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*...that the ''']''' has bronze-green upperparts and a rufous and black-striped tail?
*...that the ] artist, ''']''', once sliced a ] into three pieces length-wise, removed the central piece and then re-attached the two sides leading to an arrow-like ]?
*...that the ''']''' in ] - the seat of the ] during the ] - was built on the lines of ],]?
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*...that the ''']''', a derelict oil tanker, ran aground only 25 miles off ] in ], causing one of the largest ]s in history? (])
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*...that the Soviet general ''']''', one of the members of the State Emergency Committee which organized the ], was eventually acqutted by the Russian court and took a seat in the ]?
*...that the ''']''' controlled 70% of Chinese industry in ]?


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*...that as a result of ''']''', it is not uncommon for ]ian employees to work unpaid for a week before even discussing wages?
*...that ''']''' performed for ]s of ]s ], ], ], ], ] and ]? (])
*...that ''']''' sent the first known letter from ] and that it was from ], ] on ], ]?
*...that ''''']''''', a recently described ] relative that looked like an ] with a ]'s tail, ] a semi-] lifestyle 110 million years earlier than any other mammal-like animal?
*...that ''']''' was a ]-born ] ] who helped lead ] to its first and only Olympic gold medal in ] in ]?


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*...that some ] use the ''']''' to indicate that an object is feared?
*...that ''']''', ] ], was the first ] woman to win that title?


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*...that until the late ], the most accurate ''']''' was purely ]?
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*...that the ''']''' organisation which helps top ]s teach in some of the most deprived areas in ] and was inspired by ], is now expanding to ] and ]?
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*...that the ''']''' in ] went from haven for ] to ] chapel in the span of one year? (])
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*...that ''']''' is a historically ] neighborhood in ] where free African-Americans joined freed ]s and their descendants and created a thriving business community known as the ''"Black Wall Street of America?"''
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*...that a ] growing in the small ]n town of ''']''' once held the record for the tallest ] in the world? (])
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*...that Maj. ''']''', one of the commanders of the defence of ] during the ] of 1939, was allowed to keep his ] in captivity?
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*...that the ] neighborhood of ] was controversially razed under ] to allow ] to construct their ''']''' plant?
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*...that the ''']''' sought to restructure the ] of ] through aggressive ]?
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*...that the ''']''' in ] originated in ] as an ] ] under the guise of a ] ]? (])
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*...that ''']''' was given the moniker of "Mr. Opposition" due to his outspoken opposition to the government in the ]?
*...that in ''']''', the ]s are never pealed, but only tolled?
*...that ''']''', former ] of the ], is one of only two living former ] to have been elected before the ]?


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*...that ''']''' in ], site of the ] ], was designed in ] by noted ] architect ''']'''? (])
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*...that the failure of the ''']''' may have indirectly led to the ] of ]?
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*...that ''''']''''', winner of the first ever ] for children's literature, is the only ] book that does not feature some sort of sailing adventure?
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*...that the word "]" was first used in print by ''']''', a high school science teacher who briefly held the post of Governor of ] and was posthumously awarded the title of National Independence Hero?
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===Articles created/expanded on January 19===
*...that in ] ''']''' became the first English ] to fight an international match? (])
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*...that the longest of the ''']''', the 1,543 metres long Paton Bridge over the ], constructed in ] was the first fully ] steel construction of such length at that time?
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*...that in the ''']''' of ], ] became a martyr after being pushed off a hill in a cart?
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*...that ''']''', the ] of ] text from the ] to the ], is distinct from writing in ], the historical native Latin alphabet of ]?
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*...that ''']''', a former ] ] in ] is known for helping found the ] which later became ]?
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===Articles created/expanded on January 20===
*...that the ''']''' is the ] of ] and often participates in ], a behavior in which it attacks ]s to defend ]s? {])
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*...that ''']''' is the first ever ] student ] and ]?
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*...that the text on ''']''', one of the oldest known inscriptions in the ] (c.740 BCE), is believed to be the result of a humorous drinking-party game?
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*...that ''']''' was a ] who worked for ] and who provided ] crucial to the success of Washington's foray against the ] troops at ] on ], ]?
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*...that the ''']''' has the power to amend written copies of speeches made by members of the '']'' before they are given verbally?
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===Articles created/expanded on January 21===
*...that the ''']''' in ] were destroyed on behest of ] in order to make room for heavy armored vehicles driving through ] during military parades? (])
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*...that ''']''', the first systematic explorer of the ] was known as the "] of subterranean Rome" ?
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*...that the ] ''']''' is the largest ] corporation in ] with over 100,000 employees?
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*...that before ] became a successful novelist with '']'' in 1883, he was a struggling author of travel narratives who published ''''']''''', ''''']''''' and ''''']'''''?
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*...that ''']''', the last ] of ], was responsible for introducing the general ] into ]? (])
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*...that the ''']''' System creates the yellow line seen on ] telecasts which shows where a team will earn a first down?
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*...that ''']''', the Minister of Safety and Security of ] and chairperson of the ] underwent military training in ], ], and the ] in order to fight in ], the armed wing of the ]?
*...that the ''']''' is performed to "cleanse" the dance arena prior to a ] ]?


===Articles created/expanded on January 22===
*...that the ] ] holiday was moved a week earlier from ]—] because of ] and was referred to as ''']''' after ] ]? (])
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*...that ''']''' was the first ] in ]?
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*...that ''']''' was the mother of ] and petitioned the ] before her daughter's conviction for ] was overturned?
*...that ] player ''']''' is the only men's player in ] ] shorter than 6 ft. 5 in. to figure in USA's top 50 in field-goal percentage for the 2005-06 season?


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*...that ''']''', the first ]n ] star, was rumoured to have been poisoned by the ] Ambassador with whom she reportedly had an affair and who believed that she was a ] for the ]s? (])
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*...that there are as many as two million ''']''' in ], half of whom may be receiving ] privileges?
*...that the dress ] wore on the night she sang ''']''' was so tight she had to be sewn into it?
*...that the ] ''']''' was controversial throughout its short life from 1971 to 1974, and was abolished soon after the ] government of ] came to power?


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*...that the ''']''' in ] contains a hundred ] ] ]s that are 300 years old? (])
*...that the ''']''', founded in ] by ], features the second bridge in the world built of ]?
*...that ] fighter pilot ''']''' and nine other ]s took over a ] ] bomber and escaped from the ] on ] island?
*...that the ] ''']''' was the worst fire ] had witnessed since the ]?
*...that the ''']''', ]'s first assembly plant in ] and built in 1941, was the site of the historic surrender of the ] to the ] in ], later described by ] as the "largest capitulation in British history"?


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*...that ''']''' in ] is the official residence of the ] and was built between 1859 and 1864 largely with ] labour? (])
*...that the model for the doctor in ]'s '']'' was the often satirized ] physician ''']'''?
*...that two out of three most notable monuments by ''']''' were destroyed during the ], while the third one was not erected until 2001, 60 years after Wittig's death?
*...that the first ] ] was invented by ''']''' and named ''Day-Glo''?
*...that the ''']''' is a series of fictional mass-produced robots which have featured in every ] game created?


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*...that ''']''', a ] ] near ], ], which was founded in ], was once one of the richest ] in Southern Germany? (])
*...that the ''''']''''' is prohibited from discussing the repeal of certain articles of the ]?
*...that ''']''', a method used in ] to ] ] from the ] to the ], was first standardized over a century ago based on the ]?
*...that the ''']''' add about 500 km of new track each year to their network with planned links to ], ], and ]?
*...that the ''']''' can disable a ] ] ], and use the roach to feed its ]?


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*...that ''']''' was a ] ] ] program using ]s delivered by ] ]s as the primary mechanism of defeating enemy satellites? (])
*...that the traditional ]n ] of ''']''' lasts for a week and culminates in the burning of ] representing ] and all the left-over ]es?
*...that ''''']''''' is a pejorative phrase used in ] to imply non-Malays are not welcome?
*...that ''']''', renowned ] expert, was once ] of a ], and has written over 80 books since her retirement?


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*...that ''']''', a ] artist, most likely learned to ] while working as a ] maker? (])
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*...that ''']''' built the first ]an settlement within the continental boundaries of the ] at modern-day ]?
*...that ] ] ] was the first player to announce ''']''' after a ]?
*...that the fictional ] docking ship ''''']''''' is so named due to the fact that it opens up like a blooming rose when not docked with a spaceship?
*...that ''']''', ]'s organizer for more than 40 years, was also ]'s first female farm owner?

*...that ] was an avid gardener and that modern ''']''' cultivate dozens of plant species mentioned in his plays?(])
*...that the ] played a game called ''']''', which likely involved three players standing in a triangle and passing a hard ball back and forth?
*...that when the ] bronze ''']''', carefully buried near the city walls of ] some time in ], was rediscovered in 1553, it was quickly claimed for the collection of ]?
*...that among many historic landmarks at the ''']''' in ], there is a ] style castle that locals call the "Castle of ]" due to the legend the ] ] had visited the building?

*...that the ''']''' in ], ] is a medieval Spanish monastery that was purchased by newspaper magnate ], disassembled, and then kept in 11,000 crates in a warehouse in ] for 26 years? (])
*...that ''']''' was the first writer to present an account of ] as a series of distinct ]s?
*...that the name ''']''', referring to a sacred ] of the ], translates to "the flesh of ]"?
*...that the ''']''', found near ] in the ] in August ], was claimed to have been the decomposed remains of a ] ] who died during the ]?

*...that ''']''', a former ]n ], ] by the ], was visited by ] and King ] during ]? (])
*...that according to ''']s''', ] exist, and would reveal themselves in the future to enable humans overcome their ecological, spiritual and social problems?
*...that during the era of ] the ] ''']''' could only be eaten by royalty until ]'s annexation by ] in the late ]?
*...that ''']''' on ] used to be home to ] and ], ]?

*...that three former ] ''']''' two times each (one coin and one bill)? (])
*...that the theory of the ''']''' is a ] theory to explain the long ] after ]?
*...that ''']''', a ] language of northern ], has been spoken for centuries in an isolated enclave in ] territory?
*...that les ''']''' controls 75 percent of the market for ] and ]s in ]?
*...that ] suffers from ''''']''''', the fear of ]s?

*...that the expression ''''']''''' has become a ] ] for ] who use ] in order to extract money from the victims? (])
*...that in ], ''']''' became the first ] to earn a ] from an ]?
*...that ''']''', ]'s first bipedal ] was satirized in ] for having a joint that resembles a "crotch cannon"?
*...that ''']''' created three of the most popular ] radio programmes for the ] and discovered ], but was forced to resign from the company?

*...that two glazed shopping arcades of the ]s — ''']''' in ] and the ''']''' in ] — accommodated luxury shops, coffee houses, museums and even theatres? (])
*...that a large portion of the vocabulary of the coastal ] language ''']''' derives from a past variety of ]?
*...that ''']''' went from being a ] to being ] to ] to creating Europe's first commercial television company, ]?
*...that the ] ''']''' led to a backlash from the ] to the charity, resulting in the resignation of the board of directors?

*...that the ''''']''''' is the earliest piece of non-] ] literature to have survived from ]? (])
*...that the ''']''', an ] founded by ] exiles and funded by the ] government during the ], made the first complete recording of ]'s ]?
*...that the ]s of the Russian poets ], ], and ] in the village of ''']''' near ] are open to the public as memorial houses?
*...that '''"]"''' is the signature song of ] singer ]?

*...that an ''']''' is a type of air-powered, armoured ], which was used for transport, ], and raiding by the ] in the ] and the ]? (])
*...that a ''']''' is a type of ] that uses a ] to step the voltage of a DC power supply?
*...that the ] artist ''']''' became famous with the painting "Virgen de Guadalupe", which represents Lopez's personal investigation into Virgen de Guadalupe's status in ] society?
*...that the actions of ] soldiers at the ''']''' during ] led to ] officers ] saying that they would not fight Australian troops?

*...that ''']''' was officially branded a "notorious criminal" by the ] in ] after a career of ] and ] as licensor of inns? (])
*...that the ''''']''''' were composed by ] in ] to accompany the ] by ]?
*...that ] wore a crown of saucepan lids in the ] production of ]'s play, staged by ''']''' in ] and popularly dubbed "Aluminium '']''"?
*...that ''Sofia Petrovna'', a book by ]n writer ''']''' written in ]-], and published in the West in ]s, was published in the ] only in ]?
*...that only three ] ] teams ever won the ''']'''?

*...that from 1858 ]s could set their clocks by the ] dropped at 1 pm each day at the ''']''' and that the ] replaced Fort Philip which was never needed to be used for defending ]? ]
*...that the ''']''' were the first tribe of ] in the ] to become United States citizens, which caused the tribe to relinquish their ]?
*...that ''']''', ] pioneer of ] and the first person to fly an airplane over the ], was presumed dead for 38 years?
*...that, for the ''']''', ]s were a great opportunity to show one's aptitude in painting ]s and ]s in great detail and with realistic light effects?

*...that ]'s granddaughter was the wife of General ''']''', one of the leading Russian commanders during the ]? (])
*...that the 1939 ] "''']'''" by ] and ] was performed that year at both the ] and that of the ]?
*...that the ''']''' that vaulted ] to fame in the ] was designed by ], who also created the ] ]?
*...that ''']''', established in 1911, is the oldest continuously operating ] camp in the ]?

*...that the ] ''']''' in ] features a hundred-] glass ] over the chamber where the ] of ] convenes to enact ]?
*...that parts of ] were declared a ] when ''']''' killed several people and caused millions of ] in damage due to widespread ]ing?
*...that ''']''' which was launched by the ] to aid the ] during the 2 month long ], was the first time air power was used on such a large scale in ] since the ]?
*...that ] used his own memories of a frozen ] during the Great Freeze of 1895 when he wrote ''''']''''', his fourth '']'' book?

*...that ''']''' was a female Australian pilot and nurse who borrowed money to buy a Cessna 182 and then began flying to remote outback areas in ] to vaccinate ] children against ] and thus became known as the "Sugarbird Lady"? (])
*...that ''']''', the ] political leader of the ], was kidnapped by the ] and killed in a Soviet prison?
*... that ''']''' is a sudden and unexpected ] observed mostly in young people during participation in ], and that is the most frequent cause of accidental deaths in ] baseball games?
*...that ]n violinist ''']''' got his recording contract in ] because he caught an American spy?

*...that ''']''', often compared to ] and ] for his innovative work on ]lic structures, decided to abandon ] at the age of 24 and enrolled at a ] instead? (])
*...that ''']''' was once popular in transcribing the ] before the modern ] and ]?
*...that during the ''']''' more Russian soldiers died in hospitals from ]s than fighting on the battlefield?
*...that the title of the movie ''''']''''' was so unappealing to audiences that their response led the film to be rereleased under the title ''The Woman on Pier 13''?

*...that the ] ''']''' became an ] after being attacked by ], while she was ] during a ] supported by the ]? (])
*...that ''']''' has scored more runs in ] ] then any other ] ]?
*...that the ''']''' are the only soldiers within the ] to wear uniforms based on folk attire?
*...that in the ] and ] a ''']''' is a small food retailer found in schools?

*...that the ] ] ''''']''''' was to be named ''ORP ]'', but the name was changed for political reasons? (])
*...that the ]n ''']''' in ] put a stop to the northward expansion of the ] into present-day Russia?
*...that more than 100 ''']''' (a musical performance group of ]n origin) have been formed in the ] since the first was established at ] in ]?
*...that ''']s''' have helped people to hide in or flee from a ], or even to enter it without being spotted?

*...that the ''']''', erected in 608 to flatter the Eastern Roman Emperor ], was the very last addition made to the ]? (])
*...that ''']s''' of ] myth are said to assume human form and to visit men and women at night in order to have ] with them?
*...that ] ] ''']''' was the "Yankee Doodle" in the ] ] musical "'']''" and the basis for ] ] "'']''"?
*...that the ''']''' is the largest known ] ever found on ]?

*...that in the Vatican's ''''']''''' ] created the first monumental formal garden design of the ]? (])
*...that ''']''' was a immigrant from ] to the ] who became a ] and led the project to build the 17 mile-long ], named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World after completion in 1964?
*...that ''']''' used exhumed skulls to reconstruct faces of more than 200 people, including ], ], and ]?
*...that the rise of ] prices in the new ] led to the so-called ''']''', which lasted for more than two months in ]?

*...that ''']''', the main religious figure of the ] of the ancient ], was kept in a dark chamber underneath the main temple of ]? (])
*...that ''']''' served in both houses of the ], in both houses of the ], and as ]?
*...that ''']''' wrote a dialogue, in which ] takes ] to court, for ]ing in the ], with ] as his lawyer?
*...that ] ] gold medalist ''']''' could pin every member of the ] United States Olympic wrestling team, despite being in the second lowest ]?

*...that the ''']''', which produced Eaglerock biplanes in ], was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world for a brief period between ] and ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' originally came from a part of the ] which existed when our ] was being formed?
*...that the ] ''']''' lost his left eye fighting the Turks in ] in ]?
*...that the ''']''', designed by ], started life as the third Pittsburgh ] and the 400 foot truss sections were floated 12 miles downstream to be reused rather than scrapped?

*...that ''']''', who was in charge of the ] when it took ] in ], was better known for his tall stature and good looks than for military talents? (])
*...that a ] tree named ''']''', the oldest tree and oldest non-clonal organism ever known to exist, was cut down in 1964 by Forest Service personnel for research purposes?
*...that ''']''', a South Korean film director was kidnapped in 1978 under orders from future North Korean dictator ] and forced to direct a giant-monster film, '']''?
*...that ''']''', a historic building complex in ], began life as a ] ] in the ] and has been ]d as a ]?

*...that the ''']''' of the ] accommodates 332 portraits of ]n generals who took part in the ]? (])
*...that ''']''' can see the ] attach itself not only to the ] of the ] but also to the ] or other organs?
*...that ''']''', author of the poem "Joe Hill", was also a novelist and an ]-nominated screenwriter whose credits ranged from ] to the American TV series '']''?
*...that the former ''']''' in ], once part of ], was taken over by the ] in 1945, and resumed production under the BMW logo until ] when BMW regained control over its trademark and logo?

* ...that the ''']''' is a medium-sized ] in the ] family ] found in Africa? (])
*...that ''']''' in ] was constructed by ] soldiers of the ] in 1864 and was used for on-location filming of the 2005 motion picture ]?
*...that the ''']''' on the ] was burnt down by a ] pirate raid in ]?
*...that the ''']''' allows U.S. soldiers accused in Filipino crimes to stay under U.S. custody until the trial is over?

*...that the ''']''' crosses the ] between ] and ]? (])
*...that the name of the ] ] ] has been reconstructed by ] as ''''']'''''?
*...that the ] ] ''']''', who has defended ] ] policy in ]ional testimony and court cases, is not related to former ] ]?
*...that ''']''''s victory in the ] led to the expulsion of ] from southern ]land?

*...that ] ''']''' accomplished the world's first powered ] in ], with a ] that was pulled behind a running ]? (])
*...that the original site of the ''']''' was an "]" for many ] during the ] through ]?
*...that the ''']''' were important in deciding the fate of the ] ] and the ] ]?
*...that ''']''' is a ] used to treat ] and ]?

<li>...that ] ''']''' accomplished the world's first powered ] in ], with a ] that was pulled behind a running ]? (])
<li>...that the original site of the ''']''' was an "]" for many ] during the ] through ]?
<li>...that the ''']''' were important in deciding the fate of the ] ] and the ] ]?
<li>...that ''']''' is a ] used to treat ] and ]?
*...that the Italian architect ''']''' was the most prolific practitioner of ] in ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' is generally a low activity ], seemingly ] when not working, but extremely agile and convincing when it feels that its family is threatened?
*...that the ''']''' pillaged and conquered much of ] in the late ]?
*...that, according to tradition, the twisting ''']s''' of ] are based on the design of ]s taken from ] and brought to ] by ]?

*...that ''''']''''', the most famous of all ], produces traps up to 40 cm in height and has been known to catch prey as large as rats, frogs and lizards? (])
*...that the ''']''' was put into service in the ] by a conspiracy of its makers, and it was only after enthusiastic ] crews had praised its merits in letters from the ] that ] gave official permission to start its manufacture?
*...that ''']''' were the people who narrated ] ]s until the 1930's?
*...that the fourteen nations designated ''']''' are the only countries outside of ] to whom the ] government will consider selling ] ] rounds?

*...that the ] first guaranteed ] to foreign ambassadors in ], after Count ''']''', a ]n resident in ], had been subjected by British ]s to verbal and physical abuse? (])
*...that the ''']''' in ] is the highest ] in Europe at 1,340 meters (4,400 feet), and allegedly suffered from ] attacks during the ]?
*...that Article 9 of the ], enacted into law by all fifty ]s, governs ''']'''?
*...that the ''']''' was a ] that was controversially torn down in 1988, at the insistence of the ], despite the demolition company offering to donate 100,000 USD to preserve it instead?

