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When will the main page be redesigned?. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 11:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Obama will be elected today (though not certified until January). No mention? 69.141.189.251 ( talk) 17:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
The election in Sark was not the first in nearly 450 years, it was the first ever. The blurb and the article imply that almost 450 years ago Sark had an election. Not true according to the referenced article. – Shoaler ( talk) 17:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Where did the reference to Governor Rod Blagojevich go? It was on the front page and now it is gone... Illinois2011 ( talk) 18:25, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please put
this on the
Main Page in the current events section. Thank you.
Jonathan321 (
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23:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand why elections on a little tiny island few have heard of are considered notable but the arrest of the Governor of Illinois is considered non notable. It's like the anti-American people are trying to invent news stories just because they don't want to see too many articles on America. 76.77.225.169 ( talk) 00:58, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Currently, the Main Page says that we have 6,857,734 articles, meaning that we have 6,857,734 pages in the main namespace that are not redirects and contain at least one wikilink. Now that Template:dmbox has been deployed, we can reliably determine the number of disambiguation pages we have and subtract these from the article count. I made {{ Number of actual articles}} to do this; it shows that we have 6,498,150 pages in the main namespace that contain at least one wikilink, are not redirects, are not disambiguation pages, and are not the main page. This page is not accurate. Do not believe it. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.15.80 ( talk) 01:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
So, which count would you prefer to use? — Remember the dot ( talk) 21:51, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
If you want a really accurate count, you'll also want to subtract anything in mainspace that uses {{ softredirect}} as well - such pages will contain at least one wikilink but not transclude {{ dmbox}}. Of course, even so, we will never be able to obtain some Platonic ideal of an accurate count, because new good and bad pages are being created and deleted constantly. Bear in mind, I support a more accurate count nonetheless; I just don't want us to spend effort trying to get it "perfect" when that isn't actually possible. — Gavia immer ( talk) 18:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Recently I've noticed that whenever I go on to Wikipedia and the "New Messages" box pops up, all the links in the little orange box are completely unselectable. They just seem to act as ordinary text, meaning I have to actually go to different page to click it or click the tiny links at the top of the page. This doesn't occur on any other page, and I was wondering if there is some sort of code that's been implemented recently that's conflicting and causing this? It's not a huge deal, more of a nuisance really. Still, I am curious as to why this is suddenly happening. -- .: Alex :. 18:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed with a lot of articles there is no section about trivia. With my experiences on Wikia, trivia sections are filled with interesting facts that make the articles more interesting, just a thought, but maybe they could be added? 156.34.192.112 ( talk) 02:32, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
The ITN section today makes it look like there was some kind of riot or protests at the ASEAN meeting. Just saying...-- Kubigula ( talk) 15:43, 16 December 2008 (UTC) 100x100px|right|thumb|Flag of ASEAN
The donation banner is causing a problem to the front page here, with the banner being off-centre making the screen stretch - 93.96.212.203 ( talk) 10:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Problem only encountered with Firefox. Opera shows the page correctly. Add "display: block" to the Wikipedia banner style to correct. -- 87.185.168.80 ( talk) 12:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any reason to describe the story as 'folkloric' ? 'Folk' is an adjective and far more widely used to describe such stories. ahpook ( talk) 10:06, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Reading the text in the "Did you know..." section and not knowning what BZ is, I was very confused. It sounded like this was about a cluster of generators (i.e. generating power), in which case I would have thought the fact that it produces a lot of smoke would be the problem, not that the smoke could easily be defeated. The blurb only made any sense after I actually read the article on the M44 generator cluster. Maybe the word "bomb" should be added after the word "cluster" in the blurb to make it clear that it is a weapon. 204.132.58.73 ( talk) 18:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I didn't really know where to raise this question, but I have a proposal for an addition to the Main Page code for better compatibility with iPhones. Though Wikipedia on iPhones is a small market, the code doesn't hinder any accessibility with other platforms, so there's no harm done to anything else - only benefits for iPhone users. When viewing the Main Page (and others) on an iPhone, the left column's text(TFA, DYK) is much larger than the right column's text(ITN, OTD); this causes massive whitespace under OTD that looks ugly; also, the bottom section (licensing) is mis-sized, and the text in the tabs ("edit this page," "watch," etc.) and user links ("Username," "my watchlist," etc.) at the top are too big as well. Apple proposes a fix for this by modifying the "-webkit-text-size-adjust" parameter in the body tag's CSS of the page. Apple