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My Talk Archives • Archive 1 • Archive 2 • Archive 3 • Archive 4 • Archive 5 • Archive 6 • Archive 7 • Archive 8 • Archive 9 • Archive 10 • Archive 11 • Archive 12 • Archive 13 • Archive 14 I am suffering from wikiburnout and chronic Wikistress. And real life is very much in the way these days. I probably won't be able to log in as frequently and contribute as much as I would like. Messages left here probably won't get a quick response as before. Your patience would be very much appreciated. Take care, everyone. Happy editing. -- PFHLai

DYK (#1201~#1203)

DYK thanks

Thanks for noming the Bhumibol Dam and Sirikit Dam at DYK. I just nom'd my first article in awhile, Gleno Dam, and realized I missed a few of the recent ones. Little did I know. I haven't worked in DYK in a few months.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:51, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, NortyNort. And welcome back! Looking forward to seeing more of your dams on MainPage. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 03:20, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Sign of the Kiwi

Hi PFHLai, first of all, thanks for all your good work on DYK. I see that you've just started putting Prep 4 together, with Sign of the Kiwi as the lead item. Thanks! I've just edited the article and replaced two photos, as I've found much better ones on Flickr where the author was happy to change the licence. I don't really want to go into the Prep area and change a photo for my own article, so you might want to have a look at these yourself:

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_of_the_Kiwi1.jpg - the article's lead photo
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_of_the_Kiwi,_Stone_Plinth.jpg - if you can read the sign caption at 100px, this would be my favourite

Thanks for your consideration. Schwede66 18:33, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Nice pics! Thank you for uploading them and for letting me know, Schwede66. Your favourite pic is now on P4. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:41, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Nuclear policy of the United States

I just got lucky and noticed you moved the article Nuclear policy of the United States to Prep Area 3. Is there a reason why the image was omitted? With the newly proposed "Alt 3" hook, we had hoped that the image would be appropriate and give a little bit more visibility to this excellent article produced through WikiProject United States Public Policy under the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. We couldn't provide an image initially because we couldn't come up with a way to work an image in with the hook. Is it possible to reconsider, even if it means delaying the DYK slightly? – VisionHolder « talk » 04:57, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

No problems, VisionHolder. I'll move it back to T:TDYK. We can use the hook later. Thanks for letting me know. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:00, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, and sorry for the extra work. – VisionHolder « talk » 05:05, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, and it's not really work at all.  :-) Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:08, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1204)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK Prep

Thanks for the catch, I seem to miss those frequently! And I understand the comments on my talk page, the admin that commented above asked "why" I had added eight instead of seven and I answered. I also noted I wasn't aware of the newer consensus. I will, of course, abide with the newer consensus now that I am aware of it. BelloWello (talk) 01:35, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, BelloWello. Please be encouraged to make use of the preview features in the prep and queue areas. I find them quite useful to decide if a hook set has the right length. Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 01:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1205~#1206)

Materialscientist (talk) 09:04, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Taaffeite

Hi PFHLai, I just wanted to let you know that I addressed your concerns at the DYK nomination for Taaffeite and was wondering if it looks better to you now. Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:58, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Crisco 1492. I'll check this out and reply on T:TDYK. Thanks for the note. --PFHLai (talk) 05:13, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for CoMWB

Hey again!
You gave me a hint saying that i could make it a double-DYK hook. Any suggestions how? ALTs are always more than welcome. Thanks in advance.
GaneshBhakt (talk) 14:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

All issues are sorted. GaneshBhakt (talk) 05:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I replied on T:TDYK. --PFHLai (talk) 08:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Please see article once more. GaneshBhakt (talk) 09:47, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

I replied on T:TDYK. --PFHLai (talk) 15:16, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Is it good to go now? GaneshBhakt (talk) 06:56, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

I replied on T:TDYK. --PFHLai (talk) 23:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

How 'bout now? GaneshBhakt (talk) 08:06, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I replied on T:TDYK. --PFHLai (talk) 22:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank You

