Talk:Main Page/Archive 42

message: "Sedentenland--" should be "Sudetenland"
: Yep, someone seems to have edited the first e to change it to a u, but has not removed the n before the first t. Mamawrites 08:46, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Another typo in featured article

message: "the day before German troos marched across the border." Missing a P there. --Golfhaus 01:16, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Typo in featured article bit

message: I kept counting, recounting and double checking to find out why there are 42 wikipedias listed in the category 1000-10,000 at m:List of Wikipedias, but only 41 on the Main Page - then I found the one that is missing - Macedonian.  Any particular reason? Codex Sinaiticus 06:50, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macedonian not listed among languages over 1000 

message: The main page contains images of a penis, both flaccid and erect. While there is nothing wrong with images of the human anatomy, this looks like the handiwork of a malicious poster / hack.
:I wonder how that happened? It would have to have been by an admin, as regular users can't edit the main page. Admins, take it away. --CFIF 11:20, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
::The main page uses transclusion for most of the content and this anon found that  wasn't protected.  It is now.  violet/riga (t) 11:24, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images on main page 

message: Just pointing out that the Did You Know section claims that Foundation 9 Entertainment is the largest  video game developer in North America, whereas it's actually the largest indie video game developer, and is substantially smaller than any of the major commercial game developers. Kupos 02:53, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: ...that Brendon Kuruppu was the first Sri Lankan cricketer to score more than 200 runs (a double century) in a Test innings? 
I don't think so. How about inning ? -- 199.71.174.100 07:10, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

text: Cool. I've learnt something cute right there.... Thanks. :-) -- 199.71.174.100 07:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Error in Did You Know?

message: Today's anniversary section seems to link the establishment of the first temple of Venus to the Vinalia, but the Vinalia article has this to say: "On the same day likewise fell the dedication of a temple to Venus; whence some authors have fallen into a mistake, that these Vinalia were sacred to Venus." Maybe I'm missing something (it's past 1am), but that sounds like a contradiction to me - if the Vinalia aren't related to Venus, then they shouldn't be mentioned here, should they? Or is the article wrong -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 23:21, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Vinalia]] 

message: Is the main page dynamic or do new links have to be be manually inserted? Any way to add dynamic external content to the main page??
:It is generated from various templates.  Is there a particular change you want to make?  smoddy 09:57, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hello - Concerning Main Page 

message: The name lives on in the well-known global computer programming language, which appropriately is a classic example of a structured language that encourages clear thinking and planning and that is suitable for a whole range of subject applications.
:Quite so - see Pascal programming language, and Pascal for a few other things he has given his name to. -- Solipsist 12:21, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pascal 

message: On the current version of Did You Know?, there's a link in the story about the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan that mentions hyrdroelctric power. Oops! Dralwik 17:50, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed, thank you.-gadfium 20:16, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo in DYK 

message: Died from coma is like saying 'he went to jail for a parole violation'. It's not inaccurate but it's uninformative. I don't know who can edit it but can we add a little more, like 'died from a coma caused by a fall' Vicarious 20:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died from a coma? 

message: Not sure why the second feature has just stopped working (redirect transclusion problem?) but I've temporarily reverted to the old system (bypassing the redirect).  The problem can still be seen at User:Violetriga/inprogress.  violet/riga (t) 10:20, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second feature transclusion problem 

message: I think someone should put on the front page that Mo Mowlam has died because she was as great British stateswomen.--TracyRenee 12:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mo Mowlam 

message: moved from Wikipedia:Free encyclopedia talk.
Can someone please delink this page from the front page?  This is positioned as an introduction but this quote was not meant for the job.  Jimbo covered a number of issues including speaking about "the case of proprietary file formats...".  It's also dry and unpolished.  lots of issues  | leave me a message 12:52, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you bring that up at Talk:Main Page where people are more likely to see it?  In the meantime I'm protecting the page because the only edits for a while have been vandalism. -- Francs2000 | Talk  12:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The anons have also correct spelling mistakes.  Now that the page is protected I can't correct another problem -- we spelled encyclopedia incorrectly in our own introduction.  The page is embarrassing -- please eliminate it from the front page.  lots of issues  | leave me a message 13:11, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree, and de-linked it.  This isn't really the sort of thing that belongs on the Main Page, at least not in that format.--Pharos 13:27, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree too - there are too many red links and I can't see how it really gives any information over and above what is linked from the Main Page already.  violet/riga (t) 13:29, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delink free encyclopedia from the main page 

