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It seems to me that these last few days, the news seems to be dedicated to space. I wonder what next week's one will be. Simply south ( talk) 01:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion I don't find it racial if there is 8 killed whether they were Jewish or not...what if you were Jewish how would you feel then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aragornrox ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I think this free image of liquid oxygen (O2) and the gas above it would be better for the Main Page than the image of ozone stuctures currently chosen for it as TFA. First off it actually shows the element (in two of its states and in its most common allotrope). Second, the pale blue color of liquid oxygen is pretty cool and due to its electonic structure, plus you can even see bubbles of the gas, plus the gas above it. Ozone (O3) is important, but relatively rare. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Is a link to
Hot coffee on the front page featured articled combined with a
wikipedia 1.0 promotion to schools a bit bold? Maybe it wouldnt be censored as an article, but is it worthy of the front page? New release hardcore sex movies dont get the six o clock news in the Netherlands or the Dutch lands, do they? Would you give
Debby does Dallas a pulitzer prize? No, but you would give it to Freddy does Dallas and provide special links to Debby does
Hot coffee. I could see that topics involving both children and sex are monitored so that "no bias" may be implied in one manner or another. Should sex and violence not be banned from the main page? Would such graphic sex and violence fiction be notable enough for the front page of an encyclopedia?
ThisMunkey (
talk)
19:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
My God, I am sick and tired of people saying 'Wikipedia is not censored, but we mustn't let people see anything that might offend them.' We cover all topics; if people want to pretend that things they don't like don't exist, then they can go elsewhere. People may be interested in these topics, and the featured article is to offer people something they may wish to learn about. Seeing as everyone else is throwing their opinions around as fact, I will too- a controversial book is of far more interest than a Booker prize winner. Booker prize winners suck. If given the choice between Lolita and The Sea, I know damn well which one I would read or read about... J Milburn ( talk) 17:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
My oh my, what would we do if we didn't have people like ThisMunkey to tell us what we can and can't watch, see, hear, or otherwise experience. We might have nudity on actual public broadcasting or in our video games like the British or the rest of Europe, and look how awful they turned out (sarcastic). Knowledge is for everybody, but please use it responsibly. - KriticKill ( talk) 20:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
In a way I must agree with ThisMonkey. I do believe that we could put up other things besides sex. There are other things you can put up there, such as positive things, and other political views. I do not believe the main page should be censured, but there are better things you can put up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aragornrox ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
What is it that four of five anniversaries, three of five ‘did you knows’ and the main page article are America? The idea that wikipedia is not American bias is laughable. Seriously, who gets to pick these things? -- SSman07 ( talk) 01:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Well The US has a large control over the Internet. Most english-speaking internet users are in the US I think. Personally I'd like more British and Australian representation.-- ZaderZadernet|et 08:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The Main Page has a decided bias against the !Kung. 69.129.145.210 ( talk) 17:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Zadernet, what on Earth are you basing that upon? In any case, that has no bearing- we are an international encyclopedia, not an encyclopedia for people who surf the web. J Milburn ( talk) 18:09, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
"Not an encyclopedia for people who surf the web"? *confused* 203.97.51.149 ( talk) 20:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Guess what, today's OTD has a heavy French bias... -- Howard the Duck 02:56, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Goodness!, and look at the news today, what a serious space bias. :) Basser g ( talk) 19:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
How about the Eurovision-bias that went on at DYK for months last year? That was the worst. -- Howard the Duck 05:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
You think that's bad: what about the featured article for St Patrick's Day being Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the tale of an English hero? Sin cic sna fiacla, nach ea? EamonnPKeane ( talk) 01:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
The Arthurian knights were ancient Britons and predate the English. In fact, he is identified with a Welsh hero and so he is very suitable for St Patrick' day, which celebrates another Welshman. MAG1 ( talk) 11:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, quite right, sloppy writing on my part- Arthur's knights were members of the pre-English population of Britain (assuming they existed at all). However, it makes the point even more strongly that Gawain is not an English hero. The real point is, of course, nationalistic promotion or carping rarely bears examination. MAG1 ( talk) 13:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
My logic may be failing me, but how can a star travel 13 light years in 30,000 years? Is this a mistake, or am I just not thinking right?
