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I want Wikipedia to have the newspaper
See the preview in Club Penguin Wiki -- 125.25.9.195 ( talk) 11:39, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Nothing about Oded Schramm on the news... funny, he was very well known...
Up and over for a six! ( talk) 12:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
I like how Hurricane Isabel is reported as having cost the U.S. $3.6 billion, while the AIG conundrum is costing us $85 billion. Congratulations AIG, you are more than twenty-three times more damaging to our nation's economy than a category 5 hurricane! ~ Skyscraper ( talk) 12:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm a little surprised nothing about Olmert's announced resignation and Livni's possible ascension to Prime Minister has been reported in the ITN section. From what I'm reading, this could become a big deal... Cyrenaic ( talk) 09:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
1846 – Using mathematical predictions by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person to observe Neptune (pictured).
Considering that the tidbit is about Johann Gottfried Galle, don't you think that the picture should be of him? Or reword the section to make it more aware that you are talking about Neptune being pictured. 150.176.164.16 ( talk) 12:19, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Major scientific discovery today: Mysterious New 'Dark flow' Discovered in Space, Wikipedia article at Dark flow Zazaban ( talk) 06:02, 24 September 2008 (UTC).
With today's excellent featured picture of the outside of Grand Central at night, does it become the first building on Wikipedia to not only have FPs of both exterior and interior but to have had those pics on the Main Page (did we run an FP on the Main Page back then?)
Certainly a deserving building if so. Daniel Case ( talk) 19:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Biggest American Bank to fold ever. Seems worthy of in the news. Here is a link [1]. Glad I just graduated college.-- UhOhFeeling ( talk) 08:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
one day, Pier Gerlofs Donia should be in there. 193.172.170.26 ( talk) 10:03, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I was critical here last month about commercial feature articles, so I thought I should just take a moment to say that somehow, someone has brought about a tremendous improvement. Where last month I'd estimated 11 "commercial" articles, there are maybe 4, less flagrant, this month. Meanwhile, articles like Zhang Heng and at least half a dozen others are most desirable - Wikipedia Main Page articles that are not only well written and comprehensive, but teach things that ought to be schoolroom basics but probably aren't. Wnt ( talk) 19:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
How come the 250th anniversary of Lord Nelson's birth isn't mentioned at all on the English-speeking wikipedia? Amhantar ( talk) 06:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
The main page should clearly indicate where and how to start a new article. This is one of Wiki's main functions, and it has now been obscured by a lot of less relevant things. 77.162.130.139 ( talk) 08:58, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed that the search bar has a new feature: when you type a letter/phrase in the search bar, a drop box appears that narrows down your search. (ex: if I type in "Hurricane I" into the search bar, a little box drops down displaying Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Ike.) So, I was wondering, is there a MediaWiki page that contains the coding to this new search feature? Several users on the Super Mario Wiki, (of which I am a Sysop), were wondering if the site could get this new feature. Thanks. Stooben 23:38, 29 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.194.93 ( talk)
Wow, I have another question...
Okay, I've downloaded MediaWiki and all software necessary to get a MediaWiki wiki started. I have two problems: 1) How do I actually create the site on this link? And 2) What is a good free domain to host the site? 75.70.194.93 ( talk) 23:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Despite the popular press's fascination (or is it something else) with the numerical value of the US stock market drop, the number of points of the drop is meaningless for purposes of comparison with other drops. The only meaningful comparison is the percentage change. A seven percent drop is a big one, and worth plenty of notice, but to call it the biggest in history is a gross misstatement: it is the 18th biggest drop, and not even a third of the biggest percentage drop. To suggest it is the biggest causes an unwarranted sense of panic -- but the erroneous reports calling it the biggest might in themselves, by confusing the casual investor and consumer during a frankly very confusing time, bring about a herd mentality that might give us reason to truly panic.
