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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 with "In the news"

Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has announced his resignation but does not appear to have actually resigned yet. The BBC reports 'It was not immediately clear when the archbishop would leave his post but the process of finding a replacement is likely to take at least six months.' It may be best to remove the ITN segment until this is clarified. A.D.Hope (talk) 00:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

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• ... that the creator of the Barney & Friends theme song laughed when he found out that it was used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?

Two things here. The Gitmo playlist isn't actually a playlist, according to the article. Secondly, and more importantly, the hook makes the subject seem quite callous when the article it comes from explains that he found it ludicrous. [1] Secretlondon (talk) 19:20, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

• The article title is currently subject to a move discussion, which does not preclude inclusion on DYK. As for the phrasing... the full quote certainly seems to indicate that he felt the concept of music torture was ludicrous: "It seemed so ludicrous that something totally innocuous for children could threaten the mental state of an adult," he says. "I would rate the annoyance factor to be about equal with hearing my neighbour's leaf blower. It can set my teeth on edge, but it won't break me down and make me confess to crimes against humanity". It downplays that these songs were played on repeat, at high volumes, for captive listeners.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:47, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I will comment as the original writer of the hook that I was slightly more comfortable with the previous phrasing of the hook that didn't mention torture, but it does seem to be the consensus (Clive Stafford Smith included) that the music was used in torture. I don't think it violates any Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons guidelines, but I am open to changes to the hook. Based5290 :3 (talk) 22:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

In what sense was Bob Singleton "the creator" of the theme song? According to Barney & Friends the tune was an old, public domain, song This Old Man, and the words were by "homemaker Lee Bernstein for a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs"". DuncanHill (talk) 23:03, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

• He may have brought the two together; the article also mentions that Bernstein ended up pursuing a lawsuit. Would "music composer" be a better descriptor? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:31, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

That's the problem, we don't know how to describe him. Arranger maybe? He's not the composer if it's an old old tune. The "Piggyback Songs" book was made up of new words to old tunes, so it seems Bernstein brought the old tune and her new words together. Singleton is not mentioned in this report of the law suit. DuncanHill (talk) 00:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

• Wikia has him as music director. I've been looking for an RS that has the same thing.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:38, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

• Alright, his LA-times editorial (from which the "I Just Laughed" quote can also be derived) has "music director".  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:47, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Replaced with "... that the music producer of Barney & Friends laughed when he found out that its theme song was used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?" — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. DuncanHill (talk) 01:41, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

Has anyone here ever checked the film which we present as showing the destruction of Tirpitz on 12 November 1944 in Operation Catechism? The film's own initial title frames, as well as its description page on the Australian War Memorial web site where we got it from, both present it as being from the operation of 15 September 1944, which was Operation Paravane. Catechism only gets an after-the-fact mention on the Australian War Memorial page, with no apparent mention or footage in the film itself. --Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 17:19, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed. The video is of the bombing of that battleship, but from 2 months earlier! Secretlondon (talk) 18:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I've changed the caption to "Bombing of Tirpitz in September 1944" Secretlondon (talk) 18:39, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Tomorrow's OTD

• 1969 – Apollo 12 (pictured) launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the second crewed flight to land on the moon.

Pls change "launches" to past tense 'launched'. (And maybe change "becoming" to 'and became'?) JennyOz (talk) 03:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Pls add cap to "moon" per MOS:CELESTIALBODIES. JennyOz (talk) 03:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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