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Honk if you are tired of seeing the blurb about Paul Wolfowitz on the In the news section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaff ( talk • contribs)
Honk! :) SSBM Pro 01:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Burp. -- Howard the Duck 02:06, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
HONK ON WHEELS, sadly nobody cares-- User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 11:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
There is a spelling error on the Did You Know quote for Lucretia Maria Davidson: it should be 'lengths' not 'length'. Can someone fix this? Algabal 08:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Why dont the IRC:s comply with Macintosh or is this problem occurring with my comp. only? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.250.110.93 ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the following text:
Could this be changed to:
Reasoning: a plurality is the term used to describe the situation where a party takes the largest share but not the majority of votes. Secondly, Fianna Fáil is a singular noun.-- Damac 14:56, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are other people having a hard time on Bs01? It dosen't accept my password
-- Melman the cat 11:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Can i use some pictures from wikimedia commons for my small webside about plants and animals? thank you-- Nikolaosp 11:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
--Thank you!!---- Nikolaosp 15:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
...is of a bird of prey yet the DYK fact refers explicitly to a waterbird. Sabine's Sunbird talk 06:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
What is the point of the word "religious" in the DYK item on the Discovery Institute's PR campaigns? Are they aiming their message primarily at churches? Do they appeal to any scripture or other religious authority in their statements? The article being cited says nothing about any such religious component to the PR, so what is the justification for calling it "religious public relations"? Even if you think ID is religious at its core, and that anything DI does is thus ipso facto religious, the word "religious" is still inappropriate here as it would be redundant. Though DI's activities are highly problematic in my opinion, NPOV should dictate that we avoid slapping labels on it that it rejects. The word should be removed per NPOV. -- Tisco 14:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
What would it take to get this on the main page? For those who don't know what I am talking about, I would like to see something where when the main page loads, if you start typing, it automatically goes into the search box... Anyone? 72.69.127.101 15:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I use the auto-search mode of Mozilla-Firefox where I 'type to find links'. I would not like it if I am typing and instead of searching it starts going in the search box. It is okay if type goes directly to fill forms (like search-box) in websites like google or yahoomail but it will not be a good idea to have this feature in wikipedia. 198.62.10.11 06:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
A red background on the Simeon I seal image, the red Golden Gate Bridge, a red keffiyeh, and a red flag on the Cutty Sark - only one image escapes the hue. What are we pushing today? Communism? The Labour party? The Red Sox? violet/riga (t) 09:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Forget about red - there are current three items about English ships! - Banyan Tree 23:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Surely if the F.A. cup is featured then the champions league should be too as it is a far bigger tournament User talk:Plokt, 21:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Plokt ( talk • contribs) 21:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Granted, the Champs League is from a wider pool of quality clubs, but as far as history goes, I believe the FA Cup to be the oldest football/soccer tournament in the world, isn't it? I think that's the reason why it gets so much coverage. Of course, no one outside of the UK would have cared that Watford was playing in the FA Cup semis. You'd never see a club being relegated from their domestic league playing in the Champions League semis. 144.142.21.43 00:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)A. Whitham, Los Angeles
First thing on my mind today was to research the meaning of "nirvana" in a spiritual sense. I turned to Wiki and found the page started with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana in the featured article. Is this a sign as being at the crossroad to rock music and the search for "nirvana"? Chailai 11:37, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I suppose the next search is on how to achieve nirvana in the 21st century. Since the world is so much different than the time when Siddhārtha Gautama was in search for his nirvana. Perhaps, I can peek at Nirvana (the band) while in search for nirvana, the ultimate happiness. Chailai 02:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I have tried to find the "actual" Buddhist concept but have not found any yet. My impression of what I have seen was several of interpretations and side discussions that didn't quite hit the heart and soul of Buddhism. What I really like to know is when Siddhārtha Gautama discovered the ultimate truth – that was his moment – and somehow that act is related to nirvana. I would like to see some literature that describes this discovery. I have also read "general concept of happiness" written by various individuals. I acknowledge what they were saying, but I don't feel anything and therefore can neither agree nor disagree – that's another research. So, if any of you could recommend a book on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Chailai 15:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
there is a very wrong information in the first page, actually Bashar al asad is not the only cadidate because they system of electing presidents is not dependant on more than one cadidate. there is the so called (poll on choosing the president) where they people agree on the president or not .. and if the poll is less 50% , a new presidential candidate is chosen by the assembly
Concerning Dario Franchitti's reference to being a Scot, can I please request that it is changed to British or Brit as per the dicussion on WikiProject Motorsport. -- Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 08:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The Malaysian Federal Court rejects an appeal by Christian convert Lina Joy to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card.
