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Has anyone else noticed a certain fishy smell around the DYK section recently? It seems that every day for the last month at least one of the entries has been relating to a ship, a class of ships or some other form of nautical-related info. I counted no less than 5 entries on the page one day last week that could fall under that definition. While I applaud Wikiproject Ships for their obviously tireless work in improving this section of wikipedia, it is getting a little wearing to read about little else. I'm not for one minute suggesting that all natical content be banished from the main page forever just because I don't like it, because that would be like fascism, but is a little variety too much to ask for? Tx17777 ( talk) 23:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Nobody gets a joke these days. -- Kaizer13 ( talk) 00:36, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Um there are like 8 items + every update with about 3 updates a day. If one out of 8 items is nautical related you still have a lot of other items Nil Einne ( talk) 05:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Systemic bias or a type 1 error, anyone? THOSE are the problems. It hardly matters that there are a few too many nautical jokes here. ~ user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 16:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
there is pr0n on the main page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11-- Terminalerr1 ( talk) 22:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Aw man, I was hoping the ubiquitous penis had reared its ugly head again. Zeality ( talk) 23:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
So wrong, in so many ways. Moyopic ( talk) 18:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Featuring a blatantly commercial piece in Did You Know (Pandora's Jewelry) is not appropriate, is it? C'mon, that really reads like an ad. I hope they at least made a nice donation to Wikipedia. Amity150 ( talk) 04:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
A featured article about not only a British book, but a feminist one!?!? I feel this is positive discrimination against both men and the US! I demand the FA be changed to something manly and American, I don't know, possibly a football match ... or something homosexually erotic at least! -- LookingYourBest ( talk) 14:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Why is there a headline for the Superbowl results but no mention of the results of the Democratic and Republican primaries? No world news organization (e.g., BBC World) is including the Superbowl results in its headlines, but every single one has a headline on the presidential primaries. -- WGee ( talk) 19:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Today is Chinese New Year, but I don't see anything about it on the main page. — Loadmaster ( talk) 00:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
"The golden plates were a set of engraved plates, bound into a book, that Joseph Smith, Jr. said was his source material for the Book of Mormon, a scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith, the founder of that movement, said he obtained the plates on September 22, 1827 on Cumorah hill in Manchester, New York, where they were hidden in a buried box and protected by an angel named Moroni. After dictating a translation and obtaining signed statements by eleven other witnesses, he said he returned the plates to the angel in 1829."
This paragraph, quite frankly, is crap. It's disjointed, incoherent, overly defensive, basically if I was an English teacher I'd give it an F without bothering with the words. If commas cost money Wikipedia would be bankrupt. Please, Wikipedia, either pay someone to write your front page content, or don't have a front page at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.65.77 ( talk) 04:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I went to the Commons but I couldn't undo the vandalism.
миражinred (
speak, my child...) 03:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC) I fixed the vandalism on the image. Sorry for the weird comment.
миражinred (
speak, my child...) 03:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Ah! A Mormon article and John Edwards on the same page! Think of the impressionable voters. With further primaries in two days, I personally can see no other situation than every voter choosing to waste their votes and vote for two candidates who are no longer running. Wikipedia, how easily you corrupt voters with your unofficial endorsements. 128.227.78.233 ( talk) 01:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
And that just shows Wikipedia's abhorrent pro-kitten bias. Think of the puppies! Titoxd( ?!? - cool stuff) 03:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
How are the featured articles chosen? Д narchistPig ( talk) 21:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
How did he get the job of scheduling TFAs? When is the next election?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk)
But the post will rotate to someone else at some stage? right? -- Fredrick day
Alas, the position will never rotate as long as this cabal remains in control of things.
There are few people who have time, energy, and skills to do this job.
