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• I uploaded a cropped version of the image featured in the blurb, which looks better in my opinion. Does anybody know which page to purge to make that one display instead?--NØ 15:54, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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• 7.3-magnitude: I think "magnitude-7.3" is probably more common and more correct. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 16:11, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  FWIW, most of the source titles at 2024_Port_Vila_earthquake#References list the number first. —Bagumba (talk) 16:17, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  Looks mixed to me. Stephen 20:45, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

• Cyclone Chido Update the death toll to 170. HurricaneEdgar 21:27, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

   Done – Schwede66 21:37, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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• The DYK hook for Voltairine de Cleyre seems a bit inaccurate because neither the article or the cited source mention de Cleyre refusing to accept last rites, although both the source and article do mention her scowling at a priest. Here is the cited source for reference. Perhaps some other source mentions last rites more explicitly and I missed it. If hook is erroneous, perhaps switch to one of the other alts mentioned in the talk page. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 20:11, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  @Crisco 1492 This is essentially the same issue I raised in review. RoySmith (talk) 22:22, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  Replaced with her accepting an offer to be shot at (honestly, probably would have been a better hook to begin with) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:31, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

• ... that after Senator Joseph R. Hawley offered $1,000 to shoot an anarchist, Voltairine de Cleyre (pictured) publicly accepted the challenge? 1. why is Senator capitalized? 2.) Can we get a US after the currency since it's not clear from context what currency it's in? Happy holidays, all. Therapyisgood (talk) 22:49, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  I lowercased senator per MOS:PEOPLETITLES. I'm not sure what the MOS says about the currency sign, so I'll leave that for somebody else. RoySmith (talk) 23:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

  Oh, wait, I think I read that wrong. "Titles should be capitalized when attached to an individual's name" is the relevant part, so I'll revert that. RoySmith (talk) 23:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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