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DYK for Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma

On 9 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dead Women Crossing in Oklahoma is reputedly haunted by a schoolteacher who disappeared the day after she filed for divorce in 1905, and was found murdered two months later? 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, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Devastation Trail

On 11 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Devastation Trail, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Pele's hair, and Pele's tears are well preserved at Devastation Trail after the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki crater? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mollie's Nipple

On 15 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mollie's Nipple, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as many as 11 geological features in Utah are named Mollie's (or Molly's) Nipple? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for North Piddle

On 22 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Piddle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the flash of light accompanying an earthquake in 1896 was attributed by some residents of North Piddle, Worcestershire, to a large meteor? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dickshooter, Idaho

On 23 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dickshooter, Idaho, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dickshooter was named for Dick Shooter? 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, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mukhayriq

On 23 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mukhayriq, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that M. A. Muqtedar Khan calls Jewish rabbi Mukhayriq "the first Jewish martyr of Islam" and "a true Islamic hero"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Allah Made Me Funny

On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Allah Made Me Funny, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Allah Made Me Funny is a documentary featuring three American Muslim comedians? 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.

Orlady (talk) 18:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Todros ben Judah Halevi Abulafia

On 11 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Todros ben Judah Halevi Abulafia, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a 17th-century copy of the diwan that 13th-century Hebrew language poet Todros Abulafia made in Castile was rediscovered in Hong Kong in the 19th century? 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, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Start-up Nation

On 11 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Start-up Nation, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that according to the authors of Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, Israel has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country except the United States? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lower Swell

On 29 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lower Swell, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Lower Swell is located on the banks of the River Dikler? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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

DYK for Orphans' Decree

On 30 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orphans' Decree, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a 17th-century Yemeni Orphans' Decree requiring the conversion of orphans to Islam was still being enforced as late as 1948? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Encyclopedia of Pleasure

On 1 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Encyclopedia of Pleasure, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymous Islamic Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses female sexual pleasure? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler story

On 20 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler story, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during World War II, a Luftwaffe pilot, observing that there were several wounded crewmen on a United States Army Air Corps's plane, declined to fire and safely escorted it to the North Sea? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:19, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Nazi talking dogs

On 6 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nazi talking dogs, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nazi scientists claimed to have trained a dog to call "Adolf Hitler" as "Mein Führer"? 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, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bolo Pasha

On 4 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bolo Pasha, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bolo Pasha, a Frenchman with an Egyptian title, was convicted and executed in France in 1918 for being a German spy using evidence collected by the New York Attorney General? 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, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jewish response to The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

On 10 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jewish response to The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh about the Armenian Genocide played a role in organizing the Jewish resistance under Nazi rule? 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) 18:03, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sea foam

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Sea foam at Ocean Beach in San Francisco -1 on 3-25-11.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 05:49, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flock of Sanderlings

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Calidris alba at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California - 20101116.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 23:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Image request

I was asked to take a picture and today I did. The image is used in 4 articles.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

New article

I wrote article Ships lost in San Francisco and nominated it for April Fools' Day DYK--Mbz1 (talk) 17:56, 26 June 2011 (UTC)