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I mean what about when your doing a project and a section pops up that you don't want to see? That's just wrong. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.7.112.220 ( talk) 15:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
I was going to leave a comment to this effect about the Berne clock tower until I saw this section. We really do need to make it more explicit that these aren't all newly-created articles. Nyttend 07:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Could anyone please tell me how to join the science wikiproject? It would be appreciated thanks. -- Susan Wal ton 17:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
In today's OTD: "1943 - World War II: Germany announced the discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners-of-war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyn Forest Massacre."
Cute. A bigger case of the pot calling the kettle black I ain't never heard of. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.104.131.76 ( talk • contribs) 05:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
My opinion, but I think that today's featured article should be the RMS Titanic. As you may know, tonight is the 95th anniversary of the sinking. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.68.132.121 ( talk) 14:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC).
Oh. Thanks for pointing out the pic. Well, at least couldn't she be on the 'On This Day'? -M
Thank you.
It's also on the history portal as feautured article. I think it has been for awhile...either that, or it's just a coincedence. (Excuse my spelling)
A lot of sites, particularly reference.com and answers.com duplicate wikipedia's articles exactly. Isn't this some sort of copyright infringement? -- Hadz Talk 17:36, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
The article illustration image on the main page, Image:Pm1234 Cauchy.png, should probably be replaced with its vector version, Image:Pm1234 Cauchy.svg. Vector images scale much better than raster ones. Crotalus horridus ( TALK • CONTRIBS) 00:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Methinks you did good, I deleted my last question because I didn't before see that it says in big letters DO NOT ASK GENERAL QUESTIONS IN HERE.. Anyways yu did good shadowhalo it was ok, but you made it better! -- 71.218.112.231 04:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I hope this isn't too much of a general question, but is there anyway one can set up an rss feed so that the featured article3s show up, or maybe the quotes, from Quotepedia? Maest 19:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
iam an iranain and i write artticle in fa.wikipedia.org.
i can not write english good so i say my idea:why did you remove link to fa.wikipedia.org from main page of en.wikipedia.org thank-- 213.207.253.146 21:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
farsi is a local name in international must say PERSIAN it is better thank i hope best for you do not remember PERSIAN thank-- 213.207.252.39 21:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Give me a break; where's the frickin' proof. And the article itself condradicts the headline!!! READ: "Using a combination of the previously published Hubble Space Telescope measurements and new theoretical models, Barman found strong evidence for water absorption in the atmosphere of the planet."
New theoretical models??? HELL-frickin'-O!!!!!
And "strong evidence" does not constitute a discovery, unless you're dealing with super sloppy standards, and a low bar for proof. Maybe the operative word "strong" should have read "kinda strong" or maybe "deeply-felt" or "smacking". But is it really, "unmistakeable," "decisive," or "persistent."
Hey, maybe somebody needs funding, give it to them; but don't say things are true unless they absolutely are beyond a reasonable doubt. PLEASE!!!!
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof" [Carl Sagan] -- Charlesrkiss 03:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The detection itself is notable; however, what's so exciting about H2O? It's what hydrogen & oxygen do naturally. Unstated premise is possibility of life on other planets; it would really be surprising if planets in other systems were uniformly barren of water. Billbrock 05:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
You all seem to be missing the point. The story isn't that there may be water there. The story is that this is the first time scientists have been able to detect it on a planet not in our solar system. -- Monotonehell 12:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
What did the "German and English" thing have to do wit hanything?-- Katherine Kaiquser 01:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Maybe the ITN section should be renamed to "In the Olds". What's the point of it if it lists events from three weeks ago as current? 89.172.155.225 01:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I think tomorrow's (17th April) ITN should say about the college massacre at virginia tech college?!( ColaRules 18:39, 16 April 2007 (UTC))
Kk, quick question. Why does User:Wikipedia redirect to the main page? 71.154.153.209 07:33, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Why even redirect it at all? -- Katherine Kaiquser 01:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Could put that in holidays and observances. DandyDan2007 17:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Is the discovery of extra-solar water vapor on this planet really news-worthy anymore? It's been on for a really long time. EDIT-Forgot to sign. -- Geoffron 19:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The Louis Vitton Cup is beginning this evening in Valancia, Spain. Perhaps someone should feature the America's Cup article as this is the third biggest sporting event in the world. Thank you. -- Conner5553 12:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Instead of on the front page saying a school shooting, put the name of the gunman now that he's formally been identified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.98.125.108 ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 2007 April 17 (UTC).
I am a member but I forgot my user name, i wish to continue to contribute content to this section of Yahoo but I cannot sign in. Please help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.11.12.188 ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 2007 April 17 (UTC).
