Talk:Suggestion/@comment-1820055-20150308090352/@comment-25490263-20150309085230

Concept
Firstly, there is no consistency in the amount of links per row or column.

Top down, per row: 4, 4, 4, 12, 1, 4, 4, 6, 1, 7, 6, 8, 4, 2....

Top down, per column: 4, 12, 1, 4, 3, 1, 7, 5, 2, 3

That massive inconsistency is difficult for the eyes - there is no pattern. Whatever logic to the design is not evident visually.

Next, the sizes are all over the place, which makes it difficult for consistent scrolling & readability. It is compounded on mobile - as wiki is now shoving into our faces with the editing preview option, over 50% of visitors are on mobile. The first row is massive, the second & third are typical heading styles, the fourth is different from all the above, the fifth is a lone row, the sixth is tiny versus the first, the seventh isn't bolded, the eighth is akin to the fourth but the text is a single row with no Japanese is different, etcetera.

Further, the bottom half is different from the top half. The style rotates ninety degrees & the links are arranged vertically rather than horizontally. Akashi's icon should not use the space of four links as its above, its left, & its diagonal yet it matches it other diagonal, its right, & its below. It also is the only one that has text requiring two lines. The right side is a different set of links completely & has a different organization. Marriage & consumption, visually, are definitely there to fill empty space.

Overall, there's no consistency on whether the icons are specifically designed, Japanese characters, CGs, fairies, or some combination of them. Additionally, they are sometimes above the text or on the left of the text. That's disregarding the rows don't have icons. Only when the icons are on the left do they have a consistent size, but even then, the ships icons & equipment icons stand out for being in a consistent style that is radically different from the other icons.

Second to last, there are unresolved issues of the redesign not being applied to Inside wiki or External links.

Lastly, it will not match the Template:Frontpagehead. That is also a different style from the other sections. Eight major icons with with the text are arranged the same as the ships & equipment parts of the concept. However, it's identical for the whole template as opposed to two parts of the concept. While it is true it is for the most important links, that does not absolve it of the need to fit in with the page.

This situation is similar to a book, with every paragraph employing different font, different font sizes, different alignment, different coloring, & so forth. It eliminates the ability to skim & quickly pinpoint links. The fact the positions can be memorized doesn't mean it's good. It is visually busy. It is tiring to process.

It is not a readable layout. It is not logical design. Being geometric does not imbue order or utility. There is definitely effort to not leave empty space, but filling empty space for the sake of not leaving empty space is a fallacy. None of each section's design aspects match.

Current
There is far more consistency in columns, with a average of four links per row.

The text sizing is also far more consistent & with a rather typical standard heading usage.

The usage of of images is variable, but except for the sortie, exercises, expedition, & quests images, they are also more consistent & not nearly as distracting.

The space is more consistent with the lower variability of the text & icons, as is the organization, except for the crafting, upgrading, enemy, & shop categories, which turn into two categories per row.