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Impatiens denisonii

• ... that before 2002, nobody had reported seeing a wild specimen of Impatiens denisonii, a rare balsam, since it was first described in 1862?

Created by Marcus334 (talk). Nominated by Circeus (talk) at 16:40, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Meet the Natives: USA

• ... that the television series Meet the Natives: USA shows five tribesmen from the island of Tanna visiting Orange County, California where they get pedicures, play golf, and ride roller coasters?

Created by Britt2008 (talk). Nominated by Sarilox (talk) at 07:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Keller Fountain Park

• ... that Ada Louise Huxtable called Portland, Oregon's Keller Fountain Park "one of the most important urban spaces since the Renaissance"?

5x expanded by Tedder (talk). Nominated by Another Believer (talk) at 18:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Treaty of Vilnius (1561)

• ... that by the Treaty of Vilnius (1561), Gotthard Kettler exchanged his office as Grand Master of the Livonian Order for that of a duke and Royal administrator?

Created by Skäpperöd (talk). Nominated by Skäpperöd (talk) at 12:11, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: There was an unsourced stub at Union of Wilno, which I redirected once I found it, so it might as well count as expansion. Skäpperöd (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Thomas S. Hammond

• ... that American footballer Tom Hammond (pictured) always played without protective padding saying, "I want them to feel my bones"?

Created/expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self nom at 05:40, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• alt1 ... that American footballer Tom Hammond (pictured) resigned a position in the Franklin Roosevelt administration after four months saying the NRA means "Nuts Run America"? Cbl62 (talk) 05:47, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• "Footballer" isn't used in the USA; I'd advise a change to "American football player". Nyttend (talk) 13:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• Either is OK by me. I realize "footballer" is not a commonly used term in the USA, but it is commonly used elsewhere and has the benefit of brevity. Either variation works for me. 22:39, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Birtles & Goble

• ... that two of the singer-songwriters in Little River Band wrote so many songs that they formed the duo Birtles & Goble to record the additional material?

Created by WWGB (talk). Self nom at 03:52, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Treaty of Pozvol

• ... that the Treaty of Pozvol triggered the Livonian War?

Created by Skäpperöd (talk). Nominated by Skäpperöd (talk) at 12:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length OK; offline ref accepted in AGF.--Storye book (talk) 18:53, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

El Tiempo (Istanbul)

• ... that El Tiempo, published between 1872 and 1930, was the longest-running Ladino language newspaper published from Istanbul?

Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 00:35, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length OK. Citation on page 52 says that El Tiempo was "among the most long-lived of them all", which undermines your hook. Please could you either re-write the hook as ALT1 to match the actual citation, and copy it into the article, or start again here with a different ALT1 with appropriate citation? Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 11:03, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• But lower on the page (in footnotes) it states that El Gugeton was the second longest-running after El Tiempo. Is that enough for the hook, or is it still a bit to ambigous? --Soman (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield

• ... that the 13th-century font in Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield (pictured) reputedly suffered a large crack when a horse, stabled inside the church during the English Civil War, kicked it?

• Comment: Ref is at the end of the seventh paragraph of "History". A pic of the font wouldn't be instructive, as it has been fully "restored".

Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Self nom at 23:26, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and image check out. Offline ref for hook accepted in AGF. Nice photo.--Storye book (talk) 19:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Azalea Trail Maids

• ... that Azalea Trail Maids appeared in the inauguration parade of President Barack Obama in full antebellum-era dresses?

Created by Blaxthos (talk). Self nom at 22:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Length, date and hook check out. I clipped out a section of the article's image for DYK. It just about works at 100px - but see what you think.--Storye book (talk) 19:32, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Fully support image -- I couldn't figure out how to add it, since the DYK template was already used -- thanks for the assist! Obviously I support the text as the submitter.  :) //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 21:59, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Australian Watercolour Institute

• ... that in 2006, ten percent of the membership of the Australian Watercolour Institute were recipients of Australia Honours?

Created by Rosiestep (talk). Self nom at 20:02, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• - nice, .... not short about "Australia Honours" sounds odd....maybe any useful picture?
  • .. that ten percent of Australian Watercolour Institute members had honours they had received from the Australian state? (not sure its essential to mention when they "had" Victuallers (talk) 22:11, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Al-Sinnabra

• ... that the 7th century Arab Islamic palatial complex of Al-Sinnabra at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee was originally thought to be a Byzantine-era synagogue?

Created by Tiamut (talk), Huldra (talk). Nominated by Tiamut (talk) at 19:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 19:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Martin Hehir

• ... that Fr. Martin Hehir (pictured), the fourth president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, was affectionately known to students as "Daddy Hehir"?

Created by Alekjds (talk). Self nom at 19:17, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and image check out. Offline citation for hook accepted in AGF.--Storye book (talk) 19:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

MacGillivray Milne

• ... that MacGillivray Milne (pictured) was appointed Governor of American Samoa less than two years after having been court-martialed?

Created by Scapler (talk). Self nom at 19:12, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Drangue

• ... that in the Albanian mythology the drangue is a a semi-human winged warrior?

better: that in Albanian mythology, the drangue is a semi-human winged warrior who is born wearing a shirt and qeleshe? DS (talk) 03:33, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Created by ZjarriRrethues (talk). Nominated by ZjarriRrethues (talk) at 19:05, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Great, let's keep this.--— ZjarriRrethues —  08:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

All checks out for either hook.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:01, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

El Jaleo

• ... that the painting El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent is installed in a room constructed especially for it at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston?

Created by JNW (talk). Self nom at 17:05, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Good to go. Ericoides (talk) 11:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

K.D. Kilpatrick

• ... that Louisiana State Senator K.D. Kilpatrick of Ruston began working as a teenager in his family mortuary business after his father was felled by a stroke?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 15:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Marcus R. Clark

• ... that Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Marcus R. Clark began his career in the legal system as a sheriff's detective in Monroe, Louisiana?

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Self nom at 15:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

ALT:...that Marcus R. Clark was elected in 2009 to the Louisiana Supreme Court though he had years earlier been sanctioned by that body for backlogged cases as a district judge?

Jacob Kamm House

• ... that the first mansion in Portland, Oregon, was the Jacob Kamm House (pictured)?

Created by Tedder (talk). Nominated by Tedder (talk) at 14:55, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that the Jacob Kamm House (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, was built with wooden siding and quoining to imitate stone? tedder (talk) 14:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Treaty of Novgorod (1557)

• ... that the "father of the Finnish written language" died when returning from the Treaty of Novgorod (1557)?

Created by Skäpperöd (talk). Nominated by Skäpperöd (talk) at 14:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Periyachi

• ... that Tamil Hindu parents dedicate their one-month old child to the goddess Periyachi (pictured), who is depicted ripping a woman's womb?

Created by Redtigerxyz (talk). Nominated by Redtigerxyz (talk) at 14:15, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Golm War Cemetery

• ... that the sculpture of a freezing woman (pictured) at the Golm War Cemetery wasn’t erected for more than 30 years because it didn’t match the artistic perceptions of the East German party line?

Created/expanded by HerkusMonte (talk). Self nom at 08:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Protestant church of Jistrum

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.87.73.104 (talk) 18:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC) … that the church of Jistrum once was a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter but was cleansed from Saint statues and painted/decorated walls in one week in 1581 during the protestant reformation and became a Protestant church.

"cleansed" is a bit much.--Wetman (talk) 17:05, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

ALT1… that the church of Jistrum once was a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter but was stripped from Saint statues and painted/decorated walls in one week in 1581 during the protestant reformation and became a Protestant church.

ALT2… that the church of Jistrum was a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter until the protestant reformation when in one week all Saint statues and painted/decorated walls where removed and over painted and the church became a Protestant church.

Does this sound better?Pindanl (talk) 17:32, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Forests of Syria

• ... that the forest surface of Syria has been reduced from an initial amount of 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) in 1911 to 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) at the present time?

Created by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 08:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• How could "initial" identify the forest cover of Syria in 1911 after millennia of deforestation?--Wetman (talk) 17:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• I think initial would refer to the first time it was studied.
• ALT1... that the forest surface of Syria has been reduced from 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) in 1911 to 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) at the present time?
• ALT2... that the forests of Syria (pictured), celebrated throughout ancient times for their richness, have been reduced to their present-day area of 4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi)?

