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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)

Today's FA

• The current image is a little off-balance, so just noting that I've made a modified version with a crop and some exposure adjustments. I'll swap it in momentarily, unless there are any objections. —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:27, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

  Can we see it and is it protected? I'm sure the proper licenses show, correct? Wehwalt (talk) 00:35, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

  

  I linked it above, but I'll just drop it here to make it easy. Licensing is the same as the source image, and it was automatically protected before I swapped. —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:40, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Errors with "In the news"

What about "Barbadian cricketer Garfield Sobers"? ArionStar (talk) 00:01, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:11, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

Monday's FL

(July 20, tomorrow)

Wednesday's FL

(July 22)

Friday's FL

(July 24)

Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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General discussion

Add number of edits to the top banner

I am suggesting this edit because:

• it adds more argumentum ad populum, even further encouraging people to become editors,
• it is another interesting fact about the immense scale of the English Wikipedia,
• it further demonstrates that "anyone can edit," and
• it also aligns with the statistics shown on Special:CreateAccount.

I suggest formatting it like this, considering the number of edits (1,360,128,000, ) changes much faster than the number of articles:

• 250,013 active editors
• 7,210,685 articles in English
• 1.3 billion edits

I’ve tested these edits at WP:Main Page alternatives/(editable). 2600 etc (talk) 03:40, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

I don’t mind it, it fits rather well and could encourage prospective new editors to join. I see no downsides. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 16:35, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Same here. Sounds like a good idea. InfernoHues (talk) 02:38, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Please replace image

I would like the image here to be replaced with the front cover (can be seen here) due to it being (somewhat arguably) more relevant and on-topic. In my opinion, the current choice for the image makes it look like an article about a person. Γ+2 (talk) 00:11, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

The front cover is non-free so it cannot be used on the main page. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:15, 19 July 2026 (UTC)