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Articles created/expanded on July 28

Someone put this on AfD, despite obvious notability. Hopefully it will be closed soon.--Bedford 01:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 27

  • ... that the Loire Valley estate Chateau de Goulaine is believed to be the oldest winery in existence and the third oldest commercial enterprise in the world? (new article self nom) Primary ref is Offline but I also added an extra online reference for additional verification (though the online ref add a general disclaimer the book is very reliable on its own). Agne/ 03:15, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
{{subst:DYKTick}} Length, date and hook verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 01:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
File:AliwanFiesta.jpg
ALT ... that Sinulog Festival of Cebu City in the Philippines has won the most number of championships in Aliwan Fiesta's (pictured) cultural street dance competition?
ALT ... that the highlight of Aliwan Fiesta (pictured) is a four-kilometer dance parade of different representing cultural festivals of the Philippines? new article, self-nom by Starczamora (talk) 18:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length, hook and date verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 01:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Length & reference verified. As a side note....WOW what a great job expanding the article on a topic that is arguably a core subject for an encyclopedia. Many Kudos to Tim. It would be wonderful if the article could be enhanced with some images or illustrations--maybe something to get into the lead slot on the DYK update? Agne/ 23:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
  • The image would have to be not-copyrighted, correct? By that, I mean no "fair use" images (because those can't be on the main page).- Tim1965 (talk) 00:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • I've added two images and a chart to the article (all drawn from Commons), and hope to find an exciting (!) picture of vet students doing clinical training (from my personal collection) to add to Commons tomorrow. Maybe even another chart, if I'm really industrious and lucky. - Tim1965 (talk) 01:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 26

File:Deroplatys desiccata.jpg
My change of "lays" to "lies" was reverted, so please see Lay or Lie? Art LaPella (talk) 03:17, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and hook verified, but the article is supported by only one reference. PeterSymonds (talk) 01:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
I've added a new section on the museum with another reference now. bsrboy (talk) 01:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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Length, hook and date verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 00:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
  • ... that the music video for Blooddrunk was filmed at former Nazi barracks in Krampnitz, near Berlin? (self-nom) LuciferMorgan (talk) 14:41, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
    • According to this page, Kaserne Krampnitz was built by the Nazis as a Heeresreitschule (army riding school) and used as a base for Red Army armoured forces from the late 1940s. I suggest "Red Army barracks" instead of "Nazi barracks". Also, Krampnitz isn't in Berlin, it's in Potsdam. Xn4 (talk) 13:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
      • I misread the source, and changed it to "near Berlin" - I'm assuming that's what the source means by "in the vicinity of..". Furthermore, do you have an English written source? I cannot speak German. Anyway, the article itself says the Russian army was stationed there "prior to the reunification of Germany". Would it be better if I chose an alternative fact instead? Please let me know - I'd rather change the fact than not have a DYK for the article not used. LuciferMorgan (talk) 18:26, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
        • Your problem here is really that roadrunnerrecords.com isn't likely to be a very reliable source for the history and geography of Potsdam... and when you stop to check out what it says, it doesn't prove to do very well. Here's a page in English you could use, which refers to the riding school and the Russian barracks, but as channel4.com isn't much better than roadrunnerrecords.com, I should cite the bbfc.de page, too, noting that it's in German. Xn4 (talk) 20:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Article falls short of 5x expansion. It was around 2,901 bytes on July 20th and is now only around 6,997 bytes today. You will need to get closer to 14,505 to qualify. It would be great if you could expand the article further. I found it a very interesting read on a subject we don't see too often at DYK. Agne/ 22:49, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Prithu chasing Prithvi, who is in the form of a cow
Prithu chasing Prithvi, who is in the form of a cow
The reference (and the article) don't quite say this - usually it is only destroyed as a precaution, and only rarely are the levels high enough to be a health hazard. I'd suggest instead something like
Actually, there's a bigger problem with this article - whole paragraphs are cut and pasted from here. It needs substantial rewriting to avoid being a WP:COPYVIO. Iain99 07:17, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
The same article was nominated a day or two earlier in any case. Gatoclass (talk) 08:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Bouse Hutton
Bouse Hutton
Length, date and hook verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 00:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 25

