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Now, a questionnaire about Uekusa is done in Talk:Kazuhide Uekusa. I'd like to know many various people's opinions. That is to say, it means what you think about him. 3 questions about him are established there. Please tell me your many opinions!! 202.235.132.50 5:37, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
what was the theme of american history
June 14 is Flag Day in the United States. Though the adoption of the flag by the Continental Congress is mentioned as a signficant historical anniversary, the holiday itself isn't mentioned. -- Dmleach 13:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Within the letters a,m,o,n,e,d how many words can be made minimum of 4 letters?
You're double counting there! 6P4 already includes all the permutations of the 4 chosen letters, so there's no need to multiply by 4!.
There's an ambiguity in the question: it's not clear if letters can be reused. If they can, then egrep '^[amoned]{4,}$' does the trick; if not, egrep '^[amoned]{4,}$' | egrep -v '(.).*\1' is needed. Gdr 23:46, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
If you are speaking in terms of simple anagrams, and are not reusing any of the the letters then: ADMEN, AEON, AMEN, AMEND, ANODE, DAEMON, DAME, DAMN, DEAN, DEMO, DEMON, DOME, DONA, DONE, MADE, MANE, MANED, MANO, MEAD, MEAN, MENAD, MEND, MENO, MOAN, MOANED, MODE, MONAD, MONDE, NAME, NAMED, NEMA, NODE, NOMA, NOMAD, NOME, ODEA, and OMEN. There are 37 words all together. 25 of them are 4 letter words.
How about information on the Borgen Project?
http://www.borgenproject.org
Request moved to Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_Sciences_and_Philosophy - UtherSRG 13:12, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
I would like to discuss about theism, atheism and agnosticism, wherein people who belong to any of this category can come up with their view points. I know at the end its all the faith or the lack of it. But still there can be a few things which might clear up a lot of peoples mind.
your front page looks funny on IE 6. the wikipedia graphc is covered up by some of the language doohickeys
I wonder if the anon is not just describing the correctly-displayed Wikipedia icon, which, given its admirably singular design, can be quite accurately said to "covered up by ... language doohickeys".-- Pharos 18:45, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)
I' m not english, I put the illustration in this article but I'm not sure than is the same than Sling
Please use the pic where is need
Yug 17:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
A sling is similar, but it uses the rotation of a piece of material to throw a pebble or stone. The Biblical David killed Gothiath using a sling, rather than a slingshot. Basically, take the central material part of the slingshot, hold the two ends together, place a stone in the material section and have a sling. In this context, the image is only helpful in that it could be said to be a derivation of the sling. :) Pete.
Added for curiosity: for many practical purposes it is (or has been) desirable to move a stone long distances at some speed. One of the ways to do this is to put the stone at the end of some string or cloth, spin the rock around fast and then let go. This is called a sling. Another completely different way is to use elastic material - use the contraction of a stretched elastic to carry the stone with it. Called a slingshot. Despite the only common factor being that both deal with propelling rocks.
Well, and that they involve a suspended pouch, which is what "sling" means ...
"Slingshot" is an Americanism. British schoolboys would call the illustration a "catapult". However, a catapult is also the larger machine used in sieges.
This discussion really ought to go somewhere else. Is there anywhere we 'should' put this image?
What are the risks of GM foods? Will the pesticides in them spread to the insects themselves somehow? Could the herbicide within the crops spread to any nearby weeds? I need this information ASAP for my I.S.U, Thank you for your help :)
In addition to the toxicity of pesticides (which pass on to humans as well as other species), there are concerns for the long term risks that cross-pollinisation may engender. It is feared that GM crops could spread to non GM plants and create hybrids that unbalance nature’s ecosystem to possibly cause environmental havoc. However, because of the short history of GM crops, one may only know when it is too late and the damage is done. -- MGP 10:31, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You who are IN CHARGE here could possibly cut down on your WORK by putting a BIG RED WARNING LABEL at the top of the page that says "Before you post, don't. Go to the REFERENCE DESK. 22:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can we actively remove or move comments unrelated to the main page [like the one below this one]? That would help. This link is Broken 02:05, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Done. - UtherSRG 02:28, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
How about replacing it with something like "anyone can contribute". "Anyone can edit" sounds too dumb and simply begs sandboxing: "Really? Lemme try.... It worked! Cool!" mikka (t) 18:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I feel that it is important to keep "edit" as this is one of the defining parts of Wikipedia and Wiki's in general. Keni 11:56, 22 Jun 2005 (GMT)
If you are going to protect the local image page of a file hosted on the Wikimedia Commons, shouldn't the corresponding image page on the Commons proper be protected as well? If not, it could still be vandalised while it is on the main page simply by overwriting it on the Commons. Just a thought. Denelson83 23:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone remove the picture of the guy with the erection spewing diarrhea? Thanks, Dave (talk) July 1, 2005 16:49 (UTC)
Argh! Now what happened? Wikipedia just shut down for about 15 minutes. → JarlaxleArtemis 00:06, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Uh there is a bit of hacking/wrong picture on the main page?