Please correct the error. -- Itsgeneb ( talk) 17:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
I thought the Main Page protected all the pages it links to. Why did I click onto a vandal edit? It's the Featured Article of the Day. MMetro ( talk) 01:17, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
What absolute genius to have this as today's featured article as the world financial markets sputter and fail after the collapse of the housing bubble. Great stuff, any idea when this was scheduled? Lisiate ( talk) 00:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Answer: It was picked on the 29th by
User:Ryan Postlethwaite
(see here). Check out
his talk page too. Brilliant work IMO. -
Oreo Priest
talk 02:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
I just updated DYK to the one with the Sgt. York but it hasn't shown up yet. Is this problem local to me or global? Daniel Case ( talk) 02:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure this is the right place for it, but I can't make heads or tails of this DYK:
Has it been installed in more than one thank? Has it been installed thanks to the Armenian government? Has it been installed by the Armenian government itself? And what does the school in Gyumri have to do with it? Aecis·(away) talk 10:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello there.
I often see this (example from 29 Sept):
Do you see the missing commas -- after "India" and "Syria", respectively.
Regards,
LarRan ( talk) 07:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be a picture of the single cover itself, rather pictures of the individual band members? I don't know what the protocol is for this kind of thing, so I'm just askin'. 24.3.14.157 ( talk) 15:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
it was passed plz update the news http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/01/us-bailout.html?ref=rss-- 24.109.210.126 ( talk) 02:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Ya, where is the passing of the bailout plan in the news??? -- 64.230.14.7 ( talk) 13:27, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
how much did Guinness pay for the ad on wiki, and can I pay for the same? 81.76.3.166 ( talk) 18:56, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Though, 98.207.43.214 does have a point about young white males. Just because WP covers all topics, does not mean its editors have wide-ranging interests. Some topics receive more attention than others. 118.90.18.154 ( talk) 06:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I'd just like to say that I found the featured video today very moving. Thank you. TleilaxuMaster ( talk) 12:35, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
can you guys put where it is located —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.237.227.21 ( talk) 22:26, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I see we have one of the pictures from crepuscular rays on the Main Page today. I'm not sure we had them on the Main Page at the time but both this crep-ray pic and this one have been on Picture of the Day as well, making it possibly (and understandably, given how tempting they are as a subject when you see them and have a camera in hand) the only subject to be represented by three Pictures of the Day. Good work! Daniel Case ( talk) 01:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
How is the it of the NRL grand final worthy of a position in the 'In the news' section? Shouldn't this be about events of global, or at least national significance? The NRL grand final is neither. I call for it to be removed. Suicup ( talk) 00:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
(Not sure where to put this so apologies if in the wrong place but...) well done to Wikipedia for chosing a geography issue and especially one about an important UK urban area. Not sure if these are chosen randomly but as someone who is fascinated by articles like this may I simply offer some cheers for whoever/however it was chosen for the front page feature. :-) Signed mapmark 12 Oct 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mapmark ( talk • contribs) 11:26, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
It says "The British Government announces details of a financial rescue package aimed at stabilizing and restoring confidence in the British banking sector." Stabilising is spelled in American English as opposed to the British English, if its about the British government, shouldn't we use British English and use a "S" not a "Z". This only makes sense. There are non-American users on wikipedia, therefore we should reflect everyone. Ijanderson ( talk) 11:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I believe it's time to move forwards with adding featured sounds to the main page. There are 98 featured sound files, representing 65 distinct compositions (symphonies and such can contain multiple files because of the various movements) Our statistics are reasonably good, with about a dozen per month in the last three months, and October looking good for a strong increase on that.
And, of course, the greater visibility can reasonably be presumed to attract more people to Featured sounds, increasing these numbers.
