Wikipedia talk:Community portal/Archive 10
CBB redesignI have redone the Comunity Bulletin Board in my sandbox. What we'd do, presumably, is divide the sections into the smaller subsections, and then arrange the templates at the master CBB page. We are free to work with this—other then here, it is used only of a few userpages and old CP drafts. But before we get into that, please feel free to tweak my draft (yes, edit my sandbox). Comments?
Oops.--HereToHelp 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I'll try that.--HereToHelp 20:36, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Okay, see current draft, i've got the placement right by adding a clear:right css to the New Pages box, but the editlinks are broken by the float. I've seen this before, so i'm hoping there's a simple solution? Everything else seems to look good. Apart from the editlinks, how is the general look for everyone else? -Quiddity 04:13, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Now it breaks if the New Pages list is too long... sigh. -Quiddity 20:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Another question/comment... was the point of moving the "New pages" under the Signpost for saving vertical space? If so, it seems like the four-column format often saves more space, and it's simpler. Rfrisbietalk 03:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Chuck, IE5Hey, I use IE 5. There are companies that repair and sell used computers. Lots of people probably use IE 5. I did a little studying of this page and found commands in the Community bulletin board section that conflict with the pink box. They cause IE 5 to see a 6- foot- wide page. Furthermore, those commands make the area to post notices messy & somewhat confusing. My design of the Community bulletin board section eliminates those problems, making IE 5 users able to read the page. Check it out. [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chuck Marean (talk • contribs) .
This template currently distorts Wikipedia:Community Portal in IE 5. I was almost able to correct the problem, and I've only taken one computer course in my entire life. So, surely you computer science majors are able to get Wikipedia:Community Portal readable by IE 5. It is not the fault of IE 5. I found that the tags trying to put columns at the bottom of this template, if removed, prevented the distortion but then the table of cotents didn't work. IE 5 not being able to read Wikipedia:Community Portal is a major problem with this template & not to be dismissed any mature editor.--Chuck Marean 01:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Page layout issue (not under Win95!)Because of a dearth of notices lately, the 'New pages seeking contributors' section is starting to encroach upon the Wikipedia Signpost. Either we should generate several lines of news, or fix the problem :) -- Mithent 13:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC) how to add collaborations?I would like to add the Computer Science Collaboration of the Week, Programming language. Ideogram 00:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
QuestionWhere can I find information on Operation Enduring Encyclopedia? 63.23.82.33 21:12, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
I have a question too: How do I start a new project?--Nickdsub 23:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC) Create a List NamespaceHow about moving all the lists to their own namespace. "List of Pokemon characters" would become "List: Pokemon characters". This way people who hate lists and think they don't belong in an encyclopedia will be satisfied and people who enjoy lists as navigational aids can still enjoy them. I like lists because they are usually sorted by a single parameter that is different from alphabetical as they are when listed as "categories" and they contain entries that are redlined. You cant have non-existant imformation in categories. They are great for navigational and unexplored topics. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 14:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC) Is there a better place where I should be posting this?
Portal or portalWhy does this page have a capital "P"? Dragons flight 20:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Orphaned subpageThe Community Portal has an orphaned subpage (Wikipedia:Community Portal/Policies). Is this page important? If not, should it be linked to, deleted, have Template:Historical added? -- kenb215 01:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah: standardize, organize, and then delete what's left.--HereToHelp 17:22, 3 July 2006 (UTC) Here is my opinion on what to do: Keep
Delete
Move to Wikipedia:Community Portal/Archive/...