You bet there is. I've been trying to remove it but I don't know enough about editing pages with images on them. 69.37.213.59 01:30, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is it that's wrong with the page? I don't notice anything wrong with it. → JarlaxleArtemis 02:14, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Usually when I click on a Special tab, it redirects me to the Main Page. However, now it is taking me to an Internet Explorer page that reads:
You might not have permission to view this directory or page using
the credentials you supplied.
If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page,
please try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or
phone number that may be listed on the
en.wikipedia.org home
page.
You can click Search to look for information on the Internet.
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explorer
Oh. I just figured out the problem. Usually, the "special page" tab redirects me to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (which, in turn, redirects me to the main page), but the "special page" tab of Special:Contributions redirects me to
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ (which takes me to an automatic "you are not authorized…" page.
→ JarlaxleArtemis 03:56, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Maybe this is way too nitpicky, but in my opinion, to be as NPOV as possible, entries like this:
1873 - Woman suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
...should mention that that it was the US presidential election. I know that if you click on the link it takes you to the US presidential election page and you can figure it out from there, but it just seems weird to not include it, as other countries had suffrage movements and presidential elections, right? Does anyone else feel this way or am I being way to picky? machinebuster
{{sofixit}}
Cough. -- Cyrius| ✎ 13:37, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)\
Another example of US Centrism is the news "Sandra Day O'Connor, one of the eight Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court, announces her retirement." Do people outside USA give any damn or care about some old US judge (that too associate) retiring. This news is not important enough to be on the front page atleast not of an international encyclopedia such as wikipedia. What is more pathetic is that it is a news article and no one can do anything to remove it from there.
The link to Athens, Greece on the DYK tempalte should just point to Athens. Dralwik My project
We have a new milestone. -- Ixfd64 01:44, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)
"An important peculiarity of the character is that are several different incarnations of Link throughout the whole Legend of Zelda series, although they share a number of distinctive characteristics." — 195.225.129.10 10:53, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The articles under this section of the main page have been the same for three days, if anyone is interested in changing them.
I think the sprinting headline has seen enough face time on the front page
The featured article section doesn't seem to contain any image? How come? -- Natalinasmpf 02:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
With all the political stuff in the in the news section, could we get some science? Like the Cosmos 1 solar sail rocketing off today? Dismas 23:54 <a href=" http://www.biosupgrade.pochta.ru/">,</a> 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It turns out that the Cosmos is most likely in orbit, just not the one planned origionally[[.]]
Sometimes the pictures don't match evenly to a particular bullet point. Can they be better placed?
Wikipedia, I love you. You make research fun again. You blow the dust off the books. You make me want to read, to feel, to love again!
I hate Wikipedia. It's like a drug. I like it but deep down, I hate it. ‡ Jarlaxle 02:54, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
June 23 selected anniversaries is long and creating quite a space below the adjacent DYK. Phoenix2 03:44, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Any Turks out there who genuinely feel they want to be part of europe because they feel european? or is the whole thing spurred on by the U.S who see having an ally such as Turkey in the e.u will be a benefit to the u.s and also will mean the collapse of the e.u? and hence one less competitor globally for the u.s economic power?
why does "wikipedia.co.uk" lead automatically to the English Wikipedia? what about the Cymru (Welsh) Wikipedia? and for that matter, Cornish and Scottish Gaelic Wikipedias? Although the English Wikipedia is obviously the largest, having this kind of biased support of it means that's not going to change anytime soon. I think UK based users who speak languages other than English should be encouraged to add to those languages' Wikipedias. Maybe having the co.uk domain lead to some kind of portal that directs users to one of the several Wikipedias written in languages native to the UK would achieve this? -- 81.136.199.13 15:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The main page, under "Selected Anniversaries", gives Eton College as being founded in 1441. In fact, Eton received its charter in the autumn (the fall) of 1440. King's College, Cambridge was founded in 1441. See Eton College's official website for more details. Could someone please change/remove this accordingly?
