- The following discussion is an archived record of a request for comment. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
- We found consensus to add a link to an "introduction to contributing" page, but there is no clear consensus regarding elements including, what page should be linked to, what label text should be used, its placement on the sidebard and what the tooltip should be. A follow-up discussion or RfC should be held to establish this consensus.
- We found consensus to change the tooltip for the Community portal link, but there is no clear consensus regarding what the new tooltip should be.
- Owing to low turnout, further discussion is needed regarding any change to the tooltip for the current events page's link.
We have included individual closing statements for each of the discussions below. In total, we found consensus for the following link changes (not including labels and tooltips):
- Adding a new contribute section
- Moving "print/export" above "tools"
- Adding a link to an introduction page
- Removing the links to featured content and the wikipedia store
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Barkeep49 (talk) 02:31, 4 June 2020 (UTC) • DannyS712 (talk) 03:08, 4 June 2020 (UTC).png)
This RfC consists of a series of independent proposals to modify the sidebar located on the left side of every page in the desktop default skin view of Wikipedia (encoded at MediaWiki:Sidebar), aimed at improving usability and ease of navigation.
It is being launched and listed on the centralized discussion template (among other places) following a half-month incubation period at the Village Pump Idea Lab.
You may participate by !voting in the polls or contributing to the discussion section under each proposal, or by adding new proposals. Refactoring may be done as needed to keep this RfC organized. – {{u|Sdkb}} talk 21:46, 10 April 2020 (UTC)