--Falconus p t c 13:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
If only we had saved that for monday! It would have been perfect. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
All events are still on March 17th except for St Patrick's Day Mass. EamonnPKeane ( talk) 21:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
CNN is reporting that at least 100 are dead in Tibet due to the protests. [4] Just a heads up. -- Shark face 217 05:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
how about 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak? for current events —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pensil ( talk • contribs) 14:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
The main page is, at this time, very New York Governor Centric. Not only do we have a lead on Eliot Spitzer, but we also have a DYK about Grover Cleveland dedicating something as Governor of New York. I suggest we remove both, and replace with something more London-ish... Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
If they are going to mention he is the fist black NY governor, then they certainly should mention he is the first blind governor.-- Steven X ( talk) 07:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Nice work, very timely considering the 15th of March is Anonymous second protest. Good to see Wiki editors support. - 60.241.95.42 ( talk) 01:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Does it strike anyone else as slightly sinister that this article is missing from the "Recently featured" list? It should come between Oxygen and Storm botnet. SeanWillard ( talk) 06:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
i recomend that for april fools day we lock the main page and save a copy of some of the longest/most important pages 81.108.233.59 ( talk) 15:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed that many templates include view, discuss and edit links at the top ( e.g.). Since many/most of the sections on this Talk page deal with things that have more appropriate Talk pages elsewhere, would it be possible and desirable to have "v.d.e" links on the sections on the main page? AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 09:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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Not sure how to get the v d e inside the green but right aligned. We could also put it in the footer. Mac Davis ( talk) 11:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Since people are always speculating on coincidences on this page: the HMAS Sydnes and HSK Komoran were mentioned two weeks ago as the daily FA - Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 27, 2008. They had been missing for 60+ years. Today they were found. Yes, this is in fact a coincidence. Raul654 ( talk) 00:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
For my part, I saw the word "wreckage" and the pic of the Bear Sterns building, and for a second or two I thought it said something about how JPMorgan Chase acquired the wreckage of Bear Sterns ... Daniel Case ( talk) 05:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Let's say I were to, for example, take the discussion about American bias above and move it to the discussion page of WP:BIAS. Would that be about as appropriate as moving someone's comment about an error on the main page to WP:ERRORS? Cigarette ( talk) 15:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
There's a massive gap between the main part of the page and the "Overview", "Editing" etc. sections. Can someone please fix this? May I remind administrators of the obvious fact that changing the Main Page is extremely visible and as such playing around with it, especially without discussion, should be minimised? - 62.172.143.205 ( talk) 12:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Could we have a clutter-free main page for mobile devices, or has this already been asked and rejected? By 'mobile devices' I'm referring to the too-small displays on PDA's and the like. I sure would like to be able to get to Wikipedia on my mobile phone without having to navigate through myriad articles just to get to Search. N6gn ( talk) 13:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
wapedia.mobi/en/ is exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the patient response to a basic question. N6gn ( talk) 15:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey y'all, I just want to propose that we change the coding of the main page to that of this
proposal. It uses two template: {{
Main Page Body}}
and {{
Main Page Header}}
. They basically replace the coding currently used on the main page, essentially giving the edit page a cleaner look. Plus it reduces the size of the page.
nat.u
toronto
20:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see any benefits to this. It obfuscates the coding of the main page. There is no reason to modularize a page into templates if the templates are not being used on multiple pages. If there are specific changes that can be made to decrease the final html output of the main page without breaking it into templates, explain them here. --- RockMFR 03:40, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Right now, the main page looks like crap. The ITN is way too long and it's offsetting the entire page. I suggest that someone takes down the bottom 2 news stories, that'll even things up, I think. Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia is not censored...but do we purposefully pick the most provocative picture for the DYK -- I mean, was the current picture the highest quality license-free illustrative item, or was it merely picked to make people squawk? 199.89.180.65 ( talk) 04:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Today, Friday March 21st, 2008, is not just Good Friday. It's also Holi, the Indian festival of colors which celebrates Krishna's divine play with Radha, and the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad! Why haven't these major religious festivals also been mentioned alongside Good Friday? That's over 2 billion people's professed religious observance ignored! -- 59.93.222.16 ( talk) 06:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[6] -- 59.93.222.16 ( talk) 07:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Please remember that the main page usually defers to supporting pages. So please refer/edit/modify/discuss/ cite those relevant holiday articles before requesting a change to the main page templates Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 20, Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 21, and Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 22. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Today's Main Page summary of the featured article is confusing. It refers to "either country" without having clearly indicated what those countries might be. This edit in the article itself appears to fix things. Can some do the same for the Main Page summary? Cheers.-- 86.149.55.198 ( talk) 08:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone purge %s after main page updates? I realise this is probably a nuisance, but I came to Wikipedia by that route today, while logged out, and got yesterday's page (3 hours after it should have updated). When I realised what had happened and purged the redirect page the new featured article and anniversary and news stories suddenly appeared. • Anakin (talk) 03:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
The image used to illustrate the Pixies on the main page today is unfortunate. It's a Flickr photo taken of the band's guitarist in 2005, hardly contemporaneous with the main page article which was their 1988 debut album. Why wasn't an image of the album used? Tempshill ( talk) 06:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
-- 86.147.200.135 ( talk) 17:07, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Or at least a photo of the band like on the Pixies page Mjpresson ( talk) 22:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
The main page has far too few cats. This is clearly sign of an anti-cat bias. It needs MOAR CATZ! Ceiling Cat ( talk) 19:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that the 'search' box should be moved higher up and be placed right under the Wikipedia logo. It would be an act of user-friendliness, as this box is often the first feature to be used when people visit the Main Page. Jean de Beaumont ( talk) 10:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
As far as I can remember, this subject has been occasionally been discussed from time to time for the past couple of years, but there never ever has been a consensus to add one. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
If you want a search box on the main page, use Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (Search Box) (feel free to fix/update it too), or one of the other Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives. Thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 18:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
some people, may find offensive the use of the term "black". it would be better to say: the first African american". thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.20.255.193 ( talk) 20:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Do we really want photos of TWO Presidents of the Republic of China on the Main Page, a newly elected one on ITN, and an old one on OTD, at the same time? -- 199.71.174.100 ( talk) 01:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
The joke died ages ago. It is no longer funny. ff m 16:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Anyone think that the links after the main page FA sample should be enclosed in something like this, below?
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I think it looks better. Any comments? Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 08:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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That version looks even better to me. Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 08:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
<br />
s into account (that is up to the implementation, not to the apperance), enclosing these in such bright frames will distract readers. Making font smaller is good, but I don't like this frame. (And please be more accurate this time: <h2>s get their entry in TOC). —
Kalan
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08:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
border-top
or border-bottom
in CSS) with light colors may be useful. —
Kalan
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08:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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I'm quite fond of the idea if not the actual implementation, but remove the br tags and change the margin instead. The other parts of the page would need to be changed to look similar. Perhaps a project should begin on a main page refresh, since there seems to be interest in it. - Halo ( talk) 10:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
<div>
and other CSS tags be hard coded into the TFA templates and {{
TFAfooter}}. That would be a mistake since these templates are
transcluded on the
PDA version of the Main Page,
other alternatives to the Main Page, and a number of user pages such as
this one and
this one. They all may use their own separate skin and CSS style, and thus any style changes directly on the templates other than those just for the main page would conflict. Cheers.
Zzyzx11
(Talk)
16:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there a stray <div> somewhere in the above TFA mock-ups? Why is there an indent on the left? -- 199.71.174.100 ( talk) 01:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to say that, although a small change, it would be great that when you get to the Wikipedia main page (ie. en.wikipedia.org) that the Cursor is already activated in the search box so that all you have to do is just type in whatever you want to search, instead of having to use ur mouse/touchpad to click on the search box etc etc. A small thing, but just makes the website that little more user friendly.
Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.168.133 ( talk) 11:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Why is Flag of Armenia a featured-article? I took a look at it and the article is very small, with only internet sources and some of the sources appear to be self-published.
Did the standards for FA suddenly get lowered?