suggests "-webkit-text-size-adjust:none", which works for the iPhone but prohibits zooming in and out on Safari (and Google Chrome, I expect, since it uses webkit too). After experimentation on User:Dudemanfellabra/Sandbox2, I've found that changing "none" to "100%" ("-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%") fixes the problem. Zooming in and out in Safari works, and the iPhone displays the page correctly (except for the text at the bottom and top because I have no control over it; CSS is needed for it. I propose adding "-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%" to the body tag's CSS of Wikipedia. -- Dudemanfellabra ( talk) 21:13, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Perhaps it could be a good idea to provide a link on the main page to Wikipedia:Mobile_access which could inform browsers of Wikipedia's mobile availability -- ljm091( talk) 07:38, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
The "Welcome to Wikipedia..." header bar on the main page appears displaced to the right, when not logged in. When logged in it displays fine, whether I'm suppressing the donation notice through user preferences or not. This could be due to a problem with the banner, or because I just updated to FF 3.0.5. Anyone else see this? Random 89 02:15, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
We have Wikiquote for that. See q:.- gadfium 02:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
The translation for the one from Ferdinando from Italy should say "The world would not be the same without Wikipedia" instead of "The world is not the same ..." (without the boldface, of course). The latter implies that Wikipedia no longer exists.
24.62.224.57 (
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03:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Overview · Editing · Questions · Help Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index
The bullet is missing between Help and Contents. Please repair.
Thank you. ~ All Is One ~ ( talk) 05:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I want donation statistics, please! 92.134.28.121 ( talk) 17:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Calling the Roman emperor of the time "Byzantine" is NPOV as it allready implies that he wasn't a Roman Emperor. This biases the debate right away. Yes I know that this is the most common phrase in the West (and Greece, and Greece I know), however since there is mention of the dispute regarding who had the right to bear the title Roman it should be made clear thet the Byzantines were Romans. The so called Byzantine Empire was in fact the Eastern part of the Roman Empire that survived for another thousand year after the fall of the Western half.
the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453
he name Romaioi remained attached to the Greeks of the Eastern Empire, while in the West the word Roman developed a new meaning in connection with the church and the bishop of Rome.
Thanks and Merry Christmas-- Xenovatis ( talk) 15:08, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
"Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne (bust pictured) Roman Emperor"
Roman Emperor linked to Holy_Roman_Emperor which disputes the above statement. Suggest removal of Holy Roman Emperor link.
Bah, humbug!
84.9.125.170 ( talk) 16:55, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
It still says Roman Emperor Ebenizer!--
Xenovatis (
talk)
17:39, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
For some reason advertisements like this are turning up replacing images in some articles. Has Wikipedia gone commercial? It's really annoying. -- 92.20.141.223 ( talk) 12:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone added a delete tag to Image:Thylacinus.jpg, saying "no source". I can't edit the image page because of some sort of annoying super-lock that says the picture is transcluded. If anyone can edit the page, a source for this image is [1]. Tempshill ( talk) 16:01, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Can we please have people keep an eye on this with sysop here and just do local images? Please see this thread. rootology ( C)( T) 19:34, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Can't the pictures for "in the news" or "on this day" please be next to the paragraph they illustrate? It is a permanent annoyance. For example, today the picture of the Belgian president looks like he is the resigned Somalian president. I'm sure this must have been brought up before. It makes wikipedia look really stupid. (And I use that formulation not to annoy, but because I'm such an ardent fan of wikipedia.)-- 24.85.68.231 ( talk) 22:05, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
How come, when you search 'Azala' (a Babylonian landowner credited with owning the oldest map ever discovered) you are shown the main page? Try going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azala and you'll see what I mean. (User: Joe Bobs @ 17:29 GMT 30/12/2008). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.7.52 ( talk) 17:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, does Wikipedia have a podcast? Pirakafreak24 ( Leave a Message ) I can sing! Ha!. 02:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Telugu is not listed though it has over 40000 entries in wikipedia statistics Arjunaraoc ( talk) 17:35, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm looking for someone who knows how to design and create main pages like this one. We need someone like this very badly at the Anglo-Saxon Wiki. If you could make yourself known here or volunteer others, that would be great. We'd love to work with you to make a great main page. Wrad ( talk) 04:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
I suggest putting some photos about what's happening in Gaza Palestine in the News section...it is almost a genocyde out there and the international community still silent..I think some people fear antisemitic attacks by Jews:shame on me if i'm one of them! for the photos just google gaza in image search, if this is not helpfull here is a meaningfull one: src gaza-- Benhamadi.adel ( talk) 17:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
