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Errors in In the news

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• Technically speaking, parts per million is a mixing ratio and not a concentration. [1] --LukeSurl ^{t c} 20:37, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Fair enough. In the posting at ITN, the admin said that "mixing ratio" wasn't used in the refs, concentration was. What do you suggest? Is there a ref relevant to this posting that you could add with the correct nomenclature? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:40, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
    • Eh, it's not a major thing. There's sorta a conflict between being technically correct and following the term that is actually (mis)used. Personally I would go for:
      

Measurements of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere exceed 400 parts per million, the highest level since the Pliocene epoch.

Cheers --LukeSurl ^{t c} 20:57, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll buy it, just because the budgies survived...  ;) The Rambling Man (talk) 21:02, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Errors in the current or next Did you know...

• "The Indian Navy's Satpura" is a little awkward; I think "The Indian Navy frigate Satpura" might be better. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

• The text says ... that Jerzy Żuławski's Lunar Trilogy published in the 1900s was a major milestone in the history of science fiction and fantasy in Poland?. The phrase "published in the 1900s" needs to be set off by commas. --Trovatore (talk) 00:59, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day...

• The 2005 item in the current list on the Andijan massacre states anywhere from 187 to a reported 5,000 people died. That should be anywhere from 187 to a reported 1,500 people died. --Epipelagic (talk) 10:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Appears to be fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
• The "protection against" in "...cowpox as a vaccine for protection against smallpox" should be removed or clarified, because its presence sounds like you're trying to vaccinate against the protection, not against the smallpox—in other words, to prevent prevention. Unless this is the actual meaning of this, "vaccine against" would suffice, based on the definition of vaccine.  — TORTOISEWRATH 01:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

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