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• Shouldn'tScotland Yard link to theMetropolitan Police instead of themetonymic location of its headquarters?Chorchapu (talk |edits)00:22, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I would agree, it is the force which is meant, not the location. Our article(s) on (New) Scotland Yard are a mess, as New Scotland Yard in the 20's of last century was at theNorman Shaw Buildings.DuncanHill (talk)01:13, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Given the article makes the same choice, I advise discussing it withSchroCat, the FAC nominator.--Wehwalt (talk)02:53, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"1640 – Prussian forces, led by Frederick the Great, moved his troops…"– That should be 1740, the year Frederick took over the throne. --Stizzleswick (talk)00:21, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done byZ1720.Chorchapu (talk |edits)00:25, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The constantly-animated image is extremely distracting and makes it impossible to actuallyread the rest of the page. —chbarts (talk)01:05, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I felt that too. I feel it should be perhaps replaced or maybe have it be a toggle-able video(?) .Chorchapu (talk |edits)01:07, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest replacing it withFile:Gabriel Narutowicz.jpg (fromAssassination of Gabriel Narutowicz) orFile:Portret Narutowicz (cropped).jpg (fromGabriel Narutowicz).

Blinking content likeFile:Denno Senshi Porygon Seizure.gif is an accessibility issue, andWCAG, for example,recommends that any such content have a mechanism to pause, stop, or hide. We still don't have a good technical solution for that, but I think we should at least be selecting images that won't make the Main Page less usable for readers.hinnk (talk)03:12, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I have switched out the image. The new image will need to be protected.Z1720 (talk)03:23, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720, I protected both proposed images while you were updating OTD.[1]Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk)03:23, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both!hinnk (talk)03:31, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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