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*...that '''[[Jean B. Cryor]]''' was the last Republican to represent [[Montgomery County, Maryland]] in the [[Maryland General Assembly]]? [[User:Wallstreethotrod|Wallstreethotrod]] ([[User talk:Wallstreethotrod|talk]]) 23:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Jean B. Cryor]]''' was the last Republican to represent [[Montgomery County, Maryland]] in the [[Maryland General Assembly]]? [[User:Wallstreethotrod|Wallstreethotrod]] ([[User talk:Wallstreethotrod|talk]]) 23:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


==Expired noms==
===Articles created/expanded on November 19===
===Articles created/expanded on November 19===

*...that '''[[Frank Rennie]]''' spent 20 months in hospital due to a [[Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis|slipped upper femoral epiphysis]] of the hip? Created by {{user|O.Duke}}, nominated by '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 03:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Frank Rennie]]''' spent 20 months in hospital due to a [[Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis|slipped upper femoral epiphysis]] of the hip? Created by {{user|O.Duke}}, nominated by '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 03:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
::Why is that unusual?--[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] ([[User talk:Carabinieri|talk]]) 21:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
::Why is that unusual?--[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] ([[User talk:Carabinieri|talk]]) 21:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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    • contain more than 1,500 characters (around 1.5 kilobytes) in main body text (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, and tables); This is a suggestion, not a firm rule; it is rather silly to oppose an article solely because it is 1490 characters in length.
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    • be no more than five days old (former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days are acceptable).
    • Articles on living individuals - these must be carefully checked to ensure that no unsourced or poorly sourced negative material is included. Articles and hooks which focus on negative aspects of living individuals should be avoided.
  • Articles with good references and citations are preferred.
  • To count the number of characters in a piece of text, you will need to use a free website like this, or an external software program that has a character-counting feature. For example, if you are using Microsoft Word, select the text from the article page (or, in the case of "Did you know" nominations, this Talk page) – not the edit page containing Wikitext – then copy and paste it into a blank document. Click "Tools", then "Word Count", and note the "Characters (with spaces)" figure. Other word processing programs may have a similar feature. (The character counts indicated on "Revision history" pages are not accurate for DYK purposes as they include categories, infoboxes and similar text in articles, and comments and signatures in hooks on this page.)
  • Suggested facts (the 'hook') should be:
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    • preferably cited in the article with an inline citation.
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    • relevant to the article.
    • formatted as [[Image:image name |right|100x100px| Description]] and placed directly above the suggested fact.
  • Proposed lists should have two characteristics to be considered for DYK: (i) be a compilation of entries that are unlikely to have ever been compiled anywhere else (e.g. List of architectural vaults), and (ii) have 1,500+ character non-stub text that brings out interesting, relational, and referenced facts from the compiled list that may not otherwise be obvious but for the compilation.
  • Please sign the nomination with the create/expand date and the name of the creator(s) or creator and nominator, such as:
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    • *...that (text)? -- Article expanded fivefold on July 19, 2007 by [[User]]; Nom by ~~~~
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Candidate entries

Articles created/expanded on November 24

ALT *... that the 18th century walled garden at Hadspen House has been bulldozed for a new competition? self-nom — Rod talk 13:20, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founder Norma Elizabeth Boyd established and directed the "Non-Partisan Lobby for Economic and Democratic Rights," which drew attention to public service, education, voting rights, and employment in regards to African-Americans in 1938?
Shorter: *...that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founder Norma Elizabeth Boyd established and directed the "Non-Partisan Lobby for Economic and Democratic Rights" in 1938?
ALT: *...that Norma Elizabeth Boyd was both a founder and incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority?
ALT: *...that Norma Elizabeth Boyd, founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, was a United Nations observer in 1949 and supported the Principle 10 of the Declaration of Human Rights?
ALT: *...that Norma Elizabeth Boyd, founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, was named "Woman of the Year in the Field of Legislation" by the National Council of Negro Women on June 13, 1948?
Self-nom. BTW, the article was re-written and properly sourced due to a previous copyright violation. Miranda 10:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 23

Currently too short (1200 chars, not including refs or taxobox) - I hope you can expand this article so it is suitable for inclusion! Verisimilus T 13:45, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 22

File:Burningmonk.jpg
Bradshaw Bowman.
Bradshaw Bowman.

Articles created/expanded on November 21

A stone run at Malak Rezen Peak, Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
A stone run at Malak Rezen Peak, Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
A typical stone run on Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
A typical stone run on Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
A stone run at Mount Kent, East Falkland island.
A stone run at Mount Kent, East Falkland island.
  • See also two separate noms above.
Original sheet music for Naughty Marietta, 1910, lyrics by Rida Johnson Young.
Original sheet music for Naughty Marietta, 1910, lyrics by Rida Johnson Young.
The Entrance Hall looking north
The Entrance Hall looking north
The 1904 renovation of the Entrance Hall.
The 1904 renovation of the Entrance Hall.
There are numerous, reputable sources for this claim. Is confirmation from the Nobel Prize committee (which is far enough in the future as to be inaccessible) the only acceptable source? If the answer is "yes', then the article acn be modified and the DYK nomination rewritten.Silverchemist (talk) 20:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From Nobel Prize#Nomination and selection: "The names of the nominees are never publicly announced, and neither are they told that they have been considered for the Prize. Nomination records are sealed for fifty years. In practice some nominees do become known. It is also common for publicists to make such a claim, founded or not." Aside from "sole/first nomination" not being provable, nomination itself is not especially notable, since all it takes is one maverick university professor e.g. Bob Dylan for Literature I'm not suggesting that is the case with Fraser-Reid, but I advise a rewrite. jnestorius(talk) 22:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the input. I have re-written part of the article. How is this?
My apologies, Komusou, for beating you to this neat article. It's my first attempt at nominating. I greatly appreciate the alternates. Tim Ross·talk 19:13, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing to apologize for, the bot's pool is open to everyone, and the main thing is that at least someone detect and nominate good articles ;-) — Komusou talk @ 20:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 20

Expired noms

Articles created/expanded on November 19

Why is that unusual?--Carabinieri (talk) 21:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is not usual to spend so long in hospital. Also, hooks don't need to be "unusual", just interesting. Majorly (talk) 23:55, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One cent or two: articles listed here don't automatically make it to DYK, there's a selection. If a DYK admin tells you your first hook isn't good enough compared to the sea of articles you can see around here, it'd be more constructive for you to take the hint and provide alternative hooks, on the same or another angle. Quick example below. — Komusou talk @ 18:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
Why is than unusual?--Carabinieri (talk) 22:08, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the linked article is not Tom Tancredo (which is not new) but Tom Tancredo presidential campaign, 2008; violates WP:PIPE#Intuitiveness. jnestorius(talk) 22:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:Nothing is violated, I've done this many times before. I really don't understand how somebody (unless completely ignorant and biased of American politics) would not think that this is unusual. How often do you hear a Republican candidate for president actually tell everybody who he would support in the other party? Especially the most conservative candidate running choosing the most liberal (by Congressional records). And plus something doesn't have to be unusual to be on DYK, just interesting. I find it very uncivil for you to go asking everybody "Why is than unusual". To tell you the truth that doesn't make any sense and didn't really merit a response. I ask for an apology because I am tired of being treated like garbage by international users like you.--STX 23:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK ...that "international" is a put-down in Texas, USA? ;-) — Komusou talk @ 19:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's civil to ask "Why is that unusual?", especially as a standard question throughout the page. The question is about content not the contributor, and I can't think of a more pleasant way to ask the question. It can also be civil to answer the question or dispute its importance, as in sentences 1, 3, 4, and 5 of the previous post. Art LaPella (talk) 04:19, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But being unusual doesn't qualify something for DYK, it is supposed to be something that is interesting that will draw people to an article, the above hook accomplishes that.--STX 05:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • On the content, you had an interesting angle, but on the form, it needed rewrite: to avoid Easter egg links, and to be more directly intelligible to "international users"; someone from CA, UK, or AU isn't supposed to know all about Obama and catch the hook.
  • If you need to explain a hook here, it means you need to tweak it. And in the end, that'll send more readers to your article, including "international users".
  • Carabinieri's question was just a question, not an accusation, and I have seen it very commonly asked here for non-obvious hooks. Accusing the DYK admins just doing their job to "treat you like garbage" is unlikely to improve your chances of being selected. Improving the hook from the perspective of an English-speaking layman who has not yet read the article is I think more constructive. — Komusou talk @ 19:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I apologized to the above user and have some different suggestions:
Tweaking text, with some more precise wikilinks and consistent capitalization:
  • It is interesting enough, I believe. I have had another DYK from a totally different episode of Family Guy about what it was originally meant to be called. There is no policy which prohibits individual television programme episodes, there are hundreds for The Simpsons, Family Guy and many other TV programmes. Please let administrators handle these. —Qst 20:23, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Still not catchy enough. To me, it's just the normal process of naming a/or producing a cartoon show. Nothing "meh" worthy. If there was a ground breaking special appearance/cultural changing aftermath, then I could see the hook.--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 09:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's not uncommon for politicians to serve on the board of local charities and clubs. Is there a more catchy hook? --70.50.201.220 (talk) 07:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 18

  • I'm not certain whether Judge Fee revoked his citizenship. Was it one of the charges against him or just an incidental finding of fact? How about...that American federal judge James Alger Fee ruled in 1942 that Minoru Yasui was not a U.S. citizenship because he used to work at the Japanese consulate and therefore could be jailed for curfew violations that apply only to non-citizens? Archtransit (talk) 19:25, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, he didn't revoke it, he said: "The court thus concludes from these evidences that defendant made an election and chose allegiance to the Emperor of Japan, rather than citizenship in the United States at his majority." (48 F.Supp. 40) So Fee determined Yasui elected not to be a US citizen. It was an incendental finding of fact, and ultimately moot due to a SCOTUS decision, but an interesting court ruling. As to your hook, too long (239 characters). Aboutmovies (talk) 06:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Still tagged with {{underconstruction}}. --70.50.201.220 (talk) 07:01, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 17

  • Just an observation, but as someone not completely familiar with the three people, what is the connection between them? As worded, it seems a bit random (no offense intended at all). Is there something unique about this King having given land to someone? That was a fairly common thing during that time period. Is there something special about Earl Odda that could be mentioned? ArielGold 02:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, of course! I was just offering my opinion as I was reading through the entries, you don't have to take my advice. :o) Any other hook, just suggest it below here as an alternate. I tried to think of one but couldn't, lol. ArielGold 10:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - Rudget.talk 14:45, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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