User talk:Yngvadottir/DYKs
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DYK for Ali Forney
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On November 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ali Forney, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Ali Forney
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On November 29, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ali Forney, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Viking Society for Northern Research
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On January 30, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Viking Society for Northern Research, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Eiríkr Magnússon
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On February 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eiríkr Magnússon, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Edward Tuckerman
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On March 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Tuckerman, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Árni Magnússon
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On April 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Árni Magnússon, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Heathen hofs
edit| | On April 30, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heathen hofs, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Gullgubber
edit| | On May 18, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gullgubber, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Earthquakes in Germany
edit| | On June 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Earthquakes in Germany, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for New Danube
edit| | On June 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New Danube, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Singasteinn
edit| | On June 8, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Singasteinn, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Ninth Avenue derailment
edit| | On June 14, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ninth Avenue derailment, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Stephansplatz (Vienna U-Bahn)
edit| | On June 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stephansplatz (Vienna U-Bahn), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sofka Skipwith
edit| | On June 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sofka Skipwith, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Anglo-Saxon turriform churches
edit| | On June 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anglo-Saxon turriform churches, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Fichte-Bunker
edit| | On July 2, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fichte-Bunker, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Stock im Eisen
edit| | On July 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stock im Eisen, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Palais Equitable
edit| | On July 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Palais Equitable, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Indriði Indriðason
edit| | On July 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indriði Indriðason, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Hotspur (comic)
edit| | On 10 August, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hotspur (comic), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Shooting an apple off one's child's head
edit| | On 11 August, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shooting an apple off one's child's head, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Wolf of Kabul
edit| | On 13 August, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wolf of Kabul, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Kloster Berge school
edit| | On 10 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kloster Berge school, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Wolfgang Krause
edit| | On 12 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wolfgang Krause, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Tony Clunn
edit| | On 17 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tony Clunn, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Helmut de Boor
edit| | On 14 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helmut de Boor, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Senate of Berlin
edit| | On 26 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Senate of Berlin, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Platz der Luftbrücke
edit| | On 6 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Platz der Luftbrücke, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Paradestraße (Berlin U-Bahn)
edit| | On 8 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paradestraße (Berlin U-Bahn), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that two Berlin U-Bahn stations, Paradestraße and Platz der Luftbrücke, have been called "Flughafen" (airport) because Hitler wanted the entrance to Tempelhof Airport moved? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Nürnberger Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
edit| | On 5 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nürnberger Platz (Berlin U-Bahn), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after the Nürnberger Platz Berlin U-Bahn station was replaced by Spichernstraße and demolished, the Augsburger Straße station had to be built to reduce the distance between stations? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Íslendingur (ship)
edit| | On 11 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Íslendingur (ship), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Íslendingur, the Icelandic replica of the Gokstad Viking ship that sailed across the Atlantic to L’Anse aux Meadows in 2000, is now displayed in the new Viking World museum in Reykjanesbær? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Johann Wilhelm Schwedler
edit| | On 19 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johann Wilhelm Schwedler, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Johann Wilhelm Schwedler preferred other engineering solutions over his own invention, the Schwedler truss, on aesthetic grounds? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Jelling stone ship
edit| | On 28 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jelling stone ship, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that remains of the largest known stone ship, either 170 or 354 metres long, have been found under the two royal barrows at Jelling in Denmark? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sunstone (medieval)
edit| | On 31 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunstone (medieval), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Vikings may have navigated using a light-polarizing mineral they called a sunstone to locate the sun in cloudy skies? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Happy New Year. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 20:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
DYK for La Jana (actress)
edit| | On 13 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article La Jana (actress), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the 1920s revue Casanova, the dancer La Jana was carried on-stage semi-naked on a silver platter? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Icelandic census of 1703
