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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

• Regarding "* ... that Israel's systematic destruction of trees and farmland in Gaza has been described as an ecocide?", this is SYNTHing two events covered separately by the sources, the overall destruction of trees in the Gaza strip, and the systematic destruction of agriculture (including agricultural trees) that is the focus of the hook. The sources also do not describe farmland alone, but also other kinds of agriculture. All four mentions in the article of "systematic" destruction relate to agriculture, so the hook should be changed to "* ... that Israel's systematic destruction of agricultural areas in Gaza has been described as an ecocide?" (with "agricultural areas" being one of the variations used here, other options might include agricultural infrastructure, or agricultural sites[1]). CMD (talk) 04:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

  In addition, "systematic destruction" is attributed by the provided source; we can't put in Wikivoice something that sources attribute. BilledMammal (talk) 04:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

  I'd suggest removing the word "systematic" (which isn't really necessary) if the only source that uses that word in its own voice is FA (which is the only one I can find; the others I can find that use "systematic" are quoting FA). "Israel's destruction of orchards and farmland" or "Israel's destruction of agriculture" can be sourced to FA, Guardian (linked by BM above), WaPo, Scientific American, and other sources used in the article and posted on its talk page. "... has been described as an ecocide" can be sourced to FA, Guardian, and other sources in the article and talk (or just Google "Gaza ecocide"). So I don't think the rest of the hook poses a problem. E.g. "... that Israel's destruction of agriculture in Gaza has been described as an ecocide?" Levivich (talk) 05:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

  Ok, I'll take out the word "systematic"; at least for now. There have been lengthy discussions about the hook and article:

  • nomination page
  • DYK talk archive 199
  • DYK talk

  @John Cummings, Launchballer, AirshipJungleman29, and RoySmith: pings to you. Feel free to discuss further. Schwede66 06:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Next DYK

Regarding the fourth hook, "liberation" is not capped in the article in running prose. Primergrey (talk) 23:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

 Fixed – Schwede66 02:58, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

There are two Green Bay Packers hooks in this set. Is that a mistake? Primergrey (talk) 23:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

I've swapped things around to clear this double up. Schwede66 03:19, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(May 31)

Monday's FL

(June 3)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

Where can I see previous versions of the front page for each day?

Hi all

Can someone tell me how to see previous versions of the front page for different days? Also can I suggest that that link is added at the top of this talk page somewhere since it's very unusual for the History tab for a Wikipedia page to not show previous versions of the page.

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 20:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Previous versions of the front page can be found at Wikipedia:Main Page history.

It is linked at the top of this talk page in a navbox. Unfortunately, navboxes are not visible in mobile version. You can see how the navbox looks in a desktop skin. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks very much, that's why I missed it :) John Cummings (talk) 21:34, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Featured

Any thoughts on renaming "From today's featured list" to "Today's featured list", as well as "From today's featured article" to "Today's featured article"? It would be much simpler and easier to understand what we're talking about. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 21:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Did you know that only summaries (blurbs) of the Featured List and Featured Article are on the Main Page? For example, today's Featured Article is Inaccessible Island rail, but the Main Page blurb is just this. The word "From" is intended to tell you it isn't the Featured Article, it's just a blurb FROM the Featured Article. Art LaPella (talk) 00:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:THQ § Random reference at the bottom of the Main Page?

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:THQ § Random reference at the bottom of the Main Page?. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:40, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

There are, for some reason, two citations floating at the bottom of the main page. These were asked about at the Wikipedia Teahouse. Perhaps someone familiar with the workings of the main page could take a look and see if there's a problem that needs to be fixed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:42, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

It seems to come from Portal:New England/Selected article/26. Schwede66 03:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)