Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors

To report an error in current or upcoming Main Page content, please add it to the appropriate section below.

• Where is the error? An exact quote of all or part of the text in question will help.
• Please offer a correction if possible.
• References are helpful, especially when reporting an obscure factual or grammatical error.
• Time zones: The Main Page runs in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, currently 15:26 on 18 March 2020), not adjusted to your local time zone.
• Do not use {{edit fully-protected}}, which will not give you a faster response; it is unnecessary as this page is not protected and in fact causes problems if used here, as this is not a talk page. (See the bottom of this revision for an example.)
• Done? Once an error has been fixed, rotated off the Main Page or acknowledged not to be an error, the report will be removed from this page; please check the page's revision history for any discussion or action taken, as no archives are kept.
• No chit-chat: Lengthy discussions should be moved to a suitable location elsewhere.
• Please respect other editors. A real person wrote the blurb or hook to which you are suggesting a fix or a real person noticed what they honestly believe is an issue with the blurb or hook that you wrote. Everyone is interested in creating the best Main Page possible; with the compressed time frame, there is sometimes more stress and more opportunities to step on toes. Please be civil to fellow users.
• Can you resolve the problem yourself? If the error lies primarily in the content of an article linked from the Main Page, consider first attempting to fix the problem there before reporting it here as required. Text on the Main Page generally defers to the bolded articles. In addition, upcoming content is typically only protected from editing 24 hours before its scheduled appearance; in most cases, you can be bold and fix any issues yourself.

Administrators: Clear all reports

Errors in the summary of the featured article

Today's FA

• Please remove the extraneous </div> closing tag just beneath the blurb, as it's causing transclusion errors (see e.g. WP:TFA). — RAVENPVFF · talk · 04:20, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

   Done  — Amakuru (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Errors in On this day

Today's OTD

• Please change

  [[1915]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: In '''[[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign|one of the largest naval battles]]''' of the [[Gallipoli campaign]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces sank three [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] battleships ''(''[[French battleship Bouvet|''French battleship ''Bouvet'']]'' pictured)'' and severely damaged three others.

to

[[1915]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: In '''[[Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign|one of the largest naval battles]]''' of the [[Gallipoli campaign]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces sank three [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] battleships ([[French battleship Bouvet|French battleship ''Bouvet'']] pictured) and severely damaged three others.: 1915 – First World War

If you disagree with these italics, at least change it so the italics are balanced; as it is now the opening and closing italics are not paired properly, as there is an odd number (7) of double-apostrophes.

• Please change

  File:ISGardnerMuseum.JPG|Gardner Museum|title=Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum|width=160

to

File:ISGardnerMuseum.JPG|Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

• Please change

  File:Traian Vuia aircraft.jpg|Traian Vuia's monoplane|width=x137

to

File:Traian Vuia aircraft.jpg|Traian Vuia's monoplane

Thank you for your attention to these three errors. —Anomalocaris (talk) 09:31, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

•  Done (partially) - I've fixed the mismatched italic '' markups in the Bouget picture caption, but I haven't flipped it from italic to non-italic as you suggest, because the (pictured) part is always in italic by convention, and "Bouget" is the only part that is double-italics (i.e. non-italic). As for the images, they are not currently included in the template, but may be in future years and having the recommended size attached to them will be useful for future editors assembling the set.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Near East is hardly a familiar nor common term (unlike "Congress" or "First World War" for instance) so it should be linked. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:18, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

 Done  — Amakuru (talk) 10:54, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Boston needs to be disambiguated with a (US) or similar or linked to make clear which Boston is meant. Fgf10 (talk) 11:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

   Done. I've made it Boston, Massachusetts as I think that's the usual format that US people like.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Tomorrow's OTD

• Saint Joseph has a very famous solemnity (just ask any Italian) on March 19 and the article is in good shape. Elizium23 (talk) 08:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

  Not done - I've just had a look through the article, and unfortunately it's not main-page ready yet. Lots of uncited paragraphs as well as the whole "chronology in art" section. Also the date of the feast itself appears to be uncited. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 11:04, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

Notice to administrators: When fixing POTD errors, please update the regular version in addition to the protected Main Page version below.

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(March 20)

Monday's FL

(March 23)

Any other Main Page errors

Please report any such problems or suggestions for improvements at the General discussion section of Talk:Main Page.