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This page is for nominations to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page.

Instructions

Using a DYK suggestion string (see below examples), list new suggestions in the candidate entries section below under the date the article was created or the expansion began (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion; self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination. Every approved hook will appear on the main page.

DYK criteria

Official criteria: DYK rules and additional guidelines Unofficial Guide: Learning DYK

How to list a new nomination

For a simplified version of these instructions, see User:Rjanag/Quick DYK.
For a step-by-step guide to filling out the {{NewDYKnom}} template, see Template:NewDYKnomination/guide.

Please use one of the strings below to post your DYK nomination, using the "author" and "nominator" fields to identify the users who should receive credit for their contributions if the hook is featured on the main page.

1. Nom without image: {{subst:NewDYKnom | article= | hook=... that ? | author= }}
2. Nom with image: {{subst:NewDYKnom | article= | hook=... that ? | author= | image= | caption= }}

   To include more than one new or expanded article in a single hook: |article2= |article3= |article4= | (etc)

   To include more than one author: |author2= |author3= | (etc)

   To include alternate hooks: |ALT1= |ALT2= | (etc)

   To add a comment: |comment=

   To add the article you reviewed: |reviewed=

Do not wikilink the article title, or the author username field; the template will wikilink them automatically. Do wikilink the article title in the hook field, however.
Do not add a section heading if you are using the template; the template will add one for you.
Do not include a signature (~~~~) after the template.
Do not use non-free images in your hook suggestion.

An example of how to use the template is given below. Don't forget to fill out the rollover text, so people know what the image is of! Full details are at {{NewDYKnom}}:

{{subst:NewDYKnom
 | article      = Example
 | status       = new<!--(or)  expanded (or) BLP expanded-->
 | hook         = ... that this [[article]] is an  '''[[example]]''' ''(pictured)''?
 | author       = User1
 | nominator    = User2
 | image        = Example.png
 | rollover     = An example image
 | alttext      = Description of the image
 | comment      =
 | reviewed     = Article you reviewed
 | revieweddiff = diff link to the article review
}}

• Note that you should only use one of the above templates for the original hook. If you want to suggest a second, alternative hook for the same article submission, just type it in manually. The above templates output useful code for each submission and if you employ them for alternative hooks, you will mess up the page formatting.
• When saving your suggestion, please add the name of the suggested article to your edit summary.
• 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}}
• If you have 5 or more self-nomination DYK credits, don't forget to review another editor's nomination, and link to the diff in your nomination.

How to review a nomination

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the additional rules.

If you want to confirm that an article is ready to be placed on a later update, or note that there is an issue with the article or hook, please use the following symbols to point the issues out:

Symbol	Code	DYK Ready?	Description
	{{subst:DYKtick}}	Yes	No problems, ready for DYK
	{{subst:DYKtickAGF}}	Yes	Article is ready for DYK, with a foreign-language or offline hook reference accepted in good faith
	{{subst:DYK?}}	Query	DYK eligibility requires that an issue be addressed. Notify nominator with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article}}
	{{subst:DYK?no}}	Maybe	DYK eligibility requires additional work. Notify nominator with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article}}
	{{subst:DYKno}}	No	Article is either completely ineligible, or else requires considerable work before becoming eligible

Please consider using {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}} on the nominator's talk page, in case they do not notice that there is an issue.

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Nominations

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on April 6

Hotel Plaza Grande

• ... that the Hotel Plaza Grande was one of the first hotels in Quito, Ecuador when it began as the Majestic Hotel in 1943?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Dream Focus (talk). Self nom at 12:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length, ok, references accepted AGF. But article says "It was one of the first formal hotels in Quito", not "the first formal hotel". Also, it would be nice to add File:Hotel Plaza Grande2.jpg to the hook. --Soman (talk) 02:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

• Dream Focus got notified of the above problem, but he advised that Dr. Blofeld had done all the work. Nobody bothered, though, to draw Dr. Blofeld's attention to it. I've just done so. Schwede66 02:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Fixed. It was the first formal hotel in the modern sense, obviously guest houses and inns which had other functions had existed before then from its founding but they weren't proper modern hotels.. By all means include image although I doubt it would have a lead hook..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:38, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

The supplied source doesn't say it was "the first formal hotel". It only says it was one of the first hotels in Quito. Gatoclass (talk) 04:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Reworded.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you just reword the hook to say "... that the Hotel Plaza Grande was built in 1930 as the first building over two stories in Quito, Ecuador, later becoming one of the first formal hotels there in 1943?" All the information in this proposed hook has been verified. PhantomPlugger (talk) 14:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't know if it impacts the DYK nomination, but the history of the building is a bit muddled as it is written in the article. See Talk:Hotel Plaza Grande for details. I think it's okay as it is, because the sources gloss over it too, but as a DYK noob, I wanted to raise the issue. PhantomPlugger (talk) 15:16, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

On reflection, I'm inclined to think this is too promotional for the main page. Anyone else have an opinion? Gatoclass (talk) 11:06, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

The focus on the class and quality of the hotel does seem overly promotional. I'd feel much better with a hook focused on the height of the building:

• ALT1 ... that the Hotel Plaza Grande, built in 1930, was the first building over two storeys in Quito, Ecuador? --Orlady (talk) 02:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Child sexual abuse in New York City religious institutions

• ... that two cases of child sexual abuse in New York City religious institutions have emerged in 2011 both centered in highly ranked NYC youth basketball programs and both having moved to a criminal stage due to long-ago actions which have been alleged to, or been admitted to, have happened in Massachusetts?

Created by Swliv (talk). Self nom at 05:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length of article OK, however hook is too long (306 characters instead of ~200) and rather convoluted, plus article title is not bolded. Article history says nothing except: "correcting title of recent new article; edited from prev. article". What was the title of the recent new article and where is its edit history? When was it created? --GuillaumeTell 16:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

::: The previous page & its history was deleted by an admin (per an author's G7 request), as shown here. Shearonink (talk) 17:25, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

• The length may be fine but In my opinion, that's not a really appropriate topic to use. I know Wikipedia is not censored but there was an issue with something similar in the past that stopped a Big Jock Knew DYK hook being promoted. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 16:59, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

:* Since the edit history has been hidden from view with this G7 action, how can editors tell when the article was actually created or when it was actually expanded? Shearonink (talk) 18:39, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

• It looks as if it may be possible to undelete the previous article - see here - and then speedily delete it, maybe merging the edit history into the current one. Sounds like a lot of work. --GuillaumeTell 10:10, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

• I requested a page history merger (WP:HISTMERGE), so the history of Child sexual abuse in New York City religious institutions now includes the history of the definct Child sexual abuse in the New York City religious institutions, which does verify that Swliv did indeed create the page on April 6, and that no other edits were made on the page. OCNative (talk) 01:19, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Guillaume and Shearonink, I hope you don't mind that I struck out your text that related to the page history since my history merger request has rendered the issue moot. Since it's now moot, I struck out the lines to try to reduce the complexity of this DYK request. OCNative (talk) 01:24, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
    • No problem as far as I'm concerned, and thanks for reuniting the page histories. --GuillaumeTell 08:23, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

To start I have to say thanks for all the good attention. This is not an easy one, I know.

Second, a shorter (195 char.) and I think better variant:

• ... that two cases of child sexual abuse in New York City religious institutions have emerged in 2011 centered in prominent NYC youth basketball programs and with legal venue in Massachusetts?

Swliv (talk) 01:30, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Third, the background on the creation. It's only circumstantial, but I'll start by noting that the current article was created April 9, yet this self-nomination is under the 6th. That's because I started the nomination of the original article (all mine, no edits on it, started on the 6th, 27 page views on the 7th); then I realized that my typo, in effect, in the title was a real blemish; so I proceeded to create the new page (and, yes, with a good deal more editing of my original work, but nothing fundamental) and then empty out the old page, as I understood to be the appropriate way to (as happened) have an admin. eliminate it. (I didn't want it hanging around, think that's understandable.) Then I came back to the self-nom. but forgot to move it to the 9th. (And have worried about that a little, in the interim.) Anyway, the change in the title was simply that I'd left a "the" in in front of "New York City":

Child sexual abuse in the New York City religious institutions. Obviously blemished, I think. More substantively, to trace my approach to the article just a little: The NY mag. article I read maybe two weeks ago. Then a primary subject of that article, interviewed in South Carolina and all, B. Oliva, pled guilty in Massachusetts. I only stumbled on the guilty plea because the page views of Christ The King Regional High School spiked. Once I saw that, I felt I had to try to pull together what I'd learned (feeling I was sort of playing catch up, by then, but having to do it anyway). I have to say at the moment I can't recall how the second case -- E. Lorch, still before the Mass. courts -- came to my view. If anyone's interested, I'll trace my path. (The coincidences between the two, which the DYK uses, were pretty striking to me, once I had found the latter one and worked it up.)

Fourth, I'll say I've been following some of the widespread Wiki work on the general subject of child sexual abuse, and contributing from time to time, for quite a while. I could go into my history here in more detail if anyone wants, but for now I'll just go to the "censorship" comment above. I appreciate but haven't explored the references given. I may explore them and will respond if I do. Meanwhile, I'd say that I think Wikipedia has done a pretty good job on this general, difficult area and, on the other hand, there's much more that can and I hope will be done. I did marvel at the three "category bars" (I don't know what they're called; "hide"/ "show" at the bottom) which I imported into my article from probably Philadelphia. So much there. So much more that could be. I do think my current NYC contribution, also I'm sure not perfect, is nonetheless worthy of Wikipedia and, hence, of consideration for DYK. I'll leave it at that. Thanks again. Swliv (talk) 01:30, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• Swliv, I hope you don't mind that I struck out the text that related to the page history since my history merger request has rendered the issue moot (and also verified your story completely). Since it's now moot, I struck out the lines to try to reduce the complexity of this DYK request. OCNative (talk) 01:19, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't mind at all, of course. Thanks for clearing up that problem with my nomination. I've wondered about whether the nomination is languishing terminally, and in effect still do. But at least the package is cleaner, now. Thanks again. Swliv (talk) 22:03, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

After that moment of self-pity, I thought first about at least alerting earlier commenters to the history clarification but then was quickly reminded of the outstanding The C of E. comment. I've now reviewed the Big Jock Knew article and exchange over DYK back in March. First, given my interest in the general subject, I was drawn into the article and the DYK exchange. I liked learning about the controversy. On the other hand, while I'm still quite new to the DYK process, ultimately I think I agreed with the gist of comments which said it felt incomplete to have an article about a controversial chant without having an article about the controversy itself. As to the relevance of that article and decision to the decision on the current article -- including the expressed concern over censorship in Wikipedia -- I don't quite see the applicability. One of the two cases referenced in this DYK has proceeded through the courts to a guilty plea; the other is in the courts with an indictment handed down by a grand jury. The two other cases covered in the article are mostly documented elsewhere in Wikipedia but fit well within the new article's umbrella title. Yes, child sexual abuse is controversial, but it's well covered in Wikipedia (not perfectly, but pretty widely and deeply) and the two current cases have their unusual aspects as well as considerable commonality with the broad, grim (to allow myself an editorial comment) reality of many, many other cases, many documented in Wikipedia. I hope this helps in any continued consideration of this nomination. Swliv (talk) 23:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry, but this article strikes me as a WP:SYNTH collection of crimes or indictments for crimes of dubious notability. Gatoclass (talk) 11:14, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 7

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

• ... that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was added at the last possible moment and voted on without verifying the actual language prior to the vote?

Created by Hbaum16(talk), Samuel.G.Mills (talk), and Amoy48473 (talk). Nominated by My76Strat (talk) at 01:59, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Returned here because page is now a redirect. I haven't followed the discussion, but I suppose that situation might change. --Orlady (talk) 03:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• There is a discussion at Talk:SAFE Port Act#Merger with Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006? for those who wish to discuss the issue. OCNative (talk) 07:44, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 8

Climate of the Falkland Islands

• ... that due to the long sunlight hours of the climate of the Falkland Islands the government decided to keep daylight saving time in winter?

Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Self nom at 02:21, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Myrtis Chipmunkdavis (talk) 02:34, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and hook checked. Bejinhan talks 05:40, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Returned from queues with the following concern: the source does not confirm the first part of the hook and gives a few other vague reasons. Materialscientist (talk) 23:53, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

How about rewording the hook to: "ALT1... that though the climate of the Falkland Islands features long daylight hours in the summer, cloud cover limits the hours of daily direct sunlight to an average of six?" PhantomPlugger (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I think it is a right direction, but an unwieldy hook. Mine is short and ugly, as usual, something like:

ALT2:... that the Falkland Islands have on average only 2-3 hours of direct sunlight per day in winter? (or 6 hours in summer - don't know which fact is quirkier). Materialscientist (talk) 05:22, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Verified and good to go.--White Shadows ^{Stuck in square one} 00:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament, Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Tournament, Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament, Fred Ward Memorial Show

• ... that professional wrestling events held to honor deceased competitors have included the Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament, the Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Tournament, and the Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament?

Created by 72.74.224.37 (talk), 72.74.202.170 (talk). Nominated by GaryColemanFan (talk) at 22:18, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• Since this is still hanging out waiting for approval, how about adding another article (this one created by 72.74.213.189) to make it: ... that professional wrestling events held to honor deceased competitors have included the Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament, the Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Tournament, the Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament, and the Fred Ward Memorial Show? GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Note: Since making this nomination, I have reviewed four articles: Christian Thomas (ice hockey), Purgatory Correctional Facility, 2012 Democratic National Convention, and Loire (river). GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 9

William Hunt Painter

• ... that Fumaria bastardii has only been found twice in Britain and both times by the Rev. W.H.Painter?

Created by Parkywiki (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 17:39, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• Notability problems, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Hunt Painter.  Sandstein  17:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the conditional approval for this article. I'm optimistic that it will get through AfD given the 1800 references to his book including a recent citation in an American botany book. I believe it will take a week to go through that process. Victuallers (talk) 15:01, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Well it took less than a week and the AfD returned with a strong keep and some nice comments about the article. Can someone recheck, I think Sandstein's only issue was notability Victuallers (talk) 15:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment - Sandstein never stated conditional approval. All that the user said was that the article is at AfD, which means that the review can start if the article survives that process. Sandstein never commented on other DYK criteria. Schwede66 08:32, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• The article's sources appear to differ with the hook and article on the plant species. According to the cited source, the plant associated with Painter is Fumaria painteri. --Allen3 ^talk 23:31, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 10

M2 gas mask

• ... that the M2 gas mask protected the wearer for at least five hours against the common World War I chemical weapon phosgene?

• Reviewed: 5th Arizona Territorial Legislature

Created by Buggie111 (talk). Nominated by Buggie111 (talk) at 18:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref verified. However, much of the information is based on a blog. I found at least 3 good sources for further information on Google Books, and listed the links on the talk page. Perhaps you could wean off the blog and polish up the article with the book info? Yoninah (talk) 19:32, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Drat! I didn't know it was a blog. I'll try to. does the other site (Gasmasklexicon) count as an RS? Buggie111 (talk) 23:00, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• Yes. Yoninah (talk) 14:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

• I see that improvements were made since the last review. Additionally, I've spent some time working on the article -- among other things, I added text and even an image. I've stopped short of completely rewriting the article, largely because I actually don't know squat about gas masks and I don't have much experience writing military history articles. The hook fact is well-supported now, but the article still relies too heavily on some amateur (non-RS) websites whose creators did not have a very clear understanding of the topic, resulting in some statements that don't make a lot of sense. For example, I cannot make sense of the statement "Breathing in and out compressed the gas into safe quantities," and I cannot find support for it in the source cited. Another statement that I found problematic is "After a while, the elements in the mask built up" -- how long is "a while" and which "elements" built up? (My reading suggests that it was moisture that built up, but in context a reader might think this refers to chemical warfare agents.) DYK does not require perfection, but I'd like to see some additional improvement before this is featured on the main page. --Orlady (talk) 18:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 11

Gunda Gunda Gunde

• ... that, with over 220 volumes, the monastery of Gunda Gunde has one of the largest collections of Ge'ez manuscripts in Ethiopia?

Created by Llywrch (talk). Self nom at 21:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date and length are ok but I have 2 problems with this 1) the hook doesn't seem fully supported by the sources - please can you specify where it is mentioned as one of the largest collections. I couldn't find it in the sources. My second problem concerns the name. It seems more frequently referred to as Gunda Gunde when searched for, including modern 2007 sources. Gunda Gunda sounds cooler (like Zenga Zenga) but I think it's important to keep article with the most current and most widely used naming conventions, so this might be worth a check. Thanks! Good article apart from that btw. Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 23:15, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

• About the name: Due to a lack of a standardized transliteration system for Amharic -> English, spelling Ethiopian names are very inconsistent. (See the footnote to Wukro for one set of examples.) However, I went back to my printed sources, & they all use "Gunda Gunde" -- so I'll fix that. (I must have confused this monastery with a village 50 km away, just across the border in Eritrea: Guna guna.) As for your first point, I'll need to do some more research to confirm or correct that fact; however, considering that the library of the average Ethiopian church or monastery contains less than a dozen volumes, 200 volumes is a very large number. -- llywrch (talk) 00:07, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Length and date are okay. However, I was unable to find references to the "one of the largest collections of its kind in Ethiopia" claim in the cited source. — Toдor Boжinov — 08:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

• After a lot of searching, I've found source which states it was (at one time) the largest library of "Abyssinian" literature (which is the older Western name for the Ge'ez language) & have added more material to put the size of its collection in perspective, compared to both inside & outside the country. I don't know if that satisfies all of the concern with that statement, or I should come up with a different hook. -- llywrch (talk) 21:53, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry for requiring so much additional work on your part. The de Jacobis statement seems a bit too distant in time to be considered valid today. Your research has proven that there are larger collections, but not that this one is among the largest (in fact, the two you have cited are significantly larger). Perhaps it would be better to come up with a hook that can be more easily sourced. Why not use the bit about the dragon? — Toдor Boжinov — 12:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• No problem about the extra work. (I enjoy doing the research. ;-) But as for an alternative hook, I'd rather not use the dragon: many Christian sites are located where mythical creatures or pagan sacred sites. How about a hook like,

• "... that, despite being an institution of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the monastery of Gunda Gunde provided many converts to the Roman Catholic missionary and later saint Justin de Jacobis"? -- llywrch (talk) 19:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article doesn't mention that Jacobis was converted to Catholicism at Gunda Gunde. Gatoclass (talk) 11:48, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Mikhail Pervukhin

• ... that Mikhail Pervukhin, a First Deputy Chairman and a Deputy Premier of the Council of Ministers, was a central figure in the creation of the Soviet atomic bomb?

