Talk:Main Page/Archive 43

message: When you open the main page, shouldn't the cursor be in the search box automatically, like on most pages (Google, for example).
              
Also shouldn't outdated parts of this talk page be deleted, such as the ones about the news?
:they are archived over time (ocassionaly). The cursor focusing issue has been mentioned before, but I don't know what became of it. This link is Broken 01:02, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What became of it? 2600:1700:EF10:4C90:743C:9B62:3FC6:29FA (talk) 21:36, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keyboard Focus 

message: It seems to me a line or two about 'Gilligan' passing on ought to be appropriate here today.
I saw him in an airport about a year ago. At first I was so excited to see him, then struck by the fact he looked like hell...very old, thin and frail.  I didn't know he had cancer.  He was a very likeable person, and died way too young.  Thinking of Gilligan will always make me smile.
:Please see the criterion for mentioning deaths and the discussion that led to the obituaries criterion. Cheers, BanyanTree 16:46, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bob Denver 

message: Tonight sees the Aussie either win or lose the Ashes.  If they lose the brits will celebrate their first Ashes victory since 1989!
:As much as I'd like to see Australia bowled out twice in a day, there won't be any celebrating before the weekend I wouldn't have thought. Rje 00:23, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
:: notice the remark on top of the page please: This page is for discussion of the Main Page only. Boneyard 08:05, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, well the main page features cricket so often this discussion may well be on topic :) Borisblue 03:59, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The decline of the Aussie Cricketers? 

message: OK what is this: |Xenu's victims were transported in interstellar space planes which looked exactly like Douglas DC-8s. doing on the main page before the featured article? It is probably vandalism, but it makes me lose faith in wikipedia.
:Read the article. --216.165.17.216 04:53, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we at least put it as part of the article, instead of a link with no explanation before it? It makes me look at it and immediately think 'vandalism'. I have read the article, and that pic would be appropriate in it, but not as the first thing someone clicks on and then thinks 'ok wikipedia is pretty unreliable'. THE KING 04:56, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks to whoever fixed that. Much better! THE KING 05:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

text: This was a technical issue (certain images did not display properly, and were replaced by their alt text) which is now resolved. — Dan | Talk 05:10, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Anything to do with Firefox 1.5 beta 1? Cause i just rebooted and am getting the same error again. THE KING 05:26, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it has to do with Wikipedia coding. There is some talk about it in the topic above this one (that's not what spaceopera is). --Codemonkey 05:40, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: WTF!!!

message: When you do "view source", you ought to get a list of templates which the page uses, in the same way that you do when editing unprotected pages which use templates. Main Page 19:48, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  view source 

message: Where it talks about the 9/11, there were two world trade centres, not one, as implied where it is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hubert Wan (talk • contribs)  .
There were two towers, making one center. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:52, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Although physically located in Arlington County, the Pentagon uses a Washington, D.C. address. Perhaps a redirect to Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area would be better. This larger area includes both. -- PFHLai 16:42, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected Anniversaries, September 11th

message: Congrats to the Polish Wikipedia for reaching 100K articles. Redwolf24 (talk) 04:41, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think they have yet, have they? Italian has just passed 100K (after massive rambot-style bot-driven article creation which pushed them up from 10th biggest to 5th biggest in a couple of weeks). Swedish also passed 100K not long ago, and Polish will hit 100K in a few days though I should think. — Trilobite 18:54, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Let's at least wait, though, for the Polish and Dutch Wikipedias to hit 100K first.--Pharos 19:12, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Is the number of articles the most important thing? Should we really be encouraging the creation of substubs and "massive rambot-style bot-driven article creation"? I'll move the discussion elsewhere, if someone can point me to some place appropriate, but I don't see that changing this improves anything--Prosfilaes 19:57, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would disagree its not suggesting anything. I believe they should be divided again because its kind of deiving to place the German wiki under 50,000+ plus when it is so far above. Falphin 01:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish Wikipedia 

message: Since "best-known" is not modifying a noun, it needs to lose the hyphen, please. Thanks. Nelson Ricardo 08:43, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
:Fixed on main page and in the article.-gadfium 09:27, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian Renaissance 

