Wikipedia talk:Selected Articles on the Main Page/Archive 2

message: :How about putting Siegfried & Roy in the "in the news' section of the main page? Perhaps the subject of much joking, one can't deny the impact of a major injury to half of an act that brings in forty million dollars a year...
(Warning: self-serving material follows) Can we list Eric Berne in new articles. I threw this together when I wanted to refer someonne to wikipedia and found out we didn't have an article. Regardless, I'm fairly happy with it. ;)...Lou I 20:47, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It was created on Oct 23. Many hundreds of even newer articles have added since then. --mav 03:21, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps it would be appropriate under "Beatiful prose" then? Wernher 01:43, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Done. - user:zanimum
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Suggestion for Main Page anniversary mention in a couple of days: Intel 4004, the world's first microprocessor, released on November 15 1971, i.e. 'celebrating' its 32nd anniversary this year).  I have tried to edit the article into a presentable form. --Wernher 01:43, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Wernher, in general, your best bet for making sure an article is listed on the Main page under Anniversaries is to make sure it is listed on the day page, in the case of Intel 4004, November 15 (it is). If so, it will most probably be included by a sysop. Keep in mind that it is customary to add the anniveraries after the date itself, ie, the 16th (see explanation in this article), so don't panic if you don't see it listed there when you first login today; it will probably be listed there this evening or tomorrow. -- Viajero 09:53, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: This can be seen through the page history as long as people make decent edit summaries. Angela 22:45, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Please stop spamming the same complaint in three different places. Here is the response I wrote at Talk:Main Page: Calm down. I simply replaced the sub-1KB entry you put up with one that is far more complete and therefore a better example of one of our history articles (that is why it is called "Selected Articles" - only good examples should be in that part of the Main Page). Oh and anything listed on the Main Page has to be listed on the corresponding day page before it is put on the Main Page. Sorry, but Areopagitica simply didn't fit the bill. Read Wikipedia:Selected Articles on the Main Page for the guidelines. --mav
===Simon and Mark===
Could Simon Crean be added to today's In the News? Adam 01:37, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Done. I didn't replace Simon Crean though as articles are supposed to be removed from the end and Simon Crean wasn't at the end. Angela 07:17, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Done! -- Viajero 20:15, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: Done. -- Viajero 22:25, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: Done. -- Viajero 22:25, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: New Articles

message: I don't think Ancient Egypt is a very suitable article to have at New Articles on the Main Page. It's just a pointer to a lot of other articles. If you want something Egyptian, have a look at my Oxyrhynchus, which I'm rather pleased with. Adam 12:46, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Ancient Egypt

message: Could Simon Crean be added to today's In the News? Adam 01:37, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I didn't replace Simon Crean though as articles are supposed to be removed from the end and Simon Crean wasn't at the end. Angela 07:17, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: Done! -- Viajero 20:15, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Simon and Mark

message: I've recently added Glossary of the French Revolution. I hope it's not excessive ego on my part to nominate it for "new articles" on the Main Page. I'd really like to get some review of the article, because I've written a lot in an area where I'm moderately knowledgable, but not expert. I conceive of this article as groundlaying for a rework of the rather weak French Revolution article. I'm not sure I'm enough of a scholar of the period to really attack that re-write, especially since my French-language skills are mediocre (je parle comme une vache espagnole), but this article is at least a part of the groundwork enabling us collectively to do so. I would guess that eventually the French Revolution should be handled by a group of related articles, as hs been done for topics like History of Romania or even ones as relatively minor as History of Seattle. -- Jmabel 19:36, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. -- Viajero 22:25, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Glossary of the French Revolution

message: just done an article that I'm quite pleased with on this piece of UK weirdness (it's ok, I can say it's weird, being a UKian) - a brief and topical stay on New Pages possibly?  seglea 22:07, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. -- Viajero 22:25, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Christmas pudding

message: *First Manned Flight by the Wright brothers. December 17, 1903. This marks the Centenary of flight
* Aaron Copeland born 14 November 1900
**Hi Bmills, as a rule we don't list births or deaths (accept assassinations or big anniversaries -- centenaries, etc). See Wikipedia:Selected Articles on the Main Page for more info. Tip: if you are keen to see something listed as an anniversary, your best bet is to make sure it is listed on the day page (ie, November 14 and that the article mentions the date in the text. --Viajero 15:04, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Anniversaries

