User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20121230232535/@comment-188432-20121231210917

Before this thread gets too out of control with wish lists, you should know that the front page redesign has been ongoing for a couple of months now, and will be deployed in the next two weeks. It will involve the addition of some moderately complex javascript, since the front page is inaccessible by the js-unfriendly wikiamobile skin.

There will not be any kind of "recent stories" info on the front page anymore. The clear lesson of the last year is that we don't actually have people who are willing to update this information, so there's no point to advertising "latest story" info on the front page. (And no, this isn't a call for volunteers who are suddenly now willing to update the information. If it's not been happening in 2012, it won't happen in 2013.)

Basically the front page is being redesigned as a dynamic, principally graphical, gateway, which will lead to several other gateway pages based around various themes. It is on these secondary gateways — e.g. "Books", "Audio", "Species", etc. — where there will then be a random generator, so that each time a person reloads that page, they'll get some more specific information.

I'd advise, therefore, that you keep adding to this thread so that we can discover the kind of information you deem important. However, you should be aware that your suggestions may actually be implemented on the subject gateways, rather than the main page itself.