Waverley is of course with an "e" after the "l". My bad. Sorry. Please fix. Eixo 18:38, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone else feel that using an image of the Statue of Liberty to represent the libertarianism article to be inappropriate/misleading? Thanks ~ Dpr 03:20, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Its interesting that todays featured article is on Libertarianism. Out of all the hundreds of thousands of articles in wikipedia, am I supposed to believe that todays just so happens to be one concerning the philosophy of a political party which is currently in the middle of a member drive? That the libertarianism article was picked out of randomness?
The LP has recently started a drive with the goal of recruiting 5,000 new party members. This is not a common thing, and only recently has the party started to talk specifically about the need to grow. I bet either some cash changed hands or somebody in wikipedia is sympathetic to the LP. No problems here, though, i'm actually a party member myself...I just want to know if this was, let's say, 'inspired' by the LP directly.
'inspired' by the LP directly.
Maybe more space for the current events column would be a good thing. The Did you Know section can shift to the left. The idea is to touch on more newsy topics, and attract more direct newsy attn to those for editing. Sinreg, - SV| t 07:16, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In the news story about the new President of Iran, his link right now is a redirect, it should be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Dralwik 16:32, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Describing the new Iranian president as 'hardline' without attribution strikes me as POV. Who says he is hardline? Hardline on what? -- Shimbo 21:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'd say 'conservative' is better but no adjective at all would be best. The article describes him as a religious conservative with Islamist views (with no attribuion except 'widely considered'...) and as a 'populist' and he describes himself (acording to the article) as a 'principalist'. Maybe 'of the the Abadgaran alliance ' would be good as this is a fact.
I agree that many news sources are describing him as a hardliner but they perhaps don't hold themselves to Wikipedia's high NPOV standards?
I think the POVness is in using a descriptive phrase about him without attribution. Maybe I have misunderstood POV. -- Shimbo 22:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, I have no position on whether the term is suitable. I don't see how it being suitable affects if it is POV or not. If it is suitable or not it is still a descriptive phrase that is not attributed. Describing a person as a hardliner is certainly not as obvious as describing a banana as yellow. I'm sure there are some people who regard him as a dangerous liberal, so calling him a hardliner is a POV even if it is a common one. What have I got wrong here?
-- Shimbo 08:26, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2136.html
Take it off the mainpage. Unless of course the author put it there or allowed it. I want to see proof of this.-- Cyberman 19:08, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Great Schism anniversary lists Pope Alexander V, Pope Gregory XII and Pope Benedict XII as rival pontiffs; this is untrue! Benedict XII reigned nearly eighty years before; Avignon Pope Benedict XIII was the actual antipope involved in the schism. Someone please confirm and fix this ASAP! Wally 17:55, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Gone from all or most of my Wiktionary pages in several languages and in the few WP pages I've looked at in the last hour or two. Maybe 1.5Beta1 hasn't yet put them into Cologne Blue??
Robin Patterson 28 June 2005 06:26 (UTC)
Do you mind making the image of the seal 5-10% larger? Currently, it seems faded out compared to the white background, but I think if its a tad larger, it would have a more dramatic feel to it, while compromising little space.
Why is the ITER image ALT=flag of bulgaria?
I suggest adding the
Template:expect edit conflicts to main page immedietly. All editors must be made aware of this serious bug. --
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus
Talk 28 June 2005 20:15 (UTC)
{{
Expect edit conflicts}}
Is it just me or are we getting repeats on the featured articles - like in less than a week
The Slovak wikipedia has reached 10000 articles. Could someone shift it up on the main page? Thanks. Juro 28 June 2005 22:08 (UTC)
Isn't it about time the vote link at the top of the main page be removed (or at least re-worded); it is well past May 30, 2005. - Callek 29 June 2005 13:50 (UTC)
Why hasn't someone developed an auto-wikification script? There are too many articles that are un-wikked.
