Talk:List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics

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Thylacine predation capabilities

Is this a common misconception, or is it outdated? Many believe that the thylacine is capable of preying on sheep, chickens, and even human children and this misconception was further popularised by a staged photograph of a dead thylacine with a (dead?) chicken in its mouth. In reality, the thylacine's jaw is far too weak to prey on sheep, humans (even infants), or chickens.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831210058.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20120905080540/http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/files/issues/thylacine_picture_worth.pdf Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:53, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Headings

I have changed the headings (despite the warning). I believe this solves it both here and on the "main page". Feel free to revert if I'm missing something. Dajasj (talk) 09:48, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr swordfish, what was looking weird specifically? The reason for adding a header with title "List" is because right now there is no h2-heading which is required for accessibility (see MOS:Goodhead. Dajasj (talk) 14:01, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The List of Common Misconceptions article was recently split into three separate articles due to size constraints with each sub-article transcluded into the main article. The lack of level-2 headings in the sub-articles is because the sub-articles are transcluded with the level-2 headings provided by the main article.

Thanks for the pointer to MOS:GOODHEAD; more info is available at MOS:OVERSECTION. I was unfamiliar with this material, and you are correct that it is an issue. Since it is an issue for all three sub-articles and affects the main article, we should move this discussion to that talk page - whatever we do with this sub-article we should also do with the other two for consistency. I'm not sure what the best approach is, so I'd like to hear from some of the other editors and I'm not sure everyone follows this talk page. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 15:06, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]