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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Errors with "In the news"
Errors in "Did you know ..."
- "that according to the game's best player..." it might be linked (ZeRo (gamer)). © Tbhotch™ (en-3). 01:15, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Lt. Col.
: I don't think there's any good reason to abbreviate "Lieutenant Colonel" here; it should be expanded for the benefit of readers. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 04:27, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
- You could probably fit all the people who observe Rosh Hashanah LaBehema nowadays in one room. It seems like a somewhat controversial statement to describe it as a Jewish observance in 2020. Why was it chosen to be listed? Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 06:50, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Unilaterally added by a self-described rabbi sysop Valley2city who has made 250 contributions in the last five years, here. Apparently this sort of thing is acceptable. What's also annoying is that the date of this observance isn't actually even cited. Perhaps admins who aren't really familiar with how things work shouldn't be making such edits (or be able to edit the main page). The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 06:59, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- While the date is correct (though it's actually disputed in the source Mishnah, as explained in the "origin" section on the observance's page), the fact that today is Rosh Chodesh Elul is far more relevant to 99.9% of Jews in 2020 than the fact that Rosh Chodesh Elul happens to have been observed as Rosh Hashanah LaBehema during the Second Temple period. Seems to me like an unnecessary POV addition. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 07:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Not the point really. Articles in OTD should have their date reliably referenced, and not be in any doubt. I agree with the last point though, a self-declared rabbi probably ought not to be tinkering with the main page to include a Jewish observance. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:08, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- I agree, was just adding on to that. Though I disagree that users professions should be used when assessing their contributions unless there is a clear COI, which I wouldn’t say is the case here. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 09:24, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Not the point really. Articles in OTD should have their date reliably referenced, and not be in any doubt. I agree with the last point though, a self-declared rabbi probably ought not to be tinkering with the main page to include a Jewish observance. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:08, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- While the date is correct (though it's actually disputed in the source Mishnah, as explained in the "origin" section on the observance's page), the fact that today is Rosh Chodesh Elul is far more relevant to 99.9% of Jews in 2020 than the fact that Rosh Chodesh Elul happens to have been observed as Rosh Hashanah LaBehema during the Second Temple period. Seems to me like an unnecessary POV addition. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 07:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)This should probably be removed. The section in question is problematic, even without the CNs, because it's relation to the subject of the article is not clear (to me, someone unfamiliar with Jewish arcana). It appears to be a general description of the month within this holiday falls. Additionally, the sentence In 2012, the first guided ritual communal meals [...] were held [...] in major cities across the United States does not have support in the two references following.130.233.2.170 (talk) 07:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Unilaterally added by a self-described rabbi sysop Valley2city who has made 250 contributions in the last five years, here. Apparently this sort of thing is acceptable. What's also annoying is that the date of this observance isn't actually even cited. Perhaps admins who aren't really familiar with how things work shouldn't be making such edits (or be able to edit the main page). The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 06:59, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
protection of the victims of armed conflict
: "the" is not necessary in this phrase, as we're not referring to any individual victims in particular. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 08:00, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Black Ribbon Day - target article is out of date, still listing the UK as a member state of the EU. Also worth noting that (for example), Georgia doesn't observe "Black Ribbon Day" at all, it observes "Day of Memory of Victims of Totalitarian Regimes" which is somewhat different in tone. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:12, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Sacco and Vanzetti - several unreferenced paragraphs and, as usual, a pitiful "in popular culture" section, tagged. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Oscar Hammerstein II - a couple of unreferenced sections and other unsourced claims littered around the place. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Errors in the summary of the featured list
(October 4, today)
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Errors in the summary of the featured picture
"Nearer to the Earth are the orbits of navigational satellites, such as Galileo (turquoise), BeiDou (beige), GPS (blue) and GLONASS (red)," The link to "Galileo" is set to the Galileo (spacecraft) article, not to the expected Galileo (satellite navigation) article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nystemy (talk • contribs) 08:42, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Any other Main Page errors
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