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DYK for A Charge to Keep I Have

On 29 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Charge to Keep I Have, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an 18th-century hymn inspired the title of George W. Bush's 1999 autobiography? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Charge to Keep I Have. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, A Charge to Keep I Have), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Anne Griffiths

On 30 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anne Griffiths, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that librarian Anne Griffiths was one of the first British women to cross the Antarctic Circle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Griffiths. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anne Griffiths), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

David W. Music

Working on a DYK review...

I found the review by Beverly Howard online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015080918306&seq=272 .

Incidentally, page 5–6 of this also has his fellowship in the HSUSC (along with co-author Paul A. Richardson) and mentions his accomplishments to date. It mentions he was editor of The Hymn from 1991 to 1996. I was looking for this because I was concerned if his term as editor overlapped with Howard's review of his work in The Hymn (a possible COI which would affect neutrality). However, being separated by a decade and a half, I don't see any problem. Might want to mention the period he was editor, though.

I'll try to get the review out soon. – Reidgreg (talk) 01:54, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Thanks for the review! I'll have a look at those pages and add the years of his editorship to the article later.  Mystery Merrivale  (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed

On 3 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 18th-century hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" has been criticised because its lyrics have singers call themselves a "worm"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for today's hymn DYK! - Thank you for improving article quality in June! - Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Girl Friday (TV programme)

On 13 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Girl Friday (TV programme), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when actress Joanna Lumley spent nine days on an uninhabited island for the 1994 TV show Girl Friday, she made a pair of shoes out of her bra? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Girl Friday (TV programme). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Girl Friday (TV programme)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for expanding this article @Mystery Merrivale! I’m always happy to see Madagascar-related content improvement 😃 let me know if you’d ever like any help with the topic area. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Come, O thou Traveller unknown

On 20 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Come, O thou Traveller unknown, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Isaac Watts, the "father of English hymnody", described one of Charles Wesley's hymns as "worth all the verses he himself had written"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Come, O thou Traveller unknown. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Come, O thou Traveller unknown), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for David W. Music

On 27 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David W. Music, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David W. Music has taught music, composed music, conducted music, and written about music? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David W. Music. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, David W. Music), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Precious

music music music

Thank you for quality articles about hymns and their creators such as David W. Music, Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed and Come, O thou Traveller unknown, for updating articles with details and citations, for your to do plans, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2941 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Belated thanks, @Gerda Arendt! Sorry, I've been off-wiki for a while because of "life". But I'm very grateful for this Precious prize!  Mystery Merrivale  (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

At the Name of Jesus

Keep up the good work on hymns! I learnt it with "Camberwell", but at my current church we sing it to a rather dreary, slow tune: I can't remember the name of it, but it's not one of the "main" ones mentioned in the article. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 10:20, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for At the Name of Jesus

On 5 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article At the Name of Jesus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/At the Name of Jesus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, At the Name of Jesus), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for participating in the June 2024 backlog drive! You scored 118 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this cleanup barnstar. Thanks for helping out!

Pichpich (talk) 15:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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