edit| | On 19 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Icelandic census of 1703, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Icelandic census of 1703 was the first census to record the names, addresses, and ages of every inhabitant of a country, regardless of social class? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Gro Steinsland
edit| | On 22 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gro Steinsland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, as an expert in Norse mythology, Gro Steinsland wrote an Op-ed article in 2000 calling Thor Heyerdahl’s Odin expedition a charade orchestrated by Snorri Sturluson? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Walter Baetke
edit| | On 30 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Walter Baetke, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Walter Baetke, who became a professor of Scandinavian studies and history of religion, wrote his doctoral thesis on children in English literature during and after Shakespeare's time? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Techno Viking
edit| | On 13 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Techno Viking, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Techno Viking has received more than 20 million clicks on YouTube and given rise to more than 700 responses and remixed versions? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Johanna Mestorf
edit| | On 17 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johanna Mestorf, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the prehistoric archaeologist Johanna Mestorf was the first female museum director in Germany, and at 71 became the first or second female professor? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Heinrich-Heine-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
edit| | On 5 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heinrich-Heine-Straße (Berlin U-Bahn), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Heinrich-Heine-Straße U-Bahn station in Berlin, opened in 1928, was a ghost station for nearly three decades and retains much of its original appearance? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for G. Topham Forrest
edit| | On 6 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article G. Topham Forrest, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that G. Topham Forrest used a plain neo-Georgian style for most 1920s and 1930s London County Council housing estates, but at Ossulston used a modernist style influenced by Viennese workers’ housing? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Ossulston Estate
edit| | On 6 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ossulston Estate, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that G. Topham Forrest used a plain neo-Georgian style for most 1920s and 1930s London County Council housing estates, but at Ossulston used a modernist style influenced by Viennese workers’ housing? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Archbishop of Cologne)
edit| | On 28 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Archbishop of Cologne), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ruprecht of the Palatinate was so unpopular as Archbishop of Cologne that he was ultimately forced to sign a resignation in exchange for an annuity of 4,000 gold guilders? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cheers, BigDom 16:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Klopp Castle
edit| | On 11 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Klopp Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the German town of Bingen am Rhein has used Klopp Castle for city administration since 1897? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Lichtburg
edit| | On 13 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lichtburg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rudolf Fränkel's Lichtburg cinema in Berlin, with its rooftop searchlights, probably influenced Cecil Clavering's Odeon cinema in Kingstanding? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Richard Riemerschmid
edit| | On 20 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard Riemerschmid, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German art nouveau painter and architect Richard Riemerschmid began designing furniture after he could not find what he wanted for his flat following his marriage? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 06:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Haus Vaterland
edit| | On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Haus Vaterland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Rhine Terrace restaurant in Berlin's Haus Vaterland featured hourly fake thunderstorms? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for John Stanley Coombe Beard
edit| | On 15 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Stanley Coombe Beard, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Plaza in West Wickham, London, was the one hundredth cinema designed by John Stanley Coombe Beard? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Carlisle House, Soho
edit| | On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carlisle House, Soho, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that there were two Carlisle Houses in 18th-century London's Soho Square; one housing Domenico Angelo's fencing and riding school and another Madame Cornelys' masquerades and illegal operas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 00:53, 8 June 2011 (UTC) 18:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Teresa Cornelys
edit| | On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Teresa Cornelys, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that there were two Carlisle Houses in 18th-century London's Soho Square; one housing Domenico Angelo's fencing and riding school and another Madame Cornelys' masquerades and illegal operas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Calmer Waters 00:53, 8 June 2011 (UTC) 18:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Das häßliche Mädchen
edit| | On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Das häßliche Mädchen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the 1933 première of the film Das häßliche Mädchen there was a Nazi-instigated riot in which tomatoes and rotten eggs were thrown, because of the male lead, Max Hansen? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Ehrenbürg
edit| | On 22 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ehrenbürg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that human sacrifices and perhaps cannibalism took place on the Ehrenbürg in Franconia during the Hallstatt and La Tène periods? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Cephenemyia ulrichii
edit| | On 28 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cephenemyia ulrichii, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the moose botfly Cephenemyia ulrichii shoots its larvae into people's eyes, perhaps because human eyes and moose nostrils both face forward? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Louis Delaporte
edit| | On 14 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louis Delaporte, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that detailed drawings by French explorer Louis Delaporte guided the reconstruction of Pha That Luang, a major Buddhist temple in Laos? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro
edit| | On 14 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Picasso said he discovered "what painting was all about" after seeing African art in the Paris Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sempervivum tectorum
