Talk:New main page

I just put up a new draft, below Jim Schrempp's version. Comments are welcome. Here are some questions that I think are worth asking:

• Which topics do we want to have linked directly from the Main Page and which are we happy to leave two or more links away?
• For the one-link-away topics, how should they be named and organized so that someone looking for one will quickly and accurately find he right link?
• For the two-or-more-links-away topics, how can we maximize the likelihood that someone with a question about one will quickly and accurately find a link that will take them a step closer to the answer?
• Which topics deserve to have a spot in the sidebar so that they'll be one click away from anywhere?
• For any link, how likely is it that someone might think that it leads to a different topic than the one it really does lead to? Could the link have a better name?
• How well would this page layout (or any change to it) serve prospective members? new members? longstanding members? people from other maker spaces looking for ideas?
• How can my (non-link) prose be augmented, diminished, or changed to be clearer and more to the point? to be friendlier and more engaging, without being too wordy?
• What else should I be asking?

JSaxe (talk) 21:39, 5 February 2022 (EST)

I could see that the first split for a person coming to this page is: I'm interested in Maker Nexus OR I'm interested in making but not MN. In our new main page I think we should have a clear link at the top that says something like "Information about making, not specific to MN" and shunt the people off to a new page. Jschrempp (talk)