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Tenna is a flange trimmer How come " Archive – Start a new article " is on the rightside of the DYK template, but on the leftside on the Main Page ? Due to an extra </div> on the TFA template ? Am I the only one seeing this ? -- 199.71.174.100 21:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
I've experienced layout problem in the Japanese and Chinese versions. I'm using Firefox. It seems okay though in IE. (And the English versio nis okay in both FireFox and IE) Is there anyone having the same problem? -- samhau 16:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
The text states each. The next World Cup Finals will begin in Germany on June 9, and will continue until July 9, 2006. However this competition is the Football World Cup and not the World Cup Finals
This needs to be changed and FAST (I can't)
Jean-Paul 14:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Talk to me
During the World Cup from June 9 to July 9, shouldn't we have the current scores of all matches taking place at that time on the "In the News" section. --May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 (review me!) 17:06, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
All the results should be on the front page. The World Cup is a matter of global importance and relevance. Some say is a matter of life and death, but they're wrong. It's much more important. For Latin America, for Europe, for Asia, for the Middle East, for Africa, and this time Australia as well. Don't compare it to the Olympics, the Olympics is only sports. This is the World Cup. Piet 08:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree! The end results should be in the ITN box. Just watched CNN headlines. The World Cup was the first headline, ahead of the Zarqawi killing. It is indeed of global importance whether you like it or not. Lathrop1885 14:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
No The only thing people in this debate has shown is that the World Cup has world importance. Therefore, "The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany." is more than enough for the ITN box. A live scoreboard is not encyclopedic. Or, perhaps all major sporting event results should be posted.? There is considerable interest in the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Canada, parts of the US and parts of Europe. I trust that the final score of tomorrow's game will also be posted on the front page? Dont forget the NBA finals as well. The leaderboard for every major tennis and golf tournament? etc, etc, etc. Resolute 00:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Request at info-en@ to not show the scores as they are spoilers for readers Tivoing the games and wanting to use Wikipedia. I personally think sport, celebrity, etc. news shouldn't be on the main page anyway. -- Jeandré, 2006-06-10 t06:09z
How about a horizontal line between the last ITN item and the scores? Or how about placing them below "Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events..."? -- Howard t he Du c k 07:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
It belongs there. I have no doubt that the relevant pages will be viewed far more than all of the other ITN items combined. violet/riga (t) 08:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
The Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics had a section on the Main Page, so why can't the FIFA World Cup (an even bigger sports event) have a section? 203.208.88.170 10:18, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
The daily scores should certainly have a place on the page... I mean no offence to "Halldór Ásgrímsson resigns as Prime Minister of Iceland, and will be succeeded by Geir Haarde." but I think even these first few games of the world cup are more important to more people internationally... and I think they should both be there. Please put the one line daily scores back up. Misterniceguy7 18:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Why are yall bitching so musc? Maybe i'm just a n00b, but why don't we take a vote. Or just ask jimbo (better seeing than yall bitches bitching.)
I created Template:Click-Inline as a fork from Vorlage:Link-Bild-Inline from the German Wikipedia. It is an inline-Version of the Click-Template. Please make a link to it in the Click-Infopage, because (at least in the German WP ;-) ) it resolves lots of topics caused by the paragraph-creating "Click". I think the implementation of Click ( Vorlage:Link-Bild) in the German WP is much more robust and reliable than that in the english wp... You should think about replacing the en one with the de...
However, I don't like to make admins too much work, therefor I created a suggested version of "Click" in my User-Area: User:PSIplus/Click ... Try it out, it works perfectly (at least it is widely used in the Navigation-boxes and similar things in the german wp without known problems).
PS: I already posted this in the requests for unlock, but someone meant this should be written here...
Best Regards, -- PSIplus Ψ 17:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Any reason why FIFA World Cup is the featured article today rather than tomorrow, when the tournament actually gets underway? Too late now I know, but I quite like having things like that prominent on the actual day, as with The Ashes, which was TFA on July 21, 2005, the actual opening day of the Ashes last year. — SteveRwanda 07:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that the Featured Articles section should have a World Cup team every day for the next 32 days. It sounds like a good idea because it's to fit in with the theme. Wikipedia Stubmechanic 08:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Are we going to have a nice little box summarizing the events in the World Cup on the main page like we have when it's the olympics? It is a more popular sporting event after all. Although I guess there is not as much to report, but still it would be nice. Oskar 16:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Oh Come on... Yet another case of Systemic Bias, especially to do with some online video series. And some of us thought having a frontpage featured article on Perfect Dark was bad. Boochan 04:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that its is a good thing to feature on as games have a lot to do with people and entertainment and red vs blue is just an expansion on the original idea of the halo game for xbox and computer, also peter jackson (who filmed Lord of the Rings) is making halo the movie and we all know how good those movies were so there must be some good material is the Halo series.
Is it really that prevalent? In the past 161 FAs we've had 8 technical/computer related articles. That's about 5% I think. The other subjects have been quite diverse. I'll agree that RvB is a "soft topic" but if it has reached FA status then bully to the editors. We've had just as many FAs about hurricanes as we have had about computer games (2 each). We need to actually get in there and edit other articles so they can make FA status -- Monotonehell 05:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (Oh and there's another hurricane FA on its way)
I am guessing its just quite a few within the same timeframe. Otherwise I find it rather quite diverse, it just seems that there has being more on technology related (specifically gaming) homepage featured articles lately. Oh Well, guess some of them just stick out :) - Boochan 05:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Whats with the whining? RvB is an awesome show and the page is informative and interesting, and i know that i for one would never have heard of this show if it wasn't for wikipedia. WookMuff 11:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
So... is there a link somewhere hidden around to the one millionth article? Wikipedia hit a million kind of a long time ago, and i guess it isn't much of a big deal anymore; but i for one like to go back and look at old stuff simply for the niftyness of it. I dunno... it's sort of like replaying an old game or watching a movie again, except the game or movie is incredibly difficult to find buried in the page histories and discussion pages. Agkeene 07:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. I'm sorry if this question is misplaced or out of context. Agkeene 08:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
A couple of minor points.
