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... that Jenny Hurn (pictured) in Lincolnshire, England, is said to be haunted by a boggart that crosses the River Trent in a dish propelled by oars the size of teaspoons?
... that the Mount Leona Fire was finally contained on the upper slopes of Profanity Peak?
... that the International Olympic Committee's TikTok account praised the "incredible strategy" of speed skater Yang Jingru's win at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics?
... that according to writer Russell T Davies, he conceived elements of the Doctor Who episode "Empire of Death" decades before he wrote it?
... that during his tenure as the manager of Austria's Burgtheater from 1971 to 1976, Gerhard Klingenberg often directed plays with analogies of a divided Europe?
... that Red (Taylor's Version) was credited by media publications with popularizing the "Sad Girl Autumn" phenomenon in popular culture?
... that 14 months after taking up track cycling, René Heyde only narrowly missed out being selected to the New Zealand team at the 1972 Summer Olympics?
... that during the construction of 181 Montague Street in New York City, each of the building's columns was pulled by 14 horses?
... that Unilever invited Britons to congregate and worship at a shrine to Marmite in 2010?

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Febuary 26

...that 16-year-old Cory Kennedy became an "Internet It girl" in 2006 without her parents even knowing? (self-nom) --howcheng {chat} 17:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Jacob Dacian who is known for being a Franciscan missionary to the P'urhépecha indians of Mexico and who spoke 8 different languages was probably a son of King John I of Denmark?·Maunus· ·ƛ· 17:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Vitamin C megadosage is an alternative medical practice which advocates huge doses of vitamin C to cure a wide range of diseases? - Jack · talk · 02:48, Monday, 26 February 2007

...that in 1918 the issue of Lietuvos Aidas containing the text of the Act of Independence of Lithuania was confiscated by the German authorities? - self nom, pic of the issue is attached. Renata 02:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that a shop drawing is not created by the architect or the engineer, but by the fabricator? --Hirakawacho 01:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Shikahogh State Preserve is a habitat for about 1,100 species of plants, 18 of which have been registered in the Red Book of the Soviet Union? Artaxiad 02:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Mount Omine is a sacred mountain in Nara, Japan, famous for its controversial ban on women and for its three tests of courage? MightyAtom 06:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Rob Pelinka, better known as Kobe Bryant's agent, was the only player to play in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament for both the 1989 champion Michigan Wolverines and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runner up teams known as the Fab Five teams. TonyTheTiger 17:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC) P.S. I realize the article is actually 7 days old but this is my first DYK.[reply]

February 25

...that many Australian wool, dairy, and wheat towns were created overnight when demobilized WWI and WWII soldiers accepted Crown land in otherwise uninhabited rural locations? --VS ^talk 23:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Hernando Arias de Saavedra, commonly known as Hernandarias was the first native-born governor of a New World colony and replaced the encomienda system of labor with Jesuit Reductions? - Self nom of article just translated from es:Hernandarias. —Dgies^t c 22:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Chinese director Lou Ye was banned from film-making for five years in 2006 for his controversial film Summer Palace and that it is the second such ban he has received from Chinese censors? (self-nominated by Tryptofeng 19:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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...that Nicholas II of Russia, his wife and children have all been recognized as saints of the Russian Orthodox Church? (article created by User:Bookworm857158367, nominated by User:Warlordjohncarter) John Carter 17:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Beata Brookes, British Conservative Member of the European Parliament for North Wales for ten years, has been nicknamed "the Celtic Iron Lady" but has never managed to win election to the House of Commons? Self-nomination by Sam Blacketer 12:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Edyta Górniak sang part of "To Nie Ja" in English at the dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, which almost caused the song to be disqualified? (self-nom BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]
...that "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received three perfect scores at the start of voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 before ultimately coming in fourth, making Hungary the only debuting nation to lead the voting? (self nom, I prefer the Polish one meself, but I'll throw this one into the ring as well BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Goat Rock Beach has a number of sea stacks and offers viewing of marine natural arches? Anlace 06:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Haitian palm, Attalea crassispatha, is so rare that there were only 25 of them left in 1991? (self nom) Guettarda 06:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the location of tropical cyclone formations are traditionally divided into seven basins? Article creator: Titoxd (talk); Article nominator: Daniel.Bryant (talk)
...that the Hungarian commander, Stefan Báthory, aided Vlad Dracula in reclaiming his throne and later commanded a battle in which his horse had been killed under him and where he got seriously injured, as he bled from six wounds—and still survived? --Candide, or Optimism 04:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the divergent series 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · ·, being the Cauchy product of two copies of 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + · · ·, has an Abel sum of ¹⁄₄? (self-nom) Melchoir 03:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does this series have a proper name (like 1 - 1 + 1... is also called Grandi's Series)? Laïka 13:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it does… you might like to check out Talk:1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + · · · on that note. Melchoir 20:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that "chalk" as used on cue sticks isn't chalk at all, but a compound of silica and corundum, invented by billiards player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?

