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can we get a break from hurricane articles on the main page? PLEASE?-- 24.85.68.231 ( talk) 06:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
English Wikipedia now has more than 500,000 "assessed" biographical articles. -- Camptown ( talk) 10:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Can I make a redirect to here? If possible, I plan to make Main Article with the following:
- REDIRECT
Main Page
I fear that some users would confuse that for the main page. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 13:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Several cities worldwide will turn off light. Sydney has just begun as one of the world's first cities. What about a black main page at Wikipedia to support this protest against climate change? As far as I know Google will do so, too. 85.178.35.174 ( talk) 16:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Decorating the main page or any other page will create lag. So making it simple is better. Otherwise users with slow internet will lag a lot. Jaewonnie ( talk) 00:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
You never know... :P Jaewonnie ( talk) 01:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Why does the discussion page of the Main Page/Tomorrow display questions from 2006? Is there a problem with the system? Troplock ( talk) 07:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Please change it. Thank you, Shir-El too 16:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Im having some trouble with this. I just joined. Im very interested on the wikipedia. How do i edit pages? Or can i even do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smilehun24 ( talk • contribs) 20:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Next time, please be so kind that both of you comply with the above template; thank you. Tourskin ( talk) 04:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Wow, 10,000,000??? Awesome, Wikipedias! Hadn't thought of a global language count before, so this is impressive to me. Gotta start working on 10,000,000 more, now! Kreachure ( talk) 17:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
So, no woohoo then? :P
Kreachure (
talk)
22:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well we can try to get the woohoo back. How about creating articles about Tennis racquets and stuff :P (yah its lame...but still). And I'm to noob to know how to cite references otherwise I would've already made them. Jaewonnie ( talk) 00:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
On a related note, with the page-wide orange box at the top of the main page, I keep thinking that I have new messages. Lovelac 7 02:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 ( talk) 07:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, Wikipedia! Whoa, 10 million articles! Great job, keep working! -- MR.CRO95 ( talk) 11:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
yes, congrats Wikipedia and for the Sloan grant.......and I noticed in checking out the 10 millionth that, although the current number of articles in English is updated with each one, the numbers for the leading other languages are not..... and, after checking out Deutsch/German, I see there are over 430,000 more than stated on the MaIN PAGE.....
(I wondered how yu oculd be at 10,000,000 with the second so far behind and the leader at only 23% of that total)
maybe someone is considering updating tht info on the home page...seems like a great time....
67.163.141.14 ( talk) 15:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Template_talk:Main_Page_banner#10M_overall -- Zanimum ( talk) 15:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
10 million articles is an achievement ... if you don't take into account all "non really encylopedical" articles... I mean, in "traditionnal" encyclopedias such as Encarta, Univers or Brittanica, you'll never find articles about episodes of TV series ... I mean you'll find an article about the Simpsons but that's it. Still, I think that wiki is an outstanding tool which shows us that knowledge is not limited to the english language. Mitch1981 ( talk) 19:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
In all this flap two very important points are being ignored, and I quote: "In December 2007, the German magazine Stern announced in an independent study of 50 articles that the German Wikipedia was more accurate, complete and up-to-date than the longstanding print encyclopedia Brockhaus. In April 2007, a study conducted by the Hewlett Packard Information Dynamics Laboratory found that the best articles on the English Wikipedia are those that have been edited the most frequently, by the largest number of people. It concluded that the correlation between article quality and the number of edits validates Wikipedia as a successful collaborative effort."
As to the above caveat about "traditional" encyclopedias, I prefer this: that I do not have to find 5-10 different out-of-date reference books to track down anything I need or want to know!
The 10 million articles banner looks too much like "you have new messages". How long does an arbitrary self-congratulatory milestone have to last for? BigBlueFish ( talk) 07:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Since April Fools Day is coming up, can we have some reminder not to create false articles? 68.100.224.185 ( talk) 23:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
the april fools blurb epically fails. its not funny.-- 24.109.218.172 ( talk) 00:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
(ec)Ya know what we should do? Under the news section, we ought to say that the US government has nationalized Wikipedia. Wikipedia now belongs to the government. Marlith (Talk) 00:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Further proving why humor can't be created by committee. Cigarette ( talk) 00:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC) I completely agree 68.100.224.185 ( talk) 01:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Why didn't DYK, news, and featured picture join in this year? The effect is diluted by not having everyone in like
last year.
SandyGeorgia (
Talk) 01:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Struck, whew, I see DYK was just late, but now they're there.