*...that the ''']''' in ] is placed on ]'s ], as the dam construction on the lake’s feeder rivers has produced major changes to the ecological balance of the lake and wetlands? (])
*...that ''''']''''', a ] ], almost perfectly predicted the date of the ] more than ten years before?
*...that ''''']''''', ]'s ] ], had to be shipped from the shops in ] in five large subassemblies due to its enormous size?
*...that the ] attempted to promulgate a ''']''' in ], only to retract it 9 years later amidst mounting opposition and confusion?

*...that there were only 3 ''']s''' built in the United States, although at one time steel dams were thought to offer many competitive advantages over other types of ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' in ] was built in ] to commemorate the "victory" of ] over ] in the ]?
*...that the German films based on the works of ''']''' are generally considered a distinct subgenre of ]?
*...that ''']''' was famous for her character roles and was the ] of the first ] ]?

*...that the tower of the ''']''' is lit in the ], orange and white, to signify the academic and ] triumphs of the ]? ]
*...that the Russian academician ''']''' attempted to reconstruct the earliest ] chronicle, supposedly compiled at the court of ] in the mid-]?
*...that the 17 ''']''' work together in complex ways to produce a wide range of movement?
*...that ''']''' was recently identified as the ] in the ] ] in ]?

*...that ''']''' in ], opened in ], was the largest ] of the ] ] and remains one of the oldest continuously existing ]s in the world? (])
*...that ''']''', a ] ] game is endorsed by the ] ], ]?
*...that the phrase '''"]"''', inspired by a scene from the ] '']'', was entered into the ] in ] with the definition "up to maximum volume"?
*...that ''']''''s ]s are regarded as more adventurous than sentimental, and show the influence of the ] ]-] ]?

*...that ]'s eldest daughter, ''']''', died in childbirth aged 20, but all the living ] descend from her? (])
*...that the phrase ''']''' was first used following the accession of ] in 1422?
*...that the ''']''' is ] in the ] at the start of each session of ] before a debate on the ], to demonstrate that the House chooses and sets its own business independently of ]?
*...that ''']''' was the first doctor to attend to ] and performed a ] which inadvertently destroyed ] evidence key to determining who ]?

*...that ] applied thrice to join the ''']''', but failed to accede all three times? (])
*...that ''']''' was a star running back for The ] during the 1970s, where he broke six school rushing records that stand to this day?
*...that it is alleged that during the ''']''', ]s contributed to the near wiping out of a ] ] garrison?
*...that in 1912 ''']''' became the first ] in the ] and his descendants are still involved in ]?

*...that ] of the ] fished the ''']''' in large numbers, while more recently it is mostly taken by ] growers who mistakenly believe it feeds on their oysters? (])
*...that psychological ] was used by British ] for the first time in capturing ''']''', the so-called ''Railway Killer''?
*...that while they were part of the hit ] ] sitcom '']'', ] and ] were also acting in the ] series ''''']'''''?
*...that ''']''' was a high-ranking commander of the ], a veteran of ], ] and the ], and was executed by the ] during the ] of ]?
*...that in his design for ] in ] the architect ''']''' aspired to synthesize the main ideas found in the most important sacred structures of past and present? (])
*...that the ''']''' is the proposed name for a stream of ]s in the ] of ] which are thought to be the remains of a ] that is in the process of merging with the ]?
*...that ''']''' was an ] bronze medalist sprinter and a ] ] player?
*...that the founders of the ''']''' in ], had departed from the ] in ] even though they had been in majority in that party?

*...that ''']''' was an ] adventurer who set many long distance cycling and driving records including becoming the first man to drive a car from ] to Australia in ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' has got its name because the ] authorities actually used ]s to disperse the spectators and destroy the ]s of the participating ] ] ]s?
*...that ''']''' is the current Chief Justice of the ], and that there have been 15 ''']''' since 1947?
*...that ''']''' is the ]n ] club with the most appearances in the ]?

*...that the ]'s ''''']''''' (]) was the first ] ] in history? (])
*...that ''']''' was the only ] to be appointed ] of the ] of ]?
*...that the ] ] ''''']''''' is an early example of a "race movie," in which a feature film was made by a ] cast exclusively for black audiences?
*...that quarterback ''']''' is the only player named ] (an "award" traditionally given to the last selection of the ]) to appear in the ]?

*...that sculptor Pavel Sokolov designed ]es for ''']''', ]s for ''']''', and ]s for ''']''' in ]? (])
*...that the history of ''']''' started in ] when approximately fifty Jewish families settled in ]?
*...that ''']''', age ten, is in the process of ] a ]-language ], ''C/o Footpath'', which will almost certainly make him the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film?
*...that ''']''', a ] ] commander in ], served as a both a ] and a ] in the ]?

*...that the ''']''' was a mid-] Utopian community in ], ] based on the idea of French socialist ]?(])
*...that prolific ] ''']''' created ]s for over 200 ]s during his career at ]?
*...that ''']''', a German ], discovered ] (cell division), ] and ], and that this is considered one of the 100 most important scientific discoveries in history?
*...that ''']''', a veteran ] band from ], are currently suing their longtime record label over nonpayment of royalties, and are being represented by a lawyer who played keyboards on several of their albums?

*...that ''']''' was one of the founding fathers of the ] ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' began in the ] out of ] proto-writing?
*...that ''''']''''', a popular ] ], was made into a ] ] ], one of the first in ]?
*...that the official title of the ''']''', which names a total of 11 different songs, makes it the longest-titled song ever to make the '']'' charts in the ]?

*...that the ''']''' was once described as "the best ] that was ever built or is ever likely to be built"? (])
*...that in ] ] player ''']''' and the ] were involved in a ] wreck that killed 12 and injured 47, and Konetchy and ] ] led the rescue effort?
*...that the ''']''' is a US$1 billion ] initiative that gets its funding from ]'s settlement with the ]?
*...that many ]s celebrate the new ] twice: once on the ] ] of the ] and again on the ] ''']''' in mid-]?

*...that ''']''' is the world's fourth largest producer of ]? (])
*...that although ''']''' preferred ballet and opera, he staged low-brow ], ], and ] at the ]?
*...that the ''''']''''', though not written by ] himself, was the most widely-used ] during the ]?
*...that ''']''', a ] composer, was known for brawling and frequenting ]—but later became a ]?
*...that ''']''' was the first ] to head a major ] film studio?

*...that at ''''']''''' (the "Winter Circus") in ], the idea of stylish evening ] performances for fashionable audiences was invented by Louis Dejean? (])
*...that "''']'''," a word made up by ] of '']'', was selected as the ] Word of the Year by the ]?<li>...that ''']''' repudiation of his wife led to a popular ], in the course of which his favorite ] was ]?
*...that ''']''' is a practical method for solving ] problems related to mixtures?

*...that ''']''' resigned his post as Chief ] to the ] in ] when they offered him a derisory salary raise? (])
*...that ''']''' is the name given to the process describing how the ] ''"X is Y"'' is ] to ''"X has Y-ness"''?
*...that the city of ''']''' in ], ] remained isolated for nearly a decade in the 1960s when the ] closed?
*...that ''']''' became the ruler of ] when a ] had his brother (the then-governor) ]?

*...that ''']''' in ] was founded by the nobleman Otkar, supposedly after his son had been killed during a game of chess by the son of King ] with the chessboard? (])
*...that in the iconic 1955 ] photograph, ] ''']''' posed wearing a ] evening dress standing with circus ]s?
*...that four ''']''' were articulated during the ] ]-] summit in ]?
*...that ]'s ''']''', decorated with 32 shades of ]n ]s, currently houses the largest exhibition of ] in ]? (])
*...that ] ] ''']''' is the only Olympic participant to win medals for two countries at the same ]?
*...that ''''']''''', written by ] in 1892, is the first ] ] dealing with social issues?
*...that the ''']''' was a system of numbering years from the return of ] to ] in ]?

*...that the ] ] ''''']''''', built in ], was the first submarine in the world not to use human power for ]? (])
*...that ''']''' had the unique distinction of acting in the first ]s in three different ]n languages: ], ] and ]?
*...that the ''']''' is 623 metres long and was the first ] tunnel to have ]?
*...that the ''']''' in ] was built by former millionaire promoter ] as "a poor man's retreat" and became famous as a filming site for the ] '']'' starring ] and ]?

*...that ''']''' was a ] ] who created the ], the ]'s first ], in ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' over ] in ] was one of the deadliest ]?
*...that apart from cellmate George McKnight, ] officer ''']''' was the only ] to escape from the "]"?
*...that ] authorities asked the ''']''' not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?

*...that the ''']''' is the main street of ] ] ] on which ] and other historical events mainly took place? (])
*...that the ''']''' in ] ] is the country's 162nd ], and only the third such AVA designated in ] by the ]?
*...that the nature of the female ] is a field of research for academics studying ''']'''?
*...that the ''']''' is a ] ] based in ], controlled remotely from Poland through the ], and that it has discovered two ]s since ] with a tiny budget?

*...that there are many ''']s''' in ] and ], but there have also been numerous real animals that had two heads?
*...that the fighter pilot ''']''' destroyed 32 ] and ] ]s during ], while his formal tally of 17 is explained by the fact that only planes crashed in the ]n-held territory were officially counted?
*...that the ] ''']''', discovered in 1996 on ] and named after the famous fictitious Czech genius ], proved to be the lost asteroid that had already been observed in 1973 on Brera-] Observatory in northern ]?
*...that the Russian singer ''']''', who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in ], recently collaborated with ] on several ]s?

*...that ''']''' was preserved after his death, and has been used in debates about the correlation between ] and ]? (])
*...that botanist ''']''' was a founding member of the ] and an active member of the ]?
*...that ''']''' is the oldest ] course in the ], built on the site of a blocked ] in ]?
*...that after ''']''' was declared "]" in 1977, ] legislators amended the law to provide for verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill" and "not responsible by reason of insanity"?

*...that a ], tradition credits members of the ''']''' with writing the song "]"? (])
*...that ''']''', a ] for ]'s ] team, was recently named ]'s best ]?
*...that ''''']''''' is one of the four canonical texts of the ] and that all four texts were compiled following the authors' presentation of the Jesup Lectures at ]?
*...that ''']''', built 1738–42, near ], is considered one of the most handsome ] in ]?

*...that ''']''', the oldest existing ] in ], had only four ] ]s when it was completed in ]? (])
*...that ''']''', known as "the dancing Marquess", inherited his ] at the age of 23 and spent so much on ], ] and parties that he went ] with ]s of ]544,000 at the age of 28?
*...that the ''']''' was a ] military formation in the ] during the ] and that it fought against the ] in ], ]?
*...that ''''']''''' is the earliest known ] ], and was huge for its time?

*...that the ''']''' are ] ]s commonly known as ''tongue worms'' because of their resemblance to ] ]s? (])
*...that ''']''', the ] in ], was convicted of ] his wife after a failed first attempt to kill her with ] ]?
*...that ]' ''''']''''' won a ] for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
*...that ''']''' and his father were 31st and 23rd ], respectively?

*...that a ''']''' is a type of ] ] championed by ]? (])
*...that although there are 75 ''']''', only 54 of them have represented the West Indies?
*...that the same ]s of ]s, known as ''']s''', are seen in ]s, ], and drug-enduced ] visions?
*...that ''''']''''' was a European ] that bore spikes on its back up to 20 cm long?

*...that the ''']''' on which ] stands on ] in ] originally supported the ] of the Basilica of Constantine at the ] and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in an ]? (])
*...that as part of ''']''', a ] ] in ], merchants offer bags of merchandise for prices much lower than the normal value of the items inside?
*...that the first ]n national sporting team to wear the now traditional ''']''' team colours were the ] that toured ] in ]?
*...that ''']''' claims to have seen and spoken with the ] in South ] continually from ] to ]?

*...that using an ''']''' instead of a ] deck reduced the mass of the ] by 11,160 metric ]s? (])
*...that ''']''' and Sam the Butcher were engaged to be married in the final season of the ] '']''?
*...that ''']''' is a ] and ] news ] launched in 1999 by ] anchor ]?
*...that ''']''' was the first ] ] of ], appointed by the ] in December ], but that the electorate of the city passed a referendum the following year to strip the office of political power?

*...that the ''']''' of ] was a ] in ], and it was named so by the victorious opposition, who claimed that the instigators only succeeded in nearly total consumption of chickens in ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' is a fertile mountain valley in the ] of the ] of ]?
*...that the ''']''' is the longest ] conversion project in the ]?
*...that ''']''' was expelled from the ] in ] after helping his brother take £288,000 from the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank, fled from justice, and ended up murdered in ]?

*...that the ''']''' has 676 buildings, with a total of 2.073 million ] of floor space? (])
*...that ''']''' or "farmworkers theater" began perfoming in ] on flat bed trucks in the fields with the ] in ] and still puts on performances today?
*...that ''']''', ]-based practitioners of the "Frankenstein method of song arrangement", recorded a "]"-style medley of songs from '']'', which was among the 142 7-inch records that British ] ] set aside in a box to grab if his house ever caught fire?
*...that a ''']''' is a specialised form of ] used to control the flow of ] on ]?

*...that the ''']''' at the 1933 ] ] carried 4.5 million fairgoers in "rocket cars" 60 m above ground, before being demolished in 1934? (])
*...that ''']''' was named the ] ] in ], after replacing the injured ], and led the Colts into ]?
*...that ] ] ''']''' was renowned for his expertise at artificially inseminating mares?
*...that some ]s, in response to the popular ] dismissing the possibility, have conducted ]s to compare ''']'''?

*...that the ''']''' was mandated by the ] to keep the earliest one hour in ] ] ] "safe" for the entire family? (])
*...that by the time ] player ''']''' retired in ], he had broken almost every ] record of the ]?
*...that ''']''' partnered with Goto.com in ], even though a judge had ordered Go.com to pay Goto.com ]21.5 million earlier for having a similar logo?
*...that a ''']''' is a term used in ] parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches?

*...that the ''']''' between ] and ] replaced a stretch of road that had been called "Massacre Mountain" because of the number of motorists killed there? (])
*...that ''''']''''' was spun-off the long-running '']'', and is designed to increase family interactivity?
*...that ''']''' restaurant in ] will close on ] ] after 107 years of operation by three generations of the Berghoff family?
*...that the ''']''' attempted unsuccessfully to build a railroad from ] to ] in the 1890s?

*...that ''']''' in ] has been used in dozens of national and local ]s because of its charismatic and characteristically rugged ] appearance? (])
*...that, in ], intruder ''']''' drove a vehicle through the gates of the ], prompting a review in security measures by the ]?
*...that ''']''', ]'s most trusted counselor, was ] by ] for his role in suppressing the ]?
*...the ''']''' in ] was renamed after controversy over ]'s decisions in recent ] cases in ]?
*...that the ''']''' in ] was originally spanned by four ]s only: the Blue, the Green, the Yellow, and the Red? (])
*...that ''']''' was the top goalscorer of the ] ] ] championship?
*...that ''']''' was formed by a group of hardline communists in ], ] in ], as the historical ] (PSUC) became dormant?
*...that ''']''' in ] dates back to ] and it is rumoured that the 5th ] hid there in a burnt-out tree stump for the entire summer following the ] in ]?

*...that the ] ''']''' in ], ] contains many important artworks and ]s, including the ] of ]? (])
*...that ''']''' formed the core of the ]ly ] in the ] ]?
*...that ''']''' was voted as Kicker of the Decade by the ] between ] and ]?
*...that the ] ''''']''''' is one of the main sources of information for the ]?

*...that it was at ''']''' where the ] concerning ] was actually negotiated and signed? (])
*...that ''']''' is an ] composer whose works have become particularly notable as standards in ] repertoire?
*...that ''''']''''' was a ] court case that declared ] ] illegal under the ] protections of the state's ]?
*...that ''']''', a ]ese ], was reported to have read messages written inside hidden ]s?

*...that the ''']''', builders of four of the ], was founded on land in ] that was bought from the ] whose ] practice led to their decline? (])
*...that ''']''' was ]'s proposal for a ] of the ]?
*...that several cases of interactions between ''']''' are documented by ] and early ] authors?
*...that ''']''' was the most popular ] of ] painting in the ]?

*...that the ''']''' was a ] where ] were grown in ] from ] and that it was built by the 4th ], ], who later became ] of ] in ]? (])
*...that ''']''', who developed the ] ], did not attend ]?
*...that the greatest ] of the ''']''' in ] is a ] left by the '']'' on the rock after ] appeared to the ]s in the shape of a column of ]?
*...that the short-lived ''']s''' were the last non-] ]s manufactured by ]?

*...that ''']''' is the principal amenity area of ], ], in ]? (])
*...that ] and ] ]er ''']''' was the first captain to ] an ] closed?
*...that ''']''', an early settler of ] state, was born in ] and served in the ] ] before being named Indian agent of the ]?
*...that the English ] player ''']''' is the all-time record goalscorer for ] with 178 goals?

*...that ] ] and stage designer ] discovered that the ''']''' ("the prince's eye") has the best perspective of the ] of any seat in a ]'s ]? (])
*...that the first ] character in ''']''', created by ] and ], was not a ], but a ]?
*<li>...that the ''']''' was a ] where ] were grown in ] from ] and that it was built by the 4th ], ], who later became ] of ] in ]? (])
<li>...that ''']''', who developed the ] ], did not attend ]?
<li>...that the greatest ] of the ''']''' in ] is a ] left by the '']'' on the rock after ] appeared to the ]s in the shape of a column of ]?
<li>...that the short-lived ''']s''' were the last non-] ]s manufactured by ]? ...that ''']''' in ] takes its name from an ] where the ] kings of ] used to be ]red?
*...that the ''']''' at the start of the mayoralty of ] was led by the defiant ]-born ] founder ], who was briefly jailed for leading the illegal strike, and died before the month was out?

*...that ''']s''' are held all over the world and not only on sandy beaches? (])
*...that ''']''', hanged in ] for his part in the ] plot, was subsequently ]d by the ]?
*...that a nineteenth century ] ] community known as ''']''' identified the world's largest tree now called the ], and named it after ]?
*...that the song '''"]"''' evolved from a 19th century parlor song called "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" and that the song was most famously performed by the ]?

*...that ''']''', the longest in ], was originally named ''Alekseyevsky'' after ]? (])
*...that ]'s depictions of core aspects of ] and the history of the ] in his most famous novel have generated numerous ''']''' among critics who feel that much of what he wrote is factually inaccurate?
*...that a new free trade agreement called the ''']''' between ], ], ] and ] will come into effect on ] ]?
*...that ''']''' is an arc ] process commonly used in the ] industry?

*...that ''']''' sponsored the construction of ], one of the finest examples of ] in ]? (])
*...that a historic ''']''' built on ] above a river is home to ten percent of the population of the country of ]?
*...that while the ] scholar ''']''' of ] collected and studied an enormous amount of ] texts and manuscripts, almost nothing from his scholarly work actually saw publication during his lifetime?
*...that the defeat of the Welsh army in the ''']''' effectively ended the independence of medieval ]?

*...that ''']''', the only ] in ], was originally designed as a ] but on its completion in ] was found to be suitable only as a fixed structure, and is now a ] bridge? (])
*...that ''']''' was considered as part of ]s to cover the damages inflicted by ] on the ] during the ]?
*...that in ], ''']''' was a key reason why ] had the second-best passing offense in the ], which eventually carried the team to a 30-0 win in the ] over ], the school’s first bowl appearance in 16 seasons?
*...that dead yellow patches in suburban ]n ]s are often the work of ''']''' larvae?

*...that the ''']''' was the last ] constructed in ]? ]
*...that the film ''''']''''' (1933) starred ] as a circus lion tamer, and that West did her own stunts including riding an ] into the ring and putting her face between the ]'s jaws?
*...that the ''']''' was an ] that gave residents of ]s in ] the ] their residence?
*...that the early ] composer ''']''' belonged to the ] order of the ]?

*...that ''']''', creator of the ] and founder of the School of Education at the ], was called the "father of ]" by ] ] ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' of ] ] depended almost entirely on ] for its income?
*...that the ''']''' ]s for ] ] helped to reverse negative growth in the company's ] division?
*...that ''']''' is an ]n ] trader who has attempted to purchase shares from small investors for less than the market price?

*...that the ''']''' was inscribed on the ] as ''"one of the most exceptional examples of the ] of ]an ] artistic expression"''? (])
*...that ''''']''''' established that a ] was not exempt from being sued by private ] in ] ]s?
*...that the ''']''', an ] of ], are generally considered the modern descendants of the ]?
*...the ] ] ''']''' is one of the world's leading experts on the ]?

*...that the ''']''' is a two-stringed lute of ] commonly used to accompany ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' is housed in a traditional ] structure?
*...that ''']''' and ] designed the ] in ], and that the Pavilion is a significant work in the ] ] movement of architecture?
*...that ] ''']''' applies the ] ] protections to students at ] ]s and ]?

*...that ''']''' in ], ], is lifted every night, making communication between the ] and ] virtually impossible?(])
*...that the ] ] ''']''' got the nickname ]&mdash;literally, ''father'', and ]'s ]&mdash;for the curious reason that he used to wear ]s (''langotis'') instead of modern ]?
*...that a violent incident at ''']''' in the ], ], ], sparked the rebellion of the ] ]s?
*...that the ''']''', a ] ] in ]'s ], is half the size of ]?