First, what decides which team appears first? We have Germany and England who both won on the left, but Ecuador are on the right.
Secondly, should the scores be centred using a table, like this
England | 1 | – | 0 | Paraguay |
Poland | 0 | – | 2 | Ecuador |
Germany | 4 | – | 2 | Costa Rica |
so that the scores line up?
smurrayinch ester( User), ( Talk) 15:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Only the current date's results should be listed, not all of them. If people want old results, they can look in the article. Otherwise, the section is going to be flooded with scores. Also, we can switch to country codes, rather than whole country names, for days when there are several games at once. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-10 16:24
IMO, there is too much World Cup on the Main Page right now. I want it there, but let's not overkill. We don't need two bolded links to 2006 FIFA World Cup on ITN, one on top and one at the bottom. And the picture of the FIFA World Cup Trophy has been on the Main Page for days, starting as the TFA image on June 8th. I'd rather have a picture of the Antikythera mechanism (right) on ITN instead. -- 199.71.174.100 16:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
When you place the cursor over the new photo on the main page it still says world cup. 74.133.8.162 17:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
The oldest analog computer is still the abacus, which pre-dates Western civilization by several thousand years.
Actually, I refute my own claim. A tally stick is a crude precursor to an abacus, and can be considered an analog computer. There are claims of 37000 years of historical record involving tally sticks. See: Lebombo_bone King queermo 19:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Quantum mechanics says that you cannot "definitely say that 'this device is in state X'", only assign a probability that it is in fact in that state. Indeed, quantum mechanical science has blurred the distinction between analog and digital, and there may in fact be no distinction.
so is it then considered analog or not, actually? [unsigned]
To ignore the World Cup results, add the following to your User:YOURNAME/monobook.css file, and after saving, press CTRL+F5 to refresh the file:
#worldcup { display: none; }
— BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-10 19:25
The user edit counter is no longer updating en.wikipedia.org data. Go here and go to User talk:Interiot for the discussion. FellowWikip e dian 21:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
With the latest Stanley Cup revert war, I say we ditch the whole thing before it gets completely out of hand. When the finals of both of these cups are determined, go ahead and put an entry in, but until then, don't flood ITN with pointless statistics, which will only encourage every other sport to flood with their scores, claiming precedence. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-11 02:28
I don't think the scores work, but a "FIFA World Cup 2006" link with the Germany 2006 logo to the left of it, linking to a page with scores and an analysis of each game would be nice. I'm sure it wouldn't be extrmemely hard to make a nice GUI for the scores/analysis pages. It wouldn't be too hard to make a nice looking layout for the scores and a short 1-2 paragraph analysis would also work.
Please add " Trinity Sunday in Western Christianity ( 2006) " to On this day. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 16:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
We had scores of Winter Olympics and even the Commonwealth games, so it seems just stupid to exclude the World Cup, which is more popular than even the Summer Olympics. Just because the US doesn't watch a sport doesn't mean it's not extremely popular. Every world cup game's results are an important news and deserve a place in the main page. Bring them back! (It was removed without any attempt at discussion or consensus anyway). Loom91 18:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
So it is actually news but not a news source, wow, that is a paradoxon to me ;). And Piet, thank you for your remarks, that's exactly the fact! It's the biggest cultural event on earth affecting billions of people, in that matter it's not just news it's more than that, football world cup games and its significance can live longer than any war in people's minds, taking for example the winning of the World Cup tournament 1954 in Bern (Germany was the winner) was commented by serious journalists to be the true birth hour of the Germany Republic, not 1949 when it was officially declared a state. Thus we can see the FIFA World Cup not only affects sports and culture it affects high ranking politics of all kinds and human history.
Wikipedia may be an encyclopedia, but it is undeniably an unusual - if not unique - one. How many encyclopedias have an "on this day" or "in the news" section? Let's come up with better reasons to do or not do things than "well other encyclopedias <insert thing here>". — ceejayoz talk 20:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
I must say, I really, really miss the world cup scores. And the articles on the world cup ARE great and they are updated to the minute. How about a compromise: Change this line in ITN
to
or somesuch. This would be a great way for people to find a some great topical articles that around 1 billion people would be interested in reading. Oskar 20:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Since Wikipedia is now ESPN, lets also get some NHL and NBA playoff scores on the main page.-- BoyoJonesJr 22:21, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
The World Cup is not just a sporting event; that's what you guys don't seem to understand. It is a worldwide festival. In 32 countries throughout the world a huge number of peoples' normal routines are stopping for 1 hours and 45 minutes while they watch their national team. On each day in six nations' capitals and major cities, people are taking to the streets wrapped in their national colours are biting their fingernails, watching the games on big screens as well as millions , huge numbers of people watching it on TV. In 32 countries throught the world the front page articles in the major newspapers are consumed with the World Cup. There is simply no comparison whatsover to any other sporting event in the world. The remark about the NBA and NHL is a joke. The articles about the all of national the teams as well as the FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup are being constantly updated so that fulfills the basic criteria of ITN. In fact the World Cup should have it's own panel within the ITN section. While I'm at it - can we please put the full names of the nations back in the ITN sections. Why have they been shortened it makes no sense. Jooler 22:50, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Someone has removed the scores while leaving the World Cup on the Main Page. IMO, this is the best solution - we don't report results on the Main Page until the final match (when the winner and second place should be on the Main Page), but the fact that the World Cup is ongoing remains there (and those interested can find current results on that page). — Cuivi é nen 01:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I think this situation has enough people debating on it already but Id thought id add this point quickly. Almost everyone here has failed to understand the worldwide importance of this event. It is one of the single largest media events in history and to most around the world a far bigger deal than say the Olympics. To put this in perspective the cumulative viewing figures for the world cup are expected to be 30 billion (from the official site -
[3]). Given the worlds population is roughly 6.5 billion this equates to every person on earth watching just over 4.5 games each. If this is not worthy of the main page then what is?