message: *Don Gibson (17 November). Andy Mabbett 00:27, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Deaths

message: * Charles Lindbergh's illegitimate children. 
Andy Mabbett 00:55, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: In the news

message: I don't think Ancient Egypt is a very suitable article to have at New Articles on the Main Page. It's just a pointer to a lot of other articles. If you want something Egyptian, have a look at my Oxyrhynchus, which I'm rather pleased with. Adam 12:46, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Ancient Egypt

message: This new article deserves listing as such IMHO.  -- Pakaran 07:14, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, -- Viajero 08:32, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Money and the ethnic vote]]

message: I also think this article should get listed. WhisperToMe 00:14, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]]

message: After browsing December 2, the anniversary stated is not of the Ford Motor Company itself, but of the Ford Model A. The Main Page should probably reflect this fact (i.e., 'Ford Motor Company' should instead be 'Ford Model A').
Skybunny 21:21, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed, thanks. -- Viajero 21:43, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: I know what you mean.  Let me read those, I think I'll add them if they do the concepts justice.  -- Pakaran 22:16, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  -- Pakaran 22:19, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: Sorry, Wikipedia:Selected Articles on the Main Page says "Birth and death anniversaries can be listed if they mark a noteworthy year milestone (such as 100, 200, 300 etc years since the birth or death).". Angela. 00:52, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: No problem, the day is almost over anyway.  Thank you for informing me of the policy, mam.  Hats off, Greenmountainboy 01:02, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Angela, actually 2003 is the 200th anniversary of Berlioz's birth; there have been a lot of performances of his music of late to mark this fact. -- Viajero 13:37, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ford Motor Company and December 2 

message: Why have some articles been in the "anniversaries" section since like December 6, namely, Pearl Harbor and Lethal injection...? ugen64 03:14, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)
:They can be there up to a week. See Wikipedia:Selected Articles on the Main Page. However the real reason is that I was until recently greatly expanding the events section of each day page as that day came and then updating every event article with that info. That resulted in at least 3-4 new entries in the Anniversaries section each day (meaning that the longest any event was listed was about 3 days). But I'm very busy at work right now and can't spend the 3-4 hours a day I had been just on the day page and associated event and year updates. Others add events though so it isn't that bad. --mav 04:25, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Mav, now I understand how and why you spend so much time on that. I went to add some anniversaries for the the 10th and 11th, and I added Pilgrims because on December 11 it said they landed on Plymouth Rock that day. Went to make sure it was in the article. Wasn't. However, the 11th didn't make sense based on their departure date and the fact the voyage took 65 days. Checked the web. Was the 21st not the 11th. Removed Pilgrims. okaaaaaaay! -- Viajero 18:01, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Just be very careful about using any 'this day in history'-type websites for info (or even books!); they all seem to use each other as  references without checking facts. This means that each rewrite of the text results in added error upon error (like an insane game of telephone). I therefore have to check every fact in one of my sources and find that anywhere between 1/4 - 1/2 of those entries are somehow wrong or misplaced (sometimes very wrong). --mav 07:09, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anniversaries 

message: I'd like to list Frank Schubert on the main page under recent deaths, but there is no article about him. Maybe someone could write a nice piece about him...News item . Kingturtle 03:19, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frank Schubert died 

message: Hi there, how about putting the South Pole link in the Anniversaries list on the main page? Or would it have to wait until this time of year in 2011?  --Wernher 02:24, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  People on the South Pole for the first time 14 Dec 1911 

message: Hi, see the headline: I think the machine is at least as well-known under the name MITS Altair, so I suggest fixing the visual link. This would be the most recognizable format even if MITS later produced machines with names such as MITS Altair 680b etc. --Wernher 09:16, 20 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Altair 8800]] --> [[Altair 8800|MITS Altair]] 

message: Another pretty solid new article I've written, 18 Brumaire. Maybe put it on the list when Glossary of the French Revolution falls off? (But I promise I won't be offended if it doesn't make the cut.) Previously, as far as I can tell, there was no more than a sentence or two anywhere in wikipedia on Napoleon's coup. On the other hand, I really did mostly crib from two sources, even if I was careful to rewrite in different enough words to (I'm quite certain) avoid copyright issue. --Jmabel 00:30, 20 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: 18 Brumaire