Talk:Main Page/Archive 51

message: I am a CanadianI would like to thank the Wikipedia editors for featuring a great deal of Canadian content on the Main Page.  Canada's contributions to the world are often overlooked because of our own pre-occupation with our internal problems (e.g. Quebec secession, regionalism in general), and the fact that we seem to suffer from a inferiority complex due to our proximity to the United States.  In other words, we don't do a good job of "selling ourselves," and thus don't give much of a reason for others to notice what we've done.
Part of the problem is that Canadians are not well educated in their own history and hence do not have a good understanding of the relative worth of our contributions.  Hopefully, via Wikipedia, the world (Canadians included) will have a better idea of Canada's small but significant role on the international scene in the past and in the present. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lonesome road (talk • contribs) .
We do however, have a lot of trees. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.34.68.10 (talk • contribs) .
(more canadian content!!!) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.70.95.203 (talk • contribs) ..
Along with Canadian 'contributions,' though, Canadians should be schooled in some of the less pleasant parts of Canadian history and society.  Residential schools, Japanese internment, a cozy relationship with Suharto, Saskatchewan Uranium being used for armour-piercing bullets in the first Gulf War (and the tons of radioactive bullets that now litter the Iraq landscape), and current racial tensions (Saskatoon police officers leaving aboriginals out to die in the cold...) need to be discussed before we sink into a cacophony of smug and self-congratulatory national pride.
--Subbevil 16:57, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian Page 

message: Per Wikipedia style, shouldn't "Beautiful Boy", as a song title, be in quotes rather than italicized? I'd fix it, but, well, I'm not allowed. Scarequotes 03:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did You Know style correction 

message: well thw title says it all!!!
Why? --Vagodin 11:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that prides itself on its diversity. You would find the same articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica, so why not Wikipedia? Unless, of course, you found an article that violates rules? Kareeser|Talk! 18:39, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia:Content disclaimer, and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not say that Wikipedia is not intended for the protection of minors.  x42bn6 Talk 02:35, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  In order to debate it, wouldn't we need to know what offended?  A link to something? Unias 18:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  the sex sites should be removed 

message: Not sure how to sort this, but someone has created the page interbang, which is clearly a misremembering of interrabang. Could someone with powers and knowledge clean this up?14:09, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed Interbang so that it now redirects to Interrabang. Thryduulf 14:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Interrabang

message: Can some of the text be archived (or is year's end a better point)?
Jackiespeel
:Discussions that have been inactive for a period of time, I think it's a week, are automatically archived. Leithp (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm, maybe I'm wrong about this? Leithp (talk) 14:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no automatic archiving.  The "procedure" is that eventually somebody gets tired of scrolling around on this page, cuts most of the text on this page, pastes it into a new archive, sticks a "archive: do not modify" box on top, and updates the header template.  Normally the last couple sections that are still relevant are left, which also gives new users a hint of what sort of discussions happen on this page. BanyanTree 16:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps something at the top of the page could describe this? I was caught unaware about this, and was just cleaning up random stale crap from the main page, sorry about that. Mirell 12:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Length of page

message: I just removed a large picture of a penis from the featured article on Shoe polish. A day or two ago I saw a picture of an American murderer in place of the Iranian president (since replaced). So, editors-in-chief or whatever it is called around here, please pull off your gloves and grab your batons. Cheerio Io 19:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The latter was probably from someone not being careful when they updated the In The News template — adding the Iranian President blurb, but forgetting to remove the word "pictured" from the Williams blurb. Evil Monkey - Hello 20:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't me, but I think a picture of a penis would have been an improvement to the shoe polish article :-) Kar98 23:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Who Is Vandalizing the Featured Articles?

message: Hey, you're still using wiki species logo 4 at the bottom, but logo 6 was picked so they say. Metarhyme 03:56, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And a fine logo it is too.  A local protected copy is now on the front page. - BanyanTree 05:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Species Logo 

message: I observed that the main page no longer labels Wikipedia as a "free-content" encylopedia, although the simple layout and article on Wikipedia are still consistent in that regard. I read the talk page on the  template, and it seems the reason for this change was because of a statement by Jimbo Wales, but this statement is no longer linked from any page, other than 7 talk pages. I feel that this is a major oversight, because there is a major difference between free and free content. . Either the main page should link to free content, as it did before, or it should link to Jimbo's statement. At least, that's my view on the matter. Signed, Blu Aardvark | (talk) | (contribs) 04:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Due to the/some recent legal issues this change doesn't suprise me at all. The guys upstairs are obviously feeling the pressure for giving unlimited freedom to the public in editing and creating articles on Wikipedia, and I don't blame them. I also don't see why their word choice has to be justified on the main page; people curious about the change are apparently able to find out why it happened.   freshgavin TALK    05:35, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Free-content" means just that; that the contents of the encyclopedia are free.  This has nothing to do with relative openness to anonymous edits.  I guess the concept of a "free encyclopedia" can be seen in a bit broader way, but it certainly includes us remaing free-content.--Pharos 07:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free vs. Free Content 

message: Should a flag be used to represent Iraq while the state of the flag is in flux?  To retain a NPOV, shouldn't a map be used instead? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 66.245.12.91 (talk • contribs) 06:18, 16 December 2005
*How is "the state of the flag is in flux"? Iraq is a country, a nation, a state; this is it's flag. What's wrong with that? Harro5 06:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iraq Flag? 

message: "there are more than hundred" should be changed to "a hundred" or "one hundred". BrainyBroad 16:48, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually it should say "about one hundred", as that is what the article itself says. Run! 18:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DYK: Nature reserves in Russia 

message: A Christmas Carol is hardly a short story. It is described in its article as a novella. Can the anniversaries section be changed to match please? CalJW 00:21, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A Christmas Carol

message: Please add "sometime in 2004" to this blurb; as presently written, it sounds like the event itself is current news. Doops |  talk 01:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  al-Zarqaqi 

message: Irrelevent point removed by user after re-reading article. Woops!vcxlor 06:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Java

message: George Bush leads to a disambiguation page. It should be changed to George W. Bush on the main page. - Cuivienen 16:22, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, a fix would be nice. Some posted clarification here of the complaint below regarding the accuracy of the wording would be nice as well. It might have already been cleared up elsewhere of course, but I just didn't see that complaint below specifically address/confirmed/corrected. - Liontamer 16:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

text: This seems to have been fixed. Thue | talk 16:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Bush redirect 

message: The statement "President George Bush admits he ordered the National Security Agency to spy against US citizens in the United States without a warrant, currently against US law" is false. Bush has neither confirmed or denied the reports. 200.119.236.249 16:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you are correct, he seems to be the only one still denying it. There seems to be some legal considerations as to why he has not outright admitted it. Should this not be reworded? I'm not brave enough to mess with the main page just yet. Mikecnn 16:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, he didn't deny it; he simply refused to answer the question (because if he denied it, it would hurt is credibility - which, admittidely, isn't stellar). Raul654 16:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Bush Acknowledges Approving Eavesdropping. Thue | talk 16:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Also on BBC News. Talrias (t | e | c) 16:50, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good call.. thank you CNN just changed their headline from "denies" to "won't confirm"; still trying to figure out how that works. Thanks for clarifying Mikecnn 17:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Bush's radio address stated that the wiretaps have been extensively reviewed by various legal authorities including the Attorney General, the Justice Department, and Congress (a dozen times).  As such, I don't think it's fair to call them illegal.  Such a contention is not at all clear at this point. Also, while we're at it, if we remove "illegal" we should change "admits", since that carries a connotation of guilt.  Possibly "confirms" would be better.  Vonspringer 17:50, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

text: You also might want to improve your spelling. No, he does not have the right to spy without a warrant. Do you know what kind of rights violations that causes? Do YOU seriously want an Orwellian society? -- Natalinasmpf 15:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: False statement

message: Copied from Template talk:In the news because it seems that no one read that page:
The 900 protestors are "detained", not arrested. So far only ~10 people have been arrested. 
: Seems like a rather small distinction to me. DolphinCompSci 22:33, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "This probably refers to the reaction in Hong Kong to the 1989 Tiananmen protest, in which no street violence happened at all." This wouldn't happen to be the same 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests which were also called the Tiananmen Square Massacre, would they? Sounds violent to me. Run! 17:05, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The protest or massacre or whatever, happened in Beijing. --Lorenzarius 17:08, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, of course. Silly me. Run! 17:16, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