OGO 01:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen a redlink on the Main Page! Timrem 00:04, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
These daily reversions for and against the World Cup scores are getting rather ridiculous. The fact is both sides have valid arguments, and you can't really say that one side is more "correct" than one another. Personally I don't like how editors are taking sides when these edit wars are not conducive to Wikipedia's daily operations.
I would suggest a simple coin flip to decide whether the scores stay or not. It's a rather standard procedure for dispute resolution. This is probably the best way to resolve the matter once and for all. -- Madchester 00:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
One argument is better than the other. As evidenced by the length debates on the talk page of T:ITN, adding non-finals scores will result in scores from other sports being listed, until the news section is flooded with sports. This is not a sports site. It's an encyclopedia. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-12 02:35
Ok then, instead of a coin flip, why don't vote, as is usual in these cases. If it worked for the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, it should work here. We can use sevral rounds to see what people think is acceptable. -- Denoir 06:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
There has been a discussion if the scores of FIFA World Cup matches should have a permenent presence in the In The News (ITN) section during the world cup. The arguments for and against can be found on this page as well as on Template talk: In the news.
Do you support or oppose a permanent mention of the world cup scores on the in the news section of the main page for the duration of the world cup?
Support or oppose here.
I've added a link to Portal:Association football into the "In the news" section. Now readers can easily find all the latest scores, and the editors have all the space they want to list any details they want. No more cramped space. This seems like a fair compromise to me. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-12 16:29
I will crosspost a comment I made within the poll, since the discussion there has cooled off with no consensus, and I think we should reach one for future occasions relating to this matter. -What is the point of the poll? Finding out what people want only to justify that it can't be done according to the guidelines is not going to help anything. It seems analogous to me like making a poll "Do you want Wikipedia to give you free money?". A lot of people will support it only to have other people say "That's not what wikipedia is for". Maybe the question in this poll could be better phrased to something like "Do you think the guidelines for the In the News section should change to acommodate the world cup?" and maybe something else like "Do you think sports events coverage should cease alltoghether?" or "Do you think Wikipedia's purpose should be giving you free money?". I think those should be more efficient in determining the course of action through a more focused discussion. PHF 05:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Re Indonesian earthquake:
"However, recent analysis indicates the number of casualties were 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing, for a total of 229,866 affected. The catastrophe was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. The magnitude of the earthquake was originally recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, but has been upgraded to between 9.1 and 9.3."
The phrase "recent analysis indicates ..." is unacceptably vague for the quite-specific numbers that follow. Please cite the source of the analysis and when. Same too regarding magnitude: say who recorded the original 9.0 (likely usgs) and who upgraded (ditto). Numbers have varied between U.S. and Indonesian sources.
Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.245.1.171 ( talk • contribs) 09:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
I propose the main page as a removal candidate, unless it doesn't give enough tribute to the world's most important event in modern history (you can say what you want, it's not just a sport event, a cultural event, a global festivity it's all of that and even more), it binds billions of people in the world (not just millions as NBA or the Oktoberfest do). It should be clear that the FIFA World Cup is meant.
The information that appears in the products regarding Lesotho is simply incorrect —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.25.228.4 ( talk • contribs) 13:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
Australia - Japan 3-1. Can I say that :-) ? Piet 14:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
BUT I still don't think that sports scores belong on the main page. -- Monotonehell 20:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi, can Homestar Runner be a featured article?-- H*bad 16:38, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Why is Newest articles linking on recent additions? Why isnt there New article special page anymore? Luka Jačov 16:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I find it quite frustrating to see a featured picture on the main page with a description of something somewhat related but without any direct reference to the image. For example, the current "frog" image is quite unusual and should be described rather than having a blurb about what frogs are. The other day the Euro image showed a variety of measurement lines around it but the blurb talked about the currency. The first example does have a little bit of a tie-in, but I'd expect to see a description of what the image is.
It has almost turned into a second featured article. If we have a featured picture on the main page I really think the blurb should be about the image as much as possible. violet/riga (t) 17:36, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Defending Super Bowl winning Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in a major motorcycle accident today. Why isn't this in the ITN Box with the World Cup? This Anti-American, Anti-American Football POV is offensive. [/sarcasm] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bloodsorr0w ( talk • contribs) 21:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
Currently it seems the Rolland Garos has more space and is more towards the top than the FIFA World Cup which is hidden in the bottom and given a small space. This despite the fact that even the smallest World Cup match is watched by several times more people than the Men's Singles final of Rolland Garos. Stop this discrimination and give World Cup more space. Either box the portal link or move it to the top. Loom91 07:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Can something be learnt from this edit war that took place (is still taking place?) over whether the World Cup football results should appear on the Main Page? Can this sort of thing be anticipated and planned for? What, in the past, has caused the most controversy and lame edit wars on the Main Page, and can we anticipate and plan to avoid the next one? It would make the encyclopedia appear much more impressive if some discussion took place beforehand, and a consensus was reached. Carcharoth 12:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
It seems rather convenient that this debate started when the World Cup came around such that the scores are not being posted until a consensus is met... it may not be the intent of those in opposistion to such scores being ITN, but it definately seems like the World Cup is being singled out unfairly. Those in favour site precedent with the olympics and other such games, but it seems to me that those in opposition want to use the World Cup next time a sporting event comes along as their own precedent. I find it difficult to understand how something so many people want included INT is so vehemetly opposed... will it really ruin your day if a line is added with the daily results? Misterniceguy7 20:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm with Brian and Zanimum ; we should continue the precedent of only mentioning when a final winner of a major sporting event is known. One sporting event, one winner. There will only be one winner of the 2006 World Cup - we can and should state who won when we know. -- mav 21:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
When the match results were posted I did use the links provided... I was curious about the countries involved in the different matches, and accusing articles of being subjectively written is not a good reason to hide them, it is a good reason to try and remove their subjectivity. Just because you aren't interested in the links provided doesn't mean they aren't worthy, just don't use them if you don't want to. Misterniceguy7 22:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Some people seem to be losing sight of what ITN is; it's a list of articles that have recently been updated to reflect current events. Not news for news sake. Relative notoriety isn't something that should dictate whether something makes it to the main page or not. Just because one event is perceived more popular than another doesn't make it more ITN-worthy. It may make it more news-worthy, but as has been said before WP is not a news service. In fact there's something that could be said for exposing readers to a variety of new information and new ideas. As long as the subject is encyclopedic then it should be considered.