message: I posted this comment on the TFAfooter template page too, but why is the "By Email" link leading to a edit link (aka Redlink)? Very visual... shouldn't it be fixed ASAP? -- WB 20:40, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
:The link is mail:daily-article-l.  I've removed them from  and  as a temporary fix.  violet/riga (t) 21:11, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I think some developer has altered the wiki-syntax for linking to mail.wikipedia.org, which was apparently previously mail: .  The page meant to be linked to is mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-article-l , which I've now reinserted on the templates as an external link until someone can tell us what the changed syntax is.--Pharos 22:52, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And now it seems mail: is working again.  I guess I'll put it back on the templates.--Pharos 20:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Email thing 

message: I think the notice on the main page is a bad summary of the incident and what made it important. "The Laconia incident: RMS Laconia, carrying some 80 civilians and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian POWs with 160 Polish soldiers on guard, was struck by a torpedo from a U-boat off the coast of West Africa and sank." Adding something like "The U-boat was sank while trying to rescue survivors from the Laconia." might help, especially as it would be of little note had the U-boat not tried to rescue people and got sunk in the process. --Prosfilaes 19:47, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The U-boat (actually four Axis subs) was bombed, but was not sunk. There were further casualties among the survivors as a result of the bombing. In any event, the article was in flux but is much more accurate and readable now. Too bad we didn't get there before it scrolled off! --Dhartung | Talk 22:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've copied and pasted this onto Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/September 12.  Hopefully, whoever updates the Selected Anniversaries template next year can fix this accordingly. -- PFHLai 16:29, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Laconia incident

message: Oh joy, another day where both top illustrations on the main page are flags.  How creative. Jgm 11:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: More flags

message: Why does this link point to the list of Byzantine Emperors instead of to the "Eastern Roman Empire" page? Piet 12:10, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Because Eastern Roman Emperor (not "Empire") redirects to List of Byzantine emperors. Click it, and you'll see.... -- 216.94.206.99 00:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern Roman Empire 

message: Isn't the plural of index indices not indexes?
:People have complained about this before. Allegedly 'indexes' is correct American English. --81.154.236.221 15:10, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was not around for the debate on this subject, but in this case I believe "indexes" is the correct plural (at least in British English, I cannot comment for other forms). "Indices" is the preferable plural for "index" in most cases, especially in mathematics, but where "index" is used to mean an alphabetical list of subjects, as in this case, "indexes" is correct. I guess this is just one of the many idosyncrasies in the English language. Rje 17:09, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition (American, as am I) says "Inflected Form(s): plural in·dex·es or in·di·ces".  Note that indexes is listed first. Nelson Ricardo 02:39, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is the one (indices) used more in mathematics?  --141.219.44.78 18:25, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE: "Other indexes" 

message: "San Francisco's other famous bridge"? --Tydaj 11:23, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: They're both famous (it was a major achievement in its day). Golden Gate is more famous, yes. --Dhartung | Talk 23:00, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Really hadn't ever heard of San Fransisco-Oakland until today. --Tydaj 00:52, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Strange, they're two of the biggest cities in the US, and we're not being nationalistic, as most English people I know have heard of San Francisco. Its also one of the most popular ports for immigrants from Asia. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Tydaj means the bridge. I think I've heard of it: wasn't it involved in some earthquake? I wouldn't call it famous, nowhere near the Golden Gate. --Sum0 16:24, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: San Fransisco-Oakland Bridge

message: I like Song of Pig n want to talk about it n wan it on the front page how can i do that please
:You can talk about the Song of Pig article at talk:Song of Pig. You can ask this and other questions at WP:ASK. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song of Pig 

message: Apparently the lengthy back-and-forth over the phrasing to use upon the death of Rehnquist seems to have had zero impact.  Once again, the proper title for the position Roberts is nominated for is Chief Justice of the United States.  Period.  NOT Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or anything else.  Sorry if I sound testy, but it's annoying to find the same dumb mistake returning, smack on the front page, in a matter of days, as if all this had not been painfully hashed out very recently. LeoO3 20:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, fine.  Where is it on the main page?  I can't find it.  Sam Korn 20:43, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There was an item on him on ITN that was removed a couple of hours ago. Evil Monkey∴Hello 21:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chief Justice of United States; NOT of US Supreme Court 

message: I changed the browse portal button to the Ask Wikipedia a Question button. Here's my edit summary
16:45, 15 September 2005 Redwolf24 (link to reference desk, remove portal browse as many of our portals are quite small and underdeveloped. please don't revert if you want portal browse, just add it.)
I think its a good idea to be linking to the Reference desk as its a place to ask us pretty much anything, and sometimes you don't wanna do the work of finding the article ;)
Comments please? Redwolf24 (talk) 23:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There, I changed it again as per . Looks fine to me. Comments? Redwolf24 (talk) 00:59, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've lowercased "question". ~~ N (t/c) 01:30, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: ...Why? We uppercase the first letter for all the non-the, a, etc. words there. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:37, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nvm I guess we don't. But I guess I'll be bold and do just that, as IMO it looks better. I invite anyone to revert me. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  MainPageIntro 

