The Rambling Man (talk | contribs) →Featured list vote: add |
The Rambling Man (talk | contribs) →Bodley's Librarian: background colour change? |
||
Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
==[[Bodley's Librarian]]== |
==[[Bodley's Librarian]]== |
||
<div style="width:55%; background-color:# |
<div style="width:55%; background-color:#ddcef2; border:1px solid #cef2e0;padding:1em;padding-top:0.5em; color: black"> |
||
<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Thomas Bodley.jpg|100px|alt=A man with short hair, moustache and goatee beard, wearing a ruff, decorated tunic and a cloak; his left hand holds the handle of a sword|Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library]]</div>The head of the [[Bodleian Library]], the main library at the [[University of Oxford]] in England, is known as '''[[Bodley's Librarian]]'''; both library and position are named after the founder, [[Thomas Bodley|Sir Thomas Bodley]] ''(pictured)''. Although Oxford had had a university library since about 1320, by the end of the 16th century it had declined, and in 1598 Bodley offered to restore it. The first Librarian, [[Thomas James]], was selected in 1599, and the Bodleian opened in 1602. Bodley wanted the Librarian to be diligent, a linguist, unmarried and not a parish priest, although James persuaded him to dispense with the last two requirements. In all, 24 people have served as Bodley's Librarian, some less well than others; [[John Price (librarian)|John Price]], for example, who held the post from 1768 to 1813, was accused of "a regular and constant neglect of his duty". The current Librarian, [[Sarah Thomas (librarian)|Sarah Thomas]], was appointed in 2007; she is the first woman and the first foreigner to run the Bodleian. She said that when she saw the job description, "it was love at first sight". ('''[[Bodley's Librarian|more...]]'''){{-}}</div> |
<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Thomas Bodley.jpg|100px|alt=A man with short hair, moustache and goatee beard, wearing a ruff, decorated tunic and a cloak; his left hand holds the handle of a sword|Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library]]</div>The head of the [[Bodleian Library]], the main library at the [[University of Oxford]] in England, is known as '''[[Bodley's Librarian]]'''; both library and position are named after the founder, [[Thomas Bodley|Sir Thomas Bodley]] ''(pictured)''. Although Oxford had had a university library since about 1320, by the end of the 16th century it had declined, and in 1598 Bodley offered to restore it. The first Librarian, [[Thomas James]], was selected in 1599, and the Bodleian opened in 1602. Bodley wanted the Librarian to be diligent, a linguist, unmarried and not a parish priest, although James persuaded him to dispense with the last two requirements. In all, 24 people have served as Bodley's Librarian, some less well than others; [[John Price (librarian)|John Price]], for example, who held the post from 1768 to 1813, was accused of "a regular and constant neglect of his duty". The current Librarian, [[Sarah Thomas (librarian)|Sarah Thomas]], was appointed in 2007; she is the first woman and the first foreigner to run the Bodleian. She said that when she saw the job description, "it was love at first sight". ('''[[Bodley's Librarian|more...]]'''){{-}}</div> |
||
Revision as of 22:59, 21 February 2011
Per Talk:Main page and WT:FLC, I'd like to propose we keep all our candidate suggestions here. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:00, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Proposal
Featured list vote
Following on from the proposal to include featured sounds on the main page alongside a second featured picture on Saturdays and Sundays, I would like to make an additional proposal regarding the periodic inclusion of a featured list on the main page.
There are currently nearly 2,000 featured lists, several hundred of which have been promoted since the FL criteria were overhauled in response to criticism that FLs were not of sufficient quality to be considered Wikipedia's finest work. The basic proposal is that, following the addition of a second featured pictures section to the main page (as a result of the FS proposal), on Wednesdays, this will become a Featured List section instead. The FL community have provided their backing to this, as have the three FL directors (User:Dabomb87, User:Giants2008 and me).
Like the FS proposal, this will continue to help with the backlog in featured pictures, while at the same time giving featured lists more visiblity, thus encouraging that sort of content. A beneficial side effect of the successful FS proposal is that User:Adam Cuerden's coding will be written in such a way that it can easily be adapted to have lists to the main page.
The FL community have picked a selection of existing featured lists which hopefully provide a flavour of the diverse nature of our work, and which should give some insight into the quality we have come to expect from our recently promoted lists. This is a sample of FLs; the directors will be responsible for the initial selection of lists for main page inclusion, giving the community a couple of weeks to ensure each list is up to scratch and meets all the relevant criteria. In due course, once the process is more mature, we anticipate a move toward the WP:TFA/R model, which could be integrated with the FA version, or standalone and be managed through the FL community. Either way, with the existing initial proposal of one list per week, I believe ensuring the utmost quality to be the driving factor.
The following technical details are a copy of those produced by User:Adam Cuerden who made the same proposal for the inclusion of featured sounds. I have left it unmodified as the requirements for FL inclusion in the same slot are identical.
