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This isn't really an issue with the Main Page itself, but I'm not quite sure where else it should be brought up. I just noticed that on the Wikipedia mobile app, Lisa Nowak is still listed as today's featured article, even though the blurb was replaced with tomorrow's scheduled article some hours ago. Can others confirm this is indeed happening and not just some glitch on my end? Shells-shells ( talk) 20:26, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
This hasn’t been discussed before because the main page layout is new today. I find the new layout less readable than the previous one on my iPad. The previous layout, a single column with the sections stacked, was better for me. Basically, the new layout is putsier — I have to increase the size of each section to read them & move the page around to see each section. Before I only had to raise the page in my screen. The previous layout was easier to read, with less information on the screen, the type seemed larger. From a distance the new layout looks like you’re competing with a newspaper, but you’re not a newspaper and you don’t need to compete. Wis2fan ( talk) 03:03, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
As the concept of "Main Page" obviously transcends Wikipedia, and we already have Main page (disambiguation), wouldn't it make sense (and be less self-centered) to have a hatnote to guide users to the possible disambiguation? After all, we wouldn't want anyone to look for something very important like William Main Page, only to be teleported back to where they started with no explanation given.
Plus, we already have this to some extent, with sections providing disambiguation if you're not sure to be on the right project or in the right language, so why not fully commit to it instead of leaving a half-finished main page to the confused and bewildered reader unfamiliar with such a concept?
Here is a model of what it could be made to look like. Much more intuitive and welcoming! Chaotic Enby ( talk) 02:52, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
This post at the Teahouse reminded me that, thanks to (gratuitous epithet removed) Vector 2022, readers don't have a random page link on most pages except for one hidden behind some bloody drop down menu. Can this at least be fixed here, as that IP mentioned? Edward-Woodrow • talk 18:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Move to sidebar
. I imagine this is only lasting for registered accounts, though. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
19:11, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Apologies if this isn't the correct place for this, I've never contributed to the Main Page Talk Page before. The OTD for October 1st is, in my opinion, pretty anglocentrist. I do understand that this is the English language Wikipedia and so there is going to be a natural skew towards articles that have to do with English, but October 1st's is the worst I've seen in quite some time.
The first entry relates to the succession of Edgar to the English throne, the second relates to the English parliament, the third relates to John Muir (a Scot, sort of a reach but I figured I'd mention it), the fourth relates to British troops in the First World War. The fifth, the Hong Kong foreign domestic workers one, is related to England via Hong Kong's former status as a colony but it's a tangential relationship and not one that I think constitutes an issue in and of itself.
JBrahms ( talk) 00:10, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
I have just seen Wikifunctions at wikimedia.org, so I feel curious whether it's possible to add this link as well at main page here. -- Great Brightstar ( talk) 13:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey,
I'd like to protect myself from the negativity of general news. I don't consume general news articles anywhere else and wonder they are displayed on the homepage of an online encyclopedia. Is it possible to hide the tab "In the news"? WikiPate ( talk) 13:04, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
#mp-itn-h2, #mp-itn {
display:none;
}
Per c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg, is there any reason why this shouldn't be on the main page? It looks like it's out of copyright in Canada, and, because of the URAA date, out of copyright in the US too. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 05:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is there some sort of bizzare overabundance of DYKs related to Olivia Rodrigo? I looked through the DYK archives and found seven DYKs about this one single person within about four months -- a little much? (She also had one TFA in that timeframe) JM ( talk) 06:17, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Where did that go? Did I accidentally make that disappear, or was that an admin decision? If so, is there an option to toggle it back? I liked having it visible when looking at actors/film pages. Sorry if this is the wrong place to inquire. Please let me know where to go, to ask such questions in the future. -- Cinemaniac86 Talk Stalk 15:17, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I've just noticed that we have two items scheduled that cover the same topic and use the same image:
My guess is that we'd want to bump one of those items. Or at least use a different photo for the TFA. Schwede 66 02:19, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
I like using Wikipedia:Main Page history, but it has not been written for a number of days now, look at Wikipedia:Main Page history/2023 November 20. The bot owner made only few edits, one saying that the bot can't do it in retrospect (which I sort of thought anyway). What can we do? Once I'm hear: could a bot perhaps change earlier renditions which look strange, due to changes in the presentation, compare Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 November 23 (look at the "Recents") and Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 November 20? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:21, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
{{:Main Page}}
in the input wikitext box, then copy-pasting the output into the relevant history page. I've done that for
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2023 November 24, and happy to do it for a few days, until the bot starts running again. It is possible to do it retrospectively by rebuilding a copy of the main page in a sandbox, transcluding older templates (ITN needs to be done manually), but it is a time-consuming task. —
Voice of Clam (
talk)
08:04, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)#Portals on the main page, which is of interest to this page. Cremastra ( talk) 22:15, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
which is within the scope of this WikiProjectWhat do you mean? The Main Page is not a WikiProject. Can you clarify? RudolfRed ( talk) 01:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
I stumbled across what seems to be a non- WP:RS ( here) that notes Eustace Tilley has been updated since May 22, 2017 in the masthead per a rendering by Christoph Niemann. I have been digging for an WP:RS for this fact. I am unable to, so I left it on the talk. If anyone can find an RS for this fact or convince me that the source I have is one, that would be great.- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:00, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
On Line 129, please replace:
display: table;
with:
/* display: table; */
Reason: This CSS declaration is currently preventing people viewing the Main Page on a mobile device from playing the Steamboat Willie video (currently the POTD). See WP:ERRORS § Today's POTD.
I'm relatively confident that the only thing this change will affect is the 'play' button on the video player - that's the only element that document.querySelectorAll("#mp-tfp tr:first-child td:first-child a")
returns in my browser's console, as far as I can see. In any event, hopefully this will only need to be an immediate-term fix. (And if it somehow breaks anything, it can always be reverted.)
All the best, — a smart kitten[ meow 12:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi main page people
Just a heads up that there is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day#Steamboat Willie regarding a proposed listing of the video Steamboat Willie on 1 Jan, to coincide with its inaugural day in the public domain. There are some procedural issues with this, but a realisation of the encyclopedic value and there seems to be a willingness to invoke IAR on this. Just seeking to get as many voices into the conversation as possible, so please do go and give your two cents worth if you are interested to do so. — Amakuru ( talk) 22:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
This
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Please replace lines 127-131 of Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css with the following:
#mp-tfp tr:first-child td:first-child a.mw-file-description {
text-align: center;
display: table;
margin: 0 auto;
}
Reason: Earlier today, the display: table
declaration was commented out, as this was preventing mobile viewers from playing the Steamboat Willie video. Looking at
Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow on a landscape-oriented mobile device, it appears that this CSS block was responsible for horizontally centering the image on the screen. I therefore propose reinstating the declaration, but changing the selector to be more specific - targeting a.mw-file-description
rather than just a
. (Image <a>
tags generated by MediaWiki appear to have this class, while video <a>
tags appear to instead have .mw-tmh-play
.)
As with last time, if this breaks anything, the change can always be reverted (and/or the styles.css file restored to the version before today's change, provided the video is no longer on the Main Page at that point). The proposed changes are currently live in my sandbox (with my sandboxed TemplateStyles) with tomorrow's POTD.
This isn't a permanent solution, as it doesn't solve the fact that (when the POTD is a video) the video is also not centred on mobile landscape (at a glance, this appears to be something that could be fixed via span.mw-tmh-player
, although I'd want to do more checks to be sure of that). However, it's intended to be less of a short-term fix than the change made earlier, while reinstating the image centering.
Pinging Maxim for information, as you responded to the last edit request (though don't feel obliged to also answer this one!). Also pinging Izno, as you've made a lot of the past changes to the Main Page's styles.
