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[edit] Instructions

Using a DYK suggestion string (see below examples), list new suggestions in the candidate entries section below under the date the article was created or the expansion began (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the top. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion; self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination.

[edit] DYK criteria

Official criteria: DYK rules and additional guidelines
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[edit] How to list a new nomination

For a simplified version of these instructions, see User:Rjanag/Quick DYK.

Please use one of the strings below to post your DYK nomination, using the "author" and "nominator" fields to identify the users who should receive credit for their contributions if the hook is featured on the main page.

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[edit] Candidate entries

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 19

[edit] Adenanthos cuneatus

  • ... that Adenanthos cuneatus has been called sweat bush, from the propensity of horses to break out in a sweat after eating it?
  • Comment: looking for an image

Created by Casliber (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 20:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Ananda Temple Bagan.jpg

[edit] Feature-oriented domain analysis

[edit] Need Your Love So Bad

[edit] Ananda Temple

[edit] The Master of Game

[edit] 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 a benchmark for early watershed surveys? Created by Finetooth (talk). Self nom at 17:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Parallel compression

  • 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)

[edit] Green glazed pottery of Atzompa, Santa María Atzompa

  • 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)

[edit] Union Avenue Historic Commercial District

  • Symbol delete vote.svg Needs wikilinks in the hook, but before anyone checks it's much too old: mostly expanded months ago.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 15:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I have corrected the no wikilinks issue. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:37, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Laptodora

[edit] Neville McNamara

Outdoor half portrait of grinning man in light-coloured uniform with pilot's wings on left pocket, wearing peaked cap


[edit] Domain engineering

[edit] Sea interferometry

  • ... that sea interferometry uses radio waves reflected off the surface of the sea to improve the resolution of a single radio detector? Created by Reyk (talk). Self nom at 08:51, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Date, length, and hook reference verified. I also made the "s" in "sea" lowercase, since the reference you use writes it that way when it is in a sentence. Cool article! James McBride (talk) 16:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Eyewall replacement cycle

[edit] American Civil War medicine

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

[edit] It's A Crime, Mr. Collins

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 18

[edit] Rapid Lake, Quebec

[edit] Lacey Brown

Picture of Megan Joy (formerly Corkrey)


[edit] Rugby-Bundesliga 2009–10

[edit] Mesame Dasi

[edit] Konstantin Bozveliev

[edit] Bonnie McCarroll

[edit] New Fairy Tales (1844)

A top and a ball (both with human facial features) lay among other toys in an illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen, Andersen's first illustrator.

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Length and date verified, offline refs accepted in good faith. --Bruce1eetalk 15:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] The Jawa Report

[edit] Firmat

  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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)

[edit] Cape Sparrow

Rotund little bird with a thick bill and bright markings

5x expanded by Innotata (talk). Self nom at 21:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Verified, but the picture is not a very attractive one and I suggest you substitute one of the others. Gatoclass (talk) 09:37, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Passer melanurus (2 males).jpg

This is probably the best. I've added it in the infobox, and it is a quality picture on the commons. Two images of the female are usable, and I may make some usable crops. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 14:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] GRB 991216

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Length, date, and hook reference verified. James McBride (talk) 03:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto

[edit] Hexis Racing

A Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBRS9


[edit] The Natural Order

[edit] Volta Laboratory and Bureau

The stairs and front entrance to an impressive Renessaince Revial era institutional building, with brass plaques on both sides of the portico.
The 1893 Volta Bureau building in Washington, D.C.
  • Symbol delete vote.svg 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)

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[edit] Sexual Healing (South Park)

A man wearing a black suit jacket and gray tie smiles as he speaks into a microphone.

    • 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. Symbol confirmed.svg Date, size, and hook verified. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 03:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Gandan Sumtseling Monastery

Gandan Sumtseling Monastery.jpg

  • Symbol confirmed.svg - I checked the bit about the fifth dalai lama so

... that the Fifth Dalai Lama established the Gandan Sumtseling Monastery (pictured) in Zhongdian, Yunnan in China in 1679? Victuallers (talk) 12:07, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Utility room

  • 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 Wikipedia 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)

[edit] John Toner

  • Article moved from userspace on March 18. –Grondemar 04:10, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 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)
  • Symbol question.svg 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 17

[edit] Perugia Papacy

Tomb of Pope Benedict XI


[edit] Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Ivan Kramskoi’s 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)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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)


[edit] Walsh-Kaiser Company

  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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?

