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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 ..."

Next DYK

"...that ants are the main pollinators of jam tarts (examples pictured)", example need not be plural. Primergrey (talk) 02:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(January 10)

Monday's FL

(January 6)

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

Hey, just wondering, do you think the moray eel is "more active at night"? Shenme (talk) 00:49, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

On my phone so can’t do it myself, but Shenme is right. Blurb has the same phrase twice. Floquenbeam (talk) 01:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Actually I managed. Thanks for the report. Floquenbeam (talk) 01:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

General discussion

Where is Niki Lauda?

To my view he was notable enough that his death should be listed in the Main Page, 'Recent Deaths' or even get a post in the 'In the news' section. Why not?

Go-in (talk) 23:31, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

See here. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 23:56, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

As with the death mentioned a few sections above 'and many others which appear in the archives for this page' - there is only a certain amount of space on the Main Page, so value judgements (as to both the notability of the person and also the quality of the person's WP article) have to be made.

Even if the Main Page were the size of 'the largest TV to date' and all biographies were well written there would still be comments as to why wasn't a particular death/anniversary/ITN entry included. (When will the resignation be included on ITN?) Jackiespeel (talk) 10:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

See here.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

I seriously think the WP purists must come to their senses here! If a perceived lack of quality of an article prevents its inclusion, the Main Page will run the risk of being skewed. After all, isn't the WP Main Page for the public, not for the cognoscenti to get their quality requirements enforced? Notability must be the firat and only criterion! (Lauda is unimportant to me, it's the principle.) Go-in (talk) 09:19, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

No, article quality is the primary consideration. The main page shows the best of Wiki, not the most notable. Often the two are one and the same but not always. If there's a difference between the two - you could always fix it yourself. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:00, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Serving the public is exactly why there are quality standards. It does not help the reader if we direct them to an article about something or someone significant but the article is unreferenced, woefully incomplete, or erroneous. --Khajidha (talk) 14:20, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 27 May 2019

The five copies of the Main Page above seem to use old syntax and should be synced with the current source of the Main Page. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 02:02, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux ^Talk 16:27, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Minor correction

Prem Tinsulanonda, Regent of Thailand died on May 26. Can't you add him on the recently dead list? Raisul-wiki (talk) 03:34, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

See WP:ITNC. The Rambling Man (talk) 03:43, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Translation

Armenian to English Erik Hayrapetyan (talk) 05:50, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Translation, although I don't think there are currently any Armenian-to-English translators available. Please use the help desk for questions unrelated to the Main Page. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 06:11, 29 May 2019 (UTC)