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Errors in the summary of the featured article
[edit]"The original 50-story building was constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Irving Trust."
I thought Irving Trust was someone's name. Perhaps the sentence is an Americanism, but it seems to me to be missing the definite article, which is used in the Irving Trust page. Please edit the FA summary to "between 1929 and 1931 for the Irving Trust." 109.76.178.90 (talk) 16:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- It’s an organisation’s name, so doesn’t need it. We would similarly say “constructed between 1929 and 1931 for Barclays Bank”, not “for the Barclays Bank”. The same text is in the article lead. - SchroCat (talk) 16:51, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Errors with "In the news"
[edit]Errors in "Did you know ..."
[edit]Errors in "On this day"
[edit]"1960 – Three men are killed and two wounded..." should be past tense ("were killed"). Alkari (?), 1 January 2025, 02:06 UTC
- I fixed that some time ago. Schwede66 04:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Not an error as such, but could eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development in Lachlan Macquarie's hook be shortened to eventually playing a major role in the social, economic and architectural development? UndercoverClassicist T·C 10:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Errors in the summary of the featured list
[edit]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.