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create about 400 "Did you know" statements so that a new list of "Did you know's" can be listed for each week of the year. Alan Liefting 22:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Stevekim 1357 (talk) 18:29, 24 April 2013 (UTC) would you add linguistic philosophy as branch of philosophy? and pragmatic philosophy?
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* ... that '''[[Richard W. Conway]]''' earned a [[varsity letter]], a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]], and an [[Financial endowment#Endowed chair|endowed chair]], all from the same university?
* ... that [[Henry E. Sigerist]] felt "depressed" after reading '''''[[A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries]]'''''{{-?}}
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Commons says this photo "File:Langer.Susanne.foto 2.jpg" is being used on this portal. I cannot find it in the code of the portal. In fact it should be changed to this photo "File:Susanne Langer 1945.jpg" ~ R.T.G 11:40, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
The following GA-class articles are presently being displayed in the portal using transclusion from articles. Consensus at VPP has approved using transclusion templates in portals, which provides users with up-to-date content that is verbatim to that in articles. North America1000 21:52, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
@Northamerica1000: Thank you! This is not related to your improvements, but the selected picture is firing blanks in some weeks. I thought about how to fix it but it's not my subject area and you do this sort of thing better than I could. There are more FPs above, but not the 53 we would need. One option is to create redirects e.g. FP/17 → FP/28; another is to cycle 12 images using CURRENTMONTH rather than the week. Ideally we'd have fewer subpages, so maybe it's time for a more radical change. What do you think? Certes (talk) 22:06, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@Certes: It would be easy to update by placing images and captions from the subpages directly in the portal, using {{Random slideshow }}. See below for an example. That way, users won't see blank content, and can learn about other topics as well, rather than waiting for a month. North America1000 22:13, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@Northamerica1000: Thanks for the hints. I've replaced the weekly picture with a slideshow. The FP subpages may now be redundant. Certes (talk) 23:25, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@Certes: Thanks for the great work. I know this can be time-consuming. I have tagged the Featured picture subpages as historical for the time being (example diff). They could prove useful to users who work on the portal in the future, to see the portal's history. North America1000 23:44, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
The statue of Theophrastus occurs twice, the second time with a caption "Painting of Leibniz", so something goes wrong there. Greeting, Eissink (talk) 10:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC).
Thanks, Eissink. I've corrected the file link and added Lady Welby. Certes (talk) 10:33, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
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Is this portal active? Editor2020 (talk) 22:30, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
It's being actively watched with preventative maintenance to replace obsolete templates, revert vandalism etc. The portal was overhauled in 2019 so that changes to articles it showcases will be reflected in the portal as they occur. Selected articles change weekly, selected pictures randomly, etc., but that's handled automatically rather than by making manual edits. Anyone is welcome to add relevant content but, as the field is fairly slow-moving, there doesn't seem to be a need for frequent additions. Certes (talk) 00:01, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi! If anyone wants to help, I'd like some assistance with the article Critique of political economy
Hello lovers of wisdom.
I think people here probably could assist in making the epistemological and ontological presuppositions of certain authors writing in this field more explicit to help those who aren't familiar with the topic get a basic grasp of it.
Hello. I would like to share a vision for a real-time fact-checking resource: Wikifact. I hope that the project is of some interest to those who contribute to Wikipedia in this philosophy portal.
In the not-too-distant future, it may become possible for end-users to fact-check arbitrary portions of documents in word processors and Web browsers simply by selecting content, using context menus, and making use of crowdsourced, collaborative resources such as Wikifact. End-users would be able to select content from social media websites, news articles, digital textbooks, or arbitrary other documents and websites, and then open context menus providing options for exploring, e.g., fact-checking, the content.
I am hoping that more people will express interest on the project proposal’s website. I am hoping to publicize the project proposal. I am hoping to disseminate these ideas.
Please express your support for or opposition to the proposal on the project’s wiki page. We also welcome any of your comments, questions, or feedback with respect to the proposal, in particular ideas for improving it. Please feel free to share any of your ideas in our talk pages.
Thank you,
AdamSobieski (talk) 09:46, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
The draft is a relatively new page and, as an edit summary says, its purpose and scope are not yet clear. It may not be permanent. The other two pages are similar in style but contain different material. Contents aims to be a complete subject index of the topic, whereas the portal is more interactive, showcasing a randomly changing selection of Wikipedia's best relevant articles. There is some overlap and they could be merged. However, the resulting page would be large and might cause technical problems because many portals use complex templates and already pushing the 10-second limit for rendering. (Although they load slowly for editors, they appear much faster when logged out, by using a pre-rendered image.) Certes (talk) 15:52, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
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