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Create a subpage for your new DYK suggestion and then list the page below under the date the article was created or the expansion began (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any autoconfirmed registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion (if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of the DYK project talk page with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose); self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination (consider watchlisting your nomination page).

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I.	Create the nomination subpage. In the box below, enter the name of the article you are nominating (replacing YOUR ARTICLE TITLE) and click the button to create your nomination page. (For nominations of multiple articles together, you can write any or all of the article titles here.)
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Main page: Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewing guide

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.

To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:

• Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
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Instructions for other editors

How to promote an accepted hook

• In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote. In a separate window, open the prep area you intend to add the hook to.
• Paste the accepted hook and the credit information (the {{DYKmake}} and {{DYKnom}} templates) into the prep area. Make sure to follow the guidelines at Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas.
• In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{DYKsubpage with {{subst:DYKsubpage, replace |passed= with |passed=yes, and for the |monthyear= fill in the month and year under which the nomination was posted (not the current date)—the format for the month and year should be, e.g., January 2012. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was successful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.
• In your edit summary, please indicate which prep area you are moving the hook to.

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• Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
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• Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
• Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there is usually a link to it in the credits section).
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• Add a link to the nomination subpage at Wikipedia:Did you know/Removed

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name

• Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired.

Nominations

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on October 24

Johnny Basham

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that European welterweight champion Johnny Basham faced a manslaughter charge after killing an opponent in a boxing match?

• Reviewed: Michael Roemer

Created/expanded by FruitMonkey (talk). Self nom at 18:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

*Length checks out; hook checks out (interesting!), neutral article, inline citations; image checks out. 842U (talk) 01:52, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing and sourcing concerns. Compare for example "his head made violent contact with the boards of the ring" with "Price's head came into violent contact with the boards of the ring", or "he was acquitted by a magistrate who held that the fight had been conducted fairly and sportingly" vs "he was acquitted by the magistrate, who held that the fight had been conducted fairly and sportingly". Relies heavily on sources of questionable reliability and self-published sources. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:58, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I purposefully kept to close paraphrasing due to the nature of this part of the article, and I did not want to misreport the facts regarding a legal judgement or the reporting of what happened by a journalist. Cites were given for each. Also I believe that the newspaper articles from which the information comes from are prior to 1923. Could you also sate which of the sources are of questionable reliability and self-published sources so they can be addressed. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:13, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

The second of the two sources I quoted above is definitely post-1923, and is also near-verbatim, which is very concerning, as is your statement that you did this deliberately, regardless of your reasoning. BoxRec has been noted as an unreliable source, particularly for historical boxers (as Basham is); the Lee book appears to be self-published ("TL" stands for Tony Lee). Nikkimaria (talk) 23:42, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

See WT:DYK about why this returned after so long. PumpkinSky talk 20:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Interesting that this has been picked up again, but maybe it is worth a shot as it is an article I am proud off. The original problem appears to be down to two major areas. First that I used direct paraphrasing from a source, but that source was cited and I did not wish to change the words as I did not want to interpret incorrectly the journalist of the time. The second issue resolves around questionable sources and self-published sources. I accept the issue that these sources (Boxrec in particular) as being difficult to verify; but in the world of professional boxing the entire sport struggles to find verifiable sources especially before the time of televised fights. The book I used is a self-published source, but it's not a tupenny rag tag affair, but written from a first-hand account of a person who was embedded in the sport and personally knew most of the boxers he wrote about. To the extent that his book is now sourced by preceding books written through acknowledged publishers and university presses. Unless you really knew the difficulties of the history of the sport editors may be more sympathetic to the hard work that is required to bring together these articles. I am not looking for GA status, I do spend considerable time and money in trying to verify these sources and I so do not pick flakey sources to which I 'hope' may be correct. This is a genuine attempt to write as best as I can a valid article about a notable person. I am not attempting to lie, hide or misrepresent. FruitMonkey (talk) 21:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 10

CWF Mid-Atlantic

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Johnny Weaver presented CWF Mid-Atlantic's Johnny Weaver Invitational Tournament up until his death?

• ALT1:... that Johnny Weaver made his final public appearance at a tournament held in his honor?

• ALT2:... that CWF Mid-Atlantic once held a benefit show for an 11-year-old wrestling fan, Stephen Arrowood, who was left paralyzed after an operation to remove a cancerous tumor from his spinal cord?

• ALT3:... that Don Kernodle and CWF Mid-Atlantic helped raise money for the American Red Cross and Salvation Army in the days following the September 11 terrorist attacks?

Created/expanded by 71.184.38.220 (talk). Self nom at 21:33, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

• Article was created on Dec. 10, article is long enough, and hook length fine for all choices. Source ok for first hook. AGF for source of the third hook. Cursory look sees no problem with copyvio or close paraphrasing.
• Source for second hook doesn't state that Arrowood had a cancerous tumor.
• I have some problems with the sources for this article. It seems full of self-published sources. Is this typical for wrestling articles, though? If so, I suppose I'd be okay with letting it go.
• Needs a copyedit. For example, this the second sentence: Rudd had previously wrestled in Eddie Gilbert's Continental Wrestling Federation with Mike Howell, who also had some involvement in the , and named their new promotion the "Carolina Wrestling Federation" (CWF) to honor Gilbert (who had died the previous year). (emphasis added) Christine (talk) 20:59, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

• I don't see many self references; light copyedit may be required. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:54, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Closed, 3 weeks no action. PumpkinSky talk 23:46, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Restoring. This is waiting for a second review by someone who knows and cares enough about wrestling to answer the questions that were asked on 23 December. --Orlady (talk) 01:24, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

? A month with no action is more than enough time. We can't wait forever. PumpkinSky talk 03:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

In the years in which I have been involved with DYK, we have never rejected nominations for failure to get a full DYK review in a timely fashion. --Orlady (talk) 03:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

So you'd let it sit here for a year in such a case? If there's so little interest in it from reviewers and the nominator, do we really want it on the main page? PumpkinSky talk 03:00, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Sheesh! We have never rejected nominations for failing to get timely reviews, although many nominators are afraid it will happen. What a wonderful recipe for promoting paranoia at DYK! --Orlady (talk) 20:54, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Having said that, I revisited the article and the hooks. I've also added review icons to the hooks.

Like Figureskatingfan/Christine, I find the ALT3 hook as OK, assuming good faith. The other three hooks are not supported by sources, however, and in some cases aren't supported by the article.

The sources for the article see to be OK. They are largely online professional-wrestling publications that are independent of the CWF -- not exactly academic journals, but good enough.

There are some big chunks of the article that are completely uncited, notably the first paragraph of the "Notable talent" section and the first paragraph of "Affiliation with other independent promotions". Those would need to be sourced before this could go to the main page. Additionally, I'm bothered by the sentence "On August 20, 2005, CWF Mid Atlantic held a benefit show in King, North Carolina for an 11-year-old wrestling fan, Stephen Arrowood, who was left paralyzed from the waist-down following emergency surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his spinal cord," since the only elements in the sentence that are actually sourced are the name of the event, the date, and the location; the content about the kid and his affliction is totally unsourced (and when I search the Internet for corroboration, all I can find is this article, in various forms).

Bottom line: Unacceptable unless more sourcing is provided. --Orlady (talk) 20:54, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

So it got restored and we found the same problem. Big surprise. Let's let it sit a year this time.PumpkinSky talk 01:13, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what "problem" you are calling "the same."

Regardless, after I posted my comments above, the article's creator returned and added some sources to the article. The first hook (about Johnny Weaver's last appearance) is now in the article and is sourced to a fansite. There is now a citation, to a post in a Yahoo! group by promoter from a different(?) wrestling organization, documenting the illness of Stephen Arrowood. Several citations were added to the paragraphs that I identified as unsourced.

The article was improved by those changes. However, neither of the sources added for the hooks qualifies as a reliable source. Furthermore, the sources that were added to the two paragraphs lend credibility to the paragraphs, but these and other sources cited in the article do not actually verify a large fraction of the content (in those paragraphs and in the article as a whole). For example, one source cited is a rather old webpage that lists "Carolina Wrestling Federation" as a member of "Frontier Wrestling Alliance" and lists many affiliated wrestlers. The website, which appears to date from circa 2002-2003, lends credibility to various statements about former relationships of CWF and FWA, but it does not actually substantiate the statements in the article about the nature, establishment, and dates of the relationship between CWF and FWA. At this point, I'm still not comfortable with featuring the article in DYK. --Orlady (talk) 17:58, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 18

Twelve Prophets of Aleijadinho

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in order to carve his Twelve Prophets (detail of Hosea pictured), Aleijadinho had his chisel and mallet strapped to the stumps of his deformed hands?

• Comment: Article translated from pt:Doze profetas de Aleijadinho.
• Reviewed: Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133

Created by EncycloPetey (talk), Carptrash (talk). Nominated by EncycloPetey (talk) at 23:22, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

• Lots of detail here, but a bit short on inline citations. None of the prophet subsections have inline cites, nor the conservation section. DYK supplementary rules asks for one cite per paragraph as a rule of thumb. I'd like to see stronger referencing before passing this. Thanks, The Interior (Talk) 02:11, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

  Thanks for starting the review. Unfortunately, the original article from which this was translated had no citations, and my coauthor has all the books. I've ordered one that should be able to provide cites, but it hasn't arrived yet. I'll see what I can find on-line, but searching out information specifically about the appearance of each statue with an appraisal that matches the translated one could be difficult, since I'm not sure which languuage I'll find the information in... --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:21, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

• The book I was waiting for arrived, but had far less text than I was hoping to find; it was more a coffee table book. I did glean some useful citations to describe postures of the statues from a Thesis linked in the article, and these have now been added. However, I could find nothing regarding conservation concerns. So, while the citations are now stronger, I do not know whether this would be "strong enough" for DYK, but I'm afraid I've run out of usable sources. There just doesn't seem to be much available in English, and my knowledge of Portuguese isn't strong enough to search for information on the web. --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:11, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

• Your sourcing is a big improvement, the MA thesis alleviates most of my verifiability concerns. As for the conservation section, it does contain some statements that need sources. Would commenting out this section until a source is found an acceptable solution to you? We could run it as DYK without that portion. One other note - the bit about the artist's hands. I think another sentence needs to added to give context, i.e. what happened to the poor man's hands! The Interior (Talk) 20:52, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• I think adding another sentence to explain about the artist's leprosy would make the hook too long. Commenting out the Conservation section is fine, so long as there's an explanatory note hidden along with it, and a mention of the existence of this hdden text (and reason for hiding it) placed on the article's talk page. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:07, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• I meant adding another sentence in the article ;) The Interior (Talk) 21:11, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• And though it seems a bit odd, I'd be fine if the section was returned to the article after it is no longer on the main-page, preferably with a section-level unreferenced template. The Interior (Talk) 21:16, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• Unreffed para temporarily commented out, leprosy bit added to article. AGF for offline hook ref, looks to be good to go. The Interior (Talk) 22:48, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• Still looks underreferenced, and a lot of the sentences without citations seem to pass judgment (i.e. require a cite). Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:49, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

  Can you suggest a solution to that problem, or does that mean the hook will not run? --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:19, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps {cn} tags can be placed at the end of sentences that need footnotes? (I just put in a few.) And the co-author who "has all the books" can help put in some footnotes? Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 19:55, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

You did see that most of this article originates as a translation from Portuguese Wikipedia, yes? My coauthor with the books did not write much of the article; he wrote only those sections that are well-referenced and that have no counterpart in the original version. Rather, a contributor on the Portuguese Wikipedia wrote the original article, and the original had no references at all. Now, there are a few of the statements that you have tagged that I might be able to find sources for, but only the ones that pertain to biblical facts, and not the ones pertaining to the sculptures themselves (although I think one of my sources might support the statement about chronological sequence). So, the situation will not improve unless there is someone around willing to dig for references in Portuguese. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:38, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Since this doesn't have length issues, the offending sentences could be pruned. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
  • The problem with that solution is that it removes all the information about what the statues look like. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:41, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Random example: "The expression on the face of Isaiah is characteristic of the genius of Aleijadinho." --According to whom? What if I think Aleijadinho was not a genius? There is judgement inherent in that sentence that should have a citation. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:18, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

That's Genius (mythology). As I see it, the problem with this sentence is that we have no source for the claim that Isaiah's face is typical of Aleijadinho's work. Nyttend (talk) 21:53, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Interesting. Referencing is indeed still needed. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• IMO, no reference citation is needed for the locations of the individual statues within the courtyard. Their arrangement is supported by the photos here and in sources. Similarly, the descriptions of the individual statues are verifiable from the myriad photographs (here and elsewhere).

Looking for other sources, I found information about the site's listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site -- an additional fact to report in the article. See this overview and this report, both of which could be cited as sources.

The elements that still need sourcing are critical observations, such as "The expression on the face of Isaiah is characteristic of the genius of Aleijadinho. The expression presents that of a truly enlightened visage, thus becoming one of the most important pieces of the whole architectural complex." These sentences also appear likely to be copyvios; I would recommend removing them. The article would still be good without them.

In Google Books, I did find snippet views of an informative critical article about the sculptures by J.B. Bury in The Month, Volume 2; Volume 8; publisher Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1949. The article is entitled "The Twelve Prophets at Congonhas do Campo" and begins on page 152. From the snippets I can tell you (for example) that the author considers Daniel to be the finest of the Prophets (page 164); that the statues of Isaiah and Jeremiah were among the first ones carved (page 161); that Amos, Nahum, Obadiah, and Habakkuk were probably the last (page 166); that the "the hands" are "nearly all deformed" (page 161); that Joel and Hosea are both holding quill pens in their right hands (page 166); that Joel is holding a scroll open to the book of Joel (page 166); that the statue of Joel "is a stern and formidable figure with an almost sarcastic expression" (page 166); that there is a Byzantine lion on the pedestal next to one of the Prophets (my guess would be Daniel) and that that Prophet has a deformed thumb (page 164); and that Ezekiel holds a scroll in his left hand and has his right arm across his chest (page 163). --Orlady (talk) 16:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 28

Seling v. Young

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the United States Supreme Court decided in Seling v. Young that civil commitment laws could not be considered criminal?

• Reviewed: Barry Steers

Created/expanded by Lord Roem (talk). Self nom at 16:50, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

• New enough, long enough, hook is short enough, and article seems within policy (note: all notes seem to be to one legal document, but I presume this is OK for a legal case). However, not being trained in law, how the article supports the fact cited in the hook was not obvious. My best guess is the sentence in the article that states: "Lastly, the Court dismissed the Ex Post Facto challenge to the law on the grounds that the act in question was entirely 'civil'." Is this the same as the hook's claim that "civil commitment laws could not be considered criminal" (emphasis added)? If this is indeed the supporting sentence, please make the support much clearer (and explain why the blanket statement in the hook can be reconciled with the "ex post facto" qualification of the sentence). Please note that the Manual of Style instructs us that "Some topics are intrinsically technical, but editors should try to make them accessible to as many readers as possible. Minimize jargon, or at least explain it" (WP:JARGON). I suggest rewriting the article a bit to follow the MOS in this regard. Then maybe it will be clearer to more of us how the article supports the hook. -- Presearch (talk) 17:22, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

• I believe I have resolved the issue. On re-reading of the decision, the "civil" issue actually applied to all challenges, so the "Ex Post Facto" qualifier is not necessary (and I just removed it). This should clear up the reading and resolve your concerns. Cheers, Lord Roem (talk) 21:39, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, as a person not legally trained, I still find the article rather jargonny, but I suppose that isn't an impediment for DYK. What still gives me pause and confuses me a bit is that the hook (to my reading) makes it seem that this case was the first one (i.e., was precedent-setting) to decide that "civil commitment laws could not be considered criminal". But in the present wording of the article, that decision is relegated to a final clause in the sentence, after the word "as", which makes it sound as if there was nothing at all new about the idea. So I experience the hook wanting to highlight something that the article itself downplays as uninteresting, and hardly even explicitly states (or maybe just barely). This seems very odd to me, and I suspect that other non-legally trained readers might also be confused. Perhaps an editor with legal training could offer a fresh viewpoint to sort this out? I am not opposed to giving a green light at this point, it's just that I don't feel capable of giving it myself. -- Presearch (talk) 18:17, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid I just can't do any better in clarifying. I desire a focus on other DYKs I'm working on and other article improvement projects. Withdrawn . Lord Roem (talk) 18:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• I'd suggest against that. Perhaps ... that the United States Supreme Court decided in Seling v. Young that laws committing mentally ill persons to treatment against their will could not be considered criminal? Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I'd be fine with such a hook. :-) Lord Roem (talk) 18:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, to me as a non-legally trained person (which is an important part of the target audience, I presume), I find the alternative hook confusing, because I can't easily reconcile it with what I understand from the article. In the article it seems that the Supremem Court (SC) drew upon the Washington Supreme Court's decision that the law in question was only civil. Therefore the SC rejected the challenge as "full facial". But what if some other state supreme court say, NY -- had made a different ruling about a similar law for NY. Then it seems to me that the SC might have not have felt there was a "full facial challenge", and might have ruled differently. But according to the ALT hook, the SC's reasoning was more sweeping. But I don't read that in the article. So in my opinion the article still needs improvement.

