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I tried making the articles on the main page fit for an 800x600 display, but failed. Someone else needs to fix it (it looks fine while previewing, but falls to pieces after saving...). -- Notheruser 13:18 15 Jun 2003(UTC)
Are we allowed to use nonexistant links on the main page? ilyanep 15:30 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Why are some links italisized and others not? Is this a form of discrimination? MB 21:41 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Question for Arabic-speaking person: Shouldn't the arabic link be [http://ar.wikipedia.com/ العربية (Alaraby)]; isn't alif-lam-ayn-ra-ba-ya-something be transliterated Alaraby? كسيپ Cyp 16:03 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)
A little javascript could display random slogans on the main page, currently we only use
but I thought some others could be
or hyyyyyy* Everything 2++ or
How about a List of adulterers?
Wikipedia:Reference Desk is not for those who want to write articles but for those who want Wikipedia to ask something. In other words, it's for readers and not editors. So why is it under the heading "Writing Articles"? -- Paddu 14:05 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
GOOD NEWS Just thought I'd spread the good news--- Wikipedia is PC Magazine's site of the week. Here's the link. [1] - user:zanimum
Would someone who is able please move "computer science" from the applied section to the science and mathematics section, and then add "software engineering" to the applied section? This would show the fact that they emphasize very different things, and that software engineering is a very important field. Thanks.
Are you claiming that computer science is a natural science? What aspect of nature does it illuminate, precisely? (See also Talk:natural science.) -- Oliver P. 23:54 1 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Can somebody update "Orphaned pages"? I'd really like to clear some of these out, but so many have already been dealt with. - user:zanimum
Shouldn´t there be a link to the " Welcome, newcomers" page from the main page? That page is helpful and should be one of the first that a newcomers stumbles across. I think a link would fit well into the community section or perhaps the introductory paragraph. BTW, congratulations for the new look, it´s smooth and eye-pleasing. Nafnaf 07:53 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
So do I. That sentence looks nice. By the way, the main page has been changed and has the link now in the very first word. That is good. However, I can imagine a total newcomer to not recognize that link as a link. Therefore it might be a good idea to violate a principle or two and insert the above sentence as well. Nafnaf 17:03 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The current solution with "you" linking to the welcome page looks very good, thanks. Nafnaf 20:16 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
as a newcomer who came in to the middle of wikipedia from a search engine, may i suggest a similar link, especially to style suggestions, at the top of the page that comes up when the "edit this page" button is pressed? i didn't realise how instant it all was, and stepped on wiki-toes accidentally, having not read the style section yet. Jb3d 06:29, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Please can we remake the front page layout WITHOUT abusing HTML tables? -- Tarquin 12:22 3 Jul 2003 (UTC) '
OK, page is back to being valid HTML 4.01 Transitional, according to http://validator.w3.org/. It was the crossed-tags problem: [a] xxxx [b] xxxxx [/a] xxxx [/b] is not in general valid HTML, for any tags a and b. -- The Anome 19:38 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The next step is to make the CSS validate: see this link:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F&warning=1&profile=css2
The Anome
The German Wikipedia has started putting requested articles on the Main Page in their own section. Looks neat to me, might this be an experiment worth trying here as well? -- Eloquence 06:09 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Jeez, we need to be taking a lot of stuff out of the main page to free the clutter. The last thing we should be doing is adding things. Or if we do, it should be on the basis of one thing in, five things out. FearÉIREANN 06:54 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I agree with good ol' Dallas Maverick..lol sorry Mav couldnt resist it. I hope you dont mind the Dallas Maverick...(like the NBA team). -- Antonio Martini
I think the new look is very nice. Pizza Puzzle
Why do people on the wiki keep advocating a ban against me? The above seems to be humorous, but I honestly don't understand what the motivation of other users is. Pizza Puzzle
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Lonelypages is still listing the Orphans from back of May 13. They are all taken care of. Any one care to update? - user:zanimum
big is really offensive shouting. Can we decrease the size. Perhpas make it bold ? anthere
where are the cross-language links? --Someone
New article for your consideration... Mr. Hooper's Store. It's not scholarly, just comprehensive. - user:zanimum
Would someone please put a non-breaking space in the middle of the "recent deaths" heading so it doesn't wrap? See Main Page/temp. -- Merphant 06:07 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Why were the cross-language links at the top of the page deleted? Martin 08:55 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Anybody know the correct Unicode codes to make the hat characters in this: ? -- mav
There are useful .pdf charts here. -- Someone else 22:22 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Academic discipline should be added to the front page, as a more indepth subject category list. Pizza Puzzle
So, I think the correct formatting for ships is "USS Name of Ship", not "USS Name of Ship". Could someone please correct the formatting of "USS Philadelphia" on the front page? --
ESP 15:10 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)~
I think that Rosalyn Tureck was sufficiently important to appear in the list of recent deaths on the front page. -- David Martland 18:28 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
(Discussion moved from Wikipedia:Village Pump)
Could the developer change the broswer title of the index from "Main Page - Wikipedia" to something like "Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia"? Because every time I bookmark it to a public computer (my subliminal way of promotion), I have to manually change it to that, because most ppl dunno what WP is, and saying that it's the "Main Page" seems pretty useless.
