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Put Milosevic's photo in "In the news" it is the biggest news in decades. -- Serbianna ₪ 21:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
OH MY GOD, SOMEONE PUT RADE MARKOVIC'S PHOTO and stated that its MILOSEVIC'S PHOTO, CHANGE QUICK, ITS ON THE FRONT PAGE!!! -- Serbianna' ₪ 02:49, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Why isn't Lennart Meri's death important enough to be included here? Is it because he's neither American nor a war criminal? Note that throughout the entire history of Estonia, there have only been three Presidents of Estonia, so one of them dying is certainly a major event. JIP | Talk 18:59, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I was accused of wheel warring when I removed it. I'm staying off the template for now. If we are voting, I'd vote for operating in accordance with the current ITN guidelines till the guidelines are revised, i.e. I'd vote for the removal of the obituary of Meri. Maybe it's time to review the ITN guidelines. -- PFHLai 02:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
(De-indenting) I disagree with the result but am glad there is one. I am hoping that when the guidelines are revised, they're made sensible enough to allow mentions of deaths of famous, prominent, respected former Heads of State even though they've never been involved in controversial war crime trials. JIP | Talk 19:52, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Just because I haven't argued my point here doesn't make my view less valid. I'm actually constrained by time and am not able to argue about petty things like this. Fact of the matter is that there were more people thinking it didn't warrant inclusion than thinking it did. You edit warred on a Main Page template. violet/riga (t) 10:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Even though I am not Estonian, it feels kind of sad to see how much controversy Lennart Meri's death on ITN has caused in less than one day. Regardless of his eligibility to ITN, Meri was a highly respected political figure, and his death was a sad thing to happen (as is pretty much anyone's death). I'm glad this will remain a Wikipedia internal matter. If it would leak out into the public media it would taint Meri's memory. JIP | Talk 11:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Why don't we do like the German Wikipedia and just leave a different space for 2-3 notable deaths on the front page? Would solve this problem -- except for the new debates about notability. Tfine80 20:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Is this really news? I'd suggest restoring the note on Venezuala's flag, which is actually quite interesting, as it is convention only to include the most notable of sports. Case in point, people even hesitated about mentioning the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Harr o 5 08:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
"Six young men are in intensive care after taking immuno-modulatory drug TGN1412." How is this noteworthy? -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Could someone apply the proper copyright tags to Image:10003427yl6sp.jpg (probably {{ GFDL-self}} ?) and get it {{ mprotected}}, please ? It's on the Main Page right NOW. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
The link should be to the latter. Larry's page was titled contrary to naming conventions for articles on Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclones as established at Cyclone Tracy and Cyclone Zoe. — Cuivi é nen, Monday, 20 March 2006 @ 00:05 ( UTC)
Shouldn't the 2006 Commonwealth Games entry be in the present tense to match with the rest of the box? Melchoir 00:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected in the Belarusian Presidential elections as President of Belarus amid widespread condemnation.
We should reword it thus imho: Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected as president in the Belarusian Presidential elections amidst widespread condemnation of the election's validity.
