Abstract Wikipedia talk:Main page

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Editing Main page?

I suppose main page isn't critical and we are not a bureaucracy, but I am surprised I can edit main page even with 0 edits on this Wiki Shushugah (talk) 17:36, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Something tells me it's not going to be kept open for very long… HartOve (talk) 19:12, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Shouldn't project pages be in 'abstract language'? AFAICT this is only available in English Kowal2701 (talk) 19:37, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

That's not what the project means. It will be translatable eventually. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:40, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

It's fine for now. I'd expect that to change in the next day but popular edits to the main page are necessary to ensure it is good before it is locked, especially since we have no administrators locally (besides global admins, I suppose, and staff have the rights). Feeglgeef (talk) 19:39, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I was just coming to comment the same thing, but I suppose only people who follow WMF closely will know about this project so far, so the chance of vandalism is low. GearsDatapacks (talk) 20:25, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

While waiting for a more formal decision I pre-emptively protected the main page (to autoconfirmed only for now). Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 21:22, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't think anyone is autoconfirmed on this wiki yet. Doesn't this mean no one can edit the main page? ChaoticVermillion (talk) 23:33, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

@ChaoticVermillion: indeed there is no autoconfirmed user yet, but that could/should change soon. Also, stewards and global admins can still edit the main page (cf. below). Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 06:48, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Initial design of main page

I just wanted to share that the initial design was copied from Wikifunctions' main page, so it is originally our team's idea, but the sister projects' section and the CSS at the base are product of the Wikifunctions community. This message is to acknowledge copyright where it's due. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 21:18, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

If it's for copyright reasons, providing a permalink to the version that was copied is customary. Ainali (talk) 21:22, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Right. The base is from this version, but the sister projects are from this version. The CSS is from this version. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 21:29, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Remove broken notice

Please remove the notice that creating a page is broken. It has been fixed! Feeglgeef (talk) 22:21, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Done Tanbiruzzaman (talk) 22:41, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Broken Links

Some of the links leading to the other Wikimedia projects lead to "Create a New Abstract Article for V:⧼lang⧽:", which seems counter-intuitive, shouldn't it lead to the actual sites? Raiunip (talk) 23:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

More specifically, it leads to an abstract wikipedia article, whereas I would expect it to lead to their own websites, since, for example, wikidata leads to its own website. This therefore demonstrates inconsistent behavior. Raiunip (talk) 23:28, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

@Raiunip: I've temporarily removed the language-specific links which are broken to fix this. They can be restored when/if the page is converted to use the Translate extension; for now, they will always point to the English Wikipedia/Wikibooks/etc. regardless of the user's language, sadly. CC @Sannita (WMF). Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 20:43, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Misspelling

Wikifunctions Glossary is spelled as "Wiki functions Glossary" Raiunip (talk) 23:12, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

If this is the case, Fixed. Tanbiruzzaman (talk) 23:22, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Yep! My auto-correct was little too helpful this time around! ~2026-17384-61 (talk) 23:24, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Article count

On en:Main Page, there's a counter for active users and articles. Would anyone object if I were to add the counter to this page and the accompanying css to Template:Main page/styles.css? dot.py 01:21, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

They might, after you’ve done it. We are young and beta enough for you to be bold! But be not offended if the reversion is swift. GrounderUK (talk) 00:23, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

I added it, however when reading it, it incorrectly seems to be anchored to the left rather than the center, even though on edit preview it appears centered. dot.py (alt) 18:09, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Main page accessibility

[moved from Abstract Wikipedia:Community portal GrounderUK (talk) 09:11, 3 April 2026 (UTC) Copying from User talk:Feeglgeef#Main page:

All of these [changes made in this edit] are obvious acceessibility improvements, like fixing skipped heading levels (jumping from <h1> to <h3>) and broken definition list markup (; without following : ).

~2026-17307-00 (talk) 20:40, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree. Even if the changes also had a visual impact, I find the revert comment "please discuss stylistic changes" to go against the wiki spirit. Especially in a young wiki like this one, when being bold should be emphasized. Ainali (talk) 20:53, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

+1 So9q (talk) 06:50, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I propose moving this topic to Abstract Wikipedia Talk:Main page, but please feel free to move it to Abstract Wikipedia:Project chat, if you prefer.

Please see Abstract Wikipedia Talk:Community portal#Purpose for any discussion about the misleading content of this page. This will be attended to in due course, assuming we reach some sort of consensus.

(I would offer an apology, but it’s nothing to do with me. I do consider it regrettable, however.) GrounderUK (talk) 11:43, 29 March 2026 (UTC)