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| == Boxed links on T:MP == | == Boxed links on T:MP == | ||
| Could someone make a box that would provide links to the errors section and the discussion section, so that users not familiar with WP's ToC system can still know where to post errors, now that the ToC is the first (and only, on many screens) thing that they see when they go to this page. Thanks in advance! ] ] 22:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | Could someone make a box that would provide links to the errors section and the discussion section, so that users not familiar with WP's ToC system can still know where to post errors, now that the ToC is the first (and only, on many screens) thing that they see when they go to this page. Thanks in advance! ] ] 22:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :You mean we cannot revert back to using ] again? ] ] 22:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | :You mean we cannot revert back to using ] again? ] ] 22:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == Kewl Picture == | == Kewl Picture == | ||
| I know this is off the topic, and i know that this is not the place to discuss this, and i ''know'' this is the point of "picture of the day," but I would just like to say that today's picture looks '''''REALLY BLEEDIN COOL!''''' ]] 17:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | I know this is off the topic, and i know that this is not the place to discuss this, and i ''know'' this is the point of "picture of the day," but I would just like to say that today's picture looks '''''REALLY BLEEDIN COOL!''''' ]] 17:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :I agree completly that ] POTD is very cool (Link added so this makes sense in the archives.) ] ] 19:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | :I agree completly that ] POTD is very cool (Link added so this makes sense in the archives.) ] ] 19:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == Change of policy/guidelines to dissallow fair use images on the main page == | == Change of policy/guidelines to dissallow fair use images on the main page == | ||
| There is a discussion at ] about dissallowing fair use images in the "Today's featured article" section. For example, if Superman were featured, an image of Superman would not be allowed. - ] 05:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC) | There is a discussion at ] about dissallowing fair use images in the "Today's featured article" section. For example, if Superman were featured, an image of Superman would not be allowed. - ] 05:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :Which is exactly why it's a ridiculous idea. ] 13:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC) | :Which is exactly why it's a ridiculous idea. ] 13:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == Piped link == | == Piped link == | ||
| Why is the word "livable" piped linked to "quality of life"? "Livable" already redirects there, so it should just be a regular link. | Why is the word "livable" piped linked to "quality of life"? "Livable" already redirects there, so it should just be a regular link. | ||
| See ]. --] 07:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | See ]. --] 07:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == Great == | == Great == | ||
| Great, another daunting message at the top. I'm getting tired... ] 14:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | Great, another daunting message at the top. I'm getting tired... ] 14:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :Please kill it with fire ] 16:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | :Please kill it with fire ] 16:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == PEPCON disaster == | == PEPCON disaster == | ||
| I think you should feature an article about the PEPCON plant Which was one of two in the united states in 1988 in the Southeast Las Vegas Valley, Which was reported by http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pepcon/ that it Exploded Killing two People, The Facility was making a Rocket Fuel Oxidizer Called Ammonium Perchlorate her is Wikipedias Page if you would like to learn more | I think you should feature an article about the PEPCON plant Which was one of two in the united states in 1988 in the Southeast Las Vegas Valley, Which was reported by http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pepcon/ that it Exploded Killing two People, The Facility was making a Rocket Fuel Oxidizer Called Ammonium Perchlorate her is Wikipedias Page if you would like to learn more | ||
| --] 22:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | --] 22:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| == No featured article has been chosen for tomorrow == | == No featured article has been chosen for tomorrow == | ||
| A featured article needs to be chosen, quickly. None has been selected for April 1, 2007.{{unsigned|Ahadland1234}} | A featured article needs to be chosen, quickly. None has been selected for April 1, 2007.{{unsigned|Ahadland1234}} | ||
| :No worries, Raul knows and has addressed the issue ].--]<sup><font color="green">]</font></sup> ] 15:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC) | :No worries, Raul knows and has addressed the issue ].--]<sup><font color="green">]</font></sup> ] 15:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| :::Ahahahaha. It's good to know people around here still have a sense of humor. ] 19:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC) | :::Ahahahaha. It's good to know people around here still have a sense of humor. ] 19:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == reads like a child's essay |
==April fools.== | ||
| ===reads like a child's essay=== | |||
| In contrast to the usual quality of main page prose, the current state of the George Washington FA clip reads like it was written by a child. Someone with authority really needs to upgrade the prose. ] <small>(])</small> 00:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | In contrast to the usual quality of main page prose, the current state of the George Washington FA clip reads like it was written by a child. Someone with authority really needs to upgrade the prose. ] <small>(])</small> 00:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :{{tl|sofixit}} ;-) --] 08:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :{{tl|sofixit}} ;-) --] 08:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == |
===Moreover, It Appears To Be a Spoof of Some Sort=== | ||
| The prose given in the clip does not appear in the article. "Woodland creatures?" "Psychoactive." Someone is playing an April Fool's Day Joke | The prose given in the clip does not appear in the article. "Woodland creatures?" "Psychoactive." Someone is playing an April Fool's Day Joke | ||
| ] 00:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Isentropiclift | ] 00:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Isentropiclift | ||
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| ::But everything is completely true; we made sure of that. · ] <sup><font color="DarkSlateGray">]</font></sup> 08:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ::But everything is completely true; we made sure of that. · ] <sup><font color="DarkSlateGray">]</font></sup> 08:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == |
===April Fools Day content=== | ||
| To any admin: there is a lot of content at ] that has not been implemented on the main page yet (like the joke in the title bar, the DKY stuff, etc.). Could someone take care of this. There was a lot of discussion on the April Fools day talk page, and that is what we've (they've) come up with. Thanks. <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  00:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | To any admin: there is a lot of content at ] that has not been implemented on the main page yet (like the joke in the title bar, the DKY stuff, etc.). Could someone take care of this. There was a lot of discussion on the April Fools day talk page, and that is what we've (they've) come up with. Thanks. <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  00:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :There is zero consensus for changes to the main page proper. —] 01:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :There is zero consensus for changes to the main page proper. —] 01:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| :: One in favor of compromising the integrity of the encyclopedia, and promoting the obnoxious April FOols Day Tradition. ] 17:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :: One in favor of compromising the integrity of the encyclopedia, and promoting the obnoxious April FOols Day Tradition. ] 17:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Cool=== | ||
