User:Laser brain/mfd

MfD proposal for ITN and DYK
Collecting thoughts and strategy in a high-level outline form.

Rationale

 * Continual source of disruption
 * Plagiarism and copyright violations on front page
 * Exposure of lower-quality content on our front page
 * Admin disputes/turf wars (need to collect diffs)
 * Editor conflicts (need to collect diffs)


 * Lower vetting standards than other front page content (i.e. Featured content)
 * Wikipedia is not a newspaper (ITN)
 * Drives recognition-seeking behavior (DYK) — could be argued for most front page content, though

Likely detractors

 * Opportunity to showcase emerging content (DYK)
 * Opportunity to drive traffic to front page (unlikely a factor)

Challenges

 * Front page realignment—proposals to redesign the front page fail but proposals to refactor have succeeded in the past (replace x with y)
 * Don't propose it as a redesign—just a refactoring. Remove DYK and ITN; move OTD up and match height with TFA; move TFL and TFP up.