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Errors in the summary of the featured article[edit]

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Errors with "In the news"[edit]

"KP Sharma Oli (pictured) is appointed prime minister of Nepal following the incumbent Pushpa Kamal Dahal losing a no confidence motion."

Could this be changed to the following?

"KP Sharma Oli (pictured) is appointed prime minister of Nepal after the incumbent Pushpa Kamal Dahal loses a no confidence motion."

It's not quite an error, but the current wording sounds awkward. 123.51.107.94 (talk) 06:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks, that does sound better. Schwede66 07:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in "Did you know ..."[edit]

Current DYK[edit]

  • ... that the upgrading of the A9 in Scotland between Perth and Inverness is far from being complete despite its 2025 deadline?

Multiple issues including:

  1. {{citation needed}} for the hook fact
  2. The project now has a deadline of 2035
  3. The project is very much a work-in-progress and so WP:CRYSTAL applies
  4. Delays to construction projects of this sort are common and so not remarkable
  5. Per WP:DYKHOOK, DYK hooks are supposed to be definite facts which are unlikely to change.

Andrew🐉(talk) 06:52, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let's ask JuniperChill (as nominator), OlifanofmrTennant (as reviewer), SL93 (as promoter to prep), and Premeditated Chaos (as promoter to queue). Schwede66 07:53, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that the article is still {{under construction}} too as there have been multiple edits to it since. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:19, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to think we should pull this. The 2025 date was never a "deadline", just an initial estimated estimate of completion date, and one which isn't in place any more anyway since it was extended to 2035. This makes the hook inaccurate as it stands. The other points about it being unremarkable are a bit more subjective, but with the inaccuracy already there I don't think we should leave this in place or even bother trying to tweak it.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(July 19)

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(July 22)

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Any other Main Page errors[edit]

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