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Redesigning the main page and its templates

I created User:Codename Noreste/MP, which heavily borrows elements from species:Template:Boîte colorée. Therefore, I would like to propose that we implement this on the Main Page, and to set MediaWiki:Mainpage-title and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin to blank (no content) so that the Main Page has a portal-like design.

In addition, I would also like to propose that we rename the following templates, mainly for consistency purposes:

• Template:Main page header to Main Page/Header
• Template:Main Page Quote of the day to Main Page/Quote of the day
• Template:Main Page Selected pages to Main Page/Selected pages
• Template:Main categories to Main Page/Main categories
• Template:New pages to Main Page/New pages
• Template:Main Page Community to Main Page/Community

With the possible exception of the new pages template, all other templates mentioned above would remain fully protected. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 00:10, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Definite improvement and great idea to give it a spring clean but would it be possible to get all the columns to collapse on a smaller device? Mobiles dominate now so ideally WQ home page should read well in portrait mode. The top section, Main categories, Sister projects are all in columns that don't fit well or size on smaller devices. Quote of the Day maybe too, the smaller icons are quite hard to see. The images wrapping around in that section should be possible rather than flanking the text? The wikipedia home page sizes well on small screens. Possible to borrow from that? Sister projects for example. GrimRob (talk) 08:28, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Just had a quick look and I can see that would involve changing the templates used by the main page. Maybe produce a new version if needed rather than rename the legacy version as you suggest? GrimRob (talk) 08:42, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, GrimRob. I will answer the following:

• I don't think it's possible to collapse the columns for mobile, given that I am planning to use a TemplateStyles CSS page for them.
• My plan is that, after I implement the new code changes to the templates, and after moving them quickly, I will try to fix the Main Page quickly. Alternatively, I can create the new versions and try to merge with their existing counterparts, but I feel hesitant to do so since Special:MergeHistory might be complicated.

Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:12, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

ok @Codename Noreste, I can see my mobile first suggestion (similar to Wikipedia) is a bit of a deviation from your plans. I haven't worked with the templates so I am not sure of the all technicalities, and can't see the MergeHistory page as I don't have admin rights. Doing things in stages rather than big bang definitely makes sense though as its easier to test and less likely to have unintended consequences. GrimRob (talk) 18:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and implement the changes by 00:00 UTC or maybe tomorrow given that there are no recent objections here. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 19:45, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I am not familiar with many of the reasons which might exist for many of the formatting changes that have been going on, but have accepted them for the most part, and I will state that I have no objection to the above intentions — I had meant to state such earlier, but had distractions and other things to attend to earlier — as I do now. So it goes… ⨀∴☥☮♥∵ॐ …Blessings. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:51, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Per the lack of objections raised, this is now Y implemented. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:54, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

AI-generated images

In general, are AI-generated images acceptable? I can imagine that they could be used in certain circumstances with good reason (a notable AI image, or used to illustrate a quote about AI). However, in general, I don't think we should permit the use of AI-generated images which have been generated specially for the article or which are not otherwise notable. For example, I removed one here.

It seems to me that if an illustration is needed, it should use a real image to illustrate reality, not a fictional image. If a real image cannot be found, that's probably a sign no illustration should be used. Cagliost (talk) 11:58, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia have a page on this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AI_image_use

although there are a few edge cases it looks like in general their use is discouraged if not entirely banned on WP.

maybe WQ could add something, not sure whether discouragement or a formal ban, it's not covered that I can see if this is the right place: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Policies_and_guidelines

not been any recent updates so probably needs addressing. GrimRob (talk) 21:02, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Adding Quote

i wanted to add a quote but dont know if i can/should. i dont know the guidlines for adding a quote and the citation needed for it Ducklan (talk) 18:37, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Could you give more information? What is the quote and who said it? Cagliost (talk) 22:27, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

theodore roosevelt-"By God! if you try anything like that, I’ll kick you, I’ll bite you, I’ll kick you in the balls, I’ll do anything to you—you’d better leave me alone." i dont know if it meets notable quote guidlines but its one of my alltime favorite quotes, also i dont know how to format it/the amount of citations needed Ducklan (Quack Back) 19:19, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

I have found some sources and added it to Theodore Roosevelt#1880s. Cagliost (talk) 22:45, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much Ducklan (Quack Back) 20:40, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Ongoing request for bureaucratship

There is an ongoing request for bureaucratship at Wikiquote:Requests for bureaucratship/Saroj. Community members are invited to review and comment. Saroj (talk) 06:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Create a local inactivity policy?

Even though we have an established vote of confidence process, by default we are covered by the global admin activity review policy (2+ years of no edits and/or no logged actions) for administrators and bureaucrats. As the section says, I propose that we create a local inactivity policy, that administrator permissions may be removed after one year of no edits or logged actions. The procedure is that an inactive administrator can be listed under the removal section of WQ:RFA, unless you prefer to discuss the procedure otherwise. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 23:16, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

• That's quite a coincidence, I was actually thinking of proposing a local inactivity policy just yesterday as well. I agree that having a clear local policy would help with accountability and ensure admin rights reflect active involvement. A one-year threshold seems fair, and using the existing removal section sounds simple and transparent. --Saroj (talk) 05:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

  About the policy, we could create a new section under Project:Administrators about it. Weirdly, it has a category saying it is a policy when it doesn't have {{official policy}} on it. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:00, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

  CC to Saroj. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:13, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

  Agreed, adding a dedicated section under Wikiquote:Administrators makes sense; it might not be an official policy yet (it currently uses Category:Wikiquote policies), and using {{official policy}} automatically includes Category:Wikiquote official policy. Saroj (talk) 15:00, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

  @Saroj, given that there is minimal consensus, I have implemented the local inactivity policy per this permalink. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Wikiquote not updating

Today, 2/14, I'm looking at wikiquote and it's still stuck on Wednesday 2/11. I wouldn't bring this up (again) but I used to be able to go the current date and find the quote for that day via some calendar link for all quotes. What happened to that? Looks like this page was revamped? It is clearer to read but looks like some older functionality was removed or moved? ~2026-10052-36 (talk) 19:37, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Which page are you referring to? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:22, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm referring to the old version of wikiquote. There was a link on the wikiquote page itself that let you look up quotes for any month or day. Then you could scroll through the years to see a specific quote for that month and day. ~2026-10302-19 (talk) 17:38, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

This is due to recent updates on Main Page/Quote of the day, as discussed above. Saroj (talk) 18:48, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I went ahead and restored the subtitle below the QOTD. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 00:11, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thanks for the restoration! ~2026-10497-51 (talk) 17:30, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Per the section above, I restored the headline below the quote(s). You're welcome. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 19:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Which one?

I was going through tweaking and changing some categories when I came across Category:People from Georgia (country) by occupation, I was wondering if we use just Georgia or Georgia (country) here, so that I could everything uniform. PieWriter (talk) 01:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

We've been using Georgia (country) to distinguish it from Georgia (U.S. state). ~ UDScott (talk) 12:37, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@UDScott So can I move the ones without the (country) to distinguish the two? PieWriter (talk) 12:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Do you mean that you've found pages that just refer to 'Georgia', without referring to the country or the state? If so, then yes it would be good to specify which is meant. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:44, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@UDScott I mean the ones in Category:People from Georgia (country) by occupation as they are in the category of Georgia (country) PieWriter (talk) 12:45, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry I think I get it now - are you referring to the subcategories for Businesspeople and politicians that just say ...from Georgia? Yes, those should be moved into ...from Georgia (country). Good catch. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! PieWriter (talk) 12:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

All should be done. PieWriter (talk) 12:53, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

QOTD sizing issue on main page

QOTD is really hard to read on the main page due to being crushed between two images. This is a screenshot from my tablet which is actually quite wide, and it's just as bad in landscape. It's almost impossible to read as it's so narrow.

Do we really need two pictures? If we had one and let the text wrap around it, it would size ok in pretty much any resolution? The other Wikiquotes I have looked at just have one image in the equivalent slot, e.g.

https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hauptseite GrimRob (talk) 17:25, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Because of that, shouldn't we use just one image on the left or right, and add a {{cquote}} template? This might solve a potential issue on what you are describing. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 19:51, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I think just one image on the left would perhaps work, cquote would work as well for a different look with out image on left, e.g. User:GrimRob/QOTD. In either case having images on left and right crushes text on anything but a wide screen. GrimRob (talk) 13:23, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

ok here's the other way. I have my own template based on the existing one, and it just uses the left image. I've kept image2 in just to minimise changes. Here it is with the QOTD:QOTDExample. GrimRob (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Similar concerns about image count/size on main page were raised years ago. I would agree to limiting the QOTD to one image (on the left side to balance out the image illustrating the new pages section). ~ DanielTom (talk) 04:04, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

As I have probably said above, that's a good idea. I also have a suggestion: why don't we use random quotes or Quote of the Week instead of Kalki creating new QOTD pages every day? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:55, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't have permissions otherwise I would be happy to make the change but if I was going to change Wikiquote:Quote of the day/Template then I would make it like User:GrimRob/QOTDTemplate (apart from the name).

Automating it also seems a good idea. We have thousands of quotes we could use so you might as well do it every day as every week once it's set up. Occasionally maybe if some signficant figure died you occasionally might want to tweak a pre-planned quote. Worse case scenario if it's not been pre-prepared then the quote from the same day as last year gets recycled? GrimRob (talk) 16:23, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

We could adopt the same logic as what French Wikiquote's main page quote section does. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 16:37, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Sounds a good idea, no need to reinvent the wheel. If I understand their system, e.g. Jan 2026, anyone can enter a quote for the day (most days they don't) otherwise it uses the Switch template to generate one.

What's to stop someone putting something inappropriate though? I seem just to be able to volunteer tomorrow's QOTD, or go back and change previous ones? GrimRob (talk) 16:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Kalki. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 16:58, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

• I have just posted today's selection for QOTD, but must be leaving in the next few minutes for probably at least a few hours, and definitely do not have time to give any extensive response to any of the above suggestions. I will state that I believe the current system of posting and ranking of suggestions which have been in place for about twenty years now is a far superior system to any which have been suggested to replace it, especially some of these most recent proposals. I will attempt to explicate some of the many reasons why in a response I will try to post within the next day or so. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:11, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

  Can we have a separate thread for the QOTD workflow, which is a much bigger topic, this thread is a relatively minor one about a change about removing an image which is ready to go? I'll create a new thread. GrimRob (talk) 11:48, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Create a global rights policy?

I am initiating this proposal to create some rules for users in certain user groups (how they should use their rights), while we keep any bureaucracy at a minimum. Here is what I would propose:

• Abuse filter maintainers and global interface editors may use their rights per their respective policy rules at Meta-Wiki.
• Global rollbackers may use some of their rights in the context of counter vandalism efforts (markbotedits, noratelimit, rollback, and suppressredirect). If they had the rollbacker user group removed locally (as a GR), they will have to request rollback locally.
• For global sysops, we move the Non-regular administrators section text to the GRP, but we might want to consider importing some text from English Wikinews' global rights policy, and include Wikiquote:What Wikiquote is not.
• Stewards may use their global rollback and global sysop permissions, use Special:Undelete to view deleted revisions in the course of their duties, and use the CheckUser and oversight permissions (per their respective policies), even if local CUs and OSs are appointed locally in the future. They are also permitted to delete pages with more than 5000 revisions (bigdelete) via a request at SRM.

Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 20:27, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

•   Support, it sets clear expectations and keeps things simple while improving transparency and consistency. --Saroj (talk) 08:50, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

  Support This would be a huge help as most of the current admins are inactive.@Codename Noreste, Just wanted to clarify on what you wanted to import from wikiquote, as stated in your 3rd point. PieWriter (talk) 10:47, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

There is a section on Wikiquote:Administrators about non-regular administrators (global sysops and stewards). I plan to move that to the global rights policy. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:19, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I created Project:Global rights policy as a draft policy, so this proposal is now used to approve it as an official policy. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 02:03, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste What do we plan to do about Global Bots? PieWriter (talk) 09:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

@PieWriter Given that this project just now uses the standard bot policy, we can add information on what they can do here, but any tasks outside a global bot's scope can be requested locally. Also, I don't think we should copy some user group policies from other projects, such as Wikipedia or Wikibooks, and instead only focus on those global user groups that are truly global. I think we should limit the GRP only to global AFMs, global bots, GIEs, GRs, GSs, and stewards. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 17:53, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

But shouldn’t the global right policy include all the rights as it is a global rights policy? We could remove some that aren’t relevant here. PieWriter (talk) 00:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not really active on Wikiquote. For this reason , my choice is to stay neutral. Anatole-berthe (talk) 12:11, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Proposal to change QOTD workflow

This is a new thread spun off from Village_pump#QOTD_sizing_issue_on_main_page. It was suggested that we adopt the French WQ system with countersuggestion by @Kalki. GrimRob (talk) 11:51, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

•   Support changing the QOTD workflow to one where by default (as fallback) the QOTD is randomly selected from a pool of high-quality quotes. This would guarantee there's always a quote displayed, even if no one manually prepares one that day. We would still allow manual overrides for special occasions or particularly fitting selections. ~ DanielTom (talk) 00:20, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

family guy

why do family guy wikiquote pages have this?

"Family Guy and all related characters, episodes and quotes are a copyright of 20th Century FOX. The users, editors, administrators, nor founders of the Wikimedia Foundation DO NOT claim ownership nor authorship of the contents on this page. The contents of this page are meant for reference purposes only. Neither Wikiquote nor its parent company, The Wikimedia Foundation, have any affiliation with 20th Century FOX, or its parent company, News Corp, in any way, shape, or form." Warpfrz (talk) 14:58, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

example: Family Guy/Season 24 Warpfrz (talk) 12:47, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I have no clue why but there's no reason for some special IP notice for one television show. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:34, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

2026 Iran War quotes

Lots of quotes have been added to 2026_Iran_war by a single poster @Baratiiman. Most of these are undated, despite my requests to add dates. They link to pages which either do not work for me or are in Persian.

It's very hard to add quotes any more on this page as its such a mess. I'd happily sort by date if I could but it's being flooded with Iranian rhetoric which can't be checked exists or the translation verified. I'm sure it probably violates WQ policies? GrimRob (talk) 11:32, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

much the same story here: Iran–Israel war GrimRob (talk) 11:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)