By having this large amount of donations, what could we expect as new features here in Wikipedia? Any new additions or improvements? -- Boky ( talk) 11:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
"that Prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine increasingly popular internationally, is believed to have been already made in Ancient Roman times?"- I don't think we say 'been already made.' I suggest "is believed to have also been produced in Ancient Roman times?" or something. Sticky Parkin 13:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
When I read the headlines in In the news, I often wonder when the events occurred. Does the headline represent old news or new news? I suggest that each headline have a date after it, something like this:
-- Christopher King ( talk) 17:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Nice job getting $6 million dollars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.224.229 ( talk) 01:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome, Jimbo. Now please get rid of the damned banner. I love Wikipedia, and I donated, but I swear if that banner stays up more than a day or two longer they're just trying to piss us off! I've forgotten what Wikipedia looks like without it... PS: Yes I know I can get rid of the banner with custom settings. But I use Wikipedia from 5 different computers and doubt I'll ever get into the habit of logging in... 69.76.210.201 ( talk) 21:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there all. Could someone please update the links to other languages at the bottom of the main page to move Simple English Wikipedia from more than 20,000 articles to the heading called more than 50,000 articles please? Thanks, Razor flame 01:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
As a recovering journalist, I feel compelled by my inner editor to reiterate an observation made a year or so ago: The immovability of the 'In the News' photo, but the changing stack of text shorts, leads to faulty juxtapositing and unintended humor. In today's case, John Atta Mills looks like he's mightily pleased by the Israeli incursion into Gaza.
Sca ( talk) 19:12, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) Hahaha. I was just thinking about the Lugo / Mills analogy when I found this discussion. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 23:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
This is ridiculous - what is so wrong with putting an image next to its text (and to avoid doing so for the last couple /oldest items for formatting reasons)? This is already suggested practice for images in articles. Why is the Main Page, our most public page, an exception? This is really making Wikipedia look stupid - Now the guy looks like he is happy that 15 people died in an earthquake. -- mav ( talk) 14:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Seems a little long, don't you think? Are we just celebrating extra hard because someone in Africa was elected peacefully without the deaths of thousands or without giving their people the choice of voting for them or death? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.179.67 ( talk) 17:53, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Am I the only person who finds the animation very distracting? It's not even particularly clear what is happening. J Milburn ( talk) 22:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
There are a lot of unnecessary wikilinks on the main page - Europe, Africa, World War I, France, Paris, writer. They distract attention from the important links and they violate WP:OVERLINK. ("It is generally not appropriate to link ... terms whose meaning ... would be understood by almost all readers; items that would be familiar to most readers, such as the names of major geographic features and locations." Colonies Chris ( talk) 12:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I concur. Not an error, so not posting there. The current flag is slightly misleading, as it appears to be Hungary's (the item it refers to is now bottom of the pile). Can it usefully be replaced by File:Alex K Kingdom of Hungary.svg? -- Dweller ( talk) 12:15, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
i want to know more about freuds theoy and what is his contribution here on earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.223 ( talk) 12:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK about 1977 Moscow bombings must be corrected or removed ASAP, as the claim is based on a single Russian language unreliable source - please see my comment at this article talk page. Thanks. Biophys ( talk) 01:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
of the First World War Bat sold
War Bats! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.151.10 ( talk) 11:21, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Was throwing around an idea here and wanted to get some feedback from mainpage-ers Fritzpoll ( talk) 11:53, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
What's with the grey rectangle at the top of the wikiscreen, above the title and below the editing tabs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.111.240 ( talk) 03:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Pretty sure we had a mccain/obama on day...Why can't we have an Obama thing for once he takes office?? Neverfades ( talk) 07:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
In general, articles can only be the featured article of the day once. Barack Obama has already been the featured article of the day on two occasions (once shared with John McCain), the only article to do so. Barring some serious shortage of future featured articles, that one won't be the featured article of the day again. — Gavia immer ( talk) 08:02, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
God FORBID we take away the chance to give the Thimble SPOTLIGHT!!!!