message: "It uses a fission bomb as a trigger, to ignite a fusion explosion..." should not have a comma. ~~ N (t/c) 13:55, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  featured picture grammar 

message: It would be very spiffy to have an RSS/Atom feed for the daily Featured Article and In the News, not to mention the anniversaries, etc. It would serve as a means to bring interested users back to the site more often, as well as be a handy feature. I realize there's an email list for the Featured Article, but this would be more comprehensive as well as fitting into the aggregator world. What do y'all think? --RobertDaeley 17:34, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
:I think that's a great idea! Could we create one using an external service, so we would have to take up the time of programmers who are working on making 1.5 run more efficiently? Mamawrites 19:17, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested features: Main Page feed 

message: The link in anniversaries is to the disambig page. Can someone change the link to target Santa Fe, New Mexico? Algebraist 01:02, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Santa Fe 

message: Can somebody confirm whether or not the Featured article blur should start with "the Anschluss" instead of just "Anschluss"?Circeus 04:54, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
:Also, in the Featured article blurb, "Sudentenland" should be replaced with "Sudetenland", I think. 217.209.222.226 09:59, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article? 

message: Dear Friends:
Near the bottom of the Main Page is a listing of some of the editions of Wikipedia in other languages grouped into categories such as: "Over 50,000 articles," "Over 10,000 articles," and the like. Well, the German edition is getting close to 300,000 articles and there are editions in at least 2 other languages (French and Japanese) that are well over 100,000 articles. 
I notice the Portuguese edition already has a category for editions with over 100,000 articles. I think it would be good to highlight how extensive the various editions of Wikipedia have become and show that by having more categories. How about a 250,000 and a 100,000 catgory for a start?
Just a thought.
Cheers,
John Hill
: Please see above Talk:Main_Page#I_would_like_to_apologise_in_advance_to_regular_wikipedians_for_bringing_up_this_topic. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 06:46, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Listing the size of various editions of Wikipedia

message: Should "Seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong" be "Seven-time Tour de France..."? Fang Aili 12:36, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Armstrong 

message: DYK has a couple of typos: "... that men who practice snake charming often also use thier skills as form of pest control?" "Thier" should be "Their", and there should be an "a" between "as" and "form": " "... that men who practice snake charming often also use their skills as a form of pest control?" BrianSmithson 13:07, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DYK 23 August 2005 

message: I have just realized how nice RSS can be. Not only to be updated about current news, but also to be informed about interesting updates on other sites. 
Why is there no RSS feed for the updates on the main page? I would love to get updates about new featured articles or other interesting suggestions of things to read. - Nikolas
: Check out Wikipedia:Syndication for some externally provided feeds. My understanding is that there are concerns about bandwidth issues that have lead Wikipedia to a consensus against providing official feeds. Mamawrites 15:18, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  RSS-feeds 

message: Any reason why the Israeli flag was replaced with the one from Niger? It was the Israeli earlier this morning (USA Pacific morning, that is)... I saw the Niger one later on and can't figure out why.
Thanks!
--Sebastian Kessel 21:28, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Niger Flag 

message: In the links to other wikipedias at the bottom of the page, Macedonian and Talega have the name of the language in English spelling, followed by the name in the other language. This is opposite the order of the other links. DDerby 13:20, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bottom of page- interwiki links 

message: Right now there's a picture of Florida, probably in regard to the hurricane warning due to Tropical Storm Katrina, but there is no corresponding blurb. Shouldn't there be a mention? --TheMidnighters 21:56, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the news picture 

message: I've created a page titled Wikipedia:Wikiportal Browse and I think it should be linked in the main page. How about changing the  to:
 
