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US-BIAS

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There are too many pages related tothe USA on this website.

The articles pertaining to India should also be better written.

India ia a beautiful country, this website does not capture the beauty and wisdom of this country. The people are very nice and it has a very ancient culture. I think there should be more to do with India on the main page. Indian music is very good and tyhe archetect ure is very pretty. And the movies are the most popular in the world.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.1.61.129 (talk • contribs) 23:06, May 10, 2013 (UTC)

The DYK section routinely includes information related to India. Usually you will find these postings in the 00:00 and 08:00 (UTC) updates (the times of day when most people in India are awake). The update at this time of day, which runs from 16:00 to 23:59, is usually dominated by information related to those parts of the world currently awake (Europe, Africa, and the Americas). The practice of featuring postings with geographical affinity during daylight hours at the related location is done because most people tend to be more interested in items closers to them then those on the other side of the globe. --Allen3 ^talk 23:19, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

People all around the world should see the importance and interesting things to do with India. India already knows about India. Maybe people in USA should be enlightened about this country. 1/3 of the worlds population is from India descent, I think many people in USA are from India.

(Following the unsigned remark) Don't complain - get an 'India on WP development group' going so more India-related articles appear on the Main Page. (Ditto for any other under-represented topic on the MP/Wikipedia in general.) Jackiespeel (talk) 09:45, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• Or try doing a lot on your own. Most of the Indonesia-related articles which have reached the main page were done by one editor. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:56, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• As I recall, the main page had plenty India related topics on 3 May. 1, 2 and 3. Robvanvee 11:43, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

On the site overall, there aren't too many articles about the USA; there are just too few about India. But it's a work in progress, so don't despair! AlexTiefling (talk) 11:53, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I like how it suddenly became about India. Being frank as ya'll can be I'd say the front page is mostly even. --82.8.226.105 (talk) 23:43, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree. I think India is a beautiful country and its the origin of world civilization I think India should be in a prime spotlight on this website.

• The people in Gibraltar are very nice too, and indeed there's some interesting architecture there as well. If these are the criteria, we should probably have more material about Gibraltar on the front page as well as just India. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Gibralter is not an important country. 1/3 of the population of the world is originally from India, can Gibralter say so much? India is also the origin of all civilization and of languages of Europe. many important minds acknowledge that India is the source of much of human civilzation, People from Europe and USA actually migrated from India. Gibralter did not contribute so much.

• Considering the comment this was in response to, that was actually quite a measured response. Most mentions of Gibraltar now lead to insufferable bickering. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:50, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

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More than one million articles

The Russian Wikipedia reached today one millionth articles. Please add it to the correct line on the Main Page.Porbóllett (talk) 10:36, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done by Edokter. — This, that and the other (talk) 02:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Edokter. Porbóllett (talk) 06:57, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

"Plurality"

When is the English WP Main Page going to stop this pedantic and ridiculous use of plurality to mean relative majority? Show me one serious news outlet that uses the term. Contact Basemetal here 11:05, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

How about three from the 24 hours: The Miami Herald, BBC News, and The Globe and Mail. --Allen3 ^talk 12:29, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I happen to favour this usage, and I don't think 'relative majority' is at all clear; but in all honesty, the BBC article is not an example of the contested usage. The man quoted is not referring to vote results, but the a broad characterisation of the council's mandate. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:33, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I was just about to post the BBC News link, but noted Alex's observation, so here's another. 129.234.252.65 (talk) 12:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

My reaction was to the sentence regarding the Bulgarian elections. I should have excluded things like "a plurality of people think/favor/do X" (Miami Herald and second BBC examples) which sound less pedantic. As to the first BBC example, as pointed out, plurality is used as a synonym for diversity. So only the Globe and Mail example is one of "winning/having won a plurality in an election", but ok, the Globe and Mail is a serious news outlet, and I suppose you could find other examples. I still don't like it, but you have convinced me WP is not alone. Contact Basemetal here 13:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree, it sticks in the craw, it's certainly meaningless to people from the UK, but hey, it means something to most other English speakers so it's good to go... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:27, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The flip can also be argued - how many "serious news outlets" use the phrase "relative majority"? I don't believe I've ever run across it before. A quick search of Google news shows only four results, only two of which are clearly talking about elections/poll type situations. In contrast, searching for plurality shows a large number of hits (well over 300), and at least six of the first ten are clearly talking about election/poll type results.-- 205.175.124.30 (talk) 00:18, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Pakistani elections?

I nominate Pakistani general election, 2013 to be a featured current event. This is big, folks, bigger than the verdict in Guatemala. --Smack (talk) 14:32, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

As stated on the big box at the top of the page, check out WP:ITN/C for the reason for hold-up. –HTD 14:42, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The nom is stalled I think pending official results. --IP98 (talk) 18:21, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I've asked a non-involved admin to follow this up. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)