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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• 1950 – Korean War – North Korean troops began attacking.... — Suggest change to simple "attacked." Readers can go to the article for more detail. – Sca (talk) 01:58, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

  Concur. Anyone with the permissions here willing to change the OTD? Bremps... 12:14, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

  It's 'began attacking' because the attacks lasted 5 days. So on this day the attacks started. Stephen 12:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(July 19)

Monday's FL

(July 15, tomorrow)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the corresponding regular version (i.e. without "protected" in the page title) in addition to the Main Page version linked below.

Today's POTD

7/14/2024 POTD Happy Chandler I think it is a mistake to refer to and individual by his/her nickname (without"")and last name without giving the given name.Wis2fan (talk) 02:41, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done It is not an error to refer to a person by their WP:COMMONNAME. Schwede66 17:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

General discussion

Featured sounds and lists

Discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:Main Page/sandbox/FSL

Visual update?

I know I proposed this before some months ago, but I would like to test the waters again. With the upcoming inclusion of Today's Featured List and Sound, a small visual update would be nice to commemorate the event. Also with the design being stuck for 5 years, a minor refreshment would be in order.

I believe that my proposed design mixes in the old with the new perfectly; it lifts the page into the present, but is in itself very unobtrusive. It also ties in better with the Verctor skin, being the default skin for a year now. Also, all major borwsers now support gradients (Firefox (3.6 and up), Opera (11.10 and up), Safari (4.0 and up), Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 (beta)), and falls back without any issues in older browsers. With featured list/sound added, it would look like this. Thoughts? — Edokter (talk) — 12:28, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't hate the gradients, but I prefer the current design (which seems crisper, cleaner and less distracting from the main content).

I also dislike the idea of incorporating code that's incompatible with the "older browsers" used by a large percentage of readers. I realize that it fails gracefully for such users (resulting in the status quo), but this is a needless inconsistency.

And while I'm entirely open to the idea of improving the main page's design, I disagree with the concept that its age justifies change for the sake of change. —David Levy 18:52, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

If we're going to reject increasing image size on the grounds that it doesn't look good with 2% of users computers, I don't think we can do something with gradients which aren't supported by probably 50%-60% of internet users.

You also can't claim to support IE if only IE 10 is supported. Beta versions don't count. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I support the change, on the assumption that for users with browsers that don't support gradients the appearance will be unchanged from its current design. --Yair rand (talk) 20:04, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

That assumption is correct, but such inconsistency is best avoided. When a webpage's appearance significantly varies from one system/browser to another, this comes across as unprofessional and can lead users to wonder what's causing the disparity (and possibly even question whether something is wrong on their end). —David Levy 20:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that's a concern at all; One would have to use two browsers to even notice the difference. We also use columns on nearly every page, which do not work on all browsers. I used to be opposed by that (until I switched to Chrome), and I don't hear anyone complain about columns. — Edokter (talk) — 20:56, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

1. Many people use multiple browsers (e.g. one at home and another at work/school/a public library/someone else's home).

2. There's a non-trivial distinction between enhancing the display of encyclopedic content and arbitrarily altering an aesthetic element. It makes sense to optimize an article's layout (something that's unavoidably inconsistent anyway) for as many readers as possible, but I see no compelling reason to introduce preventable inconsistencies that serve no purpose other than subjectively looking pretty. —David Levy 21:57, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Wanting to change the aesthetics is not a bad thing; it got the main page to where it is now. Wether it is a complete redesign or done in small steps, we shouldn't be affraid of change. If we were, the main page would still look like this. The inconsistency will solve itself as browsers evolve. — Edokter (talk) — 22:10, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Clicking that link gives me a big malware warning, but I think it's just because malware has been found on the same archive system. Art LaPella (talk) 13:53, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

As a participant in the most recent main page redesign, I obviously don't fear change or seek to obstruct aesthetic improvements. I oppose this particular proposal, which introduces needless inconsistency for the sake of a purely cosmetic modification that I regard as neutral at best. (As noted above, I don't hate the gradients, but I prefer the current style.) —David Levy 22:22, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Inconsistencies also make future bug reports and other discussions more difficult as some participates will invariably not understand that the page is silently inconsistent and repeatedly insist that it "works for them".

