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Errors in the summary of the featured article
"First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758". This refers to the first formal description under the binomial system (which originates with this publication), so the source from whence the species gets its formal specific name arctica. This meaning is obvious to a biologist like myself, but I would have thought that many other readers of the main page will interpret the statement as implying that no one previously had written down any sort of description of it, which is presumably not true at all. The article uses "first formally described" with a link to Species description. I think that we should either do the same here or cut out completely this part of the sentence (which is not so interesting since the species names of most of the prominent European animals also derive from this publication). JMCHutchinson (talk) 19:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Good point. Either proposed solution works for me, although I have a slight preference for the former. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed, a very good point. I prefer the first suggested solution ("first formally described" with a link to Species description). DuncanHill (talk) 23:08, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Done, formally described with link. Stephen 00:24, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Errors with "In the news"
- ‘’The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes(pictured) between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.’’
- There should be a space between clashes and the first parenthesis, and at the moment there is none. Can someone get on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1011:B324:1E02:B940:65B6:E5B4:9665 (talk) 01:02, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- This is in the wrong section, but it's been fixed. ~ F4U (talk • they/it) 01:38, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
Errors in "On this day"
"an arson" looks wrong to me - shouldn't that be "an arson attack"? wikt:arson says the noun is usually uncountable. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:13, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed, thanks Stephen 07:46, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Please replace the image of Neptune's rings with File:Neptune Close Up (NIRCam).jpg, a better and more recent image from the JWST. Thanks, Cremastra (talk) 15:03, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
"sparking four days of clashes(pictured) between" should be "sparking four days of clashes (pictured) between" - Sebbog13 (talk) 00:28, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Beat me to it. Also I know this is not the proper avenue, but the use of a looping GIF feels tacky given the subject matter and should be replaced by a static image or a link to a video. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:22, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- 1959 – The Coatzacoalcos earthquake struck - this target article should be bolded? JennyOz (talk) 00:41, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
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I have just swapped the hooks for this set. Since the page has already been protected, I invite editors to look at the new set to ensure there are no problems. OTD needs more OTD swappers, so if you are interested in selecting the hooks that appear each day, please WP:BEBOLD or ping me if you have any questions. Z1720 (talk) 20:26, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I did that for a little bit – if there's a need, I'll try to get back to it occasionally. Cremastra (talk) 20:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Errors in the summary of the featured list
Errors in the summary of the featured picture
- at "including railway track for the", pls pipe the link to Rail profile. (Per refs, it was just the steel rails not "track" which includes other components eg sleepers etc.) JennyOz (talk) 11:39, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not certain this is a change that needs to be made. Most people would understand track to mean the rails. We could even unlink it altogether to be honest, it's a fairly well-known concept. The only caveat might be that Americans call it "railroad" instead of "railway", not sure if that's a source of confusion! — Amakuru (talk) 16:44, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm with Jenny here: our article defines "railway track" as the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. As such, by including the link, we're saying that the ship carried structures including rails, fasteners, sleepers, ballast and subgrade, which isn't true. Admittedly, I'm not sure that "Rail profile" is a great target either, though it seems to be used between those two articles as the main article for the metal things themselves -- it might be better to drop the link altogether. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:06, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's just late enough that it might have been a prefabricated track (like decauville). It would really be worth checking the sourcing. (Such track was often used in industrial or agricultural projects rather than as common carrier lines, so it often escaped mention by even the most crazed railfans.) Qwirkle (talk) 22:52, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- PS: The sources cited in the article all say rails or railway iron, not "track". Qwirkle (talk) 22:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's just late enough that it might have been a prefabricated track (like decauville). It would really be worth checking the sourcing. (Such track was often used in industrial or agricultural projects rather than as common carrier lines, so it often escaped mention by even the most crazed railfans.) Qwirkle (talk) 22:52, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'm with Jenny here: our article defines "railway track" as the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. As such, by including the link, we're saying that the ship carried structures including rails, fasteners, sleepers, ballast and subgrade, which isn't true. Admittedly, I'm not sure that "Rail profile" is a great target either, though it seems to be used between those two articles as the main article for the metal things themselves -- it might be better to drop the link altogether. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:06, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- It might be worth either linking Victorian Government or re-wording to "Government of Victoria", as every part of the British Empire had a Victorian government in 1883.
- I'm not certain this is a change that needs to be made. Most people would understand track to mean the rails. We could even unlink it altogether to be honest, it's a fairly well-known concept. The only caveat might be that Americans call it "railroad" instead of "railway", not sure if that's a source of confusion! — Amakuru (talk) 16:44, 25 August 2024 (UTC)