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Candidate entries

Articles created/expanded on April 8

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House (history)

Created/expanded by KudzuVine (talk). Self nom at 22:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Julian Hails (history)

  • ... that ex-professional footballer Julian Hails has a BSc honours degree in mathmatical studies and became a mathmatics teacher?

Created by Jimbo online (talk). Self nom at 22:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Balu Sankaran (history)

Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 22:09, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Morcar (died 1015) (history)

Created by Ealdgyth (talk), User:Deacon of Pndapetzim and Victuallers (talk) at 21:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Heftye (history)

5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 20:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gruban v Booth

Sony/ATV Music Publishing (history)

Michael Jackson

5x expanded by Pyrrhus16 (talk). Self nom at 13:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

:* This is not a 5x expansion. On March 27, it was 1390 characters. (Or on March 3, it was 1404 characters.) Today it is 15282 characters. 5 x 1309 = 21950 characters. Since 15282 is less than the required 5x minimum of 21950, article is too short to qualify. —Mattisse (Talk) 16:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ritchie Hanlon (history)

Created by Jimbo online (talk). Self nom at 12:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kew. Rhone. (history)

Created by Bruce1ee (talk). Self nom at 10:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

People's Health Movement (history)

5x expanded by Prashanthns (talk). Self nom at 07:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Connecticut State University System (history)

Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 05:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SS Makambo (history)

Created by Maias (talk). Self nom at 05:09, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Metropolitan Magazine (New York) (history)

September 1917 cover of Metropolitan Magazine, with "An Editorial Message by Theodore Roosevelt" on the right

  • 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)[reply]

Tammy Rogers (history)

Created/expanded by TenPoundHammer (talk). Self nom at 03:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Violet (computer game) (history)

Created by Alan De Smet (talk). Self nom at 02:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

:* This is not a new article, having been created January 17, 2009. It does not qualify as a 5x expansion; on February 3 it was 1897 characters. After the expansion beginning April 8, it is 2113 characters. 5 x 1897 = 9485 characters for the minimum length to qualify as an expansion (I think I am right this time!) —Mattisse (Talk) 17:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Length, date and sources for hook verified. (Editor is correct about move from user space. My apologies!) —Mattisse (Talk) 21:11, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Jones (milliner) (history)

Created by Mabalu (talk). Self nom at 01:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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?


Minsk Ghetto (history)

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 18:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 7

Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (history)

Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 21:02, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Are U 4 Real? (history)

  • ... that when the Swedish book Are U 4 Real? was released in the United States, several parts regarding sex were removed?

Created by Theleftorium (talk). Self nom at 20:17, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Phú Xuân (history)

Created by Amore Mio (talk). Self nom at 14:43, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mendoza wine (history)

  • 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)[reply]

PUMA (electric car) (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Wayamba province cricket team (history)

Created by Chanakal (talk). Self nom at 03:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rose and Ottilie Sutro (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull (history)

5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 20:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Roaring River Wilderness (history)

Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 19:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Herbert Kisza (history)

Created by Aloysius (talk). Self nom at 18:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Guttorm Hansen (history)

5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trithemius cipher (history)

Created by Synergy (talk). Self nom at 13:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The London Eye Mystery (history)

Created by Queenie (talk). Self nom at 13:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Jersey County Colleges (history)

Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 06:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bambusa lako (history)

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 02:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Stephen Symonds Foster (history)

  • ... that abolitionist Stephen Symonds Foster was thrown in jail in 1838 for two weeks during his senior year at Dartmouth but still managed to graduate third in his class?

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 02:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added the date 1838, which seemed essential to the picture.--Wetman (talk) 21:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'd rather insert the year via prose than parenthentically—I hope my change isn't too awkward. And here are pages 130 and 131 of the book source so that you can be absolutely assured of the hook. Binksternet (talk) 17:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oskar Gröning (history)

Created by WilliamH (talk). Self nom at 17:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 6

[[]] ([{{subst:fullurl:|action=history}} history])

  • ... that when Eisenhower refused to commit to keeping Richard Nixon on the ticket if the Checkers speech was a success, Nixon told him that there are times “when you've either got to shit or get off the pot”?

