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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
- 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)
- Your cropped one is showing to me now, the one with little of the red at the bottom? Stephen 01:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Tomorrow's FA
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Errors with "In the news"
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
- The blurb says 39 dead but the article and its references says 38 dead, possibly a typo? Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 21:03, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
Current DYK
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- Q2, 6th hook, "that Planting a Rainbow has been..." Didn't that hook already appear on 23 December? Or, did it get pulled? JennyOz (talk) 11:11, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- This looks like an error
- Promoted to Prep 2 here on 18 December
- Swapped to Queue 6 here on 20 December by Crisco 1492 but not removed from Prep 2 TSventon (talk) 11:29, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- Ugh, that's my bad. When I promoted that queue, I recognized that as something I had reviewed earlier, but didn't notice we had just run it. Good catch! I'll pull it. RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- Crud. I could have sworn I'd removed it from prep at the time. Good catch. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:58, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- Ugh, that's my bad. When I promoted that queue, I recognized that as something I had reviewed earlier, but didn't notice we had just run it. Good catch! I'll pull it. RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Next-but-one DYK
now-lost
: I think "lost" is sufficient here. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 15:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- "... that a critic described GNX after its surprise release as Kendrick Lamar's "greatest work" yet?" Needs a comma after "GNX" and after "release". Primergrey (talk) 20:54, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- My supplier was having a big sale on punctuation today so I tossed in a couple, no charge. RoySmith (talk) 21:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
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Main Page Bias
I'm a little dismayed at the pro-Earth bias apparent on the Main Page today. Can we please feature some articles about extraterrestrial topics like astronomical phenomena, interstellar cultures, and Madonna? Aylad 12:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC) Happy Earth Day!
- meh i'll accept a little pro-earth bias on earth day. we have extra-terrestrials on main page all the time -- Ashish-g55 13:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Even worse is the complete lack of independent third party coverage in reliable sources. A Google search brings up only Earth-based sources created by people with a clear conflict of interest. The fact that off-Earth sources devote only two words to their coverage of the topic clearly show that it is non-notable. I would nominate it for deletion but I already know that the discussion will be completely overtaken by a bunch of meat-puppets all !voting keep. ;) Zunaid 13:35, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- I knew it. I just knew that the smart-alecks would be out on this one... I should have been faster to get in here! Tony Fox (arf!) 20:30, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Meh. I've argued about Misplaced Pages's terracentrism before. It always falls on deaf ears.--Fyre2387 22:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'd vote to delete it. A. Vogon 21:58, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- Meh. I've argued about Misplaced Pages's terracentrism before. It always falls on deaf ears.--Fyre2387 22:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- 137.22.11.102 (talk) 16:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
- I knew it. I just knew that the smart-alecks would be out on this one... I should have been faster to get in here! Tony Fox (arf!) 20:30, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Surely somebody could drum up some sources written by Xenu. Woogee (talk) 22:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, it seems somebody heard you. Fixman 01:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Main page gender bias
Please note discussion at VPP#Main page gender bias. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 12:24, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the in the news section
It would look better to say in Bangkok Thailand, rather than in Bangkok and than latter in Thailand.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:24, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- Personally I disagree- I think it clarifies that there is ongoing disturbance in Thailand. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- Have to agree. Bangkok, Thailand is unnecessary if the location of Thailand is clear from the line and it is. And the part about "tension between anti- and pro-government protesters in Thailand." helps clarify that the problems exists outside of Bangkok. If we just said "A series of explosions in Bangkok, Thailand kills at least one person and injures 86 others during a peak in tension between anti- and pro-government protesters" it seems to imply the problem is restricted to Bangkok and IMHO isn't as well worded as the current anyway. Nil Einne (talk) 12:11, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Note that this is also a bit of a English variety-dependent style issue. Common practice in the US is to disambiguate by default, e.g. add the comma separated country unless it seems overly redundant. In Britain, the default is to omit disambiguation, unless there is a genuine concern for confusion. If you are from the US, you're more used to seeing the phrase "Bangkok, Thailand", so a naked "Bangkok" looks "off"; whereas someone from the UK, used to seeing just "Bangkok", might see "Bangkok, Thailand" and think the writer was patronizing them for not knowing where Bangkok was. -- 174.24.208.192 (talk) 17:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the links to the wikipedias that have more than 40,000 articles
The macedonian wikipedia has more than 40,000 articles, can you please add a link on the main page in the section of wikipedias with over 40,000 articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivostefanov (talk • contribs) 21:53, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Done. --Allen3 22:37, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- As noted in the template's documentation, "Wikipedias determined to consist primarily of stubs and placeholders are omitted."
- Per Template talk:Wikipedialang#Macedonian Misplaced Pages, I've reverted the addition (and referred Allen3 to that discussion, of which he presumably was unaware). —David Levy 23:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Picture of the day photo credits requests for comment
Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Picture of the day photo credits --MZMcBride (talk) 02:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
New Layout
When did this new layout occur and why? Simply south (talk) 22:28, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Erm, what new layout? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:30, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- I assume this is a reference to the unusually short TFA/ITN. In which case, it is just a coincidence that two days in a row has FAs w/no pics (and thus took up less space), forcing ITN to shorten as well. --ThaddeusB (talk) 00:17, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Tallinn Bronze Soldier
The current text in "On this day" sounds as if Estonia was a "Soviet war memorial". I recommend rewording it: "Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, erupted into mass protests and riots." 193.40.37.161 (talk) 06:36, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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