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A fact from Clap for Our Carers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Britons are being urged to clap for their carers every Thursday evening during the country's COVID-19 pandemic?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clap for our Carers.

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Under the "Related" section, should there be anything about 'Sing Happy Birthday to the Queen', which gathered a fair amount of media attention at the time, but was a massive flop? Or is it not really notable? Sir Magnus has spoken! (So can you!) 16:01, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For how long?

For how long is the applause meant to last? Or to be more specific: are there any reliable sources for this? MrStoofer (talk) 19:05, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weasel words

The practice has been criticised by some political commentators and medical workers as an empty gesture these are weasel words and need to be clarified by "who"? Name names, name titles, name orgs. "In the cited source" isn't good enough, put them up front for the reader to see. Elizium23 (talk) 23:48, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some sources - take your pick. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]... etc. Saying "some" is, in this case, sufficient, and naming particular individuals who have criticised the practice is unnecessary. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:45, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

can t link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap_for_Our_Carers https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applaudissements_aux_fen%C3%AAtres_pendant_la_pand%C3%A9mie_de_Covid-19 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplauso_por_los_trabajadores_de_la_salud--Dupacifique (talk) 17:33, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This English language page is for the English event, the other two are for other countries. So not sure if they should be linked. Probably best to ask on Wikidata, as the way to link together would be to merge on Wikidata. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:53, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Clap for Our Carers" edit

(Moved here from my talkpage. -- DeFacto (talk). 12:47, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[DeFacto] reverted my edit mentioning a "Slow Clap" organised by Unison in response to the 1% payrise for NHS staff, for reason of being of "serious NPOV issues". If that's really the case, then how can you explain "Boo for Boris" staying in the article then? Would that not be a NPOV issue also, or have I misunderstood? Although, maybe I would've brought it up in the article's Talk page before I added it in. Bryn89 (talk) 12:35, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bryn89, per my edit summary, I think it's outside the scope of this article anyway, so the NPOV issues are moot. -- DeFacto (talk). 12:52, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

'Related'

For how long?

Weasel words

can t link

"Clap for Our Carers" edit