This should be added to the news section. -- Kalmia 03:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Salicylism syndrome results from mild chronic intoxication of salicylates (e.g. aspirin, diflunisal etc.). It is characterized by headache, dizziness, ringing of the ears (tinnitus), difficulty in hearing, dimness of vision, mental confusion, lassitude, drowsiness, sweating, thirst, hyperventilation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Timoy Pacis, RPh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.161.158.242 ( talk) 04:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC).
It's outdated. It currently points to m:Help:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia, which itself states to be obsolete. I'd like someone to change it to m:Meta:Language proposal policy since that is currently the correct policy. -The preceding signed comment was added by Nazgjunk ( talk • contrib) 07:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Just a question: where would a discussion about putting this current event on the main page take place? Here or in the article concerning the federal ban itself? I think it's important enough to warrant inclusion on the main page.-- Swattie 16:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The US Marine Corps featured Article 17 April. This article reads like a schoolboy scrapbook. Too much padding and obscure detail whilst missing key points. Much of the detail could be packed off to separate pages eg badges of rank. More pertinent information required eg the Corps problems with homosexuality, narcottics, war crimes and poor training so readers can benefit from Wikipedias ability to be up to date. Everef 21:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Today's the day, after all... :) Oh, and apparently it was recognized by the City of San Diego in 2005: [4]. Mdiamante 23:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
... Well, not anymore, I suppose. Mdiamante 00:13, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi I've recently been usurped, and my contributions weren't copied. I was wondering if an admin or beurocrat could fix this. NOTE: My discussion page was copied, but not my contributions (EDIT: Well they were sent to User:Kkrouni, not Kkrouni usurped). (I was Sony trademark vs dell trademark before)-- Kkrouni (usurped) 23:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
How come when looking at the Main Page's history, the view is different then on other pages and there is no log button (though it's still accessible at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log&page=Main_Page ? --TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs @(Lets go Yankees!) 19:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
To all people who edit Wikipedia, what do you think is the best featured article? Hadz
Is there this article in ITN? Russian to US tunnel. [5] [6], cause it would be nice, request? premisson to create? It will be called TKM-World Link. -- Pseudoanonymous 02:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Seeing the discussion thing above about Hitler's birthday, I wondered: could we perhaps have a separate page for birthdays, accessible from the Main Page? Say, a link to "Today's Birthdays" somewhere in the "On this day..." section, linking to a separate birthday page for each day in the year? I know it would be a significant task, and likely require a bit of arbitrary decisions on who deserves to be on such a page, but perhaps it could be constructed slowly, over the best part of the year, to relieve the workload somewhat. Nyttend 22:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Splitting the bithday section date pages and linking them on the main page as "Today's Bithdays" sounds good. Buc 09:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Since the use of Parser Functions is now encouraged, I am requesting that the FA section's code be changed to: {{Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y}}}}
and the On this day section's code be changed to: {{Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/{{#time:F n}}}}
. Thanks, ~
Magnus
animum (
aka Steptrip)
22:51, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
the main page image for Dhaka has no source. it's from world66, a user generated site, but on that site, it has no authorship information, so our usage of it breaks the CC-BY license. bogdan 15:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
A Wikipedia error occurred at approximately 8:00 PM (+10:30 GMT) resulting in the Main Page being editable. However, so many people were editing it that it was very much a "the quick and the dead" sort of thing. ThirdEchelon 10:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
HEELLLPPPP!!!!! SOMEONE'S REPLACED THE ENTIRE MAIN PAGE! SOMEBODY PLEASE (pardon my language) DAMN HIM FOR ETERNITY! -- Ryanasaurus0077 10:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Where IS the main page? It says it doesn't exist... Michaelritchie200 10:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
What happened? I've never seen this. -- zrulli 10:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
"how long can i keep this up" I like this guy :P( Mrutter 10:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC))
It's back, but the "edit this page" tag remains. This is what happens when you let people write stuff! Someone is always going to take advantage! Michaelritchie200 10:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
I hope the admins know about this
some one is messing about!!
I reported him to WP:AIV -- zrulli 10:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
good work man the attack was resolved in under 15 minutes thats nothing to be ashamed of
So is there always a steward active? Is there a big red button somewhere to call them? Piet | Talk 10:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
I couldn't find a Wikipedia page about Stewards, only Wikimedia. Are all Stewards cross-Wiki roles? How do we go about suggesting we need more Stewards? -- Dweller 10:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Just far the sake of the complete examination of the situation: given that there was a significant time gap betwen User:Robdurbar retiring from wikipedia and this burst of vandalism, is there any way in which we can tell if he did it? Has he been asked? Could his password have been compromised? Could his account have been hacked? If he ever wants to rejoin the project these are meaningful questions.-- Anthony.bradbury 11:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Wait, so admins can unblock themselves? [10] I never knew that and doesn't that defeat the purpose of an admin being blocked for 3RR or another rule that gets them a short block. I'm guessing admins are under an honor system that they will not unblock themselves or face de-desyoping? 128.227.57.24 16:50, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
where is "Adolf Hitler is born" under "on this day" 65.1.27.111 04:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by The monkeyhate ( talk • contribs)
I was wondering if someone who had athority here could put somthing about how this is a reliable site on a page here becasue teachers say that this is not reliable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chessmaster3 ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC).