This will need some set-up time, of course, so I'd suggest that we start by putting in featured sounds in place of the weekend featured pictures in, say, November or December (I have discussed such a move with Howcheng) and plan on starting a daily run of featured sounds in the new year. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 14:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
I'll support a rename of "Featured Picture" to "Featured Media" and the inclusion of sounds, but only if one sound is chosen per composition (such as the first movement of la primavera) for now. ff m 23:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
One problem with swapping a Featured Picture out with a Featured Sound is that the FPs currently have about a six-month backlog before appearing on the Main Page. Adding Sounds only increases that backlog. Additionally, there's a lot of technical template work to incorporate sounds, which may or may not be feasibly done. howcheng { chat} 17:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I like the idea, if it could be implemented, and suggest it begin by pairing this featured sound with either of these featured pictures. (Note that Wikipedia has already done this once on 9/11/2008 when it ran George W. Bush's 9/11/2001 speech (a featured sound) in tandem with a featured picture of the World Trade Center wreckage). Howcheng, you are welcome to push back my featured pictures in the queue in order to mix in featured sounds. That would reduce about 1/3 of the backlog? Durova Charge! 17:15, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
As I see it, there's a few ways to do this:
I would suggest that, whatever we do, that the new inclusion of featured sounds is worth a Wikimedia foundation press release, explicitly encouraging people to submit their sounds. Wikipedia can do sounds very well, which print encyclopedias can't, but we do need to make it known that Wikipedia welcomes and encourages such submissions, or we won't get 'em. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 23:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
I agree —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.241.102 ( talk) 06:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
The four-month FP promotion rate is around 10.4/week, slightly less than as proposed above. I don't know how things are going over at FS, but what concerns me is that sometimes we have a lull where the rate drops below 7/week for a few consecutive weeks. Maybe a 10/4 partition?
And how would the main page look like when we have a panorama, especially at lower resolutions (800 x 600 in particular)? If I did POTD, I would run only one item those days. This would scuttle more than a few designs in the 2008 main page redesign proposal. MER-C 12:36, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't suppose there's any hope for the idea that WP shouldn't try to cram something into every last square inch of its mainpage? The Mozart example above reminds me
of this.
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS-LOCK DAY, THE DAY WHEN WE SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE LEAST APPRECIATED KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD. (EXCEPT POSSIBLY SCROLL LOCK). SELECTED ANNIVERSARIES NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. CEILING CAT ( TALK) 19:13, 22 OCTOBER 2008 (UTC)
i thought there were real world problems, like this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.7.206.134 ( talk) 22:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
1914: Nation's first income tax, on this day. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
152.7.206.134 (
talk) 22:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
HERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE IDEA -- RATHER THAN CELEBRATING CAPS-LOCK DAY EXPLICITELY, WE COULD DO IT IMPLICITELY. THAT IS TO SAY, WE CELEBRATE IT EVERY DAY - WE MAKE ALL TEXT ON THE MAIN PAGE PERMANENTLY IN CAPS. THAT WAY, NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT ANYONE CAN EDIT, BUT WE COULD ALSO BE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW REALLY LOUDLY! BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE LOUDER YOU ARE, THE RIGHTER YOU ARE. JUST A THOUGHT :) CEILING CAT ( TALK) 23:19, 22 OCTOBER 2008 (UTC)
hi! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.195.42 ( talk • contribs)
Hi Main Pagers! You'll be aware of the Main Page redesign proposal currently under discussion; it would be fantastic if you could take a moment to review and comment on both my personal proposal, and the others too. We really need your opinion and advice to keep the project moving. All the best -- Pretzels Talk! 15:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Whoa! That was meant to be a joke, I didn't realize there was an actual policy named that. -- 220.236.59.243 ( talk) 14:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
catbal-sponsored tired meme
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So we are now advertising Odwalla on the Main Page? At least it isn't another video game. What ever happened to putting more animals up there? CuteLittleDoggie Let's play! 00:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Please, let's not mock users like this. -- Cam ( talk) 17:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Moved to WP:VPT. ff m 23:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
If we wanted to do an "Main Page" article, how we could do it? something like "Main Page (page)"? "Main page (article)"???? What about changing this to "Wikipedia:Main" to solve problems...-- 190.79.154.129 ( talk) 02:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
If I ever become famous, I'm going to release a book/film/song/album/e.t.c. called Main Page, just to see what happens. Dreaded Walrus t c 14:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
The usual "what-if" is usually attributed to Jimmy Page having a daughter named Main. hbdragon88 ( talk) 21:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
design its boring or give an option were people can decide —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.239.171 ( talk) 08:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
This front page article must surely be more than a coincidence with the recent economic problems. 147.197.215.16 ( talk) 13:53, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, do I sense a pro- bears bias the Main Page? At least it ain't another video game or another ad for a company! CuteLittleDoggie Let's play! 15:51, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Is it India Day or something? We have four topics in the news on India! Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk) 17:52, 23 October 2008 (UTC) LOL, I was born in India and even I say that it seems a little Indo-biased at the moment! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.140.145 ( talk) 19:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC) |
How much did the furries pay to get ottersex on the front page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.43.214 ( talk) 06:06, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't currently see the current time placed anywhere on the Main Page. I was wondering if that problem could be fixed. The time related templates are listed below.