[edit] Pitcher (container)

Eleanor Roosevelt's water pitcher

  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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. SilverserenC 19:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists

[edit] Typhoon Nida (2009)

Symbol question.svg Through a synthesis of 2 sources, I can conclude that Nida was more intense than Hurricane Rick. However, I can't conclude that it was the most intense hurricane of 2009. Although I could if you used this as a source. -Atmoz (talk) 04:12, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
umm i have a webcited copy of that page as a source, for now its ref 20.Jason Rees (talk) 04:17, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Yup. They're exactly the same, except the title and the image. Which would have been good enough for me, since it's obviously true. But since these are news sources that can't predict that there wouldn't be a new TC that would be of greater intensity. There obviously wasn't, but now I'm not sure if it's good enough for DYK. -Atmoz (talk) 04:44, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Ideally it would be sourced to a news report towards the end of December/early January. But having looked last night at some of the major weather stations (ie: Jeff Masters and Accuweather) reviews of the weather in 2009 they dont mention the strongest tropical cyclone of the year. Ill keep looking though but if i cant find one which is referenced back to all of the JMA BT since 1950: Jason Rees (talk) 16:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I agree about the source. I've looked but I can't find anything. -Atmoz (talk) 18:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg confirmed. Not sure which hook I like better. -Atmoz (talk) 18:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Las Damas Romanas

Juan Luna’s Las Damas Romanas.

.(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)


[edit] Annunciation to the shepherds

Annunciation to the Shepherds by Gaddi Taddeo


[edit] Ulnaby

[edit] Tetarteron and Histamenon

Obverse and revers of gold coin, showing busts of Christ and crowned emperor


[edit] Washington Bottom Farm

[edit] Villa de Zaachila

  • Seems good. 5x expansion. Age OK Pictogram voting keep.svg anyone speak Spanish to check hook? Victuallers (talk) 13:13, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Basilikon

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Verified; the bit about the Catalan Company must be in Hendy 1985, which I have no access to, so I was unable to verify the referencing entirely. Todor→Bozhinov 19:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Sera Chöding Hermitage

Sera Chöde.jpg

[edit] Green Mada’in Association for Agricultural Development

[edit] Valentine Kiss and Sayuri Kokushō

  • I just created the Sayuri Kokushō article as well, so can this be a double article DYK? I've never done one of those, so I'm not sure how that works. I'll be continuing to expand the Sayuri Kokushō article today, as well, so it will have even more information. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 21:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
  • You can just add the second article; no problem. Ucucha 22:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Norrie May-Welby

  • ... that in March 2010 Australia became the first country in the world to officially recognise a 'non-specified' gender, when Norrie May-Welby was found to be neither a man nor a woman? Created by Mais oui! (talk). Nominated by Mais oui! (talk) at 05:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Too short, article needs a minimum of 1500 characters of text, currently only has 837. Gatoclass (talk) 06:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
  • I have expanded it. Please recheck. SilverserenC 17:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Cruise Purple

[edit] Cattle and Cane

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Verified original hook, can't feature the alt per our BLP rules. Gatoclass (talk) 06:35, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Yanko Sakazov

[edit] Orvieto Papacy

A sixteenth century well

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Source says he took refuge in 1528 and doesn't mention the Sack of Rome. Gatoclass (talk) 06:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Suggest rephrase: Savidan 08:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Verified alt, image verified as PD. Gatoclass (talk) 08:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge

  • Symbol possible vote.svg There are no inline citations (including the hook).
I'm not sure what you mean, there are two inline cites in the article, and the basic rules of the challenge are on the official website, which is also linked from the article. Since the hook is based on the official rules it seems verified to me. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Alfrredo Navarro Salanga

  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 16

[edit] Renaissance Papacy

[edit] Harry Crosby

ALT1 ... that Harry Crosby, who had an open marriage with his wife Caresse Crosby and published early works of struggling writers like James Joyce and Ezra Pound, committed suicide in a pact with his lover?