SandyGeorgia (
Talk)
03:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I, for one, love it. Well done, everybody who worked on this. Canderson7 ( talk) 02:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
How the hell can anyone say this shit is true? Indendence Day in a non-existent country? FALSE. This is why wikipedia is respected by no one.
I mean to say, Ima Hogg [ sic]? And an achievement of arms with 719(!) quarterings?
Both of these appear to have been added with the date in mind. :-) -- 217.171.129.75 ( talk) 01:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Should have been Uncyclopedia, I say! 76.84.12.144 ( talk) 01:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that today's FA entry might have been vandalized a bit. If it hasn't, then the tone doesn't seem quite right for the front page in my opinion. I know "Ima Hogg" was a real person and the article is certainly worthy of the front page, it's just the language seems a bit too lighthearted and knowing for an encyclopedia article (a good example is the "just ask" addendum at the end). -- Grandpafootsoldier ( talk) 04:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Today's featured article seems to have been vandalized. Not sure how to revert.-- 81.80.196.44 ( talk) 07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Ok, sorry... had forgotten about the date. D'oh!-- 81.80.196.44 ( talk) 07:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
201.230.203.18 ( talk) 21:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)Hi!
While I'm not an expert on Ima Hogg, I am originally from Houston, Texas and remember when we studied the Hogg family in college at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Some of the information in your article is incorrect and/or incomplete.
Jim Hogg was the twice elected governor of Texas in the late 1800s.
His brother, whose name I can't recall, wrote a not-very-widely-read poem about the civil war. In the poem, the heroine was namded Ima. Jim liked the name so much that he gave the name to his only daughter. There is no evidence in the historical record to indicate that Jim ever thought about the consequences of such a funny sounding name.
Ima had 3 brothers. I believe she was the second oldest child. There was never a "Ura," a "Heesa," or a "Sheesa" Hogg.
There is no indication in the historical record that Ima was ever involved in any schemes, nor is there any evidence that Jim ever mistreated Ima or forbid her to sell any portion of her inheritance.
Jim Hogg was injured in a railroad accident in 1905, and died the following year, after not ever having fully recovered from his ijuries.
Jim created the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)to regulate the railroad companies. After the oil business took off, Texas couldn't decide what department should oversee the oil and drilling business. In a hasty political decision, the TRC was assigned oversight of the oil industry. The TRC is one of the most politically powerful agencies in Texas.
Being from Texas, I've heard just about every Ima joke there is.
By the way, think that political trash talking like that between Obama and Clinton is new? While campaigning for a second term as Texas governor in 1892 (I think it 1892), Governor Hogg declared that his oponent wasn't "worth a bucket of warm spit."—Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.203.18 ( talk • contribs)
Will an admin PLEASE lock this article for 24 hours? It's receiving excessive vandalism. Fuzzform ( talk) 19:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
??? Badboysbadoyswhatugonnado ( talk) 01:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
There is an error in the statement. It says Google provided 1000 megabytes of storage for "spam". Needs to be changed to "email". Hari ( talk) 05:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
There is an article about an email account that can store spam, but there is no mention of the formation of the world's oldest independent air force, the RAF, not only that but it is also the 90th anniversary of the RAF, who decides these things because they need to know what is an interesting event and what a handful of geeks may find vaguely interesting! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.84.51 ( talk) 09:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone even noticed the text on the main page? It's protected now, so I can't revert it. Is there an administrator out there? -- Jcmo ( talk) 13:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
This is an encyclopedia, People come here for accurate information, not jokes. All this April Fools bullshit has no place on wikipedia. It is not funny so the entire gag is a miserable failure. But more importantly, the goal of an encyclopedia does NOT included releasing information once each year. No real encyclpedia worth its salt would do such nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.66.35 ( talk) 15:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I fully agree. This is part of the reason that people don't take the wikipedia seriously. If the wikipedia is to have any clout, stuff like this needs to end. On top of which, this now makes me wonder how much of the "information" on the front page is really crap. Bobbit bob ( talk) 18:08, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Even if the stuff on the main page was fake, I would still opine that humorlessness can be more dangerous than misleading information. Perhaps next year the main page could be so ridiculous and impossibly foolish that no one could even mistake it for reliable accurate information. Didn't someone once suggest switching main pages with Uncyclopedia for a day? Think about it...today kind of flopped, though (some of it was genuinely funny). Antimatter-- talk-- 18:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