We could take the Stanley Cup verses the FIFA World Cup for example. On my side of the world the World Cup is everywhere, while the Stanley Cup I only know about due to my rabid Canadian friends. Both deserve an encyclopedic article written about them. By that I mean a discussion of what they are, their impact on society(s), their history, specific events perceived to be important by their followers. The ultimate "winners" of each season could be listed in those articles but only as a sidenote to the article itself, not the entire season's or semi-finals results.
When such an event begins, and the article is updated with appropriate information, then it could be nominated for inclusion. Also when the "winner" is announced the same could occur. I see several people citing the Olympics and what occurred then. I honestly can't remember exactly what happened, but no matter, what should occur is similar to what I've mentioned above. If an article is updated regarding a sportsperson, event or other related subject with current event information then it could be nominated for inclusion.
Recap:
I suggested a name change for the ITN box a little while ago to help remove misconceptions about its purpose. We might like to reconsider this.
-- Monotonehell 22:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I think Image:AC72-2143.2.jpg is a bad picture for On this day. It's too small and too dark to see the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, and today is not the anniversary of the launch, which is depicted in the picture. Can we have Image:Braddock.jpg to go with the 1935 anniversary, instead ? The other anniversaries do not have PD-free images. -- 64.229.230.121 14:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC) (But, if the licence for Braddock's pic is not valid, never mind. No, Russell Crowe's pic won't do..... -- 64.229.230.121 14:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC))
How can i send in things to be appeared on the On This Day... box ??
The statement that "this image only applies to some suburbs in the United States and Canada" is simply nonsense. The easiest solution would be to remove the whole sentence. ReeseM 04:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
what is mean by Isalm?!
He asked what Isalm was, not Islam. OtOcAn.
Surely 'Isalm' is a typo.....?? ~~T. Servaia~~
Beautiful picture for the featured article. Anything is better than that eye.
i concur, ANYTHIng is better, that eyee was disgusting.
While I do see that today is credited as the day we in the USA selected our national flag, no mention is made that today is actually celebrated as Flag Day in the United States, I think perhaps a blurb would be appropriate? Elipongo 15:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
June 15th is the anniversary of Kosovo on the Julian Calendar, not the Gregorian, which i believe is on the 28th... so was it On THIS Day? What are the rules for that? Does the Battle of Kosovo get two On This Day mentions? Arthurian Legend 02:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
June 15th - Corpus Christi in the Western rite Christian liturgical year, please add it to the on this day, thanks
Does the Singapore entry seem obvious to anyone else? A region declares self-government, and then holds elections to determine its leaders... there's not much of a gap between 1958 and 1959... So, what's interesting about this fact? — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-16 01:33
In general it seems to me that christianity is a big lie!
One of today's anniversary dates says:
The part I italicized seems to me to clearly be POV since a sizeable body of Christians (e.g., nearly all Protestants) deny that the papacy existed in the time of the apostles and thus that St. Peter was the first pope. The intro to the article on Pius IX states it more neutrally ("(not counting the Apostle St. Peter)"). I neutralized the text this was likely derived from in June 16. -- Flex 17:07, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The image shows STRAW, not HAY. Could someone change the links on the main page, please? --Tom 17:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The "Did You Know" section today feature s a section on the Bani-Nadir and a short write-up about the article. The wrtie-up feels a bit anti-Islamic, that is just my opinion.
Meta-question: Has this kind of thing arisen before? Do we need some mechanism to deal with a small group of folks dropping randomness on the front page? Say a celebration of the Holocaust? Or of the four thousandth aniversary of the creation of the Earth?
It seems that the featured article tends to focus a great deal on weather related phenomona like hurricanes. I know there is a featured article candidacy phase and that doesn't seem too dominated by weather phenomona, but it seems that somehow lots of storm stories make the status. Mbisanz 01:38, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Just for the record, while there were two hurricane-related FAs on the Main Page this month (one, 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, by request), the last one to be on the Main page before then was Hurricane Dennis back in February. Cyclone Tracy appeared on the Main Page in October of 2004 and Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in April of 2005. This month has simply been exceptionally concentrated in the number of hurricane-related articles. — Cuivi é nen 18:59, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
If the Space Shuttle Discovery does launch in the first weeks of July, would a Space Exploration Featured Article be appropriate? Just a thought-- Flyintothesky
I wasn't bold enough to change it on the template itself, but I'm pretty sure that using the word "burglarizing" is not in many British English speakers' vocabulary, nor to many outside of the US. This nasty American English-style use of the language should surely be altered to a word which has more world-wide knowledge. Should I simply be bold enough to change it to "burgling"? Am I making a fuss over nothing? Bobo . 10:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed it to "stealing from" - as I understand it, neutral terms are preferred if at all possible. Regards, — Cel es tianpower háblame 12:24, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
The word burglar goes directly back to Latin (via French), so burglarize is technically more correct than the back-formation burgle.
"1873 - Woman suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election." Surely this should either be dated 1872 or be the 1873 election? Correct me if I'm wrong this just seems a little strange... -- TheCooperman 00:25, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Its fine. From the article: "For casting a Republican vote in the presidential election held on 5 November 1872, in Rochester, New York, Anthony was served a warrant on 18 November and was actually fined $100 on 18 June 1873." Jmount 00:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
We learn that:
Has it? Has it really? Melchoir 00:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
DNA is on chemistry.