is this really "news" or just an attack on islam? why is this singled out and put on the frontpage? have you heard this make a frontpage story in any other news media?
wikipedia didn't have any new news to put on frontpage so they decided to publish one attacking islam.
this is disgusting, be fair and don't single out particular religion
Oh, grow up. You want different news, you write different news and submit it to ITN. As long as that isn't factually inaccurate there is no reason for them to suppress the information just to satisfy the griping whims of little children who cry when they are accused of being bad. 70.17.192.65 17:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
'nuff said.c'mon, we've fished a good one. Kfc 1864 Cuba Libre! 08:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone think there should be a word of the day? If there was one i can't remember it being there. Or maybe someones come up with this idea before. Just an idea.. Wiki.user 18:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice if there'd be a clock table on the main page to display diffirent timezones around the world. like London Copenhagen Helsinki Moscow etc. Peace keeper II 07:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Could the clock be tied to the user that's logged in? For example, I could tell Wiki that I'm in the central time zone of the US and the clock would show 10:02 am. If my brother were logged in in Cali, the clock on his page would show 8:02 am. Trigam41 15:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
If you want the time to show up, there's code here for your monobook.js that will display the clock somewhere in the bar with your username and the log out option. timrem 03:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
What does UTC even stand for, and what part of the world does it contain? Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Why do I see stub like articles most of the times when I open a 'Random article'? It's impossible to get a featured article!! 198.62.10.11 08:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia should have a link that says "Random featured article". Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:37, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Ask and ye shall recieve -> Random featured article Raul654 20:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I notice that sometimes we've been cropping things a little close on the MainPage thumbnails. Especially if someone isn't terribly recognizable or having a remarkable expression on their face, I think we would be better served by medium shots which can show some character in the position of the body, and especially for historical figures, in the clothing.-- Pharos 04:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to start this again, but I am really fed up of seeing Bertie Ahern on the ITN section for last 3-4 days. Can't we change the ITN pictures more often? Can't we have pictures related to each of the news item every day? 59.178.67.134 13:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
The Irish Election article is the last item on the In the News list, so might it not be time to flip it out and replace it with something else? Possibly the Alan Johnston photo? Cheers, Thewinchester (talk) 17:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps a cropped picture of the May 2007 RCTV protests? -- 199.71.174.100 21:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
No new articles between 11.37 and 12.52 (UTC) today. Server problems? Camptown 13:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it my computer or is something making edits to an article that much more of a pain? Tourskin 15:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Surely the train crash today should make the in the news, im all the other side of the world in Ireland so perhaps some-one a bit closer could write it up. plokt 16:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
cheers plokt 21:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Does anybody know which was the 1,800,000th article? -- Camptown 18:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
"Speed of Speak". Speak the number one million five hundred and thirty two thousand seven hundred seventy four. At the same time, have your friend say one point eight million. See who finishes speaking first. Trigam41 15:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
North and South are actually standard wherever you go, because the magnetic field doesn't just change around as you move around the globe.
