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DYK Suggestions

Got a new article you think is DYK-worthy but too skeered to post it yourself? List it here, along with the date. New ones at the top. That said, feel free to add it yourself, just follow the rules, try not to be boring or provicinal and, oh yeah, follow the rules. :)

• Communication by submarines (2004-Sep-9)

The rules (general)

• DYK is NOT NOT NOT a general trivia section.
• This section is only for items that have been listed on "NEW PAGES" since the last update of DYK.

The rules (formatting)

• The title of the new article should be '''BOLD''' and placed on TOP as the FIRST ITEM.
• Generally limited to FOUR items, but whatever the case--just make sure it fits whatever else is on the page at that time. Use your common sense.

The rules (images)

• The standard image code is div style="float:right;margin-left:1em;"> ]</div>, but feel free to use a pixel width smaller than 100px or shift the alignment to the left.
• Sometimes new articles won't have images, but you can usually use a flag for a topic with a national connection.
• The item with an associated image should be the FIRST ITEM, even if that means breaking the "first in, first out" rule. Try not to add an item to the top of DYK without adding an associated image. If you add one without an image, add it as the 2nd, 3rd or 4th item or hide the picture.
• If an article does not have an image, but you use a related image to display on DYK, please add that image to the article.

The rules (selections)

• Look for articles that are +1,000 characters in size. NO STUBS.
• Try to pick articles that are a.) ORIGINAL to Misplaced Pages (not 1911 or other data sources) and b.) interesting.
• The "Did you know?" fact MUST be mentioned in the article.
• Try to avoid country-centrism and topic-centrism. No DYK installment should have four entries relating to the United States or computer topics, etc.

The rules (updates)

• Updates can be as often as warranted, but items removed after less than six hours don't really get a fair share of exposure, and items posted more than 24 hours seem to become stale.
• The items do not have to be replaced four-for-four (one-by-one additions are fine), but keep the item that has an associated image on top.
• Please ARCHIVE expired items in Misplaced Pages:Recent additions