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• In the "Romania and Bulgaria become full members of the Schengen Area." blurb, we should probably add wikilinks to "Romania" and "Bulgaria" for the sake of clarity for readers that might not be familiar with these countries, per NativeForeigner's original comment on ITN candidates. 31.44.227.152 (talk) 01:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

  Schwede66 had originally posted with links, saying "I assume that in this context, it is ok to wikilink countries" . BorgQueen delinked them. —Bagumba (talk) 02:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

  @Bagumba you're welcome to revert if you think the links are needed. BorgQueen (talk) 03:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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• "... that the military glider Tsybin Ts-25 was considered for use as a civilian airliner on routes including Moscow?" - Moscow isn't a route, it's a place. I'm not really sure what this is trying to say. Normally when I see something like this, I assume it's jargon I'm not familiar with, but I follow aviation news and this isn't something I'm used to seeing. Pinging User:The Bushranger.Jay8g 23:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
  • @Jay8g: The original source said "routes between" and in rewriting it probably could have been clearer. Maybe for the hook "routes that included Moscow" might be better? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    Maybe it would read better if an actual route was listed ("on routes including Moscow-"), or maybe "routes from Moscow"? I don't know, but "routes that included Moscow" still sounds like it's saying Moscow is a route. Jay8g 23:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    • To me it sounds fine, but perhaps "routes including Moscow to Gorki"? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      I've copy edited it for it to read "routes including to Moscow". I hope that resolved it. Schwede66 23:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      Works for me. Jay8g 23:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      What about routes from Moscow though? Stephen 23:54, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

      I considered adding "to and from" but thought that it would be obvious enough that travel would be in both directions. Happy for you (or anyone) to change it, though. Schwede66 02:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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1725 entry: Needs to be changed to past tense, and needs a bold link (presumably Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123). Pinging User:Gerda Arendt. Jay8g 00:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Also, I think we can omit the BWV number from the blurb, since it's liable to be confusing for uninformed readers. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 01:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done Schwede66 02:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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• Holger Drachmann photograph - We don't know the date of the photograph (it would be a guess to say it was taken in the fortnight before his death) so "This portrait photograph of Drachmann was taken in 1908" should probably read 'This portrait photograph of Drachmann was taken by 1908' per the image page. JennyOz (talk) 23:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

   Done, thanks for catching that. --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:40, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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