Talk:Main Page

Language sections?
I propose adding to wallpaper pages a section containing wallpaper names' translations in various languages

Here's the ones I have:

Windows XP:

I think I can add french names for Vista/7 sample pictures and titles too


 * Yeah, this would be a perfect fit for this wiki. When I get round to adding these sections, I'll see if I can find other translations and add them too. Glosswired (talk) 20:01, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Here are the Vista/7 samples, as promised

note that "Fleurs d’oranger" (orange tree flowers) seems to be mistaken (although that's the actual image title)

Thomas


 * Thanks! I'll add these once I'm done with adding the ones for XP's wallpapers/sample pictures. Glosswired (talk) 15:31, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploading
Why is upload limited to Administrators? --YueLing182 (talk) 02:43, 15 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Seems it was a leftover from when I briefly closed this wiki several months ago. It has been re-enabled for regular users now. Glosswired (talk) 10:39, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

VisualEditor
Please add VisualEditor to make it easier to edit. --YueLing182 (talk) 04:11, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Приветствие программы сканирования
It's okay to create an article about "Welcome Scan.jpg" picture? It's not actually a wallpaper (even tho it large enough to be used as wallpaper), but it's a Windows Fax & Scan sample picture and it included in all Windows versions stating from Windows Vista Like IMG12345, it can be sorted to the "Other" category. --1280px | 08:40, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It's same as Garden (Windows Vista) but at a higher resolution. --YueLing182 (talk) 13:53, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, so it doesn't need a page of its own. It's already mentioned on the Garden page. Glosswired (talk) 14:55, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

[solved] broken link on Main Page
Can anyone fix the "user account pictures" link on the main page?

Simply change this: user account pictures

to this: user account pictures

I have no access to it, so I can't do it myself. --1280px | 09:41, 12 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Done. Good catch. I'll probably rename the sample pictures category to use a lower case p too soon. Glosswired (talk) 14:55, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Use ISO 8601 in the spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z-5JI5BX1WoMbwUNXABeCMXor9b_FV1QdOU1EP2LhvY/edit?disco=AAAAHeTC-k8 --YueLing182 (talk) 10:05, 24 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm using MDY on that because I think it's the only format the calendar there supports. Glosswired (talk) 11:23, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * EDIT: What's that calendar like? I didn't use Google Spreadsheet much as of now. --YueLing182 (talk) 08:38, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Or you could change the locale to Canada (English) so YYYY-MM-DD would work (go to File > Spreadsheet settings). YueLing182 (talk) 08:10, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Are you done? ThatRandomToast (talk) 08:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

[suggestion] Quick OS navigation table
The current OS navigation system is pretty inconvenient - to quickly go from release to builds, you need to look for a link in the text. Switching from one OS to another is even slower - you need to type its name in the search box So I decided to make a small applet for articles about operating systems to solve these problems. It has very handy navigation buttons for quick transitions from one Windows version to another or from release to builds and separates all the short but important information in the table on the right side of the screen. I made it using wikitables. There's probably another way to do it and the source will look cleaner, but I'm not very skilled in MediaWiki and this is the only way I can do it Hope it (or something like this) will be implemented someday in the future UwU --1280px | 10:37, 24 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I do agree that navigating between OSs could be better. I do have plans to make infoboxes for each OS containing a few other details like what its default wallpaper is and such, I just haven't got round to it yet. It'll definitely include the previous and next OS. Glosswired (talk) 11:23, 24 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Release date and support status should also be added. Also, the navigation box should be a template. ThatRandomToast (talk) 12:51, 30 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Release date, definitely. Support status, maybe. And of course it would be, all infoboxes/navboxes are templates. Glosswired (talk) 19:57, 30 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I've made a template for it (you can found filled template example on my profile page), but I'm not sure how it's possible to make a template to create/remove extra columns in table using . It still not finished, so it probably shouldn't be used in Windows articles for now. Also, do we really need support status info? For almost every OS it will be just "Discontinued (date)". --1280px | 05:30, 24 January 2021 (UTC) [ UPD --1280px |  21:10, 25 January 2021 (UTC) ]


 * Yeah I agree, including support status feels like a slight stretch. Release date/year is fine though. As for the template, it's alright but I think I'll create one that's more consistent with the other infoboxes. Glosswired (talk) 11:49, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Allow anyone moving a page
Can you allow anyone moving a page? --ThatRandomToast (talk) 04:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Delete a file
Since I extracted Windows 8 build 8161's user.jpg from install.wim, can an administrator delete ? --ThatRandomToast (talk) 10:25, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

[solved] Remove a page Windows Longhorn build 4069, 4083-4093 default wallpaper
This page seems to be completely unused.

It probably was intended to be a redirect to the Longhorn builds 4069, 4083-4093 default wallpaper, but because of a typo it leads to the page that doesn't exist.

I guess it should be completely removed rather than fixing the typo. --1280px | 21:10, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Move Starter articles?
Shouldn't articles about Starter pictures be named with Windows version mentioned? I.e. img735 ---> img735 (Windows Vista Starter) --1280px | 03:48, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Meh, not needed. Vista Starter uses a unique number range (img7xx) for its wallpapers, whereas with wallpapers with double digit numbers (and 1xx) those obviously need their version names included since there's so many of them. Glosswired (talk) 12:35, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Logon/Setup wallpaper category?
How to catogorize logon/setup wallpaper in the navbox? I think they can be marked as a category in the "Wallpaper" section, but they also can be described as a separate category (like with Picture Password images)

And if add a separate category, should it be 2 different categories for setup and logon wp or just one for both of them? --1280px | 19:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


 * In the navbox, perhaps you could have section called "Other backgrounds", which has both setup, logon and possibly others. And "backgrounds" instead of "wallpapers" due to the context they were used in. Glosswired (talk) 20:35, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I made some variants, and I personally prefer second since in doesn't waste that much space unlike the first one. I also decided to include Picture Password in this category since it uses only 1 image in almost every single navbox. --1280px | 16:23, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that seems like a nice approach. Glosswired (talk) 17:34, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Discord server
Does this wiki have a Discord server? Because I have something I don't want to disclose to the public. --ThatRandomToast (talk) 08:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


 * No, it doesn't, however Windows wallpaper talk sometimes goes on in the ROMphonix server: https://discord.gg/jMKSDHT. Alternatively you could DM me whatever you found via my Windows Aesthetics account, I'm curious to know. Glosswired (talk) 14:46, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

getty info
Hello, I added every active (web.archive.org) Getty Images link in case of its sudden removal (like the unfortunate one we had in late 2020)

p.s. I started working on Tiled Wallpaper Viewer template but currently its code is pretty trashy (I wanted to make it work through "background-image" on table but there's odd security restriction not allowing to do it, so it simply shows 9 images places side-to-side), does anyone kmow to make it work better? --1280px | 16:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)