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Errors in the summary of the featured article
[edit]Errors with "In the news"
[edit]A series of attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army kill 225 people, including the attackers, in several districts of Balochistan, Pakistan.
There has been some discussion of this at Talk:Main_Page#Wording_of_ITN_item. The number of deaths has gone from 140 to 190 and it's now 225. It is presented mainly as attacks by the BLA but, if you look at the article, it now starts with On 29 and 30 January 2026, Pakistani military operations killed 41 Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants.
So, it appears that there have been waves of attacks and counter-attacks by both sides in numerous locations across several days. The casualties claimed for these operations seem to be disputed and there doesn't seem to be much independent verification. The topic is contentious per WP:CT/SA but neutral editors don't seem to have a good grip on the content.
This is an ongoing conflict going back over 70 years – see Insurgency in Balochistan. Cherry-picking some incidents in this way seems to be too confusing and contentious and so I recommend that the blurb be pulled.
Andrew🐉(talk) 09:52, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Andrew Davidson, A possibly sane and neutral wording might be "Clashes between Balochistan Liberation Army and Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, Pakistan have left 225 people dead." It can also be Attacks instead of Clashes as well. – robertsky (talk) 10:45, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- I have amended the blurb to something along the lines suggested here: Clashes between the Balochistan Liberation Army and the armed forces in several districts of Balochistan, Pakistan, leave at least 225 people dead. Does this satisfy the concern? — Amakuru (talk) 10:52, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Errors in "Did you know ..."
[edit]- To comply with MOS:TITLECAPS, "Jahangir With a Portrait of Akbar" in a link and an image caption should be changed to "Jahangir with a Portrait of Akbar", which is also now the article title. Ham II (talk) 07:43, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Fixed It would be good if you could request here that something needs moving when it’s on the main page due to WP:MPNOREDIRECT, Ham II. Schwede66 08:18, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- The baritone Jubilant Sykes, active in spirituals, gospel and funk, recorded the role of the Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein's Grammy-nominated Mass.
- I wish Mass was linked, because it's not a mass but musical theatre composed for the inauguration of the Kennedy Center, and I'm afraid not every reader will know that.
- I am not sure the the placement of "Grammy-nominated" works, because it wasn't the piece but the recording that was nominated. Listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- I hate to say so, but the far bigger problem is that the bold article is orange-tagged. If not resolved pronto, it should be pulled. Schwede66 09:22, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- It's one CN, on the graduation date: yes, a mission-critical problem, but also hopefully not hard to either remedy or trim. @Gerda Arendt: can you fix that one way or the other? UndercoverClassicist T·C 09:25, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
[edit]Errors in the summary of the featured list
[edit](February 9)
(February 4, tomorrow)
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Errors in the summary of the featured picture
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[edit]Please report any such problems or suggestions for improvement at the General discussion section of Talk:Main Page.