| "George Washington was an early inventor of instant coffee ..." :o) ] 00:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | "George Washington was an early inventor of instant coffee ..." :o) ] 00:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :Best approach to April Fool's ever. Perfectly factual information, presented in the most ludicrous fashion possible. --] <small>]</small> 00:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :Best approach to April Fool's ever. Perfectly factual information, presented in the most ludicrous fashion possible. --] <small>]</small> 00:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| ::: How ever: It reminds me on "instant Karma is gonna get You" ... as they say in Germany, where I come from: ''Umrühren und fertig.'' ] 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ::: How ever: It reminds me on "instant Karma is gonna get You" ... as they say in Germany, where I come from: ''Umrühren und fertig.'' ] 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Good to know ...=== | ||
| Good to know that the powers-that-be at Misplaced Pages don't take themselves too seriously (for at least one day a year) ] 00:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | Good to know that the powers-that-be at Misplaced Pages don't take themselves too seriously (for at least one day a year) ] 00:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| : Yes, ]: "For at least one day in a year''. Anyway anything starts to begin: One time is always the first time. ] 17:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | : Yes, ]: "For at least one day in a year''. Anyway anything starts to begin: One time is always the first time. ] 17:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Great job!=== | ||
| Great job on the April Fool's day main page. I didn't help, but kudos on everyone who did. ] 01:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | Great job on the April Fool's day main page. I didn't help, but kudos on everyone who did. ] 01:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| ::::Excellent work! Great job at keeping it humorous, yet factual! ] 04:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ::::Excellent work! Great job at keeping it humorous, yet factual! ] 04:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===]=== | ||
| Apparently, since no one has done anything about this yet, we need to gain some consensus about actually ''putting'' the content of that page onto the main page. What is the stance of people on this. I would suggest doing this fast (as AFD is about -3 hours away in UTC...) but I don't want to rush consensus. If nothing else, I love the little joke blurb in the top bar, because it suits the encyclopedia well, and for those who have no clue what AFD is, there's a link to it in the joke. Anyway, as soon as we get adequate consensus, we can put this up (unless people think there already is enought, given the talk page). <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  03:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | Apparently, since no one has done anything about this yet, we need to gain some consensus about actually ''putting'' the content of that page onto the main page. What is the stance of people on this. I would suggest doing this fast (as AFD is about -3 hours away in UTC...) but I don't want to rush consensus. If nothing else, I love the little joke blurb in the top bar, because it suits the encyclopedia well, and for those who have no clue what AFD is, there's a link to it in the joke. Anyway, as soon as we get adequate consensus, we can put this up (unless people think there already is enought, given the talk page). <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  03:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| ::Yeah, I noticed that too. I usually write "Articles for deletion" as AfD, with lowercase f, so that's how I'm keeping them straight. As far as putting something up, I'm with you 100% but no one else is, so we're at a loss here. <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  17:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ::Yeah, I noticed that too. I usually write "Articles for deletion" as AfD, with lowercase f, so that's how I'm keeping them straight. As far as putting something up, I'm with you 100% but no one else is, so we're at a loss here. <sub>└</sub><sup>''']'''</sup><sub>┘</sub><sup>┌</sup><sub>'']''</sub><sup>┐</sup>  17:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Things less important than comic strips and spagetti trees=== | ||
| *] - In ], the ] holds its first quorum and elects ] of ] as its first ]. | *] - In ], the ] holds its first quorum and elects ] of ] as its first ]. | ||
| *] - ] ] of the ] announced the end of the ], when the last of the ] forces surrendered. | *] - ] ] of the ] announced the end of the ], when the last of the ] forces surrendered. | ||
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| ::::Do you mean, "]"? —] 18:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ::::Do you mean, "]"? —] 18:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===arrgh=== | ||
| Misplaced Pages, you got me there with the "new messages" thing. Stop it :D ] 14:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | Misplaced Pages, you got me there with the "new messages" thing. Stop it :D ] 14:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| == |
===Misleading "do you know?" headline:Rush limbaugh.=== | ||
| It says "do you know...that ] was the US ambassador to india?" but when you click it,its for an entirely different Rush Limbaugh.] 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Ashmole | It says "do you know...that ] was the US ambassador to india?" but when you click it,its for an entirely different Rush Limbaugh.] 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Ashmole | ||
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| :::And what makes him the "real" Rush Limbaugh? --]<sup><font color="green">]</font></sup>'''<font color="orange">]</font>''' 20:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :::And what makes him the "real" Rush Limbaugh? --]<sup><font color="green">]</font></sup>'''<font color="orange">]</font>''' 20:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Things you learn from the Main Page=== | ||
| So, George Washington is the father of instant coffee and the Sheriff of Essex wanted to attack London with swarms of burning penises, probably with monkey testicle tissue grafted to them. Now I think I'l write an article about . | So, George Washington is the father of instant coffee and the Sheriff of Essex wanted to attack London with swarms of burning penises, probably with monkey testicle tissue grafted to them. Now I think I'l write an article about . | ||
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| :: Y'know, its pretty funny, I just today watched a documentary on the history channel about the history of cofee, and George Washington was nominated, not the one from USA independence but another--] 22:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | :: Y'know, its pretty funny, I just today watched a documentary on the history channel about the history of cofee, and George Washington was nominated, not the one from USA independence but another--] 22:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===We're not fooling anyone=== | ||
| I hope it's now de-facto policy for Misplaced Pages to use April Fools as an opportunity to present articles that look like hoaxes but aren't. This is much more stylish than actual hoaxes. ] 21:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | I hope it's now de-facto policy for Misplaced Pages to use April Fools as an opportunity to present articles that look like hoaxes but aren't. This is much more stylish than actual hoaxes. ] 21:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| :: It would if it had more content. But it's barely more than a stub. -- ] 13:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | :: It would if it had more content. But it's barely more than a stub. -- ] 13:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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===Let's get back to the Encyclopedia thing now, okay?=== | ||