5x expanded by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 22:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Archie Weston (history)

Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 04:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Frascati (Somerset, Virginia) (history)

Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bird Millman (history)

Created by August mergelman (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Spitfire (1782) (history)

Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 15:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Madison Barbour (history)

Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Aboutmovies (talk) at 09:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Hughes (Oregon politician) (history)

Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 06:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dictionary of Literary Biography (history)

Created by Awadewit (talk). Self nom at 03:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of papal tombs (history)

Created by Savidan (talk). Self nom at 03:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Tunnel de la mort (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Katsunori Nomura (history)

Created by Torsodog (talk). Self nom at 02:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

United States Battleship Division Nine (World War I)(history)

Created by Jrt989 (talk) Self nom at 23:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC).[reply]

2009 Pittsburgh police shooting (history)

Creation/expansion by Heckmonious (talk), TharsHammar (talk), Joseph A. Spadaro (talk), Grsz11 (talk). Nomination by Grsz11 (talk) at 22:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC).[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
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)[reply]

SM UB-8 (history)

5x expanded by Bellhalla (talk). Self nom at 21:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colonel Eli Lilly (history)

5x expanded by Charles Edward (talk). Self nom at 17:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (history)

Created/expanded by JasonKully (talk). Nominated by Skomorokh (talk) at 17:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paul E. Davis (history), 1963 Liberty Bowl (history)

Created by Alansohn (talk). Self nom at 16:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Poets and Poetry of America (history)

Created by Midnightdreary (talk). Self nom at 14:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Phumdis (history), Loktak Lake (history), Eld's Deer (history), Keibul Lamjao National Park (history)

  • 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)[reply]

Bambusa oldhamii (history)

5x expanded by casliber (talk). Self nom at 11:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
Sounds better than mine :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Australian frontier wars (history)

Created by Nick-D (talk). Self nom at 11:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Munich Tramway (history)

Created by Arsenikk (talk). Self nom at 11:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
    • 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)[reply]

Anna Maria Rückerschöld (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Duchers (history)

Created by Vmenkov (talk). Self nom at 06:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I've added a few more citations. How about this:
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)[reply]

List of City University of New York units (history)

Brooklyn College east quad

Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 06:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jamelia discography (history)

5x expanded by Matthewedwards (talk). Self nom at 06:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Migingo Island (history)

Created by Ezeu (talk). Self nom at 03:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then lets go with soccer field. --Ezeu (talk) 07:03, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Naming laws in the People's Republic of China (history)

Created/expanded by Benlisquare (talk). Self nom at 03:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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):
Chinese character cheng

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Simon Hatley (history)

Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 02:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great Moments in Aviation (history)

Created by Frickative (talk). Self nom at 06:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Houndfish (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]


Poland–North Korea relations (history)

Created by Barciur (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 18:33, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 5

Linghu Chu (history)

  • ... 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?

Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 06:37, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Gibby Welch (history)

Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 04:56, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Cincinnati streetcars (history)

Created by J.H (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Robert K. Crane (history)

Created by Armando Navarro (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One to One (TV series)


Southtowns (history)

5x expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 15:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evald Schorm (history)

Created/expanded by Lugnuts (talk), Vejvančický (talk). Nominated by Vejvančický (talk) at 08:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, thank you Rosiestep, but my hook has also online ref. --Vejvančický (talk) 07:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Olympic medalists in basketball

Mary Anne Rawson (history)

Mary Anne Rawson in 1840

Created by Victuallers (talk). Self nom at 19:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kate Mason Rowland (history)

Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Genius101 (talk) at 15:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Li Fanwen (history)

Created by BabelStone (talk). Self nom at 11:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vincens Budde (history)

Created by Williamborg (talk). Self nom at 03:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KGAL (history), KSHO (history)

Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 03:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Rogers (comptroller) (history)

Sir Edward Rogers, 1567

Created by PKM (talk). Self nom at 02:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ochoco Mountains (history)

Created by Orygun (talk). Self nom at 00:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Looks fine ... but why not the shorter hook below 22:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Panus conchatus (history)

Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 22:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Henrik Mohn (history)

5x expanded by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 18:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Jordy van Loon (history)

Jordy van Loon

  • ... 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Millwood (Richland County, South Carolina) (history)

Created by KudzuVine (talk). Self nom at 17:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheng Yi (Tang Dynasty) (history)

Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 16:37, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

2009 Medair TC-HEK helicopter crash (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Jewish Anti-Zionist League (history)

5x expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 12:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of State University of New York units (history)

Abbot Hall at the South Campus of the University at Buffalo

Created/expanded by MBisanz (talk). Self nom at 10:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Andreas Paulson (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 09:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sumpa (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Federal republicanism (history)

  • Comment: Translated from Spanish article

Created by Madhava 1947 (talk). Self nom at 08:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fermín Salvochea (history)

