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'''''This page is part of the http://www.wikipedia.org/ portal.'''''

{{ombox|type=notice|text=Please post new comments about the www.wikipedia.org portal, including requests for updates, at '''[[Talk:Www.wikipedia.org template]]'''.}}

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'''''This page was part of the http://www.wikipedia.org/ portal. Not now.'''''

The content of http://www.wikipedia.org/ is derived from a '''template written in HTML''' at [[Www.wikipedia.org template]], and a '''portal written in wikicode''' at [[Www.wikipedia.org portal]]. Both these pages are protected. Changes made to these pages appear on the live portal site within one hour.

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Links to history:

*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Www.wikipedia.org_portal&oldid=94090 Archive1]

*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Www.wikipedia.org_portal&oldid=100764 Archive2]:

:* multi-language version based on Accept-languages and Automatic forwarding w/ cookies

:* introducing [[Www.wikipedia.org portal/Catherine|Catherine's version]] and discussion

:* New languages ([[:mr:]] and [[:li:]] and article numbers

:* Poll on version change: (29 Jan 2005 - 11 Feb 2005). Results:

::* [[:File:Portal proposal new.png|Catherine's]] ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/7/7c/Portal_proposal_new.png Catherine'sdirect link]): 76 votes (won)

::* [[:File:Portal proposal Forseti2.png|Forseti's]] ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/7/78/Portal_proposal_Forseti2.png Forseti'sdirect link]) (introduced 5 Feb 2005): 30 votes

::* [[:File:Portal proposal current.png|don't change]] ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/9/94/Portal_proposal_current.png don'tdirect changelink]): 2 votes

::In course of voting some changes to proposed versions were proposedsuggested, most commonly: 'get rid of the books' for Catherine's and 'center globe with arcs of primes', 'get rid of English' for Forseti's. Also some voters expressed will for a merge.

:* Briefly, [[Www.wikipedia.org_portal/Node|alternative]] was proposed but not voted

:* introducing [http://oak.pl/~forseti/wikipedia.html Forseti's version] and discussion

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::Good explanation. Thx. -- [[en:user:RoyBoy|RoyBoy]] [[User:24.141.72.95|24.141.72.95]] 19:23, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Whatever happened to this? I really like the design #3 here. [[User:Andrevan| ]]<nowiki>&ndash;</nowiki>[[User:Andrevan|<b><font color="mediumblue">Andre</font></b>]] ([[User_talk:Andrevan|<font color=royalblue>talk</font>]])[[User:Andrevan| ]] 22:57, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

==Please set up editable version of Forseti's design==

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Hi, we have now 10 000+ articles, can someone insert link on main page to serbian Wikipedia in 10 000+ category, now on main page we are still on 1000+ category. Thank you.

== Macedonian Wiki ==

Hello, the Macedonian Wikipedia has 247 articles now, can anybody insert a link to it on the mainpage, in the 100+ section? (some of the languages there have less articles than the macedonian version, and we have noticed a language update there, yet Macedonian was still not included) Thank you in advance, from the Macedonian adminstration team --[[User:FlavrSavr|FlavrSavr]] 16:36, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

:No problem. [[User:TUF-KAT|TUF-KAT]] 07:51, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

::Hello, again. The Macedonian Wikipedia has 1268 articles as of now. Can anybody, maybe TUF-KAT insert the link to it in in the 1000+ section of the mainpage? In addition, there was a slight problem with the previous link, which included Macedonian with a small 'm'. I've changed it into capital cyrillic 'M' on the template, so I hope it works; if it doesn't, could anybody tell me how to fix this? Thanks in advance for all your help, from the Macedonian administration team --[[User:Ivica83|Ivica83]] 18:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

== Vietnamese Wikipedia ==

The [[vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wikipedia]] has reached 1,000 articles today. Could a sysop please remove the following line from the 100+ header:

<nowiki>[[:vi:Trang Chính|Tiếng&nbsp;Việt]]</nowiki>

And add the following line under the 1000+ header, between Tatarça and Türkçe:

<nowiki>[[vi:Trang Chính|Tiếng&nbsp;Việt]]&nbsp;&#8226;</nowiki>

Thanks. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 17:17, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Please update ==

