Wikipedia talk:Community portal

Community portal sections
Community bulletin board Open tasks Current collaborations Article improvement drive Good article collaboration Core topics collaboration Tip of the day Community portal subpage list

Designs and redesigns
(previous designs) Please draft layout changes here: Community portal/Draft

Updating obsolete links

Many Wikipedia sites offer links to the excellent websites about economic issues of the „The New School” N.Y. But this institution changed something in its website, so that many Wikipedia links lead now to nothing.

Example: Before, the biography of economists had the address: http://homepage.newschool.edu/het/alphabet.htm which now lead to: http://www.newschool.edu/404.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/nssr/economics/alphabet.htm

2. example: The Wiki-site of the economist Wassily Leontief has at the end the information:

„Information from cepa.newschool.edu“ With the link: http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/leontief.htm you get: http://www.newschool.edu/404.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/nssr/economics/profiles/leontief.htm

The actual and correct correct link is: http://homepage.newschool.edu/~het/profiles/leontief.htm

Could the many old obsolete links be changed and updated ? Cuauti (talk) 23:47, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes of course, please feel free to edit the page and update the links yourself. -- œ^™ 21:08, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

<a href="http://www.housebreakingapuppyx.com" rel="dofollow"Housebreaking a Puppy</a>

Policies, duplicate shortcuts

In a small attempt to clean up this page, can we remove some of the duplicate shortcuts in the policy section (WP:BB and WP:BOLD, for example. How about just picking the more common one. It'd be a little less info on a very overwhelming page. Ocaasi ^c 21:46, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

This is a good idea. Speaking of being bold, I've removed what I have deemed to be less common shortcuts. They are: WP:BB (be bold), WP:NEU (neutral point of view), WP:WWIN (what Wikipedia is not), and WP:FAITH (assuming good faith). Anything you disagree on? Guoguo12 (Talk)  02:42, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Exactly what I had in mind. Thanks for doing it! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 02:55, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Glad I made the right choices. Guoguo12 (Talk)  03:12, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Housebreaking a Puppy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliemaria (talk • contribs) 09:52, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Translation

The article calls for people to translate articles into English, would it not also be useful to ask people to translate articles into other languages? Or to ask that first? English Wikipedia has much more articles than any other language — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hewhoamareismyself (talk • contribs) 02:27, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

ltr ns-3 ns-talk page-User_talk_Teles skin-vector">  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.108.206.108 (talk) 10:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC) 

ANG ALAMAT NG PARU-PARO

Noong unang panahon ay may magkapatid na ulila na naninirahan sa isang ilang na baryo sa Laguna. Ito ay sina Amparo na ang palayaw ay Paro, samantalang ang nakababata naman ay si Perla na pawang sumisibol na dalagita. Pagtitinda ng bulaklak ang kanilang ikinabubuhay.

Magkaiba ang ugali nila, si Amparo ay tamad at walang kinagigiliwang gawin kundi ang lumapit sa mga bulaklak at amuyin ito. Samantalang si Perla naman ay masipag at masinop sa kabuhayan. Likas na mabait si Perla, pasensiya na lamang ang kaniyang ibinibigay sa kapatid na si Amparo na ubod ng tamad.

Ngunit isang araw ay naubos na ang pasensiya ni Perla at nagalit kay Amparo na laging nagrereklamo sa kanilang ulam. Galit din na sumagot si Amparo “Anong gusto mo alilain ako at busabusin? Ako ang masusunod dahil ako ang nakakatanda.” Sabay nanaog at pumitas ng halaman sa hardin at nagtuloy sa ilog upang pagmasdan ang bulaklak sa kanyang buhok. Pagdukwang niya ay tuloy-tuloy siyang nahulog sa ilog. Sa pag-aalala para sa kapatid ay sumunod si Perla at kitang-kita niya nang mahulog si Paro sa ilog. Sumigaw ng malakas si Perla “Paro! Paro!", marami ang nakarinig at tinulungan siya ngunit walang Amparo silang nakita.

Habang balisang nagmamasid ang mga tao sa ilog, ay may isang bulaklak ang lumutang sa kinahulugan ni Amparo at unti-unti itong gumalaw, dahan-dahang nawala ang hugis bulaklak nito at unti-unting umusbong ang pakpak na may iba’t-ibang kulay. Walang ano-ano ay lumipad at nakita ni Perla na pumunta ito sa halamanan at nagpalipat lipat sa mga bulaklak. Kinutuban si Perla at nasambit niya ang katagang “Paro! Paro!". Simula noon, ang maganda at makulay na munting nilikha ay tinawag ng mga tao na PARU-PARO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janicemahinay (talk • contribs) 03:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposal: merge "Guidelines, help and resources" section with Help:Contents

I'm concerned the final section of this page is inappropriate for the community portal, when we already have multiple help listings. Indeed, the very top of the page reads "If you were looking for help with an aspect of Wikipedia: see the help documentation, or ask a question for assistance." but then, an entire section is devoted to help below!