  • The phrase "claims sovereignty to" gets 19 Google hits, and in none of those cases does the sovereign entry come after the word "to". "Sovereignty under" might be better, but the article doesn't say that, and the reference says: "We do not seek to restore 'British Sovereignty', rather we seek to restore the Native Sovereignty of our People under God and the Crown." Art LaPella (talk) 01:03, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Is that better? Otherwise "sovereignty under QEII" or "under England" would be fine, since it's British rule in general, not her specifically... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC) OK... that should work... I think 'claims itself as a commonwealth' is about the most accurate description of the situation... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues One single inline citation isn't going to cut it.--Bedford 06:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
I'd be leery about promoting a hook about a subject that's already been deleted five times. Also, please remove the blatant POV and personal opinions from the article ("Part 3 there is the interesting one" and "I kind of doubt it"). - Bobet 10:02, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
That section was a copyvio added by another user just this morning, it has been removed. - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
A couple more citations just added... regarding the previously deleted, from the deletion edit summaries, I assumed it had been deleted under CSD for lack of content (and that was 2 years ago IIRC). I tried to write a legitimate article, and don't think it would qualify for CSD in it's present form... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
My concern is that the hook suggests some some of validation for its claims. Its a topic worthy to be on Misplaced Pages, but how many people realize what a micronation actually means?--Bedford 05:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
It suggests nothing, just that they claim sovereignty... and as for how many people know what a micronation is, isn't that all the more reason to have it as a DYK? People that don't know might actually learn something from it... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Stream Cliff Farm
Stream Cliff Farm
Note - add User:Wetman for credit on London. Ottava Rima (talk) 21:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hygrocybe austropratensis
Hygrocybe austropratensis
  • Raised as Mormon, he was hired as the only Mormon writer on the HBO drama series Big Love about a polygamistic Mormon family. Sourced to a print-only interview with Black himself, and an interview with a Big Love cast member. —97198 talk 12:26, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Weapon Locating Radar
Weapon Locating Radar
Looks good, but perhaps the hook needs a tweak so people know it was a work?--Bedford 18:52, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I've never been a big fan of any hook that relies solely on in-universe details. Was there something special about the event with real-world implications? - Bobet 10:02, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Okay then. How about the latter? –LAX 18:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Instead of "as part of their storyline", maybe say kayfabeed?--Bedford 20:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Now? –LAX 20:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Works for me.--Bedford 20:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

What are these 2 images for? They were posted here without a hook. --74.14.21.221 (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Length, hook and date verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hico, Texas: "Where Everybody Is Somebody"
  • Article not expanded five fold. Was around 2,477 bytes on July 13th and is now only around 8,190 bytes of pure article text. It needs to get closer to 12,385 to qualify. Agne/ 22:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length, hook and date verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
That sounds fine; I was just trying to move the hooked article closer to the beginning/middle and apparently sacrificing precision in the process. SnowFire (talk) 02:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Hap Holmes
Hap Holmes
Length, date and hook verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 00:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 24