Please update the number of articles of Portuguese Wikipedia, it has reached over 40,000+. Thank you. --[[User:Ikescs|Ikescs]] 18:27, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

:Updated. But I think it is any more no original file of http://www.wikipedia.org ... or this url is not available for me ... --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] | Translate <font color=red>[[Election notice translations 2005|Election]]</font> | [[User talk:Aphaia|<font color=lightseagreen>++</font>]] 20:07, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

== To the admin team at Meta, ==

This info is from [[Complete list of language Wikipedias available|here]]:

:Georgian (ქართული) wiki: ka - 768 articles

:Armenian (Հայերեն) wiki: hy - 542 articles

:Bengali (বাংলা) wiki: bn - 454 articles

:Macedonian (Македонски) wiki: mk - 354 articles

:Northern Sami (Sámegiella) wiki: se - 283 articles

:Breton (Brezhoneg) wiki: br - 232 articles

:Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) wiki: os (http://os.wikipedia.org) - 218 articles

:Tok Pisin wiki: tpi - 105 articles

It's not fair that those WPs are not on [[Www.wikipedia.org template]] when there are some other WPs SMALLER than these on the template (for example, te: has 111 articles and is on the template, but is smaller than br: which has 232 articles and is not on the template after MONTHS of nagging.)

Can you >PLEASE include them? And also, vi: is 100 articles larger than gd: (in the 1000-10000 section) and is STILL in the 100-1000 section.

From [[User:Scott Gall|Scott Gall]] on behalf of the admin teams at the WPs affected by your slackness. 05:28, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

PS. To include them, type in the following: <nowiki> [http://{{ISO CODE}}.wikipedia.org/wiki {{NATIVE NAME FOR LANGUAGE}}] </nowiki>

:Please don't talk in such a way with huge font, it is very hard to read. And if you mean we edit this file, no worry, this file is not the source of current wikipedia portal. It is already a historical page. So you don't need to worry if this is updated or not. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] | Translate <font color=red>[[Election notice translations 2005|Election]]</font> | [[User talk:Aphaia|<font color=lightseagreen>++</font>]] 05:47, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

::I meant for somebody to update the [[Www.wikipedia.org template]]. It's not fair how a language bearing a Wikipedia with, for example, 232 articles is not listed on the same template a language bearing a Wikipedia with, for example, 111 articles is. It's also seen as racism directed at the speakers of these languages, and/or thinking that the languages are not real. It would be easier to just include them. [[User:Scott Gall|Scott Gall]] 07:31, 7 May 2005 (UTC) ''edit:'' PS: You could move ka: to 1000-10000; the way you guys are going, it will already have 1000 articles by the time you get onto the job. All it is is adding eight WPs and moving one up.

::I have also put the changes on [[Www.wikipedia.org template/temp]]. You just have to copy ka:, hy:, bn:, mk:, se:, br:, os:, and tpi: onto the live page, and put vi: in the 1000-10000 section. This IS emotionally hurting the people on those WPs, if not me, because their languages are not being represeted on the [[Www.wikipedia.org template]]. Those languages are being left out of it all, despite being larger than some of the WPs that are on the template. What I am trying to do is make you realise how serious it can get if business is left at the hands of people who can't be bothered to listen to one simple demand. [[User:Scott Gall|Scott Gall]] 08:04, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

:::I second that. Can you please unprotect the [[Www.wikipedia.org template]] for half an hour so I can put those languages on the page for those slackers? Scott's plea to have those languages on the template is based on fact. And also, all of these languages (except bn:, tpi:, and br:) are spoken in close proximity to Romania. [[User:NazismIsntCool|NazismIsntCool]] 07:11, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

And I third that. To make a less emotional point: in my opinion, it would look better for the Wikipedia project as a whole if a more diverse selection of languages makes its way onto the page. It's a simple as promoting the languages as they reach their milestones. Currently, the list is nearly completely made of European languages written in Latin-based alphabets. Users may see the list and think, "Yeah, so they have around 200 languages, but a lot of them seem to be tiny variations of the same language - even dialects." &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> <small>(<code>vi:</code> sysop)</small> 02:25, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I posted [[User talk:Brion VIBBER#Language wiki issues|a plea to Brion Vibber]], a developer here. Hopefully we'll get some kind of response. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 02:47, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Brion suggested that I go to MediaZilla, so this issue is now [[Bugzilla:2142|Bug 2142]] there. If you have a MediaZilla account, you can cast any number of votes for that bug. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 04:21, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

==Javanese Wikipedia==

The [[:jv:|Javanese Wikipedia]] has reached 1,000 articles. Could you update by adding

<nowiki>[[:jv:Kaca Utama|Basa Jawa]]</nowiki>

please?

