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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)

Today's FA

• There is a hidden category somehow being displayed at the bottom of the Main Page, "Articles containing German-language text", which is probably coming from the FA. Abductive (reasoning) 08:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  I don't see that (using Firefox). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:46, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Hidden categories are only visible to users who have chosen to see them in their Preferences. I can see it in Chrome and Firefox. The real question is, how is it bleeding through at all? Abductive (reasoning) 10:17, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  The only occurence of "German-language" when editing the article is in the first of 16 hidden categories. I don't know what causes is. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I suspect it may have something to do with Template:Lang being in Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 1, 2024.--Launchballer 10:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I tried a bunch of test edits including removing that instance and it didn't clear it up. Abductive (reasoning) 11:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

You tried in the article, but I can't see a change to the TFA template. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

It is because of {{lang|de|Blühendes Barock}} in the TFA template. Once that is removed, then the cat should disappear. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 11:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Apologies, I forgot to add |nocat=yes to the template. That should remove the hidden category while keeping the language tagging. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 12:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Done. Stephen 13:31, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

• Travis Clayton lead - please change to '... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he never played in an American football game?' Clayton is British and I am pretty certain he would have played in a football game - Association Football, aka soccer. As per the MoS, his article should be written to accord with his nationality (spelling, terminology etc): football for Clayton would be the UK version, not the US one. Stronach (talk) 08:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• I can't determine if the wreckage image is protected? JennyOz (talk) 23:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  It seems like it was not, because I just edited the file on Commons. Removed for now, I'll investigate in a bit when I get home it nobody else gets there first.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Now protected at WP:CMP and reinstated. In the olden days there were vandals who specifically watched for unprotected MP images, looks like they all retired. Stephen 13:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Ah, thanks. Actually, I see what happened now. In fact it was protected all along, only that the image has a parameter of |link=American Airlines Flight 1420 wreckage2.jpg which means you get a different image (not the cropped version) when you click through. Not sure I love that, it's quite confusing, but hey ho...  — Amakuru (talk) 14:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Tomorrow's OTD

• O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (1724): not an exact anniversary, should be moved to June 11. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 12:52, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

  Bach didn't compose it for 11 June, but for the first Sunday after Trinity which in 2024 is 2 June, related to that Sunday's liturgy. Not some Tuesday. We talk about the 300th anniversary of the beginning of his chorale cantata cycle. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(June 7)

Monday's FL

(June 3)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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