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Could we have a worst Today's Feature Article tommorrow? Like, I don't know, a feature article on Eric, it's a friend of mine, playing smushball in a local team. Actually, I don't think I can have a photo of him worst than Kydd's one... I mean, after Bulsomethin the pokemon, Cynna Kydd the worldwide unknown australian netball player. What the f*** is netball?! Is it another sport invented by a country so they can win a gold medal at the olympics? Something like softball or whatever? :) Ok, how do we can enter the Today's Feature Article selection so we can avoid those kind of things in the future? JeDi
What I'm more concerned about is why are we letting the Female Cyclist Vandal choose the featured article? -- 155.45.81.25 11:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi.
I would like to propose the addition of {{motd}} to the main page, which will show the Motto of the day, which has been administered by (unofficially) myself, (officially) User:Childzy and User:Geo.plrd.
What say you (other than for me to reduce the length of my signature...)?
Your one true god is David P. A. Hunter, esq. III Let us to it, Pell-Mell If not to heaven, then hand-in-hand to hell Hail OneCone International! 08:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Moved to discussion page so it gets more attention
Can we switch it back?-- Peta 00:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
At the funeral of the the late Māori Queen, a new king was selected. Please update ITN accordingly. This suggestion on the candidates' page has been left unattended and ignored. Where are the admins ? -- 64.229.228.203 05:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Seriously, it seems like there's something in there about some eurovision song more often than not. I never wanted to know about all these songs and their entirely uninteresting quirks that somehow keep getting put up on the main page. -- Someones life 07:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
If it is getting stale, isn't it time to change the criteria for DYK? I don't think it is necessary to reward for creating new articles when there are over a million articles. I know there are a lot of interesting articles which need to be created, but if it is not the reality that we are getting varied and interesting DYK, then it should be changed. There are so many articles out there that would be of much more worth for the readers of the front page. -- liquidGhoul 11:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
The criteria for adding something to DYK are too strict. BhaiSaab talk 23:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I think it is unwise to 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, based on the contributions of well-intentioned editors with narrow interests; 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 twice a day). That way the admins can be a little more selective and showcase a broader range of DYKs, though at the expense of leaving some behind. (note: I posted a similiar opinion on this last week, but it has been archived.) Andrew Levine 18:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
The lil text boxes do not follow grammar rules very well. Example: "'Did you know...' lists facts from new or newly unstubbed articles to nominate a fact for inclusion see Did you know." Also, "'In the news' items are listed as they are added there is no subjective order." I'd fix it, but I can't reach those boxes in the edit :) Lovok 14:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Pulkovo Aviation flight 610 has crashed in the Ukraine, I know no article has been created for this yet because it has only been about 5 hours since it happened and details are sketchy still, but is there any way to get this on the ITN section without an article? 170 people dead, 30 bodies found, Anapa - St. Petersburg flight, crashed at 1137 UTC. -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 16:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC) BBC source
Can somebody to make short title more clear to average readers. Too many people assume it's Ukranian plane crashed and this misunderstading hurt Ukranian airlines. Can you make it clear that it's Russian airplane crashed during transit over Ukranian territory. "in Ukraine" is too vague. Thanks in advance. -- TAG 21:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
In the news should say,"Grigory Perelman refrained from accepting the $13,400 of the Fields Medal."
The mathematician has spent a lifetime on his work and now they want to give him a risible amount of money. It would cost him a few thousand dollars for airplane tickets, hotel expenses, and taxi fares in Spain. It is an insult. Take a look how much Nobel Peace laureates get (a meaningless award with lots of money).
Also, Perelman didn't say he wouldn't accept part of the $1,000,000 of the Clay prize if it were awarded to him.
Please add the $13,400 to the In the news.-- Patchouli 12:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that today's feature article Watchmen, has a link to a spoken version. The project pages for Spoken Wikipedia mention that Daily feature articles with spoken versions will cause the link to the spoken version to appear on the front page. Where is said link? CB Droege 18:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
That military fellow in the photo next to the notice of the William Wallace anniversary doesn't look much like Braveheart. I don't know who he's supposed to be, but the placement makes it look like a bleedin' anachronism. -- Christofurio 20:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Who put the underlines on the links? Is this some sort of a change? -- Alexie 23:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I suggest making the database of wikipedia (3.7 GB) downloadable so that it can be downloaded and burned into CDs and then distributed to people who don't have a fast internet connection.Just imagine having the biggest encyclopedia in the world on your computer. By the way, I don't mean downloading just a small part of wikipedia, but I mean the whole encyclopedia.
meno25
Why would anyone want Wikipedia on their computer? Most of its articles are produced by non-specialists and tend to be poorly researched. In an ideal world, Wikipedia would be closed down immediately and global education saved from dumbing down even further. Save up some money and buy yourself a proper encyclopedia! —The preceding
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Compliments to whoever chooses them. Illmatic? Watchmen? Icons of a more intelligent, underground popular culture and great articles at that.