Wow! From this to this is definitely impressive.
Alt hook: ... that the design of the flag of Tunisia (pictured) was altered slightly in its 1999 codification?
« D. Trebbien (talk) 21:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
to the second hook. I have assumed that the references verify the claims. « D. Trebbien (talk) 21:21, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues I can't find anything about sour mash in the cited sources. Daniel Case (talk) 03:22, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Length verified; taking offline source on good faith. Added to hook (for once) to explain why this is interesting. Daniel Case (talk) 03:18, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 03:15, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues Link to MSNBC isn't working. Daniel Case (talk) 03:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
I fixed your hook according to standards and practices.--Bedford 00:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues Do we have something to indicate where this "effectively a general staff" comes from? It's sort of implied but not stated, and we need to be clearer than that. A quote in a note, or an actual source saying this, would be helpful. Daniel Case (talk) 03:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
In effect a naval general staff, the General Board lost most of its usefullness with the establishment of the position of Chief of Naval Operations in August 1916. - US Military Dictionary. The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001, 2002, Oxford University Press, Inc. (Copied by way of WikiAnswers) Raul654 (talk) 03:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
How are these unique? The article doesn't seem to make this claim, and Mappa mundi are also circular world maps with many similar features. The article itself acknowledges the potential Western influences. Can the hook state the explicit features which are unique to this style of map perhaps? Benea (talk) 12:57, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Oppose. The article is really still a stub, with only a single source, and makes claims "such as 'produced in Korea only'" which really need more than a single source (which doesn't even use wording quite that strong). --Elonka 17:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Expansion length verified. The wording of the hook is a little odd in regards to the article & referencing. Reading the hook at face value it appears to say that the one of the ways that the lizards imitate ground beetles is by squirting a pungent acid in defense. However the article and reference only say that the lizards imitate the beetles in their coloring and movement. At closer inspection, it looks like the hook is trying to combine two separate interesting facts in a cumbersome way that encourages confusion. I recommend rewording the hook with the simplest solution being dropping the pungent acid defense. However, you may want to explore a new hook regarding Charles Darwin's work and interaction with the beetles. The name recognition would add to the "catchiness". Agne/ 22:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Not the most exciting, but I may make this a triple hook, so I thought I'd get the process started.--Bedford 01:17, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Text counter was down, but Schofield House should be long enough.--Bedford 12:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
It is: 2,064 bytes of readable prose. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Added a third new article.--Bedford 13:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
What's special about this day? Was it a Friday? --74.14.16.90 (talk) 00:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Nothing especially notable about the day. The hook could stand without the date, if there is a need to be shortened.--Bedford 00:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Suggest: "(example pictured)". --74.14.21.221 (talk) 17:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Length okay, hook fact supported by source okay, looks great to me. Perhaps different emphasis in the hook, e.g. "was NOT engaged to marry", would be better (credit a version revised along these lines to the original nominator). doncram (talk) 22:47, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Sure, but it's a quotation, so I've made it "Not Engaged". Xn4 (talk) 23:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I think that's better, great. doncram (talk) 02:12, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hook seems misleading: per article, at first he lost by 30 votes, only after contesting later was deemed to win by 43. Perhaps revise to something like "despite losing reelection by 30 votes, first Arizona governor George W.P. Hunt contested results for a year(?) and was eventually deemed to win by 43". doncram (talk) 02:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
The wording was carefully chosen to make it interesting enough to draw people to the article. A person winning an election but being kept out of office suggests a story worth reading, while the loser of an election challenging the results looks more like sour grapes. If the wording is too misleading then an alternate hook is below. --Allen3  23:49, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Alt hook ... that session steel guitarist Lloyd Green learned to play Hawaiian guitar by age seven and graduated to the steel guitar that he played professionally in clubs by age ten? (alt nom) ww2censor (talk) 14:50, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Entrance to Buffalo Gap Historic Village in Buffalo Gap, Texas, south of Abilene
Entrance to Buffalo Gap Historic Village in Buffalo Gap, Texas, south of Abilene
Length and references check out. Also, I checked and found that the courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. --Elkman 05:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Woodlawn Farm main house
Woodlawn Farm main house
Length and creation date confirmed; hook fact verified on NRHP. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:05, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length, date and hook check out. Lampman (talk) 01:15, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Would taste be each individual's own POV? --74.14.16.90 (talk) 03:22, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
The group of mushrooms, the russulas, are either mild or peppery. In this case, mild just means little flavour or heat really. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:40, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I apologize. I misread "bitter" as "better". (What tastes better is obviously a POV...) --74.14.16.90 (talk) 03:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Length verified. Offline reference accepted in good faith. Agne/ 21:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I see, the article name wasn't bolded. I've fixed that. Jayjg 00:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Congregation Beth Israel (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) needs to be expanded from <600 characters to >1500 characters. --74.14.16.90 (talk) 00:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
The West Coast Conference is located in California, Oregon and Washington
The West Coast Conference is located in California, Oregon and Washington
Length, hook and date verified. PeterSymonds (talk) 03:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Are all other donors alumni? --74.14.16.90 (talk) 00:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
No, but usually the large donations for colleges come from alumni. For instance, Phil Knight is the school's largest donor, and arguably the highest profile alum. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Really? Not sure if that's a worldwide view.
If he is a top-ranked non-alumni donor and we have a ref for a list, this may be good hook material. --74.14.21.221 (talk) 17:06, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 23

