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• "Northern Rakhine State clashes" is piped to a redirect back to itself. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:03, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done Alex Shih^Talk 15:47, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I would not have made this change as this is not actually an error, and the title of the target is not stable (it's been moved twice recently and there is at least one move proposed), so making unnecessary edits (and forcing everyone to download the entire main page again because the cache has been purged) is very significantly less harmful than transfering a few bytes to go via a redirect. See also WP:NOTBROKEN. Thryduulf (talk) 15:51, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I see that this has also been discussed earlier today. I don't have a opinion on this, but if there is a consensus on WP:NOTBROKEN can override WP:2R, I'll be supportive. Alex Shih^Talk 16:01, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

WP:NOTBROKEN refers to single redirects, WP:2R to double redirects. Neither overrides the other. Thryduulf (talk) 16:30, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

• "Singaporean presidential election, 2017" --> 2017 Singaporean presidential election. Should be piped when mentioned in prose. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 16:11, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

We should cut out the 2017 entirely in the blurb - it's implied and never included for the current year. So Singaporean presidential election. Modest Genius ^talk 16:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Changed to Singaporean presidential election. Thryduulf (talk) 16:30, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

On ITNC Singapore was nominated BEFORE IOC...can we swap places?Lihaas (talk) 20:16, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

•  Not done The order of nominations is not relevant. Per WP:ITN#Blurbs "Blurbs are posted in rough chronological order by the date when the event occurred. There is usually no effort made to be more specific than the date, and admins will generally not research the exact minute when an event occurred to make sure that multiple events that occurred on the same date are strictly in order. Please do not request that events be re-ordered unless the date itself is wrong." The Singaporean president was declared president-elect on 13 September and sworn in on 14 September, the IOC made their announcement on the 13th so the order is not incorrect, and it is common if multiple events happen on the same day for the one relating to the picture (the Singaporean president in this case) to be listed first. Thryduulf (talk) 21:08, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day

OTD today

I'm not reporting an error, but today is Eid al-Mubahalah which can be inserted as an observance. I've added a section for the date in the Gregorian calendar. (@Howcheng: or any other admins who can do this). --Mhhossein ^talk 07:00, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

OTD tomorrow

• Malaysia Day - usual problems with "in popular culture" section being totally unref. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:57, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

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