Thread:Sitb/@comment-33460885-20200110011904/@comment-499247-20200116215122

Scorpion6660 wrote: I thought we could add a topic "Months Event" or other name and put all links in there that are related to the running event and some info pages that we get questions about every new event again.

The top 3 sections will change every month.

What are your thoughts about this ?

The problem with placing variable links in the top navigation, is that you end up needing to update the top navigation every single time something new is added to the game. Personally, the philosophy I usually try to follow when designing navigation tools is to make the links as static as possible, so they rarely need to be updated (effectively future-proofing them). This way over time, there is little chance of those prominent links becoming outdated/obsolete, if the individual who typically updates them happens to forget, or (heaven forbid) become inactive. Unfortunately, in my nearly 14 years on Wikia/Fandom, I have seen many good ideas fall into disrepair as users' priorities change, and they are no longer willing or able to keep on top of something which was once a good idea.

This isn't to say you absolutely shouldn't include "new content" types of links in the top navigation (this is actually something that is encouraged on Fandom's best practices blog about navigation bars). It is safe to do, as long as someone is willing to really keep on top of it, and do it indefinitely. However, since that mediawiki page is locked to anyone but administrators, it limits who is able to help keep on top of updating it.

I actually anticipated you might want to include a link to whatever events are currently happening in the game, which is why I included the "Current Events" link directly under the "Events" sub-heading. I assumed that was where the most-recent events were most likely to be posted first, and users could follow the links that appear on that page, to whichever current event they might be interested in. However, if there's somewhere else on the wiki where new events are likely to be documented first (and in one place), perhaps the link could point there instead?

I'm going to do a bit of a re-work to my sandbox page right now, but I'm certainly open to suggestions as I work on it. Keep in mind when you are thinking up possible design possibilities, that we are limited to 4 customize-able drop-down menus, with 7 sub-headings each IIRC. Can you link me to that last group of links in the image you posted? I'm curious what those are. - Sitb ( Message wall / Talk page )  21:51, January 16, 2020 (UTC)