Ben T/ C June 30, 2005 10:06 (UTC)
The link for "same-sex marriage" directs to same-sex marriage in Canada which is misleading. Also it says in the text, Canada would be the third country to fully legalize same-sex marriages. According to same-sex marriage, only the Netherlands have fully legalized it (therefore second country and not third). Ben T/ C June 30, 2005 10:06 (UTC)
Same-sex marriage has today been legalised in Spain. I think that should be on the main page, just like the note on the possibility that it may soon be legalised in Canada too.-- Pecholobo 30 June 2005 13:00 (UTC)
How can Canada and Spain both be the third country to legalize same-sex marriage? Either Canada was the second or Spain was the fourth depending on whether or not you count Belgium I guess. Gabe 30 June 2005 14:12 (UTC)
Could the community portal be placed on this page. It links to a lot of projects that new users might be interested in but unable to find elsewhere. Falphin 30 June 2005 15:41 (UTC)
how is this headline news, being utterly unsubstantiated? I mean "we were held hostage by an Iranian man with a beard 26 years ago, so it must have been this guy"? This sort of evidence wouldn't even fly on Wikipedia. dab (ᛏ) 1 July 2005 08:14 (UTC)
Would somebody please change the capitalization of Siglas Poveiras on the main page to reflect the proper capitalization of the article's name - Siglas poveiras. I know it is knitpicking, but we might as well try to get the main page as accurate as possible.-- Sophitus July 1, 2005 13:30 (UTC)
Why the heck is the Main Page image for the Vanilla Ninja article Autofellatio.jpg? Furthermore, why does Image:Autofellatio.jpg show a DIFFERENT image? -- Brazzy 1 July 2005 14:25 (UTC)
This is not quite accurate: "Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first U.S. Supreme Court Justice to retire since 1994." She has announced her retirement, but has not retired. It's possible someone could still retire before her.
I recommend changing it to: "Sandra Day O'Connor announces she will retire as U.S. Supreme Court Justice." or: "Sandra Day O'Connor announces she will retire as U.S. Supreme Court Justice, creating the first vacancy since 1994." Jokestress 1 July 2005 14:55 (UTC)
lots of issues | leave me a message 1 July 2005 15:18 (UTC)
Topics of US- or any country-specific interest should not listed in the ITN. 3. It should ideally be a story of an international importance, or at least interest. See: Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page. =Nichalp «Talk»= July 1, 2005 15:22 (UTC)
Umm...it appears that there has been a rather disgusting change in picture on the main page under "featured article". Please change it back to whatever the original picture was. (I'm not sure this belongs here, but I will post it here anyway)
Sorry about the four edits - it kept giving me errors, so I saved again, and apparently edit-conflicted myself, which caused three extra edits in which nothing was changed. Is that another bug? — Dan | Talk 1 July 2005 18:01 (UTC)
I'm a pretty tolerant fellow. I can excuse most things but today's featured article was a poor, pathetic joke that demeans everything Wikipedia stands for. How does a band no one has heard of outside of Europe get this accolade? Was it because Vanilla Ninja finished as high as eighth in the crappy Eurovision contest? Or was it for another reason? I would have thought anyone else was more deserving of this honour, especially with Live 8 happening this weekend. How did this stupidity ever come to pass?
All the other years are linked, but 2003 isn't. Hmmmm... Dralwik 1 July 2005 23:03 (UTC)
And also, today, the featured article and DYK both have close-ups of roughly circular yellowish-green objects being held (the
peyote and the citrus fruit with the
citrus canker :-) )
Dralwik 2 July 2005 18:29 (UTC)
When I goto google or gmail, the cursor automatically focuses on the entry box. I don't have to hunt for it with my mouse. It's one of those small ergonomic tricks that makes a website easy to use. You can just go to the website and start typing. You don't have to move away from the keyboard to the mouse, look for it, then come back to the keyboard. Wiki Main Page should have this feature -- Same thing goes for edit pages.-- Muchosucko 2 July 2005 13:21 (UTC)
p.s. I'm aware of the alt+f shortcut-- Muchosucko 2 July 2005 13:23 (UTC)
The alt text for the Live 8 logo says "Bali nightclub bombing". Left over from the previous article, I think. -- DudeGalea 2 July 2005 18:58 (UTC)
Hi,
I've written a small extension that we could use to put a search box on the Main Page:
The width can be customized, as can the button texts -- see m:Inputbox extension.
It's been pointed out a few times that a more visible search box might be useful. What do you think?-- Eloquence * July 3, 2005 05:41 (UTC)
Here's a demonstration of how it could be done. I'm not sure the category bar should be replaced, though.-- Eloquence * July 3, 2005 17:34 (UTC)
I have a few problems with that way of doing it:
violet/riga (t) 3 July 2005 17:42 (UTC)
Check this out! Wikerpedia has precisely one article: Wicker :-) Ta bu shi da yu 4 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)
No offense, but it doesn't look very pretty. -- Ixfd64 2005 July 4 06:35 (UTC)
Someone better fix the images; you're looking really stupid. WB2 4 July 2005 07:36 (UTC)
The second bullet starts out "Roger Federer (right). . ." but the picture's been changed to suit the Deep Impact mission. -- TheMidnighters 4 July 2005 08:57 (UTC)
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Now, a questionnaire about Uekusa is done in Talk:Kazuhide Uekusa. I'd like to know many various people's opinions. That is to say, it means what you think about him. 3 questions about him are established there. Please tell me your many opinions!! 202.235.132.50 5:37, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
what was the theme of american history
June 14 is Flag Day in the United States. Though the adoption of the flag by the Continental Congress is mentioned as a signficant historical anniversary, the holiday itself isn't mentioned. -- Dmleach 13:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Within the letters a,m,o,n,e,d how many words can be made minimum of 4 letters?
