Talk:Main Page/Archive 35

message: Archived from Talk:Main Page. — Dan | Talk 15:43, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

message: Things should be in past tense. I just fixed that for yesterday's Selected Anniversaries.  Can someone change "weds" to "wedded" or "married" on today's Selected Anniversaries, please ? Thanks. -- 01:59, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks to User: Hajor for fixing it. -- 09:41, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone with sysop powers fix up today's Selected Anniversaries, please ? (Again) 

message: Search for Parody then look down the page for a contemporary example
called the George W Bush 2000 Stolen Election Commemorative gold and silver coins.
: What does this have to do with the MainPage ? This does not belong here. -- 09:40, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have added a new example of contemporary parody to the Encyclopedia. 

message: Well, what do you think? It would certainly be a more appropriate format than the DVD or HD-DVD.
:The site says 1 disc will hold 25GB, worth 2hrs of HDTV or 13hrs of older broadcast media, but even then, Wikimedia would not fit on a single Blu-Ray drive, including all the revision history (what else is new).  Maybe they will cut a deal for non-profits and .orgs. It would be to the Blu-Ray consortium's benefit to be able to include free access to the world's knowledge as a side effect.
::I'd prefer CD or DVD. I'd hate to have to buy Blu-Ray technology just to use a offline disc version of Wikipedia. Please try to think of the people who don't buy such stuff the moment it hits the market. 131.211.71.58 07:02, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia On Blu-Ray 

message: I would like to see the Selected Anniversaries section of the main page contain more birthdays of important people. For instance, today is Leonardo da Vinci's birthday.
:There is only space for a linked number of birthdays, events, etc on the Main Page - see April 15 for a more comprehensive list -- ALoan (Talk) 19:40, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  We do feature holidays and observances on the Main Page.  Anyone wanna ask the Italian government to make April 15th "Leonardo da Vinci's Day" ?  :-)  -- 199.71.174.100 21:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selected Anniversaries 

message: The www.wikipedia.org main page is forwarding me to a 404 when I put something in the search box and press 'Search' with English selected. This is the fourth or fifth time I have seen this happen in the last couple of months, since you first put up that horrible welcome page! This is extremely unprofessional - don't your webmasters even check these pages work before putting them live? It's not hard to do! Sort it out!
:This is happening again at the moment, it seems. Can somebody fix it? 82.110.36.82 10:12, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  404 on the Front Page Search 

message: "the Nine Saints ... helped to convert parts of what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia..."
I think it would be better to write "converted parts of..." or "took part in converting parts of..." to avoid the positive connotation of "helped to".  Otherwise it sounds as if the conversion was a good thing.  For example, it would be ludicrous to write "the people of XXX helped to exterminate the people of YYY"-- one might instead write "they exterminated..." or "they took part in the extermination..." or some other neutrally-worded phrasing.
MisterSheik 18:38, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; it implies that conversion was a good thing. I've modified the entry. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:30, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV: "helped to convert" 

message: If I search for something like this (yes, a bracket as a typo), there are nasty error messages in addition to the empty search results. The top of the page gets rendered with error messages covering part of the Wikipedia logo. Maybe this should fail more gracefully?
:Here is the error text:
 Warning: file(http://10.0.0.14:8123/search/enwiki/Fra%5Dnce?namespaces=0&offset=0&limit=20):  
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 in /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.4/extensions/LuceneSearch.php on line 631
 Warning: array_map(): Argument #2 should be an array in /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-
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:Cigarette 22:54, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The best place to report bugs is to the MediaWiki bugzilla at http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ (MediaWiki is the name of the open-source software that wikipedia runs on) --Clawed 11:41, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error message from Search 

message: Wikipedia ia a free encyclopedia. Does it have any other org, where I can login with the same username and password?
Also I would like to know the procedure to post an article.
:Not sure I understand your first question. As for the second, just follow a red link to one if there is one, and if there isn't edit an article to link to it and follow the link. It's important that new articles you create are linked to somewhere else in Wikipedia, so they aren't isolated "islands". Alternatively you can just put the title into the search box on the left of the page and if nothing is turned up by the search there'll be a link to an edit box for the non-existent article. — Trilobite (Talk) 14:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to post an article? 

