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Scandalous Lady Henrietta says "WHY DON'T YOU"
Scandalous Lady Henrietta says "WHY DON'T YOU"

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Hall of infamy 1 - 50

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  1. Template:Did_you_know_nominations/The_Level,_Brighton - just under 3,000 views, got a lovely informal peer review as well
  2. Template:Did you know nominations/Arena, Vienna "... that after performing at a squatted slaughterhouse in 1976, Leonard Cohen called it "the best place to be in Vienna"?" - just over 3,000 views. Also generated a weird errors debate with people misreading the quote and making nonsense ungrammatical edits.
  3. Template:Did you know nominations/Alina Lebedeva "... that in 2001, the 16-year-old Alina Lebedeva struck Prince Charles of the United Kingdom in the face with three red carnations?" - 4,838 views!! if only there had been a picture
  4. Template:Did you know nominations/We Are Here (collective) - 2,214 views and no edits, hmm strange. was that because of its timing on the frontpage or because it's a longer read i wonder.
  5. Template:Did you know nominations/Exodus Collective - 1,202 views. I don't really get how "... that after three nights of riots in Luton in 1995, the Exodus Collective organised a rave and the disturbances stopped?" went to "... that three nights of riots at Marsh Farm in Luton in 1995 came to an end when the Exodus Collective organised a nearby rave?" That is where it happened. Kinda puts me off the whole thing to be honest, it's not good when there are unaccountable operators acting after communal process has made a decision. What bothers me is that some of the nuances were lost. It seems like the DYK process is dominated by a few no doubt well-intentioned people who think they know best (absence of power predicament).
  6. Template:Did you know nominations/Yinka Jegede-Ekpe - ended up being: "... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl?" with 3,404 views
  7. Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Henrietta Berkeley wow 10,967 views - helped having the first slot with pic, for sure. Fairly useful peer review also.
  8. Template:Did you know nominations/City bonds robbery 10,399 views - on the last slot, not too shabby
  9. Template:Did you know nominations/Oval Mansions ... "that the one hundred squatters at Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from their roof?" was approved, then at some point changed to "that the hundred squatters at Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket free from their roof?" and ended up "that the one hundred squatters at the Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from their roof?" - lalala
  10. Template:Did you know nominations/Joan Dant ... "that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire?" - rude reviewer, got there in the end though - sadly no foto, however a very respectable 7,815 views though :)
  11. Template:Did you know nominations/Miss James ... "that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her?" - 2,177 views
  12. Template:Did you know nominations/Huize Ivicke ... "that one of the most endangered monuments in Europe is a squatted house in the Netherlands?" - 9,451 views!!!
  13. Template:Did you know nominations/Ann Smith (activist) DYK that ... "Ann Smith was described as a "a great fomentor of plots"?" - 3,844 views
  14. Template:Did you know nominations/Hilda Gregg DYK that ... "Hilda Gregg published a novel every year for three decades?" - some weird edits but ok - 2,727 views
  15. Template:Did you know nominations/LGBT Centre Mongolia - DYK that ... "the LGBT Centre finally registered after being told more than ten times that its name did not suit "Mongolian traditions and customs"?" whilst on frontpage became DYK that ... "the LGBT Centre Mongolia was legally registered in 2009, after being told more than ten times that its name did not suit "Mongolian traditions and customs"?" which is prob better - 3,134 views
  16. Template:Did you know nominations/Kitty Lee Jenner - DYK that ... "after reading a book by Katharine Lee (pictured), D. H. Lawrence began to use the phoenix as his personal emblem?" - 1,872 views
  17. Template:Did you know nominations/Ditshwanelo - DYK that ... "Ditshwanelo has been campaigning for over twenty years against capital punishment in Botswana?" - a weird edit but ok - 2,097 views
  18. Template:Did you know nominations/A_Surge_of_Power_(Jen_Reid)_2020 - DYK that ... "the statue A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 was inspired by a raised fist at a Black Lives Matter protest?" - 3,866 views, hmm
  19. Template:Did you know nominations/Het Nieuwe Instituut - "DYK that ... the archive at Het Nieuwe Instituut (pictured) contains more than 18 km (11 mi) of architectural resources?" - even with pic and topslot ... 3,516 views ... FFS the mainpaged version was "the Het Nieuwe Instituut" wat niet goed is
  20. Template:Did you know nominations/Helen Hope - "DYK that ... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope turned a Scottish moor into a wood and named it after her eldest son?" - 2,727 views
  21. Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Clarke (letter writer) - "DYK ... that Mary Clarke raised eight children and managed an estate whilst corresponding by letter with philosopher John Locke? = 2,779 views
  22. Template:Did you know nominations/Helen Ballard - "DYK ... that Helen Ballard was a hellebore horticulturalist?" = 2,854 views, drew a superunhelpful comment from some know-it-all at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Back_to_one_set_per_day
  23. Template:Did you know nominations/List of heists in the United Kingdom - "DYK that ... the Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III has been stolen four times?" - 2001 views, hmm strangely low for a "withpic"!? Was there some fuckup with the stats i wonder, since when i checked before it was garbled. Ah! 4,029 hits for Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III!!
  24. Template:Did you know nominations/Karthyayani Amma - "DYK that ... after passing a literacy examination at the age of 96, Karthyayani Amma said "I learned so much for no reason. The tests were way too easy for me"?" - 4,721 views
  25. Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Clark (arsonist) - "DYK that ... executed arsonist Margaret Clark blamed her deeds on "pride and Sabbath breaking"?" - it became complicated, pff, i guess we got there but it's just not worth that much shit - 7,754 views, bloimey
  26. Template:Did you know nominations/Carlos Jáuregui (activist) - "DYK that ... Argentinian LGBT-rights activist Carlos Jáuregui had a station named after him on the Buenos Aires Underground?" - 1,811 views
  27. Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Gilbert - "DYK that ... sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?" - smooth review, 12 hours online, 2193 views in end slot .. hmm, there's no accounting for taste i thought it was pretty hooky!?
  28. Template:Did you know nominations/Pragya Prasun - "DYK that ... a foundation set up by Pragya Prasun has supported over 250 survivors of acid attacks?" - back in the game, november 2020, 2,679 views
  29. Template:Did you know nominations/Jones Hill Wood - "DYK that ... after Swampy was evicted from Jones Hill Wood, rare barbastelle bats were discovered to be living there?" - 2,719 views
  30. Template:Did you know nominations/Silvio Meier - "DYK that ... Silvio Meier has a street in Berlin and a square in Bologna named after him?" 2,892 views .. hurrumph but became precious
  31. Template:Did you know nominations/Hekani Jakhalu - "DYK ... that a non-governmental organisation set up by Hekani Jakhalu helps young entrepreneurs from Nagaland?" woah 861 views!? bloimey
  32. Template:Did you know nominations/Northern Bank robbery - "DYK ... that a bank robbery nearly derailed the Northern Ireland peace process?" 5,287 that's wot i'm talking about
  33. Template:Did you know nominations/Aikey Brae stone circle - "DYK that ... at 21.5 tonnes, the recumbent at Aikey Brae stone circle is one of the largest in Aberdeenshire?" hmmm 5,153 views noice - i think it was only up for 12 hours so nae badde
  34. Template:Did you know nominations/Iti Tyagi - "DYK that Iti Tyagi said, "I urge every woman to come out of their shells and to break the stereotype" after receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar? .. 1,374 ...
  35. Template:Did you know nominations/Krishna Yadav
  36. Template:Did you know nominations/Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe
  37. Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Kagganapalli_Radha_Devi
  38. Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Death of Christy Schwundeck back in the game 2022, with 11,001 views
  39. Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Ukraine
  40. Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Michael Koomen - 11,823 views << new personal best
  41. Template:Did you know nominations/Killing of Halim Dener - 9,071
  42. Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Hamburg - 4,882
  43. Template:Did you know nominations/Futurama Festival - 2,806
  44. - together with Invisible Wind Factory - 3,514
  45. Template:Did you know nominations/Arti Rana - 1,631 damn thats low
  46. Template:Did you know nominations/Domitille Barancira - 4,387
  47. Template:Did you know nominations/House of Brag - 10,342 not bad
  48. Template:Did you know nominations/Journey for Life - 3979
  49. Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Ihsan Gürz - 8990
  50. Template:Did you know nominations/Sandhya Dhar - 919 - jokes! also some fuckwit changed the hook!? it was altered in a "rather hidden and hierarchical way" to read "that in 2022 Sandhya Dhar has received both a Nari Shakti Puraskar and a bronze medal in boccia at the Indian national championships?" instead of the approved hook, "that this year, Sandhya Dhar both received the Nari Shakti Puraskar and won a bronze medal playing boccia at the Indian national championships?". Strange how this sort of behaviour is considered ok

