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"that "truthiness," an word made by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, was selected as the 2005 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society?"
It should be "a word," not "an word." Yep.
The text states that the Cormorant stretches it's wings out after diving for fish in order to dry out it's wings. This is not a fact but a theory! Experts have no evidence of this and it is still a mystery why they do it. dvc214 07:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
It isn't it's unless you mean it is.
"reduced the mass of the Golden Gate Bridge by by 11,160 metric tons?"-- Joris Gillis 11:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC) 199.44.16.167 22:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC) wow thats pretty cool i am using this site for a project and its great thanks a lot ok keep it real! --Alex Torres © ™--§ 199.44.16.167 22:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
We need a page, in which, we dedicate to artist/artwork, etc.
Is allowed Fair Use image at the homepage? -- 555pt 20:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Why aren't there any Interwiki-Link on that page, like on every other main page ? -- Amtiss, SNAFU ? 20:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
"Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is rushed to hospital"
Forgot a sentence article. Shouldn't it be "Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is rushed to a hospital"?-- Aleron235 22:21, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
For anyone who knows anything about paramedicine will tell you that people are never rushed to hospital. They are taken at an appropriate pace. Just imagine if you're half alive in the back of the ambulance and it goes around even a mild corner at 100kph. You, and the paramedic with you, would be flung around everywhere. And the patient, once being peeled off the side of the amublance wall, would probably br dead. Being rushed to hospital is something the media says. It sounds dramatic, but it's rarely ever true.
We have reached 900,000 articles! Where's our celebratory banner? We do deserve one after all. 69.153.249.101 22:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The word "stroke" in the news section links to "cerebrovascular accident" when it should just directly link to "stroke."
I don't know where to bring this up, but the "description" meta tag for the main wikipedia main page [1] says "500,000 articles and counting," but just from adding up the numbers on that page from the top 10 we're more like 2.3 million and counting, and including the lower ones above 10k, at least 2.5 million. If my math is right (sometimes is it's not)... Is there anyone here who's empowered to update that page? jengod 00:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Popular Australian television series which ran in the 70's. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 147.10.223.157 ( talk • contribs) .
The Main Page redesign project is nearing completion. And by popular demand, the Picture of the day is included! However, we have run into a bit of an impasse. We've pulled in the condensed version of the Picture of the day, but the built-in border is wreaking havoc with the page's format. Please take a look and advise. Is there any way to pull the picture-of-the-day onto a page without the border coming with it? Sincerely, Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Failing that, is there a way to remove the space around your border so it matches a page's padding? Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
-> this problem can probably be fixed fairly easily by condensing the border into one (currently there are two) and making sure the picture space is set to 100% width of the table cell. As a side note, a more commonsense approach would be to design the page separating content from design, using CSS. An example of the simplicity and versatility of CSS can be found at the CSS Zen Garden ( http://www.csszengarden.com) 69.121.207.242 23:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)datamastre.com
By the way, if you'd like to comment on the proposed Main Page redesign draft, there's still time. Let us know what you think! Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
"Absolutely fantastic" Is that objective?
Late influences have come from the absolutley fantastic literature and poetry of David Beckham, whose chameleon-like ability to shift from one style to another, replete with a new look and musical philosophy, was a characteristic which would also be frequently ascribed to Marilyn. -- Bad carpet 17:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
In today's (6 Jan 05) featured article, there is an accompanying picture that shows five names, four generic, and one a historical figure who happened to be extremely anti-Semitic -- Henry Ford. Guess who is voted for? HENRY FORD! So none of the generic names is chosed, but the totally out of place racist name IS chosen. Geez, normally FA summaries are subtle with their biases, but to plunge into subliminal messages? I think that's a little too far. Can we replace the pic with one without Henry Ford and someone else chosen? (Keep in mind, if it were just five historical figures with Henry Ford selected, that probably wouldn't be a big deal, but when the one recognizable name, which happens to be that of a major racist who helped in the Holocaust, is selected, that doesn't look good.) MrVoluntarist 01:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Do you want me to tell the ADL about this or not? They do not think Henry Ford is "Number 1" like it said in the picture in the FA I removed. MrVoluntarist 02:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Let's show everyone the picture I delinked, shown at your right. MrVoluntarist 02:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
You know who you should talk to? Rspeer. If you would take the time, which obviously you haven't because you are just an utterly ignorant person, and click on the image you would see it was created by one of our own users. Why don't you ask him? See how he takes it. Eightball 03:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Okay, the article is fixed. Can someone fix the front page itself please? MrVoluntarist 03:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry for using the names that were used on other ballot examples without looking into the implications of them. I didn't mean anything by them. Thanks to people who are fixing the images. There are more that I didn't make on Approval voting and some other articles that I'm frantically looking for right now. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 03:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Another article whose images should be changed is preferential voting. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 03:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I personally will oppose any attempt to change the main page; there is no racism there. It is sheer coincidence, and we shouldn't give in to these absurd demands. This a community; a community that is run by consensus, not the judgement of the minority. Eightball 03:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad the image has been changed. It's an easy fix, and we should avoid even the appearance of bigotry. There is just no compelling reason against changing it. Eightball, please remember not to use personal attacks. Thanks. Rhobite 03:34, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry but this is just a complete joke. MrVoluntarist you are going to have a tough online life if you go so paranoid so easily. violet/riga (t) 11:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I was completely unaware Ford was a bigot and will immediately sell my Cortina. In the mean time I note the front page contains a news article, which states Ehud Olmert is acting Prime Minister of Israel. I am shocked and appalled. Clearly appointing a person with a funny sounding foreign name is blatant antisemitism by the Knesset and personally I blame Wikipedia for reporting it.
