Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Deathgleaner

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Hi, I'm User:Deathgleaner, and this is my proposal and ideas about a new main page. This is currently a work-in-progress, so please be patient.

The design is currently getting pretty close to a final prototype, but many improvements will have to be made.

My idea

Concept

Header:

Left side: Welcome to Wikipedia
Right side: Dynamic date and time

First row: Welcome to Wikipedia and info about the project.
Second row:

First block- Statistics
Second block- ~~Calendar~~ and This Day in History

Third Row:

First block- Today's Featured Article
Second block- WP Portals

Fourth Row: Featured image and description
Fifth Row:

First block- Intrawiki Links
Second block- Interwiki Links

Sixth Row: Language links without a box

♫Death gle an er 03:40, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The colours of the headers should be changed every month to create less monotony.

The width of each section should be adjusted daily to create equal length.

To Do

1- We should change the color scheme to slightly more vivid and contrasting colors, yet, still light colours as to not pierce the eyes of the person looking at the page. This way, the Main Page won't look so bland.

Try this colour scheme:

#FF7F50 for the backgrounds of the headers of the left section

#D2B48C for the backgrounds of the headers of the right section

#B0C4DE for the backgrounds of any headers stretching the entire length of the Main Page

#F5F5F5 for the background on each section except the header

#5F9EA0 for the borders, incl. banner

2- More icons! They're so cool!!!

In progress; at least in portal section. Making sure these are Nuvola or Crystal Clear icons.

~~3- Put portal links below header~~
~~4- Change headers so they are not independent boxes, but "boxes without borders" connected to the main box (the big one containing the headers)~~
5- Figure out where to put wiki news (NOT Current Events)

Pending ideas

Just one on this day in history is enough; users usually don't look at all 6 or however the hecka many there are

My idea IN ACTION!!!

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MLS Cup 1999 was the fourth edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level soccer league of the United States. It took place on November 21, 1999, at Foxboro Stadium (pictured) in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and was contested by D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy in a rematch of the inaugural 1996 final played at the same venue. Both teams finished atop their respective conferences during the regular season under new head coaches and advanced through the first two rounds of the playoffs. D.C. United won 2–0 with first-half goals from Jaime Moreno and Ben Olsen for their third MLS Cup victory in four years; Olsen was named the most valuable player of the match for his winning goal. The final was played in front of 44,910 spectators – a record for the MLS Cup – and drew 1.16 million viewers on its ABC television broadcast. It was also the first MLS match to be played with a standard game clock and without a tiebreaker shootout. (Full article...)

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The red-lored whistler (Pachycephala rufogularis) is one of nine species of whistler occurring in Australia and a member of the family Pachycephalidae. It resides in the low mallee, spinifex, cypress pine and broombush woodland in the desert of central New South Wales, north-western Victoria and adjacent south-eastern South Australia, preferring low mallee woodlands or shrublands with open canopy, above a moderately dense but patchy scrub layer. The male bird has an orange or buff face and throat, a grey breastband extending around the neck and over the head, and rufous underparts with pale yellow or olive edging to primaries. The female is similar but with a paler throat and underparts. While it is often seen perched in trees and shrubs, the red-lored whistler feeds, for the most part, on the ground. Little is known about the movement of this species, although it is thought to be sedentary, with some movement possibly after breeding. It builds a substantial, cup-shaped nest made mostly of coarse bark and mallee leaves, neatly woven around the rim in low shrubs and lays two or three eggs. The species's limited range has seen it listed nationally as a vulnerable species. This red-lored whistler was photographed in the Nombinnie Nature Reserve in New South Wales.

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