Thanks! [[en:User:Hayabusa future|Hayabusa future]]

I posted a request at [[Talk:Www.wikipedia.org template#Bug 2142]], where it is more likely to be seen. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 04:45, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

==languages not properly organized==

the languages used to be organized by number of articles, Dutch (neederlands) and Portuguese (Portuguese) are now not properly placed. Portuguese is now 50 000+. Dutch overtook Polish and Portuguese overtook Italian and Spanish. ---[[User:PedroPVZ|PedroPVZ]] 05:12, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

:This page isn't updated anymore, but if you know HTML, you can edit [[Www.wikipedia.org template/temp]], and someday an administrator here will update the portal accordingly. See [[Talk:Www.wikipedia.org template/temp]] for details. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn]] <small class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Mxn|talk]], [http://mxn.f2o.org/index.html blog])</small> 15:53, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

::It's probably time to copy [[Www.wikipedia.org template/temp]] to [[Www.wikipedia.org template]]. I've just got the languages up to where they belong. And thanks to the person who put Chuvash and Macedonian on the template proper. At least you're not the slackers I used to think you are. [[User:Scott Gall|Scott Gall]] 03:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

== Update ==

Could someone please move Albanian (sq - Shqip) to the 1000+ list? Thanks. [[User:Dori|Dori]] | [[User talk:Dori|Talk]] 07:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

== Comments ==

I added the URL and content of the Talk page as comments, so you always have the instructions handy, even if you move the stuff temporarily to your favourite offline editor.

[[User:Patio|Patio]] 6 July 2005 06:23 (UTC)

== Missing top Wikipedia logo on front page ==

The top Wikimedia logo on the front page displays the infamous "red cross" for a missing file. It takes too long to get it, and all visitors are attempting to download it again and again, producing many 404 NOT FOUND results.

Please fix it by restoring a logo (at least a all-blank one if this logo is being redesigned). This will accelerate the loading and display of the main page (http://www.wikipedia.org/).

Thanks.

Note: the missing WIKIPEDIA name logo is referenced at this line of HTML code:

<pre>

&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/thumb/7/7c/Wikipedia-word.png/180px-Wikipedia-word.png" width="180" height="50" alt="WIKIPEDIA" /&gt;

</pre>

May be the URL is now wrong and should reference another ___location.

[[Image:Wikimedia-Word.png|right]]

You may use this uploaded 180x50 image I created, with an equivalent HTML template and a .xcf (The GIMP) image.

(May be the HTML will be better. Click on image for details, or look at [[Logo template]]

(above unsigned comments by [[User:Verdy p]] 18:30, 4 October 2005)

: It looks fine to me. Was it a temporary problem? &mdash;[[User:AlanBarrett|AlanBarrett]] 08:19, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

== Please blank Www.wikipedia.org portal ==

Over the months, several people have come to [[Www.wikipedia.org portal]], seen the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Www.wikipedia.org_portal&oldid=164034 very old and no longer used information], thought that that was a problem, and then come to this talk page to complain. Obviously they didn't realise that things are done differently now. Please could an admin replace [[Www.wikipedia.org portal|Www.wikipedia.org '''portal''']] with a copy of the instructions from the top of [[Talk:Www.wikipedia.org portal|'''Talk:'''Www.wikipedia.org portal]]. [[Www.wikipedia.org template|Www.wikipedia.org '''template''']] should continue to be updated from [[Www.wikipedia.org template/temp|Www.wikipedia.org '''template/temp''']] &mdash;[[User:AlanBarrett|AlanBarrett]] 08:36, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

: Done.

