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In 2001,
Larry Sanger predicted the wiki would have 84,000 articles by mid-2008. At the current rate, we would have perhaps 320,000 articles by 2008. But since we reached Sanger's prediction in about 30% of the time allotted, then it stands to reason that by late 2004 we will have 320,000+ articles. I wonder when we will run out of topics.
Juan Hernandez
So then we could probably expect another couple million articles generated in that manner for other countries.hmmm.....big site Juan Hernandez
Yet another question...Might the person who enabled the By Alphabetical Order page so that it includes at least an archived record, consider doing it, if he/she is so empowered, for http://wiktionary.org as well?
I am trying to update the http://sa.wikipedia.org pages but it keeps linking to http://www.wikipedia.org , is there a way to fix this that a user can do. Thanks!
On April 29, it is noted that this is the anniversary of the Bounty. Clicked on teh bounty, and found out it's the 28th. I am in Timezone GMT+10 (Western Pacific). Just wondering.
http://pd.wikipedia.com and pd.wikipedia.org are redirected to wikipedia.org. But meanwhile there is a Low Saxon Wikipedia at http://za.wikipedia.com. Is it possible to redirect pd.wikipedia.com to za wikipedia.org or - better - transfer the content of za.wikipedia.com to use pd.wikipedia.org?
pd.wikipedia.org is the domain given in wikipedia available for the Low Saxon language (Plattdüütsch) 213.39.207.24 19:39 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)~
Vieques needs to be on Main page current events, and maybe, Im not sure but maybe, Mexicana de Aviacion too.
We should talk to bantam books or a big publisher so our encyclopedia gets published into the largest and most informative encyclopedia book ever.
and where are those counters? LOL
Someone needs to set the width of the "Selected Articles" table to 600 pixels. Admins keep adding stuff to the historical aniversaries and the formatting gets all messed up. -- 165.247.201.82 08:11 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
What's Battle of the Nile doing? It happened the first of August, not first of May, so unless I'm not understanding something it shouldn't be there. Geoffrey 11:05 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
Edwin Rosario should be on historical anniversary on the main page on May 1
Thank you and God bless
Sincerely yours, Antonio El Demonio Martin
Why did Beltane disappear from the main page? - Logotu 18:37 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
Since the Iraq War category is off the main page, perhaps we should bring back the "Ongoing Events" category? -- Infrogmation 11:11 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
Antonio To The Batcave!!! Martin
I need help with the Tim Duncan page: I need someone to format me a table on the Career stats areas, cause it doesnt look that good the way it is now, and I dont know how to do tables and stuff.
I'd appreciate it.
Thank you and God bless you!!
Please add Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's b-day to the main page. MB 19:09 May 7, 2003 (UTC)
"This is a read-only backup missing several features such as logged-in users and image uploads. "
Is it my imagination or did I just edit? -- mav
Yep--Jason and I apparently crossed paths. The main server went down, so he switched the IP to point to the new server, where Brion and I had a read-only backup running. When I went to edit the front page, the old server was already back up and I edited that instead. LDC
So there isn't any good reason for there to be a dash after every hyphen? I never did like those extra spaces at the ends of lines. -- John Owens 20:24 May 9, 2003 (UTC)
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Lonelypages is one month old, and many links are useless, as they've since been linked. Anyone able to update this? - user:zanimum
Why is George Galloway on the main page as "Galloway"?
There seems to be a severe problem with the main page with my browser - it is refusing to load and crashing altogether. I'm running IE6.0 on Windows 98. The problem is caused by the Korean characters in the languages section - take those out, and the problem goes away.
Now of course, this is Microsoft's fault, not ours. But if this is affecting a significant number of users, including new users, it could be quite a problem. Perhaps we could consider taking out the offending characters for the time being, although of course this wouldn't be ideal.
Has anyone else been having the same problem? Enchanter
Can someone please consider adding the Welsh and Low Saxon languages? thanks, Aldie 07:51 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
OK, I did Welsh, but what's the URL for the Low Saxon one? (I can't find a language code for that). -- Toby 12:59 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
OK, I found it (za). Done. -- Toby 13:50 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
Please add Dave DeBusschere to Recent Deaths MB 22:46 14 May 2003 (UTC)
Done, but you might consider making a more substantial article for him. Fred Bauder 13:14 May 15, 2003 (UTC)
I just want to say thank you for letting me enjoy such a wonderful experience as Wikipedia. I had never been to a place where I could talk about the things that I think are important in life, in a neutral way, of course.