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

[edit] Siege of Leith

  • Comment: alts welcome

Created by Victuallers (talk), Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk). Self nom at 23:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Thx - happy with alt Victuallers (talk) 09:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Billie Jean black sequin jacket

ALT1 is 267 characters, exceeding the max. -- btphelps (talk) (contribs) 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)

[edit] Manawan, Quebec

[edit] Muckaty station

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Looks okay. Certified quirky. Gatoclass (talk) 11:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172

Symbol question.svg 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.:
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?

[edit] Timbuwarra

[edit] UdiWWW

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

[edit] Dorofei

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Hilarious! AGF on Russian sources. Found confirmation at Pravda Online, which, however, I don't think is a reliable source, so I didn't add to the article. cmadler (talk) 20:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
ALT1

... that after losing a fight with Mikhail Gorbachev's cat, Dmitry Medvedev's cat Dorofei was castrated? --Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 06:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Symbol confirmed.svg English source supports both hooks. Prefer ALT1. cmadler (talk) 13:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Lionello Cecil

Note: someone else created it, but it was basically a word for word copy of another web page. I have rewritten it somewhat. Aiken ♫ 14:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Added "microphone" to hook, because that's what both the source and the article say. cmadler (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Walter Cornock

  • ... that despite being an Australian, Walter Cornock played both professional football and first-class cricket for English teams? Created by 8lgm (talk). Self nom at 12:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] AN/PSQ-20

A soldier walking in a forest, wearing grey-green camouflage and helmet, holding a gun with both hands. A yellow colored night vision device is attached to his helmet.

  • Symbol confirmed.svg-Length, date, hook, and source are fine. $10,000 for night-vision is a bit steep...even for the military=P.Smallman12q (talk) 21:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Martyrs' Lane

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

[edit] Bracken, Texas

A new reference has been added, and the claim is also made in the Batcon.org page at the bottom of the paragraph. --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:30, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I wouldn't be comfortable referencing a claim as strong as this with sources like these. While they may be Wikipedia-reliable, I would prefer an actual peer-reviewed or otherwise academic source if I were to write the article. Ucucha 01:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
doi:10.1093/icb/icn051 says it's one of the largest colonies in their study area, and ISBN 9780801434754 that it is the largest bat colony in the world. Ucucha 01:22, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I added another reference, which also supports the claim. It is probably one of the most reliable sites on the web: Handbook of Texas Online. --William S. Saturn (talk) 04:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I changed the wording of the hook to "colony", which aligns it with the Handbook's wording and is less vague. Ucucha 12:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Art Pavilion in Zagreb

  • ... that the Art Pavilion gallery was originally built for an exhibition in Budapest and then transported to Zagreb, where it was re-built in 1898?
  • Comment: Expanded from 602 characters to around 3,300

5x expanded by Timbouctou (talk). Self nom at 06:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Symbol confirmed.svg 5x expansion is a fact, hook, length and date verified as well. Todor→Bozhinov 13:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Tyler Seguin

  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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)

[edit] Joseph H. Allen

Engraving portrait of a man with wavy hair, bushy eyebrows, and a large beard; man is wearing a suit and facing to his left.

[edit] Gowardia

  • ... that Gowardia, 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)

[edit] Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Looks good. Changed the hook a bit to match the article; I hope you don't mind. NW (Talk) 03:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Noah Marullo

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 15

[edit] Berserker Range

  • Comment: dull hook I know, but I thought it was notable for its funny name, as the ex-roleplayer that I am...Casliber (talk · contribs) 18:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Created by Casliber (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 18:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Ostrogothic Papacy

Pope Symmachus


[edit] Annette Dasch

[edit] Robert Crichton Wyllie

man in 19th-century military uniform

  • Comment: moved to main space on March 15 after developing for a few days in User space

Created by W Nowicki (talk). Nominated by W Nowicki (talk) at 22:48, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Sean Reilly (Louisiana politician)

[edit] Fang Island

[edit] MUZU TV

  • Symbol question.svg While this does check out in all regards, "is seen as" strikes me as a bit weasel-wordy. Care to suggest a different hook for this article, or a rewording of this one? cmadler (talk) 12:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Yes, if that solves the problem. --candle•wicke 20:55, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Hengelbrock

[edit] Battles of Wenden (1577–1578)

[edit] Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus

Even hexagon in which the diametric corners are connected.


