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*...that 29 of the 31 '''[[beaches in Chicago]]''' are along the 28 mile [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] [[Lake Michigan]] lakefront shoreline that is entirely man-made? [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|cont]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]])</small> 15:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC) [[WP:CHICOTW]] nominee ([[Talk:Beaches_in_Chicago#DYK_Candidates|alt DYKs]] are currently uncited)
*...that 29 of the 31 '''[[beaches in Chicago]]''' are along the 28 mile [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] [[Lake Michigan]] lakefront shoreline that is entirely man-made? [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|cont]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]])</small> 15:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC) [[WP:CHICOTW]] nominee ([[Talk:Beaches_in_Chicago#DYK_Candidates|alt DYKs]] are currently uncited)
**I don't think this qualifies. It was started a long time ago and was not a stub five days ago. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 17:07, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
**I don't think this qualifies. It was started a long time ago and was not a stub five days ago. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 17:07, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
**Counting only text it was only 722 words and we have done some great research expanding it. [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|cont]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]])</small> 17:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Saint Hermes]]''', a [[patron saint]] against [[mental illness]], is still honored in the phrase "Saint Hermes cures the area's madmen but keeps the [[Ronse]] dwellers as they are"? (article created by [[User:Polylerus]], nominated by [[User:Warlordjohncarter|John Carter]] 16:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC))
*...that '''[[Saint Hermes]]''', a [[patron saint]] against [[mental illness]], is still honored in the phrase "Saint Hermes cures the area's madmen but keeps the [[Ronse]] dwellers as they are"? (article created by [[User:Polylerus]], nominated by [[User:Warlordjohncarter|John Carter]] 16:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC))
*...that around 1907, English [[Football (soccer)|football team]] '''[[History of Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City F.C.]]''' adopted yellow shirts to reflect their newly acquired nickname of "The Canaries", which derived from the locally popular hobby of [[Domestic Canary|canary-breeding]]? ''Nominated by [[User:Hassocks5489|Hassocks5489]] 23:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC) from an article by [[User:Dweller|Dweller]] from the suggested list below.''
*...that around 1907, English [[Football (soccer)|football team]] '''[[History of Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City F.C.]]''' adopted yellow shirts to reflect their newly acquired nickname of "The Canaries", which derived from the locally popular hobby of [[Domestic Canary|canary-breeding]]? ''Nominated by [[User:Hassocks5489|Hassocks5489]] 23:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC) from an article by [[User:Dweller|Dweller]] from the suggested list below.''

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

Articles created on March 24

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

Articles created on March 23

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

Articles created on March 22

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

Articles created on March 21

I prefer "..., and the eleventh largest earthen dam worldwide?" Art LaPella 22:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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

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Articles created on March 20

Articles created on March 19


Able Seaman
Able Seaman

Articles created on March 18

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

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