pathetic. Neverfades ( talk) 08:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
shouldn't this page moved out of the article Space? this is only one of some Wikipedia-related things, so please put it into the Wikipedia: namespace, thanks. -- 84.44.177.212 ( talk) 14:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
At the Eichmann article, there was some discussion on using "captured" or "apprehended" over "kidnapped". I'm thinking that the main page should reflect this. freshacconci talktalk 03:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
tmizaha jones would like to know the symptoms of hiv/aids. thx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.196.149 ( talk) 01:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
I see a featured article on Washington D.C., and the image File:Obama_Portrait_2006.jpg on the Main Page. This is absolutely ridiculous -- the U.S. is not the only country in the world, and filling the Main Page just because of the upcoming inauguration is obviously a violation of NPOV.
It is taking away useful links and interesting pictures from viewers from the rest of the world (which, believe it or not, as a whole, is more significant than the U.S.), while biasing the Main Page in favour of U.S. viewers.
Get rid of this trash. -- 121.44.18.220 ( talk) 07:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
This site is funded by Americans. This site is hosted in America. This site is mostly contributed to by Americans. I'm surprised you have an issue - its just the way things are. Deal with it. Matty ( talk) 23:07, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
We usually point people asking this question to the excellent answer here -- Dweller ( talk) 16:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
It's funny how a question as unintelligent as this actually gets acknowledged. Andrew Nutter Talk | Contribs 06:46, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Image of Obama should be on the news item, since it's like more important than the Israeli Prime Minister. -- Fishyghost 78.32.115.66 ( talk) 17:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Ahhh, didn't see that down there...! When that goes tommorow then presumably the image on the other section should change. Fishyghost 78.32.115.66 ( talk) 18:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
How about an image like File:Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration.jpg, which is more relevant than the official portrait? – Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 21:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
The pic should be of obama! of the year 2009 (on current events) 74.67.93.68 ( talk) 22:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I love how probably one of the most important inaugurations in U.S. history was buried on the front page news within 4 days. Especially when I've seen severely less important/impacting news items stray on the news items for far longer (such as a week or two). Now I understand and agree that we shouldn't be so U.S.-centric with English Wiki news, but that also doesn't mean we should be so extreme as to shove them aside. I hardly ever see someone protesting for keeping a middle ground. Though, honestly, I think in reality it was probably something as shallow as political bias. JanderVK ( talk) 02:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
I think the Wikibooks logo needs updating. Globbet ( talk) 23:32, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
There is a picture of the President of Ireland, but her news story isn't next to it, but instead forth. Shouldn't the picture have the article it represents next to it? I know she isn't a Japanese satellite, nor a knife wielding lunatic, nor a Rwandan rebel leader, but still, there are times when people might be confused. Please make certain the picture chosen up top, has its article at the top spot as well. They aren't in alphabetical order, nor order of importance it seems. I'm surprised President Barack Obama wasn't at the top, with a picture of him, that something shown around the world. They even had a story about the Obama masks being the bestselling mask in Japan. Dream Focus ( talk) 00:52, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I saw worse driving to work this morning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.179.67 ( talk) 18:32, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
...than the storms that hit France and Spain recently, which have actually resulted in more deaths?-- Emerald Continent ( talk) 12:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Today is the 250th birthday of Robert Burns, the "Bard of Ayreshire" and national poet of Scotland. Surely that ranks SOME mention ont the front page, no? Art Smith 12.213.80.58 ( talk) 18:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
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When will the main page be redesigned?. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 11:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Obama will be elected today (though not certified until January). No mention? 69.141.189.251 ( talk) 17:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
The election in Sark was not the first in nearly 450 years, it was the first ever. The blurb and the article imply that almost 450 years ago Sark had an election. Not true according to the referenced article. – Shoaler ( talk) 17:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Where did the reference to Governor Rod Blagojevich go? It was on the front page and now it is gone... Illinois2011 ( talk) 18:25, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please put
this on the
Main Page in the current events section. Thank you.