		The Special Barnstar
		Hey there PFHLai! Thank You for helping me out at T:TDYK and giving valuable suggestions to improve the articles. GaneshBhakt (talk) 04:49, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome, GaneshBhakt / Avenue X at Cicero. Glad to be useful and helping out. A barnstar for me? Oh, whoa! Thank you so much! Sorry about this much belated response. I was off-line for a month. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 15:58, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Reverting

Next time you revert me, have the decency to let me know.BarkingMoon (talk) 18:07, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello, BarkingMoon. I'm not sure what you mean by "have the decency to". If I had thought it was necessary, I would have left you a note. But that was a very small thing that I did not see the need to bother you at all. Hope this helps clarify things. Take it easy, pal. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:27, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

That you didn't see the need should tell you something.BarkingMoon (talk) 22:39, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh? What would that be? --PFHLai (talk) 22:43, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

TEMA HARBOUR DYK

Thanks for the review. I have addressed the issues. Could you please accord the DYK the right tag. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay  → talk 13:52, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, CrossTempleJay, I am happy with the original hook. And I would use that hook if I am filling up a DYK prep. A green tick from IceCreamAntisocial is already there. I don't think a second green tick is needed. --PFHLai (talk) 23:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1207~#1211)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:33, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Mifter (talk) 06:03, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Gecko hook

Hi, I just added something to it, but I'm asking the nominator to approve the removal of the "at most X (Y)" bit. Tony (talk) 07:04, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Sure, Tony. That works for me. Go for it. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 11:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1212~#1216)

Calmer Waters 00:04, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for helping the Did You Know project Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Calmer Waters 00:03, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 09:34, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Earl Best

The DYK nomination for Earl Best appears to have been removed from T:TDYK in this edit, but doesn't appear to have been migrated. The editor who made the nom is relatively new to the process and it appears that the issue raised about sourcing the hook has been addressed. Please let me know what can be done to get this hook approved and migrated. Alansohn (talk) 18:40, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Alansohn, for pointing this out to me. {{Template talk:Did you know/Earl Best}} was removed from T:TDYK by me by mistake. I have just restored it to T:TDYK. The nomination should get evaluated with the rest of the noms on T:TDYK and moved to queue as usual. Review has already started by Panyd (talk · contribs). Pls contact Panyd directly about getting her approval. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 03:33, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I was at Wikimania in Israel, and this got lost under my radar. I'm sorry I missed your response and I thank you for following up on the DYK discussion page. Thanks for your assistance and effort, which are much appreciated. Alansohn (talk) 03:45, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome. I wish I could do more to help, but I really should log off now. (Real-life getting in the way....) I hope this will get resolved very soon. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:00, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK thanks

Thanks for the news on Earl Best! Trilliumz (talk) 23:15, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome, Trilliumz. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 06:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

I want to team up with you!

Somehow...we appear to be the only administrators updating the queues on DYK and I'm still learning at this. How can we make the process more efficient/better? Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:02, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

My dear colleague at DYK, I don't know where everyone is. Maybe the summer weather is extra-nice these days and all the other admins have gone outside to play.... (Or spending too much time on Talk:MainPage or WT:DYK debating....) Anyway, since you asked, here are a couple of ideas regarding DYK queues:

1. Pls sign with ~~~ instead of ~~~~ in {{DYKbotdo}} at the top of each DYKQ. Otherwise, the DYK bot will post the DYK credits on your behalf with a second time-stamp. You don't want your signature next to two time-stamps with different times and dates. (example)
2. Please check set length. Wordy hooks and brief hooks don't take up the same amount of space on MainPage. We should preview to make sure the sets on DYKQ to appear on MainPage on the same day occupy roughly the same space. Otherwise, we would be forcing admins in other sections on MainPage do extra work just to avoid messing up the layout. We don't want a short set of hooks with blank space underneath in the morning, and a long set of hooks with blank space under the anniversaries in the afternoon.

Hope this helps. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:28, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1217~#1219)

Dam! Dam! Dam!

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:04, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:49, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Your Edit to ITN

Hi there, we're discussing this at WT:ITN. Mainly, there was no consensus at WP:ITNC to remove the blurb. And there's no rule at ITN to support your claim that "similar" stories shouldn't be added. Hot Stop talk-contribs 20:50, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, Hot Stop. Will reply on WT:ITN. --PFHLai (talk) 20:56, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1220~#1223)

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the nom. I never got around to it myself, and assumed that I was too late.--Danaman5 (talk) 04:00, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, Danaman5. Please be encouraged to self-nominate your next wikicontribution for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey!