Spinks is sourced but still ~~a bit~~ slightly stubby (a ~~lot~~ few of his biographical details can't be sourced from any online materials). Self-nom; did this one from scratch after seeing an episode of CSI actually get it wrong! — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 04:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC) Updated: 22:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A more-wikilinked version (but distracts from leading people to the Spinks piece):

...that "chalk" as used on billiard cues isn't chalk (calcium carbonate) at all, but a compound of silica and corundum (aluminum oxide), invented by professional carom billiards player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897? Striking as too excessive. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 10:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Eastgate Clock in Chester is the second most photographed timepiece in the United Kingdom, after the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster? (self-nom, expanded from stub) Laïka 13:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster bit could be condensed to Big Ben, but then we risk people commenting at WP:ERRORS that Big Ben is technically the bell, not the clock. I'll leave it up to the admin to decide. Laïka 13:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Bodmer Papyri from a fifth-century Egyptian monastic library contain plays by Menander and fragments of the Iliad as well as early papyri of Luke and John? (self-nom) --Wetman 15:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
....that the Life Assurance Act 1774 closed a legal loophole which had allowed life insurance policies to be used as a form of gambling? Shimgray | talk | 19:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 24

...that approximately 300 pieces of mail a day are still being sent to 10048, the ZIP code assigned to the former World Trade Center complex? (Church Street Station Post Office pictured, right)--Aude (talk) 22:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that John Glines' birthday, October 11, is also National Coming Out Day? -- Created by FourPtRoll, nominated by Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 13:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that in 1897, George Cecil Ives founded the Order of Chaeronea, a secret society for Victorian homosexuals? -- Written by Zefrog, nominated by Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 10:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC) (just noticed that Ives is also nominated below - choose whichever one is best)[reply]
...that poor airmanship was cited by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board as a contributing factor in the December 1, 1993 fatal crash of Northwest Airlink flight 5179 that killed 18 people? (self nom)Dhaluza 03:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Currently marked as a stub. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 03:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that for the South Park (season 10) comedy serial episodes, the South Park animation team collaborated with Machinima in order to make it look like real boys playing a game? article created by User:Mr. Garrison. nominated by User:KNM. - KNM ^Talk 03:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The article on the season isn't referenced, however the article on the episode where it happened is. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 03:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  Done. References along with reference secion have been added. - KNM ^Talk 05:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Even though I know exactly what this refers to, "to make it look like real boys playing a game" makes me think, "What's 'it'? What boys? What game?" Can you clean it up a little better? *Mishatx*-In\Out 05:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    How about this?
    
    ...that for the South Park (season 10) comedy serial episodes, the South Park animation team collaborated with Machinima in order to make the graphics look like real boys playing?
    
    - KNM ^Talk 06:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - ... maybe " to make it look like the characters were really playing World of Warcraft?" I don't find "it" problematic here because I'm not left wondering about the game or the "real boys". I think the sentence in the article could use similar cleanup. The hook and the article imply that Machinima is a company that was contracted to do animation, instead of a production technique. *Mishatx*-In\Out 06:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Yep! Much better. Updated the article and here you go:
      
      ...that for the South Park (season 10) comedy serial episodes, the South Park animation team collaborated with Machinima in order to make it look like the characters were really playing World of Warcraft?
      
      - KNM ^Talk 06:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      - Just a minor question: Was Machinima used throughout the series, or just in the "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode? The hook implies that it happened throughout, but the article implies only the one episode. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        Just in the Make Love, Not Warcraft episode. Can we rephrase the hook like this?
        