*...that the ] photographer ''']''' is famous mostly for his photographs of ''']''' in ], a poor ] tenant community? (])
*...that ] naturalist and explorer ''']''' had the same great-grandfather as biologist ] and director ]?
*...that ''']''' are bowed, plucked, or have their strings struck, with three exceptions : the ] uses air movement, the ] a rotating wheel and for Ellen Fullman's ] it will take ] hands?
*...that it took half a century to construct ''']''', which was the first stone ] in the city of ]?

*...that prior to the construction of the ''']''' the first ] assembly for the ] ] was held at a ] and ] owned and operated by a Mrs. Travers? (])
*...that ''']''' was a ] actor and ], who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by ]?
*...that ] ''']''' are specially designed with a pair of moving spindles that gradually change position as the film rolls through the camera in order to maintain a steady ]?
*...that ''']''', ] of ], declared war on the ] in ] by ordering the flagpole of Tripoli's United States consulate cut down?

*...that the ''']''', now in ruins, was so impressive that a ] ] credited its construction to a ], ]&mdash;as a love-gift? (]
*...that ''']''' was so secretive that they didn't disclose the ] the domestic ]s operated on, thus leaving ]s wanting to tune into ] ] to memorize the frequencies and remember where the sites were?
*...that ]-based ] ''']''' is the second-largest specialty cookware ]er in the ], after ]?
*...that ''']''' is the ] and ] of ]?

*...that ''']''' was only twenty-eight years old when he helped found ]?
*...that the ''']''' style of architecture and design represented a drastic rupture with ] that had dominated ] for almost a millenium? ]
*...that the ''']''' is a small New World ] that ranges from the southwestern ] and ] through ] to ]?
*...that ''']''' is a ] and ] from ] who was ] after supporting several redevelopment proposals using ]?

*...that ''']s''' are ] in ] for their unique rugged shapes, and are frequently portrayed in traditional ]s?(])
*...that ] ] ''']''' was regarded in his prime as superior to ], won two ] titles, and mentored the young ]?
*...that there are more than 100 ''']''', which cover an ] of about 33 million ]s?
*...that ] ''']''' proposed that the name of ] be changed to ''Covenantal Judaism'' to better encompass the view that rabbinic law is both binding and evolving?

*...that '']'' and '']'' were both filmed in the ] ''']''' in ]? ]
*...that ''']'''' only novel, ], became an immediate success in his native ] and is considered a representative work of the ] ] movement?
*...that the ''']''' in ] first required a sophisticated ] survey of the gravesite to ensure that the remains of 22 ] babies would not be disturbed?
*...that the tiny municipality of ''']''' was set up in ] to protect its only occupant, a ], from taxes?

*...that the ''']''' of ], ] is an unusual ] with low ] content, in a natural ], that allows people to take a bath for a longer time? (])
*...that the ] trader ''']''' dominated the politics of ], ], for the first 50 years after its inception?
*...that the ] ''']''' did not even run in the ] for which it is best remembered?
*...that the ]n ] ''']''' was persuaded by ] to ] in ]?

*...that the ''']''' family held three ducal titles in the ] - those of Duc de ], Duc d'], and Duc de ]? (])
*...that ''''']''''' was an ] ] adventure series about a secret ] hidden inside the ]?
*...that the ''']''' (the "Joyous Entry") of January 1356 was the basic charter of freedoms for ], compared by ] to ]?
*...that as a child, ''']''' was billed as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder", and that he went on to become a ] and significant ]?

*...that you can find the ] and the ] of a moving object by analyzing its ''']''' ]? (])
*...that the parents of ] fiction writer and ] ] ] ''']''' met while working in the fields, and that the impact of ] and the ] later influenced her ]?
*...that the ] song "''']'''" features the lines "Every day in every way/It's getting better and better", which were inspired by the ] of ] ] ]?
*...that the earliest known ] ] of the ] of ]n ]s were a certain ] ''']''', ]d "''The Mare''," and his son ''']''', nicknamed "''The Cat''"?

*...that the ] rebel ] was ] alive at the ''']''' in ] on ], ]? (])
*...that the ''']''' was launched to secure ] for ] and provide a route for ] supplies desperately needed by the ] during ]?
*...that ] singer ''']'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s album ''Souvenirs'' was recorded in ], but was shelved by ] until a ] ] collector discovered it and released it in ], sparking a continuing surge of interest in the singer?
*...that the ] designer ''']''' attempted to "improve" ] forms by giving them ] ]s, described in his book ''Gothic Architecture, improved by Rules and Proportions''?

*...that ]'s journal is housed in the ''']''', ], in a building by ] that is a UNESCO ]? (])
*...that ''']''' refers to written works produced in ], a language spoken primarily in the province of ] in ]?
*...that the Florentine ] sculptor ''']''' is often called "the father of the Italian garden" for his axial designs for ] at the ] and at Cosimo's villas?
*...that in an effort to generate listenership for his ] radio station ''']''', owner ] coordinated a treasure hunt that caused traffic tie-ups across the ]?

*...that according to ] culture, the ''']''' is a ]-like ] creature responsible for the creation of the ] and ]s and other waterways around present-day ] and the southwest of ]? (])
*...that Cuban boxer ''']''' fought former world ] champion Dave Chade and held him to a twelve-round draw despite being in critical condition due to ]?
*...that the ] owns ''']''', a highly contaminated experimental research ] that was deactived in ]?
*...that the ] movement's "one good turn" was inaugurated on behalf of British newspaper ] ''']''', who founded several ]s before going blind with ] and then devoted his life in support of the ]?

*...that the Soviet singer ''']''' financed the construction of two ] batteries, which she presented to the ] in ]? (])
*...that ''']''' created works of ] for the ] ] before moving to ] to collaborate with the ] there?
*...that ''']''' is one of the few remaining ] areas in suburban ] as up to 80% of the naturally occurring lakes and swamps north of the city have been reclaimed since European settlement in ]?
*...that ''']''' is a ] filmmaker who produced the movie ]?

*... that according to ], the ''Teufelstritt'' (''Devil's Footstep''), in the ''']''' in ], ], marks the spot where the ] stood when he thought that the builder had constructed a ] with no ]s? (])
*...that the ] ] ''']''' is the only trance artist to have three consecutive ] chart number ones in ]?
*...that in the mid-], at the "Eye Temple" at ''']''' in northeastern ], hundreds of "eye idol" figurines with large watchful eyes were added to the very ] used to build the temple?
*...that in ], ''']''' was the first ] ] to ] a full-length ]?

*...that the ''']''' designed by ] was the first entirely ] modern ] on record? (])
*...that the ] ] ]er ''']''' performed more than 500 concerts in ] ] in ] and ]?
*...that the ] does not own the ] to its official ] ], "''']'''"?
*...that ''']''' based his '']'' on the recollections of ] who had known the ] ] personally?

*...that the Russian ] ''']''' owned one of the largest collections of puppets in the world? (])
*...that after the first demonstration by members of ''']''' at St. Basil's Cathedral, in downtown ], the ] resigned?
*...that the ] '']'' was originally a ] ] ] called ''''']'''''?
*...that ''']''', an alleged ] terrorist in ], was accused of plotting to throw ]ed ]s into the streets of ]?

*...that ] and ''']''' have both been called "the ] of ]," for their work establishing ], respectively? (])
*...that the ''']s''' of ] were regarded as the second family of the ] after the ]?
*...that of the hundreds of '']'' ] illustrated, ''''']''''' is one of the few with ]?
*...that in ], the ] ] banned the use of ''']''' for joining certain ] structural members due to quality concerns?

*...that ''''']''''' is a ] of green and blue ]s with raquet-shaped tails? (])
*...that the ] ''''']''''' was used to probe the ] of the '']'' and '']''?
*...that ] won the first senior regional ] tournament of the ''']'''?
*...that the ''']''', a unit of the British ], was raised in ] from ] living in ], ]?
*...that ''''']''''' was first discovered when construction workers were excavating a site for a new ] ] in ]?
*...that the ] ''']''', a former ] and chairman of the ], resigned from the ] in protest over the award of the ] to ]?

*...that there have been many ''']s''' both in ] and on real ]s? (])
*...that ''''']''''' was a 1960s ] television series starring ] as a world-renowned ] that spun off the series '']''?
*...that leaders of ''']''', a ] group in ], set up a swathe of invented parties in order to defraud other ] organisations?
*...that ]'s song "''']'''," warning against the rise of ] groups in ], was adapted from a popular ] song?

*...that ] was the first woman elected to a ''']'''? (])
*...that the little-known ''']''' may be an ]ary ] between ] to ]?
*...that ''']''' is a ] used to treat ]?
*...that on ] ], when ] lawyer and noted political activist ''']''' was a law student at ], he was arrested for leading a march of several hundred demonstrators protesting the newly constructed, $4 million St. Basil's Cathedral?
*...that ] has a permanent ''']'''?

*...that ] "Candy Bomber" ''']''' would wiggle the wings of his plane to identify himself to children below? (])
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Frequently asked questions

How do I write an interesting hook?

Successful hooks tend to have several traits. Most importantly, they share a surprising or intriguing fact. They give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more. They are written for a general audience who has no prior knowledge of or interest in the topic area. Lastly, they are concise, and do not attempt to cover multiple facts or present information about the subject beyond what's needed to understand the hook.

When will my nomination be reviewed?

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Where is my hook?

If you can't find the nomination you submitted to this nominations page, it may have been approved and is on the approved nominations page waiting to be promoted. It could also have been added to one of the prep areas, promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.


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Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.

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    Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.

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Advanced procedures

How to promote an accepted hook

At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area
Check list for nomination review completeness
  1. Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: .
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  3. Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed.
  4. Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot.
  5. Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
  6. Hook should make sense grammatically.
  7. Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
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Steps to add a hook to prep
  • In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
  • In a second tab, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.

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  1. For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue.
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  2. Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot.
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  4. Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the {{DYKmake}} and {{DYKnom}} templates) at the bottom
  5. Check your work in the prep's Preview mode.
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  6. Save the Prep page.
Closing the DYK nomination page
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How to remove a rejected hook

  • Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
  • In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{DYKsubpage with {{subst:DYKsubpage, and replace |passed= with |passed=no. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to this page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from this page.
  • If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name

  • Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired. Even if you change the title of the article, you don't need to move the nomination page.

Nominations

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on November 19

Sun Haven (video game)

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  • ... that players can marry the leader in Sun Haven?
"Lucia is Sun Haven’s enthusiastic and magically gifted leader." and "To romance Sun Haven’s Lucia, opt for fiery and magical gifts." Moved to mainspace by JuniperChill (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

JuniperChill (talk) 00:29, 20 November 2024 (UTC).

  • Note: this may be suitable to run on 30 November, the day after the game is on the Switch as its scheduled to release on 29 Nov at 0700 PST (1500 UTC) according to this Reddit post, which was posted by one of the developers (see the username). I totally forgot about the special hook occasion and only just realised. If not, the 29th will do. JuniperChill (talk) 22:40, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
    • Also ALT0a: that players can marry Lucia, the leader of Sun Haven?
  • Pretty well-written and interesting article. Both the length and citation quality are alright, however I am of the view that the proposed hooks might potentially be in violation of the rule that "If the subject of the hook is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must be focused on a real-world fact." (WP:DYKFICTION). Would be great if you could propose some other alternatives. Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 10:56, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
I would disagree with saying that ALT0 definitely meets WP:DYKFICTION because it's about marriage and the concept of marriage is a real-life fact. Plenty of things that happen in real life, such as births, deaths, marriages, going to school, etc. happen in works of fiction. The real issue here based on WP:DYKFICTION is if ALT0 is to be interpreted as a game mechanic or as a plot point: if it's the former, it might meet the guideline, but if it's the latter, it may not. Game mechanics are among those edge cases where it's not clear if DYKFICTION is met or not. At the very least, a reword may be needed. If not, maybe a different angle is needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:10, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
I'll hope for the best for this one then. I think i've learnt that DYK hooks shouldn't talk about the game and talk about the real word associated with it. JuniperChill (talk) 08:36, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
ALT2: "that Sun Haven did not gain a lot of attention until full release in 2023?"
ALT3: "that only a few games combine farming RPG like Sun Haven does?"

Sources: https://www.thegamer.com/best-farming-games-ranked/ "This indie gem has flown under the radar for a surprisingly long time, not gaining much attention until it had its official 1.0 release in early 2023" and https://www.thegamer.com/sun-haven-worth-it/ "Few games blend farming RPG mechanics, casual slice-of-life interactions, and high fantasy styles like Sun Haven does" for ALT2 and 3 respectively

@Kingoflettuce: Pinging for a return to the nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
I'd hate to be that guy, but I really don't find ALTS 3 and 4 interesting at all. Maybe others might? The article is rather well written and the other DYK criteria aren't an issue. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 13:44, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
Thinking about this, I would have to agree. ALT2 is very vague (it is not uncommon for early access games to not gain traction until much later, let alone full release games), while ALT3 as currently written is also pretty vague and not very hooky. Taking a look at the article, I'm actually not sure if the article is even a good fit for DYK as there doesn't really seem to be any hook material in it, not even in the Reception section. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
  • The only remaining options I can see in the article could be either of the following:
ALT4 ... that the 2023 life simulator Sun Haven has been compared to Stardew Valley?
ALT5 ... that a reviewer described the game Sun Haven as similar to Stardew Valley, but more magical and fantastic?
Stardew Valley is a very popular and well-known game (saying as someone who's yet to play it), but I'm not actually sure if the angles would work if readers don't know Stardew Valley. In addition, JuniperChill has a notice on their talk page saying they are on Wikibreak until the end of the month: should the nomination continue in their absence? Pinging Kingoflettuce again for input, or possibly other editors like RoySmith and Launchballer regarding the latter question. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Yeah, im on a christmas holiday rn which is why I made almost no edits this month. As my talk page says, I will be back sometime around 30 Dec. I would think alt5 is the way to go because it adds more info than alt4, but I should put this nom on hold until at least new year. JuniperChill (talk) 06:22, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
WP:DYKTIMEOUT suggests we should keep this alive until Jan 20th. RoySmith (talk) 16:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
@Kingoflettuce, Narutolovehinata5, and RoySmith: I'm home now. Does anyone have an optionion on alt4-5? I think we can work with alt4-5 since this game has often been compared with Stardew (well, Fields of Mistria too given the influx of new farm sims from 2023). A little bit unfortunate that I was on a long holiday wikibreak but at least Tiny Glade (nom) was reviewed just days before that started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuniperChill (talk • contribs) 12:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
Redoing pings to @Kingoflettuce, Narutolovehinata5, and RoySmith:, which wouldn't have gone through because original post was not signed. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Yeah, I must have forgotten that I need to manually sign posts here due to lack of reply feature and especially due to my wikiholidaybreak. I'm quite used to the reply feature as it automatically appends my signature. I only forgotten to sign my comment a few times and it was all by accident. I was about to leave a followup comment cause I would've expected a reply within 24 hours. JuniperChill (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
As the proposer of ALT4-5, I'm probably not the best person to ask regarding them. As a gamer I might find them somewhat interesting, but I'm not sure if either hook would appeal to non-gamers. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on November 22

Sugya

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  • ... that the composition of a sugya, or passage in the Babylonian Talmud, has multiple layers, with the latest edited with an anonymous voice?
  • ALT1: ... that a sugya, or passage in the Talmud, may be read as folklore, philosophy, proto-feminist, or legal virtuosity? Source: Folklore -- Stein, Dina (2019). "Linguistic Liaisons: Wives and Vows in the Babylonian Talmud (BT Nedarim 66a-b)". Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues (35). Philosophy: Lévinas, Emmanuel; Aronowicz, Annette; Lévinas, Emmanuel (1990). Nine Talmudic readings. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20876-7. Proto-feminist: Hauptman, Judith (1998). Rereading the rabbis: a woman's voice. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-3400-4. Conceptual "virtuosity: -- Moscovitz, Leib (2003). ""Designation is Significant": An Analysis of the Conceptual Sugya in bSan 47b–48b". AJS Review. 27 (2): 227–252. Let me know if quotes from sources would be helpful.
  • ALT2: ... that anonymous editors may create a sugya, or passage in the Talmud, by rewording quotations by earlier rabbis? Source: Moscovitz, Leib. "'The Holy Blessed One Be He... Does Not Permit the Righteous to Stumble': Reflections on the Development of a Remarkable BT Theologoumenon." In Rubenstein, Jeffrey L., ed. Creation and Composition: the Contribution of the Bavli Redactors (Stammaim) to the Aggada. Mohr Sieback, 2005, p126 "Second, the anonymous BT redactors contributed to the Talmud by reformulating amoraic dicta, not just by adding to their statements." Friedman, Shamma (2005). "A Good Story Deserves Retelling – The Unfolding Of The Akiva Legend" in same book: see p.72 "anonymous voice in the sugyot... original and creative rather than simply preserving or transmitting"
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Pajaczkowski
  • Comment: Open to suggestions with the hook, trying to avoid insider jargon. Also, please help with my faulty template use in the QPQ. Btw, "proto-feminist" isn't quite parallel structure.
Created by ProfGray (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

ProfGray (talk) 04:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC).

  • @ProfGray: Long enough, new enough. QPQ done and Earwig picks up nothing. I added a {{cn}} tag that needs addressing. More serious, however, is the fact that I don't find any of the hooks to meet WP:DYKINT and I can't see anything in the article that would make a good hook, though the latter may because this is extremely technical.--Launchballer 15:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback. How about this? ... that only in the 20th C. were scholars able to prove when a sugya, or passage in the Babylonian Talmud, was invented as if written by earlier authors?
Trying to avoid the plural form, sugyot. "Invented" in the article, could say "composed" in the hook. It's kind of pseudoepigraphic. This finding was crucial to the historical study of Talmud vs the religious. ProfGray (talk) 19:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I still don't find that interesting.--Launchballer 14:28, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Since this is a Judaism-related article, maybe Theleekycauldron might have some ideas? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:16, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 26

Alessandra Rojo de la Vega

( )
  • Alt 1: ...that in the 2024 electoral campaign for the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City then candidate Alessandra Rojo de la Vega was accused of political gender violence for referring to her opponent by her last name?
  • Alt 2: ...that in the 2024 electoral campaign for mayor the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City Alessandra Rojo de la Vega defeated the daughter of a previous holder of the same office?
  • Alt 3: ...that during the 2024 electoral campaign for the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City the parked vehicle of then candidate Alessandra Rojo de la Vega was shot 5 times to "give her a scare"?
  • Alt 4: ...that after winning the election for the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City and moving into the mayor's office Alessandra Rojo de la Vega found two hidden phones potentially for spying?
    • Created by Alan Islas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

    Alan Islas (talk) 15:43, 1 December 2024 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: No - Not done
    Overall: Notwithstanding Tbhotch's comment, QPQ has yet to be done. KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 11:20, 12 December 2024 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on December 1

    Qvadriga

    ( ) Created by Hahnchen (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    hahnchen 00:04, 6 December 2024 (UTC).

    Tellus (app)

    ( ) Created by Red-tailed hawk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 24 past nominations.

    — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 06:38, 1 December 2024 (UTC).

    • This is not a review but rather than a comment, but ALT0 and ALT3 will probably have to be rejected due to both WP:DYKINT concerns (reliance on specialist terms that may not be easily understood by non-financial savvy readers, especially outside the US) and for also sounding rather promotional. ALT2 might be the only suitable option at this point. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:44, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
      I understand how one could read Alt0 to be promotional (though I disagree and don’t see why non-insured demand deposit accounts are appealing but for their higher rates, which isn’t in the hook). But I’m really not sure how Alt3 could be seen that way—it’s highlighting that they don't purport to offer mortgage-backed securities even though they make what appears (to at least some professors cited in the body) be some sort of securitized loan offering without registration. That being said, I do take your point that people who don’t know much about managing their finances through investment could find these two hooks’ nuances hard to understand.Separately, I had been considering a book about the mysterious non-existent partnerships with banks that are mentioned in the article and were the subject of Senate scrutiny, but I couldn’t figure out a way to write it concisely in hook form without oversimplifying. I’ll take a crack at that over the next couple days with a clear head. — Red-tailed sock (Red-tailed hawk's nest) 16:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Thank you for this carefully-detailed article about financial wheeler-dealing. Contrary to above comments, it would seem to me that any intelligent person can smell he stink emanating from that dodgy company, no matter what country they are in. So well done for alerting us to it, and well done for writing hooks which may guide readers to take a good look at the article. I could tell from the hooks alone that there was something very unsafe about the company's handliing of money, so I would certainly not take the hooks as obscure or uninteresting.

