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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"

• Comment - unfortunately I don't think we have a usable image of the Chang'e spacecraft, I've just removed the two that were in the article as dubious copyright status. If anyone thinks differently or has other images, let me know. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:34, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• In the 1997 item it says "...ordered the detainment of his rival..." but shouldn't it be "...ordered the detention of his rival..."? "Detention" is a much more common word than "detainment", according to Google Trends. I suspect this a French term creeping into the story. Abductive (reasoning) 03:51, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

  or "ordered the detainment of his rival Denis Sassou Nguesso detained"—Bagumba (talk) 04:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

  "detention" it is. Schwede66 08:07, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

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Monday's FL

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the corresponding regular version (i.e. without "protected" in the page title) in addition to the Main Page version linked below.

Today's POTD

• "They grow to a height...". Nothing in the plural has been mentioned before. So please change "They" to "Trees". JMCHutchinson (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Amakuru and Ravenpuff: Notifying you as the main editors. Another option is "It grows to a height...", as it could be unclear which trees are being referred to. —Bagumba (talk) 01:21, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

• "They become tan when mature,". "They" could refer to cones or bracts. Please change "They" to "The cones". JMCHutchinson (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
  • I implemented both of the above changes (though I went with "The trees") before seeing Bagumba's comment. The change to "The cones" introduces a repetition problem, but I figured that was better than a clarity problem. I'd be happy if others want to wordsmith further. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:28, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
• The link for "trifid" could be handier if pipe is changed to section ie [[Glossary of botanical terms#T|trifid]] JennyOz (talk) 05:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

   Done Schwede66 08:12, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

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