text: BBC News is reporting the worst violence in 16 years. Talrias (t | e | c) 17:06, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, I am a native Hong Kong citizen who have first hand experience and I think BBC is wrong. The biggest reaction to the Tiananmen event in Hong Kong was a one million people rally, which was completely peaceful and in which I was a participant. --Lorenzarius 17:22, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reminded by a local newspaper: There was indeed a small scale riot happened in 7 Jun 1989, but it is overshadowed by the rally. Herbal Lemon 00:21, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

text:  There are only a dozen of so protesters being arrested by the Hong Kong Police force for now. Herbal Lemon 19:00, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in the Hong Kong WTO news 

message: I'm just wondering -- how is the fundraiser reminder on the Main Page (not the one at the top of all pages) generated?  I don't see relevant code or edits on the Main Page or ... --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 23:12, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: MediaWiki:Sitenotice Raul654 23:20, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No - it's Template:Main Page banner – ABCDe✉ 02:53, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thank you then.  (MediaWiki:Sitenotice is the reminder at the top of each page (or is it top-right?  Monobook must have been modified...), which I ruled out in my question.  This is, after all, for Main Page discussion only.) --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:29, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is the fundraiser reminder generated? 

message: Now I guess that all I need to know is how somebody would send money to the Wikimedia Foundation in Russia, as a Russian Donation page has not been made. Again, I'm just wondering.
:More definite statements need to be made about tax deductibility in other countries. I would like to donate but I won't unless I know it will be tax deductible. Donama 03:39, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  A recent change to political contributions in Russia, and their subsequent impact on internet-based agencies ... might be of interest as an article. Unias 18:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikimedia Foundation Donation in Russia? 

message: To any admins paying attention: Under the In the news heading (the George W. Bush/NSA bit), the link to warrant should point to warrant (law), or maybe writ. Deltabeignet 07:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that out; I've changed it to warrant (law), which is the more general meaning; I don't really know if it is specifically a writ.--Pharos 07:09, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the news 

message: Why is it that the Bolivian flag on the Spanish Wikipedia is different (it doesn't have the crest)? Yellowmellow45 16:09, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Interestingly, Evo Morales has promised to change the flag if elected.  He wants to incorporate the wipala flag of the Aymara in the national flag.  So enjoy the current one while it lasts. --Descendall 08:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow!  They're all gay!  :-) --23:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Haha! That's a pretty quirky looking flag you got there. 69.156.206.124 13:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolivian Flag 

message: The correct term is "string instruments", as "string" is an adjective modifying "instruments". It is correct in the article. Soobrickay 11:53, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hopefully it should be correct now. Leithp (talk) 12:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Or stringed instruments. I expect 'strings intruments' was a typo rather than a full-blown error. 57.66.51.165 16:32, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Did you know... "strings instruments" 

message: Following recent events which resulted in the Wikipedia policy change, apparently one news website had an entry (for a while) that Narnia had left the WTO talks in a huff - spokeswoman Susan Aslan. Jackiespeel 13:38, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fantasy in the news

message: The main page blurb for featured article U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program links to Speculation, but the word refers to general speculation, whereas the article is on economic speculation only. Perhaps an interwiki link to wiktionary:Speculation would have been better.
JamesHoadley 18:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Speculation]] link 

message: Shouldn't the term Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District be in bold text, not intelligent design? Intelligent design isn't the news topic being reported. --Bryan Nguyen | Talk 02:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, but also intelligent design is a much more polished article.  02:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't the highlight of the story the ruling in the court case, which is part of the overall debate on intelligent design? Shouldn't therefore the link to the case be the one bolded, not the ID article? -- Natalinasmpf 03:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The tagline needs to be clarified.  It should read that the judge ruled that under the First Amendment US Constitution, the teaching of Intelligent Design is unconstitutional.  While the US District Judge is a federal judge, currently, his decision is only binding on his district, which is small.  His decision is not currently binding on any other federal district, nor is it binding on any federal Court of Appeals.  The way the tagline reads makes it seem like he has ruled for the entire country, which he has not and cannot.  Only the Supreme Court of the United States can make a judicial decision that it binding on the entire United States. Jrkarp 16:07, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Surely this is a pretty US-centric story to be taking up so much space on the Main Page.  Fine, the ID people got panned; but it is only a first instance decision of a federal court - so what? -- ALoan (Talk) 18:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, in the culture war about evolution, ID was seen by the anti-evolutionists as being a way to teach creationism without calling it creationism.  It was supposed to be a secular alternative to evolution.  I think this is the first time a court has ruled about ID. Jrkarp 21:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the news 