In the line "Perelman has apparently declined the award." the word "apparently" seems inaccurate, implying that whether he has declined the award is in dispute, a claim that the sources do not back. "Perelman has declined the award." would be more accurate.
Mercury is featured and called the smallest planet on the same day that poor Pluto is demoted. Poor, poor Pluto. -- Nelson Ricardo 00:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Just for the record - the mercury article was updated within hours of hte IAU's decision - this is somethign we should be slapping ourselves on the back for -- I wonder how long it'll take that other reference to update. Raul654 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What is with the blatant pro-astronomy bias?! 3 of the 4 sections of the main page reference planets of the solar system. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-25 00:03
Reached 10,000 milestone. Add it to Main Page. -- Haham hanuka 09:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone has managed to hijack http://en.wikipedia.org and http://www.wikipedia.org to a for-profit search site of some sort. I was able to get to this page by linking in from the netherlands one. I was unclear how to get this information to someone who can do something about it. 155.91.28.231 21:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Recently, I raised the issue of the article count lag on the Main Page (this is now archived). Several helpful users replied to me, saying that a lag of up to 100 isn't a big issue. Now, however, the article count is not a LAG, but the exact opposite--the Main Page displays it as 7216 more than stated at Special:Statistics. Can somebody please fix this? 202.156.6.54 08:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
That's according to the header at the top of this page. Which could well be true but the probably bit seems a little heavy handed to me. -- Melburnian 00:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
You know why? I just realised had the definitions of "probably" and "possibly" mixed up in my head for some weird reason, probably. ;) -- Monotonehell 02:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I have been reading the featured articles for some time now and find them very interesting, but I am somewhat surprised at the standard of editing of many of them. If an article has been deemed worthy of appearing on the main page of the Wikipedia, surely it is not too much to ask that whoever sets up that day's page checks the articles for basic things, like spelling, grammar and typos? It does the image of the Wikipedia no good at all to feature articles that contain such glaring errors. I proof them when I have time, but it's something we shouldn't have to do to a featured article that has made it to the front page, as it were. Please note, I am not commenting on the factual content of the articles, rather the quality of their presentation to a potentially huge audience. I know also that it may be seen as a sneaky way of getting everyone to proof read more articles, but proofing is better done before publication ;-) -- Phil Wardle 05:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Why aren't they fully protected like the images that are about to go on the main page? -- Froggydarb croak 00:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Brian0918, if you are still trying to set up a {{ Main Page discussion footer}} that sinks to the bottom, you may want to talk to Omicronpersei8 about his 'Bottomtalkbar'. Happy editing. Good luck. -- 64.229.176.139 07:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Most of Wikipedia displays right for me, but when I go onto the main page, the skin changes and it says I'm logged in as Rtiru! -- Gray Porpoise 21:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed how small the foreign language versions of wikipedia are compared to the english version. I was wondering whether there are any automated translation programs that could create pages for the foreign language versions of wikipedia and translate the content from the english pages into them. Even if the translation was a mess, it would provide a lot to work with. Plus editing grammer is much simpler and quicker than generating new content (yep).
-anon
For some reason, it's a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=V:&action=edit. -- zenohockey 22:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't if this happening to anyone else but when I am on the main page it doesn't show my user name and talk page. It shows Sujitnair01 instead and I even log out and go back to the main page and it still shows me logged in as Sujitnair01, who I am not.
But when I click around, everything goes back to being normal. Mr. C.C. 07:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if it were possible or appropriate to put the results of the major stock indexes on the main page...?-- Xlegiofalco 18:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Considering the amount of traffic Wikipedia as a whole gets, the reference desk is a bit slow. Maybe it should get a little more attention? There are two types of help pages on Wikipedia - for editors and for users. The former will eventually find their way becuase they will come here more often. Users, however, are often first time visitors (all editors start that way). So they need a a clearer pointer what to do when they don't find an answer. Else they might be lost to us (for a while anyway). So maybe the following might be placed somewhere under 'Welcome to Wikipedia':
DirkvdM 06:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Not entirely certain if this is the best place to write this, so bare with me if it's wrong. But a lot of articles seem to have all their references listed twice in the references section. Ie.
