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This is a list of articles I created or significantly expanded that were nominated for Did you know..., either as a self-nomination or by other editors. I maintain this primarily to track the quid pro quo requirement.

DYK views listed with an asterisk are at least partially affected from offsite referrals, such as from reddit.

Article Created/expanded Nomination QPQ review Result DYK Views
Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area 25 October 2007 Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area nomination N/A Promoted Unknown (stats start 2007-12)
Creston Valley 31 January 2008‎ Creston Valley nomination N/A Promoted 710
Hudson Plains Ecozone (CEC) 1 February 2008‎ Hudson Plains Ecozone nomination N/A Promoted 3543
Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC) 2 February 2008‎ Taiga Shield Ecozone nomination N/A Promoted 5181
Atlantic Marine Ecozone (CEC) 9 February 2008‎ Atlantic Marine Ecozone nomination N/A Promoted 1441
Grand Codroy Estuary 30 May 2008‎ Grand Codroy Estuary nomination N/A Promoted 556
Hay-Zama Lakes 2 June 2008 Hay-Zama Lakes nomination N/A Promoted 451
Mary's Point 3 June 2008 nomination N/A Promoted 497
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture 8 June 2008 Eastern Habitat Joint Venture nomination N/A Promoted 505
North American Waterfowl Management Plan 8 June 2008 North American Waterfowl Management Plan nomination N/A Promoted 376
Prairie Habitat Joint Venture 9 June 2008 Prairie Habitat Joint Venture nomination N/A Promoted 861
Lizzie Lloyd King 9 May 2009 Lizzie Lloyd King nomination N/A Promoted 5087
National Register of Electors 27 March 2011 National Register of Electors nomination N/A Promoted 419
Food extrusion 15 July 2012 Template:Did you know nominations/Food extrusion N/A Rejected N/A
Cabal of Naples 27 December 2012 Template:Did you know nominations/Cabal of Naples Roberto Javier Mora García Promoted 1348
Sumangali (child labour) 30 December 2012 Template:Did you know nominations/Sumangali (child labour) N/A Promoted 5236
Sudha Varghese 5 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Sudha Varghese Kepler-47c Promoted 967
Catastrophic injury 17 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Catastrophic injury Virut Promoted 1791
Khong kangjei 21 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Khong kangjei Up Marden Promoted 2443
Ernest Melville DuPorte 26 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Melville DuPorte N/A (third-party nomination) Promoted 1023
Wong Foon Sien 27 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Wong Foon Sien Elmer Shwartz Promoted 1566
Margaret Newton 30 January 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Newton 274301 Wikipedia and Tony Cingrani Promoted 2560
Onésime Dorval 1 February 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Onésime Dorval Paget Marsh Nature Reserve Promoted 601
Yukon Hotel 4 February 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Yukon Hotel Hymenaea mexicana Promoted 2202
1977 Major League Baseball expansion 27 February 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/1977 Major League Baseball expansion Blauer Enzian Promoted 3307
Holocron 9 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Holocron Hope City Promoted 5773
1969 Major League Baseball expansion 12 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/1969 Major League Baseball expansion N/A - approved without QPQ Promoted 1829
National colours of Canada 17 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/National colours of Canada Mutomo District Promoted 1404
National colours of New Zealand 20 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/National colours of New Zealand Kayoa Promoted 793
National colours of Greece 24 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/National colours of Greece Circular layout Promoted 1909
2013 Canadian federal budget 21 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/2013 Canadian federal budget Steps of Cincinnati Promoted 1811
Wins Above Replacement 26 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Wins above replacement Gossaum Promoted 1313
Bats of Canada 30 March 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Bats of Canada Scott Rice Promoted 1160
Crostata 1/2 April 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Crostata Kynuna Station Promoted 1328
Slow code 6 April 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Slow code Lingayen-Lucena corridor Promoted 4834
Infobox 2 June 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Infobox Horse genome Promoted 2784
Gold laundering 10 June 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Gold laundering Blastula Promoted 2000
Infant clothing 12 June 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Infant clothing Dog and Duck (tavern) Rejected
St. Jacobs Farmers' Market 3 September 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/St. Jacobs Farmers' Market The Librarian (painting) Promoted 1162
Newmarket Citizens' Band 28 September 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Newmarket Citizens' Band Cornus clarnensis Promoted 537
DNA (term) ‎8 October 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/DNA (term) Shen Zhurong Promoted 1028
Canada Fitness Award Program 25 October 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Canada Fitness Award Program Natterer's bat Promoted 443
Beth Underhill ‎9 November 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Beth Underhill Blue Bird (train) Promoted 520
In Concert (WKRP in Cincinnati) 21 November 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/In Concert (WKRP in Cincinnati) Polistes carnifex Promoted 1271
National colours of Italy 23 November 2013‎ Template:Did you know nominations/National colours of Italy LASNEX Promoted 4341
"Patio Lanterns" 10 December 2013 Template:Did you know nominations/Patio Lanterns Moletsane High School Promoted 1467
"I'm an Adult Now" 1 January 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/I'm an Adult Now Eutricha capensis Promoted 2063
Black Duck Joint Venture 3 January 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Black Duck Joint Venture Beauty micrometer Promoted 747
Ryan (film) 4 January 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Ryan (film) Asplenium × boydstoniae Promoted 10338
Sideboard (cards) 22 January 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Sideboard (cards) Letters to a German Princess Promoted 14803
Not used for QPQ Murder of Ayakannu Marithamuthu
Street Musique 7 February 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Street Musique Hal Peck Promoted 630
2014 Canadian federal budget 11 February 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/2014 Canadian federal budget Robert Pearsall (architect) Promoted 5313*
Birds of Canada (banknotes) 1 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Birds of Canada (banknotes) Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4)‎ Promoted 4941
Frontier Series 5 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Frontier Series The Dalles Mint Promoted 15527
Guardian (polymer) 9 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Guardian (polymer) The Fourth Sign Promoted 2164
1954 Series (banknotes) 4 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/1954 Series (banknotes) Omi Shrine Promoted 3922
Canada–South Korea Free Trade Agreement 11 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Canada–South Korea Free Trade Agreement Kerala Soil Museum Promoted 2153
1935 Series (banknotes) 12 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/1935 Series (banknotes) List of sun temples Promoted 4568