{{
CURRENTDAYNAME}}, {{
CURRENTYEAR}}-{{
CURRENTMONTH}}-{{
CURRENTDAY2}} {{
CURRENTTIME}} UTC
makes
Tuesday, 2024-04-30 01:55 UTC
Spitfire19 14:33, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
It's about time that got some coverage! Oh. Never mind. - Richfife ( talk) 20:20, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Are hurricanes really the most interesting topics in the sum of human knowledge? According to Wikipedia, apparently. Kaldari ( talk) 20:13, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi isn't it about time the other wikipedia count was updated at the bottom. German wikipedia now has 818,834 articles and to place it in a 300,000 column seems to be a bit of an understatement and not giving it credit. in comparison its like saying English wikipedia has over 1 million articles. At the very least an over 500,000 needs to be created. German, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish all have over 500,000 and Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese have over 400,000 Dr. Blofeld 11:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
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I want Wikipedia to have the newspaper
See the preview in Club Penguin Wiki -- 125.25.9.195 ( talk) 11:39, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Nothing about Oded Schramm on the news... funny, he was very well known...
Up and over for a six! ( talk) 12:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
I like how Hurricane Isabel is reported as having cost the U.S. $3.6 billion, while the AIG conundrum is costing us $85 billion. Congratulations AIG, you are more than twenty-three times more damaging to our nation's economy than a category 5 hurricane! ~ Skyscraper ( talk) 12:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm a little surprised nothing about Olmert's announced resignation and Livni's possible ascension to Prime Minister has been reported in the ITN section. From what I'm reading, this could become a big deal... Cyrenaic ( talk) 09:17, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
1846 – Using mathematical predictions by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person to observe Neptune (pictured).
Considering that the tidbit is about Johann Gottfried Galle, don't you think that the picture should be of him? Or reword the section to make it more aware that you are talking about Neptune being pictured. 150.176.164.16 ( talk) 12:19, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Major scientific discovery today: Mysterious New 'Dark flow' Discovered in Space, Wikipedia article at Dark flow Zazaban ( talk) 06:02, 24 September 2008 (UTC).
With today's excellent featured picture of the outside of Grand Central at night, does it become the first building on Wikipedia to not only have FPs of both exterior and interior but to have had those pics on the Main Page (did we run an FP on the Main Page back then?)
