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The MAIN page should not be any exception to the standard page naming practices on Wikipedia. We use "Sentence case", not "Title case"...only the first letterof the title, and any proper nouns should be capitalized. I think that this confuses newcomers into thinking that we use title case, when we use sentence case. It would be less confusing, and more aesthetically pleasing to use a lowercase p. Additionally, this is such a small change that I don't see any reason not to do it. I don't see any reason it was capitalized like this, other then from just putting a space in the middle after we stopped using CamelCase. I'll be requesting the same thing on the community portal. -- Phroziac( talk) 00:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
::Ok, but I didn't suggest we move it to another namespace. --
Phroziac(
talk)
05:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC) Just noticed fvw's comment. oops. --
Phroziac(
talk)
05:39, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
The previous discussion (regarding moving the main page to Portal:, not "Main page" as is suggested here) is at Wikipedia:Portal namespace (setting-up debate)#Comments on Main Page in portal namespace. I mention it because the case issue is discussed somewhat. Demi T/ C 05:24, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Support. Move it to
Main page. I don't know about portal, I don't know about no title (it's confusing), but decapitalize it.
HereToHelp (
talk) 22:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The last entry in the Did You Know section should read skeptical rather than sceptical. It is also misspelled in the article that it links to.
-- I suggest you look in a more reputable dictionary than the one you wrote yourself in crayon. OED doesn't even mention skeptical as an alternative spelling. [ http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?query=sceptical&title=21st Chambers?!?!
-- 211.217.148.236 07:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC) John Owens
The spelling that you use is irrelevent to the issue you are talking about so long as it belongs to some sort of national standard and is readable. Unless you are quoteing something, then all spelling should be exactly the same as the quote.
orngjce223It depends on whether it's British English or American English. Doesn't matter very much. Stats on how many people from each country reference this page might help...
Can someone update the main page with the new total as reported today by AP.
Kamayoq 15:04, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
The number of casualties due earthquake hitting the northern area of pakistan and indian held kashmer reach upto 49700 according to gov officals but according to some unofical reports the number may reach upto 100000 because there are still some areas which are not in contact while the number of serious injusries is upto 70000.
Have a look at this ref on ABC quoting AP [ http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1230245] It says "Death Toll in Asian Earthquake Soars to 79,000, Making It One of Deadliest Quakes in Modern Times"
Kamayoq 81.108.218.26 20:08, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
Today's history of Poland mini-article contains a key error. It says, in the aftermath of World War II, the forces of Nazi Germany were driven from Poland by the Red Army.
The military forces of Nazi Germany were driven from Poland by the Red Army before the end of the war, not "in the aftermath" of the war.
In the aftermath of the war, the ethnic Germans who lived in areas now part of Poland – Silesia, Pomerania, Danzig/Gdansk and southern East Prussia – were driven out by a combination of the Red Army and Soviet-supported Polish Communist forces.
Sca 18:57, 19 October 2005 (UTC) They were some German units on territory of todays Poland still left in certain pockets IIRC. -- Molobo 00:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Is a dream by correct English? We talk of art by someone or talk by someone; yet to hear of dream by someone. I think it shd read ...that a dream Sergei Pankejeff had... -- Gurubrahma 09:01, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Nah, a dream by eould be grammatically correct; who painted the picture-it was by what's his name, who shot the deer, it was shot by, etc.,etc.,etc. rachoman 4:36, October 23, CST
In the aniversaries section today we mention that at the Battle of Trafalgar Lord Nelson defeated the French. This is nice and all... but shouldn't it also point out that he was mortally wounded and died this day as well? This being kind of a minor plot point in the man's life.-- Smaerd 14:40, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
He would have wanted it this way United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom -- After- word 17:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
British contributors revelling in the Trafalgar celebrations might be sobered to realise that this day is also the anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a coal tip slid onto a school killing 116 children in the small Welsh town of Aberfan. Peter Maggs 19:59, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
I suggest include a wikicomic strip in the Wikipedia Main Page ( http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Main_Page) every day.
