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== Spell checking ==
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== Purpose of this page ==


Hi. I've posted [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=4865819#Purpose_of_wmf:Home here] about the purpose of this page. --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 00:18, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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:I think any of those goals for the main page is fine, so long as someone who cares about design feels ownership of the page and takes an interest in its large-form structure. And revisits the design from time to time. (If there's noone who feels that way, then allowing some random walks through design space is better than stagnation.) [[User:Sj|Sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 06:02, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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== References to volunteers and volunteering ==
There should be a link to the press release on the Home page. [[User:Yann|Yann]] 11:46, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)


Considering that most of the work of the Wikimedia movement is done by volunteers, it would be good to state this fact more explicitly at the home. There is a [[Volunteer_opportunities|Volunteering]] link in the side bar and that's it. We probably don't need yet another block in the cluttered homepage, but I would expect short references in the mentions about "help" and "support". Currently they refer only to donations and job offers, when in fact the most basic way to help has always been to volunteer with your time and skills.--[[User:Qgil|Qgil]] ([[User talk:Qgil|talk]]) 19:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
I've increased the width the "about" part of the page occupies to 60% as it contains the most important content, and the amount "below the fold" needed to be reduced. I've also explained the Board on the main page - before that, there was just a single small link to the board page - easily missed. This also provides explanation for the list of board meetings that was already there!


== Recent and upcoming changes to [[Home]] (March 2013) ==
The text for the board part is an abridged part of [[Board of trustees]] - the translations should already exist.


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I've also moved the Quarto link to below the Latest news section. It was completely out of place in the "About the..." section, and, being the newsletter, belongs rather more by the news section. [[User:Dan|Dan100]] 17:45, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

== March 03, 2007 by Florence Devouard, Wikimedia Chair ==

March or may ? --[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] 22:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
:March I think, since it was posted to the foundation-l at first in March. But it is my guessing. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaea]] 00:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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Please see m:Foundation wiki feedback for discussion of this site.

Spell checking

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Purpose of this page

Hi. I've posted here about the purpose of this page. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:18, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think any of those goals for the main page is fine, so long as someone who cares about design feels ownership of the page and takes an interest in its large-form structure. And revisits the design from time to time. (If there's noone who feels that way, then allowing some random walks through design space is better than stagnation.) Sj (talk) 06:02, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References to volunteers and volunteering

Considering that most of the work of the Wikimedia movement is done by volunteers, it would be good to state this fact more explicitly at the home. There is a Volunteering link in the side bar and that's it. We probably don't need yet another block in the cluttered homepage, but I would expect short references in the mentions about "help" and "support". Currently they refer only to donations and job offers, when in fact the most basic way to help has always been to volunteer with your time and skills.--Qgil (talk) 19:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recent and upcoming changes to Home (March 2013)

[Discussion moved to m:Foundation wiki feedback/Changes to home page (spring 2013).]