LC@RSDATA 07:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC) I'm currently working on this on one of my subpages. -- kenb215 01:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC) I was asked by Quiddity to reconsider my "votes" at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion#Wikipedia:Community Portal/Menu bar (and following). There are two things that I see here:
Is there something that I've overlooked? Ardric47 02:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
See also, the more complete list here: User:Lcarsdata/Sandbox -Quiddity 17:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
"The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." You must be joking!How can you expect newcomers to read the countless pages of rules you have posted for them. It's ridiculous. I came here and naively believed the front page proclamation "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." So I began editing. At first my minor corrections to grammar and spelling in articles were graciously accepted but when I started adding some links to pages I was attacked and banned. Adding RobertZubrin.Com to a page on Robert Zubrin was called "spam" by a guy calling himself Reaverdrop or some such nonsensical handle. He has been harassing me every day and I'm sick of him. I started an article on 'amateur spaceflight' which I thought quite good. Others agreed and yet it was simply deleted for some absurd reason. Not long enough or sounded like an advertisement or whatever. As if I own a bloody spaceship company. I thought others were supposed to help expand on articles but all they seem to do is delete other peoples work. Wikipedia is a joke. Nobody is allowed to edit it except longtime members who have dictatorial powers over everyone else. Its false advertising to lure people here on the pretense that they will be allowed to participate when clearly its just spam. A way of getting people to visit and push you up in the search engines. I see now that all the bad press about Wiki and its charactor assasination of innocents is perfectly true. I have now rejoined yet again under a new name because of being banned for imagined crimes. Wiki sucks. Universedaily 00:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
"Don't be afraid to edit—anyone can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to be bold" From the Introduction! Just try it and see what happens! You get BANNED! Hypocrites! Universedaily 00:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Are you talking about the sandbox just now? That was a mistake. I only realised afterwards. The whole reason for going to the sandbox was because the intro said "use the sandbox". It had nonsense about Robots having sex and stuff so I just blotted out the whole thing. Then as I was hitting delete I saw those words. Oops! I only get 2 hours at the Brisbane public library so I really don't have time to mess about. Universedaily 01:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC) I'm overdue at the MySpace science forums and have to go. Do whatever you want. I know you will anyway. This place says one thing and then does the opposite. I left a message at your discussion page. Bye for now. I expect you'll have banned me for some unintelligible reason by the time I return. Universedaily 01:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC) I totally agree with you saying that people have dictorial powers. Ive got this girl who keeps following me on every single edit that i make and reverts them straight away. I find it extremely annoying that they do that and then threaten to block me from Wikipedia. Ive tried to look at ways to get them into that tribunal thing, but apparently they did the same thing to someone else, and the other person went to tribunal and they got blocked instead. I think wikipedia needs a major overhaul of its hierarchy.--Krabby me 04:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC) Looking for a Fiction Vampire BookCan someone please help me? I have been searching for this book for years & have had no luck. It is a fictional book about a man who is a nighttime bartender. He later finds out he is a descendant of Dracula. I don't remember much else about it, other than that Dracula is resurrected towards the end. I swear "BLOOD" was in the title, but I could be wrong. Please email me at KrisTheSlayer@verizon.net Thanks!! Kristina —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kristheslayer (talk • contribs) 01:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC).
Red links crossed out?Why is this being done? It makes the wiki very hard to read. Can someone tell me what's going on? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bremen (talk • contribs) 02:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC).
First new page...Hi everyone, I just created my first new page Anasarca (band) and want to check to make sure if I'm going to attempt to create new articles, that I'm doing it right and not breaking any rules. I also noticed that in creating the page, Anasarca was already existing, so I added the template to the top saying "this article is about blah blah blah, if you're looking for blah blah blah, go here" since there's only 2 articles regarding Anasarca. Please check it out and leave me a note on my talk page to let me know how I did, any constructive critisism would be welcomed. I've been spending numerous hours trying to get the whole format down and wiki markup - so any help would be appriciated. Also, I don't know if this is the right spot to leave a note like this.... so let me know about that too! Thanks! --Keitaro 02:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC) EditorsI have used Wikipedia for some time now and find the code a bit of a problem sometimes, is there any software that would help make it easier and less time consuming to get the design looking good on pages. pjb007 11:58, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Where to add a link?Hello from Wiktionary. Looking at this page, it is not at all clear where (or if) I can announce the ongoing activities for a new logo for Wiktionary. meta:Wiktionary/logo could really use some collaboration from sister projects, I think. --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 01:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC) You could just make a section, like WIKTIONARY LOOKING FOR NEW MASCOT. explain it, and put the link there. Once I help to achieve NPOV by going back and getting all of the biased things off, can i take it off the list?Dan 19:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC) How can i remove an article from "most wanted" after i have done it?Dan 18:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC) |