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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)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(June 14)

Monday's FL

(June 10)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

Shootings

There are now 16 people dead in that shooting. Go here to verify that: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30030756/?GT1=43001. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:04, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The site you provided gives "12 to 16" as the number estimated to have been killed; the headline averages at 14. As another point, http://news.bbc.co.uk/ says 12. 79.71.67.202 (talk) 21:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Report problems on the main page at WP:ERRORS, please. See instructions at the top of this talk page. --74.14.16.148 (talk) 06:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed as 13. [1] —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 12:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Presidential Election in the Republic of Macedonia, 2009

Today there was a second (decisive) round of presidential and local elections in the Republic of Macedonia. I suggest that the result goes on the front page in the "In the news" section. There's also a page on the presidential elections here. Is this the right place to discuss the news? Crnorizec (talk) 23:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

You'll want to nominate that at WP:ITN/C. Generally, elections are only added when there is a final result. J Milburn (talk) 23:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Today's featured what?

See also: Talk:Main Page/Archive 124 § Today's Featured Picture

Given that (at this moment) "Today's featured picture" is actually a video file, should this be renamed to "Today's featured media"? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 06:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

• Moving picture 198.189.249.13 (talk) 06:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You might want to read archived discussions on this issue such as Talk:Main Page/Archive 124#Renaming featured picture to featured media. Some of the arguments you'll see there, and those who might chime in later during this thread, include (1) the suggestion to change Wikipedia:Featured pictures to something else since they also promote video files; (2) someone, like the previous comment, will somehow work in the terms "moving picture" or "motion picture" to argue that no change is needed; (3) the suggestion that a user or a bot should repeatedly check the WP:POTD queue and manually change the "Today's featured picture" on the main page at 00:00 (UTC) and then change it back 24 hours later; and (4) like most stuff on the Main Page (such as this issue and that issue), there will be some talk but ultimately no-consensus and historical inertia will prevail. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Cheers? Stifling tradition, more-like... ~user:orngjce223 ☺ how am I typing? 16:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I would support renaming to 'Today's featured media'. However, that would require the process currently referred to as 'featured pictures' to be changed to 'featured media' first, since we're just displaying one per day of their list. Try suggesting at WT:FP. Modest Genius ^talk 21:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll make the mandatory linguist comment: "picture" is singular, "media" is plural. Also, text is a medium, and so a featured article could be argued to be an example of featured media. J Milburn (talk) 21:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

What about "Featured medium except for text"? :P 79.71.67.202 (talk) 00:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

We've had featured pictures of text (manuscripts) before, though, like this one. Not that I don't take your general point. — Gavia immer (talk) 17:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was thinking that, but surely that is featured based on its merit as a picture? There are a lot of great texts out there, but they won't be featured if their depictions are crude; text can't really be featured in its own right. 79.71.67.202 (talk) 19:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely. We have Wikisource for text- those images are featured as images. J Milburn (talk) 02:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

"Featured visual aids"? --PFHLai (talk) 03:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Why not keeping it as a picture(s)? After all, video is composed of moving pictures :-) (of course, that excludes sound...) --Tone 07:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Featured picture-sound? Featured picsound... featured picund... featured pind. Or sound-picture... but cut that down far enough and you're left with featured sore... a right pain... --candle•wicke 12:38, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Featured pound! Then nobody can complain of US bias! :D  GARDEN  12:42, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, the rest of the world uses kilograms or stones, so I think we can ;) Coffeeshivers (talk) 10:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Yesterday's main page

It would be really nice to have a link to "Yesterday's main page" for those of us who like to review the material we saw at lunch time and which has disappeared forever at dinner time. The lack of an easily found (who knows maybe there is a link but damned if I can find it!) link to a full page one day archive of the main page is the most consistently irritating things about Wikipedia. Thanks.Trilobitealive (talk) 00:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Just see Wikipedia:Main Page/Yesterday. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Julian. Now wouldn't it be an improvement if someone put that link on the main page so more of us can find it? I'd bet I'm not the only idiot here who didn't know the page existed.Trilobitealive (talk) 00:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea, actually. I've set up a test at User:Juliancolton/MP. What do you (and everybody else) think? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I would prefer it in the Main Page toolbox, although I realize that would be a more difficult place to find it in. howcheng {chat} 02:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