Hey PFHLai!

This is just to let you know that due to you, I have become really interested in contributing to DYK and have put up another nomination on August 14. Please have a look.

Avenue X at Cicero (talk)

11:41, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Avenue X at Cicero. Got your e-mail. Thank you.

Due to me? I'm sure it's not. :-) Anyway, thank you for your wikicontributions.

These days, I am having problems accessing the internet (using a borrowed PC right now), so I won't be able to help much at DYK or anywhere in the wiki. Please check that your nominated articles have at least 1500 characters of prose. HAH looks a little short. Anyway, good luck.

Happy editing. Cheers!

--PFHLai (talk) 13:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1224~#1228)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

HD 85512 b

You were right here regarding the sourcing. But now, the bit about Southern France in HD 85512 b is reliably sourced from La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno [1]. Suraj T 06:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Good to know about the new ref in the article. Thank you, Surajt88.

BTW, the accessdate in the edit which added the new ref to the article earlier today is probably not reliable. I don't think anyone can really access future issues of a daily publication weeks ahead of time. Or maybe I am just not up-to-date about the latest technologies....  :-)

Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:17, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I dont think I got you here. You are probably referring to the date on the top left hand corner of the page. It seems to be a typo to me. The article begins with: (ANSA) - Rome, September 2 - A team... and the bottom of the article shows Sep 2. Did I miss something?? Suraj T 04:25, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I just find "...|accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref>" very strange here, for a news item dated weeks after July 28, 2011. Maybe I am reading too much into it... Never mind. --PFHLai (talk) 04:37, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

A typo. My bad. corrected it. Suraj T 04:56, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing it so quickly. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Cheers 05:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1229~#1233)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Adamsia palliata

Orlady (talk) 16:04, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

I apologize for not seeing your nomination first, but may we use this nom for a double hook instead? :) Rcej (Robert) – talk 04:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

No need to apologize, Robert. It's not a bad thing.

I think it's best to leave all possible hooks on T:TDYK and let the prep-setters decide which hook to use on MainPage.

Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 15:01, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Sonargöltr

Whoa! Thank you very much for your confidence in my work, but only the hook got reviewed! Yngvadottir (talk) 17:38, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, Yngvadottir. I did look at the article, and it was fine. Pls see retroactively added {{DYK article checklist}} to the nom template. Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I did :-) I was aware when I nominated this that it might be a challenge to find a reviewer, but I thought I should put up at least one article for DYK in my actual area of expertise, *ahem* Yngvadottir (talk) 20:31, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

"at least one"? Please keep the good stuffs coming. Thank you in advance. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 22:14, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1234~#1238)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Galeazzo

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I spotly add articles on Italian or European Renaissance paintings here, and when I stumbled into Parmigianino portraits I got amazed for their quality. It's a pity very few (including me, unilt a few time ago) knew his work. Ciao and good work. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 08:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, Attilios. Yes, Parmigianino's paintings were astounding. Your wikiarticles can help promote him. :-)

Please be reminded to put in some footnotes. They are required for DYK. I tried to put in some in Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale, but I don't know Italian, so I couldn't do much. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

thanks a lot for upgrading the page that I made, Mesobuthus eupeus :-)

alireza5166 18:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for starting the wikipage, alireza5166! Glad that I could help.

Sorry about the late reply. I'm on wikivacation.

Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 20:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Turkish Slave

Ciao! I didn't know if in the end the Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale surfed up in the DYK... What do you think to propose this instead? I've this nice face on my Credit Card and I decided to add the article, discovering further magnificent Parmigianino mastermanship in fashion depictions. Also funny how in the past people got easily disguised... Truly interesting. Ciao and good work. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 07:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Another nice painting, eh? Great. Thank you. The DYK nom is here. It's interesting that the "turban" is so prominantly featured in the header on every webpage at Parma's official tourist information portal.

The portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale has yet to get on MainPage. It's a double-hook, and the lack of footnotes in the subject's wikibio is holding things up here. If you can, please help put in some footnotes as required per DYK rules. Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 16:04, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it seems they're starting to consider it the city's symbol. I've never been in Parma, just received a work proposal there in 2008 but did not come true. I'm starting to mumble if to visit this nice city next October... I was thinking to Piacenza first, but changed idea. Ciao e grazie! --'''Attilios''' (talk) 18:13, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

If you have some good refs about this feature from the Parmigianino painting becoming Parma's city symbol, please mention this point in the painting's wikiarticle. Seems to be great DYK hook material. :-) Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 20:32, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hello PFHLai? I hope you're well. I'm a Storyteller on the fundraising team at the Wikimania Foundation. In preparation for the 2011 fundraiser this November-December, I'm interviewing Wikipedians who contribute significantly to the projects. In the past, we've relied pretty heavily on Jimmy to carry the fundraising burden, and while his appeals have done very well, he alone doesn't represent the multitude of content creators on Wikipedia. I'm curious if you would like to interview with me? I would hope to speak with you for about 60 minutes and would ask you a number of questions about your personal experiences editing on Wikipedia and about its impact more generally. If you are inclined, please email mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 00:15, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Matthew. Thank you for the invite, but I'd rather keep a low profile and be invisible. I am on wikivacation, anyway. May I suggest you pick a few prolific contributers on Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs? Or people like Raul654 (talk · contribs) and Howcheng (talk · contribs) who are responsible for many good things on MainPage for the longest time? Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 21:11, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Sure thing PFJLai, I've been scouring that list and some other good ones. I really appreciate your recommendation of Raul654 (talk · contribs) and Howcheng (talk · contribs). If you think of other folks I should reach out to, I'd be happy to do it. All best wishes, Matthew (WMF) 15:29, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for Nicholas Estavillo

Hi PFHLai, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicholas Estavillo and there is a small issue with the referencing. Could you fix it and let me know at the nomination page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:46, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Crisco 1492. Thank you for tidying up the refs on Nicholas Estavillo. Sorry that I wasn't around to respond on the nom template at the time. Real life got in the way. Thanks, again. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 01:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1239~#1240)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

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List of most expensive sculptures

Could you please move List of most expensive sculptures back to T:TDYK until the final issues have been resolved.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:29, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Returned as requested. I don't see issues big enough to keep them out, but it's your review, your call, Tony. --PFHLai (talk) 03:04, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I had only passed 4 of the 5 articles so far.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:49, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I see! Ooops! Facepalm Sorry. I guess I have to go back to kindergarten and learn to count again... Thanks for letting me know. Happy reviewing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 03:54, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1241~#1242)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:32, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Allen3 ^talk 00:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK removals

Hi PFHLai, just a reminder that when you remove a hook from preps/queue, please post a link to the nomination page at Wikipedia:Did you know/Removed, as instructed at T:TDYK. Thanks, Nikkimaria (talk) 14:29, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, Nikkimaria. I have no clue about this recent creation of yours. I wasn't even looking at T:TDYK when I removed that hook to prevent an edit war. May I suggest a reminder in the page notice of the prep areas? Just a thought. Happy editing. --PFHLai (talk) 05:05, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Hello PFHLai, Thank you for nominating Mercedes O. Cubria and Diego Archuleta for "DYK". Your awesome contributions to Wikipedia speak for themselves and your nominations are appreciated. However, I am requesting that you please withdraw both nominations since there are variuos issues with them and I know how these things drag on and on. I appreciate everything that you have done. Take care. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:10, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Tony. The noms have been withdrawn as requested. Pity... Your work deserves the spotlight on MainPage. Sorry that things have turned out that way. Please keep the good wikibios coming. Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 04:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

It is a pity. Diego Archuleta was looking good. Oh well. The Interior (Talk) 04:58, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

I know, I know .... Anyway, thank you for your help in the article. Happy editing. --PFHLai (talk) 05:10, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