1. Site one 2. Site two 3. Site one 4. Site two
Is this an error that only I'm getting? Will it be fixed soon? ~ Zythe Talk to me! 17:40, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Whare is the code of this page I like to look at it20:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I created a favicon which I would like to submit as a possible replacement for the current Wikipedia favicon. I attempted to upload the file to Wikipedia and also Wikimedia Commons, but neither site would upload a .ico file. The icon can be seen here. Ic3b3rg 23:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
The article of the Samba was created in 2004 ! I think that if the DYK rules are no longer followed, this is no fun anymore. Hektor 07:17, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
On August 31, 12, Emperor Caligula of Rome was born
it is a version in romanian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.78.208.10 ( talk • contribs) 17:12, August 31, 2006
Yes, there is a Romanian Wikipedia. (From m:List of Wikipedias) -- Vary | Talk 17:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the above question arised due to -a previous discussion- ("I noticed how small the foreign language versions of wikipedia are compared to the english version."):
This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 1,355,590 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; the largest are listed below.
Nearly 1.5 million articles compared to "more than 50,000" ... WOW! Straight facts are:
de.WP: 457,575 es.WP: 147,956 eo.WP: 56,925 (O.K., here it's true.) fr.WP: 353,234 it.WP: 191,264 nl.WP: 223,659 [...]
Since the German WP is going to have 500,000 in the next few months it would be useful to reselect that numbers. "More than 100,000 articles" or even "more than 250,000 articles" come into my mind. Think about it. -- 32X 11:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey guys, I've always wondered, why are templates used on the main page (such as {{Main Page banner}}, {{Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}, {{Did you know}}, etc.)? Is it easier on the server or something? Isn't it easier to just have the words on the main page?-- Richard 01:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Okay, this has probably already been brought up and I will be chewed out mercilessly, but wouldn't the main page look better if the "Did You Know" bar was aligned with the "On This Day" bar? I mean, it just looks kind of awkward to me the way it is now, given that the "Today's Featured Article" and "In The News" bars are aligned. Furthermore, I don't think it would really use up much extra space - the OTD bar is currently higher than the DYK bar, yet the lengths of the actual sections usually seem to be about equal, meaning there is a space at the end of the OTD section. I know I'm probably completely out of my mind (especially as I've only been using Wikipedia for about a week), but it just doesn't seem right to me - I get a twitch just looking at it. Am I completely mental, or has this been discussed already? Sorry for wasting so much space. –Sam —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.86.217 ( talk • contribs) 03:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC).
Hey all, for two days in a row the featured pic has been 'moving'. As in, its more than a picture, but a film. Placing them on the main page uses up a lot of bandwidth for some of us (curse you Telescum). And are they really ' pictures'? so can they really be the featured picture of the day? Hmmmm. -- 210.86.80.89 05:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
An even more important concern is bandwidth. Wikipedia gets a lot of traffic, and 5% of it goes to the mainpage. We should be careful to keep it to a reasonable length. This picture needs to go off the mainpage ASAP. Can somebody upload a static version, or a much smaller animated thumbnail? Zocky | picture popups 08:25, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Please do not use the word click here. Explanation. --- FourBlades 09:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Why did the Edvard Munch stolen paintings thing make the "in the news" section"? I mean, $800+ Million megastar Mel Gibson's DUI/tirade never got a mention.-- Greasysteve13 09:16, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Most of the Mel Gibson press coverage in non-tabloid press was about the Mel Gibson press coverage, not about the event itself. We could have gone with "English-speaking tabloid press works itself into a frenzy over movie star's behaviour", but that's about as newsworthy as "dog bites man". Zocky | picture popups 13:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
The honest answer
Wikipedians are an elitist cadre. Calling a community build on the openness of participation elitist may seem absurd but think: what kind of people are nerdy enough to hang out at an encyclopedia all day? Highly intellectual cultural nerds. We are among the few who have a general interest in knowledge and keep up with the news that matters. The vanity of our personalities dictate we embrace high cultural knowledge and abhor tabloid swill. The Mel Gibson story was primarily reported by the entertainment news media. So we ignore it and scoff at the idea of contaminating our main page.