message: Should the New York City Mass Transit Union Strike be in the news? The MTA transports 2.4 billion customers every year, and the stoppage of such large amounts of people should count for something. 2005 New York City transit strike Ian Manka Questions? Talk to me! 05:56, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New York City Mass Transit Strike (In the News) 

message: Born in Auckland New Zealand in 1973, attended Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University.
Completed a Science Degree in 2001.
Won the Mistral Dnghy world championships in 1995
Moved to Sydney in Dec 2000. Began DJing in 2001 with first gigs in 2002.
DJ name Gobbles. Best known as the second half of "Snowpea & Gobbles"
He is now living in Hampstead in London.
:Tim, this is not the place to write a biography on yourself. The only place for that is User:TimWest. Redwolf24 (talk) 07:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tim West AKA DJ  Gobbles 

message: PM Ariel Sharon was released from hospital please update in the news to say that --Adam1213 Talk [/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Adam1213&action=edit§ion=new +] 11:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  with in the news part 

message: Someone has suggested that these portal links be added to the main page introduction. I think that it's a great idea, but adding these two links stretches the introduction a bit too much. Anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this issue? See Template talk:MainPageIntro for more information. --Ixfd64 04:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are enough already. If art and philosophy are added, why not literature and economics? Better to leave it as it is. Choalbaton 09:47, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art and Philosophy Portals on {{tl|MainPageIntro}} 

message: I am the computer talking and i would like to discuss the important things about me!!!
:Doesn't technology move quickly nowadays? Only earlier today did I stumble across a robot that's self aware, and now there's one leaving messages on Wiki talk pages! Simply amazing. --Sam Pointon 14:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, computer! What's on your mind? — Knowledge Seeker দ 20:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  hello out there!! 

message: Has no one noticed that the thumbnail on the front page has been replaced by Orko from He-Man? I don't know how to fix it, otherwise I would.  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Captainmarvel.JPG/100px-Captainmarvel.JPG - Seinfreak37 17:03, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shazam thumbnail changed 

message: I misread one of my sources and it was East Carolina that was making it's first bowl experience in 16 seasons, not Illinois. It's fixed now and Could there be another emergency fact from the article.
In 1994 Greg Landry was a key reason why University of Illinois had the second best passing offense in the Big Ten, which eventually carried the team to a 30-0 win in the Liberty Bowl over East Carolina, which was making its first bowl appearance in 16 seasons.
Or any other fact, for the matter or just remove it as I made the stupid mistake of misreading the source and now. Sorry for the problem --Jaranda wat's sup 18:13, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Also it should be "the Illini" or "Illinois", not "the Illinois" Rmhermen 18:37, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Made a mistake  

message: The new york transit strike is officaly over, so somebody please change that on the main page.
*Come on world, give us some new news. Harro5 21:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  THE STRIKE IS OVER 

message: I have an idea! We could have the featured article for wikipedia's 5th anniversary be wikipedia. --Wookiebaca 21:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Does it meet featured article criteria? ;) Run! 22:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia talk:Tomorrow's featured article if you're serious about this. I think Raul654 had reservations, and rightly so, about this being the FA. Harro5 22:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Anniversary 

message: There are two donation banners on the main page. They both have links to Fundraising#donation_methods and Deductibility_of_donations. Since space at the top of the main page is so valuable, could we change the wording to remove this repetition? --Heron 10:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redundancy in donation banners 

message: MTA service has now been fully restored . The news item will need to be updated. --Cam 16:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transit strike 

message: OK, everybody knows that featured articles are frequently vandalized, and one of the more common infantile tricks is to insert some image, usually a penis, in the featured article.  These are always quickly reverted, but I wonder why the offensive images remain in the article's edit history.  For example, somebody inserted a photo of masturbation in today's featured article on Joseph Smith, and it is still visible when you get back that far in the "compare selected versions."  Isn't there a way to just indicate what the vandal did (as is done with the ID of the image), and to remove the actual image itself from the article's history?  In general, that's a big problem with these "selected versions" in the article history--that things like this remain and aren't completely removed/disassociated with the article.
MahlerFan 20:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The only ones who can delete individual revisions from page histories are developers, and they only do it in very exceptional circumstances. Raul654 20:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is now possible for sysops to delete and undelete an article, leaving some revisions deleted.  However it's certainly not something to do routinely.  Or am I misunderstanding?  Certainly we can't delete every vandalized revision (especially since some articles with lots of old versions lock up the server for several minutes when (un)deleted) -- Pakaran 04:59, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Offensive images in article histories