Could someone with edit priviledges sort this out. 137.222.10.67 10:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Currently the item in question reads "Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns following the Muhammad cartoons controversy". Now, this isn't quite right because it suggests the resignation came about as a direct result of the cartoon controversy (suggesting the crisis was mishandled by the minister or something). According to several sources I've seen ( this being fairly representative) she resigned because of continuing questions over the Swedish response to the Asian tsunami and after admitting she knew about her ministry's role in closing the website of a political party that contained the controversial cartoons. I suggest it be reworded as “Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns over allegations that she played a role in closing down the website of the Sweden Democrats which had contained controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad”. Mikker ... 18:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
The Japan-Cuba game was the finals of the World Baseball Classic, an event that started a while ago. Also, I think it's somewhat strange to say "in the U.S. state of California" -- not only does almost everybody know where California is, but considering the size of the state, it's better to refer to the city (San Diego). -- Mwalcoff 01:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
The link to Belarusian presidential election, 2006 was added to the "In the news" template late. By now the election is old news. The election occurred on March 19. Today is the 22nd. It should be removed or at least be moved down to the bottom. 172 | Talk 07:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
The protesters have told reporters that their lives may depend on the reporters of the west staying a bit longer on them. DanielDemaret 23:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
That is all, thanks :) porges 08:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
It says "a capital crime under Islamic law". To be more accurate it should acknowledge that it is a fiqh ruling... since fiqh is human effort to follow the Sharia... the Sharia is more of a vague concept. So, we should say "a capital crime under Afghani government fiqh ruling" or something. except... is it clear if it's codified law? It is an interpretation of sharia... and a very notable interpretation... but, saying it is sharia is... well, ambiguous. gren グレン 03:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Nominations for in the news follow specified criteria and are approved for placement by others if they have merrit. Who said World Intellectual Property Day is a holiday? After comments below:
Cheers, Gregorydavid 09:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
The item about the protests in France refers to protestors. According to dict.org the correct spelling is protester. Phr 19:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006 is currently on AfD. Should it stay on ITN ? Do we have a policy against featuring such articles on the MainPage ? -- PFHLai 19:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Why is it "NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency" and not the other way round? As far as I know, Russia has more to do with this space launch than NASA. So why are Americans always placed first? Voyevoda 23:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
The following headline..
...should be...
No biggie, but still. :) Nuge | talk 15:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
It happens so often that the newsitem concering the picture is not immediately adjacent to the pic itself. Any reason why this is? It has confused me often, and a lot of anons as well judging from the reactions. Could this be remedied?
Cheers, The Minist e r of War (Peace) 19:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Argh! Somebody correct the picture! That is not Moussaoui! The Minist e r of War (Peace) 12:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
An administrator needs to change this - NZSL is not yet an official language of New Zealand, at least not yet. The front page is misleading - yes, Parliament did pass the act, but it needs to recieve Royal Assent from the executive before actually becomining an offial language. I also posted something about it on the Administrators' Noticeboard. You can see more discussion NZSL's talk page, or on my talk page. Thanks, zappa 02:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
The 2006 Jama Masjid Blasts looks like a good candidate for Main Page. It is already listed on the Main Page of Wikinews. - Ambuj Saxena ( talk) 05:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Why was there no mention of the Tel Aviv suicided bombing that killed 9 civilians nor mention of Hamas' refusal to condemn the act? That certainly should have made the front page. — Aiden 22:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
She wasn't fired for disclosing "black sites". She was fired for allegedly leaking classified information. It has not been dsiclosed what that information is. Wikipedia is reporting the speculation about what she was fired for, not the facts. -- Tbeatty 16:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
"Reportedly Mary O. McCarthy" ? If it's not certain, we shouldn't put rumours on MainPage. Perhaps the page to be updated and the link to be bolded should be black site ? -- PFHLai 17:33, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest you remove the loaded word of "still" (refuses to concede) from the news brief of the Italian election. BlueGoose 12:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
"House of Representatives" should probably like to Nepal House of Representatives and not Parliament of Nepal, or the link to it changed. 68.39.174.238 15:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed an attempt to highlight the news item that goes with the picture. [3] I remember seeing some discussion about it, and all supportive of the general idea. But the particular implementation didn't look right to me. I suggest making a draft template and work on getting it perfected - Template:In the news/highlight. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 23:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