But heck, I'm just one reader. If there are two or three other readers who think my reading is confused, and that the article does make sense, I'm happy to stand aside. I'm just reporting to you my own experience... how it looks to me... Best regards to all -- Presearch (talk) 04:57, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

• The alternative hook suggested uses the definition of the term involuntary commitment, to ensure the maximum number of readers can understand it. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:25, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 1

A Scandal in Belgravia

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that "A Scandal in Belgravia", the first episode of the second series of BBC's Sherlock, was well-received by reviewers but received complaints from the public for a nude scene?

• Comment: I began the article, but I can't take credit for authoring most of it. The JPS did a lot of work on everything besides the plot, so if anyone deserves authorship credit, it is him. Blurb is pretty terrible, so if anyone wants to suggest a better one, please do. NW (Talk) 00:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by The JPS (talk). Nominated by NuclearWarfare (talk) at 00:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: Thanks, NW. For me, a more interesting thing about this article is that ...Benedict Cumberbatch had violin coaching for "A Scandal in Belgravia", the first episode of the second series of BBC's Sherlock, so his movements cancould be syncronised by musician Eos Chater? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The JPS (talk • contribs)

• That would certainly work for me. I made one small grammar tweak to your proposed blurb. NW (Talk) 16:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

The article has been reviewed. The technical requirements are met and the article seems adequately written and sourced. But the hook seems too long and clumsy. A simple improvement might be to cut to the chase leaving

• ... that "A Scandal in Belgravia" received complaints about its nude scene?
  
  

Warden (talk) 14:09, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

That would work, but I also would prefer JPS' hook. This one seems a bit boring. NW (Talk) 14:23, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sex sells better than music, I reckon. But my main concern is that these hooks are trying to say too much. The phrase "the first episode of the second series of BBC's Sherlock" seems too long and lumbering and the reader may succumb to Holmesian ennui before they reach the detail that makes the case interesting. The general advice is to keep hooks short and pithy as the idea is to grab the readers' attention. Leave some of the key details out so that they will want to know more and will then click through to the article. Here's a sample headline from the Guardian, which does the job well, IMO: "Sherlock is cheeky entertainment, insists BBC after nudity complaints". Warden (talk) 14:45, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sex does sell better than music, but it's frankly not as interesting, to me anyway. Once you get to the article, you find that all that's really there is a few complaints to the BBC and a blogger taking things way too seriously. I would prefer to stick with the music hook, perhaps replacing "the first episode of the second series of BBC's Sherlock" with "a Sherlock episode" for length. NW (Talk) 14:58, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• I agree with NW. I resent pandering to and condoning the Daily Mail's synthetic controversy by giving it attention on DYK. The JPS^{talk to me} 13:02, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• After reading the article, I shared the concern about the synthetic nature of the nude scene controversy. However,from looking at the sources, I think the article misrepresents the nature of the criticism. People weren't criticizing the nudity so much as they were saying the nudity and related scenes were too raunchy to be shown before 9 pm. The violin hook is pretty good, but based on my reading of the sources, the nudity hook could read:

• ALT3 ... that although "A Scandal in Belgravia", the first episode of the second series of Sherlock, was well-received by reviewers, the BBC got complaints for showing its nude scene too early in the evening?

If that hook is used, the article will need to be rewritten to indicate that the complaints were about the timing (not about the nude scene, per se). --Orlady (talk) 03:54, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Windows Server 8

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Windows Server 8 will be the first version of Windows Server to not support Itanium? Created/expanded by Jasper Deng (talk). Self nom at 21:31, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

• refs are inconsistent, all web refs need a url, title, publisher, and accessdate. refs with single pages should not appear as "pp.2". It should be "p. 2". Remove the "s" from "pages" in the reference to fix this.PumpkinSky talk 19:52, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
  • It seems that you addressed the issue. What am I to do?Jasper Deng (talk) 19:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

No I didn't, for example, ref 1 has two p's but only lists one page, ref 6 is a bare url,etc. PumpkinSky talk 00:30, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 2

John Henry Devereux

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that while John Henry Devereux was an Irish immigrant working as a plasterer he eventually became a noted architect of public buildings and synagogues in South Carolina's Lowcountry.
  

I withdraw my original hook as I believe Alt1 to be a better and more interesting choice.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 14:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Reference: U.S. General Services Administration

• Reviewed: Drive (The X-Files) and Reviewed Fotos Y Recuerdos

• Created/expanded by Carptrash (talk), 7&6=thirteen (talk), Doug Coldwell (talk). Note: there are 3 co-creators. Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 15:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hook might include also: "and designed St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church the tallest building for 101 years in South Carolina." 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:29, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
• We could then use Alt1. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:34, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

St Matthews

• Alt1: ... that Irish immigrant plasterer John Henry Devereux became a noted architect of public buildings and churches in South Carolina, designing a church that was the state's tallest building for 101 years (pictured)?

Here are sources for my suggested hook expansion as in the article under sub-header St Matthew's German Lutheran Church.

The church's steeple is the tallest in South Carolina, and was the tallest building for 101 years.

I concur with Doug. We have noodled up another proposal, under 200 characters, which was submitted as Alt1. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:55, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• I see writing issues. The Alt hook already has a grammatical problem: "making a church - state's tallest building of 101 years" is not correct. The article has issues as well. What I removed here, for instance, shouldn't have been in the article. Note also the first sentence of the "20 South Battery" section--that's a dangling modifier that I'm not sure how to fix. I'm confused by the referencing system as well: books and magazines and websites are cited in the "Endnotes" and in the "References" sections--first I thought they were mixed up, but now it seems that all the sources with all their bibliographic information in the Endnotes are repeated in the References. I don't understand the duplication. Then, some of the notes in the Endnotes contain irrelevant information like "(hardcover)". And look at note 9 and note 24--the exact same book, cited fully including ISBN. It's a pretty interesting and complete article, but this needs work. Drmies (talk) 04:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I believe the citation and writing issues have been corrected. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:31, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The hook now is grammatically correct.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:08, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

And it is 198 characters. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

• Doug, I have made some more copy edits, but it's dinner time. I had a quick look at the citations, where I still see books cited completely both in the endnotes and in the references. It's a format that I don't quite understand. I think maybe you should ask someone else, some nicer person. The hook is still too long (it's 209--was "pictured" counted?) but that's easily taken care of by trimming something ("plasterer" for instance). The sourcing of the hook seems fine. Maybe Casliber or some other DYK regular can have a quick look and OK it--maybe I'm just too picky, and I don't want to fix what someone else doesn't think broken. Drmies (talk) 23:34, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

No, the word "pictured" does not count. I count 199 WITH the question mark at the end. We will make sure that the format is according to WP:MOS. I have asked Crisco 1492 to look it over as I know he is quite active in the DYK process. I am traveling presently, so IF you need a quicker response please contact User talk:7&6=thirteen, the co-creator of the article.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 23:49, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Doug. I don't need to respond; Crisco is a very capable editor with plenty of DYK experience, and I gladly defer to him. He can give the final tick if he approves. Drmies (talk) 00:43, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• I looked it over and I have a comment / question about the writing. The Selected architectural works section does not focus (or even mention) Devereux; this is confusing and shifts the focus away from the subject of the article. Also, the genealogy section is a confusing read; I thought censuses showed the familial relations as well, which would read much better than "this person was living in the same house as Devereux". As a side note, as he was mainly active in the US the article should use the DD-MM-YYYY format. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your constructive criticism. We will work on that straight away. I have reworded the Genealogy section and the census information to show the family relations. If we don't catch the rest by the Black Out, we will get it immediately afterwards. --Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:19, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Crisco. Doug et al, good luck--I hope you get lots of hits. Drmies (talk) 16:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Crisco: I have simplified the "Selected architectural works" section and explained he was involved in each of the projects shown. I believe we have addressed all the points you discussed. However, if we missed something, let us know and we will pick it up immediately after the Blackout.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 00:10, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

• I was thinking more along the lines of "Devereaux was the son of Nicholas and Dorothy Delorey. He had two brothers, named James and Nicholas Jr." or something like that. I'll be travelling myself during the blackout, so I may not get to review this again for a while. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:44, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Crisco: Followed your suggestions above and made the improvements.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 22:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Seems good to me. AGF on offline sources. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:36, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing concerns. For example, "He selected the Second Renaissance Revival style to convey the grandeur associated with public architecture at that time" is verbatim from the source cited. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Corrected and rewritten. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:54, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Good. However, though other examples are not as egregious, parts of the article remain uncomfortably close to the source. Compare for example "The federal post office and courthouse exemplifies the importance of the federal presence in the city." with "The building is a testament to the importance of the federal presence in the city". Nikkimaria (talk) 03:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry, I was remiss in not checking the close paraphrasing (being sick will do that) You should make sure to check other sentences as well since there may be some that Nikkimaria hasn't listed; she only lists examples and not all concerns she has. Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:51, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I ran it through the "plagiarism checker" and there is none. As to "close paraphrase" even the last phrase that was picked out was a shared five words, which are now gone. A lot of NHRP articles share the same phrases (hundreds according to my checker), so I would say that you can find three or four words that are in common in the same order. Hope that clarifies the problem. If you want to send you the report, please send me an e-mail and I'll get it to you. Sorry to have put you through this. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Looks fine to me now. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:37, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Crisco asked me to take a look. I looked at several sources (not all) and found a couple of remaining issues:

• The "St Matthew's German Lutheran Church" has some remarkable similarity of wording to this online source (which is not necessarily public domain). Compare:

Source: .....designed two Gothic Revival churches in the city. St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, built in 1867-71, originally was polychromed, its stuccoed surface scored and overlayed with paint, mixed with sand, to simulate blocks of different colored stone. That colorful scheme reflected the influence of the English aesthete John Ruskin, who in works such as The Stones of Venice, advocated the use of polychromed stone in church architecture.

Article: This was one of two Gothic Revival churches he designed. Emulating English aesthete John Ruskin's advocacy for polychromed stone in ecclesiastical architecture — as he outlined in works such as The Stones of Venice — he used a polychromed "stuccoed surface scored and overlayed with paint, mixed with sand" to create the effect of different colored stone.

Additionally, part of that passage is a quotation that does not seem like a valid use of a direct quotation. I think there would be other ways to say that its original facade was stucco, scored to resemble stonework, and painted with paint that was mixed with sand, creating the polychrome effect of masonry construction using stones of different colors.

• There is a lot of unnecessary parallelism in wording between the first two sentences of "Career" and one source:

Source: He was an Irish immigrant who started his career as a plasterer, but soon became a noted architect and builder of churches and public buildings in South Carolina's Lowcountry.

Article: Devereux was an Irish immigrant who came to the United States where he worked as a plasterer. From that initial job, his career led to his being an architect of public buildings and churches in South Carolina's Lowcountry. --Orlady (talk) 01:09, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

All of the above was rewritten per your direction. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 10:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Armenians in Baku

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 1989, there were 145,758 Armenians in Baku, but because of a pogrom in 1990, there were only 104 left in 2009? Created/expanded by Yerevanci (talk · contribs). Nominated by PaoloNapolitano (talk · contribs) at 21:19, 02.01.2012

• Two unreferenced sections (Culture and Notable People). Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

  Culture section referenced, the "notable people" section is referenced through the biographies linked to. PaoloNapolitano 18:23, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

  Importing the references from the articles themselves should be easy. It makes for a heft bibliography, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• I added a couple of sources to the "notable people" section, but it's a difficult process. Many of the sources cited in the other articles are dead URLs, and the sources I was able to access (some of which are in Russian) often don't indicate both Armenian nationality and birth in Baku. The unsourced list detracts from the rest of the article....

A bigger concern relates to the hook fact. The population numbers for 1989 and 2009 are in a table in the article, and I verified the sources, but there's no discussion of the numbers in the article text; the section "Pogrom and massive exodus (1988–90)" does not discuss the number of people who were killed nor the number who left Baku. The hook needs to be based on the article text, not merely data in a table. I think the article needs some more text to support the hook. Additionally, particularly since 1989 was not the population peak (this source indicates that attacks on Armenians began that year), the hook might be more effective if it said something like:

• ALT1 ... that the population of Armenians in Baku was over 160,000 in the 1970s, but had dropped below 400 as of 1999 after a pogrom in 1990? --Orlady (talk) 04:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 6

Tony Lord (One Life to Live)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 1975, actor George Reinholt originated the role of fictional character Tony Lord on the American soap opera, One Life to Live?

• Comment: Article expanded from redirect

Created/expanded by FrickFrack (talk). Self nom at 21:45, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• I'm concerned about notability. I'm going to put this up for AFD. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:15, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Giulietta Guicciardi

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? Created/expanded by JohnSpecialK (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 23:14, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• possible for Women's Day
• The link [[Sonata quasi una fantasia]] is (or should be) ambiguous; it should be changed to Piano Sonata No. 14. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 10:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• How is this:

ALT1: ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his second Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:47, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Or more precise but long:

ALT2: ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his first Sonata quasi una fantasia to Josephine von Liechtenstein, his second ("Moonlight") to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date and length OK. I would prefer the original hook and consider if not to wikify Moonlight Sonata instead of the factual name.Aloysius (talk) 15:31, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• For International Women's Day on March 8? That's more than 6 weeks ahead of time. Is 6 weeks still the maximum delay these days? IAR? --PFHLai (talk) 15:54, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Corrected the credit to JohnSpecialK, sorry, many editors were interested in her! It can appear anytime, but would make sense that day. But this hook is meant to make known that the sonata was called Sonata quasi una fantasia (!) by the composer (!) at the time of the dedication (!), and only some 35 years later, in a completely different musical period, became known as "Moonlight". I hope this hook will either see the Sonata already moved or broaden the discussion to do so, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:07, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
• The first hook with an unambiguous link:

ALT3:... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• The name "Sonata quasi una fantasia" is a) obscure, b) ambiguous (Beethoven named two piano sonatas this way). The work in question is known as Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 or the Moonlight Sonata. I don't understand how its dedication would hook anyone. Nominating it for DYK while a Requested Move discussion is raging at the article seems unwise. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:19, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• I recommended to wait until Women's day, hoping it would be resolved by then. ALT2 clearly says there are two of the name. Something saying that for a while she was believed to be the "Immortal Beloved" would hook more but as she isn't ... Same for the picture which may show her or not. Adjusting to formality but loosing fantasy:

ALT4:... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his Piano Sonata No. 14, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi?

ALT5: ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his second Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi?

The move discussion is closed. The article can be shown now or later, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:06, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

The move discussion seemed closed, it was reverted. Please hold. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

It was moved (again). The article can be shown now or later.

ALT6: ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his second piano sonata quasi una fantasia, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• We have a picture now, the title page for the first edition of the score, published in 1802 in Vienna by Gio. Cappi e Compwhich, which can be used (possibly cropped to show her name) for all ALTs, for example:

ALT7: ... that Luigi van Beethoven dedicated his second piano sonata quasi una fantasia (1802 title page pictured), later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

ALT8: ... that Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated his second piano sonata quasi una fantasia, later known as the Moonlight Sonata, to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi (possible portrait pictured)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:06, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 7

Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Sufi saint Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz was a bandit, before realising it was incongruous to his professed religion? Created/expanded by Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz (talk). Self nom at 04:52, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• This article relies quite heavily on this website and I cannot see what makes that a reliable source. There are also phrasing and formatting problems, which I'll try to fix. - Sitush (talk) 06:38, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• I've now done some tidying but I've also had to tag a lot of the citations - page numbers, reliability etc. Needs some work, I'm afraid. - Sitush (talk) 14:54, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Adding symbol to summarize the above review. --Orlady (talk) 19:09, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• I see problems, still. Nominator has not returned to the article (I left them a "DYK problems" note). Page numbers are missing, and half the references do not contain proper bibliographic information. Some of the sourcing is accessible and clean courtesy of Sitush, but the rest is either very incomplete or not obviously reliable. Sitush has done a great job of improving the article, but this was and is not DYK-ready. Drmies (talk) 16:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• The note was left to me, but I'm not the nominator. For some reason, that username line has my talkpage listed. Chris857 (talk) 16:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks! The nomination got malformatted along the way; I corrected it. Apologies for the misunderstanding. Drmies (talk) 16:44, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 8

Afghanistan at the Asian Games, Myanmar at the Asian Games, India at the Asian Games, Pakistan at the Asian Games, Philippines at the Asian Games, Asian Games Federation

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Afghanistan at the Asian Games • Myanmar at the Asian Games • India at the Asian Games • Pakistan at the Asian Games • Philippines at the Asian Games • Asian Games Federation )

• ... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, and Philippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation?

