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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)[reply]

TFA for Lady Blue, a MOS point: before being picked up for a full series between September 15, 1985, to January 25, 1986. With ranges, this should either be between-and or from-to (the latter generally preferred for dates) (MOS:RANGE). Thanks. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:31, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed it should be, with from-to preferred as Reidgreg points out. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:49, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thirded. TurboSuperA+(connect) 13:52, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Art LaPella (talk) 14:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not the expert on American English, but that’s what the target article appears to use. Shouldn’t it thus be "canceled"? The article uses "cancelled" three times and that’s been copied to the blurb. Schwede66 14:54, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Errors with "In the news"

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Errors in "On this day"

No error just wanted to mention that Japanese mission school fire has been featured "on this day" three years running. Is that typical? Just wanted to mention so other content can get rotated through! best, jengod (talk) 21:26, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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General discussion

Top News stories

The 'In the news' section on our main page looks more like a sports page than a news forum. Currently there are three spots related stories in this section The story at the top, which has been posted at least two days, "A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo", while interesting, is certainly not world headline news. Rarely do we see the latest breaking events where it concerns e.g. Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, etc as the lead story. The latest Ukraine missile attack in Sumy should be the top story right about now. We should be seeing more top story news, and fewer stories about sports figures that only appeal to fans of the respective sport involved. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sports-related items are put into the In the news section of the main page according to the guideline WP:ITNSPORTS. This guideline can be discussed at Wikipedia talk:In the news.
Editors are welcome to participate in the discussions of candidate news story to put on the main page at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:04, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Guidelines was not the issue. Lack of top news stories is the issue, with disproportionate sports coverage. Since this is the Talk page to main page, where this situation exists, it seems appropriate that the matter be discussed here.. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:21, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The 3 sports blurbs in a row is a bit of a fluke. That usually doesn't happen. Rarely, it's 3 national elections. Rarely, it's 3 natural disasters. Usually, it's a mix of those. It's whatever gets approved at WP:ITNC, using ITN guidelines as a ... guide, so yes, guidelines are the issue. ITN is not a news forum, and it is not intended for "top news stories". It is a place to see quality articles that have been substantially updated about subjects that are in the news. ITN has a system. If you want to change that system, WT:ITN is, indeed, the place to discuss it. If you just want to complain, then here is fine. Floquenbeam (talk) 20:36, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Don't appreciate the inference that I'm here 'just' to complain.
It is a place to see quality articles that have been substantially updated about subjects that are in the news.
There are articles for the Ukraine-Russia war and the Israel-Gaza war, and they are routinely updated as significant events occur. I suppose this is more of a case of no one nominating the article in question, or if they have, it didn't get off the ground. -- Gwillhickers (talk)
both of those are in the “ongoing” section of ITN, on the main page right now, and have been for months/years. Floquenbeam (talk) 22:14, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]