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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Grammar: It's the RFAA. So "in RAAF's history" should be either "in the RAAF's history" or (better) "in RAAF history". --2A04:4A43:909F:FC64:B8F4:5937:A1E5:6A78 (talk) 00:26, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Errors with "In the news"
"Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (pictured) wins the Namibian general election."
How does a person win a general election? Surely her party has won the general election and she has won the presidential election? - Dumelow (talk) 18:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Does Namibia have a particular meaning? I don't think general election is limited in that way, at least not in all variations of English. Here, it simply means a regular election where the candidates stand for office. (In the United States, it is primarily contrasted with a primary election) Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- In parliamentary or semi-presidential systems, a general election means all the seats that are up for grabs, not just the presidential position. In the Namibia system, the preidential election is held at the same time as the parliamentary elections, which is run by the parties. I don't think it's accurate to say that the successful presidential candidate has won the general election, because there are all the other seats in play as well. Analogies to the US election system are not helpful here. If a US presidential candidate is successful, but the candidate's parties don't win majorities in the House and the Senate, would you say that the candidate won the general election? They won the general election for president, which is different from the general election for the House and the Senate seats. I think it would be better to say that "Nandi-Ndaitwah won the Namibia presidential election". Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- In the United States “general election” is the term used to differentiate from a primary election. It’s the term we use to clarify that is not an election solely within a single political party. So yes we would say the president won the general election even if the president’s party overall lost seats in the legislature. That’s American English.4meter4 (talk) 20:37, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, let's use American election terminology for all elections around the world, and not try to reflect usage in other countries or systems. Rule Americana. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I think 4 was answering your question, 'would you say' and the answer was, yes. (Although, it would also differentiate from a special election). I was asking what they say in Namibia. Alanscottwalker (talk) 21:57, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Would it be a problem if we say she won the presidential election, while still linking to the general election article? Howard the Duck (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- I think 4 was answering your question, 'would you say' and the answer was, yes. (Although, it would also differentiate from a special election). I was asking what they say in Namibia. Alanscottwalker (talk) 21:57, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, let's use American election terminology for all elections around the world, and not try to reflect usage in other countries or systems. Rule Americana. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- In the United States “general election” is the term used to differentiate from a primary election. It’s the term we use to clarify that is not an election solely within a single political party. So yes we would say the president won the general election even if the president’s party overall lost seats in the legislature. That’s American English.4meter4 (talk) 20:37, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- In parliamentary or semi-presidential systems, a general election means all the seats that are up for grabs, not just the presidential position. In the Namibia system, the preidential election is held at the same time as the parliamentary elections, which is run by the parties. I don't think it's accurate to say that the successful presidential candidate has won the general election, because there are all the other seats in play as well. Analogies to the US election system are not helpful here. If a US presidential candidate is successful, but the candidate's parties don't win majorities in the House and the Senate, would you say that the candidate won the general election? They won the general election for president, which is different from the general election for the House and the Senate seats. I think it would be better to say that "Nandi-Ndaitwah won the Namibia presidential election". Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
Errors in "On this day"
Errors in the summary of the featured list
Errors in the summary of the featured picture
General discussion
Issue with wide TFA images on mobile
Moved from WP:ERRORSCan someone try to figure out how to fix wide image formatting in the FA blurbs on mobile devices? This has become more and more apparent with recent FAs. Right now for the KARE article, the image has a width that is not quite 100% of the box it is in, but the text is still trying to wrap alongside it in the narrow space that remains. This results in a whopping 2 characters per line appearing for the first 4 lines of the blurb. It is incredibly frustrating as a reader and long-time contributor that mobile layouts can still look like this in 2024. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 06:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- This is probably best as a general thread at Talk:Main Page unless there's an issue specific to the KARE image. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 06:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with T: this isn't an error in the blurb (which is what this section is for), but a flaw in the structure way beyond the capabilities of any editor to fix - it's something the WMF tech people need to fix. - SchroCat (talk) 08:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Moved. Courtesy pings @Y2kcrazyjoker4 and SchroCat. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 08:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with T: this isn't an error in the blurb (which is what this section is for), but a flaw in the structure way beyond the capabilities of any editor to fix - it's something the WMF tech people need to fix. - SchroCat (talk) 08:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- I see the same problem on mobile. I seem to recall that when we've had this problem before, it was simply fixed by putting {{nowrap}} around the problematic text. So in this case, something like:
- {{nowrap|'''[[KARE (TV)|KARE]]'''}} {{nowrap|(channel 11)}}
- I haven't tested this though. Modest Genius talk 12:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)