Talk:Main Page development

Design objectives/criteria. We need them to proceed.
There is a bunch of development happening with the view to replace the current Main Page. The catalyst seems to be enabling functionality to support mobile devices via the Extension:MobileFrontend. This has lead to a significant change in the content and layout from the, but no clearly documented rationale for why the changes are being made. It seems very much like trial and error rather than trying to meet a specific set of objectives.

I'm thinking that it might help to step back and ask some questions, with the goal of creating a design criteria for the Main Page. Some history on how the existing Main Page came about might help, see past discussion of the Main Page design.

For me, the key questions are:
 * Who is the intended reader?
 * What needs improvement or changing/removal on the ? Is it a result of enabling support for mobile devices?
 * What is the critical information that needs to be presented?
 * In what layout?

I'm sure others will have other viewpoints and questions. I'm thinking we'll have a better understanding of what to change if we know the answers to the questions. It will also gives us the ability to evaluate the implementation against the design criteria. It will also serve to document the design decisions made so if/when the Main Page is again subject to a redesign, the rationale for existing choices will be known.
 * Sincerely, --Peculiar Investor 04:25, 25 November 2015 (UTC)