More likely, I'm going to guess that this was some kind of strategic effort by obscure nationalist POV-pushers (i.e., "Long live Armenia! Down with Kazakhstan! They are like horrible country!"). So in any case, if anyone from the frontpage cabal reads this, please fix it. If there aren't enough FAs to keep the front-page full, I suggest re-using past FAs, if they haven't yet been vandalized in which case they can be cleaned up and "re-featured." ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
There appear to be copyright violations in today's featured article ( Flag of Armenia). See talk:Flag of Armenia. Cheers. 4u1e ( talk) 08:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
Could we have this information on the main page? In "In the news"? Or a thank you notice at the top? The newly hired staff at the Foundation just earned their paychecks. Three cheers for everyone that helped make this happen! WAS 4.250 ( talk) 20:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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It seems to me that these last few days, the news seems to be dedicated to space. I wonder what next week's one will be. Simply south ( talk) 01:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion I don't find it racial if there is 8 killed whether they were Jewish or not...what if you were Jewish how would you feel then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aragornrox ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I think this free image of liquid oxygen (O2) and the gas above it would be better for the Main Page than the image of ozone stuctures currently chosen for it as TFA. First off it actually shows the element (in two of its states and in its most common allotrope). Second, the pale blue color of liquid oxygen is pretty cool and due to its electonic structure, plus you can even see bubbles of the gas, plus the gas above it. Ozone (O3) is important, but relatively rare. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Is a link to
Hot coffee on the front page featured articled combined with a
wikipedia 1.0 promotion to schools a bit bold? Maybe it wouldnt be censored as an article, but is it worthy of the front page? New release hardcore sex movies dont get the six o clock news in the Netherlands or the Dutch lands, do they? Would you give
Debby does Dallas a pulitzer prize? No, but you would give it to Freddy does Dallas and provide special links to Debby does
Hot coffee. I could see that topics involving both children and sex are monitored so that "no bias" may be implied in one manner or another. Should sex and violence not be banned from the main page? Would such graphic sex and violence fiction be notable enough for the front page of an encyclopedia?
ThisMunkey (
talk)
19:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
My God, I am sick and tired of people saying 'Wikipedia is not censored, but we mustn't let people see anything that might offend them.' We cover all topics; if people want to pretend that things they don't like don't exist, then they can go elsewhere. People may be interested in these topics, and the featured article is to offer people something they may wish to learn about. Seeing as everyone else is throwing their opinions around as fact, I will too- a controversial book is of far more interest than a Booker prize winner. Booker prize winners suck. If given the choice between Lolita and The Sea, I know damn well which one I would read or read about... J Milburn ( talk) 17:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
My oh my, what would we do if we didn't have people like ThisMunkey to tell us what we can and can't watch, see, hear, or otherwise experience. We might have nudity on actual public broadcasting or in our video games like the British or the rest of Europe, and look how awful they turned out (sarcastic). Knowledge is for everybody, but please use it responsibly. - KriticKill ( talk) 20:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
In a way I must agree with ThisMonkey. I do believe that we could put up other things besides sex. There are other things you can put up there, such as positive things, and other political views. I do not believe the main page should be censured, but there are better things you can put up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aragornrox ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
What is it that four of five anniversaries, three of five ‘did you knows’ and the main page article are America? The idea that wikipedia is not American bias is laughable. Seriously, who gets to pick these things? -- SSman07 ( talk) 01:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Well The US has a large control over the Internet. Most english-speaking internet users are in the US I think. Personally I'd like more British and Australian representation.-- ZaderZadernet|et 08:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The Main Page has a decided bias against the !Kung. 69.129.145.210 ( talk) 17:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Zadernet, what on Earth are you basing that upon? In any case, that has no bearing- we are an international encyclopedia, not an encyclopedia for people who surf the web. J Milburn ( talk) 18:09, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
"Not an encyclopedia for people who surf the web"? *confused* 203.97.51.149 ( talk) 20:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Guess what, today's OTD has a heavy French bias... -- Howard the Duck 02:56, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Goodness!, and look at the news today, what a serious space bias. :) Basser g ( talk) 19:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
How about the Eurovision-bias that went on at DYK for months last year? That was the worst. -- Howard the Duck 05:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
You think that's bad: what about the featured article for St Patrick's Day being Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the tale of an English hero? Sin cic sna fiacla, nach ea? EamonnPKeane ( talk) 01:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
The Arthurian knights were ancient Britons and predate the English. In fact, he is identified with a Welsh hero and so he is very suitable for St Patrick' day, which celebrates another Welshman. MAG1 ( talk) 11:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, quite right, sloppy writing on my part- Arthur's knights were members of the pre-English population of Britain (assuming they existed at all). However, it makes the point even more strongly that Gawain is not an English hero. The real point is, of course, nationalistic promotion or carping rarely bears examination. MAG1 ( talk) 13:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
My logic may be failing me, but how can a star travel 13 light years in 30,000 years? Is this a mistake, or am I just not thinking right?