Hello my name is Luis, I am writing to let you know about a mistake that you have in the Spanish main page. In which is written: "Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre", and it should be: "Wikipedia la enciclopedia gratuita". The root of the problem is that in English the word "free" is translated as "libre" or "gratis" (gratuito/a), but the correct meaning in Spanish for this case is "gratuita".
Luis Lema.
Also this is the en.wikipedia and we don't have jurrisdiction over the Spanish es.wikipedia, and problems of this type should either be directed to the wiki in question or to Meta wiki. I agree with Hajor that the word free has multiple meanings, SqueakBox 20:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Which in this case is libre, SqueakBox 05:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
ok, I think everyone has seen the Saddam news now, could somebody please update ITN? There are like four suggestions queued up, plus a couple more in Current Events. 83.76.218.123 22:26, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Can an admin revert the change made by user:Talrias here [2]. I can find no place where this has been discussed before, and admins should not be being bold with our front page or intro. -- Clawed 05:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The main page is not the place to advertise COTWs. The main page is primarily for readers, not editors. Furthermore, the main page is already too long, and this is a waste of space. And it is distracting, and looks terrible in that location. In short, the edit should not have been made. →Raul654 16:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The main page is mainly for readers. The fact that wikipedia is editable should be incidental to readers. Broken S 17:14, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I think the Picture of the Day is so much better than Did you Know. The picture makes the Home Page look good, and a picture is worth a thousand words! And a good picture looks professional. Personally, I'd make the Picture of the Day a daily event (otherwise it's only Picture of the Weekend!), and I'd place Did you Know across the bottom, (above Wikipedia in other languages) in 2 or 3 lines. -- Iantresman 10:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The problem is that we don't get 7 FPs a week so we would have to repeat eventually (and people complain when we do that). Broken S 16:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Della Falls is the highest "officially measured" waterfall in Canada, not the highest, according to the linked article. It indicates that other waterfalls in B.C. are higher. Simply calling Takkakaw the second-tallest seems misleading, if that info is true. -- Cam 18:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The first use of aircraft in war did not take place in 1911 as stated on Wikipedia main page. The first use was a reconnaissance balloon employed by the French army at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794.
"October 23: National Day in Hungary (1956)" -- Actually it is a national holiday because the Republic was proclaimed on this day in 1989, and not because of the revolution (although of course it is not a coincidence that it's on the same day). Since internationally the revolution is the better known one of the two events, it's understandable that the main page features the revolution and not the proclamation of the republic, but then it would be better if it linked to the revolution's article, not simply to 1956. Alensha 14:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
"secret agents" should be "secret agent" in the Newest Articles section Clarkefreak ∞ 04:03, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"politician Liam Lawlor he" -- eliminate "he". AnonMoos 18:36, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"Did you know ... that Rapidan Camp, the rustic mountain fishing retreat of U.S. resident Herbert Hoover located near Big Meadows in Virginia, was the forerunner of Camp David in Maryland?"
Should be U.S. *P*resident, although I guess they're both correct. :)
She's Iraqi, not french though I'm not sure that's a big deal.. Borisblue 00:18, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Why was the main page article on Rosa Parks removed so fast, not even lasting a few hours?
Wanyonyi 05:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
ok
I know nobody else has said it, but I HATE this picture... and it isn't because of the fly! I have seen discussion of this and she is said to be "so sweet!" but I struggle to recall another picture of a person looking so damn SMUG! Well, not meant to rile anyone, just throwing it out there. Is there anyone else who feels the same way? (I think this should be moved to Smug.) -- 61.73.159.96 07:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)JohnO
Is disaster the right word? They /did/ take the Russian guns against all odds after all. Folly yes. But disaster? They defeated 50 guns and 20 batallions of infantry with a few hundred men on horse. Hardly a bad days work. -- Narson 12:19, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
The "new articles" section on the main page states that " Jane Wenham was the last subject of a witch trial in England". However the first line of the article itself states "Jane Wenham (d. 1730) is commonly but erroneously regarded as being the subject of the last witch trial in England.