...shouldn't we replace the fully lit Torre Agbar with something better suited? Æe tlr Cre ejl 00:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
The April 1st main page was a thing of beauty. Congratulations to all who obviously did a lot of work on it. The criticism was per usual, from the confused to the wet blankets to the self-proclaimed comedic experts who could do better if they ever got around to being funny. I do agree with Nil, however: next year be sure to make more fun of foreigners. They talk funny. — Kevin Myers 01:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
That blue and red erection picture in the news. It's an April first joke, right? Wanderer57 ( talk) 07:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I know people are going to jump on me for this but that anyone else feel that with the concentration on making things funny for April Fools, we've let too much systemic bias creep into the main page today [2]? Ignoring ITN and the holidays bit of SA/OTD (both of which are serious enough that this issue isn't relevant), in TFA, DYK, events part of SA/OTD and FP, there is basically only 2 things not more or less exclusively concerning North America or the UK, the Google entry (which I guess you could say is international) and the illegal to die bit (which mentions France, Spain and Brazil) are really the only exceptions. Systemic bias is always a problem but particularly given the planning which I presume went into this, it would have been good if people could have avoided this, perhaps including something from Africa, Asia or South America in the events part of SA/OTD and perhaps something other then the illegal to die in DYK. DYK next update looks slightly better with something about Eastern Europe, Jupiter and Australia. Just to be clear, I'm serious here and this isn't intended to be an April Fools Joke (as I agree, bias jokes are no longer funny). Nil Einne ( talk) 10:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
This is very serious business. Concering the LG/DYK variations, I feel there is too much of a TG bias in the NWA GOP-SAP marketplace. Maybe we can ROFL the MBA-themed OMGF's? I'm also extremely worried about the DYK getting into the DNP statistical PPM RTV-QWERTY abbreviations. This is no laughing matter. Deepfryer99 ( talk) 20:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The above title can be interpreted in two ways
1. We send featured articles to the bin and create chaos which would be nice...
2. Talking about today's FA
I am afraid that i am going to go into an uncontrollable rant about the subject on which i want to talk about which i am going to soon talk about or rather write about just as soon as i can get it out of my head down through my fingers hitting letters on the keyboard and having the screen in front of me displaying large rectangles with gaps in them and shapes within these rectangles which are bothe blocky and curved which are called letters and therefore the unusual rectangles are called words but what i am trying ty do is not going to be long and rambling oh i just realised i am doing that already sorry my mistake iw will continue but currently i think that maybe this sentence is a little over the top.
Well okay, the title is talking about FAs on AFD (April Fools Day, that is). I feel that it seems that for the last few years, the articles, although humourous i'll admit, have been focussed on American-based things. Next year, could the humourous article be on an unexpected play on a character or similar, from another country?
Simply south (
talk)
13:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The RAF is exactly 90 years old today, shouldn't that get a front page mention on en.wikipedia.org, like a Spitfire photo included, or something else to annoy fans of the the Luftwaffe? 82.131.210.162 ( talk) 16:03, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Ò
The information is NOT correct. Looking at the front page, one learns the Grand Canyon is in Pennsylvania. Any REAL encyclopedia does not put out false, or even misleading, information. It's just wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.66.35 ( talk) 21:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
hey hi i dont knw much abt this page but would like to knw abt it...can any1 help me out with this...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imran one ( talk • contribs) 17:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
SOMEONE FIX THE MAIN PAGE SUMMARY. That summary has almost nothing to do with the Ima Hogg article, and looks like a hoax. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 20:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I am writing about today in the news the NWT article it makes it sound like the people themselves are being shredded and it needs to be checked for syntax
a better choice of words would be
"Today, the Northwest Territories was split in two, with the Western half retaining the same name and the eastern half becoming the new territory of Nunavut (which should be linked to).
Otherwise it is confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.255.225 ( talk) 23:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
How do I nominate an article for the FA, if someone knows I would like to nominate and cast my vote for Persecution of Jews, the article is very well written and very relevant in this day and age. Hebrewpridehebrewpower ( talk) 11:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Is nothing happening at all anywhere in the world? The second item in this section - which I interpret to be the second most recent - is Earth Day, which was on Saturday. Have you all been so busy with April Fools that you have neglected to update the In the News section?