What sort of nonsense is that? You should lay off the hyperbole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk) 02:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - thousands of people work on this project. Claiming that only a few have the time and/or are qualified to do something as simple as choose the FA for the main page is a load of bollocks. John Smith 06:54, 30 January 2008 (GMT+9) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.95.144.10 ( talk)
So we're infants? This from a user who can't seem to make a single post without the use of profanity. In my experience, it's adults who use profanity more than infants. No? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk) 03:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Norgy ( talk) 23:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC) His world view doesn't come into it. - what? I don't understand how anyone can make a statement like that? of course his weltanschauung 'comes into it', it's impossible for it not to, since he is human not a robot. You miss my point, it's not that he had a world view that is an issue (and if it was the project would have to close), it's that by not rotating the post or making it the responsiblity of a number of trusted editors that I do not think we are fulfiling our duty to combat systematic bias. -- Fredrick day ( talk) 14:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually, the conspicuous silence comes from the fact that lately I've been busy (changed jobs this week), tired, and not editing as much lately. Raul654 ( talk) 04:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I must say, this "job interview" is bizarre, with the person being interviewed that one who is bossing around. -- Howard the Duck 06:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Simple, if it ain't broken, don't fix it, or to put it another way, a way you may have read earlier:
- I think that there'd actually be more of a problem if you had the post rotating. With just Raul doing it, he can get a good long view of the TFA's. Constantly switching may prevent one sort of bias from forming, but I think that you'd get a lot more little biases all over the place; each editor trying to balance perceived imbalances of the one before. 99.248.214.86 ( talk) 04:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and please do sign your posts. Either type four tildes (~~~~) or press the signature button ( ) in the tool bar above the edit box. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 07:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
To complain about US-centrism. :) -- Howard the Duck 16:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Incidentally, the Super Bowl was front page news across Canada ("MIEUX QUE PARFAIT" read Le Soleil) and Mexico ("SORPRESA GIGANTE" said El Universal), as shown on the "Today's Front Pages" of the Newseum website. -- Mwalcoff ( talk) 09:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
RJRocket53 ( talk) 19:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
The claim that the super bowl is widely broadcast outside the US is a myth. It is watched by less than 100 million people, almost all of whom are in the US. As for it being broadcast in 223 countries, that seems to be strange considering there are only 192 countries out there... -- Theshadow89 ( talk) 23:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
This is just my personal opinion (which I know has no place on wikipedia...) but I find it both ironic and extremely POV that the FA is Ronald Reagan, the god-send of the American conservative movement, on one of the biggest election days in the United States... Hmmm.... FluxFuser ( talk) 00:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
As usual Raul with his subtle Neo-con propoganda -- Pensil ( talk) 16:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:Forgive me my ignorance, as I know nothing about the US election system, but the US presidential election is to take place on 4 November 2008. I think it would be unreasonable to restrict all political FAs until then. It's just the primaries, and I don't think they're that important. The first round of the Czech presidential election is to take place on Friday, now that's exciting. (struck per Raul's explanation-I'm not good at interpreting humour
Puchiko (
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Pensil, I don't think Raul intended to influence anyone with this FA. It's a common habit feature people on their birthdays or death anniversaries.
However, this raises the issue-Raul's been getting a lot of criticism lately. While I personally trust him, perhaps this implies that not everybody agrees with him having the current position, and a discussion should take place. Combined with a section above-I think this implies it's time for a community discussion.
Puchiko (
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I'm as liberal as they get, but I've got no problem with Reagan being on the main page on Super Tuesday. I would have no problem with Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or any other U.S. President either. It might be inappropriate to include any current candidates on the main page, though, at least until after the election. Lovelac 7 17:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Politicians Politicians who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature.[7] Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.[6] Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such a person may be notable for other reasons besides their political careers alone.
