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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)Reply

Errors with "In the news"

Errors in "Did you know ..."

This item perhaps unintentionally links to nonscientific opinion instead of information (rather than referencing the journal, whose existence is fact, it references an opinion in the journal which is not): "... that according to one creationist journal, HIV has its origins in the Fall?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.108.6.238 (talk) 14:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, this is obviously very inappropriate and should be pulled (more to the point, it should never have been approved in the first place). It should hopefully go without saying that this is a WP:FRINGE view. Putting this fringe view on the WP:Main page like this, even with attribution, is in effect promoting it. TompaDompa (talk) 17:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
...does someone mind explaining how? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:16, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
How promoting fringe views on Wikipedia's main page is inappropriate? I'm not sure I understand the question. TompaDompa (talk) 18:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
The third sentence of the article is ARJ's research is not scientifically sound and it encourages readers to doubt mainstream scientific evidence. While yes, it's attributed, it's no different than someone trying to shoehorn the statement "HIV has its origins in the (biblical) Fall, according to Answers Research Journal" into an article on HIV. The statement would not fly even with perfect attribution to the named source anywhere else on Wikipedia. Yet not only is it on the main page now, but it doesn't even specify that this journal is "not scientifically sound". It makes a claim in Wikivoice that should not be made. Surprised this hasn't been pulled yet - but I have no problem with anyone workshopping alternate hooks for a future set and excepting the timeliness rule given this was approved initially and may be pulled now. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 19:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
It says "creationist journal" and that clearly labels it as fringe, doesn't it? I therefore cannot see what the problem is. Schwede66 19:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm not sure "creationist journal" is specific enough, but if others feel it is, then I'll not push it. The term "journal", to the general public, gives the air of reputability to the "journal", even if it's not. While a term like "predatory journal" makes clear that it's a "journal in name only", I'm not sure that "creationist journal" does the same. I think if the word "Fall" was expanded to Biblical Fall, it would likely clarify enough too. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 20:13, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Errors in "On this day"

(June 28)
(June 24, tomorrow)

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