Hall of infamy 51 -

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  1. Template:Did you know nominations/Madhulika Ramteke - 3,149 :/
  2. Template:Did you know nominations/Vanita Jagdeo Borade ... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes?
  3. Template:Did you know nominations/De Vloek - 9134 nae badde on da solstice
  4. Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Myanmar- 3347
  5. Template:Did you know nominations/Pooja Sharma (entrepreneur)
  6. Template:Did you know nominations/Gerlin Bean

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Extended content

source = le monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2019/06/02salvini

  • dYK ... that Italian right-winger Matteo Salvini used to drink at the left-wing self-managed social centre Centro Sociale Leoncavallo in Milan?

source = le monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2019/06/02salvini

Useful examples of good hooks

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  • DYK ... that thousands of people are living in a jungle in Calais, France?
  • DYK ... that Argentine doctor María Teresa Ferrari, the first female university professor in Latin America, invented a prize-winning vaginoscope?
  • DYK... that the greater guinea pig is semi-aquatic and has webs between its toes?
  • DYK... that Johannes Wiese was the 45th Luftwaffe pilot to claim 100 aerial victories?
  • DYK... that the house of Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata was stoned and apparently shot at after he aired interviews about the 2008 triple crime?
  • DYK ... that a series of bollards mark the route taken by the 2nd Armored Division during the Liberation of France?
  • DYK ... that Lady Henrietta Berkeley (pictured) had an affair with her older sister's husband, claimed in court to have married his servant and then fled with them both to Cleves?
  • DYK ... that Die BIF (pictured) was the world's first lesbian magazine where only women were in charge?
  • DYK ... that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire?
  • DYK ... that Helen Ballard was a hellebore horticulturalist?

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  • Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Supplementary_guidelines#H2
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Nathalie Evans
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Real Life (novel)

Used DYK QPQ

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Unused DYK QPQ

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  • Template:Did you know nominations/Sally Burch

References

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