From Wikipedia rules for notability. Ronald Reagan fits. Many people are mad at the USA bias on wikipedia, but I find it hypocritical that some have a anti-USA bias. And Ronald Reagan is not running! RJRocket53 ( talk) 20:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I found two pictures in the Peru which would look much better than the flag one. Image:Peru Machu Picchu Sunrise 2.jpg and Image:Casadepizarrolima.jpg both look better. And the flag in the infobox for the Peru article isn't the same one used on the main page. Slightly confusing (and I realize I could be bold and change the flag there, but I don't feel like disrupting consensus on an article I've never edited). Charles Stewart ( talk) 08:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Can somebody with permission complement the news with the article in red:
Mikael Häggström ( talk) 20:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
José Ramos-Horta is spelled with a hyphen. Please add the hyphen.-- 89.12.22.120 ( talk) 21:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. Thanks! Puchiko ( Talk- email) 23:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
In the Peru featured article box, why is "home" highlighted? contribs STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 23:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
"Did You Know" currently reads:
This sentence sounds very POV to me. Even though it is cited in the article, it is too subjective for the main page. The article is good and the subject interesting, so I would suggest changing the DYK blurb to a more objective fact, such as:
Any thoughts on the issue? — Lovelac 7 06:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone ever considered that it might be easier or just look nicer to put the main page sections in templates? Something like
{{MainPageWelcomeBanner}} {{WP:TodaysFeaturedArticle/{{CURRENTMONTH}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} {{DidYouKnow/{{CURRENTMONTH}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} (and continue on like that)
Has this already been suggested or done or are there problems with that idea? Or is that a good idea? F* L* RAP 13:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
There's no need for a debate about geeks vs. nerds, or any further discussion on the subject. Question asked and answered. J Milburn ( talk) 15:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
dont ban me or anything, but the people who are on wikipedia all the time editing the front page and joining in the discussions here, are u guys nerds with no life or something or do you work for wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.252 ( talk) 00:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I see. Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.252 ( talk) 00:18, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
'...that a poster in the 2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum called on Estonians to vote yes "for access to millions of sexier men"?' I don't see this anywhere in the actual article. Source? Borisblue ( talk) 16:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
We need to mention the North Illinois University shooting on the main page. Breaking news coming through on BBC at the moment www.niu.edu -- Capitana ( talk) 22:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
you're right! we need to mention it. Its very important for those who the shooting hit the hardest... like me.. my family lives around there...my cousins go to NIU... im completely devastated and we need people to know what happened!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.2.137 ( talk) 01:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about the idea of displaying the number of featured articles alongside of the article count? Maybe something like this:
16@r ( talk) 12:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Impending Kosovan independence not worthy enough for the 'in the news' section eh? Who took it off? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatWalkingMan ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Really, i think these administrators are on crack.
The NIU shootings seem not to be worth enough either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.42.83.232 ( talk) 04:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. Kosovo declared independence a few short hours ago.
That's kinda important. yes it is very important :]
Might merit being on the "in the news" section.
Just throwing that out. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 06:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Village Pump. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 08:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there any info on the preliminaries for the presidental race? Foamy's Girl ( talk) 00:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thanks...dont know why i didnt think of that in the first place —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foamy's Girl ( talk • contribs) 00:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
[b]I'm not sure this is at all notable news in the same vein as the stories that are usually posted on the main page (i.e. a country declaring its independence). Charles 04:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Please could the word 'soccer' from the news item about the African Cup of Nations be changed to 'football'. Many thanks
Intergr8 ( talk) 11:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
The New York Patriots would confuse the hell out of a lot of Americans though -- 71.163.118.20 ( talk) 02:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Any number of games based on handball (or hand some egg shape thing) is usually mistaken for the game Football. I am not English but maybe if football has to be called something else this site should be changed to the am.wikipedia.org or people might GET CONFUSED or something. Hand the ball no... foot the ball. Hand the ball is not foot the ball. Oh but I foot it earilier on. Yes and that was foot the ball. The rest was a load of balls. If you cant tell your hand from your bum and your eggs from your balls what help is there for you??? Rugby/American Rugby is violent sport and has little to do with using a foot or a ball. Football is ancient and has not stopped or diminished...And is definitely to do with the foot and a ball. Why dont we call it washing dishes and call washing dishes watching the TV? I'll watch the TV and you can dry the dishes. ThisMunkey ( talk) 20:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't we wait a little bit longer before adding this to the Main Page? I'd like to be more certain than only 'early returns'. 69.129.145.210 ( talk) 07:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It's not I checked that out and it is completely accurate Skeletor 0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeletor 0 ( talk • contribs) 05:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Castro resigns! Please add that. abelson ( talk) 08:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- Vulcan, Romulan, and Trill, not HUMAN! ( talk) 15:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Its a good news but lets see and give the decision for the exact situaton —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pankaj2008 ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
HOLY FREAKING BALLS!! Fidel Castro's Page has some major vandalism, so much that you can't reach the edit tab... Fix? Wish I were an admin, or at least knew what to do in that kind of event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fultron89 ( talk • contribs) 22:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey, someone added porn to the castro page. I don't know how to fix it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.82.72.26 ( talk) 22:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
_ no way it got hacked !!!!!!