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Tenna is a flange trimmer How come " Archive – Start a new article " is on the rightside of the DYK template, but on the leftside on the Main Page ? Due to an extra </div> on the TFA template ? Am I the only one seeing this ? -- 199.71.174.100 21:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
I've experienced layout problem in the Japanese and Chinese versions. I'm using Firefox. It seems okay though in IE. (And the English versio nis okay in both FireFox and IE) Is there anyone having the same problem? -- samhau 16:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
The text states each. The next World Cup Finals will begin in Germany on June 9, and will continue until July 9, 2006. However this competition is the Football World Cup and not the World Cup Finals
This needs to be changed and FAST (I can't)
Jean-Paul 14:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Talk to me
During the World Cup from June 9 to July 9, shouldn't we have the current scores of all matches taking place at that time on the "In the News" section. --May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 (review me!) 17:06, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
All the results should be on the front page. The World Cup is a matter of global importance and relevance. Some say is a matter of life and death, but they're wrong. It's much more important. For Latin America, for Europe, for Asia, for the Middle East, for Africa, and this time Australia as well. Don't compare it to the Olympics, the Olympics is only sports. This is the World Cup. Piet 08:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree! The end results should be in the ITN box. Just watched CNN headlines. The World Cup was the first headline, ahead of the Zarqawi killing. It is indeed of global importance whether you like it or not. Lathrop1885 14:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
No The only thing people in this debate has shown is that the World Cup has world importance. Therefore, "The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany." is more than enough for the ITN box. A live scoreboard is not encyclopedic. Or, perhaps all major sporting event results should be posted.? There is considerable interest in the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Canada, parts of the US and parts of Europe. I trust that the final score of tomorrow's game will also be posted on the front page? Dont forget the NBA finals as well. The leaderboard for every major tennis and golf tournament? etc, etc, etc. Resolute 00:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Request at info-en@ to not show the scores as they are spoilers for readers Tivoing the games and wanting to use Wikipedia. I personally think sport, celebrity, etc. news shouldn't be on the main page anyway. -- Jeandré, 2006-06-10 t06:09z
How about a horizontal line between the last ITN item and the scores? Or how about placing them below "Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events..."? -- Howard t he Du c k 07:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
It belongs there. I have no doubt that the relevant pages will be viewed far more than all of the other ITN items combined. violet/riga (t) 08:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
The Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics had a section on the Main Page, so why can't the FIFA World Cup (an even bigger sports event) have a section? 203.208.88.170 10:18, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
The daily scores should certainly have a place on the page... I mean no offence to "Halldór Ásgrímsson resigns as Prime Minister of Iceland, and will be succeeded by Geir Haarde." but I think even these first few games of the world cup are more important to more people internationally... and I think they should both be there. Please put the one line daily scores back up. Misterniceguy7 18:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Why are yall bitching so musc? Maybe i'm just a n00b, but why don't we take a vote. Or just ask jimbo (better seeing than yall bitches bitching.)
I created Template:Click-Inline as a fork from Vorlage:Link-Bild-Inline from the German Wikipedia. It is an inline-Version of the Click-Template. Please make a link to it in the Click-Infopage, because (at least in the German WP ;-) ) it resolves lots of topics caused by the paragraph-creating "Click". I think the implementation of Click ( Vorlage:Link-Bild) in the German WP is much more robust and reliable than that in the english wp... You should think about replacing the en one with the de...
However, I don't like to make admins too much work, therefor I created a suggested version of "Click" in my User-Area: User:PSIplus/Click ... Try it out, it works perfectly (at least it is widely used in the Navigation-boxes and similar things in the german wp without known problems).
PS: I already posted this in the requests for unlock, but someone meant this should be written here...
Best Regards, -- PSIplus Ψ 17:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Any reason why FIFA World Cup is the featured article today rather than tomorrow, when the tournament actually gets underway? Too late now I know, but I quite like having things like that prominent on the actual day, as with The Ashes, which was TFA on July 21, 2005, the actual opening day of the Ashes last year. — SteveRwanda 07:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that the Featured Articles section should have a World Cup team every day for the next 32 days. It sounds like a good idea because it's to fit in with the theme. Wikipedia Stubmechanic 08:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Are we going to have a nice little box summarizing the events in the World Cup on the main page like we have when it's the olympics? It is a more popular sporting event after all. Although I guess there is not as much to report, but still it would be nice. Oskar 16:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Oh Come on... Yet another case of Systemic Bias, especially to do with some online video series. And some of us thought having a frontpage featured article on Perfect Dark was bad. Boochan 04:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that its is a good thing to feature on as games have a lot to do with people and entertainment and red vs blue is just an expansion on the original idea of the halo game for xbox and computer, also peter jackson (who filmed Lord of the Rings) is making halo the movie and we all know how good those movies were so there must be some good material is the Halo series.
Is it really that prevalent? In the past 161 FAs we've had 8 technical/computer related articles. That's about 5% I think. The other subjects have been quite diverse. I'll agree that RvB is a "soft topic" but if it has reached FA status then bully to the editors. We've had just as many FAs about hurricanes as we have had about computer games (2 each). We need to actually get in there and edit other articles so they can make FA status -- Monotonehell 05:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (Oh and there's another hurricane FA on its way)
I am guessing its just quite a few within the same timeframe. Otherwise I find it rather quite diverse, it just seems that there has being more on technology related (specifically gaming) homepage featured articles lately. Oh Well, guess some of them just stick out :) - Boochan 05:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Whats with the whining? RvB is an awesome show and the page is informative and interesting, and i know that i for one would never have heard of this show if it wasn't for wikipedia. WookMuff 11:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
So... is there a link somewhere hidden around to the one millionth article? Wikipedia hit a million kind of a long time ago, and i guess it isn't much of a big deal anymore; but i for one like to go back and look at old stuff simply for the niftyness of it. I dunno... it's sort of like replaying an old game or watching a movie again, except the game or movie is incredibly difficult to find buried in the page histories and discussion pages. Agkeene 07:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. I'm sorry if this question is misplaced or out of context. Agkeene 08:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
A couple of minor points.