    Good to go, with a preference for ALT3, even though it has 199 characters (i.e. close to the max of 200). Please do not prune ALT3, because this kind of financial detail is important and should not be messed about with. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 13:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

    Red-tailed hawk, am I right to read "and is not FIDC-insured" as only indirectly relevant to the rest of the hook? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
    @AirshipJungleman29: I am going to give a long-winded answer for posterity’s sake, but the short answer is that it is directly relevant.
    The way that the fractional-reserve banking systems works (in a very simplified way) is that banks receive deposits from customers and pool those funds to make loans, while keeping only a minimal small fraction of deposits as actual cash on hand. Banks receive interest payments from the loans they have made, and in turn provide customers with interest in their deposit accounts. In the U.S., banks are required to be FDIC insured—this keeps confidence in banks and prevents a bank run.
    Tellus, however, is not a licensed bank. As such, it doesn’t answer to the banking regulators. It also doesn’t hold FDIC insurance, as non-bank financial firms aren’t eligible for it.
    There is another to pool money from several individuals in order to issue a loan—securitization. In the mortgage industry, it is common for mortgage issuers to sell mortgages to other banks and Qualified institutional buyers, who would collect the interest in the long run. A mortgage-backed security is a financial instrument that is backed by these sorts of mortgages (alone or pooled with others); the security is broken into shares which are then distributed to other parties. Unregistered securities exist, and can even be sold between third-party banks and other QIBs under SEC rule 144A, but the big rule is that you can’t sell them to ordinary people because.
    The way that Tellus boost/reserve works (based on their January 2023 Boost ToS) is that deposits are general obligation debts of Tellus to its account holders, and represents only a debt from Tellus to the account holders. Tellus says that the cash accounts are not mortgage-backed securities because they are not; in fact, they’re backed only by Tellus’s future income as a firm—there is no specific asset backing them.
    So, you’ve got something here that they say is not a mortgage-backed security. And they also aren’t claiming that it’s a demand deposit backed by a specific asset, while also claiming in advertising that one can withdraw money (for boost accounts) whenever one would like. So one’s left with concluding that that they’re essentially securing private, apparently callable (in advertising but not in the actual customer agreement), interest-bearing debt financing to themselves from a set of people that apparently includes non-accredited investors. And the company is using that money (based on public statements) for commercial lending of its own.
    So, yes, the FDIC part matters, since it indicates that the firm is not acting like a bank would. And the MBS part matters, as it indicates that there is no specific asset backing the deposits. It’s its own thing, and it’s a unique and unusual model for a consumer-facing business’s finance arm.
    — Red-tailed sock (Red-tailed hawk's nest) 17:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
    • The hook has been pulled from Prep owing to concerns about the original hook (which is now struck). Per the discussion at WT:DYK, there are two possible options: ALT2, and a hook proposed by RoySmith (labeled as ALT4 here):
    • ALT2: ... that California-based startup Tellus pivoted from being a property management app to a consumer-facing financial services company?
    • ALT4 ... that while Tellus uses non-FDIC insured consumer deposits to make real-estate loans, it states that it does not offer mortgage-backed securities?
    While one editor also said ALT2 is suitable, discussion leaned more towards either of these two, so a new reviewer is needed to make a final decision. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:07, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
    No, the discussion did not determine that, nor strike those hooks. Please do not strike my comments against the guidance of WP:TPO and please self-revert, as you have become WP:INVOLVED here. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 22:38, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
    I did not strike your comments, only some of the hooks above. Striking hooks is a common practice on DYK regarding hooks that are deemed to no longer be under consideration. For what it's worth, there did seem to be (emphasis on "seem" here, so correct me if I'm wrong) loose consensus that the original hook was problematic, so that's probably out of the question now, though the discussion didn't rule out RoySmith's rewording of it. That's why there's the request for a previously uninvolved reviewer, to make sure the final decision is impartial. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    For the benefit of any new reviewers, the abovementioned discussion about this nomination is at Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know#Tellus (app). Storye book (talk) 10:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    Now archived at Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know/Archive 203#h-Tellus_(app)-20241229093500. ~Darth Stabro 17:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 2

    Influencer

    ( ) Cavinder Twins in actionCavinder Twins in action Adrien Nunez as a basketball playerAdrien Nunez as a basketball player Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 369 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on December 10

    2024 MLS expansion draft

    ( ) Created by Demt1298 (talk) and Motdattan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Demt1298 (talk) 00:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC).

    @SounderBruce, BeanieFan11, and Gonzo fan2007: Is it okay if any of you propose alternate hooks, if it is possible? Also pinging Demt1298 and Motdattan for their input. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    Both hooks are pretty boring, even to this soccer fan. How about this ALT2: ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft took place at a shopping center? Source: San Diego Union-Tribune SounderBruce 00:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    Maybe ALT3 ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft featured only five selections? – the next would need to be added, but perhaps ALT4 ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft featured the selections of a Norwegian, a Senegalese, a German, a Japanese, and a Brazilian – and no one else? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    I like SounderBruce's suggestion the most. Just waiting for a response from the nominator before proceeding. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    I mean as a soccer fan, I don't know why the fact it was at a shopping mall would make it interesting, but I also understand my suggestions were boring, so I don't know I should be the one who defines what is interesting to soccer fans. Demt1298 (talk) 19:58, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
    • Article is new enough, long enough, and adequately sourced. QPQ not needed for a nominator with less than five nominations. The hook is supported in-text, but the relevant sentences lack a footnote: this will need to be fixed before the nomination is approved. More worryingly, the "Format" section appears to be a very close paraphrase of the source. The paraphrasing will need to be addressed for the nomination to succeed. If you need any assistance, don't hesitate to ask a copyright expert. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    Pinging nominator Demt1298 or our resident MLS expert SounderBruce for help on the close paraphrasing issue. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    Rulesets cannot avoid paraphrasing due to the need to explain the exact rules and not misrepresent the subject. FWIW, Earwig only has 7.5% confidence and most of the hits were specific terms or names of mechanisms that cannot be changed; the one outlier is "end of the season", which could be tweaked. SounderBruce 07:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Nikkimaria: Given the above, does the article have close paraphrasing to you, or would the wording slide per WP:LIMITED? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:30, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    Earwig checks only direct copying, not close paraphrasing. I think what's present goes beyond LIMITED, but there is also the option of quoting directly if necessary. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:04, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Demt1298 and SounderBruce: The above still need addressing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:31, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
    This is not my nomination, so I would prefer not to be pinged. I was only here to offer a suggestion. SounderBruce 00:45, 15 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on December 13

    Madagascar banana

    ( )
    • Source: "Only five mature individuals of E. perrieri have been previously identified in the whole of Madagascar, and a recent survey has suggested that now only three of these may be left (Analavelona, Ampefy and Maintirano areas)." https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/madagascan-banana
    • ALT1: ... that the Madagascar banana is critically endangered? Source: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/madagascan-banana
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: No QPQ required as Laffuble will own this DYK as you can see from talk page. I (Chidgk1) just put it in for them and will deal with any questions they might be unsure about being relatively new to Misplaced Pages
    Created by Laffuble (talk).

    Chidgk1 (talk) 16:13, 16 December 2024 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Hello Laffuble, welcome to DYK, I hope you have a wonderful time here! I have a few concerns regarding the article which I will outline below, and will ping Chidgk1 since there are outstanding inquiries about the state of this article:
    ALT0 is truthfully the most interesting of the two hooks proposed. Plenty of things out there are critically endangered, it is a conservation category onto itself. The severely restricted population serves as a much better hook. However, the hook as it stands right now is not supported by the material within the article and the source, which states there are five mature individuals rather than three. I will strike ALT1 from consideration.
    iNaturalist is not a good source for the plant's morphology, nor is Rarepalmseeds, which is a site with commercial interests. A much better source for that information is either a study or the original description, if it can be located. iNaturalist's image gallery being a source falls into WP:OR. Google Scholar is a helpful source for finding research papers regarding Ensete perrieri, if you're stuck finding trustworthy sources.
    Earwig detects no copyvio issues, long enough, and new enough. I hope this can be of help to you! Ornithoptera (talk) 07:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Ornithoptera: We have made some changes - is it ok now?

    Chidgk1 My apologies but I see that you have simply replaced the problematic sources for the “Description” section, rather than consulting the source and making the necessary changes to the article using the information presented there. That will not be enough to allow for the article to pass scrutiny. Would you be able to take a look at the source rather than simply replacing the original citations? In addition, the hook has not been updated per my request, since it is not supported by the article text. Ornithoptera (talk) 19:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
    I've taken a look at the cited article and the description for E. perrieri is as follows: Ensete perrieri (Claverie) comb. nov. ; Musa perrieri P. Claverie in Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris 140 (1905), 1612, nomen, et in Ann. us. Colon. Marseille ser. 2, vol. 7 (1909), p. 74, descr. cum ic. t. 8., this will not serve as a viable source for the passage. I would be most ideal to first consult with the source before using it in the article. I noticed that you and Laffuble had issues with accessing sources, the Misplaced Pages library at WP:LIB, if you have made enough edits, can be a great resource since it has institutional access to several journals that can be of use. Ornithoptera (talk) 19:16, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Ornithoptera: Thanks for explaining Misplaced Pages Library. Have added quote for hook - is hook OK now? If there are any remaining problems with the description please could you comment in the talk page section below this as it is easier to reply.Chidgk1 (talk) 08:02, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

    Hi, Chidgk1, I really want to emphasize to you and Laffuble that you should both read the issues I have outlined with the article. Only a few significant edits that I have outlined have been addressed properly, I will break the issues down line by line so that it can be easier to guide you in going about the necessary edits.
    1. The text in the original description section has not been changed to match the source. The source was simply replaced, with the passage's text not significantly changed to address the new source. On top of this, Annales du Muśee colonial de Marseille does not explicitly identify this as E. perrieri. Unless the source is beyond a reasonable doubt that it is E. perrieri, it is not the most ideal. I would emphasize that it is most ideal to have the entire section re-written and updated to reflect sources that explicitly include a description of E. perrieri.

    Laffuble Are you able to deal with this? If you are at uni maybe the librarian there can advise? I don't think there is any rush now so if you cannot fix it please contact me after Xmas and I will root around in the Misplaced Pages library mentioned above.

    1. iNaturalist is not a reliable source. It is a social media site that provides valuable insight, but the information cannot be considered reliable as anyone can upload an observation and provide faulty information.

    @Ornithoptera: You are right that most info on iNaturalist is from members of the public so should not be cited, however the few photos which they classify as "research grade" are reliable in my opinion. If you disgree I will be happy to start a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard so we can get more thoughts on it. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:32, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

    I really want to assist this DYK make it through, but I really would like to have all necessary edits be done before I am alerted to allow for it to pass. Ornithoptera (talk) 03:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
    Hi Laffuble and Chidgk1, has there been any adjustments to the article since we have had our last conversation? I don't believe there has been any activity since the 30th. In terms of the iNaturalist comment, "research grade" is a meaningless designation exclusive to the site, and has little bearing in many circles outside of that. Compare that concept with "reddit gold" or "subtweet." While it is important in some circles, I don't think it would be a meaningful piece of content for the article, and a statistic that can be in flux if the status of the observations is changed or if another is found. Ornithoptera (talk) 06:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    Hello @Ornithoptera:. I am busy now with a GA of mine which is being reviewed. Pretty sure no one else but me will be interested in writing about that coal-fired power plant here in Turkey. Totally guessing but Laffuble might be a student so perhaps busy with studies. Whereas I am surprised no one from the plants project seems to be interested in this - I will ask there one more time. Otherwise I might have time to look at this next week. If none of us have done anything by the end of next week feel free to close it off as out of time. Even if that happens your comments are still useful for the future so I don't think your time has been wasted. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    I think that the statements about saving the Cavendish banana are mostly hype. Resistance factors potentially can be obtained from any species of Musa or Ensete, including members of the Musa acuminata AAA cultivar group.
    Also, elsewhere I have seen complaints that research grade at iNaturalist is too easily obtained, and can't be relied upon. Lavateraguy (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Ornithoptera: Following the improvements by Lavateraguy is there anything more needed for DYK? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Abductive: Unless Ornithoptera says it is essential to pass DYK please can you formally propose renaming on a separate section of the talk page and I will detail my opposition there. Chidgk1 (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    You don't think the article title going against longstanding consensus is a problem? Abductive (reasoning) 05:55, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    I don't know whether it is a big enough problem to stop DYK - that is a decision for the DYK reviewer @Ornithoptera: Chidgk1 (talk) 07:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Decolonization is Not a Metaphor

    ( )
    • Source: Combination of Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded, and the continued presence of settlers is essentially illegitimate. and which explains how "Decolonization is Not a Metaphor". The paper itself as a primary source also supports the first part of the hook.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Chess (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 05:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC).

    Thus far, I have been unable to verify that the paper "calls for the return of the United States to indigenous sovereignty." Neither of the two sources you cite above appear to support the statement, they just say the paper calls for a stricter interpretation of the meaning of the word "decolonization", which is a very different thing. Gatoclass (talk) 22:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Gatoclass: That's a very good point. What about "views the United States as fundamentally illegitimate?" Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 22:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
    Again, you would need a source for that statement. Gatoclass (talk) 22:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Gatoclass: This is very verbose, but what about that the title of a paper describing the continued presence of non-indigenous in the United States as being illegitimate has become a slogan for pro-Palestinian protestors? The claim that settler presence in the United States is supported by the source, the only thing I've done is explained "settler" as being "non-Indigenous" because the average person would be more likely to understand that. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 05:46, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    Again, a quote from a source confirming the hook statement would be required at minimum. But these suggestions thus far all look a little tortured to me. How about keeping it simple and straightforward, something like:
    ALT4: ... that the title of a 2012 academic paper, "Decolonization is Not a Metaphor", has been adopted as a slogan by pro-Palestinian protestors? Gatoclass (talk) 06:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Gatoclass: Sure, that works. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 06:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

    Having looked a little more closely at the article, I'm not sure your interpretation of the paper is accurate. Certainly, it's a difficult text to come to grips with - at least for me, as it contains a lot of academic jargon that tends to obscure the authors' meaning to a non-professional in the field. But for example, you state: "Tuck argues that ... because the existence of settlers on stolen land is illegitimate must be redressed by decolonization". Did he really say that? Because I would have thought that if he had, the paper would be more notorious than merely influential. On the other hand, if he is only saying that that's what decolonization must mean, he is simply defining a term rather than arguing in favour of it, and there is a world of difference between the two.

    However, since most of the article is sourced directly to the paper itself, without clarifying quotes, it's hard to know whether your interpretation is accurate. I'm not even entirely sure if the paper itself doesn't count as a primary source here, which might also be problematic.

    So, is there any chance you could provide some actual quotes from the paper, or better still perhaps, reliable secondary sources that have written about it, in order to clarify the point? Because I think it's obviously an important distinction to get right. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 06:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Gatoclass: The article is far from perfect and I welcome suggestions to improve it as I'm less experienced than I should be with writing from scratch.
    I looked into this when you raised it the first time. The closest thing in the text I can find right now is We don’t intend to discourage those who have dedicated careers and lives to teaching themselves and others to be critically conscious of racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, xenophobia, and settler colonialism. We are asking them/you to consider how the pursuit of critical consciousness, the pursuit of social justice through a critical enlightenment, can also be settler moves to innocence - diversions, distractions, which relieve the settler of feelings of guilt or responsibility, and conceal the need to give up land or power or privilege. (emphasis mine)
    So, the authors explicitly acknowledge a need for settlers to give up land. Likewise, page 10 of the paper criticizes decolonial scholars that enable "settler moves to innocence". I will likely have to make the article more directly explain what Tuck and Yang said, with better inline citations.
    Also, Eve Tuck is a woman with she/her pronouns (at least on her website). Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 07:51, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Gatoclass: This is a bit of a drive-by comment (I haven't looked closely at the wiki article itself), but as someone from this academic discipline who has often seen this article cited/discussed in the field, I'd say it's completely accurate to say that "Tuck argues that ... because the existence of settlers on stolen land is illegitimate must be redressed by decolonization", that the article "views the United States as fundamentally illegitimate", and that "the return of the United States to indigenous sovereignty" is what "decolonization" ought to mean. The impact of the article is more like "let's stop saying we're decolonizing when we're just close-reading a novel" than it is "let's decolonize the US for real immediately!" but I haven't seen any exaggerations or misinterpretation of its argument here. I do think ALT4 is the clearest and best hook, though. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

    Sorry, but we can't base content-related decisions on the testimony of[REDACTED] editors, we need reliable sources to verify content. So again, either clear quotes from the article that the authors are actually endorsing decolonization of the US, or critiques from reliable secondary sources supporting such an interpretation (although other interpretations would also have to be included if they exist to provide balance). Gatoclass (talk) 07:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

    I have to agree with Gatoclass on this; plus I have some other concerns. What we have here is a summary of the paper, but not anything that meaningfully demonstrates why this topic is encyclopedic. A one sentence line saying the paper is influential isn't going to cut it. We need details on how it is influential and who is claiming it is influential. Additionally, we need to see different critical responses to this paper through quotes in published reviews, both positive and negative to meet our WP:POV policies. The current text relies too heavily on the paper itself which is inappropriate as the paper is the subject and is therefore a primary document in this case. Additionally, it isn't clear that the summation of the paper is entirely accurate and is not an original analysis of the paper which would run afoul of WP:SYNTH. What we need here is more reliance on critical analysis and reviews of the paper, and text which more closely aligns with the meaning in the sources without being so close as to be considered plagiarism. The use of clarifying quotes from the paper could also assist in this (ie let the paper speak for itself in key places). It's a difficult line to walk. Additionally, the current text of the article lacks any meaningful critical engagement with the text; to the point that I would consider this incomplete (ie fails WP:DYKCOMPLETE).

    In short, we need a decrease in reliance on the paper itself as a cited reference and an increase in reliance on secondary sources about the paper with more critical engagement highlighted. A significant amount of work is needed before this can pass a DYK review. Aside from this, I think Alt4 is a good hook that is usable. It is verified to the cited reference and is interesting. I think these issues are solvable. Ping me when the article has been improved and needs a second look.4meter4 (talk) 20:38, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

    Update. In just doing a cursory look in google scholar, SAGE and JSTOR, there are many articles that cite and summarize Tuck and Yang's paper which could be used to source the summary. There are also multiple publications which respond to the work, both affirming and questioning the limits of its praxis. This type of critical commentary is exactly what is needed in this article. I suggest the nominator rewrite the summary based on these types of secondary sources, and create a critical reaction section. 4meter4 (talk) 04:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
    @4meter4: Can you link some of those or provide the search terms you are using? Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 08:22, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    I gathered some sources for you and put them on the talk page of the article.4meter4 (talk) 09:13, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    @4meter4: What do you think of it now? I've attempted to remove most of the primary sourcing and included reactions to the paper itself. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 02:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    The summary is too perfunctory to pass WP:DYKCOMPLETE. You have not grasped the main point of the paper, and have not identified who the audience is and what the central problem is which in this case is intimately linked to the audience: educators mostly but also social justice workers who have been influenced by education praxis. The article is fundamentally a critique of education praxis around decoloniality calling out teachers specifically but also social justice workers for engaging with "settler moves to innocence" ("settler moves" is a term; these words go together in this order always) through various forms like "Colonial equivocation", "Free your mind and the rest will follow", etc. You've fundamentally misunderstood this section in some ways because you haven't identified that its educators/social justice workers/activists being addressed as being complicit in some of these practices within their work. Which brings us to the "Ethic of incommensurability" which is the meat of the paper and the first truly original part not based on prior work. You've not talked about this at all, which is not surprising because you never really hit on the earlier identified problem that Tuck and Yang are addressing through this ethic, and who they are encouraging to implement that ethic and why. See the talk page for more comments, but honestly the abstract and opening and concluding sections of the paper are your best resources in crafting a summary. A reminder that you can use clarifying quotes from the paper in the summary. At this point, I'm concerned that you fundamentally are missing basic comprehension of the text because neither your first draft or second draft have demonstrated that you can identify the key terms and conclusions in the paper. At this point we are no closer to being ready for the main page with this particular article. 4meter4 (talk) 06:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 15

    The Man in the Yellow Tie

    ( ) Created by OlifanofmrTennant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

    Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Great hooks! I think ALT1 and ALT2 are most interesting, though I recommend removing "the The Flash episode" from each for concision/more of a surprising effect. I am approving ALT2 as properly cited as-is. The "two years" claim in ALT1 isn't entirely verified by the currently cited source, but (from the article) does verify it, so I'll say that's also approved.