Who called the Teacher a Teacher! It appears to me that any document submitted for assessment should itself be checked for reliability. That is to say the Teacher should give credit to the writer and examine the document content and mark accordingly. If a 15 year old knows someting they claim to be a fact and therefore accurate - any adult or Teacher should understand that just maybe the 15 year old is right. Seek the correct answer and give credit or learn something new! ANCORA IMPARO.
For the article count, why is it 1,750,344 and not 1.750.344? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.170.51.155 ( talk) 21:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
Congratulations, everyone, on having over 1¾ million articles! Keep up the good work; we're almost to 2 million! Does anyone know what article 1,750,000 was? 68.162.53.85 03:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I like the current look of the main page. It's classy and elegant, and not at all flashy. However, some may consider it a bit boring (actually, so do I...). It's interesting to note that the English wikipedia is one of the simpler main pages, like the German and French main pages. However, some other languages, like the Indonesian are more colorful (and more friendly), and full of icons. The Italian Wikipedia is downright shiny. I read somewhere on this talk page that the main page is periodically revamped. When will this happen again? How can I get involved? I suppose it could be tedious and time-consuming, but probably a lot of fun. Thoughts? Gold fritter 09:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
The look of the Dutch Main page has recently changed: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina. On its talk page a few alternatives are shown. Wiki-uk 09:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
I hate it when TFAs get so long one day, and the other sections on the main page don't adjust accordingly to fit the screen. -- 74.13.127.204 07:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Out of interest, what are we going to do when the number of archives of the main page talk reaches 100? It will do so in a few weeks - do we expand the box, add a page or... what? — Vanderdecken∴ ∫ ξ φ 15:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
...that Julian Salomons was the only chief justice in New South Wales to resign before he was sworn into office? Yeah now I'm wondering how i can sleep tonight. -- Fertuno 16:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia is a global tool, but must there be a reference to cricket in every single day's "Did You Know" section? HiramShadraski 18:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
i dont know what im doing
or what this wikipedia thing does.
would someone like to explain?
i thought it was a encylopedia
when all it looks like is a place to "post" comments of some sort...
makes me wonder if the stuff i read off this so called "encyclopedia" is even true...
i dont understand....
Oh so andrea
12:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Is this happening only to me? Currently on my computer the text of TFA doesn't wrap at all; instead it rolls right through the In the News block and continues on one line...I have to scroll horizontally through several screens to see it all.
This may be my old software (IE 5 on Mac OS9) but I don't think so — it's only happening with the TFA, and only in the last few days — maybe something from that vandal attack mentioned above? DYK and OtD also "overflow" their frames for me, but they wrap and are legible. I'm running the default skin btw. — Turangalila talk 14:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Just giving you guys a heads up. JHMM13 19:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Could someone replace the Iraq bombings with the Virginia Tech massacre as the bombings hold little importance. Christopher Connor 22:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Importance to whom? Are you speaking for a majority of people in wikipedia? I think that 198 human beings dieing is more tragic and more serious than 33 people dieing, though both are very serious. Other wise, you are being nothing more than an arrogant racist person with no concern for human life, regardless if it happens to be Iraqis blowing each other up Shame on you. Both are very important, none more so, but more people dieing does in fact equal more importance. Tourskin 23:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Why was my comment deleted? Tourskin 05:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
It's one of the biggest discoveries of the century and it doesn't even get mentioned on the main page.... wow.... 01:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zazaban ( talk • contribs).