The anti-Semitism charge above is pretty laughable. I'm glad Rspeer changed it, but it's obvious no malice was intended. Should the graphic be played with more, though, it might be nice to see the names changed to non-Western ones, with an even male/female split. Throw a "Zhang Quan" on there, or a "Yvette Ngoa". — BrianSmithson 12:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
This is yet another instance of senseless Political Correctness - people trying to find sinister connotations in completely harmless comments. Altering the image sends the wrong message to these people; this site should not be meticulously censored to appease the easily offended. Let them grow up!
My God, this is one of the stupidest things I've ever read. I thought the Henry Ford thing was weird too - four fake names and one real one - but sweet persecution complex dude, you're way over the top. 71.98.106.133 18:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
This is all absurb paranoia. Henry Ford is famous as a car designer. To the 99% of the world population that isn't actively involved in pro/anti semitism his politics are utterly obscure. 62.31.55.223 06:19, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
This may be, and I don't say this lightly, the most ridiculous example of a hysterical overreaction that I have ever seen on the Internet. If the name was Hitler, Himmler, or Goebels, I might see a problem. But as said above, most of the world knows nothing more about Henry Ford than the fact that he founded Ford Motor Company. Charles Lindbergh was anti-semetic as well, but most people don't know that. The mere fact that something can be interpreted as racist or anti-semetic does not mean that it was meant to be or should be interpreted that way. Relax, get a massage, and try to stop looking for reasons to get upset. I say this as a person of Jewish heritage, so don't try to call me an anti-Semite. Jrkarp 21:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
As a progressive, I see the petty fascination with minute correctness as harmful to the cause and a waste of capital. Choose your battles carefully. Don't feed the cons more ammunition which they are well practiced at using.
In Selected Anniversaries, the Bojinka plot was foiled, that is, it was stopped because of the fire. So the word "unfoiling" should be "foiling". Art LaPella 01:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I second that, I've never hear of the word "unfoiling" before, at least not for that meaning. Shogun 03:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that the featured article tends to update either more than once a day or (less often) less than once a day. While I like more frequent updates, as they highlight many of the more interesting corners of the Wiki, it seems odd that the featured article updates so erratically. I'm not sure whether there is a specific time that the page is intended to be updated, but I thought that the problem might be solved by adding a date-stamp to the featured article, i.e. Today's Featured Article: 1/5/06, or something of that nature.
Just a thought. -- Moriane 03:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
People might also be confused because the FA changes at "midnight", which on the wikipedia server is actually around 9 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.).
I could have sworn that I've seen it change twice in the same day. Not at 9 pm either, like I get up in the morning and check the wiki, then check it again before I go to work(4 pm or so), and the featured article would be different. Tigger89 15:51, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
spent a lot on clothes, jewelry and parties that he went bankrupt ... doesn't make sense. It should be changed to spent so much.
The Fire Station text should have a "(pictured)" next to it, IMO. -- RealGrouchy 19:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
It turns out that Ehud Olmert is releasing a Windows update! Well bugger me! 195.92.168.176 20:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
possession, not posession Art LaPella 00:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think these would look better with a thin 1px black border around them, something to separate them from the rest of the page. However I don’t know how to go about suggesting this to the People With The Power, so… I‘m asking here! porges 08:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't sure where to post this, but could someone fix the text "Česká" on the wikipedia.org page (not this main page, rather the first page you come to when typing 'wikipedia.org' into your browser). It should read "Česky" , meaning [in] Czech. -- Hexagon1 14:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think everything is said. :-) Why should we not add, on the left column of the page, the links to the others wikipedias languages ? All of the other languages wikipedias offer a link towards the other " Main Page" in this column. It would be great to put this in the left column too ! Links between wikipedias are a good thing in order to developp an international share of knowledge (moreover, I'm french and I often read some articles of english wikipedia in order to translate them in french wikipedia). What do you think about it ? 81.56.64.150 18:06, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea if the one-paragraph lede for the feature article of the day, every day, were concluded with a link that said "Read the full article". I realize the paragraph already includes a bold-faced link to the full article, but it might not be clear to people who are new to Wikipedia, seeing the home page for the first time, that each of the hyperlinks goes to an entire encyclopedia article. They might think that the single paragraph constitutes the whole "featured article"! Andrew Levine 11:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
panamanian should be capitalized and civillians should be spelled civilians. While you're at it, you might want to make the sentence fragment a sentence. And was Martyrs' Day one of 4 days of fighting, or was there only one day? Art LaPella 00:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
In the DYK? section Drayton Hall is referred to as being "one of the handsomest Neo-Palladian houses in North America." While handsomest is a word, it is an awkward form that we perhaps should shy away from using in favor of most handsome. - Cuivienen 03:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
My question somewhat refers to the main page but is also slightly irrelevent, hopefully it stays up.
