I like it because it's not cluttered up there anymore. It used to be a mesh of pink. Granted I always used the first page and bookmarking rather than doing advanced maneuvers like using the search.
I think the problem is they probably need to be in a different color for people to notice them, they are so small it's probably seen as vanilla text only to accidentaly discover they lead to the wiki or other locations. Right now when I look up I see "New site format?" being much larger than the links, making them a mesh of pink that look like they belong to the top image.
I think really the important links missing are to factions and races, the tech is up there but it would take a bit of wrangling to get them (meaning, to those who want one less step than opening up the wiki main page then scrolling down).
Meaning the important thing we are probably talking about is time. How fast can you get to Abwre from here in fewest steps possible?
So the thing is we can find a way to make it more noticeable so more people could use them, or only bring up the most commonly used ones and or the ones that lead to important lists (which to me is species, tech, and factions but that's just me).