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Where on the Main Page is mention of Mozart's birthday? Was it an oversight? MathStatWoman
Some too. Is there a way to easily revert vandalism?
Intersting I also have been given a warning for vandalism,... how about putting a policy/golden rule on the main page or a link to wiki policy for newcommers? 24.43.51.199 02:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
yours t-lovingly
Relax folks, Alexa had a colocation move and consequent glitches: "JANUARY 27, 2006 - Posted By Geoffrey Mack: Uh, Oh, Wait. Hold on. Hmmm... Just a quick update on our data center move. The machines are in place, powered up and working... kind of. The network configuration is different, some would say better, and it has had some unanticipated consequences." -- Ancheta Wis 02:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
okay okay
dears Friends:
In the Wiki in spaniard languaje.
En la Wikipedia en idioma español
es:Wikipedia
algunos "bibliotecrios" (CEST) bloquean a su capricho o antojo a aquellos colaboradores del wikiproyecto que no les gusta o no les place, se nota lo que en español (spanish) se llama "amiguismo": "aquel que no es amigo, es "enemigo" y, a la menor ocasión es bloqueado bajo cualquier pretexto, o sus artículos son borrados (censureds) o alterados hasta la tergiverzación total bajo pretexto de "wikification", a estas horas por ejemplo un sujeto que se apoda "taichi" o algo así está bloqueando vandalicamente al proyecto de toda la wiki, ese sujeto increiblemente ha llegado a ser (por "amiguismo") nombrado "cest" y, aunque el reglamento o estatuto de Wikipedia diga todo lo contrario se cree "dueño" de la Wikipedia en español y con los "botones" que se le han cedido está bloqueando e incluso borrando lo que otros wikipedistas editan e informan. Si el proyecto sigue controlado a nivel "bibliotecarios" (así se les llama en la Wikipedia española) pierde toda credibilidad.--
200.125.110.99
05:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Seeing as how today is the twentieth anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, I'd politely suggest changing the image on anniversaries to one of the disaster. Palm_Dogg 06:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I am just curious: can we put a Nazi symbol on the front page of Wikipedia? For most people in China and some Asian countries, the Imperial Japanese Navy flag on the front page is a Nazi symbol.-- Jinhuili 18:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
IT's OK as ong as we are not saying they were right in their intentions of killing the Jewish Population of the world
Hey look...there is a swastika on the front page :\ :( — Ilyan e p (Talk) 00:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Could we have the following on the main page? Saturn is in opposition (180 degrees from the sun) now. The view of Saturn's rings is about 19 to 20 degrees, and quite a sight to behold. A telescope or even binoculars with just 30 times magnification gives a great view. MathStatWoman 01:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
COOL
It would be really great if someone could put
onload="document.getElementById('searchInput').focus()"
in the <body>
tag of the main page!
Could an admin please edit Wikipedia:Today's second feature/January 29, 2006 to link the word "jetpack" to jet pack? I have already made the change to Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 29, 2006. Thanks, TacoDeposit 16:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
"A roof collapse in Poland kills at least 60 people, with over 100 people still trapped awaiting rescue."
You are not in these people's heads. Although they probably are "awaiting rescue", it is wrong to put words in their heads. We are not in these people's POV. I think this should be reworded. Bsd987 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I suggest:
"A roof collapse in Poland kills at least 66 people, leaving 141 injured." 83.22.113.227 20:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I like the look and feel of this one best, but all the choices of things to do, nicely laid out at the bottom with links in the "chick" skin are so appealing. I know I want to change skins. Would Those In Charge consider adding them to this skin? I will hold off on making a decision for a few days, if giving thinking time will help. <hopeful expression> 23:25 29 Jan 2006 tygerbryght
I have a slight concern here. Since September 7, 2004, we've had Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Charles II, Mary II, Anne, George III and Victoria on the main page.