1937 Series (banknotes) 12 March 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/1937 Series (banknotes) Herennia multipuncta Promoted 1322
Municipal government of King, Ontario 24 April 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Municipal government of King, Ontario Akiko Kobayashi (chemist) Promoted 661
Lucky iron fish 30 May 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Lucky iron fish Maria Nieves Promoted 7349
Area of Natural and Scientific Interest 6 June 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Area of Natural and Scientific Interest June Lascelles Promoted 575
Harinder Malhi 13 June 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Harinder Malhi Wolk v. Kodak Imaging Network Inc. Promoted 1004
Thornton's Corners GO Station 10 September 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Thornton's Corners GO Station Tacks Neuer Promoted 1596
Trento Longaretti 25 September 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Trento Longaretti Per Teodor Cleve Promoted 675
Scenes of Canada 27 September 2014‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Scenes of Canada La Storta Promoted 4713
Canadian Journey Series 4 October 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Canadian Journey Series Kirby Institute Promoted 2661
"A Criminal Mind" 4 October 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/A Criminal Mind Dorit Cypis Promoted 2951
Jolly Darkie Target Game 28 December 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/Jolly Darkie Target Game Alice Renavand Promoted 17947
The Brownies' Book 29 December 2014 Template:Did you know nominations/The Brownies' Book Texas toad Promoted 6168
Vincenzo Pipino 7 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 19 January 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Vincenzo Pipino Teresa Wilms Montt Promoted 2323
Canada Job Grant 6 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 22 January 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Canada Job Grant Patag (sword) Promoted 1392
Ontario provincial budget, 2013 8 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 23 January 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Ontario provincial budget, 2013 2014 National League Wild Card Game Promoted 905
Double direct election 6 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 25 January 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Double direct election Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency) Promoted 1453
Ku Klux Klan in Canada 6 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 27 January 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Ku Klux Klan in Canada Robbi Weldon Promoted 4259
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 15 May 2015 Template:Did you know nominations/Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 Francis Henry Medcalf Promoted 1235
Bat flip 11 November 2015‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Bat flip List of Major League Baseball hitters with six hits in one game Promoted 4931
Cereal Research Centre 7 January 2015 (moved to main namespace on 19 November 2015‎) Template:Did you know nominations/Cereal Research Centre Telengard Promoted 784
Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital 12 April 2016 Template:Did you know nominations/Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital Italian cave salamander and Ambrosi's cave salamander Promoted 1118
Chloridometer 7 June 2016 Template:Did you know nominations/Chloridometer Promoted 829
Mercedes-Benz EQ 28 November 2016 Template:Did you know nominations/Mercedes-Benz EQ-Class Telescript (programming language) Promoted 2058
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album) 2 August 2016‎ (moved to main namespace on 2 December 2016) Template:Did you know nominations/Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album) Elektrithone Promoted 1462
Apparicine 28 December 2016 Template:Did you know nominations/Apparicine The Transactor Promoted 3727
Grimsby GO Station 9 December 2016 (moved to main namespace on 8 January 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Grimsby GO Station Fringed filefish and fan-bellied leatherjacket Promoted 1717
Commemorative banknotes of the Canadian dollar 14 January 2017 (moved to main namespace on 16 January 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Commemorative banknotes of the Canadian dollar Promoted 3261
Siderography 24 January 2015‎ (moved to main namespace on 16 January 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Siderography Robin Hood v. United States Promoted 2505
Managed alcohol program 6 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 16 January 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Managed alcohol program Lvinaya Past Promoted 3011
Dredge No. 4 19 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 31 January 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Dredge No. 4 The Palace Restaurant and Saloon Promoted 12808
Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge 20 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 1 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge Town of Dunedin by-election, 1859 Promoted 3306
Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower 29 January 2017‎ Template:Did you know nominations/Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower John Hughes (neuroscientist) Promoted 3967
Point Abino Light Tower 20 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 3 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Point Abino Light Tower Chenail Island Promoted 1762
Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary 21 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 4 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary New York Gold Exchange Promoted 1589
Quick fail review, not used for QPQ Dancing mania
Hamilton Waterworks 21 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 5 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Hamilton Waterworks Gobi big brown bat Promoted 3470
Sam Bat 12 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 5 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Sam Bat Jewell Jones Promoted 3028
Kensington Railway Station 26 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 6 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Kensington Railway Station Deng Adut Promoted 5502
Britannia Mines Concentrator 23 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 8 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Britannia Mines Concentrator Neurological Society of India,
S. T. Narasimhan,
and Baldev Singh
Promoted 4574
Miami Railway Station 31 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 9 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Miami Railway Station Promoted 3542
Licence laundering 5 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 12 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Licence laundering Promoted 2355
Stratford City Hall 29 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 12 February 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Stratford City Hall The Indian Church Promoted 2317
Niagara Apothecary 24 January 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 1 October 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Niagara Apothecary Trifluoroperacetic acid Promoted 6017
Halloween card 18 September 2017‎ (moved to main namespace on 1 October 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Halloween card LAbyrinth (2017 film) Promoted 10,333
Toronto (cocktail) 13 September 2017 (moved to main namespace on 4 October 2017) Template:Did you know nominations/Toronto (cocktail) Anna Stanislawska Promoted 7433

