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Errors in In the news

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Does anyone think that instead of "two explosions near the finish of the Boston Marathon" that it should be changed to "A terrorist attack near the finish line..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeanutButterPenguin (talk • contribs) 23:08, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

No, this is the usual practice as such wording can sometimes be taken as non-neutral. See WP:TERRORIST. Chamal ^T•C 00:39, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Errors in the current or next Did you know...

... that between the first white settlement in 1856 and the end of the Mendocino War in 1860, the Native American population in Mendocino County, California decreased by 80%?

There should be a comma after California. Inglok (talk) 00:53, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Done. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:07, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Errors in today's or tomorrow's On this day...

1912 item - "striking gold miners in in northeast Siberia" - should be "striking gold miners in northeast Siberia". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uyer (talk • contribs) 00:54, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Done. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:07, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Shouldn't "Evacuation Day" point to Evacuation Day (Syria) instead of Public holidays in Syria? Chocolate Horlicks (talk) 06:22, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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