Let me know if there are any queries. All the best, — a smart kitten[ meow 18:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
On a wide screen, the main page is perfectly balanced. On a narrow screen, it's totally out of kilter. On my phone, the ODT footer lines up with bottom of the fourth DYK hook, i.e. there are four more DYKs below that. Anyone got an idea what to do about it? Schwede 66 08:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
If we just went with a single column Main Page (like every other page), this would instantly cease to ever be a problem. -- User:Khajidha ( talk) ( contributions) 16:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
I feel that certain articles get linked to far too often on the Main Page. Some examples; main articles on sports, US Presidents, and wars such as World Wars I and II. I think it might be better, where possible, to link to articles on subtopics such as History of the National Football League, Presidency of Richard Nixon, Western theater of the American Civil War, or Aftermath of World War II. I recall reading a long time ago that one of the purposes of the Main Page was to drive traffic to a variety of articles so that readers might be inclined to spot something that needed expansion or improvement, and to showcase less-well known articles. Any thoughts? Abductive ( reasoning) 14:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Does not work... Template:POTD protected/2024-01-11 Might need a lower resolution version such as this [2]. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 00:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
A tentative TFA schedule for March 2024 has just been released, here. I have tentatively scheduled Bradley Cooper for its second TFA run for March 11, Oscar night. If this runs, it would be advisable to have draft language, perhaps even an alternate blurb[s], to change to in the event Cooper wins one or both of the Oscars he has been nominated for, for Maestro. I can certainly draft alternate blurbs but I wanted to sound the community out as to its thoughts, both as to the advisability of running that article on Oscar night, and on the implementation of what I propose. I don't think we've ever done anything quite like this before, and I wanted to brainstorm this. Wehwalt ( talk) 03:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
I cannot see the header bar in the main page when i scroll down it (it's visible on other pages). I wrote some CSS to fix this but it covered the close button of the media viewer and i had to remove it. Is this the intended behavior or some kind of bug? RuzDD ( talk) 06:57, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, Wikipedians,
I believe it's time to consider updating the design of the main page. I'm not certain when the current style was implemented, but it seems to date back to 2006 or even earlier. Nowadays, there are numerous modern and colorful box templates available that could give the page a more contemporary look. What are your thoughts on starting this initiative? After all, the main page represents our entire community. I understand that changing a familiar style can be challenging for many users, but it's part of the natural cycle of updates.
Best regards, Riad Salih ( talk) 02:50, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
part of the natural cycle of updatesis a thought-terminating cliche. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -( talk) 13:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
If we redesign, I recommend the eswiki look. Aaron Liu ( talk) 13:28, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
This is the only article proposed so far (it's at it was at
WP:TFAP) for April Fool's Day. From its Featured Article nomination page: "A bunch of men pretending to be actors? Check. A bunch of men actually indulging in "games, madness [and] obscene debauchery"? Check. Men beaten, goods stolen, a town terrorised? Check. A hapless bishop writing letters but achieving little else? Check. Welcome to 14th-century England". It's been less than a year since it was promoted to
WP:FA, and it seems fine to me. Any objections? Other ideas? @
Serial Number 54129. - Dank (
push to talk)
02:29, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Any objections?Only the usual bellyaching and moaning from me as to whether or not this is something we want our schoolchildren - you know, the ones who do nothing at school all day except stare at the Wikipedia Main Page and then report back to their outraged parents - to be seeing. But I think we should be okay given that there isn't any actual explicit imagery/content on the hook itself. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -( talk) 15:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Typographically, it would be reader-friendly to add a (thin?) line of blank space between Ongoing and Recent deaths, which tend to blend together to the roving eye. – Sca ( talk) 14:28, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § Special period advertising sister projects. 🌺 Cremastra ( talk) 21:18, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Hey everyone , While I was scrolling through the main page, I noticed that the projects mentioned under Wikipedia's sister projects did not include WikiFunctions. WikiFunctions is owned by the WikiMedia Foundation and was officially launched in July 2023. I think WikiFunctions should definitely be included. Harvici ( talk) 15:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Today's Mother's Day. Why is it not in On This Day? Even a Google Doodle is celebrating it. Toadette ( Let's discuss together!) 07:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
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Doesn't Wikipedia have a policy against the encouragement and glorification of suicide and self-harm? Vegan416 ( talk) 18:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
I just want to say I appreciate that the April 10 OTD has a couple of "lighter" items (The Great Gatsby being published and Beatles breaking up). It's nice to see that it's not all doom and gloom. ~~ Jessintime ( talk) 16:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I haven't done an exhaustive search of the archives so I apologise if this has been asked before. I did find a question from 2004 suggesting that the "P" in "Main Page" should be decapitalised; although I support that suggestion, that is not what I wish to discuss here.