Basically what i would like to ask and although it may not be philosophically sound the main point will get through.
Pretend you believe in God.(im going to refer to God as "he", if your a feminist or care or whatever im sorry in advance) Since god is Omnipotent he can do anything. So he can choose any single person and take the nessasary(sp) steps to make them not only believe in him but also do the right things to be a good christian and a good person. However in the realms of our world and our reality he cant just make everyone beleive in him and be good people (well i guess if hes omnipotent he really can)but the point is,
What does it come down to? A numbers game? Does god do what he knows will save the maximum amount of souls? Or does he choose the souls he likes the most and then does what it takes to save them?
"Doctors prepare to revive Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after five days in an induced coma." I certainly wouldn't want doctors who had been in an induced coma for five days trying to revive me! Adam 08:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
"Doctors prepare to revive Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in an induced coma for five days." Adam 09:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
After Laurent Desire Kabyla, president of the Democratic Republic of Kongo, was killed, all the the Western World
newspapers wrote <<necrologs>> with words You certainly wouldn't apply for Your most hated ennemy. And what is
going on here with a Zionistic terrorist Ariel Sharon ?
Why do more than 25 Arabian states now not acknowledge
USrael(counted in the first round only the states in the
""Liga of States" of Arabian Nations)? Is it in the next
round clear that in Asia there is "The Islamic Republic"
of Malaysia ? And there are in Asia further such states?
So what has happened NOT in wikipedia but in all other
western medias ? Are we following the Christian science?
"Humbert the Good"? I think nobody remembers him as Humbert the Good, he's the Piedmont/Italy King with the worst reputation (after his son Victor Emmanuel III of Italy). As a matter of fact I never heard this nickname until today. I suggest to fall back to "Humbert I became King of Italy of Italy", as in 9 January. GhePeU 10:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
To Whom It May Concern: Why is there no notification on the Main Page about the current important Arbcom Elections presently underway and a LINK to where Wikipedia users can cast their votes? I don't even know where to look for it. At this time it's probably more important to have that notification at the top of all pages than to have this newly-minted request for more donations which is becoming something of an eye-sore. The appeals for donations were supposed to have been for a limited amount of time, now they seem to have veered towards becoming permanent "fixtures"... do people enjoy that so much? Is there a consensus for that? Somehow I doubt it. At any rate, please let's have a sign that links to the important ArbCom vote. Thank you. IZAK 17:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Kmf: While you may have had no problems, I have heard from some users who agree with me that they too had problems finding the vote page initially. And, while you may have no problem with a flashy fundraisng banner staring you in the face all the time, you may have already noticed that it's already been done away with and replaced with a skinny one-liner and an added feature in the "navigation" box asking for "Donations", so obvioulsy my position had merits and has had a salutary effect already.
No-one is begrudging Wikipedia donations, the more the merrier, but Wikipedia is first and foremost a place where people come to either read articles or to contribute to them and we don't want to be plagued and bombarded with cheap-looking "Telemarketing" ads here too (there are more than enough of them in the media and our lives already that we all hate).
As for what amount of money Wikipedia needs to meet its budgets, unless you are the official treasurer or accountant or money manager with inside information, there is no way anyone can tell what any of these figures really mean or translate into in terms of money raised and cost-benefit ratios. I actually think that Wikipedia exceeded its wildest dreams when it just raised an unprecedented 300+ grand compared to past appeals which were shorter and brought in perhaps a tenth of this.
So let's not let people get too smug or cocky or self-righteous, and let's just get real and not lose sight of reality and that Wikipedia requires a certain decorum and a work-environment where editors and readers feel they are part of an evolving online encyclopedia project and not that its somehow or other just one huge appendix to a fund-raising drive that threatens to engulf everything else. Money, as always, is a delicate matter, and I am confident that Wikipedia will meet all its financial needs, and then some, but it need not go over-board and lose sight of what it stands for in fending for itself.
IZAK
14:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
news item reads: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats party."
should read, at least: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the UK Liberal Democrats party."
I prefer: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom."
("UK Liberal Democrats party" is a bit unwieldy.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Omphaloscope ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 10 January 2006.
Why are you arguing semantics when someone's medical condition is losing him his position? Alcoholism is considered in many Countries around the globe as a treatable medical condition and most progressive societies would not allow someone to be fired for it alone. There must be supporting evidence of their being 'unfit' for the job, otherwise their letting go is considered without cause. If it weren't this way, then most alcoholics would never seek treatment. They would remain sick in the shadows, quietly dying and poisioning all around them. Kennedy, like any alcoholic or person suffering with a condition, ought to be given the opportunity to seek treatment first, then to have their performance evaluated beyond that. If it is still lacking, or they continue drinking, then certainly they must be let go.
