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*...that '''''[[William E. Baxter Jr. vs. the United States]]''''' determined that since [[poker]] was a game of skill, poker winnings should be treated as "[[wage|earned income]]" instead of "[[unearned income]]"? --- Self nom [[User:Balloonman|Balloonman]] ([[User talk:Balloonman|talk]]) 05:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
*...that '''''[[William E. Baxter Jr. vs. the United States]]''''' determined that since [[poker]] was a game of skill, poker winnings should be treated as "[[wage|earned income]]" instead of "[[unearned income]]"? --- Self nom [[User:Balloonman|Balloonman]] ([[User talk:Balloonman|talk]]) 05:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
**I changed "not" to "instead of". --[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] ([[User talk:BorgQueen|talk]]) 14:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
**I changed "not" to "instead of". --[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] ([[User talk:BorgQueen|talk]]) 14:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
***Works for me[[User:Balloonman|Balloonman]] ([[User talk:Balloonman|talk]]) 20:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
*...that if all the [[video game]]s traded at '''[[Goozex]]''' in 2007 were stacked on top of each other, the resulting pile would reach 2,132 feet (650 m), more than 450 feet (137 m) taller than [[Taipei 101]]? (self-nom; article created today, moved from sandbox (why it says October))--[[User:Michael Greiner|Michael]] [[User talk:Michael Greiner|Greiner]] 04:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
*...that if all the [[video game]]s traded at '''[[Goozex]]''' in 2007 were stacked on top of each other, the resulting pile would reach 2,132 feet (650 m), more than 450 feet (137 m) taller than [[Taipei 101]]? (self-nom; article created today, moved from sandbox (why it says October))--[[User:Michael Greiner|Michael]] [[User talk:Michael Greiner|Greiner]] 04:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
*...that free [[Multimedia Messaging Service|MMS]] were sent out to all 5.5 million <s>handphone</s>mobile subscribers in [[Singapore]] to alert them of the escape of [[Internal Security Act (Singapore)|ISA]] detainee '''[[Mas Selamat bin Kastari]]''', along with his photograph? - expanded substantially, [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 04:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
*...that free [[Multimedia Messaging Service|MMS]] were sent out to all 5.5 million <s>handphone</s>mobile subscribers in [[Singapore]] to alert them of the escape of [[Internal Security Act (Singapore)|ISA]] detainee '''[[Mas Selamat bin Kastari]]''', along with his photograph? - expanded substantially, [[User:Mailer diablo|Mailer Diablo]] 04:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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Candidate entries

Articles created/expanded on March 2

Can this be cleaned up some... too many commas to make for an easy read.Balloonman (talk) 07:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on March 1

Interesting! I was quoting Images of England and maybe they got it wrong. How about

Three possibilities for this one:

All self-noms. Daniel Case (talk) 20:38, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles created/expanded on February 29

Re-nominate. Forgot to bold Sakizaya previously.--23prootie (talk) 05:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I meant that none of the linked articles qualify, including Sakizaya people. On 7/19/07, that article had 2816 characters after excluding the usual exclusions described at #Suggestions. Now it has 6271 characters, after similar exclusions. However, #Suggestions states that the qualifying article should "be no more than five days old (former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days are acceptable)." It's over a year old (not "five days"), and the expansion is 6271/2816 = 2.2 times (not "fivefold"). Art LaPella (talk) 06:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that Flat Top Manor, built by the textile industrialist Moses H. Cone in 1900, was named after the nearby Flat Top Mountain, nowadays is called Moses Cone Mansion / Parkway Craft Center, and is visited by thousands of people each month? new article Feb 29, self nom --Doug talk 12:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that Moses H. Cone (pictured sitting) of a small eastern Tennessee town was known as “the Denim King” by being a leading producer of the fabric in the world in the nineteenth century? New article on Feb 29 - self nom --Doug talk 23:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that many of the viaducts on the Chemin de Fer de Côtes du Nord were two-tiered structures, and that the Viaduc de Souzain had a railway junction on the viaduct itself? New article created on 29 February and self-nom by Mjroots (talk) 22:39, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
File:Kukrit Pramoj.jpg
  • ...that the January 1940 Czortkow Uprising, the first Polish uprising during World War Two, was a failed attempt by anti-Soviet teenagers from a local high school to storm the Czortkow barracks and prison and release Polish soldiers kept there? self-nom by Tymek (talk) 19:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, let me try another hook, hope it is good now. ...that the January 1940 Czortkow Uprising was a failed attempt by Polish anti-Soviet teenagers to release Polish Army soldiers kept in a prison in Czortkow? self nom by Tymek (talk) 02:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that upon his death in 1977 Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov instructed his son to destroy his final novel, The Original of Laura, but 30 years later the manuscript remains in a Swiss Bank vault, its fate uncertain? (Major expansion. x6 from stub. Self-nom as expander. --JayHenry (talk) 07:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC) )[reply]
It seems rude to publicize someone's illness on Wikipedia's MainPage. Perhaps a hook on his autobiography "in which he revealed the secret lives he led" through his mental illness? --PFHLai (talk) 10:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe the problem is not with the hook but with the article, which is almost entirely about his personal problems rather than his public career. If it is his disorder (or rather the book he wrote about it) that makes him notable, the article lead should reflect this. jnestorius(talk) 16:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
in which case a better hook would be e.g. "...that Robert Oxnam, author of a bestselling memoir describing his dissociative identity disorder, was president of the Asia Society for over a decade?" jnestorius(talk) 16:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 28

