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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 timeline link for the Russian invasion of Ukraine needs an update. The timeline was split. The new page is Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 April 2024 – present).– Primium (talk) 16:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

  This was fixed shortly before your comment. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks! – Primium (talk) 16:54, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Next-but-one DYK

Not exactly an error, but in the first hook, using "quiet" to describe a music scene is a bit...you know. I suggest "sparse" or "spare". (I almost said "minor".) Primergrey (talk) 20:19, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(May 17, today)

Monday's FL

(May 20)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the corresponding regular version (i.e. without "protected" in the page title) in addition to the Main Page version linked below.

Today's POTD

We should not be featuring a photo used for copyleft trolling on our Main Page. We are endangering our users! Please switch it to a different photo. Nosferattus (talk) 17:21, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

After skimming through the Commons Village Pump discussion and the deletion request, it looks like the situation is more complicated than that. I'm inclined to let this picture finish its run, and let Commons sort out how images by this uploader should be handled. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:03, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Indeed. Until and unless there is a consensus to take some other action, the picture remains a featured picture. The prevailing sentiment is mixed, as I understand it, with condemnation of the tactics used by the companies involved with this, but also recognising that if someone wishes to monetise the unrestricted version of their photograph they have a right to shut down unauthorised use.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:11, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

That's my rough understanding of the sentiment there as well. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 20:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

I have read the Commons Village Pump discussion in its entirety but haven't looked at the deletion discussion. From the Village Pump discussion, I've come to the conclusion that we are in need of a policy: what do we do with images that are uploaded by photographers who engage in copyleft trolling? Without that policy in place, there is no justification to pull this photo. Schwede66 20:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Any other Main Page errors

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