Talk:Main Page/Archive 8

message: Shouldn´t there be a link to the "Welcome, newcomers" page from the main page? That page is helpful and should be one of the first that a newcomers stumbles across. I think a link would fit well into the community section or perhaps the introductory paragraph. BTW, congratulations for the new look, it´s smooth and eye-pleasing. Nafnaf 07:53 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
:I agree. That's what the page was created for. There used to be a link, but it was removed for some reason in one of the front page redesigns. Oh, and I love the new look, too. -- Stephen Gilbert 11:36 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
::Perhaps:
::: Visit the new-user or the help pages, and experiment in the sandbox, to learn how you can edit any article right now.
:: Comments? -- James F. 16:20 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
::: I like the emphasis on the you Fantasy 16:29 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
So do I. That sentence looks nice. By the way, the main page has been changed and has the link now in the very first word. That is good. However, I can imagine a total newcomer to not recognize that link as a link. Therefore it might be a good idea to violate a principle or two and insert the above sentence as well. Nafnaf 17:03 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The current solution with "you" linking to the welcome page looks very good, thanks. Nafnaf 20:16 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)
as a newcomer who came in to the middle of wikipedia from a search engine, may i suggest a similar link, especially to style suggestions, at the top of the page that comes up when the "edit this page" button is pressed? i didn't realise how instant it all was, and stepped on wiki-toes accidentally, having not read the style section yet. Jb3d 06:29, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Message to newcomers on main page?

message: Could the developer change the broswer title of the index from "Main Page - Wikipedia" to something like "Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia"? Because every time I bookmark it to a public computer (my subliminal way of promotion), I have to manually change it to that, because most ppl dunno what WP is, and saying that it's the "Main Page" seems pretty useless.
I'm just talking about the main page/index, the broswer titles of the other article pages are probably fine as is.
--Menchi 17:44 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
: sounds like a feature request. Follow links on Wikipedia:Bug reports? Martin 10:18 17 Jul 2003 (UTC)
:The catch is that Main Page is, as far as the system is concerned, just another article. Getting it to display a non-standard browser title would probably involve programming a specific exception in the wiki software, or some such thing.Good work with the bookmarking, by the way. —Paul A 01:19 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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Please consider adding the following languages:
Gaeilge
Galego
हिन्दी (Hindi)
Latviešu
Lietuvių
Volapük
Also can the URL for Cymraeg be changed to .org
cheers, Aldie 11:04 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
:The first and the last only have a very small handful of articles (literally). But the other ones look viable enough so I will add them. --mav 11:46 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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Request Qusai->Qusay (including link)
:Done. --mav
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It looks like Jerry Pournelle paid us a visit at Talk:Jerry Pournelle. RickK 03:57 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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I thought it might be a good idea to make the box headings (Selected Articles, Encyclopedia) into actualy headers, because that's what they are, and it would give each box an edit link, but when I tried it and previewed the headers didn't show, all I got was ==Selected Articles==. CGS 14:28, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry only active Wikis get listed on the Main Page (1 edit in 30 days is hardly active). --mav 08:20, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Page browser title 

message: I think the link to the Chinese version should go to the traditional version. Since this site is banned in the mainland (according to Internet censorship in China, we are catering to those not in mainland China. Most overseas Chinese only know Traditional Chinese characters. Some may even be repulsed by the communist font. --Jiang 06:32, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't play politics here; all active languages that have a translated Main Page and at least 100 articles should be listed. If simplified Chinese passes those criteria then it should be listed too. I assume zh is simplified Chinese - if true it has well over 1,000 articles and is fairly active. There is no way in hell I would support removing that link even though I really don't care for the PRC government. --mav 07:59, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

text: If it has a translated Main Page and at least 100 articles, then, yes. What is the lang code? --mav
Maybe I should explain the situation of zh:Wikipedia a little bit. In ISO 639, there's only a language code for Chinese (Zhongwen), since simplified and traditional Chinese are the SAME language. So currently in zh:, we host two versions of the same article.
However it is simp. Chinese that is the more active version, and most of the contributers there are from mainland actually, so I guess some points made by Jiang is not completely true. --Lorenzarius 14:52, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

text: Seems odd that there is an internal fork like that. Shouldn't we give traditionial Chinese their own domain? --mav 21:38, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Internal fork is only a temporary solution. Separating simp/trad Chinese is not a good idea since they are the same language, just different ways to write the same characters (a little bit like the situation of American/British English). In fact the more appropriate solution is to have automatic translation between simp/trad, but we lack technical assistance at the moment. --Lorenzarius 06:10, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: Works for me.  Koyaanis Qatsi 00:47, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to Chinese version

message: Can someone put Wikitravel in the sister projects list? Or doesn't it qualify?
:I think we're reserving the Sister projects section for official Wikimedia Foundation projects. Are you aware there is another wiki-based travel guide project called Capitan Cook? It's released under the GFDL. -- Stephen Gilbert 16:15, 12 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister projects 

message: It is hard to discover the WikiProject page.  It took me a few months to discover it.  I think that this is a really important page and should be given more prominence.  Perhaps in the "Writting Articles" section of the main page?
--Kevin Baas
*Good suggestion. Done. Angela 18:17, 14 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be more convenient, because whenever I wanted to find that, I had to use "Search". BTW, could anyone add a link to Chinese in the "Recent changes"? Thanks! :O --Samuel 18:48, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. By the way, you don't need to be an admin to edit 'recent changes'. Just click the edit button that appears just after the link to Wikibooks. Angela 19:02, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry, I didn't see that little link :O! --Samuel 05:51, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject 

message: When did the 1968 DNC take place? It's listed neither in the article nor in the source of the Main Page, as had become standard (for reasons of editability and judgement). Or does it always occur on the same date, and I'm just showing off my ignorance of US politics?James F. 14:15, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: August 26-29.  I've added that info to the article, as well as a link to the full timeline.  Happy 35th anniversary! :-/ -- RobLa 21:52, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  1968 DNC