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OK, to actually start a relevant conversation here, lets see if we can make this home page usable. To put it bluntly, it's ugly now. What should/can be done?

Search is broken
Search is now directly redirecting you to the article or edit page of what you were searching, instead of displaying the search results. Tihocan 10:14, March 23, 2006 (EST)


 * Search always took you to a page if it found an exact match to your search critieria. But if there's only a partial match, you're right - it's now going to an edit page based on what was typed in, instead of giving the results of partial matches, like it used to. Should this go on the bug reports page? I'm not sure which gets better visibility. Dedridd 10:21, March 23, 2006 (EST)


 * Oooh, there is a bug report page? Cool! There is also this problem with editing sections, which I mentioned somewhere else. /me invokes the Wiki gods. Tihocan 10:52, March 23, 2006 (EST)


 * Yeah, there's a bug report page, and there's actually a link to it near the top of the home page. However, you've got me wondering how many other people don't see it there besides you. Could that be a good candidate for the Reader's links section of the sidebar, perhaps, so it's always visible? Dedridd 11:05, March 23, 2006 (EST)


 * Well, the reason is probably that I just don't (almost) don't visit the home page anymore. Should be in the FAQ at least, I'd say. Not sure if it's worth a permanent link, since most bugs will probably be spotted by one of the editors. Tihocan 11:17, March 23, 2006 (EST)


 * Makes sense, and I agree with your logic. Dedridd 12:45, March 23, 2006 (EST)

Editing a page section is broken
I don't know if this is related or not (does this use the same code to find a part of a page that Search does?), but clicking the 'Edit' link for a section on a page takes you to a blank edit screen. Try it here, on the Edit button for this discussion. Dedridd 12:45, March 23, 2006 (EST)