You're double counting there! 6P4 already includes all the permutations of the 4 chosen letters, so there's no need to multiply by 4!.
There's an ambiguity in the question: it's not clear if letters can be reused. If they can, then egrep '^[amoned]{4,}$' does the trick; if not, egrep '^[amoned]{4,}$' | egrep -v '(.).*\1' is needed. Gdr 23:46, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
If you are speaking in terms of simple anagrams, and are not reusing any of the the letters then: ADMEN, AEON, AMEN, AMEND, ANODE, DAEMON, DAME, DAMN, DEAN, DEMO, DEMON, DOME, DONA, DONE, MADE, MANE, MANED, MANO, MEAD, MEAN, MENAD, MEND, MENO, MOAN, MOANED, MODE, MONAD, MONDE, NAME, NAMED, NEMA, NODE, NOMA, NOMAD, NOME, ODEA, and OMEN. There are 37 words all together. 25 of them are 4 letter words.
How about information on the Borgen Project?
http://www.borgenproject.org
Request moved to Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_Sciences_and_Philosophy - UtherSRG 13:12, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
I would like to discuss about theism, atheism and agnosticism, wherein people who belong to any of this category can come up with their view points. I know at the end its all the faith or the lack of it. But still there can be a few things which might clear up a lot of peoples mind.
your front page looks funny on IE 6. the wikipedia graphc is covered up by some of the language doohickeys
I wonder if the anon is not just describing the correctly-displayed Wikipedia icon, which, given its admirably singular design, can be quite accurately said to "covered up by ... language doohickeys".-- Pharos 18:45, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)
I' m not english, I put the illustration in this article but I'm not sure than is the same than Sling
Please use the pic where is need
Yug 17:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
A sling is similar, but it uses the rotation of a piece of material to throw a pebble or stone. The Biblical David killed Gothiath using a sling, rather than a slingshot. Basically, take the central material part of the slingshot, hold the two ends together, place a stone in the material section and have a sling. In this context, the image is only helpful in that it could be said to be a derivation of the sling. :) Pete.
Added for curiosity: for many practical purposes it is (or has been) desirable to move a stone long distances at some speed. One of the ways to do this is to put the stone at the end of some string or cloth, spin the rock around fast and then let go. This is called a sling. Another completely different way is to use elastic material - use the contraction of a stretched elastic to carry the stone with it. Called a slingshot. Despite the only common factor being that both deal with propelling rocks.
Well, and that they involve a suspended pouch, which is what "sling" means ...
"Slingshot" is an Americanism. British schoolboys would call the illustration a "catapult". However, a catapult is also the larger machine used in sieges.
This discussion really ought to go somewhere else. Is there anywhere we 'should' put this image?
What are the risks of GM foods? Will the pesticides in them spread to the insects themselves somehow? Could the herbicide within the crops spread to any nearby weeds? I need this information ASAP for my I.S.U, Thank you for your help :)
In addition to the toxicity of pesticides (which pass on to humans as well as other species), there are concerns for the long term risks that cross-pollinisation may engender. It is feared that GM crops could spread to non GM plants and create hybrids that unbalance nature’s ecosystem to possibly cause environmental havoc. However, because of the short history of GM crops, one may only know when it is too late and the damage is done. -- MGP 10:31, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You who are IN CHARGE here could possibly cut down on your WORK by putting a BIG RED WARNING LABEL at the top of the page that says "Before you post, don't. Go to the REFERENCE DESK. 22:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can we actively remove or move comments unrelated to the main page [like the one below this one]? That would help. This link is Broken 02:05, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Done. - UtherSRG 02:28, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
How about replacing it with something like "anyone can contribute". "Anyone can edit" sounds too dumb and simply begs sandboxing: "Really? Lemme try.... It worked! Cool!" mikka (t) 18:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I feel that it is important to keep "edit" as this is one of the defining parts of Wikipedia and Wiki's in general. Keni 11:56, 22 Jun 2005 (GMT)
If you are going to protect the local image page of a file hosted on the Wikimedia Commons, shouldn't the corresponding image page on the Commons proper be protected as well? If not, it could still be vandalised while it is on the main page simply by overwriting it on the Commons. Just a thought. Denelson83 23:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone remove the picture of the guy with the erection spewing diarrhea? Thanks, Dave (talk) July 1, 2005 16:49 (UTC)
Argh! Now what happened? Wikipedia just shut down for about 15 minutes. → JarlaxleArtemis 00:06, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Uh there is a bit of hacking/wrong picture on the main page?
