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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

• Europapa: "that "Europapa" was the first song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to be disqualified after the start of the contest?" misrepresents the cited source. The performer, Joost Klein, was disqualified, not the song; see cited source. I suggest substituting some version of ALT1 from the DYK nomination: "that Joost Klein wore an International Klein Blue outfit during his performance of "Europapa" at Eurovision?", although that refers to the rehearsal: source. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:25, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

  For less of a radical change, how about just "that the singer of "Europapa" was the first in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest to be disqualified after the start of the contest?" Could also change to "in Eurovision Song Contest history" to save a few characters. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

  How is this hook (regardless of the wording) compatible with WP:DYKHOOKBLP? "Hooks that unduly focus on negative aspects of living persons should be avoided". AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:40, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

  @Sekundenlang, Onceinawhile, AirshipJungleman29, and Crisco 1492:  Pulled pending a reasonable alternative (not the suggestions above, ALT1 is a DYKINT fail [yes, even with the Klein–Klein play on words] and the rewording of ALT0 doesn't really help the problem). While you could make the argument that the hook and the article are each DUE in isolation (since the hook doesn't mention the cause of the disqualification), I think that considering them together shows an undue focus on a negative aspect of a living person. Since this is a BLP issue, I think the best option here is to pull, and if a better hook is proposed, I'd be happy to slot it in (although I am going to sleep soon). theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

• "... that Mokulubete Makatisi placed eighth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games women's marathon despite running in new shoes that she had received late during the race?" Obviously, she didn't receive the shoes "late during the race", the badly written source[1] quotes her mentor "She got her competition attire at night on the eve of the race", making it clear that she only got to run with these shoes for the first time on the day of the marathon. I guess "late in the competition" (i.e. the Commonwealth Games) was changed to "late during the race" by some foolish newspaper editor. Fram (talk) 09:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

•  Done Fixed the article and the hook. Black Kite (talk) 12:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

• "... that while soldiers carried out relief operations for Tropical Storm Kai-tak, the New People's Army attacked them?" is the claim by one side in this conflict, the article makes it clear that this is denied by the other side[2], so why are we posting the story from one side as if it definitely is the truth? Fram (talk) 09:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

•  Done Oof, that's really bad. Especially when the Government claiming this was that of Rodrigo Duterte, hardly a reliable source on anything. I have replaced it with a neutral Alt from the nom. Black Kite (talk) 12:02, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Next DYK

• ... that Nyah Mway is believed to be the first Karen American to be killed by police?

@Apocheir, Zingarese, and SL93: Per WP:DYKHOOK, "first" hooks (whether or not they are hedged with "is believed to be") are exceptional claims that require strong sourcing. In this case, Times source says only that the mayor of Utica believes Nyah Mway is the first, which I wouldn't call strong sourcing – it seems pretty clear from the article that the Times wasn't able to verify the claim independently. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:39, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

The hook is wrong in any case because the source says he was the first "Karen killed in the United States" by police, not the first "Karen American".

Other than that, an easy fix for the hook would just be to attribute, along the lines of "that the mayor of Utica described 13-year-old Nyah Mway as the first Karen person to be killed in America by police? Gatoclass (talk) 12:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

Re the Sonderkommando revolt, why not link the event being memorialised by having a piped link on the word revolted? Ericoides (talk) 11:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a suggested wording or formatting, as linking revolted in the existing Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning ... would create a MOS:SEAOFBLUE.—Bagumba (talk) 14:52, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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I know it's a nightmare to schedule these things but just wanted to point out that having both of the following run in the same year:

3 October

• 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

and

7 October

• 1849 – American writer Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at Washington Medical College four days after being found on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, in a delirious and incoherent state.

Might be a bit much - Dumelow (talk) 12:59, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(October 11)

Monday's FL

(October 7, today)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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