What about the elections in Zimbabwe? Bertie Ahern's resignation? Pull your fingers out. 80.254.147.52 ( talk) 15:36, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi everybody. Currently, when a topic isn't replied to for 3 days, it's archived by User:MiszaBot I. I propose shortening this to only two days. My main reason is that because main page content changes every day, a thread that hasn't been replied to for three days is really out dated, and probably not useful for somebody reading this talk page. Furthermore, most posts that haven't been replied to in the last two days won't get replied to in the third day either, they just take up space. Right now, we've got a lot of irrelevant discussions-error reports and bias jokes. If these got archived quicker, the page would be a lot more readable. Any thoughts? Puchiko ( Talk- email) 14:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll admit this has to do with April Fools' day yesterday, but right now there are 26 topics ( oldid). That's unmanageable. -- Puchiko ( Talk- email) 14:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Some fool has listed the "recent deaths" list on WP:AfD. Michael Hardy ( talk) 17:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Someone can put his birthday on the Main Page. Thank you. - 165.21.155.111 ( talk) 14:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
In the modern skin, the main page talk (this page) looks odd. See Image:TalkMainPageModern.jpeg or look to the right for what I'm talking about. Any idea what the problem is/how to solve it? ff m 17:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
I request that the featured picture not be shown at the bottom of the page, but be made more visible beside the featured article. Is this possible? 24.65.164.230 ( talk) 20:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Why can this site can be better this Wikipedia. But why does this happen. Things can happen. You will see articles that happen.-- JoshuaGrant36 ( talk) 14:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please consider changing the picture of Bette Davis? - the "Skeffington" shot is almost unrecognizable as being her. The one from All About Eve (Image:Bette Davis in All About Eve trailer.jpg) is probably the best representation of her of the shots in the article. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ( talk / cont) 22:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps somebody can put news of his death, or about how Aloha Airlines, Skyline, and ATA all went out of business in the same week. –The Obento Musubi ( Contributions) 08:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
To Belarus main page: be: & Belarus classical: be-x-old: Thanks. Julie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.128.96.210 ( talk) 10:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Could we please add the article Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in a high priority position to appear in the featured article section? Reason: China selectively censors certain pages, would need to censor the homepage to remain consitent, but then it could no longer say they are not censoring wikipedia. Thanks! Enobeno ( talk) 21:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I've been silent about FA lately because they have been much inproved. Yeah!-- Pensil ( talk) 23:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe this should be in the front page news. There's already been 401 children and 133 woman removed, it involves a major underexposed issue (polygamy) and also child abuse. It's also already recieved international attention, with Xinhua and ABC (Australian) both publishing articles on their websites about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.39.245 ( talk) 03:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I've never added a fluffy new section to Talk:Main Page before, but wow, look at Suleiman's giant friggin' onion hat. Put that massive thing on Ima Hogg and you've got a lethal April Fool's combination. ZeaLitY [ DREAM - REFLECT ] 04:16, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello! -- Borris the Big Brown Buffalo ( talk) 14:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Anyone object to my employing the help of HBC Archive Indexerbot to index the many archives of Main Page Talk? It could only help cut down on repeat topics as far as I can see. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 00:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just been browsing through the alternate wikipedias and I've noticed that the Italian version looks great and makes ours look like a joke. Better skins, icons, layout and a far more noticeable title. The English main page is in desperate need of an update. N. Roberts 07:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Lets change the inro from "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" to "the sort-of free encyclopedia that almost anyone can edit". Its a lot more accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjhfowlxjw ( talk • contribs) 04:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
The code is way uglier than today's code AND it has errors. The green section seems to be jammed on the purple one. I thought the same code would be used by changing only minor variables to reflect new content. Admins editing tomorrow's page seem to be high on something. I'm using IE. I would suggest to use this base code for building tomorrow's page. ~ RayLast « Talk!» 14:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Why are there so many main articles on video games and wrestling and such sophmoric nonsense?-- 208.102.189.190 ( talk) 14:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Please copy the code from User:Mistman123/Testing/Main_Page/Tomorrow and paste into Main Page/Tomorrow so that the code in the Main Page and the Main Page/Tomorrow match. That way we'll have a better idea of how tomorrow's page will look like exactly. ~ RayLast « Talk!» 13:32, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
1. Why was there no picture from the featured article on the main page yesterday ( Chrono Trigger). Did it have something to do with the pictures in the article being fair use?
