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Typo 2== == ==
Under Did You Know section: "that Abelisaurus had a lighter skull that other dinosaurs due to large fenestrations behind its eyes?" "that" should be "than." - 68.42.189.219 21:57, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Typo
Under the Did You Know section:
...that the town of Moronvilliers was totally destroyed in WWI and was also a dite for French dry-nuclear testing?
Someone with the right privledges ought to change "dite" to "site."
--138.16.21.127 22:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thanks. Shanes 22:51, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
align images
if you look at ITN/DYK on the de: Hauptseite, you'll note that they align images with the paragraph they actually refer to; why shouldn't en: imitate this, it would make for a much less confusing Main Page. 130.60.142.65 16:17, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- Besides the obvious consequence that it'll make the layout look uneven, I think the basic idea behind this suggestion is a good one. And if the uneven layout is too big of a problem, maybe we could as a rule let the first item in ITN/DYK be the one matching the picture. --Codemonkey 00:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- DYK always has the image with the article it relates to on top, ITN is a pit more variable.--nixie 00:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, unless it has been changed, the first listed DYK item should be related to the image, or rather viceversa. - Mgm|(talk) 11:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Hispanic Day
why in the selected anniversaries, oct 12th stand only in spain as Hispanidad Day? as far as i know october 12th is a holiday throught latinamerica, although can change offical denomination from country to country and from time to time, as Venezuela´s last change of demarkation, but basically remaindering the same, the anniversary of Columbus arrival to America...
Polish Names
Isn't the "that not all Polish names end in -ski?" rather ignorant or insulting ? Robmods 17:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- I thought it was too. It seems inappropriate for Wikipedia, especially on the main page. --209.7.171.66 20:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- Since both the article and the DYK entry were written by a Pole - they didn't seem to think so.--nixie 00:15, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- I thought they meant it was insulting to non-Poles, because it implies we would be amazed to know that. I agree. 207.168.210.39 02:24, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
- I was not insulted. I think that the intent was not to insult, but rather to sound inquisitvely enthusiastic. Call me naïve, but I believe that people do not set out to write insulting articles in Wikipedia. I try to give everyone the good ol' NPOV benefit of the doubt. I thought that it was a pretty cute lead in to morphology of Polish surnames. My $.02. CVS
- In fairness, the anonymous editor didn't say the insult was intentional. — Pekinensis 19:27, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
- DID YOU KNOW.... That not all black people are stupid? Descendall 01:33, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- I thought it was harmless :). Thue | talk 17:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
- I thought it was harmless :). Thue | talk 17:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
Rosh Hashanah
Why isn't Rosh Hashanah listed in the Selected Anniversaries? 62.194.65.250 20:30, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- Because Rosh Hashanah (unlike, say, Christmas or New Years) is based on the lunar calendar instead of the Gregorian one (and thus does not stay the same from year to year) →Raul654 20:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- This is a technical obstacle, but not an insuperable one. Doops | talk 20:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, but it's not an anniversary, stricly speaking. --fvw* 03:43, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, it's almost the prototypical anniversary, strictly speaking. There's just a funny year involved. Doops | talk 05:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Are you saying that the Lunar claendar as calculated by Judaism is not a year? Rosh HaShanah is on the 1 and 2 of Tishray every Hebrew year, just as New Years is on 1 January. It is an anniversary; just because the secular and jewish calendars don't operate relative to each other does not mean it is not a year.
- Actually, it's almost the prototypical anniversary, strictly speaking. There's just a funny year involved. Doops | talk 05:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, but it's not an anniversary, stricly speaking. --fvw* 03:43, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- This is a technical obstacle, but not an insuperable one. Doops | talk 20:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Actually, Rosh Hashanah was not listed in the Selected Anniversaries template on October 4 because I had posted it on October 3 and indicated that it "begins at sunset". (See Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 3.) Is this a problem ? I thought the feast was on the evening of October 3. No ? ... Come to think of it, what I did won't work well on the US West Coast. It was already October 4 by UTC time before their sunset, and the MainPage gets changed at midnight UTC. It works for local time in Israel, though. -- PFHLai 06:45, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Days in Judaism begin at Sunset and end the next Sunset, except for holy days, which end when three stars shine. Therefore, Rosh HaShanah goes from 10/3 at sunset to 10/5 at night.