The (more...) link at the end of the Featured Article is gone. Was this intentional? It now looks like the opening paragraph is the sum total of the article. 129.22.194.137 15:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
We should bring it back it. People seem to forget that 95% of our readers have never edited an article, and are more clueless than the most clueless newbies one would encounter on RC patrol. Yes, redundancy may be against our beautiful programming geek aesthetic, but the readers should come first.-- Pharos 03:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The more link at the end of the summary, that usually links to the featured article itself, seems to have vanished. I assume this is an error, since I haven't seen this change (reducing accessibility to new users) discussed anywhere. Skittle 22:08, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
The "anyone can edit" portion of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" on the Main Page links to Wikipedia:Introduction. While Wikipedia:Introduction appears to be a normal page, it in fact is a sandbox where people are encouraged to edit the page with what ever content they choose. It doesn't seem appropriate to provide a Main page link directly to a posting such as this or an advertisement for their company. -- Jreferee 15:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Often, when an article about a subject such as Scooby Doo is featured, there's no free images which can illustrate the topic, and fair use images aren't allowed. Nevertheless, the page feels unbalanced without an image in the top left since every other section has one. Therefore, what about using Image:Featured article star.svg? It's not perfect by any means, but at least it keeps the main page feeling balanced. I've created a test here, demonstrating how it could work. Laïka 16:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
When there's no free images that can illustrate the topic, then fair use images are allowed. But some Wikipedians believe that in order to communicate the freeness of the encyclopedia, we must only have free content on the main page. This doesn't apply, however, to the Featured Articles themselves—one click away—which are meant to showcase Wikipedia's very best work. Not all of us agree with this bizarre double standard. Despite the opinions of a few in power, there is no community consensus that non-free content is banned from the the main page, as the recent survey indicates. So no, we shouldn't have used a gold star; we should have used an image representative of the cartoon. Punctured Bicycle 21:18, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Again, why are there " " marks for Operation "Law and Order". These are unnecessary and seem to be mocking the name a violation of NPOV. I know its not exactly critical, but taking sides in the Iraq war is a serious violation of NPOV. Tourskin 21:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
AP article states that Boris Yeltsin has died. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_yeltsin;_ylt=An88RF.zxC.sVla5D_NcsFG79LQF —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.168.7.243 ( talk • contribs) 14:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
Persian Wikipedia has reached 20000 article, would you please update your main page?-- Pejman47 00:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
The featured picture says "first photograph of a person". Don't you mean by a person. Its a photo of a street not of a person. Although having written this, all photogrphs are "by a person", unless you count the earlier time consuming lab methods as having not been taken by a person. Whatever its suppose to mean, to me it doesn't make much sense, and would kindly ask anyone to tell me what its trying to say. Tourskin 03:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
It really seems to me that the front page features a disproportionally large number of articles relating to the game of cricket, people who play cricket, and things done by fans of cricket. Living in the western part of the United States, I don't even know if it's possible for me to view a cricket match, yet somehow (thanks to Wikipedia) I know more about the sport than would generally be considered healthy for someone from the colonies. What say we ratchet it down a bit and let some other subjects float up into the spotlight for a while? VictorTyne 09:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
There's been an earthquake in England, at 8:18 am this morning, at least 4.3. While it may be piddly in terms of recent earthquakes this is ENGLAND - we don't get them!!! http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070428/tuk-earthquake-shakes-southern-england-45dbed5.html Lady BlahDeBlah 10:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Spanish Wikipedia has reached 200,000 article, would you please update your main page? Dazissimo 17:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Should be included in the Bronze Soldier part. Christopher Connor 00:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Today 5 of the 7 suspected bomb plotters were jailed for life on terrorism charges. The article currently covering this is Operation Crevice. What the consensus putting this in the 'in the news' list? Jamie 15:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed a small defect on the POTD. A dust spot IMO. I removed it as the POTD is locked I uploaded the edited picture at Media:Catoptrophorus semipalmatus edit-cleaned.jpg. Ericd 22:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't want people to think that wiki is just brushing this under the carpet... God forbid.
-G
Today, LAPD fired into pro immigration rally during the day of mass peaceful immigration reform marches.
-G
moved to Foucault Pendulum vector diagrams Nil Einne 20:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Someone redirected this to Mainpage-url and it's been vandalised, it's fixed now but can sum1 protect it.-- User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 20:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
This is not as simple as about a protest against a government. This is popular opinion on one hand, but also a powerful military threatening - in public - a government. This is about a country that after a 1960 military coup (one of many), passed in 1961 into their constitution that the military have political power through a security council. i.e. a more descriptive heading would have all three heads involved, public opinion, the military threatening the government, and the government. -- Leladax 23:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there a forum where all the users of wikipedia can chat generally (not rude things!)or just "hang out" if not i think there should be a link on the main page discussing general things on wikipedia and other user privilages. This might then encourage more users to join wikipedia and other projects. Wiki.user 20:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I was looking at the main page and it made me wonder, how do I delete my account? -- 05:25, 2007 May 5 (UTC)
In DYK, Philadelphian is spelled wrong. DandyDan2007 07:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I clicked tomorrow's main page on the discussion page for the Main Page, and the featured article for tomorrow, is the same as for today, fix it!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brent Ward ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC) [14]
The format of this talk page keeps changing. Why? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnOw ( talk • contribs)
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 90 | ← | Archive 95 | Archive 96 | Archive 97 | Archive 98 | Archive 99 | Archive 100 |
I mean what about when your doing a project and a section pops up that you don't want to see? That's just wrong. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.7.112.220 ( talk) 15:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
I was going to leave a comment to this effect about the Berne clock tower until I saw this section. We really do need to make it more explicit that these aren't all newly-created articles. Nyttend 07:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Could anyone please tell me how to join the science wikiproject? It would be appreciated thanks. -- Susan Wal ton 17:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
In today's OTD: "1943 - World War II: Germany announced the discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners-of-war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyn Forest Massacre."