Jonathan321 (
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23:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand why elections on a little tiny island few have heard of are considered notable but the arrest of the Governor of Illinois is considered non notable. It's like the anti-American people are trying to invent news stories just because they don't want to see too many articles on America. 76.77.225.169 ( talk) 00:58, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Currently, the Main Page says that we have 6,857,734 articles, meaning that we have 6,857,734 pages in the main namespace that are not redirects and contain at least one wikilink. Now that Template:dmbox has been deployed, we can reliably determine the number of disambiguation pages we have and subtract these from the article count. I made {{ Number of actual articles}} to do this; it shows that we have 6,498,150 pages in the main namespace that contain at least one wikilink, are not redirects, are not disambiguation pages, and are not the main page. This page is not accurate. Do not believe it. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.15.80 ( talk) 01:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
So, which count would you prefer to use? — Remember the dot ( talk) 21:51, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
If you want a really accurate count, you'll also want to subtract anything in mainspace that uses {{ softredirect}} as well - such pages will contain at least one wikilink but not transclude {{ dmbox}}. Of course, even so, we will never be able to obtain some Platonic ideal of an accurate count, because new good and bad pages are being created and deleted constantly. Bear in mind, I support a more accurate count nonetheless; I just don't want us to spend effort trying to get it "perfect" when that isn't actually possible. — Gavia immer ( talk) 18:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Recently I've noticed that whenever I go on to Wikipedia and the "New Messages" box pops up, all the links in the little orange box are completely unselectable. They just seem to act as ordinary text, meaning I have to actually go to different page to click it or click the tiny links at the top of the page. This doesn't occur on any other page, and I was wondering if there is some sort of code that's been implemented recently that's conflicting and causing this? It's not a huge deal, more of a nuisance really. Still, I am curious as to why this is suddenly happening. -- .: Alex :. 18:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed with a lot of articles there is no section about trivia. With my experiences on Wikia, trivia sections are filled with interesting facts that make the articles more interesting, just a thought, but maybe they could be added? 156.34.192.112 ( talk) 02:32, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
The ITN section today makes it look like there was some kind of riot or protests at the ASEAN meeting. Just saying...-- Kubigula ( talk) 15:43, 16 December 2008 (UTC) 100x100px|right|thumb|Flag of ASEAN
The donation banner is causing a problem to the front page here, with the banner being off-centre making the screen stretch - 93.96.212.203 ( talk) 10:38, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Problem only encountered with Firefox. Opera shows the page correctly. Add "display: block" to the Wikipedia banner style to correct. -- 87.185.168.80 ( talk) 12:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any reason to describe the story as 'folkloric' ? 'Folk' is an adjective and far more widely used to describe such stories. ahpook ( talk) 10:06, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Reading the text in the "Did you know..." section and not knowning what BZ is, I was very confused. It sounded like this was about a cluster of generators (i.e. generating power), in which case I would have thought the fact that it produces a lot of smoke would be the problem, not that the smoke could easily be defeated. The blurb only made any sense after I actually read the article on the M44 generator cluster. Maybe the word "bomb" should be added after the word "cluster" in the blurb to make it clear that it is a weapon. 204.132.58.73 ( talk) 18:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I didn't really know where to raise this question, but I have a proposal for an addition to the Main Page code for better compatibility with iPhones. Though Wikipedia on iPhones is a small market, the code doesn't hinder any accessibility with other platforms, so there's no harm done to anything else - only benefits for iPhone users. When viewing the Main Page (and others) on an iPhone, the left column's text(TFA, DYK) is much larger than the right column's text(ITN, OTD); this causes massive whitespace under OTD that looks ugly; also, the bottom section (licensing) is mis-sized, and the text in the tabs ("edit this page," "watch," etc.) and user links ("Username," "my watchlist," etc.) at the top are too big as well. Apple proposes a fix for this by modifying the "-webkit-text-size-adjust" parameter in the body tag's CSS of the page. Apple suggests "-webkit-text-size-adjust:none", which works for the iPhone but prohibits zooming in and out on Safari (and Google Chrome, I expect, since it uses webkit too). After experimentation on User:Dudemanfellabra/Sandbox2, I've found that changing "none" to "100%" ("-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%") fixes the problem. Zooming in and out in Safari works, and the iPhone displays the page correctly (except for the text at the bottom and top because I have no control over it; CSS is needed for it. I propose adding "-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%" to the body tag's CSS of Wikipedia. -- Dudemanfellabra ( talk) 21:13, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Perhaps it could be a good idea to provide a link on the main page to Wikipedia:Mobile_access which could inform browsers of Wikipedia's mobile availability -- ljm091( talk) 07:38, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