As an English historian myself, I'm delighted that so many of the British monarch articles have reached featured standard (in fact, seven more british monarchs have achieved this honour. Bravo!) But is not the main page article supposed to showcase the diversity of Wikipedia, as well as the quality? In other words, we've reached double digits in little more than a year, enough British monarchs for a while? Eixo 01:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
When you scroll over the picture of the president of finland, it says flag of Finland. schyler 01:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
No biggie, but the (more...) at the end of the Charles I main page description links to a disambiguation page of Charles I and not to the main article at Charles I of England. -- Ataricodfish 03:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I don't think this really belongs on the Main Page discussion page, but I'm not sure where else to put it, so here goes:
I think the "Personal Appeal from Jimmy Wales" that appears at the top of every page to a non-logged-in-user should be taken down. It is downright anti-Wikipedia to have any one person speak for the project as a whole, even just to ask for donations. While Wikipedia might not exist without Mr. Wales, that doesn't mean that every page should link to a page with a picture of him on it. The whole idea of Wikipedia is that there is no "owner" per se - it is a collaborative site, with all contributions considered equal. As such, an appeal for donations should be from all Wikipedians, not just one (and especially not one who makes edits like this).
-- User:Alex S, 04:19, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Whilst I fully accept that there is a limited amount of space in the Selected Anniversaries, I was mildly surprised to note that 30th Januray 2006 was not marked as the date of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965. This event is notable as it remains one of the very few State Funerals for non-Royal people. DAAdshead 13:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
There's a major vandalism effort in progress on main-page article Dixie (song). Someone please protect this page!!! altmany 00:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Someone keeps redirecting pages to the Hitler page
It reads "...Robin Reed could pin every member of the 1924 United States Olympic wrestling team...". I believe it should be "every other member." Though he could probably pin himself, it's not worth conveying.
There were some identical id= statements in the Main Page. I fixed them, in this diff. If it horribly breaks something, I'm the one to blame, I suppose. JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
According to CNN sources Coretta Scott King, wife of former civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away this morning (Tuesday January 31, 2006). Would you add a proper entry for this on the main page, which highlights news, as well as the wiki news page?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/king.obit.ap/index.html
Well I think her article should at least be considered for "Today's Featured Article" in the immediate future. -- SigmaX54 22:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
In the (today this happened) seciton of the main page, there is a reference to the space shuttle columbia disaster. All the other events are signified by the country involved, but this blurb seems to say that the US doesn't need to be mentioned. Shouldn't it be rewritten on the terms, the US space program, NASA, .......... Just a thought. Theuedimaster 05:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Can someone add Bush's State of the Union? That should be seen as a current event, right? Kazuhite 06:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Why does my Rumorpedia article keep being deleted, I am a fan of Wiki's and just want my article to describe why I set up Rumorpedia and I'm not doing anyone any harm? Who is to say that my subject matter is any less important that other subject matter? I am not happy! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Visualize ( talk • contribs) .
What's up with the featured article? It's 10 past midnight and the new one still isn't up. I spent the whole day waiting for this. -- BadSeed 00:12, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
why have two different sites that both define words when you can cross reference them? I auctually have better luck looking up unfamiliar words on wikipedia
-jak from south carolina
Moved from
Wikipedia talk:Community Portal
Samuel Alito isn't the 96th Justice, he is the 110th I believe. Someone should change that quickly, it's a really blatant messup and it looks stupid. --
Robsomebody
02:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Please use the Sandbox if you'd like to fiddle around with the wiki markup. freshgavin TALK 04:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[Copying this from Template:MainPageIntro which it seems was the wrong place to try and discuss this - can it also be made clearer at the main page templates that discussion generally takes place on the main page?]
This comment is based on, and quotes material from here and here.
I don't think the tagline phrasing "In this English version" is very clear. I suggest adding an emphasis to "English", either by using bold typeface, or linking to an explanation of Wikipedias in different languages.
The second point is related to linking to www.wikipedia.org:
Maybe I am missing a piping trick somewhere here? Carcharoth 10:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this company called British? The news flash states: Royal Dutch Shell break the record for the highest ever annual profit for a British company with a total of £13.12bn.. According to the Royal Dutch Shell article, its corporate headquarters are in The Hague and it is tax resident in the Netherlands. -- Rsmelt 11:08, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
"...was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland, for whom the city of Yonkers, New York is named" This needs correction in line with the Adriaen van der Donck article, to say 'after whom the city....was named'. It wasn't named for him. DavidFarmbrough 12:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
There's a spelling error on the front page:
..Shell break the record for the highest ever annual...
should be
..Shell broke the record for the highest ever annual...
