This is a list of DYKs on articles i created or contributed to. Comments are welcome.
Doncram DYKs
editWeippe Prairie
edit--Wizardman 00:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia)
editCheers, Daniel (talk) 01:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
This was the lead DYK, with pic, on 22 April 2008, and it got 2.5k hits that day, plus many thousands in following days, totally 7.9k, as if it was listed somewhere else, too. Hook was:
- ...that Stonewall Jackson, camped with his men at Carter Hall, allowed his physician to perform a cataract operation on the owner, on the portico of the mansion?
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park
edit--Royalbroil 03:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ...that Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park's Hillsman House still has bloodstains on its floor dating to its use as a hospital after the Battle of Sayler's Creek in April 1865?
List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
editFranklin County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)
edit--BorgQueen (talk) 19:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yay! The winning DYK phrase, crafted by Lvklock, was: Did you know "... that the Franklin County Courthouse incorporates the walls and columns left after Confederate forces burned the previous courthouse during the American Civil War?"
List of Registered Historic Places in Chicago
edit--Gatoclass (talk) 09:53, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! The hook was: Did you know
- ... that there are at least 296 historic places listed on the U.S. National Register in Chicago, including a German U-boat (pictured)?
René Pleven
edit--Gatoclass (talk) 07:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
List of octagon houses
editDid You Know:
- ... that zooming in from satellite view, one can see the outlines of Wilcox Octagon House and most of the 82 octagon houses listed on the U.S. National Register?
Nevada Theatre DYK
edit--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 03:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Pico Canyon Oilfield
edit--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 22:04, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Dutton-Waller Raised Tybee Cottage
edit--PFHLai (talk) 23:43, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Joseph H. Rainey House
edit--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Cobblestone Farmhouse at 1229 Birdsey Road
editLvklock (talk) 03:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
editCheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Cooleemee
editPeshekee River Bridge
editThanks, Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 17:02, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
List of Registered Historic Places in Pasadena
edit--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:53, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
editKeep up the good work! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley
edit(shared with User:cbl62; got over 13,000 hits!)
Congrats on the double DYK! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area
editCheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:26, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Powder Magazine (Camp Drum)
editCheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:28, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Lyceum-The Circle Historic District
editThank you for your nomination! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 04:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Dubois-Sarles Octagon
editDravecky (talk) 14:33, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Rapp Road Community Historic District
editDravecky (talk) 06:51, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
- The DYK phrase, up now, is Did you know
- ... that during the First Great Migration, the majority of Shubuta, Mississippi, moved to Albany, New York, with some recreating a religious rural community in Rapp Road Community Historic District?
Algoma, Oregon
editNice one. Paxse (talk) 14:03, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
The phrase showing is: Did you know...
- ... that the tugboat that towed log rafts across Upper Klamath Lake to the Algoma lumber mill in Algoma, Oregon, is now on display in the Collier Memorial State Park logging museum?
Hmm, not sure i deserve this really, i just helped reword article a very little. :) doncram (talk) 20:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
The Manor (Los Angeles, California)
editShubinator (talk) 00:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
editJamie☆S93 18:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Pic was included, i think. Hook was:
- ... that architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles?}}
- 2.7k hits per [3].
- And then translated into German! The article appears at here in De.Wikipedia.
Merced Theatre
editKing of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:15, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Lake Linden Historic District
editWikiproject: Did you know? 23:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Rijksmonument
editNW (Talk) 17:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Charles Durrett
edit— Jake Wartenberg 11:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal
edit(shared with User:Jameslwoodward and User:Lvklock) Got over 4,000 hits!
— Jake Wartenberg 17:14, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
- Hit the main page with picture and all! Lvklock (talk) 20:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
- And it got about 4300 hits, per [4].
Hook with pic was:
- ... that the Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal (pictured) on Maine's Kennebec River originally had a bell run by a clockwork counterweight mechanism that had to be wound by hand every four hours?}}
David and Maggie Aegerter Barn
edit(shared with User:46percent)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 03:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
DYK hook was:
- ... that the gambrel-roofed David and Maggie Aegerter Barn is the only Linn County, Oregon barn featuring overhang on all sides?