My issue is with the inconsistency of the capitalisation. Whereas in most places, including the page's title, it is referred to with the capital "P" ("Main Page"), the link on the sidebar has a lowercase "p" ("Main page").
Is there a reason for this difference? With my current knowledge of the situation, I would suggest decapitalising this title everywhere; or, at least, capitalising the title in the sidebar to maintain consistency.
Thank you for your consideration. – Alisperic ( talk) 07:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi all
Can someone tell me how to see previous versions of the front page for different days? Also can I suggest that that link is added at the top of this talk page somewhere since it's very unusual for the History tab for a Wikipedia page to not show previous versions of the page.
Thanks very much
John Cummings ( talk) 20:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Any thoughts on renaming "From today's featured list" to "Today's featured list", as well as "From today's featured article" to "Today's featured article"? It would be much simpler and easier to understand what we're talking about. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 21:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
The redirect Головна сторінка has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 3 § Головна сторінка until a consensus is reached. Fork99 ( talk) 11:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
The second sentence says "window wearing a red cape." That is a dangling modifier. It should read "wife, (name), wearing a red cape, passing . . ." Wis2fan ( talk) 03:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
If you haven't seen the news, natively-supported dark mode is coming. I think if you want to try it without opting in etc. this is a link you can try (it worked for me in private mode of Firefox).
This means the main page needs some styles. Previously it was basically how any old page in the main space looks (e.g. Facebook: just a black background and borders). I took an hour or two to give it a color theme reminiscent of light mode with some use of this web theme maker (I got the "value" for the light mode colors in the spectrum, then flipped them relative to 1000) and then made a single tweak (the purple used for TFP). Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css has the colors (which are duplicated for the "OS" selection) if you want a readable summary.
Visited links are not necessarily accessible currently, but they aren't accessible on the current dark mode either (contrast of 3.5), so I don't think it's worth spending a ton of time on that.
If anyone thinks things aren't ideal (and I suspect they aren't), feel free to nudge things in the relevant style sheet with an admin request (who has to nudge them twice). Ignoring the link accessibility, I think right now the border for section headers on the blue side and TFP aren't great, and the TFP header background is too bright. Also, bullets aren't visible but that's going to be fixed in the next deployment. Izno ( talk) 23:49, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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Per above. Please replace the contents of WP:Main Page/styles.css with Template:TemplateStyles sandbox/Sohom Datta/styles.css. Thanks. Sohom ( talk) 23:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
I have notice that in the did you know section all bullet points start with '...that', and I personally think that the 'that should be moved to the section title, making the title 'Did you know that...' and remove the 'that's from the bullet points, streamlining the page by a slight bit and making things a tad bit less redundant. Gantnitsa ( talk) 16:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Haven't been able to check this yet, possible WP:THURSDAY issue? In monobook, the page layout is broken now, see example - with the "welcome to wikipedia" being moved, a "," on a line by itself, bad font/size as well. — xaosflux Talk 09:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
mw-heading1
div around that h1.. —
xaosflux
Talk
10:11, 23 May 2024 (UTC)body.page-Main_Page #mw-heading1
border-bottom: none;
margin-bottom: none;
font-size: 100%;
Recently, with the new GUI update, I reccomend we should update the Main page to suit this! Snipertron12 [| User| Talk| Cont|] 09:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
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This isn't really an issue with the Main Page itself, but I'm not quite sure where else it should be brought up. I just noticed that on the Wikipedia mobile app, Lisa Nowak is still listed as today's featured article, even though the blurb was replaced with tomorrow's scheduled article some hours ago. Can others confirm this is indeed happening and not just some glitch on my end? Shells-shells ( talk) 20:26, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
This hasn’t been discussed before because the main page layout is new today. I find the new layout less readable than the previous one on my iPad. The previous layout, a single column with the sections stacked, was better for me. Basically, the new layout is putsier — I have to increase the size of each section to read them & move the page around to see each section. Before I only had to raise the page in my screen. The previous layout was easier to read, with less information on the screen, the type seemed larger. From a distance the new layout looks like you’re competing with a newspaper, but you’re not a newspaper and you don’t need to compete. Wis2fan ( talk) 03:03, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
As the concept of "Main Page" obviously transcends Wikipedia, and we already have Main page (disambiguation), wouldn't it make sense (and be less self-centered) to have a hatnote to guide users to the possible disambiguation? After all, we wouldn't want anyone to look for something very important like William Main Page, only to be teleported back to where they started with no explanation given.
