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Errors in the summary of the featured article[edit]

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Today's FA[edit]

Tomorrow's FA[edit]

Day-after-tomorrow's FA[edit]

Errors with "In the news"[edit]

Errors in "Did you know ..."[edit]

Current DYK[edit]

The DYK on Fang Yi'ai states "his wife Princess Gaoyang was forced to commit suicide after their failed rebellion". However, there is no mention of suicide in the linked article on Princess Gaoyang, which states: "They stormed the palace but were stopped and captured. Gaoyang and her husband were executed by hanging shortly after." The only mention of a suicide on her page is the category: "Forced suicides of Chinese people". Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:43, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed. Secretlondon (talk) 14:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't even approved like that. Someone made up another hook as it looked hookier! Secretlondon (talk) 14:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The hook that was approved in the DYK hook review is now on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 16:15, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Secretlondon and PFHLai: both hooks were approved in the nomination. Could you please explain the logic of dismissing a hook based on what is in another, much more poorly-written article? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:49, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The DYK on the Larmanjat guided rail system describes it as being "successfully demonstrated in England", but the demonstration system was actually built in France, according to the article itself. FourteenDays (talk) 16:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Next DYK[edit]

Next-but-one DYK[edit]

Errors in "On this day"[edit]

Today's OTD[edit]

Tomorrow's OTD[edit]

Day-after-tomorrow's OTD[edit]

Errors in the summary of the featured list[edit]

Friday's FL[edit]

(June 14)

Monday's FL[edit]

(June 10)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture[edit]

Today's POTD[edit]

Tomorrow's POTD[edit]

  • 9 June - in blurb at "This E. penia buttefly perching on a flower", pls tweak typo in "buttefly". JennyOz (talk) 13:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Any other Main Page errors[edit]

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