Cute. A bigger case of the pot calling the kettle black I ain't never heard of. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.104.131.76 ( talk • contribs) 05:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC).
My opinion, but I think that today's featured article should be the RMS Titanic. As you may know, tonight is the 95th anniversary of the sinking. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.68.132.121 ( talk) 14:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC).
Oh. Thanks for pointing out the pic. Well, at least couldn't she be on the 'On This Day'? -M
Thank you.
It's also on the history portal as feautured article. I think it has been for awhile...either that, or it's just a coincedence. (Excuse my spelling)
A lot of sites, particularly reference.com and answers.com duplicate wikipedia's articles exactly. Isn't this some sort of copyright infringement? -- Hadz Talk 17:36, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
The article illustration image on the main page, Image:Pm1234 Cauchy.png, should probably be replaced with its vector version, Image:Pm1234 Cauchy.svg. Vector images scale much better than raster ones. Crotalus horridus ( TALK • CONTRIBS) 00:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Methinks you did good, I deleted my last question because I didn't before see that it says in big letters DO NOT ASK GENERAL QUESTIONS IN HERE.. Anyways yu did good shadowhalo it was ok, but you made it better! -- 71.218.112.231 04:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I hope this isn't too much of a general question, but is there anyway one can set up an rss feed so that the featured article3s show up, or maybe the quotes, from Quotepedia? Maest 19:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
iam an iranain and i write artticle in fa.wikipedia.org.
i can not write english good so i say my idea:why did you remove link to fa.wikipedia.org from main page of en.wikipedia.org thank-- 213.207.253.146 21:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
farsi is a local name in international must say PERSIAN it is better thank i hope best for you do not remember PERSIAN thank-- 213.207.252.39 21:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Give me a break; where's the frickin' proof. And the article itself condradicts the headline!!! READ: "Using a combination of the previously published Hubble Space Telescope measurements and new theoretical models, Barman found strong evidence for water absorption in the atmosphere of the planet."
New theoretical models??? HELL-frickin'-O!!!!!
And "strong evidence" does not constitute a discovery, unless you're dealing with super sloppy standards, and a low bar for proof. Maybe the operative word "strong" should have read "kinda strong" or maybe "deeply-felt" or "smacking". But is it really, "unmistakeable," "decisive," or "persistent."
Hey, maybe somebody needs funding, give it to them; but don't say things are true unless they absolutely are beyond a reasonable doubt. PLEASE!!!!
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof" [Carl Sagan] -- Charlesrkiss 03:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The detection itself is notable; however, what's so exciting about H2O? It's what hydrogen & oxygen do naturally. Unstated premise is possibility of life on other planets; it would really be surprising if planets in other systems were uniformly barren of water. Billbrock 05:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
You all seem to be missing the point. The story isn't that there may be water there. The story is that this is the first time scientists have been able to detect it on a planet not in our solar system. -- Monotonehell 12:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
What did the "German and English" thing have to do wit hanything?-- Katherine Kaiquser 01:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Maybe the ITN section should be renamed to "In the Olds". What's the point of it if it lists events from three weeks ago as current? 89.172.155.225 01:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I think tomorrow's (17th April) ITN should say about the college massacre at virginia tech college?!( ColaRules 18:39, 16 April 2007 (UTC))
Kk, quick question. Why does User:Wikipedia redirect to the main page? 71.154.153.209 07:33, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Why even redirect it at all? -- Katherine Kaiquser 01:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Could put that in holidays and observances. DandyDan2007 17:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Is the discovery of extra-solar water vapor on this planet really news-worthy anymore? It's been on for a really long time. EDIT-Forgot to sign. -- Geoffron 19:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
The Louis Vitton Cup is beginning this evening in Valancia, Spain. Perhaps someone should feature the America's Cup article as this is the third biggest sporting event in the world. Thank you. -- Conner5553 12:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Instead of on the front page saying a school shooting, put the name of the gunman now that he's formally been identified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.98.125.108 ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 2007 April 17 (UTC).
I am a member but I forgot my user name, i wish to continue to contribute content to this section of Yahoo but I cannot sign in. Please help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.11.12.188 ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 2007 April 17 (UTC).
