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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Tomorrow's FA

The claim that the species is found only in eastern NSW is clearly contradicted by it being a garden plant even in the UK. The intention was to describe its area of natural occurrence. I have now corrected the target article that also made this error. I suggest here to replace "found only in" with "native to only". Jmchutchinson (talk) 21:02, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

I've changed it to "which is native to eastern New South Wales in Australia", "native to only" sounds a little awkward to me. Hut 8.5 21:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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Why hasn't the In the News section been updated in several days?

Errors in On this day

Today's OTD

The heading of the Holocaust and then the listing of the killing of German POWs by the US Army makes it sound as if the Dachau liberation reprisals were part of the Holocaust. I know that the Holocaust has been subject to more or less broad definitions, but I've never heard a definition so broad that it included killings of Germans by the USA, however brutal. I'd suggest that this be changed from The Holocaust to World War II. Epa101 (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

 Done. Good point. As long as the target article is the reprisal killings, rather than the death camp itself, it makes more sense to link it to the war. — Amakuru (talk) 22:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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• Washington's portrait (not this one) is still used on the U.S. $1 bill. Suggest: "A portrait of Washington was used ... 1880, and one is still in use today." Jmar67 (talk) 00:37, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

  Jmar67, I think it's just a typo, it should simply say, "is used" and not "was used." Or, rewrite, as "This portrait was used for the US dollar in XXX" or something similar, to differentiate from the current USD which is issued by the Federal Reserve. But as it is now, the sentence seems like the US doesn't have Washington on its currency. I personally don't think we need so much detail on the front page, so I'd just rewrite the one sentence to show that Washington's portrait is used on the $1 bill, simple as that, and let the article differentiate between the US and Federal Reserve.Sir Joseph ^(talk) 02:09, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

  Agree. The reference to 1869 and 1880 is confusing, because, as you say and as I recognized before posting, the implication is that it is no longer the case. Try: "A portrait of Washington is used on the United States one-dollar bill." Jmar67 (talk) 11:52, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

   Fixed I have changed it to read "This portrait of Washington was used on designs for the $1 bill issued in 1869 and 1880." That should clarify the matter without getting into excessive detail.--Jayron32 14:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

  Now I'm a little confused. The blurb now says that this line engraving was produced in 1902 and also that this portrait was used for the 1869 and 1880 dollar bills. How can a picture be used more than 30 years before it was created? Was there time travel involved? In earnest: I assume that this line engraving used an older painting as a template and that this earlier painting was also used for the dollar bills. But I don't see this information in the image description on Commons. Spike (talk) 16:10, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

   Fixed again, mostly because I'm a total idiot. New phrasing says "Similar portraits of Washington have been used on designs for the $1 bill." I hope that ends it. --Jayron32 17:12, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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