2. Is it normal to protect the featured article (like the one today). I know that J. K. Rowling is an attractive target and I'm not objecting to the protection, but in general, isn't it discouraged?-- Urban Rose 17:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Page is way messed up!!!-- UhOhFeeling ( talk) 22:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
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can we get a break from hurricane articles on the main page? PLEASE?-- 24.85.68.231 ( talk) 06:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
English Wikipedia now has more than 500,000 "assessed" biographical articles. -- Camptown ( talk) 10:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Can I make a redirect to here? If possible, I plan to make Main Article with the following:
- REDIRECT
Main Page
I fear that some users would confuse that for the main page. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 13:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Several cities worldwide will turn off light. Sydney has just begun as one of the world's first cities. What about a black main page at Wikipedia to support this protest against climate change? As far as I know Google will do so, too. 85.178.35.174 ( talk) 16:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Decorating the main page or any other page will create lag. So making it simple is better. Otherwise users with slow internet will lag a lot. Jaewonnie ( talk) 00:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
You never know... :P Jaewonnie ( talk) 01:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Why does the discussion page of the Main Page/Tomorrow display questions from 2006? Is there a problem with the system? Troplock ( talk) 07:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Please change it. Thank you, Shir-El too 16:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Im having some trouble with this. I just joined. Im very interested on the wikipedia. How do i edit pages? Or can i even do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smilehun24 ( talk • contribs) 20:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Next time, please be so kind that both of you comply with the above template; thank you. Tourskin ( talk) 04:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Wow, 10,000,000??? Awesome, Wikipedias! Hadn't thought of a global language count before, so this is impressive to me. Gotta start working on 10,000,000 more, now! Kreachure ( talk) 17:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
So, no woohoo then? :P
Kreachure (
talk)
22:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well we can try to get the woohoo back. How about creating articles about Tennis racquets and stuff :P (yah its lame...but still). And I'm to noob to know how to cite references otherwise I would've already made them. Jaewonnie ( talk) 00:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
On a related note, with the page-wide orange box at the top of the main page, I keep thinking that I have new messages. Lovelac 7 02:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 ( talk) 07:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, Wikipedia! Whoa, 10 million articles! Great job, keep working! -- MR.CRO95 ( talk) 11:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
yes, congrats Wikipedia and for the Sloan grant.......and I noticed in checking out the 10 millionth that, although the current number of articles in English is updated with each one, the numbers for the leading other languages are not..... and, after checking out Deutsch/German, I see there are over 430,000 more than stated on the MaIN PAGE.....
(I wondered how yu oculd be at 10,000,000 with the second so far behind and the leader at only 23% of that total)
maybe someone is considering updating tht info on the home page...seems like a great time....
67.163.141.14 ( talk) 15:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Template_talk:Main_Page_banner#10M_overall -- Zanimum ( talk) 15:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
10 million articles is an achievement ... if you don't take into account all "non really encylopedical" articles... I mean, in "traditionnal" encyclopedias such as Encarta, Univers or Brittanica, you'll never find articles about episodes of TV series ... I mean you'll find an article about the Simpsons but that's it. Still, I think that wiki is an outstanding tool which shows us that knowledge is not limited to the english language. Mitch1981 ( talk) 19:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
In all this flap two very important points are being ignored, and I quote: "In December 2007, the German magazine Stern announced in an independent study of 50 articles that the German Wikipedia was more accurate, complete and up-to-date than the longstanding print encyclopedia Brockhaus. In April 2007, a study conducted by the Hewlett Packard Information Dynamics Laboratory found that the best articles on the English Wikipedia are those that have been edited the most frequently, by the largest number of people. It concluded that the correlation between article quality and the number of edits validates Wikipedia as a successful collaborative effort."
As to the above caveat about "traditional" encyclopedias, I prefer this: that I do not have to find 5-10 different out-of-date reference books to track down anything I need or want to know!
The 10 million articles banner looks too much like "you have new messages". How long does an arbitrary self-congratulatory milestone have to last for? BigBlueFish ( talk) 07:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Since April Fools Day is coming up, can we have some reminder not to create false articles? 68.100.224.185 ( talk) 23:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
the april fools blurb epically fails. its not funny.-- 24.109.218.172 ( talk) 00:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
(ec)Ya know what we should do? Under the news section, we ought to say that the US government has nationalized Wikipedia. Wikipedia now belongs to the government. Marlith (Talk) 00:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Further proving why humor can't be created by committee. Cigarette ( talk) 00:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC) I completely agree 68.100.224.185 ( talk) 01:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Why didn't DYK, news, and featured picture join in this year? The effect is diluted by not having everyone in like
last year.
SandyGeorgia (
Talk) 01:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Struck, whew, I see DYK was just late, but now they're there.
