Wikipedia:Main Page design

There have been periodic attempts to revamp the design of Wikipedia's main page. In 2003, 2004, and 2006, there were successful main page redesign proposals.

Since 2006, there have been no successful proposals to significantly redesign the main page. However, it is always possible to request feedback from other editors on proposed changes, usually through discussion or requests for comment at Talk:Main Page, Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) or Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab). You can test changes in your user sandbox or another subpage.

Enacted changes

Changes to content used in the main page, such as to the list of sister projects, are not listed. All archives linked display the current content; for archives of the content on particular days, see Wikipedia:Main Page history. TFA, OTD, ITN, DYK and POTD were added in 2004, and TFL was added in 2011. Some content may or may not be displayed depending on the day of the week.

This table does not list all of the changes that have been made and may be incomplete. Some changes, such as styling improvements, do not result in obvious or noticeable differences.

Year	Discussion archive	Design archive
2003	Talk:Main Page/Layout design	Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (Classic 2004)
2004	Talk:Main Page/intro	Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (Classic 2006)
2006	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page	Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability/Main Page
2010	Removal of navigational links bar	(revision)
2012	Clarification of TFA and TFL text	(revision)
2018	Addition of matching styling for bottom sections	(revision)
2022	Removal of portal links from Main Page	Current design (revision)

Failed proposals

This list does not include all failed proposals, but many proposals by individual users are linked from these pages.

Year	Discussion archive
2008	Wikipedia talk:2008 main page redesign proposal
2012	Wikipedia:2012 main page redesign proposal
2013	Wikipedia:2013 main page redesign proposal
2014	Wikipedia:2014 main page redesign proposal
2015	Wikipedia:2015 main page redesign proposal
2016	Wikipedia talk:Main Page (2016 redesign)‎

See also

• Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Is there some way to make the Main Page look better?
• Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives

Other discussions, notes, and attempts

• Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Main Page features (2011)
• Search (intitle:) for: Main page redesign; about 200 related pages
• Wikimedia main page – d:Q5296, to see what our neighbours use
• Wikipedia:Unsolicited redesigns (essay)