MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

I added the wiki editor's reference page to the support box. It contains the Excel to Wiki converter. Take a look at it, see what you think. It's a culmination of everything I used since I joined the wiki. With more editors on board, it makes sense to promote to the sidebar. Is the Excel to Wiki converter needed on the sidebar? --LadyGeek 21:27, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

The sites menu seemed to have an excessive "Bogleheads" in the titles, which made this section harder to read. I kept the top title, "Bogleheads'" is implied and follows down from there. Finiki and the Wisdom forums are our Canadian sister sites, maybe the tiles should be changed. --LadyGeek 22:39, 20 November 2010 (EST)

The menus were reorganized to update some links and provide a simpler layout.
 * sites
 * "Wiki" to "Wiki Home", emphasizes this is the main wiki page
 * "Finiki", "Wisdom forum", left alone. There's not much room and the sidebar format is fixed. The "sister" web sites are also shown on the bottom of the main page, which helps.


 * the bogleheads
 * Added the RSS news feed, direct link to page
 * Added the Facebook FAQ


 * editing the wiki
 * Deleted "Current Events", as this page has been replaced by the RSS news feed (added above)


 * editing the wiki
 * Deleted "Excel to Wiki" and "Wiki Cheatsheet", which are in Advanced help. The toolbar duplicates much of the Wiki Cheatsheet, and use of the Excel to Wiki converter is left for advanced users.


 * support this site
 * Moved up one level, above the toolbox. This is a more visible location.

I think this layout is easier to read, given the limited room and inflexible sidebar menu format. Suggestions are welcome. --LadyGeek 22:21, 21 November 2010 (EST)

Added "editing the wiki" entry above. Missed this from the last edit. Note that the number of links added matches the number removed, so the total number of menu entries is the same.--LadyGeek 16:36, 22 November 2010 (EST)

Updated link above (wiki editor's reference). --LadyGeek 08:57, 24 November 2012 (CST)

Suggestion for improvement
I recommend updating the sidebar to give the wiki editors something to work on. In the "For wiki editors" section, I'd like to add:


 * Help:Cleanup and display "Improve the wiki".

--LadyGeek 18:42, 27 December 2014 (CST)

The above suggestion spans into two lines. A single line suggestion would be:

--LadyGeek 20:41, 3 January 2015 (CST)
 * Help:Cleanup and display "Cleanup page".