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:* Length and date verified. Czech language sources for hook accepted on good faith. I need to clarify the hook with the editor before passing, as I am not sure whose work comprises the one-artist. I assume the article subject, but I am not sure. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 19:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. Czech language sources for hook accepted on good faith. I need to clarify the hook with the editor before passing, as I am not sure whose work comprises the one-artist. I assume the article subject, but I am not sure. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 19:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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====[[Guttorm Hansen]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guttorm_Hansen&action=history history])</span>==== |
====[[Guttorm Hansen]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guttorm_Hansen&action=history history])</span>==== |
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:*Classified as a stub by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature|WikiProject Children's literature]]. The reviewer used the current version to assess. [[User:Shubinator|Shubinator]] ([[User talk:Shubinator|talk]]) 20:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*Classified as a stub by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature|WikiProject Children's literature]]. The reviewer used the current version to assess. [[User:Shubinator|Shubinator]] ([[User talk:Shubinator|talk]]) 20:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:* Length and date verified. However, this article is questionable as 95% of it is a dense, one paragraph plot section. As plot sections do not need references, this means that only the first two sentences and the last sentence are referenced. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 20:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. However, this article is questionable as 95% of it is a dense, one paragraph plot section. As plot sections do not need references, this means that only the first two sentences and the last sentence are referenced. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 20:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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====[[New Jersey County Colleges]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Jersey_County_Colleges&action=history history])</span>==== |
====[[New Jersey County Colleges]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Jersey_County_Colleges&action=history history])</span>==== |
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:* Length and date verified. Off line source for hook accepted on good faith. However, article contains 65 footnotes to one book. I think that is too many to one source. Hopefully, the editor can reduce the number somewhat. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. Off line source for hook accepted on good faith. However, article contains 65 footnotes to one book. I think that is too many to one source. Hopefully, the editor can reduce the number somewhat. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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*'''Comment''' just "in [[Bamberg Cathedral]]" [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]] ([[User talk:Johnbod|talk]]) 16:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
*'''Comment''' just "in [[Bamberg Cathedral]]" [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]] ([[User talk:Johnbod|talk]]) 16:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:* Date is verified. Could you add a little to the article as it is a little short - 1463 characters vs. the minimal 1500 characters. Also, the hook is not referenced as required. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Date is verified. Could you add a little to the article as it is a little short - 1463 characters vs. the minimal 1500 characters. Also, the hook is not referenced as required. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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I've added some references. I can try to the intro, but ignoring the entire list when determining the article size seems a little weird. [[User:Savidan|Savidan]] 04:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC) |
I've added some references. I can try to the intro, but ignoring the entire list when determining the article size seems a little weird. [[User:Savidan|Savidan]] 04:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC) |
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====[[Tunnel de la mort]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tunnel_de_la_mort&action=history history])</span>==== |
====[[Tunnel de la mort]] <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:60%">([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tunnel_de_la_mort&action=history history])</span>==== |
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:* Length and date verified. I only count four seasons managed by his father, or am I counting wrong? Also, all of the hook needs to have a reference. The way it is now, the hook is scattered about and not all of it is referenced. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. I only count four seasons managed by his father, or am I counting wrong? Also, all of the hook needs to have a reference. The way it is now, the hook is scattered about and not all of it is referenced. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 21:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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::*He played two with the Swallows, two with the Tigers and 1 with the Eagles, however no source really explicitly states this. Ref #3 could work for an alt hook such as: --[[User:Torsodog|<font color="#000000">'''T'''</font><font color="#993300">orsodo</font><font color="#000000">'''g'''</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Torsodog|Talk]]</sup> 23:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
::*He played two with the Swallows, two with the Tigers and 1 with the Eagles, however no source really explicitly states this. Ref #3 could work for an alt hook such as: --[[User:Torsodog|<font color="#000000">'''T'''</font><font color="#993300">orsodo</font><font color="#000000">'''g'''</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Torsodog|Talk]]</sup> 23:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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::*'''ALT1'''... that former [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]] [[catcher]] '''[[Katsunori Nomura]]''' was [[manager (baseball)|managed]] by his father, [[Katsuya Nomura]], on three different teams: the [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Yakult Swallows]], the [[Hanshin Tigers]] and the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Rakuten Golden Eagles]]? |
::*'''ALT1'''... that former [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]] [[catcher]] '''[[Katsunori Nomura]]''' was [[manager (baseball)|managed]] by his father, [[Katsuya Nomura]], on three different teams: the [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Yakult Swallows]], the [[Hanshin Tigers]] and the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Rakuten Golden Eagles]]? |
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:*The hook source is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_Pittsburgh_police_shooting&curid=22278237&diff=282211164&oldid=282208413 here]. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>''' 22:32, 6 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*The hook source is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_Pittsburgh_police_shooting&curid=22278237&diff=282211164&oldid=282208413 here]. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>''' 22:32, 6 April 2009 (UTC) |
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::*'''Comment''' Suggest "killings" or "deaths" rather than "murders", which has yet to be proven.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 03:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
::*'''Comment''' Suggest "killings" or "deaths" rather than "murders", which has yet to be proven.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 03:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:* Created April 4. Length verified. A little confused about the hook. You source says it was the deadliest such incident since September 11. Does that mean it is the second deadliest incident ever, as your hook states? —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 22:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
:*{{icon|DYK}} Created April 4. Length verified. A little confused about the hook. You source says it was the deadliest such incident since September 11. Does that mean it is the second deadliest incident ever, as your hook states? —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 22:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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::Forgot to put this under the 4th, feel free to move it. The original source states that the ''Oakland'' incident was #1, I've added another cite that puts this incident in an order. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>''' 22:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
::Forgot to put this under the 4th, feel free to move it. The original source states that the ''Oakland'' incident was #1, I've added another cite that puts this incident in an order. '''[[User:Grsz11|<font color="black">Grsz</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Grsz11|<b><font color="red">11</font></b>]]</sup>''' 22:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. Hook does not appear to be sourced according to DYK hook rules which state there should be a factual statement in the article that is the hook, with a reference at the end of the statement. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 22:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:**I have added a ref tag after the hook. While it now meets the DYK rules, the referencing now violates the MoS and will confuse the reader, since the whole paragraph save the last sentence is from the same source. <font face="serif">[[User:Arsenikk|<font color="green"><strong>Arsenikk</strong></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Arsenikk|<font color="grey">(talk)</font>]]</sup></font> 07:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC) |
:**I have added a ref tag after the hook. While it now meets the DYK rules, the referencing now violates the MoS and will confuse the reader, since the whole paragraph save the last sentence is from the same source. <font face="serif">[[User:Arsenikk|<font color="green"><strong>Arsenikk</strong></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Arsenikk|<font color="grey">(talk)</font>]]</sup></font> 07:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:*{{icon|DYK}} Length and date verified. Is there a source saying that no one is sure what happened to the Duchers? There is no source given in the article for the statement that "The ethnic identification of the Duchers and even the meaning of their name (and whether it was also a self-name) remain controversial." Is that your conclusion after reading various views? Is there a reason not to accept the view you label "perhaps more common"? Also, this is [[WP:WEASEL|weasel]] wording. —[[User:Mattisse|<font color="navy">'''Mattisse'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|Talk]]) 22:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC) |
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:Thanks for the constructive criticism. I've added a few more citations. How about this:<br> |
:Thanks for the constructive criticism. I've added a few more citations. How about this:<br> |
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Articles created/expanded on April 8
- ...that the case of Gruban v Booth was so popular that on the final day the barristers found it difficult to make their way through the crowds surrounding the court? New article, self-nom, over 1,500. Ironholds (talk) 14:04, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that aside from owning the publishing rights to The Beatles' songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, co-owned by Michael Jackson (pictured), controls the music of Eminem and Akon?
5x expanded by Pyrrhus16 (talk). Self nom at 13:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Ritchie Hanlon became manager of St Albans City at the age of 29, three months after he retired as a player?
Created by Jimbo online (talk). Self nom at 12:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Currently tagged as a stub by the creator. Shubinator (talk) 15:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Peter Blegvad's lyrics on the album Kew. Rhone. are filled with anagrams, palindromes, and other verbal puzzles?
- ALT1:... that the lyrics on the album Kew. Rhone. are filled with anagrams, palindromes, and other verbal puzzles?
- ALT2:... that a palindrome from the lyrics on the album Kew. Rhone. appears in Webster's Online Dictionary?
Created by Bruce1ee (talk). Self nom at 10:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in response to continued and deepened health inequalities, on 8th December 2000, 1453 delegates from 92 countries met at Savar, Bangladesh to establish the People's Health Movement? ?
5x expanded by Prashanthns (talk). Self nom at 07:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
2643/2255 = 1.2x expansion. Shubinator (talk) 15:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Connecticut State University System is a public university system in Connecticut consisting of four comprehensive universities?
Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 05:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the steamship SS Makambo was built in Scotland, caused an environmental disaster on Lord Howe Island by introducing Black Rats there, and was sunk by a British submarine?
Created by Maias (talk). Self nom at 05:09, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that before he died, United States President Theodore Roosevelt's last action was finishing an editorial article for Metropolitan Magazine (cover pictured)?
- Comment: Ref, second page, left column, in the middle of "Evaded Physician's Enquiries". Feel free to reword the hook.
Created/expanded by Shubinator (talk). Self nom at 04:46, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that United States President Theodore Roosevelt's last action before he died was finishing an editorial article for Metropolitan Magazine (cover pictured)? Shubinator (talk) 06:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that country music artist and Dead Reckoning Records co-founder Tammy Rogers was once a backing musician for Patty Loveless and Trisha Yearwood?
Created/expanded by TenPoundHammer (talk). Self nom at 03:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Size, date, and hook ref all check out. Law shoot! 09:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the interactive fiction Violet won four XYZZY Awards and took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition?
Created by Alan De Smet (talk). Self nom at 02:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that before becoming milliner to Christian Dior, Stephen Jones's first commercial commission was a hat for a cough medicine advertisement?
Created by Mabalu (talk). Self nom at 01:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Please note that this entry was moved over from my workspace to the main page today, I have been working on it for about 8 days. It still needs some tweaking and stuff, but I couldn't resist the cough medicine suggestion... There are a lot of other possible alt hooks... Mabalu (talk) 01:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Alt-hook1 ... that high-end milliner Stephen Jones's first hat was trimmed with a plastic iris which had originally been a promotional item for a petrol station?
- Alt-hook2 ... that after milliner Stephen Jones had his head shaved by drunk friends one New Year's Eve, he discovered he was a perfect woman's stock size, and could become his own fit model?
Articles created/expanded on April 7
- ... that Phú Xuân was the capital of Nguyễn Lords, Tây Sơn Dynasty and Nguyễn Dynasty?
Created by Amore Mio (talk). Self nom at 14:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Mendoza wine region produces nearly two-thirds of all the wine made in Argentina ?
- Comment: Oxford ref in lead (footnote #1) and Domine Wine ref in Wine region section (FN #2)
Created by Agne27 (talk). Self nom at 06:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the PUMA is a prototype two-wheeled, battery-powered, self-balancing vehicle from General Motors and Segway that can carry two passengers at up to 35 miles per hour for a distance of up to 35 miles?
