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On 24 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Astronomical Society of New South Wales, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that over 500 comets, asteroids, and novae have been discovered by three members of the Astronomical Society of New South Wales? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Astronomical Society of New South Wales. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 09:27, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
On 11 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maynard (broadcaster), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Australian entertainer Maynard (pictured) made a career out of being "happily unfashionable", sometimes wearing "a stylish combination of pyjamas and floral beach wear"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maynard (broadcaster). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
On 11 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bart Bok, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bart Bok and his wife Priscilla, who were both astronomers, worked together so closely that it was "difficult and pointless to separate his achievements from hers"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bart Bok. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
On 3 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Warrick Couch, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Warrick Couch has spent his career researching how galaxies form, evolve with time, and are organised in the universe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Warrick Couch. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 09:27, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
On 18 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Loretta Marron, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Loretta Marron became known as "the Jelly Bean Lady" after using jelly beans to test bogus health products? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Loretta Marron. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:31, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
On 19 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Dwyer (medicine), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Dwyer chaired a government "Quackwatch Committee" whose objective was to tighten controls on wonder drugs and miracle cures? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Dwyer (medicine). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
On 26 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alan Duffy (astronomer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that astronomer Alan Duffy is constructing a dark matter detector 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) underground in a gold mine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Duffy (astronomer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Alex ShihTalk 01:33, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
On 4 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alastair MacLennan (obstetrician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alastair MacLennan and his wife Alice, both experts in reproductive health, were caught by surprise and had to deliver their own baby at home? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Alex Shih (talk) 12:03, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
On 17 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marcello Costa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Marcello Costa spent his career researching the links between the nervous system and the gut? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marcello Costa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 01:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
On 13 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rob Morrison (scientist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rob Morrison from Australia's The Curiosity Show was an expert witness at a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the death of a girl by a dingo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rob Morrison (scientist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), 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.
Materialscientist (talk) 00:16, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
On 23 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Paul Rolan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Paul Rolan has been the principal investigator in more than 700 clinical research studies of new medicines? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Rolan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Paul Rolan), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
On 1 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Grant Robert Sutherland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Grant Sutherland is the geneticist who identified fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited genetic form of intellectual impairment? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Grant Robert Sutherland. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Grant Robert Sutherland), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
On 1 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jeffrey Rosenfeld, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Australian neurosurgeon Jeffrey Rosenfeld led the team developing a wireless device that promises to give limited vision to the totally blind? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeffrey Rosenfeld. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jeffrey Rosenfeld), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
On 6 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James May (vascular surgeon), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James May led the team that transplanted a patient's right hand onto his left arm? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James May (vascular surgeon). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James May (vascular surgeon)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Hook update | ||
Your hook reached 15,840 views (660.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of March 2024 – nice work! |
GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
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astronomy and scepticism
Thank you for quality articles such as Astronomical Society of Victoria, Loretta Marron and Alan Duffy (astronomer), for consolidating references, for good answers at the Teahouse, for illustrating the Aust Scep Con and honeybee on lavender, for "Human behaviour fascinates, confuses and scares me in pretty much equal degrees." - member of the Australian Computer Society, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:45, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
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... you were recipient no. 2049 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Two years! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
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