- Got a respectable 1.2k hits, per [5], given no pic included. Too bad, I wrote the article to use the nice pic local wikipedian 46percent had uploaded. doncram (talk) 22:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead Historic District
editWP:DYK 12:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
- Hook was: Did you know "... that 50 years ago today, on an Iowa farm, farmer and hybrid corn salesman Roswell Garst hosted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev?"
Yilun Yang
editHook was:
- ... that Yilun Yang is ranked as a 7 dan in the board game Go?
Arenas Bridge
edit≈ Chamal talk ¤ 15:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
User:Chamal N picked a version of hook merging elements i provided, and it worked out well, getting 3.2k hits! See [6]. The final version displaying now is:
- ... that due to scarcity of iron in Puerto Rico, the Spanish government contracted for the Arenas Bridge (pictured) to be built by a Belgian firm in 1894, and shipped to be assembled in place?
Ponce City Hall
editSoWhy 21:28, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Hook as reworked by User:Geraldk (thanks!) was:
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Casa Paoli
editRoyalbroil 07:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hook was:
- 13:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- ... that Puerto Rican tenor Antonio Paoli's birthplace, the Casa Paoli (pictured), was a wedding gift to his parents, who already had five children together at the time of their marriage?
This was kind of the middle of the night for the U.S., from 13:07 to 19:07 UTC apparently (which would be 10pm to 4am maybe on the U.S. east coast?) but it was the lead with pic. doncram (talk) 22:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Hallville Mill Historic District
editSoWhy 01:57, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, i am a bit shamed and/or legitimately challenged by this DYK, where i created the article but honestly i was not myself really trying to build a good article. I should get the NRHP nomination document and develop it further. :) doncram (talk) 06:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Got 309 hits on November 2. Hook was: Did you know ... that textile manufacturing in the mill village of Hallville in Connecticut dates to 1752, when a fulling mill was built there?
Mary E. Surratt Boarding House
editDaniel Case (talk) 19:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
- Hook was: Did you know ... that Washingtonians eat Chinese food where the Abraham Lincoln assassins conspired, at the Mary E. Surratt Boarding House?
Naval Reserve Armory
edit⇌ Jake Wartenberg 18:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hook was: Did you know ... that it was feared Seattle's Art Deco-styled Naval Reserve Armory would become a white elephant?
Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin
editWikiproject: Did you know? 11:43, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hook, revised by User:Matisse (thanks!), was:
- ... that out of 700 U.S. Forest Service buildings in Oregon and Washington built by New Deal programs, the Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin is the only one crafted of stone and logs?
Manlius Village Historic District
editMaterialscientist (talk) 00:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ... that five houses with pilasters are preserved in the Manlius Village Historic District near Syracuse, New York?
Saugatuck River Bridge
editMaterialscientist (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ... that the hand-cranked Saugatuck River Bridge is the oldest surviving movable bridge in the U.S. state of Connecticut?
Montauk Association Historic District
editMaterialscientist (talk) 00:08, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ... that the seaside landscape of Montauk Association Historic District in New York includes seven 1881–84 Shingle Style summer houses?
Whitney Avenue Historic District
editMifter (talk) 12:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ... that Whitney Avenue Historic District in New Haven, Connecticut, includes "locally outstanding" collections of Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival architecture?
Cecil Alexander
editThank you from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Hook was:
- ... that architect Cecil Alexander designed a controversial Georgia state flag that served from 2001 to 2003?
Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters
editOn May 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks for this one Victuallers (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
And thanks, Acroterion! Hook was:
- ... that the Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters was a showcase for the company's aluminum products, using aluminum thread in carpets and drapes?
Godwin-Knowles House
editOn 27 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Godwin-Knowles House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
A fact from Doncram/DYK appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 September 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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- Thanks Nyttend, who did the writing and provided the photo! --doncram (talk) 00:46, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Sachs Covered Bridge
editOn 12 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sachs Covered Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that General Lee and the Confederate Army retreated over the Sachs Covered Bridge after being defeated in the Battle of Gettysburg? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks to User:Niagara, who did most of the development and nommed it. --doncram (talk) 00:21, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Henry S. Baird
editOn 2 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry S. Baird, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Henry S. Baird, the first lawyer in territorial Wisconsin, bought a small Greek Revival former land office building to serve as his law office (pictured) as he felt its style befit his position? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Happily, it is in the leading position, with pic, as:
- ... that Henry S. Baird, the first lawyer in territorial Wisconsin, bought a small Greek Revival former land office building to serve as his law office (pictured) as he felt its style befit his position?