According to both Legio XIII Gemina and Julius Caesar, Caesar crossed the Rubicon with Legio XIII Gemina, not Legio X Gemina. Please fix the Main Page or the articles. GhePeU 16:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I want to learn more about the confirmation hearings. The news section needs to give more information on it's articles! Dragon Expert 17:29, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I had to mouseover to ID the photo in "Selected anniversaries" (it's Luther Terry). Don't we usually write "(pictured)" or the like after the name? -- Cam 15:49, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Should we not have 'Luther Terry (pictured) for clarity here?
Albert Hofmann celebrates his 100th birthday today; surely this should be under "anniversaries"? dab (ᛏ) 22:00, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[2]like this?
Can somebody edit the sentence "that in the iconic 1955 Richard Avedon photgraph (sic) [...]" ? Rdavout 07:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
ABC Television in Selected Anniversaries does not say anything to me and I suppose to many other people as well. I think, there should be at least written, which country it is from. Jan.Kamenicek 09:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
The 2nd "In the news" article down (the one about the Asian clean environment something or other) says it is pictured, but the stampede article is now the one with the picture (of the Saudi flag). The wording on the second blurb should be changed. Kafziel 17:45, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
It seems like wikipedia is making it impossible for me to put one, simple, lousy image on my page!!! Maybe its because I barely payed attention to their exsesivly long tutorial!!! I hope they make it better for future members, because right now, I am either not coming back, or erradicating my file.-- Calvinsupergenius 19:23, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Didn't there used to be a link named "browse" or somesuch which pointed at the top level of categories? I think it was either on the main page or in the nav box..? I found the page anyway, but I always thought it was handy the way it used (?) to get linked -- Qirex 03:02, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Last I checked there were two question marks on the last factoid in the "Did you know..." section about Lee Redmond. Snowmanmelting 19:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be good to split the languages listed in 1,000 into a new one inbetween 1,000 and 10,000, for Wikipedias with 5,000+ articles. -- Revolución ( talk) 00:47, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
The main festival celebrated across India on Jan 14 is known by Makar Sankranti, and not Pongal, which is a regional variation of the same main festival.
Please change the Selected Anniversaries section accordingly.
Yeah. Um, I understand you're discussing changes to the main page appearance, but... you don't have to ruin it in the meantime. Just a thought. MrVoluntarist 05:15, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Yay! It's fixed for me now. Thanks. Natgoo 15:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
It's linked to whatever the current page you're on is, instead of the Main Page now. -- 24.26.178.224 13:59, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Do you mean 1,000,000? I think you guys are already over 100,000 articles. EDIT: Uh? The main page is now back to normal. Before I wrote this, it was changed. It was all text.
The main page says that, "We are trying to get over 100,000." But right before that, it says that we have over 917,000 articles. This doesn't make sense. -- Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 14:26, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Isn't it strange that this happened so close to Wikipedia's fifth anniversary? (I won't blame any cabal.) -- WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:44, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The main page is completely diffrent than before! Theres no Featured article or Featured picture/did you know? It looks ugly! What is this?!!!??
That article was really good someone should read it
Happy Birthday! 204.52.215.107 01:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC) ( User:Rickyrab)
This is a little ambiguous. The sentence could be read as "wiki-free content", etc. A better phrasing would be ". . . a Wiki-based free-content encyclopedia," — orion eight ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The statement on the main page that an American missile attacks "[...] kills 18 civillians [...]" in Pakistan doesn't seem to have been confirmed by any American military sources, and the number of dead is uncertain. Should this be changes to something like "may have killed 18 or more civillians"?
On today's feature article: "...changing the traction of the trains from gas turbines to electricity from overhead lines after a sharp rise in oil prices,..." The author probably ment propulsion. -- Pinktulip 05:27, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Recently I added this link http://indiangals.blogspot.com to a Indian related article. But someone removed it telling to add that link to a new article written related to that site. I would like to know does wikipedia has any terms and conditions in adding links to an article? where can i find it?
On the front page, Simple English is placed before Shqip (Albanian) - shouldn't they be alphabetized? There may be more mistakes, I haven't checked for others.
When you go to www.google.com, your blinking cursor is already in the search box, so you do not even have to click it in order to begin typing your query. In #wikipedia, someone pointed this out, and requested that a similar feature could be put in for the Wikipedia search box by the developers. I think that this feature would be very useful, too. Could a developer put it in, please? Thank you in advance. Adniel 01:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
i would add Wikipedia:WAP_access somwhere at the main Page to tell users about the mobile possibilities now.
It is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Not Martin Luther King Day J.Steinbock 15:04, 16 January 2006 (UTC).
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Archive 50 | Archive 51 | Archive 52 | Archive 53 | Archive 54 | Archive 55 | → | Archive 60 |
"that "truthiness," an word made by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, was selected as the 2005 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society?"