edit| | On 14 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sempervivum tectorum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that many people still plant Jove's beard on the roofs of houses, as Charlemagne recommended? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sugar Museum (Berlin)
edit| | On 18 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sugar Museum (Berlin), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Berlin Sugar Museum features a 1903 painting (pictured) of Franz Carl Achard presenting King Frederick William III of Prussia with a loaf of beet sugar? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Illusion of transparency
edit| | On 5 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Illusion of transparency, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that simply knowing about and understanding the illusion of transparency might help reduce speech anxiety? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Jan Buijs
edit| | On 21 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jan Buijs, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jan Buijs' De Volharding Building (pictured) was a famous example of architecture of the night? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Buijs.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Nail Men
edit| | On 1 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nail Men, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that people in Berlin raised over a million gold marks for charity in World War I by hammering nails into a wooden statue of Hindenburg 12 metres (42 feet) high? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nail Men.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Haugtussa (song cycle)
edit| | On 1 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Haugtussa (song cycle), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Edvard Grieg composed only one song cycle, Haugtussa for soprano and piano? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Haugtussa (song cycle).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sonargöltr
edit| | On 18 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sonargöltr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Norsemen made vows at Yule on the bristles of a sacrificial boar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sonargöltr.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Janus Djurhuus
edit| | On 22 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Janus Djurhuus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Yrkingar by Janus Djurhuus was the first collection of a Faroese poet's works to be published? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Janus Djurhuus.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Bigfin reef squid
edit| | On 26 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bigfin reef squid, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that bigfin reef squids (pictured) have one of the fastest recorded growth rates of any large marine invertebrate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bigfin reef squid.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Augusta Victoria (ship)
edit| | On 10 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Augusta Victoria (ship), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Augusta Victoria broke a speed record on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Augusta Victoria (ship).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wikiVictuallers (talk) 12:02, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Nólsoyar Páll
edit| | On 11 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nólsoyar Páll, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Faroese folk hero Nólsoyar Páll had to illegally sell 2,600 knitted sweaters to try to open direct trade with his country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nólsoyar Páll.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Johann Poppe
edit| | On 1 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johann Poppe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Johann Poppe, designing interiors of ocean liners for Norddeutscher Lloyd, moved the first class dining saloon to the centre of the ship, where it could rise two or more decks and have a skylight (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Poppe.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Casino faction
edit| | On 19 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Casino faction, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the largest political faction in the Frankfurt Parliament was called the Casino? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Casino faction.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Heinrich Wiegand
edit| | On 9 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heinrich Wiegand, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Heinrich Wiegand refused an appointment as State Secretary for the Colonies to remain head of the Norddeutscher Lloyd? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Heinrich Wiegand.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK for William Ellsworth Fisher
edit| | On 15 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Ellsworth Fisher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... Architects Fisher & Fisher, the sibling partnership of Arthur and William Ellsworth Fisher, designed the oil company town of Parco, Wyoming, in a unified Spanish colonial style to foster community? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Ellsworth Fisher.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Fisher & Fisher
edit| | On 15 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fisher & Fisher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... Architects Fisher & Fisher, the sibling partnership of Arthur and William Ellsworth Fisher, designed the oil company town of Parco, Wyoming, in a unified Spanish colonial style to foster community? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Freudenberg Group
edit| | On 12 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Freudenberg Group, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Freudenberg Group placed Vileda brand cleaning cloths on the market after noticing that their cleaning ladies were using scraps of their experimental fabrics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freudenberg Group.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Yann Kersalé
edit| | On 15 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yann Kersalé, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that light artist Yann Kersalé saved boat lifts in Thieu and a submarine base in Saint-Nazaire by illuminating them? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yann Kersalé.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Pointe de la Torche
edit| | On 16 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pointe de la Torche, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Pointe de la Torche in Brittany has a Mesolithic midden, a Megalithic passage grave, and a World War II German blockhouse? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pointe de la Torche.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Rakni's Mound
edit| | On 28 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rakni's Mound, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rakni's Mound in Ullensaker, Norway, the largest barrow in Scandinavia, contained no body, only cremated skull fragments? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rakni's Mound.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Olaus Verelius