        ...that for the Make Love, Not Warcraft episode of South Park (season 10) comedy serial, the South Park animation team collaborated with Machinima in order to make it look like the characters were really playing World of Warcraft?
        
        - KNM ^Talk 18:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that warrant of committal is the legal term used by the law systems of Canada and Britain, which allows a judge to enforce a judgment against a person or corporation that has refused or neglected to comply with a known court judgment? article created by User:S. M. Sullivan. nominated by User:KNM. - KNM ^Talk 03:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that George Cecil Ives (1867 - 1950), a German-British poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay rights campaigner, created the Order of Chaeronea, a secret society to promote gay rights and left 122 volumes of diaries and 45 of scrapbooks? (self nom) --Zefrog 01:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the legend of the smuggler Cruel Coppinger was embellished by Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker when he published it in 1866? (self nom) Yomangani ^talk 00:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Red and Green Kangaroo Paw (pictured) is the floral emblem of the state of Western Australia?--Melburnian 09:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that when it was shown at the Metropolitan Opera, Diana von Solange by Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was so poorly received that three hundred people signed a petition demanding that it be removed from the repertory? (self-nom) --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 01:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 23

...that Tropical Depression One in June 1992 produced 100-year floods in portions of southwestern Florida? (self-nom) Hurricanehink (talk) 02:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that British Member of Parliament George Chetwynd seconded a Private Member's Bill to ban toy weapons because he believed they were an incentive to acquire a "gangster mentality"? Self-nomination by Sam Blacketer 22:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Jennifer Pike was the youngest person to ever win the BBC Young Musician of the Year award, at twelve years of age? Self-nom, expanded from stub today, and fully referenced. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 22:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Winnie Winkle by Martin Branner was in 1920 the first American comic strip to have a working woman as the main character? - self-nom, Fram 22:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that in the Lithuanian calendar, three months are named for birds and two for trees? (self-nom by User:Novickas) Novickas 22:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that convicted murderer Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa once owned a gas station empire with annual revenues of $60 million? (article mostly by Kafziel (talk · contribs) and a little by me, developed in userspace) - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 21:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- ...that during the 1990s Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa committed murder, kidnapping, racketeering, and tax evasion, all in an attempt to establish a chain of gas stations in New York City? - self nom (although User:Tragic Baboon helped a lot) Kafziel ^Talk 23:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the fast bowling during West Indies' tour to England in 1984 was so hostile that England Test cricketer Andy Lloyd was struck on the head and hospitalised, despite wearing a helmet, and Paul Terry's arm was broken? (expanded) -- ALoan (Talk) 21:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the fourth Nordic Football Championship tournament was started in 1937 but did not end until eleven years later as it was interrupted by the Second World War? (self-nom) by – Elisson • T • C • 20:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Volga Tatars believed that the Volga Bulgarian medieval city of Aşlı was founded there by Alexander the Great? self-nomination--Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 20:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Too short at the moment. Articles need to be at least 1,500 characters. Yomangani^talk 23:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Now expanded --Üñţïf̣ļëŗ (see also:ә? Ә!) 12:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that The Christian by Hall Caine (published 1897) was the first novel in Britain to sell over a million copies? Self-nom Peter I. Vardy 17:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
... that Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, who was canonized in 1867, is believed to have suffered the stigmata of Jesus? (article created by User:Polylerus, nominated by User:Warlordjohncarter) John Carter 15:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Too short at the moment. Yomangani ^talk 23:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Romanian politician Teohari Georgescu was dismissed from his post as Interior Minister after being simultaneously accused of left-wing and right-wing deviationism? article by Biruitorul (talk · contribs); nom --Carabinieri 14:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
..that fingerprint identification, discovered by Scottish missionary Henry Faulds, was first accepted in a criminal investigation by the Japanese police? (self-nom) --MChew 13:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)][reply]
- Not enough of an expansion to qualify, unfortunately. Yomangani ^talk 00:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Ara Sarafyan is the first Armenian historian to accept Turkey's thesis of collaborative study? Artaxiad 12:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks like a stub to me...--Carabinieri 16:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Expanded it. Artaxiad 11:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks.--Carabinieri 17:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the proposals for a new Crimean flag (pictured) after the collapse of the Soviet Union included a white flag with seven rainbow colors at the top and a blue-white-red tricolor design, which was officially adopted in 1999? expansion from two-sentence-stub by DDima (talk · contribs); nom--Carabinieri 11:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the title of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant was changed due to threats of litigation from the Church of Scientology? Article creator: Smeelgova (talk); Article nominator: Daniel.Bryant (talk)
- I think the writeup is awkward. How about "...that A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant had its name changed due to threats of litigation from the Church of Scientology" -- makes the object of the sentence the article itself. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 06:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - That sounds good. Thank you, Night Gyr, for the copyediting. Yours, Smee 09:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]
...that Jim Zumbo was forced out of a 30-year career at Outdoor Life magazine, had his television show pulled from the air, and was dropped from sponsorship by companies including Remington and Cabelas due to a single blog post? --mostly self nom; finding this remarkable as the internet biting someone seriously hard Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 01:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- While otherwise good, falls well short of 1500 characters without references and external links by my count. Goodnightmush 04:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I could probably stand to expand with a paragraph or two on his career. Check back in a couple days. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 06:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that despite using sharp needles, bird control spikes do not harm birds, and are recommended by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds? (self-nom) Laïka 18:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that a Drascombe is a class of small sailing boats designed by John Watkinson? (major expansion recently imported from a user sandbox) —Dgies^t c 18:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Ludlow Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution requiring a national referendum for declaration of war? (article re-written/expanded by Travb -- Classy article) --Duk 03:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 22

