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I enabled a new front page feature which loads recent questions into the "recent questions" box on the front page of the Teahouse automatically. It switches every time the page is re-cached on the server, which means that it won't show a new guest every time you hit the 'refresh'. For that reason, I included a little '...see another question' link below the featured guest box. When you click that, it will show a new one. Otherwise, I think it will show a new one when you re-open your browser and/or when a little time has passed (hard to get a straight answer on this from the documentation.)
Anyway, just another way to make our pages a little more dynamic.
To swap a one question out for another one (I grabbed the ones that are here now more or less randomly), copy the question text (don't include the section header) from the Teahouse/Questions page, follow a link to one of the pages below, and paste that template over the question that's already there.
"Find answer here"
And don't forget to add {{Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-answer|question title goes here}} to the bottom of the page, so that readers can find the answer to the question if they wish to! (please fill in the exact title from the Q&A page, otherwise the link to section will be broken. thanks :)
Recent question list
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/1
Are there? I have seen several user talk pages where one of the welcomes, feature linkage to inappropriate pages instead of what it state.IlyaSedion (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/2
Are there? I have seen several user talk pages where one of the welcomes, feature linkage to inappropriate pages instead of what it state.IlyaSedion (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/3
My artical is in my draft plz help me to publish it.Gurchani 03:03, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/4
Folks, I've found 2 references to the same primary source in 2 different sections of the same wp article. Those references were numbered automatically. How does one go about "merging" those 2, so that the reference only appears once? I don't know if I've made myself clear. The same primary source is listed as references 26 AND 47. How can the article be changed so that there is only 1 reference, say 26, while changing the superscripted 47 to 26 in the text? Thanks, DennisPietras (talk) 02:31, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/5
Hi - I have entered my first article and am advised it may be deleted becasue i haven't quoted sources - I am very knew to wikipedia as a contributor -
I have embarded on a new part of my career and want to create a page for it - everything i am saying is fact but it's how do i say what my sources are - for example I am in duncan jones film and he has talked about me in that film s0 do i put duncan jones as a source for that ?( LalaLamborn (talk) 00:23, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/6
Does anyone know how long it takes for google or bing to index a new wiki page? Are wiki pages given some automatic preference in terms of being at the top of search results or is it totally based on clicks? I noticed a certain article was number 1 on bing but only number 7 or 8 on google does this mean bing gives preference or is it just based on clicks? Thanks71.51.141.113 (talk) 12:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions-recent/7
Can someone direct me to a page explaining the nuances of The Recent Changes page? (as per instructions from Required Tasks_Vandalism on Pluma's Adoption page)Orschstaffer (talk) 23:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)