Pretty lazy mistake this, can someone correct it? Grunners 16:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
where has she been living because I heard her house was for sale or its open to the public
The page refers to "only two provinces vetoing". There are two things wrong with that phrase:
1) If the news is supposed to be presented in a neutral fashion, the word "only" doesn't belong there. Two provinces might be fewer than some people expect, but it might also be more than some other people expect.
2) The use of the term "veto" is incorrect. In a conventional use of the term (e.g., as in U.N. security council voting), a single veto is sufficient to kill a proposal. This is not a veto. It is a particular super-majority threshold of disapproval, not a veto. (I believe there was a majority disapproval in more than two provinces, correct?)
– 71.112.95.211 04:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
wikipedia is open to everyone to put their own info into this site, whatever it is. now think twice about using this site again without careful thought.
In regards to many recent main page postings (including both yesterday and today's "Did You Know?": has anybody else noticed that Wikipedia seems to harbor some sort of an obsession towards blackface?
I should think there must be a (or several) blackface experts working overtime on creating these articles.
I suggest that we don't let stubs get on DYK, they just make a bad impression. Borisblue 21:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
No need to propose. This has been the rule for the longest time. On Wikipedia:Did you know, the first rule under "Selection" says NO STUBS. -- PFHLai 01:13, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
In the blurb about Tom Edur it is stated that "Tom Edur gave up a professional hockey career...". This wording is ambiguous for non-North-Americans because in many parts of the world field hockey is the sport associated with the single word hockey. It should be "Tom Edur gave up a professional ice hockey career...". 212.114.211.12 08:31, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
It's kind of misleading to say he was studying "Christianity". The JWs are nontrinitarian. Carolynparrishfan 16:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
The intro to today's featured article ( October 27 2005 - Names of the Greeks) seems rather poorly written. It took me about three attempts at the opening two sentences before I realised it was literally discussing the names by which the Greek populace has been known over time. Might I suggest a better intro would have been something like: "Over time, many names have described what today we call 'the Greek people'. In the fifth century BC the term 'Hellene' was used for any Greek person. However, by the time of Christ, 'Hellene' had come to mean anyone who was not Jewish, and the term 'Roman' was used instead..."
El T 11:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
Today, 27 Oct 2005, the Main Page says:
In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 791,931 articles.
Clicking on the number (791,931) brings me to a page of statistics, but I can't find the one I'm interested in. Namely, how this particular number has grown. So unless someone can show me where it is kept, I'm going to update this paragraph tomorrow and the next day, and so on, so we can all watch how fast the Wikipedia grows.--
Keeves 13:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
One possible addition to the main page would be to add a list regarding the top 10 recent searches (say searched in the last 24 hours, 7 days, and 1 month,) from records within your site.
Sorry to offend any baseball fans, but no-one outside the US would find the World Series results relevant. Only international sporting events should be included on the main page IMHO, to avoid accusations of US-bias. Borisblue 18:22, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
A draft is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability/Main Page/Horizontal. The idea was to go as simple and unevil as possible for maximal usability. See the reasoning behind it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page#The amazing one-dimensional Wikipedia and please comment there.-- Pharos 02:58, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
in the John Nairne DYK: should be "...wanted to make his seigneury, La Malbaie, a Protestant community" Doops | talk 04:00, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Reading the articles on Craigellachie Bridge and strathspey (dance), I find that the Strathspey is a preexisting genre of dance; the construction of the bridge simply inspired a a Craigellachie Bridge Strathspey (cf. John Philip Sousa's famous Transit of Venus march). The DYK text incorrectly implies that the whole genre of the strathspey may be traced to the bridge. Doops | talk 07:24, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Should the controversial comments the President of Iran made about wanting to destroy the State of Israel, and the diplomatic furor this created, be in In the News? Personally, I think it should, but others may disagree. Sysops: it's your call! Batmanand 10:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
I think it is considered news by a lot of people. Although people should be encouraged to investigate the history (this being an educational website) and understand the opinions of the Iranians, rather than simply knowing what they have said.
