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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 in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

Watamou Lamien

The hook was changed after DYK was approved, whereby ROC was changed to OMR. That's factually incorrect, since Watamou Lamien was the link between PCRV and ROC. Once ROC had morphed into OMR, the relationship between OMR and PCRV had become very hostile and Lamien had been expelled from PCRV and formed a new group. I'd ask that the original hook from the DYK nomination by used, see Template:Did you know nominations/Watamou Lamien. --Soman (talk) 12:18, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

American Colossus

• ... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?

The topic here is a book. The quotations are not attributed and one of them is from the author of the book and so is promotional hype rather than being independent and reliable. The other quote comes from a tennis correspondent who will likewise be biased in favour of that sport. These are not definite facts, they are opinions. See WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, MOS:PUFFERY and WP:SUBJECTIVE. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:49, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Adnan al-Bursh

Adnan al-Bursh: "an" should probably be in the link (an Israeli prison) because it's referring to a specific prison.:Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done – Schwede66 09:11, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

The article has duplicate information and is on Israel/Palestine. I don't think his death would have been posted via ITN so it needs more scrutiny if it is going through the easier DYK route. Secretlondon (talk) 12:39, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Next DYK

Translations of The Lord of the Rings is a redirect caused by a recent move. Just in case this destabilises, I propose removing the link entirely.--Launchballer 13:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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Today's POTD

• Shouldn't it be "a species of fly" instead of "a species of flies"? AryKun (talk) 13:24, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

   Fixed Schwede66 16:58, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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