Talk:Main Page/Archive 99

message: Why not say exactly how early? Wareq 06:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Like now. --74.14.17.68 16:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: If you mean by how many weeks, it says on the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season page. -- Chris as I am Chris 17:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early season 

message: Is it just me or are nearly all of the links on the Main Page red, so that it looks like the article linked isn't there? Yet when I do click on a link, the actual article is still there.
A formating mistake or something? 91.125.15.227
:For me also--Dcooper 15:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think everyone is seeing them in this manner. --LuigiManiac 15:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Redlinks that aren't Nil Einne 15:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Your right there I am using Mozilla. Why? AxG ҈ ►talk 15:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Redlinks_that_aren.27t --Cadby (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Whoops, didn't realize someone'd already posted the correct link... --Cadby (talk) 15:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it just me or... 

message: Just a quick note to say I've really enjoyed the wide selection of featured articles this week, from a medieval pogrom to the red planet, to a Marshal of the Soviet Union to an iconic piece of art. Great stuff and a big thanks to all those involved in working such a diverse array up to featured standard and Raul for selecting them. Lisiate 00:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh quit your complaini... no wait.. what was that again? ;) Everyone here does a great job, I agree. --Monotonehell 02:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Thank you very much :) Raul654 04:15, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: What no computer games, minor celebrities, singles, or cricketer biographies?  Pshaw! :) -- ALoan (Talk) 12:29, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Be careful not to look at tomorrow's featured article. You might get a heart attack. —Cuiviénen 12:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A pity we didn't have any biology related article this week. Perhaps someone should work on cardiac arrestmyocardial infarction (sorry got wrong article)? It's already been nominated once so probably not that much more work... Nil Einne 15:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Is it a single about a computer game performed by a minor cricket-playing celebrity?  I wanna read that article.  ShadowHalo 19:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Worse. It's Eurovision Song Contest. —Cuiviénen 20:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooh, it's too bad we don't have any Eurovision DYK nominations in the queue. We could've had an all-Eurovision Main Page. howcheng  {chat} 03:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eurovision is on this week, I agree let's have every single item on Main Page relate to it! --Monotonehell 03:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shameless Flattery 

message: He was born 1642 and died 1727.
He was born in a manor house and died in London. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.145.218.117 (talk) 14:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, what the heck are you talking about? If you have a recommendation/info for a specific article, you should post on that article's talk page instead Nil Einne 15:12, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're talking about Isaac Newton?--User:Rock2e  Talk - Contribs  20:35, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  When he was born 

message: Could we add WikiContact (http://www.wikicontact.org) to the list of sister projects of Wikipedia?  It seems relevant and useful. Mrn3 06:00, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That site is not a sister project of Wikipedia.  (Our sister projects) --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 06:02, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How could it be adopted as a sister project? Mrn3 06:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Things aren't adopted, they are started by the foundation Meta:Proposals for new projects. And to be honest, wikicontacts looks like an identity thiefs best friend (and also useful for people who want to defame and/or piss of people for whatever reason). Raises a whole host of legal and moral issues. Not something I would say that's a good idea for the foundation to support Nil Einne 06:10, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see.  Thanks for your comments.  Wikicontact is revolutionary, but it aims to contain information that is freely available through phonebook sites (whitepages.com, switchboard.com, etc.) anyway - it i just more organized.  I can see why the foundation wouldn't be interested in it though. Mrn3 06:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are many wikis which could be added to the sister projects list, such as Wikitravel, except they need to be operated by the Wikimedia Foundation and they are not. GizzaChat © 08:40, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiContact 

message: Is it coincidence that the Eurovision article is up there today at the same time as it happening this weekend, or was this planned? 147.197.215.15 21:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fairly sure it was planned, we try put articles on the main page to an important date that concerns them. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. This is where an editor can request a featured article to appear on a particular date. That's probably how the Eurovision article made it to the Main Page today. Nishkid64 (talk) 21:47, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main page featured article today 

message: I require a scholarship so that my Wikipedia improvement may be effectively doubled Perturbed Pete 08:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ( hey, I want a scholarship too! The Wikimedia Foundation had better be writing some checks right now... GracenotesT § 13:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I still think we should be paid by the edit. I could make a fortune that way – Gurch 06:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah me too. --Oh so andrea 12:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scholarships 

message: I cannot seem to edit the references for the article on scurvy. Has something been done to it? I was going to remove two links that look like they are part of a search engine optimization scheme.
:Do you have an account?  Chef Clover 14:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you trying to edit the References section directly? Due to the formatting style Wikipedia uses, that will not work. You have to seek out the references as they appear within the text of the article. —Cuiviénen 17:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If this is the case, you may want to read Wikipedia:Footnotes for how references work. - BanyanTree 05:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editability 