| --] 00:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | --] 00:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :Sorry, ignoring the timestamp in our sigs, my clock still sez Apr 1st :) --] 00:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | :Sorry, ignoring the timestamp in our sigs, my clock still sez Apr 1st :) --] 00:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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==FA picture== | ||
| What happened to the gremlins 2 pic? --] 01:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | What happened to the gremlins 2 pic? --] 01:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
| :there's a nosferatu pic up instead lol. --]]] 02:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | :there's a nosferatu pic up instead lol. --]]] 02:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| :::Thank you. There's nothing worse than roving bands of fair-use paranoids. Certain topics are of such a nature that images of any form concerning them are fair use. What are we supposed to do for ]? Use a picture of a potato with ''Chrono Trigger'' carved into the side? Get a courtroom sketch artist to draw an "alleged cartridge"? ] 04:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | :::Thank you. There's nothing worse than roving bands of fair-use paranoids. Certain topics are of such a nature that images of any form concerning them are fair use. What are we supposed to do for ]? Use a picture of a potato with ''Chrono Trigger'' carved into the side? Get a courtroom sketch artist to draw an "alleged cartridge"? ] 04:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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==HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME== | ||
| '''''I DON'T BELIEVE IT!''''' The one day Misplaced Pages gets properly joked upon, and I'm stuck in the ]! Can someone please help me? Like a cached version of the page or something? Something someone saved? A link? Anything? | '''''I DON'T BELIEVE IT!''''' The one day Misplaced Pages gets properly joked upon, and I'm stuck in the ]! Can someone please help me? Like a cached version of the page or something? Something someone saved? A link? Anything? | ||
| PleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseoh''Please''? ]] 14:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | PleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseoh''Please''? ]] 14:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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| ::...Still ROFL'ing. Wow. Amazing. I hope next year's is just as good. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARCHAROTH! And Misplaced Pages. Lol. ]] 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC) ]] 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ::...Still ROFL'ing. Wow. Amazing. I hope next year's is just as good. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARCHAROTH! And Misplaced Pages. Lol. ]] 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC) ]] 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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==Tomorrow's featured picture== | ||
| I have ] as my homepage - just a quick head's up that you might get squeamish people complaining about the eye surgery pic. I personally have no problems with it, but I bet you get at least one person going ''ICK!!''... :-) ] 14:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | I have ] as my homepage - just a quick head's up that you might get squeamish people complaining about the eye surgery pic. I personally have no problems with it, but I bet you get at least one person going ''ICK!!''... :-) ] 14:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC) | ||
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- Lime - minor but would look better if tweaked, blurb has mixed spelling ie "color" but then "flavour". Swap one? JennyOz (talk) 23:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The article uses mixed spelling too. I fear picking one over the other here, with no real best choice, would cause more issues than it would solve. Might be best to leave it as is, a tribute to our quirky language. But that's just me. Floquenbeam (talk) 23:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Nah, I don't like that, as it's not MOS-compliant. I've set the article to British English and updated the main page. Schwede66 02:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- You forgot “the other version”, which I’ve done. We should make it our FP new year resolution to work out how to do away with it! Stephen 02:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Agreed. I haven’t got a NY resolution yet! Schwede66 02:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- You forgot “the other version”, which I’ve done. We should make it our FP new year resolution to work out how to do away with it! Stephen 02:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Nah, I don't like that, as it's not MOS-compliant. I've set the article to British English and updated the main page. Schwede66 02:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- The article uses mixed spelling too. I fear picking one over the other here, with no real best choice, would cause more issues than it would solve. Might be best to leave it as is, a tribute to our quirky language. But that's just me. Floquenbeam (talk) 23:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
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Main page general discussion
Boxed links on T:MP
Could someone make a box that would provide links to the errors section and the discussion section, so that users not familiar with WP's ToC system can still know where to post errors, now that the ToC is the first (and only, on many screens) thing that they see when they go to this page. Thanks in advance! ffm ✎talk 22:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- You mean we cannot revert back to using Template:Main Page discussion header again? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Or at least a modified version of it? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- There would just be two or three links, and their target would already be places on this page. ffm ✎talk 11:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Or at least a modified version of it? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Lol this is going to go full circle soon isn't it? --Monotonehell 01:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- A link to Misplaced Pages:Main Page FAQ at the top of this page would be useful. Please make it big. --199.71.174.100 00:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- And it begins... --Monotonehell 02:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Whoops. I just noticed this section due to your above remark showing up in the page history. I'm not sure if you're referring to my recent addition of {{metatalk}} to the top of this page, or just the comment above. In any event, to respond in general with my intent: The "metatalk" message box was created independently of any of this. It was actually born on Misplaced Pages talk:Talk page guidelines. I thought it might be useful on a few other pages, so I templatized it, and then added it here. It is definitely not specific to Main page, so it's not going to get feature creep in that direction. By the same token, if something is desired which is specific to the main page, it would have to either supplement or displace {{metatalk}} here. FYI, FWIW, etc. :) —DragonHawk (talk) 12:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- My remark was a bit snide, all I'm saying is that the header of this page started with one of those templates a while back and slowly things were added until it was a pageful of helpful links, recently it was removed as several people didn't like it. It's constantly evolving but seems to have come full circle. My snide remark was just a prediction that we will see it all again. (history never repeats ;) ) I'm not complaining about the situation, just observing it with morbid detached fascination. --Monotonehell 00:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- Whoops. I just noticed this section due to your above remark showing up in the page history. I'm not sure if you're referring to my recent addition of {{metatalk}} to the top of this page, or just the comment above. In any event, to respond in general with my intent: The "metatalk" message box was created independently of any of this. It was actually born on Misplaced Pages talk:Talk page guidelines. I thought it might be useful on a few other pages, so I templatized it, and then added it here. It is definitely not specific to Main page, so it's not going to get feature creep in that direction. By the same token, if something is desired which is specific to the main page, it would have to either supplement or displace {{metatalk}} here. FYI, FWIW, etc. :) —DragonHawk (talk) 12:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- And it begins... --Monotonehell 02:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- A link to Misplaced Pages:Main Page FAQ at the top of this page would be useful. Please make it big. --199.71.174.100 00:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Kewl Picture
