Talk:Main Page/Archive 54

message: What happened to Picture of the day? I know what happened.
:Picture of the day replaces the Did you know section on weekends. Sango123 (talk) 23:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of the day

message: Spelling it 'mediæval' 
== just seems silly and old  (in reference to the 'did you know' section on puddles).
IT'S PRETTY CLASSIC AND IT IS JUST THE WAY WIKIPEDIA LIKES IT. . . NICE AND OLD SCHOOL. Pkazazes 14:40, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, Wikipædia does well to spell it this way :) Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 21:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Medieval

message: Is there a way to view the past Photo-of-the-Day images?
:See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2006.-gadfium 03:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Past photo of the Day

message: Okay, we finally got rid of the plea for money.  Yippee!    But now all of the pages have an extra horizontal bar between the usual horizontal bar and the page title.  I use the Classic skin, in case it matters.  --Nelson Ricardo 19:40, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horizontal Bar 

message: ...that Norway applied thrice to join the European Union, but failed to accede all three times?
It's not "accede," but "succeed."  They failed to succeed.  Norway's success would have resulted from the EU's "acceding" to its proposal.  Also, it's sufficient to say that Norway failed, leaving out the "three times." --Jim Abraham 23:57, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.  Thanks, BanyanTree 00:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know... 

message: It is past January 15th and no fifth birthday special or celebration article or anything??? We are just going to let our fifth birth pass us by? Are we saving everything for the tenth? or the millionth article or something? (fireworks?)
:We had a cake, you missed it! :) See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day. Ashibaka tock 05:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No fifth birth day???? 

message: January 17th is the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's Birth. axoplasm  18:45, 17 January 2006
Queen Liliʻuokalani's name is spelled wrong on the main page. Dave 06:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't spot the difference. Perhaps it would be more helpful if you specify the error? — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I've already fixed it.  Previously the apostrophe was absent, as in the article name Liliuokalani (should that be moved?).--Pharos 06:47, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I guess we could bump something else off, but the article is only a stub...--Pharos 06:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Misspellings on the mainpage are bad, mkay? The only changes on the page in 9 hours have been vandals and rvs. Just wanted to make sure this got taken care of. Dave 15:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no 'okina in the article title Hawaii.  Note that Hawaiʻi is a redirect. You will have to gain consensus to move Hawaii before you claim that the lack of an 'okina makes it incorrect. - BanyanTree 16:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article calls it Hawaiʻi in the first line of text. Just like Liliʻuokalani's article title doesn't have the ʻokina. That doesn't make it right. It just makes it the title. Dave 20:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And Hawaii is in the first line of text too.  Seriously, if you think that the article belongs at Hawai'i, get consensus for a move at Talk:Hawaii.  The place to argue about the location of a specific article is the talk page of that article. - BanyanTree 21:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selected Anniversaries 

message: This has made the main page better, naturally.
:Everything is better with butter.  Gérard Depardieu says so in the new film Last Holiday.  The French ought to know.  --Nelson Ricardo 13:41, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Butter 

message: The bit about the Kuwaiti emir being "in office" for 28 years seems patently wrong to me. "On the throne" or something similar would call less attention to itself. Dave 14:36, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen "in office" in use for monarchies  before- I don't think the wording is wrong.Borisblue 21:58, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the news 

message: Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club is considered the most traditional and the most popular Venezuelan soccer club?
''
Maybe this should be softend, it's rather POV. I don't follow venezuelan football, but if this statement said, say
 Manchester United is considered the most traditional and the most popular English soccer club? It would certainly cause an uproar. Borisblue 21:58, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deportivo

message: perhaps we should add something about this for today Jan 19th:
* The United State's largest independent film festival begins. The Sundance Film Festival is held in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. This year's entries include documentaries about prominent politicians Al Gore and Ralph Nader. (New York Times) (CBS News) (Reuters) (NZ City) (BBC News) (BBC list of important film festivals)
only an admin can do it: edit
:Sounds more like a Wikinews thing to me. And if there is a slow news day with few people dying or being elected, maybe 'in the news'.11:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: selected anniv.

message: In today's "Did you know..." the word 'war' links to World War II. It should link directly to 'war.' Dragon Expert 15:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I don't think so. It's not obvious from the entry but Dad's Army was a World War II sitcom, not just a war sitcom.--Cherry blossom tree 16:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake ...I think. 