5x created/expanded by TIAYN (talk) 19:43, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: 1924–25 Nelson F.C. season

Length and date. But fact on being First Deputy Premier is only mentioned in the lede, needs mention further down with hook. Also, the sentence where he's mentioned as important in the atomic programme should have a ref directly after it. --Soman (talk) 02:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

• • Fixed There is not one specific sentence which says he was a central figure..... --TIAYN (talk) 12:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 13

Elmo Tanner

• ... that Elmo Tanner’s early recordings appeared on Paramount Records’ race record series?

Created by 78.26 (talk). Self nom at 16:32, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that "Heartaches," featuring Elmo Tanner’s whistling, became a #1 hit fourteen years after it was recorded?"

• ALT2:... that two separate recordings featuring Elmo Tanner shared the same #1 spot on Billboard magazine simultaneously?"

• Reviewed: Matthew Stockford

article length and creation date OK, images appear to be public domain, hook is supported by inline citation which checks out. I prefer the ALT1 hook. DiverDave (talk) 07:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Spill (audio)

Example of drum kit spill into a snare drum microphone

• ... that although audio spill (example right) is often undesirable in the recording of popular music, it can be heard on records by The Beatles and Christina Aguilera?

Created by Mattgirling (talk). Self nom at 11:51, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Fred Laycock. matt (talk) 11:58, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment: Sound isn't the exact same file as is used in the article, but it is a shortened version for use in DYK. matt (talk) 12:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC) Changed original. matt (talk) 10:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Everything checks out, including tag. Interesting article, but could use some cleanup. See talk. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:11, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 14

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

• ... that SUNY Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (pictured) was the first educational institution dedicated solely to the research and development of nanotechnology?

Created by Nanotech257 (talk). Nominated by UpstateNYer (talk) at 23:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Charles Elliott Perkins (diff)

• Expansion date was 14 April. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 10:17, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• Looks good and checks out. The use of "educational institution" gave me slight pause, but I can't think of a better way to word it and I don't think it is such a big deal as to preclude it from approval. PhantomPlugger (talk) 21:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Returned from preps with the following concern: it is extremely difficult to defend this claim. For example, a few second search returned this. My intuition tells that 2004 is too late to be the first, no matter what the Wall Street Journal says, and off course it can't be "the only" based on a 2010 ref. - such colleges grow like mushrooms after rain, and the rain passed back in the 1990s. Materialscientist (talk) 01:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

• I don't disagree with removal of 'and only', so I just did that. As for the 'first' claim, I have a reliable source backing that up (it would be one thing if it were a local paper making the claim, but it's the WSJ). Ball's in your court to prove it wrong. upstateNYer 01:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Tomb of Akhethetep and Christine Ziegler

• ... that Christiane Ziegler excavated the Tomb of Akhethetep (pictured) from 1991-1999?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 17:19, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• It is good, but in Tomb of Akhethetep, in section Description the first paragraph is unreferenced. You should give also link to the article you reviewed. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 00:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img.--Nvvchar. 01:53, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus.--Nvvchar. 08:44, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 10:11, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Purgatory Correctional Facility

• ... that the Mormon bigamist Warren Jeffs spent a year in a prison called Purgatory?

Created by Verne Equinox (talk). Self nom at 22:26, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Opsismodysplasia

• A few things: (1) most importantly, the article is not long enough. 1500 characters is the minimum, and this is not quite up to 1000, (2) "polygamist" would be more appropriate than "bigamist", and (3) in the article, Jeffs is not referred to as a bigamist or polygamist. GaryColemanFan (talk) 03:58, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that the Mormon funadmentalist Warren Jeffs, who was once on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, spent a year in a prison called Purgatory?

• Article is still way too short at only 940-odd characters. Gatoclass (talk) 11:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Casa de Mi Padre

• ... that Will Ferrell (pictured) produced and stars in the upcoming Spanish-language comedy film Casa de Mi Padre, which has been described as in the style of "an overly dramatic telenovela"?

• Reviewed: Mancusi v. DeForte
• Comment: Article was developed in userspace but was moved into the mainspace on April 14.

Created by TriiipleThreat (talk). Self nom at 13:00, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. Tweaked hook and it's good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Arroyo Seco, Querétaro

• ... that Arroyo Seco, Querétaro, Mexico is home to the Sótano del Barro, a pit cave which is one of the largest cavities of the world by volume?

5x expanded by Thelmadatter (talk). Self nom at 18:37, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Celts in Transylvania Thelmadatter (talk) 18:50, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Expansion and date check out, but only source for claim in hook is in Spanish. Is there no English language source for such an amazing fact? -AndrewDressel (talk) 23:48, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Messier 91

• ... that Messier 91 (pictured) was a missing object in Messier's catalogue until William C. Williams rediscovered it in 1969?

Expanded 5X; from 310 characters of prose to 1955 characters of prose --TitanOne (talk) 14:51, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• date, expansion verified, DYK hook verified. Image license of File:Messier91.jpg verified.

• DYK hook seems to be boring for non-specialist. Many people do not know that Messier have lived in 18th century. I think, that William C. Williams does need to be mentioned in the hook. How about much more simple hook?

ALT1: ... that the 63 million light-years away galaxy Messier 91 was discovered in the 18th century and rediscovered 188 years later?

--Snek01 (talk) 22:14, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree that ALT1 is much more interesting, and I've struck out the original hook for clarity. Tweaked ALT1 for grammar and added wikilinks. TitanOne, given that you appear to be working on a few of these articles, when they meet DYK requirements, they are automatically no longer stubs. Can you thus please remove the stub tags and reassess them as start class (or at least, remove the stub class there, too, and leave it unassessed for somebody else to deal with it) as part of the nomination process? Schwede66 22:43, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Williams in 1969 only reassigned the discovery date from 1784 to 1781 and discoverer name from Herschel to Messier - I don't think he qualifies as a "rediscoverer" (Herschel does). Perhaps we need another hook. Maybe something quirky about the "bookkeeping" mistake, but at the moment it is poorly sourced and I'm not sure it was actually "bookkeeping" problem. Materialscientist (talk) 05:46, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

To avoid words "rediscover" and exact interval of time, I have tried to formulate ALT2:

ALT2: ... that the 63 million light-years away galaxy Messier 91 was discovered in the 18th century, but it was added to Messier's catalogue two centuries later?

--Snek01 (talk) 08:38, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

thanks for the clarification guys. I actually like Snek01's alt. --TitanOne (talk) 13:47, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT2 is good to go. Schwede66 18:34, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

problems are: (i) long adjective which most people won't grasp (is 63 million ly much or not?) (ii) many people won't know when Messier catalogue was compiled. I would suggest

ALT3: ... that although Charles Messier discovered the galaxy M91 in 1781, it was added to his catalogue only two centuries later? Materialscientist (talk) 00:06, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT3 has shortest (the best) hook and very good wording. Thanks for suggestion. --Snek01 (talk) 21:48, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Jack the Giant Killer (2012 film)

• ... that the upcoming 2012 film, Jack the Giant Killer directed by Bryan Singer is expected to take an adult look at the Jack and the Beanstalk legend?

• Reviewed: Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors
• Comment: Article was developed in the article incubator but was moved into the mainspace on April 14.

Created by TriiipleThreat (talk). Self nom at 12:50, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Online source supports hook. Length and date are fine. Article layout and sources are okay. Good to go! Binksternet (talk) 01:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Sectoral representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines

• ... that former presidential son Mikey Arroyo (pictured) currently sits as a sectoral representative of tricycle drivers and security guards in the House of Representatives of the Philippines?

Created by Howard the Duck (talk). Self nom at 12:09, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Clara Clarita. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:26, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• On tricycles, I looked there and I can't find a good enough name for the vehicle as it is used in the Philippines. Sidecar might be a good link. We can ditch that and say he represents security guards. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 14:01, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fixed link according to above suggestion. Verified. Gatoclass (talk) 12:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Clara Clarita

• ... that Sir Winston Churchill's American grandfather paid $125,000 for a new luxury steam yacht, Clara Clarita (pictured), that could only manage a speed of ½ mph (0.8 km/h)?

• Reviewed: Wharton Reef Light

Created by Gatoclass (talk). Self nom at 12:05, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• I can't easily find the fact that it managed a speed of 1/2 mph. I found one stating it ran at 12 mph. I did see "we made one mile and a quarter in just two hours and a half." but this should've been more explicit.–HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:25, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

"One mile and a quarter in just two hours and a half" is precisely 1/2 mph. But if you want confirmation, you only have to look at the next reference in line, following the sentence Jerome's account was corroborated by two further letters to the Times, from E. Riggs and Clara Clarita's commander, Captain Alex Smith, which states that the yacht "went at the extraordinary rate of about half a knot", here. Gatoclass (talk) 12:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but like I said it should've more explicit, like "one mile and a quarter in just two hours and a half (1/2 mph)". I reckon most people are not into boat speeds and may not realize that knot is about as equal as 1 mph, nor do they have to mentally compute 0.525 mi/2.5 hrs=1/5 mph. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:53, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, the "half a knot" comment is not included in the article - I used the 1/2 mile per hour statement precisely because far more people know what mph means than knot. In relation to your comment however, I think "one mile and a quarter in just two hours and a half" ought to be perfectly accessible to anyone with even the most rudimentary grasp of arithmetic. Gatoclass (talk) 13:21, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I'll let others have their take on this. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 13:54, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I added an explicit reference to "1/2 mph" to the article.[1] Gatoclass (talk) 06:43, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

I think this hook is deliberately misleading. The article clearly states that it reached a speed of 12 mph; nowhere does it say that the boat had a maximum speed of 0.5 as the hook implies. BigDom (talk) 15:35, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

The yacht reached a speed of 12 mph after its original engine was replaced. The original engine could only manage a speed of 1/2 mph, when the yacht was new. That is a simple, verifiable statement of fact. Gatoclass (talk) 16:55, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

No it's not a fact, or at least the article doesn't say that it is. The fact that the boat travelled 1.25 miles in 2.5 hours does not mean, in any way, that it reached a maximum speed of 0.5 mph, it means that its average speed was 0.5 mph on that particular voyage. Indeed, it is more than likely that higher speeds were reached that day. There is no evidence that the boat could only manage 0.5 mph. BigDom (talk) 17:18, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

That would have to be about the most pedantic point I have ever encountered on this page. You think the hook is misleading because you can hypothesize that maybe the boat went a fraction faster at some point in its 2 1/2 hour voyage? Please be reasonable. The point is that the engine was a piece of useless junk, if it managed to go at 0.6 mph at some point in its voyage and 0.4 at another, that is hardly a reason to challenge the hook as "misleading". Gatoclass (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Most of this discussion could be rendered moot if anyone had considered writing an alt hook, so how about:

ALT1:... that Sir Winston Churchill's American grandfather paid $125,000 for a new luxury steam yacht, Clara Clarita (pictured), that managed only an average speed of ½ mph (0.8 km/h)? OCNative (talk) 00:48, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

I considered that, but I think it weakens the hook unnecessarily. I don't see any point in quibbling about "average" and "maximum" speeds for a boat that could only manage 1/2 mph. What sort of "maximum" speed worthy of the name would such a boat be capable of? Certainly none of the sources bothered to record one, and the second source states clearly that the boat ""went at the extraordinary rate of about half a knot"[2] - what else needs to be said? Gatoclass (talk) 04:20, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

I would agree with Gatoclass that the original hook is preferable and that the article clearly demonstrates the inferior speed of the boat. The addition of the 1/2 mph text in the article is a good way to clearly tie the hook to the article. Though the account does seem to imply that different speeds were achieved, surely the differences were negligible and do not impact the core interest of the hook. I don't think the average reader would see the use of 1/2 mph as an exact reading of speed, as opposed to, say, 0.5 mph. Furthermore, using a colloquial phrase such as "could only manage" implies that the measurement used is an approximation designed to illustrate a point. I say approve the hook as-is. PhantomPlugger (talk) 20:32, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Hodgen's Cemetery Mound

• ... that cranial deformation of a skull enabled archaeologists to identify the Adena as the builders of the Hodgen's Cemetery Mound (pictured) in Tiltonsville, Ohio?

Created by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 03:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Felipe González González. Nyttend (talk) 03:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, photo and hook (AGF) verified, ready to go. Poliocretes (talk) 09:12, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Have a thought: what about an alt "... that a cranially deformed skull shows that the Adena built the Hodgen's Cemetery Mound (pictured) in Tiltonsville, Ohio"? Nyttend (talk) 20:47, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Um, "cranially deformed skull" translates as cranially deformed cranium! The original version is best, providing it begins with "... that an artificially deformed skull enabled archaeologists" (etc etc etc)........... Moriori (talk) 21:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hmm, you're right. I'm looking for some way to reduce the length of the other one; what if you replace "cranially" with "artificially" in my alt hook? Nyttend (talk) 01:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't see an alt, so I am not entirely sure what I am commenting on here. I suggest '... that an artificially deformed skull enabled archaeologists to identify the Adena as the builders of the Hodgen's Cemetery Mound (pictured) in Tiltonsville, Ohio?' Moriori (talk) 01:53, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• I really don't think we need to mention the archaeologists. The alt is in the line beginning with "Have a thought". If you disagree, I suppose we can always go with the original hook, but I fear that it's rather long. Nyttend (talk) 10:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hold the bus, the hook is misleading anyway. The Hodgen's Cemetery Mound article it is based on says "erosion of the hillside revealed human bones, including a skull with evidence of artificial cranial deformation......the bones allowed archaeologists to determine that the hill was a burial mound built by the Adena." It specifies the bones, not just the skull as the hook says. We should retire this proposal. Moriori (talk) 22:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• 1."erosion of the hillside revealed human bones, including a skull with evidence of artificial cranial deformation."

2."This practice was common among the prehistoric Adena culture;"

3."consequently, the bones allowed archaeologists to determine that the hill was a burial mound built by the Adena"

The progression from 1 to 3 is perfectly reasonable, it's quite clear that the skull is the basis for linking the site to the Adena. There's no reason to withdraw the nomination. I think the original hook is fine as it is. Poliocretes (talk) 13:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

It is most certainly not quite clear that the skull "is the basis for linking the site to the Adena", quite the opposite. It says bones permitted identification, not skull defamation. We are not allowed to infer or speculate. If an article does not say that X happened, we can't say in DYK that X happened. For this proposed hook to go to the main page the article would need to be amended to fit the content of the hook, (or vice versa) complete with verification. They must be compatible. Moriori (talk) 04:14, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Please read skull — it's multiple bones, not just one. The bones in question are the skull bones, according to the source. The progression given by Poliocretes is in the source and in the article: it's not inference or speculation on my part. Nyttend (talk) 15:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

HMS Polyanthus (K47)

HMS Polyanthus

• ... that during convoy escort duty in the Battle of the North Atlantic in 1943, HMS Polyanthus (pictured) was sunk by U-952 using new weapons technology?

Created by Leidseplein (talk). Self nom at 04:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Jovan Skerlić.Leidseplein (talk) 04:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• With "pictured" and other necessary bits, the hook is over 200 characters. Could you chop something? Nyttend (talk) 04:09, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• now shorter. Leidseplein (talk) 04:17, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• I've trimmed the hook some more and given it a tweak. Gatoclass (talk) 06:28, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Gendang beleq

• ... that Gendang beleq (pictured), a music and dance performance popular in Lombok, Indonesia, is so named because it uses two big drums?

created by Awewe (talk). Self nom at 22:02, 14 April 2011 (UTC+8)

• Date, length OK. Offline hook ref AGF. Tweaked hook and it's good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:54, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Excellent work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 15

Joseph McCulloch

• ... that, in 1918, Joseph McCulloch coached star American football players from multiple schools, including 1917 All-American Archie Weston (pictured)?

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Nominated by Cmadler (talk) at 13:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length, and hook verified. A good article, well formatted, good citations.Leidseplein (talk) 04:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Morića Han

• ... that Morića Han is the only surviving han in Sarajevo?

• Reviewed: Vittorio Arrigoni ([3])

Created by Antidiskriminator (talk). Self nom at 13:40, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Disambiguated "han" in the hook and the article to point to Caravanserai, which according to the "Etymology" section, is the same as a "han" (assuming that I picked the correct meaning). cmadler (talk) 14:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• The article probably needs a quick copy-edit for grammar. cmadler (talk) 14:21, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing disambiguated han. There are sources that claim that caravanserays and hans were different things, at least in the Balkans. The Caravanserays were much bigger and supposedly often had charity like function (providing free accommodation for travellers and poor people) while hans were always part of profit driven business. But I did not (yet) find sources on English that would support that interpretation. Therefore I can say that you did pick the correct meaning, for now. I performed a quick copy-edit in the scale that I could (considering the limited knowledge of English). If that is not enough, please someone help with "a quick copy-edit for grammar".--Antidiskriminator (talk) 21:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Vittorio Arrigoni

• ... that pro-Palestinian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni was hanged in Gaza by an alleged Palestinian terror group?