SandyGeorgia (
Talk)
03:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I, for one, love it. Well done, everybody who worked on this. Canderson7 ( talk) 02:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
How the hell can anyone say this shit is true? Indendence Day in a non-existent country? FALSE. This is why wikipedia is respected by no one.
I mean to say, Ima Hogg [ sic]? And an achievement of arms with 719(!) quarterings?
Both of these appear to have been added with the date in mind. :-) -- 217.171.129.75 ( talk) 01:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Should have been Uncyclopedia, I say! 76.84.12.144 ( talk) 01:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
It seems to me that today's FA entry might have been vandalized a bit. If it hasn't, then the tone doesn't seem quite right for the front page in my opinion. I know "Ima Hogg" was a real person and the article is certainly worthy of the front page, it's just the language seems a bit too lighthearted and knowing for an encyclopedia article (a good example is the "just ask" addendum at the end). -- Grandpafootsoldier ( talk) 04:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Today's featured article seems to have been vandalized. Not sure how to revert.-- 81.80.196.44 ( talk) 07:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Ok, sorry... had forgotten about the date. D'oh!-- 81.80.196.44 ( talk) 07:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
201.230.203.18 ( talk) 21:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)Hi!
While I'm not an expert on Ima Hogg, I am originally from Houston, Texas and remember when we studied the Hogg family in college at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Some of the information in your article is incorrect and/or incomplete.
Jim Hogg was the twice elected governor of Texas in the late 1800s.
His brother, whose name I can't recall, wrote a not-very-widely-read poem about the civil war. In the poem, the heroine was namded Ima. Jim liked the name so much that he gave the name to his only daughter. There is no evidence in the historical record to indicate that Jim ever thought about the consequences of such a funny sounding name.
Ima had 3 brothers. I believe she was the second oldest child. There was never a "Ura," a "Heesa," or a "Sheesa" Hogg.
There is no indication in the historical record that Ima was ever involved in any schemes, nor is there any evidence that Jim ever mistreated Ima or forbid her to sell any portion of her inheritance.
Jim Hogg was injured in a railroad accident in 1905, and died the following year, after not ever having fully recovered from his ijuries.
Jim created the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)to regulate the railroad companies. After the oil business took off, Texas couldn't decide what department should oversee the oil and drilling business. In a hasty political decision, the TRC was assigned oversight of the oil industry. The TRC is one of the most politically powerful agencies in Texas.
Being from Texas, I've heard just about every Ima joke there is.
By the way, think that political trash talking like that between Obama and Clinton is new? While campaigning for a second term as Texas governor in 1892 (I think it 1892), Governor Hogg declared that his oponent wasn't "worth a bucket of warm spit."—Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.203.18 ( talk • contribs)
Will an admin PLEASE lock this article for 24 hours? It's receiving excessive vandalism. Fuzzform ( talk) 19:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
??? Badboysbadoyswhatugonnado ( talk) 01:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
There is an error in the statement. It says Google provided 1000 megabytes of storage for "spam". Needs to be changed to "email". Hari ( talk) 05:15, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
There is an article about an email account that can store spam, but there is no mention of the formation of the world's oldest independent air force, the RAF, not only that but it is also the 90th anniversary of the RAF, who decides these things because they need to know what is an interesting event and what a handful of geeks may find vaguely interesting! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.84.51 ( talk) 09:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone even noticed the text on the main page? It's protected now, so I can't revert it. Is there an administrator out there? -- Jcmo ( talk) 13:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
This is an encyclopedia, People come here for accurate information, not jokes. All this April Fools bullshit has no place on wikipedia. It is not funny so the entire gag is a miserable failure. But more importantly, the goal of an encyclopedia does NOT included releasing information once each year. No real encyclpedia worth its salt would do such nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.66.35 ( talk) 15:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I fully agree. This is part of the reason that people don't take the wikipedia seriously. If the wikipedia is to have any clout, stuff like this needs to end. On top of which, this now makes me wonder how much of the "information" on the front page is really crap. Bobbit bob ( talk) 18:08, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Even if the stuff on the main page was fake, I would still opine that humorlessness can be more dangerous than misleading information. Perhaps next year the main page could be so ridiculous and impossibly foolish that no one could even mistake it for reliable accurate information. Didn't someone once suggest switching main pages with Uncyclopedia for a day? Think about it...today kind of flopped, though (some of it was genuinely funny). Antimatter-- talk-- 18:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