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The above is what [4] I came up with so far, including highlighting behind the bullet point and the image. It's still not quite right to me, but something to work with. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 23:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Further to people's complaints above regarding how it is confusing at first as to which article belongs to the picture; There is a little (pictured) caption in the text so it's not a huge issue but how about somethig like this?.. (Rough mockup, it might look stupid in your browser)
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Zacarias Moussaoui | ||
Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events... |
...to highlight the appropriate article entry? -- Monotonehell 06:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
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A couple days ago, an attempt [5] at implementing this on ITN was made (in GF). But, it appeared to me that the coding needed more work. Per WP:DISCUSS, I'd like to see the specific implementation and it's coding refined before going live on the main page. Are we going for something like the example above, with the color extending 100% across to the border? or something else. Here's a draft that I began working on (see right). Please help improve it. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 20:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
In the part about the Great American Boycott, "continues" should be "continue". Thanks, zappa.jak e ( talk) 03:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Currently we've got this on ITN:
Seems to me that there are 2 major problems with the wording, it should be in the past tense as the significant part of it has now happened and I think it would be hard to argue that the government has done the reshuffling as not even Gordon Brown was involved. I propose this as the new wording:
Ian3055 12:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I have been discusisng this over on Wikinews, but it seems that they do not control the Wikinews box on Wikipedia. So, I am posting this here. This is my original query and proposal:
Why do the Wikinews stories not have direct links to those stories? Clicking the Wikinews link takes you to the list of stories and I never seem to be able to find the story I am looking for. I think the bullet should link directly to the Wikinews story. I think that the logical idea that someone gets from that section is that you can read the news you are interested by clicking somewhere in that blurb, but there is nowhere to get to that story. When you go to the main page of Wikinews, you almost never can find the article you are interested. I propose that the bullet should be the link to the story.
Can this be done? Otherwise I think it is useless to have such a section on the main page. But maybe I am just being picky.
Cyferx 03:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
It's just yet another mine collapse. It is notable, but how many mine collapses were there this year? Plenty, I would think. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais ( Be eudaimonic!) 01:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
There are two periods on at the end of the second entry. Not life threatening, but a bit annoying.-- 72.146.173.79 02:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The current section indicates that the Sudanese government and the SLA rebels have signed a peace accord "to end the Darfur conflict." This language might mislead some readers into thinking that the peace accord in fact ends the conflict. That is not true; whether there is peace or continued conflict depends on future actions of the parties to the conflict. I suggest changing the language to something less definitive, such as "with respect to the Darfur conflict." (My suggestion is a bit awkward; but I feel that it's on the right track. Perhaps someone will come up with better wording.) - Scottwiki 23:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The High Court should not be called "Britain's High Court". It's the High Court of Justice of only England and Wales. Bastin8 17:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Legal cases are italicized. Please italicize Apple Corps. v. Apple Computer. — Simetrical ( talk • contribs) 02:56, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Since there's a high probability this will be announced in a few hours, might as well be prepared: Raul654 04:25, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
According to this - [6] - Rove was served with the indictment this morning, has already informed his superiors, and Fitzgerald will be announce sometime during the week. Raul654 01:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This note was on the main page, disconnected from anything about the bears:
Instead of Banks Island, Canada. It should be: North West territories, Canada. This is for the top story on the ITN. Thanks. FellowWikipedian 20:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC) Please see the discussion here.
Unknown source. - Harmil 17:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I've updated the page about this event, reflecting the fact that the bear was not in Iqaluit, Nunavut, rather the new report that is footnoted in the Wikipedia article is datelined there. The actual bear was found and shot on Banks Island, in a completely different territory ( Northwest Territories) quite far away from Nunavut. Can we change this, please?-- Canuckguy 17:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Current coverage [7] seems to indicate increased activity, but "not necessarily a sign that the volcano [is] erupting". I'm wondering if that's the best term to use on the top item.
