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There is a sentence fragment in the POTD. Please make [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2017-10-26&diff=prev&oldid=807142704 this edit to correct]. <span class="nowrap">—አቤል ዳዊት<sup>[[Help:Multilingual support (Ethiopic)|<span class="t nihongo icon" style="color:#00e;text-decoration:none;padding:0 .1em;">?</span>]]</sup>[[User:Janweh64|(Janweh64)]] ([[User talk:Janweh64|talk]])</span> 04:57, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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:About a third of our Pictures of the Day start with [[sentence fragment]]s, and that article and [[minor sentence|this one]] are ambiguous about whether sentence fragments are bad, although this isn't the first objection. If there is a consensus to do away with sentence fragments at the beginning of Pictures of the Day, I suggest a discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day]] to settle it once and for all, not one day at a time. [[User:Art LaPella|Art LaPella]] ([[User talk:Art LaPella|talk]]) 05:25, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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::I understand, BUT... this sentence fragment is easily fixable. Does it hurt to fix it? I just don't have the proper access level to correct what is IMO an issue. <span class="nowrap">—አቤል ዳዊት<sup>[[Help:Multilingual support (Ethiopic)|<span class="t nihongo icon" style="color:#00e;text-decoration:none;padding:0 .1em;">?</span>]]</sup>[[User:Janweh64|(Janweh64)]] ([[User talk:Janweh64|talk]])</span> 06:13, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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:::I would not be opposed to this in principle, but in my view the current version is easier to understand than the modified-to-avoid-fragment version. So I'm going to let this stand. [[User:Vanamonde93|Vanamonde]] ([[User talk:Vanamonde93|talk]]) 06:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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:::IMO, as an (extended) image caption, it ''should'' be a fragment. Makes it easier to parse exactly what the picture is about. [[User:Ansh666|ansh]][[User talk:Ansh666|<span style="font-size:80%">''666''</span>]] 17:54, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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:::*Maybe not a third, but yes a decent portion start by identifying the subject where the subject's link to the body of the text is not readily apparent. That identification uses a sentence fragment for easier parsing. "This is what this is. Here's a bit more information about that subject". We could have a paragraph break between the two, but combining the SF and the first sentence with conjunctions just makes parsing the sentence difficult. — [[User:Crisco 1492|Chris Woodrich]] ([[User talk:Crisco 1492|talk]]) 23:55, 26 October 2017 (UTC) |
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OTD on 31 October
31 October is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Currently scheduled to appear on OTD on 31 October is Ninety-five Theses, but that article is scheduled to be the TFA that day so I think you will need to choose another article for OTD. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:47, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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