• Thank you so much. I agree with you that both articles should have been in “DYK”, but when it got to the point that my “offline” citations be checked, I felt that my good-faith and integrity were being questioned and for me that was totally uncalled for. Thank you once more. Tony the Marine (talk) 15:23, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome, Tony. I must say that these reviews can sometimes be a bit too much to handle. Please don't take it personally. This little crusade is not targeting you at all. --PFHLai (talk) 08:29, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Conference India

Hello, Can you please review this Template:Did you know nominations/Wiki Conference India. Thanks -- aηsuмaη :) ^༽Ϟ 06:38, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Looks like Pgallert (talk · contribs) has taken care of the review already. --PFHLai (talk) 08:15, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

• Yes now the review is done. But the hook says ...that the three day Wiki Conference India is running from 18th to 20th of November at the University of Mumbai? And It is not even in the Preparation Area. According to hook, it should be on main page either 19th or 20th. So please help. Thanks in advance. -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 18:46, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

It's on Q6 now and scheduled to get on MainPage in less than 4 hours. Congrats! --PFHLai (talk) 04:03, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank You. -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 17:12, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Straw poll over at DYK

Hey there, there is a straw poll going on at Wikipedia talk:Did you know about whether or not to enact technical changes to DYK tools. Your input would be much appreciated. P.s. I am sending you this message based on your heavy involvement in DYK, rather than at random. I hope this is ok. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 17:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Replied on WT:DYK. --PFHLai (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1243~#1244)

Orlady (talk) 05:39, 20 December 2011 (UTC) 08:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC) 16:02, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Tilde after tilde after tilde

Argh! Used to be, when I approved a DYK queue, I assiduously copied-and-pasted the {{DYKbotdo|~~~}} from the Queue header page. Lately, however, I said to myself "Wouldn't it be easier just to type that string at the top of the page?", so that's what I've started doing. To my aging eyes, ~~~ and ~~~~ look pretty much alike, so I was typing 4 tildes. Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways... --Orlady (talk) 01:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, Orlady. Don't worry too much about it. It's a very easy misclick to make. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:12, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK (#1245~#1276)

Orlady (talk) 08:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:03, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Xmas to all our contributors and readers Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:02, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Diamond Jubilee

The DYK project (nominate) 14:02, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your improvements to the Diamond Jubilee article, which I had recently expanded. I like the new image, as DJ looks slightly menacing in his hood: this is appropriate as he was probably considering whether or not to attack the photographer. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 16:33, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, Tigerboy. It was just a small addition. I'm glad you like it. Thank you for expanding the article. I've nominated it for DYK. You can see the nom here. I hope DJ gets to show his manacing look on MainPage soon. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:23, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Yay, we got there. I suppose DJ and Persimmon must be the one of the few pairs of brothers to get DYKs. thanks. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 15:02, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Whoohoo! Happy New Year! That's a nice way to start 2012. Thank you for writing up the articles. Speaking of brothers, how about getting Volodyovski to DYK as well? Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:27, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I meant Volodyovski's sire, Florizel II. Please be encouraged to self-nominate your good work for DYK. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:57, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 14:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:06, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Eleanor

Hi PFHLai. I plan on finishing both empty sections tonight, so go ahead with the nomination. Thanks! Froggerlaura (talk) 23:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response. I had issues with internet access. Thank you for writing up the article. Nice work! Thanks for putting the nom template on T:TDYK, too. I couldn't do that yesterday. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 17:43, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your article Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 00:04, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

--Allen3 ^talk 00:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:31, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

You didn't have to...

You didn't have to give me credit for the DYK, I was just filling in for Yummydonuts because he was blocked. Thanks anyway. BCS (Talk) 21:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, BCS. You did the early work (example), so I felt you deserve the credit. It's hard to keep track of all the edits after the complicated moves and merges. Please let me know if there are any other contributers who should be given credit, too. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:42, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I think User:Bdell555 deserves credit, too, because of these edits after Yummydonutsmmm was blocked. He made it look like an article again. Thanks again, BCS (Talk) 21:59, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Good call! I shall add Bdell555 (talk · contribs) to the list. Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 22:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1277~#1292)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Daniel O'Rourke DYK

The winning time for Daniel O'Rourke's Derby is a bit "iffy" as a DYK as there is a conflict in the sources. It was either 3:20, which would be by far the slowest, but seems hardly credible OR it was 3:02, which would make it the equal slowest. Looking into it even as we speak. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 12:05, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

sorry, it was definitely 3:02. Actually that was the second slowest: the slowest was Ellington's 3:04 in 1856. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 12:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response, Tigerboy. Here's the nom: Template:Did you know nominations/Ellington (horse), Daniel O'Rourke (horse). Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:28, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Mifter (talk) 16:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK thanks

Thanks for nom-ing the Ellerslie Eagles article. Mattlore (talk) 05:36, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, Mattlore. Pls be encouraged to self-nom your next creation for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 10:43, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Damn it!