message: Today's page has a note mentioning the Palestinians' so-called "Nakhba Day". The term is highly charged and POV. There is overwhelming evidence that the the Palestinians' disaster was entirely self-inflicted. If Wikipedia can demand a "neutral" euphamism like "militant" for "terrorist" a fully defined dictionary term, certainly a more neutral euphamism could be used for "Nakhba Day". "Exile Day" perhaps.Scott Adler 11:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case, it would be inappropriate to call the day anything else because Palestinians are commerating Nakbha Day, not Exile Day. Note that if Bush calls someone a terrorist, we don't say Bush calls that person a militant, we say Bush call's him/her a terrorist. Besides that it's likely, most people won't know what Nakhba means so calling it Nakhba Day doesn't actually make much difference. Most people will click on the day where they will get the info. (N.B. It doesn't actually matter who's fault it was. Palestinians obviously don't believe they were completely at fault, they believe the invaders should share some of the blame but even if they are completely wrong as you allege, it's still a catastrophe unless you're trying to say the lives of 700 thousand Palestinians doesn't matter) Nil Einne 11:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Also, this belongs in WP:ERRORS, the section on the top of this page. ffm ✎talk 11:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors in ''On this day...'' 

message: Just a heads up: May 18 is the 80th anniversary of the Bath School disaster.  I think it would look utterly foolish to omit that from the main page.  67.149.103.119 02:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that the other topics from May 18's OTD are a lot more important than a tragic but still in the larger scheme of things irrelevant event. —Cuiviénen 02:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't say irrelevant - the deadliest mass murder in the history of the United States (which sees two school shootings a year on average) would definitely make the grade on most other days. I do agree though that it shouldn't displace any of the ones currently on there.  GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 06:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't you mean deadliest mass murder in a school? There are several largely undisputed mass murders which are deadlier in US history as well as several other events which some would argue qualify Nil Einne 06:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: utterly foolish? Oh, please... --74.14.19.160 12:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I believe we have to omit massacres and mass murders every day: they are sadly common through human history.--cloviz 16:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: It will be on the front page of the U.S. Portal (and see here), if that's any consolation. — Zaui (talk) 16:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  May 18 

message: Yay, there is finally some Pacific news in ITN.  Well done. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.195.86.38 (talk • contribs) 03:05, 14 May 2007  (UTC)
: To get more Pacific news in ITN, pls get related articles updated and suggest important news at WP:ITN/C. --74.14.20.219 15:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, please contribute to the news column at Portal:Oceania.-gadfium 20:12, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yay! (ITN) 

message: I suggest use  in the top of the page, that produces:
or better -- T  UTC, that produces:
-- T  UTC
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by  Nopetro (talk • contribs)  08:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never seen the date as that (17/5/7) anywhere in Europe, where do you live?  The European common date format is DD/MM/YYYY or DD/MM/YY (17/05/2007 or 17/05/07). -- Chris as I am Chris 12:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Dunno personally I have no problem with YY/MM/DD or DD/MM/YY (or YYYY for either). What I don't understand is funny systems like YY/DD/MM or MM/DD/YY (or four digit year for either). Nil Einne 16:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: 17/5/7 isn't a common date format in Britain or in fact anywhere in the world, see Calendar date, as it could be mixed up with the American date format as the year 2017. -- Chris as I am Chris 17:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I'd agree the best way is to spell out the month name, removes any ambiguity. Example: 2/3/87 (my birthdate and the source of my username) means February 3rd, 1987 to me. It could, though, easily be mistaken for March 2nd, 1987. February 3rd, though, means the same date to anyone.--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm British and also quite familiar with European and US customs concerning dates (though I'm no expert) and I have never in my life seen anyone put just the last digit (i.e. "7") for a year - "'07", "07" and "2007" are much more common - as far as I've seen. ...but anymahoozles, I agree that including the actual month and the date of the month avoids any such conclusion.  I'm going to ask some people tomorrow (or today actually - I'm staying up late) to see if they do - could be interesting. Benedictwest 23:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely concur with the above point, I am a Brit, and I have never seen a single digit year used either. 213.48.15.234 09:24, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

text: YYYY-MM-DD is the ISO 8601 date standard, which is expected to be understood by most anyone, or at least figure-out-able. But since this is the English Wikipedia, using the English month names makes the most sense. howcheng  {chat} 03:41, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I prefer "Friday 18 May 2007"! Which is why Wikipedia encourages use of its date formatting features. Bazza 13:06, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it depends on your "My Preferences", for me, I see the <Month> <Day> convention. I guess it won't work when the date is not generated by magic words.  --Howard the Duck 14:32, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Most newbies don't know how to set their preferences. Or when not to use "[[w:". --74.14.20.219 16:36, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

