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The main page learning project

The main page learning project was launched after the redesign of the main page in December 2007. The main page learning project has as its goal "the promotion of responsible involvement of the Wikiversity community in an efficient, productive, open and inclusive maintenance of the Wikiversity main page as a flagship of the activity and values of the Wikiversity community". If you would like to get involved in the design of the main page, this is where to go.

If you have general comments about the main page, but you don't especially want to get involved in the main page project, then you can also leave comments on the talk page for the main page learning project.

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If you wish to post something below, go ahead. It's a talk page. But you are more likely to get a response by going to the Colloquium, which is where the main talking at Wikiversity goes on! See you there.

GPRS

I WANT TO STUDY GPRS

Humanities: Why the Chinese character for Middle?

The humanities section has the Chinese character ZHONG, meaning centre, as the symbol associated to it on the left. Does this have any background? Poeloq 03:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I jost noticed this too. But then again, the middle ain't too bad, right? -91.42.232.70 22:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Success Story

I just want to congratulate the Main Page Workgroup on the excellent results of the Main Page 2.0 project. FInally, we have a front end worth the effort and intent that we all have put into this org. I especially like the Project of the Day section. I believe that is arguably the most important element that this org brings to the internet. Anyway, thanks a bunch. Gustable 02:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Fraternities?

This is a cool idea, is there such a thing as a wikifraternity? Template:Unsigned

Please see also the discussion in the Colloquium, ----Erkan Yilmaz Wikiversity:Chat 17:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Image Links

How to link image to a wikiversity internal file?????????????? Tushant Jha 07:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

If the image already exists on the English Wikiversity or on Commons, you can add it to a page by adding [[Image:Name.jpg]] (where "Name.jpg" is the full name of the image file). See Help:Media Files for more info. Cormaggio ^talk 12:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Duplicated welcome

There are two "welcome to wikiversities", one on the header, the other in the introduction. Could these two sections be combined into one, saving some space? And the big purple picture, interesting as it is, may not be entirely useful, given that we already have a logo on the top, and educational pictures below? --Hillgentleman|Talk 22:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments, Hillgentleman. On issue 1 (two welcomes), I know it is redundant and inefficient, but on the other hand, redundancy and inefficiency isn't necessarily bad in educational or introductory contexts. If we changed the word "welcome" as the title of the blue welcome box, what could we change it to (suggestion, please)? On issue 2 (the picture in the top right corner), it is true that it has little purpose other than setting mood, adding interest and various aesthetic layout things. I don't really like the image that much myself - I'm rather neutral about it. On the other hand, if we optimized in the way you suggest, we'd end up with a layout like Portal:Tertiary Education, which looks less like the front page of a site and more like an internal page. A front page needs some extra whitespace, big titles and some real estate inefficiency, I think. But if you have an alternative, by all means let's have a look. --McCormack 08:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Left Justify Text

Large amounts of text (more than one line) should be left justified to make it easier to read.

Example: Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.

This should be left justified, not centered. Robert Elliott 16:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Robert and thanks for your comments about the new design. I have played around with the alignment of everything on the POTD boxes quite a lot, and I also have versions where everything is left-aligned and text wrapped. I eventually decided that if most things were centered (which looks better), then they all had to be centered, as mixing left alignments with centering looked bad. If you like, I can show you a few examples so that you can see what I mean. --McCormack 08:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Article on main page is conveying an error

The WV main page currently features an image portraying the expansion of the universe. It does not state that this expansion is merely theoretic and makes the reader believe it is a very well proven evidence with a certain explanation. It should state that the expansion and the singular point in which the universe allegedly was are all theoretical. EugenSpierer 07:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

This comment refers to Educational Media Awareness Campaign/Astronomy/POTD 3. I will ask User:Mu301 (possibly has expertise in this field) to review the wording. Could you also state whether your comment is offered from a physicist's or a creationist's point of view (disclosure)? Thank you. --McCormack 08:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

-Creationist point of view. Though I am merely pointing out a biased text, not stating an opinion. EugenSpierer 08:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the disclosure! I'm not really an expert in this field, although I was the guilty party who wrote the blurb (rather fast). I'll ask User:Mu301 about this one. --McCormack 08:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)