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Maybe we should hold off on another Shuttle story till it lands. The announcement that the mission will be extended one day is not really unusual at all.--Pharos23:49, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, one was captured in Birmingham, two in London, and one in Rome. It would be a mouthful to put all that on ITN.--Pharos23:47, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Shucks, I was beaten. :) --Golbez 15:15, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
the first spaceflight since the Columbia disaster in 2003
This is wrong and should be removed ASAP. There have been several other spaceflights since then (e.g. Soyuz TMA-5 in October 2004). Ben Arnold 16:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've found a whole bunch of other spaceflights since Columbia:
26 April 2003 Soyuz TMA-2
15 October 2003 Shenzhou 5
18 October 2003 Soyuz TMA-3
19 April 2004 Soyuz TMA-4
14 October 2004 Soyuz TMA-5
15 April 2005 Soyuz TMA-6
It's frustrating that false information has been put in the News section and the page is protected.
Ben Arnold 16:51, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Can we have "... the first U.S. spaceflight since ..." changed to "... the first NASA spaceflight since ...", please ? -- 64.229.206.3 18:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
And I don't think we need a hyphen in "lifts-off". -- 64.229.32.127 18:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The setting of a date for the election is not of sufficient importance for ITN. Maybe it would be if it was a snap election, but this is one of the most expected dates. We should certainly have the election itself here on September 17, and the results on September 18.-gadfium03:18, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that it's not a surprise, but we haven't had much from that part of the world lately. Let's not leave them out. This was apparently the top news item there yesterday, as it is now on the ITN at Wikipedia:Wikiportal/New Zealand. Also, I would suggest an update of ITN with something for the sake of an update. I'd rather have the earthquake, or the Philippine electoral crisis, 2005, but we need well updated articles. An alternative would be the Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005, but I'd wait for the pending results in a few days. This suggestion was made in response to a complaint at Talk:Main Page#Update the news section regularly. Please re-consider. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 04:56, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The current In the News says "following yesterday's abortive bombing attempts..." Didn't the bombs actually go off? (ie they were not attempts, nor abortive). The section should read "following yesterday's bombings on the London Underground..." Kaisershatner18:18, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Only the detonators, not the devices themselves, exploded with the bombers then fleeing the scene. I think that qualifies as an abortive attempt. Ddye 20:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The Chinese government announces a 2 percent revauluation of its currency, the yuan, and says the yuan will no longer be pegged to the US dollar, instead trading within a narrow range against a market basket of currencies.
The KMT, formed in 1912, should be 93 years old, not 110. Sorry. I've fixed the articles, but I need a sysop to fix the MainPage, please. -- 64.229.206.159 13:13, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Time to do a Karl Rove story. The latest news [1] is that an undisclosed New York times source claims that Rove admitted to investigators to have talked to columnist Robert Novak, shortly before Novak publicized the name of Valerie Plame. In the past weeks, it was revealed that Rove told Times reporter Matthew Cooper that "Wilson's wife" was a CIA agent, but until today it was not clear if Rove had ever talked directly to Novak. The report, if confirmed will substantiate both the claims of Rove's misconduct, accidental or deliberate, and further implicate the White House and perhaps even its appointed investigator. -SV|t01:28, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This is a U.S. story with somewhat limited international interest, so we probably wouldn't want to put it up more than once. I think it might be best to wait a few days on this one, as events are movingly rapidly and it seems likely there will be at least some sort of a "confession" (if not resignation) on Rove's part soon.--Pharos02:02, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
We have too much room on the right side of the Main Page, how about sticking this in somewhere on ITN ? -- 199.71.174.100 06:50, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
While I do enjoy hockey, and this is important, what with everything it affects, they still have not officialy ended the lockout. After its ratified would be a better time to announce it, which should happen sometime next week. Kaiser Matias 18:05 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Fair enough. Fits my own criteria for elections and voting I suppose. But I'm sure someone will revert me sans reason rather quickly. --Golbez 18:19, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Awesome.The deal has rammifications within hockey and the other NA pro sports... like the MLB... now the only one w/o a (long overdue) salary cap. --Madchester 20:51, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Item was added to main page. Mgm|(talk) 08:22, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