You bet there is. I've been trying to remove it but I don't know enough about editing pages with images on them. 69.37.213.59 01:30, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is it that's wrong with the page? I don't notice anything wrong with it. → JarlaxleArtemis 02:14, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Usually when I click on a Special tab, it redirects me to the Main Page. However, now it is taking me to an Internet Explorer page that reads:
You might not have permission to view this directory or page using
the credentials you supplied.
If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page,
please try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or
phone number that may be listed on the
en.wikipedia.org home
page.
You can click Search to look for information on the Internet.
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explorer
Oh. I just figured out the problem. Usually, the "special page" tab redirects me to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (which, in turn, redirects me to the main page), but the "special page" tab of Special:Contributions redirects me to
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ (which takes me to an automatic "you are not authorized…" page.
→ JarlaxleArtemis 03:56, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Maybe this is way too nitpicky, but in my opinion, to be as NPOV as possible, entries like this:
1873 - Woman suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
...should mention that that it was the US presidential election. I know that if you click on the link it takes you to the US presidential election page and you can figure it out from there, but it just seems weird to not include it, as other countries had suffrage movements and presidential elections, right? Does anyone else feel this way or am I being way to picky? machinebuster
{{sofixit}}
Cough. -- Cyrius| ✎ 13:37, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)\
Another example of US Centrism is the news "Sandra Day O'Connor, one of the eight Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court, announces her retirement." Do people outside USA give any damn or care about some old US judge (that too associate) retiring. This news is not important enough to be on the front page atleast not of an international encyclopedia such as wikipedia. What is more pathetic is that it is a news article and no one can do anything to remove it from there.
The link to Athens, Greece on the DYK tempalte should just point to Athens. Dralwik My project
We have a new milestone. -- Ixfd64 01:44, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)
"An important peculiarity of the character is that are several different incarnations of Link throughout the whole Legend of Zelda series, although they share a number of distinctive characteristics." — 195.225.129.10 10:53, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The articles under this section of the main page have been the same for three days, if anyone is interested in changing them.
I think the sprinting headline has seen enough face time on the front page
The featured article section doesn't seem to contain any image? How come? -- Natalinasmpf 02:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
With all the political stuff in the in the news section, could we get some science? Like the Cosmos 1 solar sail rocketing off today? Dismas 23:54 <a href=" http://www.biosupgrade.pochta.ru/">,</a> 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It turns out that the Cosmos is most likely in orbit, just not the one planned origionally[[.]]
Sometimes the pictures don't match evenly to a particular bullet point. Can they be better placed?
Wikipedia, I love you. You make research fun again. You blow the dust off the books. You make me want to read, to feel, to love again!
I hate Wikipedia. It's like a drug. I like it but deep down, I hate it. ‡ Jarlaxle 02:54, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
June 23 selected anniversaries is long and creating quite a space below the adjacent DYK. Phoenix2 03:44, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Any Turks out there who genuinely feel they want to be part of europe because they feel european? or is the whole thing spurred on by the U.S who see having an ally such as Turkey in the e.u will be a benefit to the u.s and also will mean the collapse of the e.u? and hence one less competitor globally for the u.s economic power?
why does "wikipedia.co.uk" lead automatically to the English Wikipedia? what about the Cymru (Welsh) Wikipedia? and for that matter, Cornish and Scottish Gaelic Wikipedias? Although the English Wikipedia is obviously the largest, having this kind of biased support of it means that's not going to change anytime soon. I think UK based users who speak languages other than English should be encouraged to add to those languages' Wikipedias. Maybe having the co.uk domain lead to some kind of portal that directs users to one of the several Wikipedias written in languages native to the UK would achieve this? -- 81.136.199.13 15:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The main page, under "Selected Anniversaries", gives Eton College as being founded in 1441. In fact, Eton received its charter in the autumn (the fall) of 1440. King's College, Cambridge was founded in 1441. See Eton College's official website for more details. Could someone please change/remove this accordingly?