The "Welcome to Wikipedia..." header bar on the main page appears displaced to the right, when not logged in. When logged in it displays fine, whether I'm suppressing the donation notice through user preferences or not. This could be due to a problem with the banner, or because I just updated to FF 3.0.5. Anyone else see this? Random 89 02:15, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
We have Wikiquote for that. See q:.- gadfium 02:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
The translation for the one from Ferdinando from Italy should say "The world would not be the same without Wikipedia" instead of "The world is not the same ..." (without the boldface, of course). The latter implies that Wikipedia no longer exists.
24.62.224.57 (
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Overview · Editing · Questions · Help Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index
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Thank you. ~ All Is One ~ ( talk) 05:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I want donation statistics, please! 92.134.28.121 ( talk) 17:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Calling the Roman emperor of the time "Byzantine" is NPOV as it allready implies that he wasn't a Roman Emperor. This biases the debate right away. Yes I know that this is the most common phrase in the West (and Greece, and Greece I know), however since there is mention of the dispute regarding who had the right to bear the title Roman it should be made clear thet the Byzantines were Romans. The so called Byzantine Empire was in fact the Eastern part of the Roman Empire that survived for another thousand year after the fall of the Western half.
the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453
he name Romaioi remained attached to the Greeks of the Eastern Empire, while in the West the word Roman developed a new meaning in connection with the church and the bishop of Rome.
Thanks and Merry Christmas-- Xenovatis ( talk) 15:08, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
"Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne (bust pictured) Roman Emperor"
Roman Emperor linked to Holy_Roman_Emperor which disputes the above statement. Suggest removal of Holy Roman Emperor link.
Bah, humbug!
84.9.125.170 ( talk) 16:55, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
It still says Roman Emperor Ebenizer!--
Xenovatis (
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17:39, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
For some reason advertisements like this are turning up replacing images in some articles. Has Wikipedia gone commercial? It's really annoying. -- 92.20.141.223 ( talk) 12:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Someone added a delete tag to Image:Thylacinus.jpg, saying "no source". I can't edit the image page because of some sort of annoying super-lock that says the picture is transcluded. If anyone can edit the page, a source for this image is [1]. Tempshill ( talk) 16:01, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Can we please have people keep an eye on this with sysop here and just do local images? Please see this thread. rootology ( C)( T) 19:34, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Can't the pictures for "in the news" or "on this day" please be next to the paragraph they illustrate? It is a permanent annoyance. For example, today the picture of the Belgian president looks like he is the resigned Somalian president. I'm sure this must have been brought up before. It makes wikipedia look really stupid. (And I use that formulation not to annoy, but because I'm such an ardent fan of wikipedia.)-- 24.85.68.231 ( talk) 22:05, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
How come, when you search 'Azala' (a Babylonian landowner credited with owning the oldest map ever discovered) you are shown the main page? Try going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azala and you'll see what I mean. (User: Joe Bobs @ 17:29 GMT 30/12/2008). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.7.52 ( talk) 17:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, does Wikipedia have a podcast? Pirakafreak24 ( Leave a Message ) I can sing! Ha!. 02:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Telugu is not listed though it has over 40000 entries in wikipedia statistics Arjunaraoc ( talk) 17:35, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm looking for someone who knows how to design and create main pages like this one. We need someone like this very badly at the Anglo-Saxon Wiki. If you could make yourself known here or volunteer others, that would be great. We'd love to work with you to make a great main page. Wrad ( talk) 04:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
I suggest putting some photos about what's happening in Gaza Palestine in the News section...it is almost a genocyde out there and the international community still silent..I think some people fear antisemitic attacks by Jews:shame on me if i'm one of them! for the photos just google gaza in image search, if this is not helpfull here is a meaningfull one: src gaza-- Benhamadi.adel ( talk) 17:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
By having this large amount of donations, what could we expect as new features here in Wikipedia? Any new additions or improvements? -- Boky ( talk) 11:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