I just spent time cropping Victoria Azarenka. -- tariqabjotu 02:38, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Pls go ahead and post the pretty gal's picture. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 02:41, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1293~#1320)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Paul M. Ellwood

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Paul M. Ellwood at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:50, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for toning down the lede. I just noticed that the Biography section has no sources. Best, Yoninah (talk) 22:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for adding refs. As I was reformatting some refs, I noticed that there really are no sources for the actual dates in the biography section, such as his years in the Navy, his years of earning degrees at Stanford, his years at Kenny or his years with the Jackson Hole Group. Yoninah (talk) 10:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 10:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

5×Horse DYK

Rschen7754 01:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:13, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 13:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 13:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Love's Messenger

Responded at Template:Did you know nominations/Love's Messenger

Thanks for the message. Smallbones (talk) 02:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for your quick response. I'll now try to put this on prep. --PFHLai (talk) 02:27, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Swahili rule?

Sorry, I've got to ask after noticing this on DYK noms and being completely puzzled. What IS "the Swahili rule"? Had a quick Google and also checked Wikipedia to no joy... Thanks so much. Mabalu (talk) 14:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Ah... the Swahili rule, eh? It's in inside joke amongst DYK veterans.... This may help explain it. Basically, when i invoke the Swahili rule, I am begging for "leniency"/"IAR".... for posting my nominations on T:TDYK late. Hope it helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1321~#1323)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:43, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Materialscientist (talk) 08:44, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear PFHLai,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 03:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1324~#1327)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:02, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK reviews

Hi. Can you review some DYKs? You've submitted more than five, but there is no indication you are reviewing them as per guidelines. --LauraHale (talk) 21:59, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Laura. QPQ reviews are for self-noms. I don't nominate my own articles. So I am not required to review any hooks per guidelines. Also, I spend more time building hook sets in the prep areas. If I review any hooks, I am not supposed to move them to prep. I am already not supposed to move my own noms, per guildelines. We are already short on hooks these days (hence my nominating slightly older articles when the article creators don't). If I review noms, I will have even fewer hooks to choose from. Sorry. --PFHLai (talk) 22:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Can you comment to say that on your submissions to offer an explanation as to what is happening? I've ended up reviewing about four of yours recently, and several of them were past the date... including one that was posted today for an expansion on the tenth. As a reviewer, seeing about four with late comments, seeing no reviews, it feels kind of disheartening. :( Can relate to your problems in general. (And sorry to be short. Just yeah. It kept appearing and appearing.) I'm trying to work on about 20 articles on my user space to take to DYK later this week so I'm trying to get reviews done to make sure I can nominate them. --LauraHale (talk) 22:28, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I posted on a couple of my nom templates to explain that it's not a self-nom, so a QPQ review is not required.

10 days? That would be too old even by my lax standards. DYK is meant for new additions to the wiki. 7 days may be okay. I rarely stretch the limit to more than 8 days. If you are referring to this nom, then I have to clarify that the article was originally nominated on a different template 10 days earlier. That original hook did not work out. The nom you reviewed was a second nom, rather than a late (first) nom.