Culture | Geography | History | 
Life | Mathematics | Science | Society | Technology
Browse Wikipedia · Browse Portals · Article overviews · Alphabetical index · Other indexes
I'd do it myself but the template is protected. Comment by User:Trevor macinnis
*Um, you know the page you made is just an alternate version of Wikipedia:Browse, which is already linked to there.  If you don't like the setup at Wikipedia:Browse, you can just edit that page.--Pharos 01:36, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portals link 

message: I don't like the connection between the LIFE hyperlink and Portal:Personal life, because it confuses the reader. When one sees the name of the hyperlink ("LIFE") without looking at the tooltip that says "Portal:Personal life" or at the status bar of the Web browser, one might probably think that the LIFE hyperlink directs to a page that has to do with life in general, not just human life.
My proposal is to do one of following things:
#Change the target page from Portal:Personal life to Portal:Biology.
#Change the text of the hyperlink from "LIFE" to "PERSONAL LIFE" or "HUMAN LIFE".
2004-12-29T22:45Z 03:00, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
:There are a few other possibilities in addition to your suggestion. I quote from the life (disambiguation) page: ... WordNet identifies fourteen different senses of the word "life" and the Longman Web Dictionary enumerates thirty-five.  The Main Page Browse Bar settled on the names of the links in a consensus process which dates back to 2004. In response to your concern, the disambiguation header from the Life page has been added to the :Category:Personal life and to the Portal:Personal life pages. Ancheta Wis 02:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  LIFE hyperlink on Wikipedia's main page 

message: Is John Brogden, randy ex-leader of Australia's main opposition party, more important than the imminent destruction of New Orleans? Brogden's big smiling mug and a large chunk of text seems to have undue prominence. -Ashley Pomeroy 09:00, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, that item is hardly newsworthy for an international audience.--nixie 09:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Beast 

message: The ITN blurb on Katrina reads:
"Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana coast with heavy rain and wind, forcing the evacuation of the city of New Orleans."
Shouldn't it be:
"Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana coast with heavy rain and wind, forcing the evacuation of the city of New Orleans."
I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring up this kind of stuff, so if it isn't, please be kind enough to point me so I can go to the correct place in the future. --Titoxd 04:08, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar mistake on ITN 

message: In the opening blurb on the front page, there are links on the words Wikipedia and anyone can edit. Any comments if I add a link on the word free to point to a relevant article? A bit of effort uncovered Gratis versus Libre, which in my opinion does a good job of explaining what we mean by "free". (Warning: if no one responds, I'll assume the silence means that everyone consents & be bold & make the change.) -- llywrch 23:25, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If I remember correctly, it used to read "open-content"; at the suggestion of Jimbo and RMS it was changed to "free-content", and after some discussion the link was removed and it was truncated to its present state. The archives of this page are numerous, but I'll try to find the relevant one. — Dan | Talk 23:36, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please do. I started looking myself, but it was too easy for me to become bogged down reading past conversations. :-\ -- llywrch 18:39, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

text: (Via edit conflict) The problem with that is by pointing them to that article we aren't saying if by free we meant as in beer or speech. All a reader will get is an article on the destinction between the two. Free used to link to Jimbo's Wikipedia:Free encyclopedia  statement which I think does a fair job of explaining (it also used to link to the free content article), but it was removed after some discussion. This link is Broken 23:42, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Just a thought

message: :...that the Bassein Fort was the at centre of Portuguese operations in India during the 16th century? 
Please change that to "at the". Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 03:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Rdsmith4, for fixing this so quickly. -- 199.71.174.100 03:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  typo @ Did you know... 

message: 66.167.137.83 13:21, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Solidarity was already featured on the main page on the anniversary of the beginning of the strikes at the Gdansk Shipyards. I forgot the date. It was maybe a couple of weeks ago. -- 64.228.110.4 00:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  August 31 is the anniversary of the founding of [[Solidarity]] 

message: with fr: and sv:, as well as de: and ja:, past the 100,000 article threshold, we could consider going back to the "decimal" system and list >100,000 wikis in a separate category. dab (ᛏ) 14:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the current category system is good enough. We should have only a few categories and try to have an even amount in each. It's not the size of your wiki it's how you use it.--Clawed 02:02, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: language template

message: There's a discrepancy on the bit about the stampede in Iraq, main pages says 600 article says over 800. --Kennyisinvisible 18:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In the news" 

message: Of whose liturgical year is Sept 1 the beginning? Not the Christians - or at least, not the Catholics, as far as I know. The blurb links to the Christian liturgical year, though. =\ --User:Jenmoa 02:06, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Liturgical year article it is the Eastern Orthodox Church. I've clarified it. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:09, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah. Thanks. I skimmed the article, too. Must've missed that. Thanks :) --Jen Moakler 03:15, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liturgical year? 

