MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

Proposed edit

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Discussion
Even without the links I just added, I wonder if filling the side bar with more links is counterproductive? Yes, it's fast access, but outside of the handful of us hardcore editors, few people are likely to rely on those links. We might be better served with a portal/disambig page for both the official website and the various Tumblrs (either the two together, or separately). --Corveroth (talk) 05:52, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is for that reason that I was cautious to not add too many links. I didn't want to put the Tabak and Doug tumblr because they are not active now. The MTG Salvation link you added is a bit trivial, I doubt it's useful because everybody who come to this wiki should know. But, hey, it's just my opinion hehe --Tuamir (talk) 06:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blogatog is often used as a reference, the others much less so, or they are inactive. I don't see the added value. --Hunter (talk) 08:52, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * But aside from the Tumblr links, I think it's interesting to update the Sidebar because of the new links of Making Magic, LD, OMF, and MTG Rules. --Tuamir (talk) 16:20, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I have, at the very least, fixed the broken links. --Sene (talk) 10:52, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Nice. But I think the link of Official Magic Fiction could also be added. Making Magic "is" Design and Latest Developments "is" Development. Thus, putting a link related to Creative like OMF would mean that all the three areas are represented. --Tuamir (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed, having the fiction here as direct link is a good thing, we have a huge lore part in the wiki. - Yandere Sliver H09 symbol.png 00:02, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Do the deed. I opted to simply fix the links, as this (i.e. lore and such) is not my area of expertise. --Sene (talk) 00:21, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It seems that it isn't "Magic Official Fiction" anymore. Now it is called "Magic Story".--Tuamir (talk) 17:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Also notice that Daily MTG page has changed its name. I proposed "Articles of the Day" but I am not sure if that it's the current official name to that.--Tuamir (talk) 17:07, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

New discussion (Feb 2017)
Trying a new arrangement here. I think it's unnecessary for us to link to two outside rules resources when we have very robust coverage of the topic. I want to include magiccards.info and r/magicTCG/ because they're popular universal resources. Finally, bundling together the official web presences, while dropping Maro's blog because it's an informal one. --Corveroth (talk)
 * Looks very solid to me. - Yandere Sliver H09 symbol.png 00:34, 18 February 2017 (UTC)