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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Today's FA
(pictured) was probably a bad call here; it gives the impression that Fleetwood Mac is known primarily as a two-member band. I don't have any strong feeling about the best fix, though. - Dank (push to talk) 03:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Maybe "(two band members pictured)"? I see that you added this, Ravenpuff. Schwede66 05:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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Errors with "In the news"
The Børsen fire blurb should probably link "catches fire" to 2024 Børsen fire. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
The first bullet is "The historic Børsen (pictured) in Copenhagen, Denmark, catches fire." This can be updated, since there is now an article about the fire (2024 Børsen fire) and we also now know that its spire fell. A rewrite:
- The historic Børsen (pictured) in Copenhagen, Denmark, catches fire.
Another:
- The historic Børsen (pictured) in Copenhagen, Denmark, catches fire, which topples its iconic spire.
Not very familiar with source editing, wanted to point this out. Qwaabza (talk) 01:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- The details of what damage was done is best left to reading the article. Stephen 04:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Re: link Which page to bold is best determined at Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Børsen, where there is already discussion on this.—Bagumba (talk) 07:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
Current DYK
The summary of the article about the lynching of Norris Dendy is incorrect. It falsely states that five men were indicted but not convicted. As the article makes clear, five men were charged but the grand jury failed to indict. A correct summary would be: "that five men were accused of lynching Norris Dendy but none were ever indicted?"Bill (talk) 01:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Nominator here, @Billposer is correct - admins please feel free to make this change. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 02:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
In the first blurb about Ivanka Trump, I’d suggest linking first family to First family of the United States. Stumped me for a little bit trying to figure out what that meant when I first read it. FunIsOptional (talk) (use ping please) 03:08, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Whilst a change like this isn't uncontroversial, I consider that it makes sense. Many reader won't know what the first family is and a link is thus useful. If others disagree, please feel free to revert this. Schwede66 03:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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Errors in "On this day"
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Moved from Main page talk:
Is it possible to add the half millennium anniversary of New York City?
The sharpest possible pinpointing of non-Native settlement of New York City is May 1624 no one knows the day but they first saw the land+great natural harbor about 100 years before: exactly April 17th, 1524. Maybe replace the French ship with this French ship? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 00:43, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- A suggestion:
- 1524 – Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano anchored the French ship La Dauphine in New York Bay, naming the area New Angoulême.
- — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- After a cursory look, it seems History of New York City is short on sourcing, while La Dauphine is just short.—Bagumba (talk) 12:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- Cèllere Codex, his log. ——Serial Number 54129 11:25, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
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Errors in the summary of the featured list
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General discussion
April 10 OTD
I just want to say I appreciate that the April 10 OTD has a couple of "lighter" items (The Great Gatsby being published and Beatles breaking up). It's nice to see that it's not all doom and gloom. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 16:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Jessintime. To some, the Beatles breaking up might have been the worst news of 1970. Appreciate your feedback, though. Schwede66 19:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Capitalisation: "Main Page" vs "Main page"
Hello. I haven't done an exhaustive search of the archives so I apologise if this has been asked before. I did find a question from 2004 suggesting that the "P" in "Main Page" should be decapitalised; although I support that suggestion, that is not what I wish to discuss here.
My issue is with the inconsistency of the capitalisation. Whereas in most places, including the page's title, it is referred to with the capital "P" ("Main Page"), the link on the sidebar has a lowercase "p" ("Main page").
Is there a reason for this difference? With my current knowledge of the situation, I would suggest decapitalising this title everywhere; or, at least, capitalising the title in the sidebar to maintain consistency.
Thank you for your consideration. – Alisperic (talk) 07:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- See also related discussion links at Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Why is the Main Page in the main (article) namespace? —andrybak (talk) 08:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your recommendation. I have had a closer look at all of these discussions but I have not been able to find a satisfying answer to the question I posed here about capitalisation and the sidebar. Alisperic (talk) 12:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- For previous attempt to capitalize the link in the sidebar, see MediaWiki talk:Mainpage-description. Page MediaWiki:Mainpage-description controls the text in the sidebar, as can be see from debug locale. —andrybak (talk) 16:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for your recommendation. I have had a closer look at all of these discussions but I have not been able to find a satisfying answer to the question I posed here about capitalisation and the sidebar. Alisperic (talk) 12:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)