Yazan (talk) 23:02, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT2 is good to go (I've tweaked it a little). I can't access the PDF (404 error) so it's AGF. Ericoides (talk) 11:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks, I've fixed the URL to the PDF file. Yazan (talk) 11:58, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

San Antonio Bay

• ... that knowledge of a pass from the mainland of Texas to Matagorda Island off the waters of San Antonio Bay, was secretly kept by the Karankawa Indians from the Europeans?

5x expanded by William S. Saturn (talk). Nominated by William S. Saturn (talk) at 08:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Feel Good Hit of the Summer

• ... that the band Queens of the Stone Age were kicked out of a rehab clinic for beginning their set with drug anthem "Feel Good Hit of the Summer"?

5x expanded by Red157 (talk). Self nom at 08:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Nice hook, but the article was only expanded a little more than 2x. Sarilox (talk) 13:07, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Max van Egmond

• ... that Max van Egmond recorded the bass arias of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Claudio Abbado and the words of Jesus with Gustav Leonhardt?

• Comment: Good on Good Friday 2 April

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 07:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Bupaya Pagoda

File:Pagan-Buphaya-pagoda-entrance-Dec-2000-00.JPG

• ... that Bupaya Pagoda (pictured), located in Bagan in Myanmar on the bank of Ayeyarwady River, built by the third King of Pagan Pyusawdi who ruled from 168 to 243 AD, has a bulbous shaped dome?

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk). Nominated by Nvvchar (talk) at 06:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Adenanthos cacomorphus

• ... that the specific name of the small shrub Adenanthos cacomorphus, meaning 'ugly form', relates to its allegedly "misshapen" pollen grains?

Created by Casliber (talk), Hesperian (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 06:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Neuromance

• ... that Dope Stars Inc.'s debut album, Neuromance, was originally titled "New Breed of Digital Fuckers" before their record label encouraged the band to change the title?

Created by GroundZ3R0 002 (talk). Nominated by GroundZ3R0 002 (talk) at 06:14, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Old Hansen Planetarium

• ... that the Old Hansen Planetarium served as the main branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library system from 1905 to 1964?

Created by Dudemanfellabra (talk). Self nom at 03:17, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 20

Edward Tuckerman

• ... that the nineteenth-century American botanist Edward Tuckerman liked to write his studies in Latin?

5x expanded by Yngvadottir (talk). Self nom at 05:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Church of Saint Ildefonso

• ... that the façade of the Igreja de Santo Ildefonso (pictured) in Porto, Portugal, is covered in approximately 11,000 azulejos?

Created by Maedin (talk). Self nom at 09:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Winifred Collins

• ... that Winifred Collins was one of the first females to be commissioned in the WAVES when it began in 1942 and was later Chief of Naval Personnel for Women?

5x expanded by Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk). Self nom at 22:08, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Adenanthos macropodianus

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• ... that the specific name of Adenanthos macropodianus (pictured) refers to it being found only on Kangaroo Island?

Created by Melburnian (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 19:56, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Offline citation accepted in AGF.--Storye book (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Food

• ... that certain tastes are a result of natural selection?

5x expanded by Tommy2010 (talk). Nominated by Tommy2010 (talk) at 03:40, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• It looks like you made some improvements to the article on food recently, but in order to qualify for DYK, an article needs to have been created or expanded by a factor of 5X in the past 5 days. Also, for future reference, DYK noms should be linked in the hook. James McBride (talk) 04:55, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Italian battleship Re Umberto

• ... that the Italian pre-dreadnought battleship Re Umberto was modified in 1918 in preparation for her role as the lead ship in the planned attack on the main Austro-Hungarian naval base at Pola?

Created by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (talk) at 01:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Offline ref AGF. ≈ Chamal  ¤ 13:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia

• ... that the ragas in Indian musician Ram Narayan's album Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia were named for a gentle incarnation of the Hindu deity Shiva and the yogi practice?

• ALT1:... that Indian musician Ram Narayan's album Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia includes a raga mala ("garland of ragas") based on the meditative early morning raga Jogia?
• ALT2:... that Indian musician Ram Narayan's album Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia was praised for showcasing the "delicate tone" and "seductive lyricism" of the instrument sarangi?

Created by Hekerui (talk). Self nom at 00:01, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT3:... that a raga in Indian musician Ram Narayan's album Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia (cover art pictured) was named for an incarnation of Shiva?
• Date and length check out. Offline citation accepted for ALT3 in AGF. I think the preceding ALTs are too long and complex for DYK.--Storye book (talk) 14:29, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Anzhela Kravchenko

• ... that Ukrainian sprinter Anzhela Kravchenko has more national titles in the 100 and 200 metres than double world champion Zhanna Pintusevich-Block?

5x expanded by Geschichte (talk). Self nom at 21:34, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Offline citation for hook accepted in AGF.--Storye book (talk) 14:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Lado Ketskhoveli

• ... that Lado Ketskhoveli was a revolutionary who first introduced Stalin to Marxism?

Created by Silver seren (talk). Self nom at 19:50, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Republican Socialist Party

• ... that a 1889 trial against cadres of the Belgian Republican Socialist Party revealed that most leaders of the party were in fact agent provocateurs paid by the government?

Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 18:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Offline citation for hook accepted in AGF. The cited pages for the books are omitted from the online previews.--Storye book (talk) 14:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Petr Zenkl

• ... that Czech politician Petr Zenkl, who survived two Nazi concentration camps, was forced to escape to the West after communists took power in Czechoslovakia by coup d'état in 1948?

Created by Darwinek (talk). Self nom at 15:16, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 14:06, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands

• ... that the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands regularly support 1% of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper population of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway?

Created by Maias (talk). Self nom at 10:58, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• This could easily have a picture. How about ALT1... that the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands regularly support 1% of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway's population of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (pictured)?

StAnselm (talk) 04:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Maias (talk) 03:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• All checks out for ALT1. Nice image.--Storye book (talk) 14:02, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Yalbugha Mosque

• ... that the Yalbugha Mosque, built in 1264 by Mamluk princes, was described as one of the most famous, influential and beautiful mosques in Damascus, Syria?

Created by Zozo2kx (talk). Self nom at 09:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. The online citation verifies "built in 1264 by Mamluk princes". But the rest of the hook is problematic. The important bit and the point of the hook, about fame, influence and beauty, can't be verified as it counts as opinion although we might agree with it. It's difficult to agree on its beauty without an image. I'd suggest simplifying it to:
• ALT1: ... that the Yalbugha Mosque was built in 1264 by Mamluk princes in Damascus, Syria?--Storye book (talk) 13:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

• How about?

ALT2: ... that the Yalbugha Mosque, built in 1264 by Mamluk princes in Damascus, Syria, served as a resting point before the departure of the Hajj caravan? Yazan (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Welgelegen, Heerenveen

• ... that Welgelegen (or Tjepkema's Molen) (pictured) is the only survivor of seventeen windmills to have stood in Heerenveen, Friesland, the Netherlands since the 15th century?

5x expanded by Mjroots (talk). Nominated by Mjroots (talk) at 09:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Expansion and date verified, image is CC-BY-SA. Dutch source accepted in good faith. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

FV103 Spartan

• ... that the FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carrier has been used by British Armed Forces to transport small specialized teams?

5x expanded by Chamal N (talk). Self nom at 07:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Isn't it what all APCs are built for - carrying small teams of soldiers? NVO (talk) 19:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• APCs are not used exclusively for carrying specialized teams. This particular vehicle can carry only four passengers so it's not much use in the standard APC role of transporting infantry units to a battlefield. We could add what these specialized teams are (AA teams, fire controllers etc) if this is confusing. ≈ Chamal  ¤ 01:49, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

High Desert (Oregon)

• ... that a 1996 National Geographic magazine map of the United States labeled the High Desert region of southeast Oregon (pictured) as the Great Sandy Desert?

• Comment: Hook source: Oregon History Project

5x expanded by Orygun (talk). Nominated by Orygun (talk) at 02:54, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, expansion and hook check out. Nice article with good images - thanks for this one.--Storye book (talk) 13:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

L'Affranchissement

• ... that the association l'Affranchissement, founded in 1854, was the first rationalist organization in Belgium?