It should be "a word," not "an word." Yep.
The text states that the Cormorant stretches it's wings out after diving for fish in order to dry out it's wings. This is not a fact but a theory! Experts have no evidence of this and it is still a mystery why they do it. dvc214 07:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
It isn't it's unless you mean it is.
"reduced the mass of the Golden Gate Bridge by by 11,160 metric tons?"-- Joris Gillis 11:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC) 199.44.16.167 22:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC) wow thats pretty cool i am using this site for a project and its great thanks a lot ok keep it real! --Alex Torres © ™--§ 199.44.16.167 22:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
We need a page, in which, we dedicate to artist/artwork, etc.
Is allowed Fair Use image at the homepage? -- 555pt 20:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Why aren't there any Interwiki-Link on that page, like on every other main page ? -- Amtiss, SNAFU ? 20:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
"Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is rushed to hospital"
Forgot a sentence article. Shouldn't it be "Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is rushed to a hospital"?-- Aleron235 22:21, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
For anyone who knows anything about paramedicine will tell you that people are never rushed to hospital. They are taken at an appropriate pace. Just imagine if you're half alive in the back of the ambulance and it goes around even a mild corner at 100kph. You, and the paramedic with you, would be flung around everywhere. And the patient, once being peeled off the side of the amublance wall, would probably br dead. Being rushed to hospital is something the media says. It sounds dramatic, but it's rarely ever true.
We have reached 900,000 articles! Where's our celebratory banner? We do deserve one after all. 69.153.249.101 22:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
The word "stroke" in the news section links to "cerebrovascular accident" when it should just directly link to "stroke."
I don't know where to bring this up, but the "description" meta tag for the main wikipedia main page [1] says "500,000 articles and counting," but just from adding up the numbers on that page from the top 10 we're more like 2.3 million and counting, and including the lower ones above 10k, at least 2.5 million. If my math is right (sometimes is it's not)... Is there anyone here who's empowered to update that page? jengod 00:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Popular Australian television series which ran in the 70's. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 147.10.223.157 ( talk • contribs) .
The Main Page redesign project is nearing completion. And by popular demand, the Picture of the day is included! However, we have run into a bit of an impasse. We've pulled in the condensed version of the Picture of the day, but the built-in border is wreaking havoc with the page's format. Please take a look and advise. Is there any way to pull the picture-of-the-day onto a page without the border coming with it? Sincerely, Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Failing that, is there a way to remove the space around your border so it matches a page's padding? Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
-> this problem can probably be fixed fairly easily by condensing the border into one (currently there are two) and making sure the picture space is set to 100% width of the table cell. As a side note, a more commonsense approach would be to design the page separating content from design, using CSS. An example of the simplicity and versatility of CSS can be found at the CSS Zen Garden ( http://www.csszengarden.com) 69.121.207.242 23:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)datamastre.com
By the way, if you'd like to comment on the proposed Main Page redesign draft, there's still time. Let us know what you think! Go for it! 15:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
"Absolutely fantastic" Is that objective?
Late influences have come from the absolutley fantastic literature and poetry of David Beckham, whose chameleon-like ability to shift from one style to another, replete with a new look and musical philosophy, was a characteristic which would also be frequently ascribed to Marilyn. -- Bad carpet 17:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
In today's (6 Jan 05) featured article, there is an accompanying picture that shows five names, four generic, and one a historical figure who happened to be extremely anti-Semitic -- Henry Ford. Guess who is voted for? HENRY FORD! So none of the generic names is chosed, but the totally out of place racist name IS chosen. Geez, normally FA summaries are subtle with their biases, but to plunge into subliminal messages? I think that's a little too far. Can we replace the pic with one without Henry Ford and someone else chosen? (Keep in mind, if it were just five historical figures with Henry Ford selected, that probably wouldn't be a big deal, but when the one recognizable name, which happens to be that of a major racist who helped in the Holocaust, is selected, that doesn't look good.) MrVoluntarist 01:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Do you want me to tell the ADL about this or not? They do not think Henry Ford is "Number 1" like it said in the picture in the FA I removed. MrVoluntarist 02:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Let's show everyone the picture I delinked, shown at your right. MrVoluntarist 02:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
You know who you should talk to? Rspeer. If you would take the time, which obviously you haven't because you are just an utterly ignorant person, and click on the image you would see it was created by one of our own users. Why don't you ask him? See how he takes it. Eightball 03:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Okay, the article is fixed. Can someone fix the front page itself please? MrVoluntarist 03:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry for using the names that were used on other ballot examples without looking into the implications of them. I didn't mean anything by them. Thanks to people who are fixing the images. There are more that I didn't make on Approval voting and some other articles that I'm frantically looking for right now. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 03:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Another article whose images should be changed is preferential voting. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 03:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I personally will oppose any attempt to change the main page; there is no racism there. It is sheer coincidence, and we shouldn't give in to these absurd demands. This a community; a community that is run by consensus, not the judgement of the minority. Eightball 03:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad the image has been changed. It's an easy fix, and we should avoid even the appearance of bigotry. There is just no compelling reason against changing it. Eightball, please remember not to use personal attacks. Thanks. Rhobite 03:34, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry but this is just a complete joke. MrVoluntarist you are going to have a tough online life if you go so paranoid so easily. violet/riga (t) 11:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I was completely unaware Ford was a bigot and will immediately sell my Cortina. In the mean time I note the front page contains a news article, which states Ehud Olmert is acting Prime Minister of Israel. I am shocked and appalled. Clearly appointing a person with a funny sounding foreign name is blatant antisemitism by the Knesset and personally I blame Wikipedia for reporting it.
