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*... that five previously-designated [[historic district]]s were merged in 1986 to create the '''[[Central Troy Historic District]]''' covering downtown [[Troy, New York]] ''(pictured)''? Self-nom. Still working on this; will probably get a lot longer even after being on Main Page [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 04:53, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

~~===Articles created/expanded on October 25===~~

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*... that on taking up office, '''[[Steve Croft]]''' will be the first [[Bishop of Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], to have been born in Yorkshire? -- new article self-nom by [[User:ChapterandVerse|ChapterandVerse]] ([[User talk:ChapterandVerse|talk]]) 22:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

:[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] Two concerns: first, the article's a little short; the prose comes to only 1350 characters which is short of the minimum of 1500. Perhaps the list of his previous appointments could be prosified? And secondly, I'm not sure the given reference supports the statement that he's the first Yorkshireman to take the post: it gives no indication that Gordon Fallows, for example, wasn't born in the county. It's a nice hook to use if we can deal with those two things, though! [[User:Olaf Davis|Olaf Davis]] | [[User talk:Olaf Davis|Talk]] 13:21, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

:: We have expanded article and added a further source (first source says the 3rd bishop was the closest the diocese had had to a Yorkshire-born bishop and that the 5th and 6th bishops were originally from Tyneside and Lancashire. Further source shows that 4th bishop [Gordon Fallows]was from [Barrow-in-Furness]. [[User:ChapterandVerse|ChapterandVerse]] ([[User talk:ChapterandVerse|talk]]) 21:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

:::*[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] Length (over 1860 characters) and date verified. However, the sources you have provided do not support the statement. The [http://www.sheffield-diocese.org.uk/Past_Bishops_of_Sheffield.html first source] only mentions Steve Croft in one sentence. This sentence does not say that Croft was the first bishop born in Yorkshire. The [http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=64687 second source] doesn't even mention "Steve Croft" or Yorkshire. [[User:Cunard|Cunard]] ([[User talk:Cunard|talk]]) 04:45, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

:::: The point of the sources was that between them they give the evidence that none of the previous bishops were Yorkshire born (see my previous comment.) However if this is getting too convoluted I don't think it's worth pushing for a DYK. [[User:ChapterandVerse|ChapterandVerse]] ([[User talk:ChapterandVerse|talk]]) 23:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

* ... that the '''[[Oil shale in China|Fushun Shale Oil Plant in China]]''' is the largest [[oil shale extraction|oil shale plant]] in the world? [[User:Beagel|Beagel]] ([[User talk:Beagel|talk]]) 06:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

:[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] The two cited sources seem to imply this. Can you be more specific as to where they say it, or find one that says it outright? [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 16:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

*... that in 1960 strikes against [[Dahomey]] [[List of heads of state of Benin|President]] '''[[Hubert Maga]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> handling of the [[Economy of Benin|national economy]] became so serious that the police used [[tear gas]]? Expanded by ~'''one of many [[User:Editorofthewiki|editorofthewiki]]s ([[User talk:Editorofthewiki#top|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Editorofthewiki|contribs]]/[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Editorofthewiki|editor review]])'''~ 02:45, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

~~:And this is one of the few times this sort of thing has happened, anywhere in the world? [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 16:26, 2 November 2008 (UTC)~~

::We could always use the simple "that '''[[Hubert Maga]]''' served two nonconsecutive terms as [[President of Dahomey]]?" ~'''one of many [[User:Editorofthewiki|editorofthewiki]]s ([[User talk:Editorofthewiki#top|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Editorofthewiki|contribs]]/[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Editorofthewiki|editor review]])'''~ 18:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

~~:::That's not all that unusual, either. [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 20:32, 2 November 2008 (UTC)~~

~~[[Image:Chichester Cathedral about 1650 - Project Gutenberg eText 13331.jpg|100x100px|right]]~~

*... that the medieval '''[[Chichester Cathedral]]''' is the only English Cathedral that can be seen from the sea? Self nom. (See pic right) [[User:Amandajm|Amandajm]] ([[User talk:Amandajm|talk]]) 00:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

~~:[[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|18px]] Insufficiently expanded. [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 16:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)~~

*... that the pro-[[communism|communist]] '''''[[Freie Lëtzebuerger Arbechterverband]]''''' was the largest [[blue-collar]] [[trade union]] centre in [[Luxembourg]] in 1946? (self-nom) --[[User:Soman|Soman]] ([[User talk:Soman|talk]]) 00:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

:[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] This isn't cited exactly where it's stated. Also, since the sources cited are long French PDFs, could you give a page number, possibly? [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 16:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

*... that [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] '''[[Petrus Johannes Waardenburg]]''' first defined [[Waardenburg syndrome]] in 1951? new article by [[User:AdjustShift|AdjustShift]] ([[User talk:AdjustShift|talk]]) 20:16, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

:[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] Everything checks out, but can the cited paragraph be rewritten so it doesn't read so much like the source cited? [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 13:38, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

