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Edit request on 21 March 2025 detect DYK formatting errors

Moved from Template talk:DYKbotdo § Protected edit request on 21 March 2025 detect DYK formatting errors

– 216.58.25.209 (talk) 01:11, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please first import testwiki:Module:DYK queue formatting check to Module:DYK queue formatting check. Then make the check visible:

Someone at WP:MP/E said that he is clearly [is] not the only person who made the mistake. Adding a module to catch similar errors will prevent future mistakes. 216.58.25.209 (talk) 20:54, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. SL93 (talk) 21:05, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to the Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors conversation for posterity. I like the idea of automation flagging simple mistakes, but I don't believe this template is the right spot for it. Such automation should be applied to the prep areas as well, so prep builders can take a stab at fixing potential issues. Shubinator (talk) 00:17, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I moved this here to the template {{Did you know/Clear/header}}. As you requested, I added code so that this is applied to the prep areas as well. 216.58.25.209 (talk) 01:16, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Valorrr (talk) 06:46, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you Pppery! 216.58.25.209 (talk) 17:25, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first error this caught was [1]! A later announcement of the module is at WT:DYK. 216.58.25.209 (talk) 18:44, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:APOSTROPHE?

In Special:Permalink/1283090592, this is calling out MOS:APOSTROPHE which does not seem correct. RoySmith (talk) 12:22, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The curly apostrophes are in the contractions. It might be hard to see, but quotes (") are not apostrophes and compare "don’t ... shouldn’t" with "don't ... shouldn't". Launchballer fixed this in the next 2 edits: [2] and [3].

The fact that this is a quote doesn't create an exception. Per MOS:CONFORM:

Convert apostrophes and quotation marks to Wikipedia's style:
These should be straight, not curly or slanted. See § Quotation marks.

If you still believe this is not correct, you can request that we limit the scope of this module to the WP:DYKG page. That would be unfortunate because it might let things like the inconsistent apostrophes on this nomination and perhaps a missing use of {{'s}} slip though. VectorWorld (talk) 20:49, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]