edit| | On 31 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Olaus Verelius, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 17th-century Swedish scholars Olaus Verelius and Johannes Schefferus disputed bitterly over the location of the heathen temple at Uppsala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Olaus Verelius.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Marriage loan
edit| | On 8 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marriage loan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nazi Germany gave newlyweds interest-free loans that were forgiven if the couple had four children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marriage loan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Stone Bridge (Regensburg)
edit| | On 12 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stone Bridge (Regensburg), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Stone Bridge at Regensburg, probably built in 1135–46, was the city's only bridge across the Danube for about 800 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stone Bridge (Regensburg).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:43, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Walter D'Arcy Ryan
edit| | On 21 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Walter D'Arcy Ryan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Walter D'Arcy Ryan was the first to illuminate the whole of Niagara Falls and also the first to illuminate an entire skyscraper, the Singer Building? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Walter D'Arcy Ryan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 15:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Nordeca
edit| | On 1 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nordeca, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that by acquiring the commercial division of the Norwegian Mapping Agency, the company now called Nordeca became a market leader in leisure maps in Norway? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nordeca.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Swedish Forn Sed Assembly
edit| | On 1 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Swedish Forn Sed Assembly, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Swedish Asatru Assembly, now the Swedish Forn Sed Assembly, held a blót at Gamla Uppsala to celebrate the Church of Sweden no longer being the state church? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Swedish Forn Sed Assembly.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
edit| | On 5 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, who later wrote The Art of Beowulf, was one of a group of University of California professors who at first refused on principle to sign the loyalty oath in 1949? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Christa Reinig
edit| | On 8 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christa Reinig, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the lesbian German writer Christa Reinig stated in a poem, "Sometimes the gay shirt is closer to me than the feminist skirt"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christa Reinig.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
What a great day. Thank you Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Dearborn Homes
edit| | On 21 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dearborn Homes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Chicago Housing Authority's renovation of the Dearborn Homes housing project includes adding neo-Georgian quoins and ball-topped gables to the brick high-rises? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dearborn Homes.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Theodor Rowehl
edit| | On 25 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Theodor Rowehl, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Theodor Rowehl's high-altitude flights in a rented plane were Germany's first strategic aerial photoreconnaissance after World War I? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Theodor Rowehl.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Julia C. Lathrop Homes
edit| | On 26 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Julia C. Lathrop Homes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that residents and preservationists have fought to save the Julia C. Lathrop Homes from demolition by the Chicago Housing Authority? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julia C. Lathrop Homes.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 10:15, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Ida B. Wells Homes
edit| | On 27 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ida B. Wells Homes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the now demolished Ida B. Wells Homes in Chicago were the location of both LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's Peabody Award-winning radio documentary and Frederick Wiseman's Public Housing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ida B. Wells Homes.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 01:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Bernhard Kummer
edit| | On 29 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bernhard Kummer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bernhard Kummer regarded the conversion of the Germanic peoples as a cultural catastrophe and thus titled his doctoral thesis Midgards Untergang? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bernhard Kummer.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Schlußakkord
edit| | On 7 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Schlußakkord, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in his 1936 German melodrama, Schlußakkord, Douglas Sirk characterised and contrasted a Weimar new woman and a German expatriate mother through their reactions to Beethoven's 9th Symphony? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schlußakkord.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for PowerTech Information Systems
edit| | On 22 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article PowerTech Information Systems, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that because the four founders of the Norwegian ISP PowerTech Information Systems were still minors, the father of one of them became the company's first chairman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/PowerTech Information Systems.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Immensee (film)
edit| | On 27 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Immensee (film), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one man loved the 1943 film Immensee so much that in 1975 he bought the estate where it was filmed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Immensee (film).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Osterbrunnen
edit| | On 29 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Osterbrunnen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the tradition in Franconian Switzerland of decorating public fountains with Easter eggs, Osterbrunnen (pictured), has spread beyond Franconia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Osterbrunnen.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Frankenburger Würfelspiel
edit| | On 14 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frankenburger Würfelspiel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eberhard Wolfgang Möller originally intended Adolf Hitler to be revealed as the supreme judge in his Thingspiel, the Frankenburger Würfelspiel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frankenburger Würfelspiel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Margaret Powell
