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== How to join ==
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This page is for questions, comments and discussion about the [[Main Page]]. Old comments on this page get moved to the [[Talk:Main Page/Archive|archive]] from time to time.
  
I want to add an "how to join" section on all club articles, I'll contact each club and get them to give me info.  
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For more general help, questions and discussion, please head over to the [[WikiCU:Community portal|community portal]] or the [[WikiCU:Editors bulletin board|editors bulletin board]].
  
--[[User:AronSora|AronSora]] 18:29, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
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==Re-introduce featured articles?==
 
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*We used to have a gallery of featured articles (4-5 links/pictures on well-developed and/or relevant articles). This was removed a couple of years ago because the list wasn't updated much and felt a bit stale. Is it worth re-introducing a featured article section? The currently-displayed link to the how-to guides could be folded into this section. All views welcome. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 11:41, 14 May 2013 (EDT)
== What the f-ck? ==
 
 
 
I've created several pages here both with "anyonymous IP's" or with my username and my pages have been deleted and re-created under other usernames or IP's. What gives? This is completely unfair for authors.
 
:Hi. Can you maybe point to which pages so that we can investigate? [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 18:15, 21 May 2009 (EDT)
 
 
 
 
 
== Aesthetics ==
 
 
 
Is there a way to have the "Featured article" span the width of the entire page like "Useful external links" instead of being squished in the same column as "Welcome to WikiCU"?
 
--[[User:Rab2148|Rab2148]] 22:36, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
 
:That's my fault. I designed the main page, and I mostly use a 1280x800 screen, so nothing appears squished. However, I do realize that on smaller screens things don't look great. I'll get rid of the calendar just now because it has little use over the summer. This should solve the problem at least for the duration of the summer. {{User:Reaganaut/sig}} 01:31, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
 
::OK, I've now made that change. I'm not sure that the main page looks better in general, but it should certainly look better on smaller screens. I've also made it a lot easier for others to edit, so perhaps someone else can have a shot at making it look good. It uses three templates: [[Template:Box]] (a simple content box), [[Template:Box2]] (a content box with 2 places for content), and [[Template:Box-links]] (a content box for the external links, because I couldn't seem to use [[Template:Box]] in conjunction with <nowiki>{{:Links}}</nowiki>). These content boxes are contained within a simple table that's set to 80% of the width of the page. {{User:Reaganaut/sig}} 02:20, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
== PLEASE EDIT THE MAIN PAGE!!! ==
 
 
 
I've removed all the complicated formatting on the main page, so now it's just a simple wiki page like any other. It may not look quite so nice, but I'm hoping this will encourage more edits. So if you want to add something, GO AHEAD! {{User:Reaganaut/sig}} 21:26, 16 January 2008 (EST)
 
: I like this aesthetic - nice work! [[User:Jiabao|Jiabao]] 09:22, 17 January 2008 (EST)
 
 
 
 
 
== Other Comments ==
 
I raise my kids has been for them to pretty much mind their own darned business. ,
 
 
 
:Welcome to the information age. [[User:Nateoxford|Nateoxford]] 11:27, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
 
 
 
== Columbia Class of 2014. ==
 
 
 
We should change one of the featured articles to the pre-frosh article.
 
--[[User:AronSora|AronSora]] 21:08, 9 May 2010 (EDT)
 
 
 
==New User Registration==
 
Is there a procedure whereby people can register as new users? If so, we should make sure it is prominently placed on the Main Page, to accommodate prospective editors. [[User:Nateoxford|Nateoxford]] 11:17, 30 June 2011 (EDT)
 

Revision as of 11:41, 14 May 2013

This page is for questions, comments and discussion about the Main Page. Old comments on this page get moved to the archive from time to time.

For more general help, questions and discussion, please head over to the community portal or the editors bulletin board.

Re-introduce featured articles?

  • We used to have a gallery of featured articles (4-5 links/pictures on well-developed and/or relevant articles). This was removed a couple of years ago because the list wasn't updated much and felt a bit stale. Is it worth re-introducing a featured article section? The currently-displayed link to the how-to guides could be folded into this section. All views welcome. Admin 11:41, 14 May 2013 (EDT)