Waverley is of course with an "e" after the "l". My bad. Sorry. Please fix. Eixo 18:38, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone else feel that using an image of the Statue of Liberty to represent the libertarianism article to be inappropriate/misleading? Thanks ~ Dpr 03:20, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Its interesting that todays featured article is on Libertarianism. Out of all the hundreds of thousands of articles in wikipedia, am I supposed to believe that todays just so happens to be one concerning the philosophy of a political party which is currently in the middle of a member drive? That the libertarianism article was picked out of randomness?
The LP has recently started a drive with the goal of recruiting 5,000 new party members. This is not a common thing, and only recently has the party started to talk specifically about the need to grow. I bet either some cash changed hands or somebody in wikipedia is sympathetic to the LP. No problems here, though, i'm actually a party member myself...I just want to know if this was, let's say, 'inspired' by the LP directly.
'inspired' by the LP directly.
Maybe more space for the current events column would be a good thing. The Did you Know section can shift to the left. The idea is to touch on more newsy topics, and attract more direct newsy attn to those for editing. Sinreg, - SV| t 07:16, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In the news story about the new President of Iran, his link right now is a redirect, it should be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Dralwik 16:32, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Describing the new Iranian president as 'hardline' without attribution strikes me as POV. Who says he is hardline? Hardline on what? -- Shimbo 21:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'd say 'conservative' is better but no adjective at all would be best. The article describes him as a religious conservative with Islamist views (with no attribuion except 'widely considered'...) and as a 'populist' and he describes himself (acording to the article) as a 'principalist'. Maybe 'of the the Abadgaran alliance ' would be good as this is a fact.
I agree that many news sources are describing him as a hardliner but they perhaps don't hold themselves to Wikipedia's high NPOV standards?
I think the POVness is in using a descriptive phrase about him without attribution. Maybe I have misunderstood POV. -- Shimbo 22:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, I have no position on whether the term is suitable. I don't see how it being suitable affects if it is POV or not. If it is suitable or not it is still a descriptive phrase that is not attributed. Describing a person as a hardliner is certainly not as obvious as describing a banana as yellow. I'm sure there are some people who regard him as a dangerous liberal, so calling him a hardliner is a POV even if it is a common one. What have I got wrong here?
-- Shimbo 08:26, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2136.html
Take it off the mainpage. Unless of course the author put it there or allowed it. I want to see proof of this.-- Cyberman 19:08, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Great Schism anniversary lists Pope Alexander V, Pope Gregory XII and Pope Benedict XII as rival pontiffs; this is untrue! Benedict XII reigned nearly eighty years before; Avignon Pope Benedict XIII was the actual antipope involved in the schism. Someone please confirm and fix this ASAP! Wally 17:55, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Gone from all or most of my Wiktionary pages in several languages and in the few WP pages I've looked at in the last hour or two. Maybe 1.5Beta1 hasn't yet put them into Cologne Blue??
Robin Patterson 28 June 2005 06:26 (UTC)
Do you mind making the image of the seal 5-10% larger? Currently, it seems faded out compared to the white background, but I think if its a tad larger, it would have a more dramatic feel to it, while compromising little space.
Why is the ITER image ALT=flag of bulgaria?
I suggest adding the
Template:expect edit conflicts to main page immedietly. All editors must be made aware of this serious bug. --
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus
Talk 28 June 2005 20:15 (UTC)
{{
Expect edit conflicts}}
Is it just me or are we getting repeats on the featured articles - like in less than a week
The Slovak wikipedia has reached 10000 articles. Could someone shift it up on the main page? Thanks. Juro 28 June 2005 22:08 (UTC)
Isn't it about time the vote link at the top of the main page be removed (or at least re-worded); it is well past May 30, 2005. - Callek 29 June 2005 13:50 (UTC)
Why hasn't someone developed an auto-wikification script? There are too many articles that are un-wikked.