I know this is off the topic, and i know that this is not the place to discuss this, and i know this is the point of "picture of the day," but I would just like to say that today's picture looks REALLY BLEEDIN COOL! Goldfritter 17:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree completly that today's POTD is very cool (Link added so this makes sense in the archives.) ffm ✎talk 19:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. But you just try the craters all those underground tests have caused (where the hole underground vaporised by the blast has collapsed in), the preparation for a new test, some more craters a little on the big side or the fact that they used to detonate these things within six miles of humans, on the surface, as recently as 1951! The entire Nevada Test Site article makes very interesting reading. While you're there, check out the Chernobyl disaster (just like the top blowing off Mt St Helens, and the striking image of the nuclear fuel that turned into lava) and Three Mile Island accident. List of civilian nuclear accidents makes pretty interesting reading, too. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 20:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ok I know this is un related to science, but don't you think there are more than one cool pictures on Main Page today?:)--Scheibenzahl 20:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- oooh...you're not falling in love with that Pashtun girl, are you? You think she's hot, don't you??? ;) Ed 21:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- but... but... she is beautiful!!! awww... luck at picture..--Scheibenzahl 18:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- oooh...you're not falling in love with that Pashtun girl, are you? You think she's hot, don't you??? ;) Ed 21:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ok I know this is un related to science, but don't you think there are more than one cool pictures on Main Page today?:)--Scheibenzahl 20:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. But you just try the craters all those underground tests have caused (where the hole underground vaporised by the blast has collapsed in), the preparation for a new test, some more craters a little on the big side or the fact that they used to detonate these things within six miles of humans, on the surface, as recently as 1951! The entire Nevada Test Site article makes very interesting reading. While you're there, check out the Chernobyl disaster (just like the top blowing off Mt St Helens, and the striking image of the nuclear fuel that turned into lava) and Three Mile Island accident. List of civilian nuclear accidents makes pretty interesting reading, too. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 20:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow. I never thought my comment would cause a reaction like this. Thank you, Vanderdecken, for reminding us just how scary atom/nuclear/hydrogen bombs, their testing, use and capabilities are. What gives people the right to destroy... everything in such a useless, dangerous show of violence? There is no way to justify Hiroshima. It's... more than disgusting. No words can actually describe it. A coffee table book, 100 Suns by Michael Light, captures the horror of these blasts, as well as their eerie beauty (look out for it - ISBN 0-224-064517). Did you know they used to put soldiers within a few hundred meters of the blast to test the effect on the human body? Ugh. It makes me depressed. I need some pie... Goldfritter 09:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
PS: I agree with Scheibenzahl. :-)
Change of policy/guidelines to dissallow fair use images on the main page
There is a discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:Fair use exemptions#Removing exception in policy for .22Main Page.22 about dissallowing fair use images in the "Today's featured article" section. For example, if Superman were featured, an image of Superman would not be allowed. - Peregrine Fisher 05:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Which is exactly why it's a ridiculous idea. 81.77.73.180 13:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- If you'd like to discuss the issue, please discuss it there. ShadowHalo 14:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- i agree Radarnovel 16:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- If you'd like to discuss the issue, please discuss it there. ShadowHalo 14:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Piped link
Why is the word "livable" piped linked to "quality of life"? "Livable" already redirects there, so it should just be a regular link. See Misplaced Pages:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. --JianLi 07:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing that out. I have to say we need more links to that section or something; nearly every TFA ends up having that same issue. ShadowHalo 11:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Are we really supposed to 'fix' needlessly piped redirects? My reading of the policy is that you aren't supposed to fix unpiped redirects not that you are supposed to fix needlessly piped redirects Nil Einne 13:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- If we're presenting the blurb as representative of our best work, then it shouldn't go against guidelines in any way. That's a good point, though, and I'll bring it up at the talk page. ShadowHalo 13:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Why are you assuming that it's been "fixed"? The author may just as easily have piped the link originally. The injunction against fixing redirects is to avoid wasting time and server resources. There's no injunction against bypassing the redirect in the first place. howcheng {chat} 06:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Cleveland is off the main page now, so this discussion is irrelevant. If you'd like to discuss the issue of correcting redirects, please do so at the discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:Redirect. ShadowHalo 09:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Why are you assuming that it's been "fixed"? The author may just as easily have piped the link originally. The injunction against fixing redirects is to avoid wasting time and server resources. There's no injunction against bypassing the redirect in the first place. howcheng {chat} 06:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- If we're presenting the blurb as representative of our best work, then it shouldn't go against guidelines in any way. That's a good point, though, and I'll bring it up at the talk page. ShadowHalo 13:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Great