"that Prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine increasingly popular internationally, is believed to have been already made in Ancient Roman times?"- I don't think we say 'been already made.' I suggest "is believed to have also been produced in Ancient Roman times?" or something. Sticky Parkin 13:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
When I read the headlines in In the news, I often wonder when the events occurred. Does the headline represent old news or new news? I suggest that each headline have a date after it, something like this:
-- Christopher King ( talk) 17:01, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Nice job getting $6 million dollars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.224.229 ( talk) 01:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome, Jimbo. Now please get rid of the damned banner. I love Wikipedia, and I donated, but I swear if that banner stays up more than a day or two longer they're just trying to piss us off! I've forgotten what Wikipedia looks like without it... PS: Yes I know I can get rid of the banner with custom settings. But I use Wikipedia from 5 different computers and doubt I'll ever get into the habit of logging in... 69.76.210.201 ( talk) 21:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi there all. Could someone please update the links to other languages at the bottom of the main page to move Simple English Wikipedia from more than 20,000 articles to the heading called more than 50,000 articles please? Thanks, Razor flame 01:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
As a recovering journalist, I feel compelled by my inner editor to reiterate an observation made a year or so ago: The immovability of the 'In the News' photo, but the changing stack of text shorts, leads to faulty juxtapositing and unintended humor. In today's case, John Atta Mills looks like he's mightily pleased by the Israeli incursion into Gaza.
Sca ( talk) 19:12, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) Hahaha. I was just thinking about the Lugo / Mills analogy when I found this discussion. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 23:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
This is ridiculous - what is so wrong with putting an image next to its text (and to avoid doing so for the last couple /oldest items for formatting reasons)? This is already suggested practice for images in articles. Why is the Main Page, our most public page, an exception? This is really making Wikipedia look stupid - Now the guy looks like he is happy that 15 people died in an earthquake. -- mav ( talk) 14:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Seems a little long, don't you think? Are we just celebrating extra hard because someone in Africa was elected peacefully without the deaths of thousands or without giving their people the choice of voting for them or death? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.179.67 ( talk) 17:53, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Am I the only person who finds the animation very distracting? It's not even particularly clear what is happening. J Milburn ( talk) 22:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
There are a lot of unnecessary wikilinks on the main page - Europe, Africa, World War I, France, Paris, writer. They distract attention from the important links and they violate WP:OVERLINK. ("It is generally not appropriate to link ... terms whose meaning ... would be understood by almost all readers; items that would be familiar to most readers, such as the names of major geographic features and locations." Colonies Chris ( talk) 12:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
I concur. Not an error, so not posting there. The current flag is slightly misleading, as it appears to be Hungary's (the item it refers to is now bottom of the pile). Can it usefully be replaced by File:Alex K Kingdom of Hungary.svg? -- Dweller ( talk) 12:15, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
i want to know more about freuds theoy and what is his contribution here on earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.223 ( talk) 12:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK about 1977 Moscow bombings must be corrected or removed ASAP, as the claim is based on a single Russian language unreliable source - please see my comment at this article talk page. Thanks. Biophys ( talk) 01:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
of the First World War Bat sold
War Bats! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.151.10 ( talk) 11:21, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Was throwing around an idea here and wanted to get some feedback from mainpage-ers Fritzpoll ( talk) 11:53, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
What's with the grey rectangle at the top of the wikiscreen, above the title and below the editing tabs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.111.240 ( talk) 03:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Pretty sure we had a mccain/obama on day...Why can't we have an Obama thing for once he takes office?? Neverfades ( talk) 07:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
In general, articles can only be the featured article of the day once. Barack Obama has already been the featured article of the day on two occasions (once shared with John McCain), the only article to do so. Barring some serious shortage of future featured articles, that one won't be the featured article of the day again. — Gavia immer ( talk) 08:02, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
God FORBID we take away the chance to give the Thimble SPOTLIGHT!!!!