It's only because you have ten fingers that you have bias towards these numbers! What if you had eleven ala the famous Dr. Seuss? 70.17.200.56 02:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Then the standard would change. We have a counting system that is in base 10. I have no bias to ten, all of teh scientific and mathematical community prefer tens. Thats why we use Logarithms in Mathematics most commonly in base 10 or natural base of e. Look here people, I am not saying you are all wrong and I am right. Everything is relative, everything has been standardized. All dimensions in Physics require an origin. Numbers have an origin, its zero thats we say 1 which means a single unit away from the origin. Don't bother with pointless arguments. Why are you being insulting ♠ Åpeirophobia ♠? Of course I know what whole numbers mean. I took A level Maths and Further Mathematics and got an A grade. I have taken two semesters of Calculus in the United States, I am well accomplished in Mathematics. You seem to lack the understanding of how multiples of 10 in numbers like 1,800,000 are cleaner because they are easier to deal with. Your ridiculous number of 1,532,774 generates a remainder when trying to divide it into tens. Do you know what that means? Tourskin 19:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
By the way I meant 1.8 million was a whole number. Tourskin 23:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
So does all of that discussion mean that nobody knows what the 1,800,000th article is? And also, I think that we should wait to continue this discussion when Wikipedia reaches 2 million articles and then see how easy that is to work with. Or maybe even 10 million, another new era. Or we should wait even longer until it reaches 100 million articles, if it ever happens. (I like "perfect" numbers that have only one digit and the rest are all 0's.) Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
This is such a fun discussion and yet we did not answer the original question. I guess you can track what article no. 1,800,000 not what article reached that number first but what that article currently is. Tourskin 00:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Technically speaking, You could randomly pick any article and say it was article 180000 and you would be correct, as to which one reached it first, we'll never know Wardhog 20:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
You fail at trying to be funny... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.100.43.102 ( talk • contribs) 21:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
What does this chat have to do with the main page? -- 74.14.19.102 17:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
"1968 - Sirhan Sirhan mortally shot U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy inside the kitchen pantry of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles."
There is zero proof that it was Sirhan or Sirhan was alone. All independent (non-US-or-state-govt conducted) investigations conducted so far uniformly found that RFK's personal bodyguard was the only person who had the means and position to conduct the assasination, considering the type of handgun and angle of the shots. The bodyguard owned an exact same type and caliber weapon, which he later claimed to have lost or sold, but did not provide any proof, slip or lead. The famous door panel with bullet holes did disappear, etc. Very fishy indeed!
All in all, Wikipedia is the US gov't slave dog if it says on front page that Sirhan Sirhan killed Bobby Kennedy. In fairness the phrase "accused of" or controversially convicted" should be included in the text.
But of course since Sirhan is an arab, he is a lower being and cannot expect fair treatment from Wikipedia's overwhelming WASP posse! 82.131.210.162 09:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
wow. just wow. ` 71.236.105.175 18:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
That's tomorrow, June 6th. Will wikipedia mention it on its main page? 70.59.74.162 22:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
ITN has too much old news and needs pruning. DYK has too many new items and wants more space. Let's put them both on the right side. ITN can stay short and leave lots of space for DYK. This way, we'll have less problem balancing the two sides on the main page. OTD used to be beneath TFA, anyways. -- 74.13.129.83 04:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to put a featured portal of the month on the main page? It wouldn't have to contain any text from the portal...just a link in the upper right where the main portals are listed would suffice. I think the formatting could work, and it would be pretty unobtrusive, yet simultaneously a good motivator for bringing portals up to featured status. 67.86.86.217 04:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hm. Would it be too horrible to transclude a featured portal below the current Main Page? -- mav 14:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
you have got a wide variety of info but you need to include more on offoce software and other programs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.7.25.106 ( talk • contribs) 01:54, 7 June 2007
What is Process in Alzheimer Dieses memory failure? As I understand memory process information in 3 stages i.e encode, recode and retrieve. Is there any information ?
Mukund Mehta 20:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Mukund Mehta
9 DYK's is a bit too much. Sometimes theres barely more than 5. Why not "save them" and say put about 6 or why not put up a moving average number of DYK's? Tourskin 01:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC) Per day, I mean.