Plus, we already have this to some extent, with sections providing disambiguation if you're not sure to be on the right project or in the right language, so why not fully commit to it instead of leaving a half-finished main page to the confused and bewildered reader unfamiliar with such a concept?
Here is a model of what it could be made to look like. Much more intuitive and welcoming! Chaotic Enby ( talk) 02:52, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
This post at the Teahouse reminded me that, thanks to (gratuitous epithet removed) Vector 2022, readers don't have a random page link on most pages except for one hidden behind some bloody drop down menu. Can this at least be fixed here, as that IP mentioned? Edward-Woodrow • talk 18:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
Move to sidebar
. I imagine this is only lasting for registered accounts, though. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
19:11, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Apologies if this isn't the correct place for this, I've never contributed to the Main Page Talk Page before. The OTD for October 1st is, in my opinion, pretty anglocentrist. I do understand that this is the English language Wikipedia and so there is going to be a natural skew towards articles that have to do with English, but October 1st's is the worst I've seen in quite some time.
The first entry relates to the succession of Edgar to the English throne, the second relates to the English parliament, the third relates to John Muir (a Scot, sort of a reach but I figured I'd mention it), the fourth relates to British troops in the First World War. The fifth, the Hong Kong foreign domestic workers one, is related to England via Hong Kong's former status as a colony but it's a tangential relationship and not one that I think constitutes an issue in and of itself.
JBrahms ( talk) 00:10, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
I have just seen Wikifunctions at wikimedia.org, so I feel curious whether it's possible to add this link as well at main page here. -- Great Brightstar ( talk) 13:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
Hey,
I'd like to protect myself from the negativity of general news. I don't consume general news articles anywhere else and wonder they are displayed on the homepage of an online encyclopedia. Is it possible to hide the tab "In the news"? WikiPate ( talk) 13:04, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
#mp-itn-h2, #mp-itn {
display:none;
}
Per c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg, is there any reason why this shouldn't be on the main page? It looks like it's out of copyright in Canada, and, because of the URAA date, out of copyright in the US too. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 05:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is there some sort of bizzare overabundance of DYKs related to Olivia Rodrigo? I looked through the DYK archives and found seven DYKs about this one single person within about four months -- a little much? (She also had one TFA in that timeframe) JM ( talk) 06:17, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Where did that go? Did I accidentally make that disappear, or was that an admin decision? If so, is there an option to toggle it back? I liked having it visible when looking at actors/film pages. Sorry if this is the wrong place to inquire. Please let me know where to go, to ask such questions in the future. -- Cinemaniac86 Talk Stalk 15:17, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
I've just noticed that we have two items scheduled that cover the same topic and use the same image:
My guess is that we'd want to bump one of those items. Or at least use a different photo for the TFA. Schwede 66 02:19, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
I like using Wikipedia:Main Page history, but it has not been written for a number of days now, look at Wikipedia:Main Page history/2023 November 20. The bot owner made only few edits, one saying that the bot can't do it in retrospect (which I sort of thought anyway). What can we do? Once I'm hear: could a bot perhaps change earlier renditions which look strange, due to changes in the presentation, compare Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 November 23 (look at the "Recents") and Wikipedia:Main Page history/2020 November 20? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:21, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
{{:Main Page}}
