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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)

Today's FA

• "Lincoln is ranked as the greatest US president" – this is way too strong of an assertion and does not match the article. I suggest "Lincoln is ranked among the greatest US presidents". RunningTiger123 (talk) 04:42, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  Pinging @TFA coordinatorsUser:Wehwalt User:Gog the Mild User:Z1720, ErnestKrause, and Nikkimaria per instructions above. RunningTiger123 (talk) 04:45, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  Fine by me. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:48, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  Agreed. I instinctively want to add a [by whom?] tag seeing it. ~2026-10425-22 (talk) 05:39, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  Read it and immediately noticed this and came here, very strange phrasing to have on the main page. What does "ranked as the greatest" even mean here? By whom? It makes it seem like there's an official ranking somewhere that definitively places him as "the greatest". Also the page it wikilinks to says he is sometimes ranked 2nd, so that's not ideal. ―Maltazarian ^{(talk$\lor$investigate)} 05:52, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

  Changed. Stephen 06:04, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Monday's FL

(February 16, today)

Wednesday's FL

(February 18)

Friday's FL

(February 20)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

Why did you guys lists mostly bad things.

Gee i was excited to open wikipedia on my birthday to see the on this day, you guys picked mostly tragedies regarding death and a rape. You couldve sprinkled something good there. Gabrielrochell (talk) 14:05, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

If you want to see different things posted, you are welcome to participate in the processes that determine what appears on the Main Page. 331dot (talk) 14:30, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Bad things tend to be more likely to draw attention and thus have sources about them that we can use to write articles about them. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

I see but like, Nelson Mandela was released on this day, the Beatles recorded their first album, Pope Benedict resigned

Gabriel Boric the president outgoing of chile was born this day.

Frank Herbert died on this day, so did Whitney Houston

And I only know those things because I know the things that happened on my birthday, but now Im wondering if every day the picks are so "off"

You pick 5 things on this day, and 3 are tragedies.

How does one take part on this process? I was looking forward to see what things you guys would list today but I really feel dissapointed. Gabrielrochell (talk) 15:20, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Those would be items for the On This Day box, while I the News focuses on current events. Masem (t) 16:02, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

The original post clearly refers to On This Day. WP:OTD explains that section and how to contribute to it. The selections for Feb 11 are handled at Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 11. Modest Genius ^talk 20:06, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't know... I see two holidays, the founding of a town (even if it was short lived), and the first televised sci-fi broadcast. Those all seem like positive things. There were also the three negative things you mentioned. Perhaps your impression of today's OTD being all bad is an example of how bad things draw more attention. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 22:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Temporarily replace DYK with Today's GA

How do people feel about temporarily replacing DYK with an excerpt from what we call "good articles", something like "from Today's good article"? to me DYK seems very lost at the moment (too many niche topics, too much repetition, the W&M hook wacked out promotion, etc.) These are just my thoughts. 781h (talk) 05:13, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I think that GA is not FA, that having a solo spotlight at TFA is something we give to recognize hard work and we shouldn't diminish that by doing the same for the lesser accomplishment of GA. Wehwalt (talk) 13:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

There is already a process for recently promoted GAs to be on DYK. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:21, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

On the topic of repetition in the DYK, it seems for the past month most DYK versions have contained one fact relating to Genshin Impact. The periods in which the DYK does not have a Genshin Impact fact are between 1 day or 3 days, I think. Lethal Bracken (talk) 22:16, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

That and Jilly Cooper, which is either upcoming or has run very recently. 781h (talk) 02:10, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't see how this is an issue as nine articles are featured in DYK at once. Having one topic regularly featured in DYK is easily diluted across a week, let alone one month, GGOTCC 05:10, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK is meant to highlight new content (either new articles or newly expanded ones). If the hook is interesting, who cares if the topic is niche? With nine hooks a day, there will always be something that someone dislikes that another would like. If anything, featuring one good article would exasperate these complaints as GAs also deal in niche topics, are overrepresented in certain fields, and blocks out other articles from being featured.

And as someone who promoted several of the W&M hooks, how did it "wacked out" the promotion system? GGOTCC 05:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

More on the "too niche" thing, DYK is supposed to draw people towards new content that they might not find otherwise, so is perfect for niche topics. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:03, 16 February 2026 (UTC)