There were no revelations that Hirsi Ali lied, there was just a repeat of old news that she had lied. This error was probably copied from an error on BBC. Can an admin please fix it? It should say something like 'following a report repeating old news that Hirsi Ali had lied...' or so (let a native speaker phrase it). The current phrasing is incorrect. Gerrit C U T E D H 20:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Last chromosome in human genome sequenced - CNN
This sounds worthy of a main page news piece. What do you think? -- Shultz IV 17:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Why is this on ITN ? It's not even the final yet ! Are we promoting tomorrow's show with some front page advertising on Wikipedia ? -- 199.71.174.100 02:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Would File:Lordi monster rock band.jpg be a better pic for ITN than File:Lordi-screen.jpg currently there ? The band, consisting of 5 members, is not a solo act. -- 199.71.174.100 06:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
"In the news mentions and links to entries of timely interest—that is, encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event". Has the Romano Prodi page been updated with these comments of his ? Want to read about it, but i can't find it. Cache problem again. I hope not. -- 199.71.174.100 06:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Could anyone please consider changing the Indian flag image to any of the protest images that have been added to the article Indian anti-reservation protests, 2006 (the article is in "In the news" on the main page right now). Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 12:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
How about instead of East Timor's flag, we use Image:TAG_E.jpg, which shows the Austrailian battalion deployed in the region?
The news is essentially, incorrect. Those are only preliminary estimated results. The final results will be known by the end of this week. These news say as if the referendum passed... (which is yet to be determined tomorrow morning) -- HolyRomanEmperor 23:10, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
By what measure are we calling this "the largest train station in Europe"?
And that is just a cursory look around the UK figures (which I'm familiar with) other locations in Europe may be able to beat these figures. Also is there any particular reason this story didn't appear at Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates? Ian3055 23:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Please consider updating ITN. Colombian presidential election, 2006 and 2006 Giro d'Italia have been waiting on Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates for quite some time. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 05:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
How about instead of the Indonesia flag we use the public domain Image:Klaten collapsed houses.jpg? It illustrates the situation much better than a flag. -- NGerda 00:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Things become too small to tell what is in the photo when displayed at the usual 100px: -- 199.71.174.100 04:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
The in the news section now contains 8 entries. The suggested number is 3-5, and while that suggestion is regularly ignored, 8 is too many. The section needs to be cleared of some old news. At the very least, the Enron convictions ought to be removed, as that is old news. NoIdeaNick 21:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The Tom 00:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
The link to “Yugoslavia” should be redirected to “Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”. – Zntrip 15:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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 1 | ← | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | → | Archive 10 |
Put Milosevic's photo in "In the news" it is the biggest news in decades. -- Serbianna ₪ 21:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
OH MY GOD, SOMEONE PUT RADE MARKOVIC'S PHOTO and stated that its MILOSEVIC'S PHOTO, CHANGE QUICK, ITS ON THE FRONT PAGE!!! -- Serbianna' ₪ 02:49, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Why isn't Lennart Meri's death important enough to be included here? Is it because he's neither American nor a war criminal? Note that throughout the entire history of Estonia, there have only been three Presidents of Estonia, so one of them dying is certainly a major event. JIP | Talk 18:59, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
I was accused of wheel warring when I removed it. I'm staying off the template for now. If we are voting, I'd vote for operating in accordance with the current ITN guidelines till the guidelines are revised, i.e. I'd vote for the removal of the obituary of Meri. Maybe it's time to review the ITN guidelines. -- PFHLai 02:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
(De-indenting) I disagree with the result but am glad there is one. I am hoping that when the guidelines are revised, they're made sensible enough to allow mentions of deaths of famous, prominent, respected former Heads of State even though they've never been involved in controversial war crime trials. JIP | Talk 19:52, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Just because I haven't argued my point here doesn't make my view less valid. I'm actually constrained by time and am not able to argue about petty things like this. Fact of the matter is that there were more people thinking it didn't warrant inclusion than thinking it did. You edit warred on a Main Page template. violet/riga (t) 10:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Even though I am not Estonian, it feels kind of sad to see how much controversy Lennart Meri's death on ITN has caused in less than one day. Regardless of his eligibility to ITN, Meri was a highly respected political figure, and his death was a sad thing to happen (as is pretty much anyone's death). I'm glad this will remain a Wikipedia internal matter. If it would leak out into the public media it would taint Meri's memory. JIP | Talk 11:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Why don't we do like the German Wikipedia and just leave a different space for 2-3 notable deaths on the front page? Would solve this problem -- except for the new debates about notability. Tfine80 20:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Is this really news? I'd suggest restoring the note on Venezuala's flag, which is actually quite interesting, as it is convention only to include the most notable of sports. Case in point, people even hesitated about mentioning the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Harr o 5 08:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
"Six young men are in intensive care after taking immuno-modulatory drug TGN1412." How is this noteworthy? -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Could someone apply the proper copyright tags to Image:10003427yl6sp.jpg (probably {{ GFDL-self}} ?) and get it {{ mprotected}}, please ? It's on the Main Page right NOW. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
The link should be to the latter. Larry's page was titled contrary to naming conventions for articles on Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclones as established at Cyclone Tracy and Cyclone Zoe. — Cuivi é nen, Monday, 20 March 2006 @ 00:05 ( UTC)
Shouldn't the 2006 Commonwealth Games entry be in the present tense to match with the rest of the box? Melchoir 00:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected in the Belarusian Presidential elections as President of Belarus amid widespread condemnation.