message: Nice to see that Tycho's Nova was "first observed on November 11."  Of course, you don't mention that it was November 11, 1572.  You'll get people searching the sky 433 years too late! 24.64.223.203 01:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The article does give its proper name of SN 1572, but people might not realise that the names of astronomical objects often contain the year of discovery, so I've added the year as you suggested.-gadfium 03:28, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tycho's Nova 

message: or holiday spirit? i thnk there should be a santa hat on the wikipedia logo that would be awesome!!! —the preceding unsigned comment is by Jordantheking (talk • contribs) 
:There's a christmas tree on the German page. Besides, I doubt anyone could come up with that on short notice. Pacific Coast Highway|<SUP>Spam me!</SUP> 
:I thought it would have been done already. I mean its common sense.
::It's not Christmas in UTC time, which the Wikipedia main page runs on, for another 50 mins. Harro5 23:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And then there is the real world! It has been Christmas day here for more than half the day!. Have a good one. Moriori 23:14, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ummm . . . not everyone is a Christian . . .  — orioneight (talk) 01:25, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And not everyone isn't. --JohnO You found the secret writing! 03:20, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Most people aren't.  See Religion.  — orioneight (talk) 04:24, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I'm not sure who or what you're referring to. At any rate, a religious or Christmas Wikipedia logo is in no way appropriate for an encyclopedia. Google, however, has some pretty nifty ones this year — orioneight (talk) 04:24, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

text: IMHO, while Christmas itself is a Christian holiday, much of the spirit has become part of common culture, independent of the Christian roots. I'm not saying necessarily that Christmas-esque logos should grace the front page, but I do think that to believe that all of the holiday happenings, spirit etc in the modern world are solely based on the Christian holiday is a bit idealistic. cfallin|((talk) 05:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I am trying to watch television right now, however, at least here in the US, every channel is showing the dreaded Pope.  Christmas is still a very religious holiday, and just because Christians believe (or assume) its traditions are widely accepted by everyone as secular, does not mean that they are.  As for the topic at-hand, the idea of a Christmas logo on the main page has been discussed before, and rejected, probably for the reasons given here.  — orioneight (talk) 06:38, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wheres the Christmas Spirit?? 

message: I can see that the actual Ido article contains a link to the Esperanto article, but I noticed that the FA's summary intro on the main page is missing the Esperanto link.  Since both languages are so closely related (linguistically and historically), I think it might be appropriate to hyperlink "Esperanto" on the main page as well.  Any takers? Rod ESQ 00:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Esperanto link 

message: :800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor, a title that had been out of use in the West since the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476. 
This is not true. First, his name was Romulus Augustus, not Romulus Augustulus, second, the last emperor was Julius Nepos.--Nixer 16:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Your spelling correction is accurate, but the article on Nepos (and that on Romulus Augustus) disagree with your assertion.  It seems clear from the historical record (to me, at least) that RA was the last de facto emperor in the West, and it seems to me that the refusal of Nepos' claims by Constantinople amounts to a de jure declaration denying his legitimacy also, though perhaps the point is arguable. Jwrosenzweig 09:02, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nepos was not only de jure the last emperor. Many Roman provices were under his direct  rule until his death. In Rome he also was recognized as emperor. Odoacer issued money with a portrait of Nepos even after the resignation of Romulus Augestus--Nixer 19:46, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anniversaries 

message: It must have gotten really popular without me knowing.  I first thought it was just an attempt by someone to use Wikipedia as a soapboax to promote a non-notable holiday they want more people to celebrate, but now I realize that that supposition was completely unjustified.  I'm so glad no one's trying to use Wikipedia as a soapbox. MrVoluntarist 20:48, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What's Netwonmas? — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:32, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's whatever the article says it is. MrVoluntarist 00:39, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Its a nice red link here, wonderfully usefully. :p --Kiand 00:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not the same thing as Newtonmas, whatever that is. Dave 01:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Why is this a problem? I wasn't aware that Newton was an opinion. Run! 18:20, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wow, I didn't know Netwonmas was so notable 