pathetic. Neverfades ( talk) 08:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
shouldn't this page moved out of the article Space? this is only one of some Wikipedia-related things, so please put it into the Wikipedia: namespace, thanks. -- 84.44.177.212 ( talk) 14:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
At the Eichmann article, there was some discussion on using "captured" or "apprehended" over "kidnapped". I'm thinking that the main page should reflect this. freshacconci talktalk 03:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
tmizaha jones would like to know the symptoms of hiv/aids. thx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.196.149 ( talk) 01:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
I see a featured article on Washington D.C., and the image File:Obama_Portrait_2006.jpg on the Main Page. This is absolutely ridiculous -- the U.S. is not the only country in the world, and filling the Main Page just because of the upcoming inauguration is obviously a violation of NPOV.
It is taking away useful links and interesting pictures from viewers from the rest of the world (which, believe it or not, as a whole, is more significant than the U.S.), while biasing the Main Page in favour of U.S. viewers.
Get rid of this trash. -- 121.44.18.220 ( talk) 07:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
This site is funded by Americans. This site is hosted in America. This site is mostly contributed to by Americans. I'm surprised you have an issue - its just the way things are. Deal with it. Matty ( talk) 23:07, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
We usually point people asking this question to the excellent answer here -- Dweller ( talk) 16:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
It's funny how a question as unintelligent as this actually gets acknowledged. Andrew Nutter Talk | Contribs 06:46, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Image of Obama should be on the news item, since it's like more important than the Israeli Prime Minister. -- Fishyghost 78.32.115.66 ( talk) 17:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Ahhh, didn't see that down there...! When that goes tommorow then presumably the image on the other section should change. Fishyghost 78.32.115.66 ( talk) 18:04, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
How about an image like File:Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration.jpg, which is more relevant than the official portrait? – Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 21:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
The pic should be of obama! of the year 2009 (on current events) 74.67.93.68 ( talk) 22:52, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
I love how probably one of the most important inaugurations in U.S. history was buried on the front page news within 4 days. Especially when I've seen severely less important/impacting news items stray on the news items for far longer (such as a week or two). Now I understand and agree that we shouldn't be so U.S.-centric with English Wiki news, but that also doesn't mean we should be so extreme as to shove them aside. I hardly ever see someone protesting for keeping a middle ground. Though, honestly, I think in reality it was probably something as shallow as political bias. JanderVK ( talk) 02:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
I think the Wikibooks logo needs updating. Globbet ( talk) 23:32, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
There is a picture of the President of Ireland, but her news story isn't next to it, but instead forth. Shouldn't the picture have the article it represents next to it? I know she isn't a Japanese satellite, nor a knife wielding lunatic, nor a Rwandan rebel leader, but still, there are times when people might be confused. Please make certain the picture chosen up top, has its article at the top spot as well. They aren't in alphabetical order, nor order of importance it seems. I'm surprised President Barack Obama wasn't at the top, with a picture of him, that something shown around the world. They even had a story about the Obama masks being the bestselling mask in Japan. Dream Focus ( talk) 00:52, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I saw worse driving to work this morning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.179.67 ( talk) 18:32, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
...than the storms that hit France and Spain recently, which have actually resulted in more deaths?-- Emerald Continent ( talk) 12:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Today is the 250th birthday of Robert Burns, the "Bard of Ayreshire" and national poet of Scotland. Surely that ranks SOME mention ont the front page, no? Art Smith 12.213.80.58 ( talk) 18:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)