Created by Soman (talk). Self nom at 02:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out, and in my opinion the online citation bears out the hook, if you read the hook in isolation without the article. The issue here is that your article states that it was a political association, but the online citation gives the impression that it was a philosophical movement invented because people wanted to get away from direct politics - at least at first. Whatever it actually was, it was apparently the subject of some dispute anyway. So I'd like a second opinion on whether information in the article should be clarified before acceptance for DYK--Storye book (talk) 13:35, 24 March 2010 (UTC).

• I´ve removed ´political´ from the intro sentence now. --Soman (talk) 19:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Olena Krasovska

• ... that Olena Krasovska ran the fastest 100 metres hurdles race (12.45 seconds) by an athlete representing Ukraine, but despite this she does not hold the Ukrainian record?

5x expanded by Geschichte (talk). Self nom at 21:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and expansion check out. It is not specifically mentioned in the article that Krasovska does not hold the Ukrainian record, and the online refs do not say in so many words that she doesn't hold that record. If you want to use this hook, you will need to write it clearly in the article, with an online citation alongside to verify it. If that is not possible, I suggest a different hook dealing simply with one of her achievements which can be easily verified.--Storye book (talk) 13:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

German submarine U-771

• ... that while she never sank any vessels in her career, U-771 shot down a British B-24 Liberator aircraft?

Created by White Shadows (talk). Nominated by White Shadows (talk) at 00:20, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 13:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Shadow Tower Abyss

• ... that in 2003, an English translation of Shadow Tower Abyss, the forerunner to From Software's

award-winning Demon's Souls, was cancelled by Sony over fears that the game's style lacked market appeal? Created by Mephistophelian (talk). Nominated by 199.246.40.54 (talk) at 16:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on March 19

Reed boat

• ... that reed boats (pictured), made with reeds such as the papyrus reed, are known to have been used for at least 7000 years, and are still built in Peru and Ethiopia?

Created by Epipelagic (talk). Nominated by Epipelagic (talk) at 23:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

James Taylor (tenor)

• ... that the debut in Carnegie Hall of tenor James Taylor was in the premiere of the Levine completion of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor?

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 22:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Charles Muscatine

• ... that Chaucer scholar Charles Muscatine participated in the D-day landing on Omaha Beach and was fired by UC Berkeley for refusing to sign a McCarthyite oath?

Created by ANB (talk). Nominated by Cbl62 (talk) at 06:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. There's a couple of minor issues which are easily resolved. Hook checks out online on citation number 6 by Kathleen Maclay - please could you kindly attach this citation to the hook in the header? Also, to differentiate the header and to make this very worthwhile article look less like a wall of text, please could you kindly insert a few subheadings? This will force the auto-index to appear, and make the whole article more professional-looking and welcoming. Please let us know here if/when you have done it, so this review can be updated. Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 12:14, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Aaron Kelly (singer)

• ... that at the age of eleven, Aaron Kelly of American Idol fame became a finalist on PAX-TV's "America's Most Talented Kid"?

Created by Aspects (talk). Nominated by Banananana88 (talk) at 20:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Too many issues. Date doesn't check out. Length doesn't check out at 1336 characters of prose. The online reference does check out the hook, but the article has an additional-citations tag.--Storye book (talk) 12:27, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Ovarian pregnancy

• ... that an ovarian pregnancy can occur when the egg cell is not released or picked up ?

Created by Ekem (talk). Nominated by Ekem (talk) at 19:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Hook, date, and length confirmed. You may need to clarify what is meant by "picked up". Intelligentsium 01:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Across the River and into the Trees

• ... that Ernest Hemingway's 1950 novel Across the River and into the Trees was serialized in Cosmopolitan Magazine from February to May of that year?

Expanded five times since March 19 by Truthkeeper88 (talk). Nominated by Truthkeeper88 (talk) at 01:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Offline citation accepted in AGF (serialisation is verified online, but not the date 1950).--Storye book (talk) 12:35, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Erythrina velutina

• ... that the tree Erythrina velutina (inflorescence pictured) can make mice and rats sleepy and is the only Erythrina species pollinated by a lizard, the Noronha skink?

Created by Ucucha (talk), Casliber (talk), Guettarda (talk). Self nom at 18:03, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• verified. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 18:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Marcus Larson

• ... that Marcus Larson, a highly successful 19th-century painter from Sweden, worked for a saddle maker before becoming an artist (painting pictured)?

Created by Theleftorium (talk). Nominated by Theleftorium (talk) at 21:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. I added an image. Hook checks out on citation no.2 via Google translate. An interesting article which would be improved by a few subheadings inserted in the text.--Storye book (talk) 12:48, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

List of international cricket centuries by Viv Richards

• ... that Sir Viv Richards (pictured) scored the fastest century in Test cricket, taking just 56 balls to reach his hundred against England in 1986?

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nom at 21:21, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• No link to the article in the hook! I must be there in bold. Shivashree · talk 03:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Wow, I wasn't tired at all when I did this, was I? No wonder the words were swimming in front of my eyes when I tried to read my book afterwards! Fixed. Harrias (talk) 12:04, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Feature-oriented domain analysis

• ... that feature models, initially conceived by feature-oriented domain analysis, are characterized as "the greatest contribution of domain engineering to software engineering"?

Created by Shirik (talk). Self nom at 20:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Need Your Love So Bad

• ... that the much recorded blues song, "Need Your Love So Bad", has often been accredited to the wrong songwriter?

Created by Derek R Bullamore (talk). Self nom at 20:35, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• I would like to withdraw this article from DYK. Subsequent, and numerous, edits to my original submission have somewhat knocked the heart out of the article. Sorry to waste anyone's time. Thank you,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 00:26, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Ananda Temple

• ... that the Ananda Temple (pictured) in Bagan, Myanmar with four standing Buddhas facing the cardinal directions, is said to be an architectural wonder titled the "West Minister Abbey of Burma"?

5x expanded by Nvvchar (talk). Nominated by Nvvchar (talk) at 20:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Good work over all. Expansion verified, more than x10. Reference checked from Google books. Ready to go. Shivashree · talk 04:04, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks. Will you please consider an alternate img of Buddha (pictured) from the article to be part of the hook?--Nvvchar (talk) 11:36, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

The Master of Game

• ... that The Master of Game is considered to be the first English language book on hunting?

Created by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 18:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. The citation which you have attached to the hook is offline, but it checks out on citation no.3 (edited by Baillie Grohman) which is online. Please could you kindly attach that online citation to the hook in the article? Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 21:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• Done. :) Miyagawa (talk) 13:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you, Miyagawa!--Storye book (talk) 17:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Blazed Alder Creek

• ... that Blazed Alder Creek, which supplies part of the drinking water for Portland, Oregon, was named for a 24-inch (61 cm) blazed (marked) alder tree used as a benchmark for early watershed surveys?

Created by Finetooth (talk). Self nom at 17:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length OK. Offline citation accepted in AGF - though it seems a pity to have a hook with an offline ref when you have online refs for other potential hooks in your article. Books on etymology of proper names tend to be speculative anyway. Any chance of an alt hook with an online ref?--Storye book (talk) 21:12, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Parallel compression

• ... that New York-based mix engineer Michael Brauer uses five compressors in his parallel compression method, to achieve the desired vocal sound for The Rolling Stones, KT Tunstall and Coldplay?

• Comment: For some reason, DYK check returns the result that this article was not expanded 5x in the last 10 days. I just expanded it from a 629-character stub to 4164 characters of readable prose—an expansion of 6.6x.

5x expanded by Binksternet (talk). Self nom at 17:51, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Ah, looks like DYK check has straightened itself out—it now accepts the expansion. Binksternet (talk) 15:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and expansion check out, no worries. It's online citation no.5 which fits this hook - at least, the interesting bit about five compressors - so please could you kindly write the hook in the article with citation 5 (by Mike Senior) alongside? Then if you let us know here that you've done it, the review can be updated. Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 21:03, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• I do not understand: I think I already have what you are looking for. There is a sentence in the article that goes like this: "Unusually extreme implementations have been achieved by studio mix engineers such as New York-based Michael Brauer who uses five parallel compressors, adjusted individually for timbral and tonal variations, mixed and blended to taste, to achieve his target sound on vocals for The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, KT Tunstall and Coldplay." Binksternet (talk) 21:47, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• All OK now. You're right: I must have missed it, and thanks for the explanation.--Storye book (talk) 13:02, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Green glazed pottery of Atzompa, Santa María Atzompa

• ... that despite Dolores Porras’ innovations with the green glazed pottery tradition of Santa María Atzompa, she is poor and depends on her family economically?

