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• To charge the Model S, Tesla operates a network of fast-charging stations.: this is not quite right: the network was introduced at the same time, but doesn't exist to charge (only) the Model S. Suggest "Along with the Model S, Tesla introduced...". Pinging 750h+ for their input, and because the same is stated in the lead (but not the body). UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 12:41, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  i can't change the TFA blurb, but i'll change the article lead 750h+ 12:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

   Done @750h+ and UndercoverClassicist: I have amended the blurb along the same lines as the update to the article lead. I assume since the nominator has made this change it is officially sanctioned, but pinging @TFA coordinators as well to be sure.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Amakuru -- thanks -- could you remove the comma a network of fast-charging stations, to charge -- we don't want one before a purpose clause, in general? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 15:09, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

   Done. I would have thought it scans better with the comma myself but I know there are different schools of thought on this and by no means a hill I want to die on.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:52, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Pope blurb is rather long; suggest reducing a little bit by changing "pope of the Catholic Church" to simply "Catholic pope". Left guide (talk) 23:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

   Done. This blurb has been tweaked a lot of times so far, but this seems sensible.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Vilner Emes - concern on the factual accuracy of DYK hook is raised on Talk:Vilner_Emes. The academic refs says one thing, but the image used in the article doesn't match. --Soman (talk) 13:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I suggest to wikilink Solapur in the picture caption. JMCHutchinson (talk) 16:42, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This seems to have been done. Secretlondon (talk) 19:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I’ve just actioned this. Schwede66 19:18, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The way this is phrased seems a bit odd. The event happened not long after the Nazis took power, so the books would have been about transgender people before Nazi Germany, not in Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, I can't think of a good alternative wording that maintains the bold link. Pinging User:Wasianpower. Jay8g [V•T•E] 02:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go at rewording the hook. See what you think. Schwede66 03:57, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's an improvement, but I wouldn't be surprised if other people have MOS:EASTEREGG concerns. I've spent a bit more time thinking about it and came up with an alternative, though I think it's still a bit clunky.

As part of Nazi Germany's persecution of transgender people, thousands of books taken from the Institute for Sexual Science were burned in Bebelplatz Square for being "un-German".

I'm not very good at this sort of short 1-sentence summary, which is why I normally work on POTD instead of OTD. Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:15, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That wording works for me. Possible slight modification that emphasizes the contents of the books:As part of Nazi Germany's persecution of transgender people, thousands of books on transgender history and healthcare from the Institute for Sexual Science were burned in Bebelplatz Square.🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 10:35, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Jay8g @Schwede66, looks like the hook has not yet been updated? I think we should fix the MOS:EASTEREGG issue before this goes live. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, are any admins available to update the OTD with either mine or Jay8g's version of the blurb? A little concerned about this one going live in its current state for the reasons discussed above. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 23:30, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In a last ditch effort to try to catch this before it goes live, going to ping a few admins from the recently active admins toolforge — @Discospinster, @BD2412, @Drmies. Apologies for the extra pings. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

user:wasianpower, I wouldn't know what to do. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 23:59, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, sorry just trying to replace the blurb about trans people for tomorrow (today?) with a less misleading piped link; there are versions in Jay8g and my own comments above. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

user:wasianpower: I'm not an admin so I'm not of much help here, other than pinging User:RoySmith as an active admin who often works on the main page. Jay8g [V•T•E] 00:15, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping, but I just work on DYK and don't have any experience with the other sections, so I'll leave it to somebody who knows what they're doing there. RoySmith (talk) 00:18, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The thousands of books were the complete library, weren't they? Not specifically ones about trans people. Secretlondon (talk) 12:43, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thousands of books on trans people were burned according to literature on the topic. Up to 100,000 books were burned at the event in total. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 12:49, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mass burning of the Institute's books was an ominous harbinger of the Nazi regime's policies on non-hetero sexuality. -- Sca (talk) 15:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One other issue here is with "Bebelplatz Square", which links to Bebelplatz: Platz already means "square", so it's "Bebel Square Square". This is fine for Wikipedia's general audience, but the word "square" should not be capitalized. —  AjaxSmack  04:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

•  Hook tweaked. Sorry all, I didn't realise this was still a live issue in need of resolving, since I'd seen a lot of discussion and admins involved here yesterday. I have inserted Jay8g's version of the hook as given above, that seems to avoid the WP:EGG issue and reasonably concise. I've also lowercased square per the comment immediately above this one. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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