in the input wikitext box, then copy-pasting the output into the relevant history page. I've done that for
Wikipedia:Main Page history/2023 November 24, and happy to do it for a few days, until the bot starts running again. It is possible to do it retrospectively by rebuilding a copy of the main page in a sandbox, transcluding older templates (ITN needs to be done manually), but it is a time-consuming task. —
Voice of Clam (
talk)
08:04, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)#Portals on the main page, which is of interest to this page. Cremastra ( talk) 22:15, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
which is within the scope of this WikiProjectWhat do you mean? The Main Page is not a WikiProject. Can you clarify? RudolfRed ( talk) 01:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
I stumbled across what seems to be a non- WP:RS ( here) that notes Eustace Tilley has been updated since May 22, 2017 in the masthead per a rendering by Christoph Niemann. I have been digging for an WP:RS for this fact. I am unable to, so I left it on the talk. If anyone can find an RS for this fact or convince me that the source I have is one, that would be great.- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:00, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
On Line 129, please replace:
display: table;
with:
/* display: table; */
Reason: This CSS declaration is currently preventing people viewing the Main Page on a mobile device from playing the Steamboat Willie video (currently the POTD). See WP:ERRORS § Today's POTD.
I'm relatively confident that the only thing this change will affect is the 'play' button on the video player - that's the only element that document.querySelectorAll("#mp-tfp tr:first-child td:first-child a")
returns in my browser's console, as far as I can see. In any event, hopefully this will only need to be an immediate-term fix. (And if it somehow breaks anything, it can always be reverted.)
All the best, — a smart kitten[ meow 12:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi main page people
Just a heads up that there is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day#Steamboat Willie regarding a proposed listing of the video Steamboat Willie on 1 Jan, to coincide with its inaugural day in the public domain. There are some procedural issues with this, but a realisation of the encyclopedic value and there seems to be a willingness to invoke IAR on this. Just seeking to get as many voices into the conversation as possible, so please do go and give your two cents worth if you are interested to do so. — Amakuru ( talk) 22:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
This
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Please replace lines 127-131 of Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css with the following:
#mp-tfp tr:first-child td:first-child a.mw-file-description {
text-align: center;
display: table;
margin: 0 auto;
}
Reason: Earlier today, the display: table
declaration was commented out, as this was preventing mobile viewers from playing the Steamboat Willie video. Looking at
Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow on a landscape-oriented mobile device, it appears that this CSS block was responsible for horizontally centering the image on the screen. I therefore propose reinstating the declaration, but changing the selector to be more specific - targeting a.mw-file-description
rather than just a
. (Image <a>
tags generated by MediaWiki appear to have this class, while video <a>
tags appear to instead have .mw-tmh-play
.)
As with last time, if this breaks anything, the change can always be reverted (and/or the styles.css file restored to the version before today's change, provided the video is no longer on the Main Page at that point). The proposed changes are currently live in my sandbox (with my sandboxed TemplateStyles) with tomorrow's POTD.
This isn't a permanent solution, as it doesn't solve the fact that (when the POTD is a video) the video is also not centred on mobile landscape (at a glance, this appears to be something that could be fixed via span.mw-tmh-player
, although I'd want to do more checks to be sure of that). However, it's intended to be less of a short-term fix than the change made earlier, while reinstating the image centering.
Pinging Maxim for information, as you responded to the last edit request (though don't feel obliged to also answer this one!). Also pinging Izno, as you've made a lot of the past changes to the Main Page's styles.
