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Errors in the summary of the featured article
[edit]Errors with "In the news"
[edit]The Thailand school shooting item probably should not link to Debsirin School in the blurb, because Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where the incident occurred, only shares the name as part of the school network but otherwise is a completely separate school. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:56, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- The list of network schools is on that article, so it makes sense to link to that article. But the link can be more specific to that section. Masem (t) 13:07, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- At the very least the misleading wording needs to be changed. If we want to retain mention of the school's name, it should be given with a piped link as
Debsirin Nonthaburi School, Thailand
. --Paul_012 (talk) 13:30, 8 August 2026 (UTC) - Also, I'll note that I just removed the mention of the shooting from the Debsirin School article, since it's not relevant to the topic of that article. --Paul_012 (talk) 13:44, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- At the very least the misleading wording needs to be changed. If we want to retain mention of the school's name, it should be given with a piped link as
Errors in "Did you know ..."
[edit]As I write, "Did you know" on the main page currently says that the earliest predecessors of U.S. Route 101 in California were 16th-century "royal roads" built by the Spanish?
. How can this be? Early Spanish explorers traveled along the California coast in ships and established no settlements and built no roads. The earliest Spanish settlements in what is now California, including San Diego, were created by the Portola Expedition in 1769-1770. That's the 18th century, not the 16th century. Cullen328 (talk) 04:43, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Nebulous2357, Cl3phact0, Beta Beta Beta, and Crisco 1492:
Pulled for a couple of reasons. First, to answer cullen's question, the 16th-century royal roads were in Spain, not California. The source discusses them as predecessors to the El Camino Real in terms of builder and style, but the royal roads in Spain were not literally the same paths. Second, while the source discusses those royal roads (and later imitators in New Spain) as a predecessor to the El Camino Real, and mentions that a segment of the El Camino Real became U.S. 101, putting those together to claim that the New Spain royal roads were the predecessors of U.S. 101 is a biiit attenuated. Maybe there's a clearer connection made in the source that I'm missing, but that's where I'm at right now. No prejudice against restoring a hook that resolves these concerns, as long as the corrections don't make it fail DYKINT. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 05:19, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- Apologies if I bodged something at review stage. What about
... that the 16th-century "royal roads" in Spain were predecessors of U.S. Route 101 in California?
or... that parts of U.S. Route 101 in California were modelled after 16th-century "royal roads" in Spain?
-- Cl3phact0 (talk) 05:43, 8 August 2026 (UTC) - Alternatively, we could use the ALT3 hook from the nomination
...that U.S. Route 101 in California will host the world's largest wildlife crossing?
-- Cl3phact0 (talk) 06:44, 8 August 2026 (UTC)- @Cl3phact0: - I'd prefer the second one you suggested for a couple of reasons. First of all, a "predeccessor highway" usually refers to a highway that existed in roughly the footprint of a later one, and was superceded by such road. Examples include US Routes that roughly parallel Interstate Highways. The last one in my opinion borders on WP:CRYSTAL because infrastructure projects often get canceled, modified, and delayed, and often take many years to materialize. Bneu2013 (talk) 18:37, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- I wasn't the nominator nor did I draft any of the hooks. I'm simply trying to help resolve the situation, and respectfully defer to your judgement as to what the right solution is to achieve the best outcome. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:45, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Cl3phact0: - I'd prefer the second one you suggested for a couple of reasons. First of all, a "predeccessor highway" usually refers to a highway that existed in roughly the footprint of a later one, and was superceded by such road. Examples include US Routes that roughly parallel Interstate Highways. The last one in my opinion borders on WP:CRYSTAL because infrastructure projects often get canceled, modified, and delayed, and often take many years to materialize. Bneu2013 (talk) 18:37, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- Apologies if I bodged something at review stage. What about
Errors in "On this day"
[edit]Errors in the summary of the featured list
[edit](August 10, tomorrow)
(August 12)
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Errors in the summary of the featured picture
[edit]Any other Main Page errors
[edit]Please report any such problems or suggestions for improvement at the General discussion section of Talk:Main Page.