Technical details |
---|
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
|
(cont).
World Heritage Sites, designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Caribbean island-nation of Cuba accepted the convention on March 24, 1981. Since then, nine Cuban sites have been selected – two of them for their natural significance: Alejandro de Humboldt National Park in the eastern provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo, and Desembarco del Granma National Park, named for the yacht which carried the members of the 26th of July Movement who started the Cuban Revolution. City landscapes include Old Havana, Trinidad, and Camagüey, all founded by early Spanish colonists in the 16th century. The sites include historical agricultural regions, including the coffee plantations of southeastern Cuba, and the tobacco region of Viñales Valley. (more...)
In the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove, more than 30 former places of worship have been demolished for various reasons (Connaught Institute pictured during demolition in 2010). The area, originally a collection of villages around the fishing port of Brighthelmston and its neighbour Hove, has a long history of Christian worship, and many denominations founded churches and chapels as the town grew into the fashionable resort of Brighton and absorbed its neighbours. Pressure for land and redevelopment claimed many churches, such as Charles Busby's Greek Revival St Margaret's proprietary chapel and the landmark Dials Congregational Church; others, like the Gothic Revival Christ Church and the "graceful" Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Chapel, suffered structural or fire damage; and others became unviable as congregations declined. The "Wagner churches"—a series of eleven 19th-century Anglican churches in poor areas, founded and paid for by the Vicar of Brighton Henry Michell Wagner and his son—have fared badly: six no longer survive. In many cases, displaced worshippers have joined the congregations of other churches, whose parishes have been enlarged. (more...)
Diving disorders are medical conditions that arise from underwater diving. The signs and symptoms may be observed during a dive, on surfacing, or up to several hours after. The disorders are caused by breathing gas at the high pressures encountered at depth: when diving, the gas breathed must be at the same pressure as the ambient pressure, which can be much greater than on the surface, increasing by one standard atmosphere (100 kPa) for every 10 metres (33 ft) of depth. The principal conditions encountered are decompression illness (which covers decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism); nitrogen narcosis; high-pressure nervous syndrome; oxygen toxicity; and pulmonary barotrauma (burst lung). Although some of these may occur in other settings, they are of particular concern during diving activities. (more ...)
In the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, the Committee of Union and Progress that had taken control of the Ottoman Empire began to draw up plans for the development of a stronger Ottoman Navy. Ottoman attempts to construct earlier battleships, such as the Abdul Kadir, had ended in failure. As a result, the Ottoman Navy Foundation was established, with the aim of purchasing new ships rather than building them locally. However, the fleet's inability to respond to naval threats was still evident in the First Balkan War, when the Ottoman Navy was defeated by the Greek Navy in two separate engagements, during the battles of Elli and Lemnos.
At the start of the First World War, half of the battleships owned by the Ottoman Empire were still under construction in the United Kingdom, and were either scrapped or seized by the British in the early days of the conflict. The Ottomans subsequently turned to assistance from Germany; the donation of German-built ships to the Ottoman Navy paved the way for a military alliance and the eventual Ottoman entry into the war. (more...)
Needs a copyedit
"Ancient documents" is a category of Japanese National Treasures that comprises documents from the Asuka period to the Meiji period, selected for especially high historical or artistic value. The documents consist of letters, diaries, records or catalogues, certificates, imperial decrees, testaments and maps, housed in temples, museums, libraries, shrines, and private collections. They record early Japanese governance and Buddhism, including contact with China, the organization of the state, and life at the Japanese imperial court. The documents are significant examples of calligraphy.
Lettering, in the form of inscribed artefacts, was brought to Japan from China ca. 2000 years ago. From 5th-century Korea came classical Chinese books, probably written on paper. Soon after, scribes were appointed to the provinces to record events and report conditions. By the end of the 7th century, reading and writing became part of Japanese life, mostly because of the need for literate officials and the rise of Buddhism, which required the study of written sutras. (more...)
The Gordon Bennett Cup (or Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett) is the world's oldest and most prestigious gas balloon race. Referred to as the "Blue Ribbon" of aeronautics, the first race started from Paris, France on September 30, 1906. The event was sponsored by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the millionaire sportsman and owner of the New York Herald newspaper. According to the organizers, the aim of the contest "is simple: to fly the furthest distance from the launch site." The distance record is held by the Belgian duo of Bob Berben and Benoît Siméons who, in 2005, piloted their balloon 3,400 kilometers (2,100 mi) from Albuquerque to Canada. The most recent edition of the Cup, in 2010, started in the United Kingdom, with the balloons departing from Bristol on September 25. The race was marred by the disappearance of the American team during a storm over the Adriatic Sea on October 1. The balloon was missing until December 6, when a fishing vessel found the cabin containing the pilots' bodies off the coast of Italy.
(more...)