Created by Alansohn (talk), Sladen (talk), Alexf (talk), and Quiddity (talk). Self nom at 03:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Article length, date and hook ref verified. The hook is a tad over 200 characters, which would normally be ok, but the speed and distance need to be shown in imperial and metric units using {{convert}}, which will make the hook even longer. (Do extra characters added by convert count?) --Bruce1eetalk 13:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Wayamba province cricket team took Basnahira South's last nine wickets for just eleven runs in the finals of Sri Lankan Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament, and went on to win the match by 5 wickets?
Created by Chanakal (talk). Self nom at 03:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- alt1 ...that 21 years old Isuru Udana of Wayamba province cricket team was adjudged man of the match and series of 2009 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament?
- ... that the American sisters Rose and Ottilie Sutro were the world's first recognised piano-duo team, and that they had an unusual but significant relationship with the composer Max Bruch?
Created by JackofOz (talk). Self nom at 21:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I believe "that they" is unneeded in the hook. Also, not sure that it matters but 'recognized' may be appropriate for an American subject. Am I being too picky ;) Law shoot! 09:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Karl S. J. Bull was present at the Negotiations in Karlstad between Norway and Sweden in 1905 as a military representative, despite only being ranked Colonel?
5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 20:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Roaring River Wilderness near Mount Hood in Oregon has trees that are 1,000 years old?
Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 19:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Off line newspaper source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Herbert Kisza runs one of the largest private one-artist galleries in Central Europe in Kadaň, Czech Republic?
Created by Aloysius (talk). Self nom at 18:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Czech language sources for hook accepted on good faith. I need to clarify the hook with the editor before passing, as I am not sure whose work comprises the one-artist. I assume the article subject, but I am not sure. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Guttorm Hansen, the President of the Norwegian Parliament who started his career as a mechanic, declined three offers for a government minister position?
5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Length (5x expansion) and date verified. Hook contradicts article, which says he started his career as a writer. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Fixed contradiction. Punkmorten (talk) 20:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Norwegian source accepted in good faith. - Mgm|(talk) 07:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Trithemius cipher, created by Johannes Trithemius, is vulnerable to attack because it lacks a key, which is said to break a rule of cryptology called Kerckhoffs' principle?
Created by Synergy (talk). Self nom at 13:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Book source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Siobhan Dowd's second book, The London Eye Mystery, won six awards, including the School Library Journal Best Books of the Year Award 2008?
Created by Queenie (talk). Self nom at 13:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Classified as a stub by WikiProject Children's literature. The reviewer used the current version to assess. Shubinator (talk) 20:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. However, this article is questionable as 95% of it is a dense, one paragraph plot section. As plot sections do not need references, this means that only the first two sentences and the last sentence are referenced. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the New Jersey County Colleges is a system of 19 public community colleges with over 60 campuses in the state of New Jersey?
Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 06:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Length and date verified. First part of hook verified from source given. However, the number of campuses was not, as source did not state. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Comment: Added more explicit ref to claim. MBisanz talk 00:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Great! Length, date and sources for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 00:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the flowers of the bamboo species Bambusa lako of Timor are unknown to science?
5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 02:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
ALT1:... ... that the flowers of the bamboo species Bambusa lako of Timor have yet to be scientifically observed?--Wehwalt (talk) 03:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Off line sources accepted on good faith. ALT1 hook verified, as the article describes a botanist observing the flower. On line scientific article verifies the need for scientific observation of flower, so presumed existence of flower is not unknown to science. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that abolitionist Stephen Symonds Foster was thrown in jail for two weeks during his senior year at Dartmouth but still managed to graduate third in his class (1838)?
Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 02:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Book source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 20:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I added the date 1838, which seemed essential to the picture.--Wetman (talk) 21:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that anonymous Holocaust deniers have contacted former SS-Rottenführer Oskar Gröning to try to convince him that the things he personally witnessed at Auschwitz were just hallucinations on his part?
Created by WilliamH (talk). Self nom at 17:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Off line source for hook accepted on good faith. However, article contains 65 footnotes to one book. I think that is too many to one source. Hopefully, the editor can reduce the number somewhat. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on April 6
- ... that Michigan's All-American quarterback Archie Weston (pictured), who Grantland Rice compared to Ty Cobb in 1917, was once tackled during a game by an irate female fan?
Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 04:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Frascati, a Federal-style plantation near Somerset, Virginia listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places, was home to Supreme Court Associate Justice Philip Pendleton Barbour?
Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Bird Millman, once called the "most celebrated female high-wire performer of all time", was a premiere attraction with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus?
Created by August mergelman (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- External links may need to be formatted. Law shoot! 11:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that HMS Spitfire captured at least nine French privateers and small naval vessels during a four year period under the command of Michael Seymour?
Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Alfred Madison Barbour was the superintendent of the Harpers Ferry Armory during John Brown's raid in 1859?
Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Aboutmovies (talk) at 09:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and source for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that ten days after having a heart attack and heart surgery, Hillsboro, Oregon, mayor Tom Hughes helped demolish a building to make way for the Hillsboro Civic Center (pictured)?
Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 06:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Off line newspaper source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that as of 2006, the award-winning Dictionary of Literary Biography contained 13,500 author biographies?
Created by Awadewit (talk). Self nom at 03:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length verified. Article actually created 7 April. Hook's offline ref accepted in good faith. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Weird. My history says it was created on 6 April. Whatever. Awadewit (talk) 21:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe in your preferences you have your time zone adjusted according to your browser? Law shoot! 11:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the tomb of Pope Clement II (pictured) in the Bamberg Cathedral is the only extant papal tomb outside Italy and France?
Created by Savidan (talk). Self nom at 03:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Comment just "in Bamberg Cathedral" Johnbod (talk) 16:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Date is verified. Could you add a little to the article as it is a little short - 1463 characters vs. the minimal 1500 characters. Also, the hook is not referenced as required. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I've added some references. I can try to the intro, but ignoring the entire list when determining the article size seems a little weird. Savidan 04:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tunnel de la mort (Death tunnel), an intersection in Montreal, was so named because it was the scene of an inordinate number of serious accidents (over 250 between 1992 and 2002)?
Created by Blanchardb (talk). Self nom at 02:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
The article has only 1059 characters of prose. Please expand to at least 1500. Shubinator (talk) 03:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- That has been fixed, partly by moving a footnote (which wasn't counted in the 1059 characters) into the main text. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 12:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- When checking the geographic location of this feature, please keep in mind that, by widely accepted convention, in Montreal, "north" means a direction close to 300 degrees, making it closer to the true west than to the true north. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 13:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- By such a widely-accepted convention, then, is Ottawa "north" of Montreal? Is this helpful to the Wikipedia reader?--Wetman (talk) 21:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- No, it's just within Montreal. Anyway, a third party just made an edit to my article to reflect that. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 21:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that former NPB catcher Katsunori Nomura was managed by his father, Katsuya Nomura, in five seasons spanning three teams?
Created by Torsodog (talk). Self nom at 02:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. I only count four seasons managed by his father, or am I counting wrong? Also, all of the hook needs to have a reference. The way it is now, the hook is scattered about and not all of it is referenced. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- He played two with the Swallows, two with the Tigers and 1 with the Eagles, however no source really explicitly states this. Ref #3 could work for an alt hook such as: --TorsodogTalk 23:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1... that former NPB catcher Katsunori Nomura was managed by his father, Katsuya Nomura, on three different teams: the Yakult Swallows, the Hanshin Tigers and the Rakuten Golden Eagles?
- ... that despite serving in the Grand Fleet for a year, the only enemy warship destroyed in World War I by United States Battleship Division Nine was one sunk entirely by accident?
Created by Jrt989 (talk) Self nom at 23:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC).
- Length and date verified. Could you point out the hook in the article? I can't find it. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
It's in the "Northern Mine Barrage" section. Shimgray | talk | 22:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the shooting deaths of three Pittsburgh Police officers was the second-deadliest incident for United States law enforcement since the September 11 attacks?
Creation/expansion by Heckmonious (talk), TharsHammar (talk), Joseph A. Spadaro (talk), Grsz11 (talk). Nomination by Grsz11 (talk) at 22:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC).
- The hook source is here. Grsz11 22:32, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Comment Suggest "killings" or "deaths" rather than "murders", which has yet to be proven.--Wehwalt (talk) 03:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Created April 4. Length verified. A little confused about the hook. You source says it was the deadliest such incident since September 11. Does that mean it is the second deadliest incident ever, as your hook states? —Mattisse (Talk) 22:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Forgot to put this under the 4th, feel free to move it. The original source states that the Oakland incident was #1, I've added another cite that puts this incident in an order. Grsz11 22:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that when the German U-boat UB-8 was transferred to the Bulgarian Navy in May 1916, she became the first ever Bulgarian submarine?
5x expanded by Bellhalla (talk). Self nom at 21:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length (5x expansion) and date verified. Book source for hook in Bulgarian accept in good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the pharmaceutical corporation Eli Lilly and Company was founded by American Civil War veteran Colonel Eli Lilly?
5x expanded by Charles Edward (talk). Self nom at 17:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
11009/2883 = 3.8x expansion of prose. Please continue expanding. Shubinator (talk) 03:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Please check again, I have added another fair expansion. Charles Edward (Talk) 13:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length (5x expansion from 2883 to 14784 characters) and date verified. Book source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Augustin Barruel's Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism is considered one of the founding documents of the right-wing interpretation of the French Revolution?
Created/expanded by JasonKully (talk). Nominated by Skomorokh (talk) at 17:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Book source for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that coach Paul E. Davis led Mississippi State to win the 1963 Liberty Bowl, but the attendance dropoff and bitter cold led to playing the next year's game in Atlantic City as the first bowl game played indoors?
Created by Alansohn (talk). Self nom at 16:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Unless the fans threw themselves off the edge of the stadium in despair, suggest substituting the word "attendance" for "fans".--Wehwalt (talk) 03:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Tweaked as suggested. Alansohn (talk) 03:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that The Poets and Poetry of America (1842) by Rufus Wilmot Griswold went through three editions in six months, but is today called a "graveyard of poets"?
Created by Midnightdreary (talk). Self nom at 14:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Offline book sources accepted in good faith. Thanks, Genius101Guestbook 14:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Phumdis (history), Loktak Lake (history), Eld's Deer (history), Keibul Lamjao National Park (history)
- ... that phumdis, exclusive to Loktak Lake, are masses of decaying vegetation forming Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world’s largest floating park that preserves endangered Eld's Deer, in Manipur, India?
- Comment: Hook is for four artciles, hence the length is longer (Word count =245). Artcile Phumdis is new while the other three Articles have been expanded by more than five times
Created/expanded by Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 13:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Will some one kindly fix the problem of the red links in the headings? In the Hook they are properly bolded--Nvvchar (talk) 13:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much--Nvvchar (talk) 14:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the culms of the bamboo species Bambusa oldhamii can reach 20 metres high and 10 centimetres thick?