--Falconus p t c 13:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
If only we had saved that for monday! It would have been perfect. Daniel Case ( talk) 02:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
All events are still on March 17th except for St Patrick's Day Mass. EamonnPKeane ( talk) 21:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
CNN is reporting that at least 100 are dead in Tibet due to the protests. [4] Just a heads up. -- Shark face 217 05:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
how about 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak? for current events —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pensil ( talk • contribs) 14:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
The main page is, at this time, very New York Governor Centric. Not only do we have a lead on Eliot Spitzer, but we also have a DYK about Grover Cleveland dedicating something as Governor of New York. I suggest we remove both, and replace with something more London-ish... Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
If they are going to mention he is the fist black NY governor, then they certainly should mention he is the first blind governor.-- Steven X ( talk) 07:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Nice work, very timely considering the 15th of March is Anonymous second protest. Good to see Wiki editors support. - 60.241.95.42 ( talk) 01:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Does it strike anyone else as slightly sinister that this article is missing from the "Recently featured" list? It should come between Oxygen and Storm botnet. SeanWillard ( talk) 06:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
i recomend that for april fools day we lock the main page and save a copy of some of the longest/most important pages 81.108.233.59 ( talk) 15:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed that many templates include view, discuss and edit links at the top ( e.g.). Since many/most of the sections on this Talk page deal with things that have more appropriate Talk pages elsewhere, would it be possible and desirable to have "v.d.e" links on the sections on the main page? AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 09:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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Not sure how to get the v d e inside the green but right aligned. We could also put it in the footer. Mac Davis ( talk) 11:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Since people are always speculating on coincidences on this page: the HMAS Sydnes and HSK Komoran were mentioned two weeks ago as the daily FA - Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 27, 2008. They had been missing for 60+ years. Today they were found. Yes, this is in fact a coincidence. Raul654 ( talk) 00:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
For my part, I saw the word "wreckage" and the pic of the Bear Sterns building, and for a second or two I thought it said something about how JPMorgan Chase acquired the wreckage of Bear Sterns ... Daniel Case ( talk) 05:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Let's say I were to, for example, take the discussion about American bias above and move it to the discussion page of WP:BIAS. Would that be about as appropriate as moving someone's comment about an error on the main page to WP:ERRORS? Cigarette ( talk) 15:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
There's a massive gap between the main part of the page and the "Overview", "Editing" etc. sections. Can someone please fix this? May I remind administrators of the obvious fact that changing the Main Page is extremely visible and as such playing around with it, especially without discussion, should be minimised? - 62.172.143.205 ( talk) 12:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Could we have a clutter-free main page for mobile devices, or has this already been asked and rejected? By 'mobile devices' I'm referring to the too-small displays on PDA's and the like. I sure would like to be able to get to Wikipedia on my mobile phone without having to navigate through myriad articles just to get to Search. N6gn ( talk) 13:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
wapedia.mobi/en/ is exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the patient response to a basic question. N6gn ( talk) 15:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey y'all, I just want to propose that we change the coding of the main page to that of this
proposal. It uses two template: {{
Main Page Body}}
and {{
Main Page Header}}
. They basically replace the coding currently used on the main page, essentially giving the edit page a cleaner look. Plus it reduces the size of the page.
nat.u
toronto
20:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see any benefits to this. It obfuscates the coding of the main page. There is no reason to modularize a page into templates if the templates are not being used on multiple pages. If there are specific changes that can be made to decrease the final html output of the main page without breaking it into templates, explain them here. --- RockMFR 03:40, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Right now, the main page looks like crap. The ITN is way too long and it's offsetting the entire page. I suggest that someone takes down the bottom 2 news stories, that'll even things up, I think. Benjamin Scrīptum est - Fecī 01:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia is not censored...but do we purposefully pick the most provocative picture for the DYK -- I mean, was the current picture the highest quality license-free illustrative item, or was it merely picked to make people squawk? 199.89.180.65 ( talk) 04:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Today, Friday March 21st, 2008, is not just Good Friday. It's also Holi, the Indian festival of colors which celebrates Krishna's divine play with Radha, and the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad! Why haven't these major religious festivals also been mentioned alongside Good Friday? That's over 2 billion people's professed religious observance ignored! -- 59.93.222.16 ( talk) 06:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[6] -- 59.93.222.16 ( talk) 07:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Please remember that the main page usually defers to supporting pages. So please refer/edit/modify/discuss/ cite those relevant holiday articles before requesting a change to the main page templates Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 20, Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 21, and Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 22. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Today's Main Page summary of the featured article is confusing. It refers to "either country" without having clearly indicated what those countries might be. This edit in the article itself appears to fix things. Can some do the same for the Main Page summary? Cheers.-- 86.149.55.198 ( talk) 08:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone purge %s after main page updates? I realise this is probably a nuisance, but I came to Wikipedia by that route today, while logged out, and got yesterday's page (3 hours after it should have updated). When I realised what had happened and purged the redirect page the new featured article and anniversary and news stories suddenly appeared. • Anakin (talk) 03:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