We should reword it thus imho: Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected as president in the Belarusian Presidential elections amidst widespread condemnation of the election's validity.
Could someone with edit priviledges sort this out. 137.222.10.67 10:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Currently the item in question reads "Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns following the Muhammad cartoons controversy". Now, this isn't quite right because it suggests the resignation came about as a direct result of the cartoon controversy (suggesting the crisis was mishandled by the minister or something). According to several sources I've seen ( this being fairly representative) she resigned because of continuing questions over the Swedish response to the Asian tsunami and after admitting she knew about her ministry's role in closing the website of a political party that contained the controversial cartoons. I suggest it be reworded as “Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns over allegations that she played a role in closing down the website of the Sweden Democrats which had contained controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad”. Mikker ... 18:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
The Japan-Cuba game was the finals of the World Baseball Classic, an event that started a while ago. Also, I think it's somewhat strange to say "in the U.S. state of California" -- not only does almost everybody know where California is, but considering the size of the state, it's better to refer to the city (San Diego). -- Mwalcoff 01:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
The link to Belarusian presidential election, 2006 was added to the "In the news" template late. By now the election is old news. The election occurred on March 19. Today is the 22nd. It should be removed or at least be moved down to the bottom. 172 | Talk 07:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
The protesters have told reporters that their lives may depend on the reporters of the west staying a bit longer on them. DanielDemaret 23:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
That is all, thanks :) porges 08:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
It says "a capital crime under Islamic law". To be more accurate it should acknowledge that it is a fiqh ruling... since fiqh is human effort to follow the Sharia... the Sharia is more of a vague concept. So, we should say "a capital crime under Afghani government fiqh ruling" or something. except... is it clear if it's codified law? It is an interpretation of sharia... and a very notable interpretation... but, saying it is sharia is... well, ambiguous. gren グレン 03:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Nominations for in the news follow specified criteria and are approved for placement by others if they have merrit. Who said World Intellectual Property Day is a holiday? After comments below:
Cheers, Gregorydavid 09:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
The item about the protests in France refers to protestors. According to dict.org the correct spelling is protester. Phr 19:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006 is currently on AfD. Should it stay on ITN ? Do we have a policy against featuring such articles on the MainPage ? -- PFHLai 19:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Why is it "NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency" and not the other way round? As far as I know, Russia has more to do with this space launch than NASA. So why are Americans always placed first? Voyevoda 23:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
The following headline..
...should be...
No biggie, but still. :) Nuge | talk 15:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
It happens so often that the newsitem concering the picture is not immediately adjacent to the pic itself. Any reason why this is? It has confused me often, and a lot of anons as well judging from the reactions. Could this be remedied?
