Talk:Main Page/Archive 9

message: After the latest vandalism on the front page link to  Tli Cho it might be appropriate to discuss protecting also pages listed there. Or make an option to add them automatically to watchlists of all admins. Safety measure.--Kpjas 07:16, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Protect pages listed on the Main Page?

message: I really dislike that pretentious front page quotation. Firstly, it pushes the actual content of the page even further down on smaller displays. Secondly, it doesn't make any sense concerning Wikipedia. Wikipedia contains lots and lots of (often very good) information, but it is not exactly a source of wisdom! I think the quotation is pretty silly in this context... --Morn
:I agree on all counts. I've never heard of this guy John Naisbitt either. I'm getting rid of it. Mintguy 18:12, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Front page quotation

message: Dear Sir/ Madam
I recently saw a detailed article on Bazilio by Col Joseph Ntare on your page, could you please forward it to me.  Thank you
James Tawny
:I answered your query at the Wikipedia:Village Pump which is the best place for this sort of query. Pete 12:07, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello 

message: See the discussion on the link to Wikipedia:MIT Media Lab survey added to the main page of Wikipedia on September 11. Nanobug 23:36, 11 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIT Media Lab survey 

message: Shouldn't the "current events" link go to Abu Ala at this point rather than Mahmoud Abbas? -- AdamRaizen 18:22, 2003 Sep 13 (UTC)
: Yes, it should. Done.
: James F. 22:06, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mahmoud Abbas 

message: Shouldn't someone add the Williams sisters' sister's death to the main page?
: I dunno. Does she really qualify as suitable? She's only famous by association... (This also applies to adding her to RDs itself.)
: James F. 00:40, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Deaths

message: Do we have to say "complete and accurate"? As if someone would be creating an inaccurate encyplopaedia? CGS 20:10, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: When any 4-year old or jerk can edit, I think it is necessary to mention that our goal is to be complete and accurate. --mav 01:59, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: You mean it's accurate?

message: Why hasn't the hurricane ever registered on "In the News"?  It's slamming North Carolina right now, and I think deserves mention (and I can't make the edit). -- VV 23:27, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Hurricane Isabel

message: The tables with the different language doesn't wrap with my setup (Opera 7) and generates a thousands of pixels wide table. Please look into this. Thanks, drx
: I can confirm this (Opera 7.20 on winXP) - the yellow "Community" box is indeed thousands of pixels wide.  The languages list reads "Wikipedia language list - Afrikaans [huuuuge gap] [arabic (in arabic script, right aligned]"  So it seems likely that it's a difference in how Opera handles R->L langages inside tablecells -- Finlay McWalter 13:06, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Layout bad on Opera 7

message: How do we get to select which people appear on the front page? I think that Jack Brymer is deserving of this (died 15th September), as he was really a very distinguished clarinettist. David Martland 18:54, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Deaths

message: The link to the Galileo spacecraft should be itealicized to meet standard style.64.12.96.47 01:34, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: NASA doesn't italisize it.Vancouverguy 01:38, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: The Government Printing Office Style guide says that it should be.  What does NASA know about writing style? 64.12.96.47 00:23, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

text: Agreed. Done. James F. 11:46, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Galileo''

message: I'm stunned that that worked.  I couldn't put it back without using an admin account. -BuddhaInside
:Yes you could have. As long as the redirect page wasn't edited, you could have moved it back the same way you moved it out. -- Tim Starling 14:57, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving

message: His passing is at least as significant as that of Robert Palmer.  Would someone with the proper access please add George to the list of Recent deaths featured on the Main Page? -- NetEsq 18:46, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Deaths: George Plimpton

message: I think that Eugene Istomin is worth noting as a recent death. Also
Denis Quilley - though I'll have to check the articles. Istomin's is
taking shape, and perhaps satisfies the requirements. He was at least as
well known in music as many of the others that get a mention. David Martland 05:42, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Angela 04:52, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)
Does drummer Tony Thompson (Chic, David Bowie, Power Station) merit a mention?  Catherine 05:27, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Deaths

message: Originally, Philosophy was with "Mathematics and Natural Sciences." I believe that it should be restored to this category. Say what you will about philosphy, but it does not belong beside the social sciences. Traditional views of knowledge categories group philosophy into the same group as mathematics. 
I propose slightly modified categories: Philosophy & Mathematics, Natural Science, Applied Science, Social Science, Humanities, and Fine Art.
Psychology was originally seen as being as an elevated branch of philosophy but lost that status in the 20th century when it progressed more toward a science. Philosophy has nothing to do with psychology anymore.
CATEGORY DEFINITIONS to avoid ambiguity!!
Philosophy & Mathematics: Purely analytic ways of knowing. This should be seperated from science because science is not as "pure" as mathematics. (Comptuer science is not self-evident analytic knowledge!!)
Natural Science: Sciences that are concerned with natural phenomena. (e.g. biology, physics, earth science, chemistry, etc.)
Social Science: Sciences that study aspects of society using theories and scientific models. (e.g. sociology, political science, economics, etc.)
Applied Science: Scientific knowledge that is applied to a specific end. (e.g. engineering, health science, computer engineering, computer science, etc.) 
Humanities: Knowledge systems that do not require fine art skills and do not accumulate knowledge through scientific means. (e.g. history, mythology, theology, law, etc.) 
Fine arts: Any mode of production, including that which is produced, which requires a skill that cannot be learned but through practice and excersises (hence a fine skill or "talent"). (theatre, dance, ballet, music, poetry, opera, film, etc.)
Furthermore... if it is not a system of knowledge (e.g. "tourism") I don't think it belongs on the main page, or at least in a sepearte section.
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PETA/Pamela Anderson/Kentucky Fried Chicken is in the news. Lirath Q. Pynnor
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Nathaniel Heatwole is in the news. Lirath Q. Pynnor
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Why does the Abortion in the U.S. link to go Intact dilation and extraction, and not Abortion in the United States?  I think it's inaccurate to link to the specific technique when the label does not match. Fuzheado
: I've changed the link so it now goes to Abortion in the United States.  Fuzheado 02:23, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Shall fix Dysprosia 09:00, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: Is there a reason for not mentioning WikiSource in the para. "Syster Projects"?<BR>
Found it in the French Main Page<BR>^^ Dod1 13:48, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiSource

message: Out of curiosity, how come Week in history gets two lines? Shouldn't In the news and New articles get two lines too? Kingturtle 21:32, 1 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Because there is far more past history to cover than current history. "Recent deaths" is already the second line of current news. --mav 11:28, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Clarification: "New articles" may be arbitrary choices but they are not random. -- Viajero 17:58, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Random suggests they are picked out of a hat. In actuality, a human mind decides which ones to choose, based on criteria. Kingturtle 23:20, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Uh - the articles were created around the current date. --mav 23:41, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: It was created on Oct 23. Many hundreds of even newer articles have added since then. --mav 03:22, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page space 

message: *This month sees the 50th anniversary of the uncovering of the Piltdown Man hoax, with a major exhibition at the NHM  Andy Mabbett 09:41, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Anniversaries

message: There is a br-Tag or something similar in the section "Wikipedia in other languages". --zeno 13:27, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed an unneccessary carriage return in the source, which means that the languages are all now shown in the same font size in my browser (IE5.something) Hope this fixes whatever problem you were having. Pete 13:43, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urgent