• Comment: Green glazed pottery of Atzompa is a new article from 18 March. Santa María Atzompa is 5x expanded

5x expanded by Thelmadatter (talk). Self nom at 15:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Nice double. Date, length and hook check out in both noms.--Storye book (talk) 20:55, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
• The hook had repeated an idea, "she is poor and relies on depends on her family", which I just fixed. Looks good now. Sarilox (talk) 14:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Union Avenue Historic Commercial District

• ... that the Union Avenue Historic Commercial District in Pueblo, Colorado has been the boundary for 5 separate nations?

Created by Hell in a Bucket (talk). Self nom at 15:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Needs wikilinks in the hook, but before anyone checks it's much too old: mostly expanded months ago.--JohnBlackburne_deeds 15:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I have corrected the no wikilinks issue. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:37, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Again: much too old. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:13, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Leptodora

• ... that Leptodora is the largest planktonic cladoceran, and probably the only cladoceran to have been described in a newspaper?

Created by Stemonitis (talk). Self nom at 13:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• It was one of the species that was described in a newspaper. Otherwise OK. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 20:37, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm confused. The phrase "probably the only cladoceran to have been described in a newspaper" is a direct quotation from a source cited inline. How would you like to see it changed? --Stemonitis (talk) 08:23, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The nominate species was described in a newspaper, but the genus was described a few decades later. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:11, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Quite right. Well spotted. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:14, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that Leptodora is the largest planktonic cladoceran, and its type species is probably the only cladoceran to have been described in a newspaper? Millifolium (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Domain engineering

• ... that effective use of domain engineering concepts like the use of domain-specific languages can reduce code size by over 50%?

5x expanded by Shirik (talk). Self nom at 08:58, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Perhaps it would be better to wikilink the word "code": ... that effective use of domain engineering concepts like the use of domain-specific languages can reduce code size by over 50%? --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:06, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Eyewall replacement cycle

• ... that as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle that caused it to decrease in intensity but increase in diameter?

Created by Atmoz (talk). Nominated by Atmoz (talk) at 03:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out; hook checks out on online citation no.15.--Storye book (talk) 20:48, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

American Civil War medicine

• ... that during the American Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy developed new medical programs to treat sick and injured soldiers?

5x expanded by Charles Edward (talk). Nominated by Charles Edward (talk) at 00:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Someone might be able to make that more interesting, feel free to do so. —Charles Edward  00:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Offline citation for hook accepted in AGF. I like the hook as it is, as it is in parallel with the advances in medicine which occurred during 20th century wars.--Storye book (talk) 20:44, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

It's A Crime, Mr. Collins

• ... that the 1956 radio program It's A Crime, Mr. Collins was "a flagrant rip-off of The Adventures of the Abbotts in which only the names had been changed"?

Created by Accounting4Taste (talk). Self nom at 03:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 20:38, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 18

Park Safety

Park Safety

• ...that comedian Andy Samberg (pictured) guest starred in the Parks and Recreation episode "Park Safety", which he called "the best episode, and maybe not just of this show but of any show on television ever"?

Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Nominated by Hunter Kahn (talk) at 21:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out. The image has a review template on its Wikimedia Commons file here. It says the image should not be used until the file has been reviewed. The file's history indicates that it hasn't been reviewed yet. So I suggest that you either (1) get an administrator to review it (and let us know here when it's done) or (2) remove the image from here and from the article. At present this DYK nom would be acceptable without the image.--Storye book (talk) 11:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
  • I've asked an admin to take a look at it. If it gets to the point where this DYK has been here too long without the image review, please feel free to drop the image from the DYK nom and the article. I'd rather see that happen than the DYK fail. Thanks! — Hunter Kahn 12:08, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• There's a risk I might forget, so if it gets to the point where the image hasn't been reviewed and the DYK nom might fall through the net - please message me on my talk page and I'll remove the image and verify the hook (assuming no other change has been made, meanwhile).--Storye book (talk) 19:23, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, South Carolina)

• ... that U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's parents are buried in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina?

Created by Bradjamesbrown (talk), Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk). Self nom at 20:12, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out. I added the image.--Storye book (talk) 11:46, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Silent speech interface

• ... that a silent speech interface enables people to talk without making speech sounds, or those with laryngectomies to speak after losing their voice?

Created by LittleHow (talk). Nominated by LittleHow (talk) at 09:09, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• (April 1 Alt) ..... that this will "Read my lips"? Victuallers (talk) 17:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• Length, date and original hook check out. I'm hesitant to use ALT1: good joke if made by disabled person, but on Wiki we can't tell who's making the joke.--Storye book (talk) 12:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• Those which undergo laryngectomies cease to have the voice they once had and can only speak in an very different and artificial manner. I would hesitate to make a joke about the situation of such brave people.--LittleHow (talk) 08:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Orris S. Ferry

• ... that Senator Orris S. Ferry, who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War, died of a rare spinal disease that deteriorated his spine?

5x expanded by Lordoliver (talk). Self nom at T22:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Poss. ALT

• ... that when the regiment that was intended to be led by Samuel Colt fell through, General Orris S. Ferry took command, reorganized the regiment, and eventually became a Senator? Lord Oliver 00:29, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT2: ... that Senator Orris S. Ferry, who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War, died of a wasting spinal disease?
• Date, length, image and original hook check out, if the hook is re-worded as ALT2. (For ALT1, I can find online verication for senator and for commanding a regiment, but not for reorganizing the regiment).--Storye book (talk) 19:51, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Tryon's raid

• ... that in his 1779 raid, British General William Tryon destroyed 83 houses, two churches, and a jail in Fairfield, Connecticut?

Created by Magicpiano (talk). Self nom at 22:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1... that in the Tryon's raid in 1779, British troops destroyed 83 houses, two churches, and a jail in Fairfield, Connecticut? (would be a great hook if he did all that alone :) Materialscientist (talk) 10:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT2... that in the 1779 raid led by General William Tryon, British troops destroyed 83 houses, two churches, and a jail in Fairfield, Connecticut? (maybe a little better?) Magic♪piano 16:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I've added info from the source to the article; please verify, and correct the hook if necessary (source says they've burned many more buildings, but only one church). Materialscientist (talk) 23:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Umm, when I look at Nelson p. 170 it says two churches. (Townshend, p. 49, says 2 Episcopal churches.) I know that more buildings were destroyed, but I didn't think it necessary for the hook. Magic♪piano 01:33, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Fine. (It was weird: Google Books did not show me p.170 directly and offered some snippet plain-text replacement, which said one church. Now I can see the actual text and it says 2 churches. Either Google or my eyes glitched, which is Ok :-), but the weird thing is that the number of burned dwellings, barns and storehouses seems same before and now. Sorry for confusion). Materialscientist (talk) 00:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Rapid Lake, Quebec

• ... that the traditional oral rules for leadership selection at the Rapid Lake Indian reserve (Quebec) were put down in writing for the first time in 1996?

Created by P199 (talk). Self nom at 13:52, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 20:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Lacey Brown

• ... that Megan Joy (pictured) made it to the semi-finals of the eighth season of American Idol after winning a sing-off against future ninth season finalist Lacey Brown?

Created by Banananana88 (talk). Self nom at 04:44, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: article is at AFD. Materialscientist (talk) 04:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Passes criteria #9 and #12 of WP:MUSIC.--Banananana88 (talk) 05:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

We just need to wait till the debate closes and then we can re-assess if the community views it as a keep at AFD. Stay tuned Ottawa4ever (talk) 22:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

AFD closed as keep. Materialscientist (talk) 01:53, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Rugby-Bundesliga 2009–10

• ... that in the 2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga season, with the Rugby Club Luxembourg, a team from Luxembourg competes in the German 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga?

Created by Calistemon (talk). Nominated by Calistemon (talk) at 03:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Hook checks out online with citation no.2 (via Google translate).--Storye book (talk) 20:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Firmat

• ... that a swing in a children's playground in Firmat, Argentina led police to call scientists who were left "baffled"?