Perhaps there should be the same size limit on all four main page boxes? So that no matter what resolution people view it in, they always balance. Since this main page balance thing is a chimera depending on end users' setups. Something like this guide on the project page to help editors check for size?:
Entire section should fit inside red box
With all the technicalities worked out properly of course. -- Monotonehell 09:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
No mention of the Anaheim Ducks winning the Stanley Cup? It's a major sporting event, especailly in Canada and I remember when other league's championships were decided they had something about them on it. -- 206.163.228.33 18:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
The "Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running!" is overlaping with the main banner a slight bit. Its not a bad problem but it would be nice if somebody fixed it :) - Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 22:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Anyone find it odd that the illustration comes from the Bible? 209.190.233.125 13:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
What code can I use to change the color of my entire user page? Not just a table or something... the whole page. ► Adriaan90 ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) ♪♫ 23:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Is the Irish general election, 2007 more important than the destruction of Eurasia's only Geyser Valley? It may well be doubted. Give us some air! Never-ending news about elections are inherently boring. -- Ghirla -трёп- 14:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Valley of Geysers is now on DYK. -- 74.13.124.115 06:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Wiki has a lot of very general and brief entries on subjects. However, it would be SO much better if people can start putting in BOOKS instead of mere paragraphs on a subject. Of course it would be books that can be distributed without violations.
To prove my point, the subject of philosophy has no where near the amount of information that would be needed to understand the subject. Nothing short of giving a comprehensive guide and host of all the BASIC books would make it helpful to understand the subject.
Please allow the automatic upload of PDF and/or text files to wiki —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Twinscythe ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
On my browsers its coming up as a red link for a template that seems to have been deleted -- Brent Ward 14:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
For some reason, people keep vandalizing the main page somehow. I guess that sometimes the Main Page is unprotected and the vandals get there at just the right time. How can this be fixed? Another thing is how about protecting all of the templates that appear on the Main Page and the template that appears on the templates that appear on the Main Page, and so on? ANNAfoxlover 20:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Please add:
The U.S. Open begins at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh.
To the news! Thanks. Hholt01 15:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Our why we generally don't protect an article whilst it's featured on the main page explanatory guideline has, it has been suggested in a few places of late, undergone some meaningful if ostensibly insignificant changes of late (I don't know that it appears that our fundamental approach has changed; it's more likely that that approach simply no longer, rightly or wrongly, comports with policy [which should, of course, be descriptive]), and so editors interested in the issue—which presents itself not infrequently here and which is referenced at the main page FAQ—might do well to weigh in here. Joe 03:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Today there's a huge white space next to the featured picture box. Not intentional right? LukeSurl t c 09:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I think This page is very well set up I will forever use wikipedia
Wikipedia:Main_Page shows a wikimedia error message currently.
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13:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The ITN section seems to frequently mention spaceflights, particularly Space Shuttle launches. However, most of these launches are quite routine ones; there's typically a Shuttle flight every couple of months, and Soyuz launches every 5 months or so, and most of these missions, while important, are not necessary news-worthy: yes, the ISS needs more Integrated Truss Structures, but is it really more news-worthy than any of the other stuff which happened on 8 June, 2007 (in particular, the 2007 Hunter region and Central Coast storms, which caused death, injury and property damage, have a medium-length article, with some striking images, which could have done with a little main-page exposure). Perhaps in future, these should be limited to major flights only (ie; the sort that are widely reported in non-specialised news sources), such as the launch of a well-publicized space probe or when the last ISS component is launched. Laïka 12:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I've always appreciated having the current spaceflights in the main news, and was disappointed when I didn't see it there today.... Ravenmasterq 04:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
you're linking to sex in film! kids will see it! parents will be angry! rawr! (i know about Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored#Wikipedia is not censored).-- Ithinkiexist 20:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
omg! shit is used in the FA!! this is outrageous@@!-- Lawlerblades111 00:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The Main Page is the public face of Wikipedia ... whatever other nastiness is found within, it ought not to be out there IMO. Daniel Case 01:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Would the section excerpted here be compromised greatly if that sentence beginning "Despite ..." were not included? It's not exactly like we're starved for DYKs lately; one more could have fit in. Daniel Case 02:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
i think if you don't want children to see this specific article, do not let tem use the internet by themselves, or not at all, plus they will find out 1 day, and check thier history after they have finished. bu i have to say do not make it a featured article, thats just messed up. -- Jameogle 05:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 95 | ← | Archive 98 | Archive 99 | Archive 100 | Archive 101 | Archive 102 | → | Archive 105 |