edit| | On 16 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Powell, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Margaret Powell's 1968 memoir, Below Stairs, has inspired three television series: Upstairs, Downstairs, Beryl's Lot and Downton Abbey? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Powell.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Das Millionenspiel
edit| | On 17 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Das Millionenspiel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when the German TV film Das Millionenspiel aired in 1970, some viewers thought they were watching a real manhunt and called the fictitious telephone number to register to participate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Das Millionenspiel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Erna Lendvai-Dircksen
edit| | On 20 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erna Lendvai-Dircksen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Erna Lendvai-Dircksen produced heroic photographs of autobahn construction workers under the Nazis on a commission from Fritz Todt? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Erna Lendvai-Dircksen.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for LVMH Tower
edit| | On 22 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article LVMH Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the LVMH Tower in New York has a 30-foot-high glass "Magic Room" at the top made possible by folding the facade in an unusual interpretation of setback requirements? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/LVMH Tower.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Kevin Laffan
edit| | On 23 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Laffan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that dramatist Kevin Laffan could not find a publisher for his first novel, Pendle's Disposal, but had two offers within a week of changing the title to Virgins are in Short Supply? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Laffan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Annaberg (hill)
edit| | On 31 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Annaberg (hill), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Annaberg hill (Góra Świętej Anny) in Silesia has a pilgrimage church that remained popular despite Nazi efforts to draw attention away with an open-air theatre and a heroes' mausoleum? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Annaberg (hill).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for National Gallery (Berlin)
edit| | On 17 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article National Gallery (Berlin), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the National Gallery in Berlin has now expanded from its original 1876 building into five others, including a Schinkel church and two palace outbuildings in Charlottenburg? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/National Gallery (Berlin). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for KunstRAI
edit| | On 21 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article KunstRAI, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the revived KunstRAI art fair in Amsterdam in May, Bart Jansen created a stir by exhibiting his dead cat, Orville, transformed into a radio-controlled helicopter? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KunstRAI. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Manfred von Richthofen (general)
edit| | On 27 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Manfred von Richthofen (general), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that General Manfred von Richthofen, like the air ace who was named after him and was his great-nephew, was awarded the "Blue Max" for his service in World War I? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manfred von Richthofen (General). If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
edit| | On 26 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, in British Columbia, Canada, has one of the world's highest concentrations of mountain goats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Height of the Rockies Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:15, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Embassy of France, Berlin
edit| | On 10 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Embassy of France, Berlin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the French Embassy in Berlin opened in 2002 has struck many, including the Mayor of Mitte, as resembling a barricade with gun slits? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Embassy of France, Berlin. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Altes Stadthaus, Berlin
edit| | On 18 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Altes Stadthaus, Berlin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a 400 kg (880 lb) statue of the Berlin bear was removed from the city administrative building Altes Stadthaus (pictured) and given to the East Berlin zoo in 1959? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Toilet (room)
edit| | On 25 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Toilet (room), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the German architect Hermann Muthesius noted in 1904 that it was "considered downright inadmissible" for the toilet to be in a British bathroom, rather than a room of its own? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toilet (room). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Ackerstraße
edit| | On 27 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ackerstraße, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Berlin Wall Memorial in Bernauer Straße includes a reconciliation chapel on the site of a church in Ackerstraße that was destroyed because it stood in the border strip? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Käthe Krauß
edit| | On 9 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Käthe Krauß, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Käthe Krauß won bronze in the 100 metres in the 1936 Summer Olympics and was on the German women's sprint relay team that set a world record in the heats, but dropped the baton in the final race? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Käthe Krauß. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Köllnischer Park
edit| | On 11 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Köllnischer Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Köllnischer Park in Berlin houses bears (one pictured), known as the city mascots? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Köllnischer Park. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Una Guðmundsdóttir
edit| | On 15 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Una Guðmundsdóttir, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Una Guðmundsdóttir, who headed one of the first schools for young children in Iceland, became nationally known as a psychic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Una Guðmundsdóttir. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Märkisches Museum
edit| | On 18 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Märkisches Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an axe from the collection of the new Märkisches Provinzialmuseum in Berlin was used to execute Max Hödel after his attempt to assassinate the Kaiser? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Märkisches Museum. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Turid Birkeland
edit| | On 29 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Turid Birkeland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Turid Birkeland became Head of Concerts Norway in April 2012, succeeding Åse Kleveland, whom she had also succeeded as Minister of Culture in 1996? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Turid Birkeland. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Kronprinzenpalais