I think it would be beneficial to merge this section with Help:Contents or similar, and refocus the Community Portal on news, discussions, tasks and collaborations. Some sections under "Resources" are relevant to the Community Portal and should be kept.

What do you think? — Pretzels ^Hii! 00:22, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

• Meh Does it do any harm to have an additional place for people to find help? Is the Community Portal more useful if the help links are removed? A certain amount of redundancy is desirable when dealing with instructional matters, like how to use Wikipedia... --Jayron32 01:54, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

• Yes, I think it does. The lack of focus dilutes the purpose of the Community portal, which I think is sorely underutilised and effective for something in the global navigation. We have an entire Help: namespace, there is no reason to not just link there and make that clear as the place to find all help content. — Pretzels ^Hii! 09:03, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I just rolled back your change. Please get consensus before making that large of a change. For the record, I will voluntarily observe 1 RR on that change, meaning I will not roll it back a second time.

@-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Markab-@ 22:52, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Pretzels,

You rolled your change back and I have not reverted this change, but I will state that I am against this change. Your changed removed [| an entire section of the menu] including several links to admin boards, links to helpful guidelines and several acronyms. For those of us who know Wikipedia quite well, it's not an issue, we know where to go, but for those not as familiar, it would seem to be confusing.

Further, this was not a small change, and per the talk page in community portal:

This page is for the discussion/improvement of the community portal only. The community portal is semi-protected for vandalism reasons. Large changes to it should be discussed here first.

I recognize you've made good faith efforts to get consensus, just , three people in total have responded :

1: Yes (That's up to you ) 1: I don't care 1: No (that's up to me ).

I'll open up an RFDC to get more random voices over here and see if we can get a consensus. I won't touch the page itself. You did the B in BRD, I did the R, now it's time for the F and D. Thanks @-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Narn (Loyal Bat Squad Member)-@ 11:50, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

About your Third Opinion Request: I've removed it because it cannot provide you with the help you are seeking. You're looking for more editors to become involved so as to try to reach consensus, but 3O will only provide you with one additional voice (3O requests are answered by just one editor) and their opinion cannot, under the 3O rules, be "counted" towards consensus (see here for why that is). Feel free to relist the dispute at 3O if you want what a 3O has to offer, but it would appear that you had the right idea when you mentioned an RFC. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:02, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

• Keep – The section has been here for years to help newbies, and it certainly helped me when I started editing Wikipedia. It's a quick summary of the help available, and is complementary to the help system. The section's development was the result of much deliberation and collaboration by the community. That sort of decision shouldn't be able to be reversed by a single editor, unless nobody objects to the change (see WP:BRD). There was an objection posted above, and I also object to the removal of the section, as I believe some extra help located at the end of this page can't hurt and is likely to help new editors. Since it is at the end of the page, it doesn't water down the contents located above it. The section is very useful, presenting key areas of help, and includes the variable feature "tip of the day" to keep the content fresh. Remember, Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, and therefore space is not an issue. I've restored the section, and have improved its formatting, matching the section above it, and to make the tip of the day easier to spot and read. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 11:31, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from TLee53, 29 July 2011

Can't find the original <<Announcements/Community bulletin board>> page, where changes are to be made. But, on this interpolated page, the notice for "Portal:Trees" has

    "... some contributors for it's maintenance ..."

which should, of course, be changed to

    "... some contributors from its maintenance ..."

(the possessive requiring no apostrophe and from instead of for).

TLee53 (talk) 19:17, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Done — Bility (talk) 20:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Psychiatry - new portal under construction

Just posting here that I've started a new portal, Portal:Psychiatry as directed in Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions. FiachraByrne (talk) 21:07, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Mistake on wikipedia.org!

Here - http://www.wikipedia.org/ was 中文 自由的百科全書 373 000+ 條目 But... It's joke or new look of wiki? Where Nederlands?! ;-0 --Nickispeaki (talk) 22:43, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't understand your question; could you rephrase it? --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:18, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Missing AfD link?

Does anybody know what happened to the link to WP:AfD from this page? RJH (talk) 21:22, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Community portal proposed change

On this page, an editor and I are in disagreement over changing the Community portal layout. We need more voices in this issue to establish a consensus for this change. The original layout of the community portal is [| this ] the changed layout now looks [| like this]. Please respond. @-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Narn (Loyal Bat Squad Member)-@ 12:36, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I prefer the original layout. The information is useful and there should be lots of links at the portal. And don't forget WP:Paper Eomund (talk) 13:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

We should not be duplicating Help: content on the Community portal. There is an entire namespace devoted to help, and it should be contained there. Supporting this, the very top of the Community portal reads "If you were looking for help with an aspect of Wikipedia: see the help documentation" with a link to Help:Contents. The description of the community portal in the header makes it clear that this page is for coordinations and collaborations, news and discussions. — Pretzels ^Hii! 19:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I prefer the original layout.

