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Template:ITN-Update In the item on the shooting in the Parliament Buildings, "Parliament" by itself doesn't read right. It's not used in Canada to mean the Parliament Buildings but in the actual House of Commons and Senate as a joint body; not in its antechambers and offices and Library; I hadn't heard that he'd made it past, or even near, the doors of the Commons or Seante; not sure where exactly it was but sounds like in the long hallway near the Library of Parliament that he was brought down; so "in the Parliament Buildings" (in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, technically). I know compression is needed in headline summaries, but "and shots are fired in Parliament" should be "and shots are fired in the Parliament Buildings". Or leave out the "the" headline style if you must "and shots are fired in Parliament Building(s).Skookum1 (talk) 14:25, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

I've specified in the Centre Block building, as in the article. How does that look now? Yngvadottir (talk) 15:49, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, the lower-case "building" isn't right; if you're mentioning the Centre Block it should be "the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings".Skookum1 (talk) 04:03, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

I would agree if it were "buildings", but that would be unnecessarily long, IMO. However, another admin may want to make the further change. Do you think it's important enough to emphasize that there are several buildings in the complex? Yngvadottir (talk) 12:15, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Consider mentioning that the China moon mission is unmanned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.180.202.51 (talk) 23:29, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

• Botswana - That is a terrible blurb. The bold article is a largely unsourced BLP which hasn't even been updated to reflect the event in question, and it's the wrong article to bold anyway, because the entire blurb is wrong, it wasn't a presidential election, it was a parliamentary one. The original blurb may not have been perfect, but it was a whole lot better than the current one. C628 (talk) 20:37, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

  Re-bolded. Alternatively suggest a blurb that actually works rather than just say "I don't like it". The Rambling Man (talk) 20:45, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

  The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority in Parliament after the general election. Although to be fair the party article isn't a whole lot better. C628 (talk) 20:53, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

  So Khama wasn't re-elected as president? Or "re-sworn in"? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:57, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

  No, not yet. The election only was for MPs, who then select the president. C628 (talk) 21:10, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

monkeys loved ice scream lol lol lol hahqaha — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.110.193.207 (talk) 23:40, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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• "... that psychologist Jonas Wood explores ..." uses a false title. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:27, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• Is your problem just with false titles on the MP, or across Wikipedia. It is a commonly used construction, present in many DYKs, and plenty of GAs and FAs. Harrias ^talk 07:41, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• It's across Wikipedia. I have been told in many FACs and GANs to avoid it. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:00, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• How would you suggest altering this hook: simply remove "psychologist", or find some other way to work it in? Harrias ^talk 08:12, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• The standard way is to simply say "the psychologist". The Rambling Man (talk) 08:18, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

• The set had just rotated off the Main Page. However, I believe this is basically a British usage rule, and Jonas Wood is American. I did change it for Otto Lucas in the current set, because he worked in the UK. Yngvadottir (talk) 12:17, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

It's a rule, sort of, in U.S. English too, but constantly ignored. Sca (talk) 15:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, indeed. So often ignored, yet the ignorance of others allows the journalistic bent to be propagated, all for the worse. Still, this is American Wikipedia, after all. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:46, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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