Portal talk:1990s

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Parser error[edit]

@Dreamy Jazz: The portal page is showing "{{Calendar/Sun1stMonthStartError: Invalid time." It looks like that is due to the {{calendar}} at the top of Portal:1990s/Selected anniversaries/June. Can you fix that? Johnuniq (talk) 03:37, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will have a look to see what I can do. Thanks for alerting me Dreamy Jazz (talk) 07:29, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be because there are no annevesaries for June but a page has been created for it unlike for may and march. I will see what I can do. Dreamy Jazz (talk) 07:37, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done a temporary fix, will look into it further later Dreamy Jazz (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this portal uses each day as a differently selected anniversary at the moment. That, however, could be changed to be only for each month. At the moment I have left it for each day. Dreamy Jazz (talk) 15:30, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Portal updates[edit]

@Northamerica1000: The edits you made to this portal last year look similar to your good changes to 1920s etc. but are marked with {{construction}}. Are they ready to reinstate (and add lists etc.) or should we leave this portal in its old state? Certes (talk) 10:38, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Certes: I have restored the portal improvements. See the diff, which provides my detailed rationale for the restoration. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:43, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Articles[edit]

The following articles are presently being displayed in the portal using transclusion from articles. Consensus at VPP has approved using transclusion templates in portals, which provides users with up-to-date content that is verbatim to that in articles. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:45, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Selected articles

The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation from December 11th, 1994 to August 31st, 1996. This conflict was preceded by the battle of Grozny in November 1994, during which Russia covertly sought to overthrow the new Chechen government. Following the intense Battle of Grozny in 1994–1995, which concluded as a pyrrhic victory for the Russian federal forces, their subsequent efforts to establish control over the remaining lowlands and mountainous regions of Chechnya were met with fierce resistance from Chechen guerrillas who often conducted surprise raids.

Despite Russia's considerable military advantages, the recapture of Grozny in 1996 significantly demoralised Russian troops. This development led Boris Yeltsin's government to announce a ceasefire with the Chechens in 1996 and ultimately culminated in the signing of a peace treaty in 1997.

The official Russian estimate of Russian military deaths was 5,732, but according to other estimates, the number of Russian military deaths was as high as 14,000. According to various estimates, the number of Chechen military deaths was approximately 3,000–10,000, the number of Chechen civilian deaths was between 30,000 and 100,000. Over 200,000 Chechen civilians may have been injured, more than 500,000 people were displaced, and cities and villages were reduced to rubble across the republic. (Full article...)

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Selected biographies

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Bill Clinton Jean Chrétien Celine Dion Kurt Cobain Selena Snoop Dogg Christina Aguilera Toni Braxton Dr. Dre Britney Spears MC Hammer Whitney Houston Jeff Buckley George Michael Enrique Iglesias Shania Twain Seal (musician) Shaquille O'Neal George H. W. Bush Lance Armstrong Tiger Woods Lil Wayne Brett Favre

Notelist[edit]

@ActivelyDisinterested: Thank you for fixing a cite error. Can you remember what note was visible? I'm trying to track down the cause, to prevent similar errors from appearing in other portals. Certes (talk) 12:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Certes. It was due to the selected biography section, the Bill Clinton article (which was showing) has a note in regard to his name. Hope that helps. ActivelyDisinterested (talk) 12:09, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's very helpful. We've already identified other templates which produce useful text but optionally add a footnote; in Clinton's case it's {{Birth name}}. I'll see if we can suppress it in the module. Certes (talk) 12:14, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed; both Template:Birth name and Module:Excerpt/portals required changes. Certes (talk) 12:34, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]