There are exceptions. If a pop culture event is overwhelmingly widespread then it may appear on the main page. The verdict of the MJ trial was reported.
lots of issues | leave me a message 02:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Take a look at the Italian mainpage [5]. Why cant our main page be as nice looking, ours looks kinda boring as it is? -- Xlegiofalco 13:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Why put {{ permprot}} on this talk page ? This is wrong. To propose minor edits to correct minor errors anywhere on Main Page, go to WP:ERRORS. To propose an edit to ITN, go to WP:ITN/Candidates. To propose an item for DYK, go to T:DYKT#Suggestions. .... I'm removing {{ permprot}}. -- 199.71.174.100 05:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Should Steve Irwin's unfortunate death be mentioned on the front page events?-- Exander 05:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Should Steve Irwin really be on the front page? I mean his death is unfortunate but his death isn't exactly up there the president of Mexico and the Ugandan Civil War ending. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.119.67.43 ( talk • contribs) 06:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC).
One meassure of notability is to count Interwikilinks in a bio. The Steve Irwin article only exists in 7 other languages. John Howard, in comparaison, has articles in 19 other languages. Not sure if that means Howard is more famous, though. Going blatantly off topic here, but any Australian with more interwikilinks than Howard? Shanes 09:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Some counterweight to some above remarks:
Agassi I have heard of :-) Piet 11:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Note the blatant Aussie bias today on the Main Page: Steve Irwin, emu, and bathroom singing (obviously practiced by Kylie and AC/DC). ;-) -- 3M163// Complete Geek 14:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I do want to point out that having heard of someone is not a criterion for being on "In the news" — there are many events and people that many people will not have heard of prior to the event occurring, but are still clearly notable, and vice versa: there will be many "popular" people or events that many people have heard of that clearly don't merit mention. In this case, I don't think Irwin deserves to be mentioned. Was he popular? Sure. But does his death have a significant impact on the global scene? No. Also, I would disagree with those who argue that Irwin was considered a key figure in their field of expertise, a criterion for being on "In the news"; Irwin was more of a celebrity, in my view, rather than a "key figure". He may have been an expert, but his contributions were more from the celebrity standpoint more than from the scientific viewpoint. Thanks! Flcelloguy ( A note?) 19:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
It's the lead story on the NBC Nightly News right now. They had a full story, and now they're interviewing Jack Hanna live. I think we can keep in on the main page. -- Maxamegalon2000 22:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Simple question... does it do any harm having it on the main page? Why fuss about it? If people think it's notable and you can't think of a good reason not to put it on the Main page, what's the big problem? I seriously don't understand making an argument like that. I'm sure steve will be out of the news in no more than a week anyway. Let it pass. Meanwhile, use your time for something useful. Maadio 15:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
by the way.... what is happening to the world steve irwin died, king of tonga died, peter brook died, andre agassi retired and so did michael schumacher. and i agree with person above let him be on the main page, he was a good person and didnt antagonize animals, he helped save numerous animals from extinction....and made a little reserve park owned by his parents into the biggest zoo in australia......and he died doing what he loved.give him some credit.....
Yahoo Canada is linking to Wikipedia from their main page. Concerning sting rays, related to Steve Irwin. Marcus1060 21:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I've put up a straightened, smaller-filesize (470kb vs. 750kb) JPEG version in the Belton House article, and it might be good to reflect that on the main page. New image is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Belton_House_2006.Giano.jpg . TotoBaggins 01:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps this has been mentioned before, but according to the new up and running [ page counter], [[Image:Steve Irwin cropped.jpg]] is the #77 most viewed page on Wikipedia today. I see no reason for this other than the fact that new users at Wikipedia are clicking on the images, hoping they will take them to the related article. Perhaps we should consider using {{ click}} on the pictures on the main page. - Trevor MacInnis ( Contribs) 04:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why don't put all the 50.000+ and 25.000+ interwiki links at the left side.It's empty anywhay, and replenish the botom space with the remaning or part of the remaning interwiki links.-- Pixel ;-) 18:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why are articles about Eurovision coming up so regularly in the Did You Know? section? I know it's not as a bad as having one almost every day as it was a month or so ago, but still, there are much better things to put there. User:Eraysor 18:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
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Could we have a worst Today's Feature Article tommorrow? Like, I don't know, a feature article on Eric, it's a friend of mine, playing smushball in a local team. Actually, I don't think I can have a photo of him worst than Kydd's one... I mean, after Bulsomethin the pokemon, Cynna Kydd the worldwide unknown australian netball player. What the f*** is netball?! Is it another sport invented by a country so they can win a gold medal at the olympics? Something like softball or whatever? :) Ok, how do we can enter the Today's Feature Article selection so we can avoid those kind of things in the future? JeDi
What I'm more concerned about is why are we letting the Female Cyclist Vandal choose the featured article? -- 155.45.81.25 11:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi.