5x expanded by The Phantom In Church (talk). Self nom at T21:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• No 5x expansion since Oct. 2008, no 1500 characters of prose. Certainly a city of this size should have plenty of info to expand the article far beyond the stub it is now... -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Wilbrahams Cricket Club

• ...that Wilbrahams Cricket Club finished in 8th position in the Cambridgeshire Cricket Association Senior Div 1 after previously securing 3 successive promotions?

Created by BurtonH0123 (talk). Self nom at 21:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: Only 876 characters of readable prose and subject appears to fail the notability guideline for cricket clubs at WP:CRIN. See this discussion. – ukexpat (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: Article now PRODded. – ukexpat (talk) 02:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Volta Laboratory and Bureau

• ... that Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory, funded by France's Volta Prize, invented the world's first non-electrical radiophones and tape recorders during the 1880s?

5x expanded by Harryzilber (talk). Nominated by Harryzilber (talk) at 19:46, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Nice additions, but no 5-fold expansion in last 5 days (gradual expansion since Dec. 2009). -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Sexual Healing (South Park)

• ... that the South Park episode "Sexual Healing" parodied the recent sex scandal surrounding golf pro Tiger Woods, and satirized the media attention it generated?

5x expanded by Hunter Kahn (talk). Nominated by Hunter Kahn (talk) at 15:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• • If we base the expansion off of the revision prior to your first edit, it's not quite a fivefold expansion (needs 13585 B of prose). However, since the article was only created on March 15, it still qualifies as new. Date, size, and hook verified. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 03:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Utility room

• ... that the Chicago Tribune reported that the laundry room was commonly being referred to the utility room already, in a September 30, 1970 publication?

5x expanded by TitanOne (talk). Self nom at 05:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• This is problematic. This is a paid-access citation but I would expect it to be an article about utility rooms becoming more popular than laundry rooms, not about language change as the Misplaced Pages article seems to claim. Utility rooms (by that name) were a common feature of houses where I grew up in Middle America. Rmhermen (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC) .... and if I wanted etymology I think I'd go to wiktionary as the article advertises. Its an unusual subject for an encyclopedia Victuallers (talk) 17:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

My apologies if I was confused about the rules of DYK. I followed this which is why I nominated it. Anyway please let me know if i missed anything from the rules. I'd sure gladly learn from my misses, if any. --TitanOne (talk) 09:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• According to both the utility room article, and the laundry room article, these are the same thing. So shouldn't it be condensed into one article, with the other name being a redirect? Millifolium (talk) 22:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Jacob Kamm

• ... that Jacob Kamm died in 1912, having been an "invalid" after being hit by a bicyclist in Portland, Oregon in 1907?

5x expanded by Tedder (talk). Self nom at 02:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• 5x expansion (354B to 2723B) tedder (talk) 02:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

...(alt) that steamboat and railway investor, Jacob Kamm, died five years after being hit by a cyclist? - Say who he is and don't include every detail? Victuallers (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Article says that he was born in 1823, and 75 years old in 1907? So, he was probably 84 when hit by a cyclist and died at 89. What's so remarkable about that? -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• He died because of being hit by a bicycle, which seems remarkable. tedder (talk) 02:47, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• It does not seem 'remarkable' to me that someone dies at the age of 89, some five years after being squished by a bicycle. More remarkable that he lived that long. However, please do not let my cynicism devalue this article's chances. Derek R Bullamore (talk) 02:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• I agree, based on age. But it's the most notable thing I could really find on Kamm for the DYK. And pedestrian-bicyclist incidents aren't considered as dangerous as other activities, like under water basket freediving. tedder (talk) 03:36, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Button

• ... that clothing buttons have been used to smuggle drugs (since the seventeenth century) and to house miniature working compasses (during World Wars I & II)? (or shorter version: "that clothing buttons have been used to house miniature working compasses and to smuggle drugs?")

5x expanded by TyrS (talk). Nominated by TyrS (talk) at 05:48, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Not 5x expanded in five days, more like 2x in ten. Some interesting material added but it's not DYK ready. --JohnBlackburne_deeds 22:17, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

The expansion info came entirely from the template, so maybe there's some problem with it.--TyrS (talk) 22:32, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 17

Michael Barlow

• ... that Michael Barlow is the seventh winner of the Fothergill-Round Medal in the last eight years to be was listed on an Australian Football League squad via the Rookie draft?

Created by The-Pope (talk). Self nom at 12:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Fishing down the food web

• ... that worldwide the fishing industry have been fishing down the food web (pictured), catching fish increasingly lower in the food web because predator fish higher in the food web have been overfished?

Created by Epipelagic (talk). Nominated by Epipelagic (talk) at 22:51, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• verified. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

ALT ...that if the worldwide trend towards fishing down the food web continues (pictured), consumers may be eating jellyfish sandwiches? --Epipelagic (talk) 21:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Titnore Wood

• ... that campaigners against proposed urban expansion in Worthing, West Sussex have been tree sitting in Titnore Wood since 2006?

• Comment: Although complete in all its main details, this is something of a work in progress at the moment; I am hoping to expand further in the next couple of days. It is also very topical—the planning application for the proposed development was rejected last week—so a Main Page appearance may help to bring further expansion and improvement. Hook wording could probably be improved.

Created by Peetred (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 22:21, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• verified. Also changed credit template to DYKmake. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 15:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Siobhan Magnus

• ... that Warner Bros. created an internet reality show about the Barnstable High School Drama Club the year when American Idol finalist Siobhan Magnus was a member?

Created by Aspects (talk), Ktr101 (talk), ATC (talk), AceofVoices (talk), Milowent (talk), Raggedyland (talk). Nominated by Banananana88 (talk) at 20:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Nominated and verified below. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 20:34, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Perugia Papacy

• ... that Gérard du Puy is said to have destroyed three papal tombs in Perugia (surviving tomb of Benedict XI pictured)?

Created by Savidan (talk). Nominated by Savidan (talk) at 08:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• text I can find in cited ref says "Their original monuments had probably been during the depredations of the papal legate" - so I'm willing to concede that the missing word in the ref is destroyed... but the hook lost the "probably". I've put it back in and you can use this Victuallers (talk) 15:12, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

• ... that Russian artist Ivan Kramskoi's 1883 Portrait of an Unknown Woman (pictured) caused a sensation when first exhibited, as critics assumed that the woman was of ill repute, and described her as "a coquette in a carriage" and "one of the offspring of big cities" ?

Created by Ceoil (talk). Self nom at 23:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• You have a couple of unreferenced paragraphs in there, including the statements about the woman possibly being the artist's lover, which really needs to be cited. Gatoclass (talk) 09:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Walsh-Kaiser Company

• ... that the Walsh-Kaiser Company shipyard was originally run by a company that had no shipbuilding expertise?

5x expanded by Ktr101 (talk). Nominated by Ktr101 (talk) at 03:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Couldn't confirm hook from source. Gatoclass (talk) 04:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh well, I'll change it then.

• ALT1:...that after the original owner of the Walsh-Kaiser Company shipyard showed incompetence, a shipbuilding and a construction company were brought in to finish the job?

• Does the source mention "incompetence"? I can't see it. Gatoclass (talk) 21:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• It didn't say it directly. I thought I read somewhere that the company produced machines. I'll change it to "showed difficulty in managing". This can be found in the records list. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT2:...that after the original owner of the Walsh-Kaiser Company shipyard had difficulty managing the yard, a shipbuilding and a construction company were brought in to finish the job?

• ALT2 verified. Gatoclass (talk) 11:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Pitcher (container)

• ... that the word "pitcher" comes from the 13th century Middle English word picher, which means earthen jug ?

5x expanded by TitanOne (talk). Self nom at 02:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• No 5-fold expansion since Feb. 27 (1301 x 5 = 6509). -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:35, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Article was expanded from 198B of Prose to 1681. Please check here. We're you pertaining to Page size? The rule says prose size. --TitanOne (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Titan is correct, the prose has been expanded significantly, far more than 5x. DYK does not go by byte size, as that can be misconstrued by references and other things in the article. All that is cared about is the size of the actual prose. Silverseren 19:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Las Damas Romanas

• ... that the Christie’s auction house gave Juan Luna’s painting Las Damas Romanas (The Roman Maidens) (pictured) a price tag of $1 million to $1.2 million?

Created by AnakngAraw (talk). Self nom at 23:12, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• .(alt).. that since its rediscovery in 2008, the estimated value of Juan Luna’s painting Las Damas Romanas (The Roman Maidens) (pictured) has varied from 10,000 Euros to $1.2 million?