Interestingly the tens of Arabs killed by Israel in the past few days hasn't had the same coverage. Perhaps because it is simply not as unique as the words of the president as far as the intended audience is concerened. This could be offered as a possible explanation for Arab hostility towards the Zionist state.
Is it right to say she "withdrew her nomination"? Someone else nominated her. So... she withdrew her name from consideration, or something. Evertype 14:21, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
It should say "most" "enclosed" public places. The fact that the widest ban under consideration wasn't selected is one of the main points of the story. 82.35.34.11 18:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Heard of the one laptop per child project yet? It's rediculously neat.
How best to synergize? Be a great way to bootstrap a language's wikipedia, to be sure, and to facilitate the bootstrapping of the recipients of the laptops, though surely much more could be realized.
Each one of them there laptops'll have a passable digital camera. Could be a neat part wikifying peace and equality in our time.
Anyhoo, betcha the folks at the OLPC project would receive well the right kind of interest from the folks at Wikipedia.
-:) Ozzyslovechild 00:51, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Is it not more correct to use "metrification was initiated" or "the process of metrification started" than the current "metrification was begun"?
The Metrication summary on the Main Page (Today's featured article 10/29/2005 UTC) lists France as one of the few countries where there was significant opposition to metrication. This is doubtful (unless it refers to initial opposition a couple centuries ago) inasmuch as the metric system was a French invention and a source of national pride. The actual article on Metrication does NOT list France among those countries that encountered significant opposition. Finell (Talk) 01:36, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Surely the Metrication summary should choose between 'U.S.' as an abbreviation (with periods) and 'UK' as not? mat_x 09:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
veraum autono primavera inverno
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 40 | ← | Archive 44 | Archive 45 | Archive 46 | Archive 47 | Archive 48 | → | Archive 50 |
The MAIN page should not be any exception to the standard page naming practices on Wikipedia. We use "Sentence case", not "Title case"...only the first letterof the title, and any proper nouns should be capitalized. I think that this confuses newcomers into thinking that we use title case, when we use sentence case. It would be less confusing, and more aesthetically pleasing to use a lowercase p. Additionally, this is such a small change that I don't see any reason not to do it. I don't see any reason it was capitalized like this, other then from just putting a space in the middle after we stopped using CamelCase. I'll be requesting the same thing on the community portal. -- Phroziac( talk) 00:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
::Ok, but I didn't suggest we move it to another namespace. --
Phroziac(
talk)
05:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC) Just noticed fvw's comment. oops. --
Phroziac(
talk)
05:39, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
The previous discussion (regarding moving the main page to Portal:, not "Main page" as is suggested here) is at Wikipedia:Portal namespace (setting-up debate)#Comments on Main Page in portal namespace. I mention it because the case issue is discussed somewhat. Demi T/ C 05:24, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Support. Move it to
Main page. I don't know about portal, I don't know about no title (it's confusing), but decapitalize it.
HereToHelp (
talk) 22:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The last entry in the Did You Know section should read skeptical rather than sceptical. It is also misspelled in the article that it links to.
-- I suggest you look in a more reputable dictionary than the one you wrote yourself in crayon. OED doesn't even mention skeptical as an alternative spelling. [ http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?query=sceptical&title=21st Chambers?!?!
-- 211.217.148.236 07:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC) John Owens
The spelling that you use is irrelevent to the issue you are talking about so long as it belongs to some sort of national standard and is readable. Unless you are quoteing something, then all spelling should be exactly the same as the quote.
orngjce223It depends on whether it's British English or American English. Doesn't matter very much. Stats on how many people from each country reference this page might help...
Can someone update the main page with the new total as reported today by AP.
