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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"

International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israel–Hamas war figures is coming along well now with mention of the background, the 3 individuals and the reactions. It can fit on the main page more appropriately.Sportsnut24 (talk) 10:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Sportsnut24, that's not an error. If you want to change the target article, that needs to be discussed and agreed at WP:ITN/C. Schwede66 18:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

Panhandle Gap

• "that Mount Rainier cannot be seen from Panhandle Gap (pictured), despite the trail being ...". The Panhandle Gap is a col, not a trail, so what is this "the trail"? In fact it seems to be the Wonderland Trail, which leads to the Panhandle Gap. So I suggest to write "despite a trail that leads to it being ...". (Generally, it is rather unsurprising that a local peak is hidden at the point where the trail crosses a ridge, so I don't really accept the logic behind "despite", but I don't care about that.) JMCHutchinson (talk) 20:54, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

  I agree – the article says that The hike along the Wonderland Trail […] to the gap has been described as "possibly the best day hike" in Mount Rainier National Park. The source for the quote is Hiking Washington: A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures, p. 100, at Google Books, which does say:

  Possibly the best day hike in Mount Rainier National Park, this section of the Wonderland Trail from Fryingpan Creek to Summerland and Panhandle Gap traverses a huge variety of terrain and ecosystems.

  but later on the page says:

  At Summerland and Panhandle Gap you can bask in the presence of colossal Mount Rainier. Its sheer size is hard to comprehend until you see it up close.

  I'm not sure whether it means that you can literally see Mount Rainier from Panhandle Gap in particular, but either way it's clear that Mount Rainier is visible for a significant portion of the hike. That means "best day hike" and "can't see Mount Rainier" aren't both true of the same thing (as the original hook seems to imply). jlwoodwa (talk) 21:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

• The article says "On a clear day, Mount Adams is visible from Panhandle Gap, but Mount Rainier itself is largely blocked by the ridge to the west" . If it's "largely blocked" then that implies that it's still visible to some extent. The source for this tells you how to get to a high point by the gap that gives you a good view of the mountain. So there's not really a "despite". The trail seems popular because it provides good views rather than otherwise. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:45, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

StoneToss

• "that X's rules were changed when StoneToss sought help from Elon Musk after an anti-fascist group published materials claiming to have revealed their identity?" should say 'Twitter' like the hook originally said, which won't be mistaken for what the letter X is commonly used for in writing. Traumnovelle (talk) 01:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

  I agree. The article uses "Twitter" throughout and the hook was approved with "Twitter" too. The letter X is quite ambiguous and so our article about the social media site is still titled Twitter. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:11, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Next DYK

• Charles J. M. Gwinn: duplink in caption. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 00:52, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
• Florentina Holzinger: the template after the bolded link should be {{`s}} rather than {{'s}}. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 00:52, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
• Apricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedy: page moved, so redirect needs bypassing. Also, I suggest "hot weather" (a more common term) instead of hot temperature. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 00:52, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

  All done, thanks for the corrections. RoySmith (talk) 01:48, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• Colin Turnbull (b. 1924) - this article is a bit light on references, including for his date of birth. JennyOz (talk) 00:07, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
  • I've added a cite for November 23, which is definitely the consensus in sources (Guardian obit, Gale, even the tombstone), but the Grinker biography gives the date as November 24. I suspect that was just a mistake, but if anyone would be more comfortable pulling it, I won't complain. (I remember reading The Forest People while sick with a nasty virus...I didn't enjoy it too much.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:53, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(November 29)

Monday's FL

(November 25)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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Tomorrow's POTD

Kate brieske!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

General discussion

A Sister Project to collaborate on?

As I have written in my User Page, there is a genuine requirement for a Sister Project WikiDerivations on Ab Initio Derivations on Pure Sciences, particularly, physics. From the First principles.
Using Ockham's Razor as a strict guideline. Then, layer by layer, generalising and advancing further.
But simplest at the very beginning. Nothing more than what is absolutely necessary.
A sub-site, Wikipedia Derivations, or as an aside with an appropriate link, and then an ever-growing list of derivations contributed by community members. Posters themselves. Anyone competent to contribute. Edited. Simplified further. With minimum descriptive words on that particular derivation's page. To be used as an Online Learning Aid.
To effectively end the monopoly of organised educational institutions on the greatest achievements of the Human Minds. Let the society enjoy the beauty of the interweaving of logic, analysis and experimental data, without the threats of memorisation and faithful reproduction in exams. Freedom from the need to buy generally expensive textbooks.
I waited for a long time, hoping that eventually, Wikipedia would stumble on to this simple idea. 10 years have passed by, but Wikipedia did not. So the time is ripe for me to post this idea.
Subject to approval, I could begin posting derivations.
Bkpsusmitaa (talk) 02:35, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Bkpsusmitaa, this is an interesting idea. But this page isn't the best place for it—you probably want to take it to Meta:Proposals for new projects. Eman235/talk 03:40, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

@Eman235: Thank you very much for responding, Eman235. Could then a copy of this discussion be moved to my User_Page please?
Bkpsusmitaa (talk) 04:54, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Asteroid 101955 Bennu

The picture has been there for 'a few days' - is there anything it could be changed to? Jackiespeel (talk) 00:31, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

What do you suggest? Stephen 00:44, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps one of the football players, like Leonardo Ponzio, the captain of the winning team. Eman235/talk 01:01, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Good call, swapped. Stephen 04:16, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Indefinite page protection

Please stop protecting pages indefinitely. The wiki must be kept clean from protection. Anthony E. Lahmann (talk) 03:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

@Anthony E. Lahmann: You can make edit requests on talk pages for articles that are protected. For example, this talk page is for discussing changes needed to the main page, not to the website in general. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:44, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

There is a strong consensus for protecting the Main Page indefinitely. Otherwise, our only defense against Main Page porn would be to revert it afterwards. Art LaPella (talk) 05:31, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

It is probably the most viewed and important page in Wikipedia. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 12:48, 11 December 2018 (UTC)