...shouldn't we replace the fully lit Torre Agbar with something better suited? Æe tlr Cre ejl 00:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
The April 1st main page was a thing of beauty. Congratulations to all who obviously did a lot of work on it. The criticism was per usual, from the confused to the wet blankets to the self-proclaimed comedic experts who could do better if they ever got around to being funny. I do agree with Nil, however: next year be sure to make more fun of foreigners. They talk funny. — Kevin Myers 01:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
That blue and red erection picture in the news. It's an April first joke, right? Wanderer57 ( talk) 07:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I know people are going to jump on me for this but that anyone else feel that with the concentration on making things funny for April Fools, we've let too much systemic bias creep into the main page today [2]? Ignoring ITN and the holidays bit of SA/OTD (both of which are serious enough that this issue isn't relevant), in TFA, DYK, events part of SA/OTD and FP, there is basically only 2 things not more or less exclusively concerning North America or the UK, the Google entry (which I guess you could say is international) and the illegal to die bit (which mentions France, Spain and Brazil) are really the only exceptions. Systemic bias is always a problem but particularly given the planning which I presume went into this, it would have been good if people could have avoided this, perhaps including something from Africa, Asia or South America in the events part of SA/OTD and perhaps something other then the illegal to die in DYK. DYK next update looks slightly better with something about Eastern Europe, Jupiter and Australia. Just to be clear, I'm serious here and this isn't intended to be an April Fools Joke (as I agree, bias jokes are no longer funny). Nil Einne ( talk) 10:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
This is very serious business. Concering the LG/DYK variations, I feel there is too much of a TG bias in the NWA GOP-SAP marketplace. Maybe we can ROFL the MBA-themed OMGF's? I'm also extremely worried about the DYK getting into the DNP statistical PPM RTV-QWERTY abbreviations. This is no laughing matter. Deepfryer99 ( talk) 20:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The above title can be interpreted in two ways
1. We send featured articles to the bin and create chaos which would be nice...
2. Talking about today's FA
I am afraid that i am going to go into an uncontrollable rant about the subject on which i want to talk about which i am going to soon talk about or rather write about just as soon as i can get it out of my head down through my fingers hitting letters on the keyboard and having the screen in front of me displaying large rectangles with gaps in them and shapes within these rectangles which are bothe blocky and curved which are called letters and therefore the unusual rectangles are called words but what i am trying ty do is not going to be long and rambling oh i just realised i am doing that already sorry my mistake iw will continue but currently i think that maybe this sentence is a little over the top.
Well okay, the title is talking about FAs on AFD (April Fools Day, that is). I feel that it seems that for the last few years, the articles, although humourous i'll admit, have been focussed on American-based things. Next year, could the humourous article be on an unexpected play on a character or similar, from another country?
Simply south (
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13:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The RAF is exactly 90 years old today, shouldn't that get a front page mention on en.wikipedia.org, like a Spitfire photo included, or something else to annoy fans of the the Luftwaffe? 82.131.210.162 ( talk) 16:03, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Ò
The information is NOT correct. Looking at the front page, one learns the Grand Canyon is in Pennsylvania. Any REAL encyclopedia does not put out false, or even misleading, information. It's just wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.66.35 ( talk) 21:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
hey hi i dont knw much abt this page but would like to knw abt it...can any1 help me out with this...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Imran one ( talk • contribs) 17:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
SOMEONE FIX THE MAIN PAGE SUMMARY. That summary has almost nothing to do with the Ima Hogg article, and looks like a hoax. ~ Amatulić ( talk) 20:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I am writing about today in the news the NWT article it makes it sound like the people themselves are being shredded and it needs to be checked for syntax
a better choice of words would be
"Today, the Northwest Territories was split in two, with the Western half retaining the same name and the eastern half becoming the new territory of Nunavut (which should be linked to).
Otherwise it is confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.255.225 ( talk) 23:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
How do I nominate an article for the FA, if someone knows I would like to nominate and cast my vote for Persecution of Jews, the article is very well written and very relevant in this day and age. Hebrewpridehebrewpower ( talk) 11:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Is nothing happening at all anywhere in the world? The second item in this section - which I interpret to be the second most recent - is Earth Day, which was on Saturday. Have you all been so busy with April Fools that you have neglected to update the In the News section?
