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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 "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

The DYK on Fang Yi'ai states "his wife Princess Gaoyang was forced to commit suicide after their failed rebellion". However, there is no mention of suicide in the linked article on Princess Gaoyang, which states: "They stormed the palace but were stopped and captured. Gaoyang and her husband were executed by hanging shortly after." The only mention of a suicide on her page is the category: "Forced suicides of Chinese people". Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:43, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed. Secretlondon (talk) 14:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

It wasn't even approved like that. Someone made up another hook as it looked hookier! Secretlondon (talk) 14:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

The hook that was approved in the DYK hook review is now on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 16:15, 8 June 2024 (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

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the corresponding regular version (i.e. without "protected" in the page title) in addition to the Main Page version linked below.

Tomorrow's POTD

• 9 June - in blurb at "This E. penia buttefly perching on a flower", pls tweak typo in "buttefly". JennyOz (talk) 13:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

•  Done, thank you. Black Kite (talk) 13:06, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

General discussion

JFK assassination

I guess the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, is not an important enough event to include in the list of events that happened on this day in history.

The death of Blackbeard, however, is. . . . ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.247.243.67 (talk) 19:52, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Most years it has been there, but it is replaced by other items some other years to expose more history. I'm sure it will be back next year. --mav (reviews needed) 20:36, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

More importantly, the Assassination of John F. Kennedy article has a yellow-level maintenance tag in the "External links" section, making the article ineligible. Hopefully someone will get around to fixing that so we can have it for next year's 50th anniversary. —howcheng {chat} 21:14, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

The assassination was listed in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. It's not that it isn't important enough, we just want to have some sort of variety in our choice of events listed. Hut 8.5 23:54, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

It would be nice if it was fixed up prior to next year's 50th anniversary. 216.93.234.239 (talk) 03:38, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

WP:SOFIXIT! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:40, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

It seems a bit ridiculous to me, even with such policies, that we could not at least mention the event with a link to Kennedy's article and the necessary section. It's over, though, so not much that can be done about it. dci | TALK 04:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I would have argued for keeping it out this year in favor of highlighting it next year, the 50th anniversary. Binksternet (talk) 04:35, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• I think complaints show that OTD needs an open process like TFA/ITN/DYK have. Hot Stop (Talk) 13:12, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Today's featured antivirus

Am I the only one who feels that today's featured article blurb reads very much like an advertisement? The logo is there and everything...--WaltCip (talk) 16:59, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

How do you propose to write text which describes the features of a product without describing the features of that product? --Jayron32 18:00, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Note that only the wordmark was present. The icon, arguably a more important part of the logo was not because it is likely eligble for copyright protection (unlike the wordmark) and hasn't been released under a free licence so wasn't suitable for the main page. Nil Einne (talk) 09:16, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Possible "on this day…" BLP violation?

A blurb currently on display in the "Selected Anniversaries" section of the main page is as follows: "1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, was severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables." A quick scan through the article shows that two inquiries were held, with both rejecting police brutality as a cause of death, thus directly contradicting the blurb. I would suggest that either the blurb be taken off the main page or the word "allegedly" be added to the blurb, which could otherwise be considered defamatory (assuming the officers allegedly involved are still alive). Made the mistake of starting two discussions because I thought no one was responding to this one *sigh*. Link here to other discussion, and I really should avoid doing that, no matter what. IgnorantArmies – 09:04, Wednesday November 28, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that looks like a great big clanger. Formerip (talk) 11:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Actually per the main part of the article, the second inquest doesn't seem to have rejected police brutality but rather seemed to have been unable to determine precisely how the injury occured and therefore returned an open verdict and did not lay the blame against anyone (which is likely different from them saying there was no police brutality involved or rejecting it as a cause). The LEDE was misleading, but I've modified it. However I agree based on the article, the wording above is clearly not acceptable. Nil Einne (talk) 12:17, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I've swapped out the OTD item (forgive me if I've been too bold in doing so or if I've done something wrong—I've not made such an edit to the MP before). matt (talk) 12:27, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm no great expert on OTD, but I think the item will return next year unless you take this further. Please also note the two other issues with this item raised in WP:ERRORS today. --Dweller (talk) 13:20, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

This edit won't cause a return next year because it completely removed Fred Quilt. He wasn't just moved to "Eligible", where return next year would have been possible (not inevitable) unless someone (not just admins; the page will soon be unprotected when it comes off the Main Page) takes it further. Art LaPella (talk) 14:57, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Would we be OK with "Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, died while in Royal Canadian Mounted Police custody, leading to charges of police brutality, although the constables were later cleared of all wrongdoing." —howcheng {chat} 17:31, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Rap Genius feels like a wiki

I like the way rapgenius.com references explanations of users... How about add-on/plug-in for WP which uses the same approach? (comment/explanation bubbles)

--Foerdi (talk) 15:40, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• That sounds a lot like original research, which we don't allow here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Today's Featured Article

Given that one of the most read BBC news story [1] is about multiple deaths from eating a soup made from poisonous mushrooms, is this featured article entirely appropriate? I know Wikipedia is not censored, but that is different from promoting an article on the front-page, the entrance to the English language Wikipedia, describing something so totally inappropriate at this time. 86.13.97.144 (talk) 20:03, 28 November 2012 (UTC)