Talk:Main Page/Archive 10

message: Wikipedia:Reference Desk is not for those who want to write articles but for those who want Wikipedia to ask something. In other words, it's for readers and not editors. So why is it under the heading "Writing Articles"? -- Paddu 14:05 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
:The above question was lost into the archives unanswered, so I'm posting it again. I feel there should at least be a link to Reference Desk in the `Encyclopedia' section. Readers who are looking for info. on something shouldn't have to look for `Reference Desk' in `Writing Articles'. Also I feel the same is true about the `Requested Articles' link. -- 210.214.131.219 06:12, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference Desk categorization

message: In regards to my This American Life entry for anniversaries...Why is a change made at "01:58, 17 Nov 2003" considered a November 16th change? In my book it is a November 17 change. Please advise. Kingturtle 03:55, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time 

message: Please add a link to Finance under social sciences.[User:Didickman|Didickman]]
:Finance is a sub-set of economics, and economics is already listed. --mav 04:24, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Finance

message: I realise that this isn't the place, but where can I discuss the quality of the HTML (in terns of its validity and accesibility) used in Wikipedia? Andy Mabbett 20:00, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: How about m:Quality of HTML used in Wikipedia? --Brion 06:15, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Off: HTML of Wikipedia

message: I am interested in getting the spanish wikipedia to look more like the English Wikipedia, is there a way to see the wiki-code for the page, because it is protected and you can't see the wiki-code (don't know if it is called like that)
Know the answer, please post it here please.
Elnoyola 22:13, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Try http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page&action=edit --Brion 22:37, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Page's WIki-Code 

message: Hi, please don't reorganize this Talk page in the way you have been doing. It is counter-intuitive; in all but one or two exceptions, discussions on Talk pages are chronological in order. You cannot unilaterally insist on a different organization. People will continue to add new message at the bottom and people will continue to look there for new messages. If the page seems cluttered to you, feel free to move older discussions into archives, but normally we don't do this until the page is  >= 30Kb in size. Thanks for your understanding. -- Viajero 13:47, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment to Andy

message: Why the  in the anniversaries section?
It causes things like this:
12 December - ~~ - UNICEF -  Nobel
Prize - 
Hector Berlioz - ~~ - DOOM - Tanganyika 
to appear in any browser without the exact size font/window?
Won't the browser wrap the text appropriately without it? Tristanb 23:40, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it looks awful without the br tag. Angela. 23:45, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, thanks for fixing it.  My bad there.  Pakaran 23:51, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: Your wish is my command. Actually it's not as I was already making the change while you were typing this! Arwel 01:15, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: &lt;br&gt;

message: Is it appropriate to put the Saturnalia in the Main Page? Its a Roman festival and begins today! Muriel Victoria 14:25, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Saturnalia

message: I suggest under In the News that we link to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (movie) --Raul654, 17:15, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't get released here (Australia) until Boxing Day (the day after Christmas). Also, many Wikipedians don't like having entertainment stuff in the Current Events on Wikipedia. If we have The Lord of the Rings there, are we going to have a link to World Idol? - Mark Ryan 17:21, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I cannot speak to australia, but it seems like I can't turn on the news right now without hearing people talking about the movie (for better, for worse). And just because we do it for one particular (highly touted, news making, etc) piece of entertainment doesn't mean we have to do it for them all. --Raul654 17:38, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Return of the King

message: I thought this would be cute.  Check out the entry for fan (implement) and click on the link for the larger picture.  Notice the 'brand name' of the fan!
--Rfc1394 02:26, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Riiiiiight.... - mark-RYAN. 07:21, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: An interesting tidbit

message: I just had an interesting idea and I wanted to get some feedback. On the main page, we have catagories for "In the News", "Recent Deaths", "New Articles" and "Anniversaries". The only way for a non-timely article to get put there is just after it is created. 
My thought was - why not create a 5th catagory - "Featured Articles"
People could nominate articles on the discussion page (or would could have a special page just for that). That way, nontimely articles get their time on the main page too. Personally, a lot of the editing I do is on technical articles, which never makes it to the front page. I think this is a way of rewarding people who have similiar tastes.  --Raul654 11:00, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I've created a page for further discussion of this topic --Raul654 17:27, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)

text: or random or rotating selections from that list. Gentgeen 11:15, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Great new thought - I want feedback!

message: Today, I put a new article called Bam Citadel, about the biggest adobe structure in the world, which has recently (26 Dec 2003) been destroyed by an earthquake. But it is not shown in the Main Page as a New Article. How could I mention about it on the Main Page, as this page seems not editable.
Thanks,
Ahmad, 30 Dec. 2003
:Added. -- Viajero 10:15, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: The biggest adobe structure of the world

message: is it possible to add
2003 comes to an end today on the main page for today
-Hemanshu 07:28, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. Done.  --Raul654 08:04, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  2003