User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-4864110-20150218184539/@comment-1038387-20150218185710

It will be changed. It's a prototype. That's what prototypes are for.

While I share some of the sentiment towards this skin (primarily that it looks less and less like an actual wiki), your points... not that strong.


 * The infoboxes will need to be first in order, not last in order like we seen in the prototype layout,

They're second, not last. They are pushed down though, which defeats the purpose of an infobox.


 * which will upset and anger many users and could potentially lose many users.

Yes, it does seem to upset plenty of people. But in itself, that's not an actual argument, it's a fallacy. As is appealing to projected averse effects. There are plenty of reasons to fundamentally change this skin or don't bring it out at all, let's lead with those.


 * The word texts are too big

They're one font size bigger. I agree that it's unappealing and may take some getting used to, but in itself, that does not impede functionality.


 * and the number of pages created on wikis is missing.

On individual pages itself, it's not really needed, as long as it's on the main page. There's no prototype for the main page yet, so we don't know if we're keeping that stat on the main page.


 * That's what it needs to be fixed on the prototype.

A lot more, IMO.