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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 in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

The hook says 'that when the crime of mugging gained attention in the UK, one book argued that there was no crime as such?' The original formulation of the hook, as seen on the Talk:Mugging#Did you know nomination article talk page, was 'that when the crime of mugging gained attention in the UK, one book argued that there was no such crime'. This is not the same claim. The original formulation can still be accepted as a technically correct summary of the actual fact, which the article body renders with the clause 'that mugging was not defined in law or distinct from existing crimes'. On the contrary, the former claim sounds as if it is being alleged that there is 'no crime as such' when mugging is committed, i.e. that mugging is actually legal. Even the original formulation was somewhat clickbaity by allowing, at first sight, the false interpretation that mugging itself does not exist - the more adequate rendering 'that mugging was not defined in law or distinct from existing crimes' would hardly have gained as much attention and clicks - but the current formulation on the main page is just flat out wrong.--62.73.72.3 (talk) 06:29, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, we struggled with exactly this at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Queue_5_(26_March_00:00), as multiple editors (including myself) really did not like the original formulation "no such crime" either. The solution suggested by IP: "that mugging was not distinct from existing crimes?" is very clear and would be my preference for a fix. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:37, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Copying in: @RoySmith @Vigilantcosmicpenguin @LunaEclipse @Arconning Cielquiparle (talk) 07:14, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Next-but-one DYK

• "... that weightlifter Mattie Sasser switched her nationality twice before qualifying for the Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics?" Not true. She had dual nationality, so she first competed for the one, and then for the other. That's not switching twice, that's switching once. Fram (talk) 08:57, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Courtesy pings to @Arconning, Gonzo fan2007, and Tarlby:. For now, I cut 'twice'.--Launchballer 09:36, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I wikilinked nationality to Sporting nationality, for an athlete to compete for a country there would be around a two year waiting period before representing said country. Sasser held dual citizenship though could only have one when representing a nation in international sport, therefore she technically had to switch her nationality twice. Arconning (talk) 09:40, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

She competed for the US, and then she competed for the Marshall Islands. Which other one did she compete for? Fram (talk) 10:24, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

This is what the source, Inside the Games, says: Sasser - who lifted for the Marshall Islands at Rio 2016 and switched nationality to win medals for the US and has now changed back again - lifted in the 59 kilograms B Group and put herself in a great position for Paris 2024 by making 94-120-214. Cielquiparle (talk) 11:08, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Fram (talk) 11:27, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

I've altered the article text a bit to make it clearer that she was initially on the Marshall Islands team in 2016, before attempting to qualify under the US banner in 2020 and then back to Marshall Islands this time. Also clarified sporting nationality for the hook with a link, and reinstated "twice" as I think that's a legitimate way to describe a Marshall Islands -> USA -> Marshall Islands double switcheroo? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 13:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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Does today's feature article have a page with an obscene title? What if children click on the main page? An editor from Mars (talk) 04:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 04:10, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

I know. An editor from Mars (talk) 04:36, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

They'd probably find out about the existence of the word sooner or later, but in any case they probably don't know what it means. I don't see a concern. Cremastra (talk) 21:55, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.