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== iOS misidentifying numbers as phone numbers ==

On many pages of the wiki, iOS misidentifies numbers as phone numbers and converts them to links, which can be disorienting because they look indistinguishable from links to other wiki pages. Here is one example:

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Squarespace allows you to prevent it doing this to your website, by injecting a short line of code: https://sf.digital/squarespace-solutions/how-to-stop-numbers-being-converted-to-links-on-mobile

As the new staff on the wiki, we plan to propound edits to the main page (since much of its content and linkage is rather obsolete at this point) on a basis established by community consensus. This page should be the place to discuss proposed revisions, suggested by admins and non-admins. New proposals will be published on the [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Daily newsfeed|daily newsfeed]], once that page is established, as well.

To that end, Sintel has suggested two preliminary changes:

* Remove the link to Migration FAQ (unnecessary at this point, 7 years after the migration from Wikispaces).

I would like to see discussion about this proposal. [[User:Lériendil|Lériendil]] ([[User talk:Lériendil|talk]]) 10:02, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Following the creation of the daily newsfeed, I would like to see the newsfeed itself linked on the main page as a source for updates on what's happening on the wiki (and broader community).

I would like to see discussion about this proposal. [[User:Lériendil|Lériendil]] ([[User talk:Lériendil|talk]]) 11:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

See [[User:Sevish/Welcome to the Xenharmonic Wiki]]. It was posted by [[User:Sevish]] in 2022. --[[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 01:25, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

I think we should mostly follow Sevish's proposal, which includes Sintel's proposal. I'll add some more ideas that could be merged into it:

* I suggest adding internal links on the keywords of the lead section, namely "theory" (to [[General theory]]), "math" (to [[Mathematical theory]]) and "practice" (to [[Practice]]). Since we don't have two separate pages for "musical tuning" and "tuning system", we don't need to add a link on "tuning system".

* I think we should link to [[Xenharmonic Wiki:About]] instead of [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Introduction]] in the lead section. Now that may sound silly, since the former redirects to the latter at the moment, but here's my point: the former should be a page for visitors, while the latter should be a page for users (editors). Actually, the latter might as well be replaced with [[Help:Help]], which in turn we might want to rename to "Help:Introduction" (in line with the corresponding Wikipedia page).

* Seeing as the name of the website is "Xenharmonic Wiki", yet its topic is "musical tuning", we might want to give the readers some more hints to learn about the distinction between key concepts/terms such as "alternative tuning", "microtonal" and "xenharmonic".

* The [[:File:Pts-2-3-5-e2-twtop-tlin.jpg|projective tuning space image]] is a classic, but I'm never sure if we should do something more with it: add a caption, add more than just one image (it might be perceived as too RTT-leaning), etc. A random image of the day might be funny, although we might end up with microtonal accidentals every other day!

* In the last section, the words "sign up" should lead to [[Help:How to Get Your Xenwiki Account]].

I'm not yet convinced by the idea of the daily newsfeed, but it certainly has potential. I would suggest deploying that at a later time and implement simpler changes first. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 03:23, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

: I agree to all the bulleted changes. [[User:Lériendil|Lériendil]] ([[User talk:Lériendil|talk]]) 12:50, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

I'd like to contribute to support the site.  Where can I do this?  I searched using "contribute", "contribution", "donate", "donation", "subscribe", and "subscription", but did not find anything.  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 22:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

: (Bumping this on Xenharmonic Wiki:Wikifuture)  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 21:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

== 2025-04-08 update ==

** I haven't progressed on this idea, but I don't want to force it either. It's not critical anyway.

== Shouldn't we keep some home page link to Category:People? ==

Seems to me that it would be useful to keep some sort of link to [[People|Category:People]], since some people who contributed to microtonal/xenharmonic music could not be part of the Xenharmonic Alliance for the simple reason of their lives having been in an earlier time period.  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 06:39, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

: A category link does not really pass for 'quality content', at least, not enough to be linked directly from main. I think it would be fine to link e.g. from the main [[Microtonal music]] page.

:: I'll put my vote in for both changes on the Talk page for that. [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 19:34, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

[[List of xenharmonic music by community ratings]] is ready to be linked on the main page. It is more useful than the Listen page for discovering music already, and it will grow in usefulness faster if more people see it.

: [[User:BudjarnLambeth]] added a link to this page in the lead section of [[Listen]]. Considering the other curated lists that are now available there, I suggest keeping only "Listen" on the main page, in order to avoid giving undue weight to this specific list compared to other existing curated lists. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 05:06, 18 April 2025 (UTC)