, 4 June 2024 Amar ami bhese geche (hist | edit) [3,318 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3132)