Baird Law Office
editOn 2 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Baird Law Office, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Henry S. Baird, the first lawyer in territorial Wisconsin, bought a small Greek Revival former land office building to serve as his law office (pictured) as he felt its style befit his position? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Prudence Crandall House
editOn 14 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Prudence Crandall House, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls operated in a Canterbury, Connecticut, mansion (pictured) until mob violence led to its closure? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- This is right now, as i note this, displaying on main page as lead DYK with picture, as follows:
- ... that the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls operated in a Canterbury, Connecticut, mansion (pictured) until mob violence led to its closure?
- Yay, i didn't think it would get lead spot and keep a picture! --Doncram (talk) 00:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- Stats.grok.se reports over 4.2 k hits on day and day after. :) --doncram 23:34, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Doris (Sailing yacht)
editOn 18 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Doris (Sailing yacht), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Doris, a large racing yacht built in 1905, led the 1932 Bermuda Race until light winds undercut its advantages? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
do ncr am 21:37, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District
editOn 20 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District in rural Connecticut is a site where thousands of New York City women were given summer vacations during 1892 to 1945? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House
editOn 13 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Frank Kameny House in Washington, D.C., was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in the gay rights activism of its namesake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Fisher & Fisher
editOn 15 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fisher & Fisher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... Architects Fisher & Fisher, the sibling partnership of Arthur and William Ellsworth Fisher, designed the oil company town of Parco, Wyoming, in a unified Spanish colonial style to foster community? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK for De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
editOn 12 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article De Mores Packing Plant Ruins, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a pretender to the French throne built the De Mores Packing Plant in the Dakota Territory in 1883? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/De Mores Packing Plant Ruins. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Henry W. Cleaveland
editOn 9 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry W. Cleaveland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry W. Cleaveland. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Punta Gorda Fish Co.
editOn 10 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Punta Gorda Fish Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by the Punta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Punta Gorda Fish Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Thompson-Starrett Co.
editOn 11 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thompson-Starrett Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thompson-Starrett Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Louden Machinery Company
editOn 11 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louden Machinery Company, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louden Machinery Company. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Joseph C. Wells
editOn 12 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph C. Wells, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph C. Wells. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Champion Bridge Co.
editOn 13 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Champion Bridge Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Champion Bridge Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Orlo Epps
editOn 2 December 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orlo Epps, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Greensboro, North Carolina, architect Orlo Epps was also a professor of mathematics and physics and a socialist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Orlo Epps. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Henry W. Cleaveland
editOn 9 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry W. Cleaveland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry W. Cleaveland. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Punta Gorda Fish Co.
editOn 10 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Punta Gorda Fish Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by the Punta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Punta Gorda Fish Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Thompson-Starrett Co.
editOn 11 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thompson-Starrett Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thompson-Starrett Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Louden Machinery Company
editOn 11 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louden Machinery Company, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louden Machinery Company. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Joseph C. Wells
editOn 12 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph C. Wells, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph C. Wells. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Champion Bridge Co.
editOn 13 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Champion Bridge Co., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Champion Bridge Co.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area
editOn 24 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area includes 20 buildings developed by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss using an "Arabian Nights" theme? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware)
editOn 23 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the gardens of Gibraltar (pictured) were designed by a pioneering female American landscape architect? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
some are missing here? need to scan my Talk archives
editDYK for Prow house
editDYK for Pair-house
editOn 24 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pair-house, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Scandinavian-influenced pair-house shows that some level of ethnic diversity was accepted in early Mormon society? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pair-house. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pair-house), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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editOn 2 June 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that monuments and memorials to the fallen in the Mexican–American War include a US national cemetery in Mexico City? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.