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Pomegranate[edit]

I am reporting an error on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pomegranate. Here--and on the main entry itself at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate and also on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pomegranate_arils.jpg--there is a "Featured picture scheduled for POTD" for November 28, 2024, whose description is erroneous. The photo's erroneous description is "Pomegranate arils." The problem is that pomegranates do not have arils and the correct description should be "Pomegranate seeds." I made a correction about this error in the entry text and also deleted one photo from the entry that had the erroneous caption, but was unable to correct the caption of the POTD photo myself in the entry either because it is impossible for me to do so or I do not know enough about WP editing to do it. The photo is fine but please change the caption. My explanation of the problem is on the entry "talk" page which is copied below:

The pomegranate entry has three problematic mentions of arils. As correctly stated in WP, an aril is a specialized outgrowth from the seeds of some plant species that partly or completely covers the seed. Pomegranates are not one of those species. This is a common mistake, even among botanists. First, please read this 2020 scientific paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924224419310349 that was specifically written to bring notice about this common botanical error and to document the correct description using correct botanical terminology. Next, please examine the photo above. The red objects are pomegranate seeds, not arils, as mistakenly claimed in the caption. Pomegranate seeds have a central reproductive object consisting of the tegmen, cotyledons, and embryo, typically white in color; these objects are often mistakenly called the "seeds" of the pomegranate. Surrounding each central object is a red, very pulpy or fleshy type of testa--specifically a sarcotesta (named from the Greek term sark- which means "fleshy"), which contains all the pomegranate juice and is also correctly defined in WP. Tegmen and testa are correctly identified under seed coat in WP; they are the developmental derivatives of the integuments or outer layers of cells of the ovule and are both quite distinct from being any type of aril. The bottom line is that the pomegranate seed consists of BOTH the central reproductive object and the sarcotesta. There are no arils. I am going to remove the term arils from the entry. I'm not sure if I can change the term in the two photo captions to seeds so someone else may have to do it. Steven (talk) 22:34, 15 February 2024 (UTC) Steven (talk) 21:54, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Waitlist[edit]

I've had a poke around but couldn't find what I was looking for. How many POTDs have yet to be shown on the main page? Or does something become a Featured Picture only through the POTD process? Background to my query is that I gave a presentation on Wikipedia's main page and POTD is the part I know least about. Schwede 66 07:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Schwede66, as per first paragraph of Wikipedia:Picture of the day, additional emphasis mine:

The picture of the day (POTD) is a [...] updated every day with one or more featured pictures [...]

Meaning that a picture is a featured picture first, and a POTD second.

Something becomes a Featured Picture through the Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates process, if it satisfies the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria.

The scheduling of POTDs should follow Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines.

POTDs are scheduled ahead of time. For example, almost half of April is already planned, but only four pictures have been planned for May. For specific anniversaries, the scheduling can be done months or even years in advance, e.g. Template:POTD/2025-11-17 and Template:POTD/2028-02-02. —⁠andrybak (talk) 10:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POTD archive history page[edit]

What I see on my home page POTD is not reflected in the archive search. May 5 2024 shows a Serbian food platter, archive shows giant glyphs in the desert. BobBataviaIL (talk) 05:32, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POTDPageCreator: Template:POTD/2024-06-07 does not exist[edit]

While attempting to create Template:POTD protected/2024-06-07, I found that Template:POTD/2024-06-07 does not exist. Please create it! When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. If you have any questions or comments that my operator should see, please post a notice to User talk:AnomieBOT. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:00, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]