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Hi everyone, in the bottom part of the Main Page with the icons to sister projects there is one broken link and some inconsistencies. The broken link is to Wikifunctions: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Main_Page/en. Furthermore most links have the pattern https://somewiki.org/en: but for example MediaWiki links to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Main_page/en. Maybe some could got through these links and repair resp. unify them. Thank you in advance, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk) 18:47, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aschroet: I think this is a bug on Wikifunctions, since their home page doesn't seem to be translated, have raised at wikifunctions:Wikifunctions_talk:Main_Page#Translatable_home_page?. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mike, thanks for raising. However, i am interested what this special en: links mean and why not all links look the same despite the domain name. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk) 19:02, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's supposed to link to the right language version of the Wikifunctions main page, depending on your language choice here, but it seems it isn't a compatible system in the way that was expected. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:32, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, i wonder if somebody could work on this issue. I mean, it is the the main page which should not contain broken links. Why not just link to all sister projects via the main URL (https://somewiki.org) so that it does not depend on local configurations of the wikis. Thanks, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk) 03:36, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that something should be done here as the Main page should not contain broken links. Options include: 1. If en language is configured simply link to the Main page instead of /en as that will be in English 2. Removing the Wikifunctions link 3. Fixing only the Wikifunctions link to link to the Main page instead of the /en subpage. I don't consider this a bug in Wikifunctions and whether or not that's a bug in Wikifunctions is I think pretty irrelevant to that it should be fixed as soon as possible, that is on Commons. Prototyperspective (talk) 10:22, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks to Prototyperspective for pointing me to where this really comes from: Template:Sisterprojects layout. Do I understand that the requested edit is to change {{{f-link|f:Wikifunctions:Main_Page/{{{lang|}}}}}} on that page to {{{f-link|f:Wikifunctions:Main_Page}}}? (please ping me if replying) - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Since Arnd did not respond: yes, exactly. That edit has also been requested here. Prototyperspective (talk) 16:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Guys i'm new to Wikipedia what is happenning and the talk page looks messy like really messy WIKI797 (talk) 17:02, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Prototyperspective (talk) 00:27, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit request: replace Cat:Images

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Currently, the Main page prominently links to Category:Images on "Images", suggesting this is how to find Images and that this is a good place to start exploring the site, and a good subsite for new users to visit.

However, most categories contain images. Most images (or categories containing images) are not located in the Cat:Images branch, it's currently misleading and very incomplete. Moreover, the most useful subcategory of it, Category:Images by topic (similar to e.g. Category:Photography by subject and Category:Videos by subject) is currently up for deletion and without this subcat this place would be even less useful than it already is. (It makes little sense for people to browse images by filetype instead of by subject for example.)

Thus, I suggest to replace this link with something else, such as having it not linked at all, or linking to a broad cat like Category:Categories.
Prototyperspective (talk) 11:34, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This could be replaced with a link to a Commons page that still links to or embeds Cat:Images with the info that this category is not really useful to explore/browse/find images e.g. since most categories containing images are not contained in it. Does somebody have any suggestions what could be linked?
An alternative would be to massively improve that category so that e.g. Category:Images by topic becomes truly useful and most categories containing images are contained in it but I doubt at least that this can be done any time soon and at least until then replacing that link would be due and seems needed.
Consider people new to this site visiting the Main page for the first time. Prototyperspective (talk) 10:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding 3D_Models and Discussion fields

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Please add the following: 

|Discussion=;Discussion?
:See the [[Commons:Discussion pages|list of discussion pages]].

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|3D_Models = 3D Models
As it is seemingly quite common for nobody to even try to find or modify those parameters; despite their existance. Seemingly, because it's not here. Therefore, it may be a good idea to add this. Kxeo (talk) 22:16, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why should this be added where exactly and what would that do? Prototyperspective (talk) 00:28, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

update the page

Wikimedia Commons page is still in the 2010 edition please update the Wikimedia Commons look to the 2022 edition in Wikipedia. Srdjksahlkwrhlevf (talk) 02:34, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The default skin is unrelated to the main page. You can set your skin in preferences. Janhrach (talk) 16:36, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Prototyperspective (talk) 00:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

POTD caption

It's obviously too late to bother about now, but just for the record I would like to register my objection to the highly unidiomatic caption Interior of the Canterbury Cathedral. Since Canterbury is in England the caption should really have been translated into British English, losing the comically inappropriate "the", thus: Interior of Canterbury Cathedral. Please don't worry about it now but I'm a little disappointed that no-one picked this up. Best wishes to all, DBaK (talk) 21:41, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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