This should be added to the news section. -- Kalmia 03:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Salicylism syndrome results from mild chronic intoxication of salicylates (e.g. aspirin, diflunisal etc.). It is characterized by headache, dizziness, ringing of the ears (tinnitus), difficulty in hearing, dimness of vision, mental confusion, lassitude, drowsiness, sweating, thirst, hyperventilation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Timoy Pacis, RPh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.161.158.242 ( talk) 04:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC).
It's outdated. It currently points to m:Help:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia, which itself states to be obsolete. I'd like someone to change it to m:Meta:Language proposal policy since that is currently the correct policy. -The preceding signed comment was added by Nazgjunk ( talk • contrib) 07:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Just a question: where would a discussion about putting this current event on the main page take place? Here or in the article concerning the federal ban itself? I think it's important enough to warrant inclusion on the main page.-- Swattie 16:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The US Marine Corps featured Article 17 April. This article reads like a schoolboy scrapbook. Too much padding and obscure detail whilst missing key points. Much of the detail could be packed off to separate pages eg badges of rank. More pertinent information required eg the Corps problems with homosexuality, narcottics, war crimes and poor training so readers can benefit from Wikipedias ability to be up to date. Everef 21:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Today's the day, after all... :) Oh, and apparently it was recognized by the City of San Diego in 2005: [4]. Mdiamante 23:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
... Well, not anymore, I suppose. Mdiamante 00:13, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi I've recently been usurped, and my contributions weren't copied. I was wondering if an admin or beurocrat could fix this. NOTE: My discussion page was copied, but not my contributions (EDIT: Well they were sent to User:Kkrouni, not Kkrouni usurped). (I was Sony trademark vs dell trademark before)-- Kkrouni (usurped) 23:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
How come when looking at the Main Page's history, the view is different then on other pages and there is no log button (though it's still accessible at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log&page=Main_Page ? --TeckWiz is now R Parlate Contribs @(Lets go Yankees!) 19:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
To all people who edit Wikipedia, what do you think is the best featured article? Hadz
Is there this article in ITN? Russian to US tunnel. [5] [6], cause it would be nice, request? premisson to create? It will be called TKM-World Link. -- Pseudoanonymous 02:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Seeing the discussion thing above about Hitler's birthday, I wondered: could we perhaps have a separate page for birthdays, accessible from the Main Page? Say, a link to "Today's Birthdays" somewhere in the "On this day..." section, linking to a separate birthday page for each day in the year? I know it would be a significant task, and likely require a bit of arbitrary decisions on who deserves to be on such a page, but perhaps it could be constructed slowly, over the best part of the year, to relieve the workload somewhat. Nyttend 22:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Splitting the bithday section date pages and linking them on the main page as "Today's Bithdays" sounds good. Buc 09:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Since the use of Parser Functions is now encouraged, I am requesting that the FA section's code be changed to: {{Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y}}}}
and the On this day section's code be changed to: {{Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/{{#time:F n}}}}
. Thanks, ~
Magnus
animum (
aka Steptrip)
22:51, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
the main page image for Dhaka has no source. it's from world66, a user generated site, but on that site, it has no authorship information, so our usage of it breaks the CC-BY license. bogdan 15:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
A Wikipedia error occurred at approximately 8:00 PM (+10:30 GMT) resulting in the Main Page being editable. However, so many people were editing it that it was very much a "the quick and the dead" sort of thing. ThirdEchelon 10:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
HEELLLPPPP!!!!! SOMEONE'S REPLACED THE ENTIRE MAIN PAGE! SOMEBODY PLEASE (pardon my language) DAMN HIM FOR ETERNITY! -- Ryanasaurus0077 10:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Where IS the main page? It says it doesn't exist... Michaelritchie200 10:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
What happened? I've never seen this. -- zrulli 10:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
"how long can i keep this up" I like this guy :P( Mrutter 10:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC))
It's back, but the "edit this page" tag remains. This is what happens when you let people write stuff! Someone is always going to take advantage! Michaelritchie200 10:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
I hope the admins know about this
some one is messing about!!
I reported him to WP:AIV -- zrulli 10:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
good work man the attack was resolved in under 15 minutes thats nothing to be ashamed of
So is there always a steward active? Is there a big red button somewhere to call them? Piet | Talk 10:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
I couldn't find a Wikipedia page about Stewards, only Wikimedia. Are all Stewards cross-Wiki roles? How do we go about suggesting we need more Stewards? -- Dweller 10:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Just far the sake of the complete examination of the situation: given that there was a significant time gap betwen User:Robdurbar retiring from wikipedia and this burst of vandalism, is there any way in which we can tell if he did it? Has he been asked? Could his password have been compromised? Could his account have been hacked? If he ever wants to rejoin the project these are meaningful questions.-- Anthony.bradbury 11:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Wait, so admins can unblock themselves? [10] I never knew that and doesn't that defeat the purpose of an admin being blocked for 3RR or another rule that gets them a short block. I'm guessing admins are under an honor system that they will not unblock themselves or face de-desyoping? 128.227.57.24 16:50, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
where is "Adolf Hitler is born" under "on this day" 65.1.27.111 04:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by The monkeyhate ( talk • contribs)
I was wondering if someone who had athority here could put somthing about how this is a reliable site on a page here becasue teachers say that this is not reliable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chessmaster3 ( talk • contribs) 12:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC).
