Talk:Wikipedia

Images
Wasn't there a fuss a while back over the choice of image used when smallpox was a featured image?

English WP is about due for one of its 'Why is this (topic/image/whatever) on the Main Page - it is the end of the world as we know it' kerfuffles. Anna Livia (talk) 16:41, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

As of 2019
This sentence could probably be updated. Anna Livia (talk) 14:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * What's the full sentence? Spud (talk) 14:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Christopher (talk) 14:12, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I gave the start of the sentence - would adding quotes and three dots be clearer? Anna Livia (talk) 15:48, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

WWII start date?
I'm trying to figure out what User:BruceGrubb was trying to say in his addition to the "Bias in Wikipedia" section: "This bias even extends to what sources are considered realiable...enough [sic] though one of the sources that says September 18, 1931 was made during the war by the United State [sic] Army: Prelude to War which clearly states "Remember that date, September 18, 1941. A date we should remember as well as December 7, 1941. For on that date, in 1931 the war we are now fighting began" . Prelude to War was a film directed by Frank Capra as war propaganda. Is it "bias" to exclude war propaganda films as "realiable" [sic] sources, or is it just responsible sourcing? As for the "at least five 21st century reliable sources" which support the September 18, 1931 date, I can probably find at least five published sources to support literally any point I want to make. That doesn't mean the five cited by Grubb are in the majority, and two are not even WWII-focused sources. InsertNameHere (talk) 02:07, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It's not just Prelude to War but September 18, 1941 is also supported by publishers such as Transaction Publishers (now part of Routledge), ABC-CLIO, Peter Lang, Greenwood Publishing Group, and the University Press of Kentucky. So say that they are "war propaganda" or "not even WWII-focused" is silly -- they are reliable.  If anything this demonstrates the bias I am talking about.
 * In fact some were regarded as reliable enough to use as references for "The dates for the beginning of war in the Pacific include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or the earlier Japanese invasion of Manchuria, on 19 September 1931." But if the war started in either 1937 or 1931 than it could not have lasted from 1939-1945 as it was already going on, in Asia, for at least 2 years and perhaps as many as 8.-BruceGrubb (talk) 03:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

New skin
Wikipedia's new skin is a fucking abomination. Please don't import it over here. Vee (talk) 22:22, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

WP copying
It can be amusing to make an update to 'an obscure topic' and watch the changes spreading along the WP-tubes. Anna Livia (talk) 14:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)