I am aware that you have been quite productive at DYK. Keep up the good work, young lady. Looking forward to reading more of your wikiarticles on DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1328~#1341)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:03, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 07:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:08, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03~00:05, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for nominating and finding interesting DYK hooks for two of the articles that I recently started, I appreciate it! Altairisfar (talk) 15:35, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome, Altairisfar. Please keep the nice wikiarticles coming. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:39, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:40, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:InternationalPEN-logo.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:InternationalPEN-logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 06:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello PFHLai, thank you for your help on the Genisys Credit Union article. I appreciate the work you did on the article and the feedback you gave me. Best wishes, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 17:21, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, Alpha Quadrant. Just trying to collaborate in the building of this wiki. Hope that helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:18, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1342~#1349)

The DYK project (nominate) 17:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

What a great day. Thank you Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 16:06, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

edit to current DYK

Your reversion to the Main Page content is in opposition to the clear consensus at WT:DYK Kevin McE (talk) 20:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know about that discussion, Kevin. I did not know about it. I logged in during a coffee break at work, and fixed the template on MainPage, and logged out.... It's too late now, but I guess I should at least post an explanation there on WT:DYK. Thanks, again. --PFHLai (talk) 05:21, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit Counter

Hi, thought you might want to know that I changed the edit counter you had linked on your userpage from soxred93 to tparis as tparis has taken over the tools now that X! has retired. Hope you don't mind :-) --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 20:43, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Gilderien. Thank you so much for fixing the link on my userpage to the edit counter for me. Much appreciated. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:17, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1350~#1358)

Georgerobinsonite DYK

Thanks for nominating my article, I was going to anyway today, but you've released me from having to do a review. The interesting bit is that article would have remained rather stubby if I wasn't a college student with access to The Canadian Mineralogist. Also, reading the local newspaper can be really good for articles. Anyway, thanks. Chris857 (talk) 22:37, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome, Chris857. I didn't know that you plan to nominate it. Good. You can save this review credit for your next self-nom. Please keep the articles coming. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 22:51, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 04:21, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:26, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 22:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the DYK nom for Water Willow (Rossetti)! I was about to do it, and was delighted to find it already done and blessed! - PKM (talk) 02:39, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, PKM. Thank you for writing up the article! Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 19:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 15:10, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 15:11, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 07:42, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 00:04, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

ITN

Why did you remove this> ?the whole name of fico is gone...probs a mistake/AGF///can you revert it?(Lihaas (talk) 11:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)).

Was that part needed? I can certainly put it back into the template, but that old news item is no longer on ITN. Sorry, it's too late now. --PFHLai (talk) 00:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1359~#1360)

DYK for Octavia Walton Le Vert

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah! Mrs Green on MainPage on St Patrick's Day! Yeah! --PFHLai (talk) 16:18, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Precious

	perception of possibilities for knowledge
	Thank you for your special gift of seeing items of knowledge fit to be presented on the Main page, and for your efforts to make them look best there! On St Patrick's day, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Gerda! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, too! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Gemma McCluskie DYK

See Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Gemma_McCluskie AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. Will respond there. --PFHLai (talk) 22:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1361~#1365)

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 10:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

blue tick

Sorry, I know, I was multitasking, duh.;0)--Ishtar456 (talk) 23:06, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey, it's alright. No need to apologize at all, Ishtar456. Thank you for the favorable review! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:10, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1361~#1374)

The DYK project (nominate) 01:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:30, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Carabinieri (talk) 16:03, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Carabinieri (talk) 16:06, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Borsig Palace

Hello! Your submission of Borsig Palace at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ishtar456 (talk) 21:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Someone else reviewed this several days ago and stated that the hook was not cited and I check it and it is not cited. I just thought I'd let you know.--Ishtar456 (talk) 21:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Ishtar456. I left a note on the author's usertalkpage asking for an extra footnote last week. The author, however, has not made any edits since, so (s)he may not know what is going on. All we can do right now is wait.... I have a few older noms to worry about. I'll get back to this nom soon. Thanks, again. --PFHLai (talk) 22:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

http://books.google.ca/books?id=fCNpXKbV9WwC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=borsig+papen&source=bl&ots=loOe-lb1cy&sig=aeoAa10SebIFer1R2SvTQ6BYTwo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PVNyT_XtK7Sp0AGkg_2tAQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=borsig%20papen&f=false --PFHLai (talk) 23:59, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Urgent review request for Template:Did you know nominations/Anthony Davis (basketball)‎

I have had an urgent review request at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Anthony_Davis_.28basketball.29 that is being ignored. Can you review this?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