I would like to propose the addition of {{motd}} to the main page, which will show the Motto of the day, which has been administered by (unofficially) myself, (officially) User:Childzy and User:Geo.plrd.
What say you (other than for me to reduce the length of my signature...)?
Your one true god is David P. A. Hunter, esq. III Let us to it, Pell-Mell If not to heaven, then hand-in-hand to hell Hail OneCone International! 08:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Moved to discussion page so it gets more attention
Can we switch it back?-- Peta 00:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
At the funeral of the the late Māori Queen, a new king was selected. Please update ITN accordingly. This suggestion on the candidates' page has been left unattended and ignored. Where are the admins ? -- 64.229.228.203 05:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Seriously, it seems like there's something in there about some eurovision song more often than not. I never wanted to know about all these songs and their entirely uninteresting quirks that somehow keep getting put up on the main page. -- Someones life 07:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
If it is getting stale, isn't it time to change the criteria for DYK? I don't think it is necessary to reward for creating new articles when there are over a million articles. I know there are a lot of interesting articles which need to be created, but if it is not the reality that we are getting varied and interesting DYK, then it should be changed. There are so many articles out there that would be of much more worth for the readers of the front page. -- liquidGhoul 11:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
The criteria for adding something to DYK are too strict. BhaiSaab talk 23:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I think it is unwise to 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, based on the contributions of well-intentioned editors with narrow interests; 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 twice a day). That way the admins can be a little more selective and showcase a broader range of DYKs, though at the expense of leaving some behind. (note: I posted a similiar opinion on this last week, but it has been archived.) Andrew Levine 18:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
The lil text boxes do not follow grammar rules very well. Example: "'Did you know...' lists facts from new or newly unstubbed articles to nominate a fact for inclusion see Did you know." Also, "'In the news' items are listed as they are added there is no subjective order." I'd fix it, but I can't reach those boxes in the edit :) Lovok 14:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Pulkovo Aviation flight 610 has crashed in the Ukraine, I know no article has been created for this yet because it has only been about 5 hours since it happened and details are sketchy still, but is there any way to get this on the ITN section without an article? 170 people dead, 30 bodies found, Anapa - St. Petersburg flight, crashed at 1137 UTC. -- SmthManly / ManlyTalk / ManlyContribs 16:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC) BBC source
Can somebody to make short title more clear to average readers. Too many people assume it's Ukranian plane crashed and this misunderstading hurt Ukranian airlines. Can you make it clear that it's Russian airplane crashed during transit over Ukranian territory. "in Ukraine" is too vague. Thanks in advance. -- TAG 21:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
In the news should say,"Grigory Perelman refrained from accepting the $13,400 of the Fields Medal."
The mathematician has spent a lifetime on his work and now they want to give him a risible amount of money. It would cost him a few thousand dollars for airplane tickets, hotel expenses, and taxi fares in Spain. It is an insult. Take a look how much Nobel Peace laureates get (a meaningless award with lots of money).
Also, Perelman didn't say he wouldn't accept part of the $1,000,000 of the Clay prize if it were awarded to him.
Please add the $13,400 to the In the news.-- Patchouli 12:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that today's feature article Watchmen, has a link to a spoken version. The project pages for Spoken Wikipedia mention that Daily feature articles with spoken versions will cause the link to the spoken version to appear on the front page. Where is said link? CB Droege 18:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
That military fellow in the photo next to the notice of the William Wallace anniversary doesn't look much like Braveheart. I don't know who he's supposed to be, but the placement makes it look like a bleedin' anachronism. -- Christofurio 20:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Who put the underlines on the links? Is this some sort of a change? -- Alexie 23:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I suggest making the database of wikipedia (3.7 GB) downloadable so that it can be downloaded and burned into CDs and then distributed to people who don't have a fast internet connection.Just imagine having the biggest encyclopedia in the world on your computer. By the way, I don't mean downloading just a small part of wikipedia, but I mean the whole encyclopedia.
