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The 'too much data' wasn't just towards you :) Not intended to be that  
way, sorry if it was.

I agree, the purpose is to inform (teach) people, but we have to find  
a balance between teaching and overwhelming.  Their brains will get  
full (Farside joke).

Why don't we start with the links under "Learn How to Use WordPress"

Getting Started with WordPress is listed twice, we can obviously remove one.

WordPress.tv and WordPress Lessons are for external sites - Should  
they be listed on the front page of the codex at all?  Should we have  
a separate section for 'useful external but still related sites'?


Quoting Spencer Hill <spencerhill at theportlandco.com>:

> Sorry to chime in late here, my message didn't get posted for some  
> reason. This was written a few days ago in reply to Mika's response  
> on the 26th:
>
> I agree that there was too much data there. In my defense, I only  
> added the first paragraph and the "For Non-Developers", anything  
> after that was already there.
>
> While simplicity is key, the purpose of the codex is to inform  
> visitors. So wouldn't it be a mistake to omit critical information  
> simply because we don't think people will read it? Or because it's  
> not aesthetically pleasing? What if we set our goal on being clearly  
> and concisely organized rather than being "simple'? That way we  
> understand that we're only omitting information on a particular page  
> if it's not relevant, premature or repetitive?
>
> With regards to "Installation" being the first topic to address, it  
> brings us back to the current problem with the existing and previous  
> layouts: we're alienating end users who just want to learn how to  
> use WordPress.
>
> Does anyone object to having at least two different sections on the  
> front page so as to respect the two critically different types of  
> users we have (developers and non-developers)?
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