~ Cheers — This user has left wikipedia 13:58 2006-02-02
It's really not the biggest news out there. -- Mb1000 20:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It's not possible for a 1939 composition to have been performed at US Political conventions that same year, as they're held every four years - even the article says it was performed in 1940, NOT 1939, as the DYK blurb states. :) ( User:JohnDBuell, who isn't signed in at his Mac at the moment).
Are the figures for Shell's profit given actually correct? I read in my newspaper (Frankfurter Rundschau of Fri 3) the following numbers: 25,3 billion US$ (21,3 billion euros). Can somebody please double-check that? Furthermore, in connection with this and with respect to the oil price high it might be worthwhile mentioning in the same paragraph that Exxon-Mobil reported an even higher profit of 36.1 billion US$ earlier this week. TomR 22:53, 2 February 2006 (UTC)--
Just a statistical tidbit: the English Wikipedia now has more articles than the 2000 population of Detroit (951,270)! Happy editing! --- D ralwi k| Have a Chat My "Great Project"
As the cartoons of Mohammed in Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy are currently at the top of the page, it might be a good idea to link to Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (no images) from the main page to prevent offending Muslim readers. — Ruud 03:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Shays Rebellion points to a redirect. Think of the millions of page requests that can be saved by changing it to Shays' Rebellion. Piet 08:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Can I add a hypertext link for the word "Encyclopedia" on the front page? -- Nick Dillinger 08:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
There is no need to link the word encyclopedia. Broken Segue 23:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this not capitalized on the front page ("al-Salam Boccaccio 98")? Capitalization does not exist in Arabic, so either the enitre title should be lower case or it should use English capitalization conventions (i.e. "Al-Salam Boccaccio 98"). 24.63.125.223 20:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
The ship's website ( http://www.elsalammaritime.com/pvessels.html ) uses "M/V Al Salam Boccaccio '98." 24.63.125.223 20:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Emperor Meiji did not take the title Meiji when he became emperor. Meiji isn't even a title, it is a name. When he became emperor the era was named Meiji. After he died he was renamed Meiji Tenno (Emperor Meiji), a posthumous name, which is how he is known today. Neither his name nor his title was Meiji while he was alive.- Jefu 23:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
It's pretty big on 800x600. Don't know if you worry about that resolution, but I thought I'd say it. -- Grocer 01:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
why arent the indian language pages working.or is that my browser is not supporting.i am using opera. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.141.29.35 ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 4 February 2006 (UTC).
Would it be possible to add a link to the multilingual portal to the Main Page? I would suggest adding it to Template:Wikipedialang, at the front of the list at the end of that template, so the full list would then be:
Multilingual portal· Complete list· Multilingual coordination· Start a Wikipedia in another language
If there is a policy not to link to the multilingual portal, I haven't been able to find it. I'm not sure why there would be such a policy, but there seems to be a distinct lack of links to this portal from the English Wikipedia. Maybe a lack of visibility? Carcharoth 10:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Should "Danish Embassy" be "Danish embassy"? -- Grocer 16:33, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
It's the general consulate -- can someone change? Lotsofissues 12:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
I've found some information on the celtic harp origins and every time I post on the site someone takes down my factual information. The celtic harp shape, was invented in scotland rather than Ireland and someone does not like this. I've tried to change this several times but someone always puts the irish referance first and deletes the older scottish one. As Im getting my material from a reliable source, could this page be locked down to prevent others from concealing the truth.
Any questions look at;
http://www.clarsach.net/Bill_Taylor/traditional.htm
I have asked both experts from the Scottish National Museum and Irelands Trinity college and they agree with my findings.
User:Celtic harper 16:30, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Why don't the two columns of the table on the main page have the same width? The left column occupies 55% of the space vs. 45% for the right column. Wouldn't it be better to make it 50%/50%, making the table more symmetrical? RexNL 18:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Make your suggestion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page/Draft for the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page/Draftnew main page draft - JustinWick 18:50, 6 February 2006 (UTC) If you did come here to discuss the Main Page or its contents:
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 50 | ← | Archive 53 | Archive 54 | Archive 55 | Archive 56 | Archive 57 | → | Archive 60 |
Where on the Main Page is mention of Mozart's birthday? Was it an oversight? MathStatWoman
Some too. Is there a way to easily revert vandalism?