The image used to illustrate the Pixies on the main page today is unfortunate. It's a Flickr photo taken of the band's guitarist in 2005, hardly contemporaneous with the main page article which was their 1988 debut album. Why wasn't an image of the album used? Tempshill ( talk) 06:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
-- 86.147.200.135 ( talk) 17:07, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Or at least a photo of the band like on the Pixies page Mjpresson ( talk) 22:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
The main page has far too few cats. This is clearly sign of an anti-cat bias. It needs MOAR CATZ! Ceiling Cat ( talk) 19:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that the 'search' box should be moved higher up and be placed right under the Wikipedia logo. It would be an act of user-friendliness, as this box is often the first feature to be used when people visit the Main Page. Jean de Beaumont ( talk) 10:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
As far as I can remember, this subject has been occasionally been discussed from time to time for the past couple of years, but there never ever has been a consensus to add one. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
If you want a search box on the main page, use Wikipedia:Main Page alternative (Search Box) (feel free to fix/update it too), or one of the other Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives. Thanks. -- Quiddity ( talk) 18:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
some people, may find offensive the use of the term "black". it would be better to say: the first African american". thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.20.255.193 ( talk) 20:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Do we really want photos of TWO Presidents of the Republic of China on the Main Page, a newly elected one on ITN, and an old one on OTD, at the same time? -- 199.71.174.100 ( talk) 01:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
The joke died ages ago. It is no longer funny. ff m 16:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Anyone think that the links after the main page FA sample should be enclosed in something like this, below?
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I think it looks better. Any comments? Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 08:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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That version looks even better to me. Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 08:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
<br />
s into account (that is up to the implementation, not to the apperance), enclosing these in such bright frames will distract readers. Making font smaller is good, but I don't like this frame. (And please be more accurate this time: <h2>s get their entry in TOC). —
Kalan
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08:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
border-top
or border-bottom
in CSS) with light colors may be useful. —
Kalan
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08:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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I'm quite fond of the idea if not the actual implementation, but remove the br tags and change the margin instead. The other parts of the page would need to be changed to look similar. Perhaps a project should begin on a main page refresh, since there seems to be interest in it. - Halo ( talk) 10:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
<div>
and other CSS tags be hard coded into the TFA templates and {{
TFAfooter}}. That would be a mistake since these templates are
transcluded on the
PDA version of the Main Page,
other alternatives to the Main Page, and a number of user pages such as
this one and
this one. They all may use their own separate skin and CSS style, and thus any style changes directly on the templates other than those just for the main page would conflict. Cheers.
Zzyzx11
(Talk)
16:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there a stray <div> somewhere in the above TFA mock-ups? Why is there an indent on the left? -- 199.71.174.100 ( talk) 01:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to say that, although a small change, it would be great that when you get to the Wikipedia main page (ie. en.wikipedia.org) that the Cursor is already activated in the search box so that all you have to do is just type in whatever you want to search, instead of having to use ur mouse/touchpad to click on the search box etc etc. A small thing, but just makes the website that little more user friendly.
Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.168.133 ( talk) 11:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Why is Flag of Armenia a featured-article? I took a look at it and the article is very small, with only internet sources and some of the sources appear to be self-published.
Did the standards for FA suddenly get lowered?
More likely, I'm going to guess that this was some kind of strategic effort by obscure nationalist POV-pushers (i.e., "Long live Armenia! Down with Kazakhstan! They are like horrible country!"). So in any case, if anyone from the frontpage cabal reads this, please fix it. If there aren't enough FAs to keep the front-page full, I suggest re-using past FAs, if they haven't yet been vandalized in which case they can be cleaned up and "re-featured." ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
There appear to be copyright violations in today's featured article ( Flag of Armenia). See talk:Flag of Armenia. Cheers. 4u1e ( talk) 08:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation board of directors voted to award the Wikimedia Foundation USD 1 million annually for the coming three years. A total of USD 3 million, spread over three years.
Could we have this information on the main page? In "In the news"? Or a thank you notice at the top? The newly hired staff at the Foundation just earned their paychecks. Three cheers for everyone that helped make this happen! WAS 4.250 ( talk) 20:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)