[edit] Coucoucache, Quebec

[edit] James Cumming

  • Symbol question.svg-I can't find the source for this. Your reference to The 1702 chair of chemistry at Cambridge: transformation and change states page 318, yet the book has 318 pages. Are you sure it is on the last page?Smallman12q (talk) 21:12, 16 March 2010 (UTC) The "318" is the number of pages (pp means pages) - I missed adding p.146 (which I have now added) sorry and thx for review Victuallers (talk) 22:08, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • The pp paramater isn't meant for that, its meant to indicate multiple pages fro example 5-7, whereas the p paramater is for a single page. I'm not sure if you are aware, but there is a citation tool at http://reftag.appspot.com/ that will make it much much easier to cite google books=P.
  • Now as for the source, I looked at page 146, and was a bit perplexed as to the lexical ambiguity of their sentence, despite the fact that this was a Cambridge University Press publication . It states "...and frequently executed a cat with an electric shock." How does one interpret this? Was a cat frequently executed via electrocution in that it had multiple lives...or was it that the professor electrocuted a single cat at a time? Your current phrasing "where he was known to electrocute a cat?" implies that there was a single cat which was electrocuted multiple times by the professor. The text, however, appears to implie that by executing a cat, that he killed one cat each time. This really isn't your fault, but rather the author who introduced lexical ambiguity by using poor grammar.
  • There's also the question of "entertaining". The source states that "Cumming literally shocked audiences with an electric shock". Although from a sardonic viewpoint, this could be considered entertaining, I'm not quite sure if "shocking" people would be considered entertainment here on wikipedia...(this is of course debatable).
  • It was a most interesting read...to see that a dept. chair would condone and partake in such behavior is indeed of interest=P.
  • I hope you do not find me to be an adversary, but here at Wikipedia we do try and strive for accuracy when possible. I cannot rate this DYK nomination because I have edited the article and would not like to create a COI(conflict of interest), however, another editor is free to evaluate this DYK nomination.Smallman12q (talk) 00:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
    Sorry, I have only read this thread and haven't seen the article at all, but I oppose the hook, merely because it would naturally induce negative reaction in most readers, not to mention cat lovers. In other words, I don't see a need for selecting negative facts of questionable notability for the main page. Materialscientist (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
No problem with the "frequently executed a cat" - as any fule kno you cannot execute an individual cat more than once. Don't see any issue with shocking his audiences either. Sounds quite jolly. DuncanHill (talk) 01:02, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict)I have started a thread at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Lexical_Ambiguity.Smallman12q (talk) 01:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Green Lantern (film)

  • Comment for reviewers: the page itself was created 2007-11-07 which included a couple of articles that failed WP:NFF but was redirected to Green Lantern in other media#Film until 2010-03-15. The current article created on 2010-03-15 is the first that meets WP:NFF.-TriiipleThreat (talk) 16:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump

  • Moved to mainspace on March 15. tedder (talk) 02:55, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] America is in the Heart

[edit] Frankish Papacy

[edit] 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)

[edit] Tambouras

illustration of a man in pantaloons, playing a stringed woooden instrument with a long, thin neck

  • ALT 1 -

... that the Tambouras, a Greek traditional string instrument of the lute family and ancestor of the bouzouki, features moveable 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)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg 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)

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Yes, I was going to point out the inline citation problem as well. The article looks great now (hook fact is sourced). - I.M.S. (talk) 02:23, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] David Holman

    • I'm open to any hook changes. Also [1], [2], and [3] 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)

[edit] 1882–83 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Confirmed length, article creation, hook length. AGF for offline source. Good hook! cmadler (talk) 23:55, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Allan Walters

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a caucasian man in dark tie, white shirt, and dark jacket with pilot's wings on left-breast pocket


[edit] Toxotes chatareus

Side view of a silvery-gold fish with four brown stripes occupying most of the centre foreground, with a dark background. The fish is arrowhead-shaped, with a pointed snout and large eye