...that Belarusian political authorities denounced Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy's book History of Belarus as a "Cathechesis of Belarusian National Democratism" and thus banned it and confiscated its manuscript? article by Yury Tarasievich (talk · contribs); nom --Carabinieri 11:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Italian-Swiss entrepreneur Carlo Gatti pioneered the sale of ice cream to the general public in London from 1849, and later ran several music halls? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Louis IX of France resided in the city of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne before departing on the Eighth Crusade, where he died in Tunisia? self nom — STTW (talk) 23:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that one of the statues at the erotic temple Candi Sukuh (pictured) on Java island, Indonesia, is a giant 1.82 m (6 feet) height of standing phallus with four balls placed below the tip? self nom — Indon (reply) — 14:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Derek Gardner became a leading British painter of marine subjects after retiring from his career as a civil engineer due to deafness? -- ALoan (Talk) 12:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that Fort William College, set up for the training of British officials, fostered the development of Indian languages? Created by M.Imran, expanded and nominated by P.K.Niyogi 01:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that "Nocturne" is the Eurovision Song Contest winner with the fewest words, the Norwegian language original having only 25?
- Alternatively ...that Norway's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with "Nocturne" gave rise to a joke that the country could only win in years ending in 5? (self nom, expansion from a stub, I can add more references but don't have the books in front of me right now BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the lower species diversity among certain Mammals of New England compared to mammals of the American West is thought to be due to fewer glacial refugia in the Eastern United States? - self nom --Aranae 06:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that James Govan and Don Chandler are the only two musicians to recieve a key for the City of Memphis?--TheEditor20 10:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This has not expanded significantly since 15 February - diff -- ALoan (Talk) 10:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is still very recent, added to which the whole article was expanded from practically nothing.--TheEditor20 10:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- - True, but the way that DYK works is that the date of expansion is all important. Eligible articles may only be up to 5 days old, or significantly expanded in the last 5 days. It means that some good articles go begging, but that's the way it works. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

File:Kanawha.jpg

...that Kanawha was a steam-powered luxury yacht owned by American industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers aboard which he hosted Dr. Booker T. Washington through whom he provided millions of dollars in anonymous matching funds for the education of blacks in the South? suggested image:Kanawha.jpg (self-nom) Vaoverland 14:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 367 characters. See #Suggestions. Art LaPella 21:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I count > 13,000 characters. Though it does need proper reference formatting. *Mishatx*-In\Out 05:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I meant the hook is 367 characters. #Suggestions says "Short and pithy (under about 200 characters)". Art LaPella 05:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - As submitted, the way it would read in DYK, it was 267 characters, if you don't count those which are hidden from readers by the piping. Anyway, it is over 200, so, OK, let's try this for a shorter hook (same image suggestion):
  - ...that Kanawha was a luxury yacht aboard which industrialist Henry H. Rogers met with Booker T. Washington to plan programs and provide anonymous matching funds for education of African Americans? (characters not counting piping = 197) Vaoverland 20:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that St Pauls Church, which gave its name to the St Pauls area of Bristol, England, had become derelict but has now been restored and converted into a school for circus skills? -- (self nom)— Rod ^talk 08:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 21

