Olaf Hannemann wrote:
I think, we shouldn't change the Layout completely, but for the use of Interwiki Links and things like that it would be fine if the German http://de.opensuse.org/Dokumentation looks like the English master wiki http://en.opensuse.org/Documentation.
I'm not so sure of that. we must take account of the fact that the en wiki is the older one, and this mean it's in great part obsolete or made of superposed planes, and it's the more difficult to fix. the download page is so a mess I could not accept to keep it like it is. I myself revamped quite heavily this part, see http://fr.opensuse.org/Téléchargement Of course, if a real discussion arise and the english page get a clear and wondefull aspect, I will follow it. as long as this is not the case I would be glad to see ideas in the others wikis
Another aspect is, that the user can easily switch between the languages and find everything in the place he is used to.
few users really switch langages. an anglish reading user is free to use the en page if he find it better.
Months ago I suggested to redesign the frontpage, to allow users to find help more easily: http://de.opensuse.org/Startseite http://de.opensuse.org/Benutzerdokumentation_anders Looks really nice, but I think such capital changes should be made in the master wiki first.
Front page is an other thing. We already discussed this here, with very few people involved in the discussion and so little value. I personnally think than simplicity must be the key and that the front page must be simpler than whats it is now. I have made my page a bit simpler (mostly sidebar) and added a picture of the new 10.1 box. Users consulted (french forum) approved the chage. here one desagree, others agreed, most don't care. However I doubt unengaged people notice the differences http://fr.opensuse.org/Bienvenue_sur_openSUSE.org here also, if a clear consensus arise, I will follow it. anyway localized wikis have in my opinion a quite different goal from the english one. Fort example, I do not translate the developpement version page. It's not entirely a choice, I only choiced not to make them a priority. anyway, people interested in this have to read english. jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos