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Kidspediais at the moment a mini wiki wich is going to be a kids vershon of wikipedia. The link is part of an atempt to stop it having 1000's of unfinesht pages. Plase reply on the kidspedia discoshen page. I cant get a link but just go to the scrchcard bit on wikia and you will find it on all mini wikis. JosephK19 17:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Nice: Kids' spellings, too!
Kids spelling - I thought you were dyslexic :-) -- Radioactive turnip 11:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
What discussion page? Can we get a link? And sign your posts, please. — ceejayoz talk 14:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Probally shouldnt be using the wikipedia logo on it, even if you have changed the colours. Its copyrighted and your use of it could cause confusion as the site's affiliation with wikipedia. Rafy 01:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm generally a massive fan of the featured article, but I thought this one was far below the usual high standards. It reads very much like an advert or some sought of promotional blurb. Regards, Smiffy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Oismiffy ( talk • contribs) .
I have noted this plenty in the past, but this one is just too easy to have a light-hearted go at. Is it not possible for the pictures to be formatted to be inline with the news bullet that it is exemplifying? We currently have the top headline of:
" Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro Sio claims he is the true 2006 Tour de France winner"
Across from that we have a picture of an ageing man with a beard, who, on closer inspection, is a notorious president/dictator (delete as appropriate). I am not sure if Castro could win the tour de France - but I doubt it!
Is it difficult to align the picture with the bullet? I know the (pictured) text is used, but to the casual viewer it just looks wrong (and in some cases, such as this one) makes WP look a bit embarrassing/daft. Apologies if this was covered before during the redraft discussions at the start of the year, but I can't see any technical reason why the pic could not move up and down as appropriate (thus I am guessing this is a stylistic choice). SFC9394 00:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I realise this is too late—but why didn’t Mel Gibson make it onto the Main Page?! Its dominated the news far more than some of the other things listed. But ah, well… it’s in the past... the incident that is and not the ramifications.-- Greasysteve13 03:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Big ups on today's selection which put the FA in phat! w00t?! -- 70.209.187.182 07:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Should the 40th birthday of Jimbo Wales be mentioned in the Main Page tomorrow? Hardee67 18:04, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Every time I see the main page in the last month, I've learned about a new airstrike by the Isreali military and how many "people" it killed, with no distinction between civilians, soldiers, terrorists (ok, sorry, militants). I've never seen one bit about any attacks by Hezbollah, which many people can assure you are on-going and more often targetted at civilians. Why is it we only need to hear about the casualties caused by the democracy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by B. Phillips ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC).
You should give a contact link. I recently edited my entry - SHANE BRIANT - recently. You took me out of the main encyclopaedia for doing so. BUT EVERYTHING WAS VERIFIABLE - all you had to do was check with the IMDb (Internet Movie Data Base). I did it only because your entries showed my worst work (hooro films) and omitted my best work (the other 30 films). I thought it would be of interest - if you are an encyclopaedia - to have on record that I am a prolific novelist too. Also easily verifiable.
I did it only because my friends in America pressed me to do it - not because I have a big egos. My Google links are currently over 74,000. But I do not appear right now in your Encyclopaedia.
Kind regards
Shane Briant
sbriant@bigpond.net.au
Moved back to Shane Briant. There was no call for 1 user to invoke his 1 opinion like that, especially when he was claiming unverifiability despite the prominence on IMDB and Google. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-07 00:37
The main pages doesn't seem to have a category. Maybe it should have one?- 70.92.246.98 02:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Israeli is misspelled Isareli. Please correct, Tewfik Talk 03:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I've written an atticle on Kfar Giladi. Could someone please link it? -- PiMaster3 talk 14:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Most users will just think there's a problem with the image for the Libya FA. Are there no free images of the countryside or Tripoli or something? -- Nelson Ricardo 00:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I prefer to use national flags when (and only when) an article about a country is run. Maps make TERRIBLE main page images (at 100px wide it's basically an incomprehensible blob of color) and should never, ever be used under any circumstances. Raul654 01:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about using the coat of arms? Ziggur 02:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Keep. Honestly, I've always thought it was kind of a dumb idea for a flag, but you have to admit, it sure is attention-grabbing in its simplicity. People are used to seeing photos and diagrams on the main page, and seeing a big green box is sure to make the Libya page a popular destination for casual readers and hardcore editors alike. Lovelac7 03:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Leave it there of course. I never knew there was a country flag with just one color. Brilliant idea. Way better than all those boring red-white-blue flags. Piet 07:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Leave it, though I don't think we should be nominating it as a featured image any time soon. In other news I think the four corners thing is a joke (no mention here and they seem to have most details about other flags and I can't find it anywhere else.) Jellypuzzle | Talk 10:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Please mention the all-green flag in the TFA text. -- 64.229.228.195 12:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The phrase about what the corners refer to appears to have been added by an anon IP that belongs to the American University of Beirut. The nonsense stuck around for almost a year. Wow. -- Plutor 13:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Green is my least favorite colour; but I still prefer that original flag over some gaudy ones with stars and stripes ;).-- Cloviz 15:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
"Libya is slightly larger in area than Alaska, the fourth largest nation in Africa, and the 17th largest in the world" makes it sound like Alaska is in Africa. Can it be changed? -- 194.217.191.10 09:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Adam
I'd put this up on WP:ERRORS, but it might deserve some discussion, so here goes. I have a problem with the following sentence:
"With an area of 1.8 million square kilometres, 90% of which is desert, Libya is slightly larger in area than Alaska, the fourth largest nation in Africa, and the 17th largest in the world."
Firstly, it's badly worded and it could be interpreted to say that Alaska is the fourth-largest nation in Africa. Secondly, as an Australian, I don't find comparisons with the area of Alaska helpful, and they probably wouldn't be helpful for people outside North America. The sentence should be changed the way it was in the actual article to:
With an area of 1.8 million square kilometres, 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest nation-state in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world.
Hmmm, I see someone was also confused at WP:ERRORS, so I'm not the only one. I'll redirect any discussion here, because this is a more suitable place for discussion. Graham talk 09:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi guys, in the past I noticed several times that images are misplaced on the main page. Today, however, it’s the worst misplacement I’ve seen for quite some time. The picture of the "Warsaw radio mast" is placed on the very top of the "On this day" section, but the corresponding text is the last bullet point at the very end of that section. – Can't the layout of the main page (!) be checked that the images are always beside the corresponding text items? – Thanks. MikeZ 12:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
August 9: National Day for Singapore ( 1965), Raksha Bandhan in Hinduism ( 2006), National Women's Day in South Africa.
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- Libya article: - - "Libya is led by revolutionary Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose foreign policy has often brought him into conflict with the West." - - Main page: - - "Libya is led by revolutionary Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, one of the most infamous political figures of the 20th century." - - Clever vandalism, but vandalism all the same. Can this be fixed? - - 84.70.148.10 12:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I think there should be a different picture for today's Article of the Day. It surprised me with a square of green until I realized it was actually the country's flag. Maybe a map of the country would be more suitable. schyler 16:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Is it my impression, or did the numbers before the items Today's featured article, Did you know..., In the news, On this day..., Today's featured picture, Other areas of Wikipedia, Wikipedia's sister projects, etc. Wikipedia languages disappear and re-appear (possibly a few times) over the past months?
For what it's worth: I like the home page so much better without the numbers. – Adhemar 20:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Don't know if anyone has pointed this out already, but - there's a spelling mistake/omission in the main header. Where it lists the number of articles, it stops short at 'artic' instead of 'articles'. I had noticed this before but thought it may have been fixed, but it doesn't seem to have been :) Will2710 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about changing one or both of the "article count" links to still link to the Special:Statistics page (as they do at the moment), but not having the actual number there. Call it something like "Article count" or "Article statistics" instead. That de-emphasises the actual number, but leaves the information accessible. That way, any long-time editor who wants to see the number can click to see the number, and any new readers who click through will end up reading more than just a single, unexplained figure. Really though, the "special:statistics" page should say more than it does. It should at least list the number of stubs (though this is complicated by many articles being more than stubs, but still having a stub label). Carcharoth 08:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Or perhaps substitute the
WP:FA or
WP:GA count there to focus attention on improving existing articles. Those counts are somewhere above 1000, that's nothing to be proud of. (Quantity v Quality again)--
Monotonehell
09:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps we could get a few more items for In the News to balance out the extra-long Featured Article of the Day excerpt. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 00:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC) [1]
I think it was better to keep the links like they were. I don't like them underlined like Spanish wikipedia. What do you think? -- Neo139 02:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone needs to write a news item on the connecticut senate primary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.63.22.47 ( talk • contribs) 04:09, 9 August 2006.
In todays fetured article it reads "Shotguns, though initially popular with the middle class as much as the poor, became a symbol of poverty in the mid-20th century, but opinion is now more mixed, with some the targets of bulldozing due to urban renewal".
It wasn't until it spoke about bulldozing I realised it still meant the houses. I think the word 'houses' needs to be added after shotguns. -- 194.217.191.10 10:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)adam
This issue has already been posted in the correct place and is now corrected. -- Monotonehell 12:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I would like to protest against the American bias in the Wikipedia news.
That is my opinion.-- Daanschr 15:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Most of the atention in the Dutch media concerning the Mexican elections was directed at militant reaction of the opposition against possible fraud. During the news items, it became apparent that the American news hardly mentioned the reaction of the opposition and that the Americans didn't understand the dominance of socialism in Latin America. I was annoyed about the lack of prominence about the portrayal of the Mexican opposition in the english Wikipedia article on this subject. Now, the Wikipedia news mentions 'alleged electoral irregularities'.
America is one of the most prominent supporters of Israel. Russia, China, Latin America, the Arab world, many European countries have a neutral view at best. Main attention in other parts of the world is the destruction of Lebanon. The missiles hitting Israel are far less damaging in comparison.
Landis is an American and he has lost his title. The Tour de France declared Pereiro Sio winner, so he acknowledged his title. The words 'claims he is the true' are unapropriate and biased.-- Daanschr 15:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I had no problems with the intention of the editors, but with the visible result. To my opinion it was American biased.-- Daanschr 20:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
In The News, Now with American Bias!
* The Apocolypse has begun. * Mexican Anti-American Communist cries foul after free and fair election elects Conservative nominee for President of Mexico. * 30,000 non-Americans die somewhere not in America. * Muslim exteremists continue to attack Israel in a move long sense predicted by the Bible. * Dam construction begins in Islamistan.
Comparing that to the current ITN box, I fail to see a real American bias. Preston 21:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I know that Americans like to be as extreme as possible and it is very popular to ridiculise everybody who is non-American or non-patriotic. I just wanted to point out that the news was not according the the majority worldwide point of view. Nice to know that there are still some volunteers who want to live up to the worldwide felt prejudices towards America.-- Daanschr 08:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I am angry about the events of the last years and i blame America, just like many other people in the world. The NPOV policy has changed recently, i see. It clearly states to be against a national or geographical bias. An article should represent the opinion of different nations, if there is a certain difference in the debate. I just read in the newspaper that Obrador has threatened with a revolution in Mexico. The police is occupying many buildings. It could be a civil war.-- Daanschr 11:28, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I am an avid reader of the wikipedia. I use it regularly to get more knowledge. One of the main problems that I face with it is that it is not using the full screen width to display the article.
A left navigation bar which is mostly less than one tenth of any article's height uses atleast one third of the screen thus making users scroll almost twice more than necessary to read the full article. This will result in more repetitive stress injury to the wrists due to the increased scrolling necessary.
Could you not put the left nav bar links at the top so that the article, which is what we concentrate most on can take up the full width of the window?
Shankar. 61.17.178.163 22:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
/* Wider content */ .portlet { display:none; } #column-content, #content { margin: 0 0 0 0 }
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GeorgeMoney ( talk) 23:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much. The nostalgia skin is perfect. Though I could not do the code thing its ok. Perhaps nostalgia should be made default, because many users may not even bother to ask? I have been using wikipedia for years before it occurred to me to ask. I am using 800x600 and also I have specified Ignore Colors/Fonts/Sizes/Styles on webpages and set my text size to medium and set color to white text on blue. This reduces eyestrain, but also made the nav bar take up 1/3rd of the screen. --
Shankargiri
20:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
A discussion is underway concerning the redesign of the sidebar which is displayed on every page of Wikipedia. See you at Wikipedia talk:Village pump (proposals)/Sidebar redesign -- Nexus Seven 00:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Are fair use images allowed on the main page? I have seen discussions about this before, but not sure what was reached, and can't find a final statement now. This pertaining to the FA pic.
There should be a link on the Main Page to make Wikipedia your homepage, if there isn't already. I don't see one. -- Macarion 00:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Manchester City's on the front page of Wikipedia! Yes! Take that United, we finally won something big! -- Taoistlumberjak 01:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Three of the four features on the main page (Enric Miralles, Manchester FC, and the London terrorist plot) are UK topics. Why must Wikipedia be so Anglo-centric? Raul654 01:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Can someone with the ability to edit this page please change the "are" to "is" in the first sentence of the featured article? It's driving me mad. It's been corrected on the MCFC topic page. As for the UK bias, well, I see the point but I would say it would be fairer to describe it as a temporary glut of UK articles. The fact that the foiled terrorist plot is the big news story at the minute is just a fact. Tomorrow's FA (Augustan drama) may refer to a style that had its origins in Britain, but has had a worldwide impact. If you have a big problem with a number of main page articles focussing on UK topics, get involved with the planning side of things and actually make a difference to the process rather than simply moaning about it here! Bedesboy 10:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
In return to "America being more important" - the only reason your country is where it is at today, is because Britain held you like the crybabies you are for so long. Without us you would be nothing and we would still be the number one, instead we must settle for number two. Stop being so pompous, that's the job of the British. Apparently. (But let's face facts, everyone prefers the British to the American's forceful ways.) -- Dom0803 13:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I would love to see American English become a feature article before English English. Any fans of linguistics want to go take a stab? "Color", w00t!? -- Bobak 22:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
There was a typo in the article, which is now featured on the main page. Sulphurous acid, not sulphuric.
Why is the Article of the Day changed at around 4:00PM? Shouldn't it be changed at midnight? I sometimes click out of the internet for a while at around 3:00PM, and at 4:00PM, it is changed.
actually UTC time is not UP time because we add an hour onto our time during the summer, so the featured article changes at 1pm uk time during the summer. i dont really want BUSH as our head of wikipedia.-- Greg.loutsenko 12:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but the discussion page isn't a chatroom. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.121.73.22 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC).
Yeah, but it was 2:00PM here and they changed it. It wasn't midnight! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.121.73.22 ( talk • contribs) 23:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC).
so what your basically saying bobak is that its ok to use american time, but not ok to use GMT, the time from which all other times are measured, demands like that perpetuate the sterotype of arrogant americans. Zepher25 13:20, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't think it's been discussed here but obviously the languages on the bottom of the main page have been trimmed recently. The English names for the languages were also unfortunately trimmed. Having the English names next to each language wasn't too pretty but it was very functional. I'd like to see them return. Ziggur 07:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
68.72.116.165 has made some redirects to articles in Romaji form. I doubt someone would search "Burajiru" or whatever it was to get to Brazil articles. -- FlareNUKE 08:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
While I do agree with the 25k and 50k article sites, could there still be the 100k list still including the 25k and 50k lists? Pronoun 14:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a suggestion that maybe the boldfaced words in the blub shouldn't be West Berlin but rather Berlin Wall, as it's the anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction after all! -- Canuckguy 00:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Can we add the Eight-Nation Alliance occupation of Beijing in 1900 for "On this Day" of Aug 14? I guess I don't have the authority to do it. Thanks. Pseudotriton 04:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
The death toll has risen to 114 in Zhejiang, according to CTV Newsnet. JodoYodo 05:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I think that the XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 that started last night in Toronto, Canada, warrents inclusion in the "In The News" section. It's the largest conference on HIV/AIDS ever and this is an event that affects the whole world. Jeff 11:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
The planet Pluto should be featured on the wikipedia or wikinews front page, because this may be the last time you can do so. Right now there is an astronomical congress in Prague going on, with 3.000 top nerds, who get to decide whether or not Pluto should be demoted to a space pebble and cease to belong to full-glory planets.
See the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4789531.stm
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.70.32.136 ( talk • contribs) 12:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC).
I know it's not the right place to propose such a thing, but wouldn't it make sense to have Definition of planet as Today's Featured Article soon? It's already Featured. I think someone should go and request it if they agree. Jellypuzzle | Talk 17:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Why in the world is VJ Day not mentioned on the main page in any way? It's quite significant for August 14th. What's the deal? AJFederation 20:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I tried to click the metawiki icon but my IE browser couldn't open it: it suggested a download of an "unknown" filetype. Maybe an admin oughta have a look n fix it.-- Steven Fruitsmaak | Talk 21:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
An article on a South Australian bus system followed by one on Queensland's biggest pest as articles of the day? Clearly examples of Wikipedia's pro-Australian bias. Lisiate 03:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I saw a I.P. edit the main page.How can this page be edited by non-users when it's fully protected? -- Scott3 03:09, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree to this too... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 125.22.12.250 ( talk • contribs) 10:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC).
Could the main article also be changed just at midnight EST? Just want to know. Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K09 ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC).
Why doesn't the OTD section have a link to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries? It took me a while to find it. Piet 14:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm not supporting or denouncing how it currently is, just pointing out where it is. It could be better, but I'm not sure if mainspace is the place for contribute liks... -- Monotonehell 08:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
If you click the 'Archive' link on the OTD section of the main page, you get taken to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August which is pretty close to where you wanted, and there's also a link there to go up one level to the Selected anniversaries page you wanted. The problem is that it's called Archive, like the way the Archive link on the featured article box takes you to this month's lineup which isn't completely what you expect. -- 81.132.80.88 18:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
As of today, the Russian version of Wikipedia has 100,000+ articles. That should be observed at the main Wikipedia portal. Camptown 17:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Discussion for this is at m:talk:www.wikipedia.org template. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-16 19:18
It also may be worth mentioning that the language editions around the logo on www.wikipedia.org are the top eight in number of articles, not a list of Wikipedias with 100,000+ articles. To get there, the Russian Wikipedia would need to knock the lowest-count off (Spanish, at 142,000 articles). GeeJo (t)⁄ (c) • 19:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Could we possibly have a "Did you know" segment without a Eurovision contest factoid? They seem to be getting obscure and uninteresting, and frankly it's getting old. -- Jquarry 22:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I admit, for a moment seeing the image on the mainpage, I thought today's article was going to be about Klingons... Speaking of which, I am offended by the lack of Star Trek bias! The 40th Grand High Wizard of Nerdom convention is this weekend in Vegas --coinciding with the premiere of Snakes on a Plane. In this kind of perfect storm the average geek will nerdgasm so hard they'll bust a tribble. -- Bobak 00:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
"Sofixit by adding more new articles to Suggestions" isn't a solution as long as we adhere to the notion that every eligible (i.e. non-stub, well-referenced, etc.) candidate on the Suggestions page should make it into DYK. If we keep doing that, then no matter what, we get repitition of subjects; if someone starts 20 articles on (let's say) notable medieval court jesters over the course of a few weeks, we'll end up with a famous jester in DYK once a day for three weeks. A couple court jester DYKs in a short period might be fun, but after a while people might understandably get bored of them. A better solution would be to update the DYK a little less frequently (say only once a day, sometimes twice). That way the admins can be a little more selective and showcase a broader range of DYKs, though perhaps at the expense of leaving some behind. Andrew Levine 19:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I just want to say to the FPC people, beautiful selection. Too bad we couldn't have run it on US Memorial Day. Daniel Case 00:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually, today's featured picture is a bit of a let-down. It's of poor quality, and certainly wouldn't pass WP:FPC today. It's too blurry, and it doesn't portray the subject well. — Cuivi é nen 13:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Brian, your footer doesn't work when people click on (+) at the top of the page to start a new section. -- 64.229.228.143 16:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Why is the front page only editable by administrators? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ali'i ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC).
Yeah, that would not be a good thing for wikipedia. -- tyler nelson 17:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I hate to be copyright paranoid, but perhaps Image:Queensbridge.jpg would work for Featured Article of the Day on the Main Page. Even though it's not as representative of the subject as the current image, it's not fair use. -- tariqabjotu 00:17, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
i have also this problem and i dont no i will doing to cominucat iam a new wekipedian —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.249.71.234 ( talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC).
I don't believe that Wikipedia is putting its best foot forward by showcasing a thug's first album as the featured article of the day. It's low culture, and makes Wikipedia look like even more of a joke than it's already managed to accomplish. - MSTCrow 15:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I third the motion that Rap is rubbish, anything that promotes derogatory treatment of women, taking of illicit drugs, or general acts of civil disobedience has a negative effect on society, especially the youth who seeing this way of life being 'cool' aspire to becoming 'gangsta' themselves. Since we can't kill rappers to stop them sprouting rubbish (tub pac) a contingency plan needs to be drafted by the governments of the world, but on the balance of guit America needs to front most the blame, they after all being the super power that is Consumerism should house up the 'gangsta's in blocks (ghettos if you will) blocking the transferal of rap from the rappers to the general public putting to an end pants so low theres no need for them, telling people doing drugs IS NOT COOL , shooting people doesn't get you anything but JAIL and through hard work and dedication you can become a core part of a functioning society in a positive aspect, not a negative one. Faultless 20:57, 25 August 2006
I personally think rap is a negative influence on society, and I don't think it should be the featured article, but if you want to have an influence on what is the article of the day nominate an article, or just boycott wikipedia, but unless you are going to do something of real impact don't compalin
I' popped a new header on this page. (Edit second try worked better lol). It's a little longer than the old one, but intergrates the archive box and leaves more room for more archive links. The concept is to be more welcoming to new visitors. Under the WP:BRD concept; comments? Love hate? -- Monotonehell 16:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I like the new header on this page. Nice work! Carcharoth 21:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
It was fine yesterday, now the box for TFA is too big, breaking the nice symmetry in the header and overloading the box with too much information. With such a overkill, people would just scroll down and not read it. 'Too helpful' may become 'not helpful'. -- 64.229.178.241 18:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It was completely unaccessable. Anyone know what happened? 66.0.5.4 20:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I was going to merely ask this:
Did the wikiwebservers crash & burn f/ several hours today??
Hopiakuta 20:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Now, it does seem that they had, in fact.
Thank You.
Hopiakuta 20:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Since you are too lazy to click a link, here it is:
Somewhere around 17:20-17:30 UTC, Cogent readvertised routing to our primary IP address block in Tampa, blocking access to the site for most people.
Partway through the period, wikis were placed into read-only lock so the few people who could access it (mostly from AOL ;) were unable to edit without review from the public.
The route was temporarily restored around 19:55, and read-write was restored to the wikis at 19:59.
The old IP range will no longer be available to us as of Monday.
PowerMedium has assigned us a new IP space which is under their control (unlike the old IPs which were leased from Cogent under an older contract), and we will be transitioning to them over the weekend.
We have heard several conflicting things about exactly why and how our IP space
got dropped; more will be said when we have firmer knowledge.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) dposse 22:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Paper encyclopedias rarely flicker in and out of existence. 64.8.1.2
Wikipedia is sufficiently notable that it going down is notable. Failures in it's service should have their own page, and that page should be linked to from the main page after it goes down. My 2 cents :) Mathiastck 23:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
it is nice that you made Wikipedia:Downtimei was in terested.
what the hell is wrong with wikipedia? why is it all white and messed up?? dposse 03:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
WHAT!!! you gotta problem with crackas!!!!!!!!!!!! huh? Well at least it's fixed now, it happens
THat comma doesnt look right does it?-- Light current 07:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
THe one after Welcome to Wikipedia Sorry I thought it would be obvious-- Light current 09:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes Iknow its grammatically correct. It just doesnt look good!-- Light current 14:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I recently uploaded quite a few photos and put them on their respective pages. Soon after, they were taken down because I did not provide the URL for them, etc. I would like to upload the pics again, but the right way...so what do I do? At the upload page, do I simply just put the URL of the photo? And another thing...I don't understand this: "Images found on websites or on an image search engine should not be uploaded to Wikipedia." How's that make ANY sense? Where else would you find photographs ON THE INTERNET to put ON A WEBSITE?
-- RattleandHum 19 August 2006
Landscapes are fine, but 100x100px often makes portraits too narrow. Can we change it to something like 100x125px instead of 100x100px ? As long as it's not wider than 100px, it's okay for those 800x600 screens, right ? -- PFHLai 17:00, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
On a related note, many images are not meant to be displayed as 100px thumbnails. One example would be Image:Popss.jpg currently on DYK. Can anyone make out what is being displayed ? Things are so small, I can't see a thing there. Such images such not be used on Main Page. -- 64.229.178.241 13:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the link to the Village Pump should be more conspicuous. This page is always filled with off-topics suggestions and complaints because novices that enter Wikipedia through the Main Page see the big "Discussion" link in the top rather than the list of "Other areas of Wikipedia" in the bottom. The new header is very convenient, but it would be even better if people didn't have to click on the wrong link, realize their mistake and then start searching the right place to post their ideas.-- Cloviz 01:32, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
we are all about new zeeland right now. that's cool, though.
Missing a · between "Help" and "Categories"? Or is there a reason for that? Dunno if this has been asked..thanks. Aran heru nar 07:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
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Kidspediais at the moment a mini wiki wich is going to be a kids vershon of wikipedia. The link is part of an atempt to stop it having 1000's of unfinesht pages. Plase reply on the kidspedia discoshen page. I cant get a link but just go to the scrchcard bit on wikia and you will find it on all mini wikis. JosephK19 17:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Nice: Kids' spellings, too!
Kids spelling - I thought you were dyslexic :-) -- Radioactive turnip 11:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
What discussion page? Can we get a link? And sign your posts, please. — ceejayoz talk 14:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Probally shouldnt be using the wikipedia logo on it, even if you have changed the colours. Its copyrighted and your use of it could cause confusion as the site's affiliation with wikipedia. Rafy 01:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm generally a massive fan of the featured article, but I thought this one was far below the usual high standards. It reads very much like an advert or some sought of promotional blurb. Regards, Smiffy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Oismiffy ( talk • contribs) .
I have noted this plenty in the past, but this one is just too easy to have a light-hearted go at. Is it not possible for the pictures to be formatted to be inline with the news bullet that it is exemplifying? We currently have the top headline of:
" Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro Sio claims he is the true 2006 Tour de France winner"
Across from that we have a picture of an ageing man with a beard, who, on closer inspection, is a notorious president/dictator (delete as appropriate). I am not sure if Castro could win the tour de France - but I doubt it!
Is it difficult to align the picture with the bullet? I know the (pictured) text is used, but to the casual viewer it just looks wrong (and in some cases, such as this one) makes WP look a bit embarrassing/daft. Apologies if this was covered before during the redraft discussions at the start of the year, but I can't see any technical reason why the pic could not move up and down as appropriate (thus I am guessing this is a stylistic choice). SFC9394 00:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I realise this is too late—but why didn’t Mel Gibson make it onto the Main Page?! Its dominated the news far more than some of the other things listed. But ah, well… it’s in the past... the incident that is and not the ramifications.-- Greasysteve13 03:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Big ups on today's selection which put the FA in phat! w00t?! -- 70.209.187.182 07:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Should the 40th birthday of Jimbo Wales be mentioned in the Main Page tomorrow? Hardee67 18:04, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Every time I see the main page in the last month, I've learned about a new airstrike by the Isreali military and how many "people" it killed, with no distinction between civilians, soldiers, terrorists (ok, sorry, militants). I've never seen one bit about any attacks by Hezbollah, which many people can assure you are on-going and more often targetted at civilians. Why is it we only need to hear about the casualties caused by the democracy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by B. Phillips ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC).
You should give a contact link. I recently edited my entry - SHANE BRIANT - recently. You took me out of the main encyclopaedia for doing so. BUT EVERYTHING WAS VERIFIABLE - all you had to do was check with the IMDb (Internet Movie Data Base). I did it only because your entries showed my worst work (hooro films) and omitted my best work (the other 30 films). I thought it would be of interest - if you are an encyclopaedia - to have on record that I am a prolific novelist too. Also easily verifiable.
I did it only because my friends in America pressed me to do it - not because I have a big egos. My Google links are currently over 74,000. But I do not appear right now in your Encyclopaedia.
Kind regards
Shane Briant
sbriant@bigpond.net.au
Moved back to Shane Briant. There was no call for 1 user to invoke his 1 opinion like that, especially when he was claiming unverifiability despite the prominence on IMDB and Google. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-07 00:37
The main pages doesn't seem to have a category. Maybe it should have one?- 70.92.246.98 02:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Israeli is misspelled Isareli. Please correct, Tewfik Talk 03:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I've written an atticle on Kfar Giladi. Could someone please link it? -- PiMaster3 talk 14:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Most users will just think there's a problem with the image for the Libya FA. Are there no free images of the countryside or Tripoli or something? -- Nelson Ricardo 00:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I prefer to use national flags when (and only when) an article about a country is run. Maps make TERRIBLE main page images (at 100px wide it's basically an incomprehensible blob of color) and should never, ever be used under any circumstances. Raul654 01:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about using the coat of arms? Ziggur 02:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Keep. Honestly, I've always thought it was kind of a dumb idea for a flag, but you have to admit, it sure is attention-grabbing in its simplicity. People are used to seeing photos and diagrams on the main page, and seeing a big green box is sure to make the Libya page a popular destination for casual readers and hardcore editors alike. Lovelac7 03:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Leave it there of course. I never knew there was a country flag with just one color. Brilliant idea. Way better than all those boring red-white-blue flags. Piet 07:06, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Leave it, though I don't think we should be nominating it as a featured image any time soon. In other news I think the four corners thing is a joke (no mention here and they seem to have most details about other flags and I can't find it anywhere else.) Jellypuzzle | Talk 10:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Please mention the all-green flag in the TFA text. -- 64.229.228.195 12:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The phrase about what the corners refer to appears to have been added by an anon IP that belongs to the American University of Beirut. The nonsense stuck around for almost a year. Wow. -- Plutor 13:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Green is my least favorite colour; but I still prefer that original flag over some gaudy ones with stars and stripes ;).-- Cloviz 15:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
"Libya is slightly larger in area than Alaska, the fourth largest nation in Africa, and the 17th largest in the world" makes it sound like Alaska is in Africa. Can it be changed? -- 194.217.191.10 09:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)Adam
I'd put this up on WP:ERRORS, but it might deserve some discussion, so here goes. I have a problem with the following sentence:
"With an area of 1.8 million square kilometres, 90% of which is desert, Libya is slightly larger in area than Alaska, the fourth largest nation in Africa, and the 17th largest in the world."
Firstly, it's badly worded and it could be interpreted to say that Alaska is the fourth-largest nation in Africa. Secondly, as an Australian, I don't find comparisons with the area of Alaska helpful, and they probably wouldn't be helpful for people outside North America. The sentence should be changed the way it was in the actual article to:
With an area of 1.8 million square kilometres, 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest nation-state in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world.
Hmmm, I see someone was also confused at WP:ERRORS, so I'm not the only one. I'll redirect any discussion here, because this is a more suitable place for discussion. Graham talk 09:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi guys, in the past I noticed several times that images are misplaced on the main page. Today, however, it’s the worst misplacement I’ve seen for quite some time. The picture of the "Warsaw radio mast" is placed on the very top of the "On this day" section, but the corresponding text is the last bullet point at the very end of that section. – Can't the layout of the main page (!) be checked that the images are always beside the corresponding text items? – Thanks. MikeZ 12:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
August 9: National Day for Singapore ( 1965), Raksha Bandhan in Hinduism ( 2006), National Women's Day in South Africa.
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- Libya article: - - "Libya is led by revolutionary Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose foreign policy has often brought him into conflict with the West." - - Main page: - - "Libya is led by revolutionary Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, one of the most infamous political figures of the 20th century." - - Clever vandalism, but vandalism all the same. Can this be fixed? - - 84.70.148.10 12:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I think there should be a different picture for today's Article of the Day. It surprised me with a square of green until I realized it was actually the country's flag. Maybe a map of the country would be more suitable. schyler 16:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Is it my impression, or did the numbers before the items Today's featured article, Did you know..., In the news, On this day..., Today's featured picture, Other areas of Wikipedia, Wikipedia's sister projects, etc. Wikipedia languages disappear and re-appear (possibly a few times) over the past months?
For what it's worth: I like the home page so much better without the numbers. – Adhemar 20:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Don't know if anyone has pointed this out already, but - there's a spelling mistake/omission in the main header. Where it lists the number of articles, it stops short at 'artic' instead of 'articles'. I had noticed this before but thought it may have been fixed, but it doesn't seem to have been :) Will2710 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about changing one or both of the "article count" links to still link to the Special:Statistics page (as they do at the moment), but not having the actual number there. Call it something like "Article count" or "Article statistics" instead. That de-emphasises the actual number, but leaves the information accessible. That way, any long-time editor who wants to see the number can click to see the number, and any new readers who click through will end up reading more than just a single, unexplained figure. Really though, the "special:statistics" page should say more than it does. It should at least list the number of stubs (though this is complicated by many articles being more than stubs, but still having a stub label). Carcharoth 08:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Or perhaps substitute the
WP:FA or
WP:GA count there to focus attention on improving existing articles. Those counts are somewhere above 1000, that's nothing to be proud of. (Quantity v Quality again)--
Monotonehell
09:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps we could get a few more items for In the News to balance out the extra-long Featured Article of the Day excerpt. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 00:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC) [1]
I think it was better to keep the links like they were. I don't like them underlined like Spanish wikipedia. What do you think? -- Neo139 02:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone needs to write a news item on the connecticut senate primary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.63.22.47 ( talk • contribs) 04:09, 9 August 2006.
In todays fetured article it reads "Shotguns, though initially popular with the middle class as much as the poor, became a symbol of poverty in the mid-20th century, but opinion is now more mixed, with some the targets of bulldozing due to urban renewal".
It wasn't until it spoke about bulldozing I realised it still meant the houses. I think the word 'houses' needs to be added after shotguns. -- 194.217.191.10 10:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)adam
This issue has already been posted in the correct place and is now corrected. -- Monotonehell 12:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I would like to protest against the American bias in the Wikipedia news.
That is my opinion.-- Daanschr 15:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Most of the atention in the Dutch media concerning the Mexican elections was directed at militant reaction of the opposition against possible fraud. During the news items, it became apparent that the American news hardly mentioned the reaction of the opposition and that the Americans didn't understand the dominance of socialism in Latin America. I was annoyed about the lack of prominence about the portrayal of the Mexican opposition in the english Wikipedia article on this subject. Now, the Wikipedia news mentions 'alleged electoral irregularities'.
America is one of the most prominent supporters of Israel. Russia, China, Latin America, the Arab world, many European countries have a neutral view at best. Main attention in other parts of the world is the destruction of Lebanon. The missiles hitting Israel are far less damaging in comparison.
Landis is an American and he has lost his title. The Tour de France declared Pereiro Sio winner, so he acknowledged his title. The words 'claims he is the true' are unapropriate and biased.-- Daanschr 15:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I had no problems with the intention of the editors, but with the visible result. To my opinion it was American biased.-- Daanschr 20:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
In The News, Now with American Bias!
* The Apocolypse has begun. * Mexican Anti-American Communist cries foul after free and fair election elects Conservative nominee for President of Mexico. * 30,000 non-Americans die somewhere not in America. * Muslim exteremists continue to attack Israel in a move long sense predicted by the Bible. * Dam construction begins in Islamistan.
Comparing that to the current ITN box, I fail to see a real American bias. Preston 21:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I know that Americans like to be as extreme as possible and it is very popular to ridiculise everybody who is non-American or non-patriotic. I just wanted to point out that the news was not according the the majority worldwide point of view. Nice to know that there are still some volunteers who want to live up to the worldwide felt prejudices towards America.-- Daanschr 08:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I am angry about the events of the last years and i blame America, just like many other people in the world. The NPOV policy has changed recently, i see. It clearly states to be against a national or geographical bias. An article should represent the opinion of different nations, if there is a certain difference in the debate. I just read in the newspaper that Obrador has threatened with a revolution in Mexico. The police is occupying many buildings. It could be a civil war.-- Daanschr 11:28, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I am an avid reader of the wikipedia. I use it regularly to get more knowledge. One of the main problems that I face with it is that it is not using the full screen width to display the article.
A left navigation bar which is mostly less than one tenth of any article's height uses atleast one third of the screen thus making users scroll almost twice more than necessary to read the full article. This will result in more repetitive stress injury to the wrists due to the increased scrolling necessary.
Could you not put the left nav bar links at the top so that the article, which is what we concentrate most on can take up the full width of the window?
Shankar. 61.17.178.163 22:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
/* Wider content */ .portlet { display:none; } #column-content, #content { margin: 0 0 0 0 }
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GeorgeMoney ( talk) 23:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much. The nostalgia skin is perfect. Though I could not do the code thing its ok. Perhaps nostalgia should be made default, because many users may not even bother to ask? I have been using wikipedia for years before it occurred to me to ask. I am using 800x600 and also I have specified Ignore Colors/Fonts/Sizes/Styles on webpages and set my text size to medium and set color to white text on blue. This reduces eyestrain, but also made the nav bar take up 1/3rd of the screen. --
Shankargiri
20:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
A discussion is underway concerning the redesign of the sidebar which is displayed on every page of Wikipedia. See you at Wikipedia talk:Village pump (proposals)/Sidebar redesign -- Nexus Seven 00:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Are fair use images allowed on the main page? I have seen discussions about this before, but not sure what was reached, and can't find a final statement now. This pertaining to the FA pic.