Let me know if there are any queries. All the best, — a smart kitten[ meow 18:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
On a wide screen, the main page is perfectly balanced. On a narrow screen, it's totally out of kilter. On my phone, the ODT footer lines up with bottom of the fourth DYK hook, i.e. there are four more DYKs below that. Anyone got an idea what to do about it? Schwede 66 08:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
If we just went with a single column Main Page (like every other page), this would instantly cease to ever be a problem. -- User:Khajidha ( talk) ( contributions) 16:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
I feel that certain articles get linked to far too often on the Main Page. Some examples; main articles on sports, US Presidents, and wars such as World Wars I and II. I think it might be better, where possible, to link to articles on subtopics such as History of the National Football League, Presidency of Richard Nixon, Western theater of the American Civil War, or Aftermath of World War II. I recall reading a long time ago that one of the purposes of the Main Page was to drive traffic to a variety of articles so that readers might be inclined to spot something that needed expansion or improvement, and to showcase less-well known articles. Any thoughts? Abductive ( reasoning) 14:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
Does not work... Template:POTD protected/2024-01-11 Might need a lower resolution version such as this [2]. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 00:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
A tentative TFA schedule for March 2024 has just been released, here. I have tentatively scheduled Bradley Cooper for its second TFA run for March 11, Oscar night. If this runs, it would be advisable to have draft language, perhaps even an alternate blurb[s], to change to in the event Cooper wins one or both of the Oscars he has been nominated for, for Maestro. I can certainly draft alternate blurbs but I wanted to sound the community out as to its thoughts, both as to the advisability of running that article on Oscar night, and on the implementation of what I propose. I don't think we've ever done anything quite like this before, and I wanted to brainstorm this. Wehwalt ( talk) 03:20, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
I cannot see the header bar in the main page when i scroll down it (it's visible on other pages). I wrote some CSS to fix this but it covered the close button of the media viewer and i had to remove it. Is this the intended behavior or some kind of bug? RuzDD ( talk) 06:57, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, Wikipedians,
I believe it's time to consider updating the design of the main page. I'm not certain when the current style was implemented, but it seems to date back to 2006 or even earlier. Nowadays, there are numerous modern and colorful box templates available that could give the page a more contemporary look. What are your thoughts on starting this initiative? After all, the main page represents our entire community. I understand that changing a familiar style can be challenging for many users, but it's part of the natural cycle of updates.
Best regards, Riad Salih ( talk) 02:50, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
part of the natural cycle of updatesis a thought-terminating cliche. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -( talk) 13:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
If we redesign, I recommend the eswiki look. Aaron Liu ( talk) 13:28, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
This is the only article proposed so far (it's at it was at
WP:TFAP) for April Fool's Day. From its Featured Article nomination page: "A bunch of men pretending to be actors? Check. A bunch of men actually indulging in "games, madness [and] obscene debauchery"? Check. Men beaten, goods stolen, a town terrorised? Check. A hapless bishop writing letters but achieving little else? Check. Welcome to 14th-century England". It's been less than a year since it was promoted to
WP:FA, and it seems fine to me. Any objections? Other ideas? @
Serial Number 54129. - Dank (
push to talk)
02:29, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Any objections?Only the usual bellyaching and moaning from me as to whether or not this is something we want our schoolchildren - you know, the ones who do nothing at school all day except stare at the Wikipedia Main Page and then report back to their outraged parents - to be seeing. But I think we should be okay given that there isn't any actual explicit imagery/content on the hook itself. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -( talk) 15:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Typographically, it would be reader-friendly to add a (thin?) line of blank space between Ongoing and Recent deaths, which tend to blend together to the roving eye. – Sca ( talk) 14:28, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § Special period advertising sister projects. 🌺 Cremastra ( talk) 21:18, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Hey everyone , While I was scrolling through the main page, I noticed that the projects mentioned under Wikipedia's sister projects did not include WikiFunctions. WikiFunctions is owned by the WikiMedia Foundation and was officially launched in July 2023. I think WikiFunctions should definitely be included. Harvici ( talk) 15:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Today's Mother's Day. Why is it not in On This Day? Even a Google Doodle is celebrating it. Toadette ( Let's discuss together!) 07:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
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Doesn't Wikipedia have a policy against the encouragement and glorification of suicide and self-harm? Vegan416 ( talk) 18:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
I just want to say I appreciate that the April 10 OTD has a couple of "lighter" items (The Great Gatsby being published and Beatles breaking up). It's nice to see that it's not all doom and gloom. ~~ Jessintime ( talk) 16:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I haven't done an exhaustive search of the archives so I apologise if this has been asked before. I did find a question from 2004 suggesting that the "P" in "Main Page" should be decapitalised; although I support that suggestion, that is not what I wish to discuss here.