...that Dembei, a fisherman stranded on the Kamchatka Peninsula in 1701 or 1702, is believed to have been the first Japanese person to settle in Russia? article by CaliforniaAliBaba (talk · contribs); nom --Carabinieri 12:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that when John Horden sent his translation of the Bible to England, the printers sent it back with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it? (self-nom) John Carter 16:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- How about "...his Cree translation..."? At first I thought this was something like John Wycliffe's English translation. Art LaPella 22:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Revision:
  - ...that when John Horden sent his Cree language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it?
  - And my thanks to the editor above for his helpful and constructive comments. John Carter 23:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Cree language should probably be linked instead of Cree.--Carabinieri 14:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - I don't think this blurb will work. It is unclear why Horden sent his translation to England and why the heck a printing press was sent to him.--Carabinieri 14:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the term White Genocide is used to describe the forcible deportations of Armenians from their homeland in Anatolia during the Armenian Genocide?. Artaxiad 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- A bit short, can you expand it? Yomangani ^talk 13:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the term White Genocide is used to describe the forcible deportations and massacres of Armenians from their homeland in Anatolia during the Armenian Genocide?. Artaxiad 14:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, sorry, I meant the article was a little short, not the hook. Yomangani ^talk 14:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, i was confused I'll find more info. Artaxiad 00:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Amillia Taylor was the world's smallest recorded baby, being born just after 22 weeks of gestation? Self nom.--Tdxiang 09:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Too short. Yomangani ^talk 13:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 20

* ...that while still pregnant, the mother of Matryona Nikonova, who was born without eyes, had a prophetic dream in which a beautiful white bird with empty eye sockets landed on her? article created by User:Bookworm857158367, nominated by John Carter 16:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Hook is not factual, also article almost totally unreferenced - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 17:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When you say "is not factual", what exactly do you mean? Stories about saints and so on tend to involve an element of the miraculous, so that doesn't really seem to be a strong obstacle. The lack of referencing, though, is. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about adding the phrase "is said" to the entry? Because Tragic Baboon is technically right. The entry blurb claims that something that likely did not happen to have happened even if it's obvious that its meant to be miracoulous. But its still not referenced--Carabinieri 02:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me. How about this:

...that while still pregnant, the mother of Matryona Nikonova, who was born without eyes, is said to have had a prophetic dream in which a beautiful white bird with empty eye sockets landed on her?

or, alternately,

...that, in a story in the biography of Matryona Nikonova, Joseph Stalin's decision to remain in Moscow during World War II may have been influenced by a prophecy he received from her, when he covertly visited her while she was hiding from his government? User:Bookworm857158367, nominated by John Carter John Carter 15:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC) 15:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Banking in Russia

...that Banking in Russia includes significant specifics, such as mandatory deposits placed on special reserve accounts in the Russian Central Bank? by User:Kmorozov nom by Camptown 22:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I gave that article a Rough Translation template. Art LaPella 23:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I must state that the "Rough Translation" template is not justified in this article because the cryptic words you see are actually the name of the specific regulation in Russia. I have removed the template, and made some minor grammatical corrections. --Parker007 02:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But it still needs considerable copyediting.--Carabinieri 02:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't that the purpose of DYK? So more publicity = more people willing to edit? Where exactly are you refering to for "considerable copyediting"? --Parker007 03:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have often copyedited similar foreign articles, but I can't copyedit this article because I can't always guess what it means. If a financial professional like myself doesn't understand it, other Wikipedia readers won't either, and most of the translation problems are unrelated to banking jargon. For more details see Talk:Banking in Russia. Art LaPella 07:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

support. There haven't been many "legal" articles in DYK lately, and this article is a nice example of constructive copy-editing. -- Bondkaka 09:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rough Translation Template

Every sentence should be rewritten to sound as if an American (or Englishman etc.) had written it - for instance, the first sentence "Banking in Russia has significant specifics" means something like "There are significant specific details affecting banking in Russia".