message: Please change "is" to "it"
:"the Perth Mint is the oldest operating mint in Australia and that is has produced over 4,500 tonnes of..."
Thanks Lisa 04:40, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Lisa. I've fixed it. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 05:03, September 13, 2005 (UTC)
Also take out the that before the now-deleted is so it reads is the oldest operating mint in Australia and has produced ....
Also change the bit about the American Burying Beetle being "one of the only beetle species that exhibits parental care". --> "one of the few …" !! :-)
--Lavintzin 04:49, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  please refix "did you know" error(s) 

message: I propose a "picture of the day" section.
A strange image or one that would show the international happenings or even an interesting picture that has arrived to the site
That would show that Wikipedia is truly an encyclopedia that not only stocks the knowledge of our times but also accompagnies our era through its evolution and developpement.
:There is one. WP:POTD should lead there, I think... --Kiand 19:55, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Pictures of the day are on the Main Page on weekends. -- 199.71.174.100 00:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposition 

message: Why Soviet aggression of 1939 is not among them??
[]
It was very important event during WW2, at least for Soviet Union, Germany, Poland and all other countries of EE.
Cautious 15:20, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good suggestion... I had a hard time looking for another page to feature, as Polish September Campaign was already up on September 1, and we had Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on August 23. I hope pages like Romanian Bridgehead or Kresy would be much enhanced by next year, then we can have another good page to showcase on the MainPage. -- PFHLai 23:18, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Selected anniversaries Sep 17th

message: Is it just me, or has Wikipedia been really slugish lately? At one point I was editing over 25 pages a day, now I'm down to about 5 to 10 a day becuase of the slowness. This needs to get fixed, and fast! Thanks. --Mb1000 18:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Extreme server slowness. --cesarb 19:14, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The NEED for SPEED! 

message: The summary currently on the Main Page states: "some of the students who were believed to be killed for their religious beliefs", while the article itself claim "some of the students who were mistakenly believed to be killed for their religious beliefs". With the former being accurate. 71.32.199.15 04:37, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder what such a weird statement is doing in the intro anyway. It sounds like a hasty npoving of a cheap attempt at point-scoring. The gun control lobby and Christian fundamentalism are not exactly known to coincide in the US, so it sounds like the suggestion 'if they didn't have guns, there would have been no shooting' is being countered with the rather more oblique, but more compatible with fundamentalist cartoon-style morality, 'if they hadn't been evil atheist devils thirsting for the blood of Christian children, there would have been no shooting'. 83.77.214.240 11:30, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured article summary incorrect 

message: Is wikipedia availble as (an) XML feed(s)? If so, is there any documentation for this feature, as I am thinking of writing a Wiki Reader in Python.
:See Wikipedia:Syndication.  Sam Korn 14:07, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  XML Feeds 

message: In this place:
"childless.James"
:Fixed. Thanks. Shanes 10:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor edit in feature article introduction on James I. Space missing after dot. 

message: A few days ago the pope was a Nazi, and now Giles Corey wears a hooded sweatshirt and dark sunglasses.  This is just incompetent.
: Incompetent reading ? There are 5 bulleted items next to the image, y'know. Don't jump to conclusions after reading just one. Read the whole section, or move your mouse over the image to reveal the hidden ALT text. -- 199.71.174.100 03:38, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I think that International Talk Like a Pirate Day has gained enough of a following by now to be listed on the main page in the "September 19" box. What say ye?
Moofus 14:50, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:27, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

text: yesRast 20:10, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

text: I was wondering why it was not there. Dalf | Talk 22:20, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: For dignity. Wastoid 22:26, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Avast, matey! — ceejayoz ★ 02:21, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  ARR 

message: Might need to revise the bit on the front page re: North Korea's nuclear agreement... They've added conditions... — ceejayoz ★ 02:20, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  North Korea 