There should be a link on the Main Page to make Wikipedia your homepage, if there isn't already. I don't see one. -- Macarion 00:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Manchester City's on the front page of Wikipedia! Yes! Take that United, we finally won something big! -- Taoistlumberjak 01:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Three of the four features on the main page (Enric Miralles, Manchester FC, and the London terrorist plot) are UK topics. Why must Wikipedia be so Anglo-centric? Raul654 01:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Can someone with the ability to edit this page please change the "are" to "is" in the first sentence of the featured article? It's driving me mad. It's been corrected on the MCFC topic page. As for the UK bias, well, I see the point but I would say it would be fairer to describe it as a temporary glut of UK articles. The fact that the foiled terrorist plot is the big news story at the minute is just a fact. Tomorrow's FA (Augustan drama) may refer to a style that had its origins in Britain, but has had a worldwide impact. If you have a big problem with a number of main page articles focussing on UK topics, get involved with the planning side of things and actually make a difference to the process rather than simply moaning about it here! Bedesboy 10:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
In return to "America being more important" - the only reason your country is where it is at today, is because Britain held you like the crybabies you are for so long. Without us you would be nothing and we would still be the number one, instead we must settle for number two. Stop being so pompous, that's the job of the British. Apparently. (But let's face facts, everyone prefers the British to the American's forceful ways.) -- Dom0803 13:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I would love to see American English become a feature article before English English. Any fans of linguistics want to go take a stab? "Color", w00t!? -- Bobak 22:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
There was a typo in the article, which is now featured on the main page. Sulphurous acid, not sulphuric.
Why is the Article of the Day changed at around 4:00PM? Shouldn't it be changed at midnight? I sometimes click out of the internet for a while at around 3:00PM, and at 4:00PM, it is changed.
actually UTC time is not UP time because we add an hour onto our time during the summer, so the featured article changes at 1pm uk time during the summer. i dont really want BUSH as our head of wikipedia.-- Greg.loutsenko 12:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but the discussion page isn't a chatroom. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.121.73.22 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC).
Yeah, but it was 2:00PM here and they changed it. It wasn't midnight! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.121.73.22 ( talk • contribs) 23:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC).
so what your basically saying bobak is that its ok to use american time, but not ok to use GMT, the time from which all other times are measured, demands like that perpetuate the sterotype of arrogant americans. Zepher25 13:20, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't think it's been discussed here but obviously the languages on the bottom of the main page have been trimmed recently. The English names for the languages were also unfortunately trimmed. Having the English names next to each language wasn't too pretty but it was very functional. I'd like to see them return. Ziggur 07:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
68.72.116.165 has made some redirects to articles in Romaji form. I doubt someone would search "Burajiru" or whatever it was to get to Brazil articles. -- FlareNUKE 08:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
While I do agree with the 25k and 50k article sites, could there still be the 100k list still including the 25k and 50k lists? Pronoun 14:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a suggestion that maybe the boldfaced words in the blub shouldn't be West Berlin but rather Berlin Wall, as it's the anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction after all! -- Canuckguy 00:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Can we add the Eight-Nation Alliance occupation of Beijing in 1900 for "On this Day" of Aug 14? I guess I don't have the authority to do it. Thanks. Pseudotriton 04:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
The death toll has risen to 114 in Zhejiang, according to CTV Newsnet. JodoYodo 05:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I think that the XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 that started last night in Toronto, Canada, warrents inclusion in the "In The News" section. It's the largest conference on HIV/AIDS ever and this is an event that affects the whole world. Jeff 11:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
The planet Pluto should be featured on the wikipedia or wikinews front page, because this may be the last time you can do so. Right now there is an astronomical congress in Prague going on, with 3.000 top nerds, who get to decide whether or not Pluto should be demoted to a space pebble and cease to belong to full-glory planets.
See the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4789531.stm
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.70.32.136 ( talk • contribs) 12:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC).
I know it's not the right place to propose such a thing, but wouldn't it make sense to have Definition of planet as Today's Featured Article soon? It's already Featured. I think someone should go and request it if they agree. Jellypuzzle | Talk 17:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Why in the world is VJ Day not mentioned on the main page in any way? It's quite significant for August 14th. What's the deal? AJFederation 20:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I tried to click the metawiki icon but my IE browser couldn't open it: it suggested a download of an "unknown" filetype. Maybe an admin oughta have a look n fix it.-- Steven Fruitsmaak | Talk 21:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
An article on a South Australian bus system followed by one on Queensland's biggest pest as articles of the day? Clearly examples of Wikipedia's pro-Australian bias. Lisiate 03:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I saw a I.P. edit the main page.How can this page be edited by non-users when it's fully protected? -- Scott3 03:09, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I agree to this too... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 125.22.12.250 ( talk • contribs) 10:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC).
Could the main article also be changed just at midnight EST? Just want to know. Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K09 ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC).
Why doesn't the OTD section have a link to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries? It took me a while to find it. Piet 14:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm not supporting or denouncing how it currently is, just pointing out where it is. It could be better, but I'm not sure if mainspace is the place for contribute liks... -- Monotonehell 08:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
If you click the 'Archive' link on the OTD section of the main page, you get taken to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August which is pretty close to where you wanted, and there's also a link there to go up one level to the Selected anniversaries page you wanted. The problem is that it's called Archive, like the way the Archive link on the featured article box takes you to this month's lineup which isn't completely what you expect. -- 81.132.80.88 18:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
As of today, the Russian version of Wikipedia has 100,000+ articles. That should be observed at the main Wikipedia portal. Camptown 17:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Discussion for this is at m:talk:www.wikipedia.org template. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-16 19:18
It also may be worth mentioning that the language editions around the logo on www.wikipedia.org are the top eight in number of articles, not a list of Wikipedias with 100,000+ articles. To get there, the Russian Wikipedia would need to knock the lowest-count off (Spanish, at 142,000 articles). GeeJo (t)⁄ (c) • 19:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Could we possibly have a "Did you know" segment without a Eurovision contest factoid? They seem to be getting obscure and uninteresting, and frankly it's getting old. -- Jquarry 22:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I admit, for a moment seeing the image on the mainpage, I thought today's article was going to be about Klingons... Speaking of which, I am offended by the lack of Star Trek bias! The 40th Grand High Wizard of Nerdom convention is this weekend in Vegas --coinciding with the premiere of Snakes on a Plane. In this kind of perfect storm the average geek will nerdgasm so hard they'll bust a tribble. -- Bobak 00:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
"Sofixit by adding more new articles to Suggestions" isn't a solution as long as we adhere to the notion that every eligible (i.e. non-stub, well-referenced, etc.) candidate on the Suggestions page should make it into DYK. If we keep doing that, then no matter what, we get repitition of subjects; if someone starts 20 articles on (let's say) notable medieval court jesters over the course of a few weeks, we'll end up with a famous jester in DYK once a day for three weeks. A couple court jester DYKs in a short period might be fun, but after a while people might understandably get bored of them. A better solution would be to update the DYK a little less frequently (say only once a day, sometimes twice). That way the admins can be a little more selective and showcase a broader range of DYKs, though perhaps at the expense of leaving some behind. Andrew Levine 19:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I just want to say to the FPC people, beautiful selection. Too bad we couldn't have run it on US Memorial Day. Daniel Case 00:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually, today's featured picture is a bit of a let-down. It's of poor quality, and certainly wouldn't pass WP:FPC today. It's too blurry, and it doesn't portray the subject well. — Cuivi é nen 13:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Brian, your footer doesn't work when people click on (+) at the top of the page to start a new section. -- 64.229.228.143 16:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Why is the front page only editable by administrators? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ali'i ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC).
