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[edit] Nynorsk

{{editprotected}} Nynorsk Wikipedia (a.k.a. nn:) passed 20 000 articles yesterday, so it should be included here. Jon Harald Søby 22:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. It's already on Template:Wikipedialang. Proto::► 18:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki links

Dear administrator, please add the following interwiki links:

[[ca:Plantilla:Portada interwikis]]
[[es:Plantilla:Portada:Interwikis]]
[[ia:Patrono:Altere paginas principal]]

Thank you in advance, Julian 06:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. Dragons flight 06:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Complete list link

How does the link to the Complete List (of Wikipedias) I can see on the Main Page work? I couldn't find it anywhere... (I'm just curious how this works :)) --Church of emacs 16:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added an explanation at Wikipedia:Main Page FAQ#How do you put the "Complete list" link at the end of the interwikis?. - BanyanTree 21:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Cool, thanks for your help :) --Church of emacs 12:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how to use that stuff. I want to apply it to the Malay Wikipedia, as I'm an administrator there. Thank you. --Edmund the King of the Woods! 20:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Double Newari

On the Main Page there are two links to Nepal Bhasa Wikipedia. I guess one is superfluous. --xRiffRaffx 22:07, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Dragons flight 22:13, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
My apologies for introducing this error. —David Levy 23:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] interwiki link to th

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Please add [[th:template:หน้าหลัก-ลิงก์ข้ามภาษา]] link to the same template in Thai language, Thanks. -- Portalian 04:25, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Y Done — xaosflux Talk 12:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] interwikilink to lo

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Please add lo:ແມ່ແບບ:MainPageInterwikis to the template page (same template in Lao language). Best regards. --125.24.38.7 (talk) 11:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

N Not done - only Wikipedias with over 20,000 articles are listed on the interwiki list. Happy‑melon 13:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
No. The interwikilink to the same template but on Laos Wikipedia. It's not adding to the list, but added the interwikilink of the same template --125.24.52.181 (talk) 05:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Y Done - the "only Wikipedias with over 20,000" aspplies only to the main page itself, not the interwiki link page. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why is Simple English first?

I'm curious to know why Simple English interwiki is first for Main Page while it is alphabetized on other articles? Gary King (talk) 19:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, but I'm guessing that it is because it is the most relevant link to an English reader. --Puchiko (Talk-email) 13:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
That's one reason, though it should be noted that the simple English Wikipedia is of particular value to non-native English-readers.
Other reasons for the placement are that "Simple English" isn't the name of a language (so alphabetizing it under "S" is unintuitive) and that people might not be aware of the simple English Wikipedia's existence (and therefore won't think to look for it at all, even if it's alphabetized under "E").
The community should discuss the possibility of arranging for a bot to adjust the placement of the simple English interwiki links that appear in articles. —David Levy 18:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Change from 20000 to 10000

Remember the dot changed the list from the 20000+ article wikis to all the 10000+ article wikis with the comment: "there's plenty of room on the main page for all the Wikipedias with 10,000+ articles"

I don't particularly like this. First of all his comment is false, since on my screen resolution the interwiki box now extends noticably beyond all the other content. Secondly, the goal in limiting the entries is not just about how many we can fit in the side panel, but also in maximizing the utility of the box. Going from 49 to 70 entries increases the difficulty in finding the well-developed wikis that are most likely to be useful to the reader, while adding lots of relatively low value wikis. Personally, in that regard, I'd actually be in favor of capping the number of entries to the X largest wikis (for some to be determined value of X). Dragons flight (talk) 05:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Fine, I've changed it back. You're probably using a widescreen monitor, right? —Remember the dot (talk) 05:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I am (1680 x 1050, which for the curious represents about 5% of web traffic on sites I control). Though if other people would like more entries, I wouldn't get upset over it. Dragons flight (talk) 05:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hindi Wikipedia

Just to let you guys know, I added the Hindi Wikipedia to Template:Wikipedialang, but not to this page, because it has a depth below 5.--Danaman5 (talk) 20:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, please disregard this. I didn't realize that the depth of 5 rule applied there too.--Danaman5 (talk) 20:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)