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Errors in In the news

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the stick for the News Int'l is rather large and long-winded. How about "News Int'; controversy" as there is really just one now and if tis in the news people know what its about. Or alternatively "Phone-hacking controversy" (though thats long too)Lihaas (talk) 10:03, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's featured picture

Reporters: please first correct today's or tomorrow's regular version.

Errors in Did you know?

"...that some have considered the Ghumdan Palace..." is weaselly. This and the additional fact that it was one of the thirty wonders of the ancient world are cited as sourced from this and immediately follow this disclaimer in the opening paragraph "Very little is known about the legendary palace of Ghumdan. What follows is a description of the palace as it is imagined by Basil Al-Bayati. The new scheme for the Quasir Ghumdan Hotel project is based on this story." Yomangani^talk 09:13, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Rewrite or pull? The referencing for the statement isn't particularly strong but it is there. I'm finding it hard to find an interesting blurb in the article that isn't based on ifs and maybes. Woody (talk) 10:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I'd pull it; the supporting cite for the "first skyscraper" comes from a forum and, as far as we know, the wonders of the world "fact" comes from an architect's imagination. Neither of these would pass as reliable sources. Yomangani^talk 10:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

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