Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Pro bug catcher

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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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