Honk if you are tired of seeing the blurb about Paul Wolfowitz on the In the news section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaff ( talk • contribs)
Honk! :) SSBM Pro 01:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Burp. -- Howard the Duck 02:06, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
HONK ON WHEELS, sadly nobody cares-- User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 11:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
There is a spelling error on the Did You Know quote for Lucretia Maria Davidson: it should be 'lengths' not 'length'. Can someone fix this? Algabal 08:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Why dont the IRC:s comply with Macintosh or is this problem occurring with my comp. only? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.250.110.93 ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the following text:
Could this be changed to:
Reasoning: a plurality is the term used to describe the situation where a party takes the largest share but not the majority of votes. Secondly, Fianna Fáil is a singular noun.-- Damac 14:56, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are other people having a hard time on Bs01? It dosen't accept my password
-- Melman the cat 11:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Can i use some pictures from wikimedia commons for my small webside about plants and animals? thank you-- Nikolaosp 11:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
--Thank you!!---- Nikolaosp 15:39, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
...is of a bird of prey yet the DYK fact refers explicitly to a waterbird. Sabine's Sunbird talk 06:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
What is the point of the word "religious" in the DYK item on the Discovery Institute's PR campaigns? Are they aiming their message primarily at churches? Do they appeal to any scripture or other religious authority in their statements? The article being cited says nothing about any such religious component to the PR, so what is the justification for calling it "religious public relations"? Even if you think ID is religious at its core, and that anything DI does is thus ipso facto religious, the word "religious" is still inappropriate here as it would be redundant. Though DI's activities are highly problematic in my opinion, NPOV should dictate that we avoid slapping labels on it that it rejects. The word should be removed per NPOV. -- Tisco 14:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
What would it take to get this on the main page? For those who don't know what I am talking about, I would like to see something where when the main page loads, if you start typing, it automatically goes into the search box... Anyone? 72.69.127.101 15:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I use the auto-search mode of Mozilla-Firefox where I 'type to find links'. I would not like it if I am typing and instead of searching it starts going in the search box. It is okay if type goes directly to fill forms (like search-box) in websites like google or yahoomail but it will not be a good idea to have this feature in wikipedia. 198.62.10.11 06:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
A red background on the Simeon I seal image, the red Golden Gate Bridge, a red keffiyeh, and a red flag on the Cutty Sark - only one image escapes the hue. What are we pushing today? Communism? The Labour party? The Red Sox? violet/riga (t) 09:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Forget about red - there are current three items about English ships! - Banyan Tree 23:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Surely if the F.A. cup is featured then the champions league should be too as it is a far bigger tournament User talk:Plokt, 21:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Plokt ( talk • contribs) 21:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Granted, the Champs League is from a wider pool of quality clubs, but as far as history goes, I believe the FA Cup to be the oldest football/soccer tournament in the world, isn't it? I think that's the reason why it gets so much coverage. Of course, no one outside of the UK would have cared that Watford was playing in the FA Cup semis. You'd never see a club being relegated from their domestic league playing in the Champions League semis. 144.142.21.43 00:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)A. Whitham, Los Angeles
First thing on my mind today was to research the meaning of "nirvana" in a spiritual sense. I turned to Wiki and found the page started with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana in the featured article. Is this a sign as being at the crossroad to rock music and the search for "nirvana"? Chailai 11:37, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I suppose the next search is on how to achieve nirvana in the 21st century. Since the world is so much different than the time when Siddhārtha Gautama was in search for his nirvana. Perhaps, I can peek at Nirvana (the band) while in search for nirvana, the ultimate happiness. Chailai 02:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I have tried to find the "actual" Buddhist concept but have not found any yet. My impression of what I have seen was several of interpretations and side discussions that didn't quite hit the heart and soul of Buddhism. What I really like to know is when Siddhārtha Gautama discovered the ultimate truth – that was his moment – and somehow that act is related to nirvana. I would like to see some literature that describes this discovery. I have also read "general concept of happiness" written by various individuals. I acknowledge what they were saying, but I don't feel anything and therefore can neither agree nor disagree – that's another research. So, if any of you could recommend a book on this, it would be greatly appreciated. Chailai 15:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
there is a very wrong information in the first page, actually Bashar al asad is not the only cadidate because they system of electing presidents is not dependant on more than one cadidate. there is the so called (poll on choosing the president) where they people agree on the president or not .. and if the poll is less 50% , a new presidential candidate is chosen by the assembly
Concerning Dario Franchitti's reference to being a Scot, can I please request that it is changed to British or Brit as per the dicussion on WikiProject Motorsport. -- Phill talk Edits Review this GA review! 08:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The Malaysian Federal Court rejects an appeal by Christian convert Lina Joy to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card.
