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Errors in In the news

Template:ITN-Update A plaintiff in the suit against Toyota alleges that the accidents were caused by an electronic throttle control problem, rather than pedals or floor mats alone. Currently, the ITN headline alienates this viewpoint. Considering that this information could potentially influence a future jury, I propose that we change the headline to something along the lines of "Following the discovery of problems involving abrupt acceleration, Toyota announces the recall of 7.5 million vehicles worldwide (Toyota Camry pictured)."   — C M B J   04:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Tweaked to an equivalent sentence. Shubinator (talk) 05:54, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't see why a private plaintiff in a civil lawsuit should have anything to do with our reporting of what other people are saying. Physchim62 (talk) 18:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Countless sources say that the source of the problem is uncertain or unknown. Take a look at this Scientific American article for a short synopsis of the most prevalent hypotheses.   — C M B J   20:26, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Australia Open

Shouldn't Federer beating Murray be in the ITN section, as well as Serena Williams' victory? 84.92.117.93 (talk) 16:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I have just added him on. We were waiting for an adequate update to the Australian Open article (per discussion at WP:ITN/C). I will swap it over to his image shortly - Dumelow (talk) 19:24, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

• Can we use a picture of Federer instead of Serena, as we had a picture of Ben Bernanke not that long ago. Best to avoid some US biasm. Jolly Ω Janner 20:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I made the switch, didn't have time earlier - Dumelow (talk) 20:26, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Not to mention, Jolly Janner, that wiped out a photo of a woman for one of a man. It happens. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I think US bias can sometimes be an issue or perhaps a perceived issue for Wikipedia. I don't think male bias has ever been an issue for Wikipedia. Jolly Ω Janner 20:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I will just point out that I didn't change it for any perceived bias, it was always my intention to update the image (see my original comment shortly after posting, above). Serena had been up for 20 hours, Federer will likely be replaced by whatever the top news is tomorrow. I like to try to keep the pic as "fresh" as possible by changing it when we are able to (especially if it has been a while since it was last changed) - Dumelow (talk) 20:39, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Or, you know, you could remove this irrelevant slop from the front page since wikipedia has a bizarre bias towards tennis and shows the winner of this every year. How is any sport even important enough to get on a very limited list when actual news gets passed up every day? ...Let alone Tennis championships of all things. It's sort of an embarrassment. --66.188.134.175 (talk) 21:48, 31 January 2010 (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?

For the Mediterranean slipper lobster, the front page says the water color is all that remains. However, the article says they are rare, not extinct. Should that now be corrected?--72.237.107.17 (talk) 22:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)