The anti-Semitism charge above is pretty laughable. I'm glad Rspeer changed it, but it's obvious no malice was intended. Should the graphic be played with more, though, it might be nice to see the names changed to non-Western ones, with an even male/female split. Throw a "Zhang Quan" on there, or a "Yvette Ngoa". — BrianSmithson 12:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
This is yet another instance of senseless Political Correctness - people trying to find sinister connotations in completely harmless comments. Altering the image sends the wrong message to these people; this site should not be meticulously censored to appease the easily offended. Let them grow up!
My God, this is one of the stupidest things I've ever read. I thought the Henry Ford thing was weird too - four fake names and one real one - but sweet persecution complex dude, you're way over the top. 71.98.106.133 18:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
This is all absurb paranoia. Henry Ford is famous as a car designer. To the 99% of the world population that isn't actively involved in pro/anti semitism his politics are utterly obscure. 62.31.55.223 06:19, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
This may be, and I don't say this lightly, the most ridiculous example of a hysterical overreaction that I have ever seen on the Internet. If the name was Hitler, Himmler, or Goebels, I might see a problem. But as said above, most of the world knows nothing more about Henry Ford than the fact that he founded Ford Motor Company. Charles Lindbergh was anti-semetic as well, but most people don't know that. The mere fact that something can be interpreted as racist or anti-semetic does not mean that it was meant to be or should be interpreted that way. Relax, get a massage, and try to stop looking for reasons to get upset. I say this as a person of Jewish heritage, so don't try to call me an anti-Semite. Jrkarp 21:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
As a progressive, I see the petty fascination with minute correctness as harmful to the cause and a waste of capital. Choose your battles carefully. Don't feed the cons more ammunition which they are well practiced at using.
In Selected Anniversaries, the Bojinka plot was foiled, that is, it was stopped because of the fire. So the word "unfoiling" should be "foiling". Art LaPella 01:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I second that, I've never hear of the word "unfoiling" before, at least not for that meaning. Shogun 03:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that the featured article tends to update either more than once a day or (less often) less than once a day. While I like more frequent updates, as they highlight many of the more interesting corners of the Wiki, it seems odd that the featured article updates so erratically. I'm not sure whether there is a specific time that the page is intended to be updated, but I thought that the problem might be solved by adding a date-stamp to the featured article, i.e. Today's Featured Article: 1/5/06, or something of that nature.
Just a thought. -- Moriane 03:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
People might also be confused because the FA changes at "midnight", which on the wikipedia server is actually around 9 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.).
I could have sworn that I've seen it change twice in the same day. Not at 9 pm either, like I get up in the morning and check the wiki, then check it again before I go to work(4 pm or so), and the featured article would be different. Tigger89 15:51, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
spent a lot on clothes, jewelry and parties that he went bankrupt ... doesn't make sense. It should be changed to spent so much.
The Fire Station text should have a "(pictured)" next to it, IMO. -- RealGrouchy 19:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
It turns out that Ehud Olmert is releasing a Windows update! Well bugger me! 195.92.168.176 20:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
possession, not posession Art LaPella 00:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think these would look better with a thin 1px black border around them, something to separate them from the rest of the page. However I don’t know how to go about suggesting this to the People With The Power, so… I‘m asking here! porges 08:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't sure where to post this, but could someone fix the text "Česká" on the wikipedia.org page (not this main page, rather the first page you come to when typing 'wikipedia.org' into your browser). It should read "Česky" , meaning [in] Czech. -- Hexagon1 14:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think everything is said. :-) Why should we not add, on the left column of the page, the links to the others wikipedias languages ? All of the other languages wikipedias offer a link towards the other " Main Page" in this column. It would be great to put this in the left column too ! Links between wikipedias are a good thing in order to developp an international share of knowledge (moreover, I'm french and I often read some articles of english wikipedia in order to translate them in french wikipedia). What do you think about it ? 81.56.64.150 18:06, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea if the one-paragraph lede for the feature article of the day, every day, were concluded with a link that said "Read the full article". I realize the paragraph already includes a bold-faced link to the full article, but it might not be clear to people who are new to Wikipedia, seeing the home page for the first time, that each of the hyperlinks goes to an entire encyclopedia article. They might think that the single paragraph constitutes the whole "featured article"! Andrew Levine 11:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
panamanian should be capitalized and civillians should be spelled civilians. While you're at it, you might want to make the sentence fragment a sentence. And was Martyrs' Day one of 4 days of fighting, or was there only one day? Art LaPella 00:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
In the DYK? section Drayton Hall is referred to as being "one of the handsomest Neo-Palladian houses in North America." While handsomest is a word, it is an awkward form that we perhaps should shy away from using in favor of most handsome. - Cuivienen 03:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
My question somewhat refers to the main page but is also slightly irrelevent, hopefully it stays up.