I'm just talking about the main page/index, the broswer titles of the other article pages are probably fine as is.
-- Menchi 17:44 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Please consider adding the following languages:
Also can the URL for Cymraeg be changed to .org cheers, Aldie 11:04 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Request Qusai->Qusay (including link)
It looks like
Jerry Pournelle paid us a visit at
Talk:Jerry Pournelle.
RickK 03:57 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I thought it might be a good idea to make the box headings (Selected Articles, Encyclopedia) into actualy headers, because that's what they are, and it would give each box an edit link, but when I tried it and previewed the headers didn't show, all I got was ==Selected Articles==. CGS 14:28, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC).
Please consider adding Malayalam Wikipedia. ~ Vinodmp 0805, 5 Aug 2003 UTC
I think the link to the Chinese version should go to the traditional version. Since this site is banned in the mainland (according to Internet censorship in China, we are catering to those not in mainland China. Most overseas Chinese only know Traditional Chinese characters. Some may even be repulsed by the communist font. -- Jiang 06:32, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Currently, simplified Chinese is listed and traditional is not. Should we list both then? -- Jiang
Maybe I should explain the situation of zh:Wikipedia a little bit. In ISO 639, there's only a language code for Chinese (Zhongwen), since simplified and traditional Chinese are the SAME language. So currently in zh:, we host two versions of the same article. However it is simp. Chinese that is the more active version, and most of the contributers there are from mainland actually, so I guess some points made by Jiang is not completely true. -- Lorenzarius 14:52, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The link to Physics is broken guys. --- Doug 00:43, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Great new look! It really gives a good impression of a wide variety of content. I presume that that image of Mars was specially sized for this layout? If that is the case, instead of making a new mini image each week, why not just have "Main page thumbnail" and overwrite that which a new image each time we change the featured article? -- Tarquin 17:23, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Under Popular culture, there is no "Books" section. What's up with that?--Anon
Orphaned pages has not been updated since 09:05, 13 May 2003. It's useless as it stands now. Even as an admin, I can't do a thing about it. Can anyone here hear my plee? - user:zanimum
Can someone put Wikitravel in the sister projects list? Or doesn't it qualify?
It is hard to discover the WikiProject page. It took me a few months to discover it. I think that this is a really important page and should be given more prominence. Perhaps in the "Writting Articles" section of the main page? -- Kevin Baas
I was under the impression that Anniversaries was for events, places and things; not for individuals. can anyone remember? Kingturtle 02:09, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Can someone update Elcassette to Elcaset Ericd 00:12, 23 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Do you really think that making a hyperlink out of the single word you is a good idea? betterworld
When did the 1968 DNC take place? It's listed neither in the article nor in the source of the Main Page, as had become standard (for reasons of editability and judgement). Or does it always occur on the same date, and I'm just showing off my ignorance of US politics?