Kamayoq 15:04, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
The number of casualties due earthquake hitting the northern area of pakistan and indian held kashmer reach upto 49700 according to gov officals but according to some unofical reports the number may reach upto 100000 because there are still some areas which are not in contact while the number of serious injusries is upto 70000.
Have a look at this ref on ABC quoting AP [ http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1230245] It says "Death Toll in Asian Earthquake Soars to 79,000, Making It One of Deadliest Quakes in Modern Times"
Kamayoq 81.108.218.26 20:08, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
Today's history of Poland mini-article contains a key error. It says, in the aftermath of World War II, the forces of Nazi Germany were driven from Poland by the Red Army.
The military forces of Nazi Germany were driven from Poland by the Red Army before the end of the war, not "in the aftermath" of the war.
In the aftermath of the war, the ethnic Germans who lived in areas now part of Poland – Silesia, Pomerania, Danzig/Gdansk and southern East Prussia – were driven out by a combination of the Red Army and Soviet-supported Polish Communist forces.
Sca 18:57, 19 October 2005 (UTC) They were some German units on territory of todays Poland still left in certain pockets IIRC. -- Molobo 00:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Is a dream by correct English? We talk of art by someone or talk by someone; yet to hear of dream by someone. I think it shd read ...that a dream Sergei Pankejeff had... -- Gurubrahma 09:01, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Nah, a dream by eould be grammatically correct; who painted the picture-it was by what's his name, who shot the deer, it was shot by, etc.,etc.,etc. rachoman 4:36, October 23, CST
In the aniversaries section today we mention that at the Battle of Trafalgar Lord Nelson defeated the French. This is nice and all... but shouldn't it also point out that he was mortally wounded and died this day as well? This being kind of a minor plot point in the man's life.-- Smaerd 14:40, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
He would have wanted it this way United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom -- After- word 17:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
British contributors revelling in the Trafalgar celebrations might be sobered to realise that this day is also the anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a coal tip slid onto a school killing 116 children in the small Welsh town of Aberfan. Peter Maggs 19:59, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
I suggest include a wikicomic strip in the Wikipedia Main Page ( http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Main_Page) every day.
Hello my name is Luis, I am writing to let you know about a mistake that you have in the Spanish main page. In which is written: "Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre", and it should be: "Wikipedia la enciclopedia gratuita". The root of the problem is that in English the word "free" is translated as "libre" or "gratis" (gratuito/a), but the correct meaning in Spanish for this case is "gratuita".
Luis Lema.
Also this is the en.wikipedia and we don't have jurrisdiction over the Spanish es.wikipedia, and problems of this type should either be directed to the wiki in question or to Meta wiki. I agree with Hajor that the word free has multiple meanings, SqueakBox 20:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Which in this case is libre, SqueakBox 05:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
ok, I think everyone has seen the Saddam news now, could somebody please update ITN? There are like four suggestions queued up, plus a couple more in Current Events. 83.76.218.123 22:26, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Can an admin revert the change made by user:Talrias here [2]. I can find no place where this has been discussed before, and admins should not be being bold with our front page or intro. -- Clawed 05:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The main page is not the place to advertise COTWs. The main page is primarily for readers, not editors. Furthermore, the main page is already too long, and this is a waste of space. And it is distracting, and looks terrible in that location. In short, the edit should not have been made. →Raul654 16:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The main page is mainly for readers. The fact that wikipedia is editable should be incidental to readers. Broken S 17:14, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I think the Picture of the Day is so much better than Did you Know. The picture makes the Home Page look good, and a picture is worth a thousand words! And a good picture looks professional. Personally, I'd make the Picture of the Day a daily event (otherwise it's only Picture of the Weekend!), and I'd place Did you Know across the bottom, (above Wikipedia in other languages) in 2 or 3 lines. -- Iantresman 10:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The problem is that we don't get 7 FPs a week so we would have to repeat eventually (and people complain when we do that). Broken S 16:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Della Falls is the highest "officially measured" waterfall in Canada, not the highest, according to the linked article. It indicates that other waterfalls in B.C. are higher. Simply calling Takkakaw the second-tallest seems misleading, if that info is true. -- Cam 18:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
The first use of aircraft in war did not take place in 1911 as stated on Wikipedia main page. The first use was a reconnaissance balloon employed by the French army at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794.
