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- SpaceX Starship - it is incorrect to say this was the first launch of Starship: it was its first fully-integrated launch (i.e. Starship and Booster) and the first one intended to reach space, but the Starship vehicle itself has flown several times previously as outlined in the high-altitude flights section of the Starship article. The entry should still be included, but needs to be qualified as the current wording is very misleading. 2A02:C7F:2CE3:4700:F4E1:539D:24BE:6186 (talk) 17:54, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Yemen Stempede Change "stampede" to "crowd crush" per recent move. "At least 90 people are killed and 322 others are injured in a stampede in Sanaa, Yemen." --> "At least 90 people are killed and 322 others are injured in a crowd crush in Sanaa, Yemen."— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spy-cicle (talk • contribs) 18:01, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- SpaceX Starship -
the most powerful rocket ever
, the text currently on the main page, sounds a bit too WP:HYPE to me. Any interest in changing this tothe most powerful rocket to date
? Thanks. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC) - SpaceX Starship -
is first launched
. Is the word first needed here? Could possibly be removed. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
Current DYK
I suggest changing "... that Untitled Goose Game escaped being called Some Like It Honk? to something else removing the word "escaped" since it seems to suggest a value judgement on the latter title (Also it was never seriously considered as a title so 'escaped' seems imprecise phrasing anyhow). Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 00:24, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- It would be worth changing if it weren't in the quirky slot. Sadly, when it comes to tone or semantics, anything in that slot tends to get a pass. --⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 14:56, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Oh I see. I never realised we had a 'quirky' slot which allows for far more loose, imprecise hooks. Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 18:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Spy-cicle it's a sort of tradition but if you think it's too silly, you're welcome to start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know. BorgQueen (talk) 18:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
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- Eid al-Fitr should be removed for not being of sufficient quality. We recently removed Easter for this issue (12 cns plus a short music section that was unreferenced), and Eid al-Fitr seems even worse, having cn tags in 23 places, including some that are full unreferenced paragraphs. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:22, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- It seems a few refs were added, but its still at 12 cns and it also has one full unreferenced section. (I'm also a bit skeptical about a few of the very large paragraphs that have only one ref at the end) BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- This feels a bit tit-for-tat... -- tariqabjotu 17:35, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- I'm just saying we should be consistent. Do you think Eid is of good enough quality? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:10, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Is anything going to be done about this? BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:48, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
- Removed per WP:OTDRULES quality.—Bagumba (talk) 18:58, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
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Today's POTD
i feel that it would be more appropriate to set the dir parameter in the {{wide image}} template to "rtl" because i believe the scroll is meant to be read from right to left. (the article on the lantingji xu displays the scroll in this manner.) also, i think it might help to set the fourth parameter to "650px" (instead of "550px") in order to not cut off the last of the four large characters, but i am not sure if there is another reason why that width was chosen.
on a completely different note, i think the capitalization should be removed from "Even". dying (talk) 01:52, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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General discussion
Where's Easter on the main page?
We're listing the Canadian "Vimy Ridge Day" but not Easter? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:58, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- The Easter page is tagged for citations in too many places. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:06, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- Really? We post articles on holidays lacking citations all the time. For example, an Islamic holiday, Eid al-Fitr, that we post about every year, has about 20 paragraphs needing citations (and from my count, Easter only has 11). BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- Even Vimy Ridge Day is lacking citations. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:17, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- I count five at Eid, all of which are to a specific sentence (or one-sentence para). Most of Easter's 12 seem to be on entire paragraphs? Vimy Ridge Day has one cn. The solution here is go fix Easter. Valereee (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- Let's see.
- Really? We post articles on holidays lacking citations all the time. For example, an Islamic holiday, Eid al-Fitr, that we post about every year, has about 20 paragraphs needing citations (and from my count, Easter only has 11). BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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It is customary for workers in the city to return to their home town to celebrate with their families and to ask forgiveness from parents, in-laws, and other elders. This is known in Malaysia as balik kampung (homecoming).
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places needing citations for Easter
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and has been adopted by almost all Western Christians and by Western countries which celebrate national holidays at Easter. For the British Empire and colonies, a determination of the date of Easter Sunday using Golden Numbers and Sunday letters was defined by the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 with its Annexe. This was designed to match exactly the Gregorian calculation.[citation needed]
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- That looks like more places in the Eid article than for Easter. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:32, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- This is going to seem strange -- it actually does to me, too -- but it's actually the tags that are the issue, not the uncited assertions. I know, crazy, right? As I understand it, tags are interpreted as 'this needs a citation'. Material without inline citations that isn't tagged apparently isn't looked at the same way, especially for articles created before inline citations started being required. Mind blown? Valereee (talk) 16:37, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- Are you suggesting that if a long article is almost completely unreferenced, but no one has tagged it as such, it qualifies for the main page? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- If it has a reference section but no inline citations, likely answer is yes? It's not a concern with DYK or FA, less of a concern with ITN because someone from that project will go in and tag as part of their due diligence during the nom, but in OTD, it likely happens. Valereee (talk) 16:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- People are welcome to edit what is posted by going to the respective day's page (Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April). If it's a few days before posting and has been fully protected, post any errors at WP:ERRORS. —Bagumba (talk) 15:15, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
- I wouldn't expect to see Easter mentioned on the Saturday anyway. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are the major holidays for Christians, aren't they? Which gives about six and a half hours for someone to dig up some more refs for Easter. One book on Christianity would probably cover all the unsupported material. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:45, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- Are you suggesting that if a long article is almost completely unreferenced, but no one has tagged it as such, it qualifies for the main page? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- This is going to seem strange -- it actually does to me, too -- but it's actually the tags that are the issue, not the uncited assertions. I know, crazy, right? As I understand it, tags are interpreted as 'this needs a citation'. Material without inline citations that isn't tagged apparently isn't looked at the same way, especially for articles created before inline citations started being required. Mind blown? Valereee (talk) 16:37, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
- That looks like more places in the Eid article than for Easter. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:32, 9 April 2023 (UTC)