5x expanded by casliber (talk). Self nom at 11:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Is that really unusual? I've seen several species of tropical bamboo that do that. In theory, my backyard bamboo could, but the conditions aren't good enough.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I know - I was scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit. If you can think of a better one. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Umm, how about ALT1: ... that the bamboo species Bambusa oldhamii, known as the Giant Timber Bamboo, has been introduced into California, where it is the most common clumping bamboo?--Wehwalt (talk) 03:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds better than mine :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Umm, how about ALT1: ... that the bamboo species Bambusa oldhamii, known as the Giant Timber Bamboo, has been introduced into California, where it is the most common clumping bamboo?--Wehwalt (talk) 03:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Date verified; length exceeds 5x expansion. ALT1 hook's offline ref accepted in good faith. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that at least 20,000 Indigenous Australians and between 2,000 and 2,500 Europeans are estimated to have been killed in the Australian frontier wars?
Created by Nick-D (talk). Self nom at 11:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that after World War II, only 168 of 444 trams in Munich, Germany, (pictured) were in operational condition?
Created by Arsenikk (talk). Self nom at 11:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Hook does not appear to be sourced according to DYK hook rules which state there should be a factual statement in the article that is the hook, with a reference at the end of the statement. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I have added a ref tag after the hook. While it now meets the DYK rules, the referencing now violates the MoS and will confuse the reader, since the whole paragraph save the last sentence is from the same source. Arsenikk (talk) 07:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Anna Maria Rückerschöld was an early Swedish cookbook author who also argued that middle class women should be entitled to an education in household matters?
Created by Peter Isotalo (talk). Self nom at 11:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date verified. Hook's offline ref accepted in good faith. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that although the erstwhile capital of the Qing Heilongjiang was built on the site of a Ducher town, no one is sure what exactly happened to the Duchers themselves?
Created by Vmenkov (talk). Self nom at 06:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Is there a source saying that no one is sure what happened to the Duchers? There is no source given in the article for the statement that "The ethnic identification of the Duchers and even the meaning of their name (and whether it was also a self-name) remain controversial." Is that your conclusion after reading various views? Is there a reason not to accept the view you label "perhaps more common"? Also, this is weasel wording. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the constructive criticism. I've added a few more citations. How about this:
- ... that the erstwhile capital of the Qing Heilongjiang was built on the site of a town formerly belonging to the Ducher people, whose ethnic identification remains controversial?
- The above is supported by the in-line references to two modern authorities on the Tungusic peoples and/or the history of the region, one of which (B. Polevoi) identifies the Duchers with the Nanais, and the other (A. Barykin) with the Jurchens/Manchus. (Of course, in his paper Barykin also says that no-one but Polevoi thinks that the Duchers were the Nanais, but that's his opinion...) They also mention a paper by Bolotin specifically on the origin of the Duchers, but it's not online. Vmenkov (talk) 06:21, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the City University of New York system is the United States' largest urban public university system?
Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 06:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think the image can be used on the Main Page because it's a logo. It's not too enlightening anyways. Shubinator (talk) 06:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, stuck in a new image. MBisanz talk 06:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, much better. Shubinator (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that despite being called a "one-hit wonder" by The X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osborne and Louis Walsh, singer Jamelia has had seven Top 10 singles enter the UK Singles Chart?
5x expanded by Matthewedwards (talk). Self nom at 06:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Migingo, an island about half the size of a football pitch, is the subject of territorial dispute and a diplomatic conflict between Uganda and Kenya?
Created by Ezeu (talk). Self nom at 03:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I linked "football pitch", and it will still be confusing in the U.S., where the only meaning of "football pitch" is an underhanded lateral pass. Actually, "football pitch" is British for "soccer field". Art LaPella (talk) 01:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Then lets go with soccer field. --Ezeu (talk) 07:03, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and source for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Chinese government does not intervene in child naming between disputing couples?
Created/expanded by Benlisquare (talk). Self nom at 03:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
There was a second nom for this article, apparently Rjanag did not notice the author had nominated. As Rjanag's hooks, though, seem more interesting, suggest we work from there and consider the question of credit later.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Whoops. I feel like a douche, I should know better than that. Anyway, I am pasting my hooks here (along with your comment, Wehwalt) and removing my nom from above. No need to give nom credit. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1... that names such as 赵C (Zhào C) and 王@ (Wáng At) violate the naming laws of the People's Republic of China?
- ALT2:... that in 2007 a Chinese couple attempted to name their child 王@ (Wáng At), but the name violated the naming laws of the People's Republic of China?
- ALT (of this): ... that in 2007 a Chinese couple attempted use the at sign (@) as their child's given name, however failed as it violated the naming laws in China? -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email guestbook complaints 03:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT3:... that a People's Republic of China citizen named 赵C (Zhào C) was unable to update his ID cards because his name violated the naming laws of the People's Republic of China? rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Comment This article had already been nominated, but the hooks are more interesting here (no position on whether Rjanag should get nom credit). Suggest ALT3.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Just got this image made; if people think it would be nice to have an image for this, we could do another hook (which might be less interesting that the others):
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- ALT4: ... that Chinese citizen Ma Cheng has encountered difficulties with the naming laws in China because the character for her given name, Cheng (pictured), is so rare? rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 18:52, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that on a voyage to the South Pacific, Simon Hatley shot an albatross, an act which later became the basis for a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 02:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
History and length verified, book reference accepted on good faith. Jamie☆S93 00:37, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that author Jeanette Winterson was extremely upset at being asked to rewrite the ending of her 1994 film Great Moments in Aviation?
Created by Frickative (talk). Self nom at 06:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Houndfish has been known to leap out of the water, causing injuries with its sharp beak, because it is attracted by the very artificial lighting techinque used to catch them?
Created by ryan shell (talk). Self nom at 16:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and source for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on April 5
- ... that the Tang Dynasty official Linghu Chu was, after the sudden death of his superior Zheng Dan, threatened by soldiers with swords to draft a will for Zheng?
- ALT1:... that it was the advocacy of the Tang Dynasty official Linghu Chu that the bodies of the chancellors Wang Yai, Jia Su, and Shu Yuanyu were buried after being exposed to the elements?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 06:37, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that University of Pittsburgh halfback Gibby Welch broke the single-season yardage record set by Red Grange, gaining 1,964 yards in just nine games in 1926?
Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 04:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Cincinnati streetcars were the main form of public transportation in Cincinnati, Ohio at the turn of the 20th century?
Created by J.H (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Robert K. Crane's discovery of sodium-glucose co-transport led to the development of oral rehydration therapy?
Created by Armando Navarro (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Hans_Blix_in_Vienna_2002.jpg/100px-Hans_Blix_in_Vienna_2002.jpg)
- ... that, in an interview on One to One, Hans Blix (pictured) stated that, had weapons inspections continued in Iraq, it would have been harder for George W. Bush to justify his 2003 invasion? (new article, self-nom) --candle•wicke 20:19, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that United States President Millard Fillmore was raised in a part of Western New York known as the Southtowns?
5x expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 15:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- 1533/352 = 4.4x expansion. Shubinator (talk) 20:25, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I thought a picture was worth 1000 words. Surely, three is worth at least 250!-?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- More text added.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Czech film and stage director Evald Schorm was a notable exponent of the New Wave in Czechoslovak cinema?
Created/expanded by Lugnuts (talk), Vejvančický (talk). Nominated by Vejvančický (talk) at 08:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date verified. Hook's offline ref accepted in good faith. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:46, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmm, thank you Rosiestep, but my hook has also online ref. --Vejvančický (talk) 07:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Teresa Edwards is the all-time leader for the most Olympic medals in basketball? 5x expansion, self-nom by -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]call me Keith 06:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Mary Anne Rawson (pictured) helped in the anti-slavery campaign that reduced the sale of sugar from the West Indies in Sheffield?
Created by Victuallers (talk). Self nom at 19:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and hook ref verified. --Bruce1eetalk 05:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Kate Mason Rowland introduced a motion in the United Daughters of the Confederacy to have the American Civil War known as the War Between the States?
Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Genius101 (talk) at 15:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and source for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Li Fanwen got the opportunity to complete the first draft of his dictionary of the extinct Tangut language when Premier Zhou Enlai was told that only a few old scholars were able to read the complex Tangut script?
Created by BabelStone (talk). Self nom at 11:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- bolded Victuallers (talk) 19:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date verified. Hook's offline ref accepted in good faith. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I have added an online reference for the hook (a 1998 Chinese newspaper article) BabelStone (talk) 12:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1718 General Vincens Budde's defense of Trondheim prevailed and General Armfeldt's retreat was likened to Napoleon's retreat from Moscow?
Created by Williamborg (talk). Self nom at 03:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Various off line sources for hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 23:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that radio stations KGAL and KSHO are celebrating Oregon's sesquicentennial with a year-long series of historical vignettes?
Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 03:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Sir Edward Rogers (pictured) was an Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII of England who rose to become Comptroller of the Household to Henry's daughter Elizabeth I?
Created by PKM (talk). Self nom at 02:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that rockhounds come to the Ochoco Mountains in central Oregon to look for thundereggs (pictured), agate, jasper, petrified wood, and dendrite?
Created by Orygun (talk). Self nom at 00:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that rockhounds come to the Ochoco Mountains in central Oregon to look for thundereggs (pictured)?
- Short, to-the-point...I like it!--Orygun (talk) 23:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that although it produces its spores on gills, the mushroom Panus conchatus is more closely related to species with pores?
Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 22:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Henrik Mohn is credited with founding meteorological research in Norway?
5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 18:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Note to administrators: The length of this article's main content satisfies the DYK criteria. Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 04:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Further note: Main content was 646 bytes, now it is 3705. It exceeds a five-fold expansion. Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 04:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that singer Jordy van Loon was offered record deals by six different companies after he gave an unplanned performance on Mooi! Weer de Leeuw while he was glued behind a piece of wallpaper?
- Comment: moved from userspace.
Created by MacGyverMagic (talk). Self nom at 18:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Note to administrators: This article's main content is 2327 bytes; more than enough for DYK. Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 04:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Wade Hampton II’s home, Millwood, now in ruins (pictured), is considered to have been the social center of antebellum South Carolina?
- ALT1:…that Senators Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were entertained at Wade Hampton II’s home, Millwood, now in ruins (pictured) in South Carolina?
- Comment: Verify hook in ref. 5 (Ackerman) on p. 9 para 2 or p. 8, para 3 (Alt1)
Created by KudzuVine (talk). Self nom at 17:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Cheng Yi died before he could depart for a tour of the northwestern borders with Huigu and Tufan, which he had volunteered for?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 16:37, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Note to administrators: This article's main content totals at 6443 bytes; more than enough for DYK. Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 04:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in respect of the death of a political party’s leader, who was killed by a helicopter crash, all other parties cancelled their rallies in Turkey just before the local elections?
Created by CeeGee (talk). Self nom at 15:18, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that when Zionists and the Jewish Anti-Zionist League clashed in Cairo in 1947, Egyptian police sided with the Zionists?
5x expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 12:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that there are 64 units in the State University of New York system?
Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 10:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Andreas Paulson, a teleologic socialist and well-known literary and theatre critic, spent his professional career as a bank accountant?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 09:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Sumpa were a large tribe of 30,000 family units in northeastern Tibet conquered and then assimilated by the Tibetans in the 7th–8th centuries CE?