• Reviewed: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Carly Wilson, Henry Kressel, Teuku Nyak Arif, Walter Merchant House, Blackeye goby

Created/expanded by Bill william compton (talk). Self nom at 18:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• A drive-by comment: This is a sextuple hook. I'm under the impression that the author/nominator has to do 6 peer reviews. Right? --PFHLai (talk) 20:03, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Really? is there any specific rule/guideline for this?. I'm not aware of any such thing existing over here. Last time when I nominated four articles together in a same hook, nobody asked me to review three more nominations. — Bill william compton^Talk 20:53, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• An oversight at most. You should do 6 reviews, otherwise this becomes a burden for reviewers (unfair for an editor to nominate 6 articles while doing only one review when another person has to review all 6 of the articles here) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

I think it's okay now?. — Bill william compton^Talk 14:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

• For reviews that's fine. I'm going to be busy this week, so I'll tag this as ready for rereview in case I cannot do any more work with the nomination. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Harriet Low

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Harriet Low (pictured) was the first young American girl to live in China and caused a diplomatic incident when she entered the banned port of Canton dressed as a man? Created/expanded by Philg88 (talk). Self nom at 22:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Age, length OK. Hook ref verified. However, the article only details a slice of her life and therefore seems unfinished. Can you add any more biographical information beyond her birth and trip to China? I would also suggest this abbreviation of the hook to make it snappier:
• ALT1: ... that Harriet Low (pictured) caused a diplomatic incident when she entered the banned port of Canton dressed as a boy? Yoninah (talk) 11:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• Do you have more than 5 DYK credits? Then you also need to review another nomination. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Hi Yoninah, many thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, sources on Harriet Low's life are few and far between - her brief period in the spotlight in Macau is the best documented but outside of that little is known of her life before and after. I have no problem with your alternative hook suggestion - fine by me. Sorry, I didn't realize the review requirement still stood - it's been a while since I submitted anything for DYK and there have been a number of procedural changes (for the better!) - I will review a submission forthwith and note that here. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• A quick search of Google Books turned up a lot of biographical information, plus her married name, Hillard. Please see my note on your talk page. Yoninah (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Comments noted, thanks. Reviewed Tiang language. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:33, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• I expanded the article based on quite a few valid references. I am leaving for you to expand the first paragraph of the section headed "Journal". Since this is her claim to notability, please describe the types of things she talks about in her journal and why biographers view the journal as an important record of life in early-19th century China. Also, please try to avoid close paraphrasing or verbatim quoting of your sources. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 9

Arshi Pipa

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania with his recitation of the verse from Goethe's poem?

• Reviewed: Hôtel Meurice diff

Created/expanded by Antidiskriminator (talk). Self nom at 17:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• The source provided does not support the claim.-Ravi_{My Tea Kadai} 15:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• Please check again. I added a quote which can be seen online. When I wrote this text a page number 152 was completely available online, but now it is not. It is only possible to see this portion of the text which mentions lines from Goethe's song. But in further text it was explained that the verse from Goethe's song was interpreted as attack on some high official of Albanian communist regime and that such interpretation was basis for putting Arshi Pipa on trial. On the first session of the trial he was sentenced to shorter imprisonment, but on another sesssion of trial, which lasted only 15 minutes, he was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, but served ten.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

In case there is still concern about the source I propose alternetive hook:

• ALT1: ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:09, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Articles created/expanded on January 10

Scottish independence referendum, 2014

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Scottish Government has announced that it plans to hold the referendum on Scottish independence in the autumn of 2014? Created/expanded by Jmorrison230582 (talk), Mais oui! (talk). Nominated by Mais oui! (talk) at 16:54, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Christopher Werner

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Christopher Werner made a lifelike South Carolina Palmetto tree (pictured) out of iron, copper, and brass?

• Comment - Could I be first in the DYK queue and have the Palmetto tree picture used. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 15:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Reviewed Non-fatal offences against the person in English law --Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:15, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Offline reference for hook is the newspaper: "The State"; Date: 12-22-1907; Issue: 6134; Page: 17 (column 3) This tree is made of iron, copper and brass and was built in 1853... --Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:27, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Book reference - The early ironwork of Charleston by Alston Deas, Bostick & Thornley, 1941; page 31 ... is famous for such popular creations as the Palmetto Tree, of iron, copper and brass...

Same Book online: Hathi Trust Digital Library (Search in this text " Werner ") ... is famous for such popular creations as the Palmetto Tree, of iron, copper and brass.

Werner's obituary in Charleston "News and Courier" of June 14, 1875: But perhaps the most perfect specimen of his art was the famous Palmetto Tree, composed entirely of iron, copper and brass...--Doug Coldwell ^talk 14:19, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

FYI, I have a pdf copy of the obituary, and would be pleased to provide it if needed by anyone. Just contact me. Werner's obituary described it as, "Inimitable in execution and almost excelling nature. . ." "Christopher Werner Obituary". News & Courier. 14 June 1875. p. 6.  "Designed by Steenken Metal Palmetto Tree Made in Werner’s Shop". News And Courier. 14 February 1939. p. 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19390214&id=LUhJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2QkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2215,2103731. Retrieved 11 January 2012.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:24, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Doug Coldwell (talk) and 7&6=thirteen (talk). Note 2 co-creators. Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 20:40, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

eRulemaking

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that government agencies use eRulemaking to foster open participation in the making of federal regulations?

• ALT1:... that everyday people shape United States regulations through eRulemaking?

5x expanded by DrewtLtL (talk). Self nom at 17:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• 5x expansion is OK. However, neither of the proposed hooks can be found in the article. Additionally, the article is clearly about eRulemaking in the United States federal government, but it does not clearly define that scope. Also, do check the reference links: when I clicked on the URL for the first cited reference, I got a 404 error. --Orlady (talk) 19:11, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

June 9 Deng Speech

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Deng Xiaoping delivered only one public address on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?

• Reviewed Pointe de la Torche

Created/expanded by Colipon (talk). Self nom at 16:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• Could you add a citation confirming the hook's assertion that this was Deng's only public address on the protests? I can't tell if that's supported by the offline ref cited at the end of the paragraph. --Offenbach (talk) 18:40, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Perhaps we can change the hook to "Deng Xiaoping addressed martial law units after the crackdown in Tiananmen on June 9, 1989?" Colipon+(Talk) 14:41, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 11

Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that one of the worst accidents experienced by Aeroflot occurred in August 1979 (1979-08), when two Tupolev Tu-134s (pictured) collided over Dniprodzerzhynsk, then located in the Ukrainian SSR, claiming 178 lives? Created/expanded by Jetstreamer (talk). Self nom at 15:24, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Articles need 1500 characters of prose - this only has 262 as anything in the table does not count. SmartSE (talk) 01:09, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Will manage to expand the prose in the article shortly.--Jetstreamer (talk) 14:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• I expanded the prose section of the article. Please let me know if it's ok now.--Jetstreamer (talk) 00:09, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 12

Chiclana de la Frontera

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Novo Sancti Petri in Chiclana de la Frontera contains a golf course designed by Severiano Ballesteros? Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 14:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Expanded 618 --> 17k, within policy, hook sourced, everything checks out. But where's the QPQ? Both Dr. Blofield and Rosiestep have lots of DYKs. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

I didn't think it was compulsory anymore.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

See Selection criteria #5. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

My last five were successful without reviewing another article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what to tell you about that. The criteria laid out specifically say you need to review one for every one you nominate once you have more than five. It says it above right now in the criteria listed above as I'm editing. If you review any random DYK nomination, I'll pass this. If not, it's up to a DYK admin to overrule me. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:15, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Probošt's mechanical Christmas crib

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that 8 million visitors of Expo 67 in Montreal came to saw Probošt's mechanical Christmas crib, the unique Czech nativity scene?

• Comment: I translated the article from Czech version as a part of the collaboration between Museum of Christmas cribs in Třebechovice pod Orebem and Czech Wikipedia's GLAM. I used my User:Utar/Sketchpage for work and several times transported the text to the main namespace. Okeyes corrected some tranlations errors once in the middle of development.

Created/expanded by Utar (talk). Self nom at 15:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Ellerslie Eagles

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Ellerslie Eagles, a club in the Auckland Rugby League celebrating its centenary later this year, did not officially become known as the Eagles till 1971? Created/expanded by Mattlore (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 21:17, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Munni Badnaam Hui

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that due to the popularity of the item numbers Munni Badnaam Hui and Sheila Ki Jawani, Malaika Arora Khan and Katrina Kaif were pitted against each other in what was called the Munni vs Sheila debate?

• Comment: I know it seems a bit awkward to give only one article the prominence, but I don't think I can help it. Sheila Ki Jawani was also on DYK a couple of weeks ago.

Created/expanded by MikeLynch (talk). Self nom at 18:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Sang Penari

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that award-winning film The Dancer, about a traditional dancer, is one of only three films discussing the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966? Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 15:47, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Tony Lord (One Life to Live)

Erick Thohir

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 2011 Indonesian businessman Erick Thohir became the first Asian to own an NBA franchise?

• ALT1:... that Indonesian businessman Erick Thohir is part of the consortium that owns the NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers together with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith?

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 06:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Ocean County Sheriff's Department

• The prose states that he was born in 1959 or 1960, whilst the infobox states that he was born in 1969 or 1970. Which is correct? Otherwise fine. Eisfbnore ^talk 14:51, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• Fixed. I missed fixing that after the calculation feature in the infobox told me I needed to work on my maths. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• A small close paraphrase: Article: "After returning to Indonesia, he formed the Mahaka Group together with Muhammad Lutfi, Wisnu Wardhana and R. Harry Zulnardy". Source: "In 1993, after five years in the United States where he completed his master’s degree in communications, Erick formed the Mahaka Group with partners Muhammad Lutfi, Wisnu Wardhana and R. Harry Zulnardy." Phrase ordering is the same: "Return to Indonesia" - "form Mahaka Group" - "with Muhammad Lutfi..." This one was not particularly severe, and the rest of the text was deliciously paraphrased, so I'll assume that this is only an accidental slip from the nominator. Eisfbnore ^talk 21:28, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• I personally think the original phrasing was more logical (i.e. "After (event), (subject) (predicate) (object) with (people)" instead of "After (event), (subject), with (people), (predicate) (object)"), but it's been changed anyway. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:37, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Robert Runyon

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that self-taught botanist and photographer Robert Runyon served as mayor of Brownsville, Texas and was a Kentucky colonel? Created by TDogg310 (talk). Self nom at 19:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

• The article is new and (just) meets the length requirements. I've read the two online bios and whilst phrasing is sometimes similar, that's unavoidable to some extent when a bio is so brief. The hook is rather dull; it's much more interesting that his photos of the Mexican Revolution are a pretty unique record. My concern with the article is that it's still a stub. It lacks structure (the whole text is one long paragraph) and there are no headings. Please refer to rules D7 and D11 of the supplementary guidelines. It shouldn't be too hard to bring this over the line, though, but in its current state, I advise against it going onto the homepage. Schwede66 18:47, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

• I've expanded the article's text and divided it into sections. It no longer is a stub.--TDogg310 (talk) 18:48, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

100px|Aftermath of Norias Ranch Raid

• ALT1: ... that photographer Robert Runyon was the only professional to photograph the Norias Ranch Raid of 1915 (aftermath pictured)?--TDogg310 (talk) 18:48, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Fair use photos are not allowed for DYK. Schwede66 19:36, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Since the image was taken in 1915, it is part of the public domain. The uploader of the image was mistaken and I have moved it to Wikimedia Commons.--TDogg310 (talk) 17:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• The image was taken in 1915. I don't dispute that at all. That, however, is not the criteria for the pre-1923 copyright status. It's publication date. Can you identify a publication date? I've not seen one at the source. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• The University of Texas at Austin retains copyright since it posthumously published the photographs. That means all of his photos on Wikimedia Commons are incorrectly identified as being public domain and should also be removed. Regardless, I don't think a hook describing his photography would be very interesting without an accompanying image.--TDogg310 (talk) 21:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 13

Lutfi al-Haffar, 1936 Syrian general strike

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that former Syrian prime minister, Lutfi al-Haffar (pictured), was an active participant and organizer of the 1936 Syrian general strike?

• Reviewed: Terma (The X-Files)
• Comment: While the second article (1936 Syrian general strike) is not new, and wouldn't normally count as 5x expansion, the version] that was there was a blatant word-to-word copyvio from the article's entry at Commins' "Historical Dictionary of Syria". The reviewer is free to check for himself. I rewrote it from scratch and removed all copyvio content. So it should qualify under rule A4.

Created/expanded by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 03:35, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Ciudad Deportiva Millito Navarro, a multi-sport complex currently being built in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is named after Emilio Navarro, the first Puerto Rican to play in Negro league baseball? Created/expanded by Mercy11 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 20:22, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Rally Finland

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Rally Finland began as a qualifying event for the Monte Carlo Rally? Created/expanded by Prolog (talk). Self nom at 12:48, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Odysseus Acanthoplex

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in his Poetics, Aristotle used Sophocles' plays Odysseus Wounded and Oedipus the King as examples of one type of effective plot for tragedy?

• Reviewed: Oakwood (HM Prison)

Created/expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nom at 03:27, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• Everything checks out. I assume good faith on the offline references. SL93 (talk) 22:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Andrea Hirata

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Andrea Hirata chose his first name over Muhammad and Ahmad?

• ALT1:... that Indonesian author Andrea Hirata's debut novel sold three times more pirated editions than original ones?

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 12:58, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Armenians in Baku

• The reference for this hook is fine, but webcitation.org on the reference brings up an error page unlike the other ones. The category Sheffield Hallam University alumni has not been created. SL93 (talk) 21:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Both fixed. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:47, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• It's good to go now. SL93 (talk) 23:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Association of Applied Biologists

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Association of Applied Biologists (logo pictured) is one of the United Kingdom's oldest biological science learned societies? Created/expanded by CBethanH (talk). Self nom at 11:38, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• Late nomination for an article that does not exist. A check of the nominator's edit history and talk page show that a request to create the article was submitted to WP:AFC but the request was denied due to copyright violation issues. If the nominator ever creates the article Association of Applied Biologists then a new request should be submitted for the day that article appears in the article namespace. --Allen3 ^talk 12:14, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

The kind people in the chatroom have now made the page for me for you to review CBethanH (talk) 12:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC) Is there anybody OUT there? CBethanH (talk)

Frédéric Banquet

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Frédéric Banquet scored the first ever try in Super League history when he scored for Paris Saint-Germain against the Sheffield Eagles at Charlety Stadium on 29 March 1996? Created/expanded by Mattlore (talk). Self nom at 02:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Sutton Athletic F.C.

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that between 1968 and 1971 English non-league football team Sutton Athletic F.C. won three successive promotions whilst also winning three successive league cups?

• Reviewed:Barbados v Grenada (1994)
• Comment: This is my first DYK nomination so any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

Created/expanded by Delusion23 (talk). Self nom at 00:48, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Drago Siliqi

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Albanian poet and literary criticist Drago Siliqi encouraged and helped inaugural winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Ismail Kadare, to write his first novel, The General of the Dead Army?

• Comment: This is my first DYK nomination so please advice if anything is wrong. Also, I will not accept any suggestions that the hook should concern his death. The hook should be positive. Thank you!

Created/expanded by MalsorShqipniet (talk). Self nom at 07:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

The problem with the current hook is that it is wordy--in fact, it is too long (it's 224). Start by cutting "ist" from criticist. Moreover, more than half of it is really about someone else. You can remove "inaugural winner...Prize", which I don't think you need anyway.

ALT: "... that Albanian poet and literary critic Drago Siliqi encouraged Ismail Kadare to write his first novel, The General of the Dead Army?"

But that's still mostly about someone else. I have no suggestions to offer--that he died tragically, you don't want that--though I don't understand your objection. Finally, the article needs a copyedit, for punctuation, word choice, grammar. Drmies (talk) 05:17, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Toronto Blue Jays mascots

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that BJ Birdy, the first Toronto Blue Jays mascot, was wholly-owned by its performer, Kevin Shanahan, not the club?

• Comment: The article contains images, but none are old enough to be relevant to the historical hook. Some existing text imported from MLB mascots article, but most of that is gone, and the length of this new article greatly lapses the few sentences of the source content.

Created/expanded by Zanimum (talk). Nominated by Zanimum (talk) at 15:30, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 14

Timeless Miracle, Into the Enchanted Chamber

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Timeless Miracle • Into the Enchanted Chamber )

• ... that it took almost 10 years for the Swedish power metal band Timeless Miracle to release its début album?

• ALT1:... the the longest track from the début album of the Swedish power metal band Timeless Miracle took almost six months to compose and arrange?
• Reviewed: Penhale Sands, Salix alaxensis

Created/expanded by Óðinn (talk). Self nom at 03:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Alexander (Solo Album)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Alexander is the first solo album created by Alex Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Ima Robot? Created by Akihironihongo (talk). Self nom at 03:50, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Pyrrhus The First

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the first Derby Stakes to be officially timed took place in 1846, with Pyrrhus The First (pictured) completing the one-and-a-half-mile course in 2:55.0?

• (alt.hook)... that Pyrrhus The First (pictured) winning the 1846 Derby Stakes inspired a poem in the literary magazine Bentley's Miscellany?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:56, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Michael Pineda

( Review or comment • Article history )

or

• ... that Michael Pineda (pictured) averaged 94.7 miles per hour (152.4 km/h) with his fastball in 2011, leading Major League Baseball rookies with at least 100 innings pitched?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hotel Nacional
• ALT1: that Michael Pineda's (pictured) fastball averaged 94.7 miles per hour (152.4 km/h) in 2011, leading Major League Baseball rookies with at least 100 innings pitched?

• Comment to reviewer: This is the first revision to start with. – Muboshgu (talk) 08:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 19:38, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

No Exit (1962 film)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Jean-Paul Sartre did not know of the 1962 film adaptation of his existentialist play No Exit?

• ALT1:... that Jean-Paul Sartre did not know of the 1962 film adaptation of his existentialist play No Exit, featuring "surprisingly overt" lesbianism?

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 12:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Alice Coddington

Hannah Bowley

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Canberra Capitals player Hannah Bowley also plays Australian rules football?

• Reviewed: List of Baltimore Orioles (19th century) Opening Day starting pitchers
• Comment: Moved from user space

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk), Hawkeye7 (talk). Nominated by LauraHale (talk) at 03:01, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Lauren Jansen, Carrie Graf

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Lauren Jansen • Carrie Graf )

• ... that Canberra Capitals player Lauren Jansen and coach Carrie Graf both started playing in the WNBL at the age of 15?

• Reviewed: Uncle Henry's Playhouse
• Comment: Both were moved from my user space.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk), Hawkeye7 (talk), Sp33dyphil (talk). Nominated by LauraHale (talk) at 03:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Nicole Romeo, Michaela Dalgleish

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Nicole Romeo • Michaela Dalgleish )

• ... that Australian basketball players Nicole Romeo and Michaela Dalgleish both played basketball at an American university for a single year?

• Reviewed: Afghanistan at the 2002 Asian Games
• Comment: Moved from user space.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk). Self nom at 03:11, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Rebecca Haynes

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Australian basketball player Rebecca Haynes played basketball for three different American universities?

• Reviewed: Trevor de Cleene
• Comment: Moved from user space.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk). Self nom at 03:16, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Jessica Bibby, Natalie Porter

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Jessica Bibby • Natalie Porter )

• ... that current Canberra Capitals players Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter were both 2000 WNBA draft picks?

• Reviewed: Scipione Piattoli
• Comment: Bibby is a 5 expansion, with expansion drafted in user space. Porter was moved from user space.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk), Hawkeye7 (talk). Nominated by LauraHale (talk) at 03:20, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Michelle Cosier

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Canberra Capitals player Michelle Cosier took a year off from basketball because she was pregnant?

• Reviewed: Ernie Robinson
• Comment: Moved from user space.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk). Self nom at 03:23, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Mikaela Dombkins, Molly Lewis (basketball)

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Mikaela Dombkins • Molly Lewis (basketball) )

• ... that current Canberra Capitals players Molly Lewis and Mikaela Dombkins both played for the AIS and Sydney Uni Flames?

• Reviewed: Dan Daniels
• Comment: Moved them from my user space

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk). Self nom at 03:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the viral video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" had almost 10 million YouTube hits in the first four days after its posting? Created/expanded by Anupam (talk). Self nom at 07:11, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Article is less than 1500 characters long and so doesn't pass the criteria. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 23:53, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

This should no longer be a problem as the article has been expanded further. I hope this helps. With regards, Anupam^Talk 01:38, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The article is now over 1,500 characters so that one's ticked off. The only problem I see now is that the hook in its current form isn't completely supported by the sources, neither of which use 7 million as the number of views in the first four days. IBT states almost 6 million in three, Huffington Post states 2 million in two. Please correct the hook so that it is supported directly by a source. Also, I'd take out the final line which uses Facebook as its source. Links to celebrity Facebook and Twitter accounts are discouraged on Wikipedia.

Dear User:Delusion23, I altered the hook in this template and in the article per your suggestion. I did however, reinstate the link to the original video in the infobox as the video was uploaded on both of those websites. Also, as far as WP:FANSITE is concerned, the opening sentence states "Except for a link to an official page of the article's subject, one should generally avoid..." As a result, I think the last sentence should be fine for now since it links to Lecrae's official Facebook page. Thanks for your suggestions and help. With regards, Anupam^Talk 16:45, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The two videos link to the same content though so it's just two links to the same thing and seems unnecessary. With regards to the Facebook link, as you point out it is discouraged "Except for a link to an official page of the article's subject". That link is not to the official page of the article's subject i.e. Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus. It is a link to Lacrae's Facebook account and Lacrae isn't the subject of the article so it should be removed. The hook looks better now that it is backed by the sources, cheers. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 22:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply! Yes, I know that the two videos link to the same content - however both videos are the original ones and are the companies that the author used to disseminate the material. I also noticed today that an anonymous editor changed some aspects of the article and while most of his/her edits were reverted, he/she also clarified the importance of the Lecrae statement. However, I do not think that these minor issues are that consequential as far as a DYK nomination is concerned. Also, I have modified the hook per a new source. Are you willing to endorse this DYK now? The DYK follows the same format as the DYK for Why This Kolaveri Di, which passed the nomination step (see the article's talk page). Thanks for taking the time to read this message! With regards, Anupam^Talk 04:20, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

That's a better hook than before with the increased numbers. However, you say the Facebook link doesn't matter, but it does as it is against Wikipedia policy and thus the nomination doesn't pass the 3rd article criteria. If the hook is promoted, the whole article is linked to on the front page so the entire article needs to be satisfactory. The link to Lacrae's Facebook account is unencyclopedic. As soon as Lacrae has made enough comments someone would have to search through thousands of comments to find the reference. Plus the fact that he commented on it is rather irrelevent. I don't understand why it's important to say that a rapper commented on the video, rather than talking about the point of the article he linked to which is a thorough critique of the article's subject. Talk about that reference instead of the Facebook one and I'll put the hook up for promotion if there are no other issues. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 22:47, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 15

Echat, Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations, Waz League, Abyotawit Seded, Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Organization

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Echat • Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations • Waz League • Abyotawit Seded • Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Organization )

• ... that the Derg military junta supported the formation of the Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations, but eventually crushed or disbanded its member organizations (Meison, Seded, Echat, Waz and Malerid)? Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 11:29, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

• I don't see the Derg support on the page cited.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• "The formation of Imaledih was actively supported by the ruling Derg military junta.[4]" In there reference, see the sentence that starts "As a result of..." (although the grammar is really twisted in the reference). --Soman (talk) 08:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• The grammar is not so much twisted as the antecedent is on the prior omitted page. I will WP:AGF.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Am I suppose to WP:AGF for offline content for the other half of the hook?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:37, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• The suppression/disbanding is described in following ways on Page 266 in Haile Selassie, Western Education and political revolution in Ethiopia, this process is described in the following way: "Meison was banned. The three less important civilian factions, Malerid, Echa'at and Woz Adder League were also crushed. Even Colonel Mengistu's Seded, which enjoyed state protection, was legally disbanded." Do note that the same book is featured (at 0:45) in this video by The Lonely Island. --Soman (talk) 10:12, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Do you reference that in the article?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• This reference appeared in 3 out of the 5 articles: UEMLO, Seded and Malerid. I fixed the refs for UEMLO article so that the ref appears directly after the sentences. I reworded the passage in the Seded article for clarity. In the Echat article there was the wording "During this period leading members of Echat were hunted down and jailed.[7]", but i've added the "crushed" reference also now. The Waz League article has the passage "Following the break between the Derg and the Waz League, the Waz League was purged.[11]" --Soman (talk) 22:18, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Are you saying that the 2nd half of the hook is not encyclopedic content for the Imaledih article?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:08, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry, I don't understand the question. --Soman (talk) 07:50, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Why is this reference not used in the Imaledih article?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 08:34, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• It is, for three sentences (Imaledih is the Amharic acronym for UEMLO). --Soman (talk) 08:52, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• A drive-by comment: This is a quintuple hook. I'm under the impression that the author/nominator has to do a total of 5 peer reviews. Right? --PFHLai (talk) 05:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• I was unsure of this, I haven't done any such multihooks since the new system was put in place. --Soman (talk) 08:30, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Yes.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:28, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Now I have reviewed 5 nominations. --Soman (talk) 10:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Agreed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:57, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Daisy Burrell

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Daisy Burrell (pictured) was talent-spotted for The Valley of Fear while playing Cinderella?

• Reviewed: Surplice (horse)

Created/expanded by Moonraker (talk). Self nom at 03:50, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Here is another picture of Daisy, which may be better. Moonraker (talk) 03:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Detroit Wolverines Opening Day starting pitchers

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Major League Baseball's Detroit Wolverines used a Lady as their Opening Day starting pitcher the year they won the World Series?

• ALT1:... that Major League Baseball's Detroit Wolverines used a Lady as their Opening Day starting pitcher in 1887, the year they won the World Series?
• ALT2:... that Major League Baseball's Detroit Wolverines used a Lady as their Opening Day starting pitcher the year they won the National League championship?
• Reviewed: Cassianellidae

Created/expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nom at 03:15, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Ghosts and spirits in Maori culture

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Maero is an evil fairy inhabiting forests in the South Island of New Zealand? Created/expanded by Robot of the five (talk). Self nom at 23:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Central VPA High School

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Central VPA High School in St. Louis, Missouri is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River?

• Comment: 5X expanded; hook is cited in several places, including a Google Book accessible source, and I quoted two news stories that said the same (refs three and four). Question: do you think that any other words in the hook need to be linked?

• Reviewed St Martin of Tours Church, Detling. poroubalous (talk) 16:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Poroubalous (talk). Self nom at 16:21, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Complicated (Rihanna song)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that according one critic, Rihanna appeared to embody the same "spiraling dance-floor siren" persona on "Complicated" as she did on the album's lead single, "Only Girl (In the World)"? Created/expanded by Calvin999 (talk), Calvin999 (talk). Nominated by Calvin999 (talk) at 15:55, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The Art of Woo

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that The Art of Woo, starring Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Beach (pictured), was funded by a grant from the Canadian Film Centre's Featured Film Project?

• ALT1:... that The Art of Woo, starring Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Beach (pictured), included works by Michael Snow and Suzy Lake?

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 11:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: The miller who was a wizard, a cheat and a matchmaker

• I don't know if this is kosher, but I went ahead and flipped the "from" and "the" in the first hook to fix a typing error there. Cheers. poroubalous (talk) 16:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• Don't worry, it's kosher. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:03, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

One for the Road

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the series finale of Cheers, "One for the Road", pulled a national Nielsen rating of 45.5, or an audience of approximately 42.4 million households, on its first broadcast, May 20, 1993?

• Comment: This article has inline citations that prove this.

Created/expanded by George Ho (talk). Self nom at 02:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• Update: I have added an approximate total of households.

Expanded by George Ho (talk) 09:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Most wanted list

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that there is no official list of the world's most wanted criminal fugitives?

• Reviewed: Prostitution in Vietnam

Created/expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nom at 01:37, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Western Australia border

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Western Australian border is not as straight as it looks? Created/expanded by KHS-Boab (talk). Self nom at 08:19, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 16

Lesley Paterson

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson plans to co-produce a remake of the Oscar-winning 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front?

• Reviewed: Clayton & Black (one hook, five articles reviewed)
• Comment: One source, 220 Triathlon magazine, is not available online, but the relevant issue ("February 2012") is currently on sale in UK newsagents.

Created/expanded by NSH001 (talk). Self nom at 00:40, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Lycium berlandieri, Lycium pallidum

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Lycium berlandieri • Lycium pallidum )

• ... that while Berlandier's wolfberry is a characteristic flower of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts, pale wolfberry (pictured) is characteristic of the Mojave?

• Reviewed: Praenuculidae

Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 04:15, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Dancing Rain

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the filly Dancing Rain (pictured) was the first British-trained horse to win the Preis der Diana?

• Reviewed: Paul Fleming (poet)
• Comment: ALT 1: ... that Dancing Rain (pictured) broke the leg of her trainer's wife a month before she won the 2011 Epsom Oaks?

Created/expanded by Froggerlaura (talk). Self nom at 04:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• - Article length (~4,200 characters) and date (Jan 16) are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. Original hook accepted, verified online reference. Picture is from Flickr under the Attribution Creative Commons license.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Avram Miletić

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Avram Miletić, best known for writing an 18th century collection of Serbian language songs, was a grandfather of Svetozar Miletić, the 19th century political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina?

• Reviewed: Prince Leopold (horse) diff

Created/expanded by Antidiskriminator (talk). Self nom at 09:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Humiliation of Christ

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Jesus received and accepted rejection? Created/expanded by JZCL (talk). Self nom at 07:30, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

America in the King Years

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that each of the three volumes of Taylor Branch's biography of Martin Luther King were named based on aspects of the Book of Exodus?

• Comment: Started this article on Jan. 16 2012, in honor of MLK day.

Created/expanded by KConWiki (talk). Self nom at 04:05, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Vashon High School

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that since 1934, Vashon High School in St. Louis, Missouri has won 14 state basketball championships?

• Comment: 5X expanded by prose size (was 85 words, now 719). Hook is detailed in ref #3 and in the body under Current Status. Question: do you think "since 1934" is needed/good, or just drop it out? Thanks in advance.
• Reviewed: Oxide jacking

Created/expanded by Poroubalous (talk). Self nom at 23:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The Ponder Heart

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that a mildly retarded man gives away his family's fortune in The Ponder Heart?

• Reviewed: Pleuraphis mutica

Created/expanded by Albacore (talk). Self nom at 21:33, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Carnot Wall

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Littlehampton Fort was the first in Britain to be built with a Carnot wall?

• Reviewed: I believe I am exempt from the review requirement, as I have only three DYK credits.
• Comment: Article created in my userspace on 10 December 2011, moved to mainspace on 16 January 2012.

Created by Kinnerton (talk). Self nom at 20:32, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

1964 Summer Paralympics medal table

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that athletes from 17 of the 21 competing NPCs won at least one medal in the 1964 Summer Paralympics?

• Reviewed: Dakshayagnam (1938 film), Tata Jagriti Yatra, Under the Tree (film), Garin Nugroho, Dronningegården, Chairil Anwar, Geomagnetic pole, IRAS 17163-3907, Goethe–Schiller Monument (Syracuse)

Created/expanded by Vibhijain (talk). Self nom at 18:05, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Lincoln University School of Law

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Lincoln University School of Law is the only law school in the United States to have been established as the result of a lawsuit? Created/expanded by Slidhome (talk). Self nom at 16:43, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Comment: The article is currently at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Lincoln University School ofLaw, 1938 - 1955 -- John of Reading (talk) 20:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Yäsäffiw hezb dems

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in the early phase of the Ethiopian revolution, the underground publication Yäsäffiw hezb dems was widely distributed in spite of military censorship?

• Reviewed: [6]

Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 10:13, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 17

Charleston Female Seminary, Charleston Female Seminary (Massachusetts), Female seminary

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Charleston Female Seminary • Charleston Female Seminary (Massachusetts) • Female seminary )

• ... that the cultural phenomenon of female seminaries in nineteenth-century America spawned a Charleston Female Seminary (pictured) in Charleston, South Carolina, and one in Charleston, Massachusetts? Created/expanded by Drmies (talk), LadyofShalott, (talk), 7&6=thirteen (talk). Nominated by Drmies (talk) at 04:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Did some reviewing at Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz and Template:Did you know nominations/Madeline Rogero. Drmies (talk) 16:27, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

1940 El Centro earthquake, 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: 1940 El Centro earthquake • 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake )

• ... that comparison between the displacement patterns along the Imperial Fault during the 1940 El Centro and 1979 Imperial Valley earthquakes show that the fault slips in at least two discrete 'patches'?

• Reviewed: HMS Holland 5 & Psathyrostachys juncea
• Comment: (first time nominating), Mikenorton is the regular DYK contributor & started the expansion on the 1940 article with DYK in mind. The 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake article is new.

Created/expanded by Mikenorton (talk), Dawnseeker2000 (talk). Nominated by Dawnseeker2000 (talk) at 18:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Monmouthshire Beacon, Cornwall House

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that when the 150 year old Monmouthshire Beacon newspaper moved into Cornwall House (pictured) the new office was opened by Princess Margaret?

• Reviewed: Waptia

Created/expanded by Victuallers (talk). Self nom at 20:29, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Two of the many new articles fir MonmouthpediA

• Two good articles that are well referenced, long enough and new. Hook is referenced in both articles. Good to go. Zangar (talk) 11:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Norwegian of the Century

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that King Olav V (pictured) was named Norwegian of the Century in a 2005 nation-wide poll? Created/expanded by Otebig (talk). Self nom at 11:43, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• The prose count is currently at 960, less than the required 1,500 characters. Ruby 2010/2013 03:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Zgromadzenie Przyjaciół Konstytucji Rządowej

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Society of Friends of the Constitution, formed in 1791 to support the Constitution of 3 May, was the first Polish political party?

• Reviewed: Operation Sandwedge

Created/expanded by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 01:05, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Billy Barnes (footballer)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that association footballer Billy Barnes (pictured) scored the winning goal in the 1902 FA Cup Final for Sheffield United, before going on to play in the first Charity Shield match for QPR?

• Reviewed: Hanson Industries (ski boots)

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 23:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• If the reviewer thinks it makes it sound too much like he did it all in one afternoon, we can drop the hook after "Sheffield United" and just keep it short. Miyagawa (talk) 23:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• As the creator of the original stub article (nearly 5 years ago) it's good to see it expanded. The article could do with further expansion to cover his West Ham career (for which I have added a link) and his time as a manager at Athletic Bilbao. As he won three cup medals in his time there, this ought to be included. (I could add it myself, but I'm not sure that I am allowed to add a substantial amount of text to an article I am reviewing for DyK. I could also expand the details of his Cup Final goal. I'll come back to this once (if) the article is promoted for DyK.) As the article stands, it just qualifies in terms of size; it is clearly a 5x expansion and I make the character count 1510. The hook facts are properly cited (AgF on the QPR career); as I'm not sure that Spartacus is accepted as a reliable source, I have added another offline source. Can I suggest a slight tweak to the hook:

ALT1 - ... that footballer Billy Barnes (pictured) scored the winning goal in the 1902 FA Cup Final for Sheffield United and played in the first Charity Shield match for QPR in 1908? -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:49, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I've happy with the alt and thanks for adding the offline source to support the Sparticus site. I've got several more expansions planned after getting ahold of that QPR records book. Miyagawa (talk) 14:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

William Jones (haberdasher)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that William Jones's (pictured) Company of Haberdashers founded Monmouth School and almhouses for people "as blind and lame as it shall seem best to them"?

• Comment: expansion x5

Created/expanded by Ghmyrtle (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 21:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Five-fold expansion. New enough, long enough, image in the public domain and satisfactory hook reference. Here is an alternative hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that William Jones (pictured) bequeathed money to the Company of Haberdashers to found Monmouth School and provide almhouses for people "as blind and lame as it shall seem best to them"?

Articles created/expanded on January 18

Remedies in Singapore administrative law

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that mandatory, prohibiting and quashing orders, and the order for review of detention, which are remedies available in Singapore administrative law, derive from ancient British prerogative writs?

• Reviewed: Tempair International Airlines
• Comment: The article worked on in a sandbox and moved to the article namespace on 18 January 2012. The hook is referenced by footnotes 8–12.

Created/expanded by Ccchang.2010 (talk), Javern.sim.2010 (talk). Nominated by Smuconlaw (talk) at 08:55, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Bloomsbury (horse)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that after the Thoroughbred racehorse Bloomsbury won the 1839 Derby Stakes (pictured), his identity was questioned and bookmakers refused to pay out on "winning" bets? Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 04:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 19

Bristol High Cross

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Lord High Treasurer, William le Scrope was beheaded at the Bristol High Cross? Created/expanded by Andrew Davidson (talk). Self nom at 12:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

This new article has sufficient length, and was posted here within the time scale. The hook is nice and direct, at 82 characters. Material is supported by inline referencing throughout (the reference supplied for the hook uses a common alternative spelling of "Scroop"—this is completely acceptable). The image for the hook is free-licence, but does the status of File:Edward III from Bristol High Cross at BL.jpg need to be clarified? If I am interpreting the policy correctly (not a given) at present it is submitted as {{PD-old}}, but it is dated 16 January 2012. Photographs of three-dimensional objects almost always generate a new copyright, so all that would be required is for the poster/copyright holder, who seems to be the creator of the article, to attach a free licence to his image. Otherwise, all looks good, and a nice contribution!--Old Moonraker (talk) 16:47, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have amended the licensing as you suggest. Andrew Davidson (talk) 01:02, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Emilius (horse), Priam (horse), Plenipotentiary (horse)

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Emilius (horse) • Priam (horse) • Plenipotentiary (horse) )

• ... that Emilius (pictured) and his sons Priam and Plenipotentiary were all winners of the Derby Stakes when they were three years old? Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 00:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Mündig

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Mündig (pictured) never competed in a racecourse prior to winning the 1835 Derby Stakes, and bookmakers were misled to lengthen his odds based on false information fed to them by his trainer? Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 19:11, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, sources, hook and image are all fine. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Eric Hosmer

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that after being selected third overall in the 2008 MLB Draft, Eric Hosmer was given a six million dollar signing bonus, the largest in Kansas City Royals history?

• Comment: Wikicup nomination, open to other hooks

Created/expanded by Secret (talk). Self nom at 22:44, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed Pres Mull Secret ^account 23:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

All good to go, refs check and everything else looks great. Would suggest this minor gr change in the hook:

... that after being selected third overall in the 2008 MLB Draft, Eric Hosmer was given a six million dollar signing bonus, the largest in Kansas City Royals history? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maury Markowitz (talk • contribs) 18:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Done Thanks Secret ^account 01:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Ribes americanum

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that wild black currants (pictured) are commonly made into jam and jelly?

• Reviewed: Michael (Glee)

Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 07:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date and length ok. Regarding the hook, the source doesn't say that it is common, only that it is being used for jam/jelly. But I think the underlying message ends up the same. Good to go. --Soman (talk) 10:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

United States Department of Commerce

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that elimination of the United States Department of Commerce has been proposed by both President Barack Obama and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry?

• Reviewed: Q.U.B.E.

Note: The prose section of this article was expanded from ~1000 characters to ~5200 characters; the list portion of the article does not count as prose for DYK purposes. Created/expanded by Antony-22 (talk). Self nom at 20:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Out Where the Buses Don't Run

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the ending to Miami Vice's "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" "set a new standard for TV direction"?

• Reviewed: Jaazaniah

Created/expanded by Grapple X (talk). Self nom at 16:49, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Emaciation

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that emaciation (pictured) is referred to as "shosha roga" in India, where more than 200 million people are affected by malnutrition?

• Reviewed: Kuphus
• Comment: 5x

Created/expanded by Rcej (talk). Self nom at 10:40, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• This is a 5x expansion. It is long enough, new enough, the hook is cited, the image is public domain and the article is adequately sourced. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 20

Lorna Kesterson

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Lorna Kesterson worked as a newspaper journalist and editor until her election as the first female Mayor of Henderson, Nevada?

• Reviewed: Georgios Stavros

Created/expanded by Scanlan (talk). Self nom at 23:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Ilaiyaraaja

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Ilaiyaraaja won three Best Music Direction awards during the 1980s at the National Film Awards (India) Created/expanded by Vensatry (talk). Self nom at 14:24, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Difficult To Give Cibara —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 21:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Friedrich von Keller (diplomat)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Horst Janssen painted the diplomat Friedrich von Keller with the orders he had earned during his career, which took him as a German ambassador to Belgrade, Brussels, Buenos Aires and Ankara?

• Reviewed: Home of Peace

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 12:33, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

St Peter's Church, Dixton

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that although St Peter's Church (pictured) is in Monmouthshire (which is in Wales) its congregational decided to join the Church of England in 1920?

• Comment: another Monmouthpedia article ...

Created/expanded by Pigsonthewing (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 23:22, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Paul M. Ellwood

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the term "health maintenance organization" (HMO) in the American health care system was coined by pediatric neurologist Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., M.D.? Created/expanded by Cath4138 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 08:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Keeley Electronics

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that effects unit builder Robert Keeley attributes his commercial success to low tolerance?

• Reviewed: Just reviewed a tasty critter, Holothuria atra.

Created/expanded by Drmies (talk). Self nom at 21:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Ledoyen

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Louis de Saint-Just and Maximilien Robespierre dined at the Ledoyen two days before they were executed on 26 July 1794? Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 19:18, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Pres Mull

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Pres Mull was one of the first Distinguished Alumni of Appalachian State University?

• Reviewed: Stefano Magno

Created/expanded by Connormah (talk). Self nom at 16:47, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Prose is expanded, but the source of the hook is linked to a paid obit. Can you find a better source? A primary source from the University website for this info is fine. Other than that article should be ok. Thanks Secret ^account 23:17, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Let me look. If not, can you accept it in good faith? There's really nothing else too interesting in this article, unless you have another idea, which I'd welcome. – Connormah (talk) 02:11, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Culcita novaeguineae

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that juvenile cushion stars (mature individual pictured) look so different from their seniors that they were thought at one time to belong to a different species in a different biological family?

• Reviewed: Halim Perdanakusuma
• Comment: ALT1 ... that the cushion star (pictured) can serve as a host to the star pearlfish which lives inside its body cavity?

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 14:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• size,date check out, refs formatted. Interesting blog. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hans Dessauer, John H. Dessauer

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Hans Dessauer • John H. Dessauer )

• ... that the son of Hans Dessauer, a coloured paper manufacturer in Aschaffenburg, left Germany in 1929, changed his name to John H. Dessauer and wrote the book My years with Xerox, the billions nobody wanted?

• Comment: both articles were created by Dr. Blofeld, John H. Dessauer substantially expanded by Rosiestep.

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 13:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Gambela People's Liberation Movement

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 1992 the leader of the Gambela People's Liberation Movement, Agwa Alemu, was killed by his own troops?

• Reviewed: [7]

Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 11:22, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Holothuria atra

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the black sea cucumber (pictured) can split into two by transverse fission?

• Reviewed: Vlastimir of Serbia

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 18:43, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Interesting. Long enough, hook is fine, article is well-written and verified. I made a few edits, but this is good to go. Drmies (talk) 21:03, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

FK Fyllingsdalen

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that FK Fyllingsdalen originally was named FK Varden by the board, even though there were a majority of the club members that voted for FK Fyllingsdalen? Created/expanded by Mentoz86 (talk). Self nom at 14:10, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• You have an entire paragraph with no citations, and several sentences elsewhere in the article are also uncited. Nyttend (talk) 16:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have now added a citations to the unsourced paragraph. Will try to fill in more tomorrow. If you, in the mean time, add a couple of "citation needed" tags where you think it is appropiate, I will be very happy :) Cheers, Mentoz86 (talk) 16:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Done, along with some minor copyediting. Nyttend (talk) 18:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Y Done Now every sentance in the prose is backed up by an inline citation. Mentoz86 (talk) 17:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Per a comment on my talk, there's one sentence still not quite right, but I'll be ready to approve soon: the length is good (about 3250 characters), the nomination was done in time, and the hook is backed up by a proper citation. Nyttend (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Now the last sentence is correct too. Mentoz86 (talk) 11:58, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that issue is resolved, and the article is ready to go. Thanks for all your work! Nyttend (talk) 13:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Hemiconcavodonta, Concavodontinae

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Hemiconcavodonta • Concavodontinae )

• ... that unlike other members of Concavodontinae, the genus Hemiconcavodonta has teeth that face towards and away from the umbo?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carapus mourlani; Bohadschia argus

Created/expanded by Kevmin (talk). Self nom at 09:11, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 21

Bob Wasserman

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Bob Wasserman served as police chief, city councilman and mayor of the city of Fremont, California?

• Reviewed: Urochloa mutica

Created/expanded by Scanlan (talk). Self nom at 23:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Architecture of Turkey

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Architecture of Turkey has been influenced by many architects from Germany and Austria invited between 1924 and 1942 to work in Ankara? Created/expanded by Mimar77 (talk). Nominated by Elekhh (talk) at 21:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Ulenspiegel

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Ulenspiegel was one of the most important satirical journals in postwar Germany?

• ALT1:... that the founders of Ulenspiegel began working on the magazine immediately after being released from Nazi imprisonment?
• ALT2:... that although in High German, the title of postwar satirical journal Ulenspiegel means, owl mirror, in Low German, it means "kiss my behind"?
• ALT3:... that Ulenspiegel, one of the most important satirical journals in postwar Germany, first ran afoul of the American censors and then the Communists?
• Reviewed: Groningse Bachvereniging
• Comment: Review to follow (probably tomorrow). Updated, see link directly above.

Created/expanded by Marrante (talk). Self nom at 08:58, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have reviewed Groningse Bachvereniging. Link above. Marrante (talk) 19:45, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

1922 Michigan Wolverines football team

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the undefeated 1922 Michigan football team (pictured) held opponents to 1.8 points per game and shut out Vanderbilt and Ohio State at dedication games for their new stadia? Created/expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 01:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Meets DYK criteria: size is ample; expansion started around 21 Jan; good cites. Probably meets GA criteria. --Noleander (talk) 19:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Difficult To Give Cibara

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that three-cibara is a four-piece wearing cloth, so that there is doyajika, underwear, cibara and katibandhani to wear for the Buddhists? Created/expanded by Dipankan001 (talk). Self nom at 16:29, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hook unsourced. The article has got only a single source and needs a lot of work. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 14:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Inline-citation given. Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 15:37, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Size, date all okay. Foreign language reference accepted in good faith. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 13:16, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Houghton Fire Hall

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Michigan Mining School, now Michigan Technological University, held its first classes in the Houghton Fire Hall?

• Reviewed: 1965 Olympia earthquake
• Comment: Move from userspace

Created/expanded by Chris857 (talk). Self nom at 00:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Looks fine to me. Refs check out, all reliable sources. No obvious signs of copyvios etc. Have made a few copyedits for ease of flow in the text, but otherwise it's OK. Overall, it's good to go. Prioryman (talk) 21:58, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Spaniel (horse)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the winner of the 1831 Derby Stakes, Spaniel (pictured), was also the smallest horse in the race? Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 20:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Women's Cricket World Cup

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 1973 the first women's Cricket World Cup was held – two years before the first men's tournament?

• Reviewed: Ingalls 4-S

Created/expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 15:58, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Helena Train Wreck

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Helena Train Wreck of 1989 occurred during a record cold snap that ranked #4 on the NOAA's list of Montana's Top Weather/Water/Climate events of the 20th century?

• Comment: Is fighting an AFD right now, but in response to AFD, I expanded article from one sentence to over 5x with 2957 characters. Probably shouldn't go up to DYK queue until AFD closed, but want the nom in before 5-day deadline.

Created/expanded by Montanabw (talk). Self nom at 05:46, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Kluge House

• MTBW has done a great job of article rescue here and I'll jump in and help. Note the AFD is starting to look like a consensus keep due to her work. Recommend DYK waiting til AFD finishes its run.PumpkinSky talk 12:43, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• The AFD nominator has withdrawn it, article is a keep, just that an admin needs to process the withdrawal.PumpkinSky talk 01:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• An admin has now processed the withdrawal. Is someone available to evaluate this nomination now? Thanks!

• • AFD closed as keep now. Ready for DYK review. PumpkinSky talk 23:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Willie and the Hand Jive

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Johnny Otis' song "Willie and the Hand Jive," also covered by Eric Clapton and George Thorogood, has been accused of glorifying masturbation?

• Reviewed: Abdullah Atfeh

Created/expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nom at 01:41, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• offline sources taken in good faith, size and age check out, refs formatted, good to go. Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:29, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Christmas Gift Evans House

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Christmas Gift Evans House, is an example of both the Queen Anne and Second Empire architectural styles?

• Reviewed: Marthe Cnockaert
• Comment: new. Offering two alts in spirit of quirkiness: ALT1 ... that Christmas Gift Evans House, is an example of both the Queen Anne and Second Empire architectural styles and was not a Christmas gift?

ALT2 ... that Christmas Gift Evans House was not a Christmas gift?

Created/expanded by PumpkinSky (talk). Self nom at 01:20, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Being a mix of two styles is not at all unusual, so I'd suggest against mentioning that bit. ALT2 is a perfect DYK hook: please go with it! Nyttend (talk) 22:16, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Eucalyptus botryoides

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the bangalay (pictured) can live for 600 years and its base can reach six metres (20 ft) in diameter?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tuarangia
• Comment:

Created/expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 00:02, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hook verified online, article ready, img good, 5x expansion confirmed by DYKcheck! Rcej (Robert) – talk 10:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Radomsk (Hasidic dynasty), Keser Torah Radomsk

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Radomsk (Hasidic dynasty) • Keser Torah Radomsk )

• ... that the fourth Radomsker Rebbe, founder of a Hasidic yeshiva network in pre-war Poland, paid for the education of over 4,000 students, including staff salaries, food, and student lodging, out of his own pocket?

• Reviewed: James Harbottle Boyd Saqib Saleem
• Comment: Double nomination

Created/expanded by Yoninah (talk). Self nom at 21:55, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Maybe shorter is better:
• ALT1: ... that the fourth Rebbe of Radomsk, founder of a network of 36 Hasidic yeshivas in pre-war Poland, paid for the education of over 4,000 students out of his own pocket? Yoninah (talk) 09:40, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia had only one woman?

• Reviewed: [8]

Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 21:13, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Autolib'

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Autolib' scheme plans to make 3,000 electric cars available to the Parisian public for rental by late 2012? Created/expanded by Michaelmas1957 (talk), Mariordo (talk). Nominated by Michaelmas1957 (talk) at 20:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Bunkers in Albania

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that over 700,000 bunkers (example pictured) were built in Communist-era Albania, most of which now have little use other than as a place to lose one's virginity?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Exercise Summer Pulse

Rewritten and expanded 5x by Prioryman (talk). Self nom at 19:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• 5.6x expansion (from 3084 characters to 17306) verified, and sourcing is improved too. Hook and date are also good: this is ready to go. Nyttend (talk) 00:45, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Jane Levy

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Suburgatory star Jane Levy was named on Forbes 2011 list of 30 under 30 who are "reinventing the world"?

• Reviewed: Keep It Together (Madonna song)

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 18:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Malloch Building

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Malloch Building (pictured) was used to represent Lauren Bacall's apartment in a film with Humphrey Bogart?

• Reviewed: John Alan Coey

Created/expanded by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 17:51, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, hook, length, etc. verified. But how about mentioning the film in the hook?

ALT1: :... that the Malloch Building (pictured) was used to represent Lauren Bacall's apartment in Dark Passage, a 1947 film with Humphrey Bogart? --Offenbach (talk) 18:10, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Your ALT suggestion is reasonable, but I left the film out of my hook to create more curiosity and to focus attention on the house link. Binksternet (talk) 18:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Long Way Home (Steven Curtis Chapman song)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Steven Curtis Chapman song "Long Way Home" features the ukelele, an instrument which Chapman said "you can't frown and play"? Created by Toa Nidhiki05 (talk). Self nom at 03:34, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

7 Independent Company (Rhodesia)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that a company of French-speaking volunteers briefly served in the Rhodesian Security Forces? Created/expanded by Cliftonian (talk). Self nom at 15:53, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Your sources look good, and the date/length/hook requirements are easily satisfied. Nyttend (talk) 21:56, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hooray! —Cliftonian (talk) 05:45, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Gilbert-Sinton Historic District

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Gilbert-Sinton neighborhood grew rapidly along Cincinnati's first streetcar line? Expanded 7.5x by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 22:00, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• I forgot to say — I reviewed 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia). Nyttend (talk) 00:08, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 22

Rowenna Davis

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that a hacker tried to ransom the email account of journalist Rowenna Davis? Created/expanded by JimPatten (talk), Andrew Davidson (talk). Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk) at 22:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Albany Institute of History & Art

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that attendance at meetings of New York's Albany Institute (pictured) declined in the 1830s because members were bored by papers presented by the group's meteorologist?

• ALT1:... that the Rice Building (pictured, left) at the Albany Institute of History & Art, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, is the only freestanding Beaux-Arts mansion in New York's capital city?
• ALT2:... that the Albany Institute of History & Art (pictured) has evolved from a learned society that advised the New York state legislature on agriculture into a regional art museum?
• Reviewed: First Congregational Church of Litchfield

Created/expanded by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 06:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the main building of Hamburg's university of fine arts Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg was completed in 1913, designed by architect Fritz Schumacher?

• Reviewed: Bayshore Boulevard

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 22:45, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Llantwit Major

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Saint Patrick was a priest at the monastery of St. Illtyd of Llantwit Major when he was reputedly abducted by Irish pirates, later becoming the patron saint of Ireland? Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 14:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Blanche Lazzell

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the woodcuts of modernist printmaker Blanche Lazzell (pictured) were influenced by ukiyo-e?

• Reviewed: Foley Square trial

Created/expanded by Gobonobo (talk). Self nom at 04:54, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Baleč

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Roman Catholic Diocese of Balecium still exists although Baleč has been destroyed in 15th century?

• Reviewed: Tragedy of Otranto

Created/expanded by Antidiskriminator (talk). Self nom at 00:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Operation Septentrion

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that French military forces used the "Mikado strategy" in 2009's Operation Septentrion in the Uzbin Valley of Afghanistan?

• Comment: I originally contributed this material on 22 January 2012 to the article 2009 in Afghanistan then created the new article soon after. Please also be aware that the key sources are in French.

Created/expanded by Mathew5000 (talk). Self nom at 22:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Smolensko (horse)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the commotion following the racehorse Smolensko's victory at the 1813 Derby Stakes resulted in an overthrown phaeton and a broken arm amongst the spectators? Created/expanded by Froggerlaura (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 08:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Georgios Stavros

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Georgios Stavros (pictured), who appeared on various Greek banknotes issued before 1932, was the founding governor of the National Bank of Greece? Created/expanded by Alexikoua (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 06:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• - Sources, hook and length all check out. Very interesting history. Scanlan (talk) 23:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Basil Salvadore D’Souza

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore from 1965 until his death in 1996, was the longest-serving bishop in the history of the Indian Catholic diocese? Created/expanded by Joyson Prabhu (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 07:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

First Congregational Church of Litchfield

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Henry Ward Beecher said the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, (pictured), said to be the most photographed church in New England, had "not a single line or feature ... suggesting taste or beauty"?

• Reviewed: Lorella De Luca

Created/expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nom at 01:28, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Length, history and reference verified, even after I fed the hook some irony pills (Full disclosure: I took the picture, although I had no idea it would be used for this article). Hopefully this makes the character count.

  We could stand to make some further improvements. How about at least writing a proper intro? And using {{infobox religious building}} so we could really show off the picture. But it could go out rough-edged as is. Daniel Case (talk) 06:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review (and for providing the photo to go with the article). That hook is 210 characters (with spaces, which are supposed to count), which is about the same length as the hook I first drafted. I'm also a bit bothered by the two occurrences of "said." For the record, my original hook was: ... that the First Congregational Church of Litchfield (pictured) in Connecticut, now regarded as an iconic New England church, was replaced in the 1870s after it was said to have "not a single line or feature ... suggesting taste or beauty"? By the time I posted the nomination, I had trimmed my hook back to: ... that the First Congregational Church of Litchfield (pictured), now regarded as iconic, was replaced in 1873 after being said to have "not a single line or feature ... suggesting taste or beauty"? --Orlady (talk) 15:03, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Francis Arkwright (politician)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Francis Arkwright was a Member of Parliament and Legislative Council in two different countries?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marius van Altena
• Comment: 5x expansion.

Created/expanded by Schwede66 (talk). Self nom at 19:35, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Rabih Mroué

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the works of Beirut-based Rabih Mroué often blur the boundary between theater and the visual arts? Created/expanded by Jmabel (talk). Self nom at 00:13, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• I've now reviewed List of Selena songs. - Jmabel | Talk 00:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Tel Michal

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the archaeological site of Tel Michal owes its name to an ancient identification of Apollo with the Semitic god Reshef?

• Reviewed: Hallaton Helmet

Created/expanded by Poliocretes (talk). Self nom at 22:16, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, content, and hook all verify. However, the inline citations for the fact are provided at the end of the paragraph in which it's given. One could argue that the entire paragraph reflects the concept discussed in this fact, but I'm not sure if the citation has to directly follow the sentence mentioning Apollo and Reshef, or not. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 06:32, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Right, I've referenced the specific Apollo-Reshef statement. Poliocretes (talk) 10:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Good to go!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:50, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Rosemount Ski Boots

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Rosemount Ski Boots, one of the earliest all-plastic designs, was invented by a company better known for their aerospace instruments? Created/expanded by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nom at 19:23, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed Eric Hosmer

Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon has 67 Petit & Fritsen bells that weigh a total of 82,753 pounds (37,536 kg)?

• ALT1:... that the 132-foot (40 m) tall Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon has been called one of the world's largest carillons?
• ALT2:... that the largest of the 67 Petit & Fritsen cast bells of the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon weighs 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg)?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jimmy Van Ostrand

Created/expanded by IvoShandor (talk). Self nom at 18:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Lydd Town F.C.

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Lydd Town F.C. were finally promoted after winning the league five times in a row?

• Reviewed: women to drive movement
• Comment: Article expanded from a redirect.

Created/expanded by Delusion23 (talk). Self nom at 14:34, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Amrit

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Phoenician ruins (temple pictured) of the ancient city of Amrit, near Tartus in Syria, are preserved in their entirety without extensive remodeling by later generations? Created/expanded by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 10:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Phosphorus (horse).

• 6x expansion verified; time and hook are good. Some sources are online, but because the website setup is in Japanese, I can't navigate it, so I'm treating them like print sources. Note that I performed a history split, since the earlier history of this page discussed Amrita; the early history of Amrit is now at Talk:Amrita/Amrit. Nyttend (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Akaflieg Darmstadt D-28 Windspiel

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Darmstadt Windspiel, a German sailplane which set a new world distance record in 1934, was silk covered for lightness and weighed less than its pilots? Created/expanded by TSRL (talk). Self nom at 09:21, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

ESPN Rise boy's high school basketball All-American

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the ESPN Rise boy's high school basketball All-American team was formerly known as the EA Sports All-American team?

• Reviewed: 3rd of 5 QPQ credits against Template:Did you know nominations/Echat

Created/expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 05:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Selena songs

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla III wrote most of her songs? Created/expanded by AJona1992 (talk). Self nom at 05:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• At the very least, needs a major copyedit. "She had wrote the songs", "had became", and a lot of technically possible but odd choices of verb tenses. - Jmabel | Talk 00:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  • And where could I get a user who will be willing to c/e the article? Best, Jonayo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 00:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
    • I just took a shot at copyediting it myself; someone else should review. At least one passage remains unclear: "The songs were on the independent LP records Selena y Los Dinos (1984), Alpha (1986), Muñequito de Trapo (1987), And the Winner Is... (1987), Preciosa (1988) and Dulce Amor (1988). The other songs were on her studio albums..." The referents of "The songs" and "The other songs" are unclear. What is the distinction? - Jmabel | Talk 07:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Missing My Baby

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that "Missing My Baby" was one of the first songs to be played on radio stations after Selena was murdered? Created/expanded by AJona1992 (talk). Self nom at 04:56, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Coal formation

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that coal formation is mostly speculation, with at least 6 theories attempting to explain it?

• Reviewed: Russian submarine K-114 Tula

Created/expanded by Σ (talk). Self nom at 04:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Age => , Length => , Policy compliance => , Plagiarism => , Hook => , Image =>

• I'd prefer it if the refs for "In situ theory" are moved to the end of the paragraphs, and that File:Zeche Billigkeit 5.jpg is added. --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 07:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• If I put the refs for "In situ theory" at the end of the paragraph, then readers might think that it only supports Over the course of many years, temperature increased, and the peat was slowly converted into coal. Placing it at the end of In the in situ theory,^[2] I assumed that the reference would be interpreted as supporting the whole paragraph. →Στc. 08:17, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

But since the paragraph's sentences link up with each other through conjunctions, the read will think that the ref is for the whole para. --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 08:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes spoke at the cornerstone laying for the Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House in Fremont, Ohio?

• Reviewed: Bunkers in Albania

Created/expanded by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 00:51, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• I don't like the "cornerstone laying" wording, but I can't think of anything better; if someone has a better idea, please implement it without asking me first. Nyttend (talk) 00:51, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Tragedy of Otranto

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that after the Italian Navy ship Sibilia collided with Kateri i Radës, as many as 83 would be migrants from Albania died? Created/expanded by Gaius Claudius Nero (talk). Self nom at 19:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• The article is new (it is fivefold expanded 745/4,234). It is long enough and within policy. The hook is not too long (120 characters). I am afraid there is a problem with formatting guidelines and the neutrality of the hook. The name of the article is not bolded wikilinked part of the hook. The article and available sources contain different numbers of people who died because of this tragedy, but the hook presents only one of those numbers. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that after the Italian Navy ship Sibilia collided with Kateri i Radës in the Tragedy of Otranto, as many as 83 would be migrants from Albania died?--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
• The number 52 is the number of bodies recovered.--Gaius Claudius Nero (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

This is relatively recent and controversial event which is subject of dispute between Italy and Albania. Even the number of the victims is disputed. The source for your claim: as many 83 would be migrants from Albania died in fact says: "eighty-three people are assumed to have died". Many other sources present different figures. Here is a source which claims that 84 people died and 60 bodies are discovered. It is not the only source which presents figure of 84 victims. This source says: The total number of persons killed is estimated between 86 and 108. CNN says "Albanian officials claimed that 83 people were still missing after Fridays collision, but Italian authorities say the number is likely to be smaller." The proposed hooks could mislead readers to believe that number of 83 victims is undisputed. I propose to reword the hook and to clarify that the number of victims is "assumed" (or some other word like supposed) to be 83, plus to clarify that they have died because of this collision, not after it.

My knowledge of English is not perfect. I found the meaning of "as many as (number)" here. It says: "Idiom: no fewer than... As many as (a stated number)". If expression "as many as (number)" means something else in this case please let me know (I guess there is a mistake in Alt1 with one "as" missing). CNN report is outdated and all other reports are newer. So I agree with Alt1 (with one as added). New hook has 146 characters and meets formatting guidelines. The hook is neutral, interesting and cited.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

for ALT1.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Current nominations

Articles created/expanded on January 23

Muang Sing

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that during colonial times, the French capitalized upon Muang Sing and used it as a weigh station and market to regulate their opium monopoly....? Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 22:39, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Young Eclipse

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the racehorse Young Eclipse, winner of the second Derby ever held, later sired a second horse named Young Eclipse, who came second in the 1802 Derby? Created/expanded by Froggerlaura (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 05:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Ahmed Majdalani

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Ahmed Majdalani was dismissed from the Palestinian cabinet after making disparaging remarks about government workers? Created/expanded by Al Ameer son (talk). Self nom at 20:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

The Adventures of Abney & Teal

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the setting for the children's show The Adventures of Abney & Teal was inspired by Victoria Park, London?

• Reviewed: Danbury Trashers

Created/expanded by FruitMonkey (talk). Self nom at 20:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Arodys Vizcaíno

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Arodys Vizcaíno's fastball has been recorded as fast as 101 miles per hour (163 km/h)?

• Reviewed: Harmanus Bleecker Library

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 23:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in Bach's mature 1735 chorale cantata Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14, the cantus firmus of Luther's hymn is played by horn and oboes, while the voices perform a counter-fugue?

• Reviewed: Herta Feely
• Comment: for the (rare) fourth Sunday after Epiphany, 29 January, good on 30 January, date of premiere, or between 28 January and 3 February

Created/expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 11:32, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

UAE Five

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that when the UAE Five were imprisoned in 2011 for insulting political figures of the United Arab Emirates, Amnesty International recruited comedians and writers to lobby for their release? Created/expanded by Khazar (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 06:10, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Tel Michal

Substantial article on an important topic, well sourced. Hook: I didn't find the "comedians". What do you think (and we could even name certain writers mentioned in the Observer) of

ALT1: ... Amnesty International recruited writers to lobby at the Edinburgh Festival for the release of the UAE Five, imprisoned in 2011 for insulting political figures of the United Arab Emirates? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:35, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

That's my fault; I had two Guardian/Observer sources and plugged in the wrong one after that fact. The correct source is now cited. But the ALT is good by me, too. If it would help, the headliners in question appear to be Anne Fine and Hari Kunzru. I'm not familiar with these names, but perhaps other DYK readers would be. Thanks for reviewing! -- Khazar (talk) 13:41, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Marriage loan

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Nazi Germany gave newlyweds interest-free loans that were forgiven if the couple had four children?

• Comment: Technically an expansion: pre-existing coverage of the topic is at Themes in Nazi propaganda#Motherhood, plus Abkindern (which is currently at AfD)

Created/expanded by Yngvadottir (talk). Self nom at 05:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that East Germany had a program of interest-free marriage credits that greatly resembled the Nazi marriage loans? Yngvadottir (talk) 05:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

And I have now reviewed Seth Lochhead Yngvadottir (talk) 18:40, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Danbury Trashers

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the United Hockey League's Danbury Trashers disbanded after their owner was arrested for Racketeering?

• Reviewed: Mickey MacKay

• ALT1 ... that the United Hockey League's Danbury Trashers disbanded due to financial concerns after their owner was charged with wire fraud for circumventing the league's salary cap?

• Comment: not sure how much the actual reason for the team's disbandment is needed for the hook but I think it makes it more interesting without adding it. It can be added or subtracted in either hook to increase the interest or clarification of the incidents being separate.

• ALT2 ... that after they were founded the Danbury Trashers of the United Hockey League had a 17 year old high school student for a General Manager?

Created/expanded by Leech44 (talk). Self nom at 04:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• I like the original hook as it is more "hook-y" and the team did disband after the charges brought on their owner, so no problems with the wording. The hook is cited correctly as are other contentious issues on the article. The article has been expanded well above the x5 level and the date is good. Images on the page also appear fine. A very nicely improved article. FruitMonkey (talk) 20:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Rapid Ranger

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Rapid Ranger (pictured) was only the third Greyhound to win the English Greyhound Derby on two occasions?

• Reviewed: 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 23:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• I verified the article's length and that it was created on Jan. 23. I also spotchecked for copyvio using toolserver on the main source here; appears that there has been sufficient changing in wording to be acceptable. The hook is less than 200 characters, interesting enough, and is directly supported by an inline citation. The image has been cleared through the OTRS system. From my review, the article appears to meet core policies and guidelines and is OK for DYK. Cbl62 (talk) 23:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Jon Weber (baseball)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Jon Weber played on four consecutive minor league baseball championship teams?

• ALT1: ... that Jon Weber was named to the 2009 Baseball World Cup All-Tournament Team?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chiclana de la Frontera
• Comment: Article deleted at AfD in December 2010, resurrected at DRV this past week, expanded 5x from its deleted version

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 18:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Errors as to precedent facts in Singapore law

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in a 1998 case the Singapore Court of Appeal held the Internal Security Act contained no precedent facts as Parliament clearly intended that detention decisions were to be made by the Government?

• Reviewed: MV Spiegelgracht
• Comment: The article was moved from a sandbox on 23 January 2012. The hook is referenced by footnotes 29, 32 and 33.

Created/expanded by Aleksgeo (talk), Csteo2009 (talk), Gladchoo (talk), Jiehui.ang.2009 (talk), Niktoh (talk), and Wlchew.2009 (talk). Nominated by Smuconlaw (talk) at 17:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Overmyer-Waggoner-Roush Farm

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Overmyer-Waggoner-Roush Farm near Lindsey included a tree farm at a time when most Ohio farmers saw woodlots as nuisances?

• Reviewed: Amrit

Created/expanded by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 17:45, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

2-acylglycerophosphocholine‎

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that 1-lysophosphatidylcholine is a substrate used for the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine containing specific fatty acyl groups, but is not used for the de-novo synthesis of phosphatidylcholine?

• Reviewed: Aceria anthocoptes

Created/expanded by İnfoCan (talk). Self nom at 17:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Girih

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the tiling technique used by medieval Islamic artisans to construct girih patterns exhibited quasicrystalline tiling, five centuries before Penrose tilings were discovered in Europe?

• Reviewed: Parborlasia corrugatus.

Created/expanded by İnfoCan (talk). Self nom at 16:34, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Mull Covered Bridge

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Mull Covered Bridge is the last covered bridge still standing in Sandusky County, Ohio?

• ALT1:... that seven covered bridges were built in Sandusky County, Ohio, but only the Mull Covered Bridge is still standing?
• Reviewed: FK Fyllingsdalen

Created/expanded by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 16:28, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, refs check out with the offline ref accepted in good faith. I prefer the first hook personally, because it leaves more open and thus has more potential to draw a reader in (ie. it lets them wonder how many bridges there were originally). One of seven might not sound that impressive to everyone, but that's just my two cents. Canadian Paul 23:03, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• I started out preferring the alt, but after reading your comment, I agree with you; I've struck the alt. Nyttend (talk) 03:54, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the basket star, Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (pictured), resembles an animated bush when trying to catch prey?

• Reviewed: Dangerous (horse)

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 10:57, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, content, hook and source verified. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 07:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Doodia aspera

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that young fronds of the prickly rasp fern are pink-tinged?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Willie and the Hand Jive

Created/expanded by Casliber (talk), Poyt448 (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 07:37, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hook fact and reference check. Article length, expansion newness, and references are good. Off line reference taken AGF. No policy issues found. Image status is good.--Kevmin § 09:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Sisingamangaraja XII

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the corpse of Sisingamangaraja XII was moved twice?

• Comment: It's my third nomination. αδζ ψακ φρψερ 06:46, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Redyka94 (talk). Self nom at 06:46, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Zainal Mustafa

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the death of Zainal Mustafa was in 1944, but his family knew it 26 years later?

• Comment: It's my second nomination. I don't need to do a review, right? αδζ ψακ φρψερ 05:28, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Redyka94 (talk). Self nom at 05:21, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Jennifer Worth

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that British midwife and bestselling author Jennifer Worth criticized Mike Leigh's 2004 film Vera Drake for depicting an "invariably fatal" method of abortion as quick and painless for women? Created/expanded by Dawkeye (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 04:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Abolition of serfdom in Poland

Hill Cumorah Pageant

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in 1997, Donny Osmond left his starring role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to play the role of a Book of Mormon prophet in the Hill Cumorah Pageant? Created/expanded by Eustress (talk). Self nom at 03:13, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Elizabeth C. Crosby

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Elizabeth C. Crosby was the first female to have been a full-time professor of the medical school at the University of Michigan? Created/expanded by Standard2211 (talk). Nominated by Abhijay (talk) at 01:13, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Abolition of serfdom in Poland

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the abolition of serfdom in Poland was spurred by unrest and uprisings such as the Kraków Uprising and the January Uprising?

• Reviewed: Provisional Office for Mass Organizational Affairs

Created/expanded by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 04:21, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, content and hook verified. Offline source accepted in good faith. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:42, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 24

Salix alaxensis, Salix arbusculoides, Salix brachycarpa, Salix glauca, Salix hastata, Salix pulchra

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Salix alaxensis • Salix arbusculoides • Salix brachycarpa • Salix glauca • Salix hastata • Salix pulchra )

• ... that the peachleaf willow was used in traditional Eskimo medicine to treat skin sores and watery eyes? Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 06:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• ALT1 (6x hook)... that various willows, such as peachleaf willow, barren-ground willow, glaucous willow, Halberd willow, diamondleaf willow and feltleaf willow, are used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, basket weaving, to make bows and arrows, and for building animal traps? Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk) and Rcej (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) 07:07, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
• ALT2 (6x hook) ... that Native Americans used various parts of willow shrubs including the Alaska, peachleaf, barren-ground, white, diamondleaf, and Halberd willow (pictured) to make medicines, weapons and animal traps?

Danish sculpture

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that a key figure in the early development of Danish sculpture was Frenchman Jacques Saly, invited in 1752 to create a statue (pictured) of King Frederik V?

• Comment: Alt ... that while Bertel Thorvaldsen later became a leading international figure, Danish sculpture was in fact introduced by a Frenchman, Jacques Saly, in 1752?

Created/expanded by Ipigott (talk). Nominated by Elekhh (talk) at 20:48, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Mildred Seydell

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Mildred Seydell was one of the first women newspaper journalists in the State of Georgia while breaking the gender barrier in journalism? Created/expanded by 7&6=thirteen (talk), LadyofShalott (talk), Doug Coldwell (talk). Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 13:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed True North (Once Upon a Time)--Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:15, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
• Reviewed Dancing Rain --Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:27, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
• Reviewed Coronation (horse)--Doug Coldwell ^talk 22:03, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

First Congregational Church of Guilford

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that, in the 1840s, the congregation of the First Congregational Church in Guilford, Connecticut, underwent a split due to differing views on the abolition of slavery?

• Reviewed: Twelve Prophets of Aleijadinho

Created/expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nom at 18:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Communist Labour Party (Syria), Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Communist Labour Party (Syria) • Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf )

• ... that Tuhama Ma'rouf of the Syrian Communist Labour Party was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International after her arrest in February 2011? Created/expanded by Khazar (talk). Nominated by Zozo2kx (talk) at 07:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

We Can Do It!

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the wartime poster "We Can Do It!" (pictured) was parodied using Marge Simpson?

• Reviewed: Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

Created/expanded by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 10:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Another article of yours that I can't believe didn't exist before. Everything checks out, well done. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:33, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks! There's room in the wiki for you to do another popular and widely seen Norman Rockwell painting article if you wish: Rosie the Riveter (painting). Take it away, maestro... Binksternet (talk) 13:26, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Eh, I feel like it would have to be mostly a split from the section in the main article, which would disqualify it. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:06, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• That kind of thinking stopped everyone else except me from making the new article called "We Can Do It!". Just sayin'. <grin> Binksternet (talk) 16:33, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Is this a good hook to save for use on International Women's Day on March 8th? --PFHLai (talk) 06:38, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• That's fine with me. However, there will likely be other suitable DYKs brought forward between now and then. Whatever works. Binksternet (talk) 15:15, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Roy Royston, Little Nellie Kelly (musical)

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Roy Royston • Little Nellie Kelly (musical) )

• ... that five years after winning a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry" in the Great War, Roy Royston was playing leading man on stage in Little Nellie Kelly (song-book pictured)?

• Reviewed: Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111
• Comment: Two articles for checking, both self-nominated.

Created/expanded by Moonraker (talk). Self nom at 03:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Vatapi

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Pallava ruler Narasimhavarman I assumed the title "Vatapi-kondan" or "taker of Vatapi" after his victory in the Battle of Vatapi against the Chalukya king Pulakesin II in 642? Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 02:41, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Tempskya

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Tempskya, an extinct genus of fern, could grow to be up to 14.75 feet (4.5 meters) tall? ... that the stems in the pseudo-trunk of the extinct fern Tempskya decayed as the plant matured, leaving a layer of adventitious roots behind?

• Comment: This is my first DYK nomination. I'm fairly sure that this one meets all of the criteria. Note that the article has technically existed since Jan. 16, but was moved to the article namespace on Jan. 24. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 22:28, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Chris the Paleontologist (talk). Self nom at 22:28, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Hook: Short enough, cited, but less than interesting. Is there a way to summarize the hypothesized growth pattern? That's interesting, in my opinion.

Article: New enough, long enough, referenced thoroughly to reliable sources. Paraphrasing checked with this source and looks okay.

Wondering if there is a hookier hook. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have changed the hook to reflect suggestions from your comments. It's a bit wordy, but well under 200 characters, so it should be fine. Thanks for the constructive feedback. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 23:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• It looks good. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Day of Thirst

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Umayyad defeat in the "Day of Thirst" led to the almost complete loss of Muslim control over Transoxiana over a period of fifteen years?

• Reviewed: Peter Street (carpenter)

Created/expanded by Cplakidas (talk). Self nom at 15:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Elysia diomedea

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Elysia diomedea is one of three species of sea slug known to exhibit kleptoplasty and thus benefit from photosynthesis?

• Reviewed: Prothrombin G20210A

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 09:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Looks good. New enough and long enough with adequate referencing and no plagarism. Hook is sourced, and given the authors, "The Slug Site" appears to qualify as a reliable source. Rlendog (talk) 15:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Cadland

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that due to a dead heat, the racehorse Cadland had to run twice to win the 1828 Derby Stakes? (rematch pictured) Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 07:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Michael Choice

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Michael Choice holds the Texas–Arlington Mavericks record with 34 home runs in a season?
• ALT1: ... that Michael Choice is the first University of Texas at Arlington baseball player to be drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft?
• ALT2: ... that Michael Choice is the highest draft pick to come from the Southland Conference, matching Ben Sheets in 1999?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Miguel Paludo
• Comment: Depending on the timing of when this DYK hits the front page (given the other active nominations I have), this might be my 25th DYK.

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 23:08, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Materials Adherence Experiment

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Materials Adherence Experiment was an experiment on the Mars Pathfinder that examined the effects of Martian soil on solar cells? Created/expanded by Darmokandjalad (talk). Nominated by Funnyfarmofdoom (talk) at 22:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook all OK. Good to go. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 17:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hubert Brooks

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Hubert Brooks was one of only five RCAF members to receive the Military Cross during World War II and that his citation was the longest?

• Reviewed: Mull Covered Bridge

Created/expanded by Canadian Paul (talk). Self nom at 22:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Peter Street (carpenter)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that carpenter Peter Street secretly arranged to dismantle a theatre in Shoreditch, north London, to get material to build the new Globe Theatre in Southwark?

ALT1: ... that carpenter Peter Street secretly arranged to dismantle a theatre in Shoreditch, north London, for material to build the new Globe Theatre in Southwark? - Ipigott (talk) 14:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Old Moonraker (talk). Self nom at 15:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Length, date etc. check out. Facts check out from several sources via Google Books. A nice article, on an unusual topic. From the two hooks, I prefer the wording of ALT1. Constantine ✍ 15:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Salix alaxensis

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that in some areas of northern Alaska, the willow species Salix alaxensis (twig pictured) constitutes over 95% of winter food for moose? Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 07:16, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Everything checks out. Note: I added an image, which should probably be verified by another reviewer. Óðinn (talk) 23:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

This article is also part of a 6x DYK below: Template:Did you know nominations/Salix arbusculoides. --PFHLai (talk) 02:18, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 25

KitchenAid

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the design of KitchenAid stand mixers (pictured) have barely changed since the 1930s?

• Reviewed: Waxy (horse)
• Comment: Is a 5x expansion of the previous version of this article at 5400 characters (previously was 651). However an uncited npov edit reverted on 25 December 2010 here increased the word count temporarily to 1455, which will throw off automatic word count applets.

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 22:04, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Abraham Lincoln (Healy)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Robert Todd Lincoln declared of George Peter Alexander Healy's portrait of Abraham Lincoln (pictured) that he had "never seen a portrait of [his] father which is to be compared with it in any way"?

• ALT1: ... that George Peter Alexander Healy's portrait Abraham Lincoln (pictured) was based on his earlier work, The Peacemakers?
• ALT2: ... that George Peter Alexander Healy's portrait Abraham Lincoln (pictured) hangs in the State Dining Room of the White House?

• Reviewed: Sabri al-Asali
• Comment: I'd like this to be kept in the special holding area for Lincoln's Birthday. Do you think this (and the other) should go on Feb. 12 (actual, a Sunday) or Feb. 13 (observed, a Monday)?[9]

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 21:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• The first hook is too long at 250 characters. All the hooks check out in terms of verified content. At 1600 characters the article barely qualifies for length. I'd rate it a stub, but somebody else has rated it start. Picture almost shows up adequately at 100 X 100 px. Most importantly, however, I think this is plagiarism by close parallelism with the source http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_about/whitehouse_collection/whitehouse_collection-art-05.html Many sentences have the same sentence structure, though a word has been substituted here and there. Smallbones (talk) 01:59, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Hmm. I thought I was using different enough language to not be plagiarizing, but I will edit it to make sure it's not closely paralleling the source. I'll see what else I can add to the article's content, which I do believe is a start. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Saeed Malekpour

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Saeed Malekpour (pictured), an Iranian web designer and Canadian permanent resident, has been sentenced to death by Iran for allegedly designing and moderating pornographic websites?

• Reviewed: Mr. Basketball USA [10]

Created/expanded by Plot Spoiler (talk). Self nom at 18:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Stupid in Love

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that despite many critics writing that "Stupid in Love" was about Rihanna and Chris Brown's altercation on the night of the 51st Grammy Awards, the song was written two days before the event? Created/expanded by Calvin999 (talk). Self nom at 14:50, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

HMS Telemachus (P321)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that on 3 June 1956, British submarine Telemachus (pictured) went missing while undertaking a hydrographic survey off the Australian Antarctic Territory?

• Reviewed: Ifa Isfansyah

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 14:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• The article size and timing check out, the photo is appropriate and PD-expired, and there are no apparent CP/copyvio concerns, with offline references taken AGF. There are two concerns though. The first is that in the references, some of them are credited to The Times without further accreditiation. I assume this is the newspaper in Victoria; if so (or otherwise!) that needs to be added to the reference with the location= tag. Secondly, the hook is, while accurate, slightly misleading; a reader would easily be forgiven that "went missing" means "lost at sea (for good)". I would suggest the following alternative hook perhaps? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
• ALT1: ... that in June 1956, the British submarine HMS Telemachus (pictured) briefly went missing during a hydrographic survey off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory?

Thanks for the review, I've struck through the original hook as yours is actually what I meant! As for The Times - it means literally the British original, not a local Australian paper. Miyagawa (talk) 13:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Federal Web Managers Council

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the Federal Web Managers Council is the steering committee for the Web Content Managers Forum, an ad hoc community of more than 2,000 U.S. government Web and New Media professionals?

• ALT1:... that the Federal Web Managers Council manages the HowTo.gov website to help government workers deliver a better customer experience to citizens?

Created/expanded by Cirrus Editor (talk). Self nom at 14:15, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

10 Promises to My Dog

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the film 10 Promises to My Dog is based on a novel that was inspired by The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership?

• Reviewed: Come to the Well

Created/expanded by Lionratz (talk). Self nom at 13:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Size is > 1,500 chars. Has several good citations, although two are in Japanese. Article expansion dates were 21 Jan to 25 Jan, so that checks out. I see no evidence of plagiarism or copyVio. --Noleander (talk) 19:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Road with Cypress and Star

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Vincent van Gogh's Road with Cypress and Star (pictured) reflects his increasing awareness of his upcoming death? Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 12:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: John Henry Devereux

• No it doesn't. This is just what Maurer and Erickson claim. Suggest changing to ... that Vincent van Gogh's Road with Cypress and Star (pictured) is said to reflect his increasing awareness of his upcoming death? Ericoides (talk) 20:24, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, content, hook, and source all verified. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:18, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Gregory P. McGuckin

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that New Jersey Republican Gregory P. McGuckin is the son of the first directly elected mayor of Brick Township, New Jersey? Created/expanded by Offenbach (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 05:01, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Emiliodonta

Olaus Verelius

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Swedish scholar Olaus Verelius published the first edition of an Icelandic saga, in 1664? Created/expanded by Yngvadottir (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 04:39, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Nick Castellanos

• ALT1 ... that the seventeenth-century Swedish scholars Olaus Verelius and Johannes Schefferus disputed bitterly for almost ten years over the location of the heathen temple at Uppsala? Yngvadottir (talk) 22:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date and length good, extremely well-referenced. Primary hook confirmed, hook fact in ALT1 AGF. (One source is in Swedish, and an untranslatable PDF; the other Google Books will only display a tiny fraction of). For that reason I'd prefer the primary to the ALT, but from the few sentences I can see on Google Books, the ALT appears to check out as well. In short, another fine article from a fine contributor. Khazar (talk) 13:38, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Nick Castellanos

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Nick Castellanos (pictured) received a $3.45 million signing bonus from the Detroit Tigers, the highest ever for a player not drafted in the first round in the Major League Baseball Draft?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1858 Christiania fire
• Comment: Depending on the timing of when this DYK hits the front page (given the other active nominations I have), this might be my 25th DYK.

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 00:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook, content and source verified. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 26

Found (Rossetti)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Rossetti's Found, a painting about prostitution, featured a white calf (detail pictured)? Created/expanded by PKM (talk), Smallbones (talk). Nominated by Smallbones (talk) at 01:19, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed Abraham Lincoln (Healy) Smallbones (talk) 02:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Phantom (horse), Cedric (horse)

( Review or comment )
( Article history links: Phantom (horse) • Cedric (horse) )

• ... that Phantom, the 1811 winner of the Derby Stakes and the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1820 and 1824, covered a half-sister to produce Cedric, the winner of the 1824 Derby? Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 04:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Coccinella transversalis

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the transverse ladybird (pictured) is a valuable predator in agriculture, as it helps control aphid numbers?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Culcita novaeguineae
• Comment: great pic, might be a better hook in there somewhere....

Created/expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 04:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that motifs of joy in the strings connect recitative and chorale in a movement of Bach's cantata for Purification, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, on Simeon's canticle Nunc dimittis (pictured)?

• Reviewed: UAE Five
• Comment: Purification 2 February, the very date if possible. Picture should probably be cropped to just Simeon's face.

Created/expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 13:51, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has donated over 60,000 corneas for transplantation in 57 countries around the world, including those of late Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene? Created/expanded by Astronomyinertia (talk). Self nom at 10:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

History of Currencies used in Brunei

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that stars were once used as a currency in Brunei? Created/expanded by Hallows AG (talk). Self nom at 07:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Freedom Neruda

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that journalist Freedom Neruda was imprisoned for satirizing the Ivorian President in 1996, but was named one of the "50 World Press Freedom Heroes" in 2000? Created/expanded by Khazar (talk). Nominated by Wilhelmina Will (talk) at 03:11, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed: Road with Cypress and Star

Bobby Chalmers

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Rhodesian soccer captain Bobby Chalmers, a white man, was assisted in his leadership of the mostly black national team by his proficiency in both Ndebele and Shona? Created/expanded by Cliftonian (talk). Self nom at 01:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on January 27

Spa Road railway station

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the former Spa Road railway station, opened in 1836 (and pictured in 1900) was London's first railway terminus?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Houghton Fire Hall
• Comment: Expanded from 1053 B (193 words) to 9098 B (1565 words).

Created/expanded by Prioryman (talk). Self nom at 22:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

List of songs recorded by Rihanna

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that after signing a six album record contract with Def Jam Recordings in February 2005, Rihanna began to work with producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, who co-wrote and produced 12 out of 15 songs included on the singer's debut album Music of the Sun? Created/expanded by Calvin999 (talk). Self nom at 21:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

List of municipalities in Florida

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Jacksonville, Florida's most populous city and largest in area, has the only consolidated city–county government in the state?

• ALT1: ... that Jacksonville, Florida's most populous city and largest in area, was incorporated in 1832, 13 years before Florida became a U.S. state?

Created/expanded by Mgreason (talk). Self nom at 21:36, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Revelation (Third Day album)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Revelation, the tenth studio album by the Christian rock band Third Day, was produced by Howard Benson, a Jew? 5x expanded by Toa Nidhiki05 (talk). Self nom at 21:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

2000 UEFA Cup Final riots

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots lasted just 45 minutes despite being reported as lasting for 2 days?

• Reviewed: Materials Adherence Experiment ‎

Created/expanded by The C of E (talk). Self nom at 17:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Madonna: Like an Icon

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that author Lucy O'Brien was criticized for giving over emphasis to singer Madonna's discography, instead of her personal life, in the biography Madonna: Like an Icon?

• Reviewed: Private School (film)

Created/expanded by Legolas2186 (talk). Self nom at 14:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Ocak Isik Yurtçu

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that former journalist hostage Terry A. Anderson led a campaign for the release of Turkish editor Ocak Isik Yurtçu? Created/expanded by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 13:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed: Olaus Verelius

Private School (film)

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Roger Ebert wrote that Private School reflected a trend of "anti-woman" films? Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 12:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Jeb Burton

• Hook, length, expansion checks out, however might I suggest a better version of the hook? Like "... that according to critic Roger Ebert, Private School reflected a trend of "anti-woman" films?..." — Legolas ^(talk2me) 14:00, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Sure, the ALT is fine. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Wu Ying

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Wu Ying, named China's sixth richest woman at the age of 25, has been sentenced to death for financial fraud? Created/expanded by Zanhe (talk). Self nom at 09:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Crécy

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that the French Army lost over 4,000 men during the Battle of Crécy (pictured), while the English Army lost just 200 men?

• Comment: Fact can be found on infobox

Created/expanded by Sjc (talk). Nominated by OKelly (talk) at 21:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• The nomination text was erroneously placed directly on the main nomination page rather than on a subpage, so I moved it to a subpage. Then I looked at the article's history to determine the correct date to transclude it on the nomination page, and I discovered that it has not been recently expanded at all. As the article has 17,261 prose characters, it's exceedingly unlikely that it will ever be 5x expanded. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Vina Panduwinata

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Indonesian songstress Vina Panduwinata outperformed Janet Jackson and David Pomeranz at the 1985 World Popular Song Festival?

• ALT1:... that Indonesian songstress Vina Panduwinata made her debut in Germany?

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 01:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Tempskya

• Length, content, source and both hooks verified, though I personally prefer the first hook. In the meantime, this article was created on the 17th of January, therefore it should be listed on the nominations list under the 17th, not the 27th. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 09:39, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• It was moved to main space on the 27th (my time, at least; may have been 26th UTC). That is "creation" for DYK purposes. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:09, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Special occasion holding area

Please do not nominate new articles for a special time in this section. Instead, nominate them in the nominations section above, under the date the article was created or the expansion began, and indicate your request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.

Note: Articles nominated for a special occasion should be nominated (i) within five days of creation or expansion, as usual, and (ii) between five days and six weeks before the occasion, to give reviewers time to check the nomination. April Fools' Day is an exception to these requirements; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.

February 12 (Lincoln's Birthday)

Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum address

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Abraham Lincoln (pictured) warned of a tyrant overtaking the United States from within in his 1838 Lyceum address?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hugh Carless
• Comment: I'm open to any changes on that hook

Created/expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nom at 01:32, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• I think a comma is needed in the hook after "from within", else its good to go. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• I'm not sure that it does need a comma, but thanks for the review. I added a photo of Lincoln. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:38, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Comment: Would the hook not be better as (Alt 1) "... that during his 1838 Lyceum address, Abraham Lincoln (pictured) warned of a tyrant overtaking the United States from within?" This would make the new article the main subject of the hook. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 18:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

• I can get behind that. It might help get it more page views. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

February 14 (Centennial of Arizona statehood)

Arizona Pioneers' Home

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Old West madam Big Nose Kate spent her final years at the Arizona Pioneers' Home (pictured)?

• Reviewed: Cycadeoidea

Created/expanded by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 00:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Nice article. It is new. It is long enough. It is well referenced and an interesting article.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Date request: This DYK could run on February 14 which is the centennial of Arizona statehood, at a time when Arizonans are awake to see it. Of course, February 14 is also St. Valentine's Day, but I don't see any suitable candidates for that celebration. Binksternet (talk) 23:21, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Joseph Henry Kibbey

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph Henry Kibbey (pictured) threatened to resign over a proposal to grant Arizona statehood?

• ALT1:... that Arizona Territorial Governor Joseph Henry Kibbey (pictured) preferred to be addressed by the title "judge"?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nasida Ria
• Comment: Request hook be scheduled for February 14, 2012 (100th Anniversary of Arizona Statehood). --Allen3 ^talk 17:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Allen3 (talk). Self nom at 17:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• 5x expansion verified. Age, length of article OK. Looks well-referenced. First hook is interesting and hook fact AGF. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 16:01, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Added (pictured) and verified public domain status of image; however, I'd like to note that the image isn't sharp and has some kind of screen over it. Yoninah (talk) 16:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• I uploaded a higher resolution which is better than the original. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Duelling review here . . .

for ALT1. I found the source online and verified it; checked a sample of the refs and found no plagiarism, but AGF on those I wished to check and could not see. Article is well referenced, coherent, and I agree, young enough and more than five times expanded. However, the original hook is misleading; it was the proposal to grant Arizona statehood as part of a combined state with New Mexico that he opposed, and the article states that he pushed moral legislation because it increased the likelihood of statehood being granted. Good to go for ALT1 but not for the original hook, in my opinion. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:45, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

March 1 (St David's Day)

Cardiff town walls

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that only two sections of the medieval Cardiff town walls survive, one of which supports a flower bed (pictured)? Created/expanded by Seth Whales (talk). Self nom at 23:59, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• I have no objection to this going into the Special occasion holding area under March 1st (St David's Day). Note: Cardiff is the capital city of Wales (St David is the patron saint of Wales). SethWhales ^talk 20:52, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article is long enough, appropriately dated, and well sourced, with no apparent policy issues. The hook is suitable, and properly cited. The image is in the public domain. The only stumbling block is the QPQ requirement. --Stemonitis (talk) 16:07, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Phoenix Sports F.C.

• All criteria now satisfied. --Stemonitis (talk) 19:20, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

• Moving to St David's Day holding area. Miyagawa (talk) 10:31, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Monmouth Cap

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that according to Shakespeare, Henry V, who was born in Monmouth, approved of Welshmen wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps (pictured)? Created/expanded by Ghmyrtle (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 16:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• St Davids Day is the 1st of March when leeks are meant to be worn...

Article is well-written and well-cited. Hook is cited and interesting. Pic has the proper licensing. I'd say we're good to go! --Coemgenus (talk) 00:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Coemgenus - I shall move this to March 1st as MonmouthpediA should be there for St David's Day Victuallers (talk) 09:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Can I suggest this image is used instead? The only known example of an original Monmouth Cap, dating from the 16th century, on display at Monmouth Museum Mrjohncummings (talk) 09:54, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

March 5 (St Piran's Day)

Penhale Sands

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Penhale Sands (pictured) is believed to be the landing site of Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall?

• Reviewed: John Etherington Welch Rolls
• Comment: Feast day of St Piran (St Piran's Day) is 5 March, it would be great if this could be put in the "Special occasion holding area" for this date.

Created/expanded by Jowaninpensans (talk), Zangar (talk). Nominated by Zangar (talk) at 10:53, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Good to go. Reccomend holding it until March 5 as per the nominator's suggestion. Óðinn (talk) 03:37, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

As reviewer agrees, I'll move this to the holding area. Zangar (talk) 14:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

March 8 (International Women's Day)

Madeline Rogero

( Review or comment • Article history )

• ... that Madeline Rogero, the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, was once an organizer for César Chávez's United Farm Workers?

• Comment: I've also made significant edits to the article, but Bms4880 deserves sole credit (at least as things stand right now).

Created/expanded by Bms4880 (talk). Nominated by Orlady (talk) at 05:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• Length and timeliness checks: Prose size (text only): 7222 characters (1130 words) "readable prose size". Article created by Bms4880 on January 5, 2012. Hook formatting and length checks. No images for a copyright issue. Used plagiarism checker. No problems. The only bit of duplication found is clearly a quote.
• Article reads neutral enough to me, and doesn't set off any big red flags.
• Hook source does not mention Cesar Chavez at all, just United Farm Workers. I might leave it out as I think it could give the perception of bias given the source. With out it, I would pass. --LauraHale (talk) 10:41, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Rogero has mentioned Chavez several times, including on her campaign website [11] and in a Metro Pulse interview [12], but if it creates bias, I have no problem changing it. Bms4880 (talk) 14:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
    • I've added three more sources to the article. The name César Chávez gets far more recognition than the bland-sounding "United Farm Workers," and Rogero actually seems to mention his name more often than she mentions the union. She is proud of saying she's the only person who has worked for César Chávez, Dolly Parton, and Colin Powell. --Orlady (talk) 15:04, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
• I see no problem with the phrasing--the genitive is appropriate, methinks, and the connection between her and the union is verified. Please give Orlady credit also: they've done significant work on the article, and 64 DYKs is a bit paltry, of course. Congrats to Ms. Rogero, BTW--I say this as a former Old North Knoxvillian. Drmies (talk) 16:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• I've changed Orlady's credit from nom to make per Drmies' suggestion. And I've also got a suggestion. I think this should be saved for March 8, International Women's Day. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

So moved. --PFHLai (talk) 02:08, 28 January 2012 (UTC)