Done --Parker007 17:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In most cases I (or any American etc.) could make those edits. However, there are several passages where I don't understand what it means. Here are the hardest to understand passages:

"Those legislation statements regulated credit organization activity on the territory of Russian Federation have its own specificity differed from foreign one." Foreign what? Foreign legislation statements, foreign credit organizations, or credit organizations not on Russian Federation territory? The sentence appears to have "Those legislation statements" as a subject, "regulated" as a verb, "credit ...Federation" as an object, and the rest of the sentence is an extra predicate - I don't know how it fits into the sentence.

I removed it Done --Parker007 17:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Mandatory client classification and counterparties of banks is performed in correspondence with special approved in Russia directories..." "Classification" can be "performed", but "counterparties" are people or organizations, so how can "classification and counterparties" be "performed"? Only tasks can be performed, not people or organizations. "Special" is an adjective, so I can't guess if it is intended as a noun (the object of the preposition "with") or an adverb (modifying "approved", in which case the preposition has no object.) Whatever "special approved" means, I can't guess what "correspondence with special approved" is at all.

Done --Parker007 17:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"20 digits every of those have its special semantic value." Words have semantic value, not digits. Maybe it should say "20 digits, each of which has a predefined meaning."

Done --Parker007 17:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"conust" is not a word. Words like "adjust" or "proceed" (individually or together?) might fit the context, but I wouldn't want to guess.

Done --Parker007 17:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Particularly, tax payments are specially exposed." Taken literally, it says tax payments are left in the open for all to see - perhaps naked. Admittedly, I can probably guess what this means - that the tax payments are specially audited or reported.

Done --Parker007 17:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The other half of the article has similar problems. But I've already made my point, and any native-born American would agree: This article should be rewritten by someone who understands both banking in Russia, and the English language. The English in this article is much better than my Russian (see Talk:Sukharev Tower), but it isn't always good enough to be understood. Art LaPella 07:25, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me where exactly? Done --Parker007 17:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Even with all the edits done above, the article is very difficult to comprehend — in some places ambiguous and others completely unclear. Even the introductory sentences are unclear. — ERcheck (talk) 20:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Parker007 for your work so far. I'm continuing at Talk:Banking in Russia. Art LaPella 20:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Continued

Thank you. As I explained, I will want to rewrite the article in general when I have a better idea what it means, after which you should make sure I haven't misrepresented its meaning. Continuing:

"The margin settled as a result of clearing..." Does this mean the margin between the official exchange rate and the market exchange rate, reported as a profit to the Bank? Done --Parker007 02:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is a "deal passport"? Does it mean "deal" in the sense of "contract"? In my experience, passports are for traveling people, not for contracts - but maybe contracts in Russia need their own passports.

I think its a term they use in Russia for non-citizens i.e. tourists/business people wanting to use the banking services. --Parker007 02:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Regulating of reserves volume on deposits must make every month..." Bank deposits are made when the account holder chooses to deposit, not necessarily every month. Does this mean that every month, someone verifies that the reserves are high enough to comply with regulations?

Bank Reserves are a totally different subject. A bank must give part of the money to the national bank for safety, in case the bank goes broke. --Parker007 02:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"...and apply strict sanctions to infringes just to license recall." "infringes" probably means "infringements", but the most puzzling word is "just". Does it mean that the Bank of Russia is authorized to recall the licenses of banks that infringe the regulations, but is not authorized to do anything more?

Done --Parker007 02:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"...own construction works..." Is "own" used in the adjective sense of "belonging to yourself", so that "own construction works" means "the taxpayer's own construction projects"? Or is "own" used as a verb, so that the phrase means "when the taxpayer buys construction projects"? Does "transferring ... for own needs too" mean that business assets have been transferred to personal use? Is "when fulfil responsibilities of tax agent" mean that the tax agent must pay the VAT for his own work, or does it mean that the taxpayer is fulfilling some unspecified responsibility to a tax agent? I would think that reporting liability for a VAT tax, would in itself fulfil responsibility to a tax agent. Done --Parker007 02:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC) Art LaPella 20:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Parker007 and I have now gone through the entire article, if he approves of my latest version. Art LaPella 06:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In future, it would be best to discuss copy-editing articles on the specific article's talk page. This page will struggle to support discussions of this size without nominations getting lost. Yomangani ^talk 10:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Expired noms

