User blog comment:ZeroExalted/Editor's Spotlight, and the return of Featured Users?!/@comment-2052424-20130912154625/@comment-1242640-20130912201419

I personally think that the DYK, News, Create New Article, and Wiki Birthdays sections are taking up space.

At the very least, our announcements take care of the news (though we could move it somewhere more productive), but let's not get off topic, please.