• Comment: The values should be in the same currency, no? – ukexpat (talk) 02:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't know who suggested the (alt). It was unsigned. But you can correct it. - AnakngAraw (talk) 03:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length and image check out. The original hook is OK. I see the point of the alt hook which attempts to indicate the full range of values put on the picture since its rediscovery, but it is problematic in that we can't convert the different currencies in which it was valued to the same unit because the exchange rate is not consistent. So I suggest we stick with the original hook.--Storye book (talk) 13:50, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Tetarteron and Histamenon

• ... that the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II allegedly insisted for taxes to be paid in the full-weight histamenon gold coin (pictured), but only paid back in the lighter tetarteron?

Created by Cplakidas (talk). Self nom at 18:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II allegedly insisted that taxes be paid in the full-weight histamenon gold coin (pictured), but refunded only in the lighter tetarteron? – ukexpat (talk) 02:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• Just a bit of tidying up to do, I think. Date and length check out for both noms. ALT1 is acceptable and I'm happy to accept offline citation in AGF in the tetarteron article. For a double nom, the hook should be mentioned and cited in both articles (because the reader may only look at one article), so you need to repeat that in the histamenon article - more briefly if appropriate. And I suggest a spellcheck (e.g. paid, not payed). Both fascinating articles, and it's worth sorting this out to get them a front-page mention.--Storye book (talk) 13:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• OK, fact added to the histamenon article, and various tweaks & fixes carried out. Constantine ✍ 15:19, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Double nom OK now. Thank you, Cplakidas, for sorting that out. Is there any chance you could throw in a couple of extra subheadings for Histamenon? If you compare it with the other article, the extra subheadings make it look more professional and easier to read, and it forces the auto-index to appear. It's a worthwhile article, and it might as well look its best. If you can't think of anything better, I'd suggest the names of the rulers, e.g. "Constantin I to Nikephoros II Phokas" for the first one.--Storye book (talk) 17:35, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you, Cplakidas, for upgrading the histamenon article. It looks great, now.--Storye book (talk) 19:27, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Washington Bottom Farm

• ... that in 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederate General Turner Ashby had his headquarters at Washington Bottom Farm, which he named "Camp Washington"?

5x expanded by Caponer (talk). Nominated by Caponer (talk) at 17:56, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1:... that the owner of Washington Bottom Farm, gentleman farmer George William Washington (1809–1876), was the son of Edward Washington, a descendant of a brother of President of the United States George Washington? --Caponer (talk) 18:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
• ALT2:... that Captain Richard Ashby, the brother of Confederate General Turner Ashby, was mortally wounded in battle and died in the ballroom at Washington Bottom Farm? --Caponer (talk) 18:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Citation 4 (a pdf file) checks out ALT2, which is my preference since it presents an interesting storyline. Just one problem: the part of the pdf file which supports ALT2 contains at least a few sentences which exactly match sentences in the article (the bit which concerns the ALT2 hook). Any hint of plagiarism would have to be removed before this article could be selected for DYK. Please could you kindly let us know here if/when you have re-written the sentences about the wounding, death and burial of Capt Richard Ashby? (I have not checked any further for plagiarism, so I can't guarantee that there is no more of it in the article). Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 13:08, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Alfrredo Navarro Salanga

• ... that the Filipino novella The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez was authored by Palanca Awardee Alfrredo Navarro Salanga?

Created by AnakngAraw (talk). Self nom at 01:14, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• Aside from any other potential issues - I've not reviewed it - this is an incredibly boring hook. Please suggest an ALT. cmadler (talk) 13:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

ALT 1: ... that Alfrredo Navarro Salanga, author of the Filipino novella The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez, was a three-time Palanca Memorial Awardee? - AnakngAraw (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

ALT 2: ... that Alfrredo Navarro Salanga, a three-time Palanca Awardee and author of The Birthing of Hannibal Valdez, was also known as "Daddy Giant"? - AnakngAraw (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Alt 2 checks out- Alt 1 does not have inline citation.E2eamon (talk) 01:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Out of 3 refs, ref. 2 is a blog, ref. 3 seems a spam site; not sure about ref. 1. Materialscientist (talk) 08:44, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Maurice Sanford Fox

• ... that Maurice Sanford Fox is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who studied the efficacy of breast cancer treatments many years before it became a hot topic?

Created by Pjurgensen (talk). Self nom at 01:10, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Citation no.4 checks out the early study in the twentieth century of efficacy of treatment. However I'm not happy with the remainder of the hook: "many years before it became a hot topic". It was certainly a hot topic 200 years previously in the 18th century, when it was mentioned by writers such as Daniel Defoe. Apparently beggars used to show off their cancers, including breast cancer, to get alms from rich people in carriages. In those days no doubt there were plenty of quacks offering supposed cures and discussing efficacy. Also I'm not sure what "it" refers to in the hook: breast cancer? treatment? efficacy? the study? So on those grounds, please may I suggest ALT1:
• ALT1: ... that Maurice Sanford Fox is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who studied the efficacy of breast cancer treatments as early as 19-? (experts please insert date and re-write hook as ALT2)--Storye book (talk) 12:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 16

Wayland Dean

• ... that Baseball Hall of Fame member Mel Ott was struck out in his first at-bat of his Major League Baseball career by pitcher Wayland Dean?

Created by Halvorsen brian (talk). Self nom at 18:34, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Harry Crosby

• ... that Harry Crosby and his wife Caresse Crosby published struggling writers like Hart Crane, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound, but died at age 31 in a suicide pact with his lover?

• ALT1 ... that Harry Crosby had an open marriage with his wife Caresse Crosby, published struggling writers like Hart Crane, James Joyce and Ezra Pound, and died in a suicide pact with his lover?
• ALT2 ... that Harry Crosby, whose Black Sun Press published struggling writers like D. H. Lawrence, Hart Crane, James Joyce and Ezra Pound, died at age 31 in a suicide pact with his lover?
• ALT3 ... that Harry Crosby published struggling writers like D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce and Ezra Pound, had an open marriage with his wife Caresse Crosby, and died at age 31 in a suicide pact with his lover?
• ALT4 ... that Harry Crosby published the first edition of Hart Crane's book-length poem The Bridge, including photos by Walker Evans, and Christie's sold a copy in 2009 for USD$21,250?

5x expanded by Btphelps (talk). Self nom at 15:05, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Billie Jean black sequin jacket

• ... that Michael Jackson gave away his signature Billie Jean black sequin jacket on two separate occasions, once in 1983 to Sammy Davis, Jr. for Motown 25, and again in 1984 to a fan at the Victory Tour?

Created by DinhoGauch10 (talk). Self nom at 21:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Template:DYKalt

ALT1 is 267 characters, exceeding the max. -- btphelps 13:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I think that this would be a better hook because it shows not only Michael’s love for his black sequin jacket, but also his fansDinhoGauch10 (talk) 04:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: Article is at AFD here. – ukexpat (talk) 03:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Manawan, Quebec

• ... that the Manawan Indian reserve in the Mauricie region of Quebec has had road access only since 1973?

Created by P199 (talk). Self nom at 16:12, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and length check out. Hook should check out with online citation no.4, but between my inadequate French and the garbled version by Google translate, I take it on trust.--Storye book (talk) 11:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172

• ... that Bach marked to repeat the opening chorus of cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten, BWV 172 after the final chorale?