I never plan to retire from here so you'll guys will be dealing with me for a LOOOONNNG time! LOL
Thanks and God bless you all! Antonio Glamour Baby! Martin
Please add the 2001 anthrax attack to In the news. See Current events May 11. MB 20:28 15 May 2003 (UTC)
San Antonio Spurs should be In the news, and George Francis in recent deaths on the main page
Antonio Here I am! Rocking like a Hurricane!! Martin
Could Rik Van Steenbergen be added to recent deaths? I just wrote a short biography, hoping some Belgians can add to it. Jeronimo
Is it just me or has the article counter got stuck at 120,701 articles? -fonz
June Carter Cash, singer and wife of Johnny Cash, died May 15, aged 73. Uyanga 20:50 16 May 2003 (UTC)
Please add FA Cup to "in the news", it is the FA Cup final today Mintguy 11:47 17 May 2003 (UTC)
And could someone include
Wendy Hiller in the "Recent Deaths", please? She was a very great actress.
Deb 22:52 17 May 2003 (UTC)
I'm confused. I just want some clarification. I thought that when adding new Historical anniversaries, they are to be put at the beginning of the list. Anne Boleyn and Mary I were placed in the middle of the list. Just want some clarification. Kingturtle 02:02 21 May 2003 (UTC)
How do articles get placed into catgories (maybe I just missed that somewhere)? Is there a category of "Military Science" or some other place where one can place ship histories, etc.?
I don't like the "new articles" section. How are the articles chosen for that anyway? I would rather have an "article of the day" section. LittleDan 01:37 22 May 2003 (UTC)
There's a small typo in East Timor in the list of anniversaries - it reads E. TImor. As I'm no sysop I cannot fix it myself. andy 08:03 22 May 2003 (UTC)
Can Eurovision be put up on the main page? 1)It's its anniversary and 2) its on today. -fonzy
I think it would be nice to do like the French Wikipedia and state "Site graciously hosted by Bomis ( www.bomis.com)". Should we add this? -- Geoffrey 19:52 25 May 2003 (UTC)
Anna Santisteban should be on Main Page, Recent Deaths.
Antonio In love with Love Martin
I suggest "already working" -> "working" or "currently working". "already" probably isn't appropriate for a two year old site... :)
Hi, here's a minor suggestion: how about linkifying January 15 and 2001 in "We started on January 15, 2001"? -- schnee
The Stanley Cup finals start tonight - you might want to add that to the current events section. The NBA finals start next week as well. Kirjtc2 20:05 27 May 2003 (UTC)
Suggest noting the death of Luciano Berio on the main page. He was a major 20th century composer, and his Sinfonia is a particular favourite of mine. IHCOYC 00:09 28 May 2003 (UTC)
I posted this to the WikiEN-l list but realise this is the correct place to post such requests. Apologies for the mis-posting!
On Monday, Peter Hollingworth resigned as Governor-General of Australia. I have added an item to Current events and updated the Hollingworth and G-G pages. Does this warrant an "In the news" listing on the main page?
Claudine 01:51 28 May 2003 (UTC)
Thanks Mav! I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. Claudine 02:56 28 May 2003 (UTC)
Can we make an exception to the "no birthdays" in historic anniversaries for centenials? Perhaps Bob Hope could go in the In the news section, but of course he hasn't done anything noteworthy recently, other than not die before the 100th anniversary of his birth. -- Infrogmation 00:38 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Suggesting mellophone as a "new article" -- I think it's a pretty good article, myself ;-) -- bdesham 00:42 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Mav, I replaced Eurovision with Champions League because the champion's league final was approximately 12 hours ago, and it's the biggest club football (soccer) event in the world. The result was added, but looking now I see that there's nothing to indicate that the final was held very recently. -- Robert Merkel
Could somebody please add " Beagle 2" to the list of New Articles. I think there will probably be a lot of interest in this shortly, (it is due to be launched in 4 days time), but what I have written is currently little more than a stub. Maybe inclusion in "New Articles" would encourage somebody to flesh it out a bit. Thanks. GrahamN 17:31 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Mav, why would you removed The Rite of Spring so quickly? Its premiere is one of the most famous premieres in western music history. Why not remove an item that is a few days out of date instead of this one, which was only a day old? Kingturtle 04:43 30 May 2003 (UTC)
Maybe Iraqi Airways should be on main page, current events
Antonio Fight! Fight! Fight! Martin
Can we have a "," in the number of pages? Harry Potter
Why would we want a comma? All that does is cause confusion between American and European standards.
