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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"

• Tibetan earthquake entry should mention country for consistency with most other entries, changed to: "A 7.1-magnitude earthquake (aftermath pictured) hits Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, leaving at least 95 people dead." Proposed changes underlined. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 14:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
• Death toll from the earthquake in Tibet has risen to 126 per AP. Departure– (talk) 15:04, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

  Updated this. — Fox 15:41, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

  Could you update the other error please? Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 16:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(January 10)

Monday's FL

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

a Suggestion for Consideration

Aimed toward an Admin: So sorry to take time out of a person's day, but I felt like it couldn't hurt. May I suggest adding a new heading on the Main Page? Would you consider adding a Quote of the Day/Week/Month section? Perhaps a Featured User ot something along that line would be interesting (although I'm not sure that would be feasible or how it would fair). Also, a type of "easter egg" system that maybe linked to hidden content not otherwise accesible would make the page a tad more adventurous. If you chose to do hidden content, however, it may just be fascinating facts or something of the sort. How does this sound? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Howdychicken (talk • contribs) 21:42, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

We have Wikiquote for that. See q:.-gadfium 02:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Donation Notice

The translation for the one from Ferdinando from Italy should say "The world would not be the same without Wikipedia" instead of "The world is not the same ..." (without the boldface, of course). The latter implies that Wikipedia no longer exists.
24.62.224.57 (talk) 03:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm presuming the foundation is aiming for a more literal translation even if it might be gramatically incorrect. Regardless, this has nothing to do with the main page as the banner appears thoroughout wikipedia and is controlled by the foundation not us Nil Einne (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Missing Bullet

Overview · Editing · Questions · Help Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index

The bullet is missing between Help and Contents. Please repair.

Thank you. ~ All Is One ~ (talk) 05:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. On my comp (wide screen using firefox) its fine. Parler Vous (edits) 05:58, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

You probably have a smaller resolution; there is not supposed to be a bullet between Help and Contents because they are separated by a page width. It will display correctly on a larger resolution. 79.71.98.62 (talk) 07:53, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

In future can we make it clear when we are referring to "bullet points"? "missing bullet" sounded far more exciting than it actually turned out to be. 91.110.110.146 (talk) 13:46, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

True, but comments, including heading titles, shouldn't be changed on talk pages per the talk page guidelines. Graham87 08:09, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Donation statistics

I want donation statistics, please! 92.134.28.121 (talk) 17:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

See Foundation:Special:FundraiserStatistics. howcheng {chat} 18:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Eastern Roman not Byzantine if you mention the dispute

Calling the Roman emperor of the time "Byzantine" is NPOV as it allready implies that he wasn't a Roman Emperor. This biases the debate right away. Yes I know that this is the most common phrase in the West (and Greece, and Greece I know), however since there is mention of the dispute regarding who had the right to bear the title Roman it should be made clear thet the Byzantines were Romans. The so called Byzantine Empire was in fact the Eastern part of the Roman Empire that survived for another thousand year after the fall of the Western half.

• "Byzantine Empire -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2008-12-25. the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453

• "history of Europe :: Late antiquity: the reconfiguration of the Roman world -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2008-12-25. he name Romaioi remained attached to the Greeks of the Eastern Empire, while in the West the word Roman developed a new meaning in connection with the church and the bishop of Rome.

Thanks and Merry Christmas--Xenovatis (talk) 15:08, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

"Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne (bust pictured) Roman Emperor"

Roman Emperor linked to Holy_Roman_Emperor which disputes the above statement. Suggest removal of Holy Roman Emperor link.

Bah, humbug!

84.9.125.170 (talk) 16:55, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

It still says Roman Emperor Ebenizer!--Xenovatis (talk) 17:39, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

And the instructions are still at the top of this talkpage. Pls report errors at WP:ERRORS. --74.14.21.52 (talk) 04:16, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

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