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| [[Harry B. Neilson]]
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| Fox mentioned three times in the hook, plus no context, who was Neilson and what was ''The Fox's Frolic''? A painter and his painting? A book and the author? And Publications section dreadfully under-referenced.
| Fox mentioned three times in the hook, plus no context, who was Neilson and what was ''The Fox's Frolic''? A painter and his painting? A book and the author? And Publications section dreadfully under-referenced.
:So it fails basic DYK rules, but will run tomorrow anyway? Applause.
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| [[Nick van den Berg]]
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| The only reference for him playing in the 2018 cup is a "he ''will'' play" reference, i.e. not that he actually did. On top of that, the relevant section of the article in question is a confusing mess really.
| The only reference for him playing in the 2018 cup is a "he ''will'' play" reference, i.e. not that he actually did. On top of that, the relevant section of the article in question is a confusing mess really.
::So the hook is actually unverifiable, but it passed and will run tomorrow anyway? Further applause.
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::::It's the same number of links as in the promoted hook.
::::It's the same number of links as in the promoted hook.
::::: Improving after promotion is not prohibited. Anyway, I began improving [[Teatro Regio (Turin)]]. Todays building not mentioned in the lead. Number of ref zero. Better no link, - sorry that I didn't see that sooner.--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:36, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
::::: Improving after promotion is not prohibited. Anyway, I began improving [[Teatro Regio (Turin)]]. Todays building not mentioned in the lead. Number of ref zero. Better no link, - sorry that I didn't see that sooner.--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 10:36, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
::::::Once in the queue, only the privileged few can "improve" it. Right now it's still showing as two Easter egg links which, particularly in the context of the hook and that another link is being used for a similar thing is '''not''' an Easter egg, is very poor form. Shouldn't have been promoted like this.
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Revision as of 16:48, 3 April 2019

Those errors...

Welcome one, welcome all, to this, my one and only "unofficial clandestine shadow page". And indeed, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Time we started asking that question of the individuals who propose, review, condone and promote error-strewn articles to the Main Page. Eh? Eh?? Eh???!

Most recent first, guys, most recent first....
Date Section Article Notes Resolution
4 April 2019 OTD Zulfikar Ali Bhutto No fewer than two dozen [citation needed] tags, not referenced satisfactorily. Yes
Bettina von Arnim Two sections in need of additional citations
Replaced with Philippa Fawcett. —howcheng {chat} 16:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
DYK Harry B. Neilson Fox mentioned three times in the hook, plus no context, who was Neilson and what was The Fox's Frolic? A painter and his painting? A book and the author? And Publications section dreadfully under-referenced.
So it fails basic DYK rules, but will run tomorrow anyway? Applause.
 Nope
Zinc oxide nanoparticle " zinc oxide nanoparticles, one of the three most" the article is not so definitive, it says "ZnO nanoparticles are believed to be one of the three most produced " we shouldn't be using Wikipedia voice for fake news. Yes
Nick van den Berg The only reference for him playing in the 2018 cup is a "he will play" reference, i.e. not that he actually did. On top of that, the relevant section of the article in question is a confusing mess really.
So the hook is actually unverifiable, but it passed and will run tomorrow anyway? Further applause.
 Nope
Carrie Langston Hughes The article does not state that she was 60. She could have been 59.
The play opened on March 1, 1933 [1] so she would have just turned 60. I've added the month to the article.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:17, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
Coccothrinax jimenezii The word "tree" doesn't appear once in the target article, so why not just stick with the description used there, a "fan palm"?
It's a tree.[2] Gatoclass (talk) 11:42, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Please note, the word "tree" doesn't appear in the target article, so why not just stick with the description used there, a "fan palm"?
It does now - and "tree" is more descriptive IMO. Gatoclass (talk) 15:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
Horst Laubenthal Both Paris and Turin are Easter egg links.
The theatre names would take too much room, and links to the cities wouldn't help much. If you mind the piped links, they could be dropped completely. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
I don't see a problem with "... at the Paris Opera and ... at the Teatro Regio ..."
I see the problem of too many links, - coming from the German Wikipedia where the max number of links in a hook is one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:19, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
It's the same number of links as in the promoted hook.
Improving after promotion is not prohibited. Anyway, I began improving Teatro Regio (Turin). Todays building not mentioned in the lead. Number of ref zero. Better no link, - sorry that I didn't see that sooner.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:36, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Once in the queue, only the privileged few can "improve" it. Right now it's still showing as two Easter egg links which, particularly in the context of the hook and that another link is being used for a similar thing is not an Easter egg, is very poor form. Shouldn't have been promoted like this.
 Nope
3 April 2019 OTD Oscar Wilde No need to repeat Wilde, just "his" will do.
Done. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:31, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
Osborne 1 Where is "first successful portable computer" referenced? The article lead talks about it being the first commercially successful portable computer but that's not referenced either.
There are other issues with this ... "In the first eight months after April 1981, when the Osborne 1 was announced, the company sold 11,000 units. Sales at their peak reached 10,000 units per month". Er, what? Black Kite (talk) 14:14, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
It is possible that the statement is correct if it sold 11,000 in right monyhs and then lager on had a bumper month with 10,000, but [3] seems to suggest figures of 2000 a month at the end of the year and a downhill slope from there.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:40, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
Ref added. As for the sales figures, it's cited to an offline source, but other articles from the early 2000s confirm that number: LA Times, Centre for Computing History, The Register. —howcheng {chat} 15:48, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
DYK Dortan Massacre The article says it was either 35 or 36 killed, so to say it was 35 in the hook is misleading. Yes
Dortan massacre Article has been moved so please resolve the redirect. Yes
2 April 2019 DYK General DYK once again bereft of anything in the queue presumably because of the effort expended generating today's embarrassments. Yesss
John W. Beschter "Luxembourg Jesuit" is a sea of blue. I thought it was a specific term... Yes
Wildlife of Spain "eight to nine thousand" -> "8000–9000" per MOS Yes
Sabine Hyland Whole "Works" section is unreferenced.
  • I have added references to the section. Aoba47 (talk) 21:57, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 Yes
Key
Denotation Meaning
Green Today
Pink The other place got to the same place (eventually)
Orange This does need attention
Red This is now on the main page and causing embarrassment
Black This was identified perhaps even a day ago and yet nothing has been done and it's sitting on the main page causing embarrassment in extremis
* Not sure if this made it to the queue

