Forum:Home page- Featured articles

One of the axioms of web sites is that they should always look fresh- like there is always new things there, and some glimpse of the depth of the site is made available to "sometimes" visitors.

We can do this right away by setting up a rotation of featured articles like what is done on Wikipedia's, WikiQuote's, or Commons' main pages.

I propose that anyone that wishes to participate should place a list of articles they think would be of interest on their User pages. Then we can set up some rotation scheme for the content. After the list is exhausted, it will rotate. I don't think it should be about famous dead white guys, but more obscure relatives- maybe with some slice of microhistory- like a WWII war story, or a diary entry about a day in the life on a pioneer farm in Nebraska in the 1860s. They should have at least one picture (eg if no picture of the relative, for 1860s farm, then upload a picture of a typical Nebraska farm or town in the 1860s.)

The subtext message to the vistor is that their interesting relative could have their name in lights too. (That is, if they took the time to contribute). ~  Ph l o x  17:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)