    I am requesting another reviewer take a look at this, since this is my first DYK review. By the way, OlifanofmrTennant, you are free to dispense commas more liberally throughout your (article) prose, which I have done for you here :) Toadspike 18:52, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

    Giving a second review as requested above. Verifying that the nomination was done on time, the article was long enough, and is free of close paraphrasing. The done QPQ, however, is slightly incomplete. OlifanofmrTennant forgot to also check for the article's newness (according to DYK requirements) and length. She also forgot to verify the hook and to check if it was cited inline. Given the issues, I would suggest replacing the provided QPQ with a more complete review of another article. More pressingly for this nomination, however, is the sentence verifying ALT2 (the only hook I'd personally approve) lacks a footnote: the relevant footnote is instead located in the next sentence. The ref has to be duplicated for DYK verification purposes. Otherwise, Toadspike did a pretty good job for a first review and I hope he takes the above second review for tips in their future reviews. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    I've been holding onto a few other QPQs so here is another: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas (goose) I have taken your advise and rechecked the nomination and everything checks out Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    Please make it clear in the original review, making sure to check all the DYK criteria listed in WP:DYKRI. Regarding Thomas (goose), the provided QPQ did not check for article length, only newness, so that has to be corrected for that QPQ to count as well. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:23, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Narutolovehinata5: amended Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 11:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Narutolovehinata5: is it good to go? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 23:15, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    No, given how the requested re-review that checked all the criteria was still not done. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:31, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
    Actually, given the difficulties, I am pinging assistance from an editor like Launchballer, RoySmith, or Theleekycauldron regarding how to assist you in performing more complete DYK reviews. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:33, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

    Narutolovehinata5 it's not clear to me what the issue is here; could you clarify that? RoySmith (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

    @RoySmith: The provided QPQ for Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Browning was an incomplete review, as it did not take into account all of the DYK criteria, particularly with regards to article age or referencing/verification. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:13, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    Meh. It looks like this was Toadspike's first review. Let's not get all bent out of shape because they didn't do everything right. My suggestion is to just move on and chalk this up as a learning experience. Who among us didn't screw things up the first time we reviewed an article? RoySmith (talk) 01:03, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    @RoySmith: The comments were meant for OlifanofmrTennant, not for Toadspike. OlifanofmrTennant had a number of other similar reviews, so I was hoping that some assistance and guidance could be given to them. If you want, I can re-add the tick, although it might still be a good idea to help assist OlifanofmrTennant so that their future reviews can be more complete. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:13, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    Ah, I think I understand now. Maybe what makes sense is the next time OlifanofmrTennant does a DYK review, they ping a more experienced reviewer to look over their review and give them additional advice if needed. RoySmith (talk) 01:27, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    @RoySmith: Would you be able to give them the needed advice and make the necessary changes to their listed QPQ so that this nomination can be reapproved? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:38, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    The goal here is to make sure OlifanofmrTennant knows how to do a complete review. Looking at their most recent review, Template:Did you know nominations/Armstrong House (Britt, Iowa), I see they checked the two items in question here: article age and referencing, so I'd say we've achieved tht goal. I'll again suggest that we just move on. RoySmith (talk) 00:52, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    @RoySmith: To be clear, this is approved right? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 09:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on December 16

    Dubai chocolate

    ( )
    • ... that Dubai chocolate has become so expensive, it is being smuggled and sold on the black market?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Killarnee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Killarnee (talk) 15:44, 21 December 2024 (UTC).

    • Comments by Tbhotch

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - See below
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: A newly created article that is long enough. No QPQ required. No copyvio issues.

    • The hook is interesting, but the source in the article says "secondary market", not black market.
    • There is a contradiction. The first section starts with "Fix Dessert Chocolatier was founded in Dubai in September 2022". Immediately below it says "Sarah Hamouda, who founded the company Fix Dessert Chocolatiers in the Emirate of Dubai in 2021, claimed to be the inventor of the Dubai chocolate". Ignoring the "Chocolatier(s)" inconsistency throughout the page, this first needs to be fixed.
    • I added a few maintenance tags that need to be solved as well. (CC) Tbhotch 02:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Tbhotch: I've gone ahead and fixed several problems with the article, please have a look now. Thanks, jolielover♥talk 08:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

     Reviewing... (CC) Tbhotch 20:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Jolielover: We're missing the secondary market / black market thing. The cited source trademagazin says "The special candy can be bought for up to 250 thousand forints on the secondary market, according to a report by Pénzcentrum." I'm not an economist but the secondary market doesn't sound similar to the black market. (CC) Tbhotch 22:23, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Tbhotch: There is a primary market where stocks are rated and sold by the listed company itself and a secondary market where stocks are rated and sold at the stock exchange by the listed company independent traders like you and me. And there is a black market where illegal goods, goods without paying taxes, etc. are sold. I think the difference is quite clear.
    I have no idea why some newspapers use secondary market as a synonym for black market, maybe because of the word "black" like the controversy about the black in blacklist, e.g. . In this case, black market or at least when using secondary market linking that word to the article black market and not the article secondary market, is right. Btw, in German media, black market (Schwarzmarkt) is predominant.
    Thanks for your work on that. Killarnee (talk) 03:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks for the explanation. My concern would be WP:DYKHOOK since the hook says "it is being smuggled and sold on the black market", which was what hooked me to review this article. When I reviewed the article it did say that it was smuggled and sold on the black market, but the coupled source (mentioned above) was saying "secondary market", which makes it less illegal and attractive for the general audience (i.e. "The hook should be likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest in the topic"). The other sources linked on top of this page just say this: "The smuggling operation unfolded over two separate incidents at the Nickelsdorf", "customs officials at the German-Swiss border stopped a man who was attempting to smuggle around 45 kilograms of the coveted 'Dubai chocolate' into Germany", "products from other brands with both the original Dubai chocolate and its many variations fetching high prices on the resale market", "Limited-edition bars are commanding exorbitant prices, with some enduring long queues and even resorting to smuggling", and the most relevant statement, "Dubai doesn't ship to the U.S. and there is a black market for these chocolate bars now, at exhorbitant prices" from this source that is not used in the article. Both the hook and the article must be in synchrony to be approved. (CC) Tbhotch 03:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    I think the hook is an overbording claim if it remains without an indication as to where this would be- the German Swiss border, maybe....! In fact checking how "expensive" it is, it isnt any more in Germany, and the claim apperas to be sensationalizing and not neutral.Wuerzele (talk) 18:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    I was going to make a similar comment to Wuerzele here, the article reads slightly promotional, with sentences like "She aimed to create chocolate bars that combined unique textures and flavors, focusing on the filling to set her company apart from competitors." There are other prose issues, such as not specifying which border is meant both times the word is used and never explaining what kadayif is. This source , which appears to be unreliable per WP:FORBESCON (written by a "Brand Contributor"), also does not verify the statement that bars are 100g, which is contradicted by the paragraph right above it. Taken together, I am not sure if this article is presentable enough for the main page at the moment. Toadspike 20:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    Why not include the photo in the hook? Surtsicna (talk) 11:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Jolielover: Any updates to the comments above? (CC) Tbhotch 02:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 21

    Sigma Boy

    ( )
    • ... that the song "Sigma Boy" is effective as an alarm tone?
    Created by Moscow Connection (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

    Moscow Connection (talk) 23:58, 28 December 2024 (UTC).

    • @Moscow Connection: In case you weren't aware, DYK rules changed a few months ago to require QPQs at the time of the nomination, rather than up to a week after. As such, please provided a QPQ promptly, as the nomination may be closed without further warning if one isn't given. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:03, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
    • The article was fresh when nominated and it meets the length requirements. I see plenty of citations, a bit too many in fact. I do not think that we need 18 citations for a single sentence. Funnily enough, there is also a citation needed tag in the article. The article needs a bit of copy-editing to look more encyclopedic (e.g. "don't"→"do not", "guys with fluffy hair"→possibly "young men with a broccoli haircut"). Is one anonymous video game player's mocking of a haircut encyclopedically notable? I see nothing about an alarm tone in the article and the proposed hooks do not strike me as interesting anyway, but there is plenty of material in the article for very interesting hooks. For one thing, the fact that the performers are 11 and 12 years old is attention-grabbing. Then there is the bit about brain rot and the use of "sigma boy" to catch the attention of non-Russian speakers. Moscow Connection, it is unfortunate that you did not nominate Betsy (Russian singer) for DYK alongside this nomination. I would suggest creating an article about Maria Yankovskaya, if she meets Misplaced Pages's notability standards, and adding it to this nomination. Surtsicna (talk) 15:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
      The part about an alarm tone was deleted by an IP editor, I've just reverted it back in: . --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
      Frankly saying, I was afraid the Betsy article was not good enough for a DYK. As for Maria Yankovskaya (or Maria Iankovskaia; that is the spelling she uses), she does meet the notability criteria but she is not as famous as Betsy. And she is more of an actress / TV presenter than a singer, her article will be harder to create. (There's a biography on VokrugTV.ru . And now "Sigma Boy" entered the charts, so she is notable. But other than that, she wasn't in the news much yet.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
      I will look into it. --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
      I have changed "don't" to "do not" and "guys" to "young men". But "fluffy hair" is basically the name of the meme. And it is not the same is a "broccoli haircut". --Moscow Connection (talk) 22:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
      Okay, I will create an article for Maria Yankovskaya. Give me a few days.
      It won't really matter if she or Betsy are nominated for DYK or not. We can still add links to them, they just won't be in bold font. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:35, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
    More bold links means more views, i.e. more people reading about the topic you wrote about. It is not a requirement, of course. Surtsicna (talk) 08:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 24

    2024 drone sightings

    ( )
    • ... that news outlets reported drone sightings in August 2024 over US military bases in Germany, well before the major wave of sightings in the US in December 2024?
  • C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori)
    • Comment: major overview article for drone sightings worldwide; just began article today.
    • Created by Sm8900 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Sm8900 (talk) 15:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC).

    @Pbritti:, I appreciate your valuable feedback. I have revised the article, and added citations from reliable sources, as you requested. I would welcome any comments on the revised version. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:41, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Sm8900: At the minimum, you must also appropriately link and bold the article you are nominating in both proposed hooks. Please do that and I'll look over the article again. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Pbritti:, ok, sounds fine.  Done thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Sm8900: Sorry to be a grinch, but there are still outstanding issues. I have, as a courtesy, bolded the link in your hook. The other issues will be listed below:

    1. Citations are awkwardly spaced. Since you are an experienced editor (if not necessarily an experienced DYK nominator), I will ask you to fix this substantial formatting issue.
    2. The scope of the final section is, with the exception of the California arrest, fully overlapping with the other drone sightings article. That portion ought to be summarized more succinctly.
    3. Cutting down on redundant coverage may cause a length issue; consider adding further content on the German sightings and more clearly tying them and the UK sightings to the US events.
    4. You oscillate between "US" and "USA" within your hooks. Please pick one for consistency.

    Please let me know if you require further guidance. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Pbritti:, ok, as requested; 1) fixed spacing between refs. let me know if further work is needed. 2) made section on US events more concise. 3) added signficant additonal facts and details to section on Germany. 4) used US consistently. I hope thats helpful. Please free to continue your helpful feedback. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    Sm8900, seems fine to me. is in no way an adequate QPQ review, so I have struck your inclusion of Template:Did you know nominations/Boxheim Documents above. You need to do a complete review of an article (Boxheim Documents, which is all done except for a hook disagreement, is not appropriate), and be sure to address all of the DYK criteria (newness, meets size requirement, hook interestingness and sourcing and length, article sourcing, etc.). See the reviewing instructions and the guidelines for further information. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 21:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    ok, no problem, glad to help. reviewed. C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori). thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 21:57, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

    Formally requesting a second opinion due to the uncertainty about this article. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:25, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Sm8900: I was going to review this, however the article has an {{updated}} tag and would deserve a {{lead too short}} tag and probably {{globalize}} and {{notability}} tags. The cited QPQ is also massively incomplete and needs to address all of the criteria at WP:DYKRI. I will close this in a week if these aren't fixed.--Launchballer 18:18, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ok, no problem, i understand. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:59, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 25

    Scorsese Baby Daddy

    ( ) Moved to mainspace by PSA (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

    Elias 🦗🐜 07:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC).

    Di (they-them) (talk) 11:56, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - While the hook seems true, the source attached here doesn't explicitly support some of the facts. It doesn't verify that Scorsese is known for crime films (just films in general) nor that SZA didn't expect him to find about it (just that his daughter (and potentially him) found out about it). It's possible his daughter posted the story without sharing the song with him. "SZA was shocked after she received the Scorsese family's blessing." could be partially implied to mean this, but I'd still prefer a more direct statement to confirm.
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Overall, the article presents no problems. Reliable sources exist, the paragraphs are cited, it's new enough, long enough, and there's no copyvio. ALT2 reads as more interesting to me, but it would also need a valid source as the linked one doesn't support the "emotionally unstable boyfriend" portion. I'd be more than happy to approve if this part is resolved. TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 26

    Crabs for Christmas

    ( ) Created by Queen of Hearts (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    charlotte 06:12, 26 December 2024 (UTC).

    • Hi. Made a copyedit here before my review; feel free to revert some of the changes if you don't agree with them
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: AGF on all the offline sources. Baltimore Sun review has no citation though so you would want to fix that. ALT2 is interesting, but a bit misleading -- it does not convey the jocular nature of the writer's comments. The rest are also fine, although I recommend rewriting them as well to bring out more of their hookiness. Elias 🦗🐜 07:22, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

    @PSA: thank you for the copyedits. I'm unsure what you mean by the review being unsourced; the quotation is in the cited source ("His Christmas record won't make him crabby"), although it is a stretch to call it positive, so I removed that from the lead. I've replaced "said" with "joked" in ALT2 and would welcome any copyedit on the hooks. charlotte 04:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
    Hm, first off my bad for the "unsourced" comment. Second, my issue with ALT0 right now is that it is a bit too wordy. Perhaps you can trim the hook so that it just focuses on "a song about crabs as a Christmas gift". That's all I have for now Elias 🦗🐜 05:53, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

    Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

    ( )
    • ... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work on their Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
    • Source: Trachtenberg, B. (2006). Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye, the Holocaust and the changing mission of Yiddish scholarship. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 5(3), 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725880600961601
    Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 98 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on December 27

    2024 Estlink 2 incident

    ( ) M/S Hessu, ordered to do the job on New Year's EveM/S Hessu, ordered to do the job on New Year's Eve

    Kyseiset huoltotoimet kestävät arviolta kaksi päivää.

    – Tyhjennykset tapahtuvat tämän päivän aikana, ja huomenna viedään vesi.
      • ALT1: ... that the nomination wizard doesn't have an option to delete alt hooks? Source: a
      • Reviewed: no previous DYK's
    5x expanded by NotAGenious (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    NotAGenious (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hi @NotAGenious: nice work on your first DYK. This article, over 5x expanded from 775 to 11062 characters, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and copyvio-free. QPQ not needed. The hook is interesting and sourced to the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti (which checks out, per Google Translate), however per WP:DYKHOOK the claim in the hook also has to be in the article. Can you add this fact somewhere in the article?
    The hook also flows flows a little awkwardly. Might I suggest
    Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    I don't know how long this procedure typically takes, but I feel sorry for the guy who has to inspect all that bilge and sewage. kencf0618 (talk) 16:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I think the start of the hook has a grammar issue, may I suggest:
    ALT2: ... that while investigating a power cable failure, it took a day to pump all the feces and bilgewater out of the Eagle S?
    The word "failure" can be exchanged with "break" or "outage" if preferred. Toadspike 08:27, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 28

    Special Operations Brigade (PLA Navy Marine Corps)

    ( ) 7th Marine Brigade members conducting an excercise7th Marine Brigade members conducting an excercise
    • ... that on May 5, 2017, the 7th Marine Brigade (pictured) captured three Somali pirates and handed them in to the Somali authorities?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: The draft was made by me, User:Buckshot06 published it for me

    Additionally 7th Marine Brigade is an alternate name for the Special Operations Brigade (PLA Navy Marine Corps), also known as the Jiaolong commandos as of nominating it for Dyk, the article was published exactly 7 days ago so if i have to may I request the 7 day limit be extended

    Created by Thehistorianisaac (talk) and Buckshot06 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Thehistorianisaac (talk) 13:01, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Note: I have replaced the word "police" in Thehistorianissac's potential hook with the word "authorities." There is no single Somali Police - most are a bunch of clan militia; most are a total mishmash of various feuding armed groups. The information available is not sufficient to even guarantee that the persons concerned were handed over to the Somali Federal Police, the bunch that exploits and rapaciously profits from the security needs of the inhabitants of Mogadishu. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    • Comment: Buckshot06 or Thehistorianisaac, the link in the hook should be in bold text. Also, if this hasn't been reviewed by Friday next week, ping me and I'll review it. Toadspike 16:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
    {{Buckshot06}} There is a {{cn}} tag in the article and the third paragraph of History deserves another. Please fix these. When you've done that, ping me and I will review this.--Launchballer 18:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - There is a citation needed tag in the lead (can be cited to the OE Watch source) and an uncited sentence beginning with "Sixteen". CGTN is deprecated (see WP:CGTN), so it should be replaced with a better source. It is unclear if the CCTV video is an appropriate source, since the same entry at RSP says that "CCTV International" is also deprecated. The other sources look good; the National Interest piece mentions the Somalia incident as well, in case it helps.
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - See sourcing issues above – you should probably change the source in the DYK nom to the SCMP article, since that is a more reliable source.
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Gonna list a few things here, apologize for the rapid-fire writing style. I believe no QPQ is required, as neither nominator has nominated 5 DYKs. Is there a source for the claim that the soldier in the picture is a member of this unit? As the article is currently written, it is unclear if the April 2017 and 5 May 2017 incidents are the same or not. SCMP says they are, this should be clarified. The article also claims that the pirates were handed over to the Somali Police Force, when the description of the CGTN source says they were handed over to the "semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland" – Buckshot correctly adjusted this to "Somali authorities" in the DYK hook but the article text needs to be updated too. Toadspike 20:31, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Buckshot06 and Thehistorianisaac, please see the review above and ping me once these issues are adressed. Launchballer, apologies for stealing the review – I started it earlier today only saw your comment when I caused an edit conflict while trying to publish it. Toadspike 20:35, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Helvis of Ramla

    ( )
    • Source: Hans E. Mayer, "Carving up Crusaders: The Early Ibelins and Ramlas", in Outremer: Studies in the History of the Crusading Kingdom of Jerusalem Presented to Joshua Prawer, ed. Benjamin Z. Kedar, Hans E. Mayer, and R.C. Smail (Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute, 1982), p. 111.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Adam Bishop (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Adam Bishop (talk) 23:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

    • For a long time I have been considering creating this article. Helvis is mentioned rather frequently by the leading historians of the crusades, especially by Mayer. The reason I did not create the article, however, is that I could not find evidence of in-depth coverage. All I could gather was genealogical information, and this is all I see in the article now: a list of her family (parents, brothers, husbands, sons) in which she is covered as a link between various men. Is anything known about Helvis's actions? Surtsicna (talk) 13:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
      • I was thinking about creating it for a long time as well, and I had the same problem. I wasn't sure I should list it here, since you're right, there's not much about her aside from genealogy. The most that seems to have been written about her is by Hans Mayer, about the possible dates of her birth and marriages. I will see if I can squeeze any more information about the sources I have at hand. Adam Bishop (talk) 23:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Adam Bishop: This seems like an unambiguous WP:NOTINHERITED violation as the article talks about little other than her marriages. Am I missing something?--Launchballer 12:58, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
    No, I suppose it was a premature nomination. I'll see if I can expand it in the future but for now this is the best it's going to be. Adam Bishop (talk) 17:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on December 30

    Stretcher railings

    ( ) Strecher railing feetStrecher railing feet
    • ... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to make it easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet from their original purpose as stretchers?
    • ALT1a ... that London's stretcher railings (pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?
    • ALT1b ... that London's stretcher railings were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks (example pictured) that were used as feet?
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by Bobby Cohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Bobby Cohn (talk) 18:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC).

    • A great topic, and the article is new enough and meets the basic GA requirements on length. No evidence of plagiarism; two images, suitably licensed. No need for a QPQ. However, the article relies heavily on Atlas Obscura, which is an unreliable source per WP:RSP. The hook is interesting, but I would suggest trimming for length: something like:

    ... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?

    A search on Google Books turned up a few hits that might help to add reliable sources to the article. UndercoverClassicist 22:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    Hi @UndercoverClassicist, thanks for the notes. When writing, I was a little suspicious of the source as it looked liked WP:UGC, but I was not aware of WP:AOPLACES. I've removed those citations; it just so happened that in the two instances of those citations, the content was also verified in the immediately subsequent citation and there's no paragraph without an inline, so I believe this should satisfy WP:V but let me know if you have additional concerns. As to your suggestion, I agree, my orginal was a little too wordy. I will endorse your ALT1. Thanks, Bobby Cohn (talk) 23:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    Approved either of the ALT1s. The article could do with a a wider bibliography, as (correctly) removing Atlas Obscura has left it a little thing, but it passes the bar that it needs to at this stage. UndercoverClassicist 14:02, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    This is my first DYK nom with an image. The set builder will notice the only difference between the ALT1s is the brackets, and I'm okay if they want to take liberties with (example pictured) vs. (pictured) in either location. Thanks all, Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    Or the image caption for that matter. Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Bobby Cohn and UndercoverClassicist: I don't really think "used as feet" in the hook is the best way to phrase it, could we come up with an alternate formulation? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:40, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    @User:AirshipJungleman29, from the source There were two kinks in the poles meaning they could be rested on the ground but still be picked up quickly and easily. Possibly "still have the kinks they were used to rest on"? Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    An alternative would be to rework the whole thing slightly: something like "...that some railings in London have kinks indicating their original use as stretchers?". UndercoverClassicist 15:36, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    Bobby Cohn would you be happy with that? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    AirshipJungleman29, yes, very. UndercoverClassicist has put it much more elegantly than I could have. Bobby Cohn (talk) 17:38, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 31

    Antoinette Lubaki

    ( ) Antoinette: Deux hommes trinquant (Two Men Drinking)Antoinette: Deux hommes trinquant (Two Men Drinking)
    • ... that Antoinette Lubaki is considered to the first artist in Congo to create works on paper?
    Created by MumphingSquirrel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MumphingSquirrel (talk) 13:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hello I will review this. New enough and long enough. Please could you check the edits I made.