China article is hacked. There are some very offensive content on the page. -- Abuk78 ( talk) 22:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
What is with people and ruining hard work? Skeletor 0 ( talk) 05:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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Has anyone else noticed a certain fishy smell around the DYK section recently? It seems that every day for the last month at least one of the entries has been relating to a ship, a class of ships or some other form of nautical-related info. I counted no less than 5 entries on the page one day last week that could fall under that definition. While I applaud Wikiproject Ships for their obviously tireless work in improving this section of wikipedia, it is getting a little wearing to read about little else. I'm not for one minute suggesting that all natical content be banished from the main page forever just because I don't like it, because that would be like fascism, but is a little variety too much to ask for? Tx17777 ( talk) 23:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Nobody gets a joke these days. -- Kaizer13 ( talk) 00:36, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Um there are like 8 items + every update with about 3 updates a day. If one out of 8 items is nautical related you still have a lot of other items Nil Einne ( talk) 05:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Systemic bias or a type 1 error, anyone? THOSE are the problems. It hardly matters that there are a few too many nautical jokes here. ~ user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 16:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
there is pr0n on the main page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11-- Terminalerr1 ( talk) 22:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Aw man, I was hoping the ubiquitous penis had reared its ugly head again. Zeality ( talk) 23:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
So wrong, in so many ways. Moyopic ( talk) 18:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Featuring a blatantly commercial piece in Did You Know (Pandora's Jewelry) is not appropriate, is it? C'mon, that really reads like an ad. I hope they at least made a nice donation to Wikipedia. Amity150 ( talk) 04:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
A featured article about not only a British book, but a feminist one!?!? I feel this is positive discrimination against both men and the US! I demand the FA be changed to something manly and American, I don't know, possibly a football match ... or something homosexually erotic at least! -- LookingYourBest ( talk) 14:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Why is there a headline for the Superbowl results but no mention of the results of the Democratic and Republican primaries? No world news organization (e.g., BBC World) is including the Superbowl results in its headlines, but every single one has a headline on the presidential primaries. -- WGee ( talk) 19:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Today is Chinese New Year, but I don't see anything about it on the main page. — Loadmaster ( talk) 00:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
"The golden plates were a set of engraved plates, bound into a book, that Joseph Smith, Jr. said was his source material for the Book of Mormon, a scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith, the founder of that movement, said he obtained the plates on September 22, 1827 on Cumorah hill in Manchester, New York, where they were hidden in a buried box and protected by an angel named Moroni. After dictating a translation and obtaining signed statements by eleven other witnesses, he said he returned the plates to the angel in 1829."
This paragraph, quite frankly, is crap. It's disjointed, incoherent, overly defensive, basically if I was an English teacher I'd give it an F without bothering with the words. If commas cost money Wikipedia would be bankrupt. Please, Wikipedia, either pay someone to write your front page content, or don't have a front page at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.65.77 ( talk) 04:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I went to the Commons but I couldn't undo the vandalism.
миражinred (
speak, my child...) 03:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC) I fixed the vandalism on the image. Sorry for the weird comment.
миражinred (
speak, my child...) 03:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Ah! A Mormon article and John Edwards on the same page! Think of the impressionable voters. With further primaries in two days, I personally can see no other situation than every voter choosing to waste their votes and vote for two candidates who are no longer running. Wikipedia, how easily you corrupt voters with your unofficial endorsements. 128.227.78.233 ( talk) 01:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
And that just shows Wikipedia's abhorrent pro-kitten bias. Think of the puppies! Titoxd( ?!? - cool stuff) 03:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
How are the featured articles chosen? Д narchistPig ( talk) 21:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
How did he get the job of scheduling TFAs? When is the next election?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk)
But the post will rotate to someone else at some stage? right? -- Fredrick day
Alas, the position will never rotate as long as this cabal remains in control of things.
There are few people who have time, energy, and skills to do this job.