Created by John Hill (talk) Self nom at 08:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that federal republicanism was the ideological prelude to cantonalism in the Glorious Revolution in Spain?
- Comment: Translated from Spanish article
Created by Madhava 1947 (talk). Self nom at 08:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Fermín Salvochea was one of the early anarchist thinkers and activists in Spain?
- Comment: Translated from the Spanish article
Created by Madhava 1947 (talk). Self nom at 07:42, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Inline citations have been provided now. References updated. Madhava 1947 (talk) 08:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Norman, Is That You? is the first play to have an entirely open and comedic treatment of the topic of homosexuality?
Created by Broadweighbabe (talk). Self nom at 07:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- really? There were no gay comedies that Plato or Pythagorus and his mates went to watch? Victuallers (talk) 19:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- The hook is cited to an introduction to a revised edition of the play written so it fails at being an independent, third-party source no matter how true or false the claim might be. - Dravecky (talk) 00:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Actually no. There are no gay Greek plays. At least none that have survived that we have a record of. And the hook isn't saying its the first play to touch on the issue, just that its the first play to have an entirely open and comedic treatment of the topic. Comments made in the New York Times seem to corroborate the hook as well, although not enough to entirely validate it. I'll try and dig up an independent source to support the hook.Broadweighbabe (talk) 07:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Would page 15 of this source work to support the above hook? [1]Broadweighbabe (talk) 07:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I would say "no", and not just because it's the annual report of a Slovak organization that was connected with the staging of this play at a festival, but because it reads as if it's just the same text from the play's intro run through Babelfish into Slovak and back to English. Here is the text in question from the Slovak PDF: "It was the first play, which was openly and gadgety concerned to the homosexual theme, and as it was era, when about homosexuality was not so open discussion as today, the play have to met so positive acceptance." Since even the intro to the revised edition of the play, the cited source for this claim in the article, weasels on this point by saying that play "is considered" the first instead of outright claiming to be first, perhaps another hook can be found that can more easily be backed up by a reliable source? - Dravecky (talk) 08:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT ... that the film version of the play Norman, Is That You? substitutes an African-American family for a Jewish family?Broadweighbabe (talk) 01:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Great Canadian Wrestling's first Wrestling Expo event featured puppet Ed the Sock as commissioner and a match to determine leadership of the Power Rangers?
Created by GaryColemanFan (talk). Self nom at 06:09, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- In the interests of full disclosure, the championship lists were merged from existing articles, as independent sources didn't exist to establish their notability. However, the article about the promotion, and all of the prose in it, is new. GaryColemanFan (talk) 06:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that contributions to the U.S. Treasury's Conscience Fund are not tax deductible?
- Comment: Looking for a Tax day (April 15) appearance --Allen3 talk 00:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Created/expanded by Allen3 (talk). Self nom at 00:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on April 4
- ... that Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson's 2009 Melodifestivalen entry "Love Love Love" was originally planned to be performed as a duet?
5x expanded by Grk1011 (talk). Self nom at 00:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that poet Harald Sverdrup`s literary breakthrough Sankt Elms ild (1958) earned him the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature?
Created by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 21:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his achievements in international arbitration?
Created by Oceanh (talk), Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 20:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the policy of Cuban medical internationalism has provided, among other things, ongoing medical care to 18,000 victims of the Chernobyl disaster?
Created by Rd232 (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 17:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that freshwater rocksnails Leptoxis taeniata (shell pictured), Leptoxis ampla and Leptoxis plicata are threatened due to extensive construction of dams in the Mobile River Basin?
5x expanded by Snek01 (talk). Self nom at 20:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that to pull a "Ferris Bueller" became a way of saying 'to cut class, take time off from studies', in allusion to the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
5x expanded by A Nobody (talk). Self nom at 16:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Note: There is now a merge tag on this article. - Dravecky (talk) 18:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1935 the uniform of the national-conservative Bismarckjugend (photo of activists) was banned in Germany?
Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 12:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1933 the German Socialist Labour Party of Poland supported the Bundist call for boycott of goods produced in Germany, in protest of the Hitler regime?
Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 12:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Lars Løkke Rasmussen became Denmark's 21st Prime Minister on April 5th after Anders Fogh Rasmussen's appointment as designate Secretary General of NATO?
5x expanded by Lilac Soul (talk), Therequiembellishere (talk), Isfisk (talk), and John Kenney (talk). Nominated by Lilac Soul (talk) at 11:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, but this article is currently in Wikipedia's "In The News". Please see M5. Art LaPella (talk) 23:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that, in the first issue of The Covent Garden Journal, Henry Fielding declared literary war on the "armies of Grub Street" and thereby triggered the Paper War of 1752-1753?
Created by Anonymous Dissident (talk). Self nom at 11:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Virugambakkam is the only place in Chennai other than Avadi where natural gas reserves have been discovered?
- Comment: 5x expansion
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Devil's Urn is a harbinger of spring?
Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 07:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date & hook ref verified. I piped "Devil's Urn" to "Urnula craterium". --Bruce1eetalk 14:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the documentary Dolce e selvaggio includes both genuine and fake scenes of human death?
Created by Helltopay27 (talk). Self nom at 07:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the owner of a radio station in Corvallis, Oregon, had the station's legal call sign changed to KEJO to honor his late daughter, Emily Jo?
Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 06:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Pei Du was so distressed by the prospect of serving with Huangfu Bo that he offered to resign?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 05:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in order to strengthen its bid to air the UAAP college league, Philippine TV network ABS-CBN proposed to air the men's basketball finals at its flagship VHF channel 2 instead of at UHF channel 23?
Created/expanded by Howard the Duck (talk). Self nom at 04:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the honeycomb stingray (pictured) has expanded its range into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal?
Created by Yzx (talk). Self nom at 03:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Hook cites offline reference, online reference cited confirms content as well; hook/article length and history also verified. Strikehold (talk) 21:34, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tang Dynasty Jiedushi (military governor) Li Yijian stopped his army from using two new styles of music, believing that it was the central government's prerogative to create military music?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 23:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that syndicated radio show host "Delilah" got her start in radio reporting local news and sports on KDUN in Reedsport, Oregon, while still in junior high school?
Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 22:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston, Brighton (history), St Peter's Church, Preston, Brighton (history)
- ... that in 1908, the newly built St John the Evangelist's Church (pictured) became the parish church of Preston in Brighton, England, after the 13th-century St Peter's Church was seriously damaged by fire?
Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Self nom at 22:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Keila Costa is the South American record holder in the women's triple jump event?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 21:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Governor of Formosa Pieter Nuyts (1598–1655) was rumoured to hide an interpreter under his bed to translate pillow-talk during his affairs with local women?
5x expanded by Taiwantaffy (talk). Self nom at 20:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Li Yong, ashamed to have been recommended by the eunuch Tutu Chengcui, never assumed chancellorship authorities and resigned thereafter?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 19:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Empire Building (pictured) in Manhattan is one of the oldest steel framed skyscrapers built on pneumatic caissons?
- Comment: "New article expanded from unrelated redirect"
Created by Dmadeo (talk). Self nom at 19:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Choor Singh, former judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore, was the first Singaporean judge to impose the death penalty on a woman?
Created by Jacklee (talk). Self nom at 18:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Ann Arbor was founded by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey in 1824?
Created by AdjustShift (talk). Self nom at 18:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1958 a Royal Enfield Super Meteor motorcycle was used by the Transport Research Laboratory to test the Maxaret anti-lock braking system?
Created by Thruxton (talk). Self nom at 16:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that after the death of two original co-editors of Norsk biografisk leksikon, Gerhard Gran and Anders Krogvig, the third original editor Edvard Bull was joined by Einar Jansen?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 10:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that a student at the University of Portland won $3 for suggesting the new name of the student newspaper, The Beacon?
Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 10:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the theme song of the Japanese drama Yūkan Club, "Keep The Faith" by KAT-TUN was ranked fifth best-selling single on the Oricon charts in 2007?
- ALT:... that the Japanese television drama Yūkan Club won four of the five possible awards at the 2007 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix?
Created by Extremepro (talk). Self nom at 10:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that on two occasions, the TNA World Tag Team Championship has been held by individual wrestlers rather than tag teams?
5x expanded by Wrestlinglover (talk). Self nom at 06:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that although the Norfolk Island Boobook is extinct, its genes live on in the hybrid descendants of the last living female bird?
Created by Maias (talk). Self nom at 04:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- Currently tagged as a stub by the creator. Shubinator (talk) 17:06, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- tag removed; for an extinct sub-species this seems better than stub-class. Johnbod (talk) 17:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
ALT ... that although the extinct Norfolk Island Boobook was last sighted in 1996, its genes live on in the hybrid descendants of the last living female bird? Johnbod (talk) 17:14, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
(checked using User:Shubinator/DYKcheck) Length, history, reference good. The exact date is unclear, especially because it depends on how you define "extinct". Shubinator (talk) 17:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- True, ALT amended slightly. Johnbod (talk) 02:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. I added in some wikilinks. I prefer the ALT now. Shubinator (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that astronomy professor Jens Fredrik Schroeter first learned his subject during childhood when his father, a sea captain, taught him how to use the sextant?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 14:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
(checked using User:Shubinator/DYKcheck) Length, history good; AGF on offline Norwegian reference. Shubinator (talk) 17:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on April 3
- ... that under the Madhouses Act 1774 in the United Kingdom, keeping more than two lunatics without a license was punishable by a £500 fine?
Created by Shimgray (talk). Self nom at 01:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Alternately, and perhaps marginally more serious sounding, "...that before the Madhouses Act 1774, there was no law in the United Kingdom governing committing people to insane asylums?" Shimgray | talk | 01:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that B. Ramachandra Reddi, who was the President of the Madras Legislative Council from 1930 to 1937 and served as the President of the Justice Party from 1944 to 1945, was an uncle of Indian National Congress politician Bezawada Gopala Reddy?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 04:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that according to Michael Davis' 2008 book, Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, a discussion at a dinner party, hosted by Joan Ganz Cooney in late 1966, led directly to the creation of the children's television show, Sesame Street? Self nom by creator of article. Note: how funny is it that two Street/Muppet Show articles are nominated for DYK, one after another?--Christine (talk) 19:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Cutting hook: ... that according to the book Street Gang, a discussion at a dinner party, hosted by Joan Ganz Cooney in 1966, led to the creation of the children's television show, Sesame Street? --Christine (talk) 04:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that actress Louise Gold, playing Phyllis in a West End production of Follies, was described as "injured queen one moment, vamp the next"?
5x expanded by Ssilvers (talk). Self nom at 03:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that a mutation in the human homolog of the RNA splicing protein Prp24 (pictured) causes disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis?
Created by Mandmw (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 08:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Potti Sriramulu fasted to death at the house of Bulusu Sambamurti in 1953?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 03:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
OK. New article, self-nom. I can't decide which one is best. --candle•wicke 02:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that The Irish Times has compared Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent to an Arctic explorer?
OR
- ... that Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent has worn sheepskin gloves whilst clinging to his microphone "for dear life"?
OR
- ... that Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent has been known to "send dogs scurrying for cover"?