First, what decides which team appears first? We have Germany and England who both won on the left, but Ecuador are on the right.
Secondly, should the scores be centred using a table, like this
England | 1 | – | 0 | Paraguay |
Poland | 0 | – | 2 | Ecuador |
Germany | 4 | – | 2 | Costa Rica |
so that the scores line up?
smurrayinch ester( User), ( Talk) 15:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Only the current date's results should be listed, not all of them. If people want old results, they can look in the article. Otherwise, the section is going to be flooded with scores. Also, we can switch to country codes, rather than whole country names, for days when there are several games at once. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-10 16:24
IMO, there is too much World Cup on the Main Page right now. I want it there, but let's not overkill. We don't need two bolded links to 2006 FIFA World Cup on ITN, one on top and one at the bottom. And the picture of the FIFA World Cup Trophy has been on the Main Page for days, starting as the TFA image on June 8th. I'd rather have a picture of the Antikythera mechanism (right) on ITN instead. -- 199.71.174.100 16:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
When you place the cursor over the new photo on the main page it still says world cup. 74.133.8.162 17:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
The oldest analog computer is still the abacus, which pre-dates Western civilization by several thousand years.
Actually, I refute my own claim. A tally stick is a crude precursor to an abacus, and can be considered an analog computer. There are claims of 37000 years of historical record involving tally sticks. See: Lebombo_bone King queermo 19:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Quantum mechanics says that you cannot "definitely say that 'this device is in state X'", only assign a probability that it is in fact in that state. Indeed, quantum mechanical science has blurred the distinction between analog and digital, and there may in fact be no distinction.
so is it then considered analog or not, actually? [unsigned]
To ignore the World Cup results, add the following to your User:YOURNAME/monobook.css file, and after saving, press CTRL+F5 to refresh the file:
#worldcup { display: none; }
— BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-10 19:25
The user edit counter is no longer updating en.wikipedia.org data. Go here and go to User talk:Interiot for the discussion. FellowWikip e dian 21:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
With the latest Stanley Cup revert war, I say we ditch the whole thing before it gets completely out of hand. When the finals of both of these cups are determined, go ahead and put an entry in, but until then, don't flood ITN with pointless statistics, which will only encourage every other sport to flood with their scores, claiming precedence. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-11 02:28
I don't think the scores work, but a "FIFA World Cup 2006" link with the Germany 2006 logo to the left of it, linking to a page with scores and an analysis of each game would be nice. I'm sure it wouldn't be extrmemely hard to make a nice GUI for the scores/analysis pages. It wouldn't be too hard to make a nice looking layout for the scores and a short 1-2 paragraph analysis would also work.
Please add " Trinity Sunday in Western Christianity ( 2006) " to On this day. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 16:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
We had scores of Winter Olympics and even the Commonwealth games, so it seems just stupid to exclude the World Cup, which is more popular than even the Summer Olympics. Just because the US doesn't watch a sport doesn't mean it's not extremely popular. Every world cup game's results are an important news and deserve a place in the main page. Bring them back! (It was removed without any attempt at discussion or consensus anyway). Loom91 18:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
So it is actually news but not a news source, wow, that is a paradoxon to me ;). And Piet, thank you for your remarks, that's exactly the fact! It's the biggest cultural event on earth affecting billions of people, in that matter it's not just news it's more than that, football world cup games and its significance can live longer than any war in people's minds, taking for example the winning of the World Cup tournament 1954 in Bern (Germany was the winner) was commented by serious journalists to be the true birth hour of the Germany Republic, not 1949 when it was officially declared a state. Thus we can see the FIFA World Cup not only affects sports and culture it affects high ranking politics of all kinds and human history.
Wikipedia may be an encyclopedia, but it is undeniably an unusual - if not unique - one. How many encyclopedias have an "on this day" or "in the news" section? Let's come up with better reasons to do or not do things than "well other encyclopedias <insert thing here>". — ceejayoz talk 20:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
I must say, I really, really miss the world cup scores. And the articles on the world cup ARE great and they are updated to the minute. How about a compromise: Change this line in ITN
to
or somesuch. This would be a great way for people to find a some great topical articles that around 1 billion people would be interested in reading. Oskar 20:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Since Wikipedia is now ESPN, lets also get some NHL and NBA playoff scores on the main page.-- BoyoJonesJr 22:21, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
The World Cup is not just a sporting event; that's what you guys don't seem to understand. It is a worldwide festival. In 32 countries throughout the world a huge number of peoples' normal routines are stopping for 1 hours and 45 minutes while they watch their national team. On each day in six nations' capitals and major cities, people are taking to the streets wrapped in their national colours are biting their fingernails, watching the games on big screens as well as millions , huge numbers of people watching it on TV. In 32 countries throught the world the front page articles in the major newspapers are consumed with the World Cup. There is simply no comparison whatsover to any other sporting event in the world. The remark about the NBA and NHL is a joke. The articles about the all of national the teams as well as the FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup are being constantly updated so that fulfills the basic criteria of ITN. In fact the World Cup should have it's own panel within the ITN section. While I'm at it - can we please put the full names of the nations back in the ITN sections. Why have they been shortened it makes no sense. Jooler 22:50, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Someone has removed the scores while leaving the World Cup on the Main Page. IMO, this is the best solution - we don't report results on the Main Page until the final match (when the winner and second place should be on the Main Page), but the fact that the World Cup is ongoing remains there (and those interested can find current results on that page). — Cuivi é nen 01:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I think this situation has enough people debating on it already but Id thought id add this point quickly. Almost everyone here has failed to understand the worldwide importance of this event. It is one of the single largest media events in history and to most around the world a far bigger deal than say the Olympics. To put this in perspective the cumulative viewing figures for the world cup are expected to be 30 billion (from the official site -
[3]). Given the worlds population is roughly 6.5 billion this equates to every person on earth watching just over 4.5 games each. If this is not worthy of the main page then what is?
