Editing Talk:Main Page

== Dreamers and Doers ==
* Just added that to the homepage. Got it from the old forum that is no longer up and running.

Please allow me to share an excerpt from Teddy Roosevelt's 1910 Citizenship in a Republic speech, which I am sure many of you are familiar with, which rings true to me every day:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." [[User:Novo Navis|Novo Navis]] ([[User talk:Novo Navis|talk]]) 18:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

And I was not the man in the arena, you were, but "everybody" thinks it's beautiful to take a breath.  [[User:Novo Navis|Novo Navis]] ([[User talk:Novo Navis|talk]]) 21:20, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Aardvark! It's going to take several weeks.  [[User:Novo Navis|Novo Navis]] ([[User talk:Novo Navis|talk]]) 21:36, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

:The Discussion, or Talk pages attached to Articles on the Wiki are for discussion about an Article's presentation, development, and upkeep. They are neither for general discussion nor commenting or discussing on a page's contents divorced from one of those purposes. If you would like to discuss the content and ideas of The Portal with other listeners of the show, consider joining one of [[The Portal Discords]]. If you would like to discuss editing the wiki, join [https://discord.gg/TDbpwzz The Portal Group Discord] and post in the ''#lobby-and-introductions'' that you would like to do so. If you would like further guidance, refer to the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki documentation on Talk pages] for their basic usage. [[User:Aardvark|Aardvark]] ([[User talk:Aardvark|talk]]) 22:20, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

I'm going to bed.  [[User:Novo Navis|Novo Navis]] ([[User talk:Novo Navis|talk]]) 23:16, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

== Why aren't SVG working??? ==
* https://theportal.wiki/wiki/File_talk:GU_triangle.svg --[[User:BeefSandwich27|BeefSandwich27]] ([[User talk:BeefSandwich27|talk]]) 14:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

== Separating Eric Links from Community Links ==
* We should add all of Eric's links, like Facebook, instagram, twitch, etc.
* Doing this will make the community section too long probably, which means it makes sense to have a community section for community links and an Eric section for Eric links.
--[[User:BeefSandwich27|BeefSandwich27]] ([[User talk:BeefSandwich27|talk]]) 16:43, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

== Active Discussion is in Discord ==
* A lot of discussion is happening in [https://discord.gg/3MnPZSa The Portal Discord].

== Things we need to fix ==
* '''We've started getting spam. Now it's time to lock down new user creation or it will get out of hand.'''
:: <span class="highlight">I'm actively watching the bots/vandals. I'll have time over the weekend to clean things up more. Right now I've temporarily locked down new user creation.</span> --[[User:BeefSandwich27|BeefSandwich27]] ([[User talk:BeefSandwich27|talk]]) 16:39, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
* <span class="highlight">Are email verifications not being sent? Need to test</span> <span class="highlight-todo">They are not being sent.</span>
** ''<small>[[User:KevB-ing|KevB-ing]] ([[User talk:KevB-ing|talk]]) ~~</small>'' <span class="highlight">I received one but I had to go to my spam folder to find it.</span> ''<small>~~ 22:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)</small>''
*** If that's the case, then I need to just super-double-check everything. Seems like it actually is working. --[[User:BeefSandwich27|BeefSandwich27]] ([[User talk:BeefSandwich27|talk]]) 11:26, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
* Better ability to edit tables?
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_tables_with_VisualEditor/2
** https://tools.wmflabs.org/magnustools/html2wiki.php
* Mobile isn't good at all.
** ''<small>[[User:KevB-ing|KevB-ing]] ([[User talk:KevB-ing|talk]]) ~~</small>'' I think the ''Timeless'' skin (included as an option by default) may work better on mobile than the OOTB default ''Vector'' skin. Also, a ''Timeless Dark'' skin is available as an added extension (having both would allow for toggling between with some consistency).
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless Skin:Timeless]
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless-DarkCSS Timeless-DarkCSS]
:: ''<small>~~ 21:46, 4 March 2020 (UTC)</small>''
* SVG needs to work.
* Many other things that [[User:BeefSandwich27|I'll]] add soon.

== StructuredDiscussions ''(aka Flow)''  (?) ==
<small>''[[User:KevB-ing|KevB-ing]] ([[User talk:KevB-ing|talk]]) ~~</small>
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StructuredDiscussions Extension:StructuredDiscussions]
** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_Discussions Structured_Discussions]
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Structured_Discussions Talk:Structured_Discussions]
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''Try it :  }''
** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_talk:Sandbox/Structured_Discussions_test Project_talk:Sandbox/Structured_Discussions_test]
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_talk:Sandbox/ Project_talk:Sandbox]
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''meta''
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_consultation_2019 Talk_pages_consultation_2019]
**[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_consultation_2019/Communication Talk_pages_consultation_2019/Communication]
** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_consultation_2019/Communication/Announce/Phase_2 Talk_pages_consultation_2019/Communication/Announce/Phase_2]
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* '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project Talk_pages_project]'''
<small>''~~ 22:17, 4 March 2020 (UTC)''</small>

== Dev Ideas ==

<small>''[[User:KevB-ing|KevB-ing]] ([[User talk:KevB-ing|talk]]) ~~''</small> [[User:KevB-ing/Initial Dev Ideas]] <small>''~~ 22:38, 4 March 2020 (UTC)''</small>

== Discord ==

Invite expired from link

: We're aware that the Discord link is expired. We commented it out until it gets fixed. 12:19, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

== Big Cover Image ==

We should remind Brandon to upload a somewhat smaller version of The Portal cover image on the homepage. It's currently larger than it needs to be and sometimes loads in super oversized before the CSS kicks in. (You want it kind of bigger for retina displays, but not quite as big as it currently is.) --~~