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Edmonds Band Rotunda
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  • Proposed articles should:
    • not be marked as stubs;
    • contain more than 1,500 characters (around 1.5 kilobytes) 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 (former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days are acceptable).
  • 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 should be:
    • interesting to draw in a variety of readers,
    • short and concise (fewer than about 200 characters),
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    • preferably cited in the article with an inline citation.
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    • suitably and freely (PD, GFDL, CC etc) licensed (NOT fair use) because the main page can only have freely-licensed pictures;
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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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Candidate entries

Articles created on August 24

  • ...Created and gave a tolerable form to Utkala Brahmin which was already linked to in an old article Brahmin but the link was useless because the article Utkala Brahmin was non-existent. It describes the status, origins, divisions (sub-castes),etc. of one of the ten major branches of Brahmins in India, which is important for studying Indian society. -Vinay Jha Talk12:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could probably do with re-wording/shortening - I'm totally new to DYK. Feel free to make changes to it (or suggest them) if necessary. Giggy\Talk 06:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hook itself is a little borderline I am afraid; "the aggressive feel" is your POV. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Moved and expanded 24 Aug - it's a bit short, but I'll see if I can find something more of value to say. - PKM 03:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on August 23

Short-nosed sturgeon
Short-nosed sturgeon

Articles created on August 22

...that Kazys Lozoraitis was the first ambassador of independent Lithuania, which was accredited to Holy See and Malta Order? self nom, M.K. 20:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for suggestion, it sounds better. However Kazys Lozoraitis was and ambassador to Maltese Order (not a member; officially position sounds like Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Maltese Order). M.K. 11:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article created and nominated by Jacklee 17:20, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • A forthcoming sitcom? If this sitcom is not yet notable, should it have an article in WP? --03:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
  • I think this inflammatory quote should say "according to Mugabe", because the supporting documentation appears to be based on his word alone, and Robert Mugabe's article says "The Mugabe administration has been criticized around the world..." Art LaPella 22:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have no problems with that. The situation listed above is also referred to in the book The Battle for Zimbabwe [1], if a further source is required. --Roisterer 23:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*...that To Kill A Mockingbird was listed first by librarians who answered the question, "Which book should every adult read before they die?" followed by the Bible and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. self-nom Moni3 15:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Moni3 Moni3 03:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Moni3[reply]

Articles created on August 21

I think you mean 5 previous opportunities. -- . 09:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
  • ...that a bullaun is the term used for the depression in which a free standing rounded boulder sits within a water filled natural cavity or 'rock basin' in a stream or river? Bullauns are frequently found in rocky streams and rivers, sometimes identified as petrosomatoglyphs, such as the knee prints, elbow prints, etc. of saints, etc. (Self nom) Hew article. Rosser 12:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Art, look where the question mark is, and count again. --.09:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
  • most influential? POV? I'd leave that part out. --03:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
What about:...that in 1967 the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes launched, along with other Latin American writers, the project of a series of biographies depicting caudillos, which became the basis of the Dictator Novel? - self-nom, new article, Tazmaniacs 00:31, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article just about meets the size limit, can it be further expanded? Moreover the article mentions too many different figures for the number of people that actually attend the congregation, and the 300,000 figure mentioned in the hook is not one of them. - ¿Amar៛Talk to me/My edits16:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Articles created on August 20

I like your suggestion, but I think the original sentence is pretty neutral, since "one of the best examples" is something that cannot be denied for this particular church. By the way, regarding my last suggestion (National Coach Museum (Lisbon)), your tone down-change made the text more appropriate, thanks Fsouza 17:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
UTC time? Yes. Local time? Ask Ghirlandajo. -- . 10:08, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
When I open the history page, it indicates the article was started on 6:44 August 20. --Ghirla-трёп- 13:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
340 character? I'm assuming that means I have too many words. Let's try: ...that the owner’s treatment of slaves at Kingsley Plantation was so atypical that he wrote of the physical superiority of Africans, married a slave he purchased, armed his slaves for protection, and allowed slaves to padlock their cabins?Moni3 01:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)Moni3[reply]
Yes, I know that's still too many... Try this:...that the slave owner at Kingsley Plantation wrote of the physical superiority of Africans, married a slave he purchased, armed his slaves for protection, and allowed slaves to padlock their cabins? Moni3 00:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Moni2[reply]
  • Unfortunately, the article doesn't appear to be new, and hasn't been expanded 5x in the past 5 days (I make it around 1.7x), and so isn't eligible. Sounds like an interesting guy, though. Espresso Addict 06:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on August 19

It cannot, and, even for an article, the hook would be pointless. Dahn 08:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]



Expired noms

Articles created on August 18

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Articles created on August 17

You want some words removed? How about "...that the Villa del Poggio Imperiale south of Florence, seized by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1565, has been the home of the L'Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata girls boarding school since 1865?" -- !! ?? 23:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


File:Bosmalaymortargroup.jpg
Interesting, but needs sources. --Camptown 11:12, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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