  • Comment: Image probably needs to be cropped to remove the watermark, but I'm not sure how to do that. Intelligentsium 00:12, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svgDate, length, and refs are good. I'd change the hook to say what this animal is, in case it doesn't get a picture:
  • I also think that as cool as their fecundity is, spitting water at their prey is way cooler. How about a hook like:
  • ... that the seven spotted archerfish can hunt terrestrial insects by spitting a stream of water at them to knock them into the water, even when they are up to 1.5 meters away?
Millifolium (talk) 06:42, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Watermarked images are copyrighted. Cropping the watermark is not a solution.--Wetman (talk) 14:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
The copyright holder has licensed the image under a license appropriate for Wikipedia. The terms of that license include permission for the creation of derivative works, such as a version with the watermark cropped away. Ucucha 14:26, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I removed the watermark. Millifolium (talk) 17:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I don't think the fact about spitting water at their prey should be used as the hook, as it was already used in the hook for another species of the same genus, Toxotes jaculatrix or the banded archerfish (which I also wrote). Its fecundity seems to be the next most interesting fact, but I suppose I could add something about its ability to jump out of the water. Intelligentsium 23:54, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Minuscule 658, Minuscule 659, Minuscule 661

[edit] Lango Sinkamba

  • Comment: "Marathonian"? No, "marathon athlete". – ukexpat (talk) 03:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Causes of the May Revolution

Joseph Bonaparte

[edit] Mohini

alt = A wooden nude woman, wearing garlands and holding a flower and parrot, leaning on a stick. Two bearded nude maen with erect penises pointing to her, with folded hands held above their heads.

  • I prefer the wooden sculpture. But if nudity is an issue, I suggest the other one. Though the latter image is not used in the article, an image showing the whole sculpture is used, but that one does not look good in 100X100 px. --Redtigerxyz Talk 14:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
WP:NOTCENSORED. Pick whatever image more effectively illustrates the article. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 14:17, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Commented 1 image. --Redtigerxyz Talk 19:07, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svgDate, length, and refs all good. Easy contender for lead hook. The image is fine. Ceoil sláinte 20:22, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Sixteenth government of Israel

[edit] Carlbury

[edit] Sebacina

A white crust covers the base and low branches of a plant.

  • …that the fungal genus Sebacina (S. concrescence pictured) includes species that can encrust the stem bases of living plants? Created by RunningClam (talk). Nominated by Sasata (talk) at 06:34, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Viterbo Papacy

Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo


[edit] Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind

[edit] Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 14

[edit] MyTwoCensus

[edit] The Possum

[edit] Richard Stapley

[edit] Cécile DeWitt-Morette

[edit] Weekend Wogan

[edit] Kevin Reilly (Louisiana politician)

[edit] Oryzomys nelsoni

[edit] Euryoryzomys emmonsae

[edit] John Erskine Clarke

[edit] Leith Hall

[edit] Christopher Bruun

[edit] The Rosales Saga, Tree (novel), The Pretenders (novel), Mass (novel)

Author of 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)


[edit] The Power of Madonna

A middle-aged woman with wavy blonde hair smiles, gazing to her right


[edit] Hello (Glee)

[edit] Karl Ludwig Giesecke

[edit] Taklung Monastery and Riwoche Monastery

[edit] Thistle, Utah

An arial picture of of a de-stabilized mountain sliding and creating a dam and lake. Various construction activity is present to the left of the slide area.

Note: One of the key sources for this hook is currently down. Google's cached version [4] can confirm the hook in the interim.Dave (talk) 08:23, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Site is back up.Dave (talk) 16:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Date, image and 5x expansion OK. The citation for the hook is your reference no.12, and it took me a while to find the right one. Your hook is already in the header, so please could you kindly put reference no.12 next to it for easy verification? If you could then please message me on my talk page, I'll update this review.--Storye book (talk) 20:53, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

  • Symbol question.svg Date and length OK. I finally found the reference to two or three times per year in your citation 3, on page 249 of the pdf file. I couldn't get citation 1 to link up, but maybe that's the slow broadband in my village. So, to help the rest of us verify your hook, please could you kindly copy it into the header, with a clear citation link to the same pdf file alongside, saying that it's on page 249? Please message me on my talk page when you've done it, so that I can update this review.--Storye book (talk) 20:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] German submarine U-78 (1940)