    I cannot find the original and ALT1 hooks in the cite above. Re ALT2 source says 'It is said that ...." so ALT2 would have to be modified but I would still find it interesting. Would you like to suggest an ALT3 based on ALT2 or shall I? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Nice article - awaiting your response to above and my edits Chidgk1 (talk) 16:56, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hi, thanks! would below work for an alt 3. ALT3: ... that it is said that Congo's first woman artist Antoinette Lubaki painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight? Source: https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/antoinette-lubaki/ MumphingSquirrel (talk) 19:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

    That looks better - I would just like to tweak slightly to

    ALT4: ... that it is said that Congo's first named woman artist Antoinette Lubaki painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?

    @MumphingSquirrel: Ah I see now that the original and ALT1 hooks are supported by other cites in the article so if you prefer you could modify them. Also please could you cite or remove the 2 statements I tagged in the article. Hi, @Chidgk1: cites added. Happy to go with ALT 4

    @MumphingSquirrel: Thanks for citing her other name. Sorry for being picky but I am not sure I am allowed to approve ALT4 myself as I wrote part of it, so I have asked for second reviewer to approve it. Also I am not sure that youtube vid is a reliable source - the second reviewer might also be able to comment on that. Do you know whether "KCongo Art" who made it are reliable? Chidgk1 (talk) 06:35, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Requesting second reviewer to finish off - very little more to do — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs) 06:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Chidgk1: have removed "KCongo Art" as has been made private. Was created by an arts organisation but can't check it for details now as access has disappeared. Thanks for your help! MumphingSquirrel (talk) 19:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 1

    Penstemon harringtonii, Harold Harrington

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: )
    • ... that despite collecting plant specimens not to identify new species, Harold Harrington was the first to collect a species that would be named for him?
    • Source:
    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 21:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    ALT1 violates WP:N'T. I plan on reviewing both of these in the next 18 hours.--Launchballer 20:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
    Long enough, new enough. The facts check out for both hooks; it just needs tweaking. Both QPQs check out and Earwig is clean for both articles. {{Botanist}} probably shouldn't be where it is on Harold Harrington and I think it should be moved.--Launchballer 04:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: thanks for the review! I didn't add the botanist template and I've removed it as it strikes me as a peculiarly formatted one. When you say the hook should be tweaked, are you talking about phrasing? ~ Pbritti (talk) 05:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    Got it in one. (If I suggest something, I'll want to add something, which would require another reviewer.)--Launchballer 05:04, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: Let's try ALT2 on for size:
    Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Fossils of Finland

    ( ) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4522937?searchText=finland&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dfinland%26so%3Drel%26efqs%3DeyJkaXNjIjpbImNHRnNaVzl1ZEc5c2IyZDVMV1JwYzJOcGNHeHBibVU9Il19&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A2c878dedc2455159322a47ff806482bf Created by DogWorldLive64 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    DogWorldLive64 (talk) 10:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hello and welcome to DYK. Right now, Fossils of Finland is only 235 characters long, far below the 1,500 character minimum requirement. The article's wording is also in need of a copyedit. As this appears to be your first nomination and English doesn't seem to be your first language, we can be lenient and give the article a week to be brought up to standards. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to ask for advice over at WT:DYK. Good luck! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
    It has been almost a week since the nomination, but the article has not made any edits to the article, nor did they properly respond to the above. As the article is nowhere near a state appropriate for DYK and also now has a notability tag, this nomination is marked for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    @GeorgiaHuman: has beefed this up to 899 characters. Would you be interested in expanding further?--Launchballer 11:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: I see that you proposed the article for deletion (which DogWorldLive64 then removed). Maybe an AFD is needed to address the notability concerns? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    It seems to me that the DogWorldLive64 profile (used to create/nominate this title) has primarily been used for disruptive editing. And, while "the creator also engaged in vandalism" is not strictly one of the WP:DYKRULES, three of the five WP:DYKAIMs are to: 'showcase' new/improved/quality content, to 'acknowledge' the work of the creating editor, and to 'encourage' such behaviours and recruit others to do the same. Personally I don't think DYK nom is one that deserves/warrants 'showcasing' or the related behaviours should be 'acknowledged' or 'encouraged'. Whatever about an AfD, I think this DYK should be closed/rejected. As an extension of WP:DENY. Guliolopez (talk) 15:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    Which would be a good point, however this was started off by that user as a 200-odd character stub and would now be eligible as a 5x expansion by a different user. (It's currently just over 1,400; might finish the job when I'm feeling less spaced out.)--Launchballer 15:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 2

    Dirini

    ( ) Table Mountain Beauty (Aeropetes tulbaghia)Table Mountain Beauty (Aeropetes tulbaghia)
    • ... that the relationship between the Dirini (example pictured) and its closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"?
    Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    Ornithoptera (talk) 06:29, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Good question Lajmmoore, my line of thinking was that since the Dirini are a tribe of butterflies rather than a single species, I felt the need to specify the genus/species in the pictured term. Since, in my view, a simple "pictured" wouldn't make sense for a group of several genera. However, since most DYK nominations are for a single species rather than a higher level classification, I'm not sure if there is a precedent to work off of. Though, it may be a more elegant solution to just have the "pictured" and then retain the image caption. I'm not entirely sure. Ornithoptera (talk) 17:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Long enough, new enough. Image checks out (I believe the phrase you're looking for is "example pictured"). ALT0 is by far the most interesting hook and checks out AGF. Earwig picks up only WP:LIMITED phrases. One question before I promote; why does Dirini need to be capitalised?--Launchballer 17:09, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
    Hi Launchballer, thank you for the feedback. I'll adjust the hooks to say "example pictured." To answer your question, "Dirini" is a proper noun, the name for a tribe, and thus is capitalized. Per the Florida State University here (download link ahead), it is standard practice for the genus level and above to be capitalized. There is an alternative form of the names that are typically lowercase (frankly I'm not familiar with the proper grammatical term for this, but I am familiar with its usage, possibly lemma?) such as: amathusiine for Amathusiini and satyrine for Satyrini, but "dirine" for Dirini has been too few and far between (I think I saw a single source) for me to really use it. Ornithoptera (talk) 21:32, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Klerykal fiction

    ( )
    • ... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known as klerykal fiction emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics? Source: see sources cited at the end of the sentence: " its period of popularity is attributed to the first half of the 1990s. In Poland, this period was characterized by, among other things, a decline in public trust in the church, combined with the church's entry into politics, which led to the emergence of anti-church movements."
      • ALT1: ... that Polish klerykal fiction has been described as both a critique of institutionalized religiosity and an artistic response to neoconservative views? Source: Mazurkiewicz, Adam (2014). "Fantastyka religijna jako zjawisko osobne (rekonesans)". In Leś, Mariusz M.; Stasiewicz, Piotr (eds.). Motywy religijne we współczesnej fantastyce (in Polish). Białystok: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. pp. 33–50
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye
      • Comment: Disclaimer & trivia. I asked ChatGPT to generate hooks as an experiment, feeding it DYK guidelines on hooks and the article's text. I think these two turned out nicely (I just needed to match the claims with the sources).
    Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 541 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Roller disco

    ( ) 1979 disco skaters in New York, likely at the Sheepshead Bay Roll-A-Palace1979 disco skaters in New York, likely at the Sheepshead Bay Roll-A-Palace
    • ... that Cher, Prince, Grace Jones, Madonna, and Olivia Newton-John all participated in the 1979 roller disco craze?
    • Source: "Undiscarded: Stories of New York: Ep7 – Rollerskate". The City Reliquary. 2023-05-17. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20250103154034/https://www.cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-rollerskate/ -- " Mr. Charisma’s (another moniker for Mr. Butler) stylish tricks and effortless skating style (Brooklyn Bounce, Wobbly Duck) made the rink a HOT destination and drew storied celebrities away from the snooty uptown clubs (Studio 54) down to the warm & accepting Brooklyn Rink. Most famously Cher herself" ............. Other celebrities source: Reaven, M., Zeitlin, S. (2006). Hidden New York: A Guide to Places That Matter. Rutgers University Press, 114. Ortiz, Lori. (2011) Disco Dance. ABC-CLIO, 127.
    • ALT1: ... that The Kalamazoo News described the "Disco Dip" as "the pioneering roller disco record" of 1979? Source: "Faster Than Sound". Kalamazoo News. 15 November 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-01-02. "The “Disco Dip," created by Ed Chalpin of PPX Enterprises, has until now been credited as the pioneering roller disco record. But according to A stound-A Sound Productions, a small New Jersey-based company, its “Roller Palace”.beat out Chalpin's product by one day.....Squabble, squabble. Everybody wants to be credited for jumping on the bandwagon first."
    • ALT2: ... that at the height of the roller disco craze of 1979, there were an estimated "5,000 roller rinks in the U.S.," attracting "more than 28 million young American skaters"? Source: "Brooklyn Sees New 'Disco Dip'". Billboard. 1979-02-17. p. 70. https://books.google.com/books?id=LSUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT97&dq=%22disco+dip%22+wktu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0h4mh89eKAxUVvokEHTbsDzEQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22disco%20dip%22%20wktu&f=false "There are an estimated 5,000 roller rinks in the U.S. They reportedly attract more than 28 million young American skaters. According to Chalpin, 99.9% of these rinks are already programming disco music either in whole or in part."
    • ALT3: ... that during the roller disco craze of 1979, Mr. Charisma's "stylish tricks" made the Empire Roller Disco "a HOT destination"? Source: "Undiscarded: Stories of New York: Ep7 – Rollerskate". The City Reliquary. 2023-05-17. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-03. https://www.cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-rollerskate/ "Mr. Charisma’s (another moniker for Mr. Butler) stylish tricks and effortless skating style (Brooklyn Bounce, Wobbly Duck) made the rink a HOT destination and drew storied celebrities away from the snooty uptown clubs (Studio 54) down to the warm & accepting Brooklyn Rink. Most famously Cher herself"
    • Reviewed:
    5x expanded by Evedawn99 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Evedawn99 (talk) 15:00, 8 January 2025 (UTC).

    • This is good work, Evedawn99, but the article has not been expanded fivefold. The article has the potential to produce very good hooks, however. Perhaps you should aim for improving it to GA status and then nominate it again. Surtsicna (talk) 00:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
      • To be more precise, the article previously had 2219 prose characters, so a 5× expansion would require 11095 prose characters, and currently has just under half that, at 5418. Unless it can be expanded by another 5677 prose characters, and very quickly, it will not qualify for DYK. Surtsicna's recommendation may be the best way for it to become eligible. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 00:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
        • @Evedawn99: Please respond to the above. The current nomination is likely to be rejected, but will you be willing to bring the article to GA status and renominate it for DYK then? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Hi all, thank you so much for reviewing! I will do my best to contribute more research in the meantime regarding various specific roller discos to see if I can get it to GA status and 11095 prose characters, likely tomorrow when I have computer access, but I understand if this article misses the nomination. Thanks again everyone for the support, and I appreciate your breakdown regarding the current fivefold ineligibility. I will do my best to see if I am able to allocate and contribute the appropriate amount of research tomorrow.Evedawn99 (talk) 18:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Hi everyone, I am currently expanding the article with more factual information from several new sources. I cannot figure out how to count the prosesize, but it is currently 6,555 bytes larger than it was yesterday. I will continue to expand the article as I feel is appropriate, but I wanted to update on my progress so far. Evedawn99 (talk) 16:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Up to 27,296 bytes (up 11,333 bytes since yesterday) with plenty of added research! Does it qualify quite yet? Please let me know and thanks again. Evedawn99 (talk) 20:33, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
            • @Evedawn99: To qualify for GA status, an article has to be first nominated over at WP:GAN. Note that nominations can take weeks or even months to be reviewed, so please be patient after nominating. However, once GA status has been given, the article can be renominated for DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
              • Evedawn99, not quite yet, though you've made great progress. You're up to 9515 prose characters (an increase of 7296), with 11095 your goal, so another 1580 prose characters are needed to make a fivefold expansion. (Note to Narutolovehinata5: Evedawn99 is attempting a 5x expansion still, and is already over 4x. No GA needed at this rate.) Keep up the good work! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

    Chinese sanctions

    ( )
    • ... that China has sanctioned over 100 foreign individuals and entities with asset freezes and other restrictions due to alleged interference with China's sovereignty?
    • Source: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/sanctions/china
      Sanction reasons included interference with sovereignty, selling weapons to Taiwan and imposing unilateral sanctions related to Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Until August 2024, over 100 individuals and entities have been placed on the list.
    Created by Haha169 (talk) and The Account 2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    haha169 (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    Fatima Payman

    ( ) Payman in 2022Payman in 2022 Improved to Good Article status by GraziePrego (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    GraziePrego (talk) 07:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    @Pbritti does my edit at Special:Diff/1268309867 suffice to satisfy your concern? TarnishedPath 04:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @TarnishedPath: Looks good! I'm going to do a quick review of the article when I have fresh eyes and should have this approved by the end of the day UTC. Thanks! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Pbritti: lol on your edit at Special:Diff/1268313206. Actually I was almost going to do this DYK review because I have some articles coming up in the future that I will need QPQ for, but then I realised that I couldn't because I had edited the article a bit. Anyway when I was going to review it, I did a bit of googling about another Australian politician named Pauline Hanson to determine if she was the first female to wear a hijab because a number of years ago in an act of racist belligerence she's decided to wear a Burqa in parliament. Anyway I was glad at the time to see that Hanson wasn't the first to female to wear a hijab in parliament. TarnishedPath 05:11, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    Hi TarnishedPath, just wanted to double check if were you intending to follow through on reviewing Payman's article? If so, I'll leave you to it, but if not, I would love to take a look at it when I have the time to this week! Ornithoptera (talk) 18:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Ornithoptera as I wrote above, I can't because I've edited the article. Also I think Pbritti is already in the middle of reviewing it. TarnishedPath 23:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Elisheva Biernoff

    ( )
    • ... that Elisheva Biernoff paints recreations of found vintage snapshot photographs, including details like lens flare and overexposure? Source: The New Yorker: "Working from found photographs—snapshots—Biernoff creates works that match, in size, scale, and color, what she sees in the original images." Artforum: "For more than a decade, Elisheva Biernoff has painted exquisitely uncanny trompe l’oeil re-creations of vintage found photographs. Taken as a group, the snapshots on which she bases her works are of no great distinction. Some feature a failure of some kind—overexposure, lens flare, water damage, the accidental intrusion of a foot into the frame, or the glaring reflection of a flash on glass or mirror."
    5x expanded by Jonathan Deamer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    Jonathan Deamer (talk) 19:54, 2 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 3

    Jailson Mendes

    ( )
    • ... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first porn film?
      • ALT0a: ... that a bear had to gain weight for his first porn film?
      • ALT1: ... that Jailson Mendes entered the porn industry after a couple randomly approached him?
      • ALT2: ... that a porn star's "hysterically bizarre performance" became one of the most widely spread memes in Brazil?
      • ALT3: ... that a porn star received the nickname "Family Man"?
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sugya
      • Comment: Driveby nom. ALT0a is intended for April Fools' Day.
    Improved to Good Article status by Skyshifter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 266 past nominations.

    Launchballer 15:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    Tanzania. Masterworks of African Sculpture

    ( ) Sukuma mask from TanzaniaSukuma mask from Tanzania
    • Source:
    Created by Munfarid1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

    Munfarid1 (talk) 12:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    References

    References

    1. Kerstin Volker (1995), "Tanzania: Masterworks of African Sculpture", African Arts, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 84–86, doi:10.2307/3337256, JSTOR 3337256
    2. Kecskési, Maria (1994), Jens Jahn, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin und Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München (ed.), "Einleitung (introduction)", Tanzania: Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur. Sanaa za Mabingwa wa Kiafrika. (in German and Swahili), München: Fred Jahn, pp. 17–18, ISBN 3-88645-118-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
    • Thanks for pointing this out. Actually, the only sculpture from the exhibition on Wikimedia is the Sukuma mask I have now exchanged for the first image of a Makonde mask.- I hope this works just as well. (This mask was sold to Stanford Museum by the Jahn gallery after the exhibition took place. I have checked it in the catalogue and this provenance is mentioned on the museum's image file.
    • I want to congratulate you on covering such an important topic. One thing that stands out is the structure and composition related to this exhibition. Misplaced Pages has hundreds of such articles, covering some of the most popular as well as some of the most obscure art exhibitions in history. I would say that none of them are written in this style. Although your article doesn't diverge all that much from best practices, it does do a few things that are unusual that I can go into, but I think it would be more helpful for you to take a look at how other articles cover the subject. One way to do this is to explore Category:Art exhibitions by country. You will find some commonalities in the structure of sections. These include history, floor plan, exhibits, themes, legacy, list of artists, images, and other sections. Catalogues are generally used as sources, not as their own focus. I think the content you added here works, but the way you structure it should not be around the catalog as you do, but around the exhibition itself. It's a subtle change in focus that wouldn't require much modification. It would also take the focus off the authors and put it back on to the art exhibits. Viriditas (talk) 23:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I will answer on the article's talk page, as this complex idea does not stricly relate to the DYK nomination.

    Reviewer requested. Viriditas (talk) 20:31, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Wielka, większa i największa

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 540 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 4

    Christian death metal

    ( )
    • ... that Christian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
    "Of all the unlikely musical developments that could have taken place in the closing years of the 20th century, the avant-tango movement is probably the second least likely (right after Christian death metal)." 5x expanded by 3family6 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 108 past nominations.

    3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 13:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    • This might be the most epic hook among the current nominations, and I suspect that even better hooks might be produced from the article. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me will take this on soon enough. Surtsicna (talk) 17:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    If there's any more interesting, feel free to suggest.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

    Jama Masjid, Hyderabad

    ( )
    • Source: Campbell, A. C. (1898). Glimpses of the Nizams Dominions. pp. 168–169. Close to the Char Minar, on the left of the main r o a d, approached by a very narrow lane, is the Juma Musjid, erected by Sultan Mahomed Kuli in 1598. This is the oldest musjid in Hyderabad.
    • ALT1: ... that the Jama Masjid was the first mosque to be built in Hyderabad? Source: Campbell, A. C. (1898). Glimpses of the Nizams Dominions. pp. 168–169. Close to the Char Minar, on the left of the main road, approached by a very narrow lane, is the Juma Musjid, erected by Sultan Mahomed Kuli in 1598. This is the oldest musjid in Hyderabad.
    • ALT2: ... that the inscriptions of the Jama Masjid, Hyderabad "may compare favorably with the best calligraphic specimens of other countries"? Source: Yazdani, Ghulam (1921). Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica, 1917-18. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 43. The bold sweeping curves and fine, crisp vertical and horizontal stroke of these inscriptions exhibit art of a high order and they may compare favourably with the best calligraphic specimens of other countries.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Emmanuel (emu)
    5x expanded by AmateurHi$torian (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The article falls short of a fivefold expansion even when I count the lead section, which repeats information from the rest of the article. Therefore it does not yet qualify for DYK. Surtsicna (talk) 16:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: This version when I started the expansion had 789 characters (136 words), and the article now has 4154 characters (703 words), according to DYKCheck.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 17:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    You are right. I only see 3442 characters when the lead is not counted, however. Would it be possible to add 500 more? I would also suggest improving the citation style; rather than putting all the citations at the end of the paragraph, try putting them right after the sentence to which they relate. I am looking forward to reading a bit more about the masjid. Surtsicna (talk) 22:52, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: Article is now 4718 characters (will be approximately 4000+ when the lead is excluded) according to DYKCheck, and I've added inline citations within paragraphs.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks a lot, AmateurHi$torian! I started with a source spot check. Citation #4 does not seem to cover the first paragraph of the first section (coincidentally where the hook comes from), unless I am missing something. It explicitly says the opposite, that it was not the first mosque, and it does not mention "congregational" at all. Surtsicna (talk) 23:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: Ah, I've just noticed that Sherwani calls the prayer-hall in Charminar a "mosque". This interpretation would make the Jama Masjid the second mosque of the city, so I'll strike the first two hooks. I've altered the article to the same effect. The word "congregational" is used in the second paragraph, and the source for that is #5 (Bilgrami) already cited within the paragraph, who calls it an assembly mosque. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:10, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    Alternate hooks can be ALT3: "... the short height of the minarets of the Jama Masjid, Hyderabad might have been deliberate, in order to emphasize the loftiness of the nearby Char Kaman and Charminar?" or ALT4: "...the the Jama Masjid was one of the first mosques to be built in Hyderabad?", the source for both these hooks being Sherwani p. 30 and 29 respectively.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    Fixed the issue with the first paragraph and a couple other citation issues.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:27, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    So far so good. The article is now clearly sufficiently expanded. It is certainly comprehensive and well sourced. I should also note that the expansion is recent enough and that I have not detected any close paraphrasing. I think there is an even more interesting hook hiding in the article:

    I believe this would be the most successful of the proposed hooks, but it should be approved by another reviewer. Your thoughts are obviously welcome, AmateurHi$torian. Surtsicna (talk) 13:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    I don't have any issue with ALT5. Thanks for taking the time to review this :) AmateurHi$torian (talk) 16:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 5

    Council of Tripoli

    ( ) Created by Borsoka (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 204 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 19:22, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    • I really like ALT0 but all should be good as far as interest goes. I'm personally fine with giving a few days leeway on the nomination as well. Would you be able to pull the sources for the hooks? And place them here? I'm fine with looking for them myself but it'll be best for then prep builders and queuers will be working on it as well. ~Darth Stabro 02:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
    Certainly, Darth Stabro. Cited for ALT0, which I too think is best. Surtsicna (talk) 08:20, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ian Wolstenholme

    ( ) 5x expanded by Mattythewhite (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Mattythewhite (talk) 16:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    I'm not really sure either. Isn't it not uncommon for players to save multiple penalty kicks per game? I think even doing it twice in a game is relatively common. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    From my experience of following football I'd say it's very rare for a goalkeeper to save three penalty kicks in the same match. According to this clever looking piece of research, there's a 14.7% chance of a goalkeeper saving a penalty. I've not got the brain capacity to work out the chance of saving three based on this but I'd imagine it's pretty slim. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by Wolf20482 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    wolf20482 🐺 (talk) 02:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Darren Moore

    ( ) Darren Moore pictured in 2011Darren Moore pictured in 2011 Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    EchetusXe 17:59, 6 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 6

    Ayn al-Kurum, Annab

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: )
    • ... that evading the Ottoman authorities' pursuit for leading a local rebellion, the Ibn Shillif brothers found safe haven in the Alawite villages of Ayn al-Kurum and Annab?
    • Source: Winter, Stefan (2016). A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. p. 135
    5x expanded by Al Ameer son (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 180 past nominations.