message: In 1946 eleven films shared the Palm d'Or. However, following the Palm d'Or link, one can find out Palm d'Or was introduced in 1955. A bit of inconsistency, don't you find? Main Page, September 20th, 2005, Selected Aniversaries category.
: Hmmm... the info about 1955, etc. wasn't there on the Palme d'Or page when I wrote that line for the Selected Aniversaries ! Thanks for pointing this out, User: 82.77.126.3. Is it better now ? -- PFHLai 07:45, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Palme d'Or

message: Damn! The FA is turning into WTF!? If we don't watch out, tomorrow will be some science fiction novel no one has ever heard of (ok, I'm exaggerating - they wouldn't do anything that stupid). Eixo 01:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sylvia

message: How do I remove the Iraq War link on the front page?  The story about the two british soldiers has been removed from that article.  It doesn't fit there, since it is far too soon to assume it is an important encyclopedic event in the war.  Is there some current events page that should be linked to instead?--Silverback 10:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  how do I remove the Iraq War link? 

message: Could somebody please edit the Hurricane Rita Vandalism? It currently says 'fuck u'. 71.32.170.12 12:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurrican Rita Vandalism 

message: This is a simple error, which I have also corrected on the prequel page.  By definition a prequel must be published after the work to which it is a prequel.  The Hobbit was Tolkien's first published work on Middle Earth.  The word "prequel" on the main page should be changed to "prelude".  I would do this myself, but I don't have permission. --Tisco 15:27, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Hobbit'' is ''not'' a prequel 

message: As stated at , the five-day Rita forecast image needs to be updated. - dcljr (talk) 16:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The Hurricane Rita photo is not appearing for me on the main page, just a link to the photo.  Johntex\talk 21:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Many images are hiding these days. May be related to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Extreme server slowness]. -- 199.71.174.100 21:51, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Where are the images hiding?  They're living it up at Ybor City, one of the most popular evening hotspots around Tampa Bay.--Pharos 22:14, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  For Wikimania 2005-a ? :-) -- PFHLai 05:03, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of Hurricane Rita 

message: The current blurb is incorrect; Hurricane Katrina is not known to have caused 1033 deaths in New Orleans, as stated; that's the current overall total.  This is nothing new for "In the News" and is a prime example as to why I dislike the Wiki model trying to be used as a news source; I wish dearly that people who are able to edit the main page but don't have any background in journalism, fact checking, or the particular event being reported would refrain from trying.  Simply skimming readily-available and professionally-vetted sources such as CNN.com and then parroting headlines (often incorrectly) does nobody a service.  Jgm 00:15, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed this a few minutes ago as I too noticed the incorrect information; I wouldn't say you need a background in journalism for this but we certainly should be more careful.--Pharos 00:33, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for doing that; I think your edit and mine overlapped.  I continue to have lots of reservations about Wikipedia trying to "cover" breaking news, but I guess this isn't the forum for the general issue.  Jgm 01:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: An inherent nature of the Wikipedia is that articles may temporarily contain errors. This is perhaps more noticeable with breaking news, but it applies to all types of articles. Journalism has been called the first draft of history; anyone experiencing journalism from the subject end quickly learns that even professional accuracy or understanding leaves much to be desired. At least with Wikipedia, there are sharp eyes such as your own to make the corrections. --Dhartung | Talk 08:36, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  And we can correct mistakes right away ! -- PFHLai 18:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sigh.  I'll have to find a better place and time to tilt at this particular windmill, but in a nutshell: transient mistakes are by definition much more of an issue in a time-sensitive realm such as "news" than they are in a long-term reference.  And since no primary-source reporting is involved in Wikipedia's "in the news" section we are at the mercy both of the mistakes of the professionals you refer to and the mistakes of the well-meaning volunteers who try to paraphrase quickly-changing, carefully-worded, professionally-vetted news stories and create errors and inaccuracies in the process.  All of which might be acceptable risks if there were actually a need for a wiki version of the news in the way that there is a need for an open-content encyclopedia, but there's not.  Jgm 20:16, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  ITN is not Wikinews, but just a corner on the MainPage to showcase updated articles in Wikipedia.  Let's not use it as a news service. -- PFHLai 02:40, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Well stated.  What is the approriate forum for the general issue? 128.220.220.95 22:13, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Depending on what exactly you want to say, User:128.220.220.95, probably Template talk:In the news or the Village Pump. -- PFHLai 02:35, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hurricane news is wrong

message: At the best of times the Main page is poor for 800x600 users, but with Rita in the news, its worse than normal. So can we reduce padding, especially between the FA box and the menu, and the In the News box and the right side. An extra 10px-20px could really improve things in the long run for all those 800x600 users out there. - RoyBoy 800 02:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And yes I'm aware it displays much better on IE6. - RoyBoy 800 02:23, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Ah, maybe someone could massage the servers with cheetah blood? Should get things moving along. We should have enough surplus money from the successful fund drive for that. - RoyBoy 800 02:51, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  800x600 

message: reg. the wikipedia tutorial, how do you add images?
(sugg. that this be added to tutorial)
*See Wikipedia:Image tutorial. -Mgm|(talk) 12:01, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Images?

