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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)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

In the fifth hook, there should be a comma before "discussing" and one after "Woman". Primergrey (talk) 08:35, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

done :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

• "1924 – Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party." He wasn't the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Suggest re-wording as "the first Labour Party prime minister of the United Kingdom". DuncanHill (talk) 00:35, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

• I prefer the wording in the OTD set. "Labour Party prime minister" might suggest that there was a position within the Labour Party organisation called prime minister, which was first occupied by MacDonald. Z1720 (talk) 00:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

• I agree with Z1720 about the downside of the proposed rewording. I'd be open to a different proposed rewording, though I don't think it's essential. One possibility could be "... became the first Labour Party member to take office as prime minister of the United Kingdom", although that's a little more wordy than the current hook. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:57, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Putting "from the Labour Party" at the end is a clear indication that this is part of the criterion, unlike if we had "Ramsay MacDonald, from the Labour Party, took office as". Another reason why "Labour Party prime minister" is not as satisfactory is because we wouldn't be able to link both articles without contravening MOS:EGG. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 02:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

So pretty > accurate. The hook as it stands is just horrible English. How about adding "to be" between "Kingdom" and "the"? Still horrible, but at least less unclear. DuncanHill (talk) 02:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I would be OK with DuncanHill's solution (if they mean between "Kingdom" and "from"). Z1720 (talk) 03:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I agree it's a mess. I thought Ramsay MacDonald was a Labour party politician, but am being told he took office after the Labour party lost an election. Or is it he is the first ever prime minister and a Labour party politician.

* 1924 – Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labour Party member to be appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Same number of words. Also makes the point that the office of PM is not filled by election in the UK.) Bazza (talk) 10:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Friday's FL

(January 26)

Monday's FL

(January 22, today)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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