Intersting I also have been given a warning for vandalism,... how about putting a policy/golden rule on the main page or a link to wiki policy for newcommers? 24.43.51.199 02:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
yours t-lovingly
Relax folks, Alexa had a colocation move and consequent glitches: "JANUARY 27, 2006 - Posted By Geoffrey Mack: Uh, Oh, Wait. Hold on. Hmmm... Just a quick update on our data center move. The machines are in place, powered up and working... kind of. The network configuration is different, some would say better, and it has had some unanticipated consequences." -- Ancheta Wis 02:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
okay okay
dears Friends:
In the Wiki in spaniard languaje.
En la Wikipedia en idioma español
es:Wikipedia
algunos "bibliotecrios" (CEST) bloquean a su capricho o antojo a aquellos colaboradores del wikiproyecto que no les gusta o no les place, se nota lo que en español (spanish) se llama "amiguismo": "aquel que no es amigo, es "enemigo" y, a la menor ocasión es bloqueado bajo cualquier pretexto, o sus artículos son borrados (censureds) o alterados hasta la tergiverzación total bajo pretexto de "wikification", a estas horas por ejemplo un sujeto que se apoda "taichi" o algo así está bloqueando vandalicamente al proyecto de toda la wiki, ese sujeto increiblemente ha llegado a ser (por "amiguismo") nombrado "cest" y, aunque el reglamento o estatuto de Wikipedia diga todo lo contrario se cree "dueño" de la Wikipedia en español y con los "botones" que se le han cedido está bloqueando e incluso borrando lo que otros wikipedistas editan e informan. Si el proyecto sigue controlado a nivel "bibliotecarios" (así se les llama en la Wikipedia española) pierde toda credibilidad.--
200.125.110.99
05:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Seeing as how today is the twentieth anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, I'd politely suggest changing the image on anniversaries to one of the disaster. Palm_Dogg 06:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I am just curious: can we put a Nazi symbol on the front page of Wikipedia? For most people in China and some Asian countries, the Imperial Japanese Navy flag on the front page is a Nazi symbol.-- Jinhuili 18:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
IT's OK as ong as we are not saying they were right in their intentions of killing the Jewish Population of the world
Hey look...there is a swastika on the front page :\ :( — Ilyan e p (Talk) 00:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Could we have the following on the main page? Saturn is in opposition (180 degrees from the sun) now. The view of Saturn's rings is about 19 to 20 degrees, and quite a sight to behold. A telescope or even binoculars with just 30 times magnification gives a great view. MathStatWoman 01:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
COOL
It would be really great if someone could put
onload="document.getElementById('searchInput').focus()"
in the <body>
tag of the main page!
Could an admin please edit Wikipedia:Today's second feature/January 29, 2006 to link the word "jetpack" to jet pack? I have already made the change to Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 29, 2006. Thanks, TacoDeposit 16:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
"A roof collapse in Poland kills at least 60 people, with over 100 people still trapped awaiting rescue."
You are not in these people's heads. Although they probably are "awaiting rescue", it is wrong to put words in their heads. We are not in these people's POV. I think this should be reworded. Bsd987 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I suggest:
"A roof collapse in Poland kills at least 66 people, leaving 141 injured." 83.22.113.227 20:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I like the look and feel of this one best, but all the choices of things to do, nicely laid out at the bottom with links in the "chick" skin are so appealing. I know I want to change skins. Would Those In Charge consider adding them to this skin? I will hold off on making a decision for a few days, if giving thinking time will help. <hopeful expression> 23:25 29 Jan 2006 tygerbryght
I have a slight concern here. Since September 7, 2004, we've had Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Charles II, Mary II, Anne, George III and Victoria on the main page.