text: type  on user talk:thorbabe and click on 'save page'. someone will come to your assistance. --76.64.76.249 20:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date and time 

message: Uncle Tom's Cabin? Shinozaki Mamoru? A picture of Lincoln? Clearly more evidence of Wikipedia's anti-slavery agenda... Raul654 03:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hehe.  If there was a barnstar for "Congratulations, you made me laugh my head off" you would receive it at this point.  DoomsDay349 03:43, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Try :Image:Comedy gold.png.  violet/riga (t) 10:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

text: (EC) I just had to spend the last five minutes cleaning chocolate milk off my monitor, keyboard, and phone after an unfortunately-timed reading of the above. Damn, I don't think I've laughed that hard in the last month.... -- MarcoTolo 03:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We're all Jimbo's slaves anyway... --Howard the Duck 06:20, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh course, that is the funnest thing I have read this day! I need to read the talk page more ofter... - Thekittybomb 23:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More bias 

message: All of the text that should be at the top of this page are gone.--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 18:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is because we do not want Main Page appearing at the top of the main page. As a side effect, on the history and move pages main page is omitted. Not too much of an issue, though. ffm ✎talk 20:44, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can manually do it &action=logs or something like that. (Take the end of any other log page) --R ParlateContribs@ (Let's go Yankees!) 00:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Text 

message: I loved seeing the Aerogel image.  I feel like there have been more Insects and birds than objects.  I am sure this is because there are more featured pics of nature than objects, but my 2 cents is that we should alternate daily if possible, nature, non-nature. Drewson99 17:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The correct place for this comment is Wikipedia_talk:Featured_pictures. (And all insects are animals, so all non-animals are non-insects....) - UtherSRG (talk) 17:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the correct place for this is Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. howcheng  {chat} 21:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Looking at the choices for May, there are 9 animal pictures, and two other "green" ones, out of 31 pictures. Seems fine to me. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 19:19, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at this past month, I guess I'd agree, I guess I was lumping animal pics with nature pics.  I just feel like there is a lack  of technical/machine/object pics.  I'll try and be part of the solution and submit some fine images of my own, maybe one day they will be recommended for featuring.64.37.159.196 20:57, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need more Non-Animal non-insect featured pics 

message: When can we finally enter to ALL languages with the  SAME name and password? Fak119 08:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has nothing to do with the main page. Please try WP:VP or "http://meta.wikimedia.org/". --74.13.129.168 09:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It actually has to do with Help:Unified login, the final outcome of Single login. Gripe there, please. I do agree that it's long overdue. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 17:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  cross-wiki passwords 

message: Top Topics
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.184.37.1 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You may be looking for Wikipedia:Featured topics.--Pharos 04:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top Topics 

message: Who was it that said that basically every 1 in 30 main page featured articles was Australian? IMO it now seems like, say, every 1 in 10 (or something like that) is American. Simply south 09:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming people focus on their own country's articles, thats relatively poor because almost 20% of users are from the US. Its somewhere in the Archives, cant find it with google though. 87.194.107.47 11:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

text: There's a greater percentage of American editors I'd assume, and thus a greater percentage of editors from that land turning out featured articles. Want to increase the percentage for  said nation? Get writing...  -- Phoenix2 (talk, review) 03:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Mind, I'm writing an online dictionary and when I write the entry for "guesswork," I'll just put a link to this discussion. What do you mean by "American?" I personally have written a featured article that was about a Venetian subject and had nothing to do with America. JHMM13 17:22, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm referring to those appearing on the main page and am in no way saying that all FAs are. It just seems like it as in the past month or so a lot have come up. Simply south 19:44, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of featured articles 

message: Not recognized by the UN as Israel's capital and in the beggining of the article says it's the capital of Israel? How come? radiant guy 06:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See the discussion at Talk:Jerusalem/capital.  ShadowHalo 06:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Uh, Positions on Jerusalem. Its linked in the article. Gdo01 18:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Jerusalem is Israel's capital city, because Israel said so.  It doesn't matter whether people think it shouldn't be , it is the de facto capital.  Whether it being the capital is legal under international law is disputed, but the fact that it is the capital, whether legal or not, is not disputed. —Dark•Shikari[T] 19:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Jerusalem is Israel's capital city, because Israel said so" What a ridiculous statement! Palestinians say exactly the same thing so why do Israelies have their case put forward and not the other side?? Chrisp7 20:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because they decide what they declare as their capital?  The Palestinians can also declare their capital to be Jerusalem if they want--nobody is stopping them.  Israel's capital is, by the definition of a "capital", exactly what Israel says it is, regardless of any de facto or de jure situation.  That is what capital means.  Its what a country says is its capital.  There are other terms similar to capital you might be thinking of, such as seat of government. —Dark•Shikari[T] 21:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Actually no it isn't recognized (see Positions on Jerusalem), that's precisely the reason this is an issue. Palestine has nothing to do with this. Gdo01 02:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jerusalem 