Certainly a deserving building if so. Daniel Case ( talk) 19:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Biggest American Bank to fold ever. Seems worthy of in the news. Here is a link [1]. Glad I just graduated college.-- UhOhFeeling ( talk) 08:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
one day, Pier Gerlofs Donia should be in there. 193.172.170.26 ( talk) 10:03, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I was critical here last month about commercial feature articles, so I thought I should just take a moment to say that somehow, someone has brought about a tremendous improvement. Where last month I'd estimated 11 "commercial" articles, there are maybe 4, less flagrant, this month. Meanwhile, articles like Zhang Heng and at least half a dozen others are most desirable - Wikipedia Main Page articles that are not only well written and comprehensive, but teach things that ought to be schoolroom basics but probably aren't. Wnt ( talk) 19:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
How come the 250th anniversary of Lord Nelson's birth isn't mentioned at all on the English-speeking wikipedia? Amhantar ( talk) 06:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
The main page should clearly indicate where and how to start a new article. This is one of Wiki's main functions, and it has now been obscured by a lot of less relevant things. 77.162.130.139 ( talk) 08:58, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed that the search bar has a new feature: when you type a letter/phrase in the search bar, a drop box appears that narrows down your search. (ex: if I type in "Hurricane I" into the search bar, a little box drops down displaying Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Ike.) So, I was wondering, is there a MediaWiki page that contains the coding to this new search feature? Several users on the Super Mario Wiki, (of which I am a Sysop), were wondering if the site could get this new feature. Thanks. Stooben 23:38, 29 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.194.93 ( talk)
Wow, I have another question...
Okay, I've downloaded MediaWiki and all software necessary to get a MediaWiki wiki started. I have two problems: 1) How do I actually create the site on this link? And 2) What is a good free domain to host the site? 75.70.194.93 ( talk) 23:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Despite the popular press's fascination (or is it something else) with the numerical value of the US stock market drop, the number of points of the drop is meaningless for purposes of comparison with other drops. The only meaningful comparison is the percentage change. A seven percent drop is a big one, and worth plenty of notice, but to call it the biggest in history is a gross misstatement: it is the 18th biggest drop, and not even a third of the biggest percentage drop. To suggest it is the biggest causes an unwarranted sense of panic -- but the erroneous reports calling it the biggest might in themselves, by confusing the casual investor and consumer during a frankly very confusing time, bring about a herd mentality that might give us reason to truly panic.
Please correct the error. -- Itsgeneb ( talk) 17:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
I thought the Main Page protected all the pages it links to. Why did I click onto a vandal edit? It's the Featured Article of the Day. MMetro ( talk) 01:17, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
What absolute genius to have this as today's featured article as the world financial markets sputter and fail after the collapse of the housing bubble. Great stuff, any idea when this was scheduled? Lisiate ( talk) 00:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Answer: It was picked on the 29th by
User:Ryan Postlethwaite
(see here). Check out
his talk page too. Brilliant work IMO. -
Oreo Priest
talk 02:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
I just updated DYK to the one with the Sgt. York but it hasn't shown up yet. Is this problem local to me or global? Daniel Case ( talk) 02:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
Not sure this is the right place for it, but I can't make heads or tails of this DYK:
Has it been installed in more than one thank? Has it been installed thanks to the Armenian government? Has it been installed by the Armenian government itself? And what does the school in Gyumri have to do with it? Aecis·(away) talk 10:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello there.
I often see this (example from 29 Sept):
Do you see the missing commas -- after "India" and "Syria", respectively.