OGO 01:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen a redlink on the Main Page! Timrem 00:04, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
These daily reversions for and against the World Cup scores are getting rather ridiculous. The fact is both sides have valid arguments, and you can't really say that one side is more "correct" than one another. Personally I don't like how editors are taking sides when these edit wars are not conducive to Wikipedia's daily operations.
I would suggest a simple coin flip to decide whether the scores stay or not. It's a rather standard procedure for dispute resolution. This is probably the best way to resolve the matter once and for all. -- Madchester 00:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
One argument is better than the other. As evidenced by the length debates on the talk page of T:ITN, adding non-finals scores will result in scores from other sports being listed, until the news section is flooded with sports. This is not a sports site. It's an encyclopedia. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-12 02:35
Ok then, instead of a coin flip, why don't vote, as is usual in these cases. If it worked for the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, it should work here. We can use sevral rounds to see what people think is acceptable. -- Denoir 06:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
There has been a discussion if the scores of FIFA World Cup matches should have a permenent presence in the In The News (ITN) section during the world cup. The arguments for and against can be found on this page as well as on Template talk: In the news.
Do you support or oppose a permanent mention of the world cup scores on the in the news section of the main page for the duration of the world cup?
Support or oppose here.
I've added a link to Portal:Association football into the "In the news" section. Now readers can easily find all the latest scores, and the editors have all the space they want to list any details they want. No more cramped space. This seems like a fair compromise to me. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-12 16:29
I will crosspost a comment I made within the poll, since the discussion there has cooled off with no consensus, and I think we should reach one for future occasions relating to this matter. -What is the point of the poll? Finding out what people want only to justify that it can't be done according to the guidelines is not going to help anything. It seems analogous to me like making a poll "Do you want Wikipedia to give you free money?". A lot of people will support it only to have other people say "That's not what wikipedia is for". Maybe the question in this poll could be better phrased to something like "Do you think the guidelines for the In the News section should change to acommodate the world cup?" and maybe something else like "Do you think sports events coverage should cease alltoghether?" or "Do you think Wikipedia's purpose should be giving you free money?". I think those should be more efficient in determining the course of action through a more focused discussion. PHF 05:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Re Indonesian earthquake:
"However, recent analysis indicates the number of casualties were 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing, for a total of 229,866 affected. The catastrophe was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. The magnitude of the earthquake was originally recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, but has been upgraded to between 9.1 and 9.3."
The phrase "recent analysis indicates ..." is unacceptably vague for the quite-specific numbers that follow. Please cite the source of the analysis and when. Same too regarding magnitude: say who recorded the original 9.0 (likely usgs) and who upgraded (ditto). Numbers have varied between U.S. and Indonesian sources.
Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.245.1.171 ( talk • contribs) 09:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
I propose the main page as a removal candidate, unless it doesn't give enough tribute to the world's most important event in modern history (you can say what you want, it's not just a sport event, a cultural event, a global festivity it's all of that and even more), it binds billions of people in the world (not just millions as NBA or the Oktoberfest do). It should be clear that the FIFA World Cup is meant.
The information that appears in the products regarding Lesotho is simply incorrect —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.25.228.4 ( talk • contribs) 13:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
Australia - Japan 3-1. Can I say that :-) ? Piet 14:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
BUT I still don't think that sports scores belong on the main page. -- Monotonehell 20:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi, can Homestar Runner be a featured article?-- H*bad 16:38, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Why is Newest articles linking on recent additions? Why isnt there New article special page anymore? Luka Jačov 16:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I find it quite frustrating to see a featured picture on the main page with a description of something somewhat related but without any direct reference to the image. For example, the current "frog" image is quite unusual and should be described rather than having a blurb about what frogs are. The other day the Euro image showed a variety of measurement lines around it but the blurb talked about the currency. The first example does have a little bit of a tie-in, but I'd expect to see a description of what the image is.
It has almost turned into a second featured article. If we have a featured picture on the main page I really think the blurb should be about the image as much as possible. violet/riga (t) 17:36, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Defending Super Bowl winning Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in a major motorcycle accident today. Why isn't this in the ITN Box with the World Cup? This Anti-American, Anti-American Football POV is offensive. [/sarcasm] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bloodsorr0w ( talk • contribs) 21:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC).
Currently it seems the Rolland Garos has more space and is more towards the top than the FIFA World Cup which is hidden in the bottom and given a small space. This despite the fact that even the smallest World Cup match is watched by several times more people than the Men's Singles final of Rolland Garos. Stop this discrimination and give World Cup more space. Either box the portal link or move it to the top. Loom91 07:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Can something be learnt from this edit war that took place (is still taking place?) over whether the World Cup football results should appear on the Main Page? Can this sort of thing be anticipated and planned for? What, in the past, has caused the most controversy and lame edit wars on the Main Page, and can we anticipate and plan to avoid the next one? It would make the encyclopedia appear much more impressive if some discussion took place beforehand, and a consensus was reached. Carcharoth 12:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
It seems rather convenient that this debate started when the World Cup came around such that the scores are not being posted until a consensus is met... it may not be the intent of those in opposistion to such scores being ITN, but it definately seems like the World Cup is being singled out unfairly. Those in favour site precedent with the olympics and other such games, but it seems to me that those in opposition want to use the World Cup next time a sporting event comes along as their own precedent. I find it difficult to understand how something so many people want included INT is so vehemetly opposed... will it really ruin your day if a line is added with the daily results? Misterniceguy7 20:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm with Brian and Zanimum ; we should continue the precedent of only mentioning when a final winner of a major sporting event is known. One sporting event, one winner. There will only be one winner of the 2006 World Cup - we can and should state who won when we know. -- mav 21:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
When the match results were posted I did use the links provided... I was curious about the countries involved in the different matches, and accusing articles of being subjectively written is not a good reason to hide them, it is a good reason to try and remove their subjectivity. Just because you aren't interested in the links provided doesn't mean they aren't worthy, just don't use them if you don't want to. Misterniceguy7 22:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Some people seem to be losing sight of what ITN is; it's a list of articles that have recently been updated to reflect current events. Not news for news sake. Relative notoriety isn't something that should dictate whether something makes it to the main page or not. Just because one event is perceived more popular than another doesn't make it more ITN-worthy. It may make it more news-worthy, but as has been said before WP is not a news service. In fact there's something that could be said for exposing readers to a variety of new information and new ideas. As long as the subject is encyclopedic then it should be considered.