message: On the English Wikipedia front page of 9/22/2005 or so, under the section "Did you know...", Mona Darkfeather is referred to as an "actor".  She was an actress, not an actor.  H Padleckas 04:54, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The term 'actor' can be used in a unisex context. Lord Bob 05:05, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: (edit conflict) In American English at least, actor can refer to those of either gender, while actress specifically refers to female actors (Merriam-Webster's definition of actor makes no reference to gender, while that for actress is "a woman who is an actor"). There has been a trend away from sexist language (in the U.S., at least): instead of policeman/policewoman we have "police officer", mailman/mailwoman to "mail carrier", chairman/chairwoman to "chair" or "chairperson". Some see the feminine form actress as patronizing or demeaning and use actor to refer to both genders. I am passing no judgment on this practice, just reporting current usage. Actress may be less confusing. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:10, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Old-fashioned people are so funny. --Dhartung | Talk 08:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: The Screen Actors Guild, in their annual awards ceremony, gives awards to "Best Male Actor" and "Best Female Actor".  User:Zoe|(talk) 02:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Language changes. This can result in neologisms being applied to historical content. I would say that if she was predominantly called an actress in her own day, then we should honour that usage. (this guideline to apply so long as the original term is sufficiently widely understood). dramatic 09:09, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mona Darkfeather blurb on 9/22/2005 front page 

message: I am in a different time zone than America, and my mainpage content doesn't change at midnight in my time-zone, It changes about 4pm.
Can the default local time-zone be picked up through a php function and be applied to the other changeover time variable?
Thanks
:The rollover happens at 00:00 UTC, not midnight in an American timezone. There is no real way to make the changeover happen at different times for people in different time zones, this is because of limitations in the MediaWiki software  and it would be extremly difficiult to change. --Clawed 06:26, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The suggestion that different people see different versions of a wiki page depending on their time zones is, inherently, a very bad one. →Raul654 07:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time-Zone Rollover 

message: there should be a space between Dr. and Subramanian --> "...That Dr.Subramanian"
:Done. Thanks for pointing this out. -- PFHLai 15:36, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DYK... mistake 

message: It needs changing on the Main Page from a Category 4 storm to a category 5 storm. JDH Owens talk | Esperanza 19:05, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hurricane Rita 

message: ...giving the Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory... I believe we usually refer to it as just Sheffield Wednesday? Piet 09:34, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I believe so, too. Removed now. Thanks for spotting it. Shanes 09:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for fixing my mistake. -- PFHLai 09:55, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

text: That was fast :) Piet 10:13, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The" Sheffield Wednesday 

message: The Did you know text on the T-44 contains a link to the T-54/55 article, which is a redirect to the T-55 article. --Kralizec! 20:03, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Did you know" links to a redirect 

message: Please change the spelling of the word "breech" as in Hurricane Rita, a category 3 storm, threatens the U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana, with landfall most likely near Port Arthur. Storm surges have already breeched some of New Orleans' weakened levees. --Cumbiagermen 01:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Thanks. Shanes 01:07, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, yes, thanks, you caught me.  I was just thinking of some lovely beech trees at the time.--Pharos 01:11, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of "Breach" 

message: :Doping in sports: Ben Johnson (pictured) "won" the 100 metres sprint at the Seoul Olympics, "defeating" rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie with a world record time of 9.79 seconds.
Ugh.  The "quotes" are a "distraction" and look (IMHO) kind of "ugly."  Howsabout this instead:
1988: Olympic scandal: Ben Johnson (pictured) won the 100 metres sprint at the Seoul Olympics, defeating rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie with a world record time of 9.79 seconds.  The victory and the world record would soon be overturned by the IOC and IAAF because drug tests showed Johnson cheated.''
--Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:15, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've modified it, but in a somewhat briefer form.--Pharos 02:28, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Coolness.  --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A "suggestion" for the "selected" anniversaries