Nobel Prizes
Shouldn't the news headline focus on all the Nobel Prizes rather than just the physics one?
- but the physics one was today Broken S 21:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
- Only the medicine and physics winners have been announced so far. Chemistry is October 5, Peace Prize is October 7, Economics is October 10 and Literature prize will be announced at a later date. Evil Monkey∴Hello 23:07, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Spelling
Under "Tu’i Tonga Empire", "influencial" should be "influential". AnonMoos 23:26, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Vandals right in your face.
You can fix the news image of Harriet Myers and Bush now, thank you very much. Kreachure 00:32, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
See below. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
F---ed Up Image
- (Sorry, I had to tame the offensive language. The meaning won't be lost by using dashes. -- PFHLai 06:29, 5 October 2005 (UTC))
Some vandal has replaced the image of Miers with apparantly Teddy Roosevelt. --Boycottthecaf 00:34, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, it was a commons photo and someone uploaded that one to that ___location. Someone then uploaded it from commons and protected it. However no one purged the cache, which I promptly did, and it should be fixed now. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Ramadan: Featured tomorrow?
I would like to know if Ramadan will be featured tomorrow, since Rosh Hashanah was not featured today. (SeanMcG 02:57, 5 October 2005 (UTC))
- What do you mean by "featured"? Neither Ramadan nor Rosh Hashanah are featured articles and thus cannot be the featured article on the main page. →Raul654 03:38, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry, I meant to say if it will be in the "In the News" section (SeanMcG 04:04, 5 October 2005 (UTC))
- Probably doesn't belong there either...best way would be to make provision for including certain "movable feasts" in "featured anniversaries." Doops | talk 05:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Actually, Ramadan was on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 4, as the festivities were supposed to start at sunset on October 4. Where the heck is the new moon ? -- PFHLai 06:09, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- I thought about re-posting Ramadan on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 5, and changed my mind after searching for Ramadan on Google news. Apparently, many other countries in the world indeed started the festivities in the evening of October 4. I plan to handle Laylat al-Qadr and Eid ul-Fitr the same way -- go by the astronomical calculations, instead of checking the sky myself. -- PFHLai 06:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
King of England
On the newset articvle section, King of England is mentioned. There was no 'King of England 'at this time: George III was king of Great Britain, as the act of Union had united England and Scotland in 1707.
- I just changed this in the article, an admin will have to change it on the template. Ziggur 11:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed in the template as well. Thanks. Shanes 11:21, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Nobel Chemistry
Can a sysop update the front page with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry result. Batmanand 14:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Asthma
No, asthma is not a disease of the respiratory system, it is a whole-body genetic disorder manifested in the respiratory system. Asthma manifests as a hyperactivity of the muscles of the lungs causing difficulty in breathing. Other manifestations of the same disorder are hyperactivity in general; "Attention Deficit Disorder"; "Hyperactive Deficit Disorder", and other such symptoms.
The disorder is best treated not by drugs but by teaching affected children relaxation techniques; muscle control; stress and anger management; and by no means last that they are not affected by disease but an inherited genetic anomaly.
It is important for such an influential journal to get this right. Were the matter posted on a normal editable page I would have simply edited it. That it is posted on an uneditable main page is unfortunate.
Asthma and its related disorders caused great suffering. We might rather seek to alleviate that suffering.