*... that despite being acclaimed by critics, the '''[[Pilot (Veronica Mars)|pilot]]''' episode of the television series ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' was one of the least watched episodes of the week? -- Article expanded fivefold and self-nom by '''[[User:Cornucopia|'''Corn.u.co.pia''']] / [[User talk:Cornucopia|Disc.us.sion]]''' 06:11, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

**Here is [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilot_(Veronica_Mars)&oldid=228748772 the old revision], and here is [[Pilot (Veronica Mars)|the new one]]. '''[[User:Cornucopia|'''Corn.u.co.pia''']] / [[User talk:Cornucopia|Disc.us.sion]]''' 06:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

~~: Which week? --[[Special:Contributions/74.13.126.203|74.13.126.203]] ([[User talk:74.13.126.203|talk]]) 17:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)~~

::[[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|18px]] Hate to be picky about this but the expansion was not done on the 25th but on the 24th of October making this DYK too late to be considered.[[User:Nrswanson|Nrswanson]] ([[User talk:Nrswanson|talk]]) 07:39, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

*... that '''''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]''''', a 1962–1963 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[drama]] about a [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] based on the Best Picture of 1944, was [[Gene Kelly]]'s only attempt at [[television series|series]] [[television]]?--new article, self-nom [[User:Billy Hathorn|Billy Hathorn]] ([[User talk:Billy Hathorn|talk]]) 17:38, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

:*[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] Fact/s cited to unreliable source, [[IMDb]]. —[[User:97198|97198]] ([[User talk:97198|talk]]) 03:38, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

~~Awards and achievements~~

~~Preceded by Casablanca~~

~~Academy Award for Best Picture~~

~~1944 Going My Way~~

~~Succeedeb by The Lost Weekend~~

The 1944 Best Picture hardly needs special citation. ''[[Going My Way]]'' the [[film]] has no source but IMDB either. In fact, nearly all of the Wikipedia entertainment articles are from IMDb and little else.[[User:Billy Hathorn|Billy Hathorn]] ([[User talk:Billy Hathorn|talk]]) 02:04, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

~~: No source? No place on the main page!~~

: "Kelly's ''only attempt'' at series television"? Do [[North and South (TV miniseries)]] and [[Sins (miniseries)]] count as Kelly's attempts at series television? Or was that some other guy with the same name? --[[Special:Contributions/76.64.76.218|76.64.76.218]] ([[User talk:76.64.76.218|talk]]) 16:26, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

::I have added a reliable source from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' obituary for Kelly that shows the series as his only series. [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Going+My+Way%22+kelly+short-lived+television&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8 See this Google News Archive search results] for chunks of the sentence cited (and quoted in full in the reference), as the link provided does not make the full article available. The distinction between a weekly television series and a [[miniseries]] should not affect the accuracy of the hook. If there is any question about the "only" aspect, we could tone the hook down to "... that [[Gene Kelly]] starred in '''''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]''''', a 1962–1963 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[drama]] about a [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] based on the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] of 1944?" and finesse the issue, but I think the hook proposed by the author is a bit more interesting. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 16:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

~~:::I have also added a reliable source to support the film winning the 1944 [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 16:19, 2 November 2008 (UTC)~~

~~::::[[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|18px]] The sources provided aren't sufficient enough to support the article.[[User:Nrswanson|Nrswanson]] ([[User talk:Nrswanson|talk]]) 07:44, 3 November 2008 (UTC)~~

*... that [[Australia]]n politician '''[[Helen Westwood]]''' is the sister of crooner [[Frank Bennett]]? [[User:Assize|Assize]] ([[User talk:Assize|talk]]) 20:06, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

: Let's remove one "Australian". Unless naturalized, siblings ought to have the same nationalities, right? --[[Special:Contributions/74.13.128.225|74.13.128.225]] ([[User talk:74.13.128.225|talk]]) 19:53, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

~~::extra one removed [[User:Assize|Assize]] ([[User talk:Assize|talk]]) 20:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)~~

:::{{DYK?}} Helen Westwood is the sister of Frank Bennett I believe, and not the brother? [[User:Chamal_N|Chamal]] [[User talk:Chamal_N|talk]] 13:33, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

~~::::*I've changed to "brother" to "sister". [[User:Cunard|Cunard]] ([[User talk:Cunard|talk]]) 04:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)~~

:::::*[[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|18px|This article's hook is unsourced or too long or there are other content issues]] None of the references in the article supports this fact. [[User:Cunard|Cunard]] ([[User talk:Cunard|talk]]) 04:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

::::::*I added a source that shows the relationship between the two from a group seeking to push changes in New South Wales liquor laws. Please check the source before deciding either way. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 15:53, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

:::::::[[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|18px]] Too much of the article is still unsupported by any source for this to be a viable DYK candidate.[[User:Nrswanson|Nrswanson]] ([[User talk:Nrswanson|talk]]) 07:47, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

==See also==