As an English historian myself, I'm delighted that so many of the British monarch articles have reached featured standard (in fact, seven more british monarchs have achieved this honour. Bravo!) But is not the main page article supposed to showcase the diversity of Wikipedia, as well as the quality? In other words, we've reached double digits in little more than a year, enough British monarchs for a while? Eixo 01:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
When you scroll over the picture of the president of finland, it says flag of Finland. schyler 01:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
No biggie, but the (more...) at the end of the Charles I main page description links to a disambiguation page of Charles I and not to the main article at Charles I of England. -- Ataricodfish 03:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I don't think this really belongs on the Main Page discussion page, but I'm not sure where else to put it, so here goes:
I think the "Personal Appeal from Jimmy Wales" that appears at the top of every page to a non-logged-in-user should be taken down. It is downright anti-Wikipedia to have any one person speak for the project as a whole, even just to ask for donations. While Wikipedia might not exist without Mr. Wales, that doesn't mean that every page should link to a page with a picture of him on it. The whole idea of Wikipedia is that there is no "owner" per se - it is a collaborative site, with all contributions considered equal. As such, an appeal for donations should be from all Wikipedians, not just one (and especially not one who makes edits like this).
-- User:Alex S, 04:19, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Whilst I fully accept that there is a limited amount of space in the Selected Anniversaries, I was mildly surprised to note that 30th Januray 2006 was not marked as the date of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965. This event is notable as it remains one of the very few State Funerals for non-Royal people. DAAdshead 13:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
There's a major vandalism effort in progress on main-page article Dixie (song). Someone please protect this page!!! altmany 00:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Someone keeps redirecting pages to the Hitler page
It reads "...Robin Reed could pin every member of the 1924 United States Olympic wrestling team...". I believe it should be "every other member." Though he could probably pin himself, it's not worth conveying.
There were some identical id= statements in the Main Page. I fixed them, in this diff. If it horribly breaks something, I'm the one to blame, I suppose. JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
According to CNN sources Coretta Scott King, wife of former civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr., passed away this morning (Tuesday January 31, 2006). Would you add a proper entry for this on the main page, which highlights news, as well as the wiki news page?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/king.obit.ap/index.html
Well I think her article should at least be considered for "Today's Featured Article" in the immediate future. -- SigmaX54 22:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
In the (today this happened) seciton of the main page, there is a reference to the space shuttle columbia disaster. All the other events are signified by the country involved, but this blurb seems to say that the US doesn't need to be mentioned. Shouldn't it be rewritten on the terms, the US space program, NASA, .......... Just a thought. Theuedimaster 05:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Can someone add Bush's State of the Union? That should be seen as a current event, right? Kazuhite 06:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Why does my Rumorpedia article keep being deleted, I am a fan of Wiki's and just want my article to describe why I set up Rumorpedia and I'm not doing anyone any harm? Who is to say that my subject matter is any less important that other subject matter? I am not happy! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Visualize ( talk • contribs) .
What's up with the featured article? It's 10 past midnight and the new one still isn't up. I spent the whole day waiting for this. -- BadSeed 00:12, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
why have two different sites that both define words when you can cross reference them? I auctually have better luck looking up unfamiliar words on wikipedia
-jak from south carolina
Moved from
Wikipedia talk:Community Portal
Samuel Alito isn't the 96th Justice, he is the 110th I believe. Someone should change that quickly, it's a really blatant messup and it looks stupid. --
Robsomebody
02:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Please use the Sandbox if you'd like to fiddle around with the wiki markup. freshgavin TALK 04:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[Copying this from Template:MainPageIntro which it seems was the wrong place to try and discuss this - can it also be made clearer at the main page templates that discussion generally takes place on the main page?]
This comment is based on, and quotes material from here and here.
I don't think the tagline phrasing "In this English version" is very clear. I suggest adding an emphasis to "English", either by using bold typeface, or linking to an explanation of Wikipedias in different languages.
The second point is related to linking to www.wikipedia.org:
Maybe I am missing a piping trick somewhere here? Carcharoth 10:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this company called British? The news flash states: Royal Dutch Shell break the record for the highest ever annual profit for a British company with a total of £13.12bn.. According to the Royal Dutch Shell article, its corporate headquarters are in The Hague and it is tax resident in the Netherlands. -- Rsmelt 11:08, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
"...was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland, for whom the city of Yonkers, New York is named" This needs correction in line with the Adriaen van der Donck article, to say 'after whom the city....was named'. It wasn't named for him. DavidFarmbrough 12:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
There's a spelling error on the front page:
..Shell break the record for the highest ever annual...
should be
..Shell broke the record for the highest ever annual...