* The DYK queue was not loaded at the time of the review, so items may have been changed between the time I reviewed the prep (at the last moment) and the queue which was eventually promoted to the main page. Or the item was loaded into a queue and then the queue was removed...

Archives

Feel free to add, annotate or update any of the entries. Days prior to 17 November 2024 can be found in the archives.
Optional denotation templates: {{Tick}} = checkY  ●  {{Done}} =  Done  ●  {{Fixed}} =  Fixed  ●  {{Not done}} =  Not done  ●  {{Partly done}} =  Partly done  ●   Meh = {{Meh1}}

Error rates

Currently the error rate in the "QPQ"-reviewed DYK hooks is between 3 and 4 per set.

  • 27 January 2019 – HOUSE!!

Statistics

From 21 July 2018 – 1 April 2019 (i.e. in 2311 days):
Reported and resolved errors by Main Page area
Area Raised Resolved %
OTD 711 678 95%
DYK 803 671 84%
TFA 13 11 85%
TFP 33 27 82%
TFL 16 16 100%
ITN 36 36 100%
Total 1610 1445 90%

Pies

Records

  • 1st error identified and fixed: 21 July 2018
  • 50th error identified and fixed: 10 days
  • 100th error identified and fixed: 17 days
  • 200th error identified and fixed: 30 days
  • 300th error identified and fixed: 44 days
  • 400th error identified and fixed: 62 days
  • 500th error identified and fixed: 78 days
  • 600th error identified and fixed: 95 days
  • 700th error identified and fixed: 112 days
  • 800th error identified and fixed: 125 days
  • 900th error identified and fixed: 141 days
  • 1200th error identified and fixed: 205 days
  • 1st error-free DYK day: 29 August 2018
  • Most errors identified and fixed in one day: 15 (25 September 2018)
  • Total error-free days: 2
  • Total error-free DYK days: 11
  • 500th DYK error identified and fixed: 17 January 2019
  • The view from outside
    Mark it: 19 August, the turning point? Well, it's not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.......
    "You are being watched by": 58 editors
    1/20th of the watchers, but 30 times the efficacy.

Spot of the month

A spot
A spot
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