Gil
- Asthma "is not a disease of the respiratory system"? I disagree. Gil, your claim that "asthma manifests as a hyperactivity of the muscles of the lungs" is too simplistic. Your comparison with attention deficit disorder is inappropriate. You think that asthma is best treated by teaching relaxation technique? There is no randomized controlled evidence to support your claim. On the other hand, there are many such studies that show beneficial outcomes with drug treatment. Asthma does indeed cause great suffering. Too many people die because of inadequately treated asthma. If only those people received appropriate drug treatment in good time, their deaths could be avoided. Axl 15:22, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- Gil, "hyperactivity" can mean so many things. Don't equate them when you see the same word. .... sigh .... It's not "unfortunate" that "it is posted on an uneditable main page". "Whole-body genetic disorder manifest in the respiratory system" ? Excuse my ignorance. What is that ? -- PFHLai 16:55, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
- What is a genetic disorder also called? Oh, right - a disease. As Axl says, your attempt to conflate ADHD with the actions of involuntary muscles in the respiratory tract is silly. I also encourage you to attempt to teach a six year old child relaxation techniques before so blithely advocating them here. — ceejayoz ★ .com 17:19, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
asthma= chronic REACTIVE airway DISORDER, it's exacerbated by many means ex: dust, chemicals in the air, excitability, smoke and etc. The bronchioles spasm out of control not allowing proper air exchange and they fill up with mucous causing edema (swelling) to the inner lining of the lung (thus treatment is necessary to relieve the spasm and dry the mucous to allow air passage)and can possibly cause suffocation and aventually death if not relieved. Yes it's concidered a disease. just my 0.02cnts and some experience.--Charle301 16:46, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Asthma is a lung disease. When was the last time you saw a patient with severe asthmatic attack to the point of respiratory arrest and ask him/her to do "relaxation therapy"? You'd kill the patient.
Minor language use.
In the "Did you know..." section it says:
...that the British Army used the Gatling gun in the combat for the first time at the Battle of Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War?
it should be this:
...that the British Army used the Gatling gun in ((the)) combat for the first time at the Battle of Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War?
or, maybe, this:
...that the British Army used the Gatling gun for the first time in the combat at the Battle of Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War?
(preceding unsigned comment by 80.58.9.44 (talk · contribs) 21:38, 2005 October 5)
- I just took out the extra 'the'. Thanks for pointing this out. -- PFHLai 21:53, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Temporar faulty
According to the main page 67 people have died in Mexico, according to Current Events and it's source 66 people have died in Mexico. (But I can't find where to correct this.)
(preceding unsigned comment by 62.101.38.241 (talk · contribs) 09:33, 2005 October 6)
- ITN on the MainPage reflects Wikipedia contents. Current events reflects content of newspapers. Both can be outdated. What is the death toll now ? By the way, it's not Mexico. -- PFHLai 09:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
The Mandinka link is to a disambiguation page
The Mandinka link in today's Did you know is actually to a disambiguation page. It should actually be to Mandinka people.
- Fixed. Thanks! -- grm_wnr Esc 12:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
What happened?
I'm assuming it was either a mistake or vandalism, but there isn't anything around the outside of the main page anymore, just the main content. Does anyone know what happened? --Madison Gray 01:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- It was cleaned up, so a lot of stuff that was just clutter was taken out. Zach (Sound Off) 03:33, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- What was missing ? The navigation, search and tool boxes ? I think that thing are just loading on screen more slowly these days. -- PFHLai 05:07, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
# of Articles
The main page uses the exact # of articles without apparently being updated all the time. Is there a way I can use the # in an article?
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} puts this in. Please do NOT use it in an article, however (if you want to put it on your user page, that's fine. But it is NEVER relevant in an article (not even the article on Wikipedia uses it). Ral315 WS 21:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Commiepedia!!
OMG, Wikipedia's clear communist bias is apparent from today's main page, with with Che Gueverra, Sun Yat Sen, and Sochi, Russia all being highlghted on the main page! →Raul654 09:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- Emmm..., I thought Dr. Sun, co-founder of the Kuomintang, would be on the Nationalists' side, with the Communists on the other side. No ?..... I think the commies are at the bottom only. Maybe Wikipedia is suppressing them ... :-) -- PFHLai 13:46, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- Not quite - Sun is unique in that *BOTH* the communists AND the nationalists consider him one of theirs. →Raul654 16:27, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- This makes him, at the most, a semi-commie ! -- PFHLai 18:38, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- Pffft...details... →Raul654 20:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- This makes him, at the most, a semi-commie ! -- PFHLai 18:38, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- Not quite - Sun is unique in that *BOTH* the communists AND the nationalists consider him one of theirs. →Raul654 16:27, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- Duh! Remember, the GPL and its derivatives are commie plots, and guess what license Wikipedia uses?! — ceejayoz ★ .com 01:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Arbcom is communism. Larry Sanger is Marx. RickK is Che. Raul654 is Castro. And word has it that I'm Stalin. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:44, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Can I be Trotskij? If so, please don't kill me. gkhan 10:46, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Arbcom is communism. Larry Sanger is Marx. RickK is Che. Raul654 is Castro. And word has it that I'm Stalin. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:44, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Raul654 I really thought you were WiC. These pranks are immature and frankly not funny and I think you'll lose your arbcom bid because of them ;-) before you call that an attack see [1]. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:50, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
hello? I am used to anon losers shouting Commiepedia!! here, but seasoned Heroes of Wikilabour with 25370 edits? I must say... 83.77.221.225 10:07, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- I must say that frankly, I'm quite comforted to know that being in the higher echelons of Wikipedia does not take away your sense of humour. ;) --Codemonkey 12:20, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- (Reply to the Anon) As Codemonkey says, the above comments were made with tongue planted firmly in cheek (heck, I'm the one who scheduled Sun Yat Sen for the main page!). →Raul654 13:45, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
best 5 out of 8?
