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Errors in the summary of the featured article[edit]

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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9 May 2024 (UTC) In protests, could we link New Caledonia for accessibility? Brandmeistertalk 16:24, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’d regard that as MOS:OVERLINK, as I think of it as a country (which, admittedly, it technically is not). Schwede66 18:29, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's rather less known than, e.g., France or US for MOS:OVERLINK purpose, but anyway... Brandmeistertalk 18:36, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not settled on it and invite other views as well. Schwede66 22:32, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I second the motion to add it. —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:15, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... in the French territory of New Caledonia. Not spoonfeeding those who already know; offering a one-click solution to those who don't. Moscow Mule (talk) 04:08, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Moscow Mule's suggestion. On the one hand it's said to be an overlink, yet we provide a verbose explanation of a territory of France in the Pacific.—Bagumba (talk) 04:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Today's POTD[edit]

In the caption: "her 1917 story The Underside formed"; change to "her 1917 short story "The Underside" formed" (wording, italics to quotation marks) per:

  • Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 648. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
Edit: This is for {{Template:POTD/2024-05-20}}. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocWatson42 (talkcontribs)
Partially  Done. I've added the word "short" but short stories are not shown in italic font as per MOS:NOITALIC, DocWatson42. Schwede66 03:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pardon me–I meant "change the italics to quotation marks", but was trying to be brief on the (mistaken) assumption that that was clear enough. :-/ —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:56, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Based on MOS:MINORWORK. —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:57, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I read your (somewhat cryptic) instructions as "apply italics to the quotation marks as well". Schwede66 03:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Any other Main Page errors[edit]

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