Could a sysop add the death of Ilya Prigogine to the Main Page? Thanks. James F. 20:53 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Please consider adding British American Racing (BAR) to the new articles section, Aldie 12:55 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Something for historical annivesaries for the 6th: Aram Khachaturian was born 100 years ago on the 6th. MB 14:01 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
I don't think it makes sense to have "other category schemes" listed on the front page of wikipedia. Most people don't understand that the first group of links is for a specific category scheme. LittleDan 02:03 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Could we please add Pentecost to the main page? I'm not sure about the policy where to put it. "In the news" or "historical anniversaries", both don't fit exactly ... -- JeLuF 08:06 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Diary of a Nobody is just a little over stub-size. The article is not impressive enough yet to be offerred up as Wikipedia's finest new articles. I suggest it be removed and replaced with something more substantial. Kingturtle 18:11 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Maybe International Boxing Hall of Fame should be in Main Page Current Events (or In the news)...maybe -- Antonio Homewrecker Martin
Actually, I had to update the article. I put the names of the newly inducted people in the article.
User:Fred Bauder wrote social structure of the United States and added it as an article at 13.10. At 13.14 he then put it on the Main Page as a new article. Now I don't wish to complain about specifics of that article BUT is it right that a sysop can make the unilateral decision that their work is worthy of the main page... surely another sysop should add such an article to the main page as they see fit - i.e. it undergoes the same procedure as a non-sysop. This would be consistent with the submissions policy on Wikipedia:Brilliant Prose. Pcb21 12:32 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Trevor Goddard died. Pizza Puzzle
The Ball point pen article doesn't seem to have any indication of why it is now an historic anniversary; could someone who knows why please add that info to the article? -- Infrogmation 22:34 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Under "new articles", could we/should we have a section on "rewritten articles" or "fixed stubs" or "improved articles" where we can point to articles that have just been changed from stubs into brilliant prose, or otherwise massively improved? Martin
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 1 | ← | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 |
In 2001,
Larry Sanger predicted the wiki would have 84,000 articles by mid-2008. At the current rate, we would have perhaps 320,000 articles by 2008. But since we reached Sanger's prediction in about 30% of the time allotted, then it stands to reason that by late 2004 we will have 320,000+ articles. I wonder when we will run out of topics.
Juan Hernandez
So then we could probably expect another couple million articles generated in that manner for other countries.hmmm.....big site Juan Hernandez
Yet another question...Might the person who enabled the By Alphabetical Order page so that it includes at least an archived record, consider doing it, if he/she is so empowered, for http://wiktionary.org as well?
I am trying to update the http://sa.wikipedia.org pages but it keeps linking to http://www.wikipedia.org , is there a way to fix this that a user can do. Thanks!
On April 29, it is noted that this is the anniversary of the Bounty. Clicked on teh bounty, and found out it's the 28th. I am in Timezone GMT+10 (Western Pacific). Just wondering.
http://pd.wikipedia.com and pd.wikipedia.org are redirected to wikipedia.org. But meanwhile there is a Low Saxon Wikipedia at http://za.wikipedia.com. Is it possible to redirect pd.wikipedia.com to za wikipedia.org or - better - transfer the content of za.wikipedia.com to use pd.wikipedia.org?
pd.wikipedia.org is the domain given in wikipedia available for the Low Saxon language (Plattdüütsch) 213.39.207.24 19:39 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)~
Vieques needs to be on Main page current events, and maybe, Im not sure but maybe, Mexicana de Aviacion too.
We should talk to bantam books or a big publisher so our encyclopedia gets published into the largest and most informative encyclopedia book ever.
and where are those counters? LOL
Someone needs to set the width of the "Selected Articles" table to 600 pixels. Admins keep adding stuff to the historical aniversaries and the formatting gets all messed up. -- 165.247.201.82 08:11 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
What's Battle of the Nile doing? It happened the first of August, not first of May, so unless I'm not understanding something it shouldn't be there. Geoffrey 11:05 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
Edwin Rosario should be on historical anniversary on the main page on May 1
Thank you and God bless
Sincerely yours, Antonio El Demonio Martin
Why did Beltane disappear from the main page? - Logotu 18:37 May 1, 2003 (UTC)
Since the Iraq War category is off the main page, perhaps we should bring back the "Ongoing Events" category? -- Infrogmation 11:11 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
Antonio To The Batcave!!! Martin
I need help with the Tim Duncan page: I need someone to format me a table on the Career stats areas, cause it doesnt look that good the way it is now, and I dont know how to do tables and stuff.