"5 games to 3"? --JWSchmidt 11:24, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- One would have to assume that they played a best-of-nine wins game, so when one of the teams got 5 games, they had won. (infact, I just checked the article 1919 World Series, and it appears to be just so) gkhan 11:51, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Odd, eh ? That's why it was posted on the MainPage, hoping people would click and read. :-) -- PFHLai 18:51, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
Mac IE
On Macintosh Internet Explorer, the "In the news" section is stretched waaaay off the edge of the screen, with a big empty space in the bbox, with the "Featured article" squeezed over in the left side. It didn't use to look like that.67.34.202.170 17:29, 9 October 2005 (UTC) HI! sorry that you are having problems
- Try Safari, it's free from Apple and is more up-to-date than IE which has not been supported by MS for some time now. Another option would be Firefox, another free browser that is more advanced than IE for Mac. --hydnjo talk 03:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm probably asking a stupid question, but are we sure there's no practical way to fix this problem? I hate IE for Mac as much as anybody, but "get a real browser" seems like an awkward sort of fix for people who like IE (for some reason). Lord Bob 03:51, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
WTF is Leif Erikson day
and why does it deserve a mention on the main page? --68.9.197.69 21:20, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- So people like you will learn about Leif Erikson? (SEWilco 21:53, 9 October 2005 (UTC))
- I know about Leif Erikson, I meant since when does he have a holiday? I've certainly never heard of it. --200.118.2.214 23:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- If the article doesn't say he has a holiday, it might just mean that someone such as the Governor of Minnesota issued a proclamation to honor him. But the Anniversaries on the Main Page should have proper links. (SEWilco 20:19, 10 October 2005 (UTC))
- MainPage linked to Leif Erikson Day on that day. Is there a more proper link ? (for next year) -- PFHLai 02:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- If the article doesn't say he has a holiday, it might just mean that someone such as the Governor of Minnesota issued a proclamation to honor him. But the Anniversaries on the Main Page should have proper links. (SEWilco 20:19, 10 October 2005 (UTC))
- I know about Leif Erikson, I meant since when does he have a holiday? I've certainly never heard of it. --200.118.2.214 23:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Probably because you're not Scandinavian. But since it's an important historical figure, I think any holiday in his name would deserve mentioning on the main page even if some don't know him. All the better to learn about him and the holiday. - 131.211.51.34 11:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- gosh, imagine an encyclopedia with 750k articles telling you something that you didn't know, how neat is that!
- Happy Leif Erikson day! Yahinga, dinga, durgen! Ral315 WS 04:36, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
CP
post info on cerebral palsy
Errors
had to work for a while to get to this page, but Is anyone else getting this message on any random page?
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: linkprefix() in /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.5/includes/Parser.php on line 1232
Wikipedia's slow, and there must be some error...-- pmam21talkarticles 00:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yup, me too. It happens all the time (i.e., refreshing gives the same error) on some pages (e.g. WP:VPT), and not at all on most. ~~ N (t/c) 00:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Admins.. please fix a grammatical error on dyk.