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Why would anyone want Wikipedia on their computer? Most of its articles are produced by non-specialists and tend to be poorly researched. In an ideal world, Wikipedia would be closed down immediately and global education saved from dumbing down even further. Save up some money and buy yourself a proper encyclopedia! —The preceding
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Compliments to whoever chooses them. Illmatic? Watchmen? Icons of a more intelligent, underground popular culture and great articles at that.
In the line "Perelman has apparently declined the award." the word "apparently" seems inaccurate, implying that whether he has declined the award is in dispute, a claim that the sources do not back. "Perelman has declined the award." would be more accurate.
Mercury is featured and called the smallest planet on the same day that poor Pluto is demoted. Poor, poor Pluto. -- Nelson Ricardo 00:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Just for the record - the mercury article was updated within hours of hte IAU's decision - this is somethign we should be slapping ourselves on the back for -- I wonder how long it'll take that other reference to update. Raul654 01:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What is with the blatant pro-astronomy bias?! 3 of the 4 sections of the main page reference planets of the solar system. — BRIAN 0918 • 2006-08-25 00:03
Reached 10,000 milestone. Add it to Main Page. -- Haham hanuka 09:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Someone has managed to hijack http://en.wikipedia.org and http://www.wikipedia.org to a for-profit search site of some sort. I was able to get to this page by linking in from the netherlands one. I was unclear how to get this information to someone who can do something about it. 155.91.28.231 21:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Recently, I raised the issue of the article count lag on the Main Page (this is now archived). Several helpful users replied to me, saying that a lag of up to 100 isn't a big issue. Now, however, the article count is not a LAG, but the exact opposite--the Main Page displays it as 7216 more than stated at Special:Statistics. Can somebody please fix this? 202.156.6.54 08:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
That's according to the header at the top of this page. Which could well be true but the probably bit seems a little heavy handed to me. -- Melburnian 00:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
You know why? I just realised had the definitions of "probably" and "possibly" mixed up in my head for some weird reason, probably. ;) -- Monotonehell 02:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I have been reading the featured articles for some time now and find them very interesting, but I am somewhat surprised at the standard of editing of many of them. If an article has been deemed worthy of appearing on the main page of the Wikipedia, surely it is not too much to ask that whoever sets up that day's page checks the articles for basic things, like spelling, grammar and typos? It does the image of the Wikipedia no good at all to feature articles that contain such glaring errors. I proof them when I have time, but it's something we shouldn't have to do to a featured article that has made it to the front page, as it were. Please note, I am not commenting on the factual content of the articles, rather the quality of their presentation to a potentially huge audience. I know also that it may be seen as a sneaky way of getting everyone to proof read more articles, but proofing is better done before publication ;-) -- Phil Wardle 05:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Why aren't they fully protected like the images that are about to go on the main page? -- Froggydarb croak 00:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Brian0918, if you are still trying to set up a {{ Main Page discussion footer}} that sinks to the bottom, you may want to talk to Omicronpersei8 about his 'Bottomtalkbar'. Happy editing. Good luck. -- 64.229.176.139 07:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Most of Wikipedia displays right for me, but when I go onto the main page, the skin changes and it says I'm logged in as Rtiru! -- Gray Porpoise 21:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed how small the foreign language versions of wikipedia are compared to the english version. I was wondering whether there are any automated translation programs that could create pages for the foreign language versions of wikipedia and translate the content from the english pages into them. Even if the translation was a mess, it would provide a lot to work with. Plus editing grammer is much simpler and quicker than generating new content (yep).
-anon
For some reason, it's a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=V:&action=edit. -- zenohockey 22:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't if this happening to anyone else but when I am on the main page it doesn't show my user name and talk page. It shows Sujitnair01 instead and I even log out and go back to the main page and it still shows me logged in as Sujitnair01, who I am not.