Great, another daunting message at the top. I'm getting tired... 89.120.193.125 14:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Please kill it with fire 81.77.73.180 16:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- At least it's not a javascript alert. I have to say, browsing as an anon on my school computers is annoying. You could register an account, if you really wanted, but then there's the trouble of logging in and out. My only suggestion would be to try to override the message using a browser CSS style sheet. Gracenotes § 17:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I thought you were talking about the orange new message boxes. The main page talk header looked so pretty before, and then I integrated the table of contents into the top, and it looked perfect! And it went downhill from there rather quickly. Gracenotes § 05:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- You can remove it, if you like — "anyone can edit". Alternatively, you could attempt improvement. I've seen countless misplaced questions go unanswered, be removed without comment, etc. I know I'm not alone in thinking some kind of signpost is appropriate on some pages. We put big yellow signs on the side of the road to warn of dangerous curves for a reason — it turns out that most people don't like it when their cars go flying off the road into a tree. Perhaps such signs have a place here, too? —DragonHawk (talk) 20:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- No, I'm not talking about the "new message" boxes. I'm talking about the red piece of crap at the top. There was a time when we had 400 of those messages on this page. Then I suggested we should remove them, since it scares everybody. The messages were removed, but WP:ERRORS was somehow merged into this one. That made it uglier than ever. But hey, at least the daunting messages were gone. Now they are back, and with a hand indicating STOP to make them even scarier. If it would look like a big yellow roadsign it would be much better. And I'm not going to remove it so it will start a whole edit war and so I'll get banned for vandalism. And I do have a registered account, but I am far too lazy to log in. Cheers! 89.120.193.125 16:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
PEPCON disaster
I think you should feature an article about the PEPCON plant Which was one of two in the united states in 1988 in the Southeast Las Vegas Valley, Which was reported by http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pepcon/ that it Exploded Killing two People, The Facility was making a Rocket Fuel Oxidizer Called Ammonium Perchlorate her is Wikipedias Page if you would like to learn more PEPCON disaster-Misplaced Pages --Marchmadness 22:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- If you would like to get the PEPCON disaster to featured article status, please first edit the article according to our featured article criteria. You might want to also get creative feedback by posting on Misplaced Pages:Peer review. Afterwards, apply for featured article status at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:20, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
No featured article has been chosen for tomorrow
A featured article needs to be chosen, quickly. None has been selected for April 1, 2007.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahadland1234 (talk • contribs)
- No worries, Raul knows and has addressed the issue on his talk page.--Ybbor SURVEY! 15:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- Things are now "back to normal" at ]. :-) --74.14.18.41 17:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ahahahaha. It's good to know people around here still have a sense of humor. ShadowHalo 19:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- Things are now "back to normal" at ]. :-) --74.14.18.41 17:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
April fools.
reads like a child's essay
In contrast to the usual quality of main page prose, the current state of the George Washington FA clip reads like it was written by a child. Someone with authority really needs to upgrade the prose. Sdedeo (tips) 00:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- {{sofixit}} ;-) --74.13.127.132 08:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Moreover, It Appears To Be a Spoof of Some Sort
The prose given in the clip does not appear in the article. "Woodland creatures?" "Psychoactive." Someone is playing an April Fool's Day Joke Isentropiclift 00:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Isentropiclift
- It looks like it's there to me. The article discusses his love of animals, and discusses the advantages of caffeine for soldiers. Also, of course it's an April Fool's joke. --Maxamegalon2000 02:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- But everything is completely true; we made sure of that. · AO 08:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
April Fools Day content
To any admin: there is a lot of content at Misplaced Pages:April Fool's Main Page that has not been implemented on the main page yet (like the joke in the title bar, the DKY stuff, etc.). Could someone take care of this. There was a lot of discussion on the April Fools day talk page, and that is what we've (they've) come up with. Thanks. └┘talk 00:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- There is zero consensus for changes to the main page proper. —David Levy 01:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- There was plenty of discussion on Misplaced Pages talk:April Fool's Main Page. Had you wanted to have a say, the page was open and advertised numerous times for your input. I believe there was consensus. I request that you, or anyone else, change the main page to reflect this. Thank you. └┘talk 03:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, I don't see consensus to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. Maybe next year. Picaroon 03:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Huh?! I was one of the most active participants. It isn't my fault that a handful of editors decided not to read most of the discussion. —David Levy 03:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- More or less the same thing happened last year too. A lot of people worked on the project, but didn't actually tell anyone about it, and then were disappointed when the changes were not implemented. --Maxamegalon2000 03:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- This time, the consensus-backed elements have been implemented. Jared ignored most of the discussion and continued working on a rejected/abandoned concept. —David Levy 03:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- There was plenty of discussion on Misplaced Pages talk:April Fool's Main Page. Had you wanted to have a say, the page was open and advertised numerous times for your input. I believe there was consensus. I request that you, or anyone else, change the main page to reflect this. Thank you. └┘talk 03:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Can we please get rid of this obnoxious April Fools Day "tradition"? It just encourages the vandals and creates work that we spend the next 2 months cleaning up. Rossami (talk) 13:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- One in favor of compromising the integrity of the encyclopedia, and promoting the obnoxious April FOols Day Tradition. Mathiastck 17:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Cool
"George Washington was an early inventor of instant coffee ..." :o) JaHn 00:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Best approach to April Fool's ever. Perfectly factual information, presented in the most ludicrous fashion possible. --tjstrf talk 00:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Interesting how the country that he's from isn't mentioned at all but the first sentence refers to the front of a war which isn't actually referred to by name either. April Fool's on Misplaced Pages apparently means vague and ambiguous! :-) Dismas| 00:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well done, everyone who's organized this! :). Canderson7 01:16, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- That was a surprise to me too (I knew it was going to happen, but I forgot it was April Fools!). · AO 08:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- How ever: It reminds me on "instant Karma is gonna get You" ... as they say in Germany, where I come from: Umrühren und fertig. JaHn 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Good to know ...
Good to know that the powers-that-be at Misplaced Pages don't take themselves too seriously (for at least one day a year) Misplaced Pages brown 00:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
By the way, I love the Featured picture !!!! Misplaced Pages brown 00:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, Misplaced Pages brown: "For at least one day in a year. Anyway anything starts to begin: One time is always the first time. JaHn 17:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Great job!
