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| <div style="position: fixed; visibility: hidden"><span style="font-size: 0">Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See ] and ]. - Dank (]) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)</span></div> | |||
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| "The original 50-story building was constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Irving Trust." | |||
| I thought Irving Trust was someone's name. Perhaps the sentence is an Americanism, but it seems to me to be missing the definite article, which is used in the ] page. Please edit the FA summary to "between 1929 and 1931 for '''''the''''' Irving Trust." ] (]) 16:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| :It’s an organisation’s name, so doesn’t need it. We would similarly say “constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Barclays Bank”, not “for '''the''' Barclays Bank”. The same text is in the article lead. - ] (]) 16:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| *Orlando shooting: the article says at least 50 people were killed, the hook here says 49. ] (]) 01:44, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| **It seems there were 49 victims, but some totals are also counting the gunman who was killed as well. Not sure what we should go with in the blurb. ] (]) 06:26, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ***The major news outlets made a big deal out of reducing the count to 49 (plus the perp) yesterday, hence my update. Of course the total may rise with the number of serious injuries, that can be dealt with as and when it happens. ] (]) 06:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| * Shall we link "gay nighclub" with ] or just say "Pulse"? --] (]) 13:02, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *:The first is a candidate for deletion, the second is meaningless on its own and adds little to the existing "gay nightclub" (it's not important what it was called), so it should stay as it is. ] (]) 13:05, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *::I don't think "being a candidate for deletion" is a valid reason not to link to an article (and looking at the ] it doesn't look likely to be deleted anytime soon). ] (]) 13:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *:::Well I do, but I'm sure you'll find another admin out there prepared to do exactly what you personally want. ] (]) 13:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *::::And as long as you're an admin you will do exactly what you personally want? Could you point to the policy that says that articles should not be linked to once they have been proposed for deletion? ] (]) 13:43, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *:::::Yes, when it comes to inaction, I will do precisely that. I very much doubt there is a policy relating to such minutiae. ] (]) 14:13, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| *IUPAC is known as IUPAC (pronounced eye-you-pac), not 'the' IUPAC. You wouldn't say the NASA for another initialism would you? I notice the article has been changed to support this erroneous view and I'll undo that if I'm allowed. ] (]) 10:04, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| **Hmm, if that's correct then we shouldn't use "the". Maybe it would be easier to just use the full name of the organisation? To continue with the NASA example, it's at ] whereas this article is at ]. ] (]) 10:12, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ***I agree that including 'the' sounds odd. Just delete it. ] ] 12:35, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ****Would that be because you know it's pronounced as a word and not a string of letters? I didn't know that and I would bet most of our readers wouldn't either. My preference is still to use the full name (and therefore keep the "the"). ] (]) 12:41, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *****I agree with Jenks here. ] (]) 13:07, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ******I (who am not a chemist) knew it was called IUPAC (pronounced as Simon says above) long before I knew it was the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. ] (]) 13:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *******Yes, well that's as maybe, but our articles use common name principles, so presumably this means the majority know it as International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, not IUPAC. ] (]) 13:20, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ********Misplaced Pages is not a reliable source. ] (]) 13:42, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| *********Eh? We're talking about accessibility for our readers, not reliable sourcing. ] (]) 14:13, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| **********Oh, I thought we were talking about what is was known by to most people. I must have misread "presumably this means the majority know it as International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, not IUPAC". ] (]) 14:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| The word 'location', as in the image caption: "location of truck-ramming attack", needs to be capitalised, as it is the beginning of the caption. ] (]) 18:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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| Please can we spell out 'MVP', or change the phrasing to e.g. 'Conn Smythe trophy winner'? The initialism is not understood outside North America. The link is a bit of an easter egg already. ] ] 12:35, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| :I think the term is becoming increasingly more well known outside NA, but I see your point. I'd prefer to go with "Conn Smythe Trophy winner", but would be interested to hear from someone who follows the NHL about which term is most used. ] (]) 12:41, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Speaking as someone with no interest in this sport, MVP is far more accessible to me that "Conn Smythe Trophy winner", the latter is meaningless at a glance. ] (]) 13:05, 14 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| "1960 – Three men are killed and two wounded..." should be past tense ("were killed"). ] '']'', 1 January 2025, 02:06 UTC | |||
| :I fixed that some time ago. ''']]''' 04:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Not an error as such, but could {{green|eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development}} in ]'s hook be shortened to {{green|eventually playing a major role in the social, economic and architectural development}}? '']'' <sup>]·]</sup> 10:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)Today's FA
"The original 50-story building was constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Irving Trust."
I thought Irving Trust was someone's name. Perhaps the sentence is an Americanism, but it seems to me to be missing the definite article, which is used in the Irving Trust page. Please edit the FA summary to "between 1929 and 1931 for the Irving Trust." 109.76.178.90 (talk) 16:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- It’s an organisation’s name, so doesn’t need it. We would similarly say “constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Barclays Bank”, not “for the Barclays Bank”. The same text is in the article lead. - SchroCat (talk) 16:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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The word 'location', as in the image caption: "location of truck-ramming attack", needs to be capitalised, as it is the beginning of the caption. Replicative Cloverleaf (talk) 18:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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"1960 – Three men are killed and two wounded..." should be past tense ("were killed"). Alkari (?), 1 January 2025, 02:06 UTC
- I fixed that some time ago. Schwede66 04:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Not an error as such, but could eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development in Lachlan Macquarie's hook be shortened to eventually playing a major role in the social, economic and architectural development? UndercoverClassicist 10:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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