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Simple.
Simple thing about Wikipedia.
It is a great wiki/site. Its a wiki/site where people can share their knowledge with other people.
Agree Mtemar (talk) 10:54, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Hey I think so too and thank you for that Kat strout (talk) 16:52, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
Survey
Hey all,
I'm looking into doing some research about the things that users seek out help for. If noone has any objections I'd like to add a brief survey to this page to collect some anonymous data about what people are looking for and how we can help them better. I'd like to add this in the next week or so. Ping me if anyone has any issues with this. Seddon (WMF) (talk) 22:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
Kinds of Phonetic Alphabets
... is a subject worth studying. RCNesland (talk) 19:03, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Explain MOS:EGG to readers
The section § Basic navigation in Wikipedia doesn't properly demonstrate that Wikipedia follows MOS:EGG. The paragraph has some confusing text like "this" which should never appear on Wikipedia per MOS:EGG. Also telling readers, Holding the mouse over the link will often show to where the link will lead. will make them think that it's common that links are unintuitive, while MOS:EGG requires links to be intuitive. wumbolo ^^^ 08:51, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
Accessibility
Felt pretty compelled to mention that I find the small text, that my browser's 200% text size setting doesn't increase, difficult. It is discouraging to constantly scroll back and forth. Dcebr (talk) 15:23, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- What specific text are you referring to? Text on the page Wikipedia:About? — xaosflux Talk 17:01, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
Yes. The text that the articles are scripted in. Dcebr (talk) 20:04, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
General comment on Wikipedia's reliability
After attempting to contribute sourced information, contributions that I phrased using nonbiased language and based on reputable sources (NY Times, Bloomberg News), I found myself in a real-time edit war with, perhaps, who knows, ...
The next day, as an educator in Silicon Valley, I found myself in a learning opportunity with 5th graders doing research, and I conveyed to my 5th-grade students, with great emphasis, that Wikipedia is an unreliable source of information.
Wikipedia is an extremely unreliable source of information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schnuppiepup (talk • contribs) 07:41, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Adding an image to top?
I think it would be nice to add some sort of visual element at the top of this page, since the stats (while nice; they should be kept) don't add much visual appeal by themselves. Here are two candidates:
The first one has the drawback of being racially specific in a way that could reinforce stereotypes about Wikipedians, and the second one has the drawback of being oddly shaped unless cropped, so I'd be open to other suggestions, too, if anyone finds any. Sdkb (talk) 17:32, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
