Wikipedia talk:Main Page alternatives/(text only)

message: Now, without the "Selected articles" it's very easy to maintain the Plain Vanilla Main Page. Anybody objecting adding a link (named "Text-Only") somewhere in the Main Page? Optim 03:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add a link to the Main Page? 

message: *Optim
*Humus sapiens 07:26, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Yes

message: *This page's target group is too small, add a note on a community page somewhere. —Sverdrup(talk) 15:55, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: In regards to the comment in this page's markup  I don't see how the current content fits that vertical limitation, at all.  Bevo 04:49, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to fit to me. The text wraps nicely. —Sverdrup(talk) 15:55, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: It fits very well, what's the problem? Of course there is vertical scrolling involved. Optim 16:26, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Why even mention the "240" aspect if vertical scrolling is allowed?  Isn't the 320 the only important number?  Bevo 16:35, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Why the Wikipedia mainpage says "800x600" ? I just copied the main page (the old one) and changed the numbers. Optim 16:54, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That "800x600" advice is not there on the current Main page source. Anyway, I think I have my answer, that in fact the only restriction you want on this page is respect for the 320 pixel width limitation (and in fact isn't some of that going to be devoted to painting a vertical scrollbar?) Bevo 17:25, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anything you add on this page MUST FIT the 320x240 screen 

message: NOTOC and NOEDITSECTION added. Optim 05:41, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: NOTOC, NOEDITSECTION

message: Also any reason this isn't in the article namespace?  Seems that it is just an alternative way of viewing the main page.  To borrow wikipedia disambiguation style it would normally be Main Page (text only). --Lexor|Talk 08:22, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a text-only version of the mainpage; this is a text-only TOC of wikipedia. —Sverdrup(talk) 08:26, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's linked from the Main Page with a link saying "Text only", so from a reader's point of view, I would expect exactly that: a text-only version of the main page.  Also the current title pretty much claims that's what it is: "Plain vanilla main page", not "Plain vanilla table of contents". --Lexor|Talk 08:47, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

text: Regardless, Texor is correct that it should be in the article namespace.—Eloquence
*Main Page (text only) is perfectly fine. Good move! Optim 15:57, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Shouldn't this be in the article namespace? 

message: Who agrees or disagrees with this: Encyclopædia (Encyclopaedia) is better because it is more classical and better resembles the Greek word Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. A text-only mainpage is often used by people who use older computer equipment, so an "older" spelling may be used as a funny way to symbolise this fact. Also, Encyclopædia looks more professional, more beautiful, and more correct to some people; a percentage of scholars and professors may like it more, too. Finally, Encyclopædia is often used by EB (Britannica). So in the text-only main page we should use Encyclopædia instead of Encyclopedia. -- Optim 04:16, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Encyclopædia versus Encyclopedia 

message: What happened to Friends of Wikipedia? Mathmo Talk 12:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red link on "main page" 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Main page (text only). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so.  – Uanfala 07:40, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main page (text only) listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]