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*...that when the [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. Highway network]] was created in 1926, most of '''[[U.S. Route 6 in Nebraska]]''' was [[U.S. Route 38]]? self-nom [[User:DandyDan2007|DandyDan2007]] 05:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that when the [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. Highway network]] was created in 1926, most of '''[[U.S. Route 6 in Nebraska]]''' was [[U.S. Route 38]]? self-nom [[User:DandyDan2007|DandyDan2007]] 05:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Wojtek (soldier bear)|the bear ''Wojtek'']]''' was an officially [[enlisted]] [[soldier]] of the [[Polish II Corps]] and a participant in the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]? --article started by [[User:Major Bonkers]], recently greatly expanded by [[User:Halibutt]] and nom by <sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus|&nbsp;Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 00:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Wojtek (soldier bear)|the bear ''Wojtek'']]''' was an officially [[enlisted]] [[soldier]] of the [[Polish II Corps]] and a participant in the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]? --article started by [[User:Major Bonkers]], recently greatly expanded by [[User:Halibutt]] and nom by <sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus|&nbsp;Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 00:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that between 1952 and 1976 members of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] '''[[Armed Forces sports society]]''' won more than a hundred gold medals at [[Summer Olympics]]? The article started by [[User:BenB4]] as [[WP:MWA]], expanded today by me. [[User:Cmapm|Cmapm]] 22:55, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


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List new suggestions here, under the date the article was created or expanded (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the top. If a suitable image is available, place it after the suggestion. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion; self-nominations are permitted and encouraged.

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  • Proposed articles should:
    • not be marked as stubs;
    • contain more than 1,500 characters in main body text (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, and tables);
    • cite their sources (these sources should be properly labelled; that is, not under an "External links" header); and
    • be no more than five days old (unless it had fewer than 1,500 characters, and has been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days).
  • 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 [1], 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 should be:
    • interesting to draw in a variety of readers around the world,
    • short and concise (under about 200 characters),
    • neutral, and
    • definite facts that are mentioned in the article.
  • Suggested pictures should be:
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    • already in the article; and
    • relevant to the article.
  • 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 non-stub text that brings out interesting and relational facts from the compiled list that may not otherwise be obvious but for the compilation.
  • Please check back for comments on your nomination. Responding to reasonable objections will help ensure that your article is listed.
  • If you nominate someone else's article, you can use {{subst:DYKNom}} to notify them. Usage: {{subst:DYKNom|Article name|August 15}} Thanks, ~~~~

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Candidate entries

Articles created on June 4

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  • Note: I will probably be creating the district article in before this makes it to the Main Page, if not just unlink it.

Self nom: IvoShandor 09:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles created on June 3

...that the Foedus Cassianum, which forged an alliance between the Roman Republic and the Latin league, led to Rome conquering much of the Italian Peninsula which later became the heart of the Republic? - self-nomination - Bmrbarre 21:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Articles created on June 2

Not strictly within the article, no. But the source is verifiable, and claims that the convent is one of the oldest. Why? Anonymous Dissident Utter 09:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on June 1

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Alternately: ...that Ujjayanta Palace now serves as the State Legislative Building of Tripura after having served as a royal palace for almost fifty years? --WoodElf 07:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on May 31

comment: this is an old article but has been significantly expanded and more importantly several references have been added in the last couple of days. This should give an idea. Sarvagnya 02:17, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • First it may be mentioned that he was a(n early) 19th century guy. The reader too lazy to look up will get the impression that is he is a contemporary you-know-who. Second, the article says that "hajj would not be accepted by Allah if the Russians were still present in the area" but "only the elimination of Russians from the Caucasus ..." sounds harsher and gives the impression that he advocated killing them off - may be it is just I who get that impression, I don't know (and may be he really advocated that, but the article doesn't say so). Tintin 03:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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talk 12:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not very professional, given I took the time to write (a B-Class) article and expand wikipedia, there is no need for attitude or to be sarcastic. A simple objection and/or a suggestion for a new hook, would not only be more helpful, but more professional.Bryson{Talk}{Edits} 23:35, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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  • ...that Elsa Eschelsson, the first woman both to finish a doctorate in Law and to teach in a university in Sweden, was denied the right to serve even as acting professor because of her sex, and died from an overdose of sleeping-powder in 1911? article and nom by Spinning Jenny

Articles created on May 30

Articles created on May 29

Articles created on May 28

  • ...that although largely forgotten, Spring in Park Lane is still the most popular British film in the United Kingdom in terms of cinema attendances? (self-nom) Yorkshiresky 00:11, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Could use a source to say that it is largely forgotten. In the article it says:"Despite the films enormous success it is largely forgotten nowadays, as witnessed by the small number of votes for it on IMDb and the fact that is unavailable on DVD." Shouldn't be too hard to find though as its probably true. Quadzilla99 07:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on May 27

Expired noms

Articles created on May 26

Articles created on May 25

  • Yes...short-ish, but I think that it is long enough to qualify as a non-stub DYK. I'm still looking for more info on the team and the league. I hope to have another match summary up in a couple days. I didn't make it to all the matches, but a mate did and wrote it up in the paper.--Eva bd 18:33, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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