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Errors in the summary of the featured article
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Errors in "Did you know ..."
Current DYK
"... that the Stadthalle Hannover (pictured), the largest concert hall in Germany by capacity, was modelled after the Pantheon in Rome and completed by 1914?" Really? The main hall of the Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt is apparently the largest (4800 persons, compared to the 3500 of Hannover). The article states "largest classical concert hall", which is obviously not the same as the hook. But I'm not allowed to claim that "first", "largest", "... hooks are especially prone to errors I guess? Fram (talk) 09:51, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- You are allowed, and the best way might to just neutrally say "seating 3,500" which was pretty amazing for the time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Or just put classical in front of concert which is much simpler. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by your suggestion when it comes to phrasing the hook. SL93 (talk) 10:08, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Done - I've added "classical", which matches the source. — Amakuru (talk) 10:14, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry about my lack of English. I would not know what a classical concert hall is, - sounds like in (neo-)classical style to me, ambiguous, no?
- "... that the Stadthalle Hannover (pictured) was completed in 1914, modelled after the Pantheon in Rome and seating 3,500 people?" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's in the article though. The errors page really shouldn't be used for finding a new hook when there are no errors. SL93 (talk) 10:22, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Indeed. The error is fixed, and matches the article and source, so nothing further to be done really. CHeers — Amakuru (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Still learning English. The article says "largest hall for classical music", and who am I to say "classical concert hall" means the same? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:15, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Indeed. The error is fixed, and matches the article and source, so nothing further to be done really. CHeers — Amakuru (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's in the article though. The errors page really shouldn't be used for finding a new hook when there are no errors. SL93 (talk) 10:22, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Next DYK
- ... that a musician who played in the Allman Brothers Band, the Rolling Stones, and BHLT called the latter "the best band you've never heard of"?
All nice and sourced and so on, but basically, what we have here is
- "... Chuck Leavell called his own band Betts, Hall, Leavell and Trucks "the best band you've never heard of"?
which is not really something of note, I would think? Musician calls his own little known band "the best", wow. Hopefully fails some DYK rule against (self-)promotion. Fram (talk) 10:59, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- Pinging nominator Wasted Time R. SL93 (talk) 11:06, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- "... that the band BHLT fell apart when they did not get a recording contract?" It's sourced and gets the main point across without having any promotional issues. SL93 (talk) 11:13, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Next-but-one DYK
An issue with the Let's Go Karaoke hook was raised at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#We shouldn't publish this hook about a publisher publishing a publication. I suggested a rewording to "... that after a publisher declined the manga series Let's Go Karaoke!, it sold out multiple times after being self-published?" Pinging Mandarax who raised the concern. SL93 (talk) 10:51, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
Today's OTD
- "capsizing 22 fishing boats and causing 35 fatalities." seems odd to target the loss of the boat rather than the deaths. Once again it feels like OTD is placing cart before horse. It should be that "35 people died after 22 fishing boats were capsized". The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:22, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- And I'm not clear in the article where it says this all happened OTD. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- This is the reference - and it's not clear the deaths took place on the 20th June. Secretlondon (talk) 19:48, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- And I'm not clear in the article where it says this all happened OTD. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Tomorrow's OTD
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Errors in the summary of the featured list
Friday's FL
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Errors in the summary of the featured picture
Today's POTD
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General discussion
Discussion about orange tags in main page links
Hi all, just to note that I have started a discussion about whether orange tags are permitted in DYK articles at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Orange_maintenance_tags?. I'm mentioning it here at Talk:Main page as well, on the basis that this might be an area where there's supposed to be a universal main-page standard, and watchers of the main page who aren't directly involved in DYK may want to weigh in. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 14:53, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- I'd probably allow a tag indicating missing content for POTD, but mainly because the image is the focus, with the article secondary, so as long as it didn't have any issues with verifiability. DYK, however, is focused on articles themselves, and it feels strange to allow maintenance tags. I suppose "Expand section" isn't so bad, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 02:01, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Page Popup
I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but I feel it needs attention: When there is an internal link to the main page, the popup shows that "There was an issue displaying this preview". I think that the text could somehow be replaced with something more friendly, such as "The Wikipedia Main Page". Thanks! Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 05:40, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's likely because the mainpage is really all templates, there isn't any wikitext to parse - which popups are you using? — xaosflux Talk 08:29, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- I think they're the ones enabled by default, see the image: Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 14:27, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Note: from MediaWiki:Popups-preview-no-preview. — xaosflux Talk 16:47, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- This may be expected behavior, may want to follow up at mw:Talk:Page Previews. — xaosflux Talk 16:51, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 16:52, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups provides inflation in setting a preview image. Perhaps if we set it to the Wikipedia logo? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:54, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden I think the OP is talking about the Popups base feature, not the navpop gadget. — xaosflux Talk 16:57, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ach, the help pages on this stuff is really badly disambiguated. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 19:37, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah, some of the stuff I found on these pages basically sent me on a wild goose chase... Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 15:42, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ach, the help pages on this stuff is really badly disambiguated. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 19:37, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- I think that's for navigation popups, not Page Previews. I'm asking at the link that @Xaosflux mentioned. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 17:00, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- No issues using Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:10, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, when using the Nav popups it will simply show the title and the links instead of showing that there was an issue. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 17:20, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- No issues using Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:10, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden I think the OP is talking about the Popups base feature, not the navpop gadget. — xaosflux Talk 16:57, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups provides inflation in setting a preview image. Perhaps if we set it to the Wikipedia logo? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:54, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 16:52, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- This may be expected behavior, may want to follow up at mw:Talk:Page Previews. — xaosflux Talk 16:51, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Note: from MediaWiki:Popups-preview-no-preview. — xaosflux Talk 16:47, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- I think they're the ones enabled by default, see the image: Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 14:27, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Featured picture for 2022-06-21
Just to note in advance, while.... definitely in the vein of 18th century crudity, I feel that the featured picture for tomorrow is within community standards given that all these have appeared on the main page without controversy, some multiple times:
TFA 2021-08-02 (page slightly broken for sme reason)
POTD 2009-10-20 (with penises!)
Obviously, consensus can change. But given the image for today isn't at all sexualised - and I'd argue many of those were - and given that's honesly a very small sample found in a few minutes - I think we have an assumption it should appear if it serves an encyclopedic purpose. And given Durova isn't here to argue on behalf of her image, not having edited for five years, I find it impossible to justify pulling it, at least, insofar as it can be used to be educational about a notable artist. There are less explicit images by him, but there are actually way, way more explicit ones. Although I will agree that at least the joke of that last one I linked at least lands better than the POTD, and, yes, we could probably find a tamer image that covers Cruikshank, I still feel a duty to past contributors outweighs that sort of utopian search for a perfect image. Barring other restorations by her being found and nominated, it's unlikely she'll ever mainpage again. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 20:52, 20 June 2022 (UTC)