Talk:Main Page/Archive 50

message: The article was incorrect (I've fixed it). Marquette only camped in the future Chicago, he founded no permanent settlement there. Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable was the first settler, over a century later. --Dhartung | Talk 23:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it scrolled. Guess that solves it. ;-) --Dhartung | Talk 04:35, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for pointing this out. I wish I had known about this earlier. I've taken it off the SA template, so it won't re-appear next year. -- PFHLai 06:08, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marquette did not found Chicago 

message: I think there are too many elections in the news section. If the idea is to link to articles, it only exposes a narrow range of them. Bhoeble 01:25, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. Do you know of any good wikiarticles updated with recent news materials ? Please suggest a news headline at Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates. Thanks. -- PFHLai 06:15, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

text: A fair criticism.  I've put a blurb up on the recent Archaeopteryx discovery.--Pharos 08:36, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Too many elections

message: With regards to the featured articles for the next three days- Arrested Development, Roy Orbison and Michel Foucault- I'd like to voice my strong objection to using any fair-use images on the main page, except for rare circumstances like important news stories. (previous discussions).  --Duk 03:06, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair use images on the Main Page 

message: The Fifth Republic Movement won 114 seats, not 115. Descendall 15:28, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Thanks for pointing this out. -- PFHLai 15:45, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venezuela Elections 

message: The section in DYK about the vessel used to transport Churchill's body might be better said by replacing vessel with "ship".  When I first read the DYK I thought of vessel as in a Cauldron or some ceremonial sarcophagus, not a ship. --Syrthiss 16:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vessel instead of Ship? 

message: Can it be modified as it is here, seeing how "has typical presentation distinctions of a documentary, such as narration style, etc. etc." is better than "complete with narration, etc. etc."  - "complete with" sounds really informal, hyped and lazy. -- Natalinasmpf 21:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  intro of Arrested Development FA entry  

message: Except for certain ancient figures, possessive names are formed with as apostophe plus "s".  Please fix Hugo Chavez.  Thanks.  Nelson Ricardo 01:30, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I rearranged the sentence to avoid the apostrophe all together. Evil Monkey - Hello 02:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hugo Chavez 

message: I see that the "selected anniversaries" section appropriately cites the sad anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre, but I'm wondering why 6 December isn't accordingly indicated in the section's heading by the name it has attained: the National Day to End Violence Against Women (the student handbook provided by the Canadian Federation of Students actually refers to it as the "International Day ... Women").  In any case, it is observed in Canada, with white ribbons and memorial ceremonies.  I thought it might be worth mentioning, along with the other national anniversaries (or international anniversaries, as implied by the handbook mentioned above). Rod ESQ 04:04, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The "selected anniversaries" section now has two events from Canada. (The other being the Halifax explosion.) We should avoid posting too much Canadian content at the same time. Is it really "International Day ... Women" ?  (Not sure if we should follow the CFS handbook without checking. What do they have as references?) If so, please add the info to that page. Move the page as necessary. I'll gladly add this to the MainPage, and I might even add the purple ribbon, if it's really international. :-) Thanks. -- PFHLai 06:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

text: BTW, should that be a white ribbon or a purple ribbon ?  I'm quite confused .... -- PFHLai 06:30, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Thank you for the detailed reply, Rod ESQ. -- PFHLai 08:50, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  International Day to End Violence Against Women 

message: On the main page's last sentence, "when computer was able to play" should be "when a computer was able to play". Art LaPella 05:05, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed, thanks! —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 05:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Los Alamos chess

message: "Robison Cuusoe" in the ALT text of the picture at DYK should be spelt as "Robinson Crusoe". It's very minor, but can someone with sysop powers fix this, please ? Thanks. --64.229.33.170 22:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fiixed. -Splashtalk 22:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for changing "Cuusoe" to "Crusoe". Please also change "Robison " to "Robinson ". -- 64.229.227.247 00:17, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed also. the wub "?!" 00:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. --64.229.227.247 00:24, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  typo @ DYK 

message: i have more than 3000 edits, see "user contributions" - i was blocked for no reason. User:Haham hanuka
:The reasons are documented in detail here. -VJ 14:52, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  L O L Kade 18:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  ==Some admin - pls unblock me == 

message: Perhaps the recent change in creating entries (where people have to sign in to do so) could be mentioned on the front page - especially as it says that anyone can edit the encyclopedia. Clarification rather than complaint.
Jackiespeel 17:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a good idea - see wikipedia:Avoid self references. Gratitious self references like what you propose are very bad style. Raul654 17:43, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Simply state "Requires an account to contribute" 132.205.45.148 18:20, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  One can still contribute to existing articles without an account in Wikidepia. Just can't start new articles without an account. --64.229.229.30 14:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fellow anonymous contributors with no desire to register for an account, but strongly feel that certain articles should be created, may want to make use of Wikipedia:Articles for creation. -- 199.71.174.100 23:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

text: IS there a good place to pick up news about Wikipedia itself, like this policy? The first I heard about it was on third party websites. I don't see why there can't be a link to such a page on the front page, or is that what the community portal is supposed to be and I'm just not paying enough attention? :) --JohnDBuell 21:54, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The weekly community newspaper (comes out Monday evening) is The Signpost (which is linked to from the Community portal) and it is invaluable for keeping track of these sorts of internal issues.  If you can't bear to wait, major news like this will normally be mentioned at the Village pump.  Consensus is that self-referential material from the article space should be avoided in an attempt to keep a clear distinction between the articles and process that creates the articles.  - 66.153.106.157 22:14, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Policy change

message: The first Did You Know item says "that Junípero Serra and Juan María de Salvatierra have both been called "the apostle of California". You wouldn't use the word "apostle" to describe the two men as a pair, so I think the right word is "each" instead of "both". Art LaPella 19:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Both or each?

message: Is there a procedure for fixing typos in the blurbs for the news? It's nothing vital, but I've noticed a few(1 or 2) typos when I read the front page, and if they could be fixed it might make the wiki seem more professional. After reading this talk page, it seems like I should just comment on them here. Am I getting the correct impression? Tigger89 16:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That is correct.  If you leave a message here about an issue on the front page, such as a typo or factual inaccuracy, a user with administrator privileges will normally act on it on fairly short order.  The main page actually consists of a number of templates, all of which have been protected as the targets of persistent vandalism, so the main page is actually not edited directly in most cases.  This talk page is the central place for comments on the front page but, if you wish to target your notes, you can also leave them on the talk pages for ITN and the other templates listed at the upper right of this page.  Thanks for the question, BanyanTree 17:11, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: For that matter, there is currently a Spacing issue on the Did you know.. template between Cathedral and in. It's slightly more minor, but it's there. Thank you. Bobo192 22:41, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Johann Wolfgang took care of it. Thanks, BanyanTree 23:13, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typos? 

message: Currently, there is a red and blue box separating content into visual blocks.
This works for 'Today's featured article' and 'In the news' (by the way, these 'titles' should have the first letter of each major word capitalized i.e. 'Today's Featured Article' and 'In the News'), however the 'Selected anniversaries' and 'Did you know...' should be in separate boxes preferably in different colors to visually separate them from each other.
:You may wish to participate in the manual of style page discussions. If you were to log in and subsequently participate in the Encyclopedia, you might effect the changes you desire to see. The primary reason for this type of capitalization is the use of the wiki link, which is all lower case but in a different color, red (non-existent article) or blue (existing article). What the editors have come to recognize is that  upper-cased text in the articles becomes awkward. There was a time when your recommendations were in vogue, but this changed about two years ago with a conscious move toward the uniform style you see now. --Ancheta Wis 03:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boxes to Separate Content 

message: Apparently the Mandan weren't the only Great Plains tribe to establish permanent villages (see Talk:Mandan).  It's been changed in the article, someone probably ought to fix it in the featured article box too.--Elmer Clark 03:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like it was uncontroversially wrong. I've corrected the blurb. Thanks for pointing that out. —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 05:36, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mandan featured article 

message: Why that picture of Hugo Chávez? There are pictures that are probably... better. Rmpfu89 00:18, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Image:Chavez World Social Forum 2005.jpg was chosen by some of the contributors to the Hugo Chávez page. Please see Talk: Hugo Chávez#Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 10, 2005. Some people really like that picture. They've even made a special request on Raul's talk page. I prefer :Image:HugoChavez1820.jpeg (needs cropping, though), but I'd leave things "as is". -- PFHLai 01:38, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have to agree that it's a strange choice.  Obviously I didn't help find a better one, so I shouldn't complain, but I can't help but think there has to be a more dignified photo of Chavez out there that could be used.  --Bad carpet 21:49, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chávez Picture 

message: A small suggestion for the main page is the addition of a text link to "Other fetured content" or "More featured content" giving driect access to featrued pictures and featured lists and any other featured stuff we have. It would probably fit best after the "more featured articles link". I suspect we would need a new page for Other featured content (Wikipedia:Featured content perhaps?). It would link to featured articles, pictures, and lists. Explaining in one senetence what each of the types is about. Perhaps it could also highlgiht one or two examples of each, selected from ones eibable for featuring on the main page. Thryduulf 00:27, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It could also serve as a portal to other languages featured content as well. Thryduulf 00:28, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other featured content 

message: The featured article summary seems to say that only non-poor people criticize Chavez.  That's obviously false and supports a POV that poor people love socialism, and never should have made it to the front page.  Could someone correct or justify that part? 24.162.138.238 01:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The featured article summary seems to say that only non-poor people criticize Chavez. - You're wrong. Here's what it actually says --> "However, Venezuela's middle and upper classes have severely criticized Chávez, accusing him of repression and electoral fraud". It doesn't say they are the only ones criticizing him, nor does it even mention poor people. You are criticizing the write-up based on your own false assumptions. Raul654 01:10, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does it only mention the middle and upper classes criticizing Chavez?  That's similar to including the statement "Many racists oppose the war in Iraq" in a summary on the front page.  It is true, but portrays opposition to the war as being grounded in racism.  Today's FA summary makes it sound like people are criticizing him only because they're not poor.  You can't shrug off a statement like the one I gave by saying "Well, it doesn't say only racists oppose the war in Iraq."  That's not how it works, I'm afraid.  Please come up with a better argument. 24.162.138.238 01:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  In the context of a discussion of neo-nazis/white seperatists attitudes to current events, then that statement would not be POV. in a similar fashion, the text immediately before the quote you mention is talking about economic reform and provides the context that clearly shows the non-POV nature of the statement. --86.135.179.53 01:20, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: His "anti-imperialism"? Well I guess that's what he calls it. 134.69.166.145 03:35, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Human Rights NGO's have given him an F many times. It's not just domestic criticism. Kade 03:36, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

text: THere is a peer review process on WP:TFA(I've made one or two comments in the past that were duly corrected) It just doesn't have enough publicity. Add that to the fact that practically every wikipedian is leftist/communist/anarchist and there you go. (as an aside, I actually think the Chavez intro is OK, though I see why ppl find it unacceptable. I guess it's just my POV showing) Borisblue 19:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the intro itself is bad; it's just the one sentence. And I don't think that sentence is POV, just sloppily-written. But I am sorry it hasn't been dealt with yet; we've had hours to fix it. (In  the article it has been fixed.) Doops |  talk 19:56, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I must disagree, except for that one sentence, the blurb heaps praise upon the guy. --Nelson Ricardo 21:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Come to think of it this sentence -- Abroad, Chávez has acted against the Washington Consensus by advocating alternative models of economic development and fostering cooperation amongst the world's poor nations, especially those of Latin America. -- is weird and badly-written too. Whatever the Washington Consensus is and whether it's a good or bad thing, I'm sure it doesn't oppose cooperation among the world's poor nations! It looks like another victim of brevity: like the sentence I complained about earlier, the Wikipedia's attempt to squeeze too much into once sentence is inadvertently misrepresenting the views of Chavez' opponents. Doops |  talk 21:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How did POV make it to the front page? 

message: Dutch already has 100,000 articles, why is not it listed among other 100,000+ languages?--Nixer 16:23, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What language to you see between Japanese and Polish? - BanyanTree 16:59, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

text: That's too bad. :( Rampart 19:34, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

text: If you find what you want, Chandler, come back and add it to the Wiki for the rest of us! -Scm83x 23:57, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

text: That's an easily answered question, the same thing women want! Sherurcij (talk) (bounties) 06:45, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Be nice to the newbies, chuckleheads. Kade 18:53, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right. Chandler, trust me on this one. Get out some candles, pour her some red wine, put on some romantic music like William Shatner's Greatest Hits (Vol. II), and she'll throw that silver ring straight out the window. --Last Malthusian 16:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 100,000+

message: Reproducive should be spelled reproductive, and there is no reason to capitalize entomophily, even though all article titles are capitalized. Art LaPella 02:05, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Evil Monkey - Hello 02:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Editing of the MainPage is restricted to administrators only. What do you have in mind, Pollinator ? You may want to edit Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 11, 2005 instead, and then suggest to adminstrators that the MainPage should be revised the same way. Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 09:19, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I yam an admin. -But this is something I've never done. Pollinator 14:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:Today's Second Feature might help you Broken S 17:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: [I fixed a link in the previous post to go directly to the page, instead of using a shortcut. The shortcut has been usurped for something more pertinent in 2018. BrokenSegue's post was the only time "WP:TSF" was ever used on Wikipedia as a link to WP:Today's Second Feature, which has been a dead page since 2008.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  08:58, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

text:  Oooh, glad to see another fellow administrator interested in working on the MainPage. MainPage sections are always protected to prevent vandalism, and we could always use an extra hand from a senior Wikipedian with the required editing privileges. -- PFHLai 17:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Today's featured picture

message: Now it's covered in The New York Times. I think someone needs to comment.--Knapster2005 17:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Jimbo_Wales has been in lots and lots of media. It's discussed everywhere on the wiki, and always has been. — David Remahl 14:00, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

text: (1) He quit - "Chase resigned because, he said, he did not want to cause problems for his company. " (2) Wikipedia:Avoid self references Raul654 16:59, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I think in the interests of not being accused of covering this up, we should have it under In the News.  Self-reference does not apply when Wikipedia is the news.  (Frankly the guy should be canned for relying on Wikipedia without double-checking the source, as he should with any source).  --Nelson Ricardo 18:00, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Agreed. The intention of no self-references is to avoid gratuitous self-references. This would not be gratuitous. Pcb21 Pete 18:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  The Avoid Self-Reference rule should not be used as a smokescreen to avoid informing the community that it might need to clean up its act. Kade 18:55, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki controversy 

message: How can people logged into Wikipedia change the article in the "Today's Featured Article" section? mikejacoby13
:You can't. You need Sysop powers for that. FireFox 15:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, actually, that not good enough either.  You have to demonically possess User:Raul654 and hope you don't get thrown off the New Jersey Turnpike.--Pharos 15:22, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  What the hell?  That's like...two movie references in one. Kade 18:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yikes !!! I rewrote the TFA section for the Roy Orbison article a few days ago !!!  If I don't sign in tomorrow, please retrieve what's left of me from the Turnpike. I'd like my ashes scattered near the nice lawn next to the school hall at Wah Yan College, Kowloon, if possible. Many thanks. Goodbye...... -- PFHLai 19:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

text: What do you mean by "change"? If you'd like to edit the article yourself, you can just click on the article title to open the full article, then edit it as you please. If you want to edit the description on the main page, you'll have to post your suggestion here; that template is protected so that only administrators can edit it. If you want to change which article is mentioned, you can't really do that. It gets changed automatically at midnight, UTC. The articles displayed are selected from the featured article pool. If there's an article you'd like to see shown on the main page, you can work on improving it to featured status. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Today's Featured Article" 

message: "...agree to extend the provisions of the the Kyoto Protocol to 2012."
"the the"
Jackk 19:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected.  Sam Korn 20:01, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Typo on Main Page

message: :I am sorry but your main paige isnt verry well done. you makeit sound so boring. jazz it up a little bit and it will be awsome! and i promise you will have more visitors.
thanks a lot!
~ sydney lennon ~
:In fact, a new version is being worked on right now.  Do you like this any better? Canderson7 (talk) 22:28, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the draft adresses anything beyond the superficial concerns. If we want to make wikipedia less boring-sounding I suggest we incorporate a few more swearwords onto the front page, maybe naked females too, blinking gifs - music videos, in fact. Perhaps several playing at once, at least 2 Gwen Stefani ones. Then we could link to more of the great articles like buttplug or exploding whale, the pokedex wikipedia has built up... and we need flash menus, flash EVERYWHERE and probably a few more prominent links to cafepress thongs. --86.144.85.93 23:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Don't forget lots of spinning dollar sign .GIFs, and those skulls with cigarettes between their jaws, usually beckoning with a bony finger.  Maybe a MIDI or two. Or that really really grand theatrical music you find on YTMND a lot. Kade 02:47, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

text: What Wikipedia needs is a mascot. And not like the piss annoying helper they had in MS Word 2000, more like Morizo and Kiccoro from the Expo in Aichi, Japan this year.   freshgavin TALK    00:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  ummmm 

message: Per discussion on , Yeu Ninje and I have concluded that the main page image for today's featured article would benefit from the addition of a 1-2 pixel black border around the image.  The image is currently locked, but if an admin could make this change it would be much appreciated! Thanks. -Scm83x 02:52, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a 1-pixel border. I have no real preference either way, so if others don't like it, please mention it here or remove the border. Thank you. — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't it wrong to put Chinese names in red? I know it is frowned upon in Korea. Anyone? --JohnO You found the secret writing! 04:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: On , Yeu Ninje commented that this color scheme is traditional. -Scm83x 04:34, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Raul654, nice coincidence with Yuan Shikai in the Selected anniversary. --Ancheta Wis 05:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yuan image 

message: It says "Concentración", but the correct word is "Concertación"
EricRoss 06:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Try looking at Moment (physics) and Pressure. Leithp (talk) 11:52, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo in mainpage (chilean elections) 

message: As of 12-12, 12:30 EST, the Yuan article on the main page says "33rd in poopulation" whereas the actual article says 34th.  These are in the first sentence of both instances. 68.143.166.174 17:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was changed earler today by the anonymous user , who didn't cite sources for the edit.  I've changed it back.  Thanks for letting us know. Canderson7 (talk) 17:44, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Actually, main page featured articles are supposed to be left unprotected, so that all our visitors can see how open Wikipedia is.  The articles are closely monitored for vandalism and the like. Canderson7 (talk) 21:01, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yuan article discrepancy 

message: I am of the understanding that Gebran Tueni was a Lebanese MP, not a Syrian.  In fact, he was anti-Syrian.  The main page summary that says he was a "Syrian MP" needs editing.
:The blurb states that he is a "Lebanese anti-Syrian MP", which seems clear enough... - BanyanTree 20:54, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a Syrian MP 

