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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

• Edith Roosevelt — ... married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886, having five children.

This formulation reads as if she had five kids when they married. Suggest change to "in 1886, and bore five children." – Sca (talk) 14:23, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Even better would be splitting it to a separate sentence, to avoid any connection between the year and the children, viz: 'in 1886. The couple had five children together.' Modest Genius ^talk 14:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I wouldn't call that better ("together" is either unclear or obvious, depending on how you read it). "She grew up alongside the Roosevelt family, and married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886; they had five children" is an alternative. - SchroCat (talk) 15:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

That version sounds good to me. Modest Genius ^talk 15:48, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Gog the Mild, have you seen this discussion? What do you think? Schwede66 17:41, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I have been following the discussion. I don't believe there is a problem with the current wording, but if it is felt it should be changed then SchroCat's version seems the best of the alternatives suggested. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:46, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done I've implemented SchroCat's suggestion. Schwede66 17:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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Tomorrow's POTD

• At "and short story writer" pls add compound hyphen ie 'short-story' JennyOz (talk) 07:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

   Fixed Schwede66 08:44, 19 November 2024 (UTC)