  • Symbol question.svg Two problems which should be easily solved. (1) It's not quite 5x expansion (518→2526 bytes of prose only). But you'll only need to make it up to 2590 bytes of actual prose. (2) If you could copy your hook with this online citation into the header, it would be more easily verified.--Storye book (talk) 20:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Both done.--White Shadows you're breaking up 20:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Araneagryllus

  • Pictogram voting keep.svg Date and length OK. Officially this is accepted AGF due to offline refs, but (a) the online abstract for offline citation implies that gryllus means cricket, and (b) aranea is close enough to arachne, which we've all heard of, so this should really be a green tick.--Storye book (talk) 20:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Older nominations

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 13

[edit] Throne of God

[edit] John Ricord

Kamehameha III

  • Comment: moved to main space March 13 after developing in user space for a few days

Created by W Nowicki (talk). Nominated by W Nowicki (talk) at 00:45, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Treaty of Seringapatam, Third Anglo-Mysore War

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

[edit] Neville Bertie-Clay

  • Symbol question.svg Looking good, but i think it is a little awkward to say, here and in article, that it was "in response to" the lower stopping power of the other bullet. The other bullet wasn't lower than this one, until this one was created. It was in response to perceived inadequacy / ineffectiveness of the other bullet in colonial warfare perhaps. So some rewording would help. Also interesting DYK-like factoid in article that the bullet was only to be used in colonial warfare, not against Europeans. --doncram (talk) 18:21, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 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: "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)

[edit] Into Temptation (film)

  • ... that writer/director Patrick Coyle first publicly showed his 2009 film Into Temptation at the hospice where his father stayed? Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Nominated by Hunter Kahn (talk) at 04:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Erioderma pedicellatum

Leafy blue-green lichen and reddish liverwort growing on tree

[edit] Bridge of Flowers (bridge)

Bridge of Flowers

  • ... that the Bridge of Flowers, originally built as a trolley bridge, was covered in plants after plans for demolition or reuse of the bridge were discouraged due to cost and the use of the bridge as the carrier of a water pipe? Created by Ktr101 (talk). Self nom at 21:55, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg This is really interesting, and meets the length and article creation requirements. Unfortunately, this article is sourced entirely to the Bridge of Flowers website, which is not a reliable secondary source. Please improve the article sourcing and then this can be used. cmadler (talk) 15:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Fixed. I found one sight but it triggered the spam filter, but another one was solid. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:34, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that, because it could not be repaired due to the cost, nor removed due to a major water main, a trolley bridge was turned into a garden called the Bridge of Flowers (pictured)? cmadler (talk) 17:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Bamba Sutherland

  • ... that Princess Bamba, the last of the family who ruled the Sikh Empire, was said to have "lived like an alien in her father’s kingdom"? Created by Victuallers (talk). Self nom at 20:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Colorado State Highway 35

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Date checks out. The problem is that the DYK checker comes up 696 characters of prose (lists and tables don't count), far short of the 2000 characters minimum. You have several days to expand the new article. Royalbroil 22:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Correction: the DYK requirement is 1500 characters of prose, not 2000. But 696 is too short either way. cmadler (talk) 14:26, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Boekenweek

  • Comment: The subject is also of interest because the event is currently being held till March 20, 2010.

Created by Simeon (talk). Self nom at 20:38, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Viajero

F. Sionil José

  • This image is also used in a nomination higher up; it should only be used once. rʨanaɢ (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] 2001 Angola train attack

Symbol possible vote.svg bare urls, need proper citation formatThelmadatter (talk) 15:58, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

is there a bot for that?--DAI (Δ) 16:17, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Antonio Alice

[edit] Flader J55

[edit] Twice Blessed

[edit] Chenowth Advanced Light Strike Vehicle

[edit] Agrimonia gryposepala

  • Symbol question.svg Why "but"? Many species in Rosaceae are woodland trees (eg those in Sorbus; Prunus etc). Ericoides (talk) 17:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Ron Gomez

[edit] State of War (novel)

