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It's 2025, and we still think that one of the most important things we need to say - something that belongs in the single paragraph summarizing her existence - about an actress is "Soberano has been described by media publications as one of the most beautiful Filipino actresses of her generation". This comment is probably a point violation, because I know no one is going to do anything, and that's not what ERRORS is for, etc, etc, but yuck. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:55, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I agree. How absurd.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:58, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Leaving aside our "I don't like it" and sticking to policy it seems to me difficult to argue that the article, the lead, and the blurb would be a proportionate summary of the consensus of the RSs without including something along similar lines. Misplaced Pages's role being to summarise these, not the consensus of the opinions of its editors. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:12, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

We can make the same point while also making a nod to policy though. The FA criteria ask that "claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources" but the "most beautiful" tidbit is seemingly cited to The Philippine Star, Gulf News, Yahoo! News and Cosmopolitan Philippines. Are those really the sort of scholarly high-quality sources that we expect of an encyclopedic piece of writing on a prominent figure?  — Amakuru (talk) 20:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Just FYI, the body spends 4.2% of the article text discussing the tabloids' descriptions of her physical appearance. The article lead spends 7.2% discussing it. This blurb spends 11.2%. Floquenbeam (talk) 21:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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• "... that the military glider Tsybin Ts-25 was considered for use as a civilian airliner on routes including Moscow?" - Moscow isn't a route, it's a place. I'm not really sure what this is trying to say. Normally when I see something like this, I assume it's jargon I'm not familiar with, but I follow aviation news and this isn't something I'm used to seeing. Pinging User:The Bushranger.Jay8g 23:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
  • @Jay8g: The original source said "routes between" and in rewriting it probably could have been clearer. Maybe for the hook "routes that included Moscow" might be better? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    Maybe it would read better if an actual route was listed ("on routes including Moscow-"), or maybe "routes from Moscow"? I don't know, but "routes that included Moscow" still sounds like it's saying Moscow is a route. Jay8g 23:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    • To me it sounds fine, but perhaps "routes including Moscow to Gorki"? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      I've copy edited it for it to read "routes including to Moscow". I hope that resolved it. Schwede66 23:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      Works for me. Jay8g 23:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      What about routes from Moscow though? Stephen 23:54, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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1725 entry: Needs to be changed to past tense, and needs a bold link (presumably Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123). Pinging User:Gerda Arendt. Jay8g 00:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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• Holger Drachmann photograph - We don't know the date of the photograph (it would be a guess to say it was taken in the fortnight before his death) so "This portrait photograph of Drachmann was taken in 1908" should probably read 'This portrait photograph of Drachmann was taken by 1908' per the image page. JennyOz (talk) 23:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Main page?

What is main about this page? Should it not be called the Front page or Cover page instead?--ProperFraction (talk) 00:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Not sure if "Front" and "Cover" are any better. The page is not in front of nor covering anything, besides what's inside your monitor. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 02:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

A load of electronic bits I think!--ProperFraction (talk) 16:57, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Front page would cause a lot of disambiguation issues with Frontpage, and wiki is not paper. ffm 19:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe "First Page"? --Howard the Duck 09:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't there some talk of moving it out of the WP:main namespace entirely? I can't find it under perenniel proposals. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 14:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Its never really been put forward as a serious proposal, but there has been many, many, short discussions on the topic, the three major ones that occured are in archives 87, 89 and 90.

All this is easily found in the information box at the top of the page btw :) ☯Ferdia O'Brien /_(C) 14:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I dont really see whats so bad about "main page" anyway. It links too all the portals witch links to basically the whole encyclopedia--68.205.238.207 (talk) 23:16, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, I meant to do this earlier, but was caught up with dealing with a load of other things. Anyway, I semi-protected this talk page due a sockpuppetry attack that spilled over from another article. This note is to inform people of that protection, and that since the protection is set to indefinite, any admin may choose to set the protection back to move=sysop after a few hours if they wish, though I do plan to lift my own protection of the page later anyway. Thanks. Acalamari 22:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

It looks like the same Argentinian sockpuppets are back, so it's been semi-protected again for awhile. Nufy8 (talk) 19:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Today's Featured Picture

Not technically an arror, so I'm posting here. As of this revision, the featured picture is a video. I'm not saying people are dumb and would think its a picture, but it somewhat implies that it always has to be a picture to be feautured. We could change the name to Today's Featured Media to include picture and picture. Just a comment. =) --DA PIE EATER (talk) 01:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was about to say the same, so it's pretty obvious that it should be either "media" or "video", can you change it since I cannot edit this page.--71.190.86.64 (talk) 03:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Your comments should really be made on Misplaced Pages talk:Featured pictures. "Today's featured picture" on the main page shows one of the many featured pictures that have been selected and promoted ... but is seems that they are nominating and promoting videos over there too like this one, this one, and that one. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Think of it as a "moving picture" (hence the word "movie"). howcheng {chat} 05:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

(Reply to Zzyzx11) Thanks for the suggestion. I'll go ask them now. =) DA PIE EATER (talk) 22:33, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I would support a change to 'featured media'. We might even get a Featured Sound on the main page. GameKeeper (talk) 22:42, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Amarnath

I wonder what's so internationally important about the Amarnath news. Maquahuitl 04:27, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

"what's so internationally important" about most other news? most news have to start locally. a minority is international, e.g. UN summits. --131.227.208.101 (talk) 15:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I cannot currently help you. It was suggested on Misplaced Pages:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates#ITN Candidates for June 25, but it currently does not explain your concern. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:37, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

And what does the hook mean by a "land transfer"? Did someone dump a pile of dirt there? There is no context for understanding this news item, nor any link to a larger story. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I find that rather odd, too. I don't know how to fix it. Does anyone have any better ideas? Please post alternate wording at WP:ERRORS. I hope this gets fixed soon. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 05:35, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

See Amarnath#June_2008_protests. Muslims and Hindus had riots over the transfer of forest land to Amarnath so more people could be accomodated at the site. 66.213.14.239 (talk) 16:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Main page hacked?

The main page now displays just an image of some guy. Is this happenning just to me or is the page hacked? Admiral Norton 10:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't see anything unusual at the moment. --Bongwarrior (talk) 11:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe reword "in the news" tag re: Supreme Court decision?

This topic has been moved. ffm 19:53, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

In the news section becoming regularly updated

It is amazing how fast the news section is updated now, compared to the infamous "Fernando Lugo picture", that I had become tired of seeing. So I hope that the ITN section keeps up like now and stays that way. Now Misplaced Pages ITN is not stale, and headlines are changing every day. I'm glad to see ITN updated so regularly.--J.C. (talk) 22:30, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I miss Lugo! Let's bring him back! 86.44.16.82 (talk) 06:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

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