In today's entry, the phrase "which is currently spoken by less than 100 people," should read "which is currently spoken by fewer than 100 people." Please fix this problem; I would if I could. --Zantastik talk 09:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- This is one of the tiredest pedantic contentions in English usage. Less means fewer. Languages evolve. Get over it. CalJW 10:09, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- It doesn't hurt if we change it to "fewer". So changed it. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 10:37, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Nobel Economics
I know it always seems to be me, but can a sysop put up the Nobel Economics result 2005 (http://nobelprize.org)? Thanks! Batmanand 12:55, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Sysop help needed
Someone please update the news section with Merkel becoming new Chancellor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news_section_on_the_Main_Page/Candidates
It has been waiting for hours now. Someone need to frequent that page on a regular basis if the news template has to be protected.
- I've updated the template with this now. Shanes 13:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- The headline is misleading. She's now the leading candidate for chancellor, but she has yet to be confirmed by the Bundestag. Schroeder will remain chancellor through October 22. Ephemeral life 14:06, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Chenged it to "will become" to fix this. That she actually will become chancelor seems pretty certain, I've seen news reports on it all day, and CNN just aired a confirmation. Shanes 14:31, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not convinced that she is Chancellor yet. The latest news reports state that she is 'poised to become' Chancellor, but hasn't actually got the job yet. --Heron 14:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think there's any doubt that she will become Chancellor, but Wikipedia shouldn't really be written in the future, and things could change at the last minute (if SPD members rebel, maybe, or meteors start falling on Berlin - anything can happen in the next 12 days).
There is an error in the news. A coalition of SPD and CDU/CSU is not a "Jamaica Coalition" (this name applies to a coalition of CDU/CSU, FDP and Green Party, due to the three parties' colours black, yellow and green). A coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is called a "Grand Coalition". --83.129.53.118 21:05, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
terrorist communication?
I've heard that wikipedia is being used by radical islamists to communicate, that they post from public computers onto the talk pages... is that true?
--83.118.141.133 20:03, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Unlikely. An awful communication method it would be, with everything being edited to have different meanings or simply vanishing. There are plenty of less visible and more secure means of communication. (SEWilco 20:15, 10 October 2005 (UTC))
- This is untrue. Any discussion not relevant to the article (note that's the article itself, not its subject) is removed immediately, and as SEWilco points out, it's a stupid way to carry on a private conversation. — Dan | Talk 20:19, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Well, to be fair, it's not just talk pages; I understand that they've made some very useful contributions to the recent proposed move of Independent school (UK). And I'm hoping for their input on Hunt the Wumpus. Doops | talk 20:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Doops, I do not understand? On hunt the Wumpus or indepentent school there is nothing about terror?
terror is very scary, no jokes should be made.
everyone, apart from Doops: thank you for the answer, very much.
--83.118.141.133 20:30, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, from what I understand, Hunt the Wumpus is a terrorist training tool, and BASIC is widely regarded as the "Terrorist's choice of defunct progamming language." Just so you know :).--Sean Jelly Baby? 01:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- Terrorist are using computers to communicate. We need to get these machines banned before people are harmed.--Clawed 09:36, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
OMG how could we not see this! The Pokemon articles are CIPHER used by EVIL TERRORISTS to communicate !!
Jamaica coalition.
Angela Merkel will become Germany's new Chancellor, leading a "Jamaica coalition" between SPD and CDU/CSU.
this is wrong, surely? it should be a grand coalition. jamaica coalition would have to involve the FPD and the Greens.
YES, it is wrong! Jamaican coalition would be if the FDP (yellow) took part and the CDU (black) and the Greens (green), now it is only a black/red-coalition between CDU (black) and SPD (red). 212.144.10.67
- I confirm, it is wrong; it is a "grosse koalition", or "grand coalition" in English. --Angelo 21:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
wouldnt it be nice if people checked what they posted :rollseyes:
This is correct, a coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is a grand coalition. Also, please note that Angela Merkel will not certainly become Germany's next chancellor, as the parties have only agreed to START coalition talks --- nothing more.
erm. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4325600.stm. as i said it would be nice if people checked....
- This is not a Jamaica coalition.... Serious problem. Tfine80 21:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed. ~~ N (t/c) 21:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Selected anniversaries
Why 1954 anniversary is below 1962 anniversary on the current Main Page version? Cmapm 01:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. -- PFHLai 02:13, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Incorrect Czech-language Wikipedia link title
The link to the Czech language Wikipedia should say "Česky", not "Česká". -- Hexagon1 12:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
according to the german website spiegel, it's more then 40,000 pouple.
