Do we really want articles with a VFD tag appearing in Did You Know? [[User:Dramatic|dramatic]] 19:38, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Do we really want articles with a VFD tag appearing in Did You Know? [[User:Dramatic|dramatic]] 19:38, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
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==Red links==
Is it considered a bad thing to have a red link on the main page? -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 20:36, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
Go visit [[Ashley Tisdale]] and see her info.
:Yes, very much so. I eradicate them from the featured article write ups when the introductions to the articles have them. [[User:Raul654|→Raul654]] 20:43, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
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::Thanks. I guess it is like waving a red flag to a vandal.... -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 20:56, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]
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Invite users to edit?
I'm not convinced that the Main Page is really inviting people to contribute to Wikipedia, which is a shame as collaborative editing is one of Wikipedia's key strengths. Perhaps we could add a link to the current collaborations of the week? I am.
Erm, you rang? →Raul654 03:08, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
1. The four items of news and daily DYK collection often outsize the other side creating room for a small section.
2. This is the user built encyclopedia, lets make a more direct attempt to encourage our readers to become editors.
3. If we want to do that, what better place for an anon to start than in the heavily watched COTW.
4. Be bold, if someone disagrees with you inserting the COTW box onto the front page, they can revert with one touch and the harmless experiment ends. If it survives the day, then by consent implied by the silence, the community welcomes a new feature to the front page.
The Wikipedia Multilingual Portal is not unly un-editable, but even lacks a discussion page unlike, say, the Wikisource equivalent or the www.wikibooks.org redirected page. What is the justification for this? Cigarette
That page is a rather special case, in that it's not generated using wiki-markup. →Raul654 18:13, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
Because it looks nicer that way, perhaps? gkhan 21:03, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
Well, yes, perhaps. It's a very nice graphic. It's certainly a better looking multilingual portal than the Wikibooks or Wikisource ones. But is that a worthwhile justificaiton? It's obviously a special case in that it's not generated using wiki-markup, but is it not generated using a wiki-markup because it's a special case? I'm just curious what, in more explicit terms, the relationship between its specialness and its unique format is. :) Cigarette21:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Blair
Look at the photo of Blair and Bush shaking hands. There's a chick in a cowboy hat in the upper left corner. It's not there when you look at the image page. What's going on? Eixo08:10, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
:If you look at that picture's image page, you'll notice there's a revert war going on over that image. user:Zippydeedoodah has been vandalizing it. →Raul654 08:31, July 28, 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oops. A mistake on my part. Lemme fix it. →Raul654 08:31, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
Ok, it should be fixed now. →Raul654 08:34, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
Everybody always asks these sorts of questions as if there's some sort of intentional reason behind it. People, if something hasn't happened, 90% of the time it's because somebody forgot, or hasn't gotten around to it, or didn't know it needed doing. -- Cyrius|✎16:00, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if they were to edit one of the sub-featurettes, everything (including IP address) is pretty much tracked, and editing such high-profile pages maliciously can result in a quick banning, if I recall. Crtrue 03:40, 2005 July 29 (UTC)
Humorous News/Image Juxtaposition
Excuse me if this is off-topic, but I can't be the only one who finds this funny...
It's alright, but it isn't very clear. The brightness of the sky means that the building is very dark. It doesn't really help the item that much. [[smoddy]]10:44, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The only other thing I could think of doing with this one, would be to crop right down on the black and white mural. Trouble is, I don't think this lad in a gas mask is actually meant to be a member of the IRA. The BBC had a better mural to work with that actually showed three IRA members with rifles. -- Solipsist11:16, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