  • Comment: Translated from the Spanish article

Created by Madhava 1947 (talk). Self nom at 07:42, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Norman, Is That You? (history)

Created by Broadweighbabe (talk). Self nom at 07:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Great Canadian Wrestling (history)

Created by GaryColemanFan (talk). Self nom at 06:09, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Conscience fund (history)

Created/expanded by Allen3 (talk). Self nom at 00:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 4

Love Love Love (Agnes song) (history)

5x expanded by Grk1011 (talk). Self nom at 00:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Harald Sverdrup (writer) (history)

Created by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 21:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (history)

Created by Oceanh (talk), Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 20:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cuban medical internationalism (history)

Created by Rd232 (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 17:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leptoxis taeniata (history), Leptoxis ampla (history), Leptoxis plicata (history)

Drawing of the shell of Leptoxis taeniata.

5x expanded by Snek01 (talk). Self nom at 20:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off in popular culture (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Bismarckjugend (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

German Socialist Labour Party of Poland (history)

Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 12:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (history)

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)[reply]

The Covent Garden Journal (history)

Created by Anonymous Dissident (talk). Self nom at 11:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Virugambakkam (history)

  • Comment: 5x expansion

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Urnula craterium (history)

Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 07:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dolce e selvaggio (history)

Created by Helltopay27 (talk). Self nom at 07:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KEJO (history)

Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 06:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Huangfu Bo (history)

Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 05:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

UAAP Season 72 (history)

Created/expanded by Howard the Duck (talk). Self nom at 04:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Honeycomb stingray (history)

Created by Yzx (talk). Self nom at 03:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Li Yijian (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

KDUN (history)

Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 22:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

St John the Evangelist's Church, Preston, Brighton (history), St Peter's Church, Preston, Brighton (history)

St John the Baptist's Church from the south

Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Self nom at 22:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keila Costa (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 21:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pieter Nuyts (history)

5x expanded by Taiwantaffy (talk). Self nom at 20:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Li Yong (Tang Dynasty) (history)

Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 19:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Empire Building (history)

  • Comment: "New article expanded from unrelated redirect"

Created by Dmadeo (talk). Self nom at 19:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Choor Singh (history)

Created by Jacklee (talk). Self nom at 18:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John Allen (pioneer) (history), Elisha Rumsey (history)

Created by AdjustShift (talk). Self nom at 18:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Enfield Super Meteor (history)

Created by Thruxton (talk). Self nom at 16:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Einar Jansen (history), Anders Krogvig (history), Edvard Bull, Sr. (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 10:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Beacon (University of Portland) (history)

Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 10:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yūkan Club (history)

Created by Extremepro (talk). Self nom at 10:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of TNA World Tag Team Champions (history)

5x expanded by Wrestlinglover (talk). Self nom at 06:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Norfolk Island Boobook (history)

Created by Maias (talk). Self nom at 04:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

True, ALT amended slightly. Johnbod (talk) 02:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I added in some wikilinks. I prefer the ALT now. Shubinator (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jens Fredrik Schroeter (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 14:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 3

Madhouses Act 1774 (history)

Created by Shimgray (talk). Self nom at 01:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

B. Ramachandra Reddi (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 04:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Street Gang (book) (history)

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)[reply]

Louise Gold (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Prp24 (history)

Created by Mandmw (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 08:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bulusu Sambamurti (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 03:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ryle Nugent

OK. New article, self-nom. I can't decide which one is best. --candle•wicke 02:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Maria Antonescu (history)

Created/expanded by Dahn (talk). Self nom at 01:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Detroit Seamount (history)

5x expanded by Resident Mario (talk). Self nom at 00:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

L. Ron Hubbard House (history)

Created by AgnosticPreachersKid (talk). Self nom at 23:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ASF/SF2 (history)

The second RNA recognition motif (RRM) domain of the protein ASF/SF2

Created by Harmarismortui (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 22:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cistercian architecture (history)

5x expanded by Grimhelm (talk). Self nom at 21:11, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bubbles (chimpanzee) (history)

5x expanded by Pyrrhus16 (talk). Self nom at 20:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Sticta (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Mace of the Virginia House of Delegates (history)

Created by EronMain (talk). Self nom at 18:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John Holt (physicist) (history)

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 16:38, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

J. Shivashanmugam Pillai (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 11:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (history)

Created/expanded by Nableezy (talk). Self nom at 03:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on April 2

Roystonea borinquena (history)

  • ... that 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)[reply]

The Moon and the Sandals (history)

Created by Extremepro (talk), Malkinann (talk). Self nom at 22:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cui Qun (history)

Created by Nlu (talk). Self nom at 17:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jon Hol (history)

  • Comment: Probably possible to rephrase the hook.

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 16:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Genetic monitoring (history)

Created by Jjack206 (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 02:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


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)[reply]

Libertas Estonia (history)

Created by Anameofmyveryown (talk). Self nom at 00:25, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (history)

Created by Cloud668 (talk). Self nom at 23:55, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Senna occidentalis (history)

Created by Dr CyCoe (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 23:40, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Milan–Venice railway line (history)

Created by Grahamec (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 22:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

S. P. Adithanar (history)

Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 18:45, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Take Back the Land (history)

5x expanded by delldot (talk). Self nom at 14:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Burnt Sugar (history)

  • ... that the music of Burnt Sugar has been described as "a big cloud"?

Created/expanded by Malik Shabazz (talk). Self nom at 21:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abbeyknockmoy (history)

Created by Damac (talk), Grimhelm (talk). Nominated by Grimhelm (talk) at 21:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bjørn Floberg (history)

Created by decltype (talk). Self nom at 20:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Other suggestions / improvements much appreciated. decltype (talk) 20:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
I actually meant suggestions for the hooks, not the actual article :) But thanks anyway. decltype (talk) 21:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Last Airbender (history)

Created by WP:AVATAR (talk). Nominated by NuclearWarfare (talk) at 20:18, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Does that mean that it qualifies? decltype (talk) 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it does. It has certainly increased 5x from the measly code that redirects a page. --haha169 (talk) 02:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
∗ \ / (⁂) 22:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pseudocolus fusiformis (history)

Created by sasata (talk). Self nom at 20:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (history)

5x expanded by Redtigerxyz (talk). Self nom at 13:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neal, James, Fordyce and Down

Yep, greenlighted by Shubinator's tool. Nice job! ResMar 14:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 1

Arts of Orissa (history)

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Ravichandar84 (talk) at 10:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Meerkats (history)

Created by Baguala (talk). Nominated by Bruce1ee (talk) at 09:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lepiota ignivolvata (history)

Created by luridiformis (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 19:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Ali Farah case (history)

Created by Norwegian1971 (talk). Nominated by meco (talk) at 12:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

KTIX (history), KUMA (AM) (history), KUMA-FM (history), KWHT (history)

Created by Dravecky (talk). Self nom at 22:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tutta la vita (history)

Created by Jaespinoza (talk). Self nom at 19:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John Shearman (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Ergothioneine (history)

The structure of ergothioneine

  • ... 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)[reply]

S. S. Ramasami Padayachi (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 10:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

M. A. Manickavelu Naicker (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:50, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 09:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Schweigaard Stang (history)

Created by Williamborg (talk). Self nom at 02:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Modified as recommended. Thanks - Williamborg (Bill) 03:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Morea Revolt (1453) (history)

Created by Dinkytown (talk). Nominated by Cplakidas (talk) at 22:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this is too awkwardly phrased... Any alt hooks are welcome. Constantine ✍ 22:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You were pretty close to it already...Dinkytown 05:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Mamakating Park Historic District (history)

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 06:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

National Track & Field Hall of Fame (history)

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Cooperative eye hypothesis (history)

Created by EronMain (talk). Self nom at 23:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
"suggests an explanation for how the human eye..."? delldot ∇. 16:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Suggests an explanation" is fine by me. - EronTalk 18:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hemming (monk) (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

That's fine. I suck at writing hooks. (grins). Ealdgyth - Talk 14:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Hemming's Cartulary (history)

Created by Ealdgyth (talk). Self nom at 22:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Jervis (history)

Created by ChrisTheDude (talk). Self nom at 21:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Donna Kossy (history)

5x expanded by The Little Blue Frog (talk). Self nom at 20:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

— The Little Blue Frog (ribbit) 20:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alexandre Étienne Choron (history)

Created by Carlossuarez46 (talk). Self nom at 17:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

La Minerve, Quebec (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

List of Silver Slugger Award winners at catcher (history)

Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 17:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Van Scoy (history)

Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nom at 08:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bernard Kirk (history)

Created by cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 06:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Hotel toilet-paper folding (history)

Created by Noroton (talk). Nominated by ErikTheBikeMan (talk) at 05:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ritchie Coliseum (history)

Created by Strikehold (talk). Self nom at 05:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ChristianCinema.com (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Charles W. Lyon (history)

5x expanded by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 00:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on March 31

Gunnar Garbo (history)

Created by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 21:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Counterpart Caribbean (history)

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Ravichandar84 (talk) at 06:57, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Harrell Prairie Botanical Area (history)

Created by dmadeo (talk). Self nom at 05:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eyal Eisenberg (history)

Created by Canadian Monkey (talk), Ashley kennedy3 (talk). Self nom at 22:04, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fishing tackle (history)

5x expanded by Geronimo20 (talk). Self nom at 07:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Glenn Aitken (history)

Created by ChrisTheDude (talk). Self nom at 07:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Wang Yai (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

Saravana Stores (history)

Created by Docku (talk). Self nom at 22:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

National Women's Rights Convention (history)

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 18:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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?

Amar Kutir (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

G. T. Boag (history)

Created/expanded by Ravichandar84 (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tourism in Orissa (history)

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 01:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

H. Clay Earles (history)

Created by Alansohn (talk). Self nom at 23:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Laurence Madin (history)

Created/expanded by User:Bearian (talk). Self nom at 16:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Arthur William Murphy (history)

Created by Ian Rose (talk). Self nom at 12:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Handkea utriformis (history)

Created by luridiformis (talk). Nominated by sasata (talk) at 09:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minori Kimura (history)

Created by Nihonjoe (talk). Self nom at 01:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Anathon Aall (history), Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 22:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

St Mary the Virgin Church, Brighton (history)

  • 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)[reply]

SM UB-10 (history)

5x expanded by Bellhalla (talk). Self nom at 21:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
    • 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)[reply]

Jacob Rigg (history)

Created by MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk). Self nom at 21:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John F. Henning (history)

Created by Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 16:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet (history)

Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 15:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter (history)

Created by XLerate (talk). Self nom at 10:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on March 30

Tabor-Wing House (history)

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 22:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you're uncomfortable with it, take off the last clause and you still have a valid hook. Daniel Case (talk) 21:28, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clermont (Alexandria, Virginia) (history)

Created by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 22:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

A Colour Symphony (history)

Created by JackofOz (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 21:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]

Christopher Hansteen (jurist) (history)

Created by Punkmorten (talk). Self nom at 22:40, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wheelock G. Veazey (history)

Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 20:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Length and history verified; offline ref accepted IGF. Daniel Case (talk) 21:21, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Poland–Czechoslovakia relations (history)

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 03:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Length and history verified; Czech-language ref accepted AGF. Daniel Case (talk) 21:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Independent Students Union (history)

Created by Tymek (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 20:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
To other reviewers: does [3] seem like a reliable source? I'm not sure.
To Tymek: the refs still need to be cleaned up. Some are bare URLs; the rest are nothing but titles, and do not include the critical publisher/work, date, accessdate, author, etc. information. The easiest way to clean up the refs is to use citation templates. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prestige (sociolinguistics) (history)

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on March 29

2009 Malaysian Grand Prix (history)

5x expanded by LeaveSleaves (talk). Self nom at 13:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada (history)

Created by Scorpion0422 (talk). Self nom at 18:03, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]

List of Silver Slugger Award winners at shortstop (history)

Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 21:39, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
  • The article, as written, is a little confusing but the key here is that A-Rod has played his entire major league career in the American League so what they're trying to say here is that not only does he lead all American League players but six of his seven season totals beat the top player in the National League, too. A quick grammar polish might clear it up--or another, clearer hook could be found. - Dravecky (talk) 16:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand everyone's confusion; it took me forever to get this particular fact into a 200 character hook because the pipelink takes up so much space. I would really like to present this information on DYK, as I find it to be an interesting fact in this series of articles, but would welcome suggestions on how better to present it. For what it's worth, this piece is at FLC right now as well. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 18:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • My concern is not with the hook itself; even in the main article, it is not clear why Rodriguez is not considered the "leader" when he has more runs. Maybe this is clear to a baseball fan, but it needs to be spelled out for the rest of us. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 20:59, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on March 24

Bacon mania

  • ... 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)[reply]

  • 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

Article is currently under a merge discussion. Lets wait and see what happens.Broadweighbabe (talk) 18:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus to merge. Discussion has been open for several days. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Article is currently at AFD. Lets wait for outcome.Broadweighbabe (talk) 06:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Special occasion holding area

Articles created/expanded for Orthodox Easter (April 19)

Anastasios Christodoulou

Created by Jack1956 (talk). Self nom at 11:26, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]

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