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self nom at 09:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I have two concerns with this nomination: 1) The article needs to be copyedited (I'm short on time this week or I'd do it myself). 2) Hook fact doesn't seem particularly interesting. Is there something that might be more interesting about this cantata? Maybe that he originally wrote it in C major, moved it to D major with the first revision, and then moved it back to C major? Or something else? If these are addressed, I recommend adding it to the 3/21 holding area for Bach's 325th birthday. cmadler (talk) 13:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

The hook fact may not seem interesting to you but ask the Bach fellows who claim that he would ALWAYS close with a chorale, - compare this from Cantata (highlighted by me): "The essential point, however, in Bach's church cantatas is that they formed part of a church service. Many of Bach's greatest cantatas begin with an elaborate chorus followed by a couple of arias and recitatives, and end with a plain chorale. This has often been commented upon as an example of Bach's indifference to artistic climax in the work as a whole. But no one will maintain this who realizes the place which the church cantata occupied in the Lutheran church service. The text was carefully based upon the gospel or lessons for the day; unless the cantata was short the sermon probably took place after the first chorus or one of the arias, and the congregation joined in the final chorale." So I think the hook is quite a statement. - But I will keep thinking. - The C - D - major thing is simple: tuning was different in Leipzig, so he switched, but then it got too high for the choir, and he switched back. That would be for specialists only. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I didn't really think the key was that big a deal, of course the meaning and significance of key and tonality has changed over time and depending on tuning (equal tempered, just tempered, etc.). But without a certain degree of familiarity with Bach's cantatas it's not apparent that closing with a repeat of the opening chorus is remarkable; it's common in many forms of music (and perhaps even in cantatas by other composers?) to conclude with a repetition of the opening, or at least a restatement. Maybe this hook can be reworded, as we did with BWV 191 ("around 200 cantatas in German but only one...in Latin?") to make it clear the degree to which this is unusual? cmadler (talk) 15:22, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, I wouldn't know immediately a polite way to be more explicit, found that rude enough a way of fighting the so-called "plain chorale". (I don't know a single chorale of Bach - and I know some - that I would describe as "plain".) - I thought about: that Bach loved the piece so much that he still reworked it more than 15 years later, whereas the common thing to do was to compose a new one each year if possible. Would need to be phrased ... ideas welcome for both. (btw I'll be off tomorrow.) o.k. trying one more variation on the theme - and certainly we did the repeat in 2000 and heard interesting comments, nobody believed that it had been Bach himself who wanted it that way, at least in 1714, - no repeat in 1731.:

• ALT1 ... that Bach did not end his cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten, BWV 172 with the chorale, but marked to repeat the opening chorus afterwards? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

• What about ALT2 ... that Bach loved his cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten, BWV 172 so much that he reworked it three years after writing it and again 14 years after that? --cmadler (talk) 20:04, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

That's much "hookier" but reads like synthesis. Hekerui (talk) 20:17, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• If that line, perhaps (because "three years after" is not certain):

ALT3 ... that Bach loved his cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten, BWV 172 so much that he reworked it in Leipzig 17 years after he composed it in Weimar? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

• According to the discussion on the work's talk (4 commas in a title?) I changed the title to the hookier and still believe that the title itself is a hook. I didn't change the hook versions above but the title. No link to cantata please - working on it. My next suggestion:

ALT4 ... that Bach wrote Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 in Weimar and loved his cantata so much that he reworked it in Leipzig 17 years later?

• restart in front: now that we missed Bach's birthday for this I suggest to reserve it for Pentecost 23 May, the occasion Bach wrote the piece for:

ALT5 ... that Bach wrote the cantata for Pentecost Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 in Weimar and reworked it in Leipzig 17 years later? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Timbuwarra

• ... that timbuwarra are sometimes used to teach Wiru boys which hole to aim for during sex so as to avoid causing pregnancy?

Created by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk). Nominated by --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't see reliable reference for the hook. Materialscientist (talk) 10:11, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, how about this:

...that a timbuwarra is sometimes described as a "female pinned by a penis to the wig" in certain rites of the Wiru people of Papua New Guinea? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:31, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

They were not that - they were worn in that fashion. Materialscientist (talk) 00:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

What about this:

...that a timbuwarra is sometimes worn in a fashion described as a "female pinned by a penis to the wig"? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:42, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

UdiWWW

• ...that UdiWWW was among the first web browsers to support the HTML 3 specification?

• ALT1:...that Bernd Richter abandoned development of the UdiWWW HTML3 web browser following the release of Microsoft's ActiveX Development Kit?

Created by Smallman12q (talk). Nominated by Smallman12q (talk) at 20:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length verified, but neither of the two refs provided for the main hook (which sounds better) is reliable. Can you find better sources? Materialscientist (talk) 06:23, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll try.Smallman12q (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I've added a more reliable source from http://www.uni-ulm.de/uni/veroeff/fb/93-95/126.html.en ..."It is the only one from all common used WWW Browser which implements the most properties of the Hypertext-Markup-Language (HTML) in version 3. UdiWWW is, therefore, eg. the first Window WWW Browser capable of making HTML3 mathematical equations visible and supporting the Portable-Network-Graphics (PNG) format as well as all Netscape extension not being standardised.". Hope this helps.Smallman12q (talk) 22:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. This reference will do. Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Martyrs' Lane

• ... that the Martyrs' Lane in Baku, Azerbaijan has dedicated to those killed by the Red Army during Black January and later to those killed in Nagorno-Karabakh War?

5x expanded by User:NovaSkola (talk). Self nom at --NovaSkola (talk) 08:02, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

• Currently only a x3 expansion, needs to be x5 to qualify. Gatoclass (talk) 07:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Otumba de Gómez Farías

• ... that the town of Otumba, Mexico has an annual Donkey Fair where the animals feature in fashion shows and costume contests?

5x expanded by Thelmadatter (talk). Self nom at 03:42, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date and expansion check out. Hook checks out on online citation no.7. Please could you kindly put the no.7 reference (Desconocido magazine) next to the hook in the header so that it is quickly verified? Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 11:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

DoneThelmadatter (talk) 14:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Tyler Seguin

• ... that Tyler Seguin, a center for the Plymouth Whalers won the 2009-10 Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the highest scorer in the Ontario Hockey League, with 106 points?

5x expanded by Captain Courageous (talk). Nominated by Captain Courageous (talk) at 03:13, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

• Im counting 2664 characters to the created size of 1214 which doesnt qualify under a 5x expansion. Sadly the article was re-created March 4th and posted here March 16th and is more than 5 days old. The last issue is the sourcing provided in the article indicates he is a co-recipient and not the sole winner. I do believe the hook would also require a source indicating that he is the sole winner of the award the way the hook is written, otherwise the hook should mention Taylor Hall as well. Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:20, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Joseph H. Allen

• ... that Joseph H. Allen, a volunteer infantryman and the 21st supervisor of the Town of Brunswick in New York, was brevetted Lieutenant colonel by Abraham Lincoln in 1865?

Created by UpstateNYer (talk). Self nom at 02:28, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Gowardia

• ... that Gowardia (pictured), a lichen found in arctic and alpine tundra on both sides of the world, is named after the lichenologist Trevor Goward?

Created by Millifolium (talk). Self nom at 00:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 15

Walter Lappert

• ... that Walter Lappert started an ice cream company at age 61, and on Kauai, with a population of only 40,000 people, he sold out his first batch of 17,000 liters in just two weeks in 1983?

Created by Alawa (talk). Self nom at 22:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• Nice hook, but the source doesn't actually state he sold the whole first batch on Kauai. Gatoclass (talk) 07:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
• Thanks. Sorry for delay in respnding, I'm traveling. The sources do say he sold originally only from his own shops, and that he began with one location at Hanapepe and later other locations on island of Kauai. It is not clear from sources when he began selling beyond Kauai or when (or if) he allowed re-selling through other channels to wider markets. I cannot document the negative--that he did not initially export off-island, which it seems is what you suggest is necessary to make the point, but it seems self-evident that did not happen in the first two weeks of business. Hope this can still be considered. Appreciate the comment.Alawa (talk) 18:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Tambouras

• ... that the tambouras, a Greek traditional string instrument, is completely different from the Indian version?

Created by 187.59.18.121 (talk). Nominated by Chzz (talk) at 22:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT 1 -

• ... that the tambouras, a Greek traditional string instrument of the lute family and ancestor of the bouzouki, features movable frets? - I.M.S. (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

As it will appear exotic and interesting to many readers, I would simply state something about the instrument itself. - I.M.S. (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• I like ALT1, or I see potential for an April Fools Day Tamboura/Tambouras hook. However, the article must have inline citations for DYK; it currently has none. cmadler (talk) 23:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Comment I agree with ALT 1; I will endeavour to improve the referencing; as it was created by a (changing) IP, I may not be able to contact them to improve references - from discussions with them, I believe that they are going to create an account, so I will try. I will also try and source at least some of it, in-line, myself.  Chzz  ►  23:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Fixed? I have added inline citations to support at least all the facts given in ALT1.  Chzz  ►  00:39, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

David Holman

• ... that while working for Jim Henson's company David Holman helped launch the original Muppet Show and went on doing television production for over three decades including soap operas and prime time?