I'd appreciate it.
Thank you and God bless you!!
Please add Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's b-day to the main page. MB 19:09 May 7, 2003 (UTC)
"This is a read-only backup missing several features such as logged-in users and image uploads. "
Is it my imagination or did I just edit? -- mav
Yep--Jason and I apparently crossed paths. The main server went down, so he switched the IP to point to the new server, where Brion and I had a read-only backup running. When I went to edit the front page, the old server was already back up and I edited that instead. LDC
So there isn't any good reason for there to be a dash after every hyphen? I never did like those extra spaces at the ends of lines. -- John Owens 20:24 May 9, 2003 (UTC)
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Lonelypages is one month old, and many links are useless, as they've since been linked. Anyone able to update this? - user:zanimum
Why is George Galloway on the main page as "Galloway"?
There seems to be a severe problem with the main page with my browser - it is refusing to load and crashing altogether. I'm running IE6.0 on Windows 98. The problem is caused by the Korean characters in the languages section - take those out, and the problem goes away.
Now of course, this is Microsoft's fault, not ours. But if this is affecting a significant number of users, including new users, it could be quite a problem. Perhaps we could consider taking out the offending characters for the time being, although of course this wouldn't be ideal.
Has anyone else been having the same problem? Enchanter
Can someone please consider adding the Welsh and Low Saxon languages? thanks, Aldie 07:51 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
OK, I did Welsh, but what's the URL for the Low Saxon one? (I can't find a language code for that). -- Toby 12:59 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
OK, I found it (za). Done. -- Toby 13:50 May 14, 2003 (UTC)
Please add Dave DeBusschere to Recent Deaths MB 22:46 14 May 2003 (UTC)
Done, but you might consider making a more substantial article for him. Fred Bauder 13:14 May 15, 2003 (UTC)
I just want to say thank you for letting me enjoy such a wonderful experience as Wikipedia. I had never been to a place where I could talk about the things that I think are important in life, in a neutral way, of course.
I never plan to retire from here so you'll guys will be dealing with me for a LOOOONNNG time! LOL
Thanks and God bless you all! Antonio Glamour Baby! Martin
Please add the 2001 anthrax attack to In the news. See Current events May 11. MB 20:28 15 May 2003 (UTC)
San Antonio Spurs should be In the news, and George Francis in recent deaths on the main page
Antonio Here I am! Rocking like a Hurricane!! Martin
Could Rik Van Steenbergen be added to recent deaths? I just wrote a short biography, hoping some Belgians can add to it. Jeronimo
Is it just me or has the article counter got stuck at 120,701 articles? -fonz
June Carter Cash, singer and wife of Johnny Cash, died May 15, aged 73. Uyanga 20:50 16 May 2003 (UTC)
Please add FA Cup to "in the news", it is the FA Cup final today Mintguy 11:47 17 May 2003 (UTC)
And could someone include
Wendy Hiller in the "Recent Deaths", please? She was a very great actress.
Deb 22:52 17 May 2003 (UTC)
I'm confused. I just want some clarification. I thought that when adding new Historical anniversaries, they are to be put at the beginning of the list. Anne Boleyn and Mary I were placed in the middle of the list. Just want some clarification. Kingturtle 02:02 21 May 2003 (UTC)
How do articles get placed into catgories (maybe I just missed that somewhere)? Is there a category of "Military Science" or some other place where one can place ship histories, etc.?
I don't like the "new articles" section. How are the articles chosen for that anyway? I would rather have an "article of the day" section. LittleDan 01:37 22 May 2003 (UTC)
There's a small typo in East Timor in the list of anniversaries - it reads E. TImor. As I'm no sysop I cannot fix it myself. andy 08:03 22 May 2003 (UTC)
Can Eurovision be put up on the main page? 1)It's its anniversary and 2) its on today. -fonzy
I think it would be nice to do like the French Wikipedia and state "Site graciously hosted by Bomis ( www.bomis.com)". Should we add this? -- Geoffrey 19:52 25 May 2003 (UTC)
Anna Santisteban should be on Main Page, Recent Deaths.
Antonio In love with Love Martin
I suggest "already working" -> "working" or "currently working". "already" probably isn't appropriate for a two year old site... :)
Hi, here's a minor suggestion: how about linkifying January 15 and 2001 in "We started on January 15, 2001"? -- schnee
The Stanley Cup finals start tonight - you might want to add that to the current events section. The NBA finals start next week as well. Kirjtc2 20:05 27 May 2003 (UTC)
Suggest noting the death of Luciano Berio on the main page. He was a major 20th century composer, and his Sinfonia is a particular favourite of mine. IHCOYC 00:09 28 May 2003 (UTC)
I posted this to the WikiEN-l list but realise this is the correct place to post such requests. Apologies for the mis-posting!
On Monday, Peter Hollingworth resigned as Governor-General of Australia. I have added an item to Current events and updated the Hollingworth and G-G pages. Does this warrant an "In the news" listing on the main page?
Claudine 01:51 28 May 2003 (UTC)
Thanks Mav! I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. Claudine 02:56 28 May 2003 (UTC)
Can we make an exception to the "no birthdays" in historic anniversaries for centenials? Perhaps Bob Hope could go in the In the news section, but of course he hasn't done anything noteworthy recently, other than not die before the 100th anniversary of his birth. -- Infrogmation 00:38 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Suggesting mellophone as a "new article" -- I think it's a pretty good article, myself ;-) -- bdesham 00:42 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Mav, I replaced Eurovision with Champions League because the champion's league final was approximately 12 hours ago, and it's the biggest club football (soccer) event in the world. The result was added, but looking now I see that there's nothing to indicate that the final was held very recently. -- Robert Merkel
Could somebody please add " Beagle 2" to the list of New Articles. I think there will probably be a lot of interest in this shortly, (it is due to be launched in 4 days time), but what I have written is currently little more than a stub. Maybe inclusion in "New Articles" would encourage somebody to flesh it out a bit. Thanks. GrahamN 17:31 29 May 2003 (UTC)
Mav, why would you removed The Rite of Spring so quickly? Its premiere is one of the most famous premieres in western music history. Why not remove an item that is a few days out of date instead of this one, which was only a day old? Kingturtle 04:43 30 May 2003 (UTC)
Maybe Iraqi Airways should be on main page, current events
Antonio Fight! Fight! Fight! Martin
Can we have a "," in the number of pages? Harry Potter
Why would we want a comma? All that does is cause confusion between American and European standards.
Could a sysop add the death of Ilya Prigogine to the Main Page? Thanks. James F. 20:53 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Please consider adding British American Racing (BAR) to the new articles section, Aldie 12:55 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Something for historical annivesaries for the 6th: Aram Khachaturian was born 100 years ago on the 6th. MB 14:01 5 Jun 2003 (UTC)
I don't think it makes sense to have "other category schemes" listed on the front page of wikipedia. Most people don't understand that the first group of links is for a specific category scheme. LittleDan 02:03 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Could we please add Pentecost to the main page? I'm not sure about the policy where to put it. "In the news" or "historical anniversaries", both don't fit exactly ... -- JeLuF 08:06 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Diary of a Nobody is just a little over stub-size. The article is not impressive enough yet to be offerred up as Wikipedia's finest new articles. I suggest it be removed and replaced with something more substantial. Kingturtle 18:11 8 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Maybe International Boxing Hall of Fame should be in Main Page Current Events (or In the news)...maybe -- Antonio Homewrecker Martin
Actually, I had to update the article. I put the names of the newly inducted people in the article.
User:Fred Bauder wrote social structure of the United States and added it as an article at 13.10. At 13.14 he then put it on the Main Page as a new article. Now I don't wish to complain about specifics of that article BUT is it right that a sysop can make the unilateral decision that their work is worthy of the main page... surely another sysop should add such an article to the main page as they see fit - i.e. it undergoes the same procedure as a non-sysop. This would be consistent with the submissions policy on Wikipedia:Brilliant Prose. Pcb21 12:32 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Trevor Goddard died. Pizza Puzzle
The Ball point pen article doesn't seem to have any indication of why it is now an historic anniversary; could someone who knows why please add that info to the article? -- Infrogmation 22:34 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Under "new articles", could we/should we have a section on "rewritten articles" or "fixed stubs" or "improved articles" where we can point to articles that have just been changed from stubs into brilliant prose, or otherwise massively improved? Martin