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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Errors with "In the news"

• The 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel event should read "In retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Iran conducts missile and drone strikes against Israel." There has been a train wreck at Talk:Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus trying to get the article moved, but reliable sources always use "consulate". Abductive (reasoning) 02:51, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  I'm more comfortable with the news item wording matching the article title than opening a can of worms here. Schwede66 04:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  It's an embarrassment to the Main Page. Abductive (reasoning) 04:54, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  I'm "more comfortable" being accurate, rather then consistently making a mistake. But Wikipedia isn't her for our comfort; it's here for the facts. Jehochman ^Talk 15:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  It was an adjacent building, not the embassy. Iran claims it was a consulate, though it's unclear if that's true. But since Iran itself doesn't claim it was the embassy this should be reworded. How could such an error got in the main page? MeUser42 (talk) 11:37, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  It is clearly inaccurate and should be pulled if we can't get conensus. Maybe request ArbCom assistance if the stonewallers can't be sorted out at WP:AE. Jehochman ^Talk 14:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  The simple fix would be to say "in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, Iran..." (taking out the consulate part) Masem (t) 15:01, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  That's a great idea. Don't get involved in the article title ping-pong that's ongoing. Jehochman ^Talk 15:06, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

  Agree that it's inaccurate. Even Iran says it's a consulate. How did the editors on that article get the title wrong like that? JM (talk) 20:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

In the first hook, either lower-case "Autumn/Winter" or upper-case "collection", no? Primergrey (talk) 23:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I've dropped those caps. Schwede66 02:51, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

The 2024 Hillhead by-election does not redirect to the related section.

2401:7400:4014:92B7:DC13:BFF:FEA8:F4E6 (talk) 14:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done Given that it’s such a long article, it takes a long time before you get to this by-election. It thus makes sense to have a section link. Schwede66 18:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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