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Tony Hawk's Underground is a skateboarding-adventure video game published by Activision in 2003 and 2004 as part of the Tony Hawk's series. Neversoft developed the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox versions, while the Game Boy Advance adaptation was developed by Vicarious Visions and the mobile phone version by Jamdat. Players explore levels and complete goals while performing tricks; players can also create a custom character instead of selecting a professional skater. The plot follows the player and their friend Eric Sparrow as the two become professionals and grow apart. The game was developed with a theme of individuality, and real-world skateboarders contributed their experiences during development. Reviewers praised its wide appeal, soundtrack, customization, multiplayer features, and plot. The graphics and the controls for driving vehicles and walking were less well received. Underground's PlayStation 2 version had sold 2.11 million copies in the United States by December 2007. A sequel was released in 2004. (Full article...)
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Common blackbird

The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush. It breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It has several subspecies across its large range; a few of the Asian subspecies are sometimes considered to be full species. Depending on latitude, the common blackbird may be resident, partially migratory, or fully migratory. The male of the nominate subspecies, which is found throughout most of Europe, is all black except for a yellow eye-ring and bill and has a rich, melodious song; the adult female and juvenile have mainly dark brown plumage. The species breeds in woods and gardens, building a neat, mud-lined, cup-shaped nest. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms, berries, and fruits. This common and conspicuous bird has given rise to many literary and cultural references, frequently related to its song. This female common blackbird was photographed in Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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moved from WP:ERROR, hopefully it can be settled by next year... --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:55, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether this is an error or not, but I was curious as to whether the illustration of the fire in Chicago should be labeled as such. Is it policy to call images of this nature pictures when they are mentioned in the OTD blurb (or anywhere else for that matter)? Maybe I am just being pedantic, or perhaps this is a picture of the illustration :\ 04redsox07 (talk) 12:50, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This refers to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 8 (now off the Main page). I see what you mean, I am not sure what the policy is but changing "(pictured)" to "(illustrated)" would be fine by me. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 8 is now unprotected so anyone can make the change so the error doesn't happen next year.--Commander Keane (talk) 01:53, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

end copy/paste from WP:ERRORS

2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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2014 notes

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2015 notes

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2016 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 17:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Two points

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@Howcheng: Firstly, I'd like to know why this blurb was removed and then please note that Battle of Perryville has a maintenance tag. --Mhhossein talk 16:49, 7 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I missed that one. There was an edit conflict because I was in the middle of doing the update when you did your changes, and I saw that you had taken out the same articles as I did, so I didn't realize there was a new article too. However, I don't think this article is suitable for OTD; West African Ebola virus epidemic is better (GA and far more people were affected). As for Perryville, someone has added the references. —howcheng {chat} 02:32, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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2018 notes

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2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 16:32, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Too many US items

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Three out of the five entries in the staging area relate to the US. This is way too US-heavy. 81.140.214.240 (talk) 15:11, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The relative mix of items in the staging area is unimportant because they don't appear on the Main Page. However, I invite you to find more eligible articles we can include here. Please read the rules the first. Happy editing and thank you in advance for your contributions! —howcheng {chat} 22:27, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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2021 notes

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2022 notes

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Heart (talk) 04:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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