is this really "news" or just an attack on islam? why is this singled out and put on the frontpage? have you heard this make a frontpage story in any other news media?
wikipedia didn't have any new news to put on frontpage so they decided to publish one attacking islam.
this is disgusting, be fair and don't single out particular religion
Oh, grow up. You want different news, you write different news and submit it to ITN. As long as that isn't factually inaccurate there is no reason for them to suppress the information just to satisfy the griping whims of little children who cry when they are accused of being bad. 70.17.192.65 17:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
'nuff said.c'mon, we've fished a good one. Kfc 1864 Cuba Libre! 08:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone think there should be a word of the day? If there was one i can't remember it being there. Or maybe someones come up with this idea before. Just an idea.. Wiki.user 18:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice if there'd be a clock table on the main page to display diffirent timezones around the world. like London Copenhagen Helsinki Moscow etc. Peace keeper II 07:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Could the clock be tied to the user that's logged in? For example, I could tell Wiki that I'm in the central time zone of the US and the clock would show 10:02 am. If my brother were logged in in Cali, the clock on his page would show 8:02 am. Trigam41 15:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
If you want the time to show up, there's code here for your monobook.js that will display the clock somewhere in the bar with your username and the log out option. timrem 03:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
What does UTC even stand for, and what part of the world does it contain? Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Why do I see stub like articles most of the times when I open a 'Random article'? It's impossible to get a featured article!! 198.62.10.11 08:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia should have a link that says "Random featured article". Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:37, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Ask and ye shall recieve -> Random featured article Raul654 20:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I notice that sometimes we've been cropping things a little close on the MainPage thumbnails. Especially if someone isn't terribly recognizable or having a remarkable expression on their face, I think we would be better served by medium shots which can show some character in the position of the body, and especially for historical figures, in the clothing.-- Pharos 04:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to start this again, but I am really fed up of seeing Bertie Ahern on the ITN section for last 3-4 days. Can't we change the ITN pictures more often? Can't we have pictures related to each of the news item every day? 59.178.67.134 13:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
The Irish Election article is the last item on the In the News list, so might it not be time to flip it out and replace it with something else? Possibly the Alan Johnston photo? Cheers, Thewinchester (talk) 17:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps a cropped picture of the May 2007 RCTV protests? -- 199.71.174.100 21:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
No new articles between 11.37 and 12.52 (UTC) today. Server problems? Camptown 13:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it my computer or is something making edits to an article that much more of a pain? Tourskin 15:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Surely the train crash today should make the in the news, im all the other side of the world in Ireland so perhaps some-one a bit closer could write it up. plokt 16:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
cheers plokt 21:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Does anybody know which was the 1,800,000th article? -- Camptown 18:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
"Speed of Speak". Speak the number one million five hundred and thirty two thousand seven hundred seventy four. At the same time, have your friend say one point eight million. See who finishes speaking first. Trigam41 15:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
North and South are actually standard wherever you go, because the magnetic field doesn't just change around as you move around the globe.