Cheers, The Minist e r of War (Peace) 19:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Argh! Somebody correct the picture! That is not Moussaoui! The Minist e r of War (Peace) 12:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
An administrator needs to change this - NZSL is not yet an official language of New Zealand, at least not yet. The front page is misleading - yes, Parliament did pass the act, but it needs to recieve Royal Assent from the executive before actually becomining an offial language. I also posted something about it on the Administrators' Noticeboard. You can see more discussion NZSL's talk page, or on my talk page. Thanks, zappa 02:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
The 2006 Jama Masjid Blasts looks like a good candidate for Main Page. It is already listed on the Main Page of Wikinews. - Ambuj Saxena ( talk) 05:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Why was there no mention of the Tel Aviv suicided bombing that killed 9 civilians nor mention of Hamas' refusal to condemn the act? That certainly should have made the front page. — Aiden 22:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
She wasn't fired for disclosing "black sites". She was fired for allegedly leaking classified information. It has not been dsiclosed what that information is. Wikipedia is reporting the speculation about what she was fired for, not the facts. -- Tbeatty 16:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
"Reportedly Mary O. McCarthy" ? If it's not certain, we shouldn't put rumours on MainPage. Perhaps the page to be updated and the link to be bolded should be black site ? -- PFHLai 17:33, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest you remove the loaded word of "still" (refuses to concede) from the news brief of the Italian election. BlueGoose 12:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
"House of Representatives" should probably like to Nepal House of Representatives and not Parliament of Nepal, or the link to it changed. 68.39.174.238 15:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed an attempt to highlight the news item that goes with the picture. [3] I remember seeing some discussion about it, and all supportive of the general idea. But the particular implementation didn't look right to me. I suggest making a draft template and work on getting it perfected - Template:In the news/highlight. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 23:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
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The above is what [4] I came up with so far, including highlighting behind the bullet point and the image. It's still not quite right to me, but something to work with. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 23:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Further to people's complaints above regarding how it is confusing at first as to which article belongs to the picture; There is a little (pictured) caption in the text so it's not a huge issue but how about somethig like this?.. (Rough mockup, it might look stupid in your browser)
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Zacarias Moussaoui | ||
Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events... |
...to highlight the appropriate article entry? -- Monotonehell 06:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
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A couple days ago, an attempt [5] at implementing this on ITN was made (in GF). But, it appeared to me that the coding needed more work. Per WP:DISCUSS, I'd like to see the specific implementation and it's coding refined before going live on the main page. Are we going for something like the example above, with the color extending 100% across to the border? or something else. Here's a draft that I began working on (see right). Please help improve it. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 20:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
In the part about the Great American Boycott, "continues" should be "continue". Thanks, zappa.jak e ( talk) 03:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Currently we've got this on ITN:
Seems to me that there are 2 major problems with the wording, it should be in the past tense as the significant part of it has now happened and I think it would be hard to argue that the government has done the reshuffling as not even Gordon Brown was involved. I propose this as the new wording:
Ian3055 12:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I have been discusisng this over on Wikinews, but it seems that they do not control the Wikinews box on Wikipedia. So, I am posting this here. This is my original query and proposal:
Why do the Wikinews stories not have direct links to those stories? Clicking the Wikinews link takes you to the list of stories and I never seem to be able to find the story I am looking for. I think the bullet should link directly to the Wikinews story. I think that the logical idea that someone gets from that section is that you can read the news you are interested by clicking somewhere in that blurb, but there is nowhere to get to that story. When you go to the main page of Wikinews, you almost never can find the article you are interested. I propose that the bullet should be the link to the story.
Can this be done? Otherwise I think it is useless to have such a section on the main page. But maybe I am just being picky.