Great job on the April Fool's day main page. I didn't help, but kudos on everyone who did. Doppelganger 01:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I loaded up Misplaced Pages and thought it was vandalism or a joke! Turns out it was a joke. Great job. 70.16.16.25 01:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm uncertain what's a joke and what's real - there's some article about a high-ranking penguin that's true. Rfwoolf 02:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- It is all true. The featured article lead is slightly misleading/obfuscated, but it is true. —Centrx→talk • 02:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Strictly speaking, everything on the Main Page at the moment is true. It's just (aside from ITN and some of the Anniversaries) completely ridiculous truth. —Cuiviénen 02:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent main page! 74.12.81.85 03:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent work! Great job at keeping it humorous, yet factual! Mearnhardtfan 04:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Strictly speaking, everything on the Main Page at the moment is true. It's just (aside from ITN and some of the Anniversaries) completely ridiculous truth. —Cuiviénen 02:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:April Fool's Main Page
Apparently, since no one has done anything about this yet, we need to gain some consensus about actually putting the content of that page onto the main page. What is the stance of people on this. I would suggest doing this fast (as AFD is about -3 hours away in UTC...) but I don't want to rush consensus. If nothing else, I love the little joke blurb in the top bar, because it suits the encyclopedia well, and for those who have no clue what AFD is, there's a link to it in the joke. Anyway, as soon as we get adequate consensus, we can put this up (unless people think there already is enought, given the talk page). └┘talk 03:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- We're an encyclopedia, not a joke site. —METS501 (talk) 03:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Everything has to be real to be on the main page. And actually everything on it now is real (got me). Prodego 03:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- The idea of changing the page's interface was rejected, Jared. You evidently didn't bother to read all of the discussion and continued working on this anyway. —David Levy 03:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose, transwiki to Uncyclopedia. Picaroon 03:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, and Google's a highly regarded corporation, but that doesn't mean they can't have fun on AFD. From a standpoint of not being involved in any of the AFD discussions, I would respectfully say that a lot of work was put into making a semi-good page this year. I hope that we can do better than put a (quite good, actually) FA on the main page and actually have some funny content. What good is something that's serious all the time? We really have to lighten up, but not to the extent where we look like Uncyclopedia.
- Regarding the "real" bit, everything on the proposal page is real, so I don't see your point. └┘talk 03:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Not everything is real. Take a look at the proposed ITN section. And how about the Whopper bit under anniversaries? -- tariqabjotu 03:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- OK, all I'm asking is that we put up the "top bar" thing, that's sort of a joke. That's it. I forgot the other stuff was just place holder stuff from last year. └┘talk 03:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Again, the idea of changing the page's interface was rejected. You should have read all of the discussion. —David Levy 03:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- But from what you said it was only a few editors who contributed, so there might me a consensus lack somewhere. Regardless, let's start over because I think we're not being calm about this (me especially).
- What do we think about including a "joke" in the top bar which would look like this:
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- No. Belittling readers is unacceptable. —David Levy 03:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No. —METS501 (talk) 03:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Absolutely not. ^demon 03:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No. —Centrx→talk • 03:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- THE GREAT "NO" BARRIER! Ok, I see your point. :) I give in. └┘talk 03:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No. · AO 08:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- ...no? --Tewy 19:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I accept all of your opinions. I just fail to see why do dislike it so much. I don't see how it's "belittling" because it'd AFD, for one, and second, the explanation of the joke is right below it! If you have a better suggestion, please put it forward, but it seems that I'm working with people who are against the idea entirely, so I'm in a lose-lose situation. └┘talk 03:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I thought it was funny, but whether or not we can have it on the main page? We can't - the mob has spoken! --WikiSlasher 04:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't notice that gag but thought the DYK section was really amusing and the FA was great! Dismas| 04:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Not yet. The portals are also a viable option. The page was "deleted" though because a few editors deemed that the whole thing has passed. I'm not going to revert it (because frankly, my counter is up) but if someone else wants to assert themselves by saying that this discussion is very much alive go ahead. └┘talk 04:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm OK with it. It's a good way to jokify the page, truthfully! └┘talk 04:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- 1. The page was not deleted.
- 2. Again, we established consensus against the idea of altering the page's interface. The portals that are listed are there for a reason, and replacing them with different portals would reduce the site's navigability. —David Levy 04:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I know you didn't delete it, first of all, and second, no one uses those portal templates anyway. They're there for show. That's why I think it's alright, for NOT EVEN A FULL DAY, now, to do this. └┘talk 04:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- How do you know what other people do? —David Levy 04:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Magic. └┘talk 04:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Anyway, April Fools is a holiday celebrating Hoaxes and Pranks. "Jokes" aren't really part of the whole April Fools thing. I love today's meta-hoax mainpage articles. But, who would be "fooled" by a joke tagline? APL 20:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- A real shame Wiki went without an April Fool's page. I'm surprised by the blatantly negative reaction. Kudos to Jared for making such an amusing page, though! I think it would have been a great success had it not been aborted. Part of being a good Wiki editor is knowing when to relax, and Jared's demonstrated clear mastery of that skill. GarryKosmos 08:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I just noticed it did go up (my browser cache must have made it lag). Common sense (and a sense of humor) win again! Good job. GarryKosmos 08:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for your kind words. I actually wasn't the one who created that page (nor did I really help at all) but I thought that was what everyone wanted, so I pushed for that. Unfortunately, we got so much negativism, I had to back off (though I would still support something...). By the way, what was on the main page that you saw? I don't think anything went up. └┘talk 12:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Jared. I was the one who created that template above, which brought significant discussion in and clarification to the April Fools Main Page project. The April Fools Main Page 2007 project was advertised in the community bulletin board for an extended period and all were invited to participate. The consensuses we reached in that project are valid for that project. For the April Fools Main Page 2007 project, consensus specifically rejected such a Main Page modification, and we agreed in late January 2007 that, "Text external to the mainpage boarder cannot be modified as part of the AFMP project, even if that modification would be a truthful, whimsical modification." The project went forward with that consensus as part of the