Please fix ALT text. The red area in the map now on ITN is notSouthern Scotland, but the entire Scotland. Perhaps [[Image:Map_of_Scotland_within_the_United_Kingdom.png|none|100px|Map marking southern Scotland]] should be changed to [[Image:Map of_Scotland within the United Kingdom.png|100px|Map marking Scotland within the United Kingdom]] ? Thanks. -- 64.229.220.38 14:06, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
that's true i think the main image should be replace with the one of the world leaders instead of the map of scotland. after all, it's them pledging the aid, not scotland
I agree. But right now, the Flag of Kyrgyzstan would be even better. :-) -- 64.229.227.66 04:04, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible to use an older version of Image:Dennis 2005 Track.gif which also shows Cuba in red ? The updated version is not as informative. -- 64.229.229.159 9 July 2005 18:31 (UTC)
How is having accurate information less informative? Cuba is no longer under a hurricane warning. It no longer should be in red. --Golbez July 9, 2005 18:50 (UTC)
Accuracy is not the issue. As the blurb mentions damages in Cuba, it would be nice to show Cuba in the figure, without the scale bar covering the island. If Haiti is shown as well, so much the better... Never mind, we have a different pic now... -- 64.229.221.159 07:55, 10 July 2005 (UTC) P.S. I meant being informative about the track. -- 64.229.206.179 05:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your speedy posting, Rdsmith4. :-) -- 64.229.205.2 8 July 2005 16:57 (UTC) Please be reminded to protect the image on the FrontPage. Thanks. -- 64.229.205.2 8 July 2005 17:14 (UTC)
"The attack comes less than 24 hours after London's winning the contract" - Typo? No, it's just a different (and equally correct) wording. — Dan | Talk 7 July 2005 19:47 (UTC)
I was referring to the previous wording. It's fine now. – Smyth\talk 7 July 2005 19:51 (UTC)
Doesn't look good to feature the guys but not the gals in 2005 Wimbledon. Wikipedia is not run by male chauvinists, eh ? :-) -- 199.71.174.100 4 July 2005 05:44 (UTC)
Right now, there is a lot of space on the right side of the Front Page to include the ladies' final. Please add. The ladies' final, the longest women's Wimbledon final of all time according to 2005 Wimbledon, was a better game to watch, too. -- 64.229.4.122 4 July 2005 13:55 (UTC)
Thanks, Phils. -- 64.229.6.103 4 July 2005 17:00 (UTC)
It's not something that is widely known in the world. Here in Canada, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who even knew what this is about, myself included. And I spend a lot of time looking up international news. Kaiser Matias 23:39 3 July 2005 (UTC)
No proper article update: Cooper Documents is a red link, Valerie Plame has a single mention from Larry O'Donnell of MSNBC (All other mentions of Rove are two years old), Matthew Cooper has no mention of it, and Karl Rove has no mention of it. Try again please. --Golbez July 4, 2005 01:18 (UTC)
FWIW, I have shifted my focus to wikinews, so i'm primarily relying on others on wikipedias to stay on top of things like this. If I update Valerie Plame or an article on the Supreme Court case (if there is one, which there should be) will this item be reconsidered, and if not, why not? Kevin Baastalk: new July 4, 2005 13:44 (UTC)
I suppose it would be reconsidered (that Wikinews article looks quite good, btw), I'd think the best place would be to have an article on the documents themselves, or update Plame. Is this public record yet, though, or is this just Larry O'Donnell's raving? --Golbez July 4, 2005 20:11 (UTC)
Live 8 concerts are taking place in each of the G8 countries around the world with the message calling for an end to world poverty.
Biggest musical event ever, might deserve to be on the Main Page I guess... Dan100 (Talk) July 2, 2005 15:47 (UTC)
It's a shame not to see Live 8 not on the Main Page yet. Never before has there been something this big happening, with an estimated audience of 5 billion. Kaiser Matias 15:57 2 July (UTC)
83% of the whole world population is going to this concert? That deserves to be on the Main Page without a doubt! ;-) — Timwi 2 July 2005 18:22 (UTC)
Very popular musician over the course of a two-decade career in music. Currently confirmed breaking news at cnn.com [2]. --FuriousFreddy 1 July 2005 23:01 (UTC)
Support this one. This is a name known around the world, is covered well in the article, and the news item could take very little space if necessary. Deco 2 July 2005 21:40 (UTC)
See yesterday's furor over Sandra Day O'Connor. Today's the wrong day for "dead U.S. musician" to try and make the front page. –Hajor 2 July 2005 21:51 (UTC)
Sandra Day O'Connor submits her letter of resignation from the U.S. Supreme Court, the first resignation in over ten years, effective when her successor is confirmed.
I offer this because I feel the post there now is inadequately worded. --Kitch 1 July 2005 15:02 (UTC)
Now that he's lost, I've posted it. Best to point the link to the elections rather than our (rather poor) Schröder biography, I think - should this be on expansion requests? David | Talk 1 July 2005 12:06 (UTC)
How about this pic of Gerhard Schröder from the Commons ? (on the right, the one on the left is ((unverified)).)-- 64.229.177.151 1 July 2005 12:48 (UTC)
Thanks - done. David | Talk 1 July 2005 14:08 (UTC)