My issue is with the inconsistency of the capitalisation. Whereas in most places, including the page's title, it is referred to with the capital "P" ("Main Page"), the link on the sidebar has a lowercase "p" ("Main page").
Is there a reason for this difference? With my current knowledge of the situation, I would suggest decapitalising this title everywhere; or, at least, capitalising the title in the sidebar to maintain consistency.
Thank you for your consideration. – Alisperic ( talk) 07:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi all
Can someone tell me how to see previous versions of the front page for different days? Also can I suggest that that link is added at the top of this talk page somewhere since it's very unusual for the History tab for a Wikipedia page to not show previous versions of the page.
Thanks very much
John Cummings ( talk) 20:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Any thoughts on renaming "From today's featured list" to "Today's featured list", as well as "From today's featured article" to "Today's featured article"? It would be much simpler and easier to understand what we're talking about. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 21:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
The redirect Головна сторінка has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 3 § Головна сторінка until a consensus is reached. Fork99 ( talk) 11:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
The second sentence says "window wearing a red cape." That is a dangling modifier. It should read "wife, (name), wearing a red cape, passing . . ." Wis2fan ( talk) 03:58, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
If you haven't seen the news, natively-supported dark mode is coming. I think if you want to try it without opting in etc. this is a link you can try (it worked for me in private mode of Firefox).
This means the main page needs some styles. Previously it was basically how any old page in the main space looks (e.g. Facebook: just a black background and borders). I took an hour or two to give it a color theme reminiscent of light mode with some use of this web theme maker (I got the "value" for the light mode colors in the spectrum, then flipped them relative to 1000) and then made a single tweak (the purple used for TFP). Wikipedia:Main Page/styles.css has the colors (which are duplicated for the "OS" selection) if you want a readable summary.
Visited links are not necessarily accessible currently, but they aren't accessible on the current dark mode either (contrast of 3.5), so I don't think it's worth spending a ton of time on that.
If anyone thinks things aren't ideal (and I suspect they aren't), feel free to nudge things in the relevant style sheet with an admin request (who has to nudge them twice). Ignoring the link accessibility, I think right now the border for section headers on the blue side and TFP aren't great, and the TFP header background is too bright. Also, bullets aren't visible but that's going to be fixed in the next deployment. Izno ( talk) 23:49, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
This
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Per above. Please replace the contents of WP:Main Page/styles.css with Template:TemplateStyles sandbox/Sohom Datta/styles.css. Thanks. Sohom ( talk) 23:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
I have notice that in the did you know section all bullet points start with '...that', and I personally think that the 'that should be moved to the section title, making the title 'Did you know that...' and remove the 'that's from the bullet points, streamlining the page by a slight bit and making things a tad bit less redundant. Gantnitsa ( talk) 16:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Haven't been able to check this yet, possible WP:THURSDAY issue? In monobook, the page layout is broken now, see example - with the "welcome to wikipedia" being moved, a "," on a line by itself, bad font/size as well. — xaosflux Talk 09:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
mw-heading1
div around that h1.. —
xaosflux
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border-bottom: none;
margin-bottom: none;
font-size: 100%;
Recently, with the new GUI update, I reccomend we should update the Main page to suit this! Snipertron12 [| User| Talk| Cont|] 09:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)