Yeah, that would not be a good thing for wikipedia. -- tyler nelson 17:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I hate to be copyright paranoid, but perhaps Image:Queensbridge.jpg would work for Featured Article of the Day on the Main Page. Even though it's not as representative of the subject as the current image, it's not fair use. -- tariqabjotu 00:17, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
i have also this problem and i dont no i will doing to cominucat iam a new wekipedian —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.249.71.234 ( talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC).
I don't believe that Wikipedia is putting its best foot forward by showcasing a thug's first album as the featured article of the day. It's low culture, and makes Wikipedia look like even more of a joke than it's already managed to accomplish. - MSTCrow 15:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I third the motion that Rap is rubbish, anything that promotes derogatory treatment of women, taking of illicit drugs, or general acts of civil disobedience has a negative effect on society, especially the youth who seeing this way of life being 'cool' aspire to becoming 'gangsta' themselves. Since we can't kill rappers to stop them sprouting rubbish (tub pac) a contingency plan needs to be drafted by the governments of the world, but on the balance of guit America needs to front most the blame, they after all being the super power that is Consumerism should house up the 'gangsta's in blocks (ghettos if you will) blocking the transferal of rap from the rappers to the general public putting to an end pants so low theres no need for them, telling people doing drugs IS NOT COOL , shooting people doesn't get you anything but JAIL and through hard work and dedication you can become a core part of a functioning society in a positive aspect, not a negative one. Faultless 20:57, 25 August 2006
I personally think rap is a negative influence on society, and I don't think it should be the featured article, but if you want to have an influence on what is the article of the day nominate an article, or just boycott wikipedia, but unless you are going to do something of real impact don't compalin
I' popped a new header on this page. (Edit second try worked better lol). It's a little longer than the old one, but intergrates the archive box and leaves more room for more archive links. The concept is to be more welcoming to new visitors. Under the WP:BRD concept; comments? Love hate? -- Monotonehell 16:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I like the new header on this page. Nice work! Carcharoth 21:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
It was fine yesterday, now the box for TFA is too big, breaking the nice symmetry in the header and overloading the box with too much information. With such a overkill, people would just scroll down and not read it. 'Too helpful' may become 'not helpful'. -- 64.229.178.241 18:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
It was completely unaccessable. Anyone know what happened? 66.0.5.4 20:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I was going to merely ask this:
Did the wikiwebservers crash & burn f/ several hours today??
Hopiakuta 20:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Now, it does seem that they had, in fact.
Thank You.
Hopiakuta 20:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Since you are too lazy to click a link, here it is:
Somewhere around 17:20-17:30 UTC, Cogent readvertised routing to our primary IP address block in Tampa, blocking access to the site for most people.
Partway through the period, wikis were placed into read-only lock so the few people who could access it (mostly from AOL ;) were unable to edit without review from the public.
The route was temporarily restored around 19:55, and read-write was restored to the wikis at 19:59.
The old IP range will no longer be available to us as of Monday.
PowerMedium has assigned us a new IP space which is under their control (unlike the old IPs which were leased from Cogent under an older contract), and we will be transitioning to them over the weekend.
We have heard several conflicting things about exactly why and how our IP space
got dropped; more will be said when we have firmer knowledge.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) dposse 22:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Paper encyclopedias rarely flicker in and out of existence. 64.8.1.2
Wikipedia is sufficiently notable that it going down is notable. Failures in it's service should have their own page, and that page should be linked to from the main page after it goes down. My 2 cents :) Mathiastck 23:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
it is nice that you made Wikipedia:Downtimei was in terested.
what the hell is wrong with wikipedia? why is it all white and messed up?? dposse 03:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
WHAT!!! you gotta problem with crackas!!!!!!!!!!!! huh? Well at least it's fixed now, it happens
THat comma doesnt look right does it?-- Light current 07:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
THe one after Welcome to Wikipedia Sorry I thought it would be obvious-- Light current 09:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes Iknow its grammatically correct. It just doesnt look good!-- Light current 14:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I recently uploaded quite a few photos and put them on their respective pages. Soon after, they were taken down because I did not provide the URL for them, etc. I would like to upload the pics again, but the right way...so what do I do? At the upload page, do I simply just put the URL of the photo? And another thing...I don't understand this: "Images found on websites or on an image search engine should not be uploaded to Wikipedia." How's that make ANY sense? Where else would you find photographs ON THE INTERNET to put ON A WEBSITE?
-- RattleandHum 19 August 2006
Landscapes are fine, but 100x100px often makes portraits too narrow. Can we change it to something like 100x125px instead of 100x100px ? As long as it's not wider than 100px, it's okay for those 800x600 screens, right ? -- PFHLai 17:00, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
On a related note, many images are not meant to be displayed as 100px thumbnails. One example would be Image:Popss.jpg currently on DYK. Can anyone make out what is being displayed ? Things are so small, I can't see a thing there. Such images such not be used on Main Page. -- 64.229.178.241 13:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the link to the Village Pump should be more conspicuous. This page is always filled with off-topics suggestions and complaints because novices that enter Wikipedia through the Main Page see the big "Discussion" link in the top rather than the list of "Other areas of Wikipedia" in the bottom. The new header is very convenient, but it would be even better if people didn't have to click on the wrong link, realize their mistake and then start searching the right place to post their ideas.-- Cloviz 01:32, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
we are all about new zeeland right now. that's cool, though.
Missing a · between "Help" and "Categories"? Or is there a reason for that? Dunno if this has been asked..thanks. Aran heru nar 07:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)