5x expanded by Benjiboi (talk). Self nom at 22:19, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• • I'm open to any hook changes. Also , , and are the direct source links, I think it highlights his last name so not too hard to see. -- Banjeboi 22:19, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• I cannot see a 5x expansion as from 15 March. It goes from 3114 to 3831 characters. I have not checked the hook.--Storye book (talk) 13:39, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• The article was stubbed down and re-expanded roughly 12x . -- Banjeboi 20:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
• Thank you for that information. I've checked the hook and citation, and it's fine. I agree that you did stub it down to 328 characters, and it's now 3831. This is my first week of reviewing DYK, so as I didn't know that a 5x expansion counted as from a stubbing-down, please forgive me if I ask for a second opinion on this one. Then we all know where we are. Second opinion, please, someone?--Storye book (talk) 08:50, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

you've done great job referencing the previous article, which had no refs at all, but the text is neither new nor 5x expanded. Materialscientist (talk) 06:33, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Causes of the May Revolution

• ... that one of the main causes of the May Revolution could have been when Napoleon crowned his own brother Joseph Bonaparte, as the new Spanish King?

Created/expanded by MBelgrano (talk). Nominated by Venustas 12 (talk) at 17:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• Well? Venustas 12 (talk) 04:29, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
• will someone please say something?Venustas 12 (talk) 23:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Patience, there are a lot of articles requiring attention from the admins. Just by glancing at the article it seems to pass length, cite existence, cite format and date requirements. But your hook fact needs some work. The fact that Napoleon crowned his own brother Joseph Bonaparte as the Spanish King is cited after the sentence in the article but not the second part of the hook that it was "one of the main" causes of the May Revolution. You need to cite right after the sentence where ever in the article it says this. -- Esemono (talk) 05:00, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that one of the causes of the May Revolution could have been when Napoleon crowned his own brother Joseph Bonaparte, as the new Spanish King? -- Venustas 12

• You should add a new hook as ALT1 instead of just changing the original one so that people can see there has been action taken. -- Esemono (talk) 04:40, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 14

MyTwoCensus

• ... that the idea for MyTwoCensus, a political watchdog of the 2010 U.S. Census, was first conceived by journalist Stephen Robert Morse as he was looking for a job on Craigslist?

Created by 24.132.199.175 (talk). Nominated by Fetchcomms (talk) at 20:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

The Possum

• ...that the Parks and Recreation episode "The Possum" features an opossum that some commentators described as an allegory for capital punishment?

5x expanded by Hunter Kahn (talk). Nominated by Hunter Kahn (talk) at 12:57, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

John Erskine Clarke

• ... that John Erskine Clarke produced the world's first Parish Magazine at Derby in 1859?

Created by Motmit (talk). Self nom at 21:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• Date, length verified. The provided reference suggests the magazine was started in 1859, but I missed a ref for "world's first". Materialscientist (talk) 09:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

It must be the first in the Anglican Communion, as there is only one higher authority than Cantuar. Whether other denominations have what is called a "parish magazine" and if they do, whether any of them predate this one, is something of which I could find no evidence when I created the Parish magazine article. I was hoping a particular expert (DU) might have picked this up. You could drop "world's", but without it, it could read as just the first in Derby. Over to you. Rgds Motmit (talk) 13:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Does this help? Seems to imply that its the first in the UK and maybe the world. First in Derby would be lame, but "first Anglican" would be a larger claim if refs are not convincing of a larger claim Victuallers (talk) 19:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Hm ... IMO, it only confuses the matter. Materialscientist (talk) 04:27, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Leith Hall

• ... that Leith Hall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland is said to be haunted by the ghost of Laird John Leith, who was shot in the head on Christmas Day in 1763 during a drunken brawl?

Created by Himalayan Explorer (talk). Nominated by Himalayan Explorer (talk) at 21:19, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• Both sources ( ) cited for this fact in the article say he died on Christmas day, but was shot a few days earlier. Are these sources reliable, btw? I've removed the link to 1763 in the hook per MOS:UNLINKYEARS. ≈ Chamal  ¤ 13:23, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The Rosales Saga, Tree (novel), The Pretenders (novel), Mass (novel)

• ... that the novels Tree, The Pretenders, and Mass are parts of F. Sionil José’s (pictured) series The Rosales Saga?

• Comment: Quadrupled hook nominations

Created by AnakngAraw (talk). Self nom at 19:42, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• If this image is used, its alt text needs to be improved to meet the guidelines at WP:ALT. rʨanaɢ (talk) 16:19, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• Image is used below for T:TDYK#Viajero

The Power of Madonna

• ... that Madonna (pictured) licensed her entire music catalogue to the television series Glee, resulting in the tribute episode "The Power of Madonna"?

Created by Frickative (talk). Self nom at 19:08, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello (Glee)

• ... that Broadway performer Idina Menzel's casting in the Glee episode "Hello" followed a fan campaign based on her resemblance to series star Lea Michele?

Created by Frickative (talk). Self nom at 19:08, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 13

Marine Personnel Carrier

Add alt-text!

• ... that the U.S. Marine Corps wants to acquire the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Marine Personnel Carrier, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle and vehicles from the BCT Ground Combat Vehicle Family (all pictured) within the next decade?

Created by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk). Nominated by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) at 22:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Throne of God

• ...that Jewish, Christian and Muslim scriptures all make repeated references to the Throne of God in the Seven Heavens? Sherurcij 01:16, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Treaty of Seringapatam, Third Anglo-Mysore War

• ... that under the terms of the Treaty of Seringapatam, which ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War in 1792, Tipu Sultan was required to surrender two of his sons as hostages of war?

Created by Magicpiano (talk). Self nom at 14:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

• Note Treaty of Seringapatam is new; Third Anglo-Mysore War is 5x expansion. Magic♪piano 14:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Drs. Foster & Smith

• ... that Drs. Foster & Smith, a US$250 million pet supply company, initially refused to spend any money on internet advertising, despite launching its online operations the same year as Pets.com?

• Comment: article was developed outside of mainspace over a period of time & moved into mainspace today

Created by ThaddeusB (talk), DFSBrent (talk). Nominated by ThaddeusB (talk) at 04:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

I am considering trying to bring this article up to GA status in the future. As such, if the reviewer is willing to assess the article and/or provide constructive criticism I would much appreciate it. Thanks, ThaddeusB (talk) 04:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• How about something like: ALT1 "That Drs. Foster & Smith, a successful pet supply company, spent no money advertising its website, despite competitor Pets.Com's spending millions on its way to bankruptcy in 2000?" About review, I suggest your requesting a wp:PR after DYK is published. I'll comment at Talk page of article about one matter, briefly. --doncram (talk) 18:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

• I'd prefer the original. The Drs. Foster & Smith doesn't actually say Pets.com was spending its way to bankruptcy (and the situation was a bit more complicated that just overspending). I'd prefer to keep the article (and hook) focused on F&S rather than go on a tangent as to why Pets.com failed. --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• Okay to keep focus on Drs. Foster & Smith, and my proposed alt hook was not perfect either. I was bothered, i guess, by vagueness of "initially" and "the same year as" in the proposed hook. Why not give a specific year. How long is initially, anyhow? For one week? For two years? I am not sure any specific length of time is given in the source, either, which seemed a bit vague when i looked for it the other day. I also don't know if the company actually "refused" to web-advertise. Did someone ask them too, and they actually said no? Or is it just observed that they didn't advertise. And does the source actually know that they did not advertise. There are advertising monitoring services which track/estimate advertising dollars spent by companies in various media; I don't think the source cited mentioned checking in one of those, or otherwise stating the reason for its assertion that the company didn't web-advertise. Maybe I am being too literal though. Perhaps another DYK reviewer would/could check and approve of this one. --doncram (talk) 16:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

• All valid points. To address most of them, perhaps ALT2: that Drs. Foster & Smith, a US$250 million pet supply company, elected not to spend any money on internet advertising when it launched online operations in 1998, the same year as Pets.com was founded?

Alternatively, a different fact can be chosen:

• ALT3: that Drs. Foster & Smith owns the two most widely distributed pet product catalogs in the United States?
• ALT4: that Race Foster and Marty Smith, co-founders of pet supply company Drs. Foster & Smith, hosted the Animal Planet TV show Faithful Friends for two years?

--ThaddeusB (talk) 17:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)