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Errors in the summary of the featured article

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Request for comment on adding this week's article for improvement to the main page has an RfC

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Request for comment on adding this week's article for improvement to the main page has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. InfernoHues (talk) 05:35, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

More featured articles including a double redirect

'More featured articles' in the TFA section currently links to Wikipedia:Featured articles (linked from TFAfooter), which redirects to the correct location. I don't see why this is necessary, considering literally every other link in TFA doesn't do anything like this. Instead of directly linking it to it's desired location avoiding the double redirect, we could change every other link to do the same thing if you wish. In solidarity, FantasticWikiUser_{(Ts and Cs)} 14:02, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I see it was used for stats. Ignore this section then. In solidarity, FantasticWikiUser_{(Ts and Cs)} 14:03, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@Dan Leonard: is this redirect intended to remain here indefinitely? Was there some discussion about this? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:45, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

It's a single redirect, not a double redirect. So there is nothing broken here, but it does seem a bit odd to do this — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:46, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I found the discussion at Template talk:TFAfooter#Protected edit request on 4 June 2025 — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:51, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

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The comma placement causes issues with some scripts, see for example https://i.imgur.com/SrNt88x.png.

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<h1 class="html-heading">Welcome to [[Wikipedia]]</h1>,</div>

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<h1 class="html-heading">Welcome to [[Wikipedia]],</h1></div>

FaviFake (talk) 12:09, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

But then it would be grammatically wrong. The image you link to means nothing. You need to explain what you mean by "comma placement causes issues with some scripts". Bazza 7 (talk) 12:22, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

But then it would be grammatically wrong.
No it wouldn't? Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit" is grammatically correct.
The image you link to means nothing
It's an example.
You need to explain what you mean by "comma placement causes issues with some scripts". [/wiki/User:Bazza_7]
As you can see, the [ copy ] button appears incorrectly between the comma and the rest of the heading. FaviFake (talk) 12:25, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

@FaviFake: My bad. I didn't notice the comma lurking inside the heading tags on your proposed version.

I still do not understand your image. The link you supplied returns an image of a purple rectangle with "Content not viewable in your region". Is this what you see; or are you using an image repository which refuses requests from where I am located (UK)?

What "[copy]" button are you referring to? Bazza 7 (talk) 12:59, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I can see the image, it shows "Welcome to Wikipedia [copy]," Cerebral726 (talk) 13:05, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

@Cerebral726, @FaviFake: Thanks. I think I understand this now. There is no "[copy]", hidden or otherwise, in the heading I get sent from Wikipedia:

<div id="mp-welcome"><h1 class="html-heading mw-html-heading" id="Welcome_to_Wikipedia">Welcome to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia" id="mwBg">Wikipedia</a></h1>,</div> :::::<div id="mp-free">the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content" id="mwBw">free</a> encyclopedia...

Are you both running some sort of script which is adding this to the page? If yes, then I think that script is where any amendments should be made, not the unadulterated information as served. Bazza 7 (talk) 13:20, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

But isn't that comma part of the heading, which that tag seems to be marking? It'd make sense for it to be included. Cerebral726 (talk) 13:22, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Exactly. It is itself part of the heading. FaviFake (talk) 13:23, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I disagree. If the comma's part of the heading, so too should be the text following it.

But this is by-the-by. Your reasoning was to stop a problem with a script (as yet undisclosed) which places a button on the page. If it's not working because a comma is in the wrong place, then it needs fixing to make it work using something other than a crude screen-scrape. Bazza 7 (talk) 13:29, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

No. If it's not working because a comma is in the wrong place, then the comma should be moved to the right place. I suspect this also has implications for users of screen readers, which rely on the HTML output rather then the displayed text. FaviFake (talk) 13:32, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm using the Imgur file hosting service; I was unaware of the fact that it was unavailable in the UK. FaviFake (talk) 13:18, 7 July 2026 (UTC)