It's only because you have ten fingers that you have bias towards these numbers! What if you had eleven ala the famous Dr. Seuss? 70.17.200.56 02:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Then the standard would change. We have a counting system that is in base 10. I have no bias to ten, all of teh scientific and mathematical community prefer tens. Thats why we use Logarithms in Mathematics most commonly in base 10 or natural base of e. Look here people, I am not saying you are all wrong and I am right. Everything is relative, everything has been standardized. All dimensions in Physics require an origin. Numbers have an origin, its zero thats we say 1 which means a single unit away from the origin. Don't bother with pointless arguments. Why are you being insulting ♠ Åpeirophobia ♠? Of course I know what whole numbers mean. I took A level Maths and Further Mathematics and got an A grade. I have taken two semesters of Calculus in the United States, I am well accomplished in Mathematics. You seem to lack the understanding of how multiples of 10 in numbers like 1,800,000 are cleaner because they are easier to deal with. Your ridiculous number of 1,532,774 generates a remainder when trying to divide it into tens. Do you know what that means? Tourskin 19:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
By the way I meant 1.8 million was a whole number. Tourskin 23:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
So does all of that discussion mean that nobody knows what the 1,800,000th article is? And also, I think that we should wait to continue this discussion when Wikipedia reaches 2 million articles and then see how easy that is to work with. Or maybe even 10 million, another new era. Or we should wait even longer until it reaches 100 million articles, if it ever happens. (I like "perfect" numbers that have only one digit and the rest are all 0's.) Powerfulmind pleasetalktome! lookatallofmyedits! 18:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
This is such a fun discussion and yet we did not answer the original question. I guess you can track what article no. 1,800,000 not what article reached that number first but what that article currently is. Tourskin 00:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Technically speaking, You could randomly pick any article and say it was article 180000 and you would be correct, as to which one reached it first, we'll never know Wardhog 20:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
You fail at trying to be funny... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.100.43.102 ( talk • contribs) 21:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
What does this chat have to do with the main page? -- 74.14.19.102 17:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
"1968 - Sirhan Sirhan mortally shot U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy inside the kitchen pantry of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles."
There is zero proof that it was Sirhan or Sirhan was alone. All independent (non-US-or-state-govt conducted) investigations conducted so far uniformly found that RFK's personal bodyguard was the only person who had the means and position to conduct the assasination, considering the type of handgun and angle of the shots. The bodyguard owned an exact same type and caliber weapon, which he later claimed to have lost or sold, but did not provide any proof, slip or lead. The famous door panel with bullet holes did disappear, etc. Very fishy indeed!
All in all, Wikipedia is the US gov't slave dog if it says on front page that Sirhan Sirhan killed Bobby Kennedy. In fairness the phrase "accused of" or controversially convicted" should be included in the text.
But of course since Sirhan is an arab, he is a lower being and cannot expect fair treatment from Wikipedia's overwhelming WASP posse! 82.131.210.162 09:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
wow. just wow. ` 71.236.105.175 18:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
That's tomorrow, June 6th. Will wikipedia mention it on its main page? 70.59.74.162 22:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
ITN has too much old news and needs pruning. DYK has too many new items and wants more space. Let's put them both on the right side. ITN can stay short and leave lots of space for DYK. This way, we'll have less problem balancing the two sides on the main page. OTD used to be beneath TFA, anyways. -- 74.13.129.83 04:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to put a featured portal of the month on the main page? It wouldn't have to contain any text from the portal...just a link in the upper right where the main portals are listed would suffice. I think the formatting could work, and it would be pretty unobtrusive, yet simultaneously a good motivator for bringing portals up to featured status. 67.86.86.217 04:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hm. Would it be too horrible to transclude a featured portal below the current Main Page? -- mav 14:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
you have got a wide variety of info but you need to include more on offoce software and other programs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.7.25.106 ( talk • contribs) 01:54, 7 June 2007
What is Process in Alzheimer Dieses memory failure? As I understand memory process information in 3 stages i.e encode, recode and retrieve. Is there any information ?
Mukund Mehta 20:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Mukund Mehta
9 DYK's is a bit too much. Sometimes theres barely more than 5. Why not "save them" and say put about 6 or why not put up a moving average number of DYK's? Tourskin 01:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC) Per day, I mean.
