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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)

Day-after-tomorrow's FA

i do not know if "kleptotoxicism" is a word used in the relevant literature. it appears to have been added to the article by an ip user, here, without a reliable source. the word appears on this site as well, though it cites wikipedia as a source. i did not want to remove the word unilaterally, so had left a message on the talk page of Sabine's Sunbird (the fac nominator) a few days ago, but that account appears to have made no edits within the last two years. dying (talk) 09:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Errors with "In the news"

People VS Migrants

What's the guideline for the noun used to describe casualties of an accident? Recently all the victims have been described as "people" except for the shipwreck where they are described as "migrants". Does anyone else see a problem in that quite obvious difference in wording? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.104.107 (talk) 17:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

I agree. This seems like a WP:NPOV violation. We have three stories where "[n] people" died and one where "[n] migrants" died. It should consistently say "people". HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 07:39, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't see a problem with migrants. The other cases did not involve migrants, but this one did, so we say migrants to give some context. And what does NPOV have to do with this? ^The⬡_Bestagon 12:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

That they are migrants is a key aspect of information for that particular news item. J947 † ^edits 07:49, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't see a problem. The train's dead are a mix of railway staff and passengers: "people" encompasses both. The boat's dead are entirely migrants (the one alleged people-trafficker being a survivor), so an encompassing term is not needed: "migrants" is truthful and accurate. If you personally interpret "migrants" as something problematic, then that is your prerogative. Bazza (talk) 10:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Calabria shipwreck death toll

The death toll is now 67, as stated in the article with an appropriate reference, so the figure on the Main Page should be updated. ^The⬡_Bestagon 12:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Tomorrow's OTD

Bombing of the Bezuidenhout

"1945 – Second World War: The Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the neighbourhood of Bezuidenhout in The Hague, killing 511 evacuees."

The only mention of evacuees in the article is uncited. The article states that 511 people were killed and (without citation) this included 8 firemen, so presumably all 511 weren't evacuees - Dumelow (talk) 07:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

The source cited for the casualties simply says '511 killed' (in Dutch). We could simply remove 'evacuees' from the blurb. However there are a lot of {{cn}} tags in the article, which is also quite short, so maybe it would be better to swap it out for another item. Modest Genius ^talk 13:08, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Day-after-tomorrow's OTD

Chicago

"1837 – Chicago, Illinois, was incorporated as a city after its population increased in seven years from 200 to more than 4,000."

The article says "On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of about 200.[34] Within seven years it grew to more than 6,000 people" and "When founded in 1833, fewer than 200 people had settled on what was then the American frontier. By the time of its first census, seven years later, the population had reached over 4,000". The figures are different but mores importantly the number seems to have been measured in 1840, three years after incorporation - Dumelow (talk)

The Holocaust in Bulgarian-occupied Greece

"1943 – The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied northern Greece were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed."

The article says "Overall 4,058 of the 4,273 Jews in Western Thrace were arrested during the roundup", which I agree is "almost all". The article also says Bulgaria occupied eastern Greek Macedonia too; the numbers here don't appear to be mentioned. Do the figures include Macedonia or should the OTD blurb read "almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace"? - Dumelow (talk) 08:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Brazzaville arms dump blasts

"2012 – A series of blasts occurred at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people and injuring 2,300 others."

The article gives figures of 300 dead and 2,500 injured - Dumelow (talk) 08:12, 2 March 2023 (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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