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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Formatting of subject's name
It should be formatted as Sir Frederick "Boy" Browning, per MOS:NICKNAME, with no bolding applied to the quotation marks. William Avery (talk) 09:35, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- Done. @TFA coordinators: - FYI, this seems minor and uncontroversial so hopefully you won't object, but if you regard it as wrong I'm happy to revert. — Amakuru (talk) 13:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Errors with "In the news"
- Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead. I think the bigger story here is that 400,000+ are displaced, no? That fact is cited in Borno State flooding. Therapyisgood (talk) 14:06, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
- How come the article for Typhoon Yagi says 593+ deaths in the ibox and in the table at the Impact section but the blurb says
more than 900 people dead
? 139.164.154.33 (talk) 12:46, 17 September 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
"メインページ" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect メインページ 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 September 13 § メインページ until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 23:06, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
"首页" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect 首页 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 September 13 § 首页 until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 23:07, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- @1234qwer1234qwer4 Why did you list the redirect discussion notifications here? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:20, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- It's a default Twinkle feature, but these redirects point at the Main Page. 1234qwer1234qwer4 12:52, 14 September 2024 (UTC)