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The '''main page''' (usually default stylised '''Main page''') of a wiki is the first page (or 'front page') that [[user]]s see when they visit the main URL of a {{tag|wiki}} site.  Typically (though not always), it can contain items such as a [[featured article]], an [[in the news]] list, a [[did you know?]] (DYK?) list, an [[on this day]] list, and a [[featured image]].  It also usually contains some basic, fundamental information about the [[wiki]] itself, such as its primary [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]] or aims.  Additionally, it may also have a section with links to other [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] versions of the same [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] (known as 'interlanguage links'), and also links to '[[sister wiki|sister]]' projects, such as a [[commons]] wiki, [[:Category:Meta|meta]] wiki, etc.
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Some wiki sites will change the default 'Main page' name into something different.  In the case of this [[WikiIndex]] wiki, we personalise our main page and call it [[Welcome]].  Other sites, especially on commercial hosts such as [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] will rename the main page to the actual title of the individual wiki site.
The '''main page''' (usually default stylised '''Main page''') of a wiki site is the first page (or 'front page') that [[user]]s see when they visit the main or base URL of a {{tag|wiki}} site (for example: <tt>en.wikipedia.org</tt>).  Typically (though not always), the main page can contain items such as a [[featured article]], an [[in the news]] list, a [[did you know?]] (DYK?) list, an [[on this day]] list, and a [[featured image]].  It also usually contains some basic, fundamental information about the [[wiki]] itself, such as its primary [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]] or aims.  Additionally, it may also have a section with links to other [[:Category:Wiki language|language]] versions of the same [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] (known as 'interlanguage links'), and also links to '[[sister wiki|sister]]' projects, such as a [[commons]] wiki, [[:Category:Meta|meta]] wiki, etc.


;''In other languages
Some wiki sites will change the default 'Main page' name into something different.  In the case of this [[WikiIndex]] wiki site, we personalise our main page and call it [[Welcome]].  Other wiki sites, especially on commercial hosts such as [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] (now known as Fandom) will rename the main page to the actual title of the individual wiki site, supposedly in the hope of increasing rankings in [[:Category:Search engine|search engines]] (SEO).
*German (de) — [[Hauptseite]]
{{SeeWM-Wikidata|Q5296|Wikimedia main page (Q5296)}}
*Norwegian (no) — Hovedside
 
;''See also
*[[About page]]


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Latest revision as of 12:53, 5 July 2023

'Main page' in other wiki languages (view / edit)
wiki
language		 ISO
639-1
code		 native
language
'main page'
Albanian sq Faqja kryesore
Catalan ca Portada
Chinese zh 首页
Croatian hr Glavna stranica
Czech cs Hlavní strana
Danish da Forside
Dutch nl Hoofdpagina
English en Main page
Esperanto eo Ĉefpaĝo
Finnish fi Etusivu
French fr Accueil
German de Hauptseite
Greek el Κύρια Σελίδα
Hebrew he עמוד ראשי
Hindi hi मुखपृष्ठ
Indonesian id Halaman Utama
Italian it Pagina principale
Japanese ja メインページ
Latin la Pagina prima
Norwegian no Hovedside
Polish pl Strona główna
Portuguese pt Página principal
Romanian ro Pagina principală
Russian ru Заглавная страница
Spanish es Portada
Swedish sv Huvudsida
Tagalog tl Unang Pahina
Thai th หน้าหลัก
Turkish tr Anasayfa
Ukrainian uk Головна сторінка
Vietnamese vi Trang Chính
For the main page for this WikiIndex wiki site, see: Welcome.
This Wiki main page article is a 'stub'. You can help by expanding this stub article, thanks.  :-)

The main page (usually default stylised Main page) of a wiki site is the first page (or 'front page') that users see when they visit the main or base URL of a wiki site (for example: en.wikipedia.org). Typically (though not always), the main page can contain items such as a featured article, an in the news list, a did you know? (DYK?) list, an on this day list, and a featured image. It also usually contains some basic, fundamental information about the wiki itself, such as its primary topic or aims. Additionally, it may also have a section with links to other language versions of the same wiki (known as 'interlanguage links'), and also links to 'sister' projects, such as a commons wiki, meta wiki, etc.

Some wiki sites will change the default 'Main page' name into something different. In the case of this WikiIndex wiki site, we personalise our main page and call it Welcome. Other wiki sites, especially on commercial hosts such as Wikia (now known as Fandom) will rename the main page to the actual title of the individual wiki site, supposedly in the hope of increasing rankings in search engines (SEO).

Please see: Q5296 article of the same or similar name or subject on the Wikimedia Wikidata.
See also
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