Cyferx 03:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
It's just yet another mine collapse. It is notable, but how many mine collapses were there this year? Plenty, I would think. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais ( Be eudaimonic!) 01:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
There are two periods on at the end of the second entry. Not life threatening, but a bit annoying.-- 72.146.173.79 02:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The current section indicates that the Sudanese government and the SLA rebels have signed a peace accord "to end the Darfur conflict." This language might mislead some readers into thinking that the peace accord in fact ends the conflict. That is not true; whether there is peace or continued conflict depends on future actions of the parties to the conflict. I suggest changing the language to something less definitive, such as "with respect to the Darfur conflict." (My suggestion is a bit awkward; but I feel that it's on the right track. Perhaps someone will come up with better wording.) - Scottwiki 23:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The High Court should not be called "Britain's High Court". It's the High Court of Justice of only England and Wales. Bastin8 17:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Legal cases are italicized. Please italicize Apple Corps. v. Apple Computer. — Simetrical ( talk • contribs) 02:56, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Since there's a high probability this will be announced in a few hours, might as well be prepared: Raul654 04:25, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
According to this - [6] - Rove was served with the indictment this morning, has already informed his superiors, and Fitzgerald will be announce sometime during the week. Raul654 01:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This note was on the main page, disconnected from anything about the bears:
Instead of Banks Island, Canada. It should be: North West territories, Canada. This is for the top story on the ITN. Thanks. FellowWikipedian 20:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC) Please see the discussion here.
Unknown source. - Harmil 17:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I've updated the page about this event, reflecting the fact that the bear was not in Iqaluit, Nunavut, rather the new report that is footnoted in the Wikipedia article is datelined there. The actual bear was found and shot on Banks Island, in a completely different territory ( Northwest Territories) quite far away from Nunavut. Can we change this, please?-- Canuckguy 17:47, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Current coverage [7] seems to indicate increased activity, but "not necessarily a sign that the volcano [is] erupting". I'm wondering if that's the best term to use on the top item.
There were no revelations that Hirsi Ali lied, there was just a repeat of old news that she had lied. This error was probably copied from an error on BBC. Can an admin please fix it? It should say something like 'following a report repeating old news that Hirsi Ali had lied...' or so (let a native speaker phrase it). The current phrasing is incorrect. Gerrit C U T E D H 20:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Last chromosome in human genome sequenced - CNN
This sounds worthy of a main page news piece. What do you think? -- Shultz IV 17:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Why is this on ITN ? It's not even the final yet ! Are we promoting tomorrow's show with some front page advertising on Wikipedia ? -- 199.71.174.100 02:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Would File:Lordi monster rock band.jpg be a better pic for ITN than File:Lordi-screen.jpg currently there ? The band, consisting of 5 members, is not a solo act. -- 199.71.174.100 06:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
"In the news mentions and links to entries of timely interest—that is, encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event". Has the Romano Prodi page been updated with these comments of his ? Want to read about it, but i can't find it. Cache problem again. I hope not. -- 199.71.174.100 06:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Could anyone please consider changing the Indian flag image to any of the protest images that have been added to the article Indian anti-reservation protests, 2006 (the article is in "In the news" on the main page right now). Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 12:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
How about instead of East Timor's flag, we use Image:TAG_E.jpg, which shows the Austrailian battalion deployed in the region?
The news is essentially, incorrect. Those are only preliminary estimated results. The final results will be known by the end of this week. These news say as if the referendum passed... (which is yet to be determined tomorrow morning) -- HolyRomanEmperor 23:10, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
By what measure are we calling this "the largest train station in Europe"?
And that is just a cursory look around the UK figures (which I'm familiar with) other locations in Europe may be able to beat these figures. Also is there any particular reason this story didn't appear at Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates? Ian3055 23:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Please consider updating ITN. Colombian presidential election, 2006 and 2006 Giro d'Italia have been waiting on Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates for quite some time. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 05:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
How about instead of the Indonesia flag we use the public domain Image:Klaten collapsed houses.jpg? It illustrates the situation much better than a flag. -- NGerda 00:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Things become too small to tell what is in the photo when displayed at the usual 100px: -- 199.71.174.100 04:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
The in the news section now contains 8 entries. The suggested number is 3-5, and while that suggestion is regularly ignored, 8 is too many. The section needs to be cleared of some old news. At the very least, the Enron convictions ought to be removed, as that is old news. NoIdeaNick 21:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The Tom 00:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
The link to “Yugoslavia” should be redirected to “Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”. – Zntrip 15:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)