message: Uzbekistan also celebrates it Independence day on September 1st. Suso 13:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to Selected anniversaries. Evil Monkey∴Hello 01:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Reverted. It's September 2nd by server time now Evil Monkey, even if here in America is it still the 1st ;-) Redwolf24 (talk) 01:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops. Crap. /me bashes head against computer screen. Evil Monkey∴Hello 01:08, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't worry, I got your back :P Redwolf24 (talk) 01:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Anniversaries 

message: Why are WikiPortals (or at least a link to WikiPortals) listed on the Main Page? They are supposed to be a jumping off point for readers and editors, but they seem somewhat obscure. I noticed that the tableless Main Page has a list. — —JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikiportals

message: dear sir,
i am a QA Testing profesional..
i want to take training on QA.
SO Plz.  suggest from where i will be better to be train in India only
: please note remark above this page "This page is for discussion of the Main Page only." and "For factual or reference questions, go to Wikipedia:Ask a question." Boneyard 08:21, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  help....... 

message: std::hash_map is better for most purposes Ryan Norton T | @ | C]] 10:16, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Was this meant to go on this page? ~~ N (t/c) 13:53, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  std::map 

message: it should read
...the U.S. maintains border preclearance facilities at a number of foreign ports and airports"?" In these travellers pass through immigration and customs before boarding their plane or boat"."
--Jasongetsdown 15:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punctuation in the Did You Know 

message: In the news on the right panel is several days old.  How is this updated?Kyle Andrew Brown 16:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is updated by hand at Template:In the news whenever more news of sufficient significance occurs. See Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page for further information, and feel free to suggest new news items here. — Dan | Talk 16:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Yes, I put that Australia update in several days ago on Current Events and the stampede story is out of date.  The photo is getting old too.  I have been working on Current Events items lately, so I just noticed the timeliness of the Main Page coverage. Kyle Andrew Brown 17:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  News Refresh 

message: I think we can replace the John Brogden piece with something else, it's kind of old news now, any suggestions? --Brendanfox 11:38, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Brogden news piece 

message: *Rehnquist's proper title is Chief Justice of the United States, nothing more or less.  He was a stickler for formality, too, so please change the main page.  This reflects, among other things, his role as head of the Judicial Conference of the United States.  The title "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" is not proper, and is not used. Xoloz 03:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha!  Beat me to it by one minute!  LeoO3 03:44, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Done.  I hope you two are satisfied by the current wording.--Pharos 03:53, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was, but then someone changed it back to the old wording.  Sigh -- please fix. Xoloz 18:06, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Alright, I reverted back to a version with "Chief Justice of the United States".--Pharos 19:52, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Please change

message: Rehnquist's proper title was Chief Justice of the United States, not, as given on the Main Page, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. LeoO3 03:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rehnquist's title wrong 

message: The writing style for the caption of the picture of the day appears to be somewhat clumsy. Please forgive me if I am slow, but what does the writer of this article intend to convey when this exquisite blossum is described as an optical illusion? Any clarification will be useful.
:The caption is generally derived from the primary linked article (the bold link), although not always word for word. The 'optical illusion' reference comes from the Osteospermum article - I should ask for clarification there. -- Solipsist 08:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Osteospermum 

message: Doesn't make clear who Darryl White's hero was.--165.247.214.14 02:53, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know - Darryl White 

message: Why does a Cricket topic appear in every other did you know article? That is the only "sport" that ever appears in the did you know.
:Wikipedia has a lot of cricket fans, evidently. DYK is a sample of good new articles. To balance it with other sports would require that people be creating lots of new articles on other sports. ~~ N (t/c) 19:10, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cricket anyone?