it appears to be okay now i wonder why this keeps occurring wikipedia links turn red on occation on wikiversity as well it's like the database splits main page layout hello i'm sure this has been asked before but i can't find the information anywhere can someone direct me to an article on how to remove the title from the article for example on my wiki the main page always says main page on top and i would like to remove it thanks in advance also if you can also point me to where i can change the article tab on top to main page that would be great too thanks again i don't know much about this but perhaps it's the skin you are using go to my preferenses then skin and select monobook unfortunately you can only do this if you log in or create an account talk this is a technical question about the mediawiki software best asked on wikipedia village pump technical it's not difficult to do this but it would require code changes i believe this is done in mediawiki monobook js with the following lines of code var mptitle main page var ismainpage document title substr document title lastindexof mptitle var isdiff document location search document location search indexof diff document location search indexof oldid if ismainpage isdiff document write ' lastmod sitesub contentsub h firstheading display none important ' correct me if wrong but i think all you have to do is add these lines to monobook js this would be good to add to the main page faq talk contribs thanks for all your help with your input i was able to google search for the very answer to my solution here basically its like you guys said edit the username monobook js page or mediawiki monobook js if you want to change it for the entire site just search for that page and append the extra code my apologies if this posting is located in the wrong area i simply could not find any other spot to leave this message thanks again september suggestion i think that adding a link to the sandbox in a prominent place not in the small print will help new users to find a right place to experiment and not carry out trial edits on actual pages my hypothesis is that this will noticeably reduce unconstructive edits falling under the new user test category any support for my theory firstly i think it's a good thing that random tests can occur in main space it rams home the fact that wikipedia can be edited by anyone the only way for some people to believe this is to try it secondly even after the header redesign for this page with the red flashing lights many people still don't notice it but even after my disparigment i'm not against including a link to the sandbox somewhere more prominent where do you suggest i suggest with the overview searching editing questions help part the one under the 'welcome to wikipedia' box with a brief explanation of what it's for in brackets so new users know what it's for and don't get perplexed by what they see as yet another confusing feature of wikipedia at the moment at x pixel resolution there is no room for any more links in that area ok how about including it in either the navigation or the toolbox boxes on the left side of the window instead of on the main page that way the sandbox is accessible anywhere without having to know what to type into the search field or having to go back to the main page which might achieve my aim better since it's less troublesome to go to the sandbox b