Ben T/ C June 30, 2005 10:06 (UTC)
The link for "same-sex marriage" directs to same-sex marriage in Canada which is misleading. Also it says in the text, Canada would be the third country to fully legalize same-sex marriages. According to same-sex marriage, only the Netherlands have fully legalized it (therefore second country and not third). Ben T/ C June 30, 2005 10:06 (UTC)
Same-sex marriage has today been legalised in Spain. I think that should be on the main page, just like the note on the possibility that it may soon be legalised in Canada too.-- Pecholobo 30 June 2005 13:00 (UTC)
How can Canada and Spain both be the third country to legalize same-sex marriage? Either Canada was the second or Spain was the fourth depending on whether or not you count Belgium I guess. Gabe 30 June 2005 14:12 (UTC)
Could the community portal be placed on this page. It links to a lot of projects that new users might be interested in but unable to find elsewhere. Falphin 30 June 2005 15:41 (UTC)
how is this headline news, being utterly unsubstantiated? I mean "we were held hostage by an Iranian man with a beard 26 years ago, so it must have been this guy"? This sort of evidence wouldn't even fly on Wikipedia. dab (ᛏ) 1 July 2005 08:14 (UTC)
Would somebody please change the capitalization of Siglas Poveiras on the main page to reflect the proper capitalization of the article's name - Siglas poveiras. I know it is knitpicking, but we might as well try to get the main page as accurate as possible.-- Sophitus July 1, 2005 13:30 (UTC)
Why the heck is the Main Page image for the Vanilla Ninja article Autofellatio.jpg? Furthermore, why does Image:Autofellatio.jpg show a DIFFERENT image? -- Brazzy 1 July 2005 14:25 (UTC)
This is not quite accurate: "Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first U.S. Supreme Court Justice to retire since 1994." She has announced her retirement, but has not retired. It's possible someone could still retire before her.
I recommend changing it to: "Sandra Day O'Connor announces she will retire as U.S. Supreme Court Justice." or: "Sandra Day O'Connor announces she will retire as U.S. Supreme Court Justice, creating the first vacancy since 1994." Jokestress 1 July 2005 14:55 (UTC)
lots of issues | leave me a message 1 July 2005 15:18 (UTC)
Topics of US- or any country-specific interest should not listed in the ITN. 3. It should ideally be a story of an international importance, or at least interest. See: Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page. =Nichalp «Talk»= July 1, 2005 15:22 (UTC)
Umm...it appears that there has been a rather disgusting change in picture on the main page under "featured article". Please change it back to whatever the original picture was. (I'm not sure this belongs here, but I will post it here anyway)
Sorry about the four edits - it kept giving me errors, so I saved again, and apparently edit-conflicted myself, which caused three extra edits in which nothing was changed. Is that another bug? — Dan | Talk 1 July 2005 18:01 (UTC)
I'm a pretty tolerant fellow. I can excuse most things but today's featured article was a poor, pathetic joke that demeans everything Wikipedia stands for. How does a band no one has heard of outside of Europe get this accolade? Was it because Vanilla Ninja finished as high as eighth in the crappy Eurovision contest? Or was it for another reason? I would have thought anyone else was more deserving of this honour, especially with Live 8 happening this weekend. How did this stupidity ever come to pass?
All the other years are linked, but 2003 isn't. Hmmmm... Dralwik 1 July 2005 23:03 (UTC)
And also, today, the featured article and DYK both have close-ups of roughly circular yellowish-green objects being held (the
peyote and the citrus fruit with the
citrus canker :-) )
Dralwik 2 July 2005 18:29 (UTC)
When I goto google or gmail, the cursor automatically focuses on the entry box. I don't have to hunt for it with my mouse. It's one of those small ergonomic tricks that makes a website easy to use. You can just go to the website and start typing. You don't have to move away from the keyboard to the mouse, look for it, then come back to the keyboard. Wiki Main Page should have this feature -- Same thing goes for edit pages.-- Muchosucko 2 July 2005 13:21 (UTC)
p.s. I'm aware of the alt+f shortcut-- Muchosucko 2 July 2005 13:23 (UTC)
The alt text for the Live 8 logo says "Bali nightclub bombing". Left over from the previous article, I think. -- DudeGalea 2 July 2005 18:58 (UTC)
Hi,
I've written a small extension that we could use to put a search box on the Main Page:
The width can be customized, as can the button texts -- see m:Inputbox extension.
It's been pointed out a few times that a more visible search box might be useful. What do you think?-- Eloquence * July 3, 2005 05:41 (UTC)
Here's a demonstration of how it could be done. I'm not sure the category bar should be replaced, though.-- Eloquence * July 3, 2005 17:34 (UTC)
I have a few problems with that way of doing it:
violet/riga (t) 3 July 2005 17:42 (UTC)
Check this out! Wikerpedia has precisely one article: Wicker :-) Ta bu shi da yu 4 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)
No offense, but it doesn't look very pretty. -- Ixfd64 2005 July 4 06:35 (UTC)
Someone better fix the images; you're looking really stupid. WB2 4 July 2005 07:36 (UTC)
The second bullet starts out "Roger Federer (right). . ." but the picture's been changed to suit the Deep Impact mission. -- TheMidnighters 4 July 2005 08:57 (UTC)