  • Symbol question.svg Checks out, but where does a source say the author is "award winning"? -SusanLesch (talk) 04:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Symbol possible vote.svg Need third opinion here - I am not happy with most references, some statements (State of War was also called as "one of the finest novels of 1988" - by whom? is enotes.com respectable?) and maybe even notability of this novel (most Google hits are from book publishers, who would obviously promote a book they print). Materialscientist (talk) 23:55, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Symbol possible vote.svg On a quick glance, the sources linked at Questia and Goliath seem legitimate, though the citations in the article need to be fixed (for example, Questia is a link for a "[j]ournal article by Rocío G. Davis; World Literature Today, Vol. 73, 1999", and the citation in the article needs to reflect that; likewise for the article at Goliath). The Enotes, DirectEssays, and Amazon links should be removed as citations entirely, which leaves us without a citation for the hooked fact. Like you, I'm dubious about the notability of this novel. cmadler (talk) 14:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 12

[edit] Siobhan Magnus

  • Symbol question.svg At AFD, but all opinions are "keep". Just barely long enough, so it perhaps should be thrown out. Otherwise hook and date OK. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 21:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Gustav Storm

Created by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 23:43, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

  • Symbol question.svg OK except hook: problematic for point of view, something less subjective and more interesting would be preferable, and all sources are in Norwegian. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 21:36, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Thank your for the review. I agree that the original hook is not strictly a fact (although sort of presented as such in the cited source), but represents somebody's view. Have provided an alternative, more factual hook. Oceanh (talk) 23:05, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting keep.svg OK now. Original hook would be good, if nothing else would work and if the source was in English. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 16:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team

1901 Michigan Wolverines football team

  • Symbol question.svg Length, date and image all check out. But it's difficult to verify all the points in the hook as it's a complex article, and those online links which I accessed did not bear out the hook, apart from the 550-0. One of the online citation links is broken. So please could you copy the hook into the header, with all the appropriate citations alongside? If you let me know on my talk page when you done it (quote name of article), I can then update the review. Thanks.--Storye book (talk) 10:57, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
  • The 550-0 total score is verified by fn. 1 (which is on-line). The "Point-a-Minute" nickname is verified by fn. 2 (the Danzig book which is off-line). The part about the first Rose Bowl and game score are verified by fns. 25-26 (both on-line). The part about being rated one of the greatest teams of all-time is verified by fns. 28-32 (four of which are on-line). Let me know if there are other questions. Cbl62 (talk) 23:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Confederate war finance


Add alt-text!
Add rollover text!

  • ALT1:... that one of the ways that the Confederacy financed their military effort during the American Civil War was by issuing money which paid interest?
  • Comment: Maybe "92 times over" should be replaced by "by 9200%". Alt image for first hook could be the Confederate money (after "printing money" in the hook). An image for the alt hook could be the Confederate dollar stamped to indicate that interest had been paid. Other hooks can be generated from the article.

Created by Radeksz (talk). Nominated by Radeksz (talk) at 12:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Five-dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America
  • Here's an image of a Confederate banknote -- as an alternative to the graph. (This particular file is not in the article, but the image is in the in the article as part of a composite file that includes two banknotes.) --Orlady (talk) 14:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Comment: I say add the image with the two notes. --293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 07:58, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm fine with any of that. The two note image is nice (though I always like graphs - but that's just me).radek (talk) 15:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit

  • "...although Oxford Archaeology project manager David Score noted, that without analysis of all of the bodies, it was impossible to know for certain that all the decapitated men were Vikings.

[edit] Piercebridge

Piercebridge

  • This article has also been nominated as a double DYK (see nomination above, in same 12 March section)


[edit] Piercebridge Roman Fort

Piercebridge Roman Fort

  • This article has also been nominated as a double DYK (see nomination above, in same 12 March section)


[edit] Paro Taktsang

Taktshang2.jpg

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Date, length and hook check out.--Storye book (talk) 09:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 11

[edit] Palace of Omurtag

Excavated ruins at the Palace of Omurtag


[edit] GCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle

GCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle

    • Symbol possible vote.svg There is nothing in the article which says that this is the first US Military vehicle to have non-lethal weapons. Do you have a source that says this is the first? Also, the hook should say "is planned to" instead of "will" as this vehicle is still five years away from prototype and there's no way to know what it may have in the end. New Hampshirite (talk) 01:53, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
This source says it will be the first tactical vehicle with a less lethal weapon. Other strategic vehicles in the US Military, such as recovery vehicles, refueling vehicles, and transporters might have less lethal weapons but I've never heard of it before. I can manually check the weapon suites of other U.S. Military vehicles if you want me to. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Room & Board