project scope. Consensus of that project also agreed that, to make the modification that you proposed first would require the approval of the April Fools Main Page project. The second step would bring that issue to this page for consensus approval. We determined that the first step was a very important step to maintain the goodwill of the project and to avoid disrupting the Main Page talk page. Even if this Main Page talk page approved such a change, a third step would require something akin to the Main Page Redesign Project, which involved the opinions of 943 participants over an 18-day poll/discussion. The project also spent a considerable amount of time revising its description to make all of this clear to anyone interested. The April Fools Main Page project did not approve modifying the text external to the mainpage boarder so I am unsure why you took my rejected request from that project page and posted on this Main Page talk page. I also noticed that you listed yourself for editor review on March 31st. Listing yourself for editor review and then bypassing the consensus approved steps of a project the next day to disrupt the Main Page talk page and reduce the goodwill of that project seems inconsistent. -- Jreferee 16:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- You and I both know very well that the last thing I wanted to do was disrupt the main page. I'm not a vandal, nor a moron! I was only acting on what I thought was a proposal that never took the next step. I'm sorry that you have to feel that way, but I tried to do the best I could from where the editors at that page left off. The discussion at that page never gave me the hint that there was drastic opposition to the idea, which is why I didn't just force a change to the main page, but proposed it here. When I saw that there was, in fact, drastic opposition here, I gave in and that's that. I don't see what I did wrong there. And thank you for describing some of the steps of your deliberations at the AFD2007 page. └┘talk 16:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- As I've noted several times, what you "did wrong" was to ignore much of the discussion that occurred and assume that there was "consensus" for an idea that was explicitly rejected. When I attempted to explain this to you, you told me that "had wanted to have a say, the page was open and advertised numerous times for input." Had you bothered to read the very discussion that you cited, you would have realized that I was one of the most active participants. —David Levy 16:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I think Jared should take the comments of the naysayers as an April Fool's joke. It seems the only way such blatant "missing the point" (as well as the hostile rules lawyering attitudes) could go on for so long. Anyway, the main page has been altered, so Jared was clearly in the right since the main page wouldn't have been altered unless the higher ups approved it, which means it had consent all along. GarryKosmos 18:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Firstly, the content appearing on the main page is not what Jared was referring to. Secondly, it wasn't determined by "higher ups." That isn't how Misplaced Pages works. —David Levy 19:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Comment. Even wikinews put up a joke of some sort. Why shouldn't we at least link to it? I just noticed, AFD is the same short form as AFD. Is that what you were talking about? Thanks. AstroHurricane001 17:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I noticed that too. I usually write "Articles for deletion" as AfD, with lowercase f, so that's how I'm keeping them straight. As far as putting something up, I'm with you 100% but no one else is, so we're at a loss here. └┘talk 17:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Things less important than comic strips and spagetti trees
- 1789 - In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
- 1939 - Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announced the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.
- 1945 - World War II: Operation Iceberg - United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
- 1979 - Iran's government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially. --208.19.13.102 04:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Huh? The overthrow of the Shah, the first House Speaker, then end of the Spanish Civil War?? These are less important than comic strips and spaghetti trees? You'll need to explain... AmiDaniel (talk) 04:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm fairly certain that 208.19.13.102 is being sarcastic. —David Levy 05:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Aha! I see; in that case, I'd say he makes a good point. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- It's hopeless fighting against the mob of April Fools jokes advocates. I tried, and got a number of messages on my talk pages about it. I'll wait till tomorrow before deleting everything. —METS501 (talk) 05:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- You should spend your time fighting the vandalism, false articles, and joke AfDs, i.e. the things that actually impair the encyclopedia, rather than trying to fight the anodyne, true listings on the Main page. —Centrx→talk • 05:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, they're leaving "lighten up"/"it's all in good fun" messages on my talk page too. But I decided last year to support the "strange but true" main page content in the hope that it would satisfy people's desire to do something special for April Fools' Day. —David Levy 05:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- In seeking consensus for the April Fools Main Page 2008 project next year, I think its important that we now judge the reaction of the April Fools Main Page 2007 project as to whether it satisfy people's desire to do something special for April Fools' Day or merely opened the door even wider to unapproved April Fools jokes elsewhere on Misplaced Pages. -- Jreferee 16:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. You give people an inch... —David Levy 17:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Strongly agreed. --Quiddity 19:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. You give people an inch... —David Levy 17:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- It was only overthrown with 98% of the vote? Perhaps there is hope for Iran after all. Hbdragon88 05:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- 208.19.13.102, to be serious, according to the guidelines, the following items cannot qualify anyway:
- The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives article currently is tagged for cleanup, requiring more citations
- The Francisco Franco article is currently tagged with neutrality and POV problems.
- Spanish Civil War is tagged with more sources needed.
- A number of sections on Battle of Okinawa are marked as stubs and need to be expanded.
- A number of articles regarding History of Iran, Iran hostage crisis, and History of the Islamic Republic of Iran have cleanup tags.
- So please feel free to get to work on those articles :-) Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 12:05, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- 208.19.13.102, to be serious, according to the guidelines, the following items cannot qualify anyway:
What ? No one is complaining that OTD today is too UK/US-centric yet ? --74.13.127.132 08:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Waah!!! The OTD's too UK/US Centric and the main page is self-referential, not NPOV, vanity, an advert and uncited and no-one can put these tags on the page!!--User:Rock2e 11:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- What do you expect when Americans have U.S. Presidents like "madman" Richard "Dick" Nixon, and crazy cartoonists? And when the British have "very SERIOUS law enforcement agencies" that grow spaghetti trees? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 12:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Can we please slip 'This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead' on the front page somewhere? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 13:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- What do you expect when Americans have U.S. Presidents like "madman" Richard "Dick" Nixon, and crazy cartoonists? And when the British have "very SERIOUS law enforcement agencies" that grow spaghetti trees? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 12:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
arrgh
Misplaced Pages, you got me there with the "new messages" thing. Stop it :D 81.77.73.180 14:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Misleading "do you know?" headline:Rush limbaugh.