message: I think that principality of shaneland should be posted again.I think that who ever comes on should know about that. I liked that the type of english is a mix of english and pirate. It was funny that the call was yar and currency was clams. My friend stoped going to this website because of the deletion. I might do the same.I hope that you post it again because i thought that was a very intresting article. please, please post it again. January,19,06
* Sorry, Wikipedia content has to be verifiable, so a joke that your friends made up cannot be on the site. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ  20:02, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  PRICEAPALITY OF SHANE LAND POSTED AGAIN 

message: Why isn't General Lee's 199th birthday on the frontpage?
:MSTCrow 20:19, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Lee's Birthday! 

message: Does anyone say "thrice" anymore? It sounds a bit archaic to my ears. "Three times" has 52.4 million Google hits, whereas thrice has only 6.67 million. - Gobeirne 20:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I use it all the time, although I do also get people asking what the hell it means.  Personally I blame it and fortnight on the fact I was homeschooled, and thus read/studied a lot of books from the 18th Century. Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 22:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

text: No, it's right - the article states that in addition to the referenda, Charles de Gaulle vetoed an earlier attempt at entry, for three total -Elmer Clark 00:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Incidentally, I use thrice when ordering fish and chips even, so people do! 11:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norway 

message: Could an admin DAB Chuck Muncie's entry from University of California to University of California, Berkeley? --Christopherlin 00:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  DYK - Chuck Muncie 

message: PLease post new information on the Canadian election, as it is worthy of featured news. Is there bias towards a losing candidate or what?
--Darth mhaw 00:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is there not new information on the Canadian Election? 

message: The main page says that Norway has applied to join the EU three times but all of our own information (and others) says that they have only tried two times.  Specifically,  the European Community in 1972 and the European Union in 1994. -- Pinktulip 03:02, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See #Norway above. - BanyanTree 05:03, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The articles could be clearer about that, given these confusions. Shawnc 07:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norway and EU: two or three times? 

message: The Japanese 'character' at the top of the logo (クィ) should be ウィ, which is the first character-combination spelling Wikipedia (ウィキペディア) in Japanese katakana. It MAY be the result of warping or cropping, as クィ isn't an acceptable character-combination in Japanese. (It would be pronounced ku + i = ki, but there is already a character for ki (キ).) I hope I'm not the first person to notice this ...   freshgavin TALK    06:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I reckon it's because the character is on a sphere... Borisblue 13:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: incidentially, I cannot stand seeing this logo any more. I think I'll have my browser proxy filter it out soon. I didn't mind it in the beginning, but after a year I find it more and more awful :( dab (ᛏ) 14:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a bit extreme, heh  Run!  14:08, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Apparently it isn't meant to represent the first character in the Japanese rendition of Wikipedia; the sphere is just a ball of random characters to represent internationalism. The fact remains that the character クィ doesn't exist in Japanese though.   freshgavin TALK    14:30, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it says ワィ, which perhaps was the original katakana rendering of "wi". Look closely. Ashibaka tock 23:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Look closer Ashibaka. First of all, it's definitely ク, and not ワ, and secondly, ワィ is not a katakana rendering of "wi", though it's one of the many ways you could imagine it would be rendered. Just look at the title on the Japanese page. Anyways, it's common knowledge and (as can be expected) it's not reasonable to fix it right now.   freshgavin TALK    04:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikipedia logo

message: As this beastie's swimming up the Thames was in the news at lunch time, will it get a mention? Jackiespeel 15:53, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: London Whale

message: "...off of the reservation."
One too many? --JohnO You found the secret writing! 02:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prepositions (FA) 

message: One of the big issues in the process of being settled right now at the Main Page Redesign Project is whether or not users want the picture of the day to be included on the Main Page seven days per week (rather than on weekends only as is currently the case).  Another major issue is an overhaul of the header of the Main Page, and there are several cool designs to choose from.  If you are interested in joining in on the discussion (and voting session), or would just like to join in on the fun, CLICK HERE --Go for it! 13:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding the features of the Main Page 

message: I noticed that there is considerably less margin for the section "Today's featured picture" than for the other sections on the main page (it is closer to the border of the text field). The bullets for the "Selected anniversaries" also seem to be a little bit too close to the edge. Could somebody fix this? Thanks, RexNL 15:35, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if the removal of "" from ITN in this edit has anything to do with the misalignment in today's featured picture under ITN. -- 199.71.174.100 04:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you are right. Since the opening div-tag is removed and the closing tag is not, a higher level div tag is closed prematurely. I will continue this discussion on the template talk page. RexNL 23:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, it has been fixed. RexNL 00:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Margin for today's featured picture 

message: when you roll your cursor over the picture in the "in the news" section, it still says flag of iraq. I think someone with sysop rights should change it. schyler 05:03, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thusly have I changed it. (PS: We have a FU image on the main page again, which is bad when we could use a free one of e.g. the flag of Kosovo. Shall we change it? Yes, I know, I should go to Talk:ITN, but I'm here so I'm asking here. ) -Splashtalk 05:06, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is another photo of Ibrahim Rugova from Wikimedia Commons on the ITN candidates page. -- 199.71.174.100 05:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Scratch that comment from me. My ignorance is revealed: Kosovo's unique political status means....well...that Wiki doesn't have a flag for it; presumably it is strictly Serbia's, but I fear that may lead to political edit wars if I add that to the Main Page. The map we have of Kosovo isn't much good, either. Looks like we're stuck with a FU image that is badly photoshopped. -Splashtalk 05:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

text: This is the only slightly-okay image I could find in a google image search.  Though I've found the original file we have here on wikipedia.. it appears to be a tie wrapped around his neck?  Tres chique.  But yes, it is very obvious that crappy photoshopping has been done.  Not sure its a political propaganda poster like the file says, though. drumguy8800 - speak? 05:36, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  in the news picture mess up 

message: The image seems to be covering the bottom of the title. It looks in my opinion slightly unproffesional, sorry!Medscin 16:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Today's featured article (Sun 22nd Jan 06) image 

message: In the news - Canadian federal election today [] - why wouldn't this be posted in the news section?Michael Dorosh 20:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  23 Jan 2006 

message: To view the proposed new layouts for the Main Page, click here.  There are several candidates to choose from.  Community consultation will continue until February 4th.
I have been asked by Go_for_it! (talk • contribs) to place the above request for votes at the top of the main page itself.  I think that would be too prominent; I propose putting it immediately above Wikipedia in other languages.  Any objections?  --RobertG ♬ talk 12:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The above notice is now posted on main page.  --RobertG ♬ talk 10:16, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:   It is now not on todays main page - any reason? SFC9394 15:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vote on the new Main Page 

message: This must be on the main page! --Mb1000 03:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think they could actually quote only the CBC. The GlobeAndMail has other results. None the less, congratulations Canada!  How soon 'til the Conservatives start talking Political Union with the Turks and Caicos again?  ;-) P.S. The United States channel C-SPAN has Canadian National general elections coverage this evening.  It's a shame that Newsworld International was closed down in the US. CaribDigita 03:32, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  CBC Projects Harper Win in Canadian Election 

message: Can someone help create a stub for this please?
The Canadian Northern Americas, or CNA, refers to the country of Canada in the Western Hemisphere.
The term is a relatively recent.
:Um, is "Canadian" somehow insufficient?  I think it's pretty much unambiguous.  --17:07, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canadian Northern Americas 

message: As a result of the Canadian federal election Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin concedes defeat to Stephen Harper's Conservatives who will from a minority government.Kether83 05:43, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it's been fixed. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Typo on main page, 24 Jan 2006 

message: It looks like someone hacked the featured article of the day on the Emperor Claudius.  There is nothing there but pictures of male and female genitalia. Thank you!
:you're welcome ;) - 86.141.50.205 17:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claudius article hacked 

message: :yesterday --86.141.50.205 21:55, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Try History of the Internet. In future, please ask such questions at the Wikipedia:Reference Desk, or even better, use the search box.-gadfium 22:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  when did the internet start? 

message: does anyone know where this word came from and what it means?  where did you get the definition if you have one?  please exclude all Marry Poppins references.
* See Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  Please direct such questions to the Reference desk, thanks.  — orioneight (talk) 22:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  supercalifradgilisticexpealidocious 

message: This articles name has been changed to Great Heathen Army.  Can we update the Did you know? --Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 01:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Viking Great Army]] 

message: Is it usual policy on Wikipedia to commemorate the beginning of a genocide? Feldmarschall 17:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, but if the page about the genocide has good content and is free of disputes, it might get featured on the anniversary in the "Selected Anniversary" section on the Main Page. If there are large scale commemorative activities on the genocide in the news, the page on the genocide might get updated with the news story and then featured in the "In The News" section on the Main Page.  Neither should be considered a commemoration by Wikipedia. --199.71.174.100 07:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  commemorations 

message: Should the In the news blurb about Google and China link to People's Republic of China instead of China?  The article China is about the region as a geographical region, whereas People's Republic of China is about the state, the entity Google has reached this agreement with. Kurieeto 23:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google: China 

message: News at 11 :) Raul654 00:40, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikipedia Killed by Zerg Rush

message: for news update:
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly strongly condemns crimes of totalitarian communist regimes. -- Monalisa2 01:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: help needed

message: This image is not GFDL-compatible, as it "may not be used in advertising or propaganda without author consent" and "may be cropped but not distorted". It should not be on Wikipedia, much less on the main page. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 02:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As the Licensing implies that the copywrite holder has allowed use for any purpose I assume the warnings about propaganda and cropping/distorting were meant as warnings against use outside of the bounds of Wikipedia. I don't know if it's suitable for the main page but I don't see why it shouldn't be on Wikipedia. Also, it's not considered 'distorted' unless the aspect ratio changes.   freshgavin TALK    04:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't seem to have been uploaded by the copyright holder. If someone wants to write to the Swedish guy that owns the copyright and try to convince him to remove those conditions, feel free. But I don't know Swedish. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 04:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that would be the responsibility of the guy who uploaded the picture in the first place, and considering he made the article I'm pretty sure he can speak English.   freshgavin TALK    06:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If that happens we can reupload the images. But as they stand they are not free enough for Wikipedia. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 07:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[:Image:Svinesund bridge01.jpg]]

message: The Wikipedia in portuguese version come on 100.000 articles. -- Fernando S. Aldado 06:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes Portuguese now has over 100,000, it seems. --Cam 07:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody change Main Page here, Wikipedia pt appear as over 10,000 articles. -- Fernando S. Aldado 10:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki pt 

message: Is this the first time Wikipedia's choice of featured article has made the news? "Wikipedia Features StarCraft Story". The Korea Times. — BrianSmithson 14:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the second. I believe the first was Norman Borlaug  Raul654 15:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That was a blog, this is the first.  The Times has a circ of a million too.  Lotsofissues 00:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the (Korean) news 

message: "Did you know... that the United States Department of Justice attorney James A. Baker [...] is no relation to former Secretary of State James A. Baker III?" -- Shouldn't this say either "is not related" or "has no relation" or "is not a relative of"? It doesn't sound right as it is. -- ironcito 17:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's right the way it is. "Relation" can be a noun, meaning "a relative". Yeltensic42.618 don't panic 02:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  James A. Baker 

message: Kim log on i need to talk to you
:This is not a chat room. --Nelson Ricardo 00:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kim Ngai the Science Guy 

message: What on earth are Frenchman Flats? Is that something everyone knows? If not, can it be on the main page without explanation or link? Piet 11:16, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frenchman Flats 

message: "Resumed to produce" should be amended to "resumed production". Merchbow 12:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Poor English in DYK

message: January 27th is  "Holocaust memorial day" in Italy, Poland, Denmark and Germany as well.
--HBS 12:52, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Holocaust Memorial Day, which lists the other countries, is a disambiguation page and there doesn't appear to be a general description of Holocaust Memorial Days.  Given the choice between linking to a dab or a full formed article of one of the nation-specific days, editors appear to have gone with the latter.  Tough call. - BanyanTree 18:19, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I compromised by keeping the link the UK-centric article, but getting rid of the "in the United Kingdom" wording on the Main Page.--Pharos 18:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why  is Holocaust Memorial Day  exclusively  listed as an UK event? 

message: I suspect my browser (Firefox 1.5 for the Mac OSX) isn't showing some sort of Eurosymbol for the 2 coins... there's a space before thm in the hyperlink (a blank space underlined before the numeral 2) but no symbol visible.
...even stranger, when I go on the Talk page for the actual article, the symbol DOES show up on the title bar, but never in the page body. Abuh?
:FireFox 1.5 for wndws shows the euro symbol everywhere. Piet 15:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  (space)2 coins?