edit| | On 12 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kronprinzenpalais, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in May 1936, on orders of the Nazis, Expressionist artworks were burnt in the furnace of the Kronprinzenpalais, which housed the modern art division of the Berlin National Gallery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kronprinzenpalais. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
DYK for DDG Hansa
edit| | On 13 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article DDG Hansa, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that DDG Hansa lost all but one of its ships in World War I and all its ships in and after World War II and still became the world's largest heavy lift shipping company? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/DDG Hansa. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Fischerinsel
edit| | On 24 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fischerinsel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although the Fischerinsel in central Berlin was levelled in the 1960s to build tower blocks, a replica of the old inn Zum Nußbaum was constructed in the Nikolaiviertel in 1987? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fischerinsel. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Downtown College Prep
edit| | On 13 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Downtown College Prep, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Downtown College Prep in San Jose was the first charter school in Santa Clara County, California? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Downtown College Prep. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Tauzieher
edit| | On 19 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tauzieher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1911 Tauzieher sculpture (pictured) in Cologne depicts a worker tying a rope to a bollard as a "Herculean" nude? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tauzieher. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Berlin Biennale
edit| | On 24 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Berlin Biennale, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the 2012 Berlin Biennale, one artist blocked Friedrichstraße with a wall, which was removed early after public protest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Berlin Biennale. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for The Tower of Blue Horses
edit| | On 23 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Tower of Blue Horses, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the inclusion of Franz Marc's Expressionist oil painting The Tower of Blue Horses (pictured) in the Degenerate Art exhibition in Munich in 1937 instigated protests from German war veterans? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Tower of Blue Horses. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Kajetan Mühlmann
edit| | On 4 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kajetan Mühlmann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jonathan Petropoulos has stated that Kajetan Mühlmann is "arguably the single most prodigious art plunderer in the history of human civilization"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kajetan Mühlmann. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Richard von Hegener
edit| | On 9 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard von Hegener, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Richard von Hegener was a primary organizer of the Nazi Action T4 adult and child euthanasia program, whose method of gassing victims was a forerunner to the gas chambers of the Holocaust? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard von Hegener. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Pre-Maori settlement of New Zealand theories
edit| | On 25 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pre-Maori settlement of New Zealand theories, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that there are theories that New Zealand was originally settled by Egyptians or Greeks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pre-Maori settlement of New Zealand theories. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Palais Leuchtenberg
edit| | On 7 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Palais Leuchtenberg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Palais Leuchtenberg (pictured) in Munich, was built from 1817 to 1821 at a cost of 770,000 guilders, which was almost the annual budget of Bavaria at the time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Palais Leuchtenberg. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Lascaris Battery
edit| | On 10 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lascaris Battery, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lascaris Battery, an artillery battery in Malta built in 1854, was Britain's secret headquarters for Mediterranean operations during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lascaris Battery. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Max von Widnmann
edit| | On 6 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Max von Widnmann, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Max von Widnmann. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Gregorian Tower
edit| | On 17 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gregorian Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that observations made with the sundial at the Gregorian Tower of Vatican City provided essential confirmation of the need to reform the Julian calendar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gregorian Tower. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Oia, Greece
edit| | On 11 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oia, Greece, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Oia in Greece is pronounced "EE-ah" and not "OY-ah"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oia, Greece. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Gian Carlo Passeroni
edit| | On 15 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gian Carlo Passeroni, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni (pictured) lived in a cellar with thread-bare clothing, minimal furniture and only a rooster as a companion? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gian Carlo Passeroni. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Scipione Cobelluzzi
edit| | On 19 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Scipione Cobelluzzi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Scipione Cobelluzzi was chief archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives from 17 February 1618 until his death on 29 June 1626? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Scipione Cobelluzzi. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Gustava Aigner
edit| | On 2 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gustava Aigner, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Gustava Aigner made the first discovery of graptolites in the northern greywacke zone of the Alps, with her former fellow student, Ida Peltzmann, who named two species for her? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gustava Aigner. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Sergei Azarov
