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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 ..."

  • ... that "Vanishing" is the first song that Mariah Carey produced by herself?
I'm going to be bold and say that this fails WP:DYKINT. Every person who has ever made music has made a first song, and it's no surprise that a musician produces music by themselves, I could see that happening everywhere. Kate Bush has, what makes Mariah Carey different? EF5 14:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EF5 You're probably right, but I don't think this rises to the level of an error. It's more of a DYK internal style guide thing. You may want to read WT:ERRORS#What makes something an error? (and feel free to add your own feelings to that discussion). RoySmith (talk) 15:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mileage may vary. I found it interesting because I didn't know that Carey had produced any of her own songs, and certainly I do not assume, in this era of corporate production, that all artists are intimately involved in the production side of their business. The music of Taylor Swift, for example, has been analyzed as basically backing tracks written by others over which Swift simply adds lyrics.
With regard to the wider question of whether lack of hook interest constitutes an "error", that's essentially a semantic argument, the bottom line being that hooks should certainly be pulled for lacking interest regardless of whether or not a failure to meet the criterion can technically be described as an "error". Gatoclass (talk) 16:25, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in "On this day"

Is reporting that Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was the "first and only president" of the Second Republic better than saying he was the only president?--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 15:03, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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General discussion

The redirect Main Pag has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 9 § Main Pag until a consensus is reached. Someone-123-321 (I contribute, Talk page so SineBot will shut up) 12:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add number of editors in the topmost banner

  • This encourages people to become editors via argumentum ad populum.
  • It is a interesting fact about the scale of Wikipedia
  • Dispels reoccuring myth that only 100 or so admins edit Wikipedia
  • Demonstrates the motto "anyone can edit".
  • Formatting suggestion:
    122,379 active editors · 6,922,227 articles in English

Ca talk to me! 00:50, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]