James F. 14:15, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | → | Archive 15 |
I tried making the articles on the main page fit for an 800x600 display, but failed. Someone else needs to fix it (it looks fine while previewing, but falls to pieces after saving...). -- Notheruser 13:18 15 Jun 2003(UTC)
Are we allowed to use nonexistant links on the main page? ilyanep 15:30 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Why are some links italisized and others not? Is this a form of discrimination? MB 21:41 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Question for Arabic-speaking person: Shouldn't the arabic link be [http://ar.wikipedia.com/ العربية (Alaraby)]; isn't alif-lam-ayn-ra-ba-ya-something be transliterated Alaraby? كسيپ Cyp 16:03 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)
A little javascript could display random slogans on the main page, currently we only use
but I thought some others could be
or hyyyyyy* Everything 2++ or
How about a List of adulterers?
Wikipedia:Reference Desk is not for those who want to write articles but for those who want Wikipedia to ask something. In other words, it's for readers and not editors. So why is it under the heading "Writing Articles"? -- Paddu 14:05 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
GOOD NEWS Just thought I'd spread the good news--- Wikipedia is PC Magazine's site of the week. Here's the link. [1] - user:zanimum
Would someone who is able please move "computer science" from the applied section to the science and mathematics section, and then add "software engineering" to the applied section? This would show the fact that they emphasize very different things, and that software engineering is a very important field. Thanks.
Are you claiming that computer science is a natural science? What aspect of nature does it illuminate, precisely? (See also Talk:natural science.) -- Oliver P. 23:54 1 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Can somebody update "Orphaned pages"? I'd really like to clear some of these out, but so many have already been dealt with. - user:zanimum
Shouldn´t there be a link to the " Welcome, newcomers" page from the main page? That page is helpful and should be one of the first that a newcomers stumbles across. I think a link would fit well into the community section or perhaps the introductory paragraph. BTW, congratulations for the new look, it´s smooth and eye-pleasing. Nafnaf 07:53 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
So do I. That sentence looks nice. By the way, the main page has been changed and has the link now in the very first word. That is good. However, I can imagine a total newcomer to not recognize that link as a link. Therefore it might be a good idea to violate a principle or two and insert the above sentence as well. Nafnaf 17:03 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The current solution with "you" linking to the welcome page looks very good, thanks. Nafnaf 20:16 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
as a newcomer who came in to the middle of wikipedia from a search engine, may i suggest a similar link, especially to style suggestions, at the top of the page that comes up when the "edit this page" button is pressed? i didn't realise how instant it all was, and stepped on wiki-toes accidentally, having not read the style section yet. Jb3d 06:29, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Please can we remake the front page layout WITHOUT abusing HTML tables? -- Tarquin 12:22 3 Jul 2003 (UTC) '
OK, page is back to being valid HTML 4.01 Transitional, according to http://validator.w3.org/. It was the crossed-tags problem: [a] xxxx [b] xxxxx [/a] xxxx [/b] is not in general valid HTML, for any tags a and b. -- The Anome 19:38 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The next step is to make the CSS validate: see this link:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F&warning=1&profile=css2
The Anome
The German Wikipedia has started putting requested articles on the Main Page in their own section. Looks neat to me, might this be an experiment worth trying here as well? -- Eloquence 06:09 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Jeez, we need to be taking a lot of stuff out of the main page to free the clutter. The last thing we should be doing is adding things. Or if we do, it should be on the basis of one thing in, five things out. FearÉIREANN 06:54 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I agree with good ol' Dallas Maverick..lol sorry Mav couldnt resist it. I hope you dont mind the Dallas Maverick...(like the NBA team). -- Antonio Martini
I think the new look is very nice. Pizza Puzzle
Why do people on the wiki keep advocating a ban against me? The above seems to be humorous, but I honestly don't understand what the motivation of other users is. Pizza Puzzle
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Lonelypages is still listing the Orphans from back of May 13. They are all taken care of. Any one care to update? - user:zanimum
big is really offensive shouting. Can we decrease the size. Perhpas make it bold ? anthere
where are the cross-language links? --Someone
New article for your consideration... Mr. Hooper's Store. It's not scholarly, just comprehensive. - user:zanimum
Would someone please put a non-breaking space in the middle of the "recent deaths" heading so it doesn't wrap? See Main Page/temp. -- Merphant 06:07 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Why were the cross-language links at the top of the page deleted? Martin 08:55 11 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Anybody know the correct Unicode codes to make the hat characters in this: ? -- mav
There are useful .pdf charts here. -- Someone else 22:22 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Academic discipline should be added to the front page, as a more indepth subject category list. Pizza Puzzle
So, I think the correct formatting for ships is "USS Name of Ship", not "USS Name of Ship". Could someone please correct the formatting of "USS Philadelphia" on the front page? --
ESP 15:10 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)~
I think that Rosalyn Tureck was sufficiently important to appear in the list of recent deaths on the front page. -- David Martland 18:28 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
(Discussion moved from Wikipedia:Village Pump)
Could the developer change the broswer title of the index from "Main Page - Wikipedia" to something like "Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia"? Because every time I bookmark it to a public computer (my subliminal way of promotion), I have to manually change it to that, because most ppl dunno what WP is, and saying that it's the "Main Page" seems pretty useless.
