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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

• ... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?

Ugly hook, and where is the quote from? Secretlondon (talk) 23:50, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@Secretlondon: The quote is from the fifth sentence of the third paragraph of "Initial announcement and reactions", while its source is in the sentence. How would you word the hook?--Launchballer 01:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

There are three bolded highlights in this hook. What is the article(s) that users are supposed to be focusing on: All three, or just one? Why is this specific quote included at all? Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 02:39, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

It's a multi-hook, which I suppose is like casting a wide net to catch all possible fish. All three bolded articles in this one hook are the target articles. Bremps... 03:06, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• Add "Victory Day in the Maldives" near "Culture Day in Japan". MAL MALDIVE (talk) 03:51, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(November 8)

Monday's FL

(November 4)

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.

Today's POTD

In the description of the featured picture for Diwali, we should wikilink the mythical city Ayodhya (Ramayana) instead of the actual city Ayodhya. The reason is explained in the second paragraph of the article Ayodhya (Ramayana):

“ The historicity of this legendary city is of concern to the Ayodhya dispute. According to one theory, it is same as the present-day Ayodhya city. According to another theory, it is a fictional city, and the present-day Ayodhya (originally called Saketa) was renamed after it around the 4th or 5th century, during the Gupta period. ”

Also see the section Ayodhya_(Ramayana)#Historicity. --Lekhak93 (talk) 09:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

General discussion

Link to the introduction instead of the community portal in the sidebar

Please see and comment here on this proposal. Thanks, Cenarium (talk) 23:04, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Ricardo Montalban

Not ideal for a Khan article, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ricardo_Montalban_in_Fiesta_trailer.jpg is public domain. I hate to see a pictureless FA. --Nricardo (talk) 00:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Although it is public domain, the major objection is that it is a screenshot from the trailer of an entirely different film. That would be more confusing and cause more problems and complaints. At least with a pictureless FA, we do have a consistent standard reason. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:16, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Someone would have to do some pretty fancy photoshopping to make that image appropriate for use with this article. I believe this image might work. Rreagan007 (talk) 03:46, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion, the Star Trek logo is not nearly illustrative enough (of the subject in question) to be of encyclopedic value in this instance. —David Levy 04:32, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

I personally support the addition of the ST logo- it's better than nothing, and it's strongly related to the character. I'm amazed the logo isn't already used in the article, in a navbox or the like. J Milburn (talk) 08:40, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

How would the logo be anything other than decorative? In no way would it illustrate or otherwise provide any information about the character. To me, that doesn't seem better than nothing. —David Levy 19:19, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! @harej 08:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Hope he's on the X Factor tomorrow night... he Khan Singh... (snigger)  GARDEN  19:40, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Featured Article Picture

Why is the FA picture not showing up? Is this just my computer? 165.91.166.231 (talk) 18:49, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

It works fine for me, but it is 13 MB. Is it possible that it is just not loaded yet? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:54, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

I think the IP is referring to the Khan Noonien Singh blurb. If that's correct, the answer is that we don't have an image for this article, because any such image would be copyrighted and we don't use copyrighted images on te Main Page. That means we sometimes run a featured article with no image, as we're doing today. It's not an error. — Gavia immer (talk) 19:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

As a minor correction, we do use copyrighted images on the main page, provided that they're available under suitable free licenses. We don't use non-free images (apart from those owned by the Wikimedia Foundation) on the main page. —David Levy 19:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

You are, of course, correct. — Gavia immer (talk) 04:05, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

WP:AVOID violated

One item in "On this day" Sept 5 violates this policy. Admins please check.--yousaf465' 03:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Could you be more specific please? --candle•wicke 04:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

The 1972 event I'm refering to.--yousaf465' 04:56, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

What exactly is the problem? Nohomers48 (talk) 05:16, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

It has be reloved now.--yousaf465' 07:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I presume that was a misspelling of removed? And I think (s)he was referring to the inverted commas around "Black September". 79.71.113.135 (talk) 08:56, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

It's all about the brill

if i may say s myself this is a brill site :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.127.113 (talk) 22:38, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I think we cover a few more topics than just brill. howcheng {chat} 21:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

(groan!)--Willski72 (talk) 12:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

For the record, he was talking about the use of the word 'terrorist'. -- tariqabjotu 17:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Aw yes, lets not call those people terrorists. Lets not call them what they are. Thats just cruel. Lets call them widdy-wadders. --Matt57 ^{(talk•contribs)} 21:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I've heard many names for terrorists in my time but never have i heard one as good as "widdy-wadders". If thats not going to put you off being one i dont know what is!--Willski72 (talk) 10:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Let's go the whole PC-hog and call them "trepidation promoters" or "encouragers for alarm". 79.71.113.135 (talk) 17:22, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

The life removal squad. --candle•wicke 19:04, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

It's almost a chess move: "Autopilot landing, the Qaeda variant". But I would support seeing "Life-removal Squad" somewhere on the main page. April fools' day, maybe? 79.71.113.135 (talk) 22:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Featured Article for september 7th

shouldn't The Homebrew Channel be featured tomorrow ? Chickenator (talk) 03:30, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Given that it isn't a WP:Featured article, definitely no. Nil Einne (talk) 04:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

You can certainly work to get it to that stage, though. (Won't happen by tomorrow, but definitely can happen by a year from tomorrow, if not sooner.) Check out WP:Article development, WP:Featured article criteria, and the pages linked therein. P.S. Today's Featured Article is usually scheduled from a few days to a month ahead of time - see WP:Today's_featured_article and links on that page (like WP:Today's_featured_article/September_2009) to see what they will be. -- 128.104.112.179 (talk) 14:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

On This Day: Nixon Pardoned

Just a suggestion, but I think the blurb about Ford's pardon of Nixon should be tweaked so that Pardon gets the bold, as the pardon was the important event of the day, and it should be directed to Presidency_of_Gerald_Ford#Nixon_pardon instead of the generic Pardon article. That way people looking for info on the pardon (as I was - I wanted to read the text of the pardon) have but to click the bolded Pardon. Just my 2 cents. Arakunem^Talk 14:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Done. Bencherlite^Talk 14:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Been here nearly 3 years, and still not WP:BOLD enough to mess with the front page. :) Arakunem^Talk 16:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Samoa flag next to Norwegian topic

The top item is Norwegian, with the Samoa flag pictured next to it. Then, in the second topic, Samoa is mentioned including a reference to the pictured flag. To me as a first impression this is counter-feeling. But it might be acceptable in internet-publishing? -DePiep (talk) 21:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

It's a FAQ Wikipedia:Main Page FAQ#Why are the images on "In the news" and "On this day" not aligned next to each relevant entry?. Basically it's a technical issue, and you're supposed to look for the (pictured) label. Not ideal, but *shrug*. -- 128.104.112.179 (talk) 21:46, 8 September 2009 (UTC)