There's no shortage of ideas on how to make the main page more visually appealing. Doesn't make sense to choose one that won't render properly for so many people. APL (talk) 08:55, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

(←) I'm opposed to the gradients on purely aesthetic grounds. They give me a sensation that each column is 'unbalanced'. Perhaps it's the gradient combined with the left justified text in each column, but none-the-less, I get that sensation. Sorry. Ben (talk) 11:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

The gradients are distracting and draw attention to the right side of each section (where there is nothing to draw attention to). I also disagree that this use of gradients is associated in any way with "the present"; one quick exercise would be to examine the top 10 Alexa sites and observe the ways in which gradients are not used. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Work Of Week

I think, we may make it in English wiki.--Guzikov96 (talk) 08:36, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

God hates us All

Hahahaha.... none of us were raptured, therefore "God Hates Us All." Good one Raul.--Found5dollar (talk) 13:50, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Fantastic choice of FA, well done. :D —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 14:21, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

U mad, bro? :D :D howcheng {chat} 19:42, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Bows - Thanks guys :) Raul654 (talk) 02:50, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

• Why does the article name in the actual article redirect to Harold Camping? Nice to see the Featured Article being used for trolling by the Wikipedia staff. Impartial encyclopedia indeed. --81.98.22.71 (talk) 14:44, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

• it was vandalism. I reverted it.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 14:47, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

• Wait, so you have tons of articles you ban people from editing unless they are part of your community, but the article you put on your main page isn't one of them? Isn't this just asking for trouble? --81.98.22.71 (talk) 14:49, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

• Yes it is sometimes exhausting to revert, but not every edit by an ip-address is coincident vandalism.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 15:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Have a look at our (now depreciated) reasoning, if you wish.  狐 Déan rolla bairille!  16:36, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Font

What has happened to Wikipedia? The font is different from when I looked at it yesterday: it's now rounder, squatter and harder to read. What's going on? Why has it been changed? It's not just a matter of aesthetics. This font is actually harder to read than the previously used, narrower one. Why would you make a retrograde change? 82.32.238.139 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC).

I think the change must be with your computer or browser. Hut 8.5 20:04, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Persian Wikipedia

hi, Persian Wikipedia is now has more than 150000 articles, please correct the Wikipedia languages section in the bottom of the page. thanks. -- PHoBiA (talk) 21:53, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Done. —David Levy 22:19, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

WWII

Puzzling that OTD for May 23 contains an entry on the End of World War II in Europe. May 8 has long been accepted as the date for the end, since the surrender signed by Jodl et al. at Reims on May 7 provided, "All forces under German control to cease active operations at 2301 hours Central European Time on May 8, 1945," and the repeat ceremony in Berlin, featuring Keitel, occurred on May 8. The arrest of Dönitz a couple weeks later was of little significance,historically. I suppose one could say it was the end of the End; however, the war — the fighting — actually ended May 8. Sca (talk) 20:03, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the content on the main page is intended to mean that World War II ended in Europe on 23 May, merely that an event which was part of the close of World War II in Europe (the dissolution of the Dönitz government) took place on 23 May. Hut 8.5 20:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikinews link

The did you know section should have a link to the appropriate Wikinews article for each entry. Perhaps saying, "Full Wikinews Article". If there is no article, it would encourage the creation of one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.233.31.37 (talk) 22:03, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

What does the Did You Know section have to do with Wikinews? And having a link that took people off site would be confusing and counter-intuitive. We already have a link to Wikinews further down on the page; there's no need for more than that. Modest Genius ^talk 22:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Now you are making a profit by selling books made of content off this site.

You guys are getting pretty low. http://www.betterworldbooks.com/greg-ayres-id-6132632727.aspx http://www.betterworldbooks.com/kyle-hebert-id-6132615954.aspx