Regards,
LarRan ( talk) 07:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be a picture of the single cover itself, rather pictures of the individual band members? I don't know what the protocol is for this kind of thing, so I'm just askin'. 24.3.14.157 ( talk) 15:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
it was passed plz update the news http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/01/us-bailout.html?ref=rss-- 24.109.210.126 ( talk) 02:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Ya, where is the passing of the bailout plan in the news??? -- 64.230.14.7 ( talk) 13:27, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
how much did Guinness pay for the ad on wiki, and can I pay for the same? 81.76.3.166 ( talk) 18:56, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Though, 98.207.43.214 does have a point about young white males. Just because WP covers all topics, does not mean its editors have wide-ranging interests. Some topics receive more attention than others. 118.90.18.154 ( talk) 06:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
I'd just like to say that I found the featured video today very moving. Thank you. TleilaxuMaster ( talk) 12:35, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
can you guys put where it is located —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.237.227.21 ( talk) 22:26, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I see we have one of the pictures from crepuscular rays on the Main Page today. I'm not sure we had them on the Main Page at the time but both this crep-ray pic and this one have been on Picture of the Day as well, making it possibly (and understandably, given how tempting they are as a subject when you see them and have a camera in hand) the only subject to be represented by three Pictures of the Day. Good work! Daniel Case ( talk) 01:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
How is the it of the NRL grand final worthy of a position in the 'In the news' section? Shouldn't this be about events of global, or at least national significance? The NRL grand final is neither. I call for it to be removed. Suicup ( talk) 00:27, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
(Not sure where to put this so apologies if in the wrong place but...) well done to Wikipedia for chosing a geography issue and especially one about an important UK urban area. Not sure if these are chosen randomly but as someone who is fascinated by articles like this may I simply offer some cheers for whoever/however it was chosen for the front page feature. :-) Signed mapmark 12 Oct 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mapmark ( talk • contribs) 11:26, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
It says "The British Government announces details of a financial rescue package aimed at stabilizing and restoring confidence in the British banking sector." Stabilising is spelled in American English as opposed to the British English, if its about the British government, shouldn't we use British English and use a "S" not a "Z". This only makes sense. There are non-American users on wikipedia, therefore we should reflect everyone. Ijanderson ( talk) 11:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I believe it's time to move forwards with adding featured sounds to the main page. There are 98 featured sound files, representing 65 distinct compositions (symphonies and such can contain multiple files because of the various movements) Our statistics are reasonably good, with about a dozen per month in the last three months, and October looking good for a strong increase on that.
And, of course, the greater visibility can reasonably be presumed to attract more people to Featured sounds, increasing these numbers.
This will need some set-up time, of course, so I'd suggest that we start by putting in featured sounds in place of the weekend featured pictures in, say, November or December (I have discussed such a move with Howcheng) and plan on starting a daily run of featured sounds in the new year. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 14:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
I'll support a rename of "Featured Picture" to "Featured Media" and the inclusion of sounds, but only if one sound is chosen per composition (such as the first movement of la primavera) for now. ff m 23:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
One problem with swapping a Featured Picture out with a Featured Sound is that the FPs currently have about a six-month backlog before appearing on the Main Page. Adding Sounds only increases that backlog. Additionally, there's a lot of technical template work to incorporate sounds, which may or may not be feasibly done. howcheng { chat} 17:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I like the idea, if it could be implemented, and suggest it begin by pairing this featured sound with either of these featured pictures. (Note that Wikipedia has already done this once on 9/11/2008 when it ran George W. Bush's 9/11/2001 speech (a featured sound) in tandem with a featured picture of the World Trade Center wreckage). Howcheng, you are welcome to push back my featured pictures in the queue in order to mix in featured sounds. That would reduce about 1/3 of the backlog? Durova Charge! 17:15, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
As I see it, there's a few ways to do this:
I would suggest that, whatever we do, that the new inclusion of featured sounds is worth a Wikimedia foundation press release, explicitly encouraging people to submit their sounds. Wikipedia can do sounds very well, which print encyclopedias can't, but we do need to make it known that Wikipedia welcomes and encourages such submissions, or we won't get 'em. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 23:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
I agree —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.241.102 ( talk) 06:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
The four-month FP promotion rate is around 10.4/week, slightly less than as proposed above. I don't know how things are going over at FS, but what concerns me is that sometimes we have a lull where the rate drops below 7/week for a few consecutive weeks. Maybe a 10/4 partition?
And how would the main page look like when we have a panorama, especially at lower resolutions (800 x 600 in particular)? If I did POTD, I would run only one item those days. This would scuttle more than a few designs in the 2008 main page redesign proposal. MER-C 12:36, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't suppose there's any hope for the idea that WP shouldn't try to cram something into every last square inch of its mainpage? The Mozart example above reminds me
of this.
