I think I'm going to write a novel (under pseudonym, so it won't screw up the quality literary pursuits I'll eventually get around to publishing) called "Main Page"...probably about a murder mystery where one irate editor murders another over some personal attacks and edits to an article he considered owned and sacrosanct from others interference.
It might affect sales by having it linked from a disambig page or from a disclaimer at the top of Main Page.
Regards, Christopher D. Thieme User:ExplorerCDT
P.S. I tried having the renaming the main page back in 2004/2005. I actually support it being set up as a portal. It's amazing how many people will force any other article to comply with policy, but oh, God, not the Main Page!?!?!?!?!? ~cdt
On 1/13/07, Christopher Thieme cdthieme@gmail.com wrote:
I think I'm going to write a novel (under pseudonym, so it won't screw up the quality literary pursuits I'll eventually get around to publishing) called "Main Page"...probably about a murder mystery where one irate editor murders another over some personal attacks and edits to an article he considered owned and sacrosanct from others interference.
And then it can be a movie starring Tom Hanks. Ooh.
P.S. I tried having the renaming the main page back in 2004/2005. I
actually support it being set up as a portal. It's amazing how many people will force any other article to comply with policy, but oh, God, not the Main Page!?!?!?!?!? ~cdt
As I understand it, the main arguments against moving it are (a) it's of reader interest, and we don't expect readers to understand portals and namespaces right off the bat, and (b) the absolutely horrifying number of redirects and broken links that would result, possibly for years down the line.
But I dunno. Consensus against moving it seems to be pretty solid, from what I've seen, so I'm inclined to find more productive pursuits. Not sure where I sit, personally, but not a big issue for me, either way.
-Luna
Luna wrote:
On 1/13/07, Christopher Thieme cdthieme@gmail.com wrote:
I think I'm going to write a novel (under pseudonym, so it won't screw up the quality literary pursuits I'll eventually get around to publishing) called "Main Page"...probably about a murder mystery where one irate editor murders another over some personal attacks and edits to an article he considered owned and sacrosanct from others interference.
And then it can be a movie starring Tom Hanks. Ooh.
Ahh, you'll need to write it under the pseudonym "Dan Brown" then :)
Christopher Thieme wrote:
I think I'm going to write a novel (under pseudonym, so it won't screw up the quality literary pursuits I'll eventually get around to publishing) called "Main Page"...probably about a murder mystery where one irate editor murders another over some personal attacks and edits to an article he considered owned and sacrosanct from others interference.
I would make it about a mediaeval sea-knight whose bumbling page follows him on the bounding main.
P.S. I tried having the renaming the main page back in 2004/2005. I actually support it being set up as a portal. It's amazing how many people will force any other article to comply with policy, but oh, God, not the Main Page!?!?!?!?!? ~cdt
The Main Page is perfectly consistent with the policy that existed when it was first written.
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