Miscellaneous

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Articles with links in a DYK hook may receive traffic spikes. For example, the following traffic patterns were observed during a DYK display on the main page:

Article DYK article Views Typical views
Debt bondage in India Sumangali (child labour) 724 100
Musahar Sudha Varghese 1831 100
Caste system in India Sudha Varghese 6330 4000
Commission (art) Cabal of Naples 172 110
Black Canadians Ernest Melville DuPorte 1019 750
Nikolai Vavilov Margaret Newton 731+ 110
VASKhNIL Margaret Newton 233+ 15
Dawson City Yukon Hotel 976 300
Late Imperial China Wong Foon Sien 348 50
Chinese Canadian Wong Foon Sien 619 350
Head tax (Canada) Wong Foon Sien 1165 140
Star Wars Expanded Universe Holocron 1759 900
Star Wars canon Holocron 686 200
List of Star Wars characters Holocron 3649 3500
List of Star Wars creatures Holocron 570 400
Languages in Star Wars Holocron 353 150
List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles Holocron 467 150
List of Star Wars weapons Holocron 560 100
Database Holocron 6861 6750
Drowning Catastrophic injury 1331 1100
Sick's Stadium 1969 Major League Baseball expansion 1261 45
Toronto Blue Jays National colours of Canada 2312 1200
Third jersey National colours of Canada 1287 150
Canada Day National colours of Canada 902 750
Ochre National colours of New Zealand 1422 600
Queen's Service Order National colours of New Zealand 197 30
Rabies Bats of Canada 10267 5500
Greek Constitution of 1822 National colours of Greece 165 5
Bartolomeo Scappi Crostata 441 40
Structured content Infobox 212 15
Machine learning Infobox 2266 2050
Swiss National Bank Gold laundering 600 100
Nazi gold Gold laundering 1755 220
Farmers' market St. Jacobs Farmers' Market 346 240
WKRP in Cincinnati In Concert (WKRP in Cincinnati) 1522 700
The Who concert disaster In Concert (WKRP in Cincinnati) 2915 60
Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio National colours of Italy 295 10
Canada Post Canada Fitness Award Program 546 220
Kim Mitchell Patio Lanterns 1402 165
The Pursuit of Happiness (band) I'm an Adult Now 1263 60
American Black Duck Black Duck Joint Venture 1017 95
Animated documentary Ryan (film) 324 35
Collectible card game Sideboard (cards) 1394 420
Polymer banknote Guardian (polymer) 1166 265
Banknotes of the Canadian dollar 1935 Series (banknotes) 2114 330
York Regional Council Municipal government of King, Ontario 494 10
Gurbax Singh Malhi Harinder Malhi 661 17
Canadian National Railway Thornton's Corners GO Station 662 400+
Canadian Pacific Railway Thornton's Corners GO Station 747 520
Nicolas Marceau Canada Job Grant 294 10
Juno Awards of 1989 Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album) 263 10
Nuclear magnetic resonance decoupling Apparicine 1873 40
National Historic Sites of Canada Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge 605 200
National Historic Sites of Canada Dredge No. 4 1061 (605 + 456) 200
National Historic Sites of Canada Hamilton Waterworks 880 (433 + 547) 200
National Historic Sites of Canada Kensington Railway Station 740 (365 + 475) 200
National Historic Sites of Canada Stratford City Hall 470 200
National Historic Sites of Canada Miami Railway Station 410 200
List of Major League Baseball progressive single-season home run leaders Sam Bat 698 75
Prohibition in Canada Toronto (cocktail) 1300 220

Note: + denotes comparison to same weekday over a one month span for articles for which readership varies by weekday.