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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]
- 00:17, 21 September 2024 Ami tomay ceyechi, ele na dekha dile na (hist | edit) [3,040 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3241)
- 23:34, 19 September 2024 Amar e ganer tarii (hist | edit) [3,658 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3240)
- 04:20, 19 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi, tomar tarei bence achi (hist | edit) [3,416 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3239)
- 06:06, 18 September 2024 Tomake cai ami jiivane (hist | edit) [4,232 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3238)
- 05:27, 18 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi (hist | edit) [354 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Disambiguation page)
- 06:39, 17 September 2024 Amar maner udvelatay (hist | edit) [3,764 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3237)
- 05:08, 16 September 2024 Je bhalo besecho tumi (hist | edit) [3,630 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3236) originally created as "Je bhalabesecho tumi"
- 02:13, 15 September 2024 Nihsaunga phula kay (hist | edit) [3,901 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3235)
- 12:38, 14 September 2024 Kar tare tumi mala ganthiyacho (hist | edit) [3,669 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3234)
- 05:57, 13 September 2024 Esecho amar ghare (hist | edit) [3,338 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3233)
--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
- 00:17, 21 September 2024 Ami tomay ceyechi, ele na dekha dile na (hist | edit) [3,040 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3241)
- 23:34, 19 September 2024 Amar e ganer tarii (hist | edit) [3,658 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3240)
- 04:20, 19 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi, tomar tarei bence achi (hist | edit) [3,416 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3239)
- 06:06, 18 September 2024 Tomake cai ami jiivane (hist | edit) [4,232 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3238)
- 05:27, 18 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi (hist | edit) [354 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Disambiguation page)
--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
- 00:17, 21 September 2024 Ami tomay ceyechi, ele na dekha dile na (hist | edit) [3,040 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3241)
- 23:34, 19 September 2024 Amar e ganer tarii (hist | edit) [3,658 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3240)
- 04:20, 19 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi, tomar tarei bence achi (hist | edit) [3,416 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3239)
- 06:06, 18 September 2024 Tomake cai ami jiivane (hist | edit) [4,232 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3238)
- 05:27, 18 September 2024 Ami tomay bhalabasi (hist | edit) [354 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Disambiguation page)