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Errors in the summary of the featured article
[edit]Errors with "In the news"
[edit]Errors in "Did you know ..."
[edit]- ... that Katherine Balch is "like some kind of musical Thomas Edison"?
The "is" makes this a WP:NOTPROMO violation even with the quotation marks, which do not, on their own, clearly signal that this is someone's opinion rather than a wikivoice assertion of fact. A "has been called" might fix it, but personally I'm skeptical of hooks that are just generic praise for a living person (contrast praise about a specific accomplishment or for a creative work of theirs). -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 04:15, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- Agree. Surprised that this made it through. I thought unattributed, out-of-context quotes in hooks are generally a no-no (unless it's for the quirky slot). @JuniperChill @ArtemisiaGentileschiFan @Miraclepine Cielquiparle (talk) 10:37, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- I thought it was a good hook, my apologies. I thought it was a quirky hook because I think the wording of "some kind of [thing that has nothing to do with Thomas Edison] Thomas Edison" was pretty funny. I have no opposition to rewording it as "has been called" or "has been described as". ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 10:52, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've added attribution to the hook. I'm not sure what we've got now is wonderful, but at least it fixes the immediate problem. RoySmith (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- @RoySmith: Shouldn't Joshua Kosman be linked? ミラP@Miraclepine 16:12, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- As a matter of (not always followed) style, DYK tries to keep the number of links in a hook to a minimum. The feeling is that we want to encourage readers to click through to the primary (bolded) link, not distract them with other possible articles that are also linked to. RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- @RoySmith: Shouldn't Joshua Kosman be linked? ミラP@Miraclepine 16:12, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've added attribution to the hook. I'm not sure what we've got now is wonderful, but at least it fixes the immediate problem. RoySmith (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- I thought it was a good hook, my apologies. I thought it was a quirky hook because I think the wording of "some kind of [thing that has nothing to do with Thomas Edison] Thomas Edison" was pretty funny. I have no opposition to rewording it as "has been called" or "has been described as". ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 10:52, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
[edit]"Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured)" - probably take out "pictured" unless he is going to be pictured. CAVincent (talk) 00:15, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- Reiterating that someone needs to take "(pictured)" out of "French emperor Napoleon (pictured)" CAVincent (talk) 00:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
- Done.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:01, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Errors in the summary of the featured list
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Errors in the summary of the featured picture
[edit]Any other Main Page errors
[edit]Please report any such problems or suggestions for improvement at the General discussion section of Talk:Main Page.