Gary Kirk wrote: in the name of Jimbo, WHY? -- GnuPG key ID is 0x84189146 on subkeys.pgp.net _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

MacGyverMagic/Mgm schreef: As soon as someone makes a movie called "Main Page", the Main Page will have to be moved. It's in article space, so a real article would have priority. Or maybe our Main Page is notable and encyclopedic in itself -- after all, it has more page views than most web pages -- and if someone writes an article about it, it should be located at [[Main Page]]. "The '''Main Page''' of [[Wikipedia]] is the front page of the encyclopedia. It was located at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page] until 2007, when it was moved to [[Wikipedia Portal Space]] because of reaching the encyclopedic notability threshold{{fact}}." Eugene _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Gary Kirk wrote: in the name of Jimbo, WHY? -- GnuPG key ID is 0x84189146 on subkeys.pgp.net

Someone's got into their head that having it in mainspace is a "violation of Wikipedia policy", and suggests it be moved into the comparatively new Portal namespace, like [[Current events]] was. On 1/13/07, Dan Collins <en.wp.st47(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Gary Kirk _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Actually, I'd really like it if it was moved from "Main Page" to "Main page". That capital p annoys the bejesus out me.

On 1/13/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:26:50 +0100, "Oskar Sigvardsson" > <oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Actually, I'd really like it if it was moved from "Main Page" to "Main > >page". That capital p annoys the bejesus out me.

Of course, must be. It's only logical for the main page to violate policy since day one. </sarcasm> On 1/13/07, Gary Kirk &lt;gary.kirk(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Someone's got into their head that having it in mainspace is a "violation of Wikipedia policy", and suggests it be moved into the comparatively new Portal namespace, like [[Current events]] was.

I don't know where I read it, but I think I saw somewhere that in fact an exception was made for the main page BECAUSE moving it would be so intrusive for its history and all the links. If you move it, it just creates another problem with lots of deadlinks. What advantage can be had in moving it instead of following a rule for which exceptions can be made? Mgm

On 1/14/07, Oskar Sigvardsson &lt;oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Well, no, there are clearly lots of good reasons to main page should not be in main article space. Unfortunately there are also lots of reasons why moving it is a bad reason. It's always sort of a bad sign when the reasons for/against doing something are predominantly based on the cost of doing it, not on the desirability of the end result. Anyway, reasons Main Page should not be in article space: - It's not an article - It's a portal - If ever there is a thing called Main Page that needs to be described, things are going to get awkward Reasons Main Page should be in article space: - It's there now and it's a major hassle to change it. The exceptions like WP:RFA etc have a good reason for being in article space: their existence would be pointless if they weren't. Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

You make it sound like there are more reasons it should be moved, when really, your first two points are the same.

There are none really. Not even consitency, because there is another exception that NO one wants moved out of the main name-space, namely the shortcut-redirects (like [[WP:RFA]], [[WP:AFD]], etc.) If we're going to be completely anal about the rules, shouldn't those go aswell?