Basically what i would like to ask and although it may not be philosophically sound the main point will get through.
Pretend you believe in God.(im going to refer to God as "he", if your a feminist or care or whatever im sorry in advance) Since god is Omnipotent he can do anything. So he can choose any single person and take the nessasary(sp) steps to make them not only believe in him but also do the right things to be a good christian and a good person. However in the realms of our world and our reality he cant just make everyone beleive in him and be good people (well i guess if hes omnipotent he really can)but the point is,
What does it come down to? A numbers game? Does god do what he knows will save the maximum amount of souls? Or does he choose the souls he likes the most and then does what it takes to save them?
"Doctors prepare to revive Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after five days in an induced coma." I certainly wouldn't want doctors who had been in an induced coma for five days trying to revive me! Adam 08:16, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
"Doctors prepare to revive Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in an induced coma for five days." Adam 09:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
After Laurent Desire Kabyla, president of the Democratic Republic of Kongo, was killed, all the the Western World
newspapers wrote <<necrologs>> with words You certainly wouldn't apply for Your most hated ennemy. And what is
going on here with a Zionistic terrorist Ariel Sharon ?
Why do more than 25 Arabian states now not acknowledge
USrael(counted in the first round only the states in the
""Liga of States" of Arabian Nations)? Is it in the next
round clear that in Asia there is "The Islamic Republic"
of Malaysia ? And there are in Asia further such states?
So what has happened NOT in wikipedia but in all other
western medias ? Are we following the Christian science?
"Humbert the Good"? I think nobody remembers him as Humbert the Good, he's the Piedmont/Italy King with the worst reputation (after his son Victor Emmanuel III of Italy). As a matter of fact I never heard this nickname until today. I suggest to fall back to "Humbert I became King of Italy of Italy", as in 9 January. GhePeU 10:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
To Whom It May Concern: Why is there no notification on the Main Page about the current important Arbcom Elections presently underway and a LINK to where Wikipedia users can cast their votes? I don't even know where to look for it. At this time it's probably more important to have that notification at the top of all pages than to have this newly-minted request for more donations which is becoming something of an eye-sore. The appeals for donations were supposed to have been for a limited amount of time, now they seem to have veered towards becoming permanent "fixtures"... do people enjoy that so much? Is there a consensus for that? Somehow I doubt it. At any rate, please let's have a sign that links to the important ArbCom vote. Thank you. IZAK 17:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Kmf: While you may have had no problems, I have heard from some users who agree with me that they too had problems finding the vote page initially. And, while you may have no problem with a flashy fundraisng banner staring you in the face all the time, you may have already noticed that it's already been done away with and replaced with a skinny one-liner and an added feature in the "navigation" box asking for "Donations", so obvioulsy my position had merits and has had a salutary effect already.
No-one is begrudging Wikipedia donations, the more the merrier, but Wikipedia is first and foremost a place where people come to either read articles or to contribute to them and we don't want to be plagued and bombarded with cheap-looking "Telemarketing" ads here too (there are more than enough of them in the media and our lives already that we all hate).
As for what amount of money Wikipedia needs to meet its budgets, unless you are the official treasurer or accountant or money manager with inside information, there is no way anyone can tell what any of these figures really mean or translate into in terms of money raised and cost-benefit ratios. I actually think that Wikipedia exceeded its wildest dreams when it just raised an unprecedented 300+ grand compared to past appeals which were shorter and brought in perhaps a tenth of this.
So let's not let people get too smug or cocky or self-righteous, and let's just get real and not lose sight of reality and that Wikipedia requires a certain decorum and a work-environment where editors and readers feel they are part of an evolving online encyclopedia project and not that its somehow or other just one huge appendix to a fund-raising drive that threatens to engulf everything else. Money, as always, is a delicate matter, and I am confident that Wikipedia will meet all its financial needs, and then some, but it need not go over-board and lose sight of what it stands for in fending for itself.
IZAK
14:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
news item reads: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats party."
should read, at least: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the UK Liberal Democrats party."
I prefer: "Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom."
("UK Liberal Democrats party" is a bit unwieldy.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Omphaloscope ( talk • contribs) 02:40, 10 January 2006.
