User blog comment:Mira Laime/The best possible local navigation bar/@comment-33359237-20190729152935/@comment-26339491-20190729223636

Established wikis with active editor communities do differ in several ways from newer communities that still need to grow. However, the advice on navigation bars in this blog post applies to both. The navigation bar isn't the right tool for turning a reader into an editor, regardless of your wiki's size. Readers come in search of information, and they first need to see what information there already is on the wiki before they can realize there is room for improvement, and that they may have something to contribute to that.

As Will said, you'll soon hear more about what we at Fandom are doing on our end to make editing easier to get into. In the meantime, admins can help visitors see where they could get started in other ways, e.g. by creating a clear and simple to-do list. Special:Community is a great place for that. This way, one single link in your local navigation can be the gateway into the editing world, taking visitors by the hand rather than overwhelming them with multiple links they don't yet know what to do with.