George Bradburn in 1840
George Bradburn in 1840
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I find this hook a little misleading. The 1991 discovery was not the reason for NO being named MotY in 1992.
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:21, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:19, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Which one of the 3 in the pic is Francisco de Borja? --74.14.18.205 (talk) 02:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I assume you're joking? It's the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary, to say (pictured, right) would seem like a bad joke. Lampman (talk) 20:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Suggest: (pictured with the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary), +/- wikifying. --74.14.16.90 (talk) 03:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
List's intro text is too short. Daniel Case (talk) 20:09, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Still just 44 characters too short. Daniel Case (talk) 20:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
You don't have to condemn it, Daniel. There's still time for me to expand it further; that should be a possible vote symbol. Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 21:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I have expanded it further, and the main body is now at 1522 characters. Are there any other problems that need to be fixed? Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 21:35, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length verified; offline ref accepted on good faith. Daniel Case (talk) 02:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
SS Yankee
SS Yankee
I request that this article no longer be considered for DYK as the editor has admitted to making nonsense edits purely for the goal of getting this article in DYK with the proper count number, including an attempt at a revert war from a legible and more accurate interpretation of a scientific article. In addition the editor is making personal attacks in edit summaries on this article in order to obtain her stated trophy of 5000 DYK edits at any cost. She has also resorted to personal attacks in her reversions while removing purposeful careful edits in order to get the word count right so she can score a DYK point. I will also request the editor be banned from contributing to DYK for some time until this attitude changes. --Blechnic (talk) 04:39, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Nice pic. Hook is a bit awkward, as it pretty clearly implies that the pictured building was itself within a farmhouse. Why not include the available picture of the prior courthouse, the farmhouse? Or reword. doncram (talk) 15:08, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for suggestion - switched pictures. Also thanks for improvements to article. --Doug 15:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Better hook suggestion:
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 20:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
split from other article? Where? Is this a 5x expansion? --74.14.16.88 (talk) 09:21, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Much of the content came from the article NHL Rivalries. I split it off to its own article, cleaned it up, sourced it, and removed POV and un-encyclopedic statements. I think this still qualifies for DYK, but correct me if I'm wrong. Random89 19:05, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
  • This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues Reference verified. The article is not a 5 five fold expansion because the vast majority of the text is taken from the NHL Rivalries article. If we have a shortage of hook and are in a pinch, this one is a maybe. I do think we should revisit the issue at Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know. I can see strong points for including splinter articles that have been substantially cleaned up but not quite 5x expanded. However, I do think they should be lower on the totem pole to articles that have been written from scratch or truly 5x expanded. But it is something that should be part of a larger consensus discussion. Agne/ 21:05, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Article is currently in AfD. --John Nagle (talk) 05:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
...where the !vote is currently at 14 Keep, 4 Delete. Jayjg 00:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Congregation Beth Israel (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) needs to be closed before this hook gets picked for DYK. --74.13.127.194 (talk) 17:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
How does it get closed? At this point the AfD vote is up to 17-4 to keep. Rlendog (talk) 18:54, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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So the sources are verified and the article is good to go then? Daniel Case (talk) 15:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Length and reference verified. Daniel Case (talk) 15:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Picture was taken by someone else; have added here for consideration.--Bedford 03:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
That's not a problem. Length and reference verified. Reworded hook a little for clarity. Daniel Case (talk) 15:11, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure we really need to include the style for Tutu, but if we're going to, as Archbishop Emeritus, he is correctly Most Revd. David Underdown (talk) 13:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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Length verified; offline reference accepted on good faith. Daniel Case (talk) 15:07, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Too short in what way? A bit of descriptiveness might help matters. - Hexhand (talk) 20:03, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Gatoclass means that the main body of the article, which excludes the images and their captions, the list of sources, and the "See also" section, is too short. The smallest an article can be to be truly Start-class, and ready for DYK, is 1500 bytes in the main body, this article's only got about 1235. There's still time to expand it up to the desired length, however. But as a side-note, you might wish to tweak the hook you have provided, as "of every four, more than three..." sounds strange; with four being the maximum limit given, isn't the only full number larger than three four? Good luck, though! Mess around with the guy in shades all you like - don't mess around with the girl in gloves! (talk) 20:54, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I have since fixed the nom, expanded the article to 26kb, and found a boatload of info about the contamination of the British pound as well. A word to the wise: stop licking bank notes. Yuck-o. - Hexhand (talk) 00:21, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Plenty long enough now. I am verifying in spite of the fact that the refs. need registration, as at least one article summary more or less confirms it. My only quibble would be that I would be happier if it was phrased "that studies have shown" as most of the studies seem to have been quite small, ie, to make it something like "that studies have shown that three out of every four U.S. dollar bills are contaminated by cocaine or another illicit drug?" Gatoclass (talk) 02:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Done, though I was under the impression that the article title had to be in the DYK. Did I misread that?- Hexhand (talk) 03:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes. The article title does have to be bolded and linked, but ] accomplishes that. The unpiped article title is sometimes preferred, but not always required, and it isn't a written (or Unwritten) rule. Art LaPella (talk) 03:17, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Okay; just want to point out that the rules, unwritten or otherwise, don't list that as an option. Thanks for the input. :)- Hexhand (talk) 06:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Since another user claims to have just caught Hexhand making a large copyvio to this article, it will have to be thoroughly checked before it is promoted. I don't currently have time to do that, so I'm changing my vote from verified to possible in the meantime. Gatoclass (talk) 08:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Maybe before besmirching my rep, maybe you could actually look into the matter before passing judgment, Gat. Poor form. - Hexhand (talk) 14:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
See here - the expansion was done by copying text from two newspaper articles, with some minor alterations which Hexhand (in good faith I believe, but mistakenly) thought were enough to stop it being a copyright violation. Iain99 21:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Isn't this common? -74.14.18.205 (talk) 02:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues Yes, it is very common. Length and date verified. The hook? Not so much. The hook is about something too common and it is overall not interesting. Please try to find a different hook. Regards, RyRy (talk) 10:14, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
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Note: Someone reverted all of my revisions to the original short story. Can you recheck what I had submitted? There is no way that the existing article is better than what I had, for I had a full story that took over three hours to write.-Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:52, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Whatever linked article gets featured on the main page must be ready for show before the hook can be approved. You may want to discuss at Talk:Childress, Texas with whoever edited over your contributions ASAP. --74.14.16.90 (talk) 03:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Expiring noms

