Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 1, 2023

The history of timekeeping devices dates back to ancient civilizations observing astronomical bodies. Sundials and water clocks originated in ancient Egypt, while incense clocks were used in China. Mechanical clocks were developed in medieval Europe after the invention of the bell-striking alarm; Henry de Vick built a mechanical clock around 1360 that was the basis for improvements in timekeeping for the next 300 years. The mainspring, invented in the 15th century, allowed small clocks to be built. Leonardo da Vinci produced the earliest drawings of a pendulum. The pendulum clock, designed by Christiaan Huygens in 1656, was more accurate than other mechanical timekeepers. The electric clock, invented in 1840, controlled the most accurate pendulum clocks until the 1940s, when quartz timers became the basis for precise measurement of time and frequency. Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeeping devices in practical use today and are used to calibrate timekeeping instruments. (Full article...)

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xaosflux, this blurb has an image that is taller than usual, though not quite as tall as the one i previously pointed out to you. does this look okay on your screen?

also, please let me know if you prefer that i continue to ask for your input regarding images that may be too tall, or if you'd rather not be bothered. thanks in advance! dying (talk) 23:05, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dying at wide resolutions it is overflowing the bottom border of the box above; but when previewed on main page it seems OK. I think the "uglier" part isn't the image, but that the bottom control lines aren't nailed to the corner, letting them float up when the image is larger than the text, but nothing too bad here. The POTD for Dec 31 (Wikipedia:Main_Page/Day_after_tomorrow right now) is much worse! — xaosflux ^Talk 23:40, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

oh, yikes! the overflowing is completely my fault. i just used borders to help approximate how the blurb would look like on the main page, being somewhat inspired by the presentation used for tfa/r nominations, and didn't think to account for wider screens. (i suppose you'll encounter the same overflow issue with this blurb's tfa/r nomination.) anyway, hopefully, i've fixed the problem. thanks for pointing this out, xaosflux!

also, that map you linked is quite the image. i don't think there is much that can be done about the whitespace there, regardless of screen width, though at least balance isn't an issue! dying (talk) 01:52, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]