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Monday's FA:

  • Louis now pressed Marshal Villeroi to seek out Marlborough: if Marlborough is not linked, it looks like he sent the marshal out to buy cigarettes: an appealing image, but perhaps not an historically valid one. I would also query the now in this phrase: he pressed him back then.
  • Allies: an alliance consisting of whom?
  • Accordingly, the French Marshal set off The word marshal should be capitalised when it is used as a title, but not as a common noun.
  • and provocatively marched towards Léau: wearing suspenders and flimsy pants perhaps? I would suggest dropping the adverb, especially in the light of the British-English near-homophone of Léau.
  • the Duke: I would again question the capitalisation, but also whether readers who come across this on the main page, rather than seeking it out on a page of interest to historians, will know that the title refers to Marlborough.
  • Marlborough's subtle moves and changes in emphasis during the battle – something the French and Bavarian commanders failed to realize until it was too late – caught his foe between a tactical vice. Grammatical inconsistency in whether the tactics are considered singular (something) or plural (moves, changes, caught)
  • Town after town: a cliché, and followed by a list of three cities as examples. Kevin McE (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the brand of fags is called Marlboro. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.106.165 (talk) 19:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed numbers 1 and 3 above, along with 3 more of my own. Thank you. I'm not sure what to do with the rest. Art LaPella (talk) 00:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The involvement of C18 British forces indicates that British English would be more appropriate, in which case vice, not vise, would be proper. However, this was another clause I was tempted to take issue with yesterday: not only is it a loosely applied clichéd analogy, but it invites the question "between a tactical vice and what else?". If it must stay, then "between the jaws of a tactical vice" woiuld at least make sense. Frankly, with that many errors of basic presentation in one paragraph, I am surprised that it reached FA status at all. Kevin McE (talk) 17:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in In the news

Blockade

Isn't it Egypt's blockade, not Israel's? It was their wall, on their border. Shouldn't that be changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.209.221 (talk) 20:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The border is Egypts, the blockade is Israel's, disingenuous to call it otherwise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.240.232 (talk) 23:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Both parties are active in the blockade.--mitrebox (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The two sides with an agreement to control that border, since the Six Day War, are Israel and Egypt, even after Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza. Therefore Israel was free to close the border unilaterally. That's why there are talks planned to let Hamas or Fatah control the border, as Israel seems to want nothing to do with it. -- Kendrick7talk 01:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence starting "Thousands of Palestinians cross" should say "Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians cross." I haven't seen an estimate in the mere thousands in the sources. -- Kendrick7talk 01:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in Selected anniversaries/On this day

Errors in Did you know?

What sport is referred to in the item 1928-29 Boston Bruins Season? The teaser on the Main Page does not give any indication, while following the link to the article provides us with no more light. If it's chosen as an interesting Main Page highlight for users of Wikipedia, it should give some indication what it's about. Instead, it's all very obscure.

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