Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors
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Errors in the summary of today's or tomorrow's featured article
Errors in In the news
- Dylan — Picking another nit, in U.S. English the first comma should come before the close-quote mark, thus: Lyrics of "Like a Rolling Stone," handwritten by Bob Dylan, (pictured) sell at auction.... (About British English, I'm not sure.) Sca (talk) 22:10, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
- I can't see it, Sca. Citation needed. Nothing belongs inside the quotemarks but the name of the song. From Virginia, USA. --71.178.50.222 (talk) 01:42, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
- MOS:LQ (although that rule is controversial). Art LaPella (talk) 05:46, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
- The Ebola outbreak blurb says "casualties", but should read "deaths." Casualties means dead or injured, usually in war. Also, 567 people have contracted Ebola in this outbreak, so if casualties is kept, the number is wrong. Abductive (reasoning) 04:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
- Changed, thanks. Stephen 04:24, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
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Baltimore strike
Somebody seems to have mixed up some entries for today. Surely this wasn't an intended anniversary for today? It's such a minor thing! Can we correct this? Cheers!
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