User blog comment:Toughpigs/Standard new page layout -- looking for feedback/@comment-3126019-20100416182135

The main thing I see is that there are lots of articles that were created using the AWB, but were never edited, just created. Doesn't look very nice. A lot of people though do nicely use the placeholder, write some paragraphs when using the Create a new article feature.

About the main pages, true. Such a lot of people just fill in (date). The same when you say , and they leave the < >. Previously the default main page was far better, it actually had some colours, tables, etc. (like this). That was far better, and new people visiting the wiki actually saw a nice design, rather then an (almost) empty main page. So that'd be nice. This would be rather complicated, but it would be nice if there would be a default mainpage for every default skin.

And, of course, a lot of people protect the main page. Common mistake.

Although, the AWB is a very good addition, because a lot of wiki's now use the nice, new skins! Though it should be made more clearly whére they can find new skins.

Also, it might also help to make creating an article step-wise, just like AWB. 1. Name, 2. Upload, 3. Section names, 4. Content, and every step is skipable.