On 10 Jun 2014, at 17:12, Jon Davies <[email protected]> wrote:

> We have smartened it up already through the support of UK Wikipedians but it 
> has its limits.

This is the bit I don't understand. What does the current proposal do that 
*can't* be done on the wiki? Why do we *have* to have these non-editable pages? 
If it's just visual content, then that can be done on the wikis fairly 
straightforwardly *. If it's to add technical features (e.g. in-line contact 
forms etc.), then I can understand this move - it's analogous to how 
donate.wikimedia.org.uk isn't on-wiki as that uses technical features that the 
wiki can't support. My understanding is it's just the former, though, which is 
why this doesn't make sense to me.

* The exception being the side-bars / page surround, but that's an intrinsic 
part of the Wikimedia/Wikipedia brand identity (it's what people recognise as 
'Wikipedia' beyond the logo) so should really be kept regardless.

Thanks,
Mike
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