edit| | On 5 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sergei Azarov, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Belarusian chess Grandmaster Sergei Azarov is ranked third in his country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sergei Azarov. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Emilia Appelqvist
edit| | On 8 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emilia Appelqvist, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Emilia Appelqvist was the captain of the Swedish team at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emilia Appelqvist. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Casa del Arte (Concepción, Chile)
edit| | On 14 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Casa del Arte (Concepción, Chile), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Casa del Arte (pictured) of Concepción, Chile, has the largest collection of Chilean art and the second largest collection of paintings in the country? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Casa del Arte (Concepción, Chile). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Bramshill House
edit| | On 28 July 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bramshill House, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Jacobean mansion Bramshill House (south façade pictured) is reportedly inhabited by 14 ghosts, including one of a bride who locked herself in a chest on her wedding night and wasn't found for 50 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bramshill House. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Nansenflua
edit| | On 22 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nansenflua, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the exiled HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen was wrecked off the volcanic island Jan Mayen in November 1940, after striking a previously uncharted rock west-southwest of Eggøya in the northern part of Rekvedbukta? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Ronflonflon
edit| | On 19 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ronflonflon, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers (pictured) wrote and directed Going to the Dogs, a play for six German shepherds, Ronflonflon, a radio show full of jingles, and TV shows for the VPRO including De Fred Haché Show, Barend is weer bezig, Het is weer zo laat!, De lachende scheerkwast, and Opzoek naar Yolanda? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Gladsaxehus
edit| | On 4 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gladsaxehus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the former manor of Gladsaxehus in Sweden was once bequeathed to become a nunnery of Dominicans, but Queen Margaret preferred it to remain a strategic royal fief? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gladsaxehus. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Burchard Precht
edit| | On 13 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Burchard Precht, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1674 carving by Burchard Precht for Storkyrkan's Royal Pew was to a design by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burchard Precht. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Malören
edit| | On 28 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Malören, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the wooden chapel on Malören in northern Sweden became known as the "cathedral of the islands" due to its tall spire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Malören. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Wellington Suspension Bridge
edit| | On 26 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wellington Suspension Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Wellington Suspension Bridge (pictured), in Aberdeen, still has the original main chains from when it was opened in 1831? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wellington Suspension Bridge. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Rumskulla oak
edit| | On 1 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rumskulla oak, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that sex scenes in the controversial 1967 film I Am Curious (Yellow) were shot inside the Rumskulla oak, an oak tree that is more than 1,000 years old? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rumskulla oak. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Gingerbread house
edit| | On 25 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gingerbread house, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the world's largest gingerbread house (example pictured) had edible walls and measured 2,520 square feet (234 m2)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gingerbread house. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
DYK for Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School
edit| | On 22 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a Norwegian school (pictured) was named for Thor and built by a hammer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Erika Sunnegårdh
edit| | On 27 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Erika Sunnegårdh, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Swedish soprano Erika Sunnegårdh, who has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, said that her voice was "like a wild horse"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Erika Sunnegårdh. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your contribution to the wiki Victuallers (talk) 12:28, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Garden of Ninfa
edit| | On 2 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Garden of Ninfa, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Garden of Ninfa (pictured) has been called "the most romantic garden in the world"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Garden of Ninfa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 16:02, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
DYK for SS City of Chester
edit| | On 30 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article SS City of Chester, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1888, in San Francisco Bay, RMS Oceanic rammed SS City of Chester and cut through her "as though she was a cheese" (accident pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SS City of Chester. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Bartholomäus Sastrow
edit| | On 14 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bartholomäus Sastrow, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bartholomäus Sastrow's autobiography does not give the birth dates of his children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bartholomäus Sastrow. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Elsa Collin
edit| | On 18 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elsa Collin, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Elsa Collin (pictured) was the first woman at any Swedish university to be part of a student spex show? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elsa Collin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Brita von Horn
edit| | On 21 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brita von Horn, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Swedish director Brita von Horn (pictured) was the first to stage a Chekhov play in Sweden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brita von Horn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Alice Teodorescu
edit| | On 25 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alice Teodorescu, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alice Teodorescu "has made herself known as a provocative and fearless liberal debater"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Teodorescu. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