  • Symbol confirmed.svg All ok, though hook is difficult to parse. Ceoil sláinte 16:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
  • And sorry it isn't very international. -SusanLesch (talk) 02:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Symbol question.svg Sorry for being rude (just asking questions which will likely fall onto our heads later), but I don't understand the main hook, the alt hook, why this company is notable, and why this nom isn't a promotion of that company. Materialscientist (talk) 07:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Materialscientist. Good question. I suppose it is promotion of a company. I rescued this article from deletion, and think if Wikipedia has an article about Pottery Barn (and other commercial entities) then we should have this one too. The hook was just a cool fact that I happened to find in The New York Times. I don't mind switching hooks or pulling this nomination if you'd like me to. -SusanLesch (talk) 00:52, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
ALT2: that for Room & Board, designer Vladimir Kagan built a facsimile of his sofa that Christie's had sold for $190,000?

[edit] Chee Kung Tong Society Building

Chee Kung Tong Society Hall Gate Back.JPG

  • What does "once mentioned" mean in this context? Does "delineated" mean "signified"?--Wetman (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Nothing personal, but did you even look at the picture or click the link? That aside, upon reading it again, it does sound abit clunky. Hmmmm.--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 18:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Almond Blossom Cross Country

Almond blossom aug 2007.jpg

  • Symbol question.svg Date and length check out, but citation link for hook is a blacklisted link. Could you find an alternative valid online link for the citation - or an alternative hook with verifiable citation?--Storye book (talk) 17:02, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


    • I spent a good half an hour trying to find a better cite but I found nothing. The site is blacklisted for spam reasons, but the linked article has obvious value for the article. The problem is a strange one: the reason is so obvious that no other sources seemed bothered to state the obvious! What can I do? Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)Join WikiProject Athletics! 17:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • I'd recommend an alternative hook, which will allow you to find a proper citation.--Storye book (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Or maybe not as that's blacklisted too! Let us pursue with the less elegant hook of:

[edit] Knut Kleve

  • ... that Knut Kleve is known for his restoration of papyrus fragments? 5x expanded by Oceanh (talk). Self nom at 00:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks for evaluating the hook, and suggesting a revised alternative. I like your suggestion, and either hook is fine with me. Oceanh (talk) 22:15, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Articles created/expanded on March 10

[edit] Jimmy Sexton

  • Corrected tense: lead -> led. Here and in the article. Jujutacular T · C 22:14, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Ah yes, my mistake. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 03:05, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] R v Burgess

  • Article lacks inline citations.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Canigou Cambrai

  • Many of the sources in the article seem somewhat questionable as far as their reliability is concerned. The fact in the hook, for example, is from pubquizhelp.com.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Swapped out the reference with an alternative, however it's in Icelandic. For some reason Crufts don't seem to host a simple list of winners on their website. Miyagawa (talk) 12:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Frank T. Johns

  • ... that Frank T. Johns, Presidential nominee of the Socialist Labor Party, died trying to rescue a drowning boy following his first speech of the 1928 campaign? 5x expanded by Carrite (talk). Self nom at 19:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
  • The hook doesn't mention what country it is talking about. I'm also a little concerned that the article is mostly based on the guy's own party's convention minutes.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:09, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] San Bartolo Coyotepec

  • It might be a good idea to write a "married Roman Catholic priest" since this wouldn't be unusual for other religions.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Mexico ought to be linked too, and consider linking "married Roman Catholic priest" to clerical marriage. Todor→Bozhinov 14:38, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • It is questionable if he is a Roman Catholic priest since the Church no longer recognizes him as such.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval History & Heritage Command

  • The article is almost completely based on a Navy website and not on secondary sources.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:14, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
  • The page has been updated with 7 separate outside sources including four published sources. Leachers1987 (talk) 20:42, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Symbol question.svg Need one citation per paragraph. A number of paragraphs are lacking one.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:31, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Comment: Leachers1987 has been adding them. OK now? – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] John Evan Thomas (1810 - 1873)

  • ... that Welsh sculptor John Evan Thomas was so often confused with English sculptor John Thomas that the authorities removed English Thomas's statue Boadicea to Wales, damaging it en route before it was realised that the statue was not Welsh Thomas's work? 5x expanded by