I'm just talking about the main page/index, the broswer titles of the other article pages are probably fine as is.
-- Menchi 17:44 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Please consider adding the following languages:
Also can the URL for Cymraeg be changed to .org cheers, Aldie 11:04 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Request Qusai->Qusay (including link)
It looks like
Jerry Pournelle paid us a visit at
Talk:Jerry Pournelle.
RickK 03:57 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I thought it might be a good idea to make the box headings (Selected Articles, Encyclopedia) into actualy headers, because that's what they are, and it would give each box an edit link, but when I tried it and previewed the headers didn't show, all I got was ==Selected Articles==. CGS 14:28, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC).
Please consider adding Malayalam Wikipedia. ~ Vinodmp 0805, 5 Aug 2003 UTC
I think the link to the Chinese version should go to the traditional version. Since this site is banned in the mainland (according to Internet censorship in China, we are catering to those not in mainland China. Most overseas Chinese only know Traditional Chinese characters. Some may even be repulsed by the communist font. -- Jiang 06:32, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Currently, simplified Chinese is listed and traditional is not. Should we list both then? -- Jiang
Maybe I should explain the situation of zh:Wikipedia a little bit. In ISO 639, there's only a language code for Chinese (Zhongwen), since simplified and traditional Chinese are the SAME language. So currently in zh:, we host two versions of the same article. However it is simp. Chinese that is the more active version, and most of the contributers there are from mainland actually, so I guess some points made by Jiang is not completely true. -- Lorenzarius 14:52, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The link to Physics is broken guys. --- Doug 00:43, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Great new look! It really gives a good impression of a wide variety of content. I presume that that image of Mars was specially sized for this layout? If that is the case, instead of making a new mini image each week, why not just have "Main page thumbnail" and overwrite that which a new image each time we change the featured article? -- Tarquin 17:23, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Under Popular culture, there is no "Books" section. What's up with that?--Anon
Orphaned pages has not been updated since 09:05, 13 May 2003. It's useless as it stands now. Even as an admin, I can't do a thing about it. Can anyone here hear my plee? - user:zanimum
Can someone put Wikitravel in the sister projects list? Or doesn't it qualify?
It is hard to discover the WikiProject page. It took me a few months to discover it. I think that this is a really important page and should be given more prominence. Perhaps in the "Writting Articles" section of the main page? -- Kevin Baas
I was under the impression that Anniversaries was for events, places and things; not for individuals. can anyone remember? Kingturtle 02:09, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Can someone update Elcassette to Elcaset Ericd 00:12, 23 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Do you really think that making a hyperlink out of the single word you is a good idea? betterworld
When did the 1968 DNC take place? It's listed neither in the article nor in the source of the Main Page, as had become standard (for reasons of editability and judgement). Or does it always occur on the same date, and I'm just showing off my ignorance of US politics?
James F. 14:15, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)