ALT2...that the famous river Kaveri encircles to form a beautiful tourist spot island named Nisargadhama in Karnataka , India? - Tinucherian (talk) 04:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let's avoid WP:PEACOCK-ish terms such as "famous" in the DYK hooks. --PFHLai (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
About half of this article is about the Kaveri river or other things in Kodagu, rather than about Nisargadhama. The article will be less than 1500 characters long if such texts are excluded. Can the article be expanded with more emphasis on Nisargadhama? --PFHLai (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
File:Christopher Tin (crop).jpg
Fair enough, should be just on 200 now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 27

An anonymous miniature, The Doge Sebastiano Ziani Disembarking from the Bucentaur for the Convent of Charity (16th century).
An anonymous miniature, The Doge Sebastiano Ziani Disembarking from the Bucentaur for the Convent of Charity (16th century).
  • ...that a Venetian foundation seeking to rebuild the Bucentaur (pictured) has written to Nicolas Sarkozy for a financial contribution as compensation for Napoleon's 1798 destruction of the original ship? — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 02:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC) (expanded and nominated an article originally created by Rsabbatini)[reply]
File:CrayHousefront.jpg
    • Alt ...that the 11th century Duke Yaropolk Izyaslavich (pictured) is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church? (NB - It seems Yaropolk wasn't in a position to give the Pope much Russian allegiance) Xn4 12:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Comment I do marginally prefer my version, though I'm not that fussed. That pic is better at least, as the other one although absolutely wonderful (one of the most interesting miniatures I've ever seen), is kinda dark and imprecise at the DY resolution. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 18:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that the wearing of wigs and addressing judges as "My Lord" or "Your Lordship" in Singapore courthouses was abolished by Yong Pung How on 28 September 1990? Marcuslim (talk) 03:48, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hook needs to be shortened from the current 232 characters to ~200 or less. --74.13.129.202 (talk) 14:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Updated. Thanks for feedback Marcuslim (talk) 04:50, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No citation for the hook facts. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 15:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Length and reference verified (even though I can't read Swedish too well). Daniel Case (talk) 15:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 26

Expired noms

Articles created/expanded on February 25

  • ...that the shipwreck of the Mexico on 9 December 1886 resulted in the biggest loss of life for the RNLI in its history, although the entire crew of the Mexico were saved? New article created on 25 February and self-nom by Mjroots (talk) 21:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reference verifed but too short (doesn't meet 1,500-char standard). Daniel Case (talk) 18:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
article c.4,250 bytes - would have thought it was long enough :-/ Mjroots (talk) 19:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Always, always cut and paste into MS Word or whatever and count the characters (with spaces), after you delete the heds, TOC and any lists or tables. Daniel Case (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mexico (barque)#History is empty. Pls fill up the empty section. --70.50.203.126 (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that during the 1903 convention of the Chicago Federation of Labor, seven major brawls broke out, and one man was injured so badly he had to be rushed to the hospital? - more than five-fold expansion (selfnom) Tim1965 (talk) 04:07, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shortened considerably.
Now the article needs to be lengthened somewhat ... I can tell by eyeballing it's not long enough. Daniel Case (talk) 06:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not including references and categories, it's 2034 characters with spaces, 1716 without spaces, 324 words. I'll lengthen, anyway. --Leifern (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Leifern was correct (give or take some headings). The article has since been lengthened, anyway. Art LaPella (talk) 19:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 24

(alt)...that Bob Holden's defeat in the Democratic primary for the 2004 Missouri gubernatorial election was the first time an incumbent Governor of Missouri had lost in a primary? Davewild (talk) 18:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not enough sources in the article- teh links don't verify their respective sections and the hook is tautological as well. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 06:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...that Times Square Stores, which went bankrupt in 1989, was once considered Long Island's most prominent discount department store chain? --Rividian (talk) 03:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • a date provided for "once" would make the hook informative.--Wetman (talk) 15:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • The source doesn't give one :-( I assume it was the 1960s, when the large stores were first popping up in. --Rividian (talk) 16:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Might be the early 80s, when the company explored having the IPO. --PFHLai (talk) 12:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 23

None left.

Articles created/expanded on February 22

Too short, Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 03:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
too short. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 03:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 21

Reference verified but too short. Daniel Case (talk) 04:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The word count is just over the 1500 chars, but the hook is somewhat tautological - he had exactly the same name as his dad. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 05:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps a hook about his refused re-nomination? --PFHLai (talk) 14:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that hook is pretty lame. How about "...that P. Frederick Rothermel served as District Attorney of Philadelphia but was refused renomination by after prosecuting Matthew Quay, a Senator of his own party, for corruption?" Coemgenus 18:47, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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