OR
- ... that Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent spent the 2000 Summer Olympic Games "running all over Sydney"?
OR
- ... that Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent once described Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll as "a hard tackler" with "great hands"?
OR
- ... that, before making his live television debut, Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent vomited after consuming too much coffee?
- ... that Maria Antonescu, wife of Romania's World War II dictator Ion Antonescu, presided over charities financed though the extortion of local Jews?
Created/expanded by Dahn (talk). Self nom at 01:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Detroit Seamount, an underwater volcano in the North Pacific, is as big as the island of Hawaii, which is a combination of five volcanoes?
5x expanded by Resident Mario (talk). Self nom at 00:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, D.C. now operates as a historic house museum?
Created by AgnosticPreachersKid (talk). Self nom at 23:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Comment: There is an image that can be used along with this hook, File:2008 09 The L. Ron Hubbard House 01.jpg, or any other image in this category at Commons. The article and hook looks great to me, but I will defer to another editor on the actual verification of the hook itself. Nice work by AgnosticPreachersKid (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 23:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the protein ASF/SF2 (molecular image pictured) is involved in the development of the human heart and the replication of HIV-1?
Created by Harmarismortui (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 22:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Cistercian architecture, "counted among the most beautiful relics of the Middle Ages", was made possible by the Cistercian Order's innovativeness and skill as metallurgists?
5x expanded by Grimhelm (talk). Self nom at 21:11, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Length (5x expansion), date and part of hook verified.
Book source for rest of hook accepted on good faith. —Mattisse (Talk) 22:11, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Michael Jackson's chimpanzee, Bubbles, tried to commit suicide in 2003?
5x expanded by Pyrrhus16 (talk). Self nom at 20:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- This hasn't been expanded five-fold prose wise, but I was told that the article and hook were was so funny that this should be an exception to that rule. The article is fully referenced with 31 refs; it had two unreliable ones before. :) Pyrrhus16 20:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- He has turned a unsourced stub into a broad article with more than 30 citations. The article has numerous other interesting aspects too. — R2 20:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Rules are rules, though. By the way it wasn't a stub before. Also DYK isn't necessarily the place for all good work, WP:GAC could be an alternative. Punkmorten (talk) 10:57, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that some species in the lichen genus Sticta (Sticta ainoae, pictured) can be used to assess the age of forests?
Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 19:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the original Mace of the Virginia House of Delegates was sold to a silversmith for $101?
Created by EronMain (talk). Self nom at 18:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that for security reasons, the findings relating to uranium in John Holt's 1941 PhD thesis on artificial radioactivity were not released?
Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 16:38, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that J. Shivashanmugam Pillai served as the first Dalit mayor of Madras and the first speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly since India's independence?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 11:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals still has the highest Nielsen rating of any NBA game?
Created/expanded by Nableezy (talk). Self nom at 03:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that the final score of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals was Michael Jordan's 25th game winning shot for the Chicago Bulls? Nableezy (talk) 23:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Older nominations
Articles created/expanded on April 2
- ... that despite growth rates of a metre a year when young, the Puerto Rican royal palm (pictured) is a useful tree for landscaping since its roots will not damage sidewalks?
5x expanded by Guettarda (talk). Self nom at 05:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that mangaka Fumi Yoshinaga was nominated for the Eisner Award for debut work, The Moon and the Sandals, along with Flower of Life?
Created by Extremepro (talk), Malkinann (talk). Self nom at 22:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that AfterEllen.com praised the yaoi manga series The Moon and the Sandals for illustrating "the challenges gay men face in Japanese society"? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 07:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that the yaoi manga series The Moon and the Sandals was nominated for the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2008 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 07:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Cui Qun first incurred Emperor Xianzong's disfavor by not including "Xiaode" ("filial and virtuous") in Emperor Xianzong's title?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 17:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Jon Hol was indicted for lèse majesté for his 1884 pamphlet, where he called for citizens to take up arms if the King and Army interfered with parliamentary process?
- Comment: Probably possible to rephrase the hook.
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 16:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that genetic monitoring has been used to monitor hybridisation between animals as diverse as Westslope cutthroat trout with Rainbow trout, and Canada lynx with bobcats?
Created by Jjack206 (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 02:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Note: Anyone is welcome to pick a cool image from any of the four species mentioned. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Libertas Estonia was founded in 1994 as the Estonian Blue Party?
Created by Anameofmyveryown (talk). Self nom at 00:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Japanese visual novel Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity's anime adaptation was first exhibited in a video screening hosted by Media Factory before its broadcast?
Created by Cloud668 (talk). Self nom at 23:55, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
The hook is grammatically incomplete: before the adaptation was exhibited before its broadcast, what happened then? I think removing the first "before" would result in the intended meaning. Art LaPella (talk) 00:27, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right about that. I was going to phrase it in a different way, but then I forgot to take the first before off. Thanks for catching it. -- クラウド668 01:37, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the anthraquinones, emodin glycosides, toxalbumins, and alkaloids found in coffee senna can be toxic to mammals when consumed in large quantities?
Created by Dr CyCoe (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Milan–Venice railway line crosses the Venetian Lagoon on a 222-arch bridge built on 80,000 piles of larch wood?
Created by Grahamec (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 22:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that S. P. Adithanar was the founder of Dina Thanthi, a widely read Tamil newspaper?
Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 18:45, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Miami group Take Back the Land breaks into unoccupied, bank-foreclosed houses and moves homeless families into them?
5x expanded by delldot (talk). Self nom at 14:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Is "forceclosed" (note the difference from "foreclosed") a typo or a portmanteau? Art LaPella (talk) 23:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Typo, good catch! Sorry 'bout that. delldot ∇. 21:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the music of Burnt Sugar has been described as "a big cloud"?
- ALT1:... that the leader of Burnt Sugar likens himself to Mickey Mouse in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
Created/expanded by Malik Shabazz (talk). Self nom at 21:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and sources for both hooks verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 00:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the founder of the Cistercian Abbeyknockmoy in 1190, Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, was buried there in 1224?
Created by Damac (talk), Grimhelm (talk). Nominated by Grimhelm (talk) at 21:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Alt1: ... that the ruins of the Cistercian Abbeyknockmoy in County Galway, Ireland, contain fine examples of medieval wall paintings and sculpture? --Grimhelm (talk) 14:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that although Norwegian actor Bjørn Floberg is known mostly for his portrayal of unsympathetic authority figures, he has also had success playing other roles?
Created by decltype (talk). Self nom at 20:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that actors Bjørn Floberg, mostly known for playing unsympathetic roles, and Robin Williams, known for comic roles, both played Jon Holt, in Insomnia (1997) and Insomnia (2002), respectively?
- Other suggestions / improvements much appreciated. decltype (talk) 20:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Newspapers, book titles, film titles etc should always be in italics, and in cite templates newspapers are listed as |work= and not |publisher=. Punkmorten (talk) 21:26, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- I actually meant suggestions for the hooks, not the actual article :) But thanks anyway. decltype (talk) 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Newspapers, book titles, film titles etc should always be in italics, and in cite templates newspapers are listed as |work= and not |publisher=. Punkmorten (talk) 21:26, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that M. Night Shyamalan has been criticized for allowing Caucasian actors to play Asian characters in his upcoming movie The Last Airbender?
Created by WP:AVATAR (talk). Nominated by NuclearWarfare (talk) at 20:18, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- This doesn't seem to qualify, as it hasn't been expanded 5x within the last five days. decltype (talk) 21:03, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- The article was "recreated" on April 1, after having been Redirected (instead of deleted, but same actual result in an AfD. NuclearWarfare (Talk) 21:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- I see. Does that mean that it qualifies? decltype (talk) 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yes it does. It has certainly increased 5x from the measly code that redirects a page. --haha169 (talk) 02:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the stinkhorn fungus Pseudocolus fusiformis (pictured) is commonly known as the stinky squid?
Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 20:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date, hook source ok, but article is currently rated stub-class. decltype (talk) 21:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- I've rerated it from stub to C. It'll be B-class by the time it hits the front page. Sasata (talk) 21:30, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Prince of Wales Museum (pictured), Mumbai, was used as a Children's Welfare Centre and a Military Hospital in the First World War?
5x expanded by Redtigerxyz (talk). Self nom at 13:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Alternate image: (artefact pictured)--Redtigerxyz Talk 13:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Neal, James, Fordyce and Down was a Scottish banking house which collapsed in 1772 precipitating the collapse of almost every private bank in Scotland? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonlight Mile (talk • contribs) 11:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Article is too short and there are no references. Please see the DYK rules. --Bruce1eetalk 11:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Now expanded and refed - should be ok. Johnbod (talk) 01:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yep, greenlighted by Shubinator's tool. Nice job! ResMar 14:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on April 1
- ... that Odissi dance is accompanied by the playing of musical instruments such as the pakhawaj, bansur, manjira, sitar and tanpura?
Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Ravichandar84 (talk) at 10:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the 2008 nature documentary film The Meerkats was narrated by Paul Newman and is believed to be one of his last film credits?
Created by Baguala (talk). Nominated by Bruce1ee (talk) at 09:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Orange-girdled Parasol mushroom (pictured) has an odor that has been described as similar to cut metal, or rubber?
Created by luridiformis (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 19:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified, offline hook refs accepted in good faith. Added (pictured).--Bruce1eetalk 08:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Ali Farah case in Norway, when a Somali-born man with a serious head trauma was left by ambulance crew, caused an uproar and accusations of racism, and recriminations by both parties, in the aftermath?
Created by Norwegian1971 (talk). Nominated by meco (talk) at 12:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
The article needs to be cleaned up/wikified before this hits the front page, furthermore it's a controversial case so every paragraph must be sourced. Also, the hook is longer than 200 characters. I suggest a renaming of the article from "The Ali Farah case" to "Ali Farah case". Punkmorten (talk) 14:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that sister stations KTIX (1240 AM), KUMA (1290 AM), KUMA-FM (107.7 FM), and KWHT (103.5 FM) share a single studio building at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport?
Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 22:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that sister stations KTIX, KUMA, KUMA-FM, and KWHT share a single studio building at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport? (shortened by removing frequencies) - Dravecky (talk) 04:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that two Spanish versions of the Italian song "Tutta la vita" peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart?
Created by Jaespinoza (talk). Self nom at 19:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that Mexican singer Emmanuel with his version of the Italian song "Tutta la vita" succeeded another version of the same song performed by Cuban singer Franco at number one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart? - Jaespinoza (talk) 19:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that John Shearman's book on Quattrocento painting for the Pelican/Yale History of Art series was already commissioned by 1984, but was incomplete at his death, and remains a gap in the series?
Created by Johnbod (talk). Self nom at 17:44, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that even one hundred years after its discovery, the role of the amino acid ergothioneine (molecule pictured) in the human body remains a mystery?
Created/expanded by TimVickers (talk). Self nom at 17:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and hook refs verified. Added (molecule pictured). --Bruce1eetalk 14:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that S. S. Ramasami Padayachi allied with the Indian National Congress on the resignation of C. Rajagopalachari as Chief Minister in 1954?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 10:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that M. A. Manickavelu Naicker founded Tamil Nadu's Commonweal Party in 1951?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:50, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the then Raja of Ramnad Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi served as a minister in the state cabinets of C. Rajagopalachari and K. Kamaraj?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Christian Stang was honored
bothbya Knighthood in the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and bythe eponymous Stang's law?
