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== Errors in the summary of [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y}}|today's]] or [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y|+1day}}|tomorrow's]] ''featured article'' ==
== Errors in the summary of [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y}}|today's]] or [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{#time:F j, Y|+1day}}|tomorrow's]] ''featured article'' ==

<blockquote>
With the win, Florida State clinched the 1999 '''Division I college football championship''', the team's second national championship.
</blockquote>

This statement is factually incorrect. As referenced in the Wikipedia article on [[Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I]] and on the NCAA's website[http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-footbl/champpage/m-footbl-div1-index.html], the NCAA Division I national champion comes from the FCS, or Division I-AA. The NCAA does not declare a national champion for I-A football. A more accurate statement would be

<blockquote>
With the win, Florida State clinched the 1999 '''BCS national championship''', the team's second national championship.
</blockquote>

--[[User:Johnny06man|Johnny06man]] ([[User talk:Johnny06man|talk]]) 06:19, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


==Errors in ''[[Template:In the news|In the news]]'' ==
==Errors in ''[[Template:In the news|In the news]]'' ==

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Errors in the summary of today's or tomorrow's featured article

With the win, Florida State clinched the 1999 Division I college football championship, the team's second national championship.

This statement is factually incorrect. As referenced in the Wikipedia article on Division I and on the NCAA's website[1], the NCAA Division I national champion comes from the FCS, or Division I-AA. The NCAA does not declare a national champion for I-A football. A more accurate statement would be

With the win, Florida State clinched the 1999 BCS national championship, the team's second national championship.

--Johnny06man (talk) 06:19, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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