Why are you arguing semantics when someone's medical condition is losing him his position? Alcoholism is considered in many Countries around the globe as a treatable medical condition and most progressive societies would not allow someone to be fired for it alone. There must be supporting evidence of their being 'unfit' for the job, otherwise their letting go is considered without cause. If it weren't this way, then most alcoholics would never seek treatment. They would remain sick in the shadows, quietly dying and poisioning all around them. Kennedy, like any alcoholic or person suffering with a condition, ought to be given the opportunity to seek treatment first, then to have their performance evaluated beyond that. If it is still lacking, or they continue drinking, then certainly they must be let go.
According to both Legio XIII Gemina and Julius Caesar, Caesar crossed the Rubicon with Legio XIII Gemina, not Legio X Gemina. Please fix the Main Page or the articles. GhePeU 16:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I want to learn more about the confirmation hearings. The news section needs to give more information on it's articles! Dragon Expert 17:29, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I had to mouseover to ID the photo in "Selected anniversaries" (it's Luther Terry). Don't we usually write "(pictured)" or the like after the name? -- Cam 15:49, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Should we not have 'Luther Terry (pictured) for clarity here?
Albert Hofmann celebrates his 100th birthday today; surely this should be under "anniversaries"? dab (ᛏ) 22:00, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[2]like this?
Can somebody edit the sentence "that in the iconic 1955 Richard Avedon photgraph (sic) [...]" ? Rdavout 07:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
ABC Television in Selected Anniversaries does not say anything to me and I suppose to many other people as well. I think, there should be at least written, which country it is from. Jan.Kamenicek 09:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
The 2nd "In the news" article down (the one about the Asian clean environment something or other) says it is pictured, but the stampede article is now the one with the picture (of the Saudi flag). The wording on the second blurb should be changed. Kafziel 17:45, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
It seems like wikipedia is making it impossible for me to put one, simple, lousy image on my page!!! Maybe its because I barely payed attention to their exsesivly long tutorial!!! I hope they make it better for future members, because right now, I am either not coming back, or erradicating my file.-- Calvinsupergenius 19:23, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Didn't there used to be a link named "browse" or somesuch which pointed at the top level of categories? I think it was either on the main page or in the nav box..? I found the page anyway, but I always thought it was handy the way it used (?) to get linked -- Qirex 03:02, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Last I checked there were two question marks on the last factoid in the "Did you know..." section about Lee Redmond. Snowmanmelting 19:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be good to split the languages listed in 1,000 into a new one inbetween 1,000 and 10,000, for Wikipedias with 5,000+ articles. -- Revolución ( talk) 00:47, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
The main festival celebrated across India on Jan 14 is known by Makar Sankranti, and not Pongal, which is a regional variation of the same main festival.
Please change the Selected Anniversaries section accordingly.
Yeah. Um, I understand you're discussing changes to the main page appearance, but... you don't have to ruin it in the meantime. Just a thought. MrVoluntarist 05:15, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Yay! It's fixed for me now. Thanks. Natgoo 15:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
It's linked to whatever the current page you're on is, instead of the Main Page now. -- 24.26.178.224 13:59, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Do you mean 1,000,000? I think you guys are already over 100,000 articles. EDIT: Uh? The main page is now back to normal. Before I wrote this, it was changed. It was all text.
The main page says that, "We are trying to get over 100,000." But right before that, it says that we have over 917,000 articles. This doesn't make sense. -- Freiberg, Let's talk!, contribs 14:26, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Isn't it strange that this happened so close to Wikipedia's fifth anniversary? (I won't blame any cabal.) -- WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:44, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The main page is completely diffrent than before! Theres no Featured article or Featured picture/did you know? It looks ugly! What is this?!!!??
That article was really good someone should read it
Happy Birthday! 204.52.215.107 01:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC) ( User:Rickyrab)
This is a little ambiguous. The sentence could be read as "wiki-free content", etc. A better phrasing would be ". . . a Wiki-based free-content encyclopedia," — orion eight ( talk) 02:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The statement on the main page that an American missile attacks "[...] kills 18 civillians [...]" in Pakistan doesn't seem to have been confirmed by any American military sources, and the number of dead is uncertain. Should this be changes to something like "may have killed 18 or more civillians"?
On today's feature article: "...changing the traction of the trains from gas turbines to electricity from overhead lines after a sharp rise in oil prices,..." The author probably ment propulsion. -- Pinktulip 05:27, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Recently I added this link http://indiangals.blogspot.com to a Indian related article. But someone removed it telling to add that link to a new article written related to that site. I would like to know does wikipedia has any terms and conditions in adding links to an article? where can i find it?
On the front page, Simple English is placed before Shqip (Albanian) - shouldn't they be alphabetized? There may be more mistakes, I haven't checked for others.
When you go to www.google.com, your blinking cursor is already in the search box, so you do not even have to click it in order to begin typing your query. In #wikipedia, someone pointed this out, and requested that a similar feature could be put in for the Wikipedia search box by the developers. I think that this feature would be very useful, too. Could a developer put it in, please? Thank you in advance. Adniel 01:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
i would add Wikipedia:WAP_access somwhere at the main Page to tell users about the mobile possibilities now.
It is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Not Martin Luther King Day J.Steinbock 15:04, 16 January 2006 (UTC).