"October 23: National Day in Hungary (1956)" -- Actually it is a national holiday because the Republic was proclaimed on this day in 1989, and not because of the revolution (although of course it is not a coincidence that it's on the same day). Since internationally the revolution is the better known one of the two events, it's understandable that the main page features the revolution and not the proclamation of the republic, but then it would be better if it linked to the revolution's article, not simply to 1956. Alensha 14:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
"secret agents" should be "secret agent" in the Newest Articles section Clarkefreak ∞ 04:03, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"politician Liam Lawlor he" -- eliminate "he". AnonMoos 18:36, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"Did you know ... that Rapidan Camp, the rustic mountain fishing retreat of U.S. resident Herbert Hoover located near Big Meadows in Virginia, was the forerunner of Camp David in Maryland?"
Should be U.S. *P*resident, although I guess they're both correct. :)
She's Iraqi, not french though I'm not sure that's a big deal.. Borisblue 00:18, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Why was the main page article on Rosa Parks removed so fast, not even lasting a few hours?
Wanyonyi 05:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
ok
I know nobody else has said it, but I HATE this picture... and it isn't because of the fly! I have seen discussion of this and she is said to be "so sweet!" but I struggle to recall another picture of a person looking so damn SMUG! Well, not meant to rile anyone, just throwing it out there. Is there anyone else who feels the same way? (I think this should be moved to Smug.) -- 61.73.159.96 07:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)JohnO
Is disaster the right word? They /did/ take the Russian guns against all odds after all. Folly yes. But disaster? They defeated 50 guns and 20 batallions of infantry with a few hundred men on horse. Hardly a bad days work. -- Narson 12:19, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
The "new articles" section on the main page states that " Jane Wenham was the last subject of a witch trial in England". However the first line of the article itself states "Jane Wenham (d. 1730) is commonly but erroneously regarded as being the subject of the last witch trial in England.
Pretty lazy mistake this, can someone correct it? Grunners 16:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
where has she been living because I heard her house was for sale or its open to the public
The page refers to "only two provinces vetoing". There are two things wrong with that phrase:
1) If the news is supposed to be presented in a neutral fashion, the word "only" doesn't belong there. Two provinces might be fewer than some people expect, but it might also be more than some other people expect.
2) The use of the term "veto" is incorrect. In a conventional use of the term (e.g., as in U.N. security council voting), a single veto is sufficient to kill a proposal. This is not a veto. It is a particular super-majority threshold of disapproval, not a veto. (I believe there was a majority disapproval in more than two provinces, correct?)
– 71.112.95.211 04:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
wikipedia is open to everyone to put their own info into this site, whatever it is. now think twice about using this site again without careful thought.
In regards to many recent main page postings (including both yesterday and today's "Did You Know?": has anybody else noticed that Wikipedia seems to harbor some sort of an obsession towards blackface?
I should think there must be a (or several) blackface experts working overtime on creating these articles.
I suggest that we don't let stubs get on DYK, they just make a bad impression. Borisblue 21:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
No need to propose. This has been the rule for the longest time. On Wikipedia:Did you know, the first rule under "Selection" says NO STUBS. -- PFHLai 01:13, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
In the blurb about Tom Edur it is stated that "Tom Edur gave up a professional hockey career...". This wording is ambiguous for non-North-Americans because in many parts of the world field hockey is the sport associated with the single word hockey. It should be "Tom Edur gave up a professional ice hockey career...". 212.114.211.12 08:31, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
It's kind of misleading to say he was studying "Christianity". The JWs are nontrinitarian. Carolynparrishfan 16:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
The intro to today's featured article ( October 27 2005 - Names of the Greeks) seems rather poorly written. It took me about three attempts at the opening two sentences before I realised it was literally discussing the names by which the Greek populace has been known over time. Might I suggest a better intro would have been something like: "Over time, many names have described what today we call 'the Greek people'. In the fifth century BC the term 'Hellene' was used for any Greek person. However, by the time of Christ, 'Hellene' had come to mean anyone who was not Jewish, and the term 'Roman' was used instead..."
