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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)

Today's FA

• Can we link Chariot manned torpedo in the TFA blurb as it is in the article's current lead? At the moment it's really not clear from reading the text of the blurb what a "British Chariot" actually is: it's only explained in the image caption that it's a kind of torpedo. Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 09:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

• Not an error per se, but does anyone else find the blurb about Oophaga solanensis incredibly irresponsible? wound theology◈ 06:27, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
  • True, at the very least "illegally" should be added to the blurb. Fram (talk) 07:23, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

    Honestly, I don't even think that is enough. It's pretty much advertising that importing this one type of frog is 33,233% profit which is insane. wound theology◈ 07:32, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

    I don't hold by this theory that we're the moral police, we're just here to report facts. But I do agree that it is misleading to say you "can" do something which is illegal, so I've tweaked the wording to ... that as part of illegal wildlife trading, Oophaga solanensis frogs are bought for $3 in their native Colombia and sold for up to $1,000 overseas?  — Amakuru (talk) 07:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

    Definitely an improvement. I would argue that DYK is one of the rare places on Wikipedia where we can be more discerning. wound theology◈ 08:55, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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