@-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Narn (Loyal Bat Squad Member)-@ 11:06, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't address any of the arguments I put forward. The layout hasn't even changed, hence is not the topic of discussion. — Pretzels ^Hii! 11:10, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Pretzels. We don't want "lots of links". That's overwhelming, utterly unhelpful, and makes the page tl;dr. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 22:55, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Pretzels, the layout of the page was indeed changed. You hacked out a huge section at the bottom. You stated your reason for change, I've stated my reasons for it not to change. @-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Narn (Loyal Bat Squad Member)-@ 11:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

The layout has not changed, the content has changed. You have not given any reasons; "preferring" the original layout is not enough. — Pretzels ^Hii! 12:44, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

reporting abuse of adm power

How do I report if an administrator is abusing his or her powers? Norum 17:43, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:ANI, but I'd just not say anything because of WP:BOOMERANG. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 22:53, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Tungaw

ang tungaw ay isang maliit na insekto na makikita sa gubat... ito ay kulay pula na naninipsip ng dugo sa mga kasingit-singitan ng balat.

marami din ito sa mga manok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexissevilla (talk • contribs) 14:29, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

New Supercentenarian Portal

I created a Supercentenarian portal, please help with building it! --Leoj83 (talk) 04:16, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

G+3

G+3 was a small band that started in small town in the middle of nowhere. They didnt have much but what they did had was talent and a great passion for music. Most people laughed when G+3 told them that were going to be famous. they said that it takes more than a passsion for music to be famous, talent even isnt that much required to be famous. What they had to have to be famous was money. After G+3 heard that they practiced every day, hoping that those people were wrong. That with enough practice and passion they could succed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledlegegiver1220 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Cool. Do you have a question we can answer for you? --Jayron32 17:16, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Italian Wikipedia blocked

Yesterday i tried to access it.Wikipedia and found that someone (administrator ?) has blocked it and redirecting every access to:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011

The reason purported is a politically one, about a proposed law, that to me looks like it is following the Wikipedia US guidelines, so I don't understand why the disagreement.

I am also upset because I think that such a heavy decision, like blocking Wikipedia, should be taken after a discussion and a vote.

Who has the power to do that without consultation ? Are the reasons and the procedures correct, following the international Wikipedia policy rules ?

I don't know where to take the issue, so I am trying here. If I am wrong, please be patient.

--Robertiki (talk) 09:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

I believe the access has been restored. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes. But I am growing a bit desperate, after reading this interview: http://www.journalismfestival.com/news/exclusive-ijf-interview-of-jimmy-wales-co-founder-of-wikipedia/

>> CP: Why on Twitter did you define this proposed law as idiotic?

>> JW: Because it is! Italy already has perfectly fine laws against defamation, and this proposed law overreaches

>> dramatically. I have never heard of any law like it anywhere else in the world.

I am afraid Wales has incorrect information. First: the proposed law is not about defamation, but about False light tort: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_light. So you see it is a law already present in the United States. Second: the law is in force from 1948, one of the first laws of the Italian Repubblic. The new proposals are modifications to extend its scope to electronic newspapers, that today are everymore important. Third: Wikipedia is directly accessible, the interested parties can write all the corrections they want, and I am sure that this fact has high legal relevance. Fourth: the fines are applied by Judges, not automatic, and anyway, no money goes to the one who had feel damaged. Fifth: all the mess has been around a proposed text, I am sure that, if instead of an outright opposition, there would had been specific requests about reduced fines for small entities and more time to comply, they would have been accepted. Sixth: nothing was proposed about a site that is directly accessible, like Wikipedia, that could had, from the first moment, spelled a exemption. I haven't found how to contact Wales, so I am writing here :-)

--Robertiki (talk) 15:18, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

This talk page is for discussing edits to the Community Portal and its layout. You may find the following locations more useful:

• User talk:Jimbo Wales
• village pump – Wikipedia's main discussion forum. A place to discuss things with other users. The Transhumanist 18:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Request

I don't know where this is supposed to go because the WMF makes it impossible to find where people are supposed to discuss this issue.

If you guys are willing to beg us constantly for money, the least you could do is honor my request to add this IP to the "no advert" list, because I'm not ever giving a single damned penny to the WMF, not today, not in another six months when you run the ad again. I'm tired of seeing this ad every time I open the page, even after I've closed the ad. A gigantic box with some jerk's face on it and a pleading request to go to another page with a payment form. If you think that is appropriate in a place like this, well I'm disappointed. No matter how many times I click the X, every half year that smug jerk's face comes back, or this new guy from Metallica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.24.18 (talk) 00:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Community disability issues?

Could anyone point me to any wikipedia forum or page that's about helping people with disability issues to edit Wikipedia? Bit surprised to find the word not used anywhere on the community portal page or editor assistance page that I noticed. Eversense (talk) 23:02, 23 December 2011 (UTC)