El T 11:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
Today, 27 Oct 2005, the Main Page says:
In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 791,931 articles.
Clicking on the number (791,931) brings me to a page of statistics, but I can't find the one I'm interested in. Namely, how this particular number has grown. So unless someone can show me where it is kept, I'm going to update this paragraph tomorrow and the next day, and so on, so we can all watch how fast the Wikipedia grows.--
Keeves 13:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
One possible addition to the main page would be to add a list regarding the top 10 recent searches (say searched in the last 24 hours, 7 days, and 1 month,) from records within your site.
Sorry to offend any baseball fans, but no-one outside the US would find the World Series results relevant. Only international sporting events should be included on the main page IMHO, to avoid accusations of US-bias. Borisblue 18:22, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
A draft is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability/Main Page/Horizontal. The idea was to go as simple and unevil as possible for maximal usability. See the reasoning behind it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page#The amazing one-dimensional Wikipedia and please comment there.-- Pharos 02:58, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
in the John Nairne DYK: should be "...wanted to make his seigneury, La Malbaie, a Protestant community" Doops | talk 04:00, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Reading the articles on Craigellachie Bridge and strathspey (dance), I find that the Strathspey is a preexisting genre of dance; the construction of the bridge simply inspired a a Craigellachie Bridge Strathspey (cf. John Philip Sousa's famous Transit of Venus march). The DYK text incorrectly implies that the whole genre of the strathspey may be traced to the bridge. Doops | talk 07:24, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Should the controversial comments the President of Iran made about wanting to destroy the State of Israel, and the diplomatic furor this created, be in In the News? Personally, I think it should, but others may disagree. Sysops: it's your call! Batmanand 10:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
I think it is considered news by a lot of people. Although people should be encouraged to investigate the history (this being an educational website) and understand the opinions of the Iranians, rather than simply knowing what they have said.
Interestingly the tens of Arabs killed by Israel in the past few days hasn't had the same coverage. Perhaps because it is simply not as unique as the words of the president as far as the intended audience is concerened. This could be offered as a possible explanation for Arab hostility towards the Zionist state.
Is it right to say she "withdrew her nomination"? Someone else nominated her. So... she withdrew her name from consideration, or something. Evertype 14:21, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
It should say "most" "enclosed" public places. The fact that the widest ban under consideration wasn't selected is one of the main points of the story. 82.35.34.11 18:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Heard of the one laptop per child project yet? It's rediculously neat.
How best to synergize? Be a great way to bootstrap a language's wikipedia, to be sure, and to facilitate the bootstrapping of the recipients of the laptops, though surely much more could be realized.
Each one of them there laptops'll have a passable digital camera. Could be a neat part wikifying peace and equality in our time.
Anyhoo, betcha the folks at the OLPC project would receive well the right kind of interest from the folks at Wikipedia.
-:) Ozzyslovechild 00:51, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Is it not more correct to use "metrification was initiated" or "the process of metrification started" than the current "metrification was begun"?
The Metrication summary on the Main Page (Today's featured article 10/29/2005 UTC) lists France as one of the few countries where there was significant opposition to metrication. This is doubtful (unless it refers to initial opposition a couple centuries ago) inasmuch as the metric system was a French invention and a source of national pride. The actual article on Metrication does NOT list France among those countries that encountered significant opposition. Finell (Talk) 01:36, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Surely the Metrication summary should choose between 'U.S.' as an abbreviation (with periods) and 'UK' as not? mat_x 09:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
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