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List new suggestions here, under the date the article was created or expanded (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the top. If a suitable image is available, place it after the suggestion. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion; self-nominations are permitted and encouraged.

Remember:

  • Proposed articles should:
    • not be marked as stubs;
    • contain more than 1,500 characters (around 1.5 kilobytes) in main body text (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, and tables);
    • cite their sources (these sources should be properly labelled; that is, not under an "External links" header); and
    • be no more than five days old (unless it had fewer than 1,500 characters, and has been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days).
  • Articles with good references and citations are preferred.
  • To count the number of characters in a piece of text, you will need to use a free website like this, or an external software program that has a character-counting feature. For example, if you are using Microsoft Word, select the text from the article page (or, in the case of "Did you know" nominations, this Talk page) – not the edit page containing Wikitext – then copy and paste it into a blank document. Click "Tools", then "Word Count", and note the "Characters (with spaces)" figure. Other word processing programs may have a similar feature. (The character counts indicated on "Revision history" pages are not accurate for DYK purposes as they include categories, infoboxes and similar text in articles, and comments and signatures in hooks on this page.)
  • Suggested facts should be:
    • interesting to draw in a variety of readers,
    • short and concise (fewer than about 200 characters),
    • neutral, and
    • definite facts that are mentioned in the article.
  • Suggested pictures should be:
    • suitably and freely (PD, GFDL, CC etc) licensed (NOT fair use) because the main page can only have freely-licensed pictures;
    • attractive and interesting, even at a very small (100px-wide) resolution;
    • already in the article; and
    • relevant to the article.
  • Proposed lists should have two characteristics to be considered for DYK: (i) be a compilation of entries that are unlikely to have ever been compiled anywhere else (e.g. List of architectural vaults), and (ii) have non-stub text that brings out interesting and relational facts from the compiled list that may not otherwise be obvious but for the compilation.
  • Please check back for comments on your nomination. Responding to reasonable objections will help ensure that your article is listed.
  • If you nominate someone else's article, you can use {{subst:DYKNom}} to notify them. Usage: {{subst:DYKNom|Article name|May 26}} Thanks, ~~~~

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Candidate entries

Articles created on July 10

  • Expanded from June 10 version between July 8 and July 10. If it needs more content to qualify let me know and I will oblige. IvoShandor 15:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on July 9

(Check the article page to see which image would be good for front page as one is, erm, lewd)

Articles created on July 8

Articles created on July 7

  • Very misleading. The article cites the workers' fear that they will be fired (which is common sense regardless of legalities - of course businessmen can lose interest and just go home when their life's work has been commandeered.) But the most obvious meaning of the hook is that the organizer's fear of goon squads, not the workers' fear of losing their jobs, is a "leading obstacle". That should be treated as at least a controversial Point Of View. Art LaPella 02:42, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My suggestions are either ...that the Augustinian monk Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro was a mentor to Francesco Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio and Robert the Wise?
or ...that the Augustinian monk Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro arranged for the crowning of Francesco Petrarch as the first poet laureate since antiquity? Capitalistroadster 21:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Self-nom. Lotlil 15:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This one is an easy trim:
  • Yes, that sounds good to me. Thanks, Anas talk? 16:47, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: There are two other free use images in the article to choose from. IvoShandor 10:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on July 6

  • You meant to say either "introduced legislation" or "introduced a bill", not both. Art LaPella 03:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Art. I have changed it.Capitalistroadster 04:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Articles created on July 5

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Articles created on July 4

  • ...that the Office of Public Safety (OPS) was a US government agency, established in 1957 by US President Eisenhower to train foreign police forces? It officially depended on the USAID (US Agency for International Development), and was close to the CIA [1]. Police-training teams were also sent in South Vietnam, Iran, Taiwan, Brazil and Greece...self nom -- Tazmaniacs 15:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC) [reply]
  • 341 character hook/suggested fact. See #Suggestions. The link doesn't work, and the other hooks here have their links in the articles, not here. Art LaPella 00:04, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How about ...that the Office of Public Safety (OPS) was a United States government agency, established in 1957 by President Dwight Eisenhower to train foreign police forces? Capitalistroadster 02:21, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article has a NPOV tag on it. We should wait until that is cleared up. Rigadoun (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • ....that 2006 Mannar massacre is the second massacre of civilians to have the same name during the Sri Lankan civil war?Self nom:Taprobanus 21:29, 4 July 2007 (UTC) (Although the article was created as a stub many months ago, it had undergone major write up today)[reply]
    • It was re-written, but since it isn't much (5x) longer I don't think it qualifies. Rigadoun (talk) 16:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(massively expanded from July 4th)
Another suggestion by Casliber (Blue-faced Honeyeater) has been moved for next update.--Riurik(discuss) 01:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This one isn't very long, either. Rigadoun (talk) 16:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on July 3

  • If he was "accused", then shouldn't "without evidence" be stated as an opinion not shared by the accuser or accusers, rather than stated as a fact? Art LaPella 04:10, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • And is currently the subject of aneutrality dispute. GeeJo (t)(c) • 20:21, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1,229 characters, indeed, needs to be expanded. IvoShandor 13:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on July 2

Expired noms

Articles created on July 1

  • ...that despite Sydney, Australia, having extensive national parks, Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest (one of the indigenous forest types unique to the Sydney Basin) is classified as critically endangered?
    • This statement is a bit illogical. It implies that there is some kind of contradiction between there being a great number of national parks in Sydney and one of them being critically endangered. The fact that there are a lot of them doesn't make there being an endangered one less likely.--Carabinieri 12:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*...that the London and Glasgow terrorist incidents have been linked to the same two men and that the UK terror alert level remains at 'critical', the highest level? :self-nom. TerriersFan 22:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Probably better at WP:ITN/C. The hook won't make sense in the archive (unless the alert level remains at critical forever). Yomanganitalk 22:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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I would suggest the word "prestigious" be omitted from the hook. It's meaningless and possibly point of view. Savidan 20:24, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fact lacks a citation. GeeJo (t)(c) • 09:57, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, no properly cited references are given. Rigadoun (talk) 19:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created on June 30

This article was not a stub before. Although it's recently been improved, it is not eligible for DYK. I'm very sad to hear of his passing, however. --JayHenry 03:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It was classified as a stub according to Wikiproject biography late yesterday. MSJapan made the suggested improvements and it was reclassified as a start. Please see the chronology of events on the talk page. Capitalistroadster 05:25, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. The policy for DYK, mentioned above is "be no more than five days old (unless it had fewer than 1,500 characters, and has been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days)." This article has gone from around 1,500 to around 1,800 in the last five days. I'm sorry, but the article does not satisfy the requirement. --JayHenry 06:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification. I will add a barnstar on MSJapan's talk page instead. Capitalistroadster 07:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on June 29

  • "Fat Beats has given numerous artists their first chance in the music business"? talk 16:04, 2 July 2007
    • Sounds like an advertisement. Besides, most indy labels do this, so the fact isn't anything extraordinary.--Carabinieri 18:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on June 28

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