Who called the Teacher a Teacher! It appears to me that any document submitted for assessment should itself be checked for reliability. That is to say the Teacher should give credit to the writer and examine the document content and mark accordingly. If a 15 year old knows someting they claim to be a fact and therefore accurate - any adult or Teacher should understand that just maybe the 15 year old is right. Seek the correct answer and give credit or learn something new! ANCORA IMPARO.
For the article count, why is it 1,750,344 and not 1.750.344? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.170.51.155 ( talk) 21:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
Congratulations, everyone, on having over 1¾ million articles! Keep up the good work; we're almost to 2 million! Does anyone know what article 1,750,000 was? 68.162.53.85 03:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I like the current look of the main page. It's classy and elegant, and not at all flashy. However, some may consider it a bit boring (actually, so do I...). It's interesting to note that the English wikipedia is one of the simpler main pages, like the German and French main pages. However, some other languages, like the Indonesian are more colorful (and more friendly), and full of icons. The Italian Wikipedia is downright shiny. I read somewhere on this talk page that the main page is periodically revamped. When will this happen again? How can I get involved? I suppose it could be tedious and time-consuming, but probably a lot of fun. Thoughts? Gold fritter 09:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
The look of the Dutch Main page has recently changed: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina. On its talk page a few alternatives are shown. Wiki-uk 09:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
I hate it when TFAs get so long one day, and the other sections on the main page don't adjust accordingly to fit the screen. -- 74.13.127.204 07:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Out of interest, what are we going to do when the number of archives of the main page talk reaches 100? It will do so in a few weeks - do we expand the box, add a page or... what? — Vanderdecken∴ ∫ ξ φ 15:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
...that Julian Salomons was the only chief justice in New South Wales to resign before he was sworn into office? Yeah now I'm wondering how i can sleep tonight. -- Fertuno 16:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia is a global tool, but must there be a reference to cricket in every single day's "Did You Know" section? HiramShadraski 18:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
i dont know what im doing
or what this wikipedia thing does.
would someone like to explain?
i thought it was a encylopedia
when all it looks like is a place to "post" comments of some sort...
makes me wonder if the stuff i read off this so called "encyclopedia" is even true...
i dont understand....
Oh so andrea
12:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Is this happening only to me? Currently on my computer the text of TFA doesn't wrap at all; instead it rolls right through the In the News block and continues on one line...I have to scroll horizontally through several screens to see it all.
This may be my old software (IE 5 on Mac OS9) but I don't think so — it's only happening with the TFA, and only in the last few days — maybe something from that vandal attack mentioned above? DYK and OtD also "overflow" their frames for me, but they wrap and are legible. I'm running the default skin btw. — Turangalila talk 14:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Just giving you guys a heads up. JHMM13 19:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Could someone replace the Iraq bombings with the Virginia Tech massacre as the bombings hold little importance. Christopher Connor 22:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Importance to whom? Are you speaking for a majority of people in wikipedia? I think that 198 human beings dieing is more tragic and more serious than 33 people dieing, though both are very serious. Other wise, you are being nothing more than an arrogant racist person with no concern for human life, regardless if it happens to be Iraqis blowing each other up Shame on you. Both are very important, none more so, but more people dieing does in fact equal more importance. Tourskin 23:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Why was my comment deleted? Tourskin 05:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
It's one of the biggest discoveries of the century and it doesn't even get mentioned on the main page.... wow.... 01:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zazaban ( talk • contribs).
The (more...) link at the end of the Featured Article is gone. Was this intentional? It now looks like the opening paragraph is the sum total of the article. 129.22.194.137 15:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
We should bring it back it. People seem to forget that 95% of our readers have never edited an article, and are more clueless than the most clueless newbies one would encounter on RC patrol. Yes, redundancy may be against our beautiful programming geek aesthetic, but the readers should come first.-- Pharos 03:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The more link at the end of the summary, that usually links to the featured article itself, seems to have vanished. I assume this is an error, since I haven't seen this change (reducing accessibility to new users) discussed anywhere. Skittle 22:08, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
The "anyone can edit" portion of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" on the Main Page links to Wikipedia:Introduction. While Wikipedia:Introduction appears to be a normal page, it in fact is a sandbox where people are encouraged to edit the page with what ever content they choose. It doesn't seem appropriate to provide a Main page link directly to a posting such as this or an advertisement for their company. -- Jreferee 15:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Often, when an article about a subject such as Scooby Doo is featured, there's no free images which can illustrate the topic, and fair use images aren't allowed. Nevertheless, the page feels unbalanced without an image in the top left since every other section has one. Therefore, what about using Image:Featured article star.svg? It's not perfect by any means, but at least it keeps the main page feeling balanced. I've created a test here, demonstrating how it could work. Laïka 16:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
When there's no free images that can illustrate the topic, then fair use images are allowed. But some Wikipedians believe that in order to communicate the freeness of the encyclopedia, we must only have free content on the main page. This doesn't apply, however, to the Featured Articles themselves—one click away—which are meant to showcase Wikipedia's very best work. Not all of us agree with this bizarre double standard. Despite the opinions of a few in power, there is no community consensus that non-free content is banned from the the main page, as the recent survey indicates. So no, we shouldn't have used a gold star; we should have used an image representative of the cartoon. Punctured Bicycle 21:18, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Again, why are there " " marks for Operation "Law and Order". These are unnecessary and seem to be mocking the name a violation of NPOV. I know its not exactly critical, but taking sides in the Iraq war is a serious violation of NPOV. Tourskin 21:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
AP article states that Boris Yeltsin has died. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_yeltsin;_ylt=An88RF.zxC.sVla5D_NcsFG79LQF —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.168.7.243 ( talk • contribs) 14:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
Persian Wikipedia has reached 20000 article, would you please update your main page?-- Pejman47 00:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
The featured picture says "first photograph of a person". Don't you mean by a person. Its a photo of a street not of a person. Although having written this, all photogrphs are "by a person", unless you count the earlier time consuming lab methods as having not been taken by a person. Whatever its suppose to mean, to me it doesn't make much sense, and would kindly ask anyone to tell me what its trying to say. Tourskin 03:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
It really seems to me that the front page features a disproportionally large number of articles relating to the game of cricket, people who play cricket, and things done by fans of cricket. Living in the western part of the United States, I don't even know if it's possible for me to view a cricket match, yet somehow (thanks to Wikipedia) I know more about the sport than would generally be considered healthy for someone from the colonies. What say we ratchet it down a bit and let some other subjects float up into the spotlight for a while? VictorTyne 09:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
There's been an earthquake in England, at 8:18 am this morning, at least 4.3. While it may be piddly in terms of recent earthquakes this is ENGLAND - we don't get them!!! http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070428/tuk-earthquake-shakes-southern-england-45dbed5.html Lady BlahDeBlah 10:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Spanish Wikipedia has reached 200,000 article, would you please update your main page? Dazissimo 17:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Should be included in the Bronze Soldier part. Christopher Connor 00:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Today 5 of the 7 suspected bomb plotters were jailed for life on terrorism charges. The article currently covering this is Operation Crevice. What the consensus putting this in the 'in the news' list? Jamie 15:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed a small defect on the POTD. A dust spot IMO. I removed it as the POTD is locked I uploaded the edited picture at Media:Catoptrophorus semipalmatus edit-cleaned.jpg. Ericd 22:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't want people to think that wiki is just brushing this under the carpet... God forbid.
-G
Today, LAPD fired into pro immigration rally during the day of mass peaceful immigration reform marches.
-G
moved to Foucault Pendulum vector diagrams Nil Einne 20:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Someone redirected this to Mainpage-url and it's been vandalised, it's fixed now but can sum1 protect it.-- User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 20:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
This is not as simple as about a protest against a government. This is popular opinion on one hand, but also a powerful military threatening - in public - a government. This is about a country that after a 1960 military coup (one of many), passed in 1961 into their constitution that the military have political power through a security council. i.e. a more descriptive heading would have all three heads involved, public opinion, the military threatening the government, and the government. -- Leladax 23:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there a forum where all the users of wikipedia can chat generally (not rude things!)or just "hang out" if not i think there should be a link on the main page discussing general things on wikipedia and other user privilages. This might then encourage more users to join wikipedia and other projects. Wiki.user 20:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I was looking at the main page and it made me wonder, how do I delete my account? -- 05:25, 2007 May 5 (UTC)
In DYK, Philadelphian is spelled wrong. DandyDan2007 07:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I clicked tomorrow's main page on the discussion page for the Main Page, and the featured article for tomorrow, is the same as for today, fix it!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brent Ward ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC) [14]
The format of this talk page keeps changing. Why? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnOw ( talk • contribs)