• Reviewed: have less than 5 DYK

Created by Ittakezou0 (talk). Nominated by ברוקולי (talk) at 20:35, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• This article was not created by Ittakezou0 but by User:Jalapenos do exist. If I am not wrong, it does not affect the review of the hook? Date is ok, size ok. The source does not mention that "alleged Palestinian terror group" hanged Arrigoni. The source say that he was found hanged and nothing about who did it. Term alleged is violation of WP:Peacock, WP:ALLEGED.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 13:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

was changed by administrator Gatoclass He probably knows what he was doing. If he did not complain about the hook, it is also probably OK, but here's an alternative hook:

Alt1 ... that pro-Palestinian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni was hanged by suspected members of a Salafist militant group operating in Gaza known as Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin.

• The text of the article does not contain referenced claim that Vittorio was hanged by suspected members of a Salafist militant group. If I am wrong please provide quote from the text together with quote from the referenced source. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:49, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

It is generally suspected that Salafi radicals kidnapped and killed Arrigoni[4]. Actually, if you go through almost every source used in the article you will find that all say Salafist or Islamic radicals killed him. However, the Salafist groups in Gaza deny it and some have condemned it and an investigation has just been started so there's nothing concrete yet. I think we need a new hook altogether. I suggest the following:

Alt2 ... that one of the few journalists present in the Gaza Strip during the 2008-09 War was Vittorio Arrigoni who compiled a book of his experiences during that time? --Al Ameer son (talk) 21:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Alt2 is not good. The man became notable only because of his murder. Alt2 says nothing about the murder. This section has lots of confirmation and sourcing to the man captors.

Alt3 ... that pro-Palestinian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni was kidnapped by suspected members of a Palestinian militant group operating in Gaza and later found hanged? --Broccolo (talk) 17:20, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

"pro-Palestinian" is a piped link to the disambiguation page Palestinian. I think this should probably point to Palestinian refugee (which maybe should be renamed to the plural). cmadler (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Fixed the link, but to Palestinian people. I think it's a better link because the "pro" is for all the Palestinian's, and not just for the refugees. Broccolo (talk) 07:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

I propose to delete word peace from peace activist because there is no mention of term "peace activist" in the text of the article. Also, according to WP:OVERLINK I propose not to link activist at all. That way we will avoid three wikilinks in a row, and follow wp:General points on linking style. Also, I propose to replace Palestinian with Islamic in the term Palestinian militant group because word Palestinian is already used in the hook and secondly, the sources emphasize that it is supposed that Group is driven by Islamic militarism and in fact opposed to the Palestinian authorities. That way the hook maybe can look like:

• Alt4... that pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni was kidnapped by suspected members of a Islamic militant group operating in Gaza and later found hanged?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• OK, I agree with that alt. Broccolo (talk) 15:09, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

good to go for Alt4.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Lagmann mac Gofraid

• ... that Lagmann mac Gofraid, a late 11th-century King of Mann and the Isles, has been labelled as the only known Scot who took part in the First Crusade?

5x expanded by Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk). Self nom at 06:42, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Way over 5x expansion, new enough, AGF offline sources. Nice article! Adabow (talk · contribs) 07:20, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

International reaction to the demolition of the Babri mosque

• ... that the offices of Air India were attacked as part of the violent reaction to the Babri mosque demolition in Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Created by S h i v a (Visnu) (talk). Self nom at 06:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Orphans' Decree

• ... that a forced conversion of orphaned non-Muslim children to Islam under Orphans' Decree in Yemen has no "parallel in other countries"?

• Reviewed: ...And the Native Hipsters ([5])

Created by Mbz1 (talk). Self nom at 03:23, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hooks should be neutral -- it is wrong to use DYK to showcase a hook aimed at embarrassing any nation or religion. Also, a hook should reference an established fact--"no parallel in other countries" is somebody's editorializing. History tells many sad stories of government policies to take children away from their families when the government disapproved of the families' beliefs--hard to see why these aren't "parallel." Also, the hook implies that Yemen is currently engaged in forced conversion of orphans to Islam-- the decree lapsed in 1948.betsythedevine (talk) 04:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Alt1 ... that Orphans' Decree that was implemented in Yemen between 17th Century and up to 1948 was ignored during Ottoman rule?

--Mbz1 (talk) 15:20, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Lynn Borden

• ... that after her role in the 1972 horror film Frogs, actress Lynn Borden began collecting frog figurines as a hobby?

ALT... that actress Lynn Borden, who appeared in the final season of the Shirley Booth sitcom Hazel, was the 1957 Miss Arizona?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 21:18, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Dave Liddell : Billy Hathorn (talk) 21:25, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• I think the original hook is the best. Date, length, hook ref all verified. I removed the elephants from the hook, though, because the elephants came first, not the frogs, and it seems to read better without the elephants. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Amate

• ... that despite being banned by Spanish colonial authorities in Mexico, the making of amate, or bark paper, never disappeared?

5x expanded by Thelmadatter (talk). Self nom at 20:57, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed organocerium compoundsThelmadatter (talk) 21:00, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
• Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 21:55, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)

• ... that around 252 glider infantry of the 1st Airlanding Brigade were drowned during the Allied invasion of Sicily?

X 5 expansion and self nom Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:59, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Douglas 2229 below

• Ready to go. A very interesting article. Harrison49 (talk) 16:16, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Douglas 2229

• ... that when the Douglas 2229 supersonic transport suggested fuel had to be held in the fuselage, a designer sketched a solution with the passengers wearing diving suits, under large signs saying "No Smoking"?

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nom at 15:14, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• The hook, at 206 characters, is a little too long, and, more importantly, isn't too clear. It makes me picture the airplane sitting around making suggestions. ALT1 is 198 characters:
• ALT1: ... that after plans for the Douglas 2229 SST left no room for fuel other than in the fuselage, a designer sketched a cartoon with diving suit-clad passengers immersed in fuel, under "No Smoking" signs? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:10, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Love it! Edit "had" to "left"? Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Done. (I actually had it that way originally as I was attempting to construct the hook, then changed it to save one character, before making other changes which ultimately brought it under 200, then forgot to change that back when there was room.) And I've struck the original hook. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:57, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

1893–94 Small Heath F.C. season

• ... that Small Heath F.C. went through the 1893–94 season without drawing a League match?

• ALT1:... that in 1893–94, Small Heath F.C. became the first team to score more than 100 goals in a Football League season?
• Reviewed: Neil Stevens ([6])
• Comment: Moved from userspace on 15 April. Both hooks are stated and ref'd in the second para of the Summary and aftermath section

Created by Struway2 (talk). Self nom at 11:08, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. for alt-1 only, which I happen to think is much more interesting anyway. I think alt-1 is the better hook. Although the reference states that there were no draws, there are several in the tables. If the "draws" hook is used, it should be re-worded to note that "without drawing a match" came during regular divisional play and not across all competitions (this isn't readily apparent to non-soccer/football-oriented readers). Cheers. — KV5 • Talk • 17:47, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

National Schools of Art, Havana

• ... that Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, while enjoying a post-revolutionary round of golf at the recently-abandoned Havana country club in 1961, conceptualized a new national art school (school of ballet pictured) to be built right on the course where they were teeing off?

Created by DuendeThumb (talk). Self nom at 00:09, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

* Way more than a 5× expansion, offline source accepted in good faith. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 02:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• At 240 characters or 258 with the annotated "pictured", the hook is over the limit of 200. Also, it's unclear to me whether the hook facts are exactly represented in the article, but there is definitely not an inline citation immediately following the hook facts as required by the rules. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:43, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Note: I struck the original hook, and TenPoundHammer's comments were self-stuck. I've suggested a 199-character ALT. Other suggestions, of course, are welcome.
• ALT1: ... that Havana's National Schools of Art (school of ballet pictured), conceived by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, are considered to be outstanding architectural achievements of the Cuban Revolution? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:15, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1 sounds like a good hook to me. It deals more directly with the article's content, though the original (too-long) hook was in fact directly cited in the article (p. 21, Loomis' Revolution of Forms). That said, ALT1 is good User:DuendeThumb —Preceding undated comment added 04:49, 18 April 2011 (UTC).

suggest are considered to be among the most outstanding architectural achievements => are considered to be outstanding architectural achievements "among the most" doesnt add v much at all Victuallers (talk) 15:51, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Andy Hansen

• ... that baseball pitcher Andy Hansen (pictured) earned his first major league victory against the Philadelphia Phillies, the only other major league team for which he would ever play?

Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 17:58, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that after signing with the New York Giants baseball team after leaving his high school, pitcher Andy Hansen (pictured) compiled a "sensational" 12–3 record for Bristol at age 18?
• ALT2: ... that Andy Hansen's (pictured) elbow swelled "as big as a football" after a 1950 pitching injury?

I reviewed 1893–94 Small Heath F.C. season. Also note the merged edit history; this draft has been in my userspace a long time and was recently moved to mainspace over a stub which had been created during the course of my work. — KV5 • Talk • 17:58, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sourcing checks out. I'm reviewing because I made the semi-complicated move from user sandbox, can absolutely confirm this is all fresh/live text. Went from this to this. Staxringold _talk^contribs 19:28, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Golondrina point

• ... that Golondrina points are so named because their unusual flaring basal "ears" resemble the spilt tail of a swallow (golondrina in Spanish)?

Created by France3470 (talk). Self nom at 00:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that Golondrina points are considered the most prevalent of Paleo-Indian points in the South Texas Plains and typify the region's first distinguished cultural pattern?

Reviewed: Joppenbergh Mountain

• Date, length OK. However, upon checking your refs, I notice that you are quoting verbatim from the source in footnote #1. To avoid copyright violations, you must paraphrase rather than quote directly from your sources. Please rewrite your material accordingly before DYK approval. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:21, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• I have made changes, hopefully it is now fine. I have also made some slight rewording to the second hook to ensure no further issues. Thanks, -France3470 (talk) 17:46, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Jacqueline Berger

• ... that poet Jacqueline Berger compares the writing process to dreaming?

• Comment: Moved from user space at 03:07, 15 April.
• Reviewed: Lower Swell ([7])

Created by Viriditas (talk). Self nom at 03:07, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. Nice hook. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 16

Anthoceros laevis

• ... that the sex organs of Anthoceros laevis (pictured) are visible on its dorsal surface?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 09:27, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Bolded and also added an img.--Nvvchar. 13:09, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney. Slightly delayed nomming this, hope its OK.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Andy and April's Fancy Party

• ... that NBC accidentally ran a commercial about a secret wedding from the Parks and Recreation episode "Andy and April's Fancy Party" two months before the episode aired?

Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Sophie Christiansen [8] — Hunter Kahn 14:01, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Walraversijde

• ... that Walraversijde, the site of a reconstructed medieval fishing village (pictured), is the most studied archaeological site of its type in Europe?

Created by Epipelagic (talk). Self nom at 11:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Amer Fort

Wilhelmine Reichard

• ... that although Wilhelmine Reichard was badly injured during a balloon accident 1811 she conducted several flights until 1820?

• ALT1:... that Wilhelmine Reichard raised money by conducting flights with a gas balloon between 1816 and 1820?

Created by Stone (talk). Self nom at 10:11, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. I proofread the article for English grammar but was unable to verify the correct link for Döhlen, which links to a disambiguation page. The article is also an orphan, as it does not link to any other articles. After you fix these things, I would like to suggest this alt:
• ALT2: ... that Wilhelmine Reichard, the first German woman balloonist, fell unconscious at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft) during her third flight in 1811 and crash-landed in a forest? Yoninah (talk) 23:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Reads fine! I have to deal with a very bad modem connection for several days, i look what I can do.--08:39, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Amer Fort

• ... that the annual tourist visitation to the Amber Palace of Amer Fort (pictured) in Rajasthan was reported by the Superintendent of Department of Archaeology and Museums as 1.4 million visitors during 2007?

Created/expanded by Nvvchar (talk), Dr. Blofeld (talk). Self nom at 01:52, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Henry Conybeare.--Nvvchar. 02:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fixed one more img of the palace within the fort. Probably a better img.--Nvvchar. 11:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT ... that in 2007, the Amber Palace of Amer Fort (pictured) in Rajasthan was visited by 1.4 million tourists?

Length, history, source checked. Suggest simpler hook (above). Otherwise, okay to go. --Epipelagic (talk) 00:53, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• OK.--Nvvchar. 01:48, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

1980 Scottish Cup Final

• ... that a riot after the 1980 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. resulted in a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at sporting events in Scotland?

Created by Jmorrison230582 (talk). Self nom at 20:19, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 09:58, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Theâtre de l'Étoile du Nord

• ... that Theâtre de l'Étoile du Nord (pictured) has been described as "the most boho Tunis is likely to get"?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 16:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img.--Nvvchar. 07:32, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Millennium Dam.--Nvvchar. 08:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. However, the word boho in the article links to a disambiguation page, and I think you should link it in the hook, too. Yoninah (talk) 23:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Done. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 02:44, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks. Date, length OK. Foreign-language hook ref AGF. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 10:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Avenue Habib Bourguiba

• ... that Avenue Habib Bourguiba (pictured) is the principal thoroughfare of Tunis?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 10:53, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed George B. Jackson

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 16:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• I hope an img I have added would be in order. --Nvvchar. 17:11, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Csóványos

• ... that the dense forest in the area around Csóványos in Northern Hungary has been described as "almost mystical"?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 10:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed :Mike Loan♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:48, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good to me, just changed "mystic" to "mystical", as the source says, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Mitchell Ayres

• ... that Perry Como's musical conductor, Mitchell Ayres, first worked with the singer on a demo recording of The Chesterfield Supper Club in 1944, but did not join the program until 1948, when he was offered the job during a golf game?

Created by User:We hope (talk). Self nom at 01:44, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Iosif Begun [9]

• length and referencing fine, created 17 not 16 (no problem), but please suggest a less complex hook, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that Perry Como's musical conductor, Mitchell Ayres, was offered his long-time job with the singer during a golf game? (shortened)-We hope (talk) 16:08, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• good to go, we hope, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Liberty Cinema

• ... that Liberty Cinema in Mumbai got its name as it was built in 1947, the year of Indian Independence?

Created by Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 05:37, 17 April 2011 (UTC). Self nom at 05:28, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Length, reference and history verified. Daniel Case (talk) 16:49, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: James Parfitt [10] Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 05:36, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

HMS Diamond (H22)

• ... that the British destroyers HMS Diamond and HMS Wryneck were sunk by German aircraft on 27 April 1941 about four hours after they rescued over 500 troops from a sinking Dutch troopship?

5x expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nom at 05:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Commelina cyanea--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion is verified, hook accepted by AGF. Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 22:06, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Commelina cyanea

• ... that the Australian creeping plant Commelina cyanea (pictured) is known as scurvy weed as early settlers ate it to ward off scurvy?

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 00:52, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• good to go.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

United States Trust Company theft

• ... that the 1934 United States Trust Company theft was the work of an international gang that stole more than $2 million in multiple robberies?

Created by JKBrooks85 (talk). Self nom at 22:56, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, and hook all verified. $2 million figure is not explicitly stated, but easily extrapolated by simple math. Nice work. — AlekJDS ^talk 05:46, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

James Parfitt

• ... that James Parfitt's best bowling in first-class cricket came in his second match, when he claimed seven wickets in the first innings, all bowled?

• Reviewed: Sally Bowles

Created by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 21:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 05:33, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Percy Saint

• ... that Louisiana Attorney General Percy Saint in 1929 ruled that impeachment proceedings against Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr., were constitutional?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 21:20, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, hook's ref verified. Just talk page WikiProjects are needed... --WhiteWriter ^speaks 22:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed 2011 Cirebon bombing

Sally Bowles

• ... that Christopher Isherwood named the character Sally Bowles after Paul Bowles because he found Bowles attractive?

5x expanded by Harley Hudson (talk). Self nom at 20:53, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion, overall length and date check out, offline reference AGF. Harrias ^talk 21:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Charles Austin Tweed

• ... that a proposal by Republican Charles Austin Tweed allowing California to hire women at the same rate of pay offered to men was defeated by the California State Senate?

• Reviewed: Two-mass-skate bicycle ([11])

Created by Allen3 (talk). Self nom at 20:58, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Information and article length checks out. I changed your hook slightly to bring California further up. JKBrooks85 (talk) 23:00, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

A year would be good. I've added one to the hook. -AndrewDressel (talk) 23:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Addition of year reverted. As Victuallers once said, "Hooks are like exotic underwear, they shouldn't show everything." The hook was intentionally written to play off of certain widely held assumptions based upon current political dialogs. Adding too much information, like the fact the event occurred in 1870, destroys those assumptions and significantly weakens the hook. --Allen3 ^talk 01:42, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Jaigarh Fort

• ... that a three month search carried out for treasures by an Army unit at Jaigarh Fort (pictured) in Rajasthan, did not find any treasures?

Created/expanded by Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 15:27, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT Hook… that Jaigarh Fort in Rajasthan which was a center of artillery production has the world's largest cannon on wheels, the Jaivana (pictured) on display?