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS-LOCK DAY, THE DAY WHEN WE SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE LEAST APPRECIATED KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD. (EXCEPT POSSIBLY SCROLL LOCK). SELECTED ANNIVERSARIES NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. CEILING CAT ( TALK) 19:13, 22 OCTOBER 2008 (UTC)
i thought there were real world problems, like this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.7.206.134 ( talk) 22:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
1914: Nation's first income tax, on this day. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
152.7.206.134 (
talk) 22:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
HERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE IDEA -- RATHER THAN CELEBRATING CAPS-LOCK DAY EXPLICITELY, WE COULD DO IT IMPLICITELY. THAT IS TO SAY, WE CELEBRATE IT EVERY DAY - WE MAKE ALL TEXT ON THE MAIN PAGE PERMANENTLY IN CAPS. THAT WAY, NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT ANYONE CAN EDIT, BUT WE COULD ALSO BE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW REALLY LOUDLY! BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE LOUDER YOU ARE, THE RIGHTER YOU ARE. JUST A THOUGHT :) CEILING CAT ( TALK) 23:19, 22 OCTOBER 2008 (UTC)
hi! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.195.42 ( talk • contribs)
Hi Main Pagers! You'll be aware of the Main Page redesign proposal currently under discussion; it would be fantastic if you could take a moment to review and comment on both my personal proposal, and the others too. We really need your opinion and advice to keep the project moving. All the best -- Pretzels Talk! 15:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Whoa! That was meant to be a joke, I didn't realize there was an actual policy named that. -- 220.236.59.243 ( talk) 14:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
catbal-sponsored tired meme
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So we are now advertising Odwalla on the Main Page? At least it isn't another video game. What ever happened to putting more animals up there? CuteLittleDoggie Let's play! 00:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
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Please, let's not mock users like this. -- Cam ( talk) 17:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Moved to WP:VPT. ff m 23:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
If we wanted to do an "Main Page" article, how we could do it? something like "Main Page (page)"? "Main page (article)"???? What about changing this to "Wikipedia:Main" to solve problems...-- 190.79.154.129 ( talk) 02:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
If I ever become famous, I'm going to release a book/film/song/album/e.t.c. called Main Page, just to see what happens. Dreaded Walrus t c 14:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
The usual "what-if" is usually attributed to Jimmy Page having a daughter named Main. hbdragon88 ( talk) 21:30, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
design its boring or give an option were people can decide —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.239.171 ( talk) 08:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
This front page article must surely be more than a coincidence with the recent economic problems. 147.197.215.16 ( talk) 13:53, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, do I sense a pro- bears bias the Main Page? At least it ain't another video game or another ad for a company! CuteLittleDoggie Let's play! 15:51, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Is it India Day or something? We have four topics in the news on India! Blofeld of SPECTRE ( talk) 17:52, 23 October 2008 (UTC) LOL, I was born in India and even I say that it seems a little Indo-biased at the moment! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.140.145 ( talk) 19:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC) |
How much did the furries pay to get ottersex on the front page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.43.214 ( talk) 06:06, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't currently see the current time placed anywhere on the Main Page. I was wondering if that problem could be fixed. The time related templates are listed below.
{{
CURRENTDAYNAME}}, {{
CURRENTYEAR}}-{{
CURRENTMONTH}}-{{
CURRENTDAY2}} {{
CURRENTTIME}} UTC
makes
Tuesday, 2024-04-30 01:55 UTC
Spitfire19 14:33, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
It's about time that got some coverage! Oh. Never mind. - Richfife ( talk) 20:20, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Are hurricanes really the most interesting topics in the sum of human knowledge? According to Wikipedia, apparently. Kaldari ( talk) 20:13, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi isn't it about time the other wikipedia count was updated at the bottom. German wikipedia now has 818,834 articles and to place it in a 300,000 column seems to be a bit of an understatement and not giving it credit. in comparison its like saying English wikipedia has over 1 million articles. At the very least an over 500,000 needs to be created. German, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish all have over 500,000 and Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese have over 400,000 Dr. Blofeld 11:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)