    Al Ameer (talk) 20:07, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    2025 Orange Bowl

    ( ) 5x expanded by Red-tailed hawk (talk) and Alibene567 (talk). PCN02WPS (talk) and Butters.From.SouthPark (talk) have also made substantial contributions to the article that the nominator would like to note. Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

    — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 03:20, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hans Dieter Beck

    ( ) Beck in 2022Beck in 2022 Created by Thriley (talk), Grimes2 (talk), and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2130 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The hook is actually interesting, but it lacks focus due to being too long and trying to fit in too many facts into one hook. Suggesting a split into two separate hooks, with the decision on what hook to use to be left to the reviewer:
    ALT1 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) usually used a bicycle to work as a leader of C. H. Beck legal publishing?
    ALT2 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) ran his family business, the C. H. Beck legal publishing house, until the age of 92?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you for the offers, but how about leaving the fact in that I found most stunning: that the used the bicycle until age 92, a few weeks before he died while in office? + I find the office more interesting when knowing what kind of long-run family tradition there is behind it, and he one of two leaders, from 1973. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    ALT3 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) rode a bicycle to work until shortly before his death at the age of 92?
    ALT3a ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured), one of the two leaders of C. H. Beck, rode a bicycle to work until shortly before his death at the age of 92?
    Maybe that? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:22, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you for trying, but I'm not happy with wasting characters on mentioning his death, - work at age 92 seems impressive enough, and then in a company-leading function. ALT3a is closer to what I'd like. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    I too prefer the original, but it is rather long. How about the following rearrangement:
    ALT4 ... that as co-head of the publisher C. H. Beck, Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
    -- Hoary (talk) 23:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    ALT4 sounds good and should resolve any concerns with the original hook while still taking into account the nom's wishes. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:50, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    Thymbra spicata

    ( )
    • ... that although the herb spiked savory is protected under Israeli law, the leaves of the plant are foraged by the local population, in preparation for making a spice mixture?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I have submitted two individual sources; one showing that the plant is protected under Israeli law, and the other showing how that it is foraged by the locals between April and June. I will also begin working on my QPQ, in the article Deval Masjid.
    Created by Davidbena (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Davidbena (talk) 16:26, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Comment, typically for DYK the target article is bolded and usually a single name would be chosen rather than both the common name and the scientific name. In addition, per MOS:COMMONNAME, the common name is rendered in lowercase. Thus, the best approach would be to have it as "spiked savory" for the purposes of the hook. Ornithoptera (talk) 18:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
     Done--Davidbena (talk) 22:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Sanity Code

    ( ) Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 15:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC).

    Reinstatement of capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by TNM101 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    TNM101 (chat) 06:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    But since there is so much reporting about the reinstatement itself, I think a separate article is warranted. Although, I do not oppose a merge. TNM101 (chat) 13:27, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    Blow Up (French TV series)

    ( )
    • ... that when the French web series Blow Up briefly aired on television in 2014, its allotted airtime was too short to fit some of its episodes?
    • Source: (in French) "'Blow Up' : les secrets de fabrication du webmag d'Arte" (transl. "'Blow Up': the secrets of the creation of the Arte webmag.") "Elle l'a diffusé une fois, en 2014, pendant six mois. C'était très intéressant, sauf qu'on m'avait imposé une durée de 4,10 minutes par vidéo. Pour certains formats, comme les 'Bio express', je pouvais m'en sortir. Mais pour les 'Top 5', il était impossible de comprimer les séquences." (transl. "It broadcast it once, in 2014, for six months. It was very interesting, except that I was given a duration of 4.10 minutes per video. For certain formats, like 'Bio express', I could get by. But for the 'Top 5', it was impossible to compress the sequences.")
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: In the article, the fact is in the second paragraph of § Release. The citation is at the end of that paragraph.
    Created by CopperyMarrow15 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 05:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. QPQ is not needed for a nom with less than five nominations. I did not find close paraphrasing. Assuming good faith on the French sources. The hook and the article don't exactly match: the hook says episodes, but the article says it was formats that couldn't fit. However, given the intent, I'm willing to let it slide since the point is still essentially the same. A reference also has to be duplicated to the relevant sentence supporting the hook fact per WP:DYKHFC. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:05, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Narutolovehinata5, thank you for reviewing my nomination! I have added the citation as you suggested. Regarding your comment about the mismatching terms, the hook and the article are meant to reflect the same fact. As explained in § Overview, episodes of Blow Up come in various formats (e.g. "Bio express" and "Top 5"), so saying "a format" is equivalent to saying "episodes in a format". If you think this wording is confusing, let me know, and I can rewrite the sentence in the article. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 03:42, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    I would personally let it slide, but it could potentially become an issue at WT:DYK, so it might be better safe than sorry. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:45, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Ok. I think I will leave it for now because it is concise and it more closely matches the wording in the cited quote. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 19:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 7

    Christopher Trychay, The Voices of Morebath, Churchwardens' accounts

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: )
    • Source:
    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 3. Nominator has 63 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 01:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 8

    Peter Miller (photographer)

    ( )
    • ... that in 2014, photographer Peter Miller stated that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
    • Source: "We self-employed Vermonters grumble but we have carried on and every so often we remember that we live in beauty. That’s the Vermont Way and I think it is coming to an end." VTDigger
    Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 159 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 05:19, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Directorate General of Higher Education

    ( ) Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 67 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:38, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Temujin Kensu

    ( )
    • ... that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu over 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
    Created by Michael D. Turnbull (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Maria McDermottroe

    ( ) Created by Bogger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 31 past nominations.

    Bogger (talk) 13:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 9

    California FAIR Plan

    ( )
    • ... that California FAIR Plan could have as much as $30 billion in total losses from the January 2025 Southern California wildfires with only $377 million available to pay out claims?
    • Source: "Because of the fires that started last week, that linchpin may be about to break, with consequences that would reverberate throughout California’s economy. As of last Friday, the FAIR Plan had just $377 million available to pay claims, according to the office of Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California. It’s not yet known how much in claims the plan will face but the total insured losses from the fires so far has been estimated at as much as $30 billion. Because the fires are still burning, that number could grow. Unlike regular insurance companies, the FAIR Plan can’t refuse to cover homes just because they’re in vulnerable areas. As a result, as the risk of wildfires grows, homes deemed too dangerous by major insurers have been piling up on the FAIR Plan’s books. Between 2020 and 2024, the number of homes covered by the plan more than doubled, to almost half a million properties with a value that tripled to about half a trillion dollars."
    NY Times Created by Thriley (talk) and KyaniteAl2SiO5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 160 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 20:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Moneka, Kansas

    ( ) Created by Aneirinn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Aneirinn (talk) 16:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    ToNiePokój escape room fire

    ( )
    • ... that escape rooms in Poland were not required to be inspected by fire officials before the deaths of five teenagers in the ToNiePokój escape room fire?
    • Source: "Podkreślił również, że działalność jaką jest escape room można założyć w ciągu jednego dnia i nie podlega ona obowiązkowi kontroli czy opiniowania ze strony straży pożarnej" ()
    • ALT1: ... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in the ToNiePokój escape room fire led to inspections of escape rooms in Lithuania and Czechia? Source: " W związku z tragicznym pożarem escape roomu w Polsce z pięcioma ofiarami śmiertelnymi przeprowadzone zostaną kontrole podobnych obiektów w Czechach - poinformowali w poniedziałek przedstawiciele czeskiej straży pożarnej." (); " Po tragicznym pożarze w escape roomie w Koszalinie, w którym zginęło pięć nastolatek, litewscy strażacy we wtorek zapowiedzieli kontrole w tego typu placówkach działających na Litwie." ()
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Grumpylawnchair (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Grumpylawnchair (talk) 18:43, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    Miles of Plancy

    ( ) Murder of Miles as imagined centuries afterMurder of Miles as imagined centuries after
    • ... that a contemporary chronicler does not dare say who assassinated Miles of Plancy (pictured), but a later source implicates an in-law?
    Improved to Good Article status by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 198 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 20:16, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    Alien Mus

    ( ) Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 12:36, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    This does not even have to be saved for 1 April. They are normal hooks, just very good. Surtsicna (talk) 15:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Death Angels (A Quiet Place)

    ( )
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fancy molly
    • Comment: I do not think this hook is a WP:DYKFICTION issue because "Death Angels" and "Happy" are both real-world nicknames, and the hook is stating that they are both used for the same creatures. That being said, I am open to alternative hooks if a better one can be thought of.
    Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

    Di (they-them) (talk) 02:46, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    1939 New York World's Fair

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Nominated by Bebo12321 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Bebo12321 - Talk 18:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Fennec fox

    ( )
    • ... that the ear to body ratio of the fennec fox is the greatest in the canid family and likely helps in dissipating heat and locating prey?
    • Source:
    Improved to Good Article status by Wolverine X-eye (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Wolverine X-eye (talk) 17:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    @Kingoflettuce: Completed QPQ. Wolverine X-eye (talk) 19:12, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 10

    Andrei Demurenko

    ( )
    • ... that Andrei Demurenko, the only Russian officer graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served with the Wagner Group in Ukraine?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I know this is nomination is slightly late, but I'm hoping that could be overlooked. It's not the 18th yet where I am.
    Created by Romanov loyalist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    John Spytek

    ( )
    • Source: Tampa Bay Times ("When the Bucs decided to pursue Tom Brady in the 2020 offseason, it was Spytek who dubbed it Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the movie Field of Dreams. “If you build it, he will come,’' Spytek would tell Licht. A former teammate of Brady’s at Michigan, Spytek helped land the star quarterback with the Bucs, the biggest free agent acquisition in franchise history") / e.g. Canton Repository (played with Brady in 1999, and it was in 2020 that the Buccaneers signed him: more than 20 years)
    Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 292 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:53, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Girl in pink jacket

    ( ) Created by Mhhossein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 65 past nominations.

    Mhhossein 06:15, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ?
    • Interesting: Yes

    QPQ: No - Unsure
    Overall: @Mhhossein: While this is an interesting nomination, only one source mentioned in the article spells her name the same way as it is written in the nomination. The Persian language source is used twice, although it is the same, and it mentions "the 'girl in the pink jacket'", which seems to make more grammatical sense in the English language. The article needs more citations from reliable sources. The Atlantic Council source written by Holly Dagres does not mention her name, nor the number of casualties, so different sources should be used to support the lead. What was written by Dagres, although used as a source, is not really mentioned in the article. Although this event was an incredibly sad one, there is not a source I could find on the article that mentions her as a symbol, or a "poignant symbol" as it says in the article. The unveiling of the artwork is unnecessarily mentioned two separate times in the same section. Aneirinn (talk) 18:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

      • Some things in the article have been fixed now. I don’t think "the girl in pink jacket" makes sense grammatically. A more appropriate title would be 'girl in the pink jacket' or the 'girl with a pink jacket'. Concerning her name, I think Soltaninejad is a common way her surname is spelled in English. I’ve also seen Soltani-Nejad, "Soltan-Nejad", however, seems unlikely. Has a QPQ been completed? Aneirinn (talk) 15:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

    Anti-Mosque campaign in India

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    • Source:
    Created by Ratnahastin (talk), Jannatulbaqi (talk), and DataCrusade1999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    - Ratnahastin (talk) 14:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The prose needs work, for one thing, @Ratnahastin:. I made several attempts to understand what the article is about from the lead section, but was unable to make heads or tails until I read the entire article. I am also not quite certain that I understand what "evacuation of mosques occupied by non-Muslims" means. This needs further explanation in the article and quite possibly better wording in the hook. Finally, I get a rather strong whiff of bias from the article. Surtsicna (talk) 15:49, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    A Foreign Sound

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    • Reviewed:
    Created by Cathodography (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Cathodography (talk) 20:36, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    History of the National Hockey League (2017–present)

    ( )
    • Source: 1
    Improved to Good Article status by The Kip (talk) and Conyo14 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    The Kip 19:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kit Nascimento

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Spiralwidget (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Spiralwidget (talk) 17:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    Eurowhiteness

    ( ) Created by Buidhe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 254 past nominations.

    (t · c) buidhe 09:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    • You have to be very careful when referring to things that don't have physical existence like "internal contradictions". Who says the EU has any? Is it Kundnani, writing the book? Is it Auer, reviewing Kundnani? Is it you, user:Buidhe, paraphrasing Auer? DS (talk) 18:12, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
      • I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Abstract concepts like "internal contradictions" may be different from concrete objects, but that doesn't mean they don't factually exist—WP says they do if RS agree. While researching the article, I found many sources agreeing and none disagreeing that the EU has some internal contradictions. Per WP:NPOV, "Avoid stating facts as opinions"—and there is no reason to believe that it is not factually true other than your skepticism. (t · c) buidhe 03:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
        • I don't want this to be a debate on either euroskepticism or materialism, but which contradictions are those? Can you cite your sources? What if someone disagrees with your flat statement that contradictions exist? Does Kundnani use the term 'contradictions' in the book, or Auer use them in the review, or is that your interpretation? DS (talk) 19:08, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
          • "Internal contradictions" is the exact phrase used by Auer, but that should not matter because we are encouraged to paraphrase from sources anyway. There are so many sources that say the EU has internal contradictions (please do your own research rather than making assumptions that may be incorrect) that it would certainly be a POV violation to suggest this is just one person's opinion. The only potential objection I can see to the hook is that it's not hook worthy, because all political systems contain conflicting values and interests, leading to internal contradictions (for example, name a political party that doesn't engage in hypocrisy). (t · c) buidhe 19:37, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
    You're assuming the validity of the book's political stance, and instead of citing your sources, you're telling me to do my own research. What happens if my research leads me to a political stance that disagrees with (you / the book)? DS (talk) 22:34, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
    I fundamentally disagree with your approach of conflating facts stated in many reliable sources with a "political stance" and discounting such facts on the basis of your own personal disagreement. Please bring some sources that we could discuss (preferably not cherry picked) or stop commenting. (t · c) buidhe 04:17, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Please cite your sources. "There are internal contradictions in the European Union" is not objectively true or false. You're the one claiming they exist, so the burden of proof is on you. What if we said "the book misleadingly suggests that the EU has contradictions"? What if we said "the book boldly reveals that the EU has contradictions" ? Both sentences are equally true. DS (talk) 04:47, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    This back and forth is clearly going nowhere and no actual review was performed, so I'm requesting another editor's attention. (t · c) buidhe 21:13, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    • New enough: yes. Long enough: yes. Article is neutral: it needs some work. Copyvio check: 23%, which is fine. Article is presentable: yes. QPQ: yes. Hook is cited: yes. Hook is short enough: yes. Hook is interesting: not even close. Do you have anything else? DS (talk) 04:50, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 11

    Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out (Lambrini Girls album)

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Lambrini Girls in 2024Lambrini Girls in 2024 Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk), Starklinson (talk), Chchcheckit (talk), and Cordless Larry (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 272 past nominations.

    Launchballer 04:37, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    2011 Ringgold–Apison tornado

    ( ) Created by EF5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

    EF 02:07, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Johann Reinhold Forster

    ( ) The Forsters in the South SeaThe Forsters in the South Sea 5x expanded by Kusma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

    —Kusma (talk) 16:33, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    Diana Vicezar

    ( ) Diana VicezarDiana Vicezar
    • ... that recycled housing for street dogs, a recruitment platform for international students and a podcast about Latin-American students in Ireland were all created by Diana Vicezar (pictured)?
    Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 114 past nominations.

    Lajmmoore (talk) 14:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    Which sources are being used to establish notability for this article? Sdkb  05:01, 13 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 12

    Series fiction

    ( ) Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 543 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:23, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Riko Dan

    ( ) Created by GrimeSpecialist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 269 past nominations.

    Launchballer 14:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Article created 12 January. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. The discography is not sourced. I believe it has to be in order to run on the front page? Once that is done, this will be ready. Thriley (talk) 20:02, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
    There was a time where the works themselves acted as references for their existence, but I think we've moved away from that. @GrimeSpecialist: has made some edits to the Discography section.--Launchballer 15:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hospital of St. John (Jerusalem)

    ( )
    • Source: "According to William, archbishop of Tyre (died c. 1184 ), some merchants from the Italian city of Amalfi asked the caliph of Egypt for a site within Jerusalem where their fellow countrypeople could stay . He gave them a site within the Christian quarter of Jerusalem , near where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands." Nicholson 2001, p. 2
    Created by Borsoka (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 203 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    Transgender health care misinformation

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 00:03, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Comment - a careful reading of the source shows that the main hook is not explicitly verified. The source says that misinformation has led to policy restrictions on health care for transgender people in the U.S. (instead of minors' transgender health care in the United States and United Kingdom). The source does go on to discuss bans on gender-affirming care for minors and misinformation continues to impact support for these bans, but then misinformation has been used to justify legislative restrictions is not verified, and the support is not clarified as legislative support or public support. What would be verified is that transgender health care misinformation has been used to justify legislative restrictions on transgender health care in the United States. In any case, a peer reviewed source would be better than the non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation. Also, there is a questionable sentence in the lede to clear up and stuff about Australia too. starship.paint (talk / cont) 13:40, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hows ALT1 ...that transgender health care misinformation, such as the claim most pre-pubertal transgender children "desist", has been used to justify legislative restrictions on minor's transgender health care? Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 16:56, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

    • Quick comment: this is a much better source (accessible by WP:TWL, but I think more elaboration is needed for the above (i.e. desist from what? gender dysphoria / wanting to transition) but the hook has no space for it. I'd propose the below based on this source, but the below hook content will need to be added to the Misplaced Pages article. starship.paint (talk / cont) 14:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    ALT2 ... that transgender health care misinformation has been used by authorities in the American states of Alabama, Florida and Texas to justify legislative restrictions on minors' transgender health care? starship.paint (talk / cont) 14:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Sparkles emoji

    ( ) The Twemoji sparkles emojiThe Twemoji sparkles emoji Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Reviewing. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • New enough (submitted within one day of creation), long enough (2894 characters). Well sourced (wasn't familiar with Emojipedia and wasn't able to find an editorial policy, but it appears to be regularly cited across emoji-related Misplaced Pages entries, Wall Street Journal, etc., and it seems prudent to call it out as a source as many articles do). Doesn't appear to be a problem with close paraphrasing or copyvio per Earwig and spot check via ProQuest. Tone is neutral (controversy regarding "co-optation" of the symbol is not discussed in this article yet but might surface in future if reliable sources are found). QPQ is done. That leaves the hook. It certainly got my attention but I'm stuck on the wording. @Panamitsu: What does "most major software companies" mean? Who decided what "the" set of "major" software companies are? Are we confident that we can back up the claim of "most" when challenged at WP:ERRORS? Cielquiparle (talk) 06:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
      @Cielquiparle: Thanks for the review. Well the I've taken that from the WSJ's reporting that 7/10 of the largest software companies by market capitalisation use the Sparkles emoji. But now that you bring it up I also have doubts about the wording. I think maybe we should change "major" to "largest" (I've modified the hook to reflect this) but I'm not sure if that solves everything. Any ideas? ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • As Cielquiparle notes, the hook is interesting but awkward. I would simplify:
    Also, instead of a picture, the emoji itself could be used:
    Jno.skinner (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 13

    Américo Ramos, Ilza Amado Vaz

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 293 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Communism in Brazil

    ( )
    • ... that Astrojildo Pereira, a supporter of the Russian Revolution, would write to newspapers in Brazil to prevent it from being framed in a hostile way?
    Moved to mainspace by Scratchinghead (talk) and Avelludo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ☢️SCR@TCH!NGH3@D (talk) 06:46, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Vittae

    ( ) Converted from a redirect by Graearms (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    Graearms (talk) 23:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 14

    Weeping Angel

    ( ) A Weeping Angel as seen on display in 2008A Weeping Angel as seen on display in 2008
    • ... that despite appearing as stone statues, the Weeping Angels are portrayed by actresses?
    Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:46, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    1ES 1927+654

    ( ) Artist's concept Matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654's supermassive black holeArtist's concept Matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654's supermassive black hole Created by Bogger (talk) and Galaxybeing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

    Bogger (talk) 11:51, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    1862 Brooklyn riot

    ( ) Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 16:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC).