• Reviewed Titan Cup.--Nvvchar. 16:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• I copy edited the grammar slightly on the first hook. Harley Hudson (talk) 20:53, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• An interesting article. I Prefer ALT Hook, but why did you attributed this canon to the medieval period? It was manufactured between 1699-1743 - two centuries after mediaeval period. Please explain me. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 22:11, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks for your observations. The plaque at the site and other book references attribute it as "Medieval period". However, you are right and I have therefore now deleted the two words now.--Nvvchar. 05:57, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Both hooks are good. I prefer ALT1. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 07:09, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Timothy E. Gregory

• ... that Byzantine historian Timothy E. Gregory served as director of the Ohio State University excavations at Isthmia?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Self nom at 14:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Betrayal (1929 film)♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and hook verified. — Toдor Boжinov — 16:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Luoji Township

• ... that in Luoji Township in Yunnan, there are laws against the picking of young matsutake mushrooms smaller than 6cm in diameter?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Self nom at 13:11, 16 April 2011 (UTC) Reviewed Amate♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• - I would tweak the hook to state "matsutake mushrooms" in it (as the rules are specific about this fungus)

Sure, although the source which refers to the mushrooms laws doesn't mention Matsutake, just mushroom. I didn't want anybody questioning that..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:20, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes it does. Look in the first sentence "To a matsutake harvester..." and also the discussion under the five laws. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

matsutake it is then!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Titan Cup

• ... that despite having won all its round robin matches, South Africa lost to India in the final of the Titan Cup?

Created by S h i v a (Visnu) (talk). Self nom at 10:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• . Length, hook reference and date verified. good to go.--Nvvchar. 16:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Opsismodysplasia

• ... that the bone disease opsismodysplasia was named from the Greek word opsismos meaning "late"?

Created by Rcej (talk). Self nom at 09:04, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

I reviewed Ernst Cadman Colwell. Rcej (Robert) - talk 09:06, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• OK. Published source accepted in good faith. Verne Equinox (talk) 16:34, April 16, 2011 (UTC)

Its an online source... I had the wrong one cited. All fixed now! :) Rcej (Robert) - talk 06:38, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Semper Fidelis (march)

Semper Fidelis

• ... that John Philip Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" (file attached) is considered to be the official march of the United States Marine Corps?

Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 05:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Fort Center--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:53, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT:... that "Semper Fidelis" (file attached) by John Philip Sousa is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps? Proposed by Moriori (talk) 06:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• I think that the wording of alt1 is better. But why an image of Sousa rather than the sound file of the march itself!? — KV5 • Talk • 16:23, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Braeburn Range

• ... that in New Zealand's Braeburn Range a small population of large carnivorous snails Powelliphanta "Nelson Lakes" is only found above the bush line?

Created by Dramatic (talk). Self nom at 09:37, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Anthony Sadowski

Made these changes. Age and size are good. The article, however, does not state that these snails are found only above the bush line, and the provided source states that they are found just below, just above, and at the bush line. -AndrewDressel (talk) 14:58, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

If you re-read the reference, it initially says the "just below, just above and at", but in reference to all three populations (the other two are 10-20 km away). It then says that they have only been found above the bushline on Mount Murchison. Also, I have reverted your change to the reference title: It's a single white paper (distributed online in three parts for size reasons) with a single purpose, and the document title should be used rather than a single chapter heading. dramatic (talk) 17:54, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

When I first looked at the reference, it looked like this, so I did my best to fix it. I'm glad you were able to make it even better. If the snails are only above the bush line on Mount Murchison, then I think the hook should say so. Also, the article does not state that the snails are only found above the bush line. Instead, it states that the area above the bush line on Mount Murchison is one of three isolated habitats. -AndrewDressel (talk) 20:05, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Jeremy Kerley

• ... that Jeremy Kerley (pictured) was recruited by Texas and Stanford to play baseball and by Oklahoma to play college football, but he ultimately decided to play football for Texas Christian University?

• Reviewed: You Debt Your Life ([12])

Created by Eagles247 (talk). Self nom at 00:38, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, and (regrettably) hook check out, much to my chagrin as a Stanford alumnus from Southern California. I did tweak the punctuation in the hook, added "(pictured)" to it, and made the TCU wikilink consistent with the Texas, Stanford, and Oklahoma links. OCNative (talk) 07:30, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Taxation in the Ottoman empire, Emin (Ottoman official), Tekalif-i orfiye, Resm-i çift, Rav akçesi, Nüzül, İspençe, Avariz, ...

• ... that Tekalif-i orfiye, Resm-i çift, Rav akçesi, Nüzül, İspençe, Avariz, Adet-i ağnam, Resm-i arusane, Tuz resmi, Resm-i bennâk, Bedl-i askeri, Gümrük resmi, Sursat, Müskirat resmi, Temettu, Adet-i deştbani, Damga resmi, Resm-i mücerred, Öşür, Ihtisab, Resm-i donum and Tapu resmi were Ottoman taxes, whilst Muafiyet were exemptions, and Emins were tax-collectors?

• Reviewed: J-CATCH
• Comment: Eight initial articles created 16-17 April, based on userspace drafts. Expanded since then, and various new articles written from scratch. I wrote a few more related stubs but don't have time to expand them all (busy at work). The articles mostly rely on books and journals which are behind paywalls, but as a courtesy to whoever is unlucky enough to review all these, I'm trying to add freely-available online sources (at least a Google Books snippet) which confirm the most basic fact in the hook. A reviewer with a good online library subscription might find verification easier.

Created by Bobrayner (talk). Self nom at 17:28, 19 April 2011 (UTC) Right, I count 25 articles. There's lots to review. Here's a list of them; I suggest reviewers knock off one at a time, confirming all the usual DYK criteria plus that they support the hook fact: Schwede66 18:19, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Taxation in the Ottoman empire – New and certainly long enough. Some paragraphs need citations and other issues that don't affect DYK have been marked up. I haven't looked at any of the sources – the whole article is on taxation, so it should be self evident that the hook is confirmed. Schwede66 18:50, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

  Groovy; thanks very much for your hard work. The two sections lacking cites are something I want to expand soon (and build separate articles from); lacking time for that job, I just commented them out in the meantime. Everything else disambiguated &c. bobrayner (talk) 20:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Emin (Ottoman official)
• Tekalif-i orfiye
• Resm-i çift
• Rav akçesi
• Nüzül
• İspençe
• Avariz
• Adet-i ağnam
• Resm-i arusane
• Tuz resmi
• Resm-i bennâk
• Bedl-i askeri
• Gümrük resmi
• Sursat
• Müskirat resmi
• Temettu
• Adet-i deştbani
• Damga resmi
• Resm-i mücerred
• Öşür
• Ihtisab
• Tapu resmi
• Resm-i donum
• Muafiyet

Articles created/expanded on April 17

Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba

• ... that during the Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, Raúl Castro proposed term limits for the country's leaders?

Created by Óðinn (talk). Self nom at 01:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Fisheating Creek ([13])
• -Length, date, source checked. Changed hook to include that Castro himself actually made the proposition.Smallman12q (talk) 01:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Er, I think you meant Raúl; Fidel wasn't really involved in it.  _{Óðinn  ☭☆  talk}  17:09, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

0.o...you're right! I know I read it was Raul...but for some reason I typed in Fidel...good catch!Smallman12q (talk) 21:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Marine habitats

• ... that the umbrella mouth gulper (pictured) lives in deep sea marine habitats where it swallows fish much larger than itself?

Created by Epipelagic (talk). Self nom at 23:38, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Ephraim Emerton

United States v. Scheinberg et al.

• ... that on April 15, 2011 United States v. Scheinberg et al. resulted in the end of online poker play for United States residents on the three online poker sites that account for approximately 95% of the market?

Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 07:21, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: 1965–66 Ashes series--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:04, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Janet Smith case

• ... that the Janet Smith case, the unsolved 1924 murder of a Scottish nursemaid in Vancouver, led to an attempt to make it illegal to employ Orientals and white women in the same household?

• Reviewed: Mooghaun

Created by Clarityfiend (talk). Self nom at 21:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good to me. GRAPPLE X 21:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

List of international cricket centuries by Andrew Strauss

• ... that despite questions about the suitability of his batting temperament, three of Andrew Strauss's centuries are among the five highest scores by England batsmen in ODI cricket?

• Reviewed: 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 06:57, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Millennium Dam

• ... that the Millennium Dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia will house Africa's largest hydroelectric power plant and impound the continent's largest reservoir when completed?

Created/nom by --NortyNort (Holla) 03:15, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Laurelhurst Park.

• As always, a nice article. Length (just over 1600 ch), date, and hook reference 3 all check out. Good to go. --Nvvchar. 08:23, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus

• ... that the Holy Ghost ipomopsis found in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico is predicted to become extinct in 50 years?

Created by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:48, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, and hook reference (3) all check out. Good to go.--Nvvchar. 08:41, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Shall we wait for Pentecost? Probably a little too far ahead in future.... --PFHLai (talk) 17:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai

• ... that Kenyan Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai ran a course record to win the 2011 London Marathon and become the fourth fastest man ever in the marathon?

Created by Sillyfolkboy (talk). Self nom at 17:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Jayden Pitt[14]

• Length, date, and hook reference all check out. Good to go! Another nice article, SFB! Location (talk) 20:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Godeliève Mukasarasi

• ... that after the Rwandan genocide, social worker and survivor Godeliève Mukasarasi founded a group to help widows and orphans further their socio-economic rights?

Created by Khazar (talk). Nominated by CordeliaNaismith (talk) at 16:55, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 14:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Norma Cruz

• ... that in 2007, the foundation headed by Guatamalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women?

Created by Khazar (talk). Nominated by CordeliaNaismith (talk) at 16:40, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 10:19, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Alfred E. Goodey

• ... that Alfred E. Goodey collected and commissioned paintings to record the history of Derby?

Created by Memestream (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 15:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article length and creation date and hook length check out. Hook source (footnote 3) is okay, but formatting of footnote needs to be better. But footnotes 2 and 4 are not valid sources – 2 needs to be to the book itself, not an Amazon review page, and 4 appears to be somebody's blog. And the formatting of whatever replaces them needs to be better. Also, what is the actual title of the painting used as an illustration? That should be used, and it should be in italics. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:29, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Not sure any of these prevent a DYK nomination, but all fixed I think Victuallers (talk) 17:07, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Now I'm even more confused, as the hook source is to the Amazon description. If you have own or have read the Goodey's Derby book, then you should be able to source all four facts from the other footnote, as well as the hook fact, to specific pages in the book. Right now, you have all four facts to the same page 1, which is possible but seems a little unlikely, and the hook fact to an Amazon page. Wasted Time R (talk) 03:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions

• ... that in the Najran area of southwest Saudi Arabia, including Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions as many as 6,400 human and animal illustrations (pictured) have been recorded?

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Dr. Blofeld (talk) a. Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 10:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Img added.--Nvvchar. 11:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Nilar Thein♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• date, expansion, fact, refs fine. It took me a while to understand the hook, can we get to the point sooner?

ALT1: ... that as many as 6,400 human and animal illustrations (pictured), including Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, have been recorded in Saudi Arabia's southwest Najran area?

• What I can't approve is DYKmake for 3 authors, not knowing the rules enough. I would expect that every author should supply the 1500 chars minimum for an article in order to be credited, but the article has only about 2.500. I would also not know how to calculate the individual contributions, and I tend to be generous, smile, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

3,4 or 5 authors is fine. In this case we have a very productive editor or two and some very good copy editors. DYK is meant to encourage collaboration. At one time you could niminate a poor stub and it would be improved to pass the rules by numerous editors working together Victuallers (talk) 17:10, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Everything is Terrible!

• ... that the creator of "So Your Cat Wants A Massage?", one of the VHS clips posted on the website Everything is Terrible!, appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman?

Created by MuZemike (talk). Self nom at 06:16, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT 1 (if the first one is a bit too wordy to work):

• ... that clips of VHS tapes from the website Everything is Terrible! include how to massage a cat, an anti-pedophilia yellow dinosaur, and a direct-to-video crime drama featuring Jay Leno?

–MuZemike 06:16, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Hierapolis sawmill. –MuZemike 06:39, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company

• ... that in 1889, the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company agreed to build a smelter in Great Falls, Montana, if a local power company built a dam to supply it with power?

Created by Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 01:07, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Richard Waghorn - Tim1965 (talk) 01:07, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Everything checks out.--HelloKitta (talk) 23:18, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Charles Elliott Perkins

• ... that Charles Elliott Perkins (pictured) was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad at the age of 22?

Created by Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 00:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Marcos Mateo - Tim1965 (talk) 00:52, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Gue, p 212 says he became assistant treasurer in 1860, meaning he'd be 20. Obviously the offline NYT article doesn't add or subtract from this statement. Which is correct? Please leave a message on my talk page when you respond to this. Thanks. upstateNYer 01:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• NY Times said 1862, but Gue said 1860. Another source also says 1860, and I added that to the article. Sources say Lowell (his predecessor) left in the autumn of 1860, and Perkins was appointed to take his place. That suggests 1860 as the actual date, leaving NY Times (which doesn't mention Lowell's departure) likely in error. But I noted the discrepancy in sources in a footnote. I'm proposing a revised hook (below). - Tim1965 (talk) 00:49, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that Charles Elliott Perkins (pictured) was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad at the age of 20?

Good to go. upstateNYer 03:58, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Hal Stalmaster

• ... that Hal Stalmaster landed his role in Disney's 1957 film about the American Revolution, Johnny Tremain, without the help of his brother, casting director Lynn Stalmaster?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 22:21, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, and hook verified.—S Marshall T/C 12:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

Richard Waghorn

• ... that Richard Waghorn was awarded the Air Force Cross after winning the 1929 Schneider Trophy seaplane race?

• Reviewed: Palaeoperenethis ([15])

Created by MilborneOne (talk). Nominated by E2eamon (talk) at 21:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Timeliness of submission, article, length, and hook lenght check out. Online citation is OK. Article is OK for the queue. - Tim1965 (talk) 01:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Santa Fe Railway Depot (Galesburg, Illinois)

• ... that the former station house at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Galesburg, Illinois had two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women?

• ALT1:... that the former station house at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in Galesburg, Illinois had two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women?

Created by Gfoley4 (talk). Self nom at 20:15, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed James Russell (baseball) [16]

The hook is off line and presumably checks out, but the title of the article is too misleading to be useful to readers in my opinion. I don't think readers would not associate "Galesburg" with "Santa Fe". Billy Hathorn (talk) 00:37, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

What do you suggest? Something like "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot (Galesburg, Illinois)"? —GFOLEY FOUR— 03:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the longer title would be better in this case. Billy Hathorn (talk) 10:57, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Okay, I moved the article to Santa Fe Railway Depot (Galesburg, Illinois). —GFOLEY FOUR— 22:18, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

• ... that Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak (pictured) is sometimes likened to Frederic Edwin Church's The Heart of the Andes?

• Reviewed Azimzhan Askarov. Lampman (talk) 19:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Created by Lampman (talk). Self nom at 19:54, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:30, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

James Russell (baseball)

• ... that when he made his major league debut, Chicago Cubs pitcher James Russell became the 97th former Texas Longhorn to play in the major leagues?

• Reviewed: Darryl Richard (actor) ([[17]])

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by Giants27 (talk). Self nom at 19:34, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fails WP:DYK rule 3—doesn't have an inline citation for the hook. —GFOLEY FOUR— 19:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
  • It does. I mention it first in the lead, but I mention it again in section on his career playing for the Cubs. The reference used is the first one listed.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 19:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
    • I see. Good to go. —GFOLEY FOUR— 20:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Iosif Begun

• ... that the release from prison of Iosif Begun, a leader of Jewish emigration movement, was announced in 1987 by a Soviet politician Georgy Arbatov on Face the Nation?

Created by Mhym (talk). Self nom at 19:22, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hook ref was a paywalled news source. Changed it to an archived NYT one. Everything else good. We hope (talk) 02:14, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Tainosia

• ... that the extinct planthopper Tainosia quisqueyae was named for the Taíno people and Hispaniola?

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self nom at 17:33, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Abutilon pitcairnense

• Date and length ok. Only half of this hook seems to check out from the link provided, however; it confirms that the Taino people are the origin of the name but not Hispaniola. Perhaps the author means "the Taino people of Hispaniola" rather than "and"? If so, I approve.Khazar (talk) 03:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Doublechecked this and saw my mistake. The hook is properly sourced, and I just wasn't reading closely enough.Khazar (talk) 03:06, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Palaeoperenethis

• ... that the only known specimen of the extinct spider Palaeoperenethis is in the Royal Ontario Museum?

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self nom at 17:14, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Comesperma sphaerocarpum, Comesperma
• Length and Date fine. The link for the ref is broken, and I will accept on good faith. The link should be fixed, however.--E♴(talk) 21:12, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

• ... that controversy over Pedro Almodóvar's 1990 film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! led to the creation of the NC-17 rating?

5x expanded and sourced by Miguelemejia (talk). Self nom at 13:04, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion and hook are good, AGF on offline references - Basement12 (T.C) 11:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reworded hook to sound less like translated English (Also, IIRC, the controversy over the film was not the only one that led to the NC-17 rating being created). Daniel Case (talk) 18:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ristikontra

• ... that in the Finnish card game Ristikontra, you win a trick by playing another card of the same rank as the first card in the trick?

• Comment: Article is relatively short, but that's in part because the variants section does not count towards article length, and in part because this game is not well documented at all. I can't write much more about the topic without interviewing players or otherwise engaging in OR.

Created by Hans Adler (talk). Self nom at 12:50, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Ready to go: online source confirms the information sourced to it, and the print sources look reliable. Length is over 1600 characters, even if we don't include the variations section, and the date is without any problems. Nyttend (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Rewards and Fairies

• ... that Kipling's Rewards and Fairies includes "If—" which has been voted Britain's most popular poem?

Created by Dabbler (talk). Self nom at 12:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Nice little article, but too short. It needs to have 1500 characters to qualify for DYK, but only has 481 (excluding references), so will need some extra work.Philipjelley (talk) 13:59, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

The DYK criteria - Long enough says "Articles must have a minimum of 1,500 characters of prose (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, tables, etc.)" This article has 2844 excluding references and categories. I am including the brief descriptions of each story as they are prose and not organized as a table. Dabbler (talk) 18:58, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry I used wordcount, it should be 2792 charactersPhilipjelley (talk) 19:49, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

No, bullet-pointed lists do not count towards the amount of prose. According to the DYKcheck tool, there are 1017 characters of readable prose so it needs expanding. BigDom (talk) 08:41, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

I have expanded (and reformatted) the page significantly to include descriptions of the poems. Please review.Dabbler (talk) 10:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes, there is enough readable prose now so I think the article is OK for DYK. BigDom (talk) 21:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

The Experiment (album)

• ... that on his debut album, The Experiment, Dane Rumble (pictured) found it difficult to write his former band's usual hip hop music, so turned to pop rock?

• Reviewed: Lagmann mac Gofraid ([18])
• Comment: There is a closer cropped image if needed.

5x expanded by Adabow (talk). Self nom at 07:30, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article date, length, and ref all check out. However, the lede could be better sourced (all the refs for this already seem to be in the article). I'll try to do a little of this myself Khazar (talk) 14:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, but I removed per WP:LEADCITE the lead should have fewer/no citations to make it punchier and easier to read. Adabow (talk · contribs) 20:19, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Marcos Mateo

• ... that in his major league debut, Marcos Mateo gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning on a sacrifice fly?

• Reviewed: Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman) ([[19]])
• Comment: Not sure on the wording. Any suggestions are appreciated.

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by Giants27 (talk). Self nom at 23:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT 1: ... that in his Major League Baseball debut, Marcos Mateo came into the game in the 11th inning, loaded the bases, then gave up a sacrifice fly to lose the game? - Tim1965 (talk) 00:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Timeliness of submission, article length, and hook length (and ALT 1 hook length) both check out. Online citation OK. Article is OK for the queue. - Tim1965 (talk) 00:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae

• ... that touristic and archeological project Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae gathers entire Ancient Roman heritage in Serbia?
  
• ALT1 - ... that 17 Roman emperors where born on the territory of the modern day Serbia, second largest number of Roman emperors from one country, after Italy itself?
  
• ALT2 - ... that thanks to the Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae project, tourists can visit almost entire Roman heritage of Serbia?
  
• ALT3 - ... that Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae is a 600 km long touristic tour trough ancient Roman heritage in Serbia?

• Reviewed: Percy Saint (diff)

Created by WhiteWriter (talk). Self nom at 22:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

• There we go again with the 17 Roman emperors claim... I insist on this being removed from the article, as it is a fork of the deleted List of Roman emperors born on the territory of Republic of Serbia. Here's also my judgement as to why this list of emperors is misleading and poorly sourced: [20] (look for the ‘List of Roman emperors born on the territory of Republic of Serbia’ discussion). I am strongly opposed to featuring this article on DYK as long as it includes unsubstantiated claims about 17/18 Roman emperors being born in Serbia, or the forked list of emperors from the deleted article. — Toдor Boжinov — 13:28, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• All of those sources are fixed. Also, article is heavily sourced, and that list represent only one part of the great Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae project. That former discussion is not useful here, with different subject, sources and all other. Also, i moved it to user space, as that list could not be stand alone article, but in its full content like this, it can. And its not my claim, reliable references are in the article. All claims are referenced, and i hope that you check that first, before you have strongly opposed. --WhiteWriter ^speaks 21:06, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Regardless of the sourcing concerns above (which I haven't reviewed for), this doesn't meet DYK specs currently anyway, because lists are not part of the prose requirement, and this is mostly a list. You currently have 1396 characters of prose and you need a minimum of 1500. — KV5 • Talk • 01:21, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Azimzhan Askarov

• ... that Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Federation for Human Rights have all called for the release of imprisoned Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist Azimzhan Askarov?
• ALT1 - ... that US actor Martin Sheen has advocated on behalf of imprisoned Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist Azimzhan Askarov?
  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khazar (talk • contribs) 18:36, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 02:05, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: The Experiment (album)

• Date, length and hook ok. I'd go for ALT1; both the length and the celebrity factor are likely to draw more readers. Lampman (talk) 19:46, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree, ALT1 it is.Khazar (talk) 20:06, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Anthony Sadowski

• ... that Anthony Sadowski, after escaping captivity in the Great Northern War in 1704, came to America and helped Daniel Boone's father found Amity Township, Pennsylvania?

Created by Alekjds (talk). Self nom at 05:38, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: United States Trust Company theft

• Length, reference, date all fine. dramatic (talk) 09:29, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 18

Brand Building, Collins Block, Harley Baldwin

• ... that the upscale boutiques and exclusive nightclub Aspen, Colorado, developer Harley Baldwin put in the Brand Building and Collins Block (pictured) earned them the nickname "Glitter Gulch"?

• Reviewed: Ciborium (architecture) ([21])
• Comment: If possible, can we put both building images in? As they're landscape-oriented they could easily be stacked without looking too odd or taking too much space

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 17:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

• ... that Diesel Emissions Reduction Act is a part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005?

• Reviewed: not needed

Created by Rakarirx (talk). Nominated by Leszek Jańczuk (talk) at 20:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Dull hook; legislation is often bundled into larger bills. Daniel Case (talk) 17:36, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ciborium (architecture)

• ... that for much of the Middle Ages church altars were hidden from view at points in services by curtains hung from a ciborium (example illustrated)?

5x expanded by Johnbod (talk). Self nom at 23:57, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Length, reference and history verified. Daniel Case (talk) 17:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed The New Klondike

The New Klondike

• ... that Lewis Milestone's 1926 sports drama comedy silent film The New Klondike was the first film assignment of writer Ben Hecht?

• Comment: Reviewed #Tri-state water dispute [22] Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.}

Created by MichaelQSchmidt (talk). Self nom at 21:54, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Too short, given we don't count lists or quotes. I make it 933 chars. But there must be something more to say? Johnbod (talk) 00:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

  Yup. My bad. It will be expanded enough in the next few hours and I'll drop you a note. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Okay... current DYK check shows Prose size (text only): 1886 characters (315 words) "readable prose size" Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 08:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
• All ok now. Johnbod (talk) 21:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Dragan Velić

• ... that Dragan Velić is the current President of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo, but it is not officially recognized as an entity?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 09:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Three problems: First, vague. "Not officially recognized as an entity"? That could apply to a chess club, too. It should be clear that this non-recognition comes from the Kosovar government and UNMIK. And second, that's hardly unusual for a putative political division or subdivision to get no recognition from this or that recognizing entity. And lastly, this fact is far more interesting when applied to the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo, of which Velić just happens to be president. Is there something about him personally which would make a good hook? Daniel Case (talk) 18:11, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed :Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:59, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Mining in Tajikistan

• ... that Tajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) runs the 4th largest aluminum manufacturing plant in the world (mining area pictured)?

5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 09:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img of a mining area in Tajikistan.--Nvvchar. 09:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Tourism in Somalia.--Nvvchar. 10:39, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Quite a bit more than 5x here! Well done. Date checks out, as does length. I've tweaked the hook just a little—moving the italic bracket to the end to improve readability. There's one thing about the hook fact, though. I see two refs, one of which (Asia/Pacific Review, facts presumably from 2003) says the plant is "one of the world's largest aluminium smelters", which is fine. The other one, from Lonely Planet, says that the Tajik SSR "built the world's fourth-largest aluminium plant", which is also fine, except the claim is made in the "History" section, with no date attached. Granted, it's not easy to build aluminium plants, so I'm willing to believe that the plant may still be the fourth-largest in the world, but since precision is needed, I'm not sure we can confidently say it is currently the 4th largest. That being said, I'd like to propose the following ALT1, which would be covered by existing refs and would still be punchy, IMO. What do you think? --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 19:12, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
• ALT1: ... that the Tajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) runs one of the largest aluminum manufacturing plants in the world (mining area pictured)?

• Thanks for the valued analysis. I agree with your suggestion of the ALT 1 hook.--Nvvchar. 01:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Cool, seems good to go with ALT1 then. I've edited the article to match it (commented out the lonely planet ref in case you wanted to reuse it later), and I've done a little bit of window-dressing with the pics too. Good work. --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 02:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks, very much.--Nvvchar. 17:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Marsupial lawn

• ... that a marsupial lawn (pictured) is mown and edged every night by kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, wombats, and devils?

Created by Mmdrewser (talk). Nominated by Melchoir (talk) at 04:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good/interesting article which will get a DYK after a little clarification. The main problem is that it is difficult to find a paragraph in the article which supports the facts in the DYK hook. The article also needs more citations in places. Need to include definition of "Marsupial lawn" in the main body of the article with supporting citation. Although an internet search turns up a lot of results, some evidence of how widely the phrase is used and in what context, and when the phrase was first used (if possible) might also be a good idea - just to confirm notability. Shadygrove2007 (talk) 13:11, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California

• ... that Meadow Lake revelers took a ferry to hurdy gurdy houses?

Created by Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 02:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: 1999 AO10

Good to go.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:59, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Zočište Monastery

• ... that the Kosovo Liberation Army destroyed Zočište Monastery (pictured) in 1999?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 14:08, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length and references check out - Basement12 (T.C) 14:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• I have now posted an img, which has been contributed in the article by User talk:WhiteWriter.--Nvvchar. 12:19, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I Am (2011 film)

• ... that writer director Tom Shadyac made the documentary I Am after suffering post-concussion syndrome from a serious bicycle accident – and sleeping in his closet to avoid acute sensitivity to light and sound?

Created by 842U (talk). Self nom at 12:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Run the World (Girls) [23]
• Date, ref, length and hook looks good --Marchije•^speak/_peek 15:22, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Lower Swell

• ... the Lower Swell is located on the banks of the River Dikler?

• Reviewed: Berry Hinton ([24])

5x expanded by Mbz1 (talk) and Qrsdogg (talk). Self nom at 03:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• By modern convention, I believe the Dikler is referred to as the River Dikler in a formal context. Your source is from 1884. And, the hook should be changed to read that the Lower Swell is located on the banks of the River Dikler. Aside from that minor issue, date, length, and hook citation check out. Viriditas (talk) 10:02, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fixed.--Mbz1 (talk) 11:29, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Looks OK now. Viriditas (talk) 12:17, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Wilson Onsare

• ... that Wilson Onsare made the fastest ever marathon debut at the 2003 Paris Marathon, but never improved upon his debut time?

Created by Sillyfolkboy (talk). Self nom at 18:02, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Top 100 Mexico

• Note: I'd appreciate it if there was a bit of a delay between putting up this hook and the one for Emmanuel Mutai (listed 17 April) so as not to swamp people with male Kenyan marathon runners!

• Good to go.--Giants27(T|C) 20:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Laurelhurst Park

• ... that in 1919 the Pacific Coast Parks Association named Portland, Oregon's Laurelhurst Park the "most beautiful park" on the West Coast?

5x expanded by Another Believer (talk). Self nom at 15:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Note: Pictures is available if needed. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hook, expansion, reference and article check out. The main pic on the article is nice, but I think it is "too busy" to show well when put into the required small size for DYK. You can always try though.--NortyNort (Holla) 03:10, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• True. Sounds good! Thanks so much! --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:38, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

SS British Corporal

• ... that General Franco denied the fact that the British merchant ship British Corporal had been attacked by his forces during the Spanish Civil War?

Created by Mjroots (talk). Self nom at 07:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• I reviewed The Card Players (Cezanne). Mjroots (talk) 11:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 15:16, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

The Card Players (Cezanne)

• ... that the French Government issued a postage stamp (pictured) bringing attention to the theft of Cézanne's The Card Players in 1961?

Created by Chimino (talk). Self nom at 05:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Question is this a public domain image? I wouldn't have though that postage stamps would be OK. StAnselm (talk) 06:06, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment the original painting is PD, therefore copyright cannot be re-created once it has expired (AFAIK). Mjroots (talk) 07:23, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment correct, per WikiCommons[25], postage stamps by artists deceased more than 70 years ago are public domain in France.--Chimino (talk) 08:21, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date OK, hook referenced, AGF on offline source. Image is PD per above discussion. Mjroots (talk) 11:57, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

It's very underlinked! Johnbod (talk) 01:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

So fix it then! AFAIK, linking (or lack of) is not part of the DYK criteria. Mjroots (talk) 05:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Actually, he did :) I added some as well....fully support your SFI attitude, still!--Chimino (talk) 06:16, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Marilyn's Cross

• ... that Marilyn's Cross (pictured) is a recently discovered Brunnian link that is neither Borromean nor alternating?

Created by LMcCormick (talk). Self nom at 23:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry, but I didn't understand any of that. Perhaps a better hook is in order? Sven Manguard Wha? 04:57, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Neither do I, but I think it's rather charming (I've tweaked it a little to improve the grammar). Ericoides (talk) 06:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• I completely agree with you Ericoides, it is rather humorous in its esotericism. SFB 18:19, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• The obscurity doesn't bother me, but there are 6 text sections (rather too many), and only 3 refs. One fact tag already added. See the rules. Johnbod (talk) 01:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• It needs more references. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 10:14, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

2011 Pulitzer Prize

• ... that photographer Carol Guzy became the first journalist to win four Pulitzer Prizes when the 2011 awards were announced?

Created by Fryede (talk). Self nom at 22:52, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• The article needs improvement, a few rules may be not known. Hook fact and refs are fine. The article's prose is too short, as tables don't count. Is it possible to expand the prose to meet the minimum of 1500 chars? It's 1260 at present. Just for information: creation date was 13 April, it was nominated soon enough, but should have been placed under date of creation, not nomination. I guess the rule to review an article may not apply? I suggest to reword the hook to clarify that it is not about the year 2011, misleading and also too short to catch attraction (please improve, just an idea):

ALT1: ... that the announcement of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize made photographer Carol Guzy the first journalist to win four Pulitzer Prizes? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:05, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

The page was linked from the In The News section, so the DYK isn't necessary now. Fryede (talk) 00:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Ricardo Tubbs

• ... Miami Vice producer Michael Mann originally conceived the character of Ricardo Tubbs as "nobody's Tonto"?

• Reviewed: Song Beneath the Song (Diff)
• Comment: Page created and nominated today (18 April), replaced existing redirect.

5x expanded by Grapple X (talk). Self nom at 22:44, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Weird, but checks out! Missvain (talk) 14:05, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• ALT1: Working on the article more, hook could also be "...the "gritty but glamorous" Ricardo Tubbs allowed Miami Vice to blur "the line between normality and vice"?" GRAPPLE X 20:45, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Salusbury Pryce Humphreys

• ... that Salusbury Pryce Humphreys (pictured) commanded HMS Leopard during the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair in 1807?

• Reviewed: Hotel Lobby ([26])

Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 19:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• date and length verified image all right as well.Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:47, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Joppenbergh Mountain

• ... that when the mine shafts on Joppenbergh Mountain (pictured) collapsed in 1899, nobody died because the miners were all outside eating lunch?

Created/expanded by Gyrobo (talk). Self nom at 17:48, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that in 1937, the slopes of Joppenbergh Mountain (pictured) were coated with Borax for a summer ski jumping competition?

• Reviewed: Povilas Budrys
• Comment: Moved to main space on April 18, ALT1 is an offline ref.

Looks good. I prefer Alt1, it is short, clear and interesting. The original hook, in my opinion, has too many facts which make it less appealing to read. References for hooks not available online, so accepted in good faith. On the whole, the article seems well referenced. Image permissions seems alright; original website source states that "this digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction" which with the date, 1888, should be enough to satisfy that copyright has expired and image is PD as stated on description page. -France3470 (talk) 00:51, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Good call, I also liked ALT1 better. --Gyrobo (talk) 01:17, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Harold Pupkewitz

• ... that Namibian entrepreneur Harold Pupkewitz (age 95) has managed his business conglomerate since 1937?

• Reviewed: Evelyn M. Richardson ([27])
• Comment: Moved to main space on April 18

Created by Pgallert (talk). Self nom at 17:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good work! Length, date and hook verified. — Toдor Boжinov — 07:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

St James' Church, Cooling

• ... that the churchyard of St James' Church (pictured) in Cooling, Kent, is said to have provided the inspiration for the opening chapter of Charles Dickens' book Great Expectations?

• Reviewed: Gilgamesh (restaurant)

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 16:40, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Checks out! Very cool fact. Missvain (talk) 17:04, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Jean-Claude Kavumbagu

• ... that Burundian Internet journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and charged with treason after writing a blog post criticizing his country's security forces?

Created by Khazar (talk). Nominated by CordeliaNaismith (talk) at 16:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length and citations for the DYK hook seem to be OK. --TIAYN (talk) 09:06, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Gilgamesh (restaurant)

• ... that Gilgamesh restaurant in Camden, London, is said to be "an ostentatious replica of a Babylonian palace?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Self nom at 16:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• All DYK criteria met. I have added a word (said) and a comma to the hook, which I assume were missing. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 16:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
  • I'M fairly sure you're not supposed to italicize a restaurant's name under any circumstances. Circéus (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Filep Karma

• ... that Filep Karma is serving a fifteen-year jail sentence for raising the flag of West Papua in Jayapura, Indonesia?

Created by Khazar (talk). Nominated by CordeliaNaismith (talk) at 16:00, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date fine. Which source says this happened in Timika? --Pgallert (talk) 08:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Good catch. I started off with one less reliable source that said Timika, but BBC says it happened in the provincial capital; another AI source appears to confirm, though a third muddies the waters by saying it happened at Abepura (which seems to be a prison in the capital, not a town). Anyway, I've changed the article to reflect this and added the reference. I've corrected it above accordingly. Khazar (talk) 15:57, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• All fine now, thanks for sorting this out. --Pgallert (talk) 09:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

The Wandering Madman

• ... that the inscription on Leoš Janáček's gravestone (pictured) was inspired by his choral composition The Wandering Madman?

• Reviewed: Richard Burt (skier)

Created by Vejvančický (talk). Self nom at 15:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• The quote from Tagore's poem has four phrases: "with his strength gone, his body bent, and his heart in the dust, like a tree uprooted." The quote from the gravestone has only three of those four phrases: "with his strength gone, and his heart in the dust, like a tree uprooted." I want to make sure it is correct that the phrase "his body bent" is missing from the gravestone. If "his body bent" is also missing from the choral work, I would mention that in the article.  VC  14:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedit and for your review, Viridiscalculus. The inscription reads: "... se silou uhaslou a srdcem v prachu jako strom ..." ("... with his strength gone, and his heart in the dust, like a tree..." I just noticed that words "jenž byl vyvrácen" ("uprooted") are missing (!) and the whole phrase thus makes a little sense. You can see the detailed insciription here. Yes, the phrase "his body bent" is missing from the gravestone. I'll fix it. The work is written and sung in Czech, and yes, Janáček made some really small and unimportant adjustments in the Czech version. Thanks again for your help. Btw, do you like the story? Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

This DYK is ready to go now that my concern has been addressed. I did like the story; I had heard of Janacek previously and The Wandering Madman sounded familiar, so I enjoyed getting to learn the details.  VC  16:11, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Richard Burt (skier)

• ... that visually impaired skier Richard Burt won four Winter Paralympic medals for Great Britain?

• Reviewed: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! ([28])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 11:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length and citations for the DYK hook seem to be OK. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:52, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Povilas Budrys

• ... that Povilas Budrys was voted Best Actor by the Lithuanian Theatre Union for the 1991/2 season?

5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), MichaelQSchmidt (talk). Self nom at 11:00, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook verified, though you only need 2x expansion for bios. --Gyrobo (talk) 17:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Nilar Thein

• ... that Burmese prisoner of conscience Nilar Thein once evaded police capture by rickshaw taxi?

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 02:57, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Tainosia. Khazar (talk) 03:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length, and hook verified. I recommend though that another editor checks it to sure it is neutral as such issues are often sensitive ones.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:35, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Mike Loan

• ... that Mike Loan amassed a career batting average of .500 by hitting safely once in two at-bats in his only career Major League Baseball game?

Created by Killervogel5 (talk). Self nom at 00:48, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed #Semper Fidelis (march). — KV5 • Talk • 00:48, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length and hook approved. Good to go.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 19

Haus Vaterland

• ... that after the division of Berlin, Haus Vaterland had doors into three different occupation zones and became a centre of black marketeering, spying and flight from the Soviets?

5x expanded by Yngvadottir (talk). Self nom at 22:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Expanded from a section in Potsdamer Platz. By my count, a 4.735-fold expansion. I'm hoping that will squeak by. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that the Rhine Terrace restaurant in Berlin's Haus Vaterland] featured hourly fake thunderstorms? Yngvadottir (talk) 04:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Kenichi Maeyamada

• ... that Japanese composer Kenichi Maeyamada remixes anime and video game music under the pseudonym "Hyadain"?

Created by Axem Titanium (talk). Self nom at 10:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Payments Council

• ... that the UK House of Commons Treasury Committee challenged the Payments Council's plan to abolish cheques by 2018?

5x expanded by Fayenatic london (talk). Self nom at 01:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Julie Price (bassoonist), suggested alt hook. - Fayenatic (talk) 01:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Megalithic Yard

• ... that the Megalithic Yard is similar to the Indian Gaz, Iberian Vara, Sumerian shusu, ancient Indus short yard, ancient measuring rods used in Austrian mining?

Created by Paul Bedson (talk). Self nom at 21:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• And that probably most archaeologists and statisticians who have looked at this say it doesn't exist? If the article said '... that 3 million people have been abducted by aliens' it would be obvious that it was WP:Fringe, but this is a subject that not many know about.This should not be asserted as fact. A few of the sources used were very fringe, a couple also unverifiable apparently because they came from the fringe sources, not the original texts. Dougweller (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
• Reviewed William Jones (Welsh radical). Paul Bedson (talk) 21:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
• Hook is 235 characters, well over the 200-character limit. Perhaps some of the analogous examples can be removed. OCNative (talk) 17:07, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
• Well spotted, I've deleted the long analogous shell. Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 17:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

William Hacket

• ... that mad prophet William Hacket was executed in London in 1591, after denouncing Queen Elizabeth I and defacing her image with a bodkin?

Created by Shadygrove2007 (talk). Self nom at 12:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, hook and date check out; source offline, but quoted at wikisource.Anaxial (talk) 23:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
• Reviewed Marsupial lawn. Shadygrove2007 (talk) 13:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Edward John Trelawny

• ... that Edward John Trelawny married the sister of a Greek warlord and then lived with her in a mountain cave?

5x expanded by Qrsdogg (talk). Self nom at 18:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Lisa Head [29] Qrsdogg (talk) 18:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Debedeavon

• ... that Debedeavon, the Laughing King of the Accawmacke Virginia Indian tribe, and an Englishman whom he adopted named Thomas Savage, warned the English settlers at Jamestown Colony of the impending 1622 Massacre?

Created by Til Eulenspiegel (talk). Self nom at 14:50, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Irish of Vincennes

• ... that the "Irish of Vincennes", three Irish nationals arrested in Paris on terrorism charges in 1982, were framed by members of a Presidential secret police unit?

5x expanded by Canley (talk). Self nom at 01:24, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Size, date and referencing checks out. I've tweaking the wording and links a little, hope you don't mind. This is a very interesting case and one well worth documenting. Well done! SFB 21:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

St Nicholas' Church, Freefolk

• ... that on the north wall of St Nicholas' Church (pictured) in Freefolk, Hampshire, are three layers of wall paintings?

• Reviewed: Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 18:13, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Ref, date, image, and hook look good to go. Ruby2010 comment! 21:09, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

1999 AO10

• ... that near earth object 1999 AO10 is a potential target for a manned mission by NASA's Orion spacecraft?

Created by XavierGreen (talk). Self nom at 17:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Not yet; does not meet length requirement. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Mary Ellen Matthews

• ... that Mary Ellen Matthews—the photographer responsible for the celebrity portraits used as commercial bumpers on Saturday Night Live—usually takes photographs of the guest-hosts in the studio while the musical guests practice their set?

• ALT1:... that photographer Mary Ellen Matthews has been responsible for the celebrity portraits used as commercial bumpers on Saturday Night Live since 1999?

Created by Marchije (talk). Self nom at 00:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed I Am (2011 film)

• Hook needs to be shortened, as it is 238 characters, well over the 200-character limit. OCNative (talk) 17:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I figured it was too long but that I’d give it a shot since I felt it was the meatier hook. My alternate hook is well below 200 characters. Or we could try shortening the original hook to something like: ... that Mary Ellen Matthews usually photographs the Saturday Night Live guest-hosts for their commercial bumper portraits in Studio 8H while the musical guests practice their set? Marchije•^speak/_peek 21:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length, and alt1 check out. This is ready for DYK. OCNative (talk) 02:14, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Collin Balester

• ... that in 2005, after Savannah Sand Gnats Collin Balester pitcher allowed just one hit in eight innings, the Greensboro News & Record claimed that he turned the batters into "traffic cones"?

• ALT1:... that when Washington Nationals pitcher Collin Balester won his Major League Baseball debut in 2008, he became the first Nationals pitcher to win his debut since Dan Smith in 1999?
• ALT2:... that in 2010, Washington Nationals pitcher Collin Balester hit two batters in the head with a pitch in a span of nine days?
• Reviewed: Wilson Onsare

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by Giants27 (talk). Self nom at 21:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

; original hook is awkward. Use ALT 2. Billy Hathorn (talk) 21:19, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Agree on ALT 2, though I wonder if a more correct phrasing would be "on the head with pitches" (since it's not the same pitch, though that would make an even better hook if it were...) --Khazar (talk) 21:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Berry Hinton

• ... that Berry Hinton had only three losing seasons in his twenty-three years as head baseball coach from 1943 to 1967 at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 21:00, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• The source atates "three losing seasons" and not "losing teams". Should the hook be changed in accordance with the source? --Mbz1 (talk) 03:15, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Correcton made Billy Hathorn (talk) 10:38, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Collin Balester

• Good to go.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Top 100 Mexico

• ... that La Voz de un Ángel by Yuridia ranked among the best-selling albums of the year in Mexico for three years in a row?

Created by Jaespinoza (talk) 16:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC). Self nom at 16:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Herman Bailey. Jaespinoza (talk) 17:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Size, date and references all check out. On a side note: you could also try to add something about the cultural importance of the chart (is it discussed in the Mexican music press? Do Mexican stations/channels use it for a "Top 20" style countdown each week? etc.) It might be worth making a Spanish article too. SFB 18:45, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• I shifted more of the text into the bold DYK link. I think this works better than the original, which said "best-selling albums of the year in Mexico". MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:44, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Herman Bailey

• ... that African American artist Herman "Kofi" Bailey was the one-time artist-in-residence for Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana?

• Reviewed: Ricardo Tubbs

Created by Missvain (talk). Self nom at 14:11, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Good to go, offline ref accepted in good faith. Jaespinoza (talk) 17:08, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Mooghaun

• ... that the interior part of the Mooghaun fort was demolished to facilitate its use as a picnicking spot?

• Reviewed: Graham Edmunds ([30])

Created by Taco van der Waal (talk). Nominated by E2eamon (talk) at 14:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment: Possessive "its" has no apostrophe – I've removed it from the hook. matt (talk) 17:01, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
• Length (barely) okay. AGF offline reference supports hook. I've reorganized it a bit and added a reference to satisfy the one per paragraph requirement. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Graham Edmunds

• ... that despite being told by doctors that he might never walk again, British swimmer Graham Edmunds has won two Paralympic gold medals in world record times?

• Reviewed: Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks ([31])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 13:17, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date check out, but there is no ref in the article where it says he might never have walked again. --E♴(talk) 14:05, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• It was referenced at the end of the paragraph where it is mentioned in the "Accident" section, I've put an additional citation directly after the fact used in the hook (reference no. 3) - Basement12 (T.C) 14:19, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• All good now. --E♴(talk) 22:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Hamas school bus attack

• ... that the Hamas school bus attack was an incident in which Palestinian militants fired a Kornet anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus?

Created by Jalapenos do exist (talk). Self nom at 17:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• POV issues, will need some work. I'll try to do some cleaning up of this one over the next few days. Gatoclass (talk) 18:16, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks

• ... that Brigadier Philip Hicks, the commander of an airborne brigade, had to swim ashore during the Allied invasion of Sicily?

Self nom Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:42, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• reviewed Salusbury Pryce Humphreys

• Length, date and references ok - Basement12 (T.C) 13:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Nur Muhammad Taraki

A picture of Nur Muhammad Taraki from 1970

• ... that the popular backlash against DRA leader Nur Muhammad Taraki led to the beginning of the Afghan civil war, which continues to this day, and the Soviet intervention in 1979?

Created by TIAYN (talk) 09:04, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Jean-Claude Kavumbagu --TIAYN (talk) 09:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hook needs to be shortened, as it is 249 characters, well over the 200-character limit. OCNative (talk) 17:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Fixed --TIAYN (talk) 06:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Perceptual trap

• ... that the use of herbicide on the natural habitat of the Lesser Prairie Chicken may have created a perceptual trap?

Created by Ackatsis (talk). Self nom at 10:43, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: John Haldeman

Creation date, length, & hook verified. Excellent article! SteveStrummer (talk) 06:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Current nominations

Articles created/expanded on April 20

Daniel Coughlin

• ... that recently retired Fr. Daniel Coughlin (pictured) was the first Catholic priest to serve as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives?

5x expanded by NearTheZoo (talk). Self nom at 16:49, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, expansion length, and hook check out. Creator has only 2 previous DYK credits but neither were self-noms; consequently, creator is exempt from requirement to review another editor's nomination. OCNative (talk) 02:33, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Perform This Way

• ... "Weird Al" Yankovic did not get permission from Lady Gaga to parody her song "Born This Way" until after he uploaded the parody, "Perform This Way", on YouTube?

Created by Gen. Quon (talk). Nominated by Lovelac7 (talk) at 03:55, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

High Seas Fleet

• ... that faced with what they thought to be a suicide mission, the crews of several battleships of the German High Seas Fleet mutinied in 1918?

5x expanded by Parsecboy (talk). Self nom at 01:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• All checks out to me. Great job! /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:28, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Mercury dime

• ... that it is widely believed that Elsie Stevens, wife of poet Wallace Stevens, was the model for the Mercury dime?

Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 22:09, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Which reference verifies the hook? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Taken care of. Most of that paragraph is drawn from page 172 of Burdette; I've added a ref to the end of the sentence with Elsie Stevens.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:41, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Heather Zichal

Thank you; it's fine now. Length, date, hook's ref verified. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

The Day We Died

• ... that despite casting for a 40-50 year old Japanese actor to appear in the upcoming Fringe episode "The Day We Died", American actor Brad Dourif was chosen instead?

Created Ruby2010 comment! 20:49, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• How about phrasing it "... that despite intending to cast a 40-50 year old Japanese actor in the upcoming Fringe episode "The Day We Died", American actor Brad Dourif was chosen instead?" - as it is seems a wee bit clunky. Otherwise it checks out, though. Might actually watch that one if Luther Lee Boggs is in it... GRAPPLE X 21:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sure, looks good to me (crossed off original hook). Also, I reviewed St Nicholas' Church, Freefolk. Thanks Grapple, Ruby2010 comment! 21:12, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Emanuele Fiano

• ... that Italian leftist politician Emanuele Fiano was a Jewish youth leader in the Hashomer Hatzair Socialist–Zionist youth movement in Milan?

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by Yoninah (talk). Self nom at 20:22, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Cloth of St Gereon [32].

• Length, date and refs fine, good to go - Basement12 (T.C) 13:22, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Cloth of St Gereon

• ... that the Cloth of St Gereon is the oldest known European tapestry still existing?

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self nom at 19:36, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co., Gettysburg National Military Park (diff)--Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:37, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. Offline hook ref AGF. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:16, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

U Gambira

• ... that Buddhist monk U Gambira was sentenced to sixty-three years in prison for his leadership role in Burma's Saffron Revolution?

• Reviewed: Kelly Gallagher (alpine skier)

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 17:13, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• 65 or 68 years? Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 19:01, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

His sentence was initially 68 years, reduced later by five years--thus ultimately a 63-year sentence per the refs in the article. But thanks for checking me on this--I had it listed wrong above, but now is fixed. --Khazar (talk) 19:29, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks. Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 22:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Adrian Lombard

• ... that Adrian Lombard was appointed director of Rolls-Royce's aeronautical engine division in 1958?

• Reviewed: Hummel figurines
• Comment: I would appreciate it if anyone could propose a better/more interesting hook.

Created by BigDom (talk). Self nom at 16:29, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Alt1... that Adrian Lombard was appointed director of Rolls-Royce's aeronautical engine division despite not having any formal training in aerodynamics? I see better below!--Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. I would like to suggest these alt hooks; however, there is no citation for the first one. Also, could you please disambiguate Rolls Royce here and in the article. Thank you.
• ALT1: ... that Adrian Lombard, who had no formal training in aerodynamics, became one of the world's foremost designers of jet engines?
• ALT2: ... that despite dropping out of school at age 15, Adrian Lombard, became director of the Rolls-Royce aeronautical engine division in 1958? Yoninah (talk) 20:31, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• I've added refs to support Alt1 and I agree that it is a more interesting hook. I can't verify Alt2, the sources don't specifically say that he dropped out of school. BigDom (talk) 22:31, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Subscription-only hook ref AGF. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 08:21, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Kelly Gallagher (alpine skier)

• ... that at the 2010 Games skier Kelly Gallagher became the first ever Winter Paralympian from Northern Ireland?

• Reviewed: Zočište Monastery ([33])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 14:33, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Hook, date, length all good to go. Well put-together article. --Khazar (talk) 17:19, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Salah Asuhan

• ... that Salah Asuhan is considered a prime example of modern Indonesian literature?

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 13:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

By whom?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:13, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

... that Mochtar Lubis's novel Salah Asuhan is considered a prime example of modern Indonesian literature?

Perhaps. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:21, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

As for who considers it a classic... This paper notes that it is pretty much universal. Phrasing it "... that critics consider Abdul Muis's novel Salah Asuhan one of the best examples of early modern Indonesian literature" seems a bit too wordy. The specific critics cited in the article are red links (even though both are well-known critics of Indonesian literature), so they would not go on the main page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

how about "that Mochtar Lubis's novel Salah Asuhan had to avoid themes of rebellion and portray the European characters in a positive light in order to be published?"♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good. Wish I had a book that outlines what is known of the original plot. That would work even better... it's shocking what had to be changed, but for now the only things that pass Wikipedia:Verifiability are that it was changed and was changed to show Europeans in a more positive light. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Samuel Goodall

• ... that Admiral Samuel Goodall fought in three wars, seeing action at Ushant, the Saintes, Genoa and the Hyères Islands?

• Reviewed: La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin ([34])

Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 12:54, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Size, age fine. Offline/subscription hook accepted in good faith. Adabow (talk · contribs) 10:46, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co., Gettysburg National Military Park

• ... that despite losing the 1896 United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. eminent domain (Takings Clause) case in the US Supreme Court, the battlefield tourist trolley between the town and Round Top operated over the Gettysburg National Military Park for 20 more years?

1 DYK for 1 new article & 1 revised article Target for Today (talk) 17:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. Good to go for BOTH articles.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:32, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• The original hook, which I've struck, is 269 characters. Invoking rule C3 to subtract the length of one article's link text gets it down to 225 or 236, depending on which one, but that's still over the limit of 200. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Perhaps ALT1: "... that even after losing the 1896 United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. eminent domain case in the US Supreme Court, the battlefield tourist trolley operated over the Gettysburg National Military Park for 20 more years?" After rule C3 that comes to 175 characters (including spaces). Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:47, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• (ec) ALT2 is even shorter. (And we could conceivably combine our two shortening strategies to make a still shorter hook.)
  ALT2: ... that despite losing an 1896 eminent domain case in the US Supreme Court, the battlefield tourist trolley between Gettysburg and Round Top operated over the Gettysburg National Military Park for 20 more years? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• I prefer ALT2. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 09:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Plain of Torvioll

• ... that the Plain of Torvioll saw the first battle of Skanderbeg's war against the Ottoman Empire?

Created by Gaius Claudius Nero (talk). Self nom at 17:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Tri-state water dispute

• ... that the Tri-state water dispute is a water use debate among the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin?

• Comment: This was part of the U. S. Policy Project

Created by Encallion (talk). Nominated by DocTGarrett (talk) at 14:17, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• reviewed by Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• I find hooks in the form "this term is" to be very unsatisfying. Suggesting alternative wording:

• ALT1... that Georgia, Alabama, and Florida are engaged in a dispute over water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river basins? --Orlady (talk) 23:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 21

Jin Feibao

• ... that Chinese explorer Jin Feibao has completed the Explorers Grand Slam in only 18 months and 24 days, the fastest recorded time?

Created by Jesse.millett (talk). Nominated by Benlisquare (talk) at 19:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article length and refs check out but it is not new or expanded enough within the last 5 days i'm afraid - Basement12 (T.C) 21:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• My bad article moved from userspace on 21 April, long enough and refs good. I've moved the nomination to the correct date - Basement12 (T.C) 21:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Llangadfan and Dyfnant Forest

• ... that the church of Llangadfan (pictured), near Dyfnant Forest, was visited by Saint Cadfan who founded a church there before moving to Bardsey Island in 516?

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk), FruitMonkey (talk). Self nom at 20:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img.--Nvvchar. 01:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Garden of Ridván, Baghdad.--Nvvchar. 01:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Garden of Ridván, Baghdad

• ... that the festival of Ridván, the "King of Festivals" of the Bahá'í Faith, celebrates events that took place in a garden in Baghdad (pictured) almost 150 years ago?

5x expanded by Wiki-uk (talk), Dragfyre (talk). Nominated by Dragfyre (talk) at 18:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Mining in Tajikistan (diff). Special timing requested (Apr. 29th or May 2nd).

• Length, date and hook reference check out. Nice article. An img could highlight it here. Good to go.--Nvvchar. 01:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Great, thanks! At your suggestion, I've added the photo that's at the top of the article, although it's not exactly the prettiest one. I'd be happy if it ran with or without it. FWIW, I'd like to request special timing for this one, as the Festival of Ridván is currently ongoing; two important holy days associated with the festival are the 9th day (April 29th) and the 12th day (May 2nd); it'd be nice to see this hook on the Main Page on either one of those days. Thoughts? --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 13:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good image. Article deserves to go to the lead on Main Page during the festival days.--Nvvchar. 00:53, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Wonnerup House

Add alt-text!
Add rollover text!

• ... that the first Wonnerup House was destroyed by fire in 1858?

Created by Gnangarra (talk). Self nom at 08:25, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Just thinking, maybe ... that George Layman was speared by Nyungar elder Gaywal at Wonnerup House in 1841? as an alt Gnangarra 08:30, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic

• ... the government of the Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic was headed by Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Lenin's brother?

• Reviewed: Miracles (Jefferson Starship song) ([35])
• Comment: Please provide a better hook if you can

Created by AjaxSmack (talk). Self nom at 01:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Pleasure

• ... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture to illustrate parts of the Islamic Golden Age's Encyclopedia that speak of women's sexual pleasure?

• Reviewed: Bertrand Teyou ([36])

Created by Mbz1 (talk) and Qrsdogg (talk) Self nom at 15:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymous Islamic Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses female sexual pleasure? Qrsdogg (talk) 17:21, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT2 ... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymous Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses female sexual pleasure? (Shorter) Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:04, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Penny J. White

• ... that Penny White lost her seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court because of her vote in a single court decision?

• Reviewed: M2 gas mask (diff)

Created by Orlady (talk). Self nom at 14:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Looks good. --E♴(talk) 22:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

• ... that Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is the result of continued commercial success of Olympic video games starring Nintendo's and Sega's once-rival mascots, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?

• ALT1:that Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is an upcoming successor of Olympic video games starring Nintendo's and Sega's once-rival mascots, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?
• ALT2:that Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is a video game based on the Olympics to star Nintendo's and Sega's once-rival mascots, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?

Created by FullMetal Falcon (talk). Self nom at 14:26, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Heart Peaks

• ... that Heart Peaks in northern British Columbia, Canada is the third largest volcano in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province?

5x expanded by Volcanoguy (talk). Self nom at 21:33, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and expansion all check out fine. Reference also checks out, although it was some reading to find it! Nice work. Harrias ^talk 15:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney

• ... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (pictured) in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, are the graves of the notable military figures Henry "Hangman" Hawley and Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke?

• Reviewed: Htay Kywe

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 20:56, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Good to go.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Iryna Khalip

• ... that journalist Iryna Khalip is under incommunicado house arrest following a protest of the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, in which her husband was also a candidate?

Reviewed HMS_Prince_William_(1780).

5x expanded by Sloggerbum (talk). Nominated by Khazar (talk) at 19:26, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Good to go. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 5:19pm • 07:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Htay Kywe

• ... that democracy activist Htay Kywe was described as Burma's "most-wanted man" following his leadership role in the 2007 anti-government protests?

• Reviewed: What's Your Name (Usher song)

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 17:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• All DYK criteria met. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

John Haldeman

• ... that John Haldeman, a journalist covering the Louisville Grays baseball team, was asked to play second base for the team for one game during the 1877 season?

• Reviewed: Maryland Route 194 [37]

5x expanded by Acdixon (talk). Self nom at 17:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Long enough (> 5x expansion) and recent enough. Accepted offline source in good faith. Ackatsis (talk) 10:34, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

• ... that the Los Angeles Times calls Love, Loss, and What I Wore a The Vagina Monologues-What Not to Wear mix, and The New York Times calls it a "show about matters of the heart and matters of the closet"?

• Reviewed: James C. Nelson

Created by User:TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 16:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, sources, and hook are all fine. Article is good to go once review is posted. Qrsdogg (talk) 16:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Eveline Hańska

• ... that Polish Countess Eveline Hańska (pictured) engaged in a secretive correspondence with French novelist Honoré de Balzac for 18 years before marrying him in 1850?

• ALT1:... that Polish Countess Eveline Hańska (pictured) was once ordered by a doctor to stick her feet into a small pig in order to treat her gout?

5x expanded by Scartol (talk). Self nom at 14:30, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• 5x expansion verified. Date, length OK. Offline ref AGF. This is truly an excellent article, and I'm sure your next stop is FA! While the original hook is definitely what the article is about, ALT1 is far more hook-y and was, in fact, what drew me in to review the piece, so I'd choose ALT1. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 16:04, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• I second the choice of ALT1. It's possibly one of the most unique hooks I've ever seen. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Sophie Christiansen

• ... that Sophie Christiansen, the youngest athlete for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, won a bronze medal in dressage?

• Reviewed: Emanuele Fiano ([38])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 13:26, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and hook all check out. — Hunter Kahn 14:00, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

HMS Prince William (1780)

• ... that HMS Prince William was named for the future King William IV, who was present at the engagement she was captured in?

• Reviewed: La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin ([39])

Created by Benea (talk). Self nom at 11:26, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Date and length fine, offline refs accepted IGF. --Khazar (talk) 19:30, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Run the World (Girls)

• ... that Beyoncé Knowles hired 200 native African dancers to appear in her music video for "Run the World (Girls)"?

• Reviewed: Samuel Goodall ([40])
• Comment: Article was started in userspace on April 12, but moved to mainspace today (April 21). ALT hooks welcome

Created by Adabow (talk), Jivesh boodhun (talk), Ozurbanmusic (talk), and Theuhohreo (talk). Self nom at 10:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Age, size, hook verified. Good to go.842U (talk) 11:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

What's Your Name (Usher song)

• ... that "What's Your Name", a 2008 electro single by Usher and will.i.am, was noted by some critics as one of the best tracks on Here I Stand, while others described it as "downright awful"?

• Reviewed: Paige St. John ([41])

Created by Adabow (talk). Self nom at 05:28, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length, hook all check out. I've fixed a link in the hook, but otherwise this looks fine. -- Khazar (talk) 17:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Paige St. John

• ... that 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winner Paige St. John is married to John Wark, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist?

Created by Fetchcomms (talk). Self nom at 03:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed High Seas Fleet. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:30, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Age, size, hook verified. Good to go. Adabow (talk · contribs) 05:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)

• ... that the Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury (pictured) is one of the most architecturally significant Grade II listed planned corporate landscapes in East England?

• Reviewed: Joseph McCulloch

Created by Leidseplein (talk). Self nom at 04:17, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment: Could we have Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury instead of Bata shoe factory (East Tilbury)? Two pieces of text in parentheses doesn't look very good IMO. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:11, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury looks better still. Mjroots (talk) 08:25, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Scratch my comment, I agree with Mjroots. It would also link another (important) article to the hook. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:33, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Fine with me; hook changed.Leidseplein (talk) 16:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Lisa Head

• ... that Lisa Head was the second British servicewoman killed on active service in Afghanistan since 2001?

• Reviewed: Hal Stalmaster ([42])

Created by S Marshall (talk). Self nom at 12:06, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, and hook are all fine. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:51, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Meçad (1465)

• ... that the Albanian leader Skanderbeg ambushed his would-be ambusher at the Battle of Meçad?

Created by Gaius Claudius Nero (talk). Self nom at 20:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date fine, offline refs accepted IGF. Good to go.--Khazar (talk) 20:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 22

818th Tank Destroyer Battalion

• ... that during World War II, men of the American 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion were awarded nine Silver Stars and seventy-two Bronze Stars?

• Reviewed: Algerian Mouse

5x expanded by Shimgray (talk). Self nom at 20:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, expansion fine. Hook is based on adding information from offline sources, so AGF. The fact that the numbers are apparently not explicitly in the source should not be a problem since addition is not considered WP:OR. Rlendog (talk) 00:41, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Władysław Raginis

• ... that Captain Władysław Raginis is considered a modern Leonidas due to his heroic actions in the face of being outnumbered 40:1 by German forces at the Battle of Wizna (bunker ruins pictured), referred to as the Polish Thermopylae, during the invasion of Poland in World War II?

5x expanded by User:Ajh1492 (talk). Self nom at 18:36, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Insufficient expansion: 1768 prose characters to 5830 is only 3.3x. Also, the hook, at 253 characters [267 with annotated (pictured)], is over the limit of 200. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:41, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
• As the user appears to be new to DYK and could potentially be confused since the file size is almost five times expanded, I'll point out that the five times expansion must be of prose (see here and here). Use of a tool such as User:Shubinator/DYKcheck.js (the most accurate) or User:Dr pda/prosesize.js is recommended for determining prose size. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:23, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

2010–11 NBA Development League season

• ... that during the 2010–11 NBA D-League season, 20 players were called-up to the NBA, while 39 NBA players were assigned to the D-League?

• Reviewed: Jay Houghton ([43])

Created by Martin tamb (talk). Self nom at 17:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Amazing article (and as someone who's done extensive work on D-League articles myself, I'm elated to see someone else work on them). Date and length are fine. The only (minor) issue is that the hook says there were 20 players called-up to the NBA, whereas the source used to reference it actually says 21. Jrcla2 (talk) 23:39, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Well, the reference itself has counted it wrong. I've rewrite those call-ups on the table and you can count it that only 20 different players there. I'm not sure what to do here, should I remove the incorrect citation and let the hook referenced from the table? — MT (talk) 01:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

• I just re-checked the NBA page too, and yes they counted incorrectly. Although the NBA page says 21, it's their mistake, and so there are no issues with this hook. Jrcla2 (talk) 02:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Algerian mouse

• ... that, unlike the closely related house mouse, the wild Algerian mouse clears away its own droppings?

• Reviewed: William Hacket

5x expanded by Anaxial (talk). Self nom at 23:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good. Shimgray | talk | 15:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Clement W. Payton

• ... that Clement W. Payton won a British Distinguished Flying Cross, a Belgian Croix de guerre, and a French Croix de guerre?

• Reviewed: Penny J. White ([44])

Created by Georgejdorner (talk). Nominated by E2eamon (talk) at 22:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed for hook, length and date. Happy with the source for the DFC, but not so sure www.theaerodrome.com can be considered reliable for the Belgian and French Croix de Guerres. The site seems to be essentially a forum. I have another source for the Belgian medal [45] (not currently in article) but the French medal I am currently putting down as unverified, especially as the source cannot put a date on it (which they could have done if they got the info from a Gazette) and have not named the ultimate source of information. SpinningSpark 19:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• I see your point about the French medal. After searching around, I was unable to find any source for that. I added in the source for the Belgian medal. New hook: ... that Clement W. Payton won a British Distinguished Flying Cross and a Belgian Croix de guerre? --E♴(talk) 15:49, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

William Jones (Welsh radical)

• ... that poet, historian and radical William Jones was described by a contemporary as "the hottest arsed Welshman he had ever known"?

• Reviewing: Bruce Hawker

Created by FruitMonkey (talk) Self nom at 19:32, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• I think that's okay. Length is fine. Date is correct. The line about his description has been verified. There is only one offline hook for the intro, but the verifiability of him as a poet, historian and radical is amply shown in the other reference. Good article. More hot-headed radicals please. Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 20:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Brian Bowman

• ... that Brian Bowman served as a member of the United States Navy Band, the United States Air Force Band, and the United States Armed Forces Bicentennial Band?

• Reviewed: George Stumpf House ([46])

Created by Rwberndt (talk). Nominated by E2eamon (talk) at 16:59, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. While the hook is good, I wonder if it could be better by including the euphonium?
• ALT1: ... that Brian Bowman performed the first euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall?
• ALT2: ... that Brian Bowman was solo euphonium in the United States Navy Band from 1970 to 1974? Yoninah (talk) 00:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Those are fine with me. --E♴(talk) 15:36, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

George Stumpf House

• ... that the American Civil War delayed the construction of the George Stumpf House in Indianapolis by nearly ten years?

Created by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 15:53, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Ristikontra. Nyttend (talk) 15:53, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, Date good. AGF on offline source. --E♴(talk) 16:57, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

E. W. Bastard

• ... that Australian cricket captain Billy Murdoch was once dismissed by a Bastard from Oxford University?

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 15:26, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Heart Peaks
• checks out. DYK ready.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:21, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Bertrand Teyou

• ... that Bertrand Teyou is serving two years in jail for attempting to read publicly from his book about Chantal Biya, the first lady of Cameroon?

• Reviewed: Civic, Christchurch

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 14:04, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• verified.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:17, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

1997 Pepsi Independence Cup

• ... that the past captains of the Indian cricket team were honoured during the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup, which was organised to celebrate India's 50th anniversary of independence?

Created by S h i v a (Visnu) (talk). Self nom at 08:20, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and reference all check out fine: good to go. Nice to have some more work being done on cricket here! Harrias ^talk 15:22, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Civic, Christchurch

• ... that the Civic (pictured), a Category II heritage building damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, is to be demolished?

• Reviewed: Riki Papakura (diff)
• Comment: Created in user space. The image (not my work) is stunningly good and lead hook material.

Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self nom at 07:43, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, and all refs for the hook check out. Nice piece, and lovely photo, too. -- Khazar (talk) 14:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Bruce Hawker

• ... that during the 2010 Australian federal elections Bruce Hawker helped the incumbent Labor Party form a minority government after negotiations with the independents?

Created by Ancient Apparition (talk). Self nom at 07:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Iryna Khalip [47]

Well sourced but not long enough yet. Without spaces I count only 1,160 characters, 1,500 needed. Remember that the cites do not count towards this total. FruitMonkey (talk) 18:48, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Added more information to the article, it's got 1688 characters excluding spaces now. Thanks for telling me :) —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 12:16pm • 02:16, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, cite and hook all work out. Good to go. FruitMonkey (talk) 12:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 23

Ryan Bourque

• ... that Ryan Bourque, son of Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, has won four medals, including two gold medals, with Team USA in International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments ?

• Reviewed: 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion

5x expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nom at 00:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

1926 FA Cup Final

• ... that after the 1926 FA Cup Final, Manchester City F.C. became the first team to reach the final and suffer relegation in the same season?

5x expanded by Oldelpaso (talk). Self nom at 16:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Ron Hextall ([48])

• Looks ready to go. History2007 (talk) 20:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Fisheating Creek

• ... that the name of Fisheating Creek (pictured) is derived from the Seminole name for the stream, Thlothlopopka-Hatchee, which is translated as "the river where fish are eaten?

Created by Donald Albury (talk). Self nom at 13:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that Fisheating Creek (pictured) is the only remaining free-flowing water course feeding into Lake Okeechobee?

Reviewed Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve[49]

This is actually a 5x expansion; article created on April 12. Alternative hook checks out; main hook AGF.  _{Óðinn  ☭☆  talk}  02:34, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Added image. _{Óðinn  ☭☆  talk}  04:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, El Castillo (village), El Castillo (municipality), Rafaela Herrera

• ... that during a 1672 siege of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) in the village of El Castillo within the municipality of El Castillo, Nicaragua, Rafaela Herrera inspired the defenders to victory?

• Reviewed: Elmo Tanner ([[50]])
• Comment: hook is 216 characters, but this should be acceptable for a 4-article hook.

Created/expanded by DiverDave (DiverDave). Self nom at 07:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve

• ... that the Red Faced Lovebird (pictured) is found in both the Central African Republic's Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and in Nigeria's Gashaka Gumti National Park?

Created by Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 03:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Women in Burma

Length, date sourcing and hook all good. -- Donald Albury 14:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

David Lane (activist)

• ... that born-again Christian political activist David Lane, who works to support right-wing politics in the U.S., was called the "stealth weapon for the right"?

• Reviewed: Jack the Giant Killer (2012 film) ([51])

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 01:39, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and ref all good. Added a comma to the hook - Basement12 (T.C) 16:58, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ed Baird

• ... that American sailor Ed Baird has won the America's Cup with syndicates from New Zealand and Switzerland, but failed at two attempts to win it with teams from his native country?

Created by Mkativerata (talk). Self nom at 22:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Helene Raynsford

All checks out - ready to go. Harrison49 (talk) 00:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Helene Raynsford

• ... that at the 2008 Games, Helene Raynsford became the Paralympic's first ever rowing gold medallist?

• Reviewed: Jin Feibao ([52])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 21:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• I've just changed the syntax of the hook to make it clear what she was the "first ever" at. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:50, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Hillingdon House

• ... that Hillingdon House once housed the Royal Flying Corps Armament School, who established a firing range in the grounds?

Created by Harrison49 (talk). Self nom at 21:26, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Ed Baird

• Length, date and hook (AGF) verified, ready to go. Poliocretes (talk) 08:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Sofi Fahrman

Sofi Fahrman

• ... that Swedish Princess Victoria was rumoured to be sharing an apartment in New York with her close friend Swedish journalist Sofi Fahrman (pictured)?

Created by, --BabbaQ (talk) 21:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed E. W. Bastard.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:22, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Hook and prose checks out. Great entertainment hook.--HelloKitta (talk) 23:16, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Phidippus clarus

• ... that size matters when the jumping spider Phidippus clarus selects mates?

• ALT1:... that mating in the jumping spider Phidippus clarus needs good vibrations?

Created by Philcha (talk). Self nom at 23:12, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

2012 Democratic National Convention

• ... that the 2012 Democratic National Convention will be the first nominating convention of a major party held in North Carolina?

Created by JayJasper (talk). Nominated by MauchoEagle (talk) at 21:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Not close to a 5x expansion. In addition, the "would" seems like a strange choice of verb tense. GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:26, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

What does 5x expansion mean?

It means the article must have recently become about five times longer than it was. DYK is intended to showcase new content on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Did you know/Glossary and Wikipedia:Did you know/Onepage. And don't forget to sign your posts! :) Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 23:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

RNA thermometer

• ... that RNA thermometers are found in human cells and help protect them from overheating?

Created by Jebus989 (talk). Self nom at 21:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Silvana Cruciata [53]
• Everything checks out.--HelloKitta (talk) 23:16, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Silvana Cruciata

• ... that Italian runner Silvana Cruciata ran over 18 km (11.2 miles) in one hour – a world record which went unbeaten for 17 years?

Created by Sillyfolkboy (talk). Self nom at 20:47, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed "Irish of Vincennes"
• Created today, hook is sourced in main body. Long enough article and well-referenced Jebus989^✰ 21:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

State funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

• ... that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's state funeral took place twice, once immediately after his death in 1938 and then again in 1953?

• Reviewed: 1997 Wills Golden Jubilee Tournament

Created by CeeGee (talk). Self nom at 12:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• comment Ataturk has a connection with the Gallipoli landings on April 25, his connection is fairly common knowledge in Australia & New Zealand there are number of momuments in both countries including one on ANZAC parade in Canberra opposite the Australian War Memorial, as ANZAC Day is April 25th two days away request this gets run then. Gnangarra 13:00, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Date, length good to go, Turkish references accepted IGF. Good idea for an article. --Khazar (talk) 16:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

1997 Wills Golden Jubilee Tournament

• ... that South Africa's winning of the 1997 Wills Golden Jubilee Tournament marked its first tournament victory in the Indian subcontinent and in their seventh attempt?

Created by S h i v a (Visnu) (talk). Self nom at 08:52, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Article length, reference and hook are acceptable. OK to go. CeeGee (talk) 12:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Code of the Secret Service

• ... that the film Ronald Reagan called the "worst picture I ever made" inspired Jerry Parr to join the Secret Service, and that Parr saved President Reagan's life during the 1981 assassination attempt (pictured)?

• ALT1:... that Jerry Parr saved Ronald Reagan's life during a 1981 assassination attempt (pictured); Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service by a 1939 film, Code of the Secret Service—which starred Reagan?
• Reviewed: Jeremy Kerley ([54])
• Comment: The hook and alt are under 200 characters without the "(pictured)" text. See E5 under Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Additional_rules.

Created by OCNative (talk). Self nom at 07:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Jay Houghton

• ... that Jay Houghton, a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, had an uncle, two great uncles, and a great-great-grandfather who also served as representatives?

• Reviewed: Skinny triangle ([55])

Created by Sector001 (talk). Nominated by E2eamon (talk) at 02:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article length, citation, date checked. Good to go. — MT (talk) 17:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Loire (river)

• ... that the Loire is the longest river in France?

5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Nvvchar (talk), Materialscientist (talk). Self nom at 13:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Nominated The Quiet Achiever.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:52, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• The expansion began on the 11th and continued to the 24th. However, per the Swahili Addendum (additional rule D9), this article is still eligible. The length, date, and source for hook check out, although it would be nice if a non-encyclopedia source for the "longest river in France" statement can be found in the future. At any rate, it's good to go. Great job on the article, everyone! GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment: I've moved the article to the main space from Nvvchar's sandbox on 24 April, thus no Swahili here :) Materialscientist (talk) 00:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Skinny triangle

• ... that the skinny triangle is used by snipers to estimate target range?

Created by Spinningspark (talk). Self nom at 01:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• AGF for the offline source. Date and length fine. --E♴(talk) 02:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Clement W. Payton [56] SpinningSpark 19:34, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 24

Migrant Housing Act of North Carolina

...that migrant farmers in North Carolina could sleep on cardboard and box springs until 2007 when the Migrant Housing Act of North Carolina was amended? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ms68441 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans

• ... that among the all-time list of AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, 33 have competed in the Olympic Games while nine have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame?

• Reviewed: 2010–11 NBA Development League season

Created by Jrcla2 (talk). Self nom at 23:49, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Self comment I'd be open to a different hook or a re-wording of the one above. Jrcla2 (talk) 23:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ascension of Jesus in Christian art

• ... that the depictions of the Ascension of Jesus in Christian art (pictured) are often divided into an upper (heavenly) and lower (earthly) part?

• Reviewed: 1926 FA Cup Final

Created by History2007 (talk). Self nom at 21:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment: Here is the G-book link for the hook (is also in the article). History2007 (talk) 21:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment: will be appropriate for Feast of the Ascension, June 2, 2011. History2007 (talk) 21:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

St Peter's Church, Sandwich

• ... that the ancient custom of ringing the curfew bell each evening from St Peter's Church (pictured) in Sandwich, Kent, still continues?

• Reviewed: Tom Aggar

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 19:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Sources, cites, length and dates all check out. Ackatsis (talk) 00:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Tom Aggar

• ... that British Paralympic rowing gold medallist Tom Aggar was once part of the Saracens F.C. youth development squad?

• Reviewed: David Lane (activist) ([57])

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self nom at 17:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• All DYK criteria met. I've added "youth" to the hook, because that's what the source says. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 19:44, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Angkhana Neelaphaijit

• ... that Gwangju Prize for Human Rights winner Angkhana Neelaphaijit has been investigating the forced disappearance of her husband for more than seven years?

Reviewed: State funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 16:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

The Quiet Achiever

• ... that the first transcontinental trip by a solar-powered vehicle was completed in 1983?

• Reviewed Mudawi Ibrahim Adam (diff) --Doug Coldwell ^talk 14:17, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

5x expanded by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self nom at 13:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• • Book source accepted in good faith. Good job Doug!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:51, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Mudawi Ibrahim Adam

• ... that Sudanese human rights activist Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been imprisoned four times for his work in Darfur?

Reviewed: Wildlife of the Central African Republic and Operation Rhodes

Created by Khazar (talk). Self nom at 13:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Article length, citation, date checked. Good to go.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 14:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ron Hextall

• ... that Ron Hextall was the first ice hockey goaltender to shoot and score a goal in the National Hockey League?

• ALT1:... that Ron Hextall was the first ice hockey goaltender to score a goal in the National Hockey League playoffs?
• ALT2:... that aggressive ice hockey goaltender Ron Hextall served three suspensions of six games or more?
• Reviewed: SS Baxtergate

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 11:06, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Date and ref(s) OK. A touch under fivefold but when the article has gone from 1228 words to 5733 words that's certainly understandable. Oldelpaso (talk) 15:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

SS Baxtergate

• ... that the maiden voyage of Empire Cowdray was delayed because most of her crew were drunk?

Created by Mjroots (talk). Self nom at 10:38, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and reference all check out: nice hook! Harrias ^talk 11:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Finicky grammar point--shouldn't this be "her crew was drunk," "crew" being a single unit here? [58] But I agree, great hook! --Khazar (talk) 16:43, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Actually, the officers were sober, so I've tweaked the hook a little. "Were" is used as a mass plural, similar to "you" (plural) - a member of the crew was drunk / several members of the crew were drunk. Mjroots (talk) 18:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Works for me. -- Khazar (talk) 19:30, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Operation Rhodes

• ... that during Operation Rhodes of January 1970, Israeli paratroops held the Egyptian island of Shadwan for 36 hours before leaving with 62 prisoners of war?

• Reviewed: Hillingdon House

Created by Poliocretes (talk). Self nom at 08:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Length and date are fine, offline refs accepted IGF, but I'm not sure that the hours given in the hook are quite supported by the article. If I understand right, they finally secured the island at 1530, and left at 1740 the following day, which would seem to make 26 hours rather than 36. Does that math check out to you, or am I simply misunderstanding? If this was changed to 26 hours, I'm fine with it. Nice article. -- Khazar (talk) 13:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• I see what you mean. I took the figure from the source without giving it much thought. How about ALT 1 ": .. that during Operation Rhodes of January 1970, Israeli paratroops held the Egyptian island of Shadwan for over a day before leaving with 62 prisoners of war?". I've also changed the article accordingly. I'd rather ont use the 26 figure, as it contradicts the reference, and besides, it's not really about the math ... Poliocretes (talk) 14:18, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. --Khazar (talk) 14:28, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ephraim Emerton

• ... that author Ephraim Emerton taught medieval ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School for over forty years?

5x expanded by SteveStrummer (talk). Self nom at 07:04, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Perceptual trap

Article length, source, date okay. Good to go. --Epipelagic (talk) 09:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of the Central African Republic

• ... that apart from all the savanna species of wild animals, the unique species found in the wildlife of the Central African Republic is of forest gorillas (pictured)?

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk), Dr. Blofeld (talk). Self nom at 05:33, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that richness of the wildlife of the Central African Republic (gorilla pictured) is reflected in its about 3,600 species of plants, 663 birds, 209 mammals, 187 reptiles and 29 amphibians?

Date, hook, ref all check out. I vote for ALT1--the phrasing of the first hook is perhaps correct for this field, but feels a bit awkward to me as a lay reader. Kudos to you both for putting in the work to synthesize all this. --Khazar (talk) 13:41, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Women in Burma

• ... that in May 2010, the Myanmar government disallowed marriage between women in Burma (pictured) and male foreigners?

Created by AnakngAraw (talk). Self nom at 02:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Alt hook 1: ... that women in Burma (pictured) wore a skirtcloth known as the htamein during the Konbaung Dynasty? - AnakngAraw (talk) 02:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, and ALT1 hook approved. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:57, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Nude Nuns with Big Guns

• ... that Nude Nuns with Big Guns is a nunsploitation thriller film that is the subject of a copyright lawsuit against torrent users involving 5,865 IP addresses?

• Reviewed: Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba ([59])

Created by Smallman12q (talk). Self nom at 01:54, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Amie mac Ruari

• ... that Amie mac Ruari was divorced by the first Lord of the Isles despite giving him no grounds for doing so?

Created by Ben MacDui (talk). Self nom at 11:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

• , hook is cited to an offline source, interesting story, meets all the requirements. Good to go. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 03:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on April 25

Heather J. Knight

• ... that Heather Knight was the first woman to be selected President of Pacific Union College and the first African-American woman to lead a Seventh-day Adventist College in North America?

• ALT1:... that Pacific Union College President Heather Knight began has pursued post-secondary studies at five different colleges, Howard University, Oakwood University, Loma Linda University, Stanford University and finally at Harvard University?

Created by BelloWello (talk) and DonaldRichardSands (talk). Self nom at 03:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

• ... that Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle was called both "biased" and "a rich and insightful read" that demonstrates how the rest of the world could learn from Israeli case?

• Reviewed: The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World ([60])

Created by Mbz1 (talk). Self nom at 02:37, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Anzac Avenue

• ... that Anzac Avenue is the longest World War One memorial road in Queensland?

Reviewed: Amie mac Ruari ([61])

5x expanded by Lankiveil (talk). Self nom at 01:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World

• ... that the characters of "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" are only conscious one day a week?

Created by Ackatsis (talk). Self nom at 00:40, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: St Peter's Church, Sandwich
• There's no word "conscious" in the article. IMO the hook should be more consistent with the article, but I am open for suggestions, if you prove me wrong.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

• I'm not married to the wording, so how about something like:

ALT1: ...that the characters of "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" are only allowed to experience one day a week? Ackatsis (talk) 03:37, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Special occasion holding area

Do not nominate new articles for a special time in this section. Instead, please nominate them in the candidate entries section above under the date the article was created or the expansion began, and indicate your request for a specially-timed appearance on the Main Page.

Note: Articles nominated for a special occasion should be nominated within five days of creation or expansion as usual. Also, articles should be nominated at least five days before the occasion to give reviewers time to check the nomination, but no more than six weeks before the occasion. April Fools' Day is an exception to these requirements - see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.

26 April (Third Day of Easter)

Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134

• ... that when Bach derived his third cantata for Easter of 1724, Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134, from his secular cantata for New Years' Day, he just wrote new text under old text?

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 11:06, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• reviewed: #Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions - suggested for 26 April 3rd Day of Easter --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• All DYK criteria met. Interesting fact. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 18:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Halloween

Rhacophorus vampyrus

• ... that the tadpole of the Vampire flying frog Rhacophorus vampyrus has two fang-like hooks in its mouth?

Created by Newone (talk), Ka Faraq Gatri (talk). Nominated by Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) at 14:59, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

• Comment If the article meets DYK criteria, suggest moving it to Special Occasions section and keeping for Halloween. The authors of the paper on which this article is substantially based have stated that they intend to publish a separate paper on the tadpoles of this species so the move would also allow time for any material from this paper (assuming it is published in time) to be incorporated. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 16:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

• That's confirmed. I agree that this should be kept for Halloween, especially as "A detailed description of the new tadpole will be published separately." which might be available by October. It's certainly an early start for the Halloween collection, does anyone think it is a problem to save it until then? SmartSE (talk) 23:41, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

SUPPORT waiting till Halloween, esp. if we can get a good, free picture of the scary tadpoles. --PFHLai (talk) 04:06, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I've moved this as there were no objections. If someone wants to make a subpage for it, like we have for April Fools' nominations then feel free. SmartSE (talk) 12:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Comment Halloween is just under 10 months away. I can't help thinking that if every vaguely ghoulish or spooky article is saved up that long, it will create a massive backlog (and a precedent for other days). After all, there are only 3-4 sessions of 6 or 7 hooks available for any particular day. Bob talk 22:26, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Comment I have a raised eyebrow over this. Essentially were promoting an article to DYK, which in over half a year will appear on the main page. Would not this article be substatiannnly different from the one reviewed giving that theres 7+ months between creation and DYK appearance? Ottawa4ever (talk) 15:14, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Comment Good points. This article could be significantly different from the one reviewed by 31st October depending on whether or not the group concerned have published their second paper on the species (one which focuses specifically on the unusual tadpoles) by then. As it stands the article was written from all the extant scientific literature on the species (a single paper) and a smattering of popular press coverage (who probably won't ever revisit the species, unless a big deal is made out of the second paper). It is possible someone will re-write the article from the current sources, however, most articles on obscure species (of which this is one) don't have very high edit levels. For comparison, a large number of articles on other species in the same genus were created by Polbot and haven't been significantly altered since their creation in 2007. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 16:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. Ive opened a larger discussion here; Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Rhacophorus_vampyrus. Its not just that the article may be different, but also that dyk is in the spirit of new articles or recently expanded ones. As such (I feel) queing an article for 10 months is misleading our readers since it is a violation of both leading principles of dyk. Ottawa4ever (talk) 10:29, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

This should be removed altogether, "Note: Articles nominated for a special occasion should be nominated within five days of creation or expansion as usual. Also, articles should be nominated at least five days before the occasion to give reviewers time to check the nomination, but no more than six weeks before the occasion. April Fools' Day is an exception to these requirements - see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know." This goes well beyond 6 weeks, unless the above text, quoted verbatim, was recently adopted as procedure. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 4:32pm • 06:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

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