message: Can you please typeIAN MILLS and read the article and give advice please? Make changes if you want but I'd really like to hear what people have to say.
This page is for disscusion about the Main Page only. Please read the top of this page before editing it.
: It's a textbook example of a candidate for speedy deletion. A biography of a non-notable person. A vanity item. Please get rid of it. Thank you. -- 199.71.174.100 00:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This article has already been deleted.  Please see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion for the guidelines and procedure for clearly non-notable articles. Thanks, BanyanTree 15:29, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  ADVICE ON IAN MILLS PG PLZ 

message: I have recently moved to Richmond Va and was totaly lost on it's areas. You have created an excellent web site, showing what areas are around,what they are like and the history of them. Thank you so much,it has helped me out greatly.
:Glad to hear that you found Wikipedia useful.  Cheers, BanyanTree 15:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New to the Ricmond Va area 

message: Stanley Tookie Williams is currently an unprotected redirect page that seems to be receiving a lot of vandalism. Either the redirect page needs to be protected, or the link on the front page needs to be changed to Stanley Williams. Someone42 15:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite. I've blocked a dozen or so IPs at this point. Can you protect a redirect without breaking it? Mackensen (talk) 15:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Bullshido is a working redirect, yet it is protected. However, you probably can't put the actual  template on it. Someone42 16:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've protected the redirect, without a template. - BanyanTree 16:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Now unprotected. Cheers, BanyanTree 16:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Stanley Tookie Williams]] needs protection 

message: I know I'm not supposed to post this the day after the article was on the main page but there wasn't a problem there yesterday. I was sitting in my first block class (because I'm a high school student) checking up on the latest news of the race riots in Australia. I typed "2005_Sydney_race_riots" and the first thing to pop up was a photo of a man and a woman having sex. This is something I normally wouldn't mind just the fact that I'm in school and IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ARTICLE! Although this isn't on the main page today it was yesterday and I'm sure if the problems in Australia worsens it'd be back on the main page in the news. I'm requesting that someone would at least look at the article and remove what's not needed or what is irrelevant to the article.
:It was vandalism. You probably looked at a short lived edit. Dominick (TALK) 16:15, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Know 

message: the blurb at the end Borisblue 17:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's actually mocking the journalists who think checking wikipedia is a substitute for doing their job :) dab (ᛏ) 18:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Funny that his Andy Borowitz's biography says he eats his own dandruff. Intersting stuff. ;-P --J. Nguyen 21:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikipedia got mocked today

message: Is there a reason that Discussion pages are not called Talk pages?  The Discussion tab displays "Talk" information.  Was this a conscious decision?  There is enough Wiki terminology and acronyms around already.  Why not label the Talk pages with Talk tabs? 
...always remembering the time stamp now... Msass 18:29, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Try the second icon from the right (the one next to the "no wiki" icon) immediately above your editing window. Look carefully before you complain and mock the designers. --64.229.230.104 15:26, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  about the "Discussion" pages 

message: I think it would be a lot less ambiguous if it was stated, "after two days of firefighting". These two words can make it sound all the more clearer. ;-) -- Natalinasmpf 19:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  fire - two days  

message: "Crip's co-founder ... turned anti-gang campaigner is executed"  Can someone please be good enough to tell us why he was executed?  Erm... he was also a convicted multiple murderer who never apologised for his crimes. jucifer 16:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tokkie Williams 

message: ..that the parents of Chicana fiction writer and Cornell Univeristy English professor, Maria Viramontes (b. 1954), met while working in the fields, and that the impact of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers later influenced her fiction?
:Somebody please remove the commas around Viramontes. It's not that kind of appositive. Doops |  talk 17:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DYK fix 

message: I know this is not wiki-ish, but it seems like the featured article of the day always seems to be heavily vandalized. Maybe the featured article could be temporarily protected from editing for the day it is featured. Just a thought. Censorwolf 17:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No. See user:Raul654/protection Raul654 17:55, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: ...but, Wikipedia always needs more helpful people monitoring the FA for vandalism, so the vandals are reverted quickly. You may consider helping do that now and again. dab (ᛏ) 22:42, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured articles should be protected temporarily