The "Main Page toolbox" is near the top of this talkpage. Just go to #Main Page Error Reports above. It's on the right side. Click on "Yesterday" to get "Yesterday's main page". --PFHLai (talk) 03:31, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Main Page/Yesterday is not stable. This is particularly noticeable for ITN and DYK, which are not updated on a 24-hour basis, but is also true for SA/OTD, which tends to be modified slightly from year to year. There is no way I'm aware of to get a true snapshot of the Main Page at a particular time without going through the history of each template to see what it looked like at that timestamp, and even then you wouldn't see it as a whole Main Page. The software feature of seeing an old revision with all of the transcluded templates also set to that datestamp would probably have to be a task for the devs. - BanyanTree 04:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

For those of us who are unfamiliar with Talk:Main Page the link should be on the Main Page if at all possible. For every editor familiar with Main Page editing and Talk:Main Page I'd suspect there are a hundred editors and ten thousand users who are not. I like Julian's idea better.Trilobitealive (talk) 01:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that the DYKs displayed are not yesterday's. Ditto for most of the ITNs. --74.14.16.148 (talk) 02:56, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Most of the ITNs? I wouldn't go that far... there are days when there are no new ITNs at all... --candle•wicke 12:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

2 things; what is an ITN or DYK, and I like the test of User:Juliancolton/MP It works.24.110.2.116 (talk) 18:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

ITN = In the news. Top right of the Main Page. DYK = Did you know... located below Today's featured article on the Main Page. --candle•wicke 20:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Can we not have the horrific picture of a deformed baby bug getting nailed on the main page?

Whoa, whoa, WHOA! So we can't have a picture of a sick baby on the main page but we CAN have insect rape on there? I've just eaten, I was almost sick, blah blah blah! I demand that it be taken down for the greater good incase children stray onto wikipedia, pick up on this picture and go out on a rape-spree! A blurred diagram of a cross-section would be MUCH more appropriate! --LookingYourBest (talk) 14:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

"But it's only the first date!"

Just so everyone know what you are talking about, the above is posted in reference to Traumatic insemination appearing in the DYK secion with this pic. Raul654 (talk) 14:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

"incase children stray onto wikipedia, pick up on this picture and go out on a rape-spree! " Uhhh. Seriously... There is no way that that would happen, not even the slightest chance. If the picture did not have a caption, you don't think you would have said anything, because you wouldn't have been able to tell what it was. If any child "goes out on a rape-spree" after seeing that, they have bigger problems than just really weird pattern-association techniques. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 14:37, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

FYI, Jdelanoy, I think LookingYourBest's comment was made with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Raul654 (talk) 14:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

...And I epic fail for the third time today. And it's not even 11am. Sigh.. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 14:42, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll let you off Delanoy! Although this was rather tongue-in-cheek, I'm still upset about the whole meningitis debacle!

Oh, and Raul ... best caption EVER! Ha ha! --LookingYourBest (talk) 15:07, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

HA! thsi is quite possibly the best non april fools DYK i have ever seen!

I'm trying to get it up to FA status for next year's April Fools :) Raul654 (talk) 16:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

...or maybe Valentine's Day? :) GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 12:53, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Yo this pic sux! dont use it! 24.110.2.116 (talk) 16:50, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I think "pierces and injects" would be a more apt description, to be honest... Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 16:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for getting rid of the pic! 24.110.2.116 (talk) 17:53, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

No problemo! Actually, I believe that DYK updates every 6 hours or so, so it's possible this thread here didn't affect the image at all ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 18:03, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Frequency of Oregon content on front page.

Am I the only one that notices a higher than average amount of Oregon themed links in the DYK section? Just curious. 98.246.121.170 (talk) 00:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.246.121.170 (talk) 00:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Somebody evidently likes Oregon. Or is from there. Or both. --candle•wicke 01:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Kudos to DYKsters from Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon such as User: Aboutmovies and User: Orygun. Good job, guys!

If you want your favourite state/country to appear on DYK more often, keep typing! :-) --PFHLai (talk) 04:54, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

That's what I do. :) --candle•wicke 16:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Theme?

Is it inspired/serendipitous or ill-advised/unfortunate that both TFA and TFP are paintings of sailors in distress? jnestorius^(talk) 15:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

probably pure coincidence.  GARDEN  15:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Pure coincidence, definitely. howcheng {chat} 15:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

You forgot to mention that ITN is also on the same theme. And when I first saw the new page, the first DYK was about a rescue helicopter. 173.49.91.134 (talk) 16:41, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Adamology

Adamology is a relgion that was made by adam he was wise god WISER THEN DANNY TRUST ME BEST GUY EVEr —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macdonaldsownedabdi (talk • contribs) 16:12, 10 April 2009 (UTC)