message: The top item of the "In the news" section is currently the one about the Supreme Court of Libya.  The verb in this sentence is overturned, which is in past tense and does not match the tense of all of the others (such as declares and finds). Aaron Jacobs 05:15, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:27, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistent Tense in "In the news" 

message: Why is Kwanzaa not up there with Boxing Day and Wren's Day? appzter 18:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kwanzaa 

message: The "best seat in the house" is rather "defined" than is "discovered", since "best" is so subjective. -- Fplay 21:20, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, in this case it seems not to be subjective; it's the seat for which the scenic perspecive works the best. But of course we could choose ANY seat in the house for which to design the scenery. So "discovered" is certainly the wrong word. I guess we should say that the guy "developed the notion of l'oeil du prince, a seat for whose benefit the scenery's perspective would be optimized" or something like that. Doops |  talk 21:43, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Œil du prince" discovered? 

message: Despite the large number of English speakers who have increased Wikipedia to almost a million articles, simple English grows very slowly (about 6000 articles).  Could simple English be featured on the main page?  We might get some more editors that way. Roger 22:58, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it is listed under 'Wikipedia encyclopedia languages with over 1,000 articles'.  It would probably be unfair to feature it above larger Wikipedias.--Pharos 23:04, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't agree it would be unfair to feature it, rather than other languages.  This is the main page for English Wikipedia, not French or German.  English speakers can create Simple English articles; they can't create Japanese ones. 24.64.223.203 10:13, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Dumbing down is hard. Amateur editors have trouble with it. Try it your self. 207.172.134.175 19:02, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Ye could list the simple english article as the article of the day - that would give it more attention.--God of War 02:26, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

text: It's untended - for instance, boolean algebra vandalism wasn't reverted immediately. Posting a "make this simpler" template, as was done on your Computer Science page, is easier than editing the contribution to make it simpler, but that really discouraged contribution. How to encourage volunteer activity? For starters, you might want to replace en.wikipdia's Simple English redirect to Basic English with a nice piece from and about Simple English - the wiki project. A good job there might get Simple English featured article. Metarhyme 07:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple English 

message: I think it might be a good idea to feature a Portal on the main page, a new one every week.  It could just be a simple text link and a one link description of what the portal is about.  Portals are kind of a new thing on Wikipedia and they haven't received much attention because barely anyone knows about them.  That said, I think they have the potential to grow into something very useful.  Linking to them from the main page would definitely help.  Comments?  --Cyde Weys votetalk 21:45, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featuring Portals on the main page 

message: I remember seeing sealand on a list of weird articles. Where can I find this list at?schyler 00:29, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird articles 

message: In Did you know, "whos" should be "whose". AnonMoos
Thanks, already fixed. -- grm_wnr Esc 02:53, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: spelling

message: Were the knights freelancing or under orders? As far as I know, that's still an open question; we shouldn't take sides. I recommend: ...by knights eager to please Henry II of England or something like that. Doops |  talk 08:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: seconded. The title page should adopt a neutral stance. --HBS 13:03, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: or if the 'eager to please' thing goes too much the other way, how about an even simpler version: ...by four knights of Henry II of England. or ..by four knights loyal to Henry II of England. Doops |  talk 16:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, does anybody read this page anymore? Doops |  talk 18:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

text: thanks. Doops |  talk 04:17, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Thomas Becket

message: Seriously, are there no administrators on main page patrol anymore? Scanning this page there are numerous instances of proposed fixes which got no administrator attention at all and passed into history unaddressed. Doops |  talk 19:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I mean, seriously, this is pathetic. How many hours has it been? Doops |  talk 23:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What needs to be addressed? Point out the problems, and we'll sort them out. Harro5 23:21, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See the section above. I would assume that is the section to which Doop is referring. Run! 23:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Page patrol? 

message: The Pictured does not appear on the main page identifying the man in the history section.J.Steinbock 02:30, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the man pictured under history section? 

message: In the did you know section for Wilson Peak, "appearence" should be "appearance". Graham/pianoman87 talk 03:35, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:36, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling