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Revision as of 15:39, 27 March 2007

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Articles which are made for completing Wikipedia, will be given high priority, and will be put in the next update as soon as confirmed. The images will also be included for the next update.

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Articles created on March 25

my version ...that during Prohibition in Philadelphia, crime was so bad the mayor brought in Smedley Butler, a Brigadier General in the U.S. Marine Corps as Director of Public Safety? Art LaPella 07:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would move "of obscenity" to after the word "guilty". Art LaPella 21:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Robert Codrington
Robert Codrington

Articles created on March 24

How about ...that it was discovered that about 10,000 Muslim graves in Cebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara, Turkey were not oriented in the direction required by Islam? Art LaPella 22:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on March 23

Burning of Columbia
Burning of Columbia
277 character hook/suggested fact. See #Suggestions. Art LaPella 02:15, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
USS Fiske
USS Fiske
This hook/suggested fact has been rewritten to a length of 300 characters. See #Suggestions. Art LaPella 23:15, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
File:HakimHRahman.JPG

Articles created on March 22

I would keep the reportedly in though, as I found reliable sources reporting it (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle) but details differ—one says his name was actually removed from the credits which is untrue (luckily I hadn't returned the vid to Blockbuster yet)—so there's a small chance it might be a rumor. You could also use dissatisfied in place of unsatisfied, I'm not sure when to use either one specifically personally. Quadzilla99 07:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like this one a lot better. Nice work! howcheng {chat} 21:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
File:Lwów Cmentarz Orlat 353-15.jpg

Expired noms

Articles created on March 21


A glacier terminus
Sources? Bondkaka 15:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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Able Seaman
Able Seaman

Articles created on March 18

Very little text in this article; mostly lists and tables. howcheng {chat} 17:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Does this mean "the Sarmatians in Kurgan (city)", "the Sarmatians in Kurgan" [culture], or "the Sarmatians in kurgans" (meaning burial mounds, in which case the k isn't capitalized)? Art LaPella 05:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article is a bit short, at around 1,300 characters. Rigadoun (talk) 20:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
References are part of an article if I'm not mistaken. Artaxiad 01:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
True, but #Suggestions states: "Proposed articles should be over 1,500 characters (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references)". Art LaPella 02:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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