Talk:Main Page/Archive 27

message: On the Mount St.Helens page, it states that "The USGS has been reporting through the media that a more major volcanic event is likely in the near future." However, on the main page, it says that scientists do NOT believe that a major eruption is likely. Which one is true? Or are both? Clarification, please!--24.98.101.53 02:49, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mt. St. Helens 

message: In the blurb about the Shakers currently on the main page it says "One of the major attributes of the shakers was to build". Shouldn't Shakers be capitalised there again? Also, attributes really isn't the right word there. Maybe skills, or activities instead? Alternatively, not much would be lost from just losing that sentence. PMcM 12:44, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm... just realised how to edit that myself. Please ignore. :) PMcM 12:46, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaker builders 

message: In today's Main Page we are told that the current President of Ireland has just been re-appointed to her position.  But isn't the President of Ireland elected rather than appointed?
PittBill 18:09, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose if they run unapposed the election is just a formality? That might be what it means.  —siroχo
Ok, somebody fixed it.  Thanks! PittBill 13:53, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  President of Ireland appointed? 

message: One of the articles in the News section states "The Supreme Court of the United States considers the constitutionality of the current sentencing system in relation to the Sixth Amendment. Ruling against the system could affect every ongoing criminal case in the country and allow convicts to demand shorter sentences."  Could the person who put this in please tell us:  what the is the name of the case (e.g., Grishnakh et al. v. White Hand Industries, Ltd) and what exactly is at issue?  Furthermore, "current sentencing system" is a little vague; is this local, city, state, federal, or what?  JHCC 18:47, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Today's News (10/4/04) 

message: Is there some reason not to have the standard set of interwiki links down the side in addition to the main list at the bottom? My "iwiki reflex" :-) is to go to the sidebar, not hunt through the size-sorted paragraphs. Stan 17:03, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interwiki 

message: I mean really: Bwahahahahahahaha! "The HMCS Chicoutimi, a Canadian submarine (Canada has a submarine?), remains adrift without power, one day after an onboard fire crippled the ship. One member of the crew has died." That's not technically funny since it involves the death of a Canadian, and all Canadians rock; but "Canada has a submarine?" is kind of genius. (Note: According to our Canadian Forces Maritime Command, they actually have four three submarines.) And guess how many personnel staff the entire Canadian Navy? No really, guess...okay, I'll tell you: less than 9,000. I ♥ Canada. 
This message brought to you by Jengod's campaign to instill more humor in Wikipedia; but I extend my condolences to the family of the lost sailor. (Seriously.) 
jengod 01:59, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
:For more, see :Category:Humor. This also tells us that there are eleven times as many Wikipedians as Canadians of the naval persuasion. Ancheta Wis 00:33, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Bwahahaha!

message: they have over 100 articles http://tokipona.wikipedia.org/wiki/lipu_lawa
:Done. -- Schnee 02:24, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Add Toki Pona Language to main page... 

message: burmese prime minister arrested - newsworthy info. Sam [Spade] 11:59, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  in the news 

message: If you are using images with a partly white border it is worth changing the cell/table colour to white - it will look much better - not sure how to do this - maybe someone will read this and oblige :-) ProjeX 12:49, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  White background - white pics 

message: Is there any consensus about Sports in Current events? I cannot quite see why a Major League game should be among the most important news of the week. Nearly all teams come from one single country, and the game did not even decide the final... Get-back-world-respect 13:40, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Sports

message: Why isn't Template:WikipediaTOC used? --Sgeo | Talk 20:23, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
:I think it was to large to fit on the main page, which is now much more dynamic than earlier. Howevery, WikipediaTOC is linked to via the main page, and it is used on Main Page (table free), Main Page (text only), and Main Page (lite). ✏ Sverdrup 21:54, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It was replaced Template:Categorybrowsebar on the Main Page, which was chosen because it is more compact and could be placed more prominently. It is still in use elsewhere, such as Wikipedia:Browse by overview (the see "Article Overviews" link). Norm 22:18, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template:WikipediaTOC]] 

message: For admins: How about to create new box on the main page like "Start these articles, please" and put there links to nonexistant articles right now.
User:Darwinek  10:25 (UTC)
:No. The Main Page is for readers while the Wikipedia:Community Portal is for writers. --mav 17:09, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  New topic on da main page 

message: Isn't the entry on In the news a bit, well, POV? Filiocht 11:04, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
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--81.215.254.7 20:21, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Mark of Zorro

message: I hope nobody minds, but I suddenly recalled that breastfeeding is not exclusively a human phenomenon, so I edited the feature article of the day. --Uncle Ed (El Dunce) 13:30, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we please get rid of "some conditions"? That looks like a vague euphemism for "diseases". i would do it myself but I am getting lost in the text structure. Thanks. Kosebamse 18:10, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Breastfeeding

message: The article on cigarette cards is very informative. However, it misses out on an important aspect: Cigarette cards in Germany before and during WW 2 should be mentioned, especially those by the Reemtsma company (Cigaretten Bilderdienst Bahrenfeld). Several of these collections, distributed with millions of copies, played a substantial role in promoting the nazi regime.
: so go to cigarette card and add what you know/can find out to the text, and if you dont know much note it on the talk page in case other people know anything else. The bellman 05:49, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cigarette Card 

message: I propose the creation of a Main Page/Sandbox, for users who are not sysops to propose their changes to the Main Page.  Then, on Talk:Main Page/Sandbox, other users could give us some input on our proposals.  This could be useful even for sysops, because it eliminates the need to vaguley describe the changes we'd want.  The templates could be copied too, for example Main Page/Sandbox/Sandbox Selected Anniversaries and Main Page/Sandbox/In the news.  If there are no objections, I'll implement this in a week or so, using the code from the real Main Page. — El Chico! Talk 13:35, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That is what Main Page/Temp is for. --mav 21:18, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion: [[Main Page/Sandbox]] 

message: I think that the wording of the Selected anniversaries should read:
Total lunar eclipse visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa & Central Asia (2004)
as there is not any uncertainty as to whether an eclipse is going to happen--enceladus 06:38, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: so? it's still expected. It's just expected with a very high degree of certainty, and the actual visibility of the eclipse is actually uncertain. dab 07:35, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lunar Eclipses are not expected