We could take the Stanley Cup verses the FIFA World Cup for example. On my side of the world the World Cup is everywhere, while the Stanley Cup I only know about due to my rabid Canadian friends. Both deserve an encyclopedic article written about them. By that I mean a discussion of what they are, their impact on society(s), their history, specific events perceived to be important by their followers. The ultimate "winners" of each season could be listed in those articles but only as a sidenote to the article itself, not the entire season's or semi-finals results.
When such an event begins, and the article is updated with appropriate information, then it could be nominated for inclusion. Also when the "winner" is announced the same could occur. I see several people citing the Olympics and what occurred then. I honestly can't remember exactly what happened, but no matter, what should occur is similar to what I've mentioned above. If an article is updated regarding a sportsperson, event or other related subject with current event information then it could be nominated for inclusion.
Recap:
I suggested a name change for the ITN box a little while ago to help remove misconceptions about its purpose. We might like to reconsider this.
-- Monotonehell 22:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I think Image:AC72-2143.2.jpg is a bad picture for On this day. It's too small and too dark to see the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, and today is not the anniversary of the launch, which is depicted in the picture. Can we have Image:Braddock.jpg to go with the 1935 anniversary, instead ? The other anniversaries do not have PD-free images. -- 64.229.230.121 14:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC) (But, if the licence for Braddock's pic is not valid, never mind. No, Russell Crowe's pic won't do..... -- 64.229.230.121 14:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC))
How can i send in things to be appeared on the On This Day... box ??
The statement that "this image only applies to some suburbs in the United States and Canada" is simply nonsense. The easiest solution would be to remove the whole sentence. ReeseM 04:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
what is mean by Isalm?!
He asked what Isalm was, not Islam. OtOcAn.
Surely 'Isalm' is a typo.....?? ~~T. Servaia~~
Beautiful picture for the featured article. Anything is better than that eye.
i concur, ANYTHIng is better, that eyee was disgusting.
While I do see that today is credited as the day we in the USA selected our national flag, no mention is made that today is actually celebrated as Flag Day in the United States, I think perhaps a blurb would be appropriate? Elipongo 15:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
June 15th is the anniversary of Kosovo on the Julian Calendar, not the Gregorian, which i believe is on the 28th... so was it On THIS Day? What are the rules for that? Does the Battle of Kosovo get two On This Day mentions? Arthurian Legend 02:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
June 15th - Corpus Christi in the Western rite Christian liturgical year, please add it to the on this day, thanks
Does the Singapore entry seem obvious to anyone else? A region declares self-government, and then holds elections to determine its leaders... there's not much of a gap between 1958 and 1959... So, what's interesting about this fact? — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-06-16 01:33
In general it seems to me that christianity is a big lie!
One of today's anniversary dates says:
The part I italicized seems to me to clearly be POV since a sizeable body of Christians (e.g., nearly all Protestants) deny that the papacy existed in the time of the apostles and thus that St. Peter was the first pope. The intro to the article on Pius IX states it more neutrally ("(not counting the Apostle St. Peter)"). I neutralized the text this was likely derived from in June 16. -- Flex 17:07, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The image shows STRAW, not HAY. Could someone change the links on the main page, please? --Tom 17:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The "Did You Know" section today feature s a section on the Bani-Nadir and a short write-up about the article. The wrtie-up feels a bit anti-Islamic, that is just my opinion.
Meta-question: Has this kind of thing arisen before? Do we need some mechanism to deal with a small group of folks dropping randomness on the front page? Say a celebration of the Holocaust? Or of the four thousandth aniversary of the creation of the Earth?
It seems that the featured article tends to focus a great deal on weather related phenomona like hurricanes. I know there is a featured article candidacy phase and that doesn't seem too dominated by weather phenomona, but it seems that somehow lots of storm stories make the status. Mbisanz 01:38, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Just for the record, while there were two hurricane-related FAs on the Main Page this month (one, 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, by request), the last one to be on the Main page before then was Hurricane Dennis back in February. Cyclone Tracy appeared on the Main Page in October of 2004 and Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in April of 2005. This month has simply been exceptionally concentrated in the number of hurricane-related articles. — Cuivi é nen 18:59, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
If the Space Shuttle Discovery does launch in the first weeks of July, would a Space Exploration Featured Article be appropriate? Just a thought-- Flyintothesky
I wasn't bold enough to change it on the template itself, but I'm pretty sure that using the word "burglarizing" is not in many British English speakers' vocabulary, nor to many outside of the US. This nasty American English-style use of the language should surely be altered to a word which has more world-wide knowledge. Should I simply be bold enough to change it to "burgling"? Am I making a fuss over nothing? Bobo . 10:40, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed it to "stealing from" - as I understand it, neutral terms are preferred if at all possible. Regards, — Cel es tianpower háblame 12:24, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
The word burglar goes directly back to Latin (via French), so burglarize is technically more correct than the back-formation burgle.
"1873 - Woman suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election." Surely this should either be dated 1872 or be the 1873 election? Correct me if I'm wrong this just seems a little strange... -- TheCooperman 00:25, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Its fine. From the article: "For casting a Republican vote in the presidential election held on 5 November 1872, in Rochester, New York, Anthony was served a warrant on 18 November and was actually fined $100 on 18 June 1873." Jmount 00:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
We learn that:
Has it? Has it really? Melchoir 00:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
DNA is on chemistry.