Hi,
I just noticed that our regular Wikipedia article pages don't mention the word "Wikpedia" anywhere. That's not good. Especially if somebody prints out an article, the word Wikipedia needs to appear somewhere.
I suggest that we change "You can edit this page right now!" in the second line to "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
Also, "HomePage" should be changed to "Home page" or preferably "Main page".
At the bottom, I would write "Search Wikipedia" instead of "Search". Also, the double link to "Edit texto of this page" is superfluous. Maybe just replace the "You can edit..." with the same slogan from above "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
Axel
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Axel Boldt wrote:
Hi,
I just noticed that our regular Wikipedia article pages don't mention the word "Wikpedia" anywhere. That's not good. Especially if somebody prints out an article, the word Wikipedia needs to appear somewhere.
Yes, absolutely (Jimbo)!
I suggest that we change "You can edit this page right now!" in the second line to "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
I would disagree with that particular wording. The sentiment conveyed isn't just that someone can contribute (somehow), but that they can edit this page right now. ("Edit this page" should be a link to the edit function--I don't know why it's not...)
Also, "HomePage" should be changed to "Home page" or preferably "Main page".
I agree with that too. Little things like this can spell the difference between a pedant joining us and a pedant turning his nose up at us--and, sure, we need all the pedants we can get! :-)
At the bottom, I would write "Search Wikipedia" instead of "Search".
Yes!
Also, the double link to "Edit texto of this page" is superfluous.
Also agreed!
Maybe just replace the "You can edit..." with the same slogan from above "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
Yes!
Axel
A veritable fount of good advice.
Larry
At 04:28 PM 11/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Axel Boldt wrote:
Hi,
I just noticed that our regular Wikipedia article pages don't mention the word "Wikpedia" anywhere. That's not good. Especially if somebody prints out an article, the word Wikipedia needs to appear somewhere.
Yes, absolutely (Jimbo)!
I suggest that we change "You can edit this page right now!" in the second line to "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
I would disagree with that particular wording. The sentiment conveyed isn't just that someone can contribute (somehow), but that they can edit this page right now. ("Edit this page" should be a link to the edit function--I don't know why it's not...)
How about "You can edit this Wikipedia page right now!"?
I made some of these changes.
The change from "HomePage" to "Home Page" is essentially a change from [[HomePage]] to [[Home Page]], if you see what I mean. I'm reluctant to make that one without giving it some thought as to the ramifications for the software.
Axel Boldt wrote:
Hi,
I just noticed that our regular Wikipedia article pages don't mention the word "Wikpedia" anywhere. That's not good. Especially if somebody prints out an article, the word Wikipedia needs to appear somewhere.
I suggest that we change "You can edit this page right now!" in the second line to "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
Also, "HomePage" should be changed to "Home page" or preferably "Main page".
At the bottom, I would write "Search Wikipedia" instead of "Search". Also, the double link to "Edit texto of this page" is superfluous. Maybe just replace the "You can edit..." with the same slogan from above "Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Contribute right now!"
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 10:06:22PM -0600, Jimmy Wales wrote:
I made some of these changes.
The change from "HomePage" to "Home Page" is essentially a change from [[HomePage]] to [[Home Page]], if you see what I mean. I'm reluctant to make that one without giving it some thought as to the ramifications for the software.
Yes, well, it seems the way to do it is to duplicate the page wholesale, and leave both active for a while, until you know it's stable. So [[HomePage]] and [[Home Page]] are the same page. Then, set up a redirect. Will that solve the problem?
And remember there are external folks linking to HomePage, probably. The redirect (at least) should stay active for a pretty long time.
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