: [[User:Jdforrester|James F.]] [[User_talk:Jdforrester|(talk)]] 17:52, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

:: Thanks. &mdash;[[User:AlanBarrett|AlanBarrett]] 18:34, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

==Category needed==

Could a category be added to this page please, such as [[:Category:Wikimedia history]]? --[[User:Spangineer|Spangineer]]^{[[:en:User:Spangineer|[en]]]&nbsp;[[:es:Usuario:Spangineer|[es]]]}&nbsp;<small><font color="brown">[[:en:User talk:Spangineer|(háblame)]]</font></small> 02:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Design of Wikipedia.org portal and Main Page praised ==

As reported at the ''Wikipedia Signpost'':

[[Image:Www.wikipedia.org screenshot.png|thumb|left|100px|Portal page]]

Wikipedia was mentioned in the May cover article of [[.net (magazine)|''.net'' magazine]], "[http://www.netmag.co.uk/magazine/default.asp?subsectionid=525 Create sites with impact]" (subscription only), which includes a list of ten websites that have "instant impact".

A screenshot of the [http://www.wikipedia.org wikipedia.org portal] was accompanied by brief commentary: "Wikipedia pages aren't much to look at. The collaborative encyclopedia overcomes this with two landing pages. The first is a high-impact splash page with language options, search and navigation, while the second [the Main Page] highlights current content." Some of the other sites chosen include [[Google]], [[Flickr]] and [[BBC News Online]].

:) [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine]] 06:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

At the bottom, where it links to other projects (wikt, meta, etc) they are arranged in 2 lines of 3, then one line of 2. It would look much nicer in 2 lines of 4. Please change this. [[User:88.154.14.209|88.154.14.209]] 10:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

== Simple English Wikipedia ==

Hi there, the Simple English Wikipedia (simple:) now has 10 000 articles, please move it up a category. Thanks, [[User:Archer7|Archer7]] 20:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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==Volapük Wikipedia==

Hello, please move the Volapük Wikipedia from 100+ to 1000+ http://vo.wikipedia.org , many thanks in advance, best regards --[[User:Spacebirdy|birdy <small>geimfyglið</small>]] [[User_talk:Spacebirdy|_{(:> )=|}]] 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

== Macedonian wikipedia ==

Can someone change Македонски ([http://mk.wikipedia.org]) from 1.000+ to 10.000+ languages? It currently has 10.379 articles. --[[User:Misos|misos]] 11:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

== Maltese Wikipedia ==

Mt.wiki is in the right category but under this url http://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paġna_prinċipali This is a redirect since recently it was moved to this new url http://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il-Paġna_prinċipali The former one is still a redirect... [[User:Chrisportelli|Chrisportelli]] 16:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

== nl-Wikipedia reaches 500.000 articles ==

Please adjust the Www.wikipedia.org-portal from 498 000+ to 500 000+ articles. ''Thanks and Greetings from the Dutch Wikipedia!!'' [[User:Romaine|Romaine]] 12:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

:Done. --[[User:Erwin|Erwin]](85) 13:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

== Switch to HTML 5 ==

MediaWiki is soon going to switch to [[w:HTML 5|HTML 5]] as its markup language, so it makes sense to have www.wikipedia.org consistent. I've been bold and changed over [[Www.wikipedia.org template/temp]] to use an HTML 5 doctype, and removed some redundant cruft – some of which wasn't required even in XHTML 1, some of which was required in XHTML 1 but prohibited in HTML 5, some of which was required in XHTML 1 but is unnecessary in HTML 5. The outstanding problems are 1) use of &lt;big> tags, which should be easily fixed using a bit of CSS; 2) some weird thing about one of the URLs, which I'll have to look into further; and 3) the use of invalid language codes, which I'll bring up with some localization people.

Anyway, if there are any objections, feel free to revert my changes. Otherwise please sync them. &mdash;[[User:Simetrical|Simetrical]] ([[User talk:Simetrical|talk]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Simetrical|contribs]]) 20:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

== Estonian Wikipedia (et.wikipedia.org) reached 100 000 articles ==

The Estonian version of Wikipedia (et.wikipedia.org) reached 100 000 articles yesterday. The current article count stands at 100 064. Would it be possible to update the portal accordingly? Best regards and thanks in advance. -- [[User:Ohpuu|Ohpuu]] ([[User talk:Ohpuu|talk]]) 19:20, 26 August 2012 (UTC)