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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 with "In the news"

• "Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane..." They way it is worded, I understood it to mean that this is first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Not sure how to reword it to make it less confusing, but still concise. Perhaps something like: "Hurricane Beryl, an unseasonally early Category 5 Atlantic hurricane..."? — Kpalion^(talk) 08:59, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

  Agree This works. Bremps... 11:18, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

  It’s been adjusted. Schwede66 19:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

• With deaths and damage in the USA, the Hurricane Beryl blurb needs an update. Jusdafax (talk) 20:17, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

   Done – Schwede66 21:45, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Errors in "On this day"

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(July 12)

Monday's FL

(July 8, today)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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Today's POTD

POTD 07/08/2024 You’ve been good about indicating the size of objects in the picture of the day, but not today.by going to the details of the image, I discover "Field of view: 3.5 x 2.6 cm." You should indicate this information with the image. Wis2fan (talk) 03:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

• Three copy-editing suggestions. (1) Remove comma in "compact massive, and fibrous forms". (2) Remove second "found" in "It is found worldwide, mostly found in sedimentary rocks". (3) Hyphenate "Pale blue". Thanks. JMCHutchinson (talk) 07:21, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

  I've added the size and adopted suggestions 2 and 3, but there's nothing wrong with an Oxford comma. Schwede66 09:26, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Is it "compact massive" or "compact, massive"? If the former, than the comma should go; if not, then it shouldn't.--Launchballer 09:32, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

I am not a geologist, but internet searches e.g. convinced me it is "compact massive" used together; hence please do remove the comma (there are only 2 items, so it is not an Oxford comma). One might think about hyphenating "compact massive" in this context, but I haven't found many examples that do this. JMCHutchinson (talk) 14:40, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Any other Main Page errors

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