Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/April 1, 2011

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April 1

This is April Fools Day, a day when Wikipedia traditionally does some light-hearted and amusing things. Stifle (talk) 07:51, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Incongruent name

I think "Cock Lane Ghost" is amusing enough. That should have been the name that appeared on the main page. KnowitallWiki (talk) 08:01, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

upgrade your articules

Could you add a 'map option' when you indicate an address/location pertinate to the article ??? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.205.43 (talk) 17:02, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is already given :). Simply click the little picture of the globe which shows up in the top right corner of the page. - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 18:54, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Darcy Isa

Correction Darcy was born in Leeds not Bradford —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.166.52 (talk) 22:39, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Home page - possible translation error

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I happened to pay attention to the list of available languages today, and noticed something peculiar.

Under "English," you have the tag line, "The Free Encyclopedia."

Under "Russian," you have what I assume is supposed to be the Russian equivalent, however, the translation is dated or a little odd.

Although "Свободная энциклопедия" literally translates into "free encyclopedia," "Свободная" is the adjectival form of "free" or "freedom." A closer translation would be "liberated encyclopedia," which I do not believe is the intention.

"Free" as in "gratis" is "бесплатная" ("unpaid" or "without pay").

Most speakers of Russian will understand the phrase, but it has a funny ring to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.227.121.23 (talk) 05:28, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a mistake; Wikipedia is free of restrictions first and free of charge second. Thanks for your feedback. Stifle (talk) 06:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]