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Errors in On this day

Tomorrow's OTD

(Caption) Should be Legionella sp., italicized. Jmar67 (talk) 01:21, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jmar67: Species#Abbreviations explicitly says otherwise; it shouldn't be italicised because it isn't a species name. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 02:00, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

I took it to be the abbreviation of the species spiritensis. If not, it would be clearer just to omit it in this case. Jmar67 (talk) 02:26, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Errors in Did you know ...

Current DYK

• In the first item, "that Reema Juffali (pictured in racecar)", "racecar" should be "race car", per Lexico (Oxford Dictionaries' online version). —DocWatson42 (talk) 01:34, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

• ... that although Michael Buie practised Fox News anchor Bret Baier's speaking style [SNIP]: Should use the US spelling (practiced), just as the target article does. —⁠184.207.211.30 (talk) 06:52, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Next DYK

• Salvador Dali - do we really wanna use "claimed" when it is a WP:WTW? Obviously the man was being absurd, but should we neutralize this verb to "said" in the interest of consistency? Elizium23 (talk) 02:16, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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