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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"

• Could an uninvolved admin please PULL the blurb on the Israeli airstrike that killed the Hezbollah leader. The article has been orange tagged for NPOV which is an automatic pull until the tag/issues are resolved. Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Nearly an hour later, still up there. I know it's Saturday most places still but come on folks. Pinging @Sandstein, the admin who posted the blurb. I seriously doubt pulling a blurb b/c another editor orange-tagged it, would count as an "involved" action re any sanction/dispute stuff, correct me if wrong. (If one edits the most visible page on the project, I really hope one would have its talk and subpages watchlisted.) --Slowking Man (talk) 17:29, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Looks like the tag was just removed within the last ten minutes or so. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:30, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Articles about current events and controversial topics are continuously edited and may be tagged by anyone. That does not require pulling their blurb from the main page. Sandstein 17:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  In fairness this wasn't tagged when you posted it. But there is a very strong consensus supported by years of precedent that we do not promote orange tagged articles on the main page. NPOV tags, assuming they aren't frivolous and swiftly removed, are a showstopper at ITN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, and a tagged article will normally lack consensus to post. But once posted, normal editing processes apply. Otherwise anyone could remove an article from the main page by applying a tag. Sandstein 18:26, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  If there is a true legitimate NPOV problem that is identified post-posting that had been present at the time it was posted, as identified on the talk page, it is reasonable to pull the blurb. But if we're talking a drive-by POV tag posting without any commentary of what's the problem, that's useless tagging and it should be removed without removing the ITN blurb. Additionally, if material is added after the posting that swings the POV-ness of the article, that content should probably be removed or reverted. Masem (t) 18:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Right, that sounds reasonable. I don't touch stuff in that topic area with an 11-and-a-half foot pole, just being a messenger for main page talk stuff. Slowking Man (talk) 19:25, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(October 4)

Monday's FL

(September 30)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

for on this day in 2006:

September 26th 2006 is the day that Shinzo Abe became Prime Minister of Japan JosephLincoln081072 (talk) 06:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

See WP:OTD for how to propose entries for On This Day. 331dot (talk) 06:50, 26 September 2024 (UTC)