    Current nominations

    Articles created/expanded on January 15

    Charlottetown meteorite

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Jno.skinner (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Jno.skinner (talk) 01:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    • @Jno.skinner: New enough and barely long enough. Nominator is QPQ-exempt. I have a observation on the hook: it is absolute that it is the first, but the hook fact article says it could be. This needs resolution or a tweaked hook. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I was hoping that the qualifier "first known" takes care of this, meaning the first known to science. The article states that a leading scientist in the area of meteorites searched for and failed to find any prior audio recordings of meteorite impacts, saying "It's not anything we've ever heard before. From a science perspective, it's new." Jno.skinner (talk) 22:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    7 Wonders Duel

    ( ) Created by CanonNi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    ''']''' (talk • contribs) 12:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    • @CanonNi: Cool choice in article! Reviewing this both as a fan of the game and having written a boardgame article before. So, this passes newness, length, sourcing, neutrality, and QPQ. I spot two issues with it, though:
      1. Both images in § Gameplay are freely licensed, but appear to be derivative works of the boardgame art itself. Unless the game's art is also freely licensed, these images are copyright violations.
      2. § Reception does not mention any critical reception, even though the article cites multiple reviews. WP:DYKCOMPLETE's example of an incomplete article is one on a book missing a plot summary, and this is essentially the flipside of that.
    • As to the hooks, ALT0 is cited, interesting, and appears in the article. ALT1 does not appear in the article, slightly misrepresents the source (the "basically" in there is important hedging we can't just delete), and I don't think is that interesting or unique, since many products have thematic reskins. So I've struck ALT1. I'm happy to approve ALT0 if the two issues above are addressed, though. -- Tamzin (they|xe|🤷) 05:14, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

    Citybus Route 12A

    ( ) Citybus Route 12ACitybus Route 12A
    • Source: (中巴上世紀八十年代停辦12A線後，此路線在1991年由城巴重新開辦，成為城巴首條專營巴士路線，打破市區近60年來僅由兩間專營巴士公司提供服務的格局。After CMB stopped operating route 12A in the 1980s, Citybus reintroduced the route in 1991. It became Citybus' first franchised bus route, and broke the duopoly in the franchised bus market which had been present in the city area for nearly 60 years.)
    Moved to mainspace by S5A-0043 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    S5A-0043🚎 04:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The hook doesn't really seem all that interesting to a broad audience, or at least those who aren't bus fanatics. Can a different hook be proposed here? I took a look at the article but nothing stands out. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:38, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
      • Well, I thought this hook would work because the DYK for this article on Chinese WP managed to get through on the same fact. I added ALT1 to see if the contrast between "declining ridership" and "unable to cope with demand" could work. Also the "Island" in HKI needs to be there because there's another bus route also called 12A in Kowloon. S5A-0043🚎 08:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    I propose this hook is at least slightly more interesting:
    Jno.skinner (talk) 06:48, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Humphrey III of Toron

    ( )
    • ... that in the early 1170s Humphrey III of Toron may have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead?
    • Source: "It is not inconceivable that Beatrice predeceased Humphrey, which would have made Humphrey the lord-regent of Transjordan for a brief period, though nowhere is he documented as ever having assumed this position." (Fulton 2024, p. 43.)
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 203 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 21:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mesklin

    ( )
    • ... that Mesklin, the first planet in fiction that was based on a suspected real-world detection of an exoplanet, appeared in 1953?
    Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk).


    Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    TompaDompa (talk) 20:38, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    • A bit bloated. How about:
      "The detection was in 1943" feels superfluous to the overall concept, which is that the interesting part here is "the (suspected) exoplanet detection occurred decades earlier than the reader expected", right? It's not "Mesklin was created in 1953", which is the essence of your original hook. So how about:

    ALT1b:... that novelist Hal Clement created the planet Mesklin in 1953 based on the real-world suspected detection of an exoplanet? DS (talk) 19:16, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

    ALT1b works for me. My point was that ALT1a could be interpreted as saying that the suspected detection was in 1953, which is not the case. The interesting part is indeed that "the (suspected) exoplanet detection occurred decades earlier than the reader expected". TompaDompa (talk) 16:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Jill Yager

    ( )
    • ... that Jill Yager discovered a venomous crustacean species in 1979 and named its class?
    Created by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 423 past nominations.

    SL93 (talk) 21:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    The Prosecutor

    ( )
    • Source:
    5x expanded by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 16:34, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    References

    1. Coward, Harold (2012-02-01). "Indian Muslim Critiques of Gandhi". Indian Critiques of Gandhi. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-7914-8588-0. When the post-Partition turmoil enveloped Delhi, Gandhi went on a six-day fast (January 12–18, 1948) two weeks before his assassination. Abul Kalam Azad went to Gandhi to ascertain Gandhi's terms for breaking the fast, and then Azad addressed a Delhi crowd of about three hundred thousand people to communicate those terms. Without exception they had to do with Muslim needs: the evacuation of mosques by non-Muslims....
    2. Layton, Robert; Thomas, Julian, eds. (2003). Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property. Routledge. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781134604982. Joseph Tieffenthaler (1710-85) was the first to suggest the Babri mosque stood near a site associated with Rama's birthplace. His account was translated from the French by Johann Barnoulli in 1788. Tieffenthaler stated that Aurangzeb, last of the six Mughal emperors, 'got demolished the fortress called Ramcot, and erected on the same place a Mahometan temple'.
    3. Das, Anjishnu (2025-01-11). "Mosque-temple rows and elections: A look at 11 disputed sites". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
    4. "誤判｜82歲許冠文客串演法官 想有動作戲遭甄子丹派檸檬". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025. 82歲許冠文在甄子丹監製兼主演的新戲《誤判》中客串飾演法官 / 許冠文說︰「我一直想拍動作場面，但以往啲動作戲都落喺許冠傑身上。我今次想演啲動作戲，但又被甄子丹拒絕。
    5. 熊景玉 (20 December 2024). "甄子丹高空墜落急送醫 《誤判》1幕頻重拍老闆好心痛". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 讓觀眾驚豔的「一個打一百個」的天臺酒吧圍毆重頭戲，甄子丹用到空拍機來拍攝，打手不停上陣的場面。他同時間必需不停和幾十位動作替身輪流交手，難度超級高。他表示這場戲完全不用特效協助，一個鏡頭一路拍下去，「真的很難拍到好，一個40、50人打了幾個通宵。」
    6. "誤判｜解構電影7大冷知識 甄子丹用拳頭、法律 據理力爭伸張正義". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025. 黃子桓︰我們要找一個演員，演一名充滿幹勁又衝動的警察。記得有同日同子丹食飯，他問我知不知道誰是MC？他說他不認識，但之前在飯局遇見一個MC的fans不斷跟他說偶像的優點，然後子丹播了一首歌給我聽，說MC唱得很好，我們整餐飯就不斷聽MC的歌。子丹說MC的樣子亦正亦邪，適合演衝動警察。
    7. 熊景玉 (20 December 2024). "甄子丹高空墜落急送醫 《誤判》1幕頻重拍老闆好心痛". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 《誤判》還有一場保護證人躲避殺手連環追殺，在香港地鐵狹小空間的MMA格鬥設計，劇組為了這場戲以7位數字港幣搭出三節一比一車廂實景
    8. "本報甄雲龍主任片中出演角色 甄子丹《誤判》即將北美上映". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2024. 甄子丹這回還找來親爸甄雲龍客串演出父子，由於甄雲龍先生是首度演戲，劇組一開始還有些猶豫，「結果他第一天來就把台詞背好，大家還說你爸演得比你更好」。
    9. 黃庠棻 (7 January 2025). "甄子丹執導新片…找2大咖老友客串！ 「嚴格不給面子」現場曝光". ETtoday (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 January 2025. 甄子丹當導演更不忘力邀好友一起來為電影增色，像是他多年好友呂良偉，更是二話不說，沒有劇本也不知道演什麼就答應到現場客串
    10. "誤判｜解構電影7大冷知識 甄子丹用拳頭、法律 據理力爭伸張正義". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025. 又例如拍港鐵打鬥場面，鏡頭要怎樣運用，動作設計要合理，兩位執行導演在正式開拍前，會拍片與子丹討論、修改。子丹拍完《殺神John Wick 4》回來後，荷里活就是他拍片的標準。
    11. "检察文化出海的一次有益尝试". Sina Finance (in Chinese). Procuratorate Daily . 11 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025. "最开始我们的设想与电影最终的呈现完全不同。"彭诚笑言，"起初，我们打算做一部传统的法律电影，类似于电影《肖申克的救赎》那样。"
    12. 華朗 (31 December 2024). "《誤判》｜花4個月搭建可動MTR列車 高等法院場景 金像最佳美術指導王慧茵 1句話要甄子丹坐定定飲水". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 王慧茵（Renee）的美術團隊有6名女將

    Articles created/expanded on January 16

    Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

    ( )
    • Source: ORIGIN STORIES: Signage Dept., by Andrew Marantz, in The New Yorker; Vol. 89, Iss. 24, (Aug 12-Aug 19, 2013) (via ProQuest via the Misplaced Pages Library) (it was surprisingly difficult to find a proper source for "on Jamaica Avenue")
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/South Arcade
    • Comment: Earwig score is high, but that's because I've directly quoted many reviews, and because there are multiple sources analyzing specific lyrics. Also, this should probably be an April 1 hook (if possible, the last one in the set).
    Created by DragonflySixtyseven (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    DS (talk) 22:54, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    WTVJ

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk) and Nathan Obral (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 738 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:12, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Judicial murder and George, Duke of Clarence

    ( )
    • Source: Hicks, M. A., False, Fleeting, Perjur'd Clarence: George, Duke of Clarence 1449–1478 (Gloucester, 1980), pp. 134–138, 140–141.
    Moved to mainspace by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 15:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Ahem, long enough! And very fresh. Sources abound, possibly even to an excess. Incredibly interesting. I am a history nerd and no, I did not know this. Images check out. Sources and paraphrasing checked as part of the FA process. The article title is problematic, as noted by several editors; my concern is that it is a bit POV-ish, so we should wait until that is resolved. I strongly recommend basing a hook on the nomination introduction you wrote here. Thank you for this one, Serial Number 54129. Surtsicna (talk) 08:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Moira Pollock

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    • Source:
    Moved to mainspace by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 13:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 17

    Articles created/expanded on January 18

    Tabyana Ali

    ( )
    • ... that San Antonio declared January 13 as "Tabyana Ali Day" in honor of actress and writer Tabyana Ali?
    • Source:
    Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 12:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Barbara Neumann

    ( )
    • Source: 'In 2019, BYK Additives ... marked the 55th anniversary of the discovery by Dr Barbara Neumann of the extraordinary product known as Laponite (p 256)... The use of Laponite® led to the development of the first non-drip paints. (p 258). Shafran et al., 2020, Clay Minerals (2020), 55, 256–260. https://doi.dx.org/10.1180/clm.2020.35
    Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    Chaiten1 (talk) 17:57, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    • I love seeing articles about women in science, what can I do? It is rather compact, but well structured. I see a photo of her here. Would you upload it as a fair-use image? I would strongly recommend expanding the Laponite article and nominating it alongside this article. It is so close to meeting DYK requirements, and each of the hooks mentions laponite. Surtsicna (talk) 21:08, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you - great suggestion, I'll work on this later and ping you when done! Chaiten1 (talk) 08:00, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: thank you again for the suggestions. I have sourced and uploaded an image for Barbara Neumann; I have also expanded the laponite page and completed a second QPQ, so this is now a double hook.Chaiten1 (talk) 21:27, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    I changed the pipes a bit to make it clear that the subject of the second article is not nanomaterials. I love that you went through the effort of obtaining a free image. Did you contact a relative? Have they sent an email permission to the Commons? Surtsicna (talk) 22:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    WTVX

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 739 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:37, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    • @Sammi Brie: This is my first DYK hook review, so let me know if anything's improper with my assessment. Article was promoted to GA status in the last seven days, and is long enough. Cited hook is interesting, short enough, and verifiable by the source. QPQ has been done. My one issue is that the source used in this DYK hook isn't cited in the article at all from what I can see, and the claim is instead cited to a different source in the article. This needs to be changed per WP:DYKCITE, which requires the claim to be cited in the article body with the same source used in the article. Once this is remedied this should be good to go. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:09, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Swen Swenson (politician)

    ( )
    • Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • ALT1: ... that Swen Swenson was considered a pioneer in advocating for a drainage system in Nicollet County? Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • ALT2: ... that Swen Swenson was considered a pioneer for the adoption of a drainage system in Nicollet County? Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • Reviewed: ]
    Created by Roc0ast3r (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 08:00, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Pyramids of Mars

    ( ) The story was influenced from earlier mummy films such as The Mummy (1932)The story was influenced from earlier mummy films such as The Mummy (1932) Improved to Good Article status by DoctorWhoFan91 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 21:54, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hard Out Here (Raye song)

    ( ) Moved to mainspace by CatchMe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    CatchMe (talk · contribs) 21:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 19

    Alexander Goehr

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Gerda Arendt (talk), Aza24 (talk), and Grimes2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2131 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Alia Fischer

    ( )
    • Source: paywalled
    Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 371 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:47, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kasey Morlock

    ( ) Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 370 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:14, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Jennifer Jones (curler)

    ( )
    • Source: Quote from article: In 2019, Jones was named the greatest Canadian female skip and overall curler in history by The Sports Network (TSN), the main television broadcaster of major curling events, following a poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.
    Improved to Good Article status by Allthegoldmedals (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Allthegoldmedals (talk) 13:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hollyhock House

    ( ) Exterior of Hollyhock HouseExterior of Hollyhock House 5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 696 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 01:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Lustrous Pearls

    ( ) Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 739 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Finja Church

    ( ) Romanesque murals in Finja ChurchRomanesque murals in Finja Church Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 148 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 14:22, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Goodnight Chicken

    ( )
    • ALT1: ... that a Taiwanese livestreamer accidentally solved a missing person's case? Source: https://www.ettoday.net/news/20201109/1850439.htm "直播主「晚安小雞」於7日凌晨，至大同區廢棄醫院探險，赫然發現一具上吊屍體，且不知是否因懸吊時間過久，上、下半身更已風乾分離，警方獲報到場，比對出屍體為一失蹤男性，送往二殯後，也報請士林檢察官相驗；據直播主透露，家屬報了一年多失蹤，終於尋回家人，對此非常感激。" -> "The livestreamer "Goodnight Chicken" went to an abandoned hospital in Datong District to explore in the early morning of the 7th, and surprisingly found a hanged body. It was unknown whether the upper and lower body had been dried and separated due to being hung for too long. The police were reported to the scene. The body was found to be that of a missing man. After it was sent to the second funeral, it was also reported to the Shilin prosecutor for examination. According to the live broadcast host, the family members reported missing for more than a year and were finally found. They were very grateful for this."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yonggeumok
    • Comment: Lots of interesting things about this guy, he's most notable for faking his own kidnapping but I wasn't sure how to frame it exactly in a hook.
    Created by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    jolielover♥talk 13:58, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: The ALT0 is negative and against WP:DYKBLP, so ALT1 is the one I'm taking. The only problem is the controveries section, I suggest removing the "controveries" section header of the article. When that fixed, this is good to go. (Note: this is my first time reviewing, second opinion is open) Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 08:10, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Pengkalan Kempas, Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Megaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical ComplexMegaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    CMD (talk) 06:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 20

    T. K. Waters

    ( )
    • ... that after defeating 4 other candidates in a special election and runoff, T. K. Waters was unopposed two months later in the 2023 election?
    2022 Jacksonville Sheriff special election Created by Mgreason (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

    Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 01:52, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kpop4planet

    ( )
    • Source: Kpop4planet invited Melon to attend the Valentine’s Day dance; the company declined because of scheduling conflicts but agreed to meet for a private discussion. That’s when it made the promise to “move all the data to the cloud that does not emit any carbon emissions by 2030,” Lee says.
    Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 00:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Alt Llobregat insurrection

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

    Grnrchst (talk) 09:51, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Aquilegia alpina

    ( ) An alpine columbine flowerAn alpine columbine flower
    • ... that the misidentification of an alpine columbine resulted in the description of a new variant of a species in a different genus?
    5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 22:05, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mammillaria vetula

    ( ) Thimble cactusThimble cactus
    • ... that thimble cactus (pictured) is one of the most commonly grown nipple cacti because it breaks into pieces at the slightest touch?
    • Source: "Because of its ease of growth and propagation, and its readiness to fall into pieces at the slightest touch, this is probably the most widespread Mammillaria in cultivation..." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • ALT1: ... that thimble cactus (pictured) is regularly seen at plant sale events, "except paradoxically at cactus-oriented events, where it would be ignominious to offer it"? Source: "... this is probably the most widespread Mammillaria in cultivation, featuring commonly at almost any event where plant sales occur, except paradoxically at cactus-oriented events, where it would be ignominious to offer it." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • ALT2: ... that one subspecies of Mammillaria vetula (pictured) is one of the least frequently grown nipple cacti, while the other is "probably the most commonly grown"? Source: "Now expanded to include the well-known M. gracilis as a subspecies, this species combines one of the least grown mammillarias with probably the most commonly grown." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Neumann
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 205 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 21:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kerjäläisten valtakunta

    ( )
    • ... that when the band Dingo were doing a photoshoot for their 1985 album Kerjäläisten valtakunta in Morocco, local men started patting them on the behind, having mistaken them for women?
    • Source: Norres, Lasse; Nurmi, Paavo (ed.): Kuunaama : tarinoita tähdistä. Espoo: Mistake Media, 2015. ISBN 978-952-681-654-8.
    5x expanded by JIP (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    JIP | Talk 16:09, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    David and Gladys Wright House

    ( ) David and Gladys Wright HouseDavid and Gladys Wright House 5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 697 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 14:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mosawo

    ( )
    • ... that a Japanese male singer often sang in a female perspective?
    Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 14:02, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    British Virgin Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics

    ( )
    • Source:
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 13:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 21

    Mammillaria albiflora

    ( ) Mammillaria albifloraMammillaria albiflora
    • Source: "Mammillaria albiflora is listed as Critically Endangered due to ... a continuing population decline as a result of illegal collecting that is also reducing its range. Its population has been diminished by an estimated 50% over the past 20 years, the decline in mature individuals is continuing. Although a portion of the site has recently been enclosed with a chain link fence to protect it, this did not prevent access to the site." (IUCN)
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 207 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 08:46, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Grain Belt Beer Sign

    ( ) The Grain Belt Beer signThe Grain Belt Beer sign
    • ... that after a renovation that LED lighting, the Grain Belt Beer Sign's operating costs went from $48,000 to $7,500 per year?
    Created by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    ~Darth Stabro 05:15, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hennepin Avenue Bridge (1855)

    ( ) The Minneapolis Suspension BridgeThe Minneapolis Suspension Bridge
    • Source: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof:
    "First Bridge Park". Mississippi National River & Recreation Area. U.S. National Park Service.
    "Grand Celebration, of the Opening of the First Bridge that Spans the Waters of the Mississippi". Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian. 27 January 1855. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
    "Forded River in Early Days". The Minneapolis Journal. 5 October 1913. p. 12. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
    Goodrich, E. S. (26 January 1855). "Opening of the Wire Suspension Bridge Across the Mississippi". The Daily Minnesota Pioneer. p. 2.
    Reicher, Matt. "Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society.
    Created by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    ~Darth Stabro 02:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Main Street Vehicles

    ( ) Main Street Vehicles in DisneylandMain Street Vehicles in Disneyland
    • Source: "Care for the 15 geldings and three mares of Belgian, Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron and Brabant breeding at the Circle D is meticulous. ... Each horse at the Circle D works for three days a week at Disneyland, hauling the horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street..."
    Improved to Good Article status by Jackdude101 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Jackdude101   18:35, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Cornelius Pass Road

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by TheTechie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 16:36, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 22

    Gyutto

    ( ) Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 08:10, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

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    See also: WP:SOHA

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