February 19

...that the Kunchikal Falls are the highest waterfalls in India and second highest waterfalls in Asia? article created by User:Gnanapiti. nominated by User:KNM. - KNM ^Talk 04:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ineligible; too short (stub) — needs expansion. — ERcheck (talk) 02:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Indian film composer Ilaiyaraaja has composed, during his 30-year career, over 4,000 songs for more than 800 Indian films (or approximately one song every three days)? AppleJuggler 06:11, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article (Ilaiyaraaja) does not qualify for DYK, as the article was created long ago, and did not undergo any overwhelming improvement lately.--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, we expect at least 75-80% new content. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that AB Row, a road that once separated the major parishes of Birmingham and Aston in the United Kingdom, exists today at just 50 metres in length? (expanded above 1000 bytes in last 5 days by myself) - Erebus555 18:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC) (self-nom); co-nom Jreferee 19:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marked as stub. Rigadoun (talk) 17:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the stub. It has sufficient content for it to be removed. - Erebus555 18:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have proposed deletion. This road is NN. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 18:45, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I count only 1,474 characters in the main body. It needs at least 1,500 characters to be considered. However, the AfD should toll the 5 day rule to give this article a chance at DYK if it survives AfD.-- Jreferee 17:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded the article to 2,453 characters and added my name as a co-nom. I contacted Carl Chinn to ask if he would add to the article as well. Please keep this nomination open in the expired nomination's area until the AfD is resolved. -- Jreferee 19:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Antonieto Cabajog from Bohol, Philippines is the current Bishop of Surigao? --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 20:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I bolded the new article and piped the diocese to the appropriate one (according to the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines. Since the article name doesn't include his title (Bishop), and it's mentioned later in the nom, I don't think it needs to be included before his name. Rigadoun (talk) 17:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article was actually finished on Feb 16. Is there something more unusual about the subject? At any time there will be somebody holding a given position. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Revision: * ...that Antonieto Cabajog was a Paring Bol-anon who became Bishop of Surigao at the age of 43? --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 11:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is notable in the sense that only a few Paring Bol-anon become bishops! It means that he has excelled above and beyond his peers or confreres to become bishop at the (tender - POV? ) age of 43! --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 11:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After 16 February there have been very little content additions. The next edit was done on Feb 22. --Parker007 02:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After February 16th, info from the WWW have been exhausted already. What else was I supposed to do? I think he deserves to be WP:DYK. Please re-consider. Thank you. --Ate Pinay (talk•email) 02:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 18

February 17

February 16

...that the oldest recorded date in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is 7.16.3.2.13 which corresponds to December 10, 36 BCE in the Gregorian calendar? Eluchil404 22:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Split from Maya Calendar, and wasn't a stub beforehand. Yomangani ^talk 10:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri helps make the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid invisible from below by matching the light hitting the animal's mantle from above? article by Mgiganteus1 (talk · contribs); nom --Carabinieri 23:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would love to take this, but the main body looks a bit short to me. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I count 1,511 characters in the main body and its well referenced. -- Jreferee 20:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is very heavily referenced indeed, but I make it just under 1,500, ignoring the references and infobox. Sorry. -- ALoan (Talk) 23:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The 1,511 characters mentioned above did not include the infobox. OK, not counting the bracketed footnote superscript numbers in the main body (e.g., [1], [2], [3] etc.), I get 1,461 characters. -- Jreferee 17:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...that the New York Mets' theme song Let's Go, Mets was written by the lyricist, librettist, and screenwriter Hal Hackady? article by SFTVLGUY2 (talk · contribs); nom --Carabinieri 18:46, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No references - are the external links references? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 {{*mp}}...that the '''[[Shikahogh State Preserve]]''' is a habitat for about 1,100 species of plants, 18 of which have been registered in the Red Book of the [[Soviet Union]]? [[User:Artaxiad|Artaxiad]] 02:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 {{*mp}}...that '''[[Mount Omine]]''' is a sacred mountain in [[Nara prefecture|Nara]], [[Japan]], famous for its controversial ban on women and for its three tests of courage? [[User:MightyAtom|MightyAtom]] 06:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[Rob Pelinka]]''', better known as [[Kobe Bryant]]'s agent, was the only player to play in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]] Tournament for both the 1989 champion [[Michigan Wolverines]] and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runner up teams known as the [[Fab Five]] teams. [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] 17:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)  P.S. I realize the article is actually 7 days old but this is my first DYK.
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