Created by Williamborg (talk). Self nom at 02:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Order of St. Olav is not unusual for notable figures, so I suggest that the hook only mentions Stang's law, which is unusual. Punkmorten (talk) 14:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- Modified as recommended. Thanks - Williamborg (Bill) 03:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in the same year that the Byzantine capital Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, the rulers of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea called upon Ottoman aid to suppress a local peasant revolt?
Created by Dinkytown (talk). Nominated by Cplakidas (talk) at 22:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Perhaps this is too awkwardly phrased... Any alt hooks are welcome. Constantine ✍ 22:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that right after the Byzantine capital of Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, the rulers of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea called upon the Ottomans to suppress their own peasant revolt?
- You were pretty close to it already...Dinkytown 05:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that while Mamakating Park (house, pictured) near Wurtsboro, New York, was built as a summer resort community, the grid layout of its original plan is closer to that of religious camp meetings of the era?
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 06:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that legendary athlete Jim Thorpe was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1975?
Created by Dashiellx (talk). Self nom at 3:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I like nothing more than to see track-related articles hit the front page, but unfortunately this one appears to have pretty much no references other than its own website or closely affiliated website. Is there any other third-party coverage? (On a side note, if the article does become eligible we still may need a new hook; the current hook is not that interesting, given that I would entirely expect Thorpe to be in the hall of fame. On another side note...the article says nothing about the history, opening, etc., of the museum. This isn't a Good Article review or anything, but nevertheless, that seems to be a somewhat glaring omission.} rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 03:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Well, the armory building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ("Fort Washington Armory"), but that alone probably wouldn't make a good hook, either. But we could check the NRHP application (although I'm not sure how long the HoF has been there, and we may well want a separate article on the building). Daniel Case (talk) 06:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- First, I added a history section to the article which includes other third-party coverage. Second, the reason I used Thorpe as the hook was that most people know of him as a football player not really a track star. I will suggest an alternate hook. --dashiellx (talk) 18:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bob Hayes was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1976? --dashiellx (talk) 18:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the cooperative eye hypothesis is an explanation for the distinctive coloring of the human eye?
Created by EronMain (talk). Self nom at 23:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Date, length and hook source verified. Perhaps the wording could be tweaked slightly to emphasize that this is just a theory? My 5c. decltype (talk) 20:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the cooperative eye hypothesis is a theory of how the human eye evolved its distinctive coloring?
- ALT2: ... that the cooperative eye hypothesis suggests that the color of human eye is an important aid in communication? —Mattisse (Talk) 00:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not keen on ALT1, it is usually best to avoid the colloquial usage of "theory" in science articles. Tim Vickers (talk) 01:18, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- "suggests an explanation for how the human eye..."? delldot ∇. 16:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- "Suggests an explanation" is fine by me. - EronTalk 18:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- "suggests an explanation for how the human eye..."? delldot ∇. 16:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the medieval English monk Hemming is considered the historian V. H. Galbraith the first archivist in English history?
Created by Ealdgyth (talk). Self nom at 22:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the historian V. H. Galbraith considered the medieval English monk Hemming to be the first archivist in English history? Art LaPella (talk) 00:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- That's fine. I suck at writing hooks. (grins). Ealdgyth - Talk 14:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and creation date verified, offline book referencing accepted on good faith. Would it be too ambiguous to say:
- ALT2 ... that medieval English monk Hemming has been considered the first archivist in English history? I think it gets to the point better without being slowed up an extra name. Best, Jamie☆S93 20:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- So far, I've only found Galbraith saying that he was the first archivist, so I'd feel more comfortable with the attribution being explicit. It's not that big a deal, but I like to be precise. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- That's fine. I suck at writing hooks. (grins). Ealdgyth - Talk 14:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Hemming's Cartulary is the first surviving medieval English cartulary?
Created by Ealdgyth (talk). Self nom at 22:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the only Football League match in which Billy Jervis played was abandoned due to bad light after his team turned up late?
Created by ChrisTheDude (talk). Self nom at 21:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Donna Kossy's 1994 book Kooks provided the first biography of cult conspiracy theorist Francis E. Dec?
5x expanded by The Little Blue Frog (talk). Self nom at 20:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that Donna Kossy's 2001 book Strange Creations was reviewed by both Fortean Times and New Scientist?
- ALT2: ... that Donna Kossy "boldly blazes new trails in the vast intellectual wilderness of American writers, thinkers and philosophers who were or are completely nuts"?
- ALT3: ... that Donna Kossy was the "curator and founder of the first Kooks Museum in history"?
- ALT4: ... that Donna Kossy is "an expert on kooks [who] has a genuine, if sometimes uncomfortable, affection for her subjects"?
- ALT5: ... that Donna Kossy, an Oregon writer, specializes in "crackpotology and kookology"?
- ALT6: ... that Donna Kossy, a publisher and writer, published her first magazine in sixth grade?
- — The Little Blue Frog (ribbit) 20:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871), famed chef Alexandre Étienne Choron cooked up many of the animals in the Jardin d'acclimatation's menagerie?
Created by Carlossuarez46 (talk). Self nom at 17:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
The article has only 908 characters of prose and no inline citations. Shubinator (talk) 05:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that La Minerve, Quebec, named after the historic La Minerve newspaper, has only a population of 1295 but swells to nearly 15,000 in the summer?
Created by P199 (talk). Self nom at 17:29, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Length & creation date verified, French references and Canadian census accepted on good faith. I was able to read part of ref #3 (the bottom), which mentioned the 15,000 visitors, but I don't see the "summer" fact with it. I'm assuming it's true (and that the fact is in there somewhere), but could you please confirm? Thank you. Jamie☆S93 01:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Joe Mauer won a Silver Slugger Award at catcher and a batting title in 2006?
Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 17:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- Please note that I used a template to link to the MLB season, but it can be removed. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 17:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Thomas Van Scoy (pictured) was the president of three universities, but only Willamette University still exists?
Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 08:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Michigan end Bernard Kirk (pictured), who Knute Rockne called the "apple of my eye," died from a fractured skull days after being named an All-American in December 1922?
Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 06:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Looks good, ref AGF'd. NuclearWarfare (Talk) 21:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
What do you mean 'died from a fractured skull'? A fractured skull per se is not fatal. What do sources say he actually died of? I'd imagine it would be brain injury associated with a fractured skull. delldot ∇. 14:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Looks like meningitis, so could say "complications of a fractured skull" or "died after fracturing his skull in a car accident" or similar. delldot ∇. 14:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that many hotels fold toilet paper to assure guests the bathroom has been cleaned?
Created by Noroton (talk). Nominated by ErikTheBikeMan (talk) at 05:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- God, we are scraping the bottom of the ... never mind.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Ritchie Coliseum was called less adequate than a high school gymnasium by Maryland coach Bud Millikan, who also ended its long-standing tradition of basketball and boxing doubleheaders?
Created by Strikehold (talk). Self nom at 05:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that ChristianCinema.com gives filmmakers a place to submit screening copies of their work with the possibility of being distributed and promoted by the website?
- Comment: There are other facts in the article that can be used, I just chose this one quickly.
Created by American Eagle (talk). Self nom at 05:02, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- Currently tagged as a stub by the creator. Shubinator (talk) 05:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- That was a mistake, I added it before expanding, and forgot to remove it. Now removed. TheAE talk/sign 15:00, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1938, California Assemblyman Charles W. Lyon won both primaries to win reelection, defeating Murray Chotiner in the Republican contest and Robert A. Heinlein in the Democratic?
5x expanded by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 00:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Length (5x expansion - needed 4180; attained 4188!) and date verified. Accept PDF document on good faith, as the link does not work for me. —Mattisse (Talk) 01:20, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- Jeez, I thought I had about 50 to spare. It didn't work because it is a pay service, you have to buy an article pack.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:31, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on March 31
- ... that Gunnar Garbo, member of the Norwegian Parliament for four electorial periods, was later Ambassador to Tanzania?
Created by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 21:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the environmental organisation Counterpart Caribbean is a branch of the Counterpart International group based in Barbados?
Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Ravichandar84 (talk) at 06:57, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Currently at AfD. It looks like it'll be a keep, but let us know when it's closed. Shubinator (talk) 17:09, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- The result was Keep. APK thinks he's ready for his closeup 06:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Harrell Prairie Botanical Area is one of the last undisturbed portions of the Jackson Prairie Belt in Mississippi?
Created by dmadeo (talk). Self nom at 05:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- FYI I'm trying to bring Jackson Prairie up to spec for a double dm (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, Jackson Prairie Belt is DYK-able now. dm (talk) 02:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that the Harrell Prairie Botanical Area is one of the last undisturbed portions of the Jackson Prairie Belt in Mississippi?
- ... that despite being criticized for poor perfromance in the 2006 Lebanon War by the Winograd Commission, Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg was promoted to command the Gaza Division?
Created by Canadian Monkey (talk), Ashley kennedy3 (talk). Self nom at 22:04, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that as of 2006, supplying fishing tackle for the recreational fisher (pictured) is an industry with annual sales of five billion dollars in the United States?
5x expanded by Geronimo20 (talk). Self nom at 07:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
5x expansion since Mar 31 is good, ref is good, hook and article should be changed to indicate that was the 2006 number. Something tells me the 2009 number might be different. You might want to consider adding a photo too since there are several good ones in the article dm (talk) 11:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1 .. that as of 2006, supplying fishing tackle for recreational fishing is an industry with annual sales of five billion dollars in the United States?
- Done. The 2009 figure is projected to be higher - this industry thrives in bad times --Geronimo20 (talk) 12:20, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that footballer Glenn Aitken was forced to leave Dartford F.C. after a joke he told at a club function offended attending dignatories?
Created by ChrisTheDude (talk). Self nom at 07:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that footballer Glenn Aitken was forced to leave Dartford F.C. after a joke he told at a club function offended the local mayor?
- Initially drawn in by the spelling error ("dignatories" should be "dignitaries") I found that the cited text says the offense was taken by "the local Mayor" so I've updated the article accordingly. Also, this club history says the move garnered national press coverage. It would be nice (but not, I admit, required) if such an independent source could be found for this potentially controversial hook fact. - Dravecky (talk) 19:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- It's unfortunately quite unlikely that a contemporary news source from 1984 would be readily available. Also, the source used is already independent, as it is not published by the player, the club he was with at the time, or the mayor involved in the incident...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that, as the Tang Dynasty chancellor Wang Yai was paraded to his execution site, the people who resented him for raising the tea tax threw rocks and brick fragments at him?
Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 03:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that a fire in Saravana Stores, Chennai, in 2008 burnt out most of the building and killed two people?
Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 22:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that, at the National Women's Rights Convention in Cincinnati in 1855, Lucy Stone responded to a heckler, saying "...disappointment is the lot of woman"?
Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 18:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT ... that, at the National Women's Rights Convention in Cincinnati in 1855, Lucy Stone's response to a heckler became one of her most famous quotes?
- ... that Amar Kutir, in West Bengal, India, once a place of refuge for independence movement activists, has been turned into a society for the promotion of arts and crafts?
Created by Chandan Guha (talk). Self nom at 15:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that British civil servant and Acting Governor of Orissa G. T. Boag inaugurated the first session of the Orissa Legislative Assembly on August 29, 1938?
Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the only known population of Irrawaddy dolphins in India is along the coast of Orissa?
Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 01:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that H. Clay Earles, founder of the Martinsville Speedway, the only of NASCAR's original tracks still in use, awarded grandfather clocks to race winners, with Richard Petty earning a dozen of them?
Created by Alansohn (talk). Self nom at 23:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Woods Hole scientist Laurence Madin discovered that jellyfish poo is causing global warming?
Created/expanded by User:Bearian (talk). Self nom at 16:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
First, I5 requires the link to the article to be in bold print, so is your article Laurence Madin or Salp? More importantly, neither article meets the requirements summarized here. Laurence Madin isn't long enough. Salp isn't a new article, and it doesn't appear to qualify for any of the exceptions. Art LaPella (talk) 16:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I repaired the bolding and other error: it's about Madin. Oh well, I tried. Bearian (talk) 17:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- Bearian, you have to remove stub templates - it's not allowed for DYK articles. On the other hand, this is almost clear stub... --Vejvančický (talk) 19:06, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- The article in question doesn't even mention jellyfish poo, either. I suppose it may be mentioned in one of the references, but the hook should be something specifically mentioned in the article. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that on 31 March 1921, Arthur "Spud" Murphy became "Airman No. 1" on the roll of the newly established Royal Australian Air Force?
Created by Ian Rose (talk). Self nom at 12:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, Date, Hook verified. Offline refs AGF. Nice article with picture even. dm (talk) 11:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that on 31 March 1921, Arthur "Spud" Murphy (pictured) became "Airman No. 1" on the roll of the newly established Royal Australian Air Force?
- I didn't include the pic myself because I figured we ought to make clear up front who's who of the two blokes in the photo, and that it would be a bit awkward to do so in the hook - if our standard is to always assume that people will click on the pic to view the file, where it mentions that Murphy's on the left and Henry Wrigley's on the right, well fair enough...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the mosaic puffball mushroom (pictured) can bioaccumulate the trace metals copper and zinc?
Created by luridiformis (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 09:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Length, date and source for hook verified. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Minori Kimura made her professional manga artist debut at the age of 14 in the 1964 Spring Special issue of Ribon, a magazine published in Japan by Shueisha?
Created by Nihonjoe (talk). Self nom at 01:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Source for hook looks unprofessional, although since it is in Japanese, I can't tell for sure. But is looks like a personal blog or personal website of some sort. —Mattisse (Talk) 02:58, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I added two more sources. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 08:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- Just checking for any further comments. I added multiple additional sources for the hook, but no one has commented about it. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 07:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that philosopher Anathon Aall biographed his former brother-in-law Kristian Aars in the biographical dictionary Norsk biografisk leksikon?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 22:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I can't read Norwegian, but the page seems to have no problems and hook cited AGF. I don't know about the word "biographed" but I can't think of a suitable replacement. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- According to my web browser, "biographed" isn't a real word. So maybe something like this:
- ALT1 ... that philosopher Anathon Aall wrote an entry about his former brother-in-law Kristian Aars in the biographical dictionary Norsk biografisk leksikon? I think that should work. Jamie☆S93 20:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that St Mary the Virgin Church (pictured) in Brighton, England, stands on the site of a former church—designed as a replica of the Greek Temple of Nemesis—which collapsed in 1876?
- Comment: I'll try for a better piccy on Saturday. An awkward church to photograph; wish me luck!
Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Self nom at 22:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Sources couldn't be checked in full, but the little seen appears to verify. The size and the rest appears to check out. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Jessie Webb, an Australian academic and historian, was the first female teacher at the University of Melbourne?
Created by Stephen Bain (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 21:41, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hook and size checks out. Some of the other sources couldn't be checked, but seem to have no problems. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that World War I German U-boat UB-10 was credited with sinking 23 ships in a 13-day span in July and August 1915?
5x expanded by Bellhalla (talk). Self nom at 21:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
It checks out -but- the 23 ships in 13 days is counting off of a chart. This is an original statement and not necessarily from the chart. It seems acceptable for the DYK comment, but it seems to stick out as improper in the article itself. If the article listed the individual days of ships being sunk and then extrapolated the 13 day span comment just for the DYK, I could see that as being appropriate. However, that is something to discuss about the article and shouldn't affect DYK. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think it's quite a stretch to say that's OR; it would be no different than stating—from the same source—that the two largest ships sunk by the submarine totaled 7,831 tons. In each case the information is obtained in via a simple calculation from the source in an easily reproducible manner: counting ships and days in the example from the article; simple addition in the contrived example I provided. If there are conclusions drawn from such a computation, or it's presented in such a manner as to imply a connection, it could run afoul of WP:OR or WP:SYNTHESIS. But that's not the case here; it's a simple statement of a fact. — Bellhalla (talk) 03:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Jacob Rigg, a speechwriter and voluntary member of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, was the lead writer for his 'Unity' address in January 2008 and prepared a defeat speech had Obama lost the election?
Created by MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk). Self nom at 21:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
The article has only 670 characters of prose. Please expand to at least 1500. Also, the hook needs to be shortened; it's currently at 277 characters. Shubinator (talk) 23:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Note: Changed "him" to Obama for clarity. Cheers. I'mperator 20:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
As of now, the article stands at 1,300 characters and does not meet the prose size requirement. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Have expanded, so that it should hopefully meet the requirements. If you could confirm this, that would be appreciated. Thanks. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 21:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/John_f_henning.jpg/77px-John_f_henning.jpg)
- ... that while Under Secretary of Labor in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1962 to 1967, John F. Henning (pictured) was instrumental in preventing restaurants from counting tips as wages under minimum wage laws?
Created by Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 16:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. Hook is verified but it and the sentence following it in the article are copied word-for-word from the source: "He was instrumental, for example, in securing organizing rights for California's farm workers, in preventing restaurants from counting tips as wages under minimum wage laws, and in encouraging the labor movement to take strong stands for civil rights." —Mattisse (Talk) 16:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Text in the Congressional Record is in the public domain, which is why it was (almost) copied word-for-word from that source document. - Tim1965 (talk) 16:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- It is still plagiarism and cannot go on the main page. PD info must be credited and must be in quotes if it is copied word for word. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- But it is not copied word for word, and it is correctly sourced. Therefore, it is not plagiarism, because it is not represented as my own work. - Tim1965 (talk) 14:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I have to agree with Mattisse here. The entire phrase "was instrumental in preventing restaurants from counting tips as wages under minimum wage laws" is a word for word copy. Any teacher (including myself, a former teacher) would say it still counts as plagiarism, sourced or not. The article and hook should be re-written to change this. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 19:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- As a teacher, I would disagree. - Tim1965 (talk) 00:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- This article on plagiarism is going to be in the next Signpost. (It is not quite finished now.) This is Wikipedia's "official" position on the matter. It gives examples of plagiarism and distinguishes it from copyright violation. —Mattisse (Talk) 00:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Alt=... that while Under Secretary of Labor in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1962 to 1967, John F. Henning (pictured) influenced minimum wage laws to exclude food servers' tips from calculation of their salaries?-Marcus (talk) 17:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that George Collier (pictured) was shipwrecked, rescued, and then taken prisoner when his rescuer was captured by a privateer?
Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 15:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I was able to check the sources. I compared the language of the whole article. It is new, well above the required base, and should be completely acceptable for DYK. Ottava Rima (talk) 19:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Case of the Hooded Man was so called because the defendant was made to wear a black hood when travelling to and from the court?
created by Ironholds (talk), self-nom at 12:35, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Unable to check sources besides just a snippet view, but what can be seen appears to check out. It is well over the size and is a new article. Ottava Rima (talk) 19:51, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter (pictured) flew about 815 km (506 mi) off the coast of New Zealand's South Island to winch an injured crewman off the MS Bremen?
Created by XLerate (talk). Self nom at 10:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Is this amazing? The hook sounds routine Victuallers (talk) 10:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- The rescue is out at the hairy end of its range, leaving precious little time to hoist the passenger aboard. Any unforeseen delays could make for an emergency landing or a ditching at sea. Binksternet (talk) 14:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- ALT:... that the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter (pictured), had about 20 percent fuel remaining when it arrived at the MS Bremen in the Subantarctic to winch off an injured crewman?
Article appears to check out and meets the size requirements. The list is lengthy, but it still comes in at enough characters to be acceptable. Ottava Rima (talk) 19:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on March 30
- ... that Las Vegas, Southern Nevada, serves as world headquarters for the world's two largest Fortune 500 gaming companies, Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage?
Created by Meridethmyers (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 01:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This article has only one inline citation. Awadewit (talk) 18:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- And it just happens to be the one that verifies the hook. Is there a rule that requires a minimum number of references? I take no offense, I am simply asking for future reference. Thanks! --Another Believer (Talk) 20:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
The source never mentions the words "Southern Nevada" and I question whether this is simply a neologism. It simply states that these two firms are headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. I think we would need sourcing that Southern Nevada is a widely accepted term for the region. By the same token, I could write an article on Eastern New Jersey and "verify" it with a source that says that two major firms are headquartered in Eastern New Jersey (well, there was an East Jersey once, 300 years ago, but I digress). I wonder if this would survive an AfD.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Tabor-Wing House in Dover Plains, New York, has an unusual amount of exterior ornamentation for a Federal style rural home, leading to speculation that it was built by a cabinetmaker?
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 22:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Do we usually feature one person's speculation as a hook? This makes me a little nervous. Awadewit (talk) 18:19, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Clermont, an 18th-century plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia, was the birthplace of the Confederate cavalry general Fitzhugh Lee?
Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 22:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Note: Birthplace citation located under the ' Birthplace' section. Thanks! --Another Believer (Talk) 22:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
This article is almost entirely based on information put out by the plantation itself, which means Wikipedia is presenting the home as they themselves advertise it. Awadewit (talk) 18:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Arthur Bliss's first major work for orchestra, A Colour Symphony, depicts in music the heraldic significance of the colours purple, red, blue and green, and was dedicated to the conductor Adrian Boult?
Created by JackofOz (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 21:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Everything appears to check out. I checked the page vs the sources and I see nothing that concerned me. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Note - This is a duplicate entry. A nomination by the article's creator is found here. Both check out. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Now merged with duplicate entry (self-nom; it was created on 31 March, actually, which is why I didn't notice the earlier nomination by Another Believer). -- JackofOz (talk) 20:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I unbolded the color articles that aren't new/expanded pages (purple, red, blue, green). Yes, it draws better attention to the individual colors, but only the new-content, DYK'd articles should we mark with bold. Best, Jamie☆S93 00:02, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that after Saudi authorities listed al-Qaeda member Zubayr Al-Rimi as a conspirator in the Riyadh compound bombings, he wrote a personal letter to George W. Bush insisting he was innocent?
5x expanded by Sherurcij (talk). Self nom at 21:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
I cannot read Arabic so I cannot verify the sources but taken in good faith. Previous size about 850 characters. Post expansion size about 5200 characters, a 6.1x expansion. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
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- Thanks, if you want here is a rough Google Translation of the 14th footnote. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 03:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Suggest we say "alleged" al-Qaida member.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see the need to insert the word "al-Qaeda" into the hook for any reason, it is perfectly neutral as-is. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 15:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, if you want here is a rough Google Translation of the 14th footnote. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 03:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Supreme Court Assessor Christopher Hansteen turned down an offer to become Prime Minister of Norway in 1892?
Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 22:40, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
The fact that he declined needs a citation.Broadweighbabe (talk) 19:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that in 1890-91, Wheelock G. Veazey served simultaneously as an Interstate Commerce Commissioner and as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic?
Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 20:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- ... that despite historical border disputes, Poland–Czechoslovakia relations were good, and during WWII their governments-in-exile considered forming a confederation?
Created by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 03:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Comment Given that both countries were occupied and subdivided by the Nazis at the time, perhaps the hook is a bit misleading ...--Wehwalt (talk) 12:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- How so? Both had functioning governments-in-exile... Shimgray | talk | 20:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Suggest saying "governments" or better "governments-in-exile" instead of "countries", if it won't push you over the 200 character limit, and maybe end with "after the war" or "after they were liberated".--Wehwalt (talk) 20:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Sure, makes sense. I've revised the hook accordingly. Btw, you want to avoid using the word liberated in the context of countries that were occupied for half a century by the Soviet Union... it is quite not-neutral :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Well, it's from their perspective. No one told them they wouldn't be liberated ...--Wehwalt (talk) 20:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Sure, makes sense. I've revised the hook accordingly. Btw, you want to avoid using the word liberated in the context of countries that were occupied for half a century by the Soviet Union... it is quite not-neutral :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- Suggest saying "governments" or better "governments-in-exile" instead of "countries", if it won't push you over the 200 character limit, and maybe end with "after the war" or "after they were liberated".--Wehwalt (talk) 20:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- How so? Both had functioning governments-in-exile... Shimgray | talk | 20:14, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Independent Students Union was the student arm of Polish opposition movement Solidarity?
Created by Tymek (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 20:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
- I changed "aim" to "arm", I assume that's what you meant? Lampman (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Length (5x expansion) and date verified. However, I do not see the hook in the article, and am not sure if it correctly summarizes the relationship between Independent Students Union and Solidarity. —Mattisse (Talk) 16:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- I have added a reference which summarizes the relationship mentioned above by Mattisse, and I hope the hook is good now. Here is the diff [2]. Tymek (talk) 03:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that despite the different prestige that languages and dialects have, linguists do not consider any languages or dialects to be inherently superior or inferior?
Expanded by James McBride (talk). Self nom at 22:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- By the way, I realize that this article does not strictly meet the 5x expansion requirement, but the majority of the pre-existing content has been moved to a more appropriate place, and the current article is easily a 5x expansion over the material that it built upon. James McBride (talk) 01:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Although that reasoning doesn't account for F2, it does strictly meet the 5x requirement because F1 requires the prose, not the whole article, to be expanded 5x, and prose doesn't include the list that forms most of the unexpanded version. So it's long enough. Art LaPella (talk) 02:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure it does meet 5x expansion; it's about 2000 characters to 17000 characters, and the content from the old list is pretty much gone (or expanded into extended discussions, as in the case of language policy in Singapore). rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 14:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Question, though: I can't find the hook fact in the article. Of course, this is pretty basic knowledge for anyone with linguistic training (right up there with "the sky is blue"), but we can't expect all main page readers to have that, so we need to be explicit and have a citation for even the silliest of things. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 14:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on March 29
- ... that the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix was only the fifth race in the history of Formula One to end with half points being awarded to drivers and the first since the 1991 Australian Grand Prix?
5x expanded by LeaveSleaves (talk). Self nom at 13:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT1: *... that the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix was stopped after just 33 laps, out of 56, when torrential rain hit the circuit? Apterygial 23:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT2: *... that Brawn GP became the first team since 1950 to win its first two races in Formula One when Jenson Button won the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix? Apterygial 12:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
All three hooks verified (but please note: it was stopped after 33 laps, not 31). Credits still need to be sorted out; this article was not expanded or even (as far as I can tell) significantly edited by LeaveSleaves, and there were in fact a very large number of contributors. There has been 5x expansion since March 29, but I'm not sure whom to credit for it. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- From my cursory glance at the history, the main contributors of prose seem to be Ayrton Prost, Chrism, and Rob500, so I have listed them in the credits; I didn't really look into who did the most work in the table, since it's mostly lots of people adding bits and pieces. Nom credit for LeaveSleaves. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- I agree that I do not deserve credit for this. I primarily confirmed/added the information provided in the hook itself. I'm rather new to this process and wasn't clear what needed to be done in such cases. Anyways, my concern lies with the DYK for article than the credit. LeaveSleaves 13:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- No worries; the template can be confusing sometimes, and I'm sure it was just an honest mistake. I think you still deserve credit for nominating the article, though, for what it's worth. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 14:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- I agree that I do not deserve credit for this. I primarily confirmed/added the information provided in the hook itself. I'm rather new to this process and wasn't clear what needed to be done in such cases. Anyways, my concern lies with the DYK for article than the credit. LeaveSleaves 13:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- From my cursory glance at the history, the main contributors of prose seem to be Ayrton Prost, Chrism, and Rob500, so I have listed them in the credits; I didn't really look into who did the most work in the table, since it's mostly lots of people adding bits and pieces. Nom credit for LeaveSleaves. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:48, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that every female ice hockey player who played for Canada at the Winter Olympic Games has won at least one medal?
Created by Scorpion0422 (talk). Self nom at 18:03, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hook fact needs a citation.Nrswanson (talk) 07:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- The fact itself doesn't have a citation, but it is verified by all of the citations in the tables, as well as the IOC results database. -- Scorpion0422 14:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- ALT HOOK: ... that Canadian women's ice hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser scored 14 goals, 20 assists and 34 points in three Winter Olympic Games, making her the highest scoring female Olympic player?
- This one does have a specific citation. -- Scorpion0422 16:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- NOTE: The page was created April 2, but it was split off from the List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada, which was created March 29. -- Scorpion0422 13:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
The original hook is more interesting and eye-catching, but I somewhat echo Nrswanson's concern: how can we be sure, just by looking at the table, that your table is exhaustive? Is there a single source anywhere that verifies that this is the entire list? rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Rich Aurilia leads National League Silver Slugger shortstops in home runs, yet Alex Rodriguez topped his total six times?
Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 21:39, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Length and date verified. However, hook is not in article and referenced per DYK Rules for hooks. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I beg to differ. "Other National League leaders include Larkin, who leads in batting average (.348, 1989) and on-base percentage (.410, 1996), and Rich Aurilia, who leads in slugging percentage (.572, 2001) and home runs (37, 2001).[16] Rodriguez also leads National Leaguers in this category, having hit 40 or more home runs in six of his seven seasons winning at shortstop.[5]" This is a direct quote from the article. It states both that Aurilia leads the NL in home runs during a winning season, and that Rodriguez topped his total of 37 six times. Both statements are referenced. Nowhere in the rules for hooks does it say that the hook should be verbatim from the article. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 20:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what this hook means. Why is Rodriguez not the leader? Did his 40s not count for some reason? rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- ... that the Walka Water Works was the first water pumping station in the Hunter Region of New South Wales and is now a recreation and wildlife reserve?
Created (after a period on my User Page) by Nomadtales (talk). Self nom at 04:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
The article doesn't have any references. Please add references and inline citations, especially for the hook fact. Shubinator (talk) 04:34, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- Comment I have delved into the local library and managed to get some in print quotes and inserted them. Nomadtales (talk) 03:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
- I can't find the hook fact in the article. The new references look good, but the "self published" link in the book reference goes to a search page. Shubinator (talk) 01:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I don't think we can use this. The first half of the hook fact does not appear in the article (or on the photograph of the information sign), and the second half is there but not referenced. Most of the references are from a self-published book. At least 4 days have gone by without a response to concerns. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 13:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- I can't find the hook fact in the article. The new references look good, but the "self published" link in the book reference goes to a search page. Shubinator (talk) 01:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on March 24
- ... that especially in the United states, bacon mania is a fanaticism among bacon devotees seeking to develop novel dishes and to gather at bacon camps?
Created by ChildofMidnight (talk). Self nom at 01:03, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- Surely that would just be "bacon is embraced by bacon fanatics"? If fanatics were embracing the use of bacon in popular culture (such as on tv) then that would be different; but that's not what you are implying here. Howie ☎ 01:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- Well, popular culture is one of those ambiguous phrases. But I agree on Wikipedia we use it to mean in TV and books and such, so I've retitled. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with your hook now that the article has been re-titled. It makes much more sense now! Howie ☎ 02:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
- No. Way. No way! Please, merge this into bacon. Save us from an article about every individual episode of that TV series we can't even remember the name of. Tell me this is an April 1 entry. Must every wierd fad that draws the attention of a writer at Salon.com who is short on copy get a place in the Great Book of the Universe? Hmm? Well. maybe... Refs are a bit shabby, but they are there (kind of), the hook is ref'ed, the age is OK, the length is OK. I can't believe I'm doing this.
Yeech, someone scrape off the fat. :-) hamiltonstone (talk) 00:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- No. Way. No way! Please, merge this into bacon. Save us from an article about every individual episode of that TV series we can't even remember the name of. Tell me this is an April 1 entry. Must every wierd fad that draws the attention of a writer at Salon.com who is short on copy get a place in the Great Book of the Universe? Hmm? Well. maybe... Refs are a bit shabby, but they are there (kind of), the hook is ref'ed, the age is OK, the length is OK. I can't believe I'm doing this.
- I agree with your hook now that the article has been re-titled. It makes much more sense now! Howie ☎ 02:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Article is currently under a merge discussion. Lets wait and see what happens.Broadweighbabe (talk) 18:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- No consensus to merge. Discussion has been open for several days. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Article is currently at AFD. Lets wait for outcome.Broadweighbabe (talk) 06:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Special occasion holding area
Articles created/expanded for Orthodox Easter (April 19)
- ... that Greek Cypriot academic Anastasios Christodoulou, the Foundation Secretary of Britain's Open University, was the son of a cobbler?
Created by Jack1956 (talk). Self nom at 11:26, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Alt ... that Greek Cypriot academic Anastasios Christodoulou was named 'Anastasios' ('Resurrection') by his parents as he was born on Easter Day? Jack1956 (talk) 11:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
- Currently tagged as a stub by the creator. Shubinator (talk) 00:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
- My mistake...I substantially expanded the article but forgot to change the rating. Now corrected. Jack1956 (talk) 22:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- If we were going to use the 2nd hook might we save this article for Orthodox Easter 2009 (April 19)? --Boston (talk) 01:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- Let's. That's the only way it would become interesting enough ... I'm sure he's not the only Anastasios in the world who got that name from being born on Easter. Daniel Case (talk) 15:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
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