But when I click around, everything goes back to being normal. Mr. C.C. 07:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if it were possible or appropriate to put the results of the major stock indexes on the main page...?-- Xlegiofalco 18:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Considering the amount of traffic Wikipedia as a whole gets, the reference desk is a bit slow. Maybe it should get a little more attention? There are two types of help pages on Wikipedia - for editors and for users. The former will eventually find their way becuase they will come here more often. Users, however, are often first time visitors (all editors start that way). So they need a a clearer pointer what to do when they don't find an answer. Else they might be lost to us (for a while anyway). So maybe the following might be placed somewhere under 'Welcome to Wikipedia':
DirkvdM 06:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Not entirely certain if this is the best place to write this, so bare with me if it's wrong. But a lot of articles seem to have all their references listed twice in the references section. Ie.
1. Site one 2. Site two 3. Site one 4. Site two
Is this an error that only I'm getting? Will it be fixed soon? ~ Zythe Talk to me! 17:40, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Whare is the code of this page I like to look at it20:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
I created a favicon which I would like to submit as a possible replacement for the current Wikipedia favicon. I attempted to upload the file to Wikipedia and also Wikimedia Commons, but neither site would upload a .ico file. The icon can be seen here. Ic3b3rg 23:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
The article of the Samba was created in 2004 ! I think that if the DYK rules are no longer followed, this is no fun anymore. Hektor 07:17, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
On August 31, 12, Emperor Caligula of Rome was born
it is a version in romanian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.78.208.10 ( talk • contribs) 17:12, August 31, 2006
Yes, there is a Romanian Wikipedia. (From m:List of Wikipedias) -- Vary | Talk 17:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the above question arised due to -a previous discussion- ("I noticed how small the foreign language versions of wikipedia are compared to the english version."):
This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 1,355,590 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; the largest are listed below.
Nearly 1.5 million articles compared to "more than 50,000" ... WOW! Straight facts are:
de.WP: 457,575 es.WP: 147,956 eo.WP: 56,925 (O.K., here it's true.) fr.WP: 353,234 it.WP: 191,264 nl.WP: 223,659 [...]
Since the German WP is going to have 500,000 in the next few months it would be useful to reselect that numbers. "More than 100,000 articles" or even "more than 250,000 articles" come into my mind. Think about it. -- 32X 11:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey guys, I've always wondered, why are templates used on the main page (such as {{Main Page banner}}, {{Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}, {{Did you know}}, etc.)? Is it easier on the server or something? Isn't it easier to just have the words on the main page?-- Richard 01:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Okay, this has probably already been brought up and I will be chewed out mercilessly, but wouldn't the main page look better if the "Did You Know" bar was aligned with the "On This Day" bar? I mean, it just looks kind of awkward to me the way it is now, given that the "Today's Featured Article" and "In The News" bars are aligned. Furthermore, I don't think it would really use up much extra space - the OTD bar is currently higher than the DYK bar, yet the lengths of the actual sections usually seem to be about equal, meaning there is a space at the end of the OTD section. I know I'm probably completely out of my mind (especially as I've only been using Wikipedia for about a week), but it just doesn't seem right to me - I get a twitch just looking at it. Am I completely mental, or has this been discussed already? Sorry for wasting so much space. –Sam —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.86.217 ( talk • contribs) 03:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC).
Hey all, for two days in a row the featured pic has been 'moving'. As in, its more than a picture, but a film. Placing them on the main page uses up a lot of bandwidth for some of us (curse you Telescum). And are they really ' pictures'? so can they really be the featured picture of the day? Hmmmm. -- 210.86.80.89 05:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
An even more important concern is bandwidth. Wikipedia gets a lot of traffic, and 5% of it goes to the mainpage. We should be careful to keep it to a reasonable length. This picture needs to go off the mainpage ASAP. Can somebody upload a static version, or a much smaller animated thumbnail? Zocky | picture popups 08:25, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Please do not use the word click here. Explanation. --- FourBlades 09:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Why did the Edvard Munch stolen paintings thing make the "in the news" section"? I mean, $800+ Million megastar Mel Gibson's DUI/tirade never got a mention.-- Greasysteve13 09:16, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Most of the Mel Gibson press coverage in non-tabloid press was about the Mel Gibson press coverage, not about the event itself. We could have gone with "English-speaking tabloid press works itself into a frenzy over movie star's behaviour", but that's about as newsworthy as "dog bites man". Zocky | picture popups 13:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
The honest answer
Wikipedians are an elitist cadre. Calling a community build on the openness of participation elitist may seem absurd but think: what kind of people are nerdy enough to hang out at an encyclopedia all day? Highly intellectual cultural nerds. We are among the few who have a general interest in knowledge and keep up with the news that matters. The vanity of our personalities dictate we embrace high cultural knowledge and abhor tabloid swill. The Mel Gibson story was primarily reported by the entertainment news media. So we ignore it and scoff at the idea of contaminating our main page.