It says "do you know...that Rush Limbaugh was the US ambassador to india?" but when you click it,its for an entirely different Rush Limbaugh.71.124.139.27 17:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Ashmole
- Dude, it's April, Fool's day. The headlines today are real, but made to sound like jokes. mrholybrain's talk 17:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- This is not in any offense to anyone, but I think that people fear putting jokes on the main page because they don't want to feel stupid themselves. It's a sad realization, because hey, who wants to feel stupid?, but it's the truth and it makes no sense. April Fools' Day is supposed to be a day of fun and jokes, not a day to block all jokes out of Misplaced Pages because they might be hurtful to someone or make them feel stupid or it might confuse people who are actually trying to be serious. Maybe I'm totally wrong, but I feel that people aren't understanding the true nature of the holiday. Sure there's a limit to what we should do, but we've never even gotten close to that limit; we're too worried that we'll reach the limit before we even get there, which totally sucks all the fun out of the experience. Anyway, I just thought I'd put that out there. └┘talk 17:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, Jared, only smart humor gets onto the Main Page, please. Otherwise, BJAODN. --76.64.78.248 17:50, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- We've never even gotten close to the limit? Really? —David Levy 17:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- An "entirely different Rush Limbaugh" from whom? Rush Limbaugh is the guy's name. It's perfectly fine. 71.62.51.172 17:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- The radio host in America by the same name. dposse 19:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- And what makes him the "real" Rush Limbaugh? --YbborSurvey! 20:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- The radio host in America by the same name. dposse 19:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Things you learn from the Main Page
So, George Washington is the father of instant coffee and the Sheriff of Essex wanted to attack London with swarms of burning penises, probably with monkey testicle tissue grafted to them. Now I think I'l write an article about Google's new free broadband service.
Happy April 1st.--Ron Ritzman 17:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- All true, except the burning penises (it's the other definition of cock, rooster). —Cuiviénen 18:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Actually you're wrong... Sorry to disappoint you but Google isn't really going to offer a free broadband service Nil Einne 19:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I meant the facts from the Main Page, and he was making a joke. —Cuiviénen 19:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oh yes, you meant that. Sure. That's why you didn't say it... Don't worry, we all get fooled sometimes, no one thinks the lesser of you :-P Nil Einne 20:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, I'm 100% serious. I honestly didn't even notice the Google part of the comment (though I had seen somewhere else earlier today, and I'm perfectly aware of Google's annual fake releases). —Cuiviénen 21:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Gmail was announced on Apr 1st and everybody first thought that was a hoax --Ron Ritzman 01:00, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sure Nil was just joking. I find it very difficult to believe that you (or anyone) could look at the Google Tisp page and believe that. -- tariqabjotu 21:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, I'm 100% serious. I honestly didn't even notice the Google part of the comment (though I had seen somewhere else earlier today, and I'm perfectly aware of Google's annual fake releases). —Cuiviénen 21:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Oh yes, you meant that. Sure. That's why you didn't say it... Don't worry, we all get fooled sometimes, no one thinks the lesser of you :-P Nil Einne 20:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I meant the facts from the Main Page, and he was making a joke. —Cuiviénen 19:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Y'know, its pretty funny, I just today watched a documentary on the history channel about the history of cofee, and George Washington was nominated, not the one from USA independence but another--Windymager 22:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Actually you're wrong... Sorry to disappoint you but Google isn't really going to offer a free broadband service Nil Einne 19:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
We're not fooling anyone
I hope it's now de-facto policy for Misplaced Pages to use April Fools as an opportunity to present articles that look like hoaxes but aren't. This is much more stylish than actual hoaxes. 82.95.254.249 21:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 will be good for next year.--User:Rock2e 10:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- It would if it had more content. But it's barely more than a stub. -- Zanimum 13:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Let's get back to the Encyclopedia thing now, okay?
--208.19.13.102 00:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, ignoring the timestamp in our sigs, my clock still sez Apr 1st :) --Ron Ritzman 00:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
FA picture
What happened to the gremlins 2 pic? --75.26.8.156 01:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- there's a nosferatu pic up instead lol. --AlexOvShaolin 02:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- You may want to read Misplaced Pages talk:Fair use exemptions#Removing exception in policy for .22Main_Page.22. --Maxamegalon2000 02:30, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Given that consensus has not yet been reached yet on that proposal (and particularly because the image chosen to replace the Gremlins picture is exceptionally misleading), I've restored the old image. —Cuiviénen 02:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you. There's nothing worse than roving bands of fair-use paranoids. Certain topics are of such a nature that images of any form concerning them are fair use. What are we supposed to do for Chrono Trigger? Use a picture of a potato with Chrono Trigger carved into the side? Get a courtroom sketch artist to draw an "alleged cartridge"? Zeality 04:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Given that consensus has not yet been reached yet on that proposal (and particularly because the image chosen to replace the Gremlins picture is exceptionally misleading), I've restored the old image. —Cuiviénen 02:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME
I DON'T BELIEVE IT! The one day Misplaced Pages gets properly joked upon, and I'm stuck in the Karoo! Can someone please help me? Like a cached version of the page or something? Something someone saved? A link? Anything? PleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPleaseohPlease? Goldfritter 14:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- These links will do in the absence of Main Page/Yesterday... (though I thought someone showing yesterday's main page did exists for those in different timezones - ah, here we are Main Page alternative (yesterday) - but that doesn't help for the ITN and DYK stuff, which is updated in a single template). Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/April 1, 2007; the DYK entries for 1 April, Template:POTD/2007-04-01 (picture of the day), the ITN entries for 1 April and finally, Misplaced Pages:Selected anniversaries/April 1. Hope that helps. Remember, if you are looking for the hilarious jokes there aren't any. This is all real! Every single bit of it. Carcharoth 14:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- ...Still ROFL'ing. Wow. Amazing. I hope next year's is just as good. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CARCHAROTH! And Misplaced Pages. Lol. Goldfritter 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Goldfritter 14:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Tomorrow's featured picture
I have tomorrow's front page as my homepage - just a quick head's up that you might get squeamish people complaining about the eye surgery pic. I personally have no problems with it, but I bet you get at least one person going ICK!!... :-) Carcharoth 14:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)