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| == Where is Niki Lauda? == | |||
| To my view he was notable enough that his death should be listed in the Main Page, 'Recent Deaths' or even get a post in the 'In the news' section. Why not? | |||
| ] (]) 23:31, 23 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| : See ]. — <span style="font-family:'Trajan Pro','Perpetua Titling MT',Perpetua,serif">''']'''</span> <b>·</b> '']'' <b>·</b> 23:56, 23 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| ::As with the death mentioned a few sections above 'and many others which appear in the archives for this page' - there is only a certain amount of space on the Main Page, so value judgements (as to both the notability of the person and also the quality of the person's WP article) have to be made. | |||
| ::Even if the Main Page were the size of 'the largest TV to date' and all biographies were well written there would still be comments as to why wasn't a particular death/anniversary/ITN entry included. (When will the resignation be included on ITN?) ] (]) 10:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| :::See ].-- ] (]) 14:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| :::I seriously think the WP purists must come to their senses here! If a perceived lack of quality of an article prevents its inclusion, the Main Page will run the risk of being skewed. After all, isn't the WP Main Page for the public, not for the cognoscenti to get their quality requirements enforced? Notability must be the firat and only criterion! (Lauda is unimportant to me, it's the principle.) ] (]) 09:19, 25 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| ::::No, article quality is the primary consideration. The main page shows the best of Wiki, not the most notable. Often the two are one and the same but not always. If there's a difference between the two - you could always fix it yourself. ] (]) 10:00, 25 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Serving the public is exactly why there are quality standards. It does not help the reader if we direct them to an article about something or someone significant but the article is unreferenced, woefully incomplete, or erroneous. --] (]) 14:20, 25 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| == Protected edit request on 27 May 2019 == | |||
| {{edit fully-protected|Misplaced Pages:Main Page/1|Misplaced Pages:Main Page/2|Misplaced Pages:Main Page/3|Misplaced Pages:Main Page/4|Misplaced Pages:Main Page/5|answered=yes}} | |||
| The five copies of the Main Page above seem to use old syntax and should be synced with the current source of the Main Page. — <span style="font-family:'Trajan Pro','Perpetua Titling MT',Perpetua,serif">''']'''</span> <b>·</b> '']'' <b>·</b> 02:02, 27 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| :{{done}} — ] <sup>]</sup> 16:27, 27 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
| == Minor correction == | == Minor correction == | ||
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- The wildfires death toll has risen to 25. The main page currently says 24. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
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- ... that of the 156 Conestoga wagons (pictured) brought to the Braddock Expedition of the French and Indian War, only one remained intact by the campaign's end? That's not what the article seems to say. "Only a few wagons of the Braddock Expedition ultimately remained, and they were returned to their original owners when the vehicles arrived at Wills Creek in Pennsylvania." and "In total, 156 wagons are thought to have been employed for the disastrous Braddock Expedition, the only wagon to survive intact being that of William Douglas." meaning that only one wagon survives until now, but multiple survived the expedition (or else they couldn't have been sent back to their owners surely). Fram (talk) 09:06, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Also, surely it should be 'employed by' or 'taken on' the expedition 'during' the war, not 'brought to ... of'. Modest Genius 13:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- A rewording does not seem to be in the scope of Errors. The definition of "brought" is "take or go with (someone or something) to a place." which seems close enough to "taken on". SL93 (talk) 02:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging nominator PrimalMustelid. SL93 (talk) 18:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Also, surely it should be 'employed by' or 'taken on' the expedition 'during' the war, not 'brought to ... of'. Modest Genius 13:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry, but that is not what the source says. It says (I quote):
- The number of Pennsylvania wagons that arrived back at Wills Creek has not been definitely established. For the service of their wagons, 30 owners received payment for a period greater than the 51 days, but of these, only 10 were paid for services beyond what appears to be July 20. Only the wagon of William Douglas, out of 146 wagons involved, seems to have survived the campaign intact. Inasmuch as the other owners were reimbursed for loss of their wagons, it is likely that those few that arrived back at Fort Cumberland were so badly damaged as to render them unserviceable, and therefore not worth driving back to eastern Pennsylvania.
- In short, the writer is talking about the situation at the end of the campaign, where only the one appears to have survived the campaign in serviceable condition, the others being too damaged to be worth retaining.
- Please note that I am about to log off so will not be able to respond further today. Gatoclass (talk) 18:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- So am I expected to emend the hook and/or article, or has the situation resolved itself? PrimalMustelid (talk) 18:34, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Can someone please pull or correct this? What's the purpose of this page? Fram (talk) 09:44, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
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