Encyclopedia talk:Main Page

==TO ANY WIKIPEDIA REGISTERED EDITOR : IMPORTANT!:
I ACCIDENTLY DELETED THIS DISCUSSION PAGE, PLEASE REVERT TO 01/OCTOBER/06 VERSION - THE VERSION   
THAT CONTAINS ABOUT 34 SECTIONS AND A LINK BOX AT THE HEAD. Please also add the  
paragraph in the bottom of this page. Again, I am sorry to make this mess.

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Greetings all! I think we need to make the Main page more immediately visually accessible - in other words, what Wikiversity is and what you can do there. I'm not such a whizz at Mediawiki design, so I'd appreciate any help in making a better page layout. I can then help with adding and creating links.. Cormaggio 12:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Main page (lowercase p) should be the name of Wikiversity's Main page.

1. Wikiversity page naming conventions suggest Main page, not Main Page. Someone with admin status please make page lowercase.
2. Wikiversity's front door belongs at the front -- in the main namespace -- not burried in the Wikiversity: namespace. Someone with admin status please make it so.

--Rogerhc 19:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Is it really necessary to protect the main page in its first few days of existence? --Fang Aili ^talk 17:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I just undid it, but it should probably be redone tonight whenever the last admin goes to bed. Right now there are plenty around to take care of any vandalism that may happen. -- sebmol ^? 17:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good. --Fang Aili ^talk 17:24, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiversity:Main Page/Design could be used for edits. This idea is discussed in Page organization subsection below. Doug 19:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Unlock the Main Page please. Alternatively, please give me admin power so that I can edit it. Thanks. --Rogerhc 00:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

What's wrong with it? The main page is open for editing by all users, but the pieces are templated in from other locations.--Rayc 00:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this out; I hadn't thought of that. I am satisfied to edit the relevant template and can find it. I'd like to move some pages so that their titles follow the lowercase second and subsequent words, except proper nouns naming convention and update links to them in the template. If the templates are not locked I will do so another day. Ran out of time today. Thanks! :-) Rogerhc 06:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Why do you want to do that? -- sebmol ^? 08:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikiversity_talk:Naming_conventions#Capitalization for why. :-) Rogerhc 18:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I don't agree with that reasoning. Personally, I prefer title case because it's what people are used to when reading titles. That may not be a very strong argument but neither are the ones for lower case that I've seen at that page. Anyway, I'm also not a fan of someone writing a rule that differs from convention and subsequently referring to it as the basis for changing things. Nor do I find it particularly appealing to run around policing page titles and section headings. -- sebmol ^? 21:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't see why it has a title at all. The main page at wikipedia is a special page that doesn't even have a title.--Rayc 23:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it does but it's hidden through some clever scripting. Is that done at any other Wikimedia project besides en-WP? -- sebmol ^? 07:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Other languages

The other languages link to de: links to de:Wikipedia. Is there a way to fix this? --Fang Aili 15:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

It's being worked on. It depends on Brion's schedule since this require

THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH ("general layout sug.") was supposed to be added as the 35th section and 
And I accidently deleted the page as a result, please add it when you revert to original. 
==General layout suggestions==
I would like to suggest the following:
I think Wikiversity should, as a general layout devide in accordence 
to the following hierarchy : ( the arrows are directed from high to low hierarchy.)
general schools(e.g chemistry, psychology --> more specific schools(analytical chemistry or 
developmental psychology) --> courses --> lectures .
Under that hierarchy I think each lesson/lecture page should have side pages (like "edit this  
page" and "discussion" ) in which a Q&A page from actual students and proffesors would be held.
I'm only suggesting a discussion on "the general layout" and not making a pinpointed suggestion.
If there is already a discussion on General layout somewhere then I'm truly sorry for I did 
not find it anywhere. in that case, please move my suggestions to the right place.
--(User: Eshy, Israel - unregisterd Wikimediaist.)