The DYK project (nominate) 09:58, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Évariste Vital Luminais
edit| | On 25 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Évariste Vital Luminais, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 19th-century painter Évariste Vital Luminais was sometimes called "the painter of the Gauls"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Évariste Vital Luminais. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
The DYK project (nominate) 22:12, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Fittja gård
edit| | On 1 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fittja gård, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Fittja gård became a popular overnight inn and station for exchange of horses for Swedish kings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fittja gård. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Man Writing a Letter
edit| | On 2 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Man Writing a Letter, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the companion-piece pair of paintings by Gabriël Metsu, Man Writing a Letter and Woman Reading a Letter (both pictured), were stolen and recovered twice? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:02, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Woman Reading a Letter
edit| | On 2 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Woman Reading a Letter, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the companion-piece pair of paintings by Gabriël Metsu, Man Writing a Letter and Woman Reading a Letter (both pictured), were stolen and recovered twice? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Rudolf Koller
edit| | On 8 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rudolf Koller, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rudolf Koller painted "the Swiss national animal" running in the road in front of traffic (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rudolf Koller. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Twitterature
edit| | On 15 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Twitterature, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Twitterature has been called a literary genre, but is more accurately an adaptation of various genres to social media? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Twitterature. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
DYK for View from the Artist's Window
edit| | On 10 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article View from the Artist's Window, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Martinus Rørbye's painting View from the Artist's Window (pictured) is considered one of the highlights of the Danish Golden Age of painting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/View from the Artist's Window. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Eva and Abraham Beem
edit| | On 29 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eva and Abraham Beem, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although Dutch Jewish siblings Eva and Abraham Beem tried to hide from the Nazis in the home of a Christian family, Abraham's circumcision gave them away? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Maryat Lee
edit| | On 23 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maryat Lee, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Maryat Lee's company Eco Theater developed plays from oral histories, using unpaid actors in productions often followed by discussions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maryat Lee. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Apollo Hotel Amsterdam
edit| | On 19 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Apollo Hotel Amsterdam, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Apollo Hotel Amsterdam is situated near the confluence of five canals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Apollo Hotel Amsterdam. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Pius Walder
edit| | On 11 February 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pius Walder, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the hairstyle, sideburns, life and death of Austrian poacher Pius Walder inspired the Tatort police procedural film Elvis lebt! (Elvis lives!)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pius Walder. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Constance Leathart
edit| | On 3 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Constance Leathart, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that RAF pilot Constance Leathart, one of the first women to fly over the Alps, flew heavy bombers in World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Constance Leathart. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. |
DYK for Mondongo (collective)
edit On 25 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mondongo (collective), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Black Series by Argentinian art collective Mondongo used cookies and crackers to recreate pornographic images from the internet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mondongo (collective). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mondongo (collective)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK for River of Blood (monument)
edit On 29 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article River of Blood (monument), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that on the links at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, a monument commemorates a Civil War battle that never happened? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/River of Blood (monument). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, River of Blood (monument)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
DYK for Wincheap
edit On 11 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wincheap, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a pub on Wincheap in Canterbury is believed to be the oldest continuously trading in the city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wincheap. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wincheap), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
Umm, thanks, Ritchie333, but as I recall all I did was add a couple of old books. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:18, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Julia Allison
edit On 2 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Julia Allison, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Julia Allison has been described as one of the first influencers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Allison. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Julia Allison), 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) 00:03, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House
edit On 27 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the socialite Lucy Drexel Dahlgren's New York City house was designed by a neighbor whom Dahlgren met in Paris? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House), 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.
DYK for Sam Carling
edit On 22 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sam Carling, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sam Carling was the first UK member of Parliament to be born in the 21st century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sam Carling. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sam Carling), 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.