I'm sorry, but what does a German news portal have to do with the correct spelling of the name of the Czech language in Czech? Please clarify. -- Hexagon1 04:40, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
It doesn't. I imagine that "Česká" was copy-pasted from "Česká Wikipedie" by somebody who didn't know what he was doing. I believe that this is the feminine adjective, meaning "something that is both Czech and feminine"; "Česky" would mean "in the Czech language", which would be better, but note that the 'native' article for the Czech language is entitled Čeština, so it may be better to use that. 08:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- that said, I notice that even the Slovak Wikipedia gives "Česká (čeština)", so it cannot be that wrong after all :confused:. 08:08, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
photons
are photons present in all forms of light?
- No. Photons are part of an outdated theory by Issac Newton. It has been known since the 19th century that light is a wave that travels through the luminiferous aether, a medium permeating the universe. I'm glad I could clear up this matter for you. AngryParsley 18:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- After doing more research on the subject, it turns out both Newton's theory and my original explanation were wrong. Light is neither a particle nor a wave, but a combination of the two known as a warticle. AngryParsley 19:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- OK, I'm going to be honest. Yes, all forms of light are made of photons. In fact all forms of EM radiation are particles called photons. But if you study quantum mechanics it gets hairier. Photon explains the whole thing better than I can. Ahh dan, why did you ruin my fun? I was going to explain the real answer eventually. AngryParsley 19:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- After doing more research on the subject, it turns out both Newton's theory and my original explanation were wrong. Light is neither a particle nor a wave, but a combination of the two known as a warticle. AngryParsley 19:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- In fact, a "particle of light" is called a photon; it appears to follow that all light does contain photons. I'm no physicist, of course, but I'm quite sure Mr. Parsley is pulling your leg, so to speak. :-) — Dan | Talk 19:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
IPs hate Wario.
Sad truth. ;< - A Link to the Past (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Taprogge GmbH DYK
The Taprogge GmbH should not be linked from the main page: it's extremely one sided POV stuff. Interesting, but not up to featured article status by a long chalk. I've added a POV plate pending improvements. See the contibutor list and discussion page on that page. Mat-C 21:38, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- I don't understand the relevance of not being a featured article; the vast majority of articles the Main Page links to are not featured articles. — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think it should be on the main page either. Wikipedia doesn't want to be filled with commercial tat, and linking to it from the main page is only rewarding the company. Common sense should have prevented this from happening. --81.154.236.221 01:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
The article is well written and informative, POV issues have been addressed. There are few criteria for dyk- and I see no reason why a company or person that does something unique should be barred from inclusion.--nixie 02:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Well, mentioning a company on MainPage has the appearance of a subtle advertisement on the front page. Other than that, it's okay. -- PFHLai 15:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- Better that than being systematic bias against commercial entities in the project. We see enough of that on AfD thanks very much! Pcb21| Pete 15:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Link to disambiguation page on Did you know
Please link to the correct condenser on the Did you know box. -- Marco ✉ 08:57, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Columbus
Regarding Columbus, plesase: DO SOMETHING!!!!!!Argentino 19:25, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- What's wrong with Columbus ? -- 199.71.174.100 00:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Francisco Pradilla Ortiz
"..produced over a 1,000 paintings.." should be "..produced over 1,000 paintings.." Ekem 00:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed. ~~ N (t/c) 00:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
typo at DYK
...that Operation Gibraltar was the name given to the failed plan by the Pakistan to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir, India and start a rebellion and that it eventually sparked the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965?
I don't think the highlighted 'the' should be there. Can someone with sysop powers fix that, please ? -- 199.71.174.100 01:43, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- Fixed. Shanes 01:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you for the speedy fixing. -- 199.71.174.100 01:53, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Featured article - protected source?
I thought that FAs on the main page were protected. For some reason, they (and their images?) are not right now. Is it possible to do so? Ancheta Wis 02:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
- The blurb that appears on the main page is protected (Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 13, 2005). The article itself is not - see user:Raul654/protection →Raul654 02:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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