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Errors in the summary of the featured article
- "The Jersey Act was a 1913 regulation by the British Jockey Club..." but the article says "Nor was it promulgated by the Jockey Club, which had no authority over registration". DuncanHill (talk) 15:28, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, the JC did the "passing" but the owners of the GSB actually put it in their book and rules... so ... welcome to the murky world of horse-racing! Technically the British JC couldn't impose a registration rule but because the GSB actually put it in ... it happened. The whole episode was pretty toothless, and in the end, it ended up backfiring and hurting British racing more than American racing. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- The blurb says it was a regulation by the Jockey Club, the article says it wasn't. Should a blurb directly contradict the article it is promoting? DuncanHill (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- The blurb says "The Jersey Act was a 1913 regulation by the British Jockey Club and the owners of the General Stud Book"The lead says "the Jockey Club and the owners of the General Stud Book passed a regulation".The body says "At a meeting of the Jockey Club ... proposed a resolution ... It passed unanimously in May,[13] and a new regulation was placed in the General Stud Book". I'm not seeing the contradiction here, but maybe I'm missing something. - SchroCat (talk) 18:17, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- It wasn't a Jockey Club regulation. A resolution is not a regulation. It was a Stud Book regulation. The Jockey Club had no authority over registration, and did not promulgate the Jersey Act. The regulation was by the owners of the Stud Book. The Jockey Club might have agreed with it, but it was not a Jockey Club regulation. It was not a regulation by the Jockey Club. DuncanHill (talk) 19:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- I read it as a combination of the JC and the stud book, which is what the blurb and the lead says. - SchroCat (talk) 19:43, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- It wasn't a Jockey Club regulation. A resolution is not a regulation. It was a Stud Book regulation. The Jockey Club had no authority over registration, and did not promulgate the Jersey Act. The regulation was by the owners of the Stud Book. The Jockey Club might have agreed with it, but it was not a Jockey Club regulation. It was not a regulation by the Jockey Club. DuncanHill (talk) 19:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- The blurb says "The Jersey Act was a 1913 regulation by the British Jockey Club and the owners of the General Stud Book"The lead says "the Jockey Club and the owners of the General Stud Book passed a regulation".The body says "At a meeting of the Jockey Club ... proposed a resolution ... It passed unanimously in May,[13] and a new regulation was placed in the General Stud Book". I'm not seeing the contradiction here, but maybe I'm missing something. - SchroCat (talk) 18:17, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- The blurb says it was a regulation by the Jockey Club, the article says it wasn't. Should a blurb directly contradict the article it is promoting? DuncanHill (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, the JC did the "passing" but the owners of the GSB actually put it in their book and rules... so ... welcome to the murky world of horse-racing! Technically the British JC couldn't impose a registration rule but because the GSB actually put it in ... it happened. The whole episode was pretty toothless, and in the end, it ended up backfiring and hurting British racing more than American racing. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Errors with "In the news"
Errors in "Did you know ..."
- Seattle metropolitan area really should be linked in the hook for Bothell, Washington. It also reads quite oddly. SounderBruce 01:48, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- I disagree the link is necessary. Do you have any specific reason? BorgQueen (talk) 01:53, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- I disagree about the missing link. And if it reads oddly to you, SounderBruce, would you have a suggestion for an improved hook? Schwede66 04:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- I agree the hook read oddly before BorgQueen fixed it here. TSventon (talk) 04:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oops, I forgot to mention I had fixed it!
Done BorgQueen (talk) 05:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oops, I forgot to mention I had fixed it!
- I agree the hook read oddly before BorgQueen fixed it here. TSventon (talk) 04:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Errors in "On this day"
Errors in the summary of the featured list
Errors in the summary of the featured picture
General discussion
Linter error?
I see a Linter error this evening on the Main page. —GoldRingChip 01:09, 6 September 2024 (UTC)