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This is my personal archive of the articles which I created, expanded, or nominated that have been showcased on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did You Know?" feature. You might also be interested in my Wikipedia awards collection. After several very active years, I withdraw my active participation in July 2011 but a few years away seems to have lowered my defenses and as of May 2015 I'm participating again. For accounting purposes, I also maintain a duplicate list of just my Oregon-related hooks.

DYK medals

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September 2015

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9 new this month for a total of 145 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

  • ... that Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding saw her first Miss Oregon pageant when she was just eight years old? (September 21, 2015)
  • ... that Miss Oregon Stephenie Steers wore a swimsuit and cap made from recycled bicycle tire inner tubes in the 2011 Miss America Parade? (September 3, 2015)

August 2015

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13 new this month for a total of 136 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

  • ... that Miss Maine 2015 Kelsey Earley hand-sews superhero capes for patients at a children's hospital? (August 13, 2015)
  • ... that Miss Utah 2015 Krissia Beatty is the fifth person in her family, after her grandmother, mother, and two aunts, to be crowned Miss Washington County? (#125) (August 3, 2015)

July 2015

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9 new this month for a total of 123 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

June 2015

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2 new this month for a total of 114 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

May 2014

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1 new this month for a total of 112 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

August 2013

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1 new this month for a total of 111 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

July 2011

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1 nominated this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated. This month marks my formal withdrawal from the DYK project.

June 2011

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4 new this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

  • ... that at its launch, Minnesota radio station KMGM broadcast 20 hours of farm and agricultural programs each week? (June 26, 2011)
An elderly black man wearing suit and glasses
Blues legend B.B. King in 1990

May 2011

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1 new this month for a total of 106 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

March 2011

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3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 105 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

  • ... that when Faith Radio Network bought the radio station now known as WFRF-FM in 2003, the previous owners included everything except their 1996 Chevy Astro van? (March 14, 2011)
  • ... that Florida-based Christian radio station WFRF helped launch Imani Radio in Kenya and provided 2,500 solar powered radios to local villages, hospitals, and prisoners? (March 13, 2011)

February 2011

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3 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 102 articles created or expanded and 4 nominated.

S-IC stage of SA-500D
  • ... that NASA engineers shook a Saturn V test vehicle (S-IC stage pictured) for over 400 hours to ensure it would withstand the rigors of launch? (nom) (February 19, 2011)

January 2011

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2 new this month for a total of 99 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

December 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 97 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

October 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 93 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

September 2010

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2 new this month for a total of 89 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

August 2010

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3 new this month for a total of 87 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

April 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 84 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

March 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 83 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

February 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 79 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

January 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 78 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

August 2009

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2 new this month for a total of 77 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

July 2009

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4 new this month for a total of 75 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

  • ... that KATR-FM was honored by the Colorado Broadcasters Association for giving away an "ugly" pickup truck? (July 10, 2009)

June 2009

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2 new this month for a total of 71 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

May 2009

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20 new this month for a total of 69 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

April 2009

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19 new this month for a total of 49 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

  • ... that former KGBR disc jockey Tom Lyons advised his son against a career in radio by saying "Sell coke, run guns ... but don't ever go into radio."? (April 8, 2009)

March 2009

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6 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 30 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

WHOW/WEZC's "big red barn" studios

February 2009

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3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 24 articles created or expanded and 2 nominated.

Bacon Explosion

January 2009

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9 new this month for a total of 21 articles created or expanded.

December 2008

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12 new this month for a total of 12 articles created or expanded.