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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)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

• ... that cartoonist Anna Haifisch (pictured) has been "bend[ing] the rules of comics"?

This sounded interesting but the article doesn't explain the rules of comics and how she bent them. It just has 'In her large-size book Drifter, she was said to "bend[...] the rules of comics."' That's a WP:WEASEL but there's a source. That has a similar headline, "Anna Haifisch bends the rules of comics in new floppy and oversized book, Drifter". But that article doesn't explain these rules or how they were broken either.

So, there's no substance or definite fact here – either in our article or in the source. See WP:HEADLINES, "headlines—including subheadlines—are not a reliable source. If the information is supported by the body of the source, then cite it from the body. Headlines are written to grab readers' attention quickly and briefly; they may be overstated or lack context, and sometimes contain exaggerations or sensationalized claims with the intention of attracting readers"

Note that a large, floppy newsprint format is normal for UK comics in my experience. US comics tend to be smaller but that's not a rule as bandes dessinées have had a variety of formats.

This hook was an ALT and there's still the original hook. That's not reliable either as it's a quote from the artist about herself.

Andrew🐉(talk) 07:47, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

 Pulled, lower hook moved up to the image slot. Quoting a headline opinion as a statement of fact in wikivoice is a no-no on two policies. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:54, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Morning @Theleekycauldron: just a heads up that I've swapped out the image of Abdur Rahman Mahmudi, as it had been nominated for deletion on Commons and is of dubious copyright status. Also, for future reference, when you swap a new image on to the main page at short notice, the policy is that it must be protected on Commons before going live. Usually at DYK this isn't a problem, as it will be protected from the previous day by virtue of being in "Tomorrow's" queue. But when we do a swap, it needs a manual add. Following the process at WP:Main Page/Commons media protection and waiting for the bot to pick it up is the easiest way. Cheers and happy Friday.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(October 25, today)

Monday's FL

(October 28)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the corresponding regular version (i.e. without "protected" in the page title) in addition to the Main Page version linked below.

Today's POTD

The word "uidentified" in the photograph credit should be "unidentified". Zomno (talk) 06:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Good catch, fixed. — Fox 06:31, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

General discussion

Turquoise protection lock

A protection symbol should be added to the top right corner of the main page, because the page is cascade-protected.(turquoise lock for cascade or gold lock because page is fully protected too.) RaschenTechner (talk) 14:12, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Mostly it isn't there because we don't want it there - this is a special page. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:33, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

This page is not labelled as a special page, it is just the "Main Page" RaschenTechner (talk) 12:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be formally marked as special to be special. 331dot (talk) 13:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)