It looks like Crisco1492 is there reviewing it already. --PFHLai (talk) 07:56, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1375~#1382)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm notifying myself because I was the careless admin who forgot to put all the DYK credit templates to Q1 when moving this hook out of P3. --PFHLai (talk) 23:59, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for April the Fifth on April the Fifth

The DYK project (nominate) 15:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:03, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

My Attempt

I have had a go at nominating one of my own articles for DYK. I will do a review as suggested. I would just like you to take a look at the nomination, as I'm sure I must have screwed up in some way: the instructions told me not to use [[]] but it looks kind of odd without the links. The nomination is at Template:Did you know nominations/Petoski  Tigerboy1966  16:55, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for writing up another wikiarticle and nominating it for DYK. Your nom template looks line, except that the hook wasn't wikified. (Done.) I believe the instructions to use only plain text but not wikicodes only apply to the " | article =" and "| author =" lines of the nom template. Now that the nomination is ready to be reviewed, I've posted the nom template on T:TDYK. Hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing this hook on MainPage soon. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1383 & #1384)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:05, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

MSU Research Questions

Hello, I am involved with a research project for Michigan State University and am wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions regarding tool sets on Wikipedia. What were the tools you mainly used prior to becoming an admin, and after becoming an admin? Here is a link to the project if you are interested Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Wiki-Project Management (Jonathan Obar) , and if you have any questions please let me know. Thanks! Ltezl (talk) 22:17, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, i don't remember having tools back in 2004. --PFHLai (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1385~#1389)

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:07, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you PFHLai for nominating Woahink Lake and Yngvadottir for doing the review. Finetooth (talk) 16:54, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, Finetooth. Please be encouraged to nominate your next Fine wikiarticle for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 20:09, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:10, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:06, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Time for fresh eyes?

Helpful comment. You may have noticed that in his peroration Carabinieri says "I won't be commenting on this nomination any more and have taken the page off my watchlist". The other reviewer is Victuallers, but he hasn't responded to a note I left on his talk page. I don't know if you might deal with it yourself? In the circumstances, no one could complain. Moonraker (talk) 14:10, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm.... Carabinieri doesn't seem to be in a good mood.... Well, usually i don't do reviews, as i prefer being the one promoting hooks to the prep area and build hook sets. I'll wait a few days and see. --PFHLai (talk) 15:16, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, PFH. If I were in Carabinieri's shoes I should let go and see what happens. Moonraker (talk) 15:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

If you have a moment, Victuallers has spoken again. Moonraker (talk) 02:28, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK Question

Hi PFHLai, hope all is well. I was working on an article in userspace for a DYK when It's finally ready. My question is does the 10 day limit count when the article is in userspace and not in article space? Regards, --SKATER ^{Is Back} 14:39, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your question, Skater. According to WP:DYKSG#D8, the clock doesn't start till the article gets moved into article space. You can take your time to build your article when it is in your personal sandbox for as long as you need. Hope this helps. BTW, it's 5 days, not 10. Good luck on your DYK nomination. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 02:20, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK (#1390~#1400)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:06, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Yngvadottir (talk) 17:35, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:05, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

PFHLai: thanks tremendously for your DYK nomination. Huge apologies for not responding to your questions at the DYK discussion page--I didn't know a DYK discussion page like that existed. The feedback is really fascinating, and food for thought on current/future writing. Thanks again! Prburley (talk) 10:24, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, Prburley. Thank you for putting this in the encyclopedia. Please be encouraged to nominate your next wikiarticle for DYK. We could use more Japan-related entries there on MainPage. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Carabinieri (talk) 08:03, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely brilliant work to get this on the main page. I sort of got fed up with the article after writing the basic version and hitting brick walls when I looked for sources. FroggerLaura is also fantastic.  Tigerboy1966  12:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

FroggerLaura filled in a lot of the missing refs. That's why I gave her the {DYKmake} credit for this article. Glad to see this horse on MainPage. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 15:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Orlady (talk) 08:04, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

1400 DYKs? Seems like an appropriate time to do some archiving and start a new talkpage. Done. --PFHLai (talk) 09:22, 31 May 2012 (UTC)