Articles created/expanded on July 22

Currently under AfD, but its going to be kept after the closing of the AfD, so once that happens, it good to go.--Bedford 01:26, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
It was kept.--Bedford 02:49, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
That's a very prosaic hook. Can't you find something a bit more interesting? Gatoclass (talk) 14:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm open to suggestions. The other citations seemed either uninteresting, or criticism.--Bedford 16:54, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Having looked at the article, I think there may be some BLP issues here, given that the article on her seems only to exist in order to attack her husband with COI charges. The sources are only local too. I'm not an expert on BLPs, but while I certainly wouldn't propose deleting the article, I'm not sure we should really be featuring something like this on the front page. Gatoclass (talk) 18:58, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I know someone from WP:Indy who's a real Democrat partisan, but is still a stand up guy. I'll ask him to peruse it. If he has no problems, then it should be A-OK.--Bedford 20:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Everything seems okay as far as POV is concerned, everything has a reference. As soon as I get a chance I will add some more info. HoosierState 01:18, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 21

I'm a little uncomfortable with a self-promotional hook. References are all in Japanese, which means we'd take it in AGF, but an alternative hook is beyond us regular DYK reviewers.--Bedford 18:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Alt Hook, but I couldn't figure out which citation verifies the Alt Hook. I reviewed refs #1, #2, and #11. Ref #2 is several pages long, and maybe the hook verification is there; if so, what page? Also, the article has several red-links. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:55, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

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