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Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2024

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"In an effort to preserve order, the society lacks any color, climate, terrain, and a true sense of equality." This implies that the community lacks a true sense of equality, which is actually one of its defining qualities. We should change this to:

"In an effort to preserve order, the society has a true sense of equality and lacks any color, climate, and terrain." Emillixe (talk) 01:49, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. ZionniThePeruser (talk) 00:24, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2025

There is a segment in the Twenty Year edition of the book that states that there was an involvement with the FBI. It states: The FBI took an interest in the two hundred-page vaguely threatening letter sent by a man who insisted that br was actually The Giver, and advised me not to go near the city where he lived. 24.246.117.7 (talk) 15:37, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And what is the specific change to the article you would like to see?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguate the Chappell Roan song?

I came straight here while trying to search for the song. Should we (either/both) 1. Add the song to the disambiguation or 2. (I have no idea how to do this) Make searching "the giver" redirect to the disambiguation as there are now 2 pretty popular things called "The Giver" Lovetheblahaj (talk) 22:54, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there in fact an article on the song? We can add a hatnote directing to the song or to the album it's on if the. song has no article. Unless there's a showing that the song is as popular as the book, I'd avoid making The Giver a disambiguation page. Wehwalt (talk) 22:58, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver_(song)

they exist in very different circles (i dont think the average person whos googling the book cares about the song and vice versa) but the song is pretty popular (i think?) Lovetheblahaj (talk) 23:00, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also (tried) to make the song have the disambiguation (its called a hatnote???) message but im so new to this and i think i did it wrong if you could check that it would be lovely. Lovetheblahaj (talk) 23:02, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

im really not sure what the policy is on when to direct straight to an article and when to do disambiguation. While I think that the book will definitely outlast the song, for now people (might? i have no evidence for my claim) search for both equally for now because the song is so new. Lovetheblahaj (talk) 23:06, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think what you did is fine. Wehwalt (talk) 00:08, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've modified the hatnote on this article to have a link to the article on the song. I think we should be good then. Wehwalt (talk) 00:14, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2025

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Under the "Censorship in the United States" section:

Change "In a 2020 question-and-session"

To "In a 2020 question-and-answer session"

I believe this to be a simple and uncontroversial typo. Yuvinator (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thank you for pointing that out.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:01, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]