What about the elections in Zimbabwe? Bertie Ahern's resignation? Pull your fingers out. 80.254.147.52 ( talk) 15:36, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi everybody. Currently, when a topic isn't replied to for 3 days, it's archived by User:MiszaBot I. I propose shortening this to only two days. My main reason is that because main page content changes every day, a thread that hasn't been replied to for three days is really out dated, and probably not useful for somebody reading this talk page. Furthermore, most posts that haven't been replied to in the last two days won't get replied to in the third day either, they just take up space. Right now, we've got a lot of irrelevant discussions-error reports and bias jokes. If these got archived quicker, the page would be a lot more readable. Any thoughts? Puchiko ( Talk- email) 14:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll admit this has to do with April Fools' day yesterday, but right now there are 26 topics ( oldid). That's unmanageable. -- Puchiko ( Talk- email) 14:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Some fool has listed the "recent deaths" list on WP:AfD. Michael Hardy ( talk) 17:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Someone can put his birthday on the Main Page. Thank you. - 165.21.155.111 ( talk) 14:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
In the modern skin, the main page talk (this page) looks odd. See Image:TalkMainPageModern.jpeg or look to the right for what I'm talking about. Any idea what the problem is/how to solve it? ff m 17:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
I request that the featured picture not be shown at the bottom of the page, but be made more visible beside the featured article. Is this possible? 24.65.164.230 ( talk) 20:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Why can this site can be better this Wikipedia. But why does this happen. Things can happen. You will see articles that happen.-- JoshuaGrant36 ( talk) 14:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please consider changing the picture of Bette Davis? - the "Skeffington" shot is almost unrecognizable as being her. The one from All About Eve (Image:Bette Davis in All About Eve trailer.jpg) is probably the best representation of her of the shots in the article. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ( talk / cont) 22:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps somebody can put news of his death, or about how Aloha Airlines, Skyline, and ATA all went out of business in the same week. –The Obento Musubi ( Contributions) 08:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
To Belarus main page: be: & Belarus classical: be-x-old: Thanks. Julie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.128.96.210 ( talk) 10:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Could we please add the article Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in a high priority position to appear in the featured article section? Reason: China selectively censors certain pages, would need to censor the homepage to remain consitent, but then it could no longer say they are not censoring wikipedia. Thanks! Enobeno ( talk) 21:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I've been silent about FA lately because they have been much inproved. Yeah!-- Pensil ( talk) 23:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe this should be in the front page news. There's already been 401 children and 133 woman removed, it involves a major underexposed issue (polygamy) and also child abuse. It's also already recieved international attention, with Xinhua and ABC (Australian) both publishing articles on their websites about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.39.245 ( talk) 03:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I've never added a fluffy new section to Talk:Main Page before, but wow, look at Suleiman's giant friggin' onion hat. Put that massive thing on Ima Hogg and you've got a lethal April Fool's combination. ZeaLitY [ DREAM - REFLECT ] 04:16, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello! -- Borris the Big Brown Buffalo ( talk) 14:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Anyone object to my employing the help of HBC Archive Indexerbot to index the many archives of Main Page Talk? It could only help cut down on repeat topics as far as I can see. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 00:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I've just been browsing through the alternate wikipedias and I've noticed that the Italian version looks great and makes ours look like a joke. Better skins, icons, layout and a far more noticeable title. The English main page is in desperate need of an update. N. Roberts 07:13, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Lets change the inro from "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" to "the sort-of free encyclopedia that almost anyone can edit". Its a lot more accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjhfowlxjw ( talk • contribs) 04:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
The code is way uglier than today's code AND it has errors. The green section seems to be jammed on the purple one. I thought the same code would be used by changing only minor variables to reflect new content. Admins editing tomorrow's page seem to be high on something. I'm using IE. I would suggest to use this base code for building tomorrow's page. ~ RayLast « Talk!» 14:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Why are there so many main articles on video games and wrestling and such sophmoric nonsense?-- 208.102.189.190 ( talk) 14:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Please copy the code from User:Mistman123/Testing/Main_Page/Tomorrow and paste into Main Page/Tomorrow so that the code in the Main Page and the Main Page/Tomorrow match. That way we'll have a better idea of how tomorrow's page will look like exactly. ~ RayLast « Talk!» 13:32, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
1. Why was there no picture from the featured article on the main page yesterday ( Chrono Trigger). Did it have something to do with the pictures in the article being fair use?
2. Is it normal to protect the featured article (like the one today). I know that J. K. Rowling is an attractive target and I'm not objecting to the protection, but in general, isn't it discouraged?-- Urban Rose 17:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Page is way messed up!!!-- UhOhFeeling ( talk) 22:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)