message: Which of these is NOT" means of production" according to Karl Marx ? 1 landowner  2 owner of capital  3 owner of factory & industry  or 4 labor    Someone please e-mail me the answer at Califcurt28@yahoo.com   Thank You
:I think the question may be "Which of these doesn't own a means of production". See means of production. When asking a question, please look for the reply here rather than asking for it to be emailed.-gadfium 23:30, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  karl marx-means of production 

message: I'm a "direct the redirect" freak, but on the ltem on Pope Benedict XVI's election, the RTÉ link redirects to Radio Telefís Éireann. Au revoir, Dralwik 20:58, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect fix 

message: He didn't win the first of 41 championships—he won the first of 41 races. --ScottDavis 06:17, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed, thanks.-gadfium 06:39, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ayrton Senna]] 

message: Can we identify some wikis that are small but have some current activity and feature some stats for one of them each week? People seeing the meter reading showing one article more each day might be convinced that the wiki has some promise and hence might start contributing. For example, many early Tamil editors here might've thought that the Tamil wiki has no scope as it simply has no critical number of users and activity. But, of late, it's got revived. Featuring the stats on the recent activity there with a short introduction on the Main page might help bring more visitors. What do you say? --  06:31, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
: That's actually not that bad an idea. There is a fairly large white space created on my page in the languages area, after the list of editions "with over 100,000 articles". A small table off to the side saying the language's name, than number of articles and upto ten words on progress.  --  user:zanimum
:: I strongly concur. --Zantastik 01:53, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Or what about a list ranking say the top ten wikipedias in terms of their current monthly article growth rate as per  ? This is a pretty good indication about activity in the smaller wikipedias. BjarteSorensen 02:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion to promote other language wikipedias 

message: Yes, it was missing for some reason. I have restored it. Thank you to the anonymous user, 212.160.102.29, who informed us of the error here. - Mark 12:27, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to the Polish version is missing!!!!!!!! 

message: Recently I have noticed that when I make a search, I am no longer directed to a disambiguation page. In fact, my searches never yield the article anymore unless it is extremely general (i.e. Chicago), rather I have to deal with the search results. Attempt to search for Loudon County, Virginia and you will find nothing of the sort although a page exists. This problem must be corrected immediately or the site's readership may suffer considerably. I have noticed that reading articles is much more effortful and less desirable because I can get better results from a Google! search (either way I am left picking through a confusing list of relevant sites, many of which ar ein no way relevant).
:You'll find that correct spelling tends to improve search results: Loudoun County, Virginia. Mkweise 20:23, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Search Problems 

message: As you can see by editing the page, the following should redirect to a specific part of an article but doesn't:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga_Sadow&redirect=no
:I just tried it and it works from the redirect page but not when you are automatically redirected by the redirect page. You should submit the bug to the wikimedia bugzilla so the developers can fix it. http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ --Clawed 09:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If I recall correctly, this is deliberate and there are no plans to change the software. I don't remember the reasoning, but it may have something to do with broken links when section titles change. — Knowledge Seeker দ 18:52, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering Knowledge Seeker's reply, should I still submit this to bugzilla? TerraFrost 05:45, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, from my point of view, you are certainly free to. My memory may be incorrect; and even if it is not you are free to disagree. If you are unsure perhaps bring it up on one of the Village Pump pages? — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:51, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  anchor names lost in redirect 

message: There's a sentence in this news that's blatantly false: "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (pictured) successfully forms a new government, ending Italy's greatest period of political turmoil since the Mani pulite and likely forestalling a general election until 2006." This wasn't "Italy's greatest period of political turmoil since the Mani pulite"; as a matter of fact, this has been the shortest government crisis (it lasted only 1 day and a half) since the Mani Pulite crisis (in 1992).
*Well, I didn't like the characterisation either.  Anyhow, it's gone now. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 16:27, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  News on Berlusconi's new government 

message: I think the main page needs more linking to subdomains. For example, it would be very useful if there were links to all the other wiki "projects". For example, the main page should be much more helpful in finding what you are looking for. The search feature definately helps, but since it searches the entire site, its inaccurate. If I wanted to find archived pictures or music, a word in the dictionary, quotes, guitar tabs or song lyrics, or source code - some can be found at the bottom of the page, but some can't - and its unclear how to find it. 
I propose a listing of categories containing subcategories to be placed on the top of the main page - making navigation easier.
--fresheneesz 23:32, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Needs Better Organization 

message: Can wikipedia have an auto-citation link/module that will automatically generate MLA or APA citation for a page? (All one has to do is to copy/paste the citation into his own document to cite that article)  Encyclopedia Britannica does it, its on the bottom of everyone of their pages.
:something like this?:
*TITLE:	Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Internet edition, 2001-05.
*PUBLISHED: Wikimedia Foundation: 2001-05.
*NOTES:	This page was last modified 00:29, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  MLA/APA Citation 

message: I know that on the lamb means that one is hiding out, but I was curious as to where this particular phrase came from. If any one knows any history this phrase please help.
: On the lam (note spelling) means "on the run".  The exact origin is not known, but presumed early twentieth century, and somehow related to "lamming" meaning a beating or thrashing . --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:50, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "On the lamb." 

message: The Jesus article is messed up.
Also the article about Ludacris is messed up too.
: Both cases of vandalism have been taken care of.  Phew .... - 04:07, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jesus article 

message: "Minogue has established one of the longest and most successful careers as a performer in contemporary pop music"
What, is this a joke?  From the late Eighties until now?  That's one of the longest and most successful careers in contemporary pop music?  Come on now, not for the main page.
Karl Ward 15:15, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kylie Minogue is no David Bowie