There are exceptions. If a pop culture event is overwhelmingly widespread then it may appear on the main page. The verdict of the MJ trial was reported.
lots of issues | leave me a message 02:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Take a look at the Italian mainpage [5]. Why cant our main page be as nice looking, ours looks kinda boring as it is? -- Xlegiofalco 13:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Why put {{ permprot}} on this talk page ? This is wrong. To propose minor edits to correct minor errors anywhere on Main Page, go to WP:ERRORS. To propose an edit to ITN, go to WP:ITN/Candidates. To propose an item for DYK, go to T:DYKT#Suggestions. .... I'm removing {{ permprot}}. -- 199.71.174.100 05:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Should Steve Irwin's unfortunate death be mentioned on the front page events?-- Exander 05:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Should Steve Irwin really be on the front page? I mean his death is unfortunate but his death isn't exactly up there the president of Mexico and the Ugandan Civil War ending. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.119.67.43 ( talk • contribs) 06:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC).
One meassure of notability is to count Interwikilinks in a bio. The Steve Irwin article only exists in 7 other languages. John Howard, in comparaison, has articles in 19 other languages. Not sure if that means Howard is more famous, though. Going blatantly off topic here, but any Australian with more interwikilinks than Howard? Shanes 09:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Some counterweight to some above remarks:
Agassi I have heard of :-) Piet 11:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Note the blatant Aussie bias today on the Main Page: Steve Irwin, emu, and bathroom singing (obviously practiced by Kylie and AC/DC). ;-) -- 3M163// Complete Geek 14:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I do want to point out that having heard of someone is not a criterion for being on "In the news" — there are many events and people that many people will not have heard of prior to the event occurring, but are still clearly notable, and vice versa: there will be many "popular" people or events that many people have heard of that clearly don't merit mention. In this case, I don't think Irwin deserves to be mentioned. Was he popular? Sure. But does his death have a significant impact on the global scene? No. Also, I would disagree with those who argue that Irwin was considered a key figure in their field of expertise, a criterion for being on "In the news"; Irwin was more of a celebrity, in my view, rather than a "key figure". He may have been an expert, but his contributions were more from the celebrity standpoint more than from the scientific viewpoint. Thanks! Flcelloguy ( A note?) 19:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
It's the lead story on the NBC Nightly News right now. They had a full story, and now they're interviewing Jack Hanna live. I think we can keep in on the main page. -- Maxamegalon2000 22:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Simple question... does it do any harm having it on the main page? Why fuss about it? If people think it's notable and you can't think of a good reason not to put it on the Main page, what's the big problem? I seriously don't understand making an argument like that. I'm sure steve will be out of the news in no more than a week anyway. Let it pass. Meanwhile, use your time for something useful. Maadio 15:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
by the way.... what is happening to the world steve irwin died, king of tonga died, peter brook died, andre agassi retired and so did michael schumacher. and i agree with person above let him be on the main page, he was a good person and didnt antagonize animals, he helped save numerous animals from extinction....and made a little reserve park owned by his parents into the biggest zoo in australia......and he died doing what he loved.give him some credit.....
Yahoo Canada is linking to Wikipedia from their main page. Concerning sting rays, related to Steve Irwin. Marcus1060 21:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I've put up a straightened, smaller-filesize (470kb vs. 750kb) JPEG version in the Belton House article, and it might be good to reflect that on the main page. New image is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Belton_House_2006.Giano.jpg . TotoBaggins 01:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps this has been mentioned before, but according to the new up and running [ page counter], [[Image:Steve Irwin cropped.jpg]] is the #77 most viewed page on Wikipedia today. I see no reason for this other than the fact that new users at Wikipedia are clicking on the images, hoping they will take them to the related article. Perhaps we should consider using {{ click}} on the pictures on the main page. - Trevor MacInnis ( Contribs) 04:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why don't put all the 50.000+ and 25.000+ interwiki links at the left side.It's empty anywhay, and replenish the botom space with the remaning or part of the remaning interwiki links.-- Pixel ;-) 18:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why are articles about Eurovision coming up so regularly in the Did You Know? section? I know it's not as a bad as having one almost every day as it was a month or so ago, but still, there are much better things to put there. User:Eraysor 18:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)