What sort of nonsense is that? You should lay off the hyperbole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk) 02:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah - thousands of people work on this project. Claiming that only a few have the time and/or are qualified to do something as simple as choose the FA for the main page is a load of bollocks. John Smith 06:54, 30 January 2008 (GMT+9) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.95.144.10 ( talk)
So we're infants? This from a user who can't seem to make a single post without the use of profanity. In my experience, it's adults who use profanity more than infants. No? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.49.236.44 ( talk) 03:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Norgy ( talk) 23:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC) His world view doesn't come into it. - what? I don't understand how anyone can make a statement like that? of course his weltanschauung 'comes into it', it's impossible for it not to, since he is human not a robot. You miss my point, it's not that he had a world view that is an issue (and if it was the project would have to close), it's that by not rotating the post or making it the responsiblity of a number of trusted editors that I do not think we are fulfiling our duty to combat systematic bias. -- Fredrick day ( talk) 14:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually, the conspicuous silence comes from the fact that lately I've been busy (changed jobs this week), tired, and not editing as much lately. Raul654 ( talk) 04:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I must say, this "job interview" is bizarre, with the person being interviewed that one who is bossing around. -- Howard the Duck 06:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Simple, if it ain't broken, don't fix it, or to put it another way, a way you may have read earlier:
- I think that there'd actually be more of a problem if you had the post rotating. With just Raul doing it, he can get a good long view of the TFA's. Constantly switching may prevent one sort of bias from forming, but I think that you'd get a lot more little biases all over the place; each editor trying to balance perceived imbalances of the one before. 99.248.214.86 ( talk) 04:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and please do sign your posts. Either type four tildes (~~~~) or press the signature button ( ) in the tool bar above the edit box. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 07:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
To complain about US-centrism. :) -- Howard the Duck 16:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Incidentally, the Super Bowl was front page news across Canada ("MIEUX QUE PARFAIT" read Le Soleil) and Mexico ("SORPRESA GIGANTE" said El Universal), as shown on the "Today's Front Pages" of the Newseum website. -- Mwalcoff ( talk) 09:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
RJRocket53 ( talk) 19:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
The claim that the super bowl is widely broadcast outside the US is a myth. It is watched by less than 100 million people, almost all of whom are in the US. As for it being broadcast in 223 countries, that seems to be strange considering there are only 192 countries out there... -- Theshadow89 ( talk) 23:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
This is just my personal opinion (which I know has no place on wikipedia...) but I find it both ironic and extremely POV that the FA is Ronald Reagan, the god-send of the American conservative movement, on one of the biggest election days in the United States... Hmmm.... FluxFuser ( talk) 00:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
As usual Raul with his subtle Neo-con propoganda -- Pensil ( talk) 16:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:Forgive me my ignorance, as I know nothing about the US election system, but the US presidential election is to take place on 4 November 2008. I think it would be unreasonable to restrict all political FAs until then. It's just the primaries, and I don't think they're that important. The first round of the Czech presidential election is to take place on Friday, now that's exciting. (struck per Raul's explanation-I'm not good at interpreting humour
Puchiko (
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Pensil, I don't think Raul intended to influence anyone with this FA. It's a common habit feature people on their birthdays or death anniversaries.
However, this raises the issue-Raul's been getting a lot of criticism lately. While I personally trust him, perhaps this implies that not everybody agrees with him having the current position, and a discussion should take place. Combined with a section above-I think this implies it's time for a community discussion.
Puchiko (
Talk-
email) 17:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm as liberal as they get, but I've got no problem with Reagan being on the main page on Super Tuesday. I would have no problem with Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or any other U.S. President either. It might be inappropriate to include any current candidates on the main page, though, at least until after the election. Lovelac 7 17:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Politicians Politicians who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature.[7] Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.[6] Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such a person may be notable for other reasons besides their political careers alone.