Perhaps there should be the same size limit on all four main page boxes? So that no matter what resolution people view it in, they always balance. Since this main page balance thing is a chimera depending on end users' setups. Something like this guide on the project page to help editors check for size?:
Entire section should fit inside red box
With all the technicalities worked out properly of course. -- Monotonehell 09:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
No mention of the Anaheim Ducks winning the Stanley Cup? It's a major sporting event, especailly in Canada and I remember when other league's championships were decided they had something about them on it. -- 206.163.228.33 18:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
The "Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running!" is overlaping with the main banner a slight bit. Its not a bad problem but it would be nice if somebody fixed it :) - Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 22:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Anyone find it odd that the illustration comes from the Bible? 209.190.233.125 13:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
What code can I use to change the color of my entire user page? Not just a table or something... the whole page. ► Adriaan90 ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) ♪♫ 23:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Is the Irish general election, 2007 more important than the destruction of Eurasia's only Geyser Valley? It may well be doubted. Give us some air! Never-ending news about elections are inherently boring. -- Ghirla -трёп- 14:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Valley of Geysers is now on DYK. -- 74.13.124.115 06:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Wiki has a lot of very general and brief entries on subjects. However, it would be SO much better if people can start putting in BOOKS instead of mere paragraphs on a subject. Of course it would be books that can be distributed without violations.
To prove my point, the subject of philosophy has no where near the amount of information that would be needed to understand the subject. Nothing short of giving a comprehensive guide and host of all the BASIC books would make it helpful to understand the subject.
Please allow the automatic upload of PDF and/or text files to wiki —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Twinscythe ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
On my browsers its coming up as a red link for a template that seems to have been deleted -- Brent Ward 14:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
For some reason, people keep vandalizing the main page somehow. I guess that sometimes the Main Page is unprotected and the vandals get there at just the right time. How can this be fixed? Another thing is how about protecting all of the templates that appear on the Main Page and the template that appears on the templates that appear on the Main Page, and so on? ANNAfoxlover 20:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Please add:
The U.S. Open begins at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh.
To the news! Thanks. Hholt01 15:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Our why we generally don't protect an article whilst it's featured on the main page explanatory guideline has, it has been suggested in a few places of late, undergone some meaningful if ostensibly insignificant changes of late (I don't know that it appears that our fundamental approach has changed; it's more likely that that approach simply no longer, rightly or wrongly, comports with policy [which should, of course, be descriptive]), and so editors interested in the issue—which presents itself not infrequently here and which is referenced at the main page FAQ—might do well to weigh in here. Joe 03:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Today there's a huge white space next to the featured picture box. Not intentional right? LukeSurl t c 09:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I think This page is very well set up I will forever use wikipedia
Wikipedia:Main_Page shows a wikimedia error message currently.
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13:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The ITN section seems to frequently mention spaceflights, particularly Space Shuttle launches. However, most of these launches are quite routine ones; there's typically a Shuttle flight every couple of months, and Soyuz launches every 5 months or so, and most of these missions, while important, are not necessary news-worthy: yes, the ISS needs more Integrated Truss Structures, but is it really more news-worthy than any of the other stuff which happened on 8 June, 2007 (in particular, the 2007 Hunter region and Central Coast storms, which caused death, injury and property damage, have a medium-length article, with some striking images, which could have done with a little main-page exposure). Perhaps in future, these should be limited to major flights only (ie; the sort that are widely reported in non-specialised news sources), such as the launch of a well-publicized space probe or when the last ISS component is launched. Laïka 12:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I've always appreciated having the current spaceflights in the main news, and was disappointed when I didn't see it there today.... Ravenmasterq 04:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
you're linking to sex in film! kids will see it! parents will be angry! rawr! (i know about Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored#Wikipedia is not censored).-- Ithinkiexist 20:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
omg! shit is used in the FA!! this is outrageous@@!-- Lawlerblades111 00:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The Main Page is the public face of Wikipedia ... whatever other nastiness is found within, it ought not to be out there IMO. Daniel Case 01:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Would the section excerpted here be compromised greatly if that sentence beginning "Despite ..." were not included? It's not exactly like we're starved for DYKs lately; one more could have fit in. Daniel Case 02:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
i think if you don't want children to see this specific article, do not let tem use the internet by themselves, or not at all, plus they will find out 1 day, and check thier history after they have finished. bu i have to say do not make it a featured article, thats just messed up. -- Jameogle 05:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)