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Errors in the summary of the featured article
Errors with "In the news"
[[]] between president of Lebanon is missing. ArionStar (talk) 16:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- not linking the president of Lebanon article may have been a deliberate choice. MOS:OVERLINK encourages us not to link unless necessary, and the bold linked article already has details and a link on what the president of Lebanon is. — Amakuru (talk) 16:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Linking less, like here, was discussed at Wikipedia talk:In the news/Archive 112 § The Dark, Blue Sea. I would say I've still seen it similarly linked more often than not, but have no preference (other than consistency going forward). —Bagumba (talk) 17:48, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
"... that Adrien Nunez (pictured), despite limited playing time, was more highly paid than some NBA draft lottery picks while in college?"
This hook is incomprehensible to an international audience. It doesn't even specify the sport. To me, it's highly unclear why Nunez would be paid at all during college, let alone what the monetary value of a 'projected draft pick' is (is that good?). The wording could even be taken as saying that he was paid in draft picks, which I doubt was the intention. It's probably too late to fix this blurb now, but I implore DYK to make their hooks understandable by general readers - not only experts in the topic. Modest Genius talk 17:05, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Another hook in the set, "that Lars Chemnitz was one of the first recipients of Nersornaat, the highest honor in Greenland?", doesnt specify the field, and the average person wouldnt really know what was received. Click perhaps? This has been standard as far as I can remember. Is there guidance that says otherwise? —Bagumba (talk) 17:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging nominator BeanieFan11. SL93 (talk) 18:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- I was more saying this and the Nunez hook seemed to be standard and ok, pushing back that there was any prior standard on "dumbing down" hooks, but maybe consensus has changed. —Bagumba (talk) 18:35, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not so sure. I see some hooks declined with notable wikilinked names because apparently clicking on the name isn't good enough for information. As for something different, Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar Goodman (basketball) has been languishing since November. SL93 (talk) 18:58, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- The problem is that NBA draft lottery isn't the greatest either. If you don't know what it is, this article isn't going to help you much. The lead contains "The NBA draft lottery is an annual event ... in which the teams who had missed the playoffs the previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft" and "After the top four positions are selected (from the lottery slotting system), the remainder of the first-round draft order is in inverse order of the win–loss record for the remaining teams, or the teams who originally held the rights if they were traded". Er, what? Black Kite (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- I was more saying this and the Nunez hook seemed to be standard and ok, pushing back that there was any prior standard on "dumbing down" hooks, but maybe consensus has changed. —Bagumba (talk) 18:35, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging nominator BeanieFan11. SL93 (talk) 18:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
Errors in the summary of the featured list
Errors in the summary of the featured picture
- I honestly doubt that John Henry Turpin meets the "up to scratch" bit of WP:POTD/G; it has six citation needed tags and an orange-banner uncited section. Definitely nowhere near GA, although that's far from a POTD requirement. charlotte 👸♥ 02:28, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've removed all of the uncited information, although now I'd say it's too short for a GA. EF5 02:31, 12 January 2025 (UTC)