message: Now that the Italian language Wikipedia has surpassed the Dutch language Wikipedia, shouldn't their positions be swapped on this page? Also they've pushed over 300k in case you guys want to update it. ;-D Thanks, JHMM13 21:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't Italy all ready to the left of the Dutch Wiki? Gdo01 21:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops I thought you were referring to the Main Page as in this page's article page. Gdo01 21:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems sensible, although I'm not sure where one would make such a request. Somewhere on Meta, maybe?--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ask any meta admin. They can do it, though whether they will know how... Prodego talk 02:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks! JHMM13 17:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The main, main page and the placement of Italiano 

message: Tomorrow's FA has a fairuse pic.  Those who hate seeing non-free pics on the main page may want to start looking for a replacement now and get things sorted out before midnight UTC tonight. No 'edit(star)warring' on the main page, please. --74.13.124.11 12:20, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Something from Commons:Star Wars, perhaps? GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 15:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

text: No editwars? That's good. Scooby-Doo would be proud. --74.13.131.228 14:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  fairuse pic on the main page 

message: I see that we don't have sufficient number of editors who are interested in changing this photograph daily. Now the Cutty Sark is there since last three days!! Can anyone tell me how to change this pic so that I can do it myself (if people agree to this!)! 198.62.10.11 13:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can suggest new pics at WP:ITN/C. --74.13.124.11 14:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We ought have pics about the riots outside the UEFA CL final *lol* --Howard the Duck 14:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to clarify an apparent misconception on the part of the topic starter: ITN's image isn't meant to change daily.  Generally, the most recently added item that has an appropriate image available gets that image displayed.--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

text: What pictures about the riots? I don't see any Nil Einne 14:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

text:  If Howard the Duck is starting a riot, he'd better bring a camera. :-) --74.13.124.11 15:05, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the local newscast which doesn't even care about the UEFA Champions League, let alone soccer, they've reported riots in Athens with the participants wearing red and black stripes tees against Molotov cocktail-throwing people wearing red tees. --Howard the Duck 15:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My point is that there are no free images of these riots that I seeNil Einne 15:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe someone can come up with one... even better would be the pics of the match. --Howard the Duck 15:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ITN pics 

message: U forgot to mention it on On this day for May 25. Robin Hood 1212 01:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just an oversight. It was hidden and commented out last year because the date was not cited in the article back then. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liberation Day of Lebanon 

message: Usually, the featured article is both well-written and informative.  This one lacks segues, amongst other things.  The introduction paragraph is cumbersome and somewhat broken up, as if each sentence was written by a different people.  While I understand that Wikipedia is meant to edited by anyone who wishes to do so, this article (and especially its introduction) lacks cohesiveness and, in my humble opinion, compromises the quality of the Main Page.  Arthurian Legend 08:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has nothing to do with the main page tho and is best suited for the article talk page or village pump Nil Einne 09:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stars Wars featured article 

message: The article supporting the reference that 59% of Belfast adults participate in sport, later mentions that it considers walking to be "sport".  I don't think that walking is considered "sport" in the U.S.  Is this an English dialect thing?  Is "sport" in Ireland the same as "exercise" in the U.S.? —BozoTheScary 21:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Where on the main page is this mentioned? --74.14.17.26 04:11, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It used to be in the Did you know.  ShadowHalo 04:51, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  So, this should be on the DYK article's talk page? --74.13.131.228 14:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it should be at WP:ERRORS.  ShadowHalo 17:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Or both. --74.13.129.114 04:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sport in Belfast 

message: Nice to meet you. I say Railroad acting in a Japanese version. Because the translation software is used, the sentence is strange. Please forgive me. 
In and a Japanese version, the version of the article named Junko Furuta including the link to this English version article was deleted. The reason is a thing of violations of privacy. Then, could you delete this article though it is asking?
It did not correspond though it wrote in Discussion of the article. 
Please continue your favors toward the deletion. 
　　--124.210.245.64 09:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Discussed at Junko Furuta Nil Einne 16:39, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please delete it. I hope.