Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Pro bug catcher

Description and notes

Article count removed. · Two shorter Today's Featured Article · Today's Featured List · Removed Wikipedia Languages · Style change · Sister projects given a more visible place · More portals, but lower · Added a small description of the project to banner

Note that:

• This is version 2 of my proposal. For the first version see Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Pro bug catcher.
  
• I would also like to make some sections (the lower ones especially) collapsible.
  
• I would like to see if the sister projects could take less space (maybe three columns?).
  

Attribution:

• Nat's description of wikipedia.
  
• Ryan's style, some colour changes.
  
• Trevor MacInnis' sister projects layout (images smaller).
  
• Gnangarra for the idea of multiple TFA.
  

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