~ Cheers — This user has left wikipedia 13:58 2006-02-02
It's really not the biggest news out there. -- Mb1000 20:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
It's not possible for a 1939 composition to have been performed at US Political conventions that same year, as they're held every four years - even the article says it was performed in 1940, NOT 1939, as the DYK blurb states. :) ( User:JohnDBuell, who isn't signed in at his Mac at the moment).
Are the figures for Shell's profit given actually correct? I read in my newspaper (Frankfurter Rundschau of Fri 3) the following numbers: 25,3 billion US$ (21,3 billion euros). Can somebody please double-check that? Furthermore, in connection with this and with respect to the oil price high it might be worthwhile mentioning in the same paragraph that Exxon-Mobil reported an even higher profit of 36.1 billion US$ earlier this week. TomR 22:53, 2 February 2006 (UTC)--
Just a statistical tidbit: the English Wikipedia now has more articles than the 2000 population of Detroit (951,270)! Happy editing! --- D ralwi k| Have a Chat My "Great Project"
As the cartoons of Mohammed in Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy are currently at the top of the page, it might be a good idea to link to Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (no images) from the main page to prevent offending Muslim readers. — Ruud 03:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Shays Rebellion points to a redirect. Think of the millions of page requests that can be saved by changing it to Shays' Rebellion. Piet 08:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Can I add a hypertext link for the word "Encyclopedia" on the front page? -- Nick Dillinger 08:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
There is no need to link the word encyclopedia. Broken Segue 23:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this not capitalized on the front page ("al-Salam Boccaccio 98")? Capitalization does not exist in Arabic, so either the enitre title should be lower case or it should use English capitalization conventions (i.e. "Al-Salam Boccaccio 98"). 24.63.125.223 20:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
The ship's website ( http://www.elsalammaritime.com/pvessels.html ) uses "M/V Al Salam Boccaccio '98." 24.63.125.223 20:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Emperor Meiji did not take the title Meiji when he became emperor. Meiji isn't even a title, it is a name. When he became emperor the era was named Meiji. After he died he was renamed Meiji Tenno (Emperor Meiji), a posthumous name, which is how he is known today. Neither his name nor his title was Meiji while he was alive.- Jefu 23:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
It's pretty big on 800x600. Don't know if you worry about that resolution, but I thought I'd say it. -- Grocer 01:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
why arent the indian language pages working.or is that my browser is not supporting.i am using opera. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.141.29.35 ( talk • contribs) 05:54, 4 February 2006 (UTC).
Would it be possible to add a link to the multilingual portal to the Main Page? I would suggest adding it to Template:Wikipedialang, at the front of the list at the end of that template, so the full list would then be:
Multilingual portal· Complete list· Multilingual coordination· Start a Wikipedia in another language
If there is a policy not to link to the multilingual portal, I haven't been able to find it. I'm not sure why there would be such a policy, but there seems to be a distinct lack of links to this portal from the English Wikipedia. Maybe a lack of visibility? Carcharoth 10:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
Should "Danish Embassy" be "Danish embassy"? -- Grocer 16:33, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
It's the general consulate -- can someone change? Lotsofissues 12:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
I've found some information on the celtic harp origins and every time I post on the site someone takes down my factual information. The celtic harp shape, was invented in scotland rather than Ireland and someone does not like this. I've tried to change this several times but someone always puts the irish referance first and deletes the older scottish one. As Im getting my material from a reliable source, could this page be locked down to prevent others from concealing the truth.
Any questions look at;
http://www.clarsach.net/Bill_Taylor/traditional.htm
I have asked both experts from the Scottish National Museum and Irelands Trinity college and they agree with my findings.
User:Celtic harper 16:30, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Why don't the two columns of the table on the main page have the same width? The left column occupies 55% of the space vs. 45% for the right column. Wouldn't it be better to make it 50%/50%, making the table more symmetrical? RexNL 18:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
Make your suggestion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page/Draft for the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Usability/Main_Page/Draftnew main page draft - JustinWick 18:50, 6 February 2006 (UTC) If you did come here to discuss the Main Page or its contents: