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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.

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

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{{subst:NewDYKnom
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Nominations

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on January 31

Codex Ephesinus and Minuscule 827

• ... that according to Scrivener, there are a few manuscripts of the Greek New Testament from the 12th century, with equal importance as Codex Ephesinus?

• Reviewed: Samaikyandhra Movement

5x expanded by Leszek Jańczuk (talk). Self nom at 21:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length and recent 5x expansion check out fine. However, I have some stylistic concerns with the hook and with the article itself. First of all, the hook as currently written says that there are "a few manuscripts" of the period with equal importance, when the source actually states, "Few MSS. of the 12th century will be found to equal it in weight and importance."[1] There seems to be a difference between saying that there are "a few manuscripts" as good as this one, versus saying that "few manuscripts" are as good as this one. Second, some sentences in the article are grammatically incorrect, such as It contains Epistula ad Carpianum (Epistle to Carpian) at the beginning of the codex, lists of the κεφαλαια were placed before each Gospel in the 15th century, and slight illuminations before each Gospel. and According to Scrivener there are a few Greek manuscripts of the New Testament from the 12th century "will be found to equal it in weight and importance". Third, the article includes foreign language phrases to too great an extent for an English Wikipedia article (see Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Use other languages sparingly). For example: According to the colophon (in red), on folio 263 verso, the manuscript was written in ετει απο χριστου αρξ, but αρξ as year is not authentic, it was overwritten by later hand, the real year was σχξη. and Scholz had noted that "familiae plerumque adhaeret Constantinopolitanae" (today called as the Byzantine). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Epistula ad Carpianum is translated in the brackets, lists of the κεφαλαια I have changed into "tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents)". αρξ and σχξη are more clear now. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
    • Please note that the sentence with "Epistula ad Carpanium" in it was cited above as grammatically incorrect, not as one of the sentences containing excess foreign language verbiage. Other sentences with grammatical problems in the article include He bent his attention it its illustration. and Scrivener did not examined them. I recommend that this article be reviewed by someone who is familiar enough with the topic to edit it properly. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:44, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• OK, I made more improvements (also Byzantine text). Is it possible to combine the hook with a new created article?

ALT1 ... that Codex Ephesinus and Minuscule 827 belong to the textual Family 1424, which still deserves a more textual study than received? Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 01:52, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• The length and date of Minuscule 827 (Gregory-Aland) check out fine, but I'm going to request that another editor evaluate the hook and overall quality of the articles, rather than myself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:25, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Both articles check out for length, date etc. However the ALT1 is too subjective, and not mentioned in either article.

ALT2 that Codex Ephesinus and Minuscule 827 belong to the textual Family 1424.Thelmadatter (talk) 14:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree that Alt 1 is a little subjective but Alt2 doesn't really offer much context. At the very least it seems like there should be something after the Family 1424 to explain what that is. Perhaps Alt1 could be made less subjective and "weasel-ish" if you include a link to Kurt Aland and state, clearly, that is his opinion. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 06:39, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

This nom is getting ridiculously old. The nominator has had plenty of time to provide an accurate hook that is supported with a reliable reference. I say it is time to .4meter4 (talk) 06:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

These two articles are supported by reliable references since the beginning and minuscule 827 is still no too old. The problem is only the language of the first article (Ephesinus). Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 18:12, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

I would still like to see the grammar improved and excessive use of foreign languages cut back in Codex Ephesinus before it is selected for a DYK. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

The Greek terms are used in the same way as in professional publications. There some of my GA articles on en-wiki, ru-wiki, and even FA-articles on pl-wiki are written in that way. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:07, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

OK I translated this ετει απο χριστου ᾳρξ, but it is like OR. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:31, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

In this case I think the use of foreign language is reflective on scholarly writings in this field. I think Metropolitan90 is being overly pedantic in his review. As far as I can tell everything with the articles themselves good to go. My main concern is finding the right hook. The only one that I think would draw in non-Greek scholars is the intial suggestion which unfortunately does not include both articles. Let's try and craft a hook that would catch the eye of the general reader. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 1

Oliver Lewis (violinist)

• ... that Oliver Lewis (pictured), founding member of the electronic music group Deviations Project, is considered to be the "world's fastest violinist"?

Created by Daicaregos (talk). Self nom at 23:29, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Length, date, reference and hook look ok. Good to go.Alexikoua (talk) 22:38, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

not yet, the image needs to be approved through OTRS first.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:54, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Double checked Alexikoua's verification but I agree with Thelma about the image. However a promoting admin could feel free to take this hook for any of the non-picture slots. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 22:43, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

That's true, but the picture is excellent for 100px. Worth the wait IMHO.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree, I already used it then put it back (on MS's advice) to wait for the OTRS. Well worth waiting for! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

How much longer until this goes through? It's a great pic, but I don't think we should wait much longer.4meter4 (talk) 22:24, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 5

Local government in Sri Lanka

• ... that Sri Lanka has a long history of local government?

• Reviewed: Harry Goodhart

Created by Obi2canibe (talk). Self nom at 19:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Dull hook. Isn't this true of many other countries? Is there something distinguishing about local government in Sri Lanka? Might as well say "... that the XXXX River will wet you if you touch it?" Daniel Case (talk) 20:50, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Possibly this, or words to this effect, as an ALT1 (refs [2] and [4] support, at a glance):

• ... that in 1987, Sri Lanka changed its method of electing local government members from first-past-the-post to proportional representation? Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Better, I guess. Daniel Case (talk) 04:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Agree to change hook to ALT1.--obi2canibe^{talk contr} 18:19, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Too many paragraphs ending without citations for my liking.4meter4 (talk) 21:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Roy John (rugby player)

• ... that Wales rugby union international Roy John could leap over four feet from a standing start?

• Reviewed: Domaine Coche-Dury

5x expanded by FruitMonkey (talk). Self nom at 23:09, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

• Is the four feet statistic a calculation between John's height (needs citation, but is given in ref#3) and reaching the crossbar (already cited)? If so, I think the hook should be reworded – I assumed that he could jump 4' horizontally from standing. Suggest alt:

ALT1: ... that from a standing start, Wales rugby union international Roy John could jump up and reach the crossbar set at 3.2 metres (10 ft 6 in) above the ground? matt (talk) 01:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Correct on all accounts, I'm more than happy with the alternative hook. FruitMonkey (talk) 11:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Too many paragraphs ending without citations for my liking.4meter4 (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

That's not a criteria for DYK. If there is a specific query, then please state it. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and tagged the article then in the places that should have citations. We don't promote articles at DYK that have obvious tag-able issues. A citation isn't required after every sentence, but a general rule of thumb is that every paragraph should end with a citation. Best.4meter4 (talk) 23:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Not true. I can cite all sentences, but a general rule of thumb is not that all paragraphs end in a cite, not that all paragraphs have a cite. Winston Churchill is a GA article, not all the paragraphs end in cites, you are making a point to try to justify your viewpoint. Nothing more.FruitMonkey (talk) 00:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I regularly tag articles as I did yours. DYK has nothing to do with the tagging other than it brought this particular article to my attention. If another editor agrees to promote they can, but I don't think anyone will promote a DYK article that's tagged for improved citations. Referencing standards both here and at GA have gone up steadily in the last few years. Other stuff exists is not a good arguement. You only have to put in four citations, which should take less than 10 minutes on your part. This isn't that big a deal. Best.4meter4 (talk) 00:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 7

The Martha Raye Show

• ... that just prior to the premiere of The Martha Raye Show in 1954, Variety dubbed Raye the "funniest femme in television"?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 03:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Alpha, Texas

• Length and dates are fine and I've done a bit to improve the sourcing for the article in general from contemporary sources but the hook fact is 1) sourced to the "Classic TV Info" website instead of Variety itself, 2) says the quotation is from "just prior to the premiere" but the cited sourced doesn't put a date to the Variety article is claims to quote, and 3) the hook fact sentence and the one immediately following are close paraphrases of the cited text.

Article: "Variety called Raye "the funniest femme in television," at a time when her competitors included Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Gracie Allen, and Joan Davis. Raye would be less remembered over the years than the other comediennes because their work was shown in repeated rebroadcasts through I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks, The Burns and Allen Show, and I Married Joan, respectively."

Source: "Variety dubbed Raye "the funniest femme in television," which is saying something, considering that the competition consisted of such colorful comediennes as Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Gracie Allen, and Joan Davis. If she's not as well remembered today as those other stars, it can be largely attributed to the fact that her shows aired live and were never seen again, whereas I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks, The Burns and Allen Show, and I Married Joan were rerun endlessly in the years following their network runs."

• These issues must be resolved. - Dravecky (talk) 06:56, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that The Martha Raye Show featured retired boxing great Rocky Graziano playing the boyfriend of the 1950s series' star, Martha Raye? (a partial solution, hook-ier in my opinion) - Dravecky (talk) 07:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 8

Castilleja septentrionalis

• ... that the beautiful purple-tinged flowering Castilleja septentrionalis (pale painted cup) is a parasite on the roots of other plants?

Created by Sharktopus (talk). Self nom at 00:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Romy Rosemont Sharktopus^talk 01:10, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• The hook and article are good, but the first ref is an incorrect url. Plz fix :-) Rcej (Robert) - talk 05:42, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks for catching that mistake -- the link is to a pdf, so I repaired it and added the pdf format tag. OK now? Sharktopus^talk 14:49, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Spektrum Flyers

• ... that the ice hockey team Spektrum Flyers was abandoned after two years because its management moved it from Oslo to Bergen?

Created by Arsenikk (talk). Self nom at 23:27, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Charles Edward Hubbard Arsenikk ^(talk) 23:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Lawrence Roehm

• ... that Michigan's 1915 quarterback Lawrence Roehm (pictured) was called the "thinking type," "160 pounds of undaunted courage," and a "peppery"' player who imbued his team with "do-or-die spirit"?

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 22:55, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Please hold off on reviewing until I add my quid pro quo review. Cbl62 (talk) 23:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Ted Bank

• ... that Michigan quarterback Ted Bank (pictured) wore a specially constructed knee brace to allow him to play football after suffering a shrapnel injury in World War I?

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 22:34, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Please hold off on reviewing until I add my quid pro quo review. Cbl62 (talk) 22:35, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Rosendale Village, New York

• ... that Rosendale Village (pictured) in upstate New York, was dissolved in 1977 as a work of conceptual art?

5x expanded by Gyrobo (talk). Self nom at 22:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Niagara Parkway. --Gyrobo (talk) 22:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Salaulim Dam ‎

• ... that the Salaulim Dam (pictured) in Goa, India has a unique Duckbill type of Spillway located in the gorge section?

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 13:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Museo Miraflores.--Nvvchar. 13:50, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Size, date, hook length are fine, and image has a free licence. Note that I had to correct the URL for the "budget" source cited in order to get it to load. The article should probably mention "Saluli" as an alternative name for the dam, as that is how it is referred to in the PDF cited for the hook. --NSH001 (talk) 23:58, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Yes. Thanks for the correction and the suggestion. Done now.--Nvvchar. 00:57, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Don Charles

• ... that the UK singer Don Charles, who had one top forty hit, later bought a Maltese night club with Rolf Harris?

Created by Derek R Bullamore (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 20:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

There's More Than One of Everything

• ... that Leonard Nimoy's work on Fringe began with the episode "There's More Than One of Everything", and the show will be his last acting project?

Created by Ruby2010 talk 18:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Johanna Mestorf. Note: the article was expanded from a redirect (so this could either be considered a new article or expanded 5x). Not sure what the policy is on this. Ruby2010 talk 18:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Marshall JTM 45

• ... that the Marshall JTM 45 was based on the Fender Bassman, but had different harmonic content because of increased feedback?

Created by Drmies (talk). Self nom at 02:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that the Marshall JTM 45, the British company's first amplifier, has more sag but less crunch than their later models? :) Drmies (talk) 02:57, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed William Wadé Harris. Drmies (talk) 03:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Dent Island Light, Double Island Point Light

• ... that W. P. Clark, who previously constructed Bustard Head Light in 1868, had to abort the construction of Dent Island Light and Cape Cleveland Light in 1878 following personal difficulties?

• Comment: reviewed T. Arthur Cottam. Also, just noticed this is my 25th selfnom, yay for me.

Created by Muhandes (talk). Self nom at 20:00, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date checked. Hook is a bit bland, an Alternate is proposed below. --Mike Cline (talk) 21:27, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Alt1: the original 1879 Dent Island Lighthouse in Queensland was so short, 20 feet (6.1 m), that its clockwork mechanism had to be wound every 75 minutes to keep it turning. --Mike Cline (talk) 21:27, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT 1 is better. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 22:00, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

• We already had ALT1 for Cape Cleveland Light. Maybe a hook on the two lighthouses being constructed together?

• ALT2: ... that Cape Cleveland Light and Dent Island Light were recommended for construction together, approved together, and constructed at the same time, in 1878–1879?

--Muhandes (talk) 06:15, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Note that I found and corrected a factual error on the original hook. --Muhandes (talk) 21:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

May I suggest to make this a double hook? Double Island Point Light was authored 13 February

• ALT3 ... that W. P. Clark constructed Bustard Head Light, Double Island Point Light (pictured) and Pine Islet Light, and started but did not complete the construction of Cape Cleveland Light and Dent Island Light?

--Muhandes (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I prefer ALT3. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 10:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I suppose someone should review Double Island Point Light. --Muhandes (talk) 10:59, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Consider it done. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 20:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Gateway Project

• ... that TIGER grants are contributing to the construction of the Gateway Project , a high speed rail corridor between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station?

• Reviewed: New Ulm Oil Company Service Station, though not yet five noms

Created by Djflem (talk). Self nom at 18:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• A useful article but I can't reconcile the citation with the wording. It suggests that both the TIGER funding covers two parts of the project, but I can only find mention of the Portal Bridge. Where is the other part of the project in the citation? Geof Sheppard (talk) 17:20, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 9

SA-500D

• ... that SA-500D is a prototype Saturn V moon rocket completed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and now on permanent display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama?

5x expanded by Ke4roh (talk). Nominated by Dravecky (talk) at 20:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Arne Paasche Aasen

• ... that a Norwegian song from 1950 with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen sold around 100,000 records?

Created by Geschichte (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 23:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

St John the Baptist's Church, Stanton

• ... that St John the Baptist's Church, Stanton, Suffolk, (pictured) is built up to the boundary of the churchyard, so the lowest stage of its tower was left open to allow processions around the church?

• Reviewed: United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 11:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, and image check out. However, the hook is somewhat confusing: the article and reference source state only that the west wall is built up to the boundary of the church yard, and that the tower being open at its lowest stage for processionals appears to be independent of the aforementioned attribute. Perhaps the hook can be simplified and the detail about the churchyard boundary can be left out? KimChee (talk) 14:52, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• I guess you're right. I wanted to include the west wall, and also explain that the processions were to go round the outside of the church, but this isn't possible within 200 characters, so unless anyone is clever enough to create a hook clear enough and short enough, I think this suggestion will have to be dropped. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 16:13, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that the bottom of the tower of St John the Baptist's Church (pictured) in Stanton, Suffolk provides a path for processions through the wall surrounding the church? KimChee (talk) 22:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks for trying, but that doesn't really say it. To be properly accurate would I fear take >200 characters, so I still think the suggestion should be dropped. But I really appreciate your time and effort.--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Octave Uzanne

• ... that the French writer and bibliophile Octave Uzanne (pictured) worked closely together with artists like Félicien Rops, Paul Avril and Félix Vallotton?

Created by Fram (talk). Self nom at 11:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Ogmore Castle Fram (talk) 11:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

The length and age are good, but the hook isn't cited, except when it comes to Rops ("One of the main artists collaborating with Uzanne was the Belgian Félicien Rops"). The other two are merely stated as illustrators of Uzanne's work, without citations, and I see the portrait of Uzanne here is by Vallotton, but we need citations for "worked closely together with". I don't think we can run with "artists like" in the hook, but that is easily taken out. Moonraker2 (talk) 12:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree, it was more implicit than explicit in the sources I included. Perhaps

ALT1: ... that Belgian Symbolist artist Félicien Rops called French writer Octave Uzanne (pictured) "the Bibliophile's dream"?

All checks out for ALT1. Moonraker2 (talk) 22:53, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, ALT1 is better. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 19:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

AAM-A-1 Firebird

• ... that the AAM-A-1 Firebird (pictured on DB-26) was the first air-to-air missile to be developed outside of Nazi Germany?

• Reviewed: Nevada State Route 230

Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 05:41, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date OK. Offline ref AGF. But the article says "Germany" rather than "Nazi Germany". Suggest you alter one or the other for consistency. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 11:14, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• I changed the article to "World War II Germany" with a wl to NG. Hopefully that works? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• I'm not sure. Sorry to be pedantic, but of course I don't know what the source actually says, and that might be causing a difficulty. May I have a second opinion on this, please. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 10:34, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• The direct quote from the source is "The first post-war AAM to reach the flight-test stage outside Germany,". Perhaps this might work better? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that the AAM-A-1 Firebird (pictured on DB-26) was the first air-to-air missile to be developed following the end of World War II?

• or ALT2: ... that the AAM-A-1 Firebird (pictured on DB-26) was the first air-to-air missile to be developed outside Germany following the end of World War II? How about that? --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Honestly, I don't like that one - it implies that air-to-air missiles had previously been developed inside Germany following the end of World War II, which was of course not the case. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:30, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• for ALT1. The problem is that I do not have the source available, and have to trust you that it actually says this (which I do). --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Justice (1954 TV series)

• ... that the 1954 NBC legal drama entitled simply Justice is based on cases of the Legal Aid Society of New York?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 03:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

• Edited hook to bold topic article. --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû _(blah?) 05:51, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

:Reviewed William Wade Harris

The article does not directly mention the hook fact. Philg88 (talk) 22:32, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Clarification made Billy Hathorn (talk) 00:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 10

Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany (1939–1944)

• ... that during World War II, Nazi Germany begun to forcibly resettle millions of Poles in order to create "living space" for the German colonists?

Created by Pernambuko (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 19:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Good to go; if you would want another source, The Bridge over the Main by Stan Domoradzki works well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DCI2026 (talk • contribs) 21:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Ski jumping hill, Construction point, Hill size

• ... that in 2004, the measurement of the size of a ski jumping hill was changed from the construction point to the hill size?

Created by Arsenikk (talk). Self nom at 17:28, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Charles Blackader Arsenikk ^(talk) 17:40, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Doomsday Gun

• ... that Doomsday Gun (HBO, 2004) was the first television drama to deal with U.S. and British covert involvement with Saddam Hussein preceding the Gulf War?

5x expanded by Lexein (talk). Self nom at 04:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I reviewed Schenecker double homicide --Lexein (talk) 04:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Alan B. Slifka

• ... that Alan B. Slifka, who created the Abraham Fund Initiatives to promote coexistence of Jews and Arabs in Israel, was also the first chairman of the Big Apple Circus?

Created by Sharktopus (talk), Anna Frodesiak (talk). Self nom at 00:08, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Barnesville Petroglyph Sharktopus^talk 00:31, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Imaginarium (album)

• ... that Nightwish composer and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen said that the upcoming album Imaginarium was influenced by the works of Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Salvador Dalí?

• ALT1:... that a film based on the Nightwish album Imaginarium is set to be released in 2012?

Created by Secret Saturdays (talk). Nominated by Quispiam (talk) at 17:39, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• I have reviewed International Gendarmerie. [2] Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 03:35, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Clement-Bayard

• ... that in 1906 Albert Clément drove a Clément-Bayard (pictured) to finish third in the world's first Grand Prix?

5x expansion (Clément-Bayard) and new Creation (Albert Clément) by Chienlit (talk) 21:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Prickly Pear Cays

Both articles check out and look good. Clément-Bayard is now even a x10 expansion, great work. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Recommend extending the link for 1906 French Grand Prix to "first" (so first Grand Prix). My first thought was to link to Grand Prix motor racing; a longer link makes it clearer where the link will take the user. Apterygial 11:15, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Change to longer link first Grand Prix done. Hook was intentionally short, in part because it was the first Grand Prix of any kind and should be unequivocal in its assertion. It even predates motor cycling, snooker, swimming, tennis, golf, X-factor, dominoes and the raffle at the village fete. :) Chienlit (talk) 12:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Problem is of course that it wasn't the first Grand Prix at all, there had been horse racing Grand Prix for years and years before this. The Grand Prix de Paris started in 1863, and was for decades the Grand Prix. Other sports having one or more Grand Prix before the automobile one include cycling and flying. Fram (talk) 14:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Oooh, so much for my sources, I've always 'known' that it was the first, since I was 12, before the internet, before Darpanet. Chienlit (talk) 19:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)..

p.s. what were the cycling and flying events?

From the 1906 French Grand Prix article: Although it was not the first motor race to be called a 'Grand Prix'—a smaller race in Pau, the Pau Grand Prix, had been held in 1901—the 1906 race outside Le Mans was the first genuinely international race to carry the label. Until the First World War, it was the only annual race to be called a Grand Prix (often, the Grand Prix) and is now commonly known as "the first Grand Prix." Apterygial 23:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

These sources call it the first Grand Prix, but only from a motor racing perspective. The altered hooks below better reflect this. Fram (talk) 08:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Cycling: e.g. Paris, 18951896, or Roubaix 1899. For flying, it was the 1901 Grand prix for the first flying machine to circle around the Eiffel Tower, basically: [3]. But also e.g. a 1902 Grand Prix for pigeon shooting(!)[4], and let's not forget the non-sporting "Grand Prix" like the Grand Prix de Rome or the Grand Prix at the world Fairs. Fram (talk) 08:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks very much Fram, most interesting. Chienlit (talk) 10:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that race car driver and II Ardennes Cup winner Albert Clément drove a Clément-Bayard (pictured) rated at 100 horsepower to finish third in the 1238km 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France?

More context, matches articles and sources, 200 characters. --Lexein (talk) 22:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT2: ... that in 1906 Albert Clément drove a Clément-Bayard (pictured) to finish third in the world's first motorsport Grand Prix?

Just clarifies we are talking about motorsport. Apterygial 23:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT3: ... that in 1906, Ardennes Cup II winner Albert Clément drove a Clément-Bayard (pictured) rated at 100 horsepower to finish third in the first international motorsport Grand Prix?

It was the first international motorsport Grand Prix (prior races weren't "truly international). Since no general reader knows who/what the bolded items are, it seemed prudent to include at least one notable fact about them. --Lexein (talk) 02:44, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

The Pennsylvania State Memorial, Eternal Light Peace Memorial, 1913 Gettysburg reunion, 1938 Gettysburg reunion

One DYK factoid drafted for the above 3 new and 1 completely rewritten wikiarticles:

• … that the largest Gettysburg Battlefield memorials, the Pennsylvania State Memorial and the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, were dedicated during encampments on the battlefield: the respective 1913 Gettysburg reunion and 1938 Gettysburg reunion held on the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the Battle of Gettysburg? Created by Target for Today (talk) 20:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hook is supported in articles and sources. Hook is 310 characters - this is allowed for multi-bold-articles, but it is wordy, and is somewhat confusing.

Suggested ALT 1: ... that the two largest Gettysburg Battlefield monuments "Pennsylvania State Memorial" and "Eternal Light Peace Memorial" were dedicated, respectively, on the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, at battlefield reunion encampments?

--Lexein (talk) 23:44, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Manx2 Flight 7100

• ... that a Manx2 flight from Belfast to Cork crashed on landing, killing 6 and injuring at least 6? - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 12:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• The article is a bit short of the required words at present & is still marked as a stub. It might be better to try for In The News, or wait for a bit more information to be published before nominating.— Rod ^talk 17:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Article now meets size criteria and checks out, but is still in a state of heavily being worked on. Suggest this wait a day or two before final approval. Also, suggesting alternative hook, since the original one was, honestly, rather bad. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
• ALT1: ... that the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland had planned to be aboard Manx2 Flight 7100, which crashed on landing in February 2011?

• Note: I added creation credit for Mjroots (talk · contribs) and nom credit for Eugen Simion 14 (talk · contribs). If other credits are due, be sure to add them. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• The article now looks good to me, I'd tick it but since I suggested ALT1 most likely somebody else should give a final approval. But it looks good from here. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I'd tick it too, but I created the bleddy thing! Was a nice surprise to find it had been nominated. Mjroots (talk) 14:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Meare Lake Village

• ... that the Iron Age Meare Lake Village was built on a peat bog on the Somerset Levels?

• Reviewed: Flight Avia Flight 7100 ([diff])

Created by Rodw (talk). Self nom at 18:35, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Article length appears to be sufficient, citations check out, it's a new article. Looks like all requirements are fulfilled. Cluskillz (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

ps. About 200 yards south of the given location Google satellite view shows about 15 clearly delineated structures. Are these the remains of the village? If so it may be worth mentioning in the article, and a screen capture would make an excellent addition to the article? Chienlit (talk) 07:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 11

Schenecker double homicide

• ... that Florida woman Julie Powers Schenecker admitted to shooting her two children because they "talked back and were mouthy"?

--BabbaQ (talk) 14:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Can I suggest a slight tweak to:

... that Florida woman Julie Powers Schenecker allegedly confessed to shooting her two children because they "talked back and were mouthy"?

Reason being BLP concerns, this is alleged. --Errant ^(chat!) 14:24, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Cited source(2nd page) supports "talked back and were mouthy", and "allegedly confessed". Length of article is OK, length of hook is OK. But I suggest this alternate to clarify "confessed because" vs "shot because"

ALT2: ... that Florida woman Julie Powers Schenecker allegedly claimed to have shot her two children because they "talked back and were mouthy"?

--Lexein (talk) 04:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Yep, good point on that one :) ALT2 is better worded. --Errant ^(chat!) 09:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Size, refs, ALT2 hook wording now good to go. --Lexein (talk) 15:59, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Returned from queues: article at AFD. See also this thread. Materialscientist (talk) 11:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Isabella Girardeau, Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti

• ... that the two leading sopranos in the 1711 world premiere of Handel's Rinaldo, Isabella Girardeau and Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, were bitter rivals?

Created by 4meter4 (talk). Self nom at 00:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I am currently not done with the Pilotti-Schiavonetti article, but plan to finnish it sometime tommorow. I just didn't want to miss out on the time frame for noming Girardeau. I will get around to reviewing some other DYK noms presently. Best.4meter4 (talk) 00:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Anatolius (curator) and 557 Constantinople earthquake.4meter4 (talk) 00:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Parasitic castration, Hemioniscus balani

• ... that Hemioniscus balani is called a "parasitic castrator" although its barnacle host remains a functioning male because the barnacle can no longer also function as a female?

Created by Sharktopus (talk), Anna Frodesiak (talk). Self nom at 15:40, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Usos y costumbres and did second review of Pinocchio paradox. Sharktopus^talk 15:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim no-hitters, List of Kansas City Royals no-hitters, List of Texas Rangers no-hitters, List of Houston Astros no-hitters, List of Milwaukee Brewers no-hitters, List of Florida Marlins no-hitters

• ... that the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Major League Baseball clubs Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and Florida Marlins were pitched by Bo Belinsky, Steve Busby, Jim Bibby, Don Nottebart, Juan Nieves and Al Leiter, respectively?

Created by BlueEarth (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Hook is 311 characters. Too many primary (bolded) articles, and too many unrelated pitchers. The hook relies on citing baseball-reference.com, not news or book sources - an extra historical reference here would be excellent. I don't see how to shrink the existing hook to 200 characters at all, even if the source issue is addressed. Even this shrink is 227 characters:

... that the first no-hitters for the Major League Baseball clubs Angels, Royals, Rangers, Astros, Brewers and Marlins were pitched by Bo Belinsky, Steve Busby, Jim Bibby, Don Nottebart, Juan Nieves and Al Leiter, respectively?

Probably better as 6 separate hooks including year of first no-hitter - I think they could(?) be spread across six separate days, and still accepted (can we get consensus on this?) --Lexein (talk) 05:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Multi-article hooks are exempt from the hook length requirement, see C3. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Not entirely exempt, but after subtraction, the first hook comes in at 222; at that length "it may still be considered eligible if the hook is reasonably compact and readable, but such hooks will be considered on a case-by-case basis." I disagree with a DYK with a list of six unrelated teams and pitchers. Why six? Why not eight? or four? I would prefer 6 individual, more informative, 200 character hooks. Plus, there's the single-sourcing issue. For these reasons, I now defer to another editor, rather than block this. --Lexein (talk) 07:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

As I see it, the most basic hook would be:

... that the first no-hitter for the Major League Baseball club Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was pitched by Bo Belinsky?

I make that 116 characters. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 08:01, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't mind splitting this into 6, but why take up the space of 6x116, or ~700 characters when less than half of the space would be needed in a 6-in-1 hook? --PFHLai (talk) 03:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

My thought was merely that single hooks could list the full team name, year and opposing team, and six hooks could be spread out across six days. As I said, I won't oppose either way.--Lexein (talk) 04:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Ron & Tammy: Part Two

• ... that comedian Nick Offerman said of filming the Parks and Recreation episode "Ron & Tammy: Part Two": "I remember there was lots of howling, and I came away very sore and scarred?"

Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Self nom at 16:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Lucy Cobb Institute [5] — Hunter Kahn 16:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Good to go. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

The Public Defender (TV series)

• ... that Reed Hadley starred in two 1950s CBS drama television series, including The Public Defender in the role of an attorney for the indigent?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 04:05, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date are fine. However, IMDb is not a reliable source. - PM800 (talk) 04:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Correction made Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:47, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Schenecker double homicide

• Well, you found a more reliable source for the hook, but half of the article is still from IMDb. That site really shouldn't be used as a reference at all. Also, can you provide the diff for your Schenecker double homicide review? I don't see your name under that nomination's entry. - PM800 (talk) 03:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Malaya Sadovaya Street

• ... that in 1881 a tunnel was dug under St. Petersburg's shortest street, Malaya Sadovaya Street, as part of a Narodnik plot to assassinate Czar Alexander II?

Created by User:Herostratus (User talk:Herostratus). Self nom at 19:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I (Herostratus) reviewed Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, a Feb. 7 article.

Sergiu Dan

• ... that Romanian novelist Sergiu Dan survived a 1940s deportation to Transnistria, spoke of it in one of the few local contributions to Holocaust literature, and was later imprisoned by the communist regime?

• Comment: Reviewed Jane Williams ([6])

Created by Dahn (talk). Self nom at 15:24, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Juliusz Słowacki

• ... that Polish poet Juliusz Słowacki is one of the Three Bards of Polish literature?

5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Self nom at 04:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Luobi Cave. Word count tells me it should be a ~5x expansion, I hope you agree :) As this is a very much core subject for Poland, I'd ask for a featured hook position (first place), with an image. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 04:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• If you want your hook featured, then you need to add alt and rollover text to the image line. Without that, the picture will never be run. This diff has a prose size of 3374 B, so you need 16.87 kB for a 5x expansion. It currently stands at 15 kB. Can you write a bit more? Schwede66 17:27, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• I added the alt/rollover text and expended the article. If this is insufficient, please ping me on my talk page, I intend to keep expanding it further over the next few days. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:58, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Long enough now; well done! There's an unreferenced paragraph in your expansion (starting with "Słowacki put his capital into the Parisian stock market"), but given the quality of your inline referencing, that'll take you a millisecond to fix. Schwede66 05:04, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• I have a printed source that confirms it (one of those in the further reading). I just need to get around to expanding the article with it... will try to do so soon! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Vidyasagar Setu

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• ... that the Vidyasagar Setu (pictured) is the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, and was built over the course of twenty years?

• Reviewed: Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk), Jujutacular (talk). Self nom at 21:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img.--Nvvchar. 22:48, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform

• ... that the SHARP aircraft was a sort of low-altitude communications satellite in the form of an electrically powered airplane?

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nom at 21:02, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, and hook check out, but have you reviewed another DYK nom? Jujutacular ^talk 21:14, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed article below. Very cool! Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:17, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Can we get a consistent citation style? Matsumoto should be the only entry in the bibliography. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Done, and also linked the PopSci article. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:36, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• I'm OKing this, but make sure you review the nomination properly next time (see the rest of this page for examples). Jujutacular ^talk 19:59, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Balancing Rocks

• ... that popularity of Balancing Rocks formation grew when the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe featured it on certain issues of Zimbabwean banknotes (pictured), including the current series?

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 15:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Cajetan J. B. Baumann. --Nvvchar. 02:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hook, expansion and refs check out. Good to go. Yazan (talk) 06:14, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Gabe Carimi

• ... that Gabe Carimi, who is expected to be picked in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, fasted for Yom Kippur until an hour before game-time his freshman year of college?

• Reviewed: Steven Matheson

5x expanded by Epeefleche (talk). Self nom at 14:11, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• 5X extension, the hook, references are verified. Good to go.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Adalbert Schneider

• ... that Adalbert Schneider was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for the sinking of HMS Hood on 24 May 1941 in the Battle of the Denmark Strait?

• Reviewed: Henry Hildyard

5x expanded by MisterBee1966 (talk). Self nom at 10:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

, Good to go, Offline sources accepted per WP:AGF. HerkusMonte (talk) 13:11, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Added a source which happens to be online, just because I wanted to know. --Lexein (talk) 10:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Uranate

• ... that all uranium(VI) uranate structures are based on UO_n polyhedra sharing oxygen atoms in an infinite lattice?

5x expanded by Petergans (talk). Self nom at 09:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Very intriguing work. I'm not sure it's totally accessable to the lay reader, though - what is "uranium(VI)" as opposed to normal uranium? And what is "UOn"? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe a more accessible hook, e.g. ALT1 .. that uranates have been used to add various colors to glass (example pictured)? [7] Materialscientist (talk) 07:25, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

The alternate hook is acceptable. Petergans (talk) 07:39, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Template_talk:Did_you_know#Pinocchio_paradox. Petergans (talk) 07:51, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good to me, ALT1 approved. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

ASM-N-5 Gorgon V

• ... that during the 1950s, the United States Navy intended to use Gorgons to deliver chemical weapons?

• Reviewed: St Albans by-election, 1904

Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 03:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• You have sourced your hook to a personal website by Parsch, who is not an acknowledged expert in this area, and so is not acceptable as a reliable source. However, Parsch cites sources which may be acceptable. Can you source your hook with one of these? --Epipelagic (talk) 04:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• This has been queried twice before, and the consensus is that designation-systems.net is, indeed, a reliable source. Parsch is an acknowledged expert in the fields of designation systems and missiles, and has been published as such, including both by Jane's and the well-known Osprey books. See [8] and the discussion at Template talk:Did you know#JB-4. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Good. Okay to go! --Epipelagic (talk) 04:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Cajetan J. B. Baumann

• ... that Brother Cajetan J. B. Baumann (1899-1969) was the first member of a religious order to ever be named to the American Institute of Architects?

Created by User:James Russiello (talk). Self nom at 04:52, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and hook reference verified. Good to go.--Nvvchar. 02:51, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Hikmat al-Shihabi and Ali Duba

• ... that while Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was ill in 1983, Hikmat al-Shihabi, chief of staff of the Syrian Army, and Ali Duba, head of the Military Intelligence, were part of an interim ruling committee?

Created by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 14:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Ardhanarishvara, [9] Yazan (talk) 13:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Article and hook look fine–most of the article is cited to an offline source, but I can AGF on that. Qrsdogg (talk) 01:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hook revised and added another DYK nom to it, please re-review. Yazan (talk) 10:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

for the double hook. Materialscientist (talk) 11:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Luobi Cave

• ... that in the 1990s Luobi Cave near Sanya, Hainan, China yielded the oldest evidence of human settlement in Hainan, as well as China's most southern occurrence of Upper Paleolithic era stone tools?

Created by Philg88 (talk). Self nom at 21:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Justice (1954 TV series) Diff Philg88 (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Non-English language sources accepted in good faith. It would be nice to get English language and/or academic sources, but it is not necessary for a DYK. Date, size, hook, check out. I linked Hainan in the hook. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 04:40, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Current nominations

Articles created/expanded on February 12

James Stirling (judge)

• ... that British appeal court judge James Stirling (pictured) was a Wrangler, a Devil, and an amateur bryologist?

• Reviewed: Salaulim Dam

Created by P.T. Aufrette (talk), NSH001 (talk). Self nom at 00:10, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

September 2010 Minnesota-Wisconsin Flood

• ... that a Pacific tropical storm and a Gulf of Mexico hurricane contributed to flash flooding in Minnesota and Wisconsin in September 2010?

• Reviewed: Petatlán diff=[10]
• Comment: Article is still at AfD, but I think the expansion will be more than sufficient to result in a "keep."

5x expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nom at 17:30, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Ain Dara temple

• ... that Ain Dara (pictured), located northwest of Aleppo, Syria, is an Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple noted for its similarities to Solomon's Temple as described in the Hebrew Bible?

5x expanded by Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk). Self nom at 07:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Added an img. and also an alternate hook

• ALT Hook ... that fortuitous finding of a colossal basalt lion (pictured) in 1955 led to discovery of the Ain Dara temple near Aleppo in Syria, which was built in three structural phases between 1300 BC to 740 BC?

• Expansion, hooks and references are verified. Fantastic work you've done with this, I've been watching it from a far and can't wait to see it on the main page. I personally like the ALT1 with the its corresponding image better. Yazan (talk) 10:36, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Cholula, Puebla.--Nvvchar. 02:10, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
• Thanks.--Nvvchar. 01:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Jan Sviták

• ... that the Czech film director Jan Sviták was killed shortly after the liberation of Prague in 1945?

• Reviewed: Template_talk:Did_you_know#Little Langdale ([11])

Created by Vejvančický (talk), Haploidavey (talk). Self nom at 10:55, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

, AGF for offline Czech sources. HerkusMonte (talk) 12:51, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury

• ... that Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury was the first tribal Nonintercourse Act lawsuit to go to a jury?

• Reviewed: Megaphone (molecule)

Created by Savidan (talk). Self nom at 03:01, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

List of Washington Nationals no-hitters

• ... that every no-hitter in franchise history for the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball club was thrown by a pitcher wearing an Expos uniform back when the team was based in Montreal, Canada?

Created by BlueEarth (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

List of Seattle Mariners no-hitters, List of Arizona Diamondbacks no-hitters

• ... that the first no-hitter in franchise history for the Major League Baseball clubs Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks were both pitched by Randy Johnson (pictured) fourteen seasons apart?

Created by BlueEarth (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:32, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Nielluccio

• ... that while Nielluccio is sometimes described as indigenous to Corsica, the grape may have actually came to the island from Genoa and could really just be a clone of Sangiovese (pictured)?

• Reviewed: Our Lady of Vilnius Church (New York City)
• Comment: Primary refs are in the History section and while mostly offline, I think I provided enough online refs there and in the lead to assist with verification

5x expanded by Agne27 (talk). Self nom at 23:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Size, date, etc. check out fine. Good job! And don't forget to archive with online refs with something like WebCite, just in case. – VisionHolder « talk » 23:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

• ... that Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (pictured), who leads Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, was formerly defence minister under President Hosni Mubarak?

Created by Ekem (talk), Sundostund (talk). Nominated by The Celestial City (talk) at 17:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Ernest Lafont. The Celestial City (talk) 18:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Everything is OK. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 18:25, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Lucy Cobb Institute

• ... that from 1859 to 1931 the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia, taught "orthodox southern moral and racial values" to young Southern women?

Created by LadyofShalott (talk). Nominated by Drmies (talk) at 14:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed St Mary's Church, Islington, Norfolk. Drmies (talk) 17:25, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length and refs check out. — Hunter Kahn 16:07, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• I made a minor tweak to the lead, so it says "women" instead of "girls." "Young girls" was kind of redundant, and they weren't really that young. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Countess Leon

• ... that a woman immigrant from Frankfurt, the Countess Leon (her house pictured), founded the communal Germantown Colony established in 1835 in Webster Parish, Louisiana?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 03:40, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Clematis morefieldii

• Off-line source accepted in good faith. Calistemon (talk) 15:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Kepler-9b

• ... that Kepler-9b's "year" increases by four days every time it completes an orbit?

5x expanded by Starstriker7 (talk). Self nom at 23:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Replaced 's with {{`s}} per rule C7. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:06, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: NECA Project. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 16:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion OK, article OK, source OK, correction (minutes, not days) to match source:

ALT1: ... that gas exoplanet Kepler-9b's "year" increases by four minutes every time it completes an orbit around its star, Kepler-9 (every 19.24 Earth days)? --Lexein (talk) 18:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Clematis morefieldii

• ... that Morefield's leather flower (pictured) was first discovered in a vacant lot in 1982 by a 21-year-old botany student?

• Reviewed: Myotis escalerai

Created by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Self nom at 23:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Billy Hathorn (talk) 03:57, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Myotis escalerai

• ... that the bat Myotis escalerai was first recorded in France in 2009?

• Reviewed: Chengdu Pterodactyl 1

Created by Ucucha (talk). Self nom at 22:41, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hook verified, length & date good, ready for DYK. IceCreamAntisocial (talk) 23:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

New Allegiances

• ... that "New Allegiances", the series seven premiere of the British television series Spooks, was partially filmed on location in Moscow, Russia, the first time in series history where filming took place outside the United Kingdom?

• Reviewed: Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch

Created by Matthew R Dunn (talk). Self nom at 17:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length and hook are OK. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 19:38, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

St Mary's Church, Islington, Norfolk

• ... that the ruined Church of St Mary (pictured) in Islington, Norfolk, has retained roofs only on its tower and chancel?

• Reviewed: James Learmonth

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 17:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Drmies (talk) 17:25, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Tony Burrello

• ... that Tony Burrello's single "There's a New Sound" was described by Billboard magazine as "a studied attempt to be as screwy as possible", but went on to sell over 100,000 copies?

• Reviewed: Clare Taylor
• Comment: The article is currently at AfD.

5x expanded by Metropolitan90 (talk). Self nom at 16:42, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

St Mary's Church, Akenham

• ... that legal action following the burial of a two-year old child in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (pictured) in Akenham, Suffolk, led to a change in the law in 1880?

• Reviewed: Cladonia perforata

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 14:14, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good. New enough, big enough, and hook is supported by the sources. Ackatsis (talk) 23:55, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Edgar Lubbock

• ... that Master of the Blankney Hunt, Edgar Lubbock (pictured) played in four FA Cup Finals, twice on the winning side?

• Reviewed: Aslie Pitter

Created by Daemonic Kangaroo (talk). Self nom at 12:35, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• I have bolded Blankney Hunt in the hook as a new article, although I'm not sure that it's long enough. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 12:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Blankney Hunt is a couple of hundred characters short - can you squeeze anything more from the sources? for Edgar Lubbock, including the image. If Blankney Hunt isn't expanded further, it can just be debolded in the hook. Bencherlite^Talk 19:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Tesem

• ... that the dog breed the Tesem appears on monuments and in wall paintings of the Ancient Egyptians?

• Reviewed: Space policy of the United States

Created by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 10:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Another one for the 15th here. There is a suitable image (currently in the infobox), but I haven't added it to the hook as this is for a specific day and I didn't want to take over all the images in DYK. :) Miyagawa (talk) 11:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Article size, text, sources and images check out. Resolute 19:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Batman River

• ... that the air base of Batman was used for rescue operations during the Gulf War?[12]

• Comment: ALT1 ... that the largest oil field in Turkey lies in the Batman Province, near the Batman River? [13]

We've got 4 expanded Batman articles (city, province, river and oil field). They could be squeezed into one hook, but it would be ugly, thus maybe 2-3 hoooks. Please suggest other alts (articles can be shuffled between various hook combinations). Maybe its better to drop the river from ALT1. The "near" part can be verified using this map and Google maps - it is just some 6 km away. Materialscientist (talk) 10:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC) Created/expanded by Materialscientist (talk). Self nom at 10:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Some possible April Fools' Day hooks. 2 is for the province, 3 is the river, and 4 is the city. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
• ALT2 ... that Batman is half female?
• ALT3 ... that Batman killed 11 people in 2006?

Thanks and sorry - the source is unclear whether it was Batman or its tributary or both. Materialscientist (talk) 00:27, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT4 ... that Batman was in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines?

Cladonia perforata

• ... that the Florida perforate cladonia (pictured) was the first lichen to be added to the United States' endangered species list?

• Reviewed: Amanita australis, Amanita nothofagi, Entoloma haastii, Mycena cystidiosa, Mycena minirubra, Oudemansiella australis, Greta Stevenson

Created by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Self nom at 07:45, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• All DYK criteria met. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 14:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

SSM-A-5 Boojum

• ... that the SSM-A-3 Snark and SSM-A-5 Boojum cruise missiles were named after beasts from Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark?

• Reviewed: Uranate

Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 06:22, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• New article, with sufficient words. Hook is referenced to a book I don't have, so accepted in good faith.— Rod ^talk 11:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

James Learmonth

• ... that Sir James Rögnvald Learmonth was knighted in King George VI's bedroom after performing nerve surgery for his vascular disease?

• Reviewed: Vetka and Sozh. [14] Carcharoth (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Created by Carcharoth (talk). Self nom at 06:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length OK. Hook checked in the ODNB (I am a subscriber) and is correct. Fascinating hook! --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:43, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• I've amended the hook to avoid the redirect for the target article. Schwede66 05:10, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Marshall JCM800

• ... that the Marshall JCM800 series of amplifiers, used by many hard rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s, owes its name to the owner's initials and his license plate?

Created by Drmies (talk). Self nom at 04:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date and online hook reference all check out. Good to go! 28bytes (talk) 03:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Ali Aslan

• ... that former Syrian chief of staff Ali Aslan was considered the "operational brain" of the Syrian Army during the 1990s?

Created by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 06:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Balancing Rocks, [15] Yazan (talk) 06:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
• Drmies (talk) 16:35, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Cat's Cradle (film)

• ... that Stan Brakhage described his 1959 film Cat's Cradle as "sexual witchcraft involving two couples and a 'medium' cat"?

Created by Ackatsis (talk). Self nom at 23:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: St Mary's Church, Akenham, Ackatsis (talk)

Date, length, and sources check out. Ruby2010 talk 04:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 13

Italian Spring Offensive

• ... that the opening of the Italian Spring Offensive against Greek positions, in March 1941, was personally observed by Benito Mussolini himself?

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

Comeback (Glee)

• ... that while the Glee episode "Comeback" was originally rumored to be a Justin Bieber tribute, his music only served as "a small plot point"?

5x expanded by Frickative (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 07:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I just reviewed Olav Braarud. Rcej (Robert) - talk 07:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

San Lorenzo march

• ... that the Argentine "San Lorenzo march" (video clip right) was played during both the German occupation of France during World War II and the allied liberation of it after the Battle of Normandy?

• Reviewed: Jorge Romero Brest

Created by MBelgrano (talk). Self nom at 02:55, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Paul Wittich (politician), Westungarische Volksstimme

• ... that the Westungarische Volksstimme editor Paul Wittich was the first social democrat elected to the town council of Pressburg (today known as Bratislava)?

Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 01:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Comment, I reviewed Capel Lligwy. --Soman (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Arthur Cheetham and Cinema of Wales

• ... that Arthur Cheetham's film of children playing on the beach at Rhyl is recognised as the first film of the Cinema of Wales?

• Reviewed: Rosie's Diner

Created by FruitMonkey (talk) 23:38, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Hubert

• ... that Tropical Storm Hubert, a weak tropical cyclone, killed 85 people and left 35 more missing throughout Madagascar in March 2010?

Created by Cyclonebiskit (talk). Self nom at 02:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Clement-Bayard

• Article and death/missing facts check out. However, the hook calls the storm "weak", while the article says "moderate" - ? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Source is within the body of the article [16]. In regards to the intensity, "moderate" is just the local name for a tropical cyclone with winds between 63 and 88 km/h; however, I'm referring to it as weak" because it's on the lower end of tropical cyclone intensities (which can exceed 260 km/h). Cyclonebiskit (talk) 11:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reasonable enough. Good to go! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 11:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Nasuella

• ... that mountain coatis, a genus of small carnivorans from the Andes, were considered to represent a single species, until a second species was recognized in 2009?

• Comment: Non-self-nom, so no review necessary.

5x expanded by 212.10.88.103 (talk). Nominated by Ucucha (talk) at 12:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date and length confirmed; AGF on hook cite. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:20, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Geology of Uruguay

• ... that Uruguay suffered intensive volcanism during the Cretaceous about 130 million years ago?

Created by Dentren (talk). Self nom at 09:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Stephen Herbits

Cedric Wright

• ... that Cedric Wright accompanied his best friend Ansel Adams when three of Adams' most famous photographs were taken?

Created by Cullen328 (talk). Self nom at 04:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good to me. Would look even better with one of the photos mentioned, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Dexter Walker

• ... that Home and Away actor Charles Cottier is embarrassed in real life because his character Dexter Walker falls in love with an older woman?

Created by AcidBrights (talk). Nominated by Raintheone (talk) at 02:51, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length and refs OK. Changed the hook to "an older woman" because I cannot find that he fell in love with more than one older woman. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Quebec (ice hockey)

• ... that after the Montreal Canadiens lost to their provincial rivals, the Quebec Nordiques, in the 1982 NHL playoffs, Quebec's beer consumption fell by 9.5 percent the next month?

• Reviewed: Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award ([17])

Created/expanded by Giants2008 (talk). Self nom at 22:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good, everything checks out! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• And I thought a beer boycott leading to the NHL-WHA merger couldn't be topped... :D Resolute 05:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Seneb

• ... that the dwarf Seneb (sculpture pictured) overcame his diminutive size to become a high-ranking royal official in ancient Egypt, marry a priestess and own thousands of cattle?

Created by Prioryman (talk) 21:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC).

• Reviewed: Lake Way. Prioryman (talk) 21:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Length and date check out. Photo is public domain. Gamaliel (talk) 17:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Mary Frances Winston Newson

• ... that Mary Frances Winston Newson was the first American woman to be awarded a PhD in mathematics from a European university and the first person to translate into English the famous lecture first presenting Hilbert's Problems?

Created by Gamaliel (talk). Self nom at 21:07, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length and refs check out. I've made a few minor changes but otherwise it looks fine. Well done. Prioryman (talk) 08:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award

• ... that prior to the creation of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award was presented to a National Hockey League player who made outstanding community service contributions?

Created by Resolute (talk). Self nom at 19:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

reviewed Tesem. Resolute 19:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, and hook fact all check out. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 19:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Just looked again, and there is a problem that should be addressed: the hook itself is just over 200 characters. Perhaps the abbreviated version of National Hockey League should be used, as that would save more than enough characters. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:23, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• That could work, but would remove context for someone who doesn't know what the NHL is. Alternatively, the Clancy award could be dropped: "... that between 1969 and 1984, the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award was presented to a National Hockey League player who made outstanding community service contributions?" Resolute 02:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• That'll work, and reads nicely to boot. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Charles Edward Hubbard

• ... that Charles Edward Hubbard was "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses"?

• Reviewed: Megaphone (molecule) ([18])

Created by Stemonitis (talk). Self nom at 16:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length, date, ref and hook check out good. Arsenikk ^(talk) 23:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

The ref which states that Hubbard was "the world authority..." was published by Hubbard's employer. Is this a problem? --PFHLai (talk) 03:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why it should be. Kew Bulletin is a well-respected journal and the author was a well-respected botanist; I don't imagine the RBG would use an obituary published there as mere propaganda. In fact, it seems like the natural place for the obituary of a high-ranking Kew botanist. (But then I'm biased, because I wrote the article!) --Stemonitis (talk) 07:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I suppose you're right. RBG & Kew should be okay. They don't need the extra self-promotion.

I am not rejecting the original hook, but here's an ALT, anyway, in case someone might think it's a problem.

• ... that Charles Edward Hubbard, the "world authority" on grasses, has published on grass species from across Europe and tropical Africa, as well as those from the West Indies, Mauritius, Fiji and Malaya?

--PFHLai (talk) 07:14, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Lake Way

• ... that the Centipede–Lake Way project, located at Lake Way, is scheduled to become Western Australia's second uranium mine by 2013?

Created by Calistemon (talk). Self nom at 15:06, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Countess Leon

• I've made some tweaks to the text. Everything checks out OK. Good work! Prioryman (talk) 21:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Megaphone (molecule)

• ... that megaphone can be crystallized from an ether-chloroform solution?

Created/expanded by Materialscientist (talk). Self nom at 11:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date of expansion and degree of expansion are fine. The offline references look like they will be acceptable (assuming good faith), but it will need a direct inline citation, rather than one at the end of the paragraph. --Stemonitis (talk) 16:27, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Done. Reviewed Hikmat al-Shihabi and Ali Duba. Materialscientist (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Ready to go.Savidan 03:04, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Domaine Raveneau

• ... that when wine importer Kermit Lynch tried to contact Domaine Raveneau to import their wine to the United States, they hung up on him?

Created by Camw (talk), Agne27 (talk). Self nom at 03:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Baco Blanc - diff. Camw (talk) 03:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Comment: Source is behind a paywall, but source content has been verified by Agne27. Camw (talk) 03:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Article length and date check out, hook checks out, AGF ref. J04n(talk page) 04:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Up'n Down

• ... that due to the sound tunings of the Atari 2600, its port of the 1983 arcade game Up'n Down transformed the background music from a "bluesy F-sharp minor groove" into "a very unsettling version based in C minor"?

5x expanded by 28bytes (talk). Self nom at 03:08, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Marshall JCM800 [19] 28bytes (talk) 03:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Comment: I know the hook is a couple characters longer than 200, but I'm hoping it's close enough for an OK. :) 28bytes (talk) 03:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
• Interesting. I think you need to change the wording, emphasizing on the transformation of the music quality and the fact that the music becomes so bad in Atari that it was criticized as having an annoying background music. Your current wording is a bit confusing.--Rochelimit (talk) 10:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• How about this:

ALT1: ... that when the 1983 arcade game Up'n Down was ported to the Atari 2600, its "bluesy" background music was replaced with "a very unsettling version" due to limitations in the 2600's sound capabilities?

That's shorter and hopefully less confusing... what do you think? 28bytes (talk) 17:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Length, citation, date checked; the prose is extended fivefold, I think this one is an ok.--Rochelimit (talk) 05:26, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

The Dante Quartet

• ... that the visions of Hell depicted in The Dante Quartet were inspired by the Divine Comedy and director Stan Brakhage’s breakup with his wife?

Created by Ackatsis (talk). Self nom at 03:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that The Dante Quartet, an eight-minute experimental film, took six years to produce? Ackatsis (talk) 03:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed: Krishan Kumar

• Length, date and hook for ALT1 checks out. The original hook is a bit complicated, as the source would be a quote and the quote doesn't clarify the character of their relationship (if they were married or not). --Soman (talk) 04:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Muhammad Mustafa Mero

• ... that in July 2003, amidst improving ties, Muhammad Mustafa Mero became the first Syrian prime minister to visit neighboring Turkey in 17 years?

• Reviewed: Singa (mythology) ([20])

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 15:44, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion checks out and so do the references. Interesting article and nice work. Nomader ^(Talk) 17:28, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Body and Brain Connection

• ... that The Daily Telegraph's Tom Hoggins stated that Body and Brain Connection created a new video game genre called "mathercise", a portmanteau of the words math and exercise?

• Reviewed: Muhammad Mustafa Mero ([21])

Created by Nomader (talk). Self nom at 17:33, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

• Expansion and fact confirmed. Savidan 03:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 14

Siege of Gvozdansko

• ... that when the Ottomans entered the castle gates during the Siege of Gvozdansko, they meet no resistance from defending Croatian soldiers, as they were already dead of wounds, hunger and cold?

Created by Kebeta (talk). Self nom at 16:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Selva morale e spirituale

• ... that the 1641 edition Selva morale e spirituale of Claudio Monteverdi (pictured) is considered his "most significant anthology of liturgical works since the Vespers in 1610"?

5x expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 13:11, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• reviewed: #Cedric Wright --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2)

• ... that NBC only ordered four episodes for the second season of Homicide: Life on the Street because the network had not decided whether they would cancel or renew the series?

Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Self nom at 04:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Slon (album) [22] — Hunter Kahn 04:20, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Checks out, offline references taken in good faith. Miyagawa (talk) 22:40, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Fer

• ... that the French wine grape Fer (pictured) gets its named from the element iron, because of how hard the vine's wood stock is?

• Reviewed: 2011 24 Hours of Daytona
• Comment: Primary ref is Jancis Robinson's Grape Guide (FN#2) but I added a couple online refs to assist

5x expanded by Agne27 (talk). Self nom at 07:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Cass County Courthouse (Iowa)

• ... that the Cass County Courthouse served as a pattern for at least two other Iowa county courthouses?

Created by Farragutful (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 05:10, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Perhaps you could indicate where in the 61-page document you found the information? Arsenikk ^(talk) 17:35, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hmm, didn't think of checking for that — I was going through Special:Newpages and looking for eligible articles, and I ignored articles that I noticed weren't properly referenced, but I forgot to check for page numbers on this one. I've left Farragutfull a request to add page numbers. Nyttend (talk) 18:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Water supply in Afghanistan

• ... that just 17% of urban and 7% of rural Afghans had access to improved water sources in 2005?

Created by Mschiffler (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 05:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• There are quite a few verifiability problems with the article at the moment. I've checked a few references cited and haven't been able to find the information that appears to be cited to them. Several paragraphs are at present completely unreferenced, which would need to be dealt with before this reaches the main page. SmartSE (talk) 11:49, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hmm, I must have read it too fast — while going through Special:Newpages, I was intentionally not nominating articles that didn't appear to be properly referenced. Sorry about this. Nyttend (talk) 13:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Buridan's bridge

• ... that one humorous solution for the Buridan's bridge sophism (pictured) is that Plato should let Socrates cross the bridge and then throw him into the river on the other side?

• Reviewed: Ali Farzat

Created by Mbz1 (talk) and Qrsdogg (talk). Self nom at 03:26, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Tweaked hook. Qrsdogg (talk) 15:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Brian Keselowski

• ... that Brian Keselowski (pictured) is the only driver competing for Rookie of the Year in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series?

• Reviewed: SMS Prinz Heinrich
• Comment: If this can run on the 20th, that would be awesome.

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 01:24, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Hoover Field, Washington Airport, Washington-Hoover Airport

• ... that after Washington, D.C.'s Hoover Field and Washington Airport merged to create Washington-Hoover Airport in 1933, a highway bisected the conjoined airfield's main runway (plane take-off pictured)?

Created by Tim1965 (talk), Tim1965 (talk), Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 00:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Hoover Field is five-fold expanded; Washington Airport and Washington-Hoover Airport are new. There is some duplication of text among the three, but length of each article and the expansion should be OK. - Tim1965 (talk) 00:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont - Tim1965 (talk) 00:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

• ... that the 3rd Earl of Egremont simultaneously maintained around fifteen mistresses with more than forty children at Petworth House?

5x expanded by Charlesdrakew (talk). Self nom at 18:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Joachim Meichssner

• Five-fold expansion checks out, timeliness of submission check out, online hook checks out. Good to go! Image on WikiCommons, and OK for use on Wikipedia main page. - Tim1965 (talk) 00:26, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

SMS Prinz Heinrich

• ... that the German armored cruiser SMS Prinz Heinrich set the design standard for all subsequent armored cruisers built for the Kaiserliche Marine?

5x expanded by Parsecboy (talk). Self nom at 18:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• St Margaret's Church, Abbotsley reviewed. Parsecboy (talk) 18:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

My goodness, that was fast work. Hook referenced to offline source, AGF. Another one of my favourite ships! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Added a PD pic from the article to use if desired. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:26, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

St Margaret's Church, Abbotsley

• ... that instead of pinnacles on the tower of St Margaret's Church, Abbotsley (pictured) in Cambridgeshire, there are statues of four kings?

• Reviewed: Dexter Walker

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 18:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• - Looks good to me, nice work! Parsecboy (talk) 18:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder

• ... that people who suffer from Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder are unable to feel pleasure from an orgasm?

• Reviewed: Battle of Quebec (ice hockey)

Created by Ktr101 (talk). Self nom at 03:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

All checks out. --TIAYN (talk) 13:51, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Stephen Herbits

• ... that Stephen Herbits spent three years as Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress?

Created by Disseminated (talk). Nominated by CharlieEchoTango (talk) at 07:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• . Could not find the 3 years of service fact in the cited source [23], which dates to 2005, one year after he took office. A proper source is needed or a new hook. Dentren | ^Talk 09:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Additional source added [24] (dated August 2007)- [[CharlieEchoTango]] 21:25, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I have also added a third one which clearly mentions 3 years : [25]. [[CharlieEchoTango]] 21:37, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• , issue fixed, lenght is ok. Dentren | ^Talk 08:08, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Old Orchard Street Theatre

• ... that the Old Orchard Street Theatre in Bath, was built as a provincial theatre before becoming a Roman Catholic Church and since 1865 a Masonic Hall?

• Reviewed: SSM-A-5 Boojum

Created by Rodw (talk). Self nom at 11:27, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

All checks out. Moonraker2 (talk) 11:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

1973 Soviet economic reform

• ... that the 1973 Soviet economic reform initiated by Alexei Kosygin (pictured), the Premier of the Soviet Union, tried to reduce the powers of the central Ministries?

Created by TIAYN (talk) 13:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Pleasure Dissociative Orgasmic Disorder --TIAYN (talk) 13:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Article length/history and hook length/ref check out. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:37, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Behavior Genetics Association

• ... that Theodosius Dobzhanski was the first president of the Behavior Genetics Association?

• ALT1:... that Glayde Whitney's presidential address on the possible genetic roots of the relationship between race and crime caused a stir at the 1995 annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association?
• Reviewed: Rule 90

5x expanded by Crusio (talk). Self nom at 14:01, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Architonnerre

Add alt-text!
Add rollover text!

• ... that a steam powered cannon, the Architonnerre, was described by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century but he attributed it to Archimedes of the 3rd century BC?

Created/expanded by Lumos3 (talk). Nominated by Lumos3 (talk) at 15:58, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• Text in block quotes doesn't count toward prose size (see Wikipedia:Did you know/Additional rules A2). That's the majority of your text, though. So you'd need to significantly increase the length of the article before it meets DYK length criteria. Also, I recommend that you use templates like this one, as that makes sure that you get the nomination right (it explains, for example, what alt text is, which is missing from your nomination). Schwede66 17:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• I have added as much material as I can find and asked for a review at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Technology. If the article still fails then I will have to withdraw the nomination. as I have no more time to spend on this. Thanks for your advise on this. Lumos3 (talk) 08:48, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Ali Farzat

• ... that Syrian political cartoonist Ali Farzat's 1989 exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris brought on him a death threat from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein?

• Reviewed: August (Fringe) ([26])

Created by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 17:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Replaced 's with {{`s}} per rule C7. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:04, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Yazan (talk) 02:30, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• The article needs more work and more sources. For example this one;this one; this one and so on.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

• The question is whether it meets DYK rules (Date, length, and hook verification) or not. Does it? Is there a specific concern that you have? DYK rules say nothing about the number of sources. Not to mention that Sami Moubayed is the authoritative academic about modern Syrian biographies. Yazan (talk) 02:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• I do not agree with -Mbz1 statement. It is obviously better to a use a book by a well-known analyst as a source, than various "googled-up" sources. They can be added as a "further reading", though. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 23:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Did I say something about the hook? I have no objections towards the article at all. I have no objections toward the hook. I simply believe that the article would look better, if more sources are added in, the sources that explain the hook in the article because now it is not clear what he drawn that brought on him a death threat from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and IMO it is interesting to know. If somebody suggested extra sources for one of my articles, I would have gladly added those in, but you know what, if you like the article the way it is, then so it be. --Mbz1 (talk) 02:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks for the tick. If you had any DYK-related concerns I'd be glad to answer them. This discussion however does not belong here, it belongs on the article's talk page. Yazan (talk) 03:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 15

Richard Barrons

• ... that Major General Richard Barrons' wife is a former WRNS officer?

• ALT1:...that Major General Richard Barrons, who lead efforts to incentivise Taliban soldiers to surrender in exchange for civilian jobs, was hand-picked for the role by General Stanley A. McChrystal?

Created by HJ Mitchell (talk). Self nom at 00:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Victor Gardthausen

• ... that accordiing to Victor Gardthausen Codex Sinaiticus was written in Alexandria?

• ALT1:... that accordiing to Victor Gardthausen Codex Sinaiticus is younger than Codex Vaticanus at least 50 years?
• Reviewed: Atmospheric model

Created by Leszek Jańczuk (talk). Self nom at 18:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Sonora

• ... that the Mexican state of Sonora lost about half of its territory in the mid 19th century to the United States?

5x expanded by Thelmadatter (talk). Self nom at 15:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Johanna Mestorf, Jordon Saffron Taste This! and Siege of PhasisThelmadatter (talk) 15:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Iannotta San Francesco

• ... that the first Iannotta San Francesco ultralight aircraft was built in a Capuchin Friary in Naples (pictured) and named after the Capuchins' patron saint, St Francis of Assisi?

Created/expanded by TSRL (talk). Self nom at 10:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Poinsett State Park

• Date, length OK. Foreign-language hook ref AGF. Tweaked hook and it's good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Connecticut Indian Claims Settlement Act

• ... that the legal basis for the largest casino in the world (pictured) derives in part from a violation of the federal Nonintercourse Act (1790) and a state statute lobbied for by Mothers Against Drunk Driving?

• Reviewed: Connick v. Myers

Created by Savidan (talk). Self nom at 05:05, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Poinsett State Park

• ... that in ecologically diverse Poinsett State Park in South Carolina one can see mountain laurels draped with Spanish moss?

Created by Abductive (talk). Self nom at 01:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish and Edward L. Kessel. Abductive (reasoning) 01:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
• New article, hook good and in lead, its ref OK. TSRL (talk) 11:27, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Atmospheric model

• ... that Atmospheric models were not able to outperform statistical models in forecasting tropical cyclone tracks until the 1990s?

5x expanded by Thegreatdr (talk). Self nom at 21:38, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Andrew L. Sevier

• Expansion and hook are OK. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 04:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish

• ... that the 14th-century Church of St Mary (pictured) in Barton Bendish, Norfolk, contains a 12th-century doorway moved from a nearby church when that was demolished?

• Reviewed: Pine Islet Light

Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nom at 19:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length is over 1500 characters (with spaces). Refs etc check out. I'm a little concerned about the title of the article; "Church of St Mary" seems to be more common. Is there a definitive name of this church? Abductive (reasoning) 01:18, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• There is no "definitive" name. "St X's Church" and "Church of St X" are alternative titles, and are both accepted. Have a look at St. Mary's Church, where you will find the former title the one more commonly used. I'm sure there must have been a discussion somewhere sometime about this. I think there is advice along the lines that the more commonly used title should be the one selected. Do people say "I go to the Church of St Mary", or are they more likely to say "I go to St Mary's Church"?
• As a matter of interest the use of either "St X" and "St. X" is also accepted: see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations). I have created redirect pages to deal with the commonly used alternatives. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

As long as neither version is chiseled onto the lintel of church itself... Abductive (reasoning) 00:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Pine Islet Light

• ... that Pine Islet Light (pictured), now located at the Mackay Marina, Queensland, Australia, is the last fully functional kerosene powered lighthouse in the world?

• Comment: reviewed No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF.

Created by Muhandes (talk). Self nom at 18:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, ref, image all OK for DYK. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 19:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Andrew L. Sevier

• ... that Andrew L. Sevier, a Louisiana state senator from 1932-1962, was the scion of a family that traces its lineage to John Sevier of Tennessee?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 17:00, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

:Reviewed Martin D-45

Date and ref check out for DYK. It is indeed a new article. Thegreatdr (talk) 21:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Martin D-45

• ... that the pre-World War II versions of the Martin D-45 guitar, first made for Gene Autry, are the most valuable production model guitars in the United States?

Created by Drmies (talk). Self nom at 16:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Ali Aslan. Drmies (talk) 16:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Aren't you required to put the name of the publication on first mention in the references? I can follow what you have, but this is not the normal procedure. I didn't find "most valuable" written beside Gene Autry, but maybe that is not requried. Billy Hathorn (talk) 17:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC).

See my tweaks to the lead. Note: the Gene Autry version is not "among the most valuable etc."--it is priceless. The specific versions listed for those prices are those made between 1936 and 1942; presumably, this valuation starts after Autry's and Moore's guitars, with the two guitars made in 1936. I could tweak the lead to say something like "Martin D-45s made between 1936 and 1942...", but that would leave Autry out, and I'd like him in. Or, ... that the pre-World War II versions of the Martin D-45 guitar (first made for Gene Autry) are the most valuable production model guitars in the United States? I'd like to leave the US out also, for economy, but I am assuming that the US is the 'most valuable market' and I can't really prove that. Thanks, and thanks for your copyedits, Drmies (talk) 18:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Rayko Daskalov

• ... that when Bulgarian politician Rayko Daskalov (pictured) was released from prison in 1918 with the task to stop a soldiers' uprising, he went on to take charge of the rebellion instead?

• ALT1:... that in 1922, Bulgarian politician Rayko Daskalov (pictured) survived an assassination attempt by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation, only to be killed by the same organisation the next year in Prague?

Created by TodorBozhinov (talk), Darwinek (talk). Self nom at 12:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: International Gendarmerie

Violin Sonata (Franck)

• ... that César Franck wrote his Violin Sonata as a wedding gift for violinist Eugène Ysaÿe?

Created by JackofOz (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 12:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length and date check out but it looks like an error in the hook, the ref says a "birthday present" but the hook says "wedding gift". J04n(talk page) 03:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Ref 2 does indeed say "birthday present", but all the other refs say "wedding present". The date 26 September was not near Ysaÿe's birthday, which was in July. I conclude "Wedding present" is correct and Ref 2 made a boo-boo. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 07:40, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• OK, I added ref 1 to the end of the statement about the wedding present. Good to go. J04n(talk page) 10:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Rosie's Diner

• ... that Rosie's Diner, (pictured) made famous in the US by the Bounty paper towel commercials, was moved from Little Ferry, New Jersey to Rockford, Michigan in 1990?

• Reviewed: John Lajba, NASCAR National Commissioner diff

5x expanded by Imzadi1979 (talk). Self nom at 08:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Expansion and date is good, cite also works out. Image appears valid thorugh flickr license. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Edward L. Kessel

• ... that Edward L. Kessel assembled the world's most comprehensive collection of Platypezidae flat-footed flies?

Created by Innapoy (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 04:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• I question the notability of the subject. He has a very low h-index, and the oddball paper he wrote on the possible biology of the Virgin Birth seems to have passed without much notice. His name does not appear at the top of Google Scholar searches of those taxa. Also, I suspect there is some confusion between the superfamily Platypezoidea and the family Platypezidae in the page and/or the hook. Article is bloated with unimportant biographical information but still only achieves 1546 characters with spaces. Abductive (reasoning) 01:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I've added a web-available secondary reference of Kessel's biography [url=http://www.asa3.org/ASA/SEARCH/SEARCHKessel6-90.pdf], and have added information on his journal editorship and role as editor of some 360 publications coming out of the California Academy of Sciences. You are correct that there was confusion between superfamily and the family Platypezidae. I've changed the links in the article and on the hook to reflect the family. I suggest performing a Google Scholar search using the family name and then Kessel comes up quite prominently.Innapoy (talk) 02:44, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Crawford Library

• ... that the Crawford Library was called the greatest philatelic library in the world when its owner died in 1913?

Created by Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 02:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Quite interesting in my opinion. Technicalities check out as well. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:50, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Jorge Romero Brest

• ... that Jorge Romero Brest was the director of Argentina's National Museum of Fine Arts from 1955 to 1963?

Created by Sherlock4000 (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 02:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• The article seems ready, but it should include an infobox MBelgrano (talk) 03:04, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• That's not a DYK requirement. See James L. Swauger, which went through DYK successfully without an infobox just a few months ago. Nyttend (talk) 03:27, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
• Infoboxes are not required, at DYK or anywhere else (up to and including FA). It's generally a matter of personal preference, and certainly isn't something to hold back approval. Bencherlite^Talk 09:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• An infobox in an article that requires one is not a very high requirement, it's even easier than the number of words requirement, and helps with an easier understanding of the context for casual readers (and this will be linked in the main page). But I won't discuss for such a minor detail, I added the infobox myself and that's it. MBelgrano (talk) 21:40, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

• ... that the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado (damage pictured), ranked F5 on the Fujita scale, was the costliest tornado in United States history?

Created by Cyclonebiskit (talk). Self nom at 02:50, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Crawford Library
• Source cited supports $1 billion worth of damage but says nothing about this being a record. Daniel Case (talk) 02:05, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Added additional source [27]. Damage was the highest (at the time) but ranks third if inflation is accounted for. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 12:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Good now. Daniel Case (talk) 20:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Caythorpe Court

• ... that Caythorpe Court, which used to be a hunting lodge, was redesigned to convert into an adventure based holiday operation center?

5x expanded by Daemonic Kangaroo (talk). Nominated by Minimac (talk) at 06:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• It's very kind of you to nominate "my" article, but it's quite some way from being complete and is still a "work in progress". I aim to complete it over the next few days. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:42, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
• By the way, this isn't a 5x expansion; it's a new article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on February 16

Kiryat Sanz, Netanya

• ... that the Kiryat Sanz, Netanya beach was the first in Israel to schedule separate swimming hours for men and women?

Created by Yoninah (talk). Self nom at 00:19, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Iannotta San Francesco Yoninah (talk) 00:19, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Borjomi (water)

• ... that Georgia's Borjomi mineral springs are 1,500 years old (pictured)?

• Reviewed: Article you reviewed

5x expanded by Tuscumbia (talk). Self nom at 23:00, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Foxcliffe Hickory Wind

• ... that GCH. Foxcliffe Hickory Wind's victory at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year beat odds of 60-1?

• Reviewed: Homicide: Life on the Street (season 2)

Created by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 22:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Replaced 's with {{`s}} per rule C7. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:57, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Malet coup of 1812

• ... that the leading conspirator in the Malet coup of 1812, aimed at deposing Napoleon I, escaped from a sanitarium hours before the failed revolt?

• ALT1:... that, during the Malet coup of 1812, several officers were fooled into supporting the conspiracy because of false claims that Napoleon I had died?
• ALT2:... that, while Napoleon Bonaparte was campaigning in Russia, disgruntled army officers attempted to seize power in Paris, spreading false information about Napoleon's supposed "death."

Created/expanded by DCI2026 (talk). Self nom at 21:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Patrick Sheltra

• ... that Patrick Sheltra, the 2010 ARCA Racing Series champion, was the first owner-driver to win the series title since Benny Parsons in 1969?

• Reviewed: Double Island Point Light
• Comment: One more hook for the 20th if possible.

Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 20:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

St Caian's Church, Tregaian

• ... that the churchyard of St Caian's Church, Tregaian, Wales, contains the grave of a man who died in 1581 aged 105 with over 40 children and 300 living descendants?

• Reviewed: HMS Jamaica (44) {diff)

Created by Bencherlite (talk). Self nom at 18:53, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Magnetochemistry

• ... that the magnetochemistry of compounds of the gadolinium ion Gd³⁺ makes them the most suitable for use as a contrast agent for MRI scans?

Created by Petergans (talk). Self nom at 16:12, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

St Dona's Church, Llanddona

• ... that St Dona's Church, Llanddona, Wales (pictured), was rebuilt in 1873 with the rector at the time acting as the architect?

• Comment: reviewed Edgar Lubbock (diff)

Created by Bencherlite (talk). Self nom at 15:43, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Achille Collas

• ... that French engineer Achille Collas invented a working machine to make engravings from medals, coins and other bas-reliefs, and another to copy sculptures at a reduced scale?

Created by Fram (talk). Self nom at 15:24, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: The Meaning of It All

Weston-super-Mare Tramways

• ... that railings from former Weston-super-Mare trams were converted into fences?

Created by Geof Sheppard (talk). Nominated by Nyttend (talk) at 14:08, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

The Meaning of It All

• ... that in The Meaning of It All, a collection of three lectures by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, Feynman begins the last lecture by saying, "I have completely run out of organized ideas"?

• Reviewed: Sylvester H. Roper, Roper steam velocipede ([28])

Created by Bruce1ee (talk). Self nom at 12:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Date, length and hook all verified (source doesn't explicitly states that he literally begins the lecture with that particular sentence, it may have been the third or fourth sentence as far as we known (without reading the book), but it is clear enough from the context). Fram (talk) 15:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I think the following flows a little better. Exactly the same facts, so no need for re-verification. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
• ALT1: ... that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman begins the last of three lectures collected in The Meaning of It All by saying, "I have completely run out of organized ideas"?

shadow mask

• ... that until Sony upset the apple-cart in 1966, every color television in the world used RCA's shadow mask tube design?

5x expanded by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nom at 12:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Capel Lligwy.

In case you're looking, the hook is reffed in the upper right of the first page of Gilmore.

• 5x expansion, size, date verified. Hook: the ref sentence mentions 1966, but not SONY. The hook may be not encyclopedic (apple-cart...), I'd suggest an alternate wording. Finally, while this is not related to DYK eligibility, I notice that the article suffers from paragraph-referenced-only syndrome. I'd strongly suggest that the article is re-referenced with an inline cite after every sentence. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 00:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Enchophora sanguinea, Pittieria aurantiaca

• ... that the snail Pittieria aurantiaca feeds on honeydew produced by Enchophora sanguinea (pictured), the first recorded trophobiotic interaction between an insect and a gastropod?

• Reviewed: Pleuroncodes planipes
• Comment: Both articles have been moved to mainspace today. The snail article incorporates some PD text, but is almost 1500 characters without it. This source confirms the hook, but uses a different name for the snail (Euglandina aurantiaca)

Created by Smartse (talk), Snek01 (talk). Self nom at 11:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Callipogon relictus

• ... that Callipogon relictus (pictured) is the largest beetle of Russia, reaching the length of 110 mm (4.3 in)?

5x expanded by Materialscientist (talk). Self nom at 09:15, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, expansion, and image fine. Hook checked online via Google translate and a snippet from an English-language publication on Google Books. Nice work! Bencherlite^Talk 09:25, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Pleuroncodes planipes

• ... that mass strandings of the squat lobster Pleuroncodes planipes occur in California during El Niño years?

• Reviewed: Nasuella ([29])

Created by Stemonitis (talk). Self nom at 07:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• The hook is confirmed, but how about changing it to the fact that it is eaten by bats? This strikes me as being more bizarre than the mass strandings. SmartSE (talk) 11:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• I considered it, but I was worried the citation might not be up to scratch. It appears to be an appropriate piece, written by a good biologist in association with National Geographic, but the whole thing is hosted on the website of a (commercial!) travel company. Also, our article on the bat (Myotis vivesi) is horrible, and the bat predation is a relatively small effect from the point of view of the crustacean, compared to the strandings. --Stemonitis (talk) 11:32, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Ok, that makes sense. SmartSE (talk) 11:39, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

LoDaisKa Site

• ... that the LoDaisKa Site in Colorado was occupied for 7,500 years, starting in the Paleo-Indian period?

• Reviewed: Gunnar Bratlie
• Comment: No clue why the capitalisation is odd, but that's how most of the sources capitalise it. I count exactly 2,100 characters.

Created by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 05:17, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Slon (album)

• ... that the track "Palermo" from the Chicago Underground Trio's album Slon contains recorded sounds from a Sicilian fish market?

• Reviewed: Violin Sonata (Franck)

Created by J04n (talk). Self nom at 03:24, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length and refs check out. — Hunter Kahn 04:12, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Capel Lligwy

• ... that after a fox took shelter in the ruins of Capel Lligwy (pictured), in Anglesey, north Wales, a vault was discovered containing "a large mass of human bones, several feet in depth"?

• Reviewed Callipogon relictus (diff)

Created by Bencherlite (talk). Self nom at 01:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• Length ok, hook source accepted in good faith. Date should have been 15 February, but not a problem. --Soman (talk) 01:27, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

• No, the date is right: it was started on 15th Feb, but it was moved to mainspace on 16th Feb, hence nominated for 16th Feb. Bencherlite^Talk 01:33, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

The reference does not appear to contain the story of the fox. It seems to say that the bones were found while the site was being demolished. Are there different versions of this reference? Or a page number? Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Err, the reference does contain the story of the fox, because I have the book here in my hand, open to the page numbers already given in the reference. There is no mention in the article, or indeed the reference, of the site being demolished. What are you looking at, out of interest? You may be interested to know that the 19th-century writer Samuel Lewis basically ripped off large parts of the book in question for his own work; he repeats the story in question, changing only a few words, here in the 3rd paragraph. Bencherlite^Talk 14:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Well I didn't have much to go on admittedly, I was looking at this and doing some searches within. This brings up a question: why is this copy still in snippet view?! Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:34, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, using Google Books in snippet view of a different edition isn't always going to work! I don't know why it's only in snippet view, since it's long out of copyright, but there we go. Any remaining concerns? Bencherlite^Talk 19:53, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

None whatsoever, it's a great article. Actually, if you're willing to post the page numbers, I'd be happy to update the ref style. Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, the page numbers are already in the reference, but please don't alter the referencing style, as I'm trying to keep it as consistent as possible with all the other articles in the series. Bencherlite^Talk 22:43, 16 February 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 (with the exception of April Fools' Day 2011 - see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know). Also, articles should be nominated at least five days before the occasion to give reviewers time to check the nomination.

20 February, Septuagesima, Daytona 500

Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144

• ... that Bach's cantata for Septuagesimae 1724, Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144, is based on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (pictured)?

Created/expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 22:50, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

• suggested for 6 February, date of the first performance. Reviewed: #Carex lutea --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
• perhaps even better on 20 February, Septugesima of 2011, because Easter is so late. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

• Date, length, hook ref all verified. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

The Bach cantata for the Sunday is nominated above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Here it is, ready to go. Yoninah (talk) 00:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

John Lajba, NASCAR National Commissioner

A sleek-looking figure of a race car sits atop a trophy

• ... that replicas of the Harley J. Earl Trophy (pictured), named after NASCAR's second commissioner, are sculpted by John Lajba and awarded to the winners of the Daytona 500?

• Reviewed: Tropical Storm Hubert
• Comment: If this can run on the 20th (preferably lead hook at the 1pm New York time update, i.e. the starting time of the 2011 Daytona 500), that would be awesome.

Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self nom at 06:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• for John Lajba. Hook confirmed to source in article, creation and length confirmed. Imzadi 1979 → 08:43, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
• for NASCAR National Commissioner. I can confirm the hook using footnote 1 from the article, but the article does not state that he was the second commissioner beyond placing him second in the table. (Dates for his tenure would be nice, but a mention in the prose would work as well. Imzadi 1979 → 08:43, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• I've modified the prose in the article to add a bit and to make things more clear, hope that clears things up. :) I desperatly tried to find dates, but alas, the position seems to have a vague air of mystery around it (something that, no doubt, suited Big Bill just fine!). - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:53, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

• Works for me. Both sections of the hook are now verified and confirmed. Imzadi 1979 → 08:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

23 February, Birthday of Handel

Handel Festival Halle, Howard Arman

• ... that Howard Arman conducted George Frideric Handel's opera Tolomeo in 1996 for the Handel Festival, Halle?

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 22:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• for 23 February, Handel's birthday, for which the article was requested. Howard Arman was expanded, but not 5x. - reviewed: Hamaxitus --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Shouldn't it be called the Handel Festival, Halle? Ericoides (talk) 14:19, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

• The older one is called Göttingen International Handel Festival (but you would not find it looking for Handel), also Handel Festival Göttingen. The third one in Germany: Karlsruhe. Talking about the Bach cantatas we went for "the least cluttered". If you have a comma in the name, you have to remember to add one after the apposition. The festival could be called just Handel Festival, because it seems to be The Handel Festival, but that would probably cause trouble in Göttingen and Karlsruhe, smile, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
• forget all that, was moved, not by me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

• The mover's rationale was quite correct, that it might be misconstrued as "hall" (that's what I thought it would be when I clicked on the link...). Ericoides (talk) 11:20, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

• In this case (tempted to say The Handel Festival),

ALT1:... that Howard Arman conducted George Frideric Handel's opera Tolomeo in 1996 for the Handel Festival in Halle, where the composer was born on 23 February 1685?

Reviewed article appeared already, link changed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

There are paragraphs lacking inline citations.Thelmadatter (talk) 16:18, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• refs and info added. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

• Please check the 2nd, 5th and last paragraphs. If its separated by a space from another paragraph, it needs a citation.Thelmadatter (talk) 02:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• They were separated for clarity, now I moved them together or postponed, for formality. The article was originally translated from de - without any sources given but a book. I trust that the still unreferenced details are in the book. I could drop them but think they might be of interest to some readers. The prize details are in the respective de-article, the opera details in the opera-articles. - Please also consider Mr. Arman - who was up for deletion - as a 2*BLP expansion in:

ALT2:... that Howard Arman conducted George Frideric Handel's opera Tolomeo in 1996 for the Handel Festival in Halle, where the composer was born on 23 February 1685? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

OK good to go for either hook.Thelmadatter (talk) 02:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Are we saving the hook for use on 23 February 16852011? --PFHLai (talk) 08:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable to me. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Moved then, prefer ALT2, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Therefore crossed out the others and added DYKmake, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

28 February

Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence

• ... that the Greeks living in southern Albania declared in 1914 the Independence (pictured) of Northern Epirus?

Created/expanded by CrazyMartini (talk), Alexikoua (talk). Self nom at 13:44, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed: Lam Chiu Ying.Alexikoua (talk) 13:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Interesting and clear. Length and date verified. One source in German accepted in good faith. Good to go. Aridd (talk) 21:07, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Please hold. This article seems to be a content fork of the existing Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, and has POV problems. See talk page.--Brunswick Dude (talk) 23:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

So...what is the status here? Is there still a dispute? I notice there is a merge tag still on the article. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

March 1

Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival

• ... that in the 2010 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, the 600 guests ate approximately 30,000 strips of bacon?

Created by Worm That Turned (talk). Self nom at 15:56, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

reviewed Casper the Commuting Cat,Casper (cat) hereWorm 16:02, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

• Everything checks out. Arctic Night 20:13, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

• I'd suggest mentioning Iowa in the hook, and save it for National Pig Day on March 1st. --PFHLai (talk) 06:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
  • ALT... that during the 2010 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa, the 600 guests ate approximately 30,000 strips of bacon?

June 19

Rizal Day

• ... that Philippine town of Daet, Camarines Norte was the first place to celebrate Rizal Day with its construction of the first Rizal monument (pictured)?

Created/expanded by Howard the Duck (talk). Self nom at 05:42, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Request: I suggest this appear either on June 19 (Rizal's birth), December 30 (Rizal's execution) or any date from June 15-24 (Daet's Pineapple Festival). –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 05:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
• Size and date are fine. However, the hook is unreferenced. There is a reference at the end of a paragraph containing the hook, several sentences in - this is unsatisfactory. Ideally, each sentence should be referenced; at the very least - the hook one should be. The problem is fixable, and once this is solved the article should be a "go" for DYKing. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 05:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Please see references nos. 1 and 2. All paragraphs are referenced. It'll be pretty hard to read that thing when every sentence, even the hook, has a citation. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 05:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• I don't see why. On the other hand, in the case only a para has a ref, it is impossible to trust anything but the last sentence. Consider what will happen when somebody adds more content to the middle, or moves the current one around. I don't think an article with any unreferenced sentence can become a FA, and GA and DYKs require them for most sentences those days, too. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 07:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• You see, that only works if each sentence has a different reference than the previous one (such as FAs and some GAs). If I'd be reusing those two references on every sentence, it's repetitive and unsightly. Where's the DYK rule that every sentence has to be cited? The only relevant rule is rule D2 and it doesn't mention citing every sentence, especially if the entire paragraph is referenced on that/those reference/s.–HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 07:30, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Just for the heck of it, I did just that, citing every sentence in the first section, and it now looks unsightly with those repetitive ^[1][2] after every sentence. I know we should be citing and stuff, but this is not the way to do it if there are only a few references. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 07:35, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks. One gets used to that after a while, it is a wiki-necessity. I also asked for clarification of inline citations and DYK rules here. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 08:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Common Schools Act of 1871. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 06:00, 20 January 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)

See also

• User:AlexNewArtBot/GoodSearchResult – This is an automated list of promising new articles generated by AlexNewArtBot (talk · contribs · logs).