From Wikipedia rules for notability. Ronald Reagan fits. Many people are mad at the USA bias on wikipedia, but I find it hypocritical that some have a anti-USA bias. And Ronald Reagan is not running! RJRocket53 ( talk) 20:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I found two pictures in the Peru which would look much better than the flag one. Image:Peru Machu Picchu Sunrise 2.jpg and Image:Casadepizarrolima.jpg both look better. And the flag in the infobox for the Peru article isn't the same one used on the main page. Slightly confusing (and I realize I could be bold and change the flag there, but I don't feel like disrupting consensus on an article I've never edited). Charles Stewart ( talk) 08:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Can somebody with permission complement the news with the article in red:
Mikael Häggström ( talk) 20:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
José Ramos-Horta is spelled with a hyphen. Please add the hyphen.-- 89.12.22.120 ( talk) 21:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. Thanks! Puchiko ( Talk- email) 23:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
In the Peru featured article box, why is "home" highlighted? contribs STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 23:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
"Did You Know" currently reads:
This sentence sounds very POV to me. Even though it is cited in the article, it is too subjective for the main page. The article is good and the subject interesting, so I would suggest changing the DYK blurb to a more objective fact, such as:
Any thoughts on the issue? — Lovelac 7 06:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone ever considered that it might be easier or just look nicer to put the main page sections in templates? Something like
{{MainPageWelcomeBanner}} {{WP:TodaysFeaturedArticle/{{CURRENTMONTH}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} {{DidYouKnow/{{CURRENTMONTH}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} (and continue on like that)
Has this already been suggested or done or are there problems with that idea? Or is that a good idea? F* L* RAP 13:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
There's no need for a debate about geeks vs. nerds, or any further discussion on the subject. Question asked and answered. J Milburn ( talk) 15:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
dont ban me or anything, but the people who are on wikipedia all the time editing the front page and joining in the discussions here, are u guys nerds with no life or something or do you work for wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.252 ( talk) 00:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I see. Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.46.252 ( talk) 00:18, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
'...that a poster in the 2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum called on Estonians to vote yes "for access to millions of sexier men"?' I don't see this anywhere in the actual article. Source? Borisblue ( talk) 16:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
We need to mention the North Illinois University shooting on the main page. Breaking news coming through on BBC at the moment www.niu.edu -- Capitana ( talk) 22:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
you're right! we need to mention it. Its very important for those who the shooting hit the hardest... like me.. my family lives around there...my cousins go to NIU... im completely devastated and we need people to know what happened!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.2.137 ( talk) 01:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about the idea of displaying the number of featured articles alongside of the article count? Maybe something like this:
16@r ( talk) 12:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Impending Kosovan independence not worthy enough for the 'in the news' section eh? Who took it off? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThatWalkingMan ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Really, i think these administrators are on crack.
The NIU shootings seem not to be worth enough either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.42.83.232 ( talk) 04:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. Kosovo declared independence a few short hours ago.
That's kinda important. yes it is very important :]
Might merit being on the "in the news" section.
Just throwing that out. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 06:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Village Pump. ☯ Ferdia O'Brien (T)/ (C) 08:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there any info on the preliminaries for the presidental race? Foamy's Girl ( talk) 00:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thanks...dont know why i didnt think of that in the first place —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foamy's Girl ( talk • contribs) 00:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
[b]I'm not sure this is at all notable news in the same vein as the stories that are usually posted on the main page (i.e. a country declaring its independence). Charles 04:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Please could the word 'soccer' from the news item about the African Cup of Nations be changed to 'football'. Many thanks
Intergr8 ( talk) 11:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
The New York Patriots would confuse the hell out of a lot of Americans though -- 71.163.118.20 ( talk) 02:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Any number of games based on handball (or hand some egg shape thing) is usually mistaken for the game Football. I am not English but maybe if football has to be called something else this site should be changed to the am.wikipedia.org or people might GET CONFUSED or something. Hand the ball no... foot the ball. Hand the ball is not foot the ball. Oh but I foot it earilier on. Yes and that was foot the ball. The rest was a load of balls. If you cant tell your hand from your bum and your eggs from your balls what help is there for you??? Rugby/American Rugby is violent sport and has little to do with using a foot or a ball. Football is ancient and has not stopped or diminished...And is definitely to do with the foot and a ball. Why dont we call it washing dishes and call washing dishes watching the TV? I'll watch the TV and you can dry the dishes. ThisMunkey ( talk) 20:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't we wait a little bit longer before adding this to the Main Page? I'd like to be more certain than only 'early returns'. 69.129.145.210 ( talk) 07:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It's not I checked that out and it is completely accurate Skeletor 0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeletor 0 ( talk • contribs) 05:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Castro resigns! Please add that. abelson ( talk) 08:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- Vulcan, Romulan, and Trill, not HUMAN! ( talk) 15:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Its a good news but lets see and give the decision for the exact situaton —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pankaj2008 ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
HOLY FREAKING BALLS!! Fidel Castro's Page has some major vandalism, so much that you can't reach the edit tab... Fix? Wish I were an admin, or at least knew what to do in that kind of event. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fultron89 ( talk • contribs) 22:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey, someone added porn to the castro page. I don't know how to fix it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